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In last week's episode, we meet the two lead detectives English and Mulligan as they investigate the murder of a man, named Kevin, who was emailing and threatening a man named Erich Blunt and they quickly see that there is a long list of dead bodies that surround Erich's life.
In this week's episode, Mulligan and English begin their investigation into Cindy's death while English deals with losing his wife and his sister-in-law.
English attends the funeral of his wife as Mulligan focuses on the case. Both him and his sister in law have a hard time trying to adjust back into reality, especially his sister in law who tries to make a move on English. But being the upstanding man that he is, he comforts her by just a hug.
The ME has concluded that Cindy's death was a homicide and not an accident and we also learn some unsettling news as Cindy was 2 months pregnant.
Mulligan thinks that Chris is responsible for Kevin's death while English thinks that Erich is responsible for both deaths. They argue over it and it's hard for English to prove it.
Chris takes the plea and admits that he killed Kevin (but it's possible he took the deal because he knew he would get convicted of murder if went to trial). David recommends Erich to get a felony lawyer because he is a suspect in Cindy's murder. Erich, of course, doesn't think that this a big deal.
Erich gives into David's request and meets with one of the best defense attorneys out there in Warren Daniels. But he doesn't hire him because he thinks that it will send the message that he has something to hide. Not a bad motion as that is usually the case, but if this guy is as good as he says he is, then it wouldn't be the worst thing for Erich to be prepared.
Since they can't directly link Erich to Cindy's death, they look into her life and find that she had an abusive husband Mark (his job was selling pills and who she has a restraining order against) and his truck was right outside her house the night she was killed. Mark says that he was in a bar the entire night she was killed. Mulligan is able to trick him into giving them some of his DNA on a water bottle.
Mulligan/English talk with the pilot, , about Erich and Cindy's relationship and what happened on the plane. While there, they are able to get a sample of his DNA too. Just in case.
Erich makes a bold move as he goes to the police with his story and his side. Perhaps trying to show that he really does have nothing to do with the murder or maybe just to put the police off his trail. It's a lot of back and forth between the cops and him as Erich proves that he's not like any of the people that they have dealt with in the past.
The police have their work set out for them as they learn that Cindy was sexually involved with someone just fifteen minutes before she was killed. If they can match the DNA then they can pretty much find the killer. They need Erich's and Mulligan proves that she just might be smarter then Erich when she seduces him to get his DNA.
In next week's episode, Mulligan and English continue to work the case while Hildy is confronted by a witness from the past and worries for his mother's safety after she is abused by her husband.
What did you think of the show?
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Green Bay , Wis. ?C With a squad of only six players, the Arizona womenˇ?s basketball team fell to UW-Green Bay, 81-59, on the road Thursday night before a crowd of 2,021 fans in the Kress Center.? The loss snaps Arizonaˇ?s (6-5) four-game winning streak, as UW-Green Bay improves to 6-3 on the season.
As a team, Arizona shot 40.7 percent (22-54) from the field and finished with 10 steals.? UW-Green finished with a 56.4 percent mark from the floor (31-55), including a 10-of-18 clip (55.6 percent) from three point range.
Individually for the Wildcats, junior Amina Njonkou finished with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds, and junior Beatrice Bofia tallied her first career double-double with career highs of 10 points and 11 rebounds.? Senior Ashley Whisonant added 15 points and four steals.
Junior Rachel Porath led UW-Green Bay with 21 points.
Arizona hit a jumper to open the game, but UW-Green Bay responded with 13-unanswered points over the next four minutes to go up 13-2 at the 15:35 mark.? The Wildcats struggled from the field at the start of the first half, hitting just 3-of-12 shots (25 percent), while the Phoenix posted a 7-of-11 clip (63.6 percent) including 3-of-5 three pointers for an 18-6 lead at the 11:20 mark.? UW-Green Bay went into halftime up 40-15, holding the Wildcats a 27.3 percent mark (6-of-22) from the field.? The Phoenix shot 60.7 percent (17-28) from the field in the first, led by Kati Hartyˇ?s 15 points.
UW-Green Bay didnˇ?t let up on the Wildcats in the second half, keeping Arizona at bay with three point shooting.? Arizona closed within 15 points on two occasions down the stretch, but the Wildcats would get no closer than that.? UA shot 50 percent (16-32) in the second half, yielding a 51.9 percent mark (14-27) to the Phoenix.
The Phoenix has won its last five games against Pac-10 teams.
Arizona will take a break for Christmas before returning to action on Friday, Dec. 28 to host USC in McKale Center in the Wildcatsˇ? Pac-10 opener.? Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
Game Notes: Junior Sarah Hays and sophomore Rheya Neabors were held out of Thursdayˇ?s game against UW-Green Bay as the two remained in Tucson to fulfill academic responsibilities.? Freshman Ify Ibekwe missed her second-straight game due to an eye injury, and senior Jessica Arnold missed her fourth-straight game due to a concussion.


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The tailoring really does make a difference - I find the fit to be flattering and functional, something that's really hard to come by on the bike. I'm really impressed with how the jacket fits. A bit long in the back, sleeves that don't feel stretched but reach comfortably around my wrists, and just enough torso detail to not feel baggy or too tight.
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The thing I love most about this jacket is the sleeve length. I'm tall and lanky, so smalls are usually where I find myself, but they always lack in ample wrist coverage. Not so with the Bellissima. The zippered stash pocket with a wallet and attached leash make it easy to stuff all the goods you need in one place, without the worry of losing your credit card or cash for that much needed post ride Americano.
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TC TO JOHN FERGUSSON; 5 August 1820; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18200805-TC-JOFE-01; CL 1:268-271.
Mainhill, 5th August 1820—
My dear Sir,
Our correspondence has of late assumed a most tortuous and complicated character. You sent me the books all safe and right, I know not how long since; the packet containing Johnstone's ticket arrived here about a week ago! This is very queer. Our letters have been travelling the road at regular intervals—but never one has been a reply to another! So two coach-drivers will course over the same ten mile[s]—meet in the middle—be in the same houses daily—and never speak, till time or whisky has disabled one of them—after having gathered in his curricle (olympic?) dust, for many years. This is all well upon his majesty's highway: but the emblem of a very disagre[e]able state among friends. We are to begin, then, upon new ground—the present epistle being the first of a long series to be regularly transmitted and as regularly answered. I intend to perform my part honestly: if you fail, your blood be upon your own head!
I have said already that the books, ticket &c came all safe and sound. I am very much obliged for all this trouble: and not least for the effort you have made to write me so long and so pleasant a letter. I know how much those efforts cost you: if they always succeed as well as this, it is pity they are made so rarely.
Do you still intend to visit Annandale? If you were here at present, in addition to whatever charms the country might disclose, you would have the satisfaction to see Edwd Irving in the land of his nativity. I expect to find him at Annan to-day. The sentiment of a brother as teacher of Mathematics in their Academy leads me down,1 and I hear Mr Edward is looked for. He has been in Dublin three weeks—at Liverpool—in Perthshire, and various parts.2 I have heard but twice from him since my departure from Glasgow. You have seen him since: and found, I daresay, that he retains the same exuberant enthusiasm and warm benevolence as ever. Upon the whole, I augur great things from Irving. Circumstances have directed all the current of his powers into the channel of preaching; his views are not so likely to change now; he is fairly in the ring too; his opponents are but pigmies—and Irving like the old Mendoza3
Let us wish him good speed, in the path he has entered; his intentions are honourable, and deserve success.— I need not say that I should rejoice to see you in Dumfriesshire. The county itself is not indeed beautiful—except the head of Nithsdale and the foot of Eskdale; but the road hither if you come by Peebles takes you over a sweet interesting tract— The tuneful Yarrow and her no less tuneful sister Ettrick are among those simple mountains—and a class of peasantry unrivalled unrivalled [sic] in worth by any class in Britain. Then if you incline to cross the Solway—Skiddaw, Derwent and all the beautiful magnificence of that grand country lie within two days journey. You would be pleased I think. Tell me if you intend to come.
I am very much pleased to hear that you are acquainted with Mr Welsh. Few young men deserve to stand higher in your esteem. Make my most respectful & kind compliment's to him. As you recommended I have read his critique on Dr Brown: it is all well.5 I am glad to find that Mr Crone6 has at length got himself encircled with the rosy Hours.7 I trust they answer his hopes. Crone is what you would call a 'hard [char]acter' —make my compliments to him notwithsta[n]ding.
I do not think, my dear fellow, that there is the smallest vanity in assuming the title you suggest. Mark only—if Fortune do not mend, it is not certain but I may become a roaring philosopher. Byron is at the head of this school: but I doubt it doe[s] not answer—tho' the blaspheming line is worse. This is the age of philosophers—and in good truth I am of opinion that when all that tumultuous and fiery stuff, which so many of our poets are busy with, has once been moulded and fashioned rightly, many splendid results will follow: But surely the most astonishing of all sects—will be the symposial sect of moral philosophers reared under the wing of John Wilson Esqr.8 In truth it was a clever thing to convert this man into a teacher of metaphysics. I should like above all things to know his unbiassed opinion of Cudworth9 & Leibnitz.10 But John has genius: and in spite of all that's come and gone I wish him zeal and good fortune. When do you intend writing to me? The books will not be ready for long.
Ever your's /
Thomas Carlyle
Will you take a walk—the first unoccupied day—and call upon that worthy person Mrs Skene11—present my kindest respects to her, and say that I most faithfully intended to see her before leaving Edinr; but was prevented by the tumults of packing trunks &c?


text: Back in the day when I was into Bleach this guy was my ultimate favorite. In fact I didn't know who I liked more, Ichigo or Grimmjow. Back when I was in love with Bleach, I never made a lesson on how to draw Grimmjow Pantera, which is his resurrection form. I gotta say, of the few forms he has, this is probably the coolest, or at least that's my opinion. His blue hair, headband, and panther like ears makes his appearance even more awesome. I don't know how weird it's gonna sound, but for an anime/manga character, Grimmjow is a good looking animated figure. Anyways have fun with drawing Grimmjow Pantera and I will be back in a bit with more fun for you all.


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Sowry On DoRosario: "Kristina is one of our key defenders this year. We will look for K-Do to show leadership by taking control of the backfield with her consistent, calm, and composed style of play. Her versatility will ensure that she will see time at center-midfield position. She sees the field like a seasoned veteran and has the ablility to control the tempo of the play."
As A Senior In 2007: Longstreth/NFHCA Northeast Region Second Team ... Atlantic 10 Championship Most Valuable Player ... Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... Played and started in all 23 games ... Finished with six points on one goal and four assists and took six shots ... Tied for second on the team in assists ... Assisted on both UMass goals in the first round of the A-10 Tournament against Richmond (11/2) ... Picked up an assist in a 3-0 win at Rhode Island (10/27) ... Assisted on a goal at UConn (9/22) ... Scored the first goal of her career, knocking in a rebound off a penalty corner in a 5-0 win at Harvard (9/2).
As A Junior In 2006: Started in all 19 games that she played ... Finished with three points on three assists ... Took three shots, one of which was on goal ... Had one assist against La Salle (10/22) ... Dished out an assist against Siena (9/26) ... Had one assist against Northeastern (9/16) ... Had one defensive stop against Boston University (9/17).
As A Sophomore In 2005: Played and started in all 21 games ... Dished out one assist (at Connecticut 9/24) on the season ... Took five shots, one of which was on goal.
As A Freshman In 2004: Sat out the season per NCAA transfer rules.
Before UMass: Attended the University of Toronto in 2003-04 ... Ontario University Association's 2003 Rookie of the Year and member of the All-Star team ... Played for Jean Major at St. Thomas Aquinas (Ontario) High School ... 2002 Ontario Junior Female Athlete of the Year ... 2001 Tournament Eleven All-Star and Under-18 Championships ... St. Thomas Aquinas Most Valuable Player in 2002 and 2003 ... Three-year team captain at St. Thomas Aquinas ... Was a member of the Athletic Council and the Key Club which was a fund raising committee.
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World War II is still known as "The Great War," in spite of the many wars since; perhaps because it brought about many changes in civilian life and military tactics. This Memorial Day, PBS KUAT TV aired a 2006 documentary interviewing Tucson men who fought in Europe and the Pacific.
Frank Burch was one Tucson man who volunteered for the Construction Battalion, named Seabees, because of his construction experience. For those who don't recognize Seabees they were the men who went in under fire and built runways for the planes, pontoon bridges for the tanks and trucks, pipelines for gasoline, warehouses, and buildings for the men.
Some Seabees went in with the first assault. Frank Burch was stationed in the Pacific, where men were shot at by snipers, bombed by "Two O'clock Charlie", and contracted dengue fever and jungle rot.
Waiting at home was a wife and 6 children - plus a baby born after Frank deployed. Home was three miles from grocery stores, 2 miles from feed stores for the family cow and chickens. Grace had to learn to drive and face gas rationing. Shoes for the six children were rationed, sugar was rationed.
Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson housed pilots and crews, and asked residents to invite them in for holidays and weekends. The UFO downtown held dances, which the older Burch girls attended. The Burch house became a haven for young airmen waiting to go off to war. The news came back: young men, friends of the family, were killed in action, others reported missing.
The younger Burch children held "wars" - tossing clod grenades at the enemy neighbor children, singing Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Over There, and Those Caissons go Rolling Along. Annie, aged 3 to 7 during the war years, became frightened that Tucson would be bombed. Norma and Wanda explained that the war was far away -- over the mountains and across the sea. Annie's mind pictured flying over the Catalina Mountains and across a river encircling Tucson. She was horrified to learn not all towns are surrounded by mountains. How could they be safe? She later learned that the ocean was far larger than the rivers of the Arizona desert.
Movies were of war and returning wounded veterans. One war movie caused an outburst of, "I wish they would all die so Daddy could come home!" Grace's calm reply: "They all have children waiting at home for them, like you." It was a seed planted: one must accept others as equals.
Before World War II, young married couples moved in with their family until they could afford a home of their own. Often, a wing was built onto the house for privacy. Roosevelt's GI Bill of Rights provided home loans for veterans. Tucson began to grow like a weed. All of America expanded, and a home tradition changed forever. Also, according to military history, Decoration Day, begun after the Civil War, was renamed Memorial Day to honor all soldiers. Southern states that did not observe Decoration Day adopted Memorial Day.


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Nail-art trends and lipstick colors may come and go, but for the most part, eyeliner is pretty straightforward. Chances are good that you wear an even line of black or brown most days. And even if you loved the bathing-suit-as-liner look at Fendi, you're probably not really going to cut up a bikini and glue little strips of it under your eyes.
Unless, of course, you're British singer Lianne La Havas (above). OK, so she didn't actually go the bathing-suit route, but the runway-inspired eyeliner that she rocked on Monday was gutsy in its own right. Those two geometric dots look a lot like the bright blue ones makeup artist Pat McGrath drew under models' lower lash lines at Anna Sui's fall 2012 show.
If you're inclined to get experimental with your liner, there were plenty of quirky looks to choose from on the spring runways, including green liner in the crease at Michael Kors, turquoise layered under black at Anthony Vaccarello, and jungle-themed yellow, orange, and green eyes at Kenzo. Hey, even if you're not ready to go all out with eyeliner on a Tuesday quite yet, Halloween is just around the corner....
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P. Diddy proposes on Instagram! Well... maybe not exactly. On Feb. 3, TMZ reported that P. Diddy may have proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Cassie, via Instagram -- at least that's how it seemed to many people who couldn't help but wonder if Diddy was serious -- or if it was just a publicity stunt.
"Baby do you like it? I just want to get you wat you Like ! I just wanna Mk you smile :) #takeDat. (sic)," Diddy posted a couple of days ago along with a photo of a huge emerald cut diamond. His words sounded pretty serious... but why post such a thing on Instagram and be so vague?
P. Diddy evidently proposed because a photo of Cassie a bit later showed up and apparently she was wearing the huge bling, er, ring on that finger. And Cassie herself tweeted, "It's perfect!" in response to Diddy's message to the world. Chances are good, however, that Diddy actually proposed in a super romantic "non-Internet" related way.
So evidently Diddy is engaged... And he and Cassie -- who have been dating since 2007 -- are ready to take their relationship to the next step. Will they last?
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Our January catalog drops today! The collection was inspired by Spain and we shot it in Mexico. It was shot in 2 locations near merida, mexico…
The first was a restaurant owned by a lebanese man who's lived in and ran
the same restaurant for over 40 years…the second was a hacienda refurbished by our production scout and her husband, which is out in the countryside…complete with horses, dogs, chickens, baby boars (and an unexpected tarantula)!
Check it out online and watch the behind the scenes video… The music is a song called "Rector Street" by Levy.
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Our January catalog drops today! The collection was inspired by Spain and we shot it in Mexico. It was shot in 2 locations near merida, mexico…
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Hello…New catalog prompted me to look at the web site and I found and fell in love with that sweet little Ferdinand the Bull card. I would love to know where you found this little gem?
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Where did Free People come up with the MSRP for the leather jacket? It's gorgeous, but the price-point is in hyperbole with the rest of the Free People's line.
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What's the deal with "We the Free"? Just curious.
I'm diggin the new line!
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I was just wondering if the model on the cover is the british actress Hannah Murray. If it is, she is wonderful and did a great job in your catalogue. If not, this girl is terrific as well. thanks!
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Hi Elizabeth! No, the model is not Hannah Murray. She is a Russian model named Nadia, who, I quote our creative director, was "freakin hilarious"
Glad you like her in our new book!
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Sherri Dawn Lamb
Sherri Dawn Lamb, age 49, passed away unexpectedly May 2, 2013 in her home in Cheney, Wash. She was born in Stanford, Conn. to Craig John Reynolds and Eileen Virginia West; brother, Craig Scott Reynolds; Sister, Shelby Diane Reynolds. She is survived by her husband, Roger Dean Lamb, sons, John Craig Scott Lamb, Braden Dean Lamb, Kellen Taylor Lamb, and Ian Thomas Calvert; daughters, Jade Nicole Lamb, Diana Rootzky Pupperdog Lamb, Sophie Rofey Lamb, Dolly Pants Lamb and two grandchildren.
She enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved to go fishing and being outdoors. Nothing made her happier than being surrounded by her loved ones. She was a very caring and loving mother, wife, sister, aunt, "gma," and most of all a great friend. She will be remembered for her love, her compassion, her sacrifices, and above all else, her smile and her laughter.
A memorial service will be held on May 11, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church in Cheney. Online guest book at cheneyfuneral.com.
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The 2014 British Open leaderboard has looked the same every day so far. Even if there are different runners-up, the Open championship leaderboard has been topped by Rory McIlroy after each 18-hole sprint without fail. If the same pattern holds on July 20, McIlroy will hoist the Claret Jug and his third major trophy in a matter of hours.
After the severe challenge Rickie Fowler posed through the first 13 holes on July 19, McIlroy still opened up his biggest lead to date with a late birdie and two late eagles. With a six shot lead going into his tee off at 9:40 a.m. est, the most suspense around this final round might be whether he shoots a major record -20 at the end.
Another 68 like the one he ultimately shot in the third round would do the trick, and would be more than enough to hold off Fowler, Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson. However, McIlroy would likely take the Open championship with a mere 70 or even a 72, considering how lopsided the leaderboard looks after 54 holes.
Of course, since McIlroy is still someone who can shoot close to an 80 without warning -- and since the 15'th anniversary of Jean Van de Velde's infamous 72'nd hole collapse was honored this week -- the final outcome isn't a completely forgone conclusion. But even if McIlroy stumbles, Fowler, Garcia and Johnson would still need to do their part with a long string of birdies and mistake-free golf.
However, each time the Open championship leaderboard has gotten tighter, McIlroy has answered with a hot streak of his own. If he has to sweat it out at the end after all, will he have enough for a final surge? Given how McIlroy won each of his past major titles by eight shots, it's still unclear how he would answer the call if a major was on the line in the final holes.
This Open championship hasn't looked like one where McIlroy would have to answer that question. If he caps off a wire-to-wire run on top of the leaderboard, the question he'll have to answer next is when he will win the Masters and complete an early career Grand Slam.
McIlroy can complete the third leg of that Slam starting at 9:40 a.m. est on ESPN.


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YORK, PA. (March 2, 2009) The fighting pride of York, Pennsylvania, Carney Bowman,
will host a public/media workout tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd at 5pm in advance of his
headlining return to the Valencia Ballroom this Saturday night at the "BATTLE OF YORK 3".
The open workout will take place at Bowman's home gym, the Lincolnway Sportcenter, located
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WHO: Undefeated Featherweight Prospect Carney Bowman, 12-0-0 (5KO's)
Super Bantamweight Prospect Eric Nemo, 6-1-1 (2KO's)
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session in advance of the outstanding "BATTLE OF YORK 3" world class professional
boxing event this Saturday night at the Valencia Ballroom in York, PA.
The "BATTLE OF YORK 3" is presented by Chet Koerner's TKO BOXING Promotions. Advance tickets for" BATTLE OF YORK 3", starting at $25 can be purchased through the Valencia Ballroom box office by calling 717-843-7672. The Valencia Ballroom is located at 142 N. George St. in downtown York . Doors on the evening of the event will open at 6:30pm, with the first bell at 7:30.
Formed in early 2008, Chet Koerner's Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions stable includes; heavyweight Lenroy Thomas, super middleweight Joey Gilbert, middleweights Elvin Ayala, Albert Onolunose and James Countryman, junior middleweights Bastie Samir and Anthony Thompson, welterweight Juan Buendia and Raul Tovar, junior welterweights Jonathan Gover, Francisco Contreras and Hastings Bwayla, lightweights Rolando Reyes and Terrance Crawford, featherweights Matt Remillard, Carney Bowman, Delvin Plascencia, Rafael Lora and Maxwell Awaku, super bantamweights Rafael Valenzuela and Carlos Reyes.
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You are about to enter the final stretch of your journey, and very soon to experience a great increase in your levels of consciousness. Most people would agree that this year has passed quicker than any time previously, and after Ascension it will be even faster. We would like to confirm again that progress is also speeding up where the many needed changes are concerned, and you will not miss out on anything that you expected. The timing has never been that critical, and for obvious reasons we look at the period immediately following Ascension. It is a time where our work and that of our allies will not be hampered by outside influences, and we can be more open about it.
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Tesfachew Taffere is an Ethiopian national who leads (director) the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD's) Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programs since his appointment in October 2011.
prior to that he held the position of chief of the office of the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from September, as well as heading the organization's Strategy and Policy Coordination Unit and serving as its Spokesperson. He also worked as a researcher for the International Labor Office and a teaching fellow. Tesfachew is published on a wide range of topics, including investment and enterprise development, technology transfer, innovation, industrial policy, and terms of trade, and hold an MPhil and a DPhil in development economics from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, in UK. Last week Tesfachew was in town launching UNCTAD's Economic Development report 2014: Catalyzing Investment for Transformative Growth in Africa where trends of investment and growth in Africa is dealt with at length. Asrat Seyoum of The Reporter sat down with the director for an interview regarding what the report indicated about Ethiopia. Excerpts: The Reporter: Large-scale public investment, which is accused of overcrowding its private counterpart, has been quite unpopular in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the importance of public sector investment in Africa/ Ethiopia has been the highlight of your report. hHow did you come up with it?
Tesfachew Taffere: Well, let me show you quickly where we are coming from. We didn't focus on the Ethiopia necessarily. Generally, we looked at the African countries. The private sector is still emerging or is at an embryonic stage of development around Africa. But, if one asks what their problems are, electricity, transport, bureaucratic institutions, and infrastructure would come out on top. The problem is who will invest on such areas? Some people may say ok, it can be a public-private partnership. Which private sector? Foreign-private sector players will not come and build the road unless there is a return coming from such projects. That is problem numbers one. If the history of any of the developed countries were studied, one will not find a country that has not taken advantage of heavy public investment initially. For instance, in countries like Germany, China and the like nine, ten and eleven percent of the GDP was invested in the infrastructure. We are convinced about that, and trying to share it. Now, the problem is that sometimes people confuse public ownership and public investments. These are two different things. We are not saying that the government should go and own factories like the old days; that has been a tried and failed practice. Unfortunately, roads, railways, electricity and so on are quite expensive to construct; they require long-term investment. Countries like India did it by having hundreds go into the rural areas training people on how to add value and improve delivery and or improve the yield, and irrigation. The public sector is well financed, and that is also another point that we are coming from. Now, Like many things, if there are public investments that are not well planned and are squeezing finance from the private sector, then it has implementation problems. Don't blame the tool when the implementation is lacking. For example, the Import Substitution strategy and the way it was implemented in Ethiopia in the sixties was wrong. Simply tariff was imposed to discourage imports, access to finance was very insufficient; enterprises, goods domestically were in a bad shape, and failed. The strategy is not bad but the way it was implemented was. Whether you like it or not, in our opinion, public investment is complementary to private investment because public investment has certain areas that private investment desperately needs to produce, to move goods, to innovate.
Coming to the specifics, can you comment on the implementation of 'this tool' (public investment vis-á-vis private investment) in Ethiopia? If you are comparing the country with itself, I can say without doubt that there have been two or three things. Number one is that the country has land. And number two is it knows the public investment strategy well, while number three, and more importantly, it is all integrated. A good example here is that you set up railway networks that rely on electricity and that needs energy. If you have energy, the railway network needs to have these three things. One is avoiding using other types of sources of energy. It is import because you are generating it locally. Secondly, you can sell it. Thirdly, it's integrated, meaning that what you do here is integrated to other things. And integration in transport hopefully encourages exports. Another example: What do countries do if they want to add foreign investment to garment and textile sectors? Many countries got foreign companies and say, by the way, we can grow cotton and we have good incentives please come here and invest. If the cotton is grown by small farmers and if you say there is land and set up your factory so what is going to happen? Can you say 'build your factory, the road connecting it, connect the electricity?' It is impossible. But what they are doing in Ethiopia is setting up export zones, they have the incentives, they have set up the institutes for training, that shows you there is a plan to grow via a more integrated approach. We will see whether it works or not but as an approach they are moving in the right direction.
You've pointed out in many African countries that there is a labor movement to unproductive services sector. In Ethiopia too the service sector is gaining a lot of labor and capital while the manufacturing and agriculture stood to lose in this respect. Do you see something wrong with this scenario?
If your service sector is dominated by low productivity, low pay and semi- informal types of activities, you can say that there is a problem. But the service sector can also be high-productivity, dynamic and the labor movement can be to sectors like Insurance or Tourism (with foreign exchange generating capacity) or to financial services which can bring about foreign trade links and competition. Then, it has a place for more employees. So the question should be where it (labor) is moving to? In fact, the service sector is very large in Africa, roughly falls on 42 percent of the GDP. But, most of it is non-tradable. There is a very important chance of employment. We are not saying that this is not growth; of course it is. Imagine young people coming from agriculture; where will they go? The thing is that they are moving to a sector in which they can earn something and keep going. It is not where you add value. That is our concern. If labor actually moves to the service sector, there is no reason to call it unproductive. The movement of labor itself is a result of productivity. Do you accept this?
No. The productivity depends on the productivity of the activity. If my output in agriculture is a certain amount and by moving to the service sector I could produce twice that, there could be an increase in my labor activity. But, if my survival in agriculture is subsistence and if I come to Addis and got to Mercato (the largest open market in capital Addis Ababa) and got a job, the only thing I would have is to get something every month and keep going. So, where is the improvement in my living? It must be an activity or a job that pays better. If I move from agriculture to textile, I definitely expect to get more pay. And then, somebody comes and tells me that I can produce bicycles. Obviously, I will get much higher. Wages should improve my life. My livelihood will be kept better from my productivity. The profit generated from the productivity improvement is shared: some of it goes to labor and some to taxes, and the other is observed by the capital. The higher the share going to capital, the lower is the pay to labor. By the way, in Bangladesh, the second largest garment exporter in the world, some four million people, mostly women, are employed. But, the sector offers very low wages despite the fact that the profit has been terrific; it makes the capitalists rich. But, the thing is, for example, that the service sector in Ethiopia is to some extent influenced by Ethiopian Airlines. That's a tradable service sector because they are competing internationally. That is different. Look at what is happening in China, by the way: service is becoming the big emphasis. What do they do? They chase manufacturing and expand it. A lot of the labor coming out of agriculture is moved into manufacturing. Realizing manufacturing needs services, because you not only produce goods but also needs to plan to transport. They are following the traditional route of development, from agriculture to manufacturing. But what's happening in Africa is that they are jumping from agriculture into services, non-tradable services. The pattern is a bit strange. At the end of the day, in Ethiopia, labor moves from agriculture to services though the latter is dominated by fragile and informal enterprises. The fact that productivity is even lower in the agriculture sector appears to be the only viable explanation. What is your take?
That is true. That is the only option. For example, let's say I am a young man who doesn't want to farm. So I have come to Addis. Since I have no skills to take formal job, I go to Mercato. My options are to be a shopkeeper or hustle around to make a living. Subsistence living in a city may pay me higher than agriculture, but in terms of inflation and other circumstances it may not be. It's a sector easy to enter into. Some observers, including some UN agencies, actually romanticize the informal sector as if that is a dynamic sector and full of entrepreneurs. I worry that most of them are living a tough life. I doubt many of them are born entrepreneurs. For example, take the shoeshine boys in the street. I'm sure the boy would have been better off had he attended schools. I think such perceptions are misguided. In fact, some think that it not necessary for economies to transition from agriculture to manufacture and then to service sector. They argue that the order is really that important. Do you agree?
It might be too much to expect. Some islands may find it okay not to observe the order. You know some have some twenty thousand, one hundred thousand people. So they might not have the skills to go to manufacturing and then to service. Moving to manufacturing based on local consumption alone would be a bit crazy. These countries may not need to produce very heavy machineries or very sophisticated materials such as airplanes, except small things they import for consumption. Look at Singapore. It's a small country; it is a city state. They had no gold, diamond or minerals. So they built a specialized capital market. But, many countries do have a sizable population and need to take the steps while transitioning. When you talk about manufacturing sector in Ethiopia, the issue of FDI flow to the sector and the potential of foreigners to dominate the sector in a few years' time is another debatable subject. What is your take on that?
I think it is very difficult unless you ensure capacity building to local manufacturers linking them with foreign companies. In my presentation, I pointed out that avoiding discriminating against local manufacturing firms is the key. But, at this particular point you don't know how the marketing works and do not have the links. For example, if retailers like H&M comes here. Apparently they plan to come in some form. What are they coming with? Capital, of course. But, more importantly, they will come with the link. They have an established link all across Europe; they have shops across Sweden and down to Spain. The difference is that once a company like H&M is here, you learn from them. In such a away, Chinese companies also have that link. One day these firms would say that they don't need to be here because there are local producers which compete on international level. Mauritius, in this regard, can be a good example. Originally, it was a sugarcane producing country. About 90 percent of their export was sugarcane. Then they started thinking about diversification. So, they decided to move into the garment industry. They recruited students from the university to get trained as designers and tailors. The foreigners came in for FDI and built the market links for them. The foreign companies showed the local ones how they do things. And believe me, if a retailer like H&M comes here, after ten years, they will realize that the local firms are better suited to supply them than importing items for their five thousand or so shops around the world from elsewhere. But, if you don't have that capacity to learn, don't bring the FDI because in that case locals can't meet that demand. Ethiopian export currently falls around 3 billion and it should increase when international firms are here. Which local investor has thousands of shops in Europe or elsewhere to do that time? Talking about the risk of FDL now is talking about the future. When these firms arrive here and local firms are not benefiting from the linkage to international market, then we can worry. Then, we can say that there is indeed a problem with FDI. You pointed out in your report that most of GDP growth in Africa, about 62 percent, is driven by local consumption and that this trend is uncomfortable for you. What is wrong if such growth persists in Africa? It seems to be working for the advanced nations?
Let's see China. Do you know why they are growing? They are growing because their growth is investment based growth. The Chinese and Asian consumption contribution to their growth is down to 20 percent across their growth periods. Most of it is investment. The Chinese have been saving more. So, the growth you have seen is driven by investment because the growth is export oriented. They grew in export. Now, they have to encourage their people to consume the local production. Otherwise who is going to buy what they are producing? But, in case of Africa what is happening from Angola to other resource rich nations is that whatever they export is raw materials. They have a lot of money and are now experiencing expansion in their middle class. This is consumption-based growth. That is why the service sector is expanding. You need shops, you need restaurants, massages, spas ... but the source is that you are exporting raw materials and using that money to expand your bureaucracy. And, that is not a good growth since the manufacturing looks to be stagnant. You can tell that growth is not driven by manufacturing while the service sector is expanding. China's story is completely different. The government-led growth was hugely export oriented in China. Investment and investment! In Africa It is driven by consumption, though it looks amazing. Perfumes are useless but cloths made here are useful. If you are still buying something imported and not produced here, is that a growth Africa needs? That is the story.


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Good Morning Everyone!
I had a great weigh-in this week. After putting on some pounds last week, I fought back hard and came in with a 13 lb. weight loss. And I did surpass my first goal of 320 lbs. weighing in at 315.4 lbs.
I did not under eat, and as a matter of fact, one day I actually went over 100 calories on my calorie count this week. But I have to tell you, I really did come to understand that stress can cause your weight loss to stall.
I am so glad I read the article about stress and weight loss here on SP, because I experienced it first hand. Now that I understand that stress can be detrimental to weight loss, I am no longer concerning myself with my weight goals. I know that I will reach them one by one. By putting pressure on myself to reach that 320 goal, it caused me to stall. Then being stressed, I binged a couple of days and not only did I not reach my goal last week, but I gained weight on top of that.
So a lesson learned and have now applied it this past week. The results is another wonderful weight loss this week. My current total weight loss is 26 lbs. Next goal 310 lbs. then that 300 lb. goal. I have not seen that goal for quite a while, so to find myself under 300 lbs. will be quite a sweet victory.
As I learn more about myself during this weight loss course, I am also learning lifestyle changes that help me along the way. One of them being that all my life when I ate oatmeal I had to have butter in it. The butter served to make my oatmeal less gummy and it always gave a shinny gloss that I enjoyed. I really hate that dull look of oatmeal which I always associate with a cloying feel in my mouth. And since presentation of food is so important to our enjoying it, I decided that I would always add the pat of butter.
That is until one day when I decided to warm my walnuts with my oatmeal while cooking it, instead of sprinkling it on top after it was finished. What I found, and should have known all along, is that when I cooked the walnuts with my oatmeal, it drew out the oil of the nuts giving my oatmeal a looser feel as well as it gave me that shinny effect that I like so well.
So this is now my new norm of eating oatmeal. It eliminates the calories of the butter that I really didn't need. It is a really great trick.
Something else I did yesterday. I usually have my largest meal at lunch, so for my evening meal I sometimes have to cut back on calories to stay within my caloric count. Last night was one of those nights.
I usually have Tilapia several nights a week, because it is so low in calories, yet it is so satisfying to eat. I usually fix it with Parmesan cheese with a lemon juice-butter mixture. But as I said, I am trying to cut back on my butter and fat intake. But last night I didn't have that many calories to work with. So for the first time in my life, I poached my fish.
I made a bed of onion slices, celery and garlic, and covered it with chicken broth. Then once it came to a boil, I added my Tilapia, and then turned it down to simmer. It was so absolutely yummy, that I ended up eating the veggies and drank the broth. I loved it so much that I am now planning to incorporate that into my menu quite frequently.
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...on their gig.
Wahoos also had
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alt-country (whatever that is). Midway through our set the bucket bass suddenly
broke -- the center ring of the washtub ripped itself right off, which is a
testament to Dan Gallagher's hard playing. This could've been a disaster, but
soon as the song ended, Rhett Miller of Old 97s jumped on stage with a roll of
duct tape and helped us temporarily mend the home-made instrument. We finished
the set thanks to the kindness of a true professional.
|Whoo Skiffle Crazies


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On Friday of December 18, 2009 DJ Colette from Chicago Illinois's Smart Bar appeared at Glo Lounge in Dallas for performance. Location 2323 Henderson, Dallas Tx
What does Music look like? Shhhhh…….her lips are moving (DJ Colette). She's a petite, tiny woman from Chicago Illinois with long blonde hair that hangs straight and heavy, falling to mid back with a section tied off into a braid at the side of her face. It lays there still and only moves when she adjusts her headset, her lips singing against a black, plastic mouthpiece. She stands 5'4" behind an intimidating DJ booth, dwarfed in size by the equipment and speakers, her hands moving quickly while she works. Through the darkness of a crowded club her siren voice calls out, sultry and hypnotic; full of smoke, blending with flashing bright lights as people dance below in the crowd. Everyone in the house is moving, their bodies swept into the music.
Her name is DJ Colette, Colette Marino, and OM Records First Lady of the House. She's a House music DJ and vocalist/ former music teacher with operatic training that has been compared to the likes of Kylie Minogue, Deborah Harry, and Madonna; her CD releases "Push", "House of Om", and single "About Us" .
She first gained public attention by singing her own mixes, sometimes even writing them in front of the club impromptu. DJ Colette credits her mixing style and impromptu deliverance to being a part of the Chicago house music scene at the turn of the Nineties, but according to a United Divas interview she started singing with house music when she was 16 or 17.
"To Colette, there is no better rush than the one that comes from improvising in front of a room full of club goers. It's very impromptu when I write a song over a record, many times I'll buy a record that day and when I'm playing it out, that's when I come up with the lyrics," she says laughing. "There's definitely something to be said for a practiced performance, but it's really freeing to just improvise. It's almost like you're one of the people in the party. It's just like dancing; you just feel it and you react to it. It's the same thing for me." – United Divas
In 2003 with Felix da House Cat and Paul Van Dyke she advertised Motorola Cellular phones. In 2005 her album "Hypnotized was the most downloaded house dance album on Apple Itunes music store. DJ Colette hit the Billboard #1 Dance Club single with her song "What Will She Do For Love.", and her title tack "Hypnotized" was licensed for the soundtrack of the movie "Devil Wears Prada." World renowned, performing everywhere from British Columbia, Calgary, Cambridge, Canada, Hollywood, Montreal, Singapore, and recently Dallas Tx at Glo Lounge located of 2323 Henderson Ave.
On December 18 at Glo Lounge in Dallas it was a packed house, fans of DJ Colette gathered around the DJ booth, dancing and snapping pictures, lights flashing as they caught the diva in action. At the end of the night as people filtered out through the club doors Colette came down the floor to hang out and have a few beers with the owner and his employees. Giving hugs to everyone she said she loves Dallas and looks forward to coming back.
Look for DJ Colette and the staff of Glo Lounge on the upcoming cover of D Magazine. For her future events log onto DJ Colette's Myspace, and for a line-up of Glo Lounges weekly events sign onto www.Glodallas.com or visit Mathew Hubert Sebanc's Myspace.


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Dakota Johnson may not be a household name yet, but that's about to change. The 24-year-old actress -- who is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith -- will star in the much-awaited 2015 film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey alongside Jamie Dornan. Catch her this year in Need for Speed and Date and Switch.
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It's official. Green is not a flattering color for superhero movies.
"Green Hornet" did a victory dance earlier this year simply for not living down to its low expectations. The new "Green Lantern," with a bigger budget and Hunk of the Moment Ryan Reynolds, makes one dread any superhero with so much as a swatch of green in his costume.
"Green Lantern" is so CGI dependent it's a wonder someone bothered to lug a camera onto the set. Reynolds flexes his appealing blend of arrogance and heart to play the title character, but there's little super about this hero.
"Green Lantern," based on the venerable DC Comics title, casts Reynolds as a hotshot pilot named Hal Jordan with serious daddy issues. That doesn't stop him from bedding the ladies or charming his ex-girlfriend, Carol (Blake Lively), even after double-crossing Carol during an air combat simulation.
One fateful night Hal is drawn to a downed space ship with a dying purple passenger inside. The alien , part of an elite fighting force known as the Green Lantern corps, carries a special ring which selects Hal to be its owner.
Hal is no hero. He'll be the first to tell anyone that. But the ring always picks the right person to become the next Green Lantern. And Hal better embrace his fate quickly. A creature which looks like something you'd find lodged in your drain pipe is threatening to overtake the galaxy. And he's got the Earth penned in for destruction in his appointment book.
On the surface, "Green Lantern" supplies some flourishes to the superhero boilerplate already getting worn this summer. The Green Lantern's powers hail from outer space, and he's part of an interspecies squad determined to keep evil at bay wherever it may bloom.
Comparing the film to prior superhero efforts isn't flattering. Watching Hal and Carol flirt recalls the superior sparks thrown off by Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in the first two "Superman" films. And where is the sense of joy found in being able to fly that the best superhero films deliver? Close your eyes and recall Reeve grinning as he took to the skies, or Robert Downey, Jr. feeling that adrenaline burst as his iron suit let him mock gravity.
Hal's a pilot, for crying out loud. Where's the delight in being able to fly without wings?
The film's script, credited to four scribes but hardly worth fighting over, wallows in repetitive chatter about will, fear and courage, as if George Lucas wrote the first draft but then decided to dumb it down. The few flashes of wit, like a nice spin on the superhero identity game, arrive out of nowhere and leave just as swiftly.
Reynolds has the right attitude to play Hal, the man chosen to defend the earth despite his lackluster track record. But what actor could soar in such a setting, or even make his presence known amidst the computer-generated onslaught of visuals? Even the film's Earth-bound villain, a nebbishy scientist played by Peter Sarsgaard, wouldn't be fit to fetch Lex Luthor's coffee.
The prologue gives us the background on the Green Lantern corps, and how they keep the peace across the universe. But it's just one of several exposition-heavy moments which sap what little sense of adventure seeps out from the story.
Woe is the person expecting "Green Lantern" to become the next superhero franchise. And avoid the film's 3D incarnation at all costs. That third dimension is virtually nonexistent, making the film the least impressive 3D offering since the technology came roaring back into movie houses.
(Photo: Ryan Reynolds plays a hotshot pilot chosen to join an exclusive intergalactic squad in "Green Lantern." Warner Bros.)
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