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Here we've listed just some examples of changes customers have suggested that Paradigm has responded to already or ideas we are investigating further.
You said: Resident feedback in our Anti-social behaviour working group suggested our automated phone options needed revision.
We did: We have updated our customer service automated phone line. Now when you call, you will be asked to select "option 1" for repairs, gas, property maintenance and improvements, or "option 2" for all other enquiries; including rent, tenancy and estates, and anti-social behaviour.
You said: Residents' opinions should be considered when improving our properties
We did: We developed a new approach to improving our properties following the completion of our Decent Homes programme. Our new Better Homes Standard takes into account what residents have told us is important to them.
You said: We needed to clarify repair responsibilities for both landlords and tenants.
We did: we carried out a review of how repairs responsibilities are divided between landlord and tenant with the help of a sub-group of the Residents' Maintenance Group. The results have been included in the latest Repairs and Maintenance booklet of the Information Pack for Tenants.
You said: Residents need to have up-to-date information about who their housing officer is and how they can reach them.
We did: In the Sept 2012 Paradigm People we are publishing a personalised postcard for each resident with the contact details of their Housing Officer, Rent Officer and a range of other key Paradigm contacts.
You said: Tenants of Lea Bridge House hostel said they wanted to be involved in new tenants' application process.
We did: Tenant representatives from the hostel now show new applicants around their floor, have informal chats with the applicants and give feedback to staff.
You said: Lea Bridge residents said they wanted opportunities to speak with fellow tenants and staff members in a social setting.
We did: Coffee mornings are now held in the Lea Bridge reading room every other Thursday. Donations are being collected during the coffee mornings to be used in the running of future social events for tenants.
You said: On a housing officer's walkabout in Hillway, Amersham, residents said they were unable to easily get to the road during adverse weather because of flooding at the bottom of a key access stairwell.
We did: Funding was made available from estates, through our discretionary budget to install an extension to the steps, which enabled residents to once again use the steps.
You said: Our recent STAR satisfaction survey of Paradigm residents gave a clear message – Most residents were happy with the majority of the services we provide, but they were not satisfied with our cleaning and grounds maintenance.
We did: We are carrying out a full review of these services and have pulled together a project team from across Paradigm to make sure the cleaning and ground maintenance services are value for money and meet customer expectations. This will include involving residents in designing the new service and making sure we get it right.
You said: The Community Engagement Panel (a group of residents) wanted to find an effective way of telling all residents that they could apply for grants up to £10,000 by applying to Paradigm's Community Engagement Fund (CEF). They looked at different ideas, then asked us to produce the flier advertising the CEF that we sent out with Paradigm People.
We did: We designed the flier and sent it out with the magazine. The response was fantastic. We received 10 new applications and lots of requests for application forms. For more information about Community Engagement grants, call Morgan Presland on 01628 811858.
You said: The area panels were consulted about our new Rent Arrears Leaflets and made a number of suggestions
We did: The main tile used for the leaflets was changed from Rent Recovery to Rent Arrears Recovery. We kept the three leaflets but have made it clearer that each one reflects one of the main stages involved in rent arrears recovery, that is: Prevention, Debt Recovery and Court and Eviction. We changed the colour/shading on the Court and Eviction leaflet to make it easier to read. We've also added a fourth leaflet for former tenants.
You said: Residents of Clarkson Court in Hatfield were concerned about anti-social behaviour (ASB).
We did: We ran a pilot reporting scheme for ASB from December 2010 to March 2011. During the pilot, we promised to respond to incidents of ASB reported to us within 24 hours. Contact was made and an officer visited the complainant and the alleged perpetrator to try to resolve the situation.
You said: In December 2010, the residents' Readership Panel looked at our new procedures and standard letters for people requesting an urgent move, known as a 'priority move', because they are suffering health problems, anti-social behaviour or other issues.
We did: As a result of their comments, a number of changes were made. For example:
- The tone of the letter was made more sympathetic
- It was made clearer what counted as a priority move
- We confirmed that data would only be shared with family's permission
- Fleeing violence is now talked about earlier in the process
- More detail was added about the appeals process
- We confirmed that any arrears will be included as a clause in the new tenancy agreement.
We are now working on a new leaflet taking these changes into account.
You said: We surveyed residents who regularly attend our briefing meetings to discuss new developments about what time and day would best suit them.
We did: We changed the meetings from Mondays at 2pm to Thursdays at 1pm.
You said: Residents asked us to publish how shared ownership rent was calculated and what it included.
We did: We have published a Q&A on how the rent is worked out and what it includes on this website. Select Customer Zone and click on Homeownership.
You said: Two focus groups involving 13 residents were held in December to discuss and agree the priorities for residents in our new Diversity and Equality Strategy.
We did: Residents' comments have been included in the main action plan for the strategy. You can find the strategy on our website under About Us, Equality and Diversity or publications strategies. Call Customer Services to request a printed copy.
You said: Residents said they didn't don't always know the name and phone number for their tenancy and neighbourhood officer.
We did: A look-up facility was added to the home page of the website so you can check at any time.
You said: The Chiltern Residents' Group wanted to lead on a pilot for local housing surgeries.
We did: We helped them to run three surgeries in Prestwood and three in Chalfont St Peter, they spoke to 22 residents and housing officers were able to resolve the issues discussed. We monitored follow up via survey: 80% of those who came said it was beneficial talking to staff and 82% said they would attend another housing surgery. Call Shirley Goddard on 01494 765398 if you would like to attend a surgery in future.
Autumn 2010
You said: You wanted support for victims and witnesses of low-level anti-social behaviour (ASB) and not just serious cases as we originally proposed.
We did: Support is now available to anyone experiencing ASB at any level, the support is tailored to the situation and the individual.
You said: You want 24-hour support.
We did: So we are reviewing arrangements for dealing with ASB emergencies out of hours. We have added ASB into the Estate Management Standard because you said this affects the quality of the estate.
You said: You told us through a postal survey and feedback at the Residents' Group meetings that:
- You wanted a statement once a year, not monthly or quarterly
- Statements needed to show more clearly what was a credit and what was a debit
- We should add a translation strap line
- There should be fewer guidance notes because too much text puts people off
We did: All these ideas have been adopted and the new-style statements are now in use. You can request a copy of your statement at any time from Customer Services or view your account on line via our website.
You said: After consultation with all residents affected by our car park monitoring scheme, it became clear that everyone wanted a scheme with no direct cost for residents or Paradigm. Both clamping and penalty fine options were considered. Penalty fine schemes gave a cost-free solution to everyone other than those who were parking where they shouldn't.
We did: We formed a Resident Consultation Group to help us develop a scheme and find a contractor. Four preferred candidates were interviewed by Paradigm staff and two representatives from the Resident Consultation Group, and Creative Parking Solutions have been awarded the contract. The penalty fine scheme will be phased in from the 1 October. We will be contacting residents who will benefit from this new scheme to confirm a date when a representative from Creative Parking Solutions and a Tenancy and Neighbourhood Officer can meet with residents to discuss their scheme.
You said: Customers involved in reviewing our new-build schemes said that all refuse stores should be screened and they should be large enough to cope with fortnightly collections.
We did: We included these suggestions in our New-build Design Guide. Following a number of complaints about refuse arrangements at Park Place, Amersham, we changed from black sacks to wheelie bins to improve cleanliness and hygiene (cleaners are now able to clean the floor area every week).
You said: Tenants told us it would be helpful to know where the stop cock and meters were and how the heating worked.
We did: We now provide this information in writing for all new tenants. We also confirm when the next gas safety check will be completed and details of any other work due to be completed after tenants have moved in.
You said: The Sheltered Tenants' Forum said we should not ask tenants' visitors to sign in when they arrive.
We did: Now we only ask contractors, home help, carers and cleaners to do so.
You said: The Residents' Forum said that residents should decide how Paradigm's Community Engagement Fund should be spent.
We did: All four residents groups (then called area panels) were involved in discussing the way forward and agreed to nominate representatives to sit on the Community Engagement Fund Panel. The panel has now allocated £60,000 in grants to community projects.
You said: The Residents' Maintenance Group has been involved in reviewing our priority times for repairs.
We did: Customer feedback has also led us to review the appointment time slots offered to customers. See survey results, page 6.
You said: We knew we needed to tell our customers more about how we perform compared to our targets, but we did not know what key performance indicators customers wanted to see.
We did: A special Residents' Forum meeting was called in March 2010 where options were reviewed and members selected 10. These are now reported in full every month on Paradigm's website, and the top 10 are published in Paradigm People.
You said: Our customer profiling information has told us that a growing number of our customers are under 35.
We did: To make sure we offer ways to get involved that are attractive to younger residents, we decided to develop a strategy and tailor our approach to them. We spoke to young people and children of residents via face to face interviews, focus groups, postal surveys and a residential weekend. When the strategy objectives went to a joint Residents' Forum/Board meetingin May 2010, it was co-presented by Paradigm's 18-year old Tom Pirouet, whose parents are Paradigm tenants, and Community Involvement Manager, Anthea Watkins.
Summer 2010
You said: Customers involved in reviewing our new-build schemes said that all refuse storage areas should be screened or enclosed and they should be large enough to cope with fortnightly collections.
We did: We included these suggestions in our New-build Design Guide.
You said: Feedback indicated that customers would like to listen to some music if they are on hold, while a Customer Services team member researches their question. Previously some customers thought they had been cut because the line was silent.
We did: We posted three potential tracks on our website and asked customers to vote for their favourite. The winning piece of music was 'As If No One Is Watching' receiving well over 50% of the votes cast.
You said: The Resident Maintenance Group has been looking at how we divide up the budget for our programme of fitting new kitchens. They have been working hard to determine the right balance between fitting as many new kitchens as possible while meeting our customers' desired space and storage requirements. One issue that comes up frequently is a wish from tenants to have more units provided as part of the package.
We did: We have returned to adopt a policy of providing a like-for-like replacement kitchen (subject to it satisfying at least our minimum standards for storage). This means customers will not generally find that they 'lose' any units in a re-fitted kitchen in future.
You said: You would like stamps on documents to show where residents had been consulted during their creation.
We did: We have created two stamps for documents such as new leaflets stating 'Residents' Forum approved' or 'residents consulted'. These will soon start to appear on new publications.
You said: That having one publication for all customer feedback was confusing and the title 'Reaction' on the leaflet did not make it clear what it was about.
We did: We have produced two separate customer advice leaflets called 'Concerns, Compliments and Suggestions' and 'How to make a Formal Complaint' Both have feedback forms attached.
You said: The Reaction card wasn't tailored to the feedback you wanted to give and it wasn't confidential.
We did: The forms have been redesigned to make it easier to record your thoughts or concerns. They have seals so that they can be returned confidentially by Freepost or you can post them into Customer Feedback boxes provided in our reception areas in White Hill, Chesham or Rusilip in West London.
You said: You felt that someone in a more senior position should handle a complaint from the outset.
We did: Team Leaders and/or the appropriate Line Manager will now be responsible for handling an initial complaint.
You said: Four stages were too many for a complaints process - the process should be handled more quickly by a simpler process.
We did: We have reduced our complaints process to three stages and have shortened some of the response times within each stage so you get a resolution more quickly.
Spring 2010
You said: At an Accompanied Estate Inspection at Honeysuckle Field in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, residents pointed out overgrown bushes, shrubs and trees planted too close to the buildings. These were originally planted by residents who no longer maintain them and they were not covered by our service contract.
We did: Grounds maintenance contractors were engaged for an initial clearance. Our contractor will look after all these trees and shrubs in future.
You said: The grass and bushes around The Foyer in Hatfield were looking scruffy.
We did: We called in The Green Team - a charity Foyer residents frequently volunteer for - and they cut down the bushes and returfed the area around the base of the building.
You said: In the 2009 Letting Survey, tenants said we should give our new residents information about how the heating and hot water systems work when we let a property.
We did: We now find a copy of the manufacturer's user guide for each system on the internet and leave it in the property, or pass it to the new resident with their keys.
You said: More information should be given to new residents when they move into a property about the repairs and improvement work planned for their home. They should also be told the location of the stop cock and fuse box.
We did: This information is now provided via an information sheet which also gives information about where the stop cock and meters are and when the next gas safety check is due for the property.
You said: Customers and HQN mystery shoppers said that we did not always answer or return your calls in line with our customer service standards.
We did: We have increased the number of mystery shops undertaken by our team of residents to monitor our performance more closely. We also had a customer care refresher campaign for staff during February and March 2010.


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How to Find your True Self?
When life gets too stressful, heavy, or sad, we sometimes want to escape reality day-dreaming we could be someone else. Share a short survey on the most popular choices people dream of being. In reality, the dream comes true when you find your true self. Your true self is the sum-total of your life's experiences shared with those around you. Your true self is a person you are happy hosting in your body. So how do you become that person that you can accept and love? We begin by studying others.
Who Am I?
Imagination is like an angel who helps us through hard times. Soldiers in the trenches cling on to their sweetheart's photograph dreaming of home. Patients meditate while being tortured by doctors and dentists. A hurt child gets distracted from its pain by mother kissing it better and promising that the pain will soon go away. So temporarily imagining what it would be like to be someone else, to stand in someone else's shoes, someone who has more luck, and seems happier, is only a natural escape from reality.
Who do Most People Want to be?
A survey of some of the most frequent answers to the question: "Would You Be Better Off Being Someone Else?" reveals that, for the most part, people wish they could be rich. Second, they dream of being a celebrity. After that, the list goes on from historical figures to famous artists or musicians. Someone even chose to be a baby again! A few wished they were an animal, from a cute kitten, a strong gorilla, a dolphin, to various types of birds.
There is nothing silly about occasionally day-dreaming that we could be someone else. A psychologist might say that such behavior is a way to seek a certain quality in the person or animal we want to be. That quality, perhaps weak or missing in our own personality, then could be nurtured to grow, to improve by example. Let us look at the favorite choices.
Performers always put up a happy front, even if deep inside they feel terrible. It works though. Just acting happy makes you feel better.
Angelina Jolie
Many women want to be Angelina Jolie for the privilege of hanging out with Brad Pitt, for intimidating people with the sexiest-woman-alive glare, and for her wonderful contribution towards helping children in Africa.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates for his philanthropic efforts at relieving poverty in the third world. One person would not only take Bill's money, he wants his stocks and his wife in the bargain! Another person said he wouldn't like to be Bill Gates because his life must be very stressful what with running a corporate business and having to deal with people begging for money all day long. Well, fame and fortune bring extra responsibilities.
Barack Obama
Others wished they could be Barack Obama. One person, for the privilege of being able to fire his entire administration and then resign the presidency. That would not be very helpful. Good thing we are talking hypothetically here.
African King
One man preferred to be an African King in a culture where the king gets to choose a new wife every year from a group of beautiful virgins dancing for him to compete for his attention.
A Member of Cirque du Soleil
Someone wished she could be a member of Cirque du Soleil, learn all the routines and remember them for everyday use. "Performing as they do must be as close to being superhuman as it can get", she said, forgetting that a performer for Cirque du Soleil must go through much effort, pain, and sacrifices to attain such virtuosity.
A Mother
"I would like to be my sister. She has a 3-year-old and is pregnant. I would love to experience her life. Aww, to be a mother would be great!"
A Baby
"I would like to be a Baby again. I would love to talk in monosyllables, to spill my food, to have my uninterrupted 10 hr beauty sleep, to be pampered and loved by everyone. I would love to get all excited when I see a butterfly or a rose. I would love be completely aloof of all the worldly sorrows & troubles."
The last person must have forgotten what it is like to be a baby what with pooh stuck in your pants, nappy rash, and, worst of all, not being able to communicate your needs. I don't think so.
If you had to be one of these animals, which one would you chose to be?
The List Goes on & on
Others wanted to be
- Picasso
- Skateboard champion Rodney Mullen
- Paris Texas
- Lady Gaga
- Princess Kate
- Oprah
and so on.
Stay the Same - Be Happy with who you are - Shan Jaca
Be Yourself
And lastly, some people do not wish to be someone else. They are happy to strive to be the person they truly want to be on the inside.
Be Myself
Quite a few people said they wanted to be themselves, which is encouraging.
"I would be myself. What makes life meaningful is being yourself. Everyone is unique, born with his/her own strengths and weaknesses. You are more special and wondrous than you know."
So Who are you Now?
Do you still wish you could be someone else?
The next fable about a Donkey and an Eagle might bring you closer to finding out who you really are. Or if you don't like poems, then skip down to the revealing riddle below "Who Am I?" as it will surely give you incentive to find your true self.
The Donkey and the Eagle Fable by Sue Adams
Hey you Donkey, said Eagle
Wah dye want from me?
We swap lives for a day?
By me, that's quite OK
So the Donkey grew some wings
And the Eagle grew a tail
And they swapped all their skills
And thus began to play . . .
But Donkey had a fear of heights
Flying so high above the sky
Eagle didn't fancy thistles
Began to miss his missus
I'm not so sure anymore
If Eagle is my score
Being a Monkey might be nice
Or shall we try turn into mice?
By me, that's quite OK
Said Donkey who liked to play
But alas unfortunately
Not for long mice they be
Another donkey accidentally
Trod on the mice not so gently
Another eagle flew down low
Had them for tea above the snow
The moral is:
Stay who you are
And live like a star
Who Are you then, Finally?
Enjoy the following info-graphic but read and scroll down slowly so as not to reveal the answer which would spoil the surprise.
To Sum Up
This article "How to Find your True Self?" shows that you are the sum-total of your history and your habits. If you don't like who you are, it may have inspired you to make some changes towards becoming the person you like and are comfortable living with. Because if you don't who will?
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The older I get the happier I am with who I am. I think this is the case with most people, why chase something that is unobtainable? Good article Sue Adams, it will give a lot of people the confidence to be themselves. Voted up and interesting, shared, etc.
That's a good philosophy Sue
Beautiful hub Sue, I enjoyed the proverb. When I was younger I struggled a lot with this question, often wishing I was someone else, not liking myself, and not really having a clue how to answer the question 'who am I' - something I often pondered.
Fortunately as I grew older I realized more that I am whoever I choose to be, and that whatever I find myself being is in some way because of the choices I've made, and that there were reasons for those choices.
What they say about your school days being the happiest of your life is rubbish if you ask me; I've gradually become more comfortable with who I am and happier as a result as I've got older.

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Hi there,
I really like dynamic poses. I understand perspective, I've read the tutorials up and down, understand body structure, what I can't understand for some reason is puting the two together. Like my brain just can't complete the train of thought, I think it's in part with the transition between the 3d to 2d. I'd really like to be able to draw figures in perspective from my mind. I understand taking life drawing sessions will aid in this, which I've been attending regularly, I'd like to excel in both. I know how to create a perspective frame, but I can't seem to apply it properly.
The examples I'm showing are the forms of perspective I'd really like to be able to do with ease, I'm not looking for magic tricks, just to understand the approach to setup these kind of poses so that my mind understands:
I really want to be able to draw like this so freely as this guy does. I'm especially interested in the off-kiltered weird angles. Also, if you could recommend any books related to dynamic perspective or even good imagery to work from, it'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - August 18, 1989, Aiken, South Carolina Series Unsolved Mysteries Staff Graphic by Melissa Culp Mystery Series Begins Saturday A four-part series on unsolved mysteries will begin Saturday in the Aiken Standard. The Saturday edition, which makes the Aiken Standard a seven-day-a-week newspaper for the first time, will also feature a look at University of South Carolina quarterback Todd Ellis, plus a profile of Air Force Gen. Hansford Tillman Johnson, a native of Aiken County. The unsolved mysteries series, written by veteran reporter Carl langley, will also run in the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday editions of the Standard. Among the cases probed are the disappearance of a child, the shooting deaths of a North Augusta couple, the hit-and-run killing of a bicyclist and the rape-murder of an Edgefield County widow.A Quick Read Earth Safe From Asteroid IX)S ANGELES (AP) - For the third time this year, scientists discovered an asteroid will fly relatively close to Earth, and while there is no threat of collision, experts say such a disaster is likely sometime in the future. "While the new asteroid poses no immediate danger, in astronomical terms it will be making a very close pass" when it comes within IVi million miles of Earth about 8 p.m. PDT next Thursday night, said planetary scientist Eleanor Helin, who discovered the mile-wide hunk of rock. At 2*2 million miles — about IO times the distance between the Earth and the moon — the asteroid designated 1989 PB "will be one of the very closest larger objects to pass the Earth this century," said Helin, a planetary scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion laboratory in Pasadena. "Ifs not going to hit us. Certainly there s no danger," astronomer Brian Marsden said by telephone from Cambridge, Mass., where he directs the International Astronomical Union's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, an astronomy reporting agency.Weather Partly Cloudy Partly cloudy skies are forecast tonight with a chance of thunderstorms. The low will be in the upper 60s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. The high will be in the 80s. Please see details on Page 4A.Deaths James O. Austin, New Ellenton Mack A Brown, Mullins Jessie Day, Aiken Lonnie L. 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J.....2C Weather....:...............................4A Striking Russians Begin Labor Talks Page IB School Board Threatened With Lawsuit Friday, August 18, 1989 Aiken, South Carolina Vol. 122 No. 198 Planners Head For Showdown Commission To Insist Subdivision Regulations Be Kept Intact Subdivisions Approved Page 1B By CARL LANGLEY Staff Writer The Aiken County Planning Commission sent a signal Thursday night that it is heading for a showdown with the County Council and developers over changes in subdivision regulations. With only one negative vote among its nine members, the planning body, in a letter of "reaffirmation," said it would insist the council keep intact seven recommendations dealing with subdivisions. Separate votes were taken on each of the seven items and the result was unanimous on six. Commissioner Doug Gin-grey voted against a proposal that would keep road widths 26 feet in small subdivisions. He said a reduction to 22 feet would not present a problem with traffic. During the discussion, some of the commissioners indicated they would be present Tuesday night when the council takes up the changes in the subdivision regulations. Planning Commission Chairman Ralph Zieger said if the commission is not allowed to present its case as a county agency, then commissioners could speak on the revisions as private citizens. Council's Development Committee Chairman Medwell Hill, asked to comment on the letter, answered the commissioner's complaints by saying "they have gotten to the point where they want to dictate everything." Hill said some of the complaints by the commissioners are out of touch with the realities of development and their recommendations are a burden, not to developers, but to people wanting to buy a lot and build a home. The revisions contested by the commis sioners include items ranging from lot sizes in subdivisions served by tar and gravel roads, to cul-de-sac lengths, curb cuts, paving widths on small .streets and Planning Commission vs. county engineer authority in areas dealing with private unpaved roads and road capacities. Zieger said in the letter that the proposed revisions in regulations are "of such potential benefit to developers that, if adopted, would make area developers a self-governing faction... " Zieger said if that should happen it would be "a detriment to the public at large and would weaken efforts of County Council, the Planning Commission and (Please See PLANNERS, Page 10A) Consumer Prices Up 0.2 Percent In July By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Consumer inflation rose a modest 0.2 percent in July, held down by the sharpest drop in gasoline prices in nearly three years, the government said today. The increase in the I .a bor Department's Consumer Price Index last month matched the gain in June. Together, the two reprts showed the mildest two-month inflation picture since July-August 1986 and marked a sharp contrast to surging prices in the first five months of the year. Even with the recent slowdown, prices for the first seven months of 1989 rose at a 5.5 percent annual rate, more than a full percentage point higher than the 4.4 percent increases in both 1988 and 1987. The Labor Department said the most recent dampening of cost pressures reflected drops in prices of gasoline and apparel, particularly vomen's clothing, and a modest rise in f' <od costs. Gasoline prices, after shooting up 21.2 percent in the first five months of the year, fell 1.0 percent in June and dropped an additional 2.2 percent in July, the sharpest decline since October 1986. However, fuel oil costs rose 1.5 percent last month, reversing June's decline of 1.2 percent, and natural gas was up 0.5 percent. Food and beverage costs rose a moderate 0.3 percent in July following a 0.2 percent June gain. That was a marked moderation from the first five months of the year, when the lingering effects of last year's drought sent food prices up at a 9.3 percent annual rate. Cereal products, beverages and sweets all rose substantially, but they were offset by a 0.7 percent drop in the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs. Clothing costs were down 0.8 percent last month, following all percent decline in June. Prices for women's and girls' apparel fell 2.0 percent and those for infants and toddlers dropped 4.8 percent. The I^abor Department attributed the declines to larger-than-usual end-of-the-season price discounts for women's clothing. The price of goods and services other than food and energy rose 0.4 percent, driven up by a 2.0 percent gain for tobacco but dampened by a 0.4 percent decline for new cars. The various changes in July left the overall Consumer Price Index at 124.4 percent of its 1982-84 base. That means a hypothetical selection of goods costing $100 during the base period would have cost $124.40 in July, up 30 cents from June. The moderation in consumer prices had been expected by economists and was sure to be greeted as good news at the Federal Reserve Board, which had been raising in . rjst »ates in order to slow the economy. Consumer Price Index Percent change from prior month + 0 -0 ?% ASONO J F M A M J J 1988 1989 June '89 July 89 l+Q.4%1 |+0.2%1 Uo'2%1 Source U.S Dept ai Labor AP5-Year Plan Has Goals For District By DENISE STUBBS Staff Writer Development of a five-year instructional plan to advance academic achievement for all Aiken County students encompasses a list of goals for the school district during the 1989-90 school year. When the Aiken County Board of Education met on July ll, the administration and board members discussed goals that the school district should work toward and achieve during the upcoming school year. During that meeting at the Clemson Extension Service, Board Member Robert Slay proposed a five-year instructional support plan similar to the long-term five-year facility plan that is currently in place throughout the district. The school board adopted Slay's plan, which would outline the amount of funds available for instruction and list priorities to improve education in Aiken County each year. Using the data available from the Savannah River Site Impact Plan, the Task Force 2000 Report, the "Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade" Act and other studies and reports, goals for Aiken County instruction will be devel- Pipe-Bomb Killer Dies In Alabama Electric Chair oped. Various local, state and national studies have been compiled to predict area growth and future needs of the local community as well as suggested solutions to future dilemmas. The school district administration will involve the staff, parents, students and other citizens throughout the school district in the development of the five-year instructional plan, according to the first draft of 1989-90 goals report presented to the school board on Aug. 15. Once the school board members review the goals, the report will be sent to each of the five areas that make up the school district for review by principals, the staff and the area advisory councils. These groups will suggest changes and provide their initial reaction to the tentative goals. After this process has been completed, the goals will go before the school board for final approval. When the general (Please See 5-YEAR, Page 10A) By The Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. — An inmate who was married last week in a prison ceremony was executed early today in Alabama's electric chair for the 1977 pipe-bomb killing of an 11-year-old girl. Herbert Lee Richardson, 43, was pronounced dead at 12:14 a.m., said state Department of Corrections spokeswoman Debbie Herbert. He was convicted in the death of Rena Mae Catlins of Dothan, whose body was blown apart on the porch of her home when she picked up a pipe bomb and it detonated. The execution was carried out after the U.S. Supreme Court followed the lith U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta and U.S. District Judge Robert Varner in Montgomery in refusing Richardson's request for a stay Thursday. Gov. Guy Hunt earlier refused to grant clemency. Richardson was the sixth person executed in Alabama and the 116 in the nation since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to restore the death penalty in 1976. Richardson, blindfolded, was strapped in the electric chair as Holman Prison Warden Charlie Jones read the death warrant. "I have no ill feeling and hold nothing against anyone," Richardson said in a final statement. Soon after, his body received a surge of 1,800 volts of electricity. In a news conference after the execution, state Prison Commissioner Morris Thigpen said that Richardson had requested the blindfold from the time he left the holding cell adjacent to the execution room at 11:57 p.m. "He never saw the execution chamber," Thigpen said. Richardson was described by his defenders as an "all-around American boy" who was left emotionally disturbed by his Vietnam War experience. He claimed the pipe bomb was not meant to explode, only to scare the girl's family. The girl's aunt had broken off a relationship with him shortly before the device was planted. Varner, in rejecting the defense claims, said Thursday it is "beyond the bounds of reason ... to believe that a device which maimed and killed an 11-year-old child by exploding in her hands could be thought of... as not presenting a se- ' riousrisk of harm." Richardson's wife, Katie, some of her family members and a Montgomery minister visited the condemned man Thursday until about IO: 30 p.m. I AZT Proved Effective For Mildly Infected AIDS Patients By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Highly successful trials of the antiviral drug AZT suggest that AIDS may soon become "a treatable disease" instead of a hopeless infection, federal officials say. The announcement is "a major turning point in the AIDS epidemic," said Jean McGuire, director of the AIDS Action Council, an advocacy group for AIDS patients. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan announced Thursday that trials of AZT on patients who are only FAUCI mildly infected with AIDS proved that the drug can halt progression of the infection. "We are indeed entering the period when AIDS may become a treatable disease," Sullivan said at a news conference where the AZT drug trial results were announced. However, he cautioned: "AZT is not a cure and, indeed, even those who are under AZT treatment remain capable of transmitting the disease." Findings of the drug trials on mildly infected patients who show no symptoms prompted federal officials to stop the trials so that all participants can receive AZT. The drug trial had required one-third of the 1,300 in the study to receive placebo, or sugar pill. AZT, also known as zidovudine, is marketed by Burroughs Wellcome Co. under the brand name Retrovir. It formally was known by the name azidothymidine. which was shortened in popular use to AZT. Thursday's announcement marks the third time that formal trials of AZT have been modified after the drug demonstrated its effectiveness against AIDS in selected patient groups. Two weeks ago, a trial was stopped among patients with a stage of the disease called AIDS-related complex, or ARC. Earlier, the government halted trials among profoundly infected AIDS patients. In both cases the trials were stopped so that those participants getting placebo could start receiving the drug. An AZT trial continues among AIDS patients whose blood immune system is still healthy but who test positive for infection by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, which causes AIDS. This group would be at an even earlier stage of the disease. Sullivan said the new trial results, along with those from the two earlier trials, provide "real hope for the millions of people worldwide who are infected with HIV." Ms. McGuire said in a prepared statement, "For the millions of Americans who have waited to be tested for HIV because there was no medical assistance available, today's announcement should be reason for people to rethink that decision." The HHS secretary said he is ordering that Medicare patients receiving AZT be reimbursed for the cost of the drug. AZT, which must be taken six times daily,' costs $7,000 to $8,000 a year per patient. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the lead federal clinical agency (Please See AZT, Page 10A) ;
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"No!" Nerui yelled, she ran to the edge of the ship and pushed her palm out. A flash of blue light erupted from it and thundered down the canyon after Danyel.
She fell against the side of the ship, panting.
"He'll be… he'll be okay," She gasped.
Bruad knelt down next to her.
"Nerui… no creature could survive a fall like that… he-"
"No!" She told him, "I sent a niavaru after him,"
Bruad looked confused.
"An aircoiling spell?" Deadrick asked, squinting his eyes.
Nerui nodded, "I wasn't going to let him die,"
Deadrick broke a smile; he made small noise of what sounded like joy, and ran to the wheel. Nerui climbed to her feet and ran over to him.
"Anyone would think you were happy that he wasn't dead," Nerui said, Deadrick shot a look at her, his eyebrows raised.
"I'm completely lost," Bruad said.
"I saved him, we just need to get down to him quickly," Nerui told him.
"But the balloon is too big… it's too narrow down there. Even if we could get down to him, we'd never get back out again without damaging the ship," Bruad told them.
"We're not going down in the Windglider," Deadrick told him.
'You are joking, right?" Bruad said.
They were standing on the edge of the canyon, peering down into the darkness below.
"You said it yourself, wolf man, the ship won't fit," Nerui said.
"Yes, but what you just proposed is incredibly dangerous… and there's only a small chance he's still alive-"
"No- he is alive. The niavaru is an aircoiling spell; it would have cushioned his fall,"
Bruad thought that sounded like a lot of nonsense. Werewolves were very grounded creatures, and went on the rule that if you fall, you go splat and you die. But he kept his mouth shut, she had hope, and he simply couldn't bring himself to crush it.
"So then," He said, "How do we get down?"
Deadrick reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of serrated knives.
"Back to my original point- you are joking?" Bruad asked, "You can't be serious! Those blades will never hold your weight,"
"Worth a try," Nerui said, removing a pair of thin knives and sitting down, her legs dangling over the dark abyss below.
"We don't know how far it is down, and once we start there's little chance of us being able to pull our weight back up," Deadrick explained, getting into the same position as Nerui, "So once we start going down, there is no coming back up,"
Nerui nodded.
"I seriously doubt anything will come of this… but I suppose I promised to follow you,"
"You did, now wolf up!" Nerui told him.
Bruad sighed.
"Have you ever seen a Half Kin Lycan transform, Nerui?" Deadrick asked.
Nerui shook her head.
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Bruad shook his huge head, sending ripples down the mane that ran down his spine. The loose fitting clothes he wore as a human fitted his new frame tightly, leaving him with an ounce of humanity.
Nerui's mouth was wide.
"It's a disturbing thing to witness," Deadrick told her.
Bruad apologized and swung his body over the canyon lip, digging his long claws into the rock.
"Ready?" Deadrick asked.
Nerui and Bruad gave a small nod of agreement, and they began to descend into the dark canyon.


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text: Chapter 15 Managing Communication Communication Complexity Communication is a complex process that requires constant attention so that intended messages are sent and received. Communication is essential to management; it is the process through which things get done in organizations. Defining communication is relatively simple, but achieving high-quality communication is both complicated and difficult. The Process of Communication • Communication is a process that involves the transmission of meaningful information from one party to another through the use of shared symbols. • Communication is successful when meaning is understood. Elements in the Communication Process Purpose 1. Understanding 2. Prompt action Sender Encoding Noise Noise Noise Using a Message symbols Decoding in Receiver form the other person What do these will understand Feedback symbols mean Noise Nonverbal Communication Kinesic behavior, or body motion, such as gestures, facial expressions, and eye behavior. Physical characteristics, such as body shape, physique, posture, height, and weight. Paralanguage, such as voice quality, speech rate, pitch, and laughing. Barriers to Effective Communication • Barriers can disrupt the accurate transmission of information. • These barriers take different forms: –Sender barrier Don't understand –Encoding barrier symbols –Communication channel barrier –Decoding barrier –Receiver barrier –Feedback barrier –Noise barrier Barriers to Effective Communication Diversity Frame of Reference Selective Listening Value Judgments Filtering Source Creditability Status Differences Time Pressures Overload Communication Channels Ranked by Information Richness Richest Channel Leanest Channel Physical presence (face-to-face, meetings) Interactive channels (telephone, electronic media, voice mail, e-mail) Personal static channels (memos, letters, reports tailored to receiver) Impersonal static channels (fliers, bulletins, generalized reports) Best for nonroutine, ambiguous, difficult messages Best for routine, clear, simple messages Developing Constructive Feedback Skills – Give feedback that is specific rather than general. – Focus feedback on behavior rather than the person, and focus it on behavior that can be changed. – Keep personality traits out of your feedback by focusing on what rather than who. – Feedback should be given as soon as possible. Developing Constructive Feedback Skills – Provide feedback using descriptive information about what the person said or did. – Avoid feedback using evaluative inferences about motives, intent, or feelings. – Ensure privacy when giving feedback about negative behaviors. – Give feedback when the receiver appears ready to accept it. Guidelines for Active Listening • Do create a supportive atmosphere. • Do listen for feelings as well as words. • Do note cues. • Do occasionally test for understanding. • Do demonstrate acceptance and understanding. • Do ask exploratory, openended questions. • Don't try to change the other's views. • Don't solve the problem for the speaker. • Don't give advice. • Don't pass judgment. • Don't explain or interpret others' behavior. • Don't give false reassurances. • Don't attack if the speaker is hostile. • Don't ask "why" the feelings. Communication Competency Challenges • Expect to be misunderstood by at least some listeners and readers. • Expect to misunderstand others. • Strive to reduce the degree of such misunderstandings, but never expect total elimination of them or the ability to anticipate all possible outcomes. Chapter 16 & 17 Organizational Control and Operational Management What is Operations Management? • Operations management is the process an organization uses to: Obtain the materials or ideas for the product it provides. Transform the materials or ideas into the product. Provide the final product to a user. • Operations management is closely linked to: Strategic Management Planning Information Systems Management McGraw-Hill © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The Operations Management Process Inputs Raw materials Labor Energy Knowledge • Inputs are the supplies needed to create a product. • Materials requirements planning: analyzing a design to determine the materials and parts required in the production process. • Inventory: the stock of raw materials, inputs, and component parts that the firm keeps on hand. The Operations Management Process Inputs Raw materials Labor Energy Knowledge Transformation • The stage in which Conversion the product's inputs are converted to the Facility final product. Capacity • An effective conversion process: Process – Works to lower the Control cost of creating the product – Create a better product for the same or less cost. The Operations Management Process Inputs Conversion Raw materials Facility Labor Capacity Energy Process Knowledge Control • Key decision areas: – Designing the process – Monitoring the process The Operations Management Process Inputs Conversion Outputs Raw materials Facility Goods Labor Capacity Services Energy Process Information Knowledge Control Strategic management decisions involved in operations management: • Make-buy analysis: whether to produce an item or to purchase it. • Capacity: firm's ability to produce the product during a given period. • Facilities: design and location of an operations facility. • Process: how a product or a service will be produced. • Facilities layout design: physical arrangement that allows for efficient production Designing the Process • Process design begins with analyzing the general operation and identifying: – Every major step that needs to be done. – The order that the steps must take. – The flow of the steps from start to finish (including their relationship to each other). – The amount of time each individual step requires. Process Design Tools • Gantt Charts: provide a visual sequence of the process steps. • Load Charts: type of Gantt chart based on departments or specific resources that are used in the process. • Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Network: tool for analyzing the conversion process. WEEKS Gantt Chart Start 1 2 3 Get permit ---------------------------------------------------- Order baking equipment ------------------- Paint interior ----------------------------- Install electrical fixtures ------------ Install floors ------------ 4 5 ----------- Install baking equipment ----------- Test equipment Load Chart Start Office Staff ------------------- Order department ------------------- Painter ----------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 Electrician ---------------------------------- Carpenter ------------ Example of a PERT Network Get permit 1 4 Start 1 Order baking equipment 1 Install baking equipment 1 1 Paint interior 1 1 Install floors Install electrical fixtures 1 Test equipment Organizational Control • Control is the process of comparing performance to standards and taking corrective action. The systematic process to regulate • It ensures that: activities standards are met Did we doorganizational what we errors are limited to make them consistent with the quality iswe acceptable said were going products are safe expectations the company is performing at the highest possible to? level • Control is closely associated with planning. McGraw-Hill © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Process of Control If deviations are acceptable Take no corrective action Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards If deviations are unacceptable Take corrective action Process of Control Strategic Goal Closes(Functional) the planning loop Tactical Goal --begins with Operational Goalsetting Individual/Task Goal objectives/goals Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards Specific, measurable If deviations are acceptable Take no corrective action If deviations are unacceptable Take corrective action Process of Control If deviations are acceptable Take no corrective action Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards If deviations are unacceptable Take corrective action Process of Control quality chart If deviations are acceptable on time delivery customer satisfaction Take no corrective productivity action Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards If deviations are unacceptable budgets income statement environmental audit Take corrective action Process of Control If deviations are acceptable Take no corrective action Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards If deviations are unacceptable Take corrective action Process of Control If deviations are acceptable Take no corrective action Set performance standards Measure actual performance Compare performance with standards If deviations are unacceptable Process equipment procedures Take corrective action The Role of Productivity and Quality • Productivity – A measure of the efficiency with which a firm transforms inputs into outputs, calculated as output divided by input. outputs Productivity = inputs Types of Bureaucratic Control • Feedforward control Designed to prevent problems before they occur • Concurrent control –Takes place as the work process is being carried out • Feedback control –Occurs after a process has been completed McGraw-Hill © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 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A Russian rocket carrying a US-made communications satellite has plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after its launch.
The Zenit-3SL rocket was launched from a floating site in the ocean just before 07:00 GMT on Friday, BBC reports citing the Russian media report.
Sources in the Russian space industry said the rocket had strayed from its trajectory immediately after lift-off, causing the engine to cut out.
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Yevgeny Lopota, the head of Russia's Energia corporation, which made the rocket, said the engine shutdown happened just 50 seconds into the flight.
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New Delhi, Nov 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice-President Hamid Ansari today paid homage to former President K R Narayanan on his second death anniversary.
Mr Singh and Mr Ansari visited Uday Bhumi here and placed wreaths at the 'samadhi' of the former President. Defence Minister A K Antony was also among those who paid floral tributes at the memorial.
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Watching the day two moaning and growning on the "Billy Goat" Right about the SCOTUS pick of Harriet Miers, I was struck by the arrogance - not of the President, but from the hard right itself.
Pat Bucannan in this article basically summed up the the majority frustration of at least the 'hard right':
"Handed a once-in-a-generation opportunity to return the Supreme Court to constitutionalism, George W. Bush passed over a dozen of the finest jurists of his day -- to name his personal lawyer.
In a decision deeply disheartening to those who invested such hopes in him, Bush may have tossed away his and our last chance to roll back the social revolution imposed upon us by our judicial dictatorship since the days of Earl Warren."
Wow! Pat! Chill bro!
Listen, back when you worked for the Reagan administration - who incidently dreamed up Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, it's amazing that conservatives like you now try present Harriet Mier in the mold of David Souter!
Please Pat, for the sake of common sense - shut up!
Watching Pat on Hardball this evening, you could see the frustration that you've seen from the hard right, such as Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh and others. Again, though they won't say it outright, inside and through their TV apperances, weblogs and articles:
"Damn it.... The dope blew it!... We waited so long for it to happen!"
"Besides, we had a chance to really stick in the face of the left and he took that away from us!
Well, let's look at a few facts.
One, Bush has made some phenomenal picks to the bench, I mean has anyone really grasp the significance of getting Judge John Roberts on the bench? To the Chief Justice position no less!
Fact is that Bush has kept his promise. He has consistanly put strong conservatives on the Bench, in the mold of Scalia and Thomas.
Now he has stood up and said, "Look, this is MY pick....I gave you YOUR picks, but this is MY pick, trust me!"
The hard right says, "Yeah, well we trusted Reagan and George Bush (41) and look what happened!
Again, in both cases it was some of those on the hard right that made their recommendations on those picks - IF memory serves me correctly.
Besides this missed fact:
Contrary to popular opinion, George W. Bush wasn't elected only by the hard right. We moderate conservatives also played a huge role and possibly - just possibly, we weren't looking to "Super Right Judge" for a pick.
I personally wasn't looking for O'Connor, but then I wasn't looking for a Thomas either. I just wanted someone who strictly interpreted the US Constitution. After all, I thought that was the "goal". Pat said it was, but let's get real. Pat, Michelle, and the rest of the hard liners "say" they want a strict constitutionalist, but you can read between the lines that they wanted someone who is eventually going to work to overturn Roe V. Wade while judicially steam rolling the left's agenda into the ground. "We could just taste it!"
But isn't that "judicial activism"? Isn't that the type action conservatives wanted to stop on the court? No more "legislating from the bench"? The point is that youweren't the only ones who worked hard to get Bush re-elected, let's remember that shall we.
The funniest thing I've seen is that we saw some of the same "outrage" from the same people on the right when Robert's was picked. Ann Coulter wrote at the time:
"We don't know much about John Roberts. Stealth nominees have never turned out to be a pleasant surprise for conservatives. Never. Not ever... Oh, yeah...we know he's argued cases before the supreme court. big deal; so has Larry Flynt's attorney."
Sound familar? Powerline Blog had more examples of CPTSD about Roberts at the time of his pick.
"Ann Coulter is not the only smart conservative who wonders whether John Roberts is "one of us." As Scott noted below, Charles Krauthammmer has called Roberts a blank slate. And the astute blogger PoliPundit fears that President Bush has blown the pick.
There are two issues here: (1) is Roberts a conservative and (2) if so, what kind (and how solid) of a conservative jurist will he be. The first issue corresponds to the question, might Roberts be another Souter. The second corresponds roughly to the question, might he be another Powell/O'Connor/Kennedy. The answers, I will argue, are "no" and "probably not."
The point is that once people got to know him, that sort of nonsense stopped and he was confirmed.
Again, I remember the same "CPTSD" on Clement......sheesh.
The fact is that some of us on the right need some serious therapy to help us through this time of sorrow and help us finally kick CPTSD- take a powder and wait and see. Beside, bitch all you want, the choice is made.
Read this article for starters and call me in the morning.
AJ Strata says it's time to move on. Cpt Ed on the trouble with the nomination. Check out the Coalition of the Chillin' with Patrick Ruffini.
UPDATE: Everybody is quoting George Will's article today. But it is important to remember (those who can remember that far) that I remember George supported Sandy O'Connor for the Supremes when she was selected back in '81.
He wasn't alone. In fact:
"At this point (1981), O'Connor was considered very conservative. Time magazine labeled her Justice William H. Rehnquist's "Arizona twin"; indeed, in her first term the two voted together on twenty-seven of the thirty-one decisions decided by 5-4 votes. In her first five terms, O'Connor was often aligned with the conservative faction of the Court. Nevertheless, in her best-known opinion of her first term, O'Connor was joined by the liberal wing of the Court in a 5-4 ruling that a state-supported university in Mississippi could not constitutionally exclude men from its school of nursing. By the end of the 1984 term, O'Connor had come to be identified as a restrained jurist, a strong supporter of federalism, and a cautious interpreter of the Constitution." more here
I remember conservative biggies back then jumping on the Sandy badwagon back then. My how times have changed. The point is despite all their ramblings now about Miers, they were wrong in the past, they could be wrong now. But in any case they out to just shut up because like it or not - she's the pick.
UPDATE II: Town Hall's Tony Blankley "diagnoses" further.
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"But we wanted to Kill them!" Conservative Post Traumatic Souter DisorderPosted by Jack Moss
Watching the day two moaning and growning on the "Billy Goat" Right about the SCOTUS pick of Harriet Miers, I was struck by the arrogance - not of the President, but from the hard right itself.


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SC to hear TN plea on Cauvery dispute next week
The bench also did not approve Karnataka's argument that it was cumulatively releasing water over a period of time.
New Delhi: The Supreme court has postponed the hearing in the Cauvery water dispute case. The apex court will now hear the Tamil Nadu government's contempt plea against Karnataka next week. This after the Shettar government failed to follow the directions of the Cauvery River Authority headed by the Prime Minister to release water to Tamil Nadu till October 15.
The bench also did not approve Karnataka's argument that it was cumulatively releasing water over a period of time as against the apex court's directive of releasing 9,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu. "You are releasing 3,000 cusecs on some days. On other days you are releasing more water. It may have lot of repercussions. Some areas may even be flooded. We do not know," the bench told senior counsel Fali Nariman appearing for Karnataka.
The court made the observation in response to Nariman's submission that despite its own distress situation the State was complying with the directive for releasing 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu though it was done on a staggered basis. The bench also dismissed a petition filed by a group of farmers from Karnataka seeking stay of its September 29 order directing release of 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
On October 11, the CRA passed the directive for release of 8.85 tmc on the basis of the findings of a central team that visited Karnataka and Tamil Nadu last week. Karnataka, however, maintained that it would not accept the award.
At the last hearing, the court had observed that agitations do not not serve any purpose and its order directing Karnataka to supply 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu will not be an impediment to any decision by Prime Minister on the review petition filed before the Cauvery River Authority.
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The message had been brief, as though it had been sent in a great hurry. I could understand why.
Mayor meeting tomorrow night, 19:30 Oberon Abattoir, be there?
My reply had been even more concise, as all my communication with The Rebel Voice tend to be: Yes.
I only access that email address, used for photo submissions and receiving tip-offs, through random wireless hotspots around the city on my Sony VAIO CS laptop. And never for more than two minutes at a time, to avoid being traced. I don't know for sure that anyone is trying to find me through that account, but I have no intention of finding out the hard way.
I'm crouching in the rafters, staring down at the two floor drop to the stainless steel floor and wishing I had a more comfortable and secure hiding spot. But without knowing where exactly the meeting will take place, or how many people will be attending, mobility is important. At least I've got a better deal than the cow carcasses lining the ceramic tiled walls, hanging upside down and drained of blood.
I arrived through the access door on the roof, which had given me more than a little trouble. I'm not an expert lock pick by any stretch of the imagination, but in my line of work you learn the basics of any skill that might prove useful. My uncle Dave, a retired locksmith, was actually the one to teach me when I was still in high school. I bet he'd be real proud.
The shadows make it impossible to check my watch but it must be nearly time now. There was no chance to purchase a new camera between work and getting here so I'll be relying on my memory tonight. Thankfully it's better than average and…
The door directly below me squeals open, like a pig being led to… well, here. Two gorillas stuffed into matching black suits squeeze through the door; one stays by the entrance, the other makes a slow circuit of the room, examining every shadow as though his life would be forfeit if he failed to find a mouse. It probably would be.
Satisfied, he joins his fellow primate at the doorway and seconds later the man of the hour makes his appearance, striding to the middle of the room with a navy blue suit clinging to his lanky frame. I catch a glimpse of a white business shirt and crimson tie when he turns his bald head to confirm the continued presence of his bodyguards. The whiskers of his thick, white beard appear to be more on edge than he is.
Mayor Wilkerson does not look pleased to be here and being kept waiting is not improving his mood. He begins to tap his right foot like an impatient, angry grandfather clock and the sound echoes uncomfortably off the slaughterhouse walls. I take a deep, steadying breath and we wait together.
Ten minutes later, the staccato tapping nearing a crescendo, the door on the far side of the room groans open and a short, rotund man with a substantial head of greasy black hair ambles his way toward the mayor.
"Good evening Thomas," Victor Grozny wheezes, the Russian accent still shrouding his words.
"You're late Victor," the mayor snaps back. "I do not have time to wait around meat lockers while you fill your belly with hundred dollar steaks."
"Then you will make time, friend." His tone is casual but the threat is clear. Oh, Emma B; you've thrown me in the deep end and my floatation device is broken. "Now, what do you need to discuss that is so important it could not wait until our next scheduled meeting?"
"The situation with The Rebel Voice and that stupid vandal is getting out of hand," Wilkerson snarls and begins to pace. Stupid vandal? Surely he speaks of someone else. "We need to figure out who MacKenzie and Red Five really are and you need to take care of them before this goes any further."
I suppose I should be more concerned by the threat to my continued existence, but being called a stupid vandal really stings. I'll have to make a point of referring to him as a moronic shyster in my next piece.
"My men are already tracking them down Thomas, you are worrying yourself over nothing."
Oh, well that's not good news at all.
"How long, Victor? The more time they have to talk, the more attention they get, the messier this becomes."
"A day or two at most, my friend. These men are amateurs and they will be dealt with most swiftly and… conclusively," Victor says with a rumbling belly laugh.
Amateurs? Oh you arrogant fools, you have no idea. This is about to get a whole lot messier.


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As a gesture of goodwill to the android community, HP has released some very useful information to the team working on CyanogenMod 9 for the HP Touchpad: a test version of the android kernel and a few other components are among the goodies that will go towards the already impressive port.
"HP supports the community and was kind enough to provide us with the Android kernel source and some other GPL components that they modified for the few Touchpads that were accidentally released running Android."
green has uploaded as much as he can to all the usual places, as detailed in the post on our forum.
We've also possibly learned some of the back-story behind the Touchpad's development:
"What's interesting about this kernel is it seems to be a totally separate development from the webOS kernel (this was suspected from the very beginning), but now the comments in the code seem to imply that HP had another team working on Android port to Touchpad and that team appears to be totally separate from the webOS team. I wonder if that means there was a plan to ship the Touchpad with Android that were then preempted by webOS plans after Palm purchase."
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