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Knowing what name to use when referring to a "native person" in Canada just got a whole lot harder. And not only because about 600,000 "indigenous" people may have their status changed by a recent court ruling.
Back in the 1960s, things were more simple. There were Indians, non-status Indians and Métis. Indians were people who met the requirements of the Indian Act sufficiently to be issued a treaty status card, non-status Indians were native people who were not eligible or who had lost their status (e.g. an Indian woman who had married a white man). And Métis were descendants of a European and Indian mix who had developed their own culture, complete with language (Michif) and political leaders like Louis Riel.
But the name "Indian" fell out of favour because of negative stereotypes, and then the term "aboriginal" was introduced at a constitutional conference to include Indian, Métis and Inuit.
Some Indians still prefer to be called Indians. Métis will always be Métis. There are a lot of aboriginals who would prefer to be called "First Nations" (the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the official governance of First Nations, has stated it prefers not to do business with organizations that use "aboriginal" in their name).
The problem is always going to be that no matter how any of these names originated, none of the words were ever spoken before Europeans arrived. Many of the indigenous nations here simply referred to themselves by a word in their own language which meant "the people" or "the human beings." You may have heard Ojibway call themselves "anishnabi" (the people).
But words like anishnabi don't mean much to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and many of the other 600 First Nations in Canada.
Now Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan has ruled that Métis and non-status Indians are considered Indians under the Constitution. There is going to be confusion, because Ottawa previously asserted "Indian" exclusively meant First Nations and Inuit.
The situation is further complicated by the fact the definition of who is Indian is also defined in the Constitution and by the Indian Act. Sometimes Indian covers Métis, non-status or First Nation, and other times the names are mutually exclusive.
A name defines who you are and can be a source of immense pride and identity. Names build unity, which is useful in solving common problems and developing solutions that meet the needs of the group. So you can see why David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, is being "cautious" about the recent ruling.
"This recent decision does not mean that the Métis are Indians in the same way as when we say or think of First Nations members," Chartrand explained. "There have been other words used to describe the whole of Canada's indigenous peoples such as natives, aborigines and aboriginals. Now we have another word."
And another.
"We are the Otepayemsuak -- the independent ones," Chartrand added.
OK, so what is a Caucasian Canadian to do when it comes to naming names? Call people what they want to be called. Ask a simple question and you'll find that most of the respondents will guide you gently to a higher understanding.
Then you don't have to worry if a Cree person prefers to be called Ininew and you won't have a Dakota individual tell you, "Don't call me Sioux!"
Don Marks is a Winnipeg writer.


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CEVA Wins Airfreight Forwarder of the Year Award
SINGAPORE — CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, was named the Airfreight Forwarder of the Year at the Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2012, held recently in Singapore.
The annual awards organized by Supply Chain Asia (SCA) are designed to recognize and commend companies and industry professionals in logistics and supply chain for their innovations, best practices and leading solutions contributing to excellence in the industry. Finalists in each category were first selected through online public voting. CEVA was voted as a finalist in the Airfreight Forwarder of the Year category. Winners in each category were then selected by an independent panel of judges comprising Asia's leading supply chain industry experts. CEVA emerged as the overall winner in the Airfreight Forwarder category.
Didier Chenneveau, CEVA's President for Asia Pacific said, "It is an honor for CEVA to be named the Airfreight Forwarder of the Year twice in the last two years. This award is a strong endorsement of CEVA's capabilities in Airfreight. We are pleased to be recognized as an industry leader in creating value and delivering superior services to both our customers and carrier partners in the region."
Strong partnerships with airline carriers is a competitive strength of CEVA as the company builds on strategic collaborations in procurement and Airfreight network capabilities to better support its customers' logistics needs worldwide. CEVA's combines a global network with a presence in over 170 countries with local expertise in various market sectors to serve its customers.
Supply Chain Asia, together with its SCA publication and industry awards, is a long established platform which allows industry professionals and companies to network, share information and further knowledge in the supply chain industry.

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Choose one of the 3 escape rooms in Bournemouth! It is an excellent opportunity to spend time with family and friends. Escape rooms are a new popular type of entertainment in Bournemouth. Here you will find information about the best escape rooms provided by different companies. It's time you escaped the room!
Escape rooms are a trending kind of entertainment in United Kingdom, where participants try to get out of the room using different hints and solving logical puzzles and challenges. You should guess riddles step by step until you manage to escape the room. That is a great team-building activity which will test your team spirit and cooperation skills.


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SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors used visual aids of a bloodied crime scene Thursday to make their case that a local TV repairman's wife and her alleged accomplice killed him last year for financial gain.
Deputy District Attorney Cary Epstein showed jurors pictures of the crime scene, which included evidence of a break-in and John "Jack" Cone's bloody body, as well as two surveillance videos showing a man entering and stealing items from the 64-year-old Cone's home in the 2100 block of Sierra Way.
Cone's wife, Laurie Cone, 47, and Gary Gallion, 30, are accused of conspiring to rob and kill Jack Cone on April 2 at his home and workspace.
Police believe Cone planned it for financial gain.
Cone and Gallion face a life sentence without the possibility of parole if convicted.
Detective Michelle Mahan, who was called to Jack Cone's house to do a crime scene investigation after the homicide report, took the stand inside a San Bernardino Superior Courthouse and talked about evidence inside the property.
One of the pictures showed a broken surveillance camera on the wall and Mahan said the front part of it had been knocked out so it couldn't capture video.
Other pictures showed padlocks dangling from the door and damage to the door itself.
The edge of the door was pried outward as if someone was trying to break the locks, Mahan said.
The pictures turned more gruesome as Epstein showed images of Jack Cone's battered and bruised body on the floor of his bedroom.
Evidence placards pointed out where blood had spattered - on the wall, in the bed, on a laundry hamper and on the floor, Mahan said.
Epstein also showed a picture of what appeared to be a footprint on a pillow.
The pictures of Jack Cone show he was beaten and tied up. Telephone cords tethered him to three walls and there was duct tape around his hands and ankles.
"The tape was also around his head, tracked through his mouth and around his neck as well," Mahan said.
Following the pictures, Epstein played a 25-minute video that showed someone breaking into Jack Cone's house.
The video began shortly after 12 a.m. on April 2. About nine minutes into the video, a person emerged from behind a parked truck and crouched down near the back door of the house.
The suspect, who is wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark shorts, white socks and white shoes, can be seen lurking around the door for about three minutes until he breaks in and enters the house.
More than two hours later, the subject is seen coming out of the house and loading large guns into the truck.
It took the robber about 17 minutes to load the truck with guns, TVs and other items. The video then goes dark.
Epstein then played a lengthy video from a surveillance camera in Jack Cone's gun room.
At 12:21 a.m. a person wearing what looks like the same outfit as before is seen walking in and out of the gun room. Around 1:20 a.m. the suspect starts working on a security door, using different tools and items to try and break it open.
Officials believe he was looking for guns, money and other valuables.
At one point, the man, who seems to be unaware of the camera, pulls back the hood of his jacket - revealing someone who looks like Gallion. He continues working with his hood down, face exposed.
For 35 minutes, the man is seen hammering, pounding and beating locks on the security door. At 1:55 a.m., finally breaks in.
He encounters a second door but this time he broke a hole in it, reached through and had it open within a minute.
He is seen walking in to the room, which is off camera.
Officials testified that Jack Cone had eight surveillance cameras hooked up to a DVR inside his home.
The device was taken from the home the night of the robbery and later recovered in a trash bin near a liquor store in the 5900 block of Del Rosa Avenue, San Bernardino police Detective Albert Tello testified.
When they hooked up the DVR and watched it, they found eight channels that showed views of the front yard of the house, the side gate and driveway leading into the shop, the north side of the house, the rear of the property and inside the gun room.
Epstein plans to play the rest of the video, about 45 minutes, on Monday when the trial resumes.


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Former Duke setter
Christina Falcone
rejoined the Blue Devil volleyball program as the Director of Volleyball Operations in June of 2011.
A native of Durham, N.C., Falcone handles daily office management, team travel arrangements, organization of campus visits for recruits, coordination of community service events, budget management and assisting with marketing and promotions.
"We are thrilled to have
Christina Falcone
return to Duke and work with us on a daily basis to continue to help the Duke Volleyball program strive for excellence," Nagel said. "It is wonderful to have a former Duke volleyball player and Duke graduate represent our program.
Growing up around Duke, graduating from Duke and having many family ties at Duke make her loyal through and through, and we feel very fortunate that she is going to share some additional time with us. Her knowledge of Duke University, our volleyball program and the Durham community is a huge asset to all. We couldn't be more pleased to have her join us in our journey and the team is excited as well to have an alumna around on a daily basis."
Falcone lettered at Duke from 2006-09 and was a member of two ACC Championship teams and four NCAA Tournament teams. She earned her degree in Psychology with a minor in Evolutionary Anthropology in May of 2010.


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Bailey whacks Nine's 'tactic'Chloe Saltau
Published: January 11 2013 - 3:00AM
AUSTRALIA'S acting captain, George Bailey, believes Channel Nine is deliberately talking down one-day cricket to secure a favourable broadcast deal.
Bailey, who will lead a below-strength team containing three debutants onto the MCG on Friday following the controversial decision to omit the retiring Michael Hussey and rest major drawcard David Warner, also said crowds for one-dayers had taken a hit because sophisticated television coverage gave fans little incentive to get off the couch.
Nine was unimpressed with the decision to leave out Hussey, Warner and Matthew Wade along with hamstrung captain Michael Clarke for the first two one-day internationals of the summer against Sri Lanka, fearing a ratings blow. But Cricket Australia has described as offensive the depiction of Bailey's side as a ''B team''.
The Melbourne Cricket Club expects a much smaller crowd than the 46,581 who attended the Melbourne Big Bash League derby on Sunday night, and is preparing for between 25,000 and 30,000 to brave Friday's hot weather.
Nine's exclusive negotiating window for a new broadcast deal has closed, allowing Cricket Australia to test the market with rival networks Seven and Ten. But Nine's last-rights option puts it in the box seat to sign a five-year deal, which CA hopes will fetch $500 million. Bailey suggested recent criticism from Nine's director of sport, Steve Crawley, was aimed at keeping a lid on the price.
''I can probably understand it coming from Channel Nine. They are going into negotiations about the TV rights and I think that was a pretty tactical move to try to talk down one-day cricket and what the Australian team is putting out,'' Bailey said. ''But it's still called the Australian cricket team, whether you're missing a few players through injury at any stage. For these two games, this is the best side Australia can put out. There might be a few debutants in this game, but I've got no doubt if guys perform well, you'll see these guys a lot more in one-day cricket and you'll see some of them in Test cricket. The calibre of player is certainly there.''
Though ODIs in Australia regularly attract a television audience of more than a million people, and are of enormous financial importance to both Nine and CA, the MCG has not had a crowd of more than 50,000 for a one-dayer since Australia and England drew 78,625 in the aftermath of the 2006-07 Ashes whitewash.
''I might have a bit of a left-field view, but I think the way sport is shown on TV now is so good and you get so much information thrown at you, that the better it gets delivered to the couch the less reasons there are to leave and watch it at a ground,'' Bailey said.
''Big Bash is popular because it goes for three hours and it fits in nicely. One-day cricket takes a bit longer and Test matches are becoming an event in themselves, it's as much about the spectacle and the event as the cricket. So one-day cricket, as far as crowds go, will be challenged at different times but I still think the actual cricket itself is very, very good.''
The five-match series against Sri Lanka is the first in Australia under altered rules for ODIs, the ICC's latest attempt to jazz up a tired format. The changes include an allowance for two bouncers per over instead of one, and a maximum of four fielders outside the circle in non-powerplay overs instead of five.
Australia and New Zealand will host the 2015 World Cup and CA is attempting to drum-up interest in this season's games against Sri Lanka and the West Indies with campaigns such as ''Summer's Biggest Dress-up Party''. After the selectors unveiled a depleted squad this week, one fan told CA on social media that he would dress up as Mike Hussey, given the veteran batsman had not been invited.
Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said one-dayers remained wildly popular on the subcontinent.
''I think there is certainly a lot of interest in world cricket for the 50-over game and everyone is building a team for the next World Cup,'' Jayawardene said. ''We've got a really big appetite for 50-over cricket, that's something that drives the [Sri Lankan] national team a lot, they enjoy their one-day and T20 cricket probably a lot more than Test cricket.''
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/bailey-whacks-nines-tactic-20130110-2cizc.html


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LAST JULY, WITH PRAYERS AND SONGS to bless the sockeye, Russell Jim opened a tank and released a shimmering burst of salmon into the blue-green waters of Cle Elum Lake, high in Washington's Cascade Range. After a century-long absence, the kálux—as they are known by the Yakama Indians—were back. The Yakama Nation successfully reintroduced these revered fish to this glacial lake, which served as a natural nursery for millennia until dams and water diversions wiped out the Yakima River Basin's salmon and steelhead. For the Yakama, this was a significant and sacred moment.
"When we bring back the fish, we also bring back the health of our people," says Jim, a tribal elder. "Our DNA is tied to this river, and we need the resources it provides."
The sockeye brought home now have a future thanks to a coalition that helped craft a management plan to improve water supplies throughout the basin for both wildlife and farmers while anticipating future water needs in light of a changing climate. Beginning in 2009, NWF, American Rivers, The Wilderness Society and the Yakama Nation worked with farmers, fishermen, biologists and government agencies on an integrated effort to improve stream flows with better irrigation practices, restore wildlife habitat and construct fish passages around six dams in the upper portion of the basin, 90 miles southeast of Seattle.
As part of the restoration effort, that same year the Yakama tribe started transporting sockeye from two river basins—the Wenatchee and the Okanogan—and releasing them in Cle Elum Lake. Their progeny, which swam down the Yakima River and out into the ocean, were the first to return to Cle Elum Lake.
The restoration package also includes the state's purchase of more than 50,000 acres of forest in the nearby Teanaway River watershed (see map below)—some of the highest-quality fish spawning and rearing areas in the Yakima Basin—from a private timber company. Just days before the Yakama celebrated the return of the sockeye, a near-unanimous Washington State Legislature allocated $132 million for the land purchase as well as other improvements, including the design of a downstream fish passage at Cle Elum Dam.
"We've achieved a major milestone [with this land purchase] in less than five years, which is incredibly fast," says Steve Malloch, NWF's former western water program manager who played a pivotal role in the victory.
Fast action to make sure the basin has enough water for wildlife and farmers is critical considering the Pacific Northwest's largest natural water reservoir–its snowpack–is shrinking. Warmer regional temperatures are leading to less snow as well as melting the snowpack earlier, resulting in lower summer flows. "We do not have the option of ignoring it, or none of us will make it," says Urban Eberhart, who represented farmers in the coalition effort.
Juvenile sockeye spend their first year of life in lakes such as Cle Elum. More than 200,000 were once here and in three other glacial lakes in the Yakima Basin. Then juvenile sockeye rode the spring snowmelt down the tributaries to the Columbia River and into the Pacific Ocean. There they grew to adults before returning to spawn in the waters where they hatched. The adult salmon brought nitrogen, phosphorous and other marine nutrients that nurtured the region's lakes and forests. Bears, wolves and other wildlife consumed the fish and spread the natural fertilizer.
Salmon also were key to the Yakama's thriving barter economy. The tribe traded sockeye with others as far away as the Great Plains. But in the late 1800s, farmers began damming Yakima Basin lakes and diverting water from salmon-bearing streams to their orchards and fields. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation began building dams and reservoirs for agriculture in the early 1900s. Wild sockeye quickly vanished.
"These salmon went extinct in one generation—four years—after they built Cle Elum Dam, as adults and juveniles could not pass over it," says Dave Fast, senior research scientist for the Yakama Nation's fisheries programs.
A series of droughts beginning in the late 1970s brought another significant problem to light: The Yakima Basin's water supply was severely overcommitted. Approximately 2.4-million-acre feet of water rights had been allocated in a basin that only had 1-million-acre feet of storage reservoirs.
The coalition knew it needed to work out a compromise package that helped both fish and farmers. "Steve [Malloch] came up with the idea of incorporating a major land protection piece for the benefit of everybody," Eberhart says. "I think that was the key to the whole thing clicking."
The Teanaway River Valley is a rich mix of grasslands and forest that provides habitat for a wide range of animals, including mountain lions, elk, mule deer, salmon and steelhead, and has been treasured by residents for its fishing, hiking and other outdoor opportunities. The state's purchase of the Teanaway land combined water and habitat conservation with fish restoration while expanding its public land available for recreation.
The next steps in the Yakima Basin management plan, which emphasizes efficient water use and improved water conservation, include building fish passages at six dams and drawing water from four of the basin's lakes to help salmon and farmers. It also will secure additional water from Kachess Lake for use during droughts and calls for a new dam and reservoir to provide water for agriculture and increase stream flows during dry years.
"That's an enormous testament to trying to solve problems rather than stake out positions," says Malloch, who hopes this plan will serve as a model for cooperative, climate-smart conservation throughout the West. "Salmon reintroduction could have been futile without this agreement ensuring adequate stream flow and habitat for future generations."
The tribe selected Cle Elum Lake for the first sockeye reintroduction effort because it provides access to the most pristine salmon habitat in the basin, says Brian Saluskin, a fish passage biologist and tribal member. The early returns are hopeful: More than 500 offspring from the 1,000 sockeye transplanted here in 2009 came back last summer. Like the hundreds of other people who gathered at Cle Elum Lake for the celebration, Saluskin sees a whole new future because the sockeye are back. "We know we can reestablish fish," Saluskin says. "We know we can right a wrong. Sockeye are just the beginning."
The Federation is working with communities, agencies and state governments across the United States to craft climate-smart conservation plans that not only address current environmental stresses but also anticipate future needs. For example, NWF helped the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife integrate climate change into its State Wildlife Action Plan. Visit www.nwf.org/climate-smart to find out more about NWF climate vulnerability assessments, adaptation guides and projects in your region.


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A YORK businessman is preparing his international insurance firm for a hit of £34.5 million as it is penalised over a mis-selling scandal.
The fine, set to be imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is more than £30 million above what Homeserve had expected to pay.
The Walsall-based business, which provides maintenance services to 4.9 million households in the UK, United States, Spain and France, was founded in 1993 by University of York graduate Richard Harpin.
Mr Harpin, who still lives in York, and is Homeserve's chief executive, has remained tight-lipped about the fine.
However the company has released a statement, which reads: "HomeServe announces receipt of the Financial Conduct Authority's Draft Warning Notice relating to the investigation into historic regulatory issues at HomeServe Membership Limited.
"These issues principally relate to historic sales and marketing, controls and governance and complaints handling, in line with our previous announcements.
"The notice proposes a financial penalty of £34.5 million, assuming an early settlement discount of 30 per cent.
"This is higher than the company's provision and HomeServe is therefore prudently increasing its provision by £30 million.
"HomeServe will now engage in discussions with the FCA to finalise the notice and do not propose making any further comment during these discussions.
"The ongoing activities of the UK business are unaffected by this notice and the business continues to trade in line with expectations."
The FCA probe looked into mis-selling of household emergency policies and poor handling of customer complaints by the company, whose products include boiler and central heating breakdown cover and insurance against blocked drains.
The scandal has already seen Homeserve fined £750,000 by regulator Ofcom in 2012, following allegations that call-centre staff were calling customers then abandoning the line, leaving potential customers with with a silent call.
The £36 million set aside by Homeserve for the fine is in addition to £40 million already put by to cover compensation for customers.


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NAPA, Calif. (AP) - You like chocolate. You like warm baths. But are you ready for a milk chocolate bath for two?
That's just one of the options available in California wine country, where escaping with your honey can be as down-to-earth, or as decadent, as you make it.
Want to sip sparkling wine on a terrace with a view? Stage your own Cinderella story on the ramparts of a fairy tale castle? Or maybe you fancy taking a spin around the salsa floor.
With Valentine's Day around the corner, here's a rundown of seven things to do for two in the Napa Valley, with price tags ranging from OK-if-you're-broke to go-for-broke.
TASTE THE GOOD LIFE: There are a number of tasting rooms in downtown Napa including Back Room Wines, where the lineup changes frequently, and Vintners' Collective, which represents a number of wineries. The Vintner's Collective tasting room is housed in a renovated historic stone building that has served time as a brewery, saloon, brothel, laundry and meat company - but not all at the same time.
SATURDAY (SALSA) NIGHT FEVER: Bistro Sabor in downtown Napa offers reasonably priced Latin American street food like fire-roasted chile relleno, a Poblano chile stuffed with cheese, beans and rice. And from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Saturday nights they fire up the salsa, merengue, and other music, no cover charge required.
MAKE YOUR FEELINGS CRYSTAL CLEAR: Sure, you may have seen a wine cellar or two. But have you seen a Crystal Cellar? With stainless steel walls, a mirrored bar and a collection of historic crystal decanters, not to mention a fabulous chandelier, from Baccarat? All this and more awaits at Raymond Vineyards, where your visit to the Cellar includes Earth & Air, a class about the importance of aerating wine. If you happen to be a member of the private Raymond Red Room club ($500 a year for one person and up to three guests) you can drop in on a private lounge with wine, billiards, vintage pinball and a lot of red velvet.
TAKE ROMANCE TO THE RAMPARTS: You know that Napa Valley is Romance Central. But did you know it has its own official Castle of Love? Yes, the Castello di Amorosa is a faithful replica of a medieval Tuscan castle with more than 100 rooms, a chapel, which is in use, a Knight's Room decorated with frescoes and a torture chamber, which is not in use. Tours end with a wine tasting but if you really want to get into the Valentine's spirit, try a wine-and-chocolate pairing.
SOAK IN THE SUN: Cleopatra was said to have bathed in milk for its beautifying properties, but you can go her one better at Auberge du Soleil, where a milk chocolate bath is available in-suite, butler included, along with massage, candles, dessert and a cocktail. The hotel is offering a Valentine's Day "Heart and Soul Experience" that comes with dinner, a bottle of sparkling wine, and breakfast for $1,465 for one night, $2,290 for two nights. And if that doesn't quite fit your budget, you can always enjoy drinks and appetizers at the inn's Bistro & Bar where you can sit near a cozy fireplace or enjoy a stunning sunset on the terrace. Wine by the glass starts at $9, small plates start at $6.
SPARKLE AND SHINE: Maybe you're not ready to pop the question, but are you ready to pop the cork? Mumm Napa offers sit-down tastings on its patio or inside the tasting salon. Tastings are also available on the Oak Terrace, with a selection of vintage wines and an accompanying fruit and cheese plate. You can also take a guided tour of the winery or inspect the Fine Art Photography Gallery.
TIE THE KNOT ON THE SPOT: You could spend months sourcing the perfect cake and fighting with bridesmaids over whether chartreuse satin truly flatters all body types. Or, you could check in to the exclusive Meadowood resort for their "We Hope You'll Elope" package. They provide the candles, decorations, bouquet and boutonniere, non-denominational wedding officiate, al fresco dinner for two including wine (you can add up to six guests at $195 per) and breakfast. You provide the "I dos." Cost for a one-night stay midweek, January-April is $3,320. But, hey, with the average cost of weddings rated at $25,000 by The Wedding Report, a Tucson, Ariz.-based research firm, it's a deal.


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Docs Show CIA's Mass Drone Death Strikes Killed Few al-Qaeda Leaders
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A broad range of militants were deemed to dangerous to be left alive in recent operations
Under fire over its defense over potential drone
killings of Americans
deemed as "terrorists" on U.S. soil, the Obama administration's
growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
is being intensively scrutinized by both politicians and the media.
I. Deadly, But Not Very Precise
New documents obtained by McClatchy's reveal that of the 95 drone strikes in the Pakistan region between Oct. 2010 and Sept. 2011, many did not target al-Qaeda and those that did were not as accurate as thought.
The drone campaign managed to kill 482 people, but only 6 were high-ranking members of al-Qaeda. Analyst Jonathan Landay reports, "At least 265 of up to 482 people who the U.S. intelligence reports estimated the CIA killed during a 12-month period ending in September 2011 were not senior al Qaida leaders but instead were 'assessed' as Afghan, Pakistani and unknown extremists."
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In the past the Obama administration has claimed that the death strikes by armed Predator and Reaper drones, employed primarily by
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
, were used only on "specific senior operational leaders of al Qaida and associated forces."
Micah Zenko, an expert with the bipartisan foreign-relations think-tank
Council on Foreign Relations
, says that the administration is misleading Americans, commenting, "[The Obama administration is] misleading the public about the scope of who can legitimately be targeted."
Reaper drones have been used in numerous Pakistan and Yemen death strikes.
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But White House national security spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden says that the administration does not need to specify explicitly who it is targeting and to make no assumptions. She remarks, "You should not assume [CIA Chief John Brennan] is only talking about al-Qaeda just because he doesn't say 'al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces' at every reference."
So who was the administration targeting in the 43 out of 95 drone strikes that did not target al-Qaeda? According to McClatchy's, the documents indicate that the strikes in question targeted "Haqqani network, several Pakistani Taliban factions and the unidentified individuals described only as 'foreign fighters' and 'other militants.'"
The documents also reveal that U.S. efforts to kill terrorist leaders often accidentally instead killed friends or family members. Drone strikes were even used to target somber occasions, such as individuals leaving funerals.
II. Is the U.S. Killing Civilians, Allies Accidentally?
One major complaint of the administration's critics is lack of transparency in the deadly offensive. The administration has refused to release a list of "terrorist" organizations that it considers "associated forces" of al-Qaeda. So far only Afghanistan's Taliban has been officially acknowledged as an al-Qaeda ally. Also not revealed was whether the administration conducted so-called "signature killings" -- killings of locals who met with al-Qaeda or exhibited other behavior deemed suspicious.
Survivors pick through the rubble looking for relatives after an Oct. 2012 drone strike in Yemen.
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New CIA chief John Brennan in February acknowledged that the drone strikes sometimes miss the mark and kill innocent civilians, but he defended the program saying the U.S. paid the families of people it accidentally killed. He
, "Where possible, we also work with local governments to gather facts, and, if appropriate, provide condolence payments to families of those killed."
Condolence payments range from $1,000 to $7,500 according to various reports
, depending on the circumstances.
As CIA director (bottom right) escalated drone attacks in Yemen and Pakistan civilian casualties (top, left) have grown.
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Four American citizens with ties to terrorism -- Kamal Derwish, Anwar al-Awlaki, 16-year-old Abdulahman al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan -- have been killed to date in drone strikes in Yemen. Family members of the dead American citizens have
sued the Obama administration
with the help of the
American Civil Liberties Union
In August 2012, a drone strike in Yemen
a 40-year-old moderate cleric Salem bin Ahmed bin Ali Jaber just two days after he delivered a speech denouncing al-Qaeda. The irony is that the al-Qaeda officers who were targeted in the strike, reportedly came into town to threaten Mr. Jaber for his support of the U.S. and pacifistic leanings.
Some feel the President shouldn't have the power to order the warrantless killings of Americans on U.S. soil. [Image Source: Drone Wars UK]
It's clear more questions need to be asked about the program. But don't expect the answers to come easy from an administration who
explicitly ordered its Press Secretary to dodge questions
about drone strikes.
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text: I'd love to see Punk end the streak, but I feel once the streak ends Undertaker retires, and I remember hearing rumors that Undertaker has a few more Wrestlemania's in him. I believe he will have a streak match against John Cena next year. But if Undertaker is ready to retire, I would welcome a CM Punk win. But I wouldn't mind it if WWE could build a younger star, and had him beat Undertaker maybe at Wrestlemania 31. But still if CM Punk wins it would be great, to see his hard work pay off. (Though being one of the longest reigning champions in the last decade, still speaks volumes, and makes him a sure-fire hall of famer)


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Alec Baldwin leaves angry messages
If you haven't already heard it, this is the message Alec Baldwin left on his 11-year-old daughter's voice mail. I don't get what everybody's making such a big deal over. This sounds like a pretty normal father daughter conversation. Although I am surprised he lets her out of the cage long enough to use a phone.
UPDATE: In the shocker of all shockers, Alec Baldwin has apologized for the message on his official site. Although it's less of an apology and more of an self-justification. He writes:
"Thank you to everyone who has posted messages of suppport and understanding. Naturally, it is not best for a parent to lose their temper with their child. Everyone who knows me privately knows that I have endured a great deal over the last several years in my custody litigation.
Everyone who knows me privately knows that certain people will go to any lengths to embarass me and to disrupt my relationship with my daughter. In such public cases, your opponents attempt to take a picture of you on your worst day and insist that this is who you are as a person.
Outside the doors of divorce court, I have friends, I have respect from people I work with and I have a normal relationship with my daughter. All of that is threatened whenever one enters a court room.
Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child.
I'm sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child. I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand. ( Although I hope you never do.)
I am sorry for what happened. But I am equally sorry that a court order was violated, which had deliberately been put under seal in this case. Once my book is published, I'm sure more people will understand the incredible strains created by parental alienation.
In the meantime, I'm sorry to anyone who's taken offense from this episode."


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Vinaigrette, a sauce made with vinegar. And often with oil, but not always. Wait a minute, is vinegar gluten free?
Mostly, yes.
orange-vinaigrette peanut-butter-vinaigrette and crystal-vinaigrette photo by vsimon
Distilled white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, and white rice vinegar are commonly available in the U.S. and gluten free.
Malt vinegar is made from barely, not distilled, and is not gluten free.
Tricia Thompson thoroughly reviews vinegar and gluten on her Living Gluten Free blog.
Vinegar has two notable nutritional properties.
#1. Numerous scientific studies have shown that eating vinegar with high carbohydrate meals lowers blood sugar and insulin response after the meal.
So many gluten free products are loaded with highly refined starches. Switching to whole grains helps improve blood sugar. Maybe you have noticed that recipes posted here are likely to be whole grain. Simply adding vinegar to a meal also helps.
#2. You will feel full longer after a meal that contains vinegar. This can be important if you are trying to watch your weight and eat less.
Kinds of vinegar
Rice vinegar has the mildest flavor. You can buy it plain or seasoned. Sugar and salt are added to the seasoned variety. Plain white rice vinegar is the most useful, you can add sugar and salt as needed.
Golden hued apple cider vinegar tastes slight fruity.
Clear distilled white vinegar is a bit harsher in flavor, and is super inexpensive. The lack of color makes it versatile and other ingredients can mellow the flavor.
There are other vinegars worth trying too. Balsamic is dark, sweet and syrupy. Sherry vinegar is complex and potent, a little goes a long way. Both of these can be expensive, but worth it. Bottles of each are waiting in my fridge right now, to be splashed on garden veggies or to perk up a pan sauce.
Today we have three easy vinaigrettes to suit every taste. You can pass on the readymade stuff in the store. These take only minutes to make and cost just pennies. Adjust the recipes to your tastes. Feel free to substitute rice vinegar in any recipe where you want mild flavor. Or add more vinegar for a puckery zip.
Crystal Dressing
¼ cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar, Splenda or honey
¼ cup canola oil or walnut oil
In a small bowl, mix rice vinegar and sweetener. Allow to sit for a few minutes so the sugar (if using) can dissolve. Add the oil and stir briskly. This is really a treat with walnut oil if you can get it.
We originally used this with spinach salad that included berries, toasted whole almonds, and creamy goat cheese. We had a client who loved it so much he put it on everything, really everything. Maybe that is a bit much, but it does add a sodium free sweet-sour punch to salads, grains and veggies.
Orange Mustard Salad Dressing
Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home by Deborah Madison
1/3 cup orange juice concentrate
3-4 tablespoons vinegar
2 tsp Dijon mustard
Mix it up. You can add oil if you like more calories.
There is always a supply of OJ concentrate in our freezer. It is easy to scoop out only what you need, put the lid back on it and tuck it back into the freezer.
Top mixed grain and veggie salads with this bright tangy dressing. For example, add Orange Mustard Salad dressing to a mix of quinoa, sweet yellow pepper, shredded carrot and thin sliced red onions.
Peanut Butter Dressing
¼ cup sugar, Splenda, or honey
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons peanut butter
Mix it up. I like to do this in a mini blender, it is a bit quicker and smoother. If you are doing it by hand, hot water helps the peanut butter mix in.
This also thickens slightly when it is stored in the fridge. Make it ahead and it will be the right temperature and consistency.
Kids (and adults) love this on greens with sliced apples and chopped peanuts.
Do you make your own dressings? Or pickles? Please share your favorite uses for vinegar.


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Converting a sweater to a cardi is a DIY, upcycle skill that I've been wanting to add to my repertoire forever. When I found this grid patterned sweater on a sale rack at Forever 21 for FOUR DOLLARS, I knew I'd found my first victim.
I used this tutorial, which has great photos and step by step instructions: http://xoxotrina.com/2011/01/diy-sweater-to-cardigan/
The project was actually a little more complicated than I'd expected it to be, since once I cut into the sweater I realized that it was comprised of two thin layers of knit, rather than one thick layer like I'd expected. Sewing went pretty smoothly regardless, though, and in about 20 minutes I had a brand new cardi:
My biggest fear was that I'd wind up with a ruffle-y edge since I was using a standard sewing machine needle (not a ball point needle, as the tutorial's author suggests) and because I've never had much success sewing stretchy or knit fabrics. I'm pleased with the edge in the end though, no wonkiness in sight. I just went as slowly as possible and was extra careful not to pull the sweater as I stitched.
I'll be scouring my closet for more victims!


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
These are the times of great gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. For many, the wolf is huffing and puffing at the door. The question of the moment is, "How do we increase sales and lower our cost today?" The answer is to look to your two greatest levers: database and accountability.

 In my experience, this is not what marketers want to hear. They want to heroically save the day and swing for the fences. Killer creative and irresistible offers, videos that go viral spring from your thigh. But really, the chances of hitting a home run when you have to are small. The ability to make incremental gains through database and accountability is much greater.

 Here's what I mean:

 I view the world through direct marketing glasses, and I know that nothing contributes more to your eventual success than database. It is not a warehouse or storage space—it's the aggregated intelligence that lets you allocate your precious resources in the most efficient manner. The old saw is that you can have a great product, offer it to the wrong people and fail…or have a mediocre product, offer it to the right people and succeed.

 I would suggest that we are absolutely awash in data of all kinds—good, bad and indifferent—and we are drunk. We have more data than we know what to do with, which breeds overconfidence, which in turn yields waste and inefficiency.

 For instance, I asked an executive I know from an extremely well-respected database company to pull my record. I'm very active in media and respond to all sorts of things that interest me, both as a consumer and as a marketer. I am confident that there's a ton of information out there about me in the cloud. The result? My name was wrong and the e-mail on record was one my youngest daughter had four years ago.

 Is this grandmother survey statistically projectable? No. Does it cause all sorts of bells to go off in my head? Yup. Go try this yourself with your record and find out if your emperor is wearing any clothes.

 My suggestions:

 1. Pare down your database focus to a handful of actionable fields—data that leads to immediate action. I think these fields should contain all contact information, basic demographics (such as age, sex, ethnicity, areas of interest and business drivers) and a short purchase history.

 2. Make sure the data in each of these fields comes from an unimpeachable source and that it is no more than 30 days old. Given the astonishingly high attrition rate of data, this alone will provide an immediate boost to your marketing efforts. My guess: at least 10%.

 3. Use the brief purchase history, or work that you have already done, to overlay a very basic view of customer lifetime value. And then apply a very basic rule of thumb: invest more in your best customers, because the return is likely to be higher. Continue prospecting, but turn down the flame.

 Accountability simply means measuring what happened. Not by inference but by the number of beans that are in the jar. It will show you the money that's being squandered, or just left on the table. For instance, Franklin Covey's Public Programs Group was really pleased with the performance of their Website in generating seminar registrations. Revenue was growing steadily. But when they analyzed the metrics, they found 50% of customers who put a seminar into the shopping cart dropped out before completing the transaction. That's a sizeable hole in the bottom of the jar.

 My suggestions:

 1. Code and measure the outcome of each significant decision a customer has to make. The emphasis here is on the word "significant." You simply can't read and respond to all the metrics and reporting that is possible. Eyes cross and avoidance behavior sets in. For instance, if it were an e-mail campaign, I'd look at the volume going out and the bad addresses that came back. How many got to the Web page and how many bought, and average order. If these metrics are off, I can always look deeper to things like open rate and click through.

 2. Set a high bar—each of these indices has to be 10% or higher. Test database variables, like segment, until you reach double-digits.

 3. What did you spend and what did you make? What's the ratio? If it's in the 10% range, do more of it. If it's 25% or over, move on.

 Like I said, the suggestion of database and accountability usually meets with great resistance. I hear immediate assurances that database is the best it can be and that everything possible is being done to account for every penny spent. In my experience, most companies have only dusted off the surface.

 The bottom line: This roadmap may not be the most glamorous, but it will get you where you need to go.

 Scott Hornstein is the co-author of Opt-In Marketing and president of Hornstein Associates in Redding, Conn.


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A RADIO station serving the two counties has proved to be a hit on the airwaves by scooping a prestigious national award at the annual commercial radio industry 'Oscars'.
Free Radio Herefordshire and Worcestershire were named Station of the Year, for those with a total survey area of under 500,000 people, at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards in London's Westminster Bridge Park Plaza Hotel on Thursday.
Free Radio beat off competition from rival stations around the UK, including Global Radio, CFM Radio and Isle of Wight Radio.
The award ceremony, which was hosted by Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell, also featured performances from some of the UKs top artists, including Olly Murs and Ella Eyre.
The awards, now in their 19th year and organised by RadioCentre, are the biggest celebration of commercial radio, marking achievement from presenters and programming to advertising and marketing.


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text: Scrapbooks can be gold mines of genealogical information—but the variety of materials they hold can make them problematic to preserve. "Scrapbooks present a lot of preservation challenges, and there are very few solutions to them beyond the basics of storage, storage, storage," says Margaret Burzynski-Bays, curator of manuscripts at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland http://www.wrhs.org. Here's her advice for at-home archivists.


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Corn futures closed higher on Friday. Futures were down early along with the other grains, but an announcement from EPA that they had denied granting a waiver of the ethanol mandate sparked a recovery rally. While this decision was widely expected, it still provided a psychological boost for prices, particularly after the sell-off through much of the week. Weekly corn export sales were sluggish again at only 4.1 million bushels for the current marketing year. Oddly sales for 2013/14 were double the current year. December futures tested the low made earlier this week near $7.10 before rebounding higher. December corn futures settled 5 3/4 cents higher at $7.27.
News out of China of large soybean import cancellations pulled the rug out from under the soybean market on Friday. At the close, January was down 18 3/4 cents at $13.83 1/4. New-crop November lost 8 1/4 cents to close at $12.62 1/2. These were new lows for the late 2012 bear market. Soybean meal and soyoil lost considerable value, too. According to the China National Grain and Oils Information Center, Chinese traders have cancelled about 600,000 tonnes of U.S. soybean purchases. The beans would have been shipped from the U.S. soon for delivery to China in December and January.
Wheat futures closed lower Friday, but off the midsession lows. Weekly export sales came in at the lower end of pre-report expectations and reports of China cancelling some purchases of U.S. soybeans had soybeans down hard as well. Making things worse, wheat futures have now broken below some important chart support points, triggering additional selling pressure on technical reasons. Even at USDA's new, lower export forecast, there remains a 210 million bu. gap between sales to date and where they should be, based on history. On the plus side, U.S. prices are said to be becoming more competitive after this week's decline. Even Egypt, the most price-conscious wheat importer in the world, reported today that their next purchase would likely be shared 50/50 between the U.S. and France. At the close, CBOT December was 7 ½ lower at $8.53 ¾; KCBT December closed down 10 ¾ at $8.92 ¾, MGE December closed 9 ¾ lower at $9.21.
Live cattle futures ended higher on Friday after drifting lower early in the session. Cash trade was underway Friday with prices steady with a week ago at $125-$126. The Cattle on Feed report showed a 12.5% decline in placements, a 2.8% increase in placements with November 1 cattle on feed down 5.3%. The estimates were near trade expectations, but reinforce the outlook for tightening beef supplies going forward. December cattle closed 55 cents higher at 126.15.
Lean hog futures closed higher. Futures bounced back from early losses. IA/MN cash hogs were 34 cents higher to $74.68. Eastern Corn Belt cash hogs, though, were $1.43 lower at $72.85. Pork prices were under pressure this week. On Friday the cutout was down another 93 cents to 82.23. Weakness in the pork market has been a check on futures, but the longer-term uptrend remains intact. December CME lean hogs settled 25 cents higher at $80.32.


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Sub-slab depressurization or sub-slab suction removes air that
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building by a fan.
A pipe is installed through the foundation and into the soil or rocks
below the foundation. The air under the building travels through the pipe and
is vented outdoors. The air containing radon never enters the home or building.
This is the most common and usually the most effective way of preventing radon
from contaminating a home or building.1
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The second Bradford Roots Music Festival has surpassed last year's success in showcasing Bradford on Avon's musical talents.
A total of 53 acoustic and electric acts took to four stages at Wiltshire Music Centre, which is up on the 40 acts last year, and the event sold 75 more tickets than in 2013.
Altogether 850 tickets were sold and proceeds from the festival will go towards Wiltshire Young Carers, Wiltshire Music Centre charitable trust, and Zone Club, a creative music project for learning disabled young adults, based at the music centre.
Music ranged from jazz, blues, world, indie, rock and classical, and there were plenty of opportunities for audiences to get involved as there was an open mic stage, jam sessions, children's activities, workshops, folk dancing and wassailing.
Clare Jack, executive director of Wiltshire Music Centre, said: "It was fantastic. This year has grown by about 10 per cent. Bradford is a very musical place. People love to have an opportunity to come together and perform and support others performing.
"It was extraordinary to experience the extent of young talent in this area and we are really pleased to be able to celebrate all these young musicians and give them and the rest of the community a wonderful chance to perform.
"We had a big team of 40 volunteers on each day and they were amazing. We could not have done it without them. Chris and Lisa Samuel programmed all the music and did a fantastic job."
The local theme continued throughout the weekend, with The Fat Fowl restaurant providing food and drink, and Willy Good Ale, based in Winsley, providing the beer.
School choirs from Fitzmaurice Primary School and St Laurence performed and carers from Wiltshire Young Carers also gave their support by volunteering at the event.
Mr and Mrs Samuel have lived in the town for 14 years and run three choirs in Wiltshire. They helped create the festival after recognising there was a lack of local music at Wiltshire Music Centre.
Mrs Samuel said: "The atmosphere was great last year because we hadn't done it before but there was a feeling of apprehension. This year felt more comfortable and there was a lovely warm community feel.
"The number of acts has grown and the festival appeals to every age. All genres of music were represented and the standard and quality was extraordinary.
"We have already had people saying we cannot stop now, it has to be a fixture on the calendar. It is great that people want it to keep going and we'd love to do it again."


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NORTON people will flourish thanks to a new community information point, according to the newly-ordained Bishop of Dudley.
Residents will be able to visit St Michael's Church every Monday morning to seek advice about their problems with health and care services, welfare, benefit issues and debts from trained information champions.
The Rt Revd Graham Usher officially opened the information point on Monday, which is run in partnership with Dudley Advice WEB, headed by Dudley District Citizens Advice Bureaux, Healthwatch Dudley and Making it Real in Dudley.
It is the first of a planned 100 information points across the borough, where information champions from voluntary, community, faith and statutory organisations will aim to to provide people with timely information in an effort to prevent crisis situations.
Peter Dyson from St Michael's Church, said: "It doesn't matter who you are, if you live in Norton, come and see us between 9am and 12 noon. You will receive a warm, sympathetic welcome and a cup of tea or coffee. You can chat your problem or concern through with an information champion and we will help with problems large or small."
Bishop Graham added: "I was delighted to be opening the Community Information Point. Through innovative partnerships such as this, the Church of England can serve its wider community and continues to be at the heart of that unseen glue that builds society together.
"This new service will enable local people to flourish and so I'm delighted to support it."


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PsyNotebook Ozora Festival
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As every curious human being, I travel as much as I can and during my time on the road I always have a small journal writing my experiences, notes and inspirations.
Having this in mind I created this PsyNotebook, featuring my photos from my favorite festival in Europe, Ozora festival in Hungary. So now you can carry with you this amazing positive vibe of the gathering and the beautiful smiles of the people everywhere you go on this planet. With many pages, so no needed to change your journal soon. With a few maps, calendar and open air festivals schedule all over the globe. Some of my favorite quotes and with a lot of good energy to accompany you.
All the photographs are black and white, most of them cropped, on the background of the pages and transparent enough to be able to write on them clearly. If you would like to have them in color and original form, please check my "Ozora 2006-2010 Photobook" which contains almost all the photos here with color, artwork and themes.
Hope this notebook will be your companion and by the time become full of your writings, artworks and experiences.
Enjoy and see you again under the sun somewhere on the dancefloor...
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- Categoría Entretenimiento
15×23 cm
440 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación ene. 15, 2011
- Etiquetas travel, people, psychedelic, festival, ozora, diary, notebook
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Being a mixed child I had to board airplanes and go to distant places from my childhood age. But not until the end of my teens I discovered my real passion for traveling. Graduated from Business Administration faculty in Athens made me realize that luxury, a successful career and making lots of money is definitely not the path to happiness. Fascinated by the new horizons traveling revealed me, I tried to capture the moments and experiences through photography and video. Either being a festival, a place in nature, industrial scenery, animals, a spiritual place, historical landmarks, every place you visit fills you with different emotions and thoughts. These emotions I try my best to capture and share, hope you'll enjoy my work :)
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History of the roundel
History of the roundel - page 2Johnston's roundel
In 1913 the Underground's publicity manager, Frank Pick, commissioned the typographer Edward Johnston to design a company typeface. By 1917 the proportions of the roundel had been reworked to suit the new lettering and incorporate the Underground logotype. The solid red disc became a circle, and the new symbol was registered as a trademark.
By 1919 Johnston's standardised roundel symbol was being used on publicity. It began to appear on station exteriors and platform nameboards from the early 1920s.
In the 1920s, Johnston introduced exact guidelines for the reproduction of the roundel. The proportions of the bullseye, as he called it, were re-designed to incorporate the standardised company typeface.
Between 1920 and 1933, Johnston designed a variation of the roundel for each operating division of the Underground Group. This provided a unified identity for both rail and road services.
Holden adopts the roundel
The roundel became an integral part of station architecture in the 1920s. From 1924, Frank Pick commissioned the architect Charles Holden to design new stations and reconstruct existing ones. Holden introduced the roundel to station architecture in a number of ways. Venetian masts appeared outside stations, which acted like flagpoles to support the logo in three dimensions. Stained glass roundels were incorporated into clerestory windows above station entrances. The architectural roundel greatly assisted passengers in identifying stations at street level.
In the early 1930s, Holden began designing new stations for the northern and western extensions of the Piccadilly line. Roundels were introduced on station platforms, with thin bronze frames to match the new handrails and poster frames. The roundel, which continued to act as a platform name board, was now incorporated into the very fabric of the station interior. During the 1930s, Holden also employed the roundel in his designs for bus stop flags and shelters.
London Passenger Transport Board
In 1933, the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was created as a single giant public authority to run all bus, tram and underground railway services across the capital. The new Board wanted to introduce a unifying logo to represent all its newly acquired services. A winged symbol incorporating the new initials was designed by C W Bacon, but lasted only a few months. Frank Pick, now Chief Executive of the new LPTB, recommended a return to the bar and circle device.
The London Passenger Transport Board adopted the trading name 'London Transport' in 1933. It used this shortened name on all signs, vehicles and publicity. Johnston reworked the proportions of the roundel again to incorporate the organisation's new title.


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A BRAVE little boy who had his legs amputated after contracting meningitis has been treated to a surprise plane trip to find Father Christmas.
Louie Jenkins, one, from New Bath Street in Colne was one of 20 deserving children selected for a trip from Leeds Bradford Airport around the skies of the north of England.
Louie was joined by sister Francessca, five, mum Julie, 30 and dad Warren, 31, on the 90 minute flight.
They were greeted by characters Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Widow Twanky, fairies and an array of Santa's little helpers. They then took to the skies in search of Father Christmas who joined them on board the plane.
Louie lost both legs, the fingers on his left hand and the tips of the fingers on his right hand after contracting meningitis in January.
Julie said: "Louie was nominated for the trip by a play worker at Leeds General Infirmary. We kept the trip a surprise until that morning.
"Louie and Francessca were so excited. The children were told to dress up as their favourite fancy dress character, so Louie went as George from Peppa Pig and Francessca as Cinderella.
"When we arrived we were taken into the lounge where we were greeted by all the Disney and fairytale characters.
"It was really magical. We then boarded the plane where we took part in games and sung songs while we searched the skies for Santa.
"Part way through the flight the plane wobbled and we were told that Santa had come aboard. All the children had the chance to meet him and get a present. They also got to go into the cockpit."
When they got back there was a buffet and the children had their pictures taken with Santa in his grotto.
"It was a fantastic day, one they will never forget," said Julie.
The trip was organised by Ryanair and Leeds Bradford Airport.


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Tesla's goal is to accelerate the world's transition to electric mobility with a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars. California-based Tesla designs and manufactures EVs, as well as EV powertrain components for partners such as Toyota and Daimler. Tesla has delivered more than 2,400 Roadsters to customers worldwide and received more than 13,000 reservations for Model S. Model S, the world's first premium sedan to be engineered from the ground up as an electric vehicle, began deliveries to U.S. customers in June of this year and was named Motor Trend's prestigious 2013 Car of the Year.
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- Must be able to mitigate the business risk by designing and implementing security solutions at applications, perimeter and end point devices.
- Works with the system administration team to implement the right security policies with the servers, laptops, desktops, storage appliances, virtualization platforms and network devices.
- Works with the IT applications team to audit application platforms throughout the development cycle, identify security risks and mitigate the risks by suggesting and implementing the remediation actions.
- Leads Information Security initiatives and serves as a point of contact for Information Security.
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- Solid experience in Enterprise information security especially in a large technology firm combined with manufacturing.
- Should have some experience with application development and/or tightening security for application environment (LAMP, Drupal, SQL, MySQL, IIS, Oracle and etc.).
- Excellent understanding and experience in Routing, Switching, Network protocols and Network Security.
- Strong understanding of Web application platforms and the security around them.
- Strong Understanding of Microsoft Windows, Linux and VMWare ESX systems.
- Ability to work with vulnerability reporting and pen test tools and their output.
- Experience with hardening of web platforms, application environment, operating systems, conducting security assessments, scanning systems for vulnerabilities and identifying remediation.
- Working knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, WSUS, Group policies and DNS.
- Working knowledge of Symantec endpoint Protection Suite.
- Should have Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
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One or more Industry certifications:
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- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CE|H)
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A NEW Dorset support group for children and adults with Tourette Syndrome (TS) will be meeting for the first time next month.
Set up with the assistance of Tourettes Action, the UK's leading support and research charity for people with TS, the group is open to adults and children with TS, plus friends, family and support network.
The group will meet between 2pm and 4pm at Monkton Wylde Court, near Charmouth on Saturday, July 12.
Susan Kent, setting up the group, said: "The group will not only be supportive, useful and informative for all of us, families, friends and carers included, but I hope we'll have some fun as well, meeting lots of new people who all have TS in common."
Tourette Syndrome is an inherited, neurological condition. It affects one schoolchild in every hundred and more than 300,000 children and adults in the UK.
The feature of coprolalia (or involuntary swearing) is present in only about 10 per cent of cases. The key feature of Tourette Syndrome is tics – involuntary and uncontrollable sounds and movements. TS is a complex condition and covers a wide spectrum.


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The Center for Risk and Reliability (CRR) is the umbrella organization for many of the risk and reliability research and development activities at the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering. Over 20 faculty from various engineering departments of Clark School of Engineering conduct all or part of their research as under CRR umbrella and as directors or co-directors of the center's numerous research laboratories. CRR is the research arm of the Reliability Engineering educational program, the largest and most comprehensive degree granting graduate program in the field of reliability and risk analysis of engineered systems and processes, offering MS, PhD, and Graduate Certificate in Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis.
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Kim named one of 13 exceptional corporate and civic leaders to the Horatio Alger Member Class of 2016
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Former Esher winger Phil Mackenzie has put his impressive start to his Premiership career down to his spell at Molesey Road.
The 25-year-old London Welsh star has started all six top flight games for the Exiles and scored his first try in the 28-23 defeat to Gloucester earlier this month.
The Canada international was part of the Esher squad that was relegated to National Division One the final day of last season with a 31-26 defeat at London Scottish.
Mackenzie switched to Old Deer Park in the summer, but has taken to life in the top flight like a duck to water thanks to his two seasons in the Championship.
"I couldn't be happier with how things are going personally. I've wanted to play in the Premiership ever since I came to England," he said.
"Last year with Esher was not fun, but I've drawn a lot from those experiences.
"This year the aim is just to stay in the league. We know it is going to be a struggle, but I got used to that at Esher and you can use that experience to tough it out."
And Mackenzie, who is set to make three international appearances for Canada this autumn against Romania, Russia and New Zealand Maori only expects to get better the longer he is at Old Deer Park.
"It is pretty different here to Esher because it is full professional. It is a huge learnnig curve," he added.
"But Lyn Jones is one of the best coaches I have ever worked with and he makes you a better player every time you come to work."
Welsh head coach Lyn Jones admitted his men had been taught a lesson in the wake of Saturday's 68-14 Amlin Cup mauling at the hands of French giants Stade Francais.
The Exiles travel travel to Italy this week to face I Cavalieri.