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It's wrong for Tony Abbott to suggest that political slush funds are confined to labour unions.
A business slush fund financed a media blitz that forced Kevin Rudd from office. Fossil fuel companies have a political slush fund.
What Tony Abbott says ("Abbott rejects IR reform", August 28) and what he does varies.
If the Liberals could get away with it, they'd disinter slave labour. Failing that, Abbott will disinter Work Choices, but under another name, so he doesn't appear to lie.
John Howard lied when he said there would be no second wave of anti-union measures.
Nick Minchin let the cat out of the bag when he told the HR Nichols Society that the Liberals would crush unions and wages – then recanted – like Tony Abbott is doing.
Minor parties come and go, but there are only two parties capable of forming a government – the Labor Party and the cheap labour (or Liberal) party. That's what business donors expect from Tony Abbott – cheap non-union labour.
Abbott's dilemma is how to do that – while at the same time appearing not to.
Graham Macafee, Latham ACT
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It's about time we heard some common sense about the important topic of how we as a nation deal with Chinese investment in Australia.
The Australian public knows little about modern China and still lives with its "reds under the bed", "yellow peril" views, which are easily aroused by antediluvian politicians for their own venal purposes.
Just to set the record straight: the Chinese government has far too many troubles at home to think about invading anywhere, and they are not going to buy Australia, tow it to the South China Sea using us as slave labour to further its well-documented cause of world domination.
As John Howard reminds us, a foreign investor "still has to comply with the laws of Australia", and that includes the Chinese.
The Huawei debacle shows just how juvenile the federal government is in its dealings with China.
The Chinese are savvy enough to know that if they bug the telecommunications system, and are found out, it would be disastrous for the Chinese and their international business and their political relationships.
Do the Chinese spy on us? Yes they do. Do we spy on them? Yes we do. Espionage is and always has been a part of international politics, and it also produces the plot lines for some truly great movies.
The "juvenile" (Howard's word, and I agree) approach to the faux "United States or China?" debate is another instance of the lack of maturity of this country's China policy.
Get over it, Australia. Take the money, develop the economy and create the jobs.
Jim Wilson, Beaumont SA
Strident calls from the sidelines for the federal Coalition to advocate significant workplace rules changes are politically naive in the extreme.
John Howard, Peter Reith, Michael Baume, and the AFR editorial writer ("Howard right on workplace rules", August 28) are all self-righteously demanding that Tony Abbott's team "muscle up" on workplace reform before the next election.
Such an approach would entail massive political risks and throw a lifeline to Labor. Abbott is wise to stick to his course and ignore these politically naive demands.
If Abbott is to seek a mandate for more significant workplace reform, political reality demands that he wait until the lead-up to the 2016 election when (hopefully) the case can be argued in his capacity as the incumbent. Right now his job is to ensure the defeat of this disastrous government at the 2013 election.
Nick Minchin, Tusmore SA
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The contributions of Michael Moore, Oliver Stone and the usual others prove that the left-wing critics are wrong again.
Orwell noted that pacifists were effectively Nazis, as their obstruction aided an enemy. In the modern era this, as Christopher Hitchens noted, translates into de facto support for the likes of the Taliban, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic.
The critics venting against everything Western, democratic and whatever perceived minor weakness of civilised society totally overwhelms logic, and leads them to effectively support anti-democratic movements or regimes.
Apparently educated people equate democracy with dictatorship and in the minds of the critics we are the equals of China and Russia.
Well we are not, and nor is Assange a journalist; his work has been calculated to damage democracies, not its enemies, and has aided states that actually oppress dissidents. Inherent in Assange's logic is a perversion of mission – he undermines democracy and aids dictatorships.
As much as the critics laud Ecuador for assisting Assange evade sexual assault charges, we are not the equals of the socialist regime in Ecuador which shoots strikers, arrests journalists, shuts down critical media outlets and creates compliant ones.
Martin Gordon, Canberra ACT
Methinks Ian Silk protesteth too much about his fund's concern for "the interests of members" ("Some super findings most welcome," Letters, August 27).
Our recent work shows that AustralianSuper is really more interested in the fund as a business, and interests of members is a lesser priority. This evidence is not limited to that fund but it provides a good example of misplaced priorities in trustee boards.
The default mechanisms in the Productivity Commission report are simply a way of channelling the vast riches of the super guarantee which we show provides funds with enormous financial "flexibility" – the greater the SG intake the greater the flexibility. This means a trustee board of monkeys cannot help but outperform when given greater access to the superannuation guarantee.
Mike Gilligan, Gundaroo NSW
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Thousands of refugees from Memel face return to Germany as a result of conferences going on here between German and Lithuanian Government representatives over citizenship of the persons who fled the district when it was taken over by the Reich.
It is reported authoritatively that refugees who were formerly German citizens will be regarded as German subjects, although they had opted for Lithuanian citizenship, will be given German passports and forced to return to Germany.
This plan is reportedly favored by the Germans because the refugees, as German subjects, would lose the right to compensation for property confiscated in Memel which amounts to many millions of lit.

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One of the hottest new writers in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been hailed for her heart-wrenching storytelling and unforgettable characters. Now she takes you to Washington, D.C.'s most notorious neighborhood, where a young woman has one chance to escape-and too many ways to lose . . .
She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in Tinka Hampton's all-too-real world, her mother Nicola has lost her job and is struggling to stop her family's fall into poverty. With her sons turning to drug dealing-and worse-Nicola wants better things for her daughter. Yet the more pressure she puts on Tinka to do everything right, the more she drives her away . . . straight into the arms of Nine, a man as irresistible as he is lethal. Now Nicola must make unimaginable choices that will put Tinka at a dangerous crossroads. Will standing up for her seemingly impossible dreams be her way out-or will they trap her on D.C.'s merciless streets forever?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini review
Samsung threw just about everything it had into the Galaxy S4, but not everyone needs the very latest tech, the top spec, or indeed the high price. Enter the S4 Mini, a scaled-down version that aims to deliver much of that S4 experience, for a little less.
It's on sale now for around £370.
It's noticeably smaller than its big brother -- the five-inch Super Amoled screen has shrunk to 4.3 inches. That's still a decent size (and bigger than the iPhone), and easily large enough for showing movies. They won't be in full HD though, since the resolution has also shrunk to 960x540 pixels. It's less sharp on smaller details, but makes up for it a little with its brightness and the vibrancy of its colours.
Features and performance
The dual-core processor is a couple of steps down from the S4's quad-core monster but it doesn't feel sluggish in general use, and held up well when displaying busy web pages and playing HD games.
Our AnTutu performance benchmark test gave it a score of 14,664, which puts it a little bit behind some higher-end dual-core devices like the Sony Xperia SP but well ahead of others like the Huawei Ascend W1.
It's running the latest 4.2.2 Jelly Bean version of Android, so it'll be a while before it starts to feel out of date. It also has Samsung's TouchWiz interface running on top, which includes a few of the S4's Smart screen tricks, such as Smart Stay, which uses the 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera to monitor your eye movements and keep the screen on while you're looking at it, though it's lost the Smart Scroll and Smart Pause. It has Group Play though, which lets you share music with other Samsung devices and host multiplayer games, as well as the S Memo and S Translator apps.
The infrared blaster is here too, so you can use your phone as a universal remote, but we couldn't get the Palm motion feature, which is supposed to enable some extra gesture controls, to work on our test device.
Cameras and photography
The camera has eight megapixels rather than the S4's 13, but it's still capable of delivering some decent pics. It has autofocus and an LED flash, plus a host of other features to play with, including face detection, anti-shake, HDR, Best photo and Panorama. Picture quality is quite impressive, with sharp edges, naturalistic colours and a good level of detail. With 8GB of memory onboard you'll be able to save quite a few pics and vids but if you need more you can add a microSD card up to 64GB.
The 1,900mAh battery won't break any records, but you should expect to get a day's steady use out of it.
As you might expect, the Galaxy S4 Mini delivers a stripped-down version of the original S4 experience. But the stripping may have gone a little far with the smaller, lower resolution screen, less powerful processor and reduced quality camera to really justify the S4 name. Still, it's a solid, well-specced midrange handset, even if its main S4 legacy is a price that's a little on the high side.
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Lowe, Janis Sue Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-04132004-172352 Title A Theory of Effective Computer-Based Instruction for Adults Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Human Resource Education Workforce Development Advisory Committee
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- computer self-efficacy
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Date of Defense 2004-04-01 Availability unrestricted AbstractComputer-based instruction (CBI) was considered the technological phenomenon to revolutionize education and training. Today, the Internet and computer technology are reported to have significantly altered the education landscape (Johnson & Aragon, 2002). The rapid advances in technology, the need for lifelong learning, and the growth of non-traditional students have encouraged the use of the computer as a method of instructional delivery. Evaluating the effectiveness of CBI as a whole technology is very difficult. The inability to measure effectiveness is attributable in part to the fact that CBI is not just one component, but a complex range of services and activities carried out for instructional and learning purposes (Gibbons & Fairweather, 2000).
This study presents a theory of critical components that impact the effectiveness of computer-based instruction for adults. The theory was developed to provide a framework for research to explain or predict effective learning by adults using a desktop computer. The five conclusions drawn from this research are: (1) the characteristics of self-directedness and computer self-efficacy of adult learners play an important role in designing CBI for adults; (2) learning goal level impacts instructional design strategy and instructional control component of CBI design; (3) external support and instructional support are needed to provide a positive CBI experience; (4) CBI design is interwoven with the units of self-directedness, computer self-efficacy, learning goal level, instructional design, and external support; and (5) the theory draws together the isolated variables researchers consider important in the adult learning process and aligns them to provide effective CBI.
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NCL Spirit - each day got better: Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review by mainelycarib
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NCL Spirit - each day got better
Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: Boston
Our drive from home to Boston's port took just under 2 hours. The friend traveling with our youngest daughter flew in from Montana, but had left her passport back home. Thank God she was born in Maine so we were able to secure her birth certificate as we left for Boston. It proved to be fortunate we were departing on a Friday or the town hall would have been closed.
Embarkation was fairly quick. Left luggage with a porter and waited in line for about 30 minutes. On board within 45 minutes of arriving. Parked at cruise port garage. Easy.
As with all lunches, food was available in the buffet More line in Raffles or on deck, where there was always a noon-time bbque of some sort. The buffet food was about the same as any other cruise we've been on. No real complaints. Loved the pool deck bbque each day, and the food at the Bier Garten and Blue Lagoon wwas always good.
We ate dinner the first 2 nights in Windows Dining Room. Ricky was our first waiter and he was quite fun. The view is amazing but the food was so-so. The second night we had terrible service as the server just didn't seem pleasant or that she even wanted to be there. This prompted one of the few complaints I have made on a cruise. Felix, the Maitre D, was willing to do anything to address our concern, but we ended up trying The Garden Dining Room the next night. There we met Chuna, who was our server for the rest of the cruise. What a delight. In fact, we found every staff member in the Garden Dining Room to be professional, polite, and fun. Our girls even commented on the difference between the 2 dining rooms.
While I admit it was nice not having to get dressed up each night, with a party of 6, we chose to make reservations for the dining rooms. We could only choose from 2 times: 5:30 or 8:30, or we could wait in line for other times, and the lines were long much of the time. We felt the food quality was pretty consistent and good in The Garden Room. We did not venture into any of the specialty restaurants.
The ship is clean and modest. It is small compared to the last few ships we have been on, thus pool space is a little tight on sea days and the kids programs did not have lots of space or the modern toys other ships have. The front desk staff, the cruise director staff, and the hotel staff were excellent. Paul, the CD, was energetic and present. He happens to have a great singing voice as well.
The night time entertainment was quite good on most counts. Only the magician seemed lack luster but Jane Powell, a singer, was just amazing, and the ship's dance troupe did an excellent job as well. We also enjoyed the Second City Troupe that was on board. The last night was the crew talent show and should not be missed. Awesome talent by the 'regular' staff.
Bermuda. Get the 3 day bus/ferry pass. We went to Tobacco Bay - AWESOME, tranquil, good snorkeling, and food available. We went to Horseshoe Bay - pretty but crowded and expensive treats. We also went to Snorkel Park, where the snorkeling is best just to the left of the rocks by the yellow pole. We also did Church Bay, where the snorkeling (try left side) was superb, but seas of little rough. Beach had some sea glass. Next time, based on passenger feedback, we'll try St Catherine's beach (next to Tobacco) and Warwick Beach (next to Horseshoe) and Shelly Beach. Shopping is high end mostly and we did not try any island eateries.
Would we do this cruise again? YES. Would we try NCL again? YES. But we prefer the traditional type of dining, where you really get to know your wait staff. Is RCCL still our favorite cruise line? YES, but every cruise we have taken, including this one, has its good points, and we really don't have any major complaints. Less
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Political Science 452—Spring 2009 Final Exam Review Sheet Ethiopia and the Sudan—How did Mengistu attempt to hide evidence of the 1984 famine? Why was the West slow to respond? What compounded the severity of the famine? What were the primary reasons for conflict in the Sudan? What were the causes of conflict in Chad? Where is the Aozou Strip? What prompted General Numieri to go back on his early pledge of more autonomy for Southern Sudan? What was the US attitude toward Numieri? Darfur Now—What were the guiding reasons for Adam Sterling's interest in Darfur? What is Luis Moreno-Ocampo's motivation for pursuing war criminals? What American politicians are featured in the documentary? What countries do Cheadle and Clooney use their star power to lobby? What are the strategies of the janjaweed and SLM in Darfur? Who is Ahmed Harun? Why is China so important to reaching a peace agreement in Darfur? The Role of Women in African Politics—In what ways did women specifically contribute to pre-colonial African nations? How did colonialism change the political and economic power balance between men and women? What is the significance of Bridewealth historically? Today? How do men and women prioritize differently when faced with scarce family resources? What is the discrepancy between the education of girls and boys in school in Africa? Who is Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf? The African Economy—What was the long term effect of slavery on Africa? What methods did colonial powers use to make their colonies self-sufficient? What was the economic consequence of African governments spending lots of money to finance industrialization? How were the OPEC Oil Embargo and 1972 Sahel Drought pivotal to Africa's economy? Why did African states take over private industries? What is NEPAD? What is the Peer Review Mechanism? To whom is most of Africa's debt owed? What is the economic cost of deforestation? The Lost Decade—Why was the 1980s the Lost Decade? What were the IMF Policy Prescriptions for African states? Who benefited from the 1990s sell-off of state-owned industry? Population Growth and Urbanization—Why is Africa urbanizing faster than any other continent? What were pre-colonial limits on population growth? Why did colonialism encourage large families? What factors today contributed to the desire to have more children? AIDS in Africa—Where were the first large-scale outbreaks of AIDS in Africa? What was the initial response of most African leaders to the pandemic? Where was AIDS addressed early on? What strategies were used to control AIDS effectively? What practices encourage the spread of AIDS in Africa? What has been the West's response to the spread of AIDS? Population, Urbanization, and AIDS—Why is Urbanization in Africa unique? Why was there not early population pressure in Africa? What were Pre-colonial Limits on Population Growth? Why do people have large families today? Why is the secret to lowering population growth? Who is limiting Family Planning Education? Why are wages in African cities so low? What is the problem in getting people to use condoms? What are habits that encourage the spread of AIDS? Where are there bright spots in the war on AIDS? The African Environment—What type of natural disasters largely do not effect Africa? What is the main cause of deforestation? What is the long term consequence of chopping down tropical forests especially? What are Structural Adjustment Programs? Where is desertification the worst? What countries make up the Sahel? What is the biggest cause of soil erosion? What are the specific problems with Pesticides, Fertilizers, and Toxic Waste dumping? What was significant about the 2002 Summit on Sustainable Development? What are the main reasons for wildlife destruction in Africa? Black Gold: Oil in Africa—What is the Clark Amendment? What was the paradox of Angolan oil--who protected it, who attacked it? What international powers and specific resources supported each side in the Angolan War? How were the elections in Angola conducted differently than those in Namibia and Cambodia? What were the signs that Jonas Savimbi was a brutal man? What were the chief educational priorities of the Angolan government? What is the issue over transparency in the oil sector in many African states? Spotlight on South Africa—What is CODESA? What was the purpose of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? What were the accomplishments and failures of Nelson Mandela's time as president? What were some of the main contributing factors to the surge of crime in the 1990s in South Africa? What role did blacks have in the apartheid-era economy? Who was Steve Biko? Why were the Bantustans nonsensical? How did South Africa work to expand the political system in the early 1980s? What effects did international sanctions have on the citizens of apartheid-era South Africa? Tsotsi—What factors shaped Tsotsi's transformation? How is South African society portrayed? What are the different reasons that Tsotsi's gangmates turned to crime? The divide in the movie is not between blacks and whites, but between ____ and ___. In what roles are non-white South Africans portrayed? How do the handicapped man (Morris) and young mother (Miriam) alter Tsotsi's thinking? The Struggle for Democracy—Who is Omar Bongo? How did people vote in Kenya under Daniel arap Moi? What African leader's ouster started the spread of democracy in Africa after the fall of the Soviet Union? How did Mobutu have to change tactics to stay in power? Who was Sani Abacha? How was Kenneth Kaunda a model for other former autocrats in Africa? Somewhere over the Rainbow—How is South Africa two separate countries? What huge dilemma did Nelson Mandela face while in power? What was the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Who is the most upwardly mobile group in South Africa? What were the major flaws in priorities of Mandela and Thabo Mbeki? In what ways did Mbeki and Mandela differ? Black Hawk Down—What was unique about Somalia at independence? What do the five stars on the Somali flag stand for? How was the 1977 war between Somalia and Ethiopia unique? What problems plagued the UN/US intervention in Somalia? What hamstrung US operations in Somalia? The Graves Are Not Yet Full—Why was Rwanda an African Success Story before the genocide? What had cultivated the Hutu-Tutsi rivalry? What forces punished the Rwandan economy in the 1980s? What is the Fashoda Syndrome? What were the two principle sparks for the killing in Rwanda? How did the UN and USA respond to the gathering genocidal threat? What roles did the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the French government, and the Roman Catholic Church play in how the conflict played out? Where Vultures Fly—How did Mobutu's own policies prove to be his undoing? Who supported Laurent Kabila's efforts to take down Mobutu? How did Kabila then turn on his old allies? What is coltan? Why is the War in the Congo known as Africa's World War? In the Name of the Prophet—Who appointed the imams in Algeria? Who were the Berbers? What happened during the 1992 Algerian elections? What restrictions were put in place by General Bashir in Sudan? What were the sources of tension between Northern and Southern Sudanese? What role did Osama bin Laden play in Sudan in the 1990s? What turned Sudan away from overt support for terrorist groups? What were the disparate goals of the two factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army? Who were the outside sponsors of the Lord's Resistance Army? What role does oil play in the conflicts in Sudan? Blood Diamonds—What is the True Whig Party? How did the Americo-Liberians entrench their rule? What were the three bedrocks of the Liberian economy? What type of leader was Samuel Doe? What made Liberia an important ally of the USA? How did Charles Taylor develop Small Boys Units? Why were they considered effective? What role did ECOMOG play? What inspired the Revolutionary United Front? What is Executive Outcomes? What did the Kimberley Process seek to do? A Degree in Violence—What were Robert Mugabe's initial reasons for cultivating white allies? How was land redistribution initially conducted in Zimbabwe? What was the result of Mugabe's crackdown in Matabeleland? What is the Curse of Education? Additional updates provided by Amber. African International Relations—What tied African states closely to their former colonial powers? How specifically does France keep former colonies close? Why did the Cold War change African IR? What motivates China's involvement in Africa? Canada? AGOA, OAU Charter, UAM, SADC, ECCAS What encourages the proliferation of regional organizations in Africa? What role does the UN play in Africa? What types of work do NGOs do? What are some criticisms of their activities? CARE, Amnesty International, Medicins sans Frontieres, ICRC. The USA and Africa—What roles does Oil, the War on Terror, and the AIDS crisis play in American relations with Africa? What groups within American civil society are crucial in shaping relations with Africa? What is the African Renaissance? How did Bill Clinton show his support of US-friendly African leaders? What are the major drivers of Afro-pessimism? What is the Millennium Challenge Account?
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Government money to agriculture via Soil and Water Conservation Districts makes a lot of sense to me. I remember growing up in Southeast Iowa, and dad worked with the SWCD of the time and was able to have a farm pond built. That pond contributed to stopping runoff and filled a large gully.
That soil conservation work wouldn't have been done without government money being involved. Dad didn't have spare money as he was a small farmer scrimping by with a small dairy herd, a second job with the Iowa Highway Commission and saving for my college fund.
That pond helped to keep Cedar Creek cleaner, and today farmers working with SWCDs are continuing to clean up creeks of the nation. And it still depends on subsidy, grant money from the U.S. government.
With all the concern about the environment, conservation funds are still extremely important. An example was written about by Zoe Martin in the Iowa Farmer Today. He wrote about the Muchakinock Creek watershed project where 100 area farmers over eight years and counting have been cleaning up the creek.
"Soil erosion, water quality and flooding were the top resource concerns in Muchakinock Creek watershed," Kevin Funni, NRCS district conservationist, is reported as saying.
"Sediment as a pollutant was deemed the primary reason for impaired use by aquatic life in the stream," and the justification for obtaining grant money for clean up starting in 2005.
Martin reported that Mahaska County farmer Jerry Bruxvoort jumped in early with the government project. Soil conservation had been a goal of Bruxvoort since he took over the family farm in the 60s.
"When my father lived here, I remember there were some ditches you couldn't cross hardly. That wasn't good," Bruxvoort said.
Muchakinock watershed drains more than 49,000 acres. The watershed is about 23 miles long and varies from two to five miles wide. In that area, the project's funding has helped about 100 landowners along the watershed build more than 180,000 feet of terraces, grade-stabilization structures and ponds.
Funni reportedly claims these practices have prevented nearly 10,000 tons of sediment per year from entering the stream. The project is to end in June 2014 although Funni is planning to file for extension of the project. The grant money has paid 50 percent of costs, up to $4,000, for each farmer project, Martin wrote, and each farmer has been able to complete multiple projects.
Any time that money is attached to the government, some farmers hesitate because they don't want to be told how to do something or what not to do on their property. Farmers who used grants with the watershed project worked with project-appointed technicians to build the terraces or structures on their land.
My thoughts are that using government money and farmer money together achieves a lot in needed soil conservation and water quality. Without that pool of money being dangled in front of farmers, most of them don't get involved in understanding their fit in the whole picture of water and environmental quality for a watershed in Iowa or the entire nation.


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Harriet by Lisa Lloyd
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Pattern Description from A Fine Fleece: "this cardigan features two traditional stitches worked in separate areas and places so that the shaping doesn't interfere very much with the lace patterns. A wide band at the lower edge features the classic razor shell pattern, which provides a feminine scalloped edge. The lace panels on the body are openwork version of the cables. The yarns used are DK weight but I chose to work them at a softened gauge to allow the lace to open up."
Skill Level: Intermediate Beginner
Finished Measurements:
- Chest 41 (45, 49, 53)" (104 114, 124.5, 134.5cm)
- Length 23.5 (23.5, 26.5, 26.5)" (59.5 59.5, 67.5, 67.5cm)
- Note: The finished length can be adjusted by 3" (7.5cm) by working more or less repeats of Chart B. Please allow extra yardage for additional length.
Yarn: #4 medium
- 1200 (1300, 1500, 1600) yds (1097 1189, 1372, 1463m) DK to worsted weight
- 10 (11, 12, 13) skeins Rowan Yarns Scottish Tweed DK, 1.75 oz (50g) skeins, each approximately 123 yds (113m), 100% pure new wool, 018 Thatch
Needles and Notions:
- US size 6 (4mm) knitting needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
- US size 6 (4mm) circular needles, 16" (40cm) and 29" (74cm) long
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Costs for caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias can be high, but there are steps that families can take to use their resources wisely and identify sources of help.
Any of us who have had a family member or friend with dementia understand the enormous physical and emotional toll of caregiving. It's very tough watching your family member or friend lose memory, skills and abilities. But there is another challenge for families that isn't talked about as much—the enormous financial toll of caregiving for a person with dementia.
The MetLife Mature Market Institute's 2011 Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs revealed that:
- The national average hourly rates for home care workers is $19/hour.
- The national average daily rate for adult day services is $70.
- The national average monthly base rate in an assisted living community is $3,477.
- The national average daily rate for a private room in a nursing home is $239.
Specialized dementia services are often more expensive. The bottom line is frightening. An early study of lifetime costs by R.L. Ernst and J.W. Hay suggested that families will pay $174,000 over time providing care, a figure that has certainly risen.
What can a family do to cope with these costs? Here are some suggestions from Alzheimer's care expert David Troxel.
- First and foremost, take stock of family resources and funds. Make sure that your family member's legal and financial affairs are up to date, that you know where various accounts and funds are located, and that a trusted party receives a durable power of attorney to handle finances. Because persons with dementia can make bad decisions and even become victims of fraud, be vigilant in monitoring accounts and protecting remaining funds.
- Look for sources of help or untapped benefits. Individuals that are veterans may have veteran's benefits that can be life-savers. Contact the Veteran's Administration for help. A good source of information regarding benefits is an online service provided by the National Council on Aging at www.benefitscheckup.org. This reputable site can help with resources related to everything from medications, health care, food, utilities and more.
- Geriatric care managers are typically nurses or social workers who charge an hourly fee to help family caregivers. They may be able to bring their experience to the table and help you identify and become eligible for various services.
- Call your local Alzheimer's Association chapter to see what other programs are available to help, for example friendly visiting programs, home delivered meals and other services.
- Travel the continuum of care. Community based and home services are usually cheaper than residential care. Day centers provide wonderful socialization for persons with dementia and are generally affordable. Starting out with in-home help every other day for four hours can be a life-saving way to give caregivers a break, while giving some stimulation and support to the person with dementia. When needed, an assisted living memory care program is generally much cheaper than skilled nursing.
- Long-term care insurance is highly recommended for everyone concerned about the cost of long-term care. Many Baby Boomers are buying policies for the future, but the policies are also available for older individuals. Unfortunately, when symptoms of dementia start it is too late to buy a policy.
What if you've done this and funds are not available? Unfortunately there are no easy answers, particularly since many local programs have closed in recent years with local and state government cutbacks. This may be the time for a family meeting to take stock of people resources and financial resources. When you map out a game plan, one family member may be able to contribute a monthly amount for care; another family member may be able to contribute a gift of time. Sometimes friends, neighbors, service clubs, and faith communities will rally to provide support.
Education makes a big difference and gives you greater skills to navigate this journey. A family that is proactive and educated can better manage behaviors that are challenging and may be able to keep a person at home longer.
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- (continued) I had checked with the VA to see if help was available for vets who, in their older years had a dementia. There was no assistance from the VA. He was enrolled with them and he saw a doctor once a year to be kept enrolled. I found no financial help with any agency I contacted.
- When my husband and I considered insurance for such a time when one of us suffered from a dementia the cost was roughly calculated at close to $200,000. to cover the needed care. Using that as a base, and you don't want to invest in insurance, then begin early on to save toward at least the above number. I had in-home help with wonderful caregivers. I paid $4,000.00 a month. The men came at 10 in the morning and left about 6:30 when my AD husband was in bed for the night. There were with us 7 days a week. They cared for him until he passed in October of last year. (cont'd)(
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This small powder room has a lot to say in very little space. In keeping with the bold modern aesthetic of the home, the emphasis is on clean lines augmented by interesting textures and a sophisticated application of color. Dramatically tall ceilings create a bold first impression and establish the linear outlines of the room, while a floor to ceiling back splash is free of any distracting seams. Geometric tile mosaic undulates in a captivating grid pattern. A custom-designed sink, with organic lines carved from an earth friendly cast stone, floats out from the tile.
An ultra modern vanity sconce is strategically placed to cast a soft glow across the space. The unusual placement of the lighting at the left of the sink enhances the room's simplicity by allowing the tiled wall to be adorned with only a built-in, custom height mirror.
With no need for cabinetry, the powder room is absent any noticeable storage so that the minimalist character of the home is captured completely in this small but remarkable space.
The dark-toned sink and sand-colored wall tiles are complimented by charcoal gray paint coating the accent wall. Natural stone across the floor introduces soft grays and whites to the color palette to balance the scale of the ten foot walls. Further enhancing the sophisticated theme, a row of linear art niches glisten under puck lights with vibrant red glass tiles that illuminate hints of gold, black, and white.


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The appeal featured on BBC Midlands Today and ITV News Central and resulted in a large donation by several anonymous people and Midlands businesses.
Following the donation, SIFA Fireside have now announced that their breakfast provision will return next Tuesday and will continue every weekday.
SIFA Fireside's Operations Manager Carole Fox said: "I am elated that we are now in a position to start serving breakfast again as we know how vital to our clients' wellbeing it is.
"I cannot thank Worcester Warriors enough for all the support they have given us. The appeal had more impact than we could ever have imagined.
"A big thank you must also go to all those who have given us a donation. This will improve the life of all the people who use our centre."
Warriors began their support of Sifa Fireside at the start of this season and have been serving breakfast every other Monday morning.
Up to 120 vulnerable or homeless people visit the drop-in centre for food each day.
With the help of staff and volunteers, Warriors players have served up over 800 breakfasts since they began supporting the project.
Warriors lock Dean Schofield, who initiated his club's involvement with SIFA, says he is pleased with the impact of the appeal.
He said: "I am delighted how well this appeal was received and cannot thank the members of the public and businesses enough for their donations.
"We've thoroughly enjoyed helping out at the centre this season and we hope even more people will get behind the centre, because they do a fantastic job."


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Piper, a 7 year old agility Shetland Sheepdog, has always been in very good health except for recurrent urinary tract infections. The last UTI began in July 2009 and was stubborn one to get over, even with treatment of antibiotics. Her vet had suggested we change her diet… I cooked for her for a couple of months, trying different types of kibble here and there – then I tried The Honest Kitchen's Embark. We started using the food in February of 2010 and the food relieved her UTI, for good! It's been a year and Piper hasn't had a UTI!
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Selected Indicators of Food and Agricultural Development in the Asia-Pacific Region 1999-2009
This is the twenty-sixth issue of the above publication, a comprehensive and detailed compilation of statistics on farming, livestock, fishery, forestry and nutrition in Asia-Pacific countries for the decade 1998-2008. Statistics are listed separately for developing countries (including transition economies) and developed countries in the region.
El estado mundial del la agricultura y la alimentacíon
La edición del año en curso de El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación se publica en un momento decisivo. Elmundo atraviesa una turbulencia financiera que ha provocado graves contratiempos económicos.
Tracking results in agriculture and rural development in less-than-ideal conditions
The Sourcebook provides a number of workable approaches for designing an M&E system that would be of greatest relevance to different agricultural and rural development (ARD) activities, projects and programmes, and degree of data availability. A set of 19 priority indicators based on the criteria of compatibility, availability and relevance [...]
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Just two minutes into Wednesday's game, the drought ended. More than a month — and three whole games — had passed since the Lodi Flames varsity girls soccer team's last goal. So when Kelsey Gini's early penalty kick against Bear Creek broke the ice, the hungry Flames made sure to add another score for good measure. And another. And another.
In their 4-1 home drubbing of the Bruins, Lodi (4-4-4, 1-1-1 San Joaquin Athletic Association) got its league campaign back on track — finally picking up an SJAA victory and showcasing a wide-open attack that had been shut out against Tracy and Lincoln.


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At Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:17:08 -0400, "David T. Pierson" wrote: > What is the rationale for peek-char skipping bytes not chars? N bytes can be skipped in O(1) time, but skipping N character requires either O(N) work --- as in your implementation --- or some sort of char-count-to-byte-count cache attached to the port. I think your `peek-char/skip-chars' is fine for skipping a few characters. For skipping potentially many characters, shifting work to the client can often avoid both the O(N) work and the table. For example, the lexer in "parser-tools" uses `char-utf-8-length' to accumulate the total byte count as it peeks successive characters. Matthew
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NEWPORT Drillerman Hornets' bid to return to winning ways faces a fierce test tomorrow when visitors Belle Vue Colts include the British National League's two best riders, writes Terry Daley.
Jason Garrity won last Saturday's BNL Riders' Championship at Rye House ahead of team-mate and fellow-teenager Kyle Howarth.
Hornets skipper Jay Herne finished third but pre-event favourite Todd Kurtz was lower down the order following a crash with Herne and a last-place finish in his final ride.
The next evening the Hornets were thrashed 60-36 at Mildenhall Fen Tigers but they are hoping Tom Young has recovered from a back strain to take his place on the team tomorrow.
However the Hornets' home form is very good and the meeting is expected to be one of the most exciting NL match-ups at the venue this season.
The wash-out of the Hornets' BNL fixture at Belle Vue on Wednesday is now the only one remaining yet to be re-arranged by the Queensway Meadows Stadium club.
l Newport Drillerman Hornets (from): Richard Andrew; Jay Herne (capt); Brendan Johnson; Todd Kurtz; Rider replacement for Matt Bates; James White-Williams; Tom Young.
Belle Vue Colts: Byron Becker; Jason Garrity; Kyle Howarth; Karl Mason; Adam McKinna; Scott Richardson; Chris Wildman.
l Hornets' BNL fixtures: Sunday, September 11 - home v Belle Vue Colts; Saturday, September 24 - away v Stoke Potters; Sunday, September 25 - home v Scunthorpe Saints; Sunday, October 2 - away v Buxton Hitmen; Saturday, October 8 - home v King's Lynn. TBA - Belle Vue Colts, away.
l Newport Mike Manning Audio Wasps do not have a British Premier League meeting this weekend and are in action next on Saturday, September 17, when they host Workington Comets in a Knockout Cup semi-final first leg clash.
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-Happy 39th birthday to former Penguins all-star forward Martin Straka (above). A first-round pick in 1992, Straka spent parts of 10 seasons over two separate stints with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1992-93, Straka appeared in 42 games and scored 16 points. He saw action in 11 postseason games that spring and contributed three points. Straka took a big step forward in 1993-94 by scoring 30 goals and 64 points while playing in all 84 games. That spring's playoffs saw Straka play in six games and score one goal. After only scoring 16 points in 31 games in 1994-95, Straka was traded to the Senators in exchange for Troy Murray and Norm MacIver. After bouncing between the Senators, Islanders and Panthers, Straka returned to the Penguins as a free agent in the 1997 offseason. He appeared in 72 games and scored 42 points. In six postseason games that season, Straka scored two goals. Straka returned to the 30-goal plateau in 1998-99 by netting a career-high 35 goals and 83 points and was also selected to his only all-star game. He stepped it up in the postseason by leading the team with 15 points in 13 games and played a pivotal role in the eighth-seeded Penguins upsetting the first-seeded Devils, 4-3 in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series by scoring 11 points. Injuries limited Straka to 71 games and 59 points in 1999-2000. He rebounded in the postseason by pitching in 12 points in 11 games. Straka's best NHL season came during the club's memorable 2000-01 season. Playing primarily on a line with Alex Kovalev and Robert Lang, Straka played in all 82 games and scored a career-high 95 points, sixth-most in the NHL that season. In the postseason, Straka appeared in 18 games and scored 13 points and two game-winning goals, including a series-clinching score in a 4-3 win against the Capitals in Game 6 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal. Injuries once against hampered Straka in 2001-02 as he was limited to 13 games and nine points. He fought through more ailments in 2002-03 but managed to see action in 60 games and contributed 46 points. After 22 games and 21 points in 2003-04, Straka was traded to the Kings in exchange for Martin Strbak and Sergei Anshakov. He is currently a member of HC Plzen in his native Czech Republic. One of the most prolific players in franchise history, Straka's name can be found throughout the Penguins' record book. In 560 regular season games for the Penguins (ninth-most in franchise history), Straka scored 165 goals (eighth-most), 277 assists (12th-most) and 442 points (ninth-most). Additionally, his 26 game-winning goals are sixth-most in Penguins history. He also holds the franchise record for earliest game-winning goal as a result of his goal 32 seconds into a 4-0 home win against the Flyers, March 13, 1999. Straka, the only player to wear No. 82 in franchise history, was just as productive in terms of postseason play. In 65 playoff games (eighth-most), Straka scored 19 goals (seventh-most), 27 assists (10th-most) and 46 points (eighth-most).
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-Happy 24th birthday to current Penguins forward James Neal. Acquired at midway through last season along with Matt Niskanen in a deal which sent Alex Goligoski to the Stars, Neal appeared in 20 regular season games for the Penguins in 2010-11 and scored six points. In seven postseason games this past spring, he scored two points.
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-Happy 33rd birthday to former Penguins defenseman Michal Rozsival. A fourth-round pick in 1996, Rozsival spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1999-2000, Rozsival appeared in 75 games and contributed 21 points. He would see action in two postseason games that spring but failed to score a point. Rozsival was limited to 30 games and five points in 2000-01. He rebounded in 2001-02 by playing in 79 games and scoring 29 points, most among the team's defensemen. Injuries limited to 53 games and 10 points in 2002-03. After missing the entire 2003-04 season due to a knee injury, Rozsival joined Trinec in his native Czech Republic. He is currently a member of the Coyotes. In 237 games with the Penguins, Rozsival scored 65 points.
-Today would've been the 79th birthday of former Penguins coach Marc Boileau (right). Replacing Ken Schinkel midway through the 1973-74 season, Boileau coached the Penguins for parts of three seasons. He finished 1973-74 by 14-10-4. The team finished in fifth place in the West Division and missed the postseason. In 1974-75, the Penguins went 37-28-15 and finished in third place in the Norris Division. The 37 wins stood as a franchise record until 1988-89. The team reached the postseason and swept the Blues, 2-0, in a preliminary round series. Despite leading the Islanders 3-0 in a quarterfinal series, the Penguins lost the series, 4-3, and became the second NHL team in history to lose a best-of-seven series after leading it 3-0. The Penguins stumbled to a 15-23-5 record in 1975-76 and Boileau was replaced mid-season by his predecessor, Schinkel. In 151 regular season games with the Penguins, "The Shark" had a 66-61-24 record. He passed away, Dec. 27, 2000 at the age of 68.
-Today would've been the 62nd birthday of former Penguins forward Brian "Spinner" Spencer (right). Acquired prior to the 1977-78 season in a deal which sent Ron Schock to the Sabres, Spencer spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. He appeared in 79 games and scored 20 points in 1977-78. His final NHL season was 1978-79 and he was limited to seven games and no points. Early in the season, he was loaned to Binghamton of the AHL. In 86 games with the Penguins, Spencer scored 20 points. Spencer, whose father was shot and killed after he threatened a CBC television station in British Columbia at gunpoint for not showing a Maple Leafs game featuring his son, was shot and killed himself following a failed drug deal, Oct. 3, 1988 at the age of 38.
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�Justice Chowdary�, a 1982 movie was one of the super hits in the career of late NTR. Now, Young Tiger NTR is going to be seen in his grandpa�s role of �Justice Chowdary� for some time in his forthcoming movie �baadshah�. As per the inside sources, Jr.NTR will be seen in the getup of JC, post interval of �baadshah� for 5 to 6 minutes.
This episode is expected to get mind blowing response from the audiences. Earlier, late NTR�s cutouts or topics based on him were shown in some of Jr.NTR�s movies. In �Yamadonga�, Jr.NTR danced with late NTR( graphics) in �Aanati Ramudu� song.
Sexy siren Kajal Aggarwal romanced with Jr.NTR in this action and comedy entertainer. Thaman has scored the music of the movie. Srinu Vaitla directed this movie. Bandla Ganesh Babu produced the movie on Parameswara Art Productions. The movie is gearing up for release on 5th April.


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Euro zone finance ministers have given Greece two extra years to wrestle down its budget deficit, pledging to plug the resulting financing gaps to keep the country in the single currency and prevent a renewed flare-up of the debt crisis.
Finance ministers gave Greece until 2016 to cut the deficit to 2 per cent of gross domestic product. They put off until November 20 a decision on how to cover additional Greek needs of as much as €32.6 billion ($39.8 billion) and left unclear whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would continue to contribute.
In the latest compromise in three years of crisis fighting, creditors led by Germany opted to keep money flowing to Greece instead of risking a default that could lead to the nation's exit from the euro and stir more turmoil for countries left in it.
"Greece has done a big part of what it was supposed to do, adopted an ambitious reform program and a budget for 2013 that's impressive," Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said. He said "a certain number of avenues" except the write-down of official loans, were being looked at for filling the funding gap.
Left unanswered was how the creditor governments will keep Greece afloat without putting up more money themselves, a question that may dog German Chancellor
IMF managing director
"Debt sustainability of Greece has to be measured in 2020," Ms Lagarde said. "We clearly have different views. What matters at the end of the day is the sustainability of the Greek debt."
The country's recession-hit and debt-encumbered economy returned to the spotlight just as concerns mount over Spain and Cyprus and at a time when crisis management is clouded by forecasts that the 17-nation currency bloc's economy will virtually grind to a halt next year.
Mr Juncker called the special meeting on November 20 to make a "definite decision" on releasing the next aid tranche, worth €31.5 billion.
Economically and politically, the European commitment marked a triumph for Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who in power has whipped through the same budget-cutting policies that he was against while in opposition in order to keep Greece in the euro.
"It's a done deal," Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said. "It's very important."
In a report presented to the ministers, praise for Greece's savings measures and economic shakeup blended with concern that "vested interests" and "powerful pressure groups" will frustrate the reforms. Demonstrations and strikes have blunted past revamp efforts, and 15,000 people protested outside parliament in Athens two nights ago against the passage of an austerity budget for 2013.
"The key risks concern the overall policy implementation, given that the coalition supporting the government appears fragile and some components of the program face political resistance, despite the determination of the government," said the report by the "troika" made up of the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF.
Options floated for plugging the financing hole include cutting the interest rates and extending the maturities on Greece's aid loans, accelerating rescue bailout payments and engineering a buyback of Greek debt, most of which is held by public creditors. German, Dutch and Finnish officials have said no to outright debt relief.
"For the moment Greek debt is not sustainable and therefore we need significant reduction of the debt burden, but that does not include of haircuts to principal of public loans," European Union Economic and Monetary Commissioner Olli Rehn said. "There are other ways and expect it will be a combination of various options."
In the meantime, Greece will escape a default on Friday (**Nov. 16 )when 5 billion euros in treasury bills come due. Greek banks will be able to roll over their bill holdings, saving the country from the "financing cliff," Rehn said.
The search for a solution will run in parallel with parliamentary debates in countries such as Germany, Finland and the Netherlands, three countries that have handed control over bailout policy to lawmakers concerned about wasting taxpayers' money.
On his way into the meeting, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble of Germany, the biggest contributor to the European bailouts, said the priority is on "thoroughness" and added that his country's stance will be dictated by its parliament.
"Everyone needs to be very pragmatic," said Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici of France, which under new President Francois Hollande has emerged as an advocate of the fiscally strapped south. "We have an agreement on principles. Now we have to apply them."
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The Long Island Division of the New York Chapter of the March of Dimes announced its 2012 Long Island ambassador families: the Theologitis family from Lake Grove, the Raymar family from Merrick, and the Thomas family from Massapequa. These families were selected by the March of Dimes because of their first-hand experiences with premature births.
The March of Dimes' annual March for Babies takes place May 6 at Stony Brook University. The fundraiser event benefits all babies, including those born healthy and those that need help to survive. More than 30,000 babies are born prematurely in New York each year, and more than 4,000 of those babies are born on Long Island. Almost 200 of them will not live to see their first birthday.
Ann Marie Theologitis of Lake Grove gave birth three months prematurely to identical twin sons and a daughter at Stony Brook Children's Hospital in 2010. Although the boys, Niko and Alex, did not survive, Theologitis' daughter Ava survived and thrived, thanks to the expert care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Now, Theologitis volunteers in the NICU to give back to families who face similar situations. She and husband Pete want to help give hope for the defeat of premature birth and other threats to babies. "The money we raise will support March of Dimes' research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care."
Samantha Brooke Raymar (Merrick) was born 15 weeks premature, weighing just 1 lb. 11 oz. and measuring 12¼ inches long. Samantha's parents, Brandon and Melinda, saw their daughter go through incredible daily battles in the NICU at Winthrop University Hospital where she stayed for 98 days. During her stay in the NICU, Samantha underwent several life-saving surgeries, blood transfusions, and breathing treatments. After three long months, she was finally able to go home. Today, Sami is a happy, energetic 2-year-old who loves books, Elmo, and her family. "We feel that it is important to find out why premature birth happens and what can be done to prevent it," her parents say, which is why they chose to walk with the March of Dimes at Eisenhower Park on April 29.
Vaulted into the world in critical condition at just 25 weeks gestation, weighing 1 lb. 11oz. and 1 lb. 14 oz. respectively, Grace Michelle and John Russell Thomas (Massapequa) had a rough start to life. Grace spent five months in Neonatal Intensive Care Units undergoing surgery to fix her heart and struggled with respiratory issues and collapsed lungs, which eventually resulted in additional surgeries and the use of a ventilator. Her twin, John, spent three and a half months in the NICU, undergoing life-saving heart surgery at just 10 days old. It wasn't until his discharge that a profound hearing loss was discovered and his prognosis became uncertain. Today though, John and Grace are typical 2-year-olds. John can hear and understand the world around him and Grace is still the fighter she was since the day she was born. "Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small, and often very sick. Our team is walking in March for Babies because we want to do something about this," say parents Danielle and Gregg.
For more information on the March of Dimes, visit marchofdimes.com/ny. To join the March for Babies, register at marchforbabies.com.
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2014 Juno Awards to be held in Winnipeg [News]
Winnipeg, MB – The 2014 Juno Awards will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It'll be the first time in 9 years that the event is held in the city. The event will most likely take place in Winnipeg's downtown MTS Centre, which is where the awards were held last time. The festivities will include, as always, the fan favourite Juno Cup hockey game, a Juno Hoops basketball game, Juno Fest music showcases, music panels and much more.
The 2013 Junos are being held in Regina. CARAS, the organization that runs the Juno Awards, is now taking submissions for nominations. We'll be posting info about that later this evneing so stay tuned.
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Account Manager - Fashion & Retail
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- £25k - £33k + benefits
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- 19 Jul 2013
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- Consumer, Retail / Wholesale
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- Account Manager, Senior Account Executive
- Discipline
- Digital & Online, Press / Media Relations
- Hours
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This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly talented Account Manager to join a pioneering retail communications agency and work across a range of highly coveted clients.
Our client works with some of the most highly regarded high street and luxury retail clients in the industry. Working across a broad range of retail brands, you will be responsible for providing exceptional and innovative PR solutions that exceed client expectations and deliver excellence through your team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in fashion, luxury, retail or lifestyle PR with an undeniable passion for these sectors. Energetic and confident, the candidate should have excellent media relations experience, strong communications skills and the ability to lead and motivate other members of their team.
Key Attributes:
- Strong passion and commercial awareness of the retail and fashion industry sectors
- Excellent media relations
- Client servicing skills
- Excellent communicator at all levels
- Proven project management skills
- Line management experience
- Strong digital capabilities and understanding
Key Responsibilities:
- Professional account management of all campaigns
- Build and maintain media relationships
- Selling in and pitching feature ideas
- Ensure all requests from the media are responded to efficiently
- PR copy writing
- Contribute to and take ownership for the writing of client proposals and strategies
- Plan and manage client and internal events
- Manage the performance and development of the team
In return you will work across a variety of established to upcoming, high street and luxury brands, liaising directly with influential industry leaders and managing VIP clients.


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It's not nice getting dumped. So we hear.
Being rejected is always gonna sting, even more so if it's by someone you love. So, as some sort of cinematic guidebook, we've assembled a list of 30 movie women who have managed to break the hearts (and sometimes other organs) of us poor, totally innocent, menfolk.
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Have you received your 19 free Twinkies and quarter of an apple from the federal government yet?
Well ok, it doesn't exactly work that way but federal subsidies for commodity crops are subsidizing junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup, enough to pay for 19 Twinkies per taxpayer every year, according to the report "Apples to Twinkies" made public Thursday by New Jersey Public Interest Research Group.
The report, released at Lincoln Park Community Farm in Newark, also states that limited federal subsidies for fresh fruits and vegetables would buy less than a quarter of an apple per taxpayer.
Overall, New Jerseyans federal taxpayers provide $29,871,208 for junk food subsidies, and $462,158 in apple subsidies. That's enough for 78,608,443 Twinkies and 897,395 apples.
Newark taxpayers provide $950,707 each year for junk food subsidies, and $14,709 each year for subsidies for apples. That's enough to buy 2,501,860 Twinkies, and 28,561 apples.
"At a time when childhood obesity rates are skyrocketing, it's absurd that we're spending billions of taxpayer dollars to make the problem worse," NJPIRG Program Associate Gideon Weissman said. "It's absurd that junk food is subsidized by taxpayers, while fresh fruits and vegetables barely get a bite at the apple."
Between 1995 and 2010, the federal government provided over $260 billion in agricultural subsidies, according to the report. Most subsidies went to the country's largest farming operations, mainly to grow just a few commodity crops, including corn and soybeans. Among other uses, food manufacturers process these crops into additives like high fructose corn syrup and vegetable oils that provide a cheap dose of sweetness and fat to a wide variety of junk food products.
Robert Wizniewski, director of Sustainable Development with the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District, explained the adverse relationship between urban agriculture and subsidies for unhealthy food: "Lincoln Park Community Farm provides city residents with direct access to affordable, organic produce grown locally in Newark. It's ironic that simultaneous to our national "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, locally grown food options are competing against junk food subsidized by the federal government."
"Shoveling cash at commodity crops also means we're subsidizing these unhealthy additives, too," Weissman added. "At a time when government spending is coming under increasing scrutiny, it's time for Congress to get its priorities straight."
The reports states that between 1995 and 2010, $16.9 billion in tax dollars subsidized four common food additives—corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and soy oils—better known as hydrogenated vegetable oils. At $7.36 per taxpayer per year, that would buy each taxpayer 19 Twinkies. Outside of commodity crops, other agricultural products receive very little in federal subsidies. Since 1995, taxpayers spent only $262 million subsidizing apples, which is the only significant federal subsidy of fresh fruits or vegetables. Coming to 11 cents per taxpayer per year, that would buy less than a quarter of an apple.
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YWCA Campaign keeps Pay Equity on the Agenda
30 November 2012
YWCA Campaign keeps Pay Equity on the Agenda
"The advertising campaign launched this week by Auckland YWCA highlighting unequal pay between men and women is a huge boost for getting pay equity back on the political agenda" says Suzanne McNabb, Convenor of the CTU Women's Council.
"It is unbelievable for young women to find out that they are getting different pay rates because of their gender. The study in 2010 looking at the pay rates of university graduates one year after graduation confirmed the discrimination young women face. The study found that the young women were paid 6% less than men and after 5 years' employment this had increased to an outrageous 17%."
"In this day and age we need to ensure that young women do not face basic pay inequality simply because they are women. This is a great campaign that we totally support. It will resonate with young women and will be supported by other workers."
"The completely reasonable expectation that young women have to receive the same pay for same or similar work and to be valued for the work they do needs to become the norm" says Suzanne McNabb.
"The campaign highlights the ways we can achieve pay equality and the need for legislation. Increasingly it is accepted that we need the legislation that the Equal Opportunities Commissioner has drafted".
Suzanne McNabb says, "Well done to the Auckland YWCA for standing up for young women and their futures. Initiatives like this are needed to highlight the issues and ensure that there is action to change gender pay inequality."


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NetsDaily: happy to have anonymous readers sling nastiness at Goldstein, but no opportunity to weigh in on Yormark's controversy (updated with change)
"read the banner…most comprehensive," wrote the main contributor to the site, who goes by the name Net Income, pointing the commenter to the banner: "The most comprehensive source for news about the New Jersey Nets."
NetIncome was eager to link earlier this week to an unflattering and thinly-reported article in the Daily News about Atlantic Yards foe Daniel Goldstein, but not, of course, to any of the follow-ups that cast doubt on the original story.
"SCREW HIM!, productively commented Paul Erstein, a Florida-based fan who's one of the few people to sign his name on the blog.
A few readers questioned the decision to include the item. NetIncome replied with his usual hauteur:
of course it shouldNetIncome has claimed "I have won Four Edward R. Murrow awards in my professional life so I have some credibility." Thing is, he's done so while using his name. The blog pseudonym lets him avoid responsibility.
it's about someone who played a key role in the team's inability to move.
And as evidenced by the strong opinions asserted, it's quite interesting to Nets fans.
Missing: the Yormark story
Somehow missing from NetsDaily, however, is an article from yesterday's Record, Lawsuit against Nets exec thrown out, which began:
A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought against New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark by an ex-girlfriend, who alleged that he fraudulently induced her to have an abortion.The judge agreed with the contention of Yormark's attorney that such claims had no place in court. Indeed, Purcell didn't have any promise in writing and, even so, it would be a tough case to bring.
Reyna Purcell of Upper Saddle River said in a lawsuit filed earlier this year that she became pregnant shortly after she started dating Yormark in October 2010.
Purcell said that she wanted to have a child, but that Yormark told her he would end the relationship if she gave birth to a child. She also alleged that Yormark promised her to stay in a relationship if she got an abortion.
Purcell, 34, got an abortion in February, but "shortly thereafter [Yormark] immediately terminated the relationship with the plaintiff and has never spoken to her again," the lawsuit alleged.
NetsDaily fans, who knew nothing about the Goldstein situation beyond what was in a thinly reported Daily News article, readily weighed in with nasty, anonymous/pseudonymous comments.
Somehow they've been deprived of the opportunity to comment on this piece of Yormark's private life that has become public via the legal system. (It was also picked up by Newsday, the Star-Ledger, and four other outlets.)
Would they call him victim of a publicity stunt? Would they say it wasn't news? Would they link credibility in his professional life to his personal life?
Would it be "quite interesting to Nets fans"?
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Along with Moszkva square, Móricz Zsigmond circus is a very busy public transportation junction, located in south Buda. With a round art relic in its middle – the Gomba (meaning mushroom because of its form) is a popular public space for people to meet, with several trams and buses intersecting, along with the Budapest Metro – subway line 4, presently under construction. The concept by Hetedik Műterem Ltd. was to treat the art relic of József Schall (from 1942) with proper respect but determined courage. At the same time, they redefined the currently closed space structure, to put forward and intensify the presence of the urban public space. More images and architects' description after the break.
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Rastrick is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax. It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Along with Brighouse, it is part of Calderdale, but shares a Huddersfield postcode and phone number.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is on an incline facing north-east, the Parish Church, is vertically in the middle.
The area around the Parish Church is known as "Top o' t'Town" and the area around the Junction public house is known as "Bottom o' t'Town", this reflects the days when Rastrick had its own governance in the form of a Town Board whose Offices and lock-up were situated halfway between the two, on Ogden Lane.
Remains of a fort have been found at Castle Hill, just below Top o' Town.
Rastrick was in the ecclesiastical parish of Halifax in the in the Morley Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Deighton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
Rastrick is a village and a ward of Calderdale, a metropolitan borough within the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire in England. The parish of Rastrick was recorded on 1 July 1837 as part of the Halifax Registration District. It was abolished as a distinct parish on 1 April 1937 and merged with the neighbouring parish of Brighouse as part of the Borough of Brighouse. On 1 April 1938 the borough was transferred to the neighbouring registration district of 'Calder' and in 1974 it was abolished as part of the creation of Calderdale. Rastrick became a ward of Calderdale, with boundaries similar to those of the original parish.
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A national focus on a high-profile killing
Published: Oct 28, 2013
The murder of businessman Kurt McCartney last Thursday was shocking to many. McCartney is well known and helps run his family's chain of pharmacies. He is also the brother of Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney and played a key role in the party.
The numerous murder records in The Bahamas over the last several years have desensitized many of us to killings. On a Sunday night or Monday morning it is common for reporters to get the question from friends and family asking, "How many people were killed this weekend?"
Many who die violent deaths in our country are from the inner-city communities of New Providence. And it is widely assumed that they were somehow part of a nefarious trade – hence their violent deaths. But when prominent members of society die we take note in a different manner. We become concerned.
The McCartney murder case does not seem a simple one for police despite the various detailed theories in the public domain. Police over the weekend made several public appeals for information that could lead to the capture of the perpetrator or perpetrators.
The force said it is "hopeful someone will have the courage to come forward with information that will solve this case" no matter how small or insignificant the information may seem. A cash reward of up to $1,000 is being offered. McCartney was at Gambier Village when a gunman shot and killed him.
McCartney's death is tragic and unfortunate. All people of goodwill grieve with his family. The death, though, should not make us think that now the crime problem in New Providence is worse. The levels of crime and violence on New Providence are too high for such a small place. They have been that way for years.
"This is a perfect example of a young successful Bahamian man whose life is one of success through hard work and achievement, and for whatever reason he has met this untimely death clearly most unexpected," said Prime Minister Perry Christie after visiting the McCartneys after the murder.
"Very tragic in its implications but a profound lesson to those of us who are responsible for public policy, and to all of our countrymen and women who oftentimes tend to believe that it is just those people over there who become perpetrators and victims and never us. But this now is another reminder that one of us has been killed."
There are few places to hide in New Providence. Gated communities don't even offer full protection from our crime problem. We live in this place together and should know that the effort to restore order is one we all have an interest in.
When "those" people from poor communities are felled by gunmen, those of us who are privileged must learn to feel their pain too and not just dismiss the circumstance as "bad people killing bad people". Any one of us could be "the next one" on this island. This crime problem can touch us all.


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A Skipton family is seeking a good home for five large boxes of big band music.
Skipton man Harry Crabtree, who used to play in a dance band and taught saxophone as a hobby, died in 2000, and now 12 years after his death his family is seeking a home for a large amount of sheet music they found when moving house.
His wife, Sheila, said: "There is a full score of big band music that we want to go to a good home. We don't want anything for it, we just want it to be used."
Son Angus Crabtree, 40, a former Ermysted's Grammar School pupil who went on to study music at the Leeds College of Music, also plays the saxophone in a Latin funk music band called Bugalu Foundation.
"Most of it is big band music for saxophones and the rhythm instruments," he said.
"It used to belong to my dad, but we don't know who owned it before him."
Angus, manager of the Fountain Inn pub in Barnoldswick, added: "It's sat there not doing anything and needs to be used. I only ask that it goes to a good home, so it can be played."
A local government officer, Harry worked for Skipton Urban District and then Craven District Council, rising to become its head of paid services.
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