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Study finds CNG conversion policy in Bangladesh did result in more travel; congestion costs still half the health benefits
9 June 2014
Several years ago, the government of Bangladesh took took various policies to convert the petroleum vehicles on road to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), which allows both air quality improvements and energy security benefits. In a 21013 study, researchers found large air quality and associated health benefits accruing to the residents of Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) as a result of the rapid conversion of the motor vehicle fleet to CNG. (Earlier post.) Now, however, there is a widespread belief among policymakers that the CNG conversion may have increased car ownership and car travel due to their lower running costs, resulting in more congestion; a reversal of the strategy is possible.
In a follow-on to the 2013 study, Zia Wadud at the University of Leeds has published a new paper in the journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, which presents the results of a questionnaire survey and an econometric intervention analysis to understand the impact of CNG conversion on car ownership and car travel in Dhaka.
He found that:
CNG cars travel 35% more, 55% of this due to price effect, the rest due to self-selection.
Total vehicle travel increased by 4.4%, congestion costs increased by 9.6%.
Congestion costs are still one-half of the health benefits of the CNG conversion policy.
Zia Wadud (2014) "(Unintended) Transport impacts of an energy-environment policy: The case of CNG conversion of vehicles in Dhaka," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 66, Pages 100-110 doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.04.017
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A couple of YouTube clips from Alembic.tv filmed at the Conway Hall concert in London for the 'Coming and Going' DVD which was part of the Gypsy/Roma History Month 2008.
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in Perth in the Ethnic Communities Council newsletter
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Like Water/Sar o paj edited by Hedina Tahirovic Sijercic.
This is a first all women anthology - Through poetry, eight women write about their feelings and views of Rromani life.
Besides Hedina Tahirovic Sijercic- Bosnia and Herzegovina, co-authors are: Yvonne Slee - Australia, Rasa Lee Sutar - USA, Lynn Hutchinson, Julia Lovell, Sarah Barbieux, Thais Barbieux and Gina Csanyi - Canada.
Translations into Rromani language were done by Hedina Tahirovic Sijercic and Ronald Lee
Cover illustration: Lynn Hutchinson - Canada
Back cover poem: Mario Ines Torres - Mexico
This book really deserves to be out in the public eye, especially for groups on equality and human rights and for education in schools, so you can now read Like Water/Sar o paj online
Click on the Romani flag to listen to an interview by Yvonne and Dave Slee on the Romani Radio Program in Perth WA with an Indian couple about similarities between Romani and Indian culture, religion and language.
At a glance: Who are the Roma?
20 August 2010. Source: Szilvia Malik Game, SBS Radio
There are no official numbers, but it is estimated that 10 million Roma live in Europe and they represent the poorest people group on the continent. There are estimated to be about 25,000 Roma living in Australia. The President of the Sinti-Romani Organisation in Queensland, Yvonne Slee, explains their origins.
"We originate from India. In the 11th century groups of Indians were taken out by Mahmud of Ghazni the conqueror, and he took the people out, he took the gold, he took jewels, he burned down temples and he did that over 30 years.
Many of us were taken out of there and ended up in Afghanistan for a while because that is where he went and then after the army was defeated by the Seljuks we ended up in Anatolia where we stayed for 200 years and that is where we crystalised into our own culture.
The words that we use now, our language still has a lot of Indian words, Hindi mixed with Greek words.
And then we went on further westwards into Europe, because the Ottoman Empire encroached on Anatolia and so we were pushed out again and we had to go further, into Europe".
Ever since the Roma arrived in Europe they have suffered discrimination and everywhere they have settled, they have ended up with inferior social status, education, employment, wealth and political power.
During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of them were burnt in the gas chambers by the Nazi Germans.
David Diaz-Jogeix is Europe's Deputy Program Director for the human rights group, Amnesty International. He believes European states are not seriously trying to break the Romas' cycle of discrimination and poverty.
"The Roma people are the largest minority in Europe, but it is not just a matter of numbers.
It is a matter of severe and entrenched discrimination that the Roma people have been subjected to in Europe," says Mr Diaz-Jogeix.
Mr Diaz-Jogeix believes that a tendency of many Romas to live in caravans has given rise to negative impressions about their lifestyle, and has contributed to their marginalisation.
"The great vast majority of the Roma people are not nomads.
The people live in towns, but the prejudice against them has resulted in no access to jobs, no access to education," he says. Mr Diaz-Jogeix says in many European countries, Roma children have been forced to attend segregated special schools or segregated classes where they study according to an inferior curriculum.
He says in some cases, they are even treated as "stupid" and "disabled".
"For example in Slovakia, the administration are treating the Roma different from the mainstream population and placing the children in school that are meant for people with mental disabilities," he says.
Angela Kocze is a former president of the Hungarian-based European Roma Rights Centre, which lobbies for Roma rights across the continent. From a Roma background herself, she currently researches Roma issues for the Institute for National and Ethnic Minorities at the Hungarian Science Academy.
Ms Kocze says the Romas' poor access to education has a ripple effect, resulting in bad employment possibilities.
"There are several human rights reports which pointed out that Romani children are facing serious obstacles in the educational system.
They are not able to get into high school, especially those who are coming from a segregated area, and they were attending segregated schools. And if we can see the statistics that approximately half million Roma are living in Hungary now and only five percent of the Romani schools' pupils were able to get to high school. I mean compared with the non-Roma students, which 70 percent of them were able to go to high school, so there is a huge discrepancy," she says.
The often unemployed Roma tend to live in segregated, substandard housing, and face much lower life expectancy than that of non-Roma. Forced evictions have left thousands of Roma without homes Europe-wide.
Romas are also often perceived as criminals. But according to the United Nations Development Program, many of the crimes committed by Roma can be linked directly to poverty - like stealing of crops. Recently, the Second European Roma Summit took place in the Spanish city of Cordoba.
Mr Diaz-Jogeix from Amnesty International, who was present at the event, says he was disappointed with the absence of European government representatives promising political action. "The agenda of this year's conference looks at the exchange of best practice among member states of the European Union.
However Amnesty International would have liked to have a far more political leadership from the European Union, reminding the obligations of the member states not to put specific categories of people subject to discrimination for example in the areas of health, in the areas of education and subject to force evictions in many countries in Europe," he says.
The Roma in Australia face different hardships to their kin in Europe. Here they are not discriminated against, and in fact are barely even recognized. That's a situation that Yvonne Slee, from the Sinti-Romani Organisation in Queensland, is trying to change this, through running education courses about the culture of her people.
"It is misunderstood, sort of stereotyped, you know not understood as a culture, they sort of see us as a Hollywood gypsy and we do not seem to get the right acknowledgment for our culture here and it is very hard to get it across.
People do not understand, so we have to do, like I do, cultural exhibits to educate or to do talks at schools to make them understand what culture we are, otherwise we get overlooked often and it is, well quite, we get left out again, our kids get left out again that way as well," she told SBS.
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Torn Away Forever by Yvonne Slee
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In this book, written in the traditional Gypsy style of family biography, Yvonne Slee gives us a collection of stories about her ancestors who lived in Germany in the twentieth century. She begins with her great grandfather, called August, "torn away" from his Gypsy relations to be adopted into an uncaring family with a viscious stepfather. Running away at 15, August finds employment and friendship amongst Gypsies who teach him how to survive, and eventually marries a German woman and raises a family, including Elsa,Yvonne's grandmother. They adopt a disabled Gypsy boy called Freddy. As a half-Gypsy, with dark skin and long black hair, Elsa experiences racism at school, where her plait is cut off during a lesson by a spiteful classmate. She finds solace playing with friends in a nearby Gypsy encampment. Conditions in Germany during First World War force Elsa's mother to go to the woods to pick berries and nuts, while August hunts for animals. In the 1930's, Elsa notices ethnic families being taken from their homes to be rehoused. Each time a truck appears in the street, her mother grabs Freddy and hides at the home of a friend, while August disappears till the danger passes. Eventually, Freddy is snatched away by the authorities and put in a home for the handicapped. The family eventually discover the dreadful truth - he has been sent to a concentration camp and gassed. Elsa marries an anti-Nazi called Willy, who is called up during the Second World War. After he is killed at the front, Elsa is left to bring up their young children alone. Almost arrested for being non-Aryan, she is rescued by an acquaintance, and lives out the rest of the war living on food she gathers from the forest. Surviving bombs, semi-starvation, and the destruction of her home, Elsa lives to the age of 80. Despite its sad theme, the book has many lively incidents. Elsa is almost gored by a bull, narrowly escapes drowning, and uncovers a butcher's pet-stealing scam. Yvonne Slee writes with compassion about a family surviving the Holocaust and war.
Janna Eliot. London, UK
This is an outline of an interview with Yvonne Slee that was recorded in the studios of 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne with presenter Hsin-Yi Lo for the Accent of Women program on Tuesday 4
January 2011, 8.30am AEST.
I began by talking about Romania and how Romanies are treated there with an explanation of the discrimination they endure and how their settlements get knocked down and that there are no jobs for Roma and in the schools the white people don't want to see Roma children attending them. I talked about France and what I thought of the Romanies being expelled, which is so racist and heartless. Then the interviewer asked me when the prejudice against Roma started. I said it stemmed from wrongly written material about our culture done by outsiders who never bothered to ask us anything and just wrote their books. Poor assumptions and stereotyping us did Roma so much harm and spread many misconceptions. She asked about India, our old beliefs and the army who took us out etc... I also talked about living without any identity papers, not having a place in the territorial European countries and being shoved from place to place and country to country. The interviewer commented that the nomadic life was forced upon us. I said yes it was, a far cry from the fanciful life that people pictured us living. We were discriminated against and even though we had our trades, the Europeans only wanted us for so long before forcing us to move on. I said that even today, Roma get very little help, like welfare etc. Also she asked about the many Hindi words in our language. She asked why we're often seen wearing colourful clothes. I said they wear colourful clothes in India and we still do, it comes from there. I talked about how Romani people were taken away in WW2 and killed in the holocaust and how my grandmother saw the area where she lived which was nicknamed Gypsy Island, emptied out by the Germans until there were hardly any Romanies left there. They were all killed and even after the atrocities of WW2 the Germans carried on discriminating against the Romanies that were left by putting signs in the windows of shops in the towns saying,
No Gypsies allowed
. It never stopped. She asked about Australia too. I told her how hard it can be for Romani kids being not understood so we have to carry on explaining our culture so we can be accepted. It's a constant effort. She asked about our Romani org and what it does. I explained the different things we do. Talked about the exhibits. She asked about the poem book Like Water and Torn Away. She asked about the Kosovo Roma living on lead poisoned land. I said it was just awful how those children have to live with lead in their bodies. I said some more things about our culture she wanted to know and about our spiritual side. I said we like cooking outside, being close to nature and about our belief in the Goddess which is the same Goddess as the Indian Goddess despite having had adopted other religions. We never forget where we come from.
I met two Romanichals who were looking into their cultural background and they bought some of the Romani booklets I had on display. I gave info brochures out to others who read the display board. My kids and I joined in a Bollywood dance workshop too which was fun. The weather just held out till the festival finished at 3pm, and then the rain came.
Romani exhibit by Yvonne Slee at the Coffs Coast Harmony Day festival 20 March 2011
Size of Gypsy population unknown; estimates range from 500 to 20,000. Many Gypsies were deported to Australia from
as petty criminals when this penalty was introduced in1787. The first was probably Lazarus Scamp, who arrived on the Scarborough in 1790. He had been sentenced in Hampshire in 1788 for stealing a sheep. The main
to be found today are English Romanies (descendants of the earlier deportees and newer voluntary emigrants),
(who came from 1898 on), and Roma from Eastern Europe after 1945. Organizations include the Romani Association of Australia (founded 1990) and Romani International Australia. There is an annual gathering, now held at Byron Bay. Notables among the Romani community include university lecturer Kenneth Lee, writer Yvonne Slee,
Henry Lawson, and musician and playwright Brian Hungerford.
Extract from the book
A Comment from the POLITICS.HU website on the article 'Government official says Roma exclusion not to be treated as an ethnic issue'
Hi there. It's been awhile. Eastern European Roma are uneducated because of a variety of reasons. They need more education, including sex education. Once they get up to par with the rest of Europeans in education they will realize they have more options which would include limiting the number of children.
Ronald Lee, Ivan Vesely, Ian Hancock, Tamara Demetro, Yvonne Slee, Paul Polansky and there are many other Romani activists. They all fight hard and some have devoted their lives to this cause.
Australia and Romanies by Yvonne Slee
Sponsored by the Sinti Romani Community of Queensland Organisation, Australia
To purchase a copy email
or go to
Craig's list
A book with stories about the different Romanies in Australia that I've come across while doing my activism. Ones I've worked with, danced with, ate with and shared thoughts on the importance of speaking up about our Romani identity.
Review by Janna Eliot
This is the saga of energetic and passionate Yvonne Slee as she journeys through Australia, on a mission to educate Australians about Romani culture. The adventures of this admirable lady include opening a Romani cafe in Melbourne, breaking into international broadcasting, and getting museums and centres to put on a Romani exhibition she curated herself. She sees off stroppy teachers, ignorant shopkeepers, sexist lazy Romani men and racist Gadje, helped by Dave, her loyal and talented husband.
The book is wellwritten, fastmoving and inspiring, full of eccentric and fascinating characters, and offers a glimpse of Romani life in Australia.
Yvonne also runs an organisation called the
Sinti Romani Community of Queensland, Australia
and is the sitemanager of
The Rromani Connection website
School Presentation on Romani History and Culture by Yvonne Slee
The kids really responded well. A girl from Africa asked questions about our history and the invasions when Mahmud and his army took our forefather's out and she said that she would have gone with his army too, rather than being killed by them. She said, I can understand that many had to do that just to survive. An Aboriginal girl was very interested too and asked how long we've been without a country and I told her that our culture has not had a country of its own since the invasions took place and that we have had to live in other countries. Another girl, an Australian, asked how we manage without our own country, without our own government and who do we turn to. I said we have advisors who help us with advice. I gave out little picture boards with our food on them, our books on Romani language, Torn Away Forever, Romani music CDs, our national anthem and the 1971 Romani world congress board when we got our flag. The kids were so interested in it all. I used the slideshow to do the talk and got it all across, even how our word Gypsy came about and that we were called that when we got into Europe and we were misnamed and it stuck with us and we are known as the Gypsy culture. I also explained that Romani or Roma is from our language and this is what we are correctly called.
The Roma
More information on Romanies from our Indian friends.
Click on the YouTube window to hear an interview with Prof. Ian Hancock
Click the picture to watch a video with Yvonne Slee cooking Sarmi, a traditional Romani dish consisting of filled, rolled cabbage leaves.
A community within and between communities: multiculturalism, education and the Australian Romani community
Riccardo Armillei
Ph.D. in Social Science
The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
Australian Romani community
(462 kb PDF)
To read an in-depth review by Geoff Bryan about the book click
Never forget
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. In 2005, the U.N. designated this day International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an annual day of commemoration to honour the victims of the Nazi era where over 1 million Romanies were killed along with millions of Jews. Every member nation of the U.N. has an obligation to honour the memory of Holocaust victims and develop educational programs as part of an international resolve to help prevent future acts of genocide. So, on this day, please light a candle to commemorate the Romani and other victims of the holocaust.
Ian Hancock
Click here to read
MS Word doc. 100kb
Sinti Romani Community donated a book pack of 3 Romani booklets, 2 Romani books and a Romani brochure to the library at the local university. They were pleased to have them and we in our organistation offered to take part in the living library. Also, we met some beautifully dressed Indian dancers there as the uni was having a multicultural day.
to read an article Yvonne Slee wrote on Australian Romanies in the ABC Open website
Click on the picture to listen to an informative interview with Romani Lecturer, Dahlia Gregory on the situation of Romanies in Romania
Click on the picture to read an article Yvonne Slee wrote on Romani music and dance in the ABC Open website
From our Romani colleagues in Poland, Europe. An artistic, colourful video expressing our Romani culture authentically through art, pictures and traditional songs.
The Romani Cultural, History and Traditions exhibit
held at the
Ethnic Communities Council Hall, Perth, WA
October 2009
Watch a 2 part video of the exhibit on YouTube
Dave Slee
Click on this picture to watch Yvonne Slee cooking Romani style Chicken Paprika
The Hindu/Romani goddess, Kali, explained in Romani and English text.
To read this interesting article click on the picture
(160kb PDF)
Click on the picture to read an article Yvonne Slee wrote in The Hub website
Click on this picture to watch Yvonne Slee cooking Lamb Morenas Romani style
Click on the picture to read this interesting magazine
Yvonne Slee's story on ABC OPEN,
The history of Australian Romanies, now and then,
was included in the Producers picks of the best stories for 2012.
Click on the OPEN logo to go to the best picks.
A year of damn fine stories
By Open Producer Vanessa Milton
I never stop marveling at how much I learn about my country from our website, from this fascinating history of Romanies in Australia from Yvonne Slee on the NSW north coast.....
The President of Sinti Romani Community, Yvonne Slee, and her daughter Eve took part in helping to stock a new library in a school on the island of Fiji. The school needed new and used books and her daughter's school asked parents to donate what books they could for the library. Yvonne donated Torn Away Forever and Australia and Romanies together with some general reading books. It's nice to have Romani books in the new library. Sonia Meyer also donated her book, Dosha, to the Fijian school library.
Here's an extract of a few comments of the many we got on one of our Romani Exhibits. As you can see the exhibit was well received, so if anyone would like to include a Romani exhibit in a multicultural event or has space for a Romani cultural display in Brisbane let us know at
Adam Bruin
Jews and Gypsies. Myths and Reality by Ruth Barnett
Available at
or email Ruth
6.85 rrp. (Pounds Sterling)
Jews and Gypsies, Myths and Reality, is one book that should be available in every school and council library for people to read and learn about equality and embrace minority groups and cultures. Ruth highlighted in her book that prejudice makes no sense. People should listen more to what the culture or group has to say rather than listening to others who know nothing about them.
She draws comparisons between Jewish and Romani cultures, both of which were without their own countries for many centuries. Now Jews have their own state, but Romanies are still a people without a country. Their ancestors from different castes were forcibly taken out of India 1000 years ago and since entering Europe 600 years ago they have endured persecution and racist attacks against them. The Holocaust, which affected both Romani and Jews alike, is mentioned repeatedly. Ruth wants people to learn from the atrocities of WW2 so that they never allow them to happen again. In this day and age, people's ignorance still allows them to believe in the propaganda and stereotypes written in the media and portrayed on television. It's important to have a book like Ruth Barnett's that shines a true light on Romani and Jewish cultures.
The images in the book are thought provoking and the stories are lively and positive. Romanies stories, such as Sally's was very interesting and warmly written, Also Robin's, a psychologist, reflections on his Romani side and travels to Australia were rather intriguing. Ruth also included my story. I was more than happy to contribute to the book and write about my Romani ancestors and how life is now for my family. The world needs more people like Ruth, who is sympathetic and understanding to the plight of minorities. She holds the view that if the right information about minorities is taught at school, then children won't grow up ignorant of other cultures and the world could change for the better.
Review by
Yvonne Slee
President, Sinti Romani Community, Australia
After interviewing Yvonne Slee to learn more about Romani history and culture, news.com wrote a concise report about Romanies following the hysteria concerning the "Maria" story in Greece. The report put things into perspective and is in these australian online papers.
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Melbourne Herald Sun
The Australian
A couple of days after the story had broke a Romani woman living in Bulgaria claimed the child was hers and that in 2007 she had left the daughter with the Romani family in Greece because she couldn't take care of her due to lack of money. Read the outcome here.
DNA confirms mystery girl's parents
"A proud moment for australian media too, championing the rights of minorities," quoted Adam Bruin
An article from the
Sydney Morning Herald
on Romanies about dispelling the myths and stereotypes with comments from two Romani women, Yvonne Slee and Sarah Bedak, living in Australia.
Events & Articles
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Following the media's focus on the 'Maria' story, Yvonne Slee was interviewed by the following Australian radio stations about Romani history and culture.
2UE Sydney
on Australia's most popular morning drivetime show
SYN Melbourne
the popular community youth station in Melbourne
4BC Brisbane
afternoon program in Queensland
Read another article by Adam Bruin about Romanies in Australian history on the
Events & Articles
Yvonne Slee's Romani daughter Eve is doing a lesson in her school class called Unplugged, where the students have to choose an inventor, writer or a movie star among others and answer questions about the person. Eve chose a Romani author... her mum. Here are the answers to some questions she was asked.
What is the author she has chosen famous for?
She is famous for being proud of her culture and writing books about it.
How has reading Yvonne Slee's books changed people?
Becoming more aware of who Romanies really are and respecting the culture and learning about their real identity. People then understand what life was like for Romanies in the past and what it is like now.
How did Yvonne Slee become known?
She became known through sticking up for her culture and writing books about it. Lots of people around the world and in Australia too have read them.
What has Yvonne achieved?
Besides her books, Yvonne has also talked about her Romani culture on many radio stations and written numerous articles for newspapers.
Eve received the highest mark (29 out of 30) in her class for this Unplugged excercise and is using it to educate about our culture as well, as she is also proud of it.
Furthering the commitment to developing an awareness of an issue within the classroom, is challenging some of the deep seated ideologies held by both the community and curriculum development writers in Australia. From a global Human Rights perspective, attention is usually drawn to human rights abuses that occur in developing countries, or indeed any nation outside of
the West
. Human rights abuses within both Eastern and Western Europe are largely ignored. Specifically referring to the situation faced by the Roma diaspora in Europe, there is an obligation to include Romani perspectives in history. Currently, the curriculum content in Australia does not specifically address the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Whilst homosexuals and those with disabilities were also experimented on and murdered in the death camps, the
, or
Roma Holocaust
has been largely ignored by both historians and the international community.
Whilst from a social justice point of view it is necessary to acknowledge the Roma Holocaust, it may be difficult to convey how the inclusion of other content relating to Romani people will enrich the Australian curriculum. In October 2013 the story of Maria, dubbed the
blue eyed blonde angel
by international media, became the focus of a global investigation and inflammatory media coverage that drew attention to the ingrained prejudices of the non-Roma community towards this ethnic minority. Victim to the false perception that
Gypsies steal children
, the adopted parents (who were eventually proven innocent) were accused of abducting the young girl based on the fact that she had fair skin and they could not produce official documents relating to her adoption. Subsequently, there was an international response which saw neighbours informing local authorities of fair skinned Roma children living with dark skinned parents, which resulted in more children being removed from their families for DNA testing. This blatant disregard for human rights was eventually queried by Australian media after they were contacted by the Romano Sinti Community Association of Queensland. In order to address the broader education of the community with regards to Roma history and the stereotype of child stealing, President of the Romano Sinti Community Association Yvonne Slee, engaged in both radio interviews and providing information to journalists for online newspapers. This resulted in a number of very positive articles that helped to shed light on both the reality of the Roma situation, and the false ideology that
Gypsies steal children
In order to link this theme back to an Australian context, obvious parallels can be drawn between the Anti-Roma laws of Europe and the assimilationist policies of the Australian government towards Indigenous Australians. The cultural fable of Gypsies stealing children is based on the perceptions of the European community when Roma families liberated their own children from state or foster care and went into hiding. Given the moral superiority Europe seems to assume within the global community, the fact that children
are still
being removed from their families based on race and ethnicity is a controversial issue worthy of investigation. In the broader context of education in the global community, it is worth critiquing the attitudes of the
developed world
with regards to the human rights of ethnic minorities. Given the lack of understanding of the history and culture of the international Roma community, this topic deserves particular attention in the international community.
Bringing Romani issues into the Australian classrooms.
By Adam Bruin
Click on this picture to watch Yvonne Slee cooking Romani Goulash. (Gulyas)
Sintiromanicommunity.org has put together an
informative, colourful and educational
Romani culture exhibit board which is often put on display at public events. The picture above is at a very popular week-end market near Brisbane city that has lots of people coming through, so many can see it.
Campaign: Dont worry Be a Romnj - Roma Women
Facebook page from ROMN in Germany that Yvonne Slee was invited to join in.
'My purpose is to be a mother to my children and be there for my family, besides that I'm an activist. I live with my kids in society, and show that a woman, especially a Sintezza can do more than you might think.'
Yvonne Slee
World travelling activist for human rights and women's rights.
(translated text)
Go to this new facebook page and join it and support a united Romani people.
A People Uncounted: The Untold Story of the Roma (Documentary)
The Roma history is a tragedy of epic proportions and until this day enough has not been shown of what Romani people have gone through, and are still going through today. This documentary takes a big step forward in redressing this situation. It brings the Romani history to life through the rich interplay of their stories, poetry and music. The compelling and horrific first-hand accounts of Roma holocaust survivors from different places in Europe left me feeling numb with shock.
The film looks at Romani discrimination and labeling and how Romani rights are being eroded away in countries the world over. In Slovakia, up to 13 Romanies share two bedroom, one bathroom flats in a highrise block and have access to drinking water for only 4 hours a day. In Kosovo, the government has put Roma families on lead poisoned land where their children are falling sick and dying. Governments are lacking badly in protecting the vulnerable Roma communities. It portrays a cross-section of Romani people talking about life, Romani history and how the media and entertainment industry has misrepresented and stereotyped Roma in film and TV.
A People Uncounted: The Untold Story of the Roma
is a profoundly moving documentary about a people who have endured too much pain, grief and suffering for far too long.
Yvonne Slee
President Sinti Romani Community of Qld. Australia
Click on the picture to watch the trailer
For further information about the film or regarding purchasing go to
Website inspired by Yvonne's Sinti grandmother, Elsa
Click on the pic to watch a video of a small Romani Gathering at Scarborough beach, Qld.
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day 70th anniversary, 2nd August 2014
Yvonne Slee spoke to Sydney radio station 2SER about this day and Romani culture and history.
to listen to the interview
Romanies joining in a crafts celebration
A Brisbane organiser for the Arts recently invited Yvonne Slee and her daughter, Eve to join in a crafts celebration, making knitted pieces to decorate Brisbane city ahead of the G20 summit. 'It's all about brightening up the parks, statues, trees and lamp posts for the visitors who come to the summit', said Yvonne. 'I've knitted a little Romani art flag onto a scarf so it can be seen hanging up somewhere in the city, as well as some other things'.
Read more in
Events & Articles
Eve Marie
This is a new Romani women's book which Yvonne Slee contributed to that was published in December 2015. The presentation was in Berlin Germany. Read Yvonne's contribution
The Romani road:
Australia's Gypsy culture
to read more of this feature from SBS Australia's Life website.
Prof Martin Kaneko, a friend and helper to Romanies, flew over from Japan to visit us. He's writing about Sinti and Roma in a quarterly journal that comes out in Japan, and a book to be published later.
At the request of one of the schools my kids go to I'm donating my Romani book, Torn Away Forever for educational purpose.
A video taken by Kelly Hussey for an SBS article on Romanies with Yvonne Slee talking about the times she spent with her Romani grandmother and her book Torn Away Forever.
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Romani (gypsy) culture is alive and well in Australia, with many of its members working break down the myths and stereotypes associated with the millennial-old culture. Read it
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Shakespeare & Company's bookstore cat Monty has died (pictured, via). The New York City bookstore mourned the cat in a short post today.
Here's more from the bookseller's tribute: "Scourge of dogs, invader of laps, lover of whatever you're trying to eat. His was the long, happy life of a badass bookstore cat."
Two months ago, Monty starred in the debut post of the bookseller's Tumblr. Patrons Safa Samiezade'-Yazd and Kara Zavada have already posted memories of Monty–did you ever meet this real life GalleyCat? (via Shelf Awareness)


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Photographer's Note
People who see at the entrance of the Church is for the baptism of a little girl.
You can see in the WS the icon of the virgin Mary.The photo is not mine,i found it in the internet.
Chryssopigi Monastery
The Holy Temple of Virgin Mary of Chryssopigi was built in 1650.It is standing on a small rocky cape which is separating from Sifnos mainland, with a narrow sea channel. Inside the church you can see the picture of Virgin Mary which was found in the sea by fishermen and it is miraculous. Chissopigi is the protector of the island and there is a feast taking place, every year, the day of Resumption (40 days after Easter).
Copyright © - This photograph is an intellectual property of its author,and is strictly forbidden, the reproduction,modification, or exploitation for any way,thus is protected by the Law. The use or reproduction by any way without previous written authorization of the photographer is strictly prohibited.For more please contact: [email protected]
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besnard (57866) 2013-02-28 23:21
Bonjour Danos
Une bonne prise en contre-plongée qui met cette église toute blanche en valeur sous un beau ciel bleu.
Bravo et bonne journée.
pajaran (71562) 2013-02-28 23:21
Dobar dan.
Lep pogled na mesto i staru Crkvu ...
Dobar trenutak snimka sa posetiocima, ostrina i kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobar tekst, lepo pokazano.
Lepa stara arhitektura i mesto.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Good day.
Nice view of the place and the old church ...
Good time recording with visitors, sharpness and contrast, beautiful color.
Good article, nicely shown.
Beautiful old architecture and place.
Have a nice day, all the best for the weekend.
Good luck.
Graal (103038) 2013-02-28 23:32
Kalimera Danos,
very nice view of white Monastery on the hill. Nice perspective of stairs and details of architecture. Good composition. Photo and place I like.
Have a nice day.
carlo62 (61298) 2013-03-01 0:19
Ciao Danos
bellissima composizione, molti gli elementi che si vedono e apprezzano, comprese le persone che danno un tocco di vivacità all'insieme.
Buona giornata
jmdias (73399) 2013-03-01 1:42
marvelous building. I liked the framing you got here, using the elements like the shadows and shapes. the white and blue is broken by the golden vegetation. precious job. TFS this beautiful corner of greece.
jhm (167678) 2013-03-01 3:05
Hello Danos,
This is a very nice picture with the white monastery as subject, also a nice addition the people on the stair in background.
Splendid perspective picture through your choice of the perfect angle.
Excellent composition, sharpness and clarity are pleasant.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
jacquest (19213) 2013-03-01 3:43
Hello Danos,
The straigth line of the stairs leads the eye to the entrance and gives deepness. The light has been well managed with all this white and the sky makes a nice background. I like the flowers post at left adding an element.
Best regards
saxo042 (37974) 2013-03-01 3:57
Hi Danos,
A beautifully composed picture with all the dominating blue and white colours. A very ell composed picture with the roof of the left building, together with the shadow, leading the eyes tiwards the group of people standing at the church. Well observed!
Kind regards
dta (86526) 2013-03-01 4:51
Hello DAnos ,
Excellent vue proche de ce beau monastère blanc , avec un très bon équilibre des lumières assez difficiles .
SnapRJW (31629) 2013-03-01 5:49
Hello Danos - Nice to see a closer view of the monastery you posted last time. The beautiful but simple architecture is well captured under good light and a fine blue sky.Very appealing shot. Warm regards Rosemary
Fis2 (114917) 2013-03-01 7:22
Witaj Danos!
Curious place.Good composition and POV.
I like colors and light.
Well done.
Have a nice evening
batalay (41257) 2013-03-01 7:23
Hello Danos,
The clear blue sky serves an effective backdrop for the hilltop monastery in this shot. If you have a image of the Virgin Mary that is featured in the Monastery, it would be good to see it in a workshop edition. Is it from 1650 or much earlier?
Warm regards,
pierrefonds (76215) 2013-03-01 7:24
Hi Danos,
The distance between the bottom of the steps to the chapel is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details and colors of the chapel and of its surroundings. There is a good contrast between the colors of the sky aqnd the colors of the chapel. Have a nice day.
clic (19888) 2013-03-01 7:26
Geis sou Danos
I would not be surprised that strong winds could clang the bells in campanile that seems unprotected from bad weather...I can imagine the dramatic mood by heavy rain at night!
Your experience behind camera shows strict verticals as well as judiciously-exposed white tones, still showing details, for a perfect portrait of the holy place.
Se xereto.
ikeharel (84968) 2013-03-01 8:17
In a connection to the previous post, premisses of the monastery in white are most beautifully collected from within, Danos.
Good clarity and contrast to blue sky aloft.
eldancer1 (36343) 2013-03-01 9:23
The closer view of this monastery is even better but I don't know the friars can concentrate on praying when they have an awesome view! Good pov and dof with sharp details. Great lighting and wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.
cornejo (50996) 2013-03-01 9:46
Hello Danos, excellent photography of this beautiful and interesting composition with interesting white buildings and the beautiful blue sky background. Beautiful picture nicely composed and framed, with excellent quality. Chaming job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good afternoon and happy weekend.
Greetings and all the best from the south of Spain.
ourania (51103) 2013-03-01 10:02
Καλησπέρα Δάνο,
μια θαυμάσια εικόνα που μεταφέρει τον θεατή εύκολα μέσα στην αυλή του μοναστηριού και στην όμορφη ατμόσφαιρα που επικρατεί αυτή την ηλιόλουστη μέρα. Τα χαρακτηριστικά αρχιτεκτονικά μοτίβα τραβούν την προσοχή μας σε πολλά σημεία της σύνθεσης. Η καθαρότητα της εικόνας και το βάθος είναι άριστα, το φως και τα φυσικά χρώματα είναι υπέροχα. Η ομάδα των ανθρώπων μπροστά στην εκκλησία δίνει επιπλέον νόημα στο σκηνικό. Συγχαρητήρια και ευχαριστώ!
Να είσαι καλά, καλό Σαββατοκύριακο,
No_One (4) 2013-03-01 10:25
hi Danos,
Love the white finish to the buildings here, and the various levels as well, the steps lead us beautifully up to the church. That white finish looks superb against the blue sky, and the flowers add a wonderful splash of colour.
All the best
Romano46 (18472) 2013-03-01 10:59
Ciao Danos
impossibile ignorare questa tua bella foto che sfruttando a dovere il bianco tipico dell'architettura delle isole greche ha sfruttato un bel punto di ripresa per creare una composizione eccelente, nella quale tutto si trova al posto giusto e con la giusta illuminazione.
Perfetti sono anche contrasto, saturazione, nitidezza e luminosità che utilizzati nella giusta maniera hanno dato luogo a questo pregevolissimo risultato.
Ciao e buon fine settimana
Miguel82 (27752) 2013-03-01 11:16
A magnific picture of that greek monastery Danos,
Good light, superb colors, sunny day
Useful note
Silvio1953 (162102) 2013-03-01 11:46
Ciao Danos, great view of lovely monastery, splendid light, excellent perspective and wonderful mediterranean colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
elenimavrandoni (0) 2013-03-01 12:22
Δάνο, πολύ όμορφη η φωτογραφία σου με πάντα τέλειες αναλογίες στα χρώματα, στίς καιρικές συνθήκες, ουτε ενα συννεφάκι..και φυσικά στο φώς.
Που θα πάει έρχεται το καλοκαιράκι...σε παρακαλώ ανέβασε κι άλλες απο Ελλάδα...
καλο βράδυ,
jcpix (14024) 2013-03-01 19:09
Hi Danos,
Great look into the courtyard of this monastery, I like the different perspective this gives from your previous shot. I'm impressed again with the exposure management to keep details and highlights visible and well defined. The bit of orange/red color from the potted plants is a nice touch to the predominantly blue & white scene. Clear and concise, well arranged. Lovely shot!
Have a great weekend.
kato (11630) 2013-03-02 0:54
Hello Danos,
You're capturing well this architecture by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the clean/beautiful monastery in Sifnos island. It's impressive that it's unified by white color for main building, stairs and courtyard. The some jars with flower in courtyard give the tenderness like cool water in entire image. And, it's harmonizwd well with blue sky/sea.
Kind regards,
abmdsudi (63489) 2013-03-02 5:40
Hi Danos
I like the strong compostion and clarity of this shot, Very well seen and executed and what appears to be simplicity has often great impact as here. The strong color contrast liven the shot, Nicely done, Congrats.
Kind regards
Kamilutka (8107) 2013-03-02 8:30
Hello Danos,
your last two photos of this beautiful monastery are truly inviting to visit this place. White washed walls and all the shades of blue make this picture typically Greek - but in very good sense :-) Very good light management and well balanced colors. Perfect sharpness.
The whole compositions seems to be very carefully planned.
Thanks for sharing
fabbs99 (17179) 2013-03-02 9:29
Hello Danos,
The choice of white as the color of the monastery seems to be the perfect choice.There is lot of simplicity in the building as well serenity in the surroundings. Very well done, TFS.
gildasjan (43824) 2013-03-02 10:28
Bonsoir Danos
Une très bonne lumière latérale pour éclairer cette architecture si typique de la Grèce.L'image est bien cadrée et le rendu des couleurs est naturel.
Bonne nuit
raszid62 (18515) 2013-03-02 11:11
Όμορφη φωτογραφία - λευκούς τοίχους των κτιρίων μοναστήρι και μια όμορφη λευκή εκκλησία με το καμπαναριό. Αυτό έρχεται σε αντίθεση λευκό με το γαλάζιο του ουρανού και της θάλασσας. Τα χρώματα της ελληνικής σημαίας.
Εξαιρετική ποιότητα εικόνας.
Δικός σου.
adramad (52436) 2013-03-02 13:04
Hello Danos.
Sensational composition inside the monastery, which we saw earlier in this prime location, superb POV with the square in the foreground and the stairs that lead the eye to the main facade.
Wonderful white contrasts with the blue of the sky.
Fantastic brightness and optimum sharpness.
Well done.
Enjoy the weekend.
Best wishes.
EstelleJ (921) 2013-03-02 13:23
Hello Danos,
Lovely postcard photo of the beautiful white-wash kykladic architecture against the backdrop of blue! Always sunny and cheerful atmosphere!
Best Wishes,
jusninasirun (17529) 2013-03-03 0:43
Hello Danos.
The white architecture against the saturated blue sky are just irresistible for pictures. Exciting place with beautiful framing.
Thanks and have a wonderful Sunday,
krzychu30 (15512) 2013-03-03 1:51
Hello Danos,
the view from the interior of this Monastery is as beautiful as from outside of it.Typical for Greece white facades and stones on the pavement look deligtful.Love also the viea of the Monastery itself against the blue sky-the contrast is marvelous.
Magnificent presentation of this beauitful scene my friend!
Have a nice sunday
papagolf21 (118549) 2013-03-03 11:29
Bonsoir, cher ami Danos,
Deux très belles images offertes, un grand merci pour ces réalisations intéressantes à tous points de vue.
Un intérêt architectural d'une part, et un intérêt de la vie religieuse d'autre part.
Excellente soirée.
dkmurphys (69733) 2013-03-04 3:08
Hi Danos,
Very fine capture of those wonderful simple shapes and colors.
Have a good week.
Janusz1974 (2824) 2013-03-04 10:37
Hello Danos,
Wonderful image of the Monastery.
Great light and amazing colors,the POV is very good and interesting.
Best regards
mohammad_H (10174) 2013-03-05 4:34
A beautiful view with a nice and pleasant Outlook, change the sharpness and clarity are excellent, good luck
maria-v1981 (10966) 2013-03-05 8:10
Καλησπέρα Δάνο,
Θα είναι εντυπωσιακό το εσωτερικό του μοναστηριού. Όλη αυτή η απλότητα και οι καθαρές γραμμές ξεπροβάλλουν απο το μπλέ του ουρανού. Πόσο καλοκαιρινή εικόνα και πόσο περιμένω να έρθει.
Καλό απόγευμα,
mesutilgim (98542) 2013-03-05 11:51
Hello dear Danos,
Very nice capture of this seaside church with good pov and layout. Nice light and good compo.
A perfect TE entry with many interesting notes.
TFS and best regards
josepmarin (58359) 2013-03-06 4:36
Hi Danos,
I love this good game of light and shades on the wonderful white architecture of the islands, and its contrast with the deep blue sky.
The composition is harmonious and has a good structure of its elements, with a high graphical wealth.
The image is sharp and clear, and the luminosity is superb.
It's a beautiful work, my friend.
Best regards,
siudzi (34141) 2013-03-07 3:38
Hi Danos,
An interesting shot of this beautiful Monastery. Your POV gave a great opportunity to build such a great composition. Well done and executed. TFS.
bayno (18344) 2013-03-07 21:04
Nice idea Danos tho show to us also the interior of this beautiful monastery, perfect framing and wonderful contrast between white tones and blue sky, fine details,
claudeD (43418) 2013-03-08 9:40
Hello Danos,
wnderful picture with amazing colors. Like the clarity and the perfect sharpness. Love the shot very much.TFS.
With regards from Luxembourg
geoant68 (331) 2013-03-08 9:47
Δάνο γεια σου,
πολύ όμορφη η εσωτερική διαμόρφωση του Μοναστηριού της Χρυσοπηγής με το λαμπρό φως της ημέρας να κάνει το μέρος τόσο ενδιαφέρον και μοναδικό,
serp2000 (46526) 2013-03-09 2:18
Hello, Danos,
I remember these days in Greece too. But we had different weather and not so blue clear sky. Good point of view, very informative note, I love these traditional Greece colours, attractive composition!
Best wishes,
UlfE (14641) 2013-03-09 7:14
Hi Danos,
A really fine composition with all the elements well positioned. You are make very good use of the lighting. TFS and have a nice weekend!
Kind regards,
s_lush (16602) 2013-03-10 0:08
Hello Danos,
The inside territory of this monastery is designed and decorated highly aesthetically. You have captured it from a very favorable point of view to show the architecture and landscape design of the monastery in all their beauty. Perfectly well composed, masterfully captured and informatively commented!
Best regards,
shevchenko (20560) 2013-03-10 19:23
Hi Danos,
Good pov and good frame to show a group of architectures that built for different purpose, attractive view in a sunny day, nice blue sky and sea as background, thanks for sharing a fascinating view that full with relaxing feel.
siolaw (38294) 2013-03-11 6:35
Geia sou Dano
Excellent framing of the all scene in beautiful monastery settings.
Side light is perfectly managed and highlights the buildings shapes and volumes.
Well realised
Didi (60992) 2013-03-11 10:26
Yassou Danos
The sun is missing me; thanks for this nice picture with a very good point of view on the church
Kind regards
Angshu (56760) 2013-03-11 21:28
Hello Danos
Lovely viww of this church. You composed this well with a FG and then the stairs which leads upto the church, white in colour with the two bells and finely contrasting with the clear blue sky. The image is crisp and beautifully rendered!
mkamionka (42449) 2013-03-12 6:09
Hi Danos,
very interesting geometry, you have included so many rectangular shapes here plus the sun makes an interesting variety of color tones even if they are just various tones of white and blue -it feels very colorful.
Beautiful place, very pleasant presentation,
Kielia (24077) 2013-03-12 8:50
Hi Danos,
what a spectacular view! Once more did you capture this wonderful place very well. The light is fantastic and the photographers perspective is excellent.
My compliments!
Warm regards
jemaflor (108461) 2013-03-12 12:09
Hi Danos,
Well framed from this pov, always beautiful to see these white house and church from your country, Good contrast with this strong blue for the sky, tfs.
Marvelous composition of this beautiful place, so many details...I appreciate this piece of blue sea....the light is superbe, good management, not easy conditions. Thanks for sharing!
nikkitta (17068) 2013-03-18 18:22
Hola Danos
Great composition to show all details of the monastery, from a tomb to a lamp and the bells, all captured in a clever way with great contrast of the so blue sky
Greetings and TFS
macjake (77703) 2013-03-22 4:55
Hi Danos
this scene reminds me so much of the scenes I witnessed in Tunisia...lots of white, lots of blue skyline.
i'm sure its very difficult to photograph this due to the lighting, but your shot turned out just fine to me :)
lovely atmosphere
Lovely monastery here, Danos, and a nicely framed view of it with good strong light and shadow. The church itself makes an excellent subject against the clear blue sky. Thanks!
Robert1969 (7160) 2013-04-15 0:07
Hello Danos,
The wall, right in the picture, creates with it's
diagonal lines a nice depth and makes the picture
also exciting. The layers in the pictyre and the
stairs emphasize extra the depth. The light
management is also very good.
Friendly regards,
mcmtanyel (35121) 2013-05-21 8:58
Hello Danos,
Magnificient composition, brilliant light management, excellent colors, terrific POV. This one is really a 3 or 4 pointer!
kordinator (15453) 2013-06-19 12:06
Dear Danos
Fantastic composition, many fine details,including people.
Nice clear image.
Great photo job.
Kind regards
Photo Information
- Copyright: Danos kounenis (danos) (105238)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-09-22
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS 5 D, Canon Zoom EF 24-105mm 1:4mm L IS USM, HOYA PRO1 Digital 77mm mC PL-C
- Exposure: f/11, 1/125 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Travelogue: Sifnos island
- Date Submitted: 2013-02-28 23:06
- To batalay: The interior of the Monastery (1)
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We work with client teams as required to ensure that our portion of a project fits seamlessly within the framework of the bigger picture.


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George L.wrote a review of Dynafit Se7en Summits Carbon-Titanal Backcountry Ski Pole on January 3, 2013
Up and Down
I bought these poles for my wife at the beginning of last winter. On the positive, the poles have a super light swing weight, nice grips, and a good locking mechanism. On the down side the carbon fiber shaft snapped after 30~40 backcountry days. The poles were never used resort skiing and were not abused in anyway. Not sure why it snapped. Maybe due to the twisting / cross load associated with spinning dynafit bindings? The carbon shafts are not round (they have a flat side) so I wonder if a stress builds up along the flat edge.


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Control Of Minnesota Station Group Sold, Lender Takes Control Of Colorado Station Group
February 17, 2012 at 4:05 AM (PT)
THOMAS E. INGSTAD is selling his 100% interest in IOWA CITY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., licensee of several stations in MINNESOTA, to TOR INGSTAD for $4.99 million. The stations include Country KARP-F (HOT 106)/DASSEL, MN; Oldies KDJS-A and Country KDJS-F (K 95.3)/WILLMAR, MN; Country KDMA-A and AC KMGM/MONTEVIDEO, MN; Talk KDUZ-A/HUTCHINSON, MN; Country KKAQ-A-KKDQ and Talk KTRF-A/THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN; Country KKOK-F and Talk KMRS-A/MORRIS, MN; Oldies KKRC/GRANITE FALLS, MN; and AC KRVY-F (97.3 THE RIVER)/STARBUCK, MN. THOMAS INGSTAD earlier this week filed to sell his 49% interest, and RANDY HOLLAND to sell his 2% interest, in INGSTAD BROTHERS BROADCASTING, LLC, licensee of Talk KCHK-A and Oldies KRDS-F/NEW PRAGUE, MN, Talk KNUJ-A/NEW ULM, MN, and Adult Hits KNUJ-F (SAM 107.3)/SLEEPY EYE, MN to TOR INGSTAD for an aggregate $6,375.
In other filings with the FCC, a 51% controlling interest in RADIUS MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC, parent of COLORADO radio groups NRC BROADCASTING MOUNTAIN GROUP, LLC and WILDCAT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, is being transferred from TIM BROWN to lender ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION in a debt-for-equity swap. BROWN retains 49% of the company. The stations include Triple A KFMU-F/OAK CREEK, CO; Adult Hits KIDN-F (THE MOUNTAIN)/BURNS, CO; Adult Hits KKCH (JACK FM)/GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Talk KNFO/BASALT, CO; Triple A KSPN-F/ASPEN, CO; Country KRKY-A/GRANBY, CO; Top 40 KIFT (LIFT 106)/KREMMLING, CO; Classic Rock KQZR (Z-ROCK)/HAYDEN, CO; Triple A KSMT (THE MOUNTAIN)/BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Country KSKE-F/EAGLE, CO; Spanish Hits KTUN/NEW CASTLE, CO; Spanish Variety KQSE (NUEVO MIX)/GYPSUM, CO; and FM translators K222AJ/VAIL, CO; K224CE/CANYON VALLEY, CO; K237BH/ASPEN, CO; K237BL and K281AM/VAIL, CO; K237CB/EAGLE, CO; K238AB/STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO; K256BM and K274AG/DILLON, CO; K270AL/GRANBY, CO; and K288BQ/STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO.
BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES is selling the construction permit for a new AM in VALENCIA, NM to HOME TOWN RADIO for $1.
FIRST VENTURES CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. is selling FM translator W243BD/BEECHWOOD, CO to LANSER BROADCASTING CORP. for $48,500. The station will rebroadcast the buyer's Talk WPNW-A (1260 THE PLEDGE)/ZEELAND, MI.
LA FAVORITA RADIO NETWORK, INC. is selling FM translator K279AM/TURLOCK, CA to CENTRO CHRISTIANO AMISTAD for $1.08 million. The station will rebroadcast Spanish Religion KTIQ-A/MERCED, on which the buyer is brokering time.
And REACH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. is selling FM translator W284AV/DELTONA, FL to VOLUSIA BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC for $110,000. The translator will rebroadcast Oldies WROD-A/DAYTONA BEACH.


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Update to our last post. We were very fortunate to receive a $10,000 grant from Soroptimist International of the Americas. With that money and $19,000 we raised we were able to furnish the new Clovis Marjaree Mason shelter for women and children. The project was an amazing experience and the community involvement was wonderful.
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Soroptimist International of Clovis is a wonderful organization that continues the good work of their International club. The Clovis Club has raised over $60,000 that has gone back to the women and girls of the community through scholarship awards, certificates and gifts of food and clothing. The Club supports the Clovis Boys and Girls Club, the Evangel Home, the Marjaree Mason Shelter and other international projects.
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* Dollar stalls just before 100 yen, euro before 130 yen
* Yen recovers after hitting near 4-year low versus dollar
* Option barrier at 100 yen to act as hurdle
* Yen falls seen temporary after aggressive BOJ easing
By Anooja Debnath
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - The dollar hit a four-year high against the yen on Tuesday, stalling just shy of the 100 mark and tipped to rise further, though it could face some resistance given the rapid pace of its ascent.
Analysts said option barriers at 100 yen and traders taking profits has slowed the yen's fall, but it was only a matter of time before it broke lower again following the aggressive easing measures announced last week by the Bank of Japan.
The dollar was last down 0.4 percent on the day at 98.98 yen , having earlier risen as far as 99.67 yen, its highest since May 2009.
"There is a likelihood we could hit 100 yen relatively soon after the BoJ's massive stimulus move," said Saeed Amen, FX strategist at Nomura.
"The risks are to the upside for dollar/yen but there are options barriers around the 100 yen level which need to go out so it could take some time... perhaps within the next week."
Traders also cited strong demand to take profit on dollar gains ahead of around 99.73 yen, the 50 percent retracement of the dollar's fall from the June 2007 peak of 124.14 yen to a record low of 75.311 set in October 2011.
Since BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda promised on Thursday to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years, the dollar has gained more than 7 percent against the yen while Japanese stocks have jumped.
The euro hit 129.935 yen on the EBS trading platform, its highest since January 2010, before stalling just shy of 130. It last traded down 0.2 percent at 129.06 yen.
Traders said large stop-loss buy orders would be triggered if the euro broke through 130 yen.
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the yen was undergoing a correction from previous "excessive" rises, though he stressed the country's monetary policy was aimed at beating deflation not weakening the yen.
Dollar/yen one-month risk reversals, a measure of the relative demand for bets on the dollar rising against the yen over bets on it falling, have risen to around 0.7 in favour of yen puts since the BOJ announcement.
With the dollar stalling ahead of the 100 yen mark, however, risk reversals have dropped back to around 0.5 in favour of yen puts. But analysts said this pause was temporary.
"Dollar/yen has moved so quickly it is bound to have setbacks ahead of key levels, so I am not surprised it is not just flying through the 100 mark," said Niels Christensen, currency strategist at Nordea in Copenhagen.
"(But).. everything is pointing to a weaker yen and everyone is happy to go with the flow."
The euro was up 0.3 percent at $1.3043, having hit a three-week high of $1.3068 earlier after stop-loss buying was triggered near $1.3050.
Analysts said the euro was helped by its strong rise against the yen and by more positive sentiment sparked by gains in European equities.
Concerns about the euro zone - the bailout for Cyprus, political uncertainty in Italy and Spain's struggling fiscal and economic conditions - seem to have taken a back seat for now, strategists said.
Rating's agency Moody's warned on Tuesday that prospects of Spain missing its public deficit target this year could see its sovereign credit rating slip below investment grade.
Higher-yielding commodity currencies, which tend to benefit when equities rise, hit multi-year highs against the yen.
The Australian dollar hit its highest since July 2008 at 103.81 yen and the New Zealand dollar rose to its highest since February 2008 at 84.49 yen.


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Welcome to the Finance and Administration website. The Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration is responsible for the overall administration, budgeting, financial operations, and facilities management of the university. This encompasses the areas of accounting, budget, payroll, human resources, facilities management, public safety, mail services, risk management and procurement services.
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" Address: Beverley Road / Willerby / Hull / HU10 6NT / Telephone: 0845 11 26 036 "
In this instance it was a purely business decision. The previous night we had stayed in the Innkeeper's Lodge at Chester (North East), the Hull Lodge was ideally situated for my business appointment in Brough, on the River Humber near to Hull.
In years gone by we have found accommodation in Hull problematic, it is not a city exactly overflowing with a good choice of hotels and Bed and Breakfasts. We now use Innkeeper's Lodge's regularly in our travels and know that we can rely on the quality of the room and that the service offered is of a more than acceptable standard when compared to other lodge type hotels.
As with all of the Innkeeper's Lodges in which we have stayed, the Hull one is very well, and honestly, described, both in the new (2008) paper directory, and on the simple to use web site.
I have said this before in previous reviews on this chain, but I cannot help but thinking that in some respects, Innkeeper's tend to "undersell" their Lodges, in our modern puffed up days of PR speak, that is refreshing indeed.
Yes we have. At that time, two years ago, this was a very new lodge. On a previous stay we actually celebrated our third wedding anniversary and in no way felt our room there to be a let down for that particular occasion!
Finding ourselves back in Hull, close to Christmas, it was the obvious place to stay.
As with all of our booking experiences with Innkeeper's Lodge, this one was simplicity itself. We booked our room about ten days in advance using the highly efficient (fast too) internet booking facility.
If you do not have access to the internet (strange, as you are obviously reading this!) booking can be made by telephone, or if you are lucky, you can walk in and take a room on the day. Particularly, with the Hull Lodge, I would not recommend turning up expecting a bed for the night, at 34 rooms it is not large, and as already mentioned there is a dearth of rooms in this geographical location.
Reinforcing my perception of there being a lack of competition in this area, the week and weekend rate of £54 per room per night is the same. We were also not offered any reduction on the room rate - our similar room in Chester (probably regarded as a more interesting venue!) the previous night had been booked at exactly the same time and had been reduced to £29.95 on an early booking "Advance Saver".
I should mention here that there are variations in the terms and conditions of your stay according to your booking type. The Advance Saver rate is a non-returnable, non changeable rate, pre-paid by credit card - if for whatever reason you are unable to make it, hard luck - no refund! Stumping up the full rate - i.e. £54 at Hull - gives you a flexible booking, you can cancel up to 17.00hrs on your day of arrival; change the booking to another date, or even, if the room is available - to another Lodge in another location.
This Lodge is not actually located in Hull at all - it is five and a half miles out of the city centre at Willerby on the Hull to Beverley road - it is literally mid way between those two centres.
By car it is very easy to find - assuming that you are entering Hull from the west, i.e. the M62 / A63, just follow the Beverly (A164) signpost and you will find the Innkeepers Lodge three miles up the A164 adjacent to the roundabout at the local Willerby shopping centre, Waitrose being the main "landmark" store there.
Providing you have a car, as with many other Lodge locations, you will probably find this Innkeeper's Lodge convenient enough. If however, you turn up by other means - public transport, or dropped off by a business colleague maybe, you could well feel rather cut off here, especially if you expected to find yourself actually in Hull.
Some may well argue that you are better off not actually finding yourself in Hull, but that is a different matter!
Whenever possible, time permitting, we always try to mix a little pleasure with my business calls. On this particular occasion my wife and I did just that. We visited and took photographs of the Humber Bridge, just ten minutes down the road from here. The lovely old town of Beverley is a mere ten minutes to the north east, it was a miserable rainy afternoon, but we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the superb Minster there. In the evening (rush hour as it turned out) we even braved the awful city centre traffic through Hull to go to the Odeon Cinema on the docks - no I am not going to write a review about that place - it was (literally) unspeakably bad!
All of these places are easy enough to access by car from Willerby, where the Innkeeper's Lodge is located. The city of Hull undoubtedly has its attractions too - but there are more appropriate places to read about them than this.
For a Lodge, compared to others in the chain, approaching it from the outside is far from the best impression. Its situation is a bleak one, on a south facing hill, above the city of Hull. Whilst the Lodge itself is, comparatively small, the adjacent Toby Carvery is a big one, there is therefore a very large car park fronting the Lodge.
Immediately adjacent to the Lodge / Toby site is a huge Shell fuel station, not really the best outlook for rooms at the front! To cap it all, the A164 leads inland from the Humber Bridge and extremely busy A63 (the main dual carriageway leading into Hull from the M62). Whilst in the middle of the day this road is not terribly busy, during the rush hour, morning and evening, it is extremely so. This makes driving onto - and particularly off of - the car park a nightmare, especially, from experience, in the morning after breakfast.
The car park is so large that however busy the Toby Carvery gets, we have never had a problem finding somewhere to park close to the Lodge.
In order to check in, you have to enter the Toby Carvery. This is the only Innkeeper's Lodge that we have stayed in where there has been a dedicated Check In desk; usually it is carried out over the bar. On both occasions, having pre-booked our room over the internet, we have checked in within five minutes of arrival, the staff are pleasant and quietly efficient.
ON THE WAY TO THE ROOM i.e. how easy is it to find your way around? How accessible is if for less able persons? What condition are the public rooms and passageways in? 6 / 10
In a sense, I feel a little mean awarding a mere six out of ten, but there is a good reason for so doing!
This is one of two Innkeeper's Lodges (the other in Warrington) in which we have stayed, where the Lodge is in a separate building to the pub with which it is partnered. There are plusses and minuses to this arrangement; in this case you have a long, potentially very wet, walk from your car, to the Check In desk and then back to the accommodation block.
The two buildings here are adjacent, although aligned at about 45 degrees to one another; it would not have been a huge expense, nor great architectural challenge, to link the two side on. As it is, the two front doors are on almost opposite sides of the buildings.
Whilst there are, downstairs, disabled equipped rooms in the lodge - and completely flat entry to the Toby, the distance between the two may prove challenging for the less able bodied amongst us.
Once inside the Lodge, all is cosy and warm, enhanced by the red and cream décor of the passageways. These are cleaned and decorated to a high standard and you feel very welcome, both in the lodge itself (which is not staffed apart from housekeeping during the day) and in the very relaxing Toby.
Our room was easy to find, being situated immediately opposite the top of the stairs. There are only two floors in this Lodge, the upper one accessed via a very gentle, wide, staircase. There is no lift.
As we are now used to finding in all Innkeeper's Lodges, the room here at Hull was of a very high standard. This was a double room, containing a proper double bed, an easy chair plus an upright one for working at the desk, or applying make up, and the usual tea, coffee and complimentary biscuits. An electric panel heater on the wall provided the room's heating, although in the extraordinarily mild December weather we had the window open and the heater turned off.
Presumably for safety reasons you are only able to open the window a small amount. Oddly the view through it is a worm's eye view of a ploughed field, the Lodge has been constructed in a levelled out hollow below the field. This outlook is rather better than that of the Shell fuel station, traffic and car park "enjoyed" by the front rooms here.
The décor is warm and relaxing, a predominantly red, blue and white colour scheme being used. It is, as it looks, a very comfortable room. Adding to the general ambiance is the very generous lighting provision, not over bright, but providing excellent, yet restful illumination.
Both bedclothes and towels are immaculately clean, giving you the impression that you are the first person ever to have used them.
A point dropped here for this being the second Innkeeper's Lodge in two days in which the Dove Soap dispenser has been broken and either dropped onto my foot on the floor or (in this case) is merely laying on the top next to the basin.
That really is being rather picky! As usual, the en-suite here is brightly lit and sparkling clean. As these facilities go, this one is even rather imaginatively designed too - with the hand basin and mirrors being mounted across a corner of the room. This en-suite contained a reasonably sized, curtained, shower cubicle - in which lurked Mrs R's much loved power shower. Personally I prefer a gentler (English rain like perhaps) shower, but this one provided plenty adjustment enough to satisfy our extremes of ablutional preferences!
Yes indeed, this was the best night's sleep that I can remember when away from home. The bed was extremely comfortable; we heard no noise from the passageway outside, or from adjacent rooms.
FACILITIES ON OFFER - No score here, different grades / prices of hotel understandably have different facilities.
This is, when all said and done a Lodge, not a hotel. There is a comfortable accommodation block and a homely Toby Carvery attached.
This particular venue does not have any meeting rooms, some Innkeeper's Lodges provide small conference suites.
In a sense, to criticise an Innkeeper's Lodge breakfast would be to look a gift horse in the mouth. This is the only one of the Lodge chains that includes a free, albeit continental only, breakfast. However, on our travels, we always find the breakfast provided is more than adequate. On offer is a good range of (Kellogg's) cereals, a selection of breads for toasting, warm croissants, a choice of fresh fruit and fruit juices, along with a choice of tea or coffee served to your table by the waitress.
Breakfast is served here on one side of the Toby Carvery between 7.00 and 9.30am.
We have not actually eaten a main meal in this particular Toby, I am a fan of this excellent value restaurant chain, and judging by the number of diners here when we checked in at 5.00pm, this is a popular spot for locals to eat out.
Had we not spent little more than half the amount on a similar Innkeeper's room in Chester the previous night, the Lodge at Hull might have walked away with a 100% score here. Due to its location it may not be our favourite Lodge, but the value offered is undisputable.
If you need to stay in the area for a long weekend, the three for the price of two offer is available here - i.e. pay for Friday and Saturday night and get Sunday thrown in free.
Providing I have business to do in the Hull or North Humberside area, this particular Innkeeper's Lodge will remain my first choice of accommodation, you are therefore likely to find us there at least once a year. I have absolutely no qualms about using it again and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone needing to stay in this area.
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Tel: 01482 651 518
In order to put that score into some perspective, we can compare it to other hotels in which we have stayed, scored using the same criteria:
Innkeeper's Lodge, Chester Northeast - 83%
Innkeeper's Lodge, Stockport - 83 %
Chadwick Hotel, St Annes - 63 %
Once again the consistency of the Innkeeper's Lodge brand is proven. Innkeeper's Lodge are justifiably promoting their Lodges as a "collection" rather than a chain, this means that to you, the traveller, not all Innkeeper's Lodge rooms LOOK the same, which I find a real bonus having become tired of the boring corporate sameness of more expensive competitors such as Premier Travel Lodge.


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I'm increasingly concerned by Richmond Councilman Corky Booze's attempts to divide the council and create false divisions in our community.
After riding into office on the coattails of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, he's turned on those same good people, reviling them and holding them up as impediments to progress. Booze is the impediment.
Booze uses false accusations of racism and classism against the RPA, certain other council members and Richmond city workers to aggrandize himself while speaking of "his" people and setting himself up as the champion of the underrepresented. He's aligned himself with Big Business to make sure the RPA candidates for City Council are defeated.
People should not be fooled: More good work has been done on behalf of all of Richmond's residents by Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and the progressive members of the council than was done in many years under the auspices of Chevron-backed business-as-usual council members.
If you want your council members to work for you and not for their own special interests, re-elect Tom Butt and elect Marilyn Langlois and Eduardo Martinez.
Kate Sibley
Right candidate for Richmond
Richmond needs someone willing to work aggressively in job development, ensure a positive educational environment for young people and who is familiar with our neighborhoods' needs.
I believe Gary Bell is the most qualified candidate for Richmond City Council and will bring the right leadership skills to our city. We need someone who demonstrates a leadership style that fosters unity among council members to work with and listen to Richmond's residents.
Bell cares about our environment and will hold those accountable for our public and industrial safety. With Bell's financial background, he will work to bring together the business community to attract new business and support training programs for our current residents for economic empowerment.
Gary Bell is the right candidate for the City Council.
Angela Smith
McNerney is the right choice for Congress
As a local educational leader, I am supporting Jerry McNerney to be re-elected to Congress. He is a leader in promoting educational opportunities for youngsters and adults, and for creating powerful initiatives to support youth and families.
He is a man who possesses knowledge and wisdom, and acts with integrity. Please join me and vote for Jerry McNerney.
Dr. Joseph Ovick
Brentwood Ovick is Contra Costa superintendent of schools
Election will decide nation's priorities
Nicholas D. Kristof's column, "Compassion is a sign of civilization," struck deep in my soul and should for every American. While Kristof used universal health care as a sign of compassion, I believe we face greater challenges to our humanity.
Budgets across the globe have been ransacked by the 2008 economic collapse. Austerity protests staged in Europe may well happen here at home. And yet in America, military spending accounts for more than 50 percent of the budget. We can no longer afford to continually be at war.
While the economy is important, this election is about more than economics. It is about how we as a people set our priorities. As private money funds deceitful messages, Americans must dig deep to maintain our humanity as we vote. Is our society defined by the pronoun "me" or "us"? Do people matter? Humanity weighs big in this election, and it depends on how deep we look inside ourselves when we vote.
Gary L. Rosenberg
Walnut Creek