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CIOs are no longer just great technologists – in fact today's CIO can no longer afford to be just a great technologist. The successful CIO of tomorrow is a revenue generator, customer engagement guru, business leader. Successful CIOs are changing business models in their organization – they are becoming disruptors. But what does that mean exactly?
While disruption was a bad word when we grew up – goofing off in class, talking during a movie, interrupting an adult conversation – today in business and technology, disruption is a magic word.
The words 'disruptive technology' were first coined by Harvard Business School graduate and current HBS professor Clayton Christensen in his 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma.
In his later book, The Innovator's Solution, Christensen replaced the term disruptive technology with 'disruptive innovation' because he recognized that few technologies are intrinsically disruptive or sustaining in character – rather, it is the business model that the technology enables that creates the disruptive impact.
The 1908 Model T Ford was a disruptive technology but the previous 30 years of combustion engine automobiles were not. Why? Because they were not mass produced – it was the business model of the assembly line that made this happen.
The disruptor's secret
Let's talk about some disruptors today, starting with Uber. In 2010 Uber had 10 cars and 100 friends. Six years and 1 billion rides later, Uber has destroyed the 100-year old taxi industry.
The three greatest things about Uber are:
- you can rate your driver
- you can order a ride from your cellphone and get picked up in minutes, and
- the price is cheaper for superior service.
More people are using Uber than taxis now. After all, who doesn't want a faster, cheaper, premium service? I will pay for that any day!
Amazon is another example. In 1994 a New York finance guy named Jeff Bezos left his job to jump on what he saw as a fast moving train – Internet commerce. He had a vision to start an online 'everything store' and he picked books to be the first product he would sell. Within the first two months in business, Amazon had sold books to all 50 states and 45 countries. Turns out, people wanted an easier way to buy books. The Internet was the answer and Amazon made it happen. The company withstood the dot com bubble and is now the world's largest online retailer.
But Amazon didn't rest on its laurels, built on books. Enter Amazon Web Services. Amazon created a complete retail computing infrastructure for standardized, automated web services including storage and virtual servers that created an entire new revenue stream.
Amazon is both a B2C and B2B disruptor which is very rare.
These are examples of companies who knew the disruptor's secret. Their founders reimagined existing technology. They grabbed decaying models crying out for reinvention and applied a better solution by pushing the limits of technology. So what was their secret? Disruptors tend to share these three common traits:
- They rethink with technology
- They are consumed by the consumer
- They are never satisfied
And there are several industries out there right now that are ripe for disruption – industries that are not so focused on the customer. When was the last time you called your bank, airline, credit card company, software provider, and how was your experience?
A call to action for today's CIO
What does this mean for today's CIO? It's a call to action to throw out the old rules and look at models within your business through a new lens, one that questions, "How can we better engage our customers, take market share from our competitors, and grow our business exponentially?" This is now your purview as CIO – to drive digital transformation initiatives for your business.
But where to begin, and why is it so hard to go digital? There are two reasons. The first one is that many of the technologies out there are not quite ready for prime time and CIOs wrestle with whether or not they should build their own solution or leverage vendor applications. The second reason, and this is a biggie, is that many IT budgets can't afford it.
According to industry analysts, about 89% of a typical IT budget goes towards keeping the lights on, leaving only 11% for innovation initiatives – things that will actually increase revenue, decrease costs, engage your customers, or take market share from your competitors. But the only way you can get there is to drastically turn this spend model on its head.
Take our industry for example – enterprise software support. This industry is ripe for disruption – it's a decades old model dictated by the software vendors, and no longer sufficient for many of today's CIO.
You can no longer afford to be held hostage to these outdated IT models. You have to find more budget to invest in innovation if you want to become a disruptor. The days of CIOs being strictly technologists are long over. The best CIOs are revenue generators. They are business people who leverage technology to create new business models.
How a $1.3m savings brought $60m new revenues
One of our clients in the manufacturing space is a great example of this. This client is a leading manufacturer of metal buildings in the commercial and industrial markets, with revenue over $1 billion. The CIO moved its Oracle support to Rimini Street, immediately saving 75% on the company's total annual maintenance costs. He then reinvested this significant savings – $1.3 million saved annually – into a customer facing eCommerce portal that now generates an additional $60 million revenue stream annually. Now that's what I call disruption!
Examples such as this demonstrate that, despite the budget struggle, there has never been a better time to be a CIO. With a digital and customer-focused mindset, companies are relying on their CIOs to contribute so much more than operational IT. And the ones who do that are separating their companies from industry peers. They're adopting an 'innovation agility' strategy, choosing a new path that opens up an array of choices for their organization.
An innovation agility strategy is about liberating your resources — your people, your money, your time — so you can invest in business models that move the needle.
For example, with an innovation agility approach, you can manage your on-premise applications together with your cloud applications in a hybrid IT environment, like Gartner and Forrester recommend.
You can take advantage of the big data capabilities out there today, and drive enterprise mobility or social solutions and beyond. If you are a retailer you can free up funds for critical 'omnichannel presence' initiatives that drive revenue.
It's this kind of freeing up of resources that allows you to innovate throughout your organization, empower your business units, and better engage both your employees and your customers. With this simple change in thinking, the possibilities are limitless. You can build the next Uber with this mindset, and create exciting change for your organization by thinking like a disruptor.
Edwards Deming once said, "No one has to change. Survival is optional." So choose to become a change agent – don't be held back by complacency, frozen by the status quo, just keeping the lights on. Capitalize on emerging trends and transform the way you do business today.
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201 E Crystal Cove Terrace, San Francisco CA, 94134 (Residential)
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Description for 201 E Crystal Cove Terrace San Francisco, CA 94134
Bright and cozy condominium/townhouse style located 10 minutes from downtown San Francisco, location accessible to public transportation. 4-bedroom 3-bath, 2-car garage, 1,930 sq/ft.
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Bright and cozy condominium/townhouse style located 10 minutes from downtown San Francisco, location accessible to public transportation. 4-bedroom 3-bath, 2-car garage, 1,930 sq/ft.
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(30 Days of Juicing Day #25 – Apple Cucumber Celery Juice)
Light, refreshing and not too "green" this apple cucumber celery juice is a pleasant way to begin a hot summer day. I found the recipe on Prolific Juicing where it's listed as a Weight Loss Juice Recipe.
The blog's owner, Farnoosh, claims that the primary reason to drink green juice is to feel better. Weight loss is just a bonus. She's a big advocate of juicing and has even published a book, The Healthy Juicer's Bible: Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long.
The Skinny on Apple Cucumber Celery Juice
According to my calculations, this recipe for this apple cucumber celery juice has about 76 calories and 2* Weight Watchers Points Plus. (I only counted the juice from the apples and oranges to determine points plus.)
Rod and I both gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up.
- 3 apples quartered and cored
- 2 oranges peeled
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 cucumber peeled
- handful parsley
- 1/2 lemon peeled
- 1- inch fresh ginger
Wash all the ingredients well. Cut the fruit and vegetables into pieces that will fit into your juicer. Juice and serve over ice.
Recipe Source: Prolific Juicing Juices for Weight Loss
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Channelling Malcolm: The Ballot or the Bullet
Channeling Malcolm….The Ballot or the Bullet "The Fate of our Community Lies in Our UNITY"
The Ballot or the Bullet was a speech given, April 3, 1964 at a symposium entitled, "The Negro Revolt-What Comes Next? In this speech Malcolm outlines three key areas of focus for the Black community to rebuild ourselves. It's all about unity!
Political philosophy: Uniting Our Political Power
Black people should control the politics and politicians in their community. Malcolm believed that the "Black man in the black community has to be re-educated into the science of politics so he will know what politics is supposed to bring him in return.
Economic philosophy: Uniting Our Dollars
Black people should control the economics of their community. As Malcolm asserted, the "philosophy of black nationalism involves a re-education program in the black community in regards to economics.
Social philosophy: Uniting Our Social/Community Reach
Black people should unite to eradicate social ills in their communities' such as drugs and crime and build vibrant and model communities.
Economic Empowerment = Building and Supporting Our Own Businesses
The economic philosophy of Black nationalism only means that we have to become involved in a program of re-education. To educate our people into the importance of knowing that when you spend your dollar out of the community in which you live the community in which you spend your money becomes richer and richer; the community out of which you take your money becomes poorer, and poorer.
And because these Negroes who have been misled and misguided, are breaking their necks to spend their money with the man, the man is becoming richer and richer and you're becoming poorer and poorer.
And then what happens? The community in which you live becomes a slum; it becomes a ghetto. The conditions become rundown. And then you have the audacity to complain about poor housing, in a rundown community. Why you run it down yourself when you take your dollars out!
And you and I are in a double trap. Because, not only do we lose by taking our money some place else and spending it, when we try and spend our money in our community, we're trapped because we haven't had the sense enough to set up stores and control the businesses of our community.
The man who's controlling the stores in our community is a man who doesn't look like we do. He's a man who doesn't even live in the community. So you and I even when we try and spend our money in the block where we live, or the area where we live we're spending it with a man who when the sun goes down takes that basket full of money in another part of the town.
So our people not only have to be re-educated to the importance of supporting Black business but the Black man himself has to be made aware of the importance of going into business. And once you and I go into business, we own and operate, at least the businesses in our community, what we will be doing is developing a situation wherein we will actually be able to create employment for the people in the community.
And once you can create some employment in the community where you live it will eliminate the necessity of you and me having to act ignorantly and disgracefully, boycotting and picketing someplace else trying to beg him for a job.
Political Power = A United Political Strategy
The black man in the black community has to be re-educated into the science of politics so he will know what politics is supposed to bring him in return. A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket." Thus, political maturity, according to Malcolm X, means African Americans demanding something in return for their vote. "They get all the Negro vote…and after they get it, the Negro gets nothing in return. That's camouflage, that's trickery, that's treachery, window-dressing… you put the Democrats first and the Democrats put you last."
Malcolm believes that political maturity for African Americans also required them to reexamine their relationship with the Democratic Party. In Malcolm view, as indicated above, the Democrats exploited blacks, making promises, especially as it related to civil rights and failing to make good on those promises. He asserted, "You just can't belong to that Party without analyzing it." He therefore calls for a new strategy: "I say again, I'm not anti-Democrat, I'm not anti-Republican, I'm not anti-anything. I'm just questioning their sincerity, and some of the strategy that they've been using on our people by promising them promises that they don't intend to keep. That's why, in 1964, it's time now for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for; what we're supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that if we don't cast a ballot, it's going to end up in a situation where we're going to have to cast a bullet. It's either a ballot or a bullet."
Social Change Starts and Ends with the Work we are willing to do
The social philosophy of black nationalism only means that we have to get together and remove the evils, the vices, alcoholism, drug addiction, and other evils that are destroying the moral fiber of our community. We ourselves have to lift the level of our community, the standard of our community to a higher level, make our own society beautiful so that we will be satisfied in our own social circles and won't be running around here trying to knock our way into a social circle where we're not wanted. So I say, in spreading a gospel such as black nationalism, it is not designed to make the black man re-evaluate the white man — you know him already — but to make the black man re-evaluate himself.
Source: http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html


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Engagement: Kirk -- Balfany
Stacey Jo Kirk and William Todd Balfany, both of Sacred Heart, are engaged to be married June 14 at Granite Falls Lutheran Church in Granite Falls.
Kirk is the daughter of Joe and Kathy Kirk of Sacred Heart.
She is a 2005 graduate of Renville County West High School in Renville and a 2007 graduate of Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Granite Falls with a degree as an administrative assistant. She is employed as an administrative assistant by the Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative in Granite Falls.
Balfany is the son of Todd and Lucy Balfany of Sacred Heart.
He is a 2004 graduate of Yellow Medicine East High School in Granite Falls and a 2006 graduate of Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria with a degree in marine and small engines. He is employed as a diesel technician by Tjosvold Equipment in Granite Falls.


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Bill Radke: So the verdict on holiday sales so far is shoppers are buying more items than last year, but they're spending less money in the stores -- they are holding out for deep discounts. Now, the big retail chains have been able to come up with those price cuts. But what about the little guy? From our Entrepreneurship Desk at Oregon Public Broadcasting, Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman reports.
Mitchell Hartman: Here's the problem for small-store owners, says retail analyst Patty Edwards: Without sophisticated inventory tracking and market research, stocking for the holidays is pretty much a crap shoot. And in this economy, the margin for error is slim.
Patty Edwards: They don't have multiple millions of dollars to help run their dress shop, for example, and they're having to use their best intuition on how much inventory to carry, how to price it.
Gina Morris has a dress shop . . .
Gina Morris: Hi there. Oh please! Come on in.
Radish Underground has been open one year in downtown Portland.
Morris: It's a little bit of a slow start, but we're definitely feeling a vast difference from last year, when it was people literally scared to spend their money.
This year, Morris has ordered cautiously, but she doesn't plan to cut prices to compete with bigger retailers.
Next door is Martinotti's. The shelves are piled high with Italian chocolate and vintage wine.
Frank Martinotti So we tend to see customers with the income to buy some very nice things. I didn't really hold back much this year on my ordering. My mother said, "Frank, be careful," and I was.
Frank Martinotti says so far, his sales point to a much better holiday season than last year.
I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace.


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A May Creeth hand painted Boronia brooch set of 9ct rose gold mount by Levinson, Perth signed and titled verso with Levinson mark diameter 2.8 cm
Australian 9ct rose gold and malachite brooch, signed Levinson (Perth W.A.) weigh: approx 17 grams
Levinson of Perth mother of pearl cross brooch 9ct yellow gold mounted carved mother of pearl cross Victorian measures 6.8 cm x 5.3 cm
Levinson 'Perth' antique Albertina Victorian black grosgrain silk terminated at each end and centre with engraved scalloped flat 9ct gold. 9ct engraved buckles to each ribbon and a shield and T-bar to the centre metal parrot clasp at each end. Leng
A 9ct Levinson West Australian Wildflowers brooch by Helen Creeth;verso marked 'Boronia W.A. H. Creeth';mount stamp 'Levinson 9ct';height 3.2 cm, width 2.3 cm
An early Australian 15ct yellow gold ruby ring by Levinson & Sons, Perth, one oval ruby 8.75 x 7.31mm, 1.80ct, bright red in colour. Total weight 5.8grams. Stamped Perth, Levinson for Levinson & Sons, circa 1900.
May Creeth hand painted 'Spider Orchid'. A large round brooch with a 9ct rose gold frame by Levinson & Son - Perth
May Creeth hand painted 'Blue Leschenaultia'. A small round brooch with a 9ct rose gold frame by Levinson & Son - Perth
May Creeth hand painted 'Kangaroo Paw' in an unusual square setting 9ct rose gold by Levinson & Son Perth, circa 1920
Levinson-Perth carved brooches two 9ct yellow gold carved ivory rose brooches
A pair of gold cufflinks by Levinson, Melbourne monogrammed and dated 22.11.24. Weight 7 grams. 9ct rose gold.
Levinson 9ct hand painted brooch painted by Helen Creeth on porcelain of a kangaroo paw 'WA'. Signed by artist. Set in a rose gold frame
Levinson malachite diamond beetle brooch Levinson of Perth 1896 -1961 Stylized beetle 9ct (tested) framed malachite body with 2x 0.13ct approx. Diamond set antennae, c1896-1902
An amethyst ring by Levinson, 15ct rose gold, hallmarked 15ct Levinson Perth, made as a wide polished band, claw set to centre with an oval amethyst, flanked by recessed gold work with applied beading
15ct yellow gold bird brooch by Levinson & Sons of Perth, c.1910 a double bar brooch with decorative ball finials and, featuring a textured gold swallow stamped 'Levinson Perth 15ct'. Measures 46mm, with a safety chain. Note: Levinson & Sons had premises o
A West Australian 15ct yellow gold heart shaped ring, with makers stamp 'Levinson'. Weight: 5.6grams. Levinson and Son, Manufacturing Jewellers Perth 1896 - 1961
9ct yellow gold and ivory Levinson bar brooch c.1920-1930's, mounted with a carved ivory flower. Stamped Levinson
An Australian mother of pearl and gold pendant by Mark Levinson, Perth, circa 1900, designed as a star with a horse shoe, engraved 'From the Boys of the City Club Perth WA in Appreciation', 9 carat pink gold. illustrated Australian Jewellers Gold & Silvers
West Australian Levinson miners nugget brooch, early 20th century, stamped 9ct, double bar with large central nugget, marked Levinson Perth. Length 55mm; weight 8 grams
West Australian Levinson 9ct yellow gold brooch with carved and stained ivory rose, c.1910-1930- signed makers stamp length 5 cm. Note: similar example shown, page 128, Australian jewellery, 19th and 20th century, by Anne Schofield and Kevin Fahy
A heavy 19th century 15ct square opening locket pendant set with garnets marked Levinson Perth 20 grams
A 9ct yellow gold and Jasper brooch, the setting with a twisted rope design border, with safety chain and stamped 'Levinson', 40-27mm
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Groundwater samples collected from a developing urban area of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, are analyzed for major ion chemistry to characterize the groundwater quality as a factor for water resources management. Precambrian rocks and Quaternary unconsolidated sediments occupy the area. The groundwaters are both fresh and brackish, the latter being most dominant. The occurrence of a few freshwater zones in the area shows facies, with higher ratios of total alkalinity (TA)/total hardness (TH; >1) and (>1), considering such zones as recharge areas. Most of the area is classified as a discharge zone, with facies and lower ratios of TA/TH (<1) and (<1), where a brackish-water environment occurs. Hence, the ratios of TA/TH and can be considered as factors to delineate the areal extent of recharge and discharge zones. Because most of the area comes under the discharge zone, the study emphasizes the need for sufficient rainwater-harvesting points to ensure recharge to aquifers. This could also help in reducing the severity of brackishness from the groundwaters. The study further suggests that the area should have sufficient disposal of anthropogenic sources and protected water supply schemes for sustainable development.
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UX Designer and Foodspotting Founding CEO Alexa gives advice on building beautiful mobile designs.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
The SXSW panel on the importance of design in the mobile startup hosted Alexa Andrzejewski of Foodspotting.
The UX designer found her first angel investor with mockups on a deck she presented at Women 2.0's Startup Weekend.
She shares advice and her own startup lessons learned on the panel:
- "When we launched Foodspotting at South By, we had zero photos. Now there are 1.5 million photos of dishes around the world."
- "...Foodspotting shifted from this typical reviews app to this visual local guide that it is today. It's becoming a defining characteristic."
- "The most important thing a designer-founder can do at a startup is to communicate a vision for the thing you are trying to create... When I communicate the idea, my team can make that idea real. But if I don't take the time to really communicate what that ideal solution would be, chances are it won't happen. Thinking about the ideal solution is with all the use cases. One of my favorite quotes from angel investor David Shen said is, 'Don't tell me what you can build today. Tell me what the ideal solution could be.' Before I started wireframing or prototyping anything, I made a one-page poster that summarized all the ideas that I had for Foodspotting in 11x17 and I sketched the ideal solutions to problems I described. I had an idea for a radar-like thing where you could put your phone in your pocket and have an ice cream detector on and it would buzz in your pocket whenever you passed ice cream so you could jump off and get it."
- "It's not just about the visual design or aesthetics that's gotten higher. Designers of apps are now creating experiences that we've never been able to have before. Being able to rent out your house or apartment - that's an experience nobody was able to really have before, and AirBnB did such a great job with that. The visual supports that because it makes it as easy as booking a hotel. It's something that my mom could consider doing, and it's this new experience they enabled for mobile."
- "There is a lot of talk in the lean startup about measuring every little thing you do. There is definitely value in that kind of optimization, but if you focus on the details you may lose the big vision - the vision. A lot of times, user feedback will be coming from super users and power users who are not the average users. It's important to balance user feedback with the vision for your startup and never pivot away from your vision. Pivot how you do it based on user feedback but stick to that vision you are trying to solve."
- "Some people complain because apps take you out of the experience in the moment. We did try to design it so you don't have to post pictures of food on the spot. But at the same time, having these apps makes the conversations... together... they augment conversations - we design to make it easy enough, to enhance the experience."
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About the writer: Angie Chang co-founded Women 2.0 in 2006. She currently serves as Editor-In-Chief of Women 2.0 and is working to mainstream women in high-growth, high-tech entrepreneurship. Previously, Angie held roles in product management and web UI design. In 2008, Angie launched Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners, asking that guys come as the "+1" for once. Angie holds a B.A. in English and Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. Follow her on Twitter at @thisgirlangie.


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Chapter 4.6 Reciprocal‐space images of aperiodic crystals
Reciprocal space
First Online Edition (2006)
Part 4. Diffuse scattering and related topics
Published Online: 1 JAN 2006
© International Union of Crystallography 2006
Book Title
International Tables for Crystallography
Additional Information
How to Cite
Steurer, W. and Haibach, T. 2006. Reciprocal‐space images of aperiodic crystals. International Tables for Crystallography. B:4:4.6:486–532.
Publication History
- Published Online: 1 JAN 2006
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This chapter presents an aid to the characterization of aperiodic crystals based on information from diffraction experiments and gives a survey of aperiodic crystals from the viewpoint of the experimentally accessible reciprocal space. Characteristic features of the diffraction patterns of the different types of aperiodic crystals are shown. A standard way of determining the metrics and finding the optimum nD embedding is described. Structure‐factor formulae for general and special cases are given.
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Borussia Dortmund have handed Cedric van der Gun a further week on trial.Borussia Dortmund have handed Cedric van der Gun a further chance to impress after extending his trial period by a week.
The former Ajax forward is currently without a club and has been training with the Bundesliga outfit in a bid to earn a contract ahead of the new season.
The 26-year-old spent the last two seasons on loan with ADO Den Haag after failing to break through at the Amsterdam ArenA, and is feeling positive whilst awaiting a decision from the German side.
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Scrappers base runner Aaron Siliga (2) crosses home plate behind Brooklyn Cyclones catcher Kevin Plawecki to score the Mahoning Valley's first run of the game. Siliga also tripled, but the Scrappers fell to Brooklyn, 10-5, in front of 3,398 fans at Eastwood Field.
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Complaint Review: Dr. Richard M. Thomas, Chiropractic Physician Of New Life Anti-Aging
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*Consumer Comment: Company has been nothing but Amazing!
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: The information was inaccurate
My hope in all this mess would be for the Dr. Thomas to learn from his unethical and unprofessional ways, and begin treating his customers as customers. Good grief, I paid the man $500.00 for services that did NOT improve my complexion at all.
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Company has been nothing but Amazing!
AUTHOR: Jesy K - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 23, 2012POSTED: Monday, January 23, 2012
Mary is so sweet and thoughtful and the whole staff is amazing, I have been going for lazer hair removal since November and I have to say they have almost completely removed everything. I have followed every tip they have given me in order to optimize my results, and it has worked! 4 treatments in and everything is almost completely gone!
The staff is knowledgable and friendly. They don't treat me like just a number. They are very engaging of conversation and I have learned so much about the group of people that are helping me.
Not many companies can say they do that!
I would highly recommend if you are in the market for treatments, to seriously consider going to New Life. Such a warm place to go.
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The information was inaccurate
AUTHOR: Dr. Thomas''s Staff - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, September 02, 2010POSTED: Thursday, September 02, 2010
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In this particular case I advised this patient that the use of several preparations were also necessary to treat her condition as well as lab/blood work to include various hormone levels. This patient refused. When a doctor specifically tells a patient that it is his recommendation that she have certain tests performed and to use specific topical products it is not a matter of clearly communicating, but, rather, a matter of the patient either following professional recommendations or not.
If a patient chooses not to follow professional recommendations then it is certainly within the doctor's prerogative to refuse further treatment. And, yes, this patient was non-compliant.
Following this discharge of the patient she became extremely aggressive and disruptive, to the point where she was advised that if she did not leave the premises it would be necessary to call the police.
Sometime later my office was contacted by American Express. According to American Express this patient had contacted them and said the she had never been in the office of a Dr. Thomas, nor did she ever know a Dr. Thomas and wanted any charges for professional services removed from her AMEX statement.
Fortunately, as a part of our medical records, we take before and after photos at each visit. Copies of the dated photos were made and forwarded to American Express discrediting what was a blatant lie.
She claimed to be a juvenile probation officer and, if true, one would certainly think she would know better than to attempt to perpetrate credit card fraud.
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Following the success of Singapore Indesign and Melbourne Indesign this year, Indesign: The Event have announced dates for 2015. Sydney Indesign will take place in August and Hong Kong Indesign in November. Mark your calendars now!
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When I asked Barack Obama last week about the issue of possible crimes in the Bush White House, particularly on the issue of torture, it made a fair amount of news, but mostly on sites like the Huffington Post and not the traditional media. It's pretty rare to see the issue ever raised in the mainstream press, which is why I was surprised to find this on the not-at-all-left-wing Politico.com:
Don't think it can't happen. I think the arrest abroad of an American is only a matter of time and, between now and November, is at least as likely as another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. As a former Marine Corps Commandant, Gen. Paul X. Kelley, reminded the nation in a July 2007 Washington Post op-ed, written with a University of Virginia law professor: "Violations of Common Article 3 are 'war crimes' for which everyone involved — potentially up to and including the president of the United States — may be tried in any of the other 193 countries that are parties to the conventions."
Courts in Italy and Germany already have issued warrants demanding the arrest of CIA operatives for illegally kidnapping and allegedly torturing citizens and residents of their nations. More than 30 U.S. citizens have been named, their CIA covers blown. These warrants have not been executed, primarily for diplomatic reasons. But they could be acted upon rapidly with a simple decision by either government. And other names — of those directly involved in "enhanced interrogation techniques" — are starting to emerge overseas.
Former high-ranking government officials might want to also think twice about traveling to Europe this summer. Just this week, new evidence emerged that waterboarding and other blatant methods of torture were specifically and directly authorized in White House meetings. Anyone present is now potentially culpable before an international court.
The article may be on to something, although I'd believe it when I saw it. Frankly, if the French or Italians arrested an American public figure before the November election, it would probably whip up anti-European frenzy on U.S. soil and help get John McCain elected (although hasn't Pennsylvania helped him enough?). Anyway, it all gets back to my question of Obama (which I would ask the other two contenders, if given the chance); the best way to deal with lawbreaking for Americans is for justice to be meted out -- by Americans.


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AIDG is pleased to announce its 2nd business plan competition, Konkou Business Ayiti.
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What type of business Konkou Business Ayiti is looking for?
What is the prize?
How to participate?
In response to the devastating January 12 earthquake, the theme of this year's contest is Haiti Renewed. Specifically, Konkou Business Ayiti is seeking Haitian entrepreneurs and sustainable businesses that can aid in the country's reconstruction. Konkou Business Ayiti invites applications from businesses that provide increased access to energy, water and sanitation and housing using green and renewable technologies. If you have a promising idea or business that falls into these categories, Haiti needs you!
What type of business Konkou Business Ayiti is looking for?
• "Green" businesses that are either established (less than 100 employees) or new.
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When the SR 99 tunnel is open to traffic, northbound drivers approaching the tunnel will have new options for reaching downtown Seattle or bypassing it entirely. Below are renderings of how the south tunnel portal's ramps will appear:
New on and off-ramps will connect SR 99 to the stadiums and to a new Alaskan Way surface street that provides connections into the downtown grid. See the Getting Around page for examples of future routes.
Current progress
Last updated: 12/29/16
A lot of work has already been completed at the south end of the tunnel. Crews have built hundreds of feet of cut-and-cover tunnel, and the future tunnel entrances and exits are visible at the surface. Drivers on SR 99 can see the south portal operations building's glassy exterior, along with its signature yellow ventilation stacks. This building, along with a similar building at the north portal, will be complete in 2017.
The south portal work zone continues to be the main hub for tunnel construction. It's where materials are stored, including the curved concrete segments that make up the tunnel walls. Nearby on Terminal 46, crews load excavated soil onto a barge that takes the soil to a disposal site in Port Ludlow. The soil makes its way to the barge via a conveyor system that grows as the tunneling machine moves forward. More than one million tons of soil have been removed from the tunnel so far.
As part of a separate contract, crews working for Interwest Construction are building the innovative future northbound off-ramp to South Dearborn Street. By combining memory-retaining metal rods and a bendable concrete composite, the future off-ramp will become the first bridge in the world built to sway with a strong earthquake and return to its original shape.


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UPDATE 4 (19 Oct): It's now a federal crime in the USA to bring one on a plane.
UPDATE 3 (14 Oct): Now the airlines are stocking fireproof bags to contain them, and Samsung has discontinued the phone altogether.
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The Heckling are the most magically advanced and have the most knowledge of the proper use of it. They understand it's origins and boast the best scholars to teach it.
The Heckling live in wastelands that are accessible only with knowledge waters fortified by cliffs. Heat enduring plants only. Only by the ocean are the Draycon the closest neighbouring country.
The Heckling were handed a foul fate by the Draycon and were banished to the wastelands. They have adapted to the environment and thrive well in it.
The Heckling are other wise known as dog ears elves. They have large ears that can either flop or sit at a side angle often there are tan coloured patches on their ears. Their skin is dark and they have hair that is either sandy brown to black in colour. There eyes are light in colour. Eye sicknesses are common in this race and it isn't uncommon to find a Heckling that is blind or has bad sight. They wear light clothe and addorn themselves with crude gems bones and feathers. Woman tend to embelish their hair with these items. Hecklings are on the short side its rare to find one over 5,4 in height.
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At 35, single, with a six-figure salary and a little money in the bank, Carol is starting to take financial planning seriously. She admits she's a bit of a late starter on the savings front.
Pricey Toronto real estate is partly to blame. A couple of years ago, she dipped into her registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) and borrowed from her father to buy a condominium.
Soon, though, once a few small debts are cleared up, Carol will be in an enviable position: She'll be able to save up to $2,400 a month.
As an accountant, Carol (not her real name) appreciates her first priority must be taking advantage of her $50,000 or so in unused RRSP room.
She has a small locked-in pension from a previous employer that she'd like to manage herself and a growing RRSP to direct, so she would like some tips on how to invest. Her goal is to retire at age 58, about the time her mortgage is paid off.
What our expert says
Facelift asked Warren Baldwin, regional vice-president of T.E. Wealth in Toronto, to help Carol with a financial plan. His findings are surprising: Even with her good salary and bonus, an estimated 7 per cent rate of return and 23 years to go before her targeted retirement age, Carol will still be a tad short, an amount she will have to make up.
First, she needs to get her investment direction well established and structure an asset mix that will continue to work for her for many years. Mr. Baldwin suggests Carol should be a growth investor, with 25 per cent of her portfolio in Canadian fixed-income investments, 25 per cent in Canadian equity investments, 25 per cent in U.S. equity investments and 25 per cent in international equity investments.
She can best achieve this by buying low-cost mutual funds, index funds or exchange-traded funds, being cautious about commissions or management expense ratios, which will eat into her long-term returns.
Carol is spending $70,000 a year after tax to maintain her lifestyle. This includes a blended mortgage payment of about $1,300 a month, including property taxes.
By the time she retires, Carol is likely to have paid off her mortgage. Naturally, some of her other expenses will decline when she retires as well, but not as much as some would argue. For example, she will likely still need a car. Our assumption is that she will likely need to spend about $50,000 a year.
In projecting Carol's assets and expenses into retirement, we have assumed that the average annual rate of return on her investments is 7 per cent and that inflation continues to run along at 3 per cent a year.
For now, Carol should focus her savings on her RRSP, taking advantage of her carry-forward room. She can then build her after-tax savings as well as continue to contribute to her tax-deferred savings plans right up to retirement.
In 2032, at age 58, her expenses of $50,000 a year (based on 2009 dollars) would be the equivalent of almost $100,000 a year. Her RRSP savings would be nearly $2-million and her assets outside her RRSP about $500,000.
"If Carol lives to age 90 she can just about make ends meet without selling her condo," Mr. Baldwin says. Alternatively, the equity in her condo might be used later in her retirement for the additional costs of a retirement home or medical care.
She can certainly fine-tune her savings structure over the next several years by optimizing her RRSP contributions. If she is comfortable using a line of credit for emergencies, she could use her rainy-day funds to pay a little extra against her mortgage.
Eventually her savings of between $1,500 and $2,500 a month, plus her net after-tax bonus, would surpass her allowable RRSP contributions. She could then decide to pay down her mortgage as quickly as possible to cut her interest costs.
Carol has no will or powers of attorney. These documents should be drawn up relatively quickly to make sure that her assets are properly handled in the event of an estate situation, Mr. Baldwin suggests. At the same time, she should give consideration to designating beneficiaries on her RRSPs, tax-free savings accounts and group insurance policies.While Carol is on target to achieve her retirement goal, she's still a few thousand dollars a year short, an inconsequential amount in the grand scheme of things given how much her circumstances could change over the next 25 years.
She can easily offset this by more effectively employing her assets. For example, she could pay down her mortgage ahead of schedule and retire any other expensive debt early, keeping to a minimum the use of high-interest debt in future.
Eventually, her tax-free savings account should become an integral part of her portfolio management structure rather than simply a parking lot for cash. In the meantime, she needs money to pay down the small debt to her father, her RRSP Home Buyers' withdrawal and her car loan.
Carol's awareness of her status as a "late starter" is an excellent platform on which to build her future financial security. She has worked hard to purchase her condo and now she can focus on restructuring her financial picture to best achieve her long-term goal of a comfortable retirement.
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Carol, age 35, an accountant
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How to build and manage her nest egg
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Catch up with RRSP contributions and sock away up to $2,400 a month
The Payoff:
A comfortable retirement from work at age 58
Monthly after-tax income:
Pension plan $30,000; TFSA $1,000; mutual funds $7,000; condo $320,000; car $40,000 Total: $108,000
Monthly disbursements:
Mortgage, property tax, maintenance about $2,000; car payment $585; gym $40; car and condo insurance $190; cable, Internet $100; living costs (food, clothing, entertainment, discretionary) $2,125; payment to father $600; savings $1,500; Total: $7,100
Mortgage $256,000; car loan $39,500; loan from her father $7,000; RRSP homeowner loan $25,000; Total: $327,500
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January 04, 2012
There is an old axiom, that has nearly become accepted fact, that the richer you get, the more you tend to receive free things. All manner of swag, including suits, gift bags, German automobiles, or even a $3,000 birthday cake that you summarily reject without having to explain why. At least that's the case so far, for LeBron James.
According to the Miami Herald, an area baker named Alethea Hickman was offered heaps of free publicity for designing a cake to be presented to James during his 27th birthday celebration at a Miami nightspot last week. A "sponsorship," and no actual money, was the payoff according to party handler Jared Galbut.
Then the cake, and the communication between Hickman and Galbut, went a bit pear-shaped:
"I don't even know where my cake went," Hickman said. "I was mortified. They had me do it in the middle of the holiday crush and I hired additional people. Someone needs to pay."
Galbut said James' people decided Hickman's work wasn't fit for the king: "It just wasn't what was expected. When LeBron's people saw it, they just didn't want to use it and decided to bring their own cake. I can't tell LeBron James what birthday cake to eat. It's LeBron James, for Christ's sake."
As for how much Galbut would pay Hickman if he were asked, he just said: "That cake couldn't be worth more than $600. It's flour, eggs and water."
No, it's not just "flour, eggs and water," you idiot. It's "workers, hours, wages, delivery, passed-over revenue streams that were let go so as to service James," and also "things that go on and in a cake besides flour, eggs and water."
With that in place, Hickman was probably way off in thinking that the possible publicity from her massive cake could more than make up for the money and effort her company put into creating the confection.
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It seems like she was more than willing to allow for the loss of income just to be associated with a star; they have names for people who do these sorts of things, and we shouldn't feel too bad when she was the one who signed off on giving a free birthday cake to LeBron in the first place. It's not his fault he didn't want to eat the thing, much less pay for it after she agreed to provide it pro bono.
All in all, another case of hopelessly entitled people (barely including James, who probably never even saw the cake) and their less-deserving-but-just-as-entitled handlers acting out of touch in an era that doesn't really deserve that sort of disconnect. Marie Antoinette would be proud.
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My computer doesn't recognize any CD/DVDs
Lately my laptop does not read any cds or dvds when loaded into it. I have searched the forums to try and fix it by myself but when I opened the CD/DVD ROM drives under device Manager it comes up as hp CDDVDW TS-L6334 and when I double click this is says:
Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)
Please help!!
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Please see the following from Microsoft:
Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
Do the first fix first, and if it does not work then do #2 and so on.
If none of these work, let us know!
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|14 Dec 2013
Hi TVelben! It partially worked!! I can now read disks like installation software but not dvds/cds with photos on it! Any ideas about this??
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|14 Dec 2013
Glad to help!
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Win 7 - 64
I tried all the Microsoft recommended fixes through Step 5. What finally worked was to shutdown, actually physically unplug the CD/DVD drive, start, check Device Manager (now removed), shutdown, replug in the CD/DVD drive, start, check Device Mgr & Computer - there it was! CD/DVD works fine now.
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That's creative. Good job.
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Windows 8
My computer doesnt recognize a DVD
HI ive tried both of the options to fix it but it still not recognizing the DVD.. what should I do?
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
There are 5 options in that link. Tried all?
Also Baxter3 has shown another option two posts up.
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Books & Other Writing | Insignificant Others (2010)
What do you do when you discover your spouse has an insignificant other?
How about when you realize your own insignificant other is becoming more significant than your spouse?
Richard Rossi works in HR at a touchy-feely software company and prides himself on his understanding of the foibles and fictions we all use to get through the day. Too bad he's not as good at spotting such behavior in himself.
What else could explain his passionate affair with Benjamin, a very unavailable married man? Richard suggests birthday presents for Benjamin's wife and vacation plans for his kids, meets him for "lunch" at a sublet apartment and would never think about calling him after business hours.
"In the three years I'd known Benjamin, I'd come to think of him as my husband. He was, after all, a husband, and I saw it as my responsibility to protect his marriage from a barrage of outside threats and bad influences. It was the only way I could justify sleeping with him."
Since Richard is not entirely available himself—there's Conrad, his adorable if maddening partner to contend with—it all seems perfect. But when cosmopolitan Conrad starts spending a suspicious amount of time in Ohio, and economic uncertainty challenges Richard's chances for promotion, he realizes his priorities might be a little skewed.
Insignificant Others is a hilarious and ultimately haunting social satire about life in the U.S. at the bitter end of the boom years, when clinging to significant people and pursuits has never been more important—if only one could figure out what they are.
Praise for Insignificant Others
"Reading Insignificant Others is like being a guest at the best kind of dinner party—every morsel is delicious, every guest is fascinating. Even as I devoured this book I was deeply sorry to reach the end.
—Margot Livesey, author of Eva Moves the Furniture and The House on Fortune Street
"An incisive, rueful, humane, very smart, and very funny book."
—Joan Wickersham, author of The Suicide Index
"A master of the comic novel, Stephen McCauley makes someone else's difficult, complicated relationship so witty, sexy and delightfully engrossing that you'll forget about your own difficult, complicated relationship."
—Bob Smith, author of Selfish and Perverse and Openly Bob
"It's The Office meets Jane Austen, with a twist. I adored this novel."
—Mameve Medwed, author of Mail and How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life
Words from the author...
I began writing Insignificant Others shortly after I finished Alternatives to Sex. At the time, I was giving almost daily counsel to a married friend who'd just begun to explore his attraction to men. Through him, I met a surprising number of suburban husbands in similar situations. What unnerved me most was the fact that I found most of them terribly sympathetic—basically nice guys who were torn between their love of their families and this other urgent sexual attraction. They'd built their lives on an assumption they were now discovering to be false, and the center wasn't holding.
I think a lot of us build our lives on a cherished fiction about ourselves and go through life making elaborate contortions to avoid facing the truth.
Alternatives to Sex is set during the real estate boom and Insignificant Others is set at the start of the economic decline. In that sense they're bookends. A lot of the new novel is set in the narrator's workplace, a software company located in an over-designed building I probably had too much fun describing.


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South along the coast just about 25 miles is Pismo Beach, a touristy beach community where many people from inland visit to cool off and surf, swim, fish and just enjoy themselves. And at one place you can even take your vehicle out onto the beach and drive for a mile or two. We didn't do that ourselves, but watched as one young driver found out that staying on the hard packed sand is a real good idea. It took a much larger four-wheel drive pickup and a good chain to pull him free. It even seemed like the seagulls and pelicans flying over thought it was funny to watch.
We walked out onto the pier and watched as the young surfers paddled out, waited for the right wave and tried to catch a small curl, usually with little or no success. And the people fishing from the pier were having little luck also. It was just nice to be able to look at the ocean, watch the people and relax.
But we knew that soon we would have to be back in our vehicle and onto a corridor before our time machine finished our escape. And sure enough we hadn't been in the vehicle but a few minutes and we heard the whoosh of sound that signaled the end of our ride and we came out the other end of our time machine.


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NASHVILLE, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Country music duo The Civil Wars announced Tuesday that they are parting ways after five years together.
Joy Williams and John Paul White said in a statement that the "difficult decision" to split marked the official end of the hiatus they announced in 2012. Both performers shared their goodbyes in the statement thanking fans and each other for their time together.
"I am saddened and disappointed by the ending of this duo, to say the very least," said Williams. "JP is a tremendous musician, and I will always be grateful for the music we were able to create together. ... Looking ahead, I'm excited to share the music that I am writing and recording in the midst of this difficult transition. I've loved being back in the studio, and have missed performing live. I look forward to seeing you soon."
"I would like to express sincere thanks to all who were a part of the arc of The Civil Wars -- from the beginning, to the end, and all points in between," White added. "My deep appreciation goes out to all who supported, disseminated, and enjoyed the music. Whatever shape or form the next chapter takes, thanks for being a large part of this one."
The duo shared one last song, the band's cover of "You Are My Sunshine," along with the statement. The track was recorded in 2010 and was released in 2011 as a B-side on the band's limited edition Barton Hollow 7-inch vinyl.
"I sincerely hope that 'You Are My Sunshine' will be accepted as a token of my gratitude for every single person that has supported our duo throughout the years," Williams said. "I'm so thankful and my heart is full."
Created in Nashville in 2009, The Civil Wars put out four EPs and two studio albums during their time together. The duo also collaborated with country music star Taylor Swift for a track that was featured on The Hunger Games soundtrack in 2011, which won four Grammy Awards in 2012


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Welcome to Calvary St. Andrew's!
We are a diverse mission-centered Christian community committed to social justice, and we invite everyone to join us in feeding those who hunger for food or spiritual nourishment.
Status of fhe Church
On March 12, 2017, the Calvary St. Andrew's congregation voted to concur with the recommendation of the administrative commission to dissolve the congregation.
The final Sunday service was Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017.
A service of thanksgiving was held Saturday, April 22, 2017.
Discernment for the future of the building and possible programs continues - stay tuned.
The Food Program Continues
The food program will continue meeting the needs of neighbors. We are working on a transition in leadership to be able to better recruit volunteers and raise funds. Regardless of who owns the building, the food program will press on!
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KING Cetshwayo District Municipality Mayor Ntombenhle Mkhulisi has vowed to do everything in her power to push for rural development in areas under traditional leadership.
Mkhulisi made this commitment when addressing the district Council of Traditional Leaders on Tuesday in Richards Bay.
'As the incoming leadership of this district municipality, we felt it was imperative to have an engagement with the Amakhosi to strengthen relations between ourselves and also to present opportunities for development that are available in the district, particularly those being championed by this municipality.'
She said her municipality was concerned about the high unemployment rate ravaging rural communities and those living in urban areas.
'Part of the reasons why we are here today is to give you an assurance that you are not alone. We will travel this journey with you. We have set up plans in motion to alleviate poverty, but we will engage you more on these rural development initiatives once we have finalised them,' Mkhulisi said.
'Our view is that we have not fully exploited initiatives such as farming.
'We can assure you that you will not be excluded from any projects aimed at unlocking rural development. We have received a directive from the national government to pilot RASET and Agriparks rural initiatives, which we will unpack to you in the near future.'
The district mayor also announced plans to revamp King Cetshwayo's burial site, which is in Ward 14 in Nkandla.
'We were grateful to have had this municipality renamed after King Cetshwayo after thorough consultation with Amakhosi and His Majesty the Zulu King. We are planning to have annual festivities to commemorate King Cetshwayo, educate our people about the role he played in the struggle, all this under the theme of heritage and toursim,' she said.
In response, District Traditional Council Chairperson iNkosi Victoria Dube said they were touched by the mayor's approach in pledging to work with the Amakhosi.
'It is always gratifying to see local government coming closer to the Amakhosi, unlike in the past when the two institutions were working separately, thus creating conflicts.
'At least now we will have answers when people ask about any development taking place in their areas. This bodes well for the future,' she said.
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