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Anne Feeley (pictured on the left with her mother Lois Feeley) is a woman on a mission. The 55-year-old brain cancer survivor set off in April on a nearly 4,000-mile bike ride across the country to raise awareness of and funding for brain cancer research. Joined by her trainer, Gundula Hennig and her dog Walter, Anne pedaled from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in three months. "Exercise is my way of fighting – a way to focus on positive feelings and get strong," she says.
In June of 2010, we worked with Brains on Bikes to complete a pro bono radio media tour with Anne. The tour reached 2.5 million listeners during the last leg of her journey, reaching out to communities through which she would soon travel in order to continue the buzz about her amazing feat. In the days following the tour, the Brains on Bikes' Facebook page more than doubled its fans.
My own family suffered a devastating loss in August of 2008 when my father-in-law Bob Apgood lost his 13 month battle with brain cancer. Taking on this project was a way to help raise awareness for Brains on Bikes and the importance of brain cancer research, and honor my father-in-law's memory.
You can visit Anne's blog to read about her journey and current postings. Continuing her advocacy, recently, Anne participated in the StandUp2Cancer televised event on September 10. We cannot wait to see what Anne does next!


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If you're looking for an AOI printer to do light to medium-duty jobs, you should opt for the Brother MFC-L5900DW.
Being an all-in-one printer means you can use it to print, scan, copy, and fax documents.
Brother MFC-L5900DW In-Depth Review
Printing capabilities
The Brother MFC-L5900DW can print at a speed up o 42 PPM (pages per minute) which is quite exceptional to printers of its price range.
Its print resolution is 1200 x 1200 DPI (dots per inches).
For the first printed paper to come out, the Brother MFC-L5900DW takes around 7.2 seconds –quite a short time compared to other options on the market.
Output Capacity
Using the 250-sheet main input tray or the 50-sheet multipurpose one, you can print numerous types of media of sizes up to 8.5 x 14inches.
In total, the input capacity of the Brother MFC-L5900DW can be extended to accommodate 1,340 sheets using the optional trays.
Scanning capabilities
The 70-sheet automatic document feeder and the large legal-size flatbed combine to enable you to scan and copy with great output.
The Brother MFC-L5900DW scans with an optical resolution of 1200 x 1200 DPI and in simplex, can scan 28 IPM (Impressions per minute) in black or 20 IMP in color.
In addition, its scan resolution can be interpolated to a maximum of 19200 x 19200 DPI.
Moreover, you can scan in a single pass thanks to the duplexing feature at a speed of up to 56 IPM in black and 34 IPM in color.
Ease of Use
The 3.7-inch color touchscreen allows you to check the status of printing as well as adjust the settings.
The Brother MFC-L5900DW has a front-facing USB port which can be used for direct printing and scanning. The printer also has a standard USB 2.0 and Ethernet connections.
Furthermore, the Brother MFC-L5900DW has WiFi connectivity so you can access it wirelessly from a computer or a mobile device.
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The monthly duty cycle of the Brother MFC-L5900DW is 50,000 pages. However, the recommended volume per month is around 3,500 pages –adequate for light to medium-duty jobs.
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When it's set up and ready to run, the Brother MFC-L5900DW occupies a space of 19.1 x 19.5 x 16.8 inches and weighs around 38 pounds. This means that it's not the most portable printer out there, but not impossible to move.
The Brother MFC-L5900DW comes with a 1-year limited warranty –so it's limited to certain defects or specific parts. This is good enough for its price level.
Included in the package
- The Brother MFC-L5900DW all-in-one monochrome laser printer
- Brother DR820 Drum Unit
- Brother TN820 Standard Toner Cartridge
- Power Cord
- Telephone Line Cord
- Installation CD-ROM
- Fast performance
- Various connectivity options including WiFi direct
- Support duplex scanning
- Great text quality
- Relatively low running costs
- Graphics and photos are of substandard quality
Final Words
The Brother MFC-L5900DW is the ideal monochrome all-in-one laser printer. It gives you fast output, great text quality, and various connectivity options for easy printing, scanning, and copying.

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5 Broadgate
Description of 5 Broadgate
5 Broadgate is the headquarters for the Union Bank of Switzerland UBS housing office and trading floors in the City of London EC2.
The 12-storey office building designed by MAKE architects provides over 700,000 sq ft (66,890 sq m) of new space.
Buildings at 4 and 6 Broadgate were demolished to make way for the new building that is occupied by Swiss bank UBS (committed to the building until 2035).
The building has a stainless steel façade, with its bold cutbacks and terraces and sophisticated mix of environmental systems. The cladding system balances natural daylight with high levels of thermal and solar insulation, providing an envelope that is 65% solid.
- 4 football pitch-sized floors with cores pushed to the perimeter. The 13.5m x 12m structural grid ensures long-term spatial flexibility with the potential to accommodate up to 3,000 traders.
- Double-height reception
- Two conference and visitor facility floors
- Lifts are expressed with vertical slots to maximise the scenic views
- the second biggest array of photovoltaic cells and solar thermal panels in the City of London
- a substantial area of green roof
- 70% waste recycling
- FSC-certified timber
- BREEAM Excellent rating.
- Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering, BREEAM duties and energy consultancy to achieve BREEAM 'Excellent' and an EPC A rating.
The nearest tube station is Liverpool Street.
- British Land britishland.co.uk
- MAKE Architects www.make.com
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Central, Circle, Hammersmith-city, Metropolitan
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British Land and GIC have completed on the sale of 100% of 5 Broadgate to a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings Limited for £1 billion.
The transaction reflects British Land's consistent strategy of realising value from completed and well-let properties. British Land and its then joint venture partner committed to the development of 5 Broadgate in 2012 to house UBS's global investment banking business.
The building, which was completed in 2015, generated a total property return of 18% per annum for British Land, and was a significant catalyst for the further development of Broadgate now underway.
Tim Roberts, Head of Offices, British Land, commented: "This transaction is the latest example of how our strategy is creating value. We delivered a modern, truly distinctive building for UBS, located at the heart of our largest central London campus, adjacent to the forthcoming Crossrail station. We have now taken the opportunity to realise value and reallocate capital across a range of projects, and uses, to deliver the best value for our shareholders.
We remain committed to Broadgate and are making excellent progress on our vision to develop and enhance the campus to create a truly world-class, mixed use central London destination. We are delighted to have found such a high profile and respected investor who shares our long-term plans for the campus."
Gerald Ma, Member of Executive Committee of CK Asset Holdings, added: "5 Broadgate is a great quality asset with a high quality tenant, and we are delighted with this investment. We are also very pleased to become a partner of British Land and GIC and share their long term vision for the entire Broadgate campus."
UBS have taken occupation of their new 710,000 sq ft office at 5 Broadgate and so have served their break notices on 100 Liverpool Street, 1 Finsbury Avenue and 2 Finsbury
Source: The British Land Company PLC Half Year Results 2016/17 www.britishland.com 16.11.2016
UBS moved its 5,300 London staff to 5 Broadgate in mid-October, reports Finews.com.
With this, UBS has brought staff together in one building from all its arms in private banking, investment banking, asset management, and corporate center.
Former chancellor George Osborne was present at the building's opening.
The full address for the new UBS HQ in London is 5 Broadgate, EC2A 2EB. The building is right next to Broadgate Circle.
The nearest underground station is Liverpool Street (also right next to the headquarters).
Source: Finews.com
5 Broadgate, the newly completed London headquarters of financial services firm UBS, is London's biggest 'groundscraper' providing over 700,000 square feet of new space across 12 floors, and delivers exceptional trading, client and staff facilities.
Make architects revealed yesterday how the ground-breaking design of 5 Broadgate evolved through a harmonious partnership between Make, British Land, UBS, and fit out specialists TP Bennett, as well as the consultant team and the City of London.
The early stages of the design process were carried out in a restricted-access, highly interactive and creative environment that was akin to that of a major research project.
From the outset it was clear that 5 Broadgate would be a quantum-leap forward in the City of London in terms of size, materiality, and commercial and environmental performance. The building has broken new ground and turned conventional office design on its head.
The design evolved from an additive process into a reductive process. 5 Broadgate takes the form of a double cube that has been carved into. A financial engine block with an aura of vault-like security and the crafted precision of a Swiss watch, this single expression evokes a feeling of robustness and solidity, and unifies the functions of the building, creating a new language of quality and precision in the City.
A striking feature of the design is the building's stainless steel façade, with its bold cutbacks and terraces and sophisticated mix of environmental systems. The cladding system carefully balances natural daylight with high levels of thermal and solar insulation, providing an envelope that is 65 per cent solid. Selected for its durability and aesthetic qualities, 5 Broadgate is one of the largest stainless steel-clad buildings in the world.
The building's exterior eloquently expresses its key internal features. The angles of the escape stairs are matched by the angle of the glazed slots on the east and west elevations and internally the stairs' steel support structure has been cranked to match these alignments. Likewise, the lifts have been expressed with vertical slots to maximise the scenic views.
The vertical arrangement of the building begins with a double-height reception and amenity volume at ground level. The section then rises through four trading floors with virtually uninterrupted floorplates, one trading support floor, two conference and visitor facility floors with outdoor terraces, four floors of general offices, and a plant level.
Key to the brief was to consolidate the majority of UBS's London workforce. There are four football pitch-sized floors with cores pushed to the perimeter. The 13.5m x 12m structural grid ensures long-term spatial flexibility with the potential to accommodate up to 3,000 traders.
It may be one of the biggest but 5 Broadgate is also one of the most sustainable office buildings of its time. Key environmental features include the second biggest array of photovoltaic cells and solar thermal panels in the City of London, a substantial area of green roof, 70 percent waste recycling, FSC-certified timber, and a BREEAM Excellent rating. Overall, 5 Broadgate's energy conservation level is nearly 50 percent better than required by regulations.
The scheme has also created a new north-south pedestrian link between the centre of Broadgate and Sun Street Passage, which connects to the concourse of Liverpool Street station. Make has designed an Op Art style array of coloured panels for this connection, and the scheme also features a major public artwork by David Batchelor.
Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make, comments: "Seeing 5 Broadgate come to fruition is the culmination of my 40 years in architecture. Our team at Make has been able to raise the benchmark for workplace design and produce a ground-breaking office building which has a remarkably efficient energy-use. Architecturally, there's nothing else like this building anywhere."
5 Broadgate represents a powerful vote of confidence in the City of London. Make's world-class building will play a key part in the next chapter of the Broadgate success story and act as a catalyst for the ongoing regeneration of the area.
Practical completion at 5 Broadgate was achieved in June and the building was handed over to UBS to start fit out, reports British Land.
Source: British Land Q1 2015/16 Trading Statement 20. July 2015
5 Broadgate development has officially 'topped-out' in a ceremony earlier today.
The building, which forms part of the Broadgate Estate, was designed by international architectural practice Make, and will provide 700,000 square feet of Grade 'A' office space over twelve floors. The new building will allow UBS to consolidate its London trading operations into one building.
It will also meet the highest standards of sustainability in terms of energy performance, responsible specification and procurement of materials, and the provision of facilities to support sustainable employee behaviour.
Construction, which is being managed by Mace, commenced in March 2012 and final completion is scheduled for Spring 2015. Over 5,000 jobs have been created during construction.
5 Broadgate sits at the heart of the Broadgate; a 30 acre fully managed estate in the heart of the City. Since opening, the estate has been progressively developed and now includes 16 separate buildings covering 4.0 million sq ft with a further 710,000 sq ft under development. The office buildings are set around four landscaped squares each providing an attractive working environment enhanced by restaurants, pubs, shops and health clubs. Due to its excellent location - it has been built around Liverpool Street station, the City's main transport hub - Broadgate has become a dynamic and thriving business community. With over 30,000 workers, it is home to some of the world's biggest corporations and top professional practices.
Source: British Land
ISG has been awarded the largest London office fit out contract of the last twelve months, securing the £125 million project to deliver the new UK headquarters for UBS at 5 Broadgate.
The striking office building is currently under construction and ISG is scheduled to commence work on site at the start of 2015, following a twelve month pre-construction period.
Appointed under a Construction Management form of contract, ISG will deliver approximately 700,000 sq ft of high-specification commercial office accommodation for the global financial services firm. The building will house up to three trading floors, enabling UBS to consolidate its London trading operations within one building, an auditorium, large executive area and a range of open plan and cellular office space.
David Lawther, ISG Chief Executive, said:
"Following such an exceptional year's performance for our London Fit Out business in 2013 with a win of this scale and prestige is a tremendous result and further reinforces our position as the sector's lead contractor. Reassuringly, confidence is returning to the London office market as a whole, and in addition to securing many of the capital's most high-profile schemes, we have maintained and built on our reputation for delivering exceptional fit out solutions across all value bands."
Source: ISG www.isgplc.com
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KONE has won an order to deliver 31 eco-efficient elevators to 5 Broadgate, a new office building under construction in City of London, the main financial district of London, UK. KONE's solutions will ease the People Flow® of the employees and visitors when it is completed at the end of 2014.
The order includes 24 KONE MiniSpace® elevators, of which 10 will be of a special scenic design. To ensure smooth people and goods flow, the office building will also house five KONE MonoSpace® Special elevators and two additional bottom drive MiniSpace elevators which will be dedicated to carrying freight. The KONE E-link traffic monitoring system will ensure a high service level of the equipment.
All the elevators will be equipped with the energy-efficient KONE EcoDisc® hoisting machine, which is 50-70% more efficient than elevators that use conventional lifting technologies. The compact machine rooms will be in varying locations to suit the building designs and the strict restrictions on central London Planning.
"We are pleased to work with partners who share are our passion for green buildings while making no compromises in creating an excellent people flow experience," says Ari Lehtoranta, EVP and Area Director of KONE Central and North Europe. "We are proud to be associated with British Land again and look forward to the joint collaboration on this sustainable building project."
The office building is currently being developed as a joint venture between British Land and Blackstone. Other partners include Make Architects and Mace as the management contractor, 5 Broadgate aims to achieve an 'Excellent' BREEAM green building rating. The order was booked in the third quarter of 2012.
British Land is also behind another current KONE London project, The Leadenhall Building.
Source: KONE Corporation, press release, July 23, 2012
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, today championed continued investment in the City of London as he marked the start of construction of a new building for Swiss bank UBS at 5 Broadgate. Part of the Broadgate estate, 5 Broadgate is being developed by joint venture partners British Land and Blackstone, creating over 5,000 construction jobs over the next three years.
The Chancellor joined British Land Chief Executive Chris Grigg, Blackstone Senior Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Europe Chad Pike, and senior representatives of UBS at a groundbreaking event to celebrate the start of construction.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon George Osborne MP said: "There have been those who tried to block the redevelopment of the Broadgate site, but this Government has helped see the project through, so we can send an important message to the world – that Britain is open for business and is unashamedly pro enterprise.
"This new site, in the heart of the City, signals the confidence placed in London as the world's leading financial centre. The scheme will benefit not only from the Government's Crossrail investment at Liverpool Street station, but will also protect up to 7,000 jobs in the City, and create over 5,000 new construction jobs.
Chris Grigg, Chief Executive of British Land added: "UBS's commitment to the City of London and Broadgate demonstrates London's global appeal as a major financial centre. The 5 Broadgate development will not only help to retain jobs in the City but will also create thousands more during its construction. British Land is also on site at five other office developments as part of our £1.1 billion investment in Central London which is creating a total of over 15,000 construction jobs."
Ulrich Koerner, CEO UBS Group Europe Middle East and Africa said:" UBS's roots in the UK date back to 1898 when the Swiss Bankverein (which later became Swiss Bank Corporation and then UBS), became the first Swiss bank to establish a presence in London. The development of such an impressive new office signals the continuation of UBS's long and successful relationship with the UK, the City of London and Broadgate. We hope its powerful design will reflect UBS's own strength and solidity, as one of the best capitalized banks in the world."
Chad Pike of Blackstone added: "UBS's decision to consolidate its London headquarters in 5 Broadgate is an important decision that sends a message of belief in London as a world class financial centre. We are proud to be here to mark this occasion."
On completion in 2014, the occupied 12 storey building, designed by leading architectural practice
Make, will provide 700,000 square feet of Grade 'A' office space. It will also meet the highest standards of sustainability in terms of energy performance, responsible specification and procurement of materials, and the provision of facilities to support sustainable employee behaviour. The new building will include up to four trading floors, each able to accommodate approximately 750 traders, allowing UBS to consolidate its London trading operations into one building.
As part of the construction process a bespoke employment hub has been established to maximise training, skills and employment opportunities, available to local residents, which aims to support 180 individuals including 18 construction apprenticeships.
5 Broadgate sits at the heart of the Broadgate estate, a dynamic, thriving business community where over 30,000 people work each day. Developed in phases over the last 25 years, the 32-acre estate is held in a joint venture between British Land and Blackstone, and comprises 16 buildings incorporating over 4.4 million sq ft of Grade A office, retail and leisure accommodation. The estate is located at the Liverpool Street transport interchange, and is visited by around 150,000 people every weekday.
Crossrail, which is due to open in 2018, will provide new, high-frequency rail links, making travel to Broadgate even easier and quicker.
British Land's London office portfolio currently comprises more than 7 million sq ft of prime office space located in the City and West End. The company is also investing £1.1 billion to create Central London's largest committed office development programme, which is set to deliver 2.2 million sq ft of high quality space by 2014 and create over 15,000 construction jobs (1). In addition to 5 Broadgate, the programme incorporates a further five mixed use and office developments in London, including the 610,000 sq ft Leadenhall Building in London's insurance district, recently chosen by Aon for its global headquarters, and a 500,000 sq ft office and residential scheme at NEQ, Regent's Place in the West End.
British Land and Blackstone have announced that they have satisfied the remaining outstanding conditions on the agreement with UBS AG to pre-let 5 Broadgate and now the development of the new 700,000 sq ft building can proceed.
International consultancy and construction company, Mace, has been appointed by British Land and Blackstone Group to deliver 5 Broadgate, the new UK headquarters of global financial firm, UBS.
The building, is almost 1.2 million square feet, 14 storeys high and will include four trading floors each capable of accommodating 750 traders. The building is expected to house approximately 6,000 UBS employees.
Mace has been appointed under a construction management agreement following 12 months delivering extensive utility diversions, enabling works and pre-construction advice to British Land and Blackstone. Mace is currently managing the demolition of the existing 4 and 6 Broadgate on the north side of the Broadgate Circle and piling work is expected to start on site in the New Year
As well as being the next stage in the development of Broadgate, 5 Broadgate is designed to be the 'greenest' building in the Square Mile. The project, which is on track for a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating, will incorporate high sustainability standards and environmental features in terms of its energy performance, including: the largest number of solar photovoltaic panels on a commercial building in London, a green roof, rainwater harvesting and heat reclaim used for under floor heating.
Mace's Chief Operating Office for Construction, Gareth Lewis, said: "Following our successful delivery of Ropemaker Place for British Land, we welcome the challenge of working with them to deliver another iconic building that sets new standards in green design and construction."
Other members of the design team include Make as architects, Watkins Payne as building services engineer, Buro Happold as structural engineers, M3 as project managers and Sense, the cost consultancy arm of the Mace.
Source: macegroup.com
Seems the controversy is continuing with a recommendation for listing by English Heritage:
Perhaps it is the ice rink or Richard Serra's Fulcrum towering up like a industrial tipee. Personally I am a big fan of the current building and as you walk around the city it is starting to look a bit like a greenhouse..
Following the decision by Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, that 1-4 Broadgate should not be listed, British Land and Blackstone, are proceeding with their plans to build a new world class office building for UBS at 5 Broadgate. The building represents a total investment of £850m and secures 5,000 construction jobs, which will be created over the next 5 years, along with the associated economic activity and growth.
Chris Grigg, British Land chief executive said: "I am delighted by today's decision as it allows Broadgate to continue to evolve as a sustainable and flexible office location that will meet the future needs of occupiers whilst maintaining the sense of space and place for which it is rightly renowned around the globe. With the decision made today by Jeremy Hunt, the Government has also sent out a message loud and clear to the world that the UK is 'open for business'."
The City of London Planning Committee resolved to grant planning permission for a new world class office building for financial services firm UBS at 5 Broadgate in April. The new 700,000 sq ft (66,890 sq m) building includes four trading floors capable of accommodating approximately 750 traders per floor. 5 Broadgate will allow UBS to bring together its trading operation into one building in the City.
This new building also represents a further stage in the successful evolution of the Broadgate office estate enabling it to meet both the current and future needs of existing and potential occupiers for attractive, flexible and sustainable environments for their employees. The retention of one of the world's leading investment banks in the heart of the City of London reinforces London's status as a world class financial centre.
Designed by leading architectural practice Make, 5 Broadgate will meet the highest standards of sustainability in terms of its energy performance, including the largest array of solar panels on a commercial building in London, rain water harvesting, green roof and cycling facilities.
Source: britishland.com
Make founder Ken Shuttleworth gave an exclusive interview to the Architects' Journal about the practice's controversial scheme at 5 Broadgate for British Land http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/shuttleworth-on-5-broadgate-a-sea-change-in-modern-architecture/8614458.article
By approving the scheme at 5 Broadgate, the City of London has provided a fitting home for one of Europe's largest banks and has demonstrated its commitment to providing a business environment that can continue to attract the world's leading firms for many years to come. These plans aptly demonstrate the adaptability of the original Broadgate development concept and the vision of its architect, Peter Foggo.
- Stuart Fraser on why giving listed status to Broadgate is wrong
Source: City A.M.
The British Land Company PLC and the Blackstone Group are delighted that the City of London Planning Committee today resolved to grant planning permission for a new world class office building for financial services firm UBS at 5 Broadgate. 5 Broadgate will provide a total net office floor space of approximately 700,000 sq ft (66,890 sq m), and will include four trading floors capable of accommodating approximately 750 traders per floor.
5 Broadgate will allow UBS to bring together its trading operation into one building in the City. This new building also represents a further stage in the successful evolution of the Broadgate office estate and the retention of one of the world's leading investment banks in the heart of the City of London.
Chris Grigg, Chief Executive of The British Land Company PLC, said: "The City, in its decision today, has acknowledged the importance of the current and future needs of key occupiers for attractive, flexible and sustainable floor space, the retention of UBS in Broadgate and the maintenance of London's status as a world class financial centre."
In its Committee Report, the City described 5 Broadgate as a "striking and eye catching addition to the new architecture of the City" and in its Design Review the Government's design adviser, CABE, said that 5 Broadgate "is an exciting opportunity for a major new building in the City of London".
Source: britishland.com
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Choccolocco Park
Choccolocco Park leads the industry with its new 300+ acre one-of-a-kind, state of the art sports complex in Oxford, Alabama. With cutting edge baseball, softball, track & field, cross country, and soccer amenities, along with educational, walking & biking trails, all-encompassing playgrounds, water & natural resources, and much more, we invite you to enjoy it for yourself!
Kayak at Choccolocco Park
Friday-Saturday 9am-4pm; Sunday 1pm-4pm. Float takes approximately 1.5-2 hours. Kayak rental facility and parking are located across from the Choccolocco Park entrance at the Leon Smith Parkway/Boiling Springs Road intersection. Visitors will be transported by van to kayak put-in access point near Cider Ridge Golf Club. Visitors will float Choccolocco Creek until they reach the take-out access point at kayak rental facility.


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Bradley Wik And The Charlatans – Burn What You Can, Bury The Rest – ReviewThe alt country, heavily-bearded, acoustic nomad Bradley Wik has been traveling the country with his humble strings and down-to-earth stories, playing shows where ever people will listen. This turned out to be perfect proving ground for his latest, 8 track, "full-length," "Burn What You Can, Bury The Rest" which plays more like a lengthy EP, but features more honesty and gritty authenticity than many other solo artist's morosely, convoluted, full-lengths.
The crooned vivid imagery, lightly strummed beginnings,and modest bridge solo of the albums opener "The Dark Lovely" moisten our pallet for the enjoyable slow burn of untouched guitars and ripe storytelling. Leading directly into the reminiscing song "66′ Chevelle," having Brad belt out Midwest sensibilities and endearing tales of early love and the journeys of your first car. It seems that "Burn What You Can, Bury The Rest" plays like a maturing vision of ones past, present, and future — from the calming guitar strumming and beautifully female backed vocals of Brianne Kathleen in "This Old House" to the heavy accented lyrics ("Those Midwest "whinters" will suck your soul away"), awkwardly place accenting shredding madness, and bar-friendly sing-a-long of "Midwest Winters," the telling pulls from personal experiences add a layer of lush authenticity which seems to have been lost on most modern singer/songwriters.
So while this record may be a sparse 8 tracks long, a quality over quantity method has been established, with the 8+ minute album closer "Just Like Jon Fickes" finishing off the album much the way it begin, with a patient and plentiful journey of drunken fret mastery and touching vocals. If you need an honest record with more than just an acoustic front, Bradley Wik supplies more with an air of Ryan Adams combined with experimental strings, painting an engrossing picture of all things Midwest. This stripped-down intimate effort isn't for everyone, as the folk elements may have some turned off, but if you let it in, "Burn What You Can, Bury The Rest" and its sincere songs may surprise even its sturdiest skeptics. [Staff]
Score: 3.75 (out of 5)Release Date: January 2012
Record Label: None
Genre: Alt Country
RIYL: Set Your Goals, The Wonder Years, Me Vs. Hero
Track Listing:
1. The Dark Lovely
2. '66 Chevelle
3. This Old House
4. Midwest Winters
5. She Will Never Return to Me
6. Friday Night is for the Drinkers
7. I am not Afraid
8. Just Like Jon Fickes


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John Watters
Clients describe John as courageous, committed, caring, enthusiastic, rigorous, challenging & creative.
John began his career as a general manager in the NHS joining the national management training scheme and then working in various management posts in his twenties at Guy's and St Thomas' teaching hospital, Wandsworth Community Health Trust and latterly Dorset Health Authority. In his thirties he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers working in the Public and Government Services division where he established a consulting practice that specialised in working with public sector bodies to create significant performance breakthroughs. Latterly, he was a Director at niche leadership consultancy, Future Considerations before establishing Living Leadership.
John's passion is learning. In his consulting work this gets expressed as helping people discover and fully express their potential, build partnerships with others, and create vibrant, effective, purposeful and sustainable organisational systems.
John's formal education has included:
- Undergraduate degree in Business Studies (Edinburgh)
- Master's degrees in Health Planning and Financing (London School of Economics)
- Change Agent Skills and Strategies (Surrey University)
John's greatest source of learning has been in his family. His own birth family and now as a father himself, of three children: Benedict, Dominic and Iona and as a partner to his wife, Jane. They live in Brighton & Hove in England.


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- Last week's update forced an anger-encouraging server side setting on players related to item decay. I didn't make that update, it was geared towards clearing out very messy/land blocked "Official" servers.
- Today we see there is a patch adjusting now separate rates for thatch, less aggressive decay for wood, even less for stone. Upgrading to that now; patch notes are at http://steamcommunity.com/games/529180/ ... 3552616382
- Visit your and your friends buildings to keep them "alive"!
- If you 're on my server and have gone nuts building, take some time and clear back some of your work. We have collectively created so much stuff that it's starting to wear on everyone's frame rates and server responsiveness. This after experiencing more than 140 unique logins and some 50-60 very involved players over this past month!
This has manifest in slowness when moving around and asking the server for data to drawn new/neighboring landblocks. It is manifest in rubberbanding while clients and the server work out new draw settings. It is particularly noticeable on fast, flying pets when you traverse areas with player built buildings. I expect this is due to the large volume of textures/items that have been built; conservatively our server easily has 500,000 objects that it didn't have on day one! Roughly one third of these are visible building objects. We have, as part of our fun, placed and destroyed hundreds of thousands of new objects on the server. Today, even just asking a forge to melt a stack of 200 ore into 100 bars incurs a few seconds of delay while the server creates the stack of timers. The server's CPU and RAM demands have remained calm. Even with the server running on SSD we are experiencing this slowness.
At this rate I do expect to look towards mid or end September as a time to ask current players what you want the server setup to do. We may look towards a server reset, building reset, all reset, or leave it all alone and continue to run as possibilities. We've had a fun time testing and It's simply electricity at this point for me to continue to run it. I plan on doing so with our active players' inputs, here and on my discord. Perhaps we'll change it up to a PvP server or do something drastic, perhaps we'll continue our calm, builder-oriented PvE ways indefinitely.
I've just wrapped up a disk-to-disk backup of our Saturday 8/25/2017 "5309" configuration. I'll be upgrading (twice), testing and restarting the server with new code over the course of this next half hour.
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Having worked for the NHS in both acute and mental health hospitals I know how frustrating it is for patients to be put onto a waiting list months in advance of an appointment. For my part I do offer free sessions on occasion, but not as often as I would like, mainly due to my professional boundaries and also because this is my livelihood. However, I frequently get caught up in an initial telephone enquiry where I know that I won't hear from the caller again, but that they have gone away 30 minutes later feeling better than they did when they rang. I'm OK with that, but it does emphasise the lack of what is available for people who are struggling financially or who are waiting for an assessment appointment. The purpose of this course is to empower people. To help them change how they view their situation and instead of waiting to be helped; start to help themselves. This is always my aim – helping my clients to help themselves.
I've had experience working as an Integrative Therapist in many different environments:
I work intuitively and use anything and everything as a tool – paper exercises, picture cards, mirrors, visualisations, meditations, art work, play therapy, toys, puppets, post cards, play dough, letters, physical exercises, as well as talking, listening and reflecting. Whatever pops into my mind that I feel will work for my client I will use it. I have attempted to incorporate a number of these things into the course sessions either via hard copy or audio recordings and made recommendations of other things that might be useful.
My aim is for this course to be a virtual therapy session where my client will learn and grow. My sessions are to be enjoyed not endured - just as in life. Discovering yourself is an amazing experience and not one to shy away from. As my client you will receive one session / section a week for 6 weeks via email. Each section is broken down into 3 sub-sections focusing on key topics for you to learn from. I feel it necessary for your well-being to send only one section per week (incorporating 3 sub-sections) as this will give you time to do the work as well as process your thoughts prior to the next session. Again, this is based on how I work with my face-to-face clients with the emphasis being on the client becoming more self-aware and taking responsibility for their actions and their emotions. In order to do this, however, you need to learn more about yourself and become self-aware. By working in this way I am confident that my client will benefit from several, if not all, aspects of the course whilst waiting for their situation to improve or appointment date to arrive. It might well be that they just want to get to know what makes them "tick" and spend some time focusing on themselves instead of someone or something else. Also included in the package are 3 x 30 minute telephone conversations with me over the duration of the course and that must be used within the 6 week period. Any additional telephone conversations over and above the 3 included will be charged for at a rate of £50 each and the client will initiate the call, at a mutually convenient time and date. The total cost of the course is £300 which I feel makes it affordable for all. Considering the time, effort, planning, research, illustrations, expertise and tools that I've included I feel this to be great value for money, but most of all priceless for those who purchase it and work through it.
Within each section I will also provide examples of how using these tools and skills have helped my past and current clients, whilst obviously protecting their anonymity and confidentiality.
I will be asking you to contract just as I do with all of my clients. In this instance the contract will be between YOU and YOUR SELF. This will highlight your commitment to the different aspects of yourself, whilst also laying down any ground rules and re-enforcing boundaries, which form the basis of self-respect. This might sound strange at first, but please just go with it.
I expect my clients to take their work seriously and commit to it as much as I commit to them. This course has been designed with you in mind and I have put 100% of myself into it in terms of time and effort and expect nothing short of the same from you in return. Only by doing this are you committing to yourself and giving yourself the self-love that is missing from your life.
This course will provide help where currently there may not be anything available and it is a great place for anyone with mental health issues to start from, or even someone who wants to get to know who they are and what their purpose in life is. I've kept it simple and easy to follow, so anyone can use it and benefit from it. What each individual gets out of it depends on how much effort they are prepared to put into it. How much effort they consider themselves to be worth!
The basic equipment required is as follows:
I once painted a picture of a wave (shown above). Originally it was all shades of black and grey. It represented how I was feeling at the time. I was floundering and drowning under negative emotions. I'd never painted in my life, but noticed a cheap artist's box one day in my local supermarket. I felt compelled to make a representation of my feelings, so that I could inspect them outside of myself. Once I'd finished (it didn't take very long to paint) I thought "that is exactly how I am feeling – I recognise it completely". My response to it was "I'm not having this - I don't want to feel like this". So, I added in the sun and introduced some colour. It is still one of my favourite paintings today. I remember it as the day I made a choice to change myself and thereby my life. I had begun to take responsibility for the life that I was creating!
Believe me when I say that this is like no other course that you have ever tried, because it was developed by me!
I've put this course together as the basis for anyone to begin helping themselves, whilst they secure the funds to go for private therapy sessions or are waiting for their appointment with a state provided professional. I consider it to be a very good starting point for anyone with mild to moderate mental health issues and even some with severe problems, but it is just that - a starting point. You will know yourself if further work is required in specific areas that are hindering your ability to cope or interact as you would wish. Provided that you are willing to commit to it fully, then I believe that it will (a) help you identify any such instances, which you can then bring to a professional's attention at a one-to-one session when you are ready or (b) uncover and release any self-limiting beliefs and discover your true potential. However, should you feel that this course is having an adverse effect on your mental health, then do please stop immediately. One of the sections is all about Taking Responsibility, which I consider to be of paramount importance to our well-being and which begins HERE AND NOW.
If you would like to take advantage of this amazing opportunity then please contact me via the button below. I look forward to hearing from you and helping you grow as an individual in order to create the life that you deserve. I will also then send you a breakdown of the 6 sections included to wet your appetite!


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Top tips to look after your teeth
Spending the time caring for your teeth will not only give you a smile you can be proud of but may save you money on dental treatments in the future.
Here's some top tips from our dentist Charl to help you show your teeth the love they deserve:
- Brush strokes – did you know that scrubbing with your toothbrush can erode the gums? Instead, use the brush in a circular motion, angling the toothbrush so that the fibres are slanted to the gum. The brush tips should not flick over the tooth surfaces. This will go over any gaps or misaligned teeth and is far more effective and kinder to your overall dental health.
- Time it right – next time you brush your teeth set a timer on your alarm clock or mobile phone and see whether you are meeting the recommended minimum brushing time of 2 minutes. You should be spending the count of three on every tooth surface. Surely we've all got four minutes a day to keep our teeth and gums healthy?
- Don't forget your tongue – how many of you reading this can honestly say you clean your tongue? You may do a great job of keeping your teeth and gums clean but if you overlook brushing the surface of your tongue you are overlooking the bacteria that cause bad breath!
- Clean between your teeth for a healthier future – Did you know that using interdental brushes or flossing your teeth could add years to your life? Recent research revealed that those who have gum disease are more likely to suffer from coronary heart problems as those without gum conditions.
- Time your sugar fixes – reduce your sugary drinks or snack intake to once or twice a day and make sure you consume everything in one go, rather than grazing as this will mean your teeth are constantly under attack. One jelly been every half hour is worse than a whole slab of choclate once a day – not that we advise it!
- Visit your dentist regularly – it goes without saying that even if you do really well on observing the above five points, you still need to make sure you visit your dentist regularly. This is so we can keep a close eye on your oral health and treat any problems early on so that you can keep on smiling.
If you have any concerns about your oral hygiene routine why not ask at your next appointment or call us today on 01277 217706.
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Inst. for Future Education Entrepreneurship & Leadership(iFEEL),Pune,Maharastra.
Establishment: 2005.
iFEEL, AICTE Approved
The Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership (iFEEL) is promoted by Global Education Trust. iFEEL is established with the objective of providing management education of global standards in an intellectually stimulating environment. Our mission is to give students ample opportunities to learn in a disciplined, flexible and intellectually challenging environment at affordable cost.
The management program offers specializations in areas of HR, Marketing, Finance, Operations and Information Systems and Technology with a special focus on Entrepreneurship & Leadership. The focus on Entrepreneurship and Leadership is to motivate students to start their own ventures and manage businesses and business related risks. The course aims at nurturing and encouraging new ideas and developing students into business managers and entrepreneurs.
iFEEL endeavors to build an education system that provides the best and latest in management education to aspirants. Our commitment is to imbibe excellence in students and prepare them for the challenging business environment. All our practices and innovations aim to facilitate quality management education at affordable prices and give an insight into the global business environment.
Course offered: MBA.
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Graduate in any discipline (with a minimum of 50% marks) from any recognized university is eligible for Post Graduate Diploma in Management. Candidates appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination can also apply.
Candidate should have appeared for CAT 2010, XAT 2011, MhCET 2010, ATMA Dec 2010 and Feb 2011, MAT 2011 (IIMs have no role in the admission process)
All applicants will be invited for Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
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Luxury Richmond Home Available at Ellington at Wyndham Community
Monday May 5, 2014
Are you searching for a new luxury home in Richmond that offers an unparalleled community atmosphere and lifestyle? Then look no further than Ellington at Wyndham, which is part of the outstanding Wyndham master-planned community.
We currently have a stunning new home under construction at Ellington at Wyndham. Located at 6517 Gadsby Trace Court, the popular Brookstone plan features four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms with the option to complete a fifth bedroom and fourth bathroom on the third level. Priced at $590,335, this stunning home includes an office or study space, a mud room with cubby storage, a large family room with a fireplace and built-in bookshelves and a spacious kitchen complete with granite countertops, an island and a breakfast nook. In addition, the home has a luxurious owner's suite with two walk-in closets and double vanities in the spa-like bathroom.
Like all of the homes at Ellington at Wyndham, this new home will feature a unique energy efficient package that will help to reduce energy bills by up to 30 percent.
The Ellington at Wyndham community will feature just 56 luxury homes, and the many new homeowners will be able to enjoy a wide variety of amenities. Families can enjoy the tennis courts, a soccer field, basketball court, tot lots, swimming pool and the gazebo and amphitheater gathering spaces. In addition, residents have the option to join the exclusive Dominion Club, which will provide them with access to the community's 18-hole golf course, a driving range, tennis center, fitness center, swimming pool and the 28,000 square foot clubhouse, which is home to the Wyndham Grill and private dining and meeting rooms.
Children residing in Ellington at Wyndham will receive an excellent education at some of Henrico County's best schools, including Shady Grove Elementary, which is located within the Wyndham community, Short Pump Middle and Deep Run High.
To learn more about the available Brookstone plan or the Ellington at Wyndham community, call the community sales center at 804-708-5127 or stop by from noon until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 until 5 p.m. on Sunday. You can also learn more by visiting the Boone Homes website.


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Local Businesswoman Julie Godshall Brown to Lead Chamber in 2015
Tuesday, September 24, 2013on
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El Centro, California - The Imperial County Board of Supervisors applauds Congressman Juan Vargas, as well as Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, for their efforts to ensure that the president's fiscal year 2017 budget request included funding for the Calexico West port expansion project and Salton Sea restoration efforts.
Calexico West
The president's budget request includes over $248 million to complete the second and final phase of the Calexico West Land Port of Entry (LPOE) modernization and expansion project. While Congress will have the ultimate say in whether to fund the project, its inclusion in the General Services Administration's (GSA) budget officially makes it eligible to receive appropriations in fiscal year 2017.
"After so many years of great effort, it is gratifying to see the end is in sight", stated District 1 Imperial County Supervisor John Renison.
In fiscal year 2015, Congress provided $98 million to begin construction on Phase I of the project, which will add new northbound and southbound inspection lanes, as well as a command center for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Phase II will include additional site work, demolition of the existing port building, construction of a new pedestrian processing facility and administrative offices, among other things.
"The benefits of this long awaited project will be a huge boost for our local businesses and those who must cross the border on a regular basis", said District 5 County Supervisor Raymond Castillo.
The Calexico West expansion project is a top funding priority for the Board of Supervisors, as an expanded port has the potential to boost economic activity and vastly improve the poor air quality that is exacerbated by thousands of idling vehicles at the border. Once complete, the project will provide the port with adequate operational space, reduce traffic congestion at the border, and provide a safe environment for port employees and visitors.
Salton Sea Restoration
Once a popular place for recreational activities, the Salton Sea has been plagued by several persistent problems that threaten the health of the current ecosystem, including an alarmingly high salinity level. Additionally, algal blooms and the subsequent by-products of decomposition have led to recent fish and bird kills. Despite the high salinity and resulting die-offs, the Salton Sea continues to be a vital link along the Pacific flyway for migrating birds. Furthermore, a 2003 water transfer agreement – embodied in the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) – will significantly reduce inflows to the Salton Sea in 2018. With reduced water flows and a high evaporation rate, the Sea will shrink at a rapid pace, causing the increasingly exposed lake bed to blow contaminated dust into the air in the Salton Sea Air Basin.
The president's budget proposes $3 million for restoration efforts via the Salton Sea Research Project, a sizeable increase over the current funding level of $300,000. "The journey to a permanent resolution of the issues at the Salton Sea involves many partners and many steps. I am thankful for this step and those who have worked so diligently to make it happen", stated District 4 County Supervisor Ryan Kelley. If Congress approves the funding, the money will be used to build 31 acres of wetland habitat along the Alamo River. Such a project would help improve water quality, provide habitat, and support efforts by the State to reach a comprehensive, resource management plan for the Salton Sea.
The Board of Supervisors will continue to work closely with the County's congressional delegation and other key members of Congress to secure the necessary funds for both the Calexico West port project and Salton Sea restoration through the fiscal year 2017 appropriations process.


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So after the more than a month hiatus on my blog, I am back with an AAR.
We played "Purple Heart Hill" from the SkirmishCampaigns book "Normandy ´44 – Heroes of Omaha and Panzer Lehr" book using the Battlegroup Overlord rules.
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Committee on the Rights of the Child
16 September 2019
The Committee on the Rights of the Child commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child this afternoon by organizing an event called: "30 Years of Children's Rights: Where We Are and Where We Want to Be". Two panel discussions were held as part of the event.
Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in his opening remarks, said the Convention was the treaty with the most ratifications in the history of the United Nations. This testified to the existence of a universal moral conscience regarding the rights of children. All should continue to move forward for the rights of children, he said. Selena, a child activist from the United Kingdom, also made opening remarks.
The first panel discussion, titled "30 Years of the Convention", analysed the last three decades with regards to the history of the Convention. Speaking were Ann Kelton, Committee Member; Jean Zermatten, Former Committee Chairperson and Founder of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child; Philippe Cori, Deputy Director of the United Nations Children's Fund's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia; Paulo David, Chief, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and former Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of the Child; and Alex Conte, Executive Director of Child's Rights Connect. Asking questions were two child reporters, Sophia and Keren, both from Switzerland.
The panellists explored various issues in the second panel discussion titled "Current State of Play and Vision for the Rights of the Child". Four Committee Experts were paired with four child advisors, and each duo discussed one of the following issues: child participation and children as human rights defenders; children's rights in relation to the digital environment; child justice; and climate crisis and the environment.
Speaking were Zcyrel, child advisor from the Philippines; Mikiko Otani,
Committee Expert; Maria, child adviser from Mexico; Olga Khazova,
Committee Expert; Sophia, child advisor from Switzerland; Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi,
Committee Expert; Renate Winter, Committee Vice-Chairperson; Clarence Nelson,
Committee Expert; and Hannah, child advisor from Scotland.
During the event, the Committee launched a child-friendly version of the Convention. Pledges made by States and individuals were also made public. Amy Spearman, a young human rights defender from Canada, and Amal Salman Aldoseri, Committee Expert, made concluding remarks.
Documents relating to the Committee's work, including reports submitted by States parties, can be found on thesession's webpage. The webcast of the Committee's public meetings can be accessed at http://webtv.un.org/. At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 17 September, the Committee will consider the initial report of Georgia under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC/C/OPSC/GEO/1); and its initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/GEO/1).
Opening Statements
LUIS ERNESTO PEDERNERA REYNA, Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, said the Convention on the Rights of the Child was the treaty with the most ratifications in the history of the United Nations. It testified to the existence of a universal moral conscience regarding the rights of children. There were two utopias related to the rights of children. The first was a negative utopia: Walter Benjamin said that utopia involved deleting parts of reality that had be to eliminated, and there were a lot of things regarding the rights of the child, such as violations, that had to be eradicated. But there was also a positive utopia that was like the sun on the horizon and the desire to get ever closer to that sun. All should continue to walk towards that sun and continue to move forward for the rights of children.
SERENA, a child activist from the United Kingdom, said she was incredibly proud to be attending this celebration. The Convention, the most ratified human rights treaty ever, enshrined the rights of all children, regardless of their nationality, origin, religion or lack thereof. Adults dismissed and ignored children, and found it easy to step on them. The Convention was a rare example of how the older generation was protecting the rights of children. The world was a frantic and chaotic place. Adults could fix it, but chose to prioritize other things, ignoring the best interest of the child. The language with which adults talked about children was the language of dismissal. She said she wanted to make her voice heard and ensure that the rights enshrined in the Convention were made real.
Panel Discussion on "30 Years of the Convention"
ANN KELTON, Committee Member, said this panel discussion would take the format of a talk show where two child reporters from Switzerland, Keren and Sophia, would ask the questions to look at the first 30 years of the Convention, from 1989 to today. The aim of this session was to analyse the history of the Convention, the changes that they had brought about on children's rights, as well as challenges faced.
JEAN ZERMATTEN, Former Committee Chairperson and Founder of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, explained that the Convention had multiple sources, including the League of Nations' 1924 Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The Convention had been adopted in 1989 and had entered into force very shortly after. The Convention had been completed by three Protocols that had been designed to fill gaps. The first 10 members of the Committee had been elected in 1991. There were now 18 members comprising the Committee. A total of 196 countries had ratified the Convention, but only 45 of them had signed the Optional Protocol on the communications procedure. On the participation of children in the work of the Committee, he recalled that the first child participation during a pre-sessional working group meeting occurred in 1999 and that, in 2018, the Committee had held a day of general discussion on child human rights defenders, which had been organized in cooperation with a children's advisory group.
JEAN ZERMATTEN, Former Committee Chairperson and Founder of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, said that when he was a juvenile judge 40 years ago, children who had committed crimes had been perceived as dangerous and were put behind bars. Switzerland at the time was not big on putting children in prisons, but it was a champion when it came to putting children in closed institutions. The effect was not to educate children but to neutralize them. The situation of the family was not taken into account and a number of inappropriate things had happened. Since then, there had been changes, but the situation had not entirely improved.
PHILIPPE CORI, Deputy Director of the United Nations Children's Fund's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, said immunization was one of the best practices and close to 3 million children's lives had been saved thanks to immunization. Now, the anti-vaccine movement could jeopardize this success. Some 103 million children who could have dropped out were now going back to school. There were now less child marriages. Around 1.8 million lives had been saved thanks to progress that had been made on mother-to-child HIV transmission. These facts and figures testified that the Convention had led to plans of action and very concrete results. PAULO DAVID, Chief, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and former Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, said when he worked on child rights in the early 1990's and looking at sports then, there had been two assumptions: one was that sports could only be good for children, and the second was that sports were above the law, in other words that the Convention did not apply to sports. Today, the sports world and State authorities still took into account far too loosely the rights of children. Today, 70 per cent of children benefitted from sports, 20 per cent were at risk, and 10 per cent were victims of violations. There were still a lot of violations that were not addressed, as well as challenges, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, the "concussion epidemic," adults doping children, illegal transfers of children from a country from another, and discrimination based, inter alia, on gender, race and disabilities.
ALEX CONTE, Executive Director of Child's Rights Connect, said the approach and experience of his non-governmental organization emphasized two things. First, the implementation of the Convention had to include child participation. It was the process of empowering children to participate across all levels and contexts that led to the implementation of children's rights across all articles of the Convention.
JEAN ZERMATTEN, Former Committee Chairperson and Founder of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, said that a certain number of countries had set up juvenile justice systems for children who were in conflict with the law. The staff of such systems were properly trained. There were clear rules that were different from those that applied to adults in conflict with the law. These countries were leading the way. Other countries had hybrid systeMs. There were also countries that did not have specialized systems, nor specialized judges or particular measures applicable to children. There were about 25 countries that still applied capital punishment to children, which amounted to a grave violation of children's rights and the Convention.
PHILIPPE CORI, Deputy Director of the United Nations Children's Fund's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, said it was a lie to say that violence through corporal punishment could be an educative method. Violence could hamper the development of children's brains. It was important to enhance social inclusion, to address inequalities felt by parents so that they did not have a bad impact on children. Nutrition and promoting breastfeeding were also important for the health of children. Very often, breastfeeding did not take place. In some countries, where there was no access to social security, families decided to send boys to school whereas girls stayed at home do help around the house. Efforts were being made to encourage families to let girls access education.
PAULO DAVID, Chief, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and former Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, said when the Convention entered into force, around the corridors people talked about the "mini-rights" and too often approached children's rights in a paternalistic manner. The Office faced massive challenges with regards to its presence in the field. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, was paediatrician by profession, so children's rights were an issue she felt strongly about.
ALEX CONTE, Executive Director of Child's Rights Connect, said that new technologies could connect children from all over the world, across borders, languages, cultures and time zones. Further, online tools could increase awareness and promote more effective participation by civil society. Today, Child's Rights Connect had launched a website dedicated to the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on individual communications. Online participation and other technologies remained a challenge, including for children living in rural areas, and for children living in poverty.
Launch of the Child-Friendly Version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Maria, child advisor from Mexico, and Zcyrel, child advisor from the Philippines, launched the child-friendly version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Maria said that today was not so much the celebration of the Convention but the celebration of 30 years of battle for children's rights. Zcyrel explained that, in the attempt to make the Convention as child-friendly as possible, the United Nations Children's Fund had put together a team of nine children from all over the world – the Child Advisory Board - to contribute their ideas and suggestions on how to produce a Convention that would be more comprehensible for children.
Panel Discussion on the Current State of Play and Vision for the Rights of the Child
Child Participation and Children and Human Rights Defenders
Zcyrel, child advisor from the Philippines, said that half of the person she was today was her experience as a child leader and half of her values were a result of the possibility to participate. Children must have the support of all those who valued the right of children to participate and all those who recognized in today's children tomorrow's leaders.
MIKIKO OTANI, Committee Expert, said that child participation had a broad impact on all children's rights and stressed that there was an emerging movement of children rights defenders. At the same time, there was a greater tendency to involve children, to ensure their participation, and to hear their voices. This was particularly important because all global problems today - violence, the right to education, climate change – had a direct impact on the realization of children's rights.
Children's Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment
Maria, child adviser from Mexico, stressed the benefits of the new information and communication tools and technologies for the realization of children's rights, in education, in the participation of children, and in their involvement. But these tools and technologies also carried great risks which must be addressed.
OLGA KHAZOVA, Committee Expert, said that the Convention, at its thirtieth anniversary, fully covered all the issues and new developments such as new media and information and communication technology that had not existed 30 years ago. It enshrined the right of the child to access information, the right to privacy, the right to education, the right to leisure and play, and others. At the same time, the Convention laid out the protection of children from violence and abuse. The digital environment raised a whole range of new challenges for the rights of the child that States, societies, industry, parents and children must address.
Child Justice
Sophia, child advisor from Switzerland, said that together with her friends she had made a documentary about juvenile justice in Geneva. Throughout the process, they had witnessed that a primary goal was to assist a child who was in conflict with the law. The criminal system in Switzerland considered a child as someone in need of help and assistance.
HYND AYOUBI IDRISSI, Committee Expert, said that justice was a very sensitive area and the Committee always aimed to ensure that a child remained outside of the justice system. The terminology and language had developed from juvenile justice to children and justice, which removed the idea that it was only about children who committed a crime, which was not correct because children could be victims or witnesses. Children and justice must be seen together with all other rights enshrined in the Convention and the first principle that must prevail was that of the best interest of the child. Ms. Idrissi expressed concern about the backslide in the area of children and justice in a number of countries: the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility and discrimination against girls in this matter as girls were often deemed criminally responsible at a younger age than boys, while in a number of countries, capital punishment was still meted out against children.
RENATE WINTER, Committee Vice-Chairperson, remarked on the slow pace of change in the juvenile justice system in many countries, which she said was not due to lack of financial resources to implement the Convention in this domain, but because the justice system was the last bastion of the power of a State which it did not want to give away. It was always important to think about the best interest of the child and to remember that children – because they did not have the right to vote – were not always the first priority for the elected politicians. Restorative justice, therefore, was essential; it repaired the wrong done and provided a form of restitution to the victim. In conclusion, the Vice-Chairperson stressed that the state of a country's prison showed that country's human rights status.
Climate Crisis and the Environment
CLARENCE NELSON, Committee Expert, challenged all climate deniers and non-believers to come to his home country in the Pacific and see the villages that were sinking, and witness the Pacific garbage patch of plastic and waste which covered a surface of 1.6 million square kilometres. Children talked regularly to the Committee about climate change and the Committee listened; a section in its concluding observations was reserved for the issue of climate change. The environment affected all the rights enshrined in the Convention – including the rights to life, to adequate living standards, and to health.
HANNAH, child advisor from Scotland, spoke about the children in her home town who took action for more eco-friendly spaces in which they would also have more space to play. The children also regularly met with Scottish politicians. Because of the activism of this and other child reference groups, Scotland would soon adopt a comprehensive child's rights act.
In the discussion that followed, panellists said that since climate change impacted the rights of children, it was only right that this matter be brought before the Committee.
One child representative, urging more meaningful participation of children, remarked that "You don't need to be the voice for the voiceless when you can just pass the mic". What children had to say was just as important and just as relevant as what adults were saying, she added.
A Committee member pointed out that, while in May 1968 university students generated a lot of change, now high school children were spurring action.
Another child representative urged everyone to "care more" and not be afraid to "think critically and question".
A Committee member said it was important for the Committee to meet and interact with children from a given country prior to reviewing its report.
Children's rights to participation faced significant obstacles, another Committee Expert noted. Some participatory bodies amounted to nothing more than a simulacrum, because adults were reluctant to cede power, notably for cultural reasons. In that regard, 30 years was a very short time for meaningful change to come about; more work still needed to be done.
Concluding Remarks
AMY SPEARMAN, a young human rights defender from Canada, said the discussions were particularly insightful and inspiring. Children's rights mattered deeply to all the persons present here today. It was important to recognize the power of child voices and adult allies. Realizing a world where every child realized their full potential required more work, she said, urging States and stakeholders to stay true to their commitments and pledges.
AMAL SALMAN ALDOSERI, Committee Vice-Chairperson, said the pledges were made as a mean to recommit to the Convention. The pledges made public today were on various topics, such as child participation, birth registration and indigenous children. The Committee would continue to receive pledges from States parties throughout the week. She expressed her appreciation for the children who had contributed to this event. Their voices may be small, but they definitely had a big impact.
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Fredenberg Town Board
Town Board consists of 5 town supervisors. They serve an elected term of 4 years. With elections held in November. Town Treasurer, Clerk and Deputy Clerk are appointed positions. Town Board Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month, at 7:00pm in the Community Center Board Room. Saint Louis County, with an office in Duluth, MN, handles all township planning and zoning.
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Burkina Faso's Women Floorball Team
The Women's team from Burkina Faso won the first ever Africa Floorball Cup in 2018 by winning all their matches. With only 12 players the Burkina Faso women's team dominated in the tournament underlining their dominance with a 5-0 win over Côte d´Ivoire in the gold medal match.
The players are recruited from poor neighborhoods and public schools and 40% of the players come from the small agricultural village Nakamtenga 50 km from the capital Ouagadougou. The national team coaches and leaders visited the homes of all the players and spoke to the parents to get the permission to let the players participate in the Africa Floorball Cup. In Burkina Faso, floorball has opened new opportunities to get girls and women into sports and especially into team sports.
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The Louisville Elks Lodge's Color Guard is certainly well-traveled. In 2015, they presented the colors at the Elks National Convention in Indianapolis, IN. They've been a part of our state conventions and other Elks events, and now they'll be a part of this year's Wreaths Across America event.
The event is being held at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, located at 4701 Old Brownsboro Road on Saturday, December 15 at 11:45 AM. The Color guard will be posting the colors and laying a flag on the grave of President Zachary Taylor. A member of the Louisville Lodge will be posting the Elks Flag as well. All Elks are invited to place wreaths on the headstones of veterans in the cemetery. You can see a video of last year's event above.
If you'd like to attend the event, you can find a flyer to download below. If you'd like to make a donation to provide a wreath, you can find a brochure with a form to complete below as well. Please be sure to use this form, as it contains a code that will ensure your wreath is sent to the proper location.


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Venezuelan students are being "disappeared," or clubbed and shot to death by Rollo Tamasi, and still there is not a single toilet paper square to spare in the hands of the "workers."
He's the pretty, empty-headed woman -- Andreína Tarazón -- who is the National Superintendent for the Defense of Socio-Economic Rights.
He is Venezuela's Dictator-President Nicolas Maduro who rules by decree.
While you loiter in a federal food line, awaiting your turn and your portion of government rations, while you shit in a hole and wipe your ass with pages of the family Bible, Rollo Tamasi dines on caviar and wipes with tissue paper that is soft as a cloud. When the world goes to shit, thugs and thieves are always well off.
Rollo will tell you he's neither a thug nor a thief. He's a seeker of justice and fairness. Every skull Rollo cracks, every egg he "liberates" is not for his benefit, but for yours. At least that's his story and he's sticking to it.
And he gets away with it because you believe him. Why? Because you're either blinded by envy, seduced by stupidity or paralyzed by fear.
What do you think of the following? According to the Caracas Chronicles, this is what recently gushed across the tongue of Rollo Tarazón, the National Superintendent for the Defense of Socio-Economic Rights:
She claimed that the Law of Fair Prices "doesn't seek to limit the private initiative, but aims to boost national production and secure the worker's access to goods and services." And about the penalties foreseen by the new piece of regulation, Tarazón said that they would be implemented progressively under the "principles of justice" and that "the Judicial System would play an important part in setting them."You see now why the world goes to shit? You allow vacant-headed morons to takeover. And when they do you are powerless or too scared to do anything about it. You've got your "socio-economic rights" but no food or toilet paper.
You want to know how and why things end badly, read this article: Venezuela: The Last Days of Private Enterprise, by Enrique Standish. That is not his real name by the way. Enrique is in Venezuela. He uses the pseudonym for "safety reasons." Enrique writes:
The private sector in Venezuela has barely managed to survive in Venezuela after 15 years of the "Chavista regime." Most of Venezuela's largest companies, as well as most banks, insurance companies, and agri-business industries were long ago nationalized or confiscated by Hugo Chávez. Now the final death sentence for the remaining businesses has come through new foreign exchange and price control regulations.And, contrary to pretty Ms. Rollo, this is how Enrique describes the Law of Fair Prices:
According to this law, no economic activity in any field can be performed in the country without the prior permit from the Orwellian "National Superintendency for the Protection of Socioeconomic Rights." Thus, if a lawyer wants to open his own firm or a farmer wants to sell from his truck, they will need a permit, even if they have previously registered companies to that effect.Well? No wonder the pretty bureaucrat, Rollo Tarazón, is enamored with the law. Maybe she's not as empty-headed as portrayed.
No, in truth it is the Venezuelan "workers" who are the empty-headed numbskulls.
To me, there is only one thing worse than empty-headed Venezuelans...empty-headed Americans. Why? Because I am an American, and because Washington, DC is full of Rollo Tamasi's named Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius and Janet Yellen. American "workers" adore them.
Yesterday America, today Venezuela, tomorrow America. Rollo's work never ends. He never tires...
Strange Fruit
by Abel Meeropol*
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
* Abel Meeropol is the pseudonym of Lewis Allan, who wrote "Strange Fruit" while living in New York in 1937. Did Allan use a pseudonym for "safety reasons?" Did he fear the wrath of Rollo Tamasi?
Speaking of Tamasi, he was created in the mind of a movie character, Ed Exley, in the movie LA Confidential. IMDB quotes a conversation in the movie between Exley and fellow cop, Jack Vincennes:
Jack Vincennes: Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings... Lieutenant?Actually, I think somewhere along the way "justice" lost its meaning.
Ed Exley: ...Rollo Tamasi.
Jack Vincennes: Is there more to that, or am I supposed to guess?
Ed Exley: [aftre gathering his thoughts] Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was. I just made the name up to give him some personality.
Jack Vincennes: What's your point?
Ed Exley: Rollo Tamasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It's supposed to be about justice. Then somewhere along the way, I lost sight of that...


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MVHS Pays Tribute to Mariner Athletes with Awards Night
Jun 04, 2015 10:42AM
By Paul Spear
On stage, a Mariner receiving a CIF All League Medal. The four baseball All League players first team senior Ryan Paniagua, second team senior Javier Delatore, second team freshman Jake Borst, first team senior Julian Briseno.
3 photos making up a panoramic of the UT Fall Scholar Athletes.
This particular ceremony celebrated All League, All Cif, UT Scholar Athletes, MV Scholar Top Athletes Male / Female and Top Athletes Male / Female.
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Scholar Athletes 15 4-Year Letter Award Winners 3 Marieanne Perrault Seasonal
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Year 26 George Nicoloff Leadership Awards 10 Tri-Sport Athletes 1 CIF Wrestling
Champion 1 MVH Male Scholar Athlete of the Year 1 MVH Female Scholar Athlete of
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Tom Piatak makes an important observation about the historical context forgotten by those who see in today's Russia the same kind of threat that existed in the former Soviet Union:
The border dispute between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has inspired much breathless commentary, including Andrew McCarthy at NRO proclaiming this the "Soviets' rebirth."
Before hyperventilating, McCarthy would be well advised to read some back issues of National Review. As that magazine long argued, what made the Soviet Union such a dangerous threat was the Communist ideology the Soviet Union embodied, an ideology that gave the Soviets many Western admirers and allies and also propelled the Soviets toward confrontation with the West. Soviet Communism is dead, and what is going on in South Ossetia is an old-fashioned border squabble of the type that the United States has wisely stayed out of for most of our history.
This is exactly right. No one ever expected Russia before or after the Soviet Era to be indifferent to the safety of its own people, the actions of nearby enemies, and the behavior of neighboring nations in general. The problem for the United States and the West during the Cold War was not so much that the Soviet Union concerned itself with the Caucuses or the Baltics, but rather that it also concerned itself with Vietnam, Nicaragua, Angola, Libya, Syria, and everywhere else on the globe. Its unifying Communist ideology was an uncompromising and aggressive set of principles that did not acknowledge any geographical or other limits. A nationalist and powerful Russia, by contrast, can always be expected to have a certain influence over its neighbors. This is not a problem for the United States, and those neighbors ultimately must reach a modus vivendi with Russia that the U.S. can do little to fashion.
The natural power of Russia over its near-abroad–particularly the Caucuses–is why the expansion of NATO to Russia's front door and NATO's embrace new of missions such as the Kosovo Campaign are so foolish. These detours turn a defensive alliance, once necessary to contain an aggressive and ideological regime, into an offensive conspiracy that would foment the very aggresion that it ostensibly exists to deter.
Any useful concept of post-Cold-War relations must be founded on some realistic consideration of spheres of influence. The Caucuses are a legitimate concern for Russia, not least because they include parts of Russia and, in the case of Georgia, a nation that borders Russia. Just as Europe should respect American influence over the Western Hemisphere, it is natural and predictable that nations like Russia will be substantially more touchy in affairs taking place in their own backyard.
Even if some strategic relationship with nations like Armenia and Georgia makes sense to the U.S., it is particularly unwise that cooperation extends the NATO defensive military alliance. Far from "avoiding another Munich," such commitments would instead hurt the intended beneficiaries, and likely hurt the U.S. as well. Such commitments could hurt both parties directly by dragging us into wars based on the actions of our uncontrolable treaty partners or indirectly by creating commitment that the U.S. would ultimately abjure and thereby devalue our national honor. It is especially a bad idea to get into bed with a provocative and irresponsible–if fawningly pro-American–leader like Saakashvili. After 1989, and especially now after witnessing the indifferent assistance of our NATO allies in Afghanistan, the U.S. should scale back our NATO commitments to informal relationships with the handful of NATO nations that can actually do something useful for us like Italy, Great Britain, and Turkey.
Our continued cultivation of NATO is an extension of a self-defeating U.S. strategy undertaken during the 1990s: the impossible goal of maintaining "unipolarity." In foreign affairs, this quest to remain the "sole superpower" makes everything everywhere our business, sets us up for manipulation by cynical power brokers like Hasim Thaci and Saakashvili, and is in the end a recipe for high cost and little reward, as our power will become resented and opposed by inevitable regional powers like Indian, Russia, and China. Just as anti-war conservatives should acknowledge that the strong defense posture of the Cold War was addressed to a singularly dangerous threat, pro-war conservatives today should remember the same in reverse. Very few threats match those of Hitler's Germany or Stalin's Russia. It is time to restore some sense of proportion in foreign policy, based on the sturdy foundations of preserving our own safety and our own national independence in a world where the reality of power politics is the most important factor.
Of course, such a world would not always be a perfectly just one. I don't mean to imply the evils suffered in this war, particularly by the civilians of Georgia, are not real and unfortunate. But politics, above all, requires some translation of abstract justice into the human realm, refracted as it is by memory, power, history, and geography. A foreign policy that aimed to rid the world of all evil, all competition, all war, and all strife in the name of "commitment to doing the right thing" would destroy the country that pursued it, no matter how sincerely. If the Soviet Union's doomed history teaches us anything, it should be this.