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The Government of Pakistan is set to be reviewed on 18th and 19th of April 2017 by the United Nations Committee Against Torture (hereafter the Committee or CAT) on its compliance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment (hereafter the Convention) during the Committee's 60th session. The occasion is bound to be significant as this will be the first-time Pakistan is being reviewed by the CAT ever since Pakistan signed on and ratified the Convention in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Also noteworthy is the fact that the CAT review is only the first of three United Nations treaty body reviews, in addition to the Universal Periodic Review, the government of Pakistan faces in what is shaping out to be a very busy 2017.
The Convention Against Torture is one of nine core international human rights treaties or conventions adapted by the UN that set out universal standards and a legally binding framework of international human rights. After ratifying a convention, a state is legally obligated to implement its provisions and abide by them. Pakistan practices a "dualist system" of treaty implementation, whereby a ratified treaty does not automatically become part of the national legal system. Thus, to give the provisions of a treaty legal effect, Pakistan needs to pass domestic legislation.
The Committee reviewing Pakistan will be a body comprised of 10 independent experts that monitors the implementation of the various provisions of the Convention by its member state parties. All state parties are supposed to regularly submit its reports on their progress, and the Committee then examines each report and engages in a public dialogue with the state delegation. The Committee then issues its findings, known as Concluding Observations, outlining progress areas of concern and making concrete recommendations for reform. State parties are under a legal obligation to implement the Concluding Observations.
As mentioned above, after ratifying the Convention, Pakistan had to ensure that its domestic laws were in line with the treaty provisions. This means that Pakistan is obligated to properly define and criminalize torture, set out appropriate punishments for acts of torture, implement effective and impartial measures to prevent and investigate torture, and to set up mechanisms for rehabilitation and reparations of victims.
In its Initial State Report, submitted five years too late, to the Committee, Pakistan seems to be arguing that its pre-existing legal framework was already in line with the provisions of the Convention. The State Report claims, in other words, that torture is prohibited and prevented, with allegations of abuse effectively investigated and prosecuted. To support these claims, however, the report merely listed a litany of de jure statements about different legislations and articles in various, diffused procedural codes with only a tangential relationship with torture.
The bold claims of the State Report, and the likely line of arguments employed by the state delegation in Geneva, only serve to obfuscate the fact that nothing has been done to combat the endemic of torture in Pakistan. To pretend that torture in custody is not an accepted method of criminal investigation in Pakistan is a dangerous folly that fools no one.
In the seven years since the ratification of the Convention, Pakistan has failed to pass a single piece of legislation that comprehensively addresses the issue of torture. As such, torture remains ill-defined in the Pakistani jurisprudence as the only mention of torture in the Constitution, in Article 14(2), does not define the scope of torture. The two major penal codes of Pakistan do not mention torture by name, and the offences and punishments highlighted by the state in its report only concern the "hurt principle" which deals with the severest of bodily injuries resulting in permanent damage. Thus, the Pakistani law does not consider any act of mental torture, cultural humiliation, or any act of physical torture that does not leave any lasting marks a punishable offence.
This is to say nothing of the fact that investigation and prosecution of even the acts criminalized under the law is next to impossible because the sole body invested with the authority to register complaints of torture committed by the police is the police itself. For example, take 'Policing as Torture: A Report on Systematic Brutality and Torture by the Police in Faisalabad, Pakistan', a study conducted by Yale University and Justice Project Pakistan on a sample of 1,867 Medico-Legal certificates from the District of Faisalabad that documented an endemic of torture and a culture of widespread impunity. In 1,424 cases, allegations of torture were confirmed with physical evidence and yet not even one was pursued to a proper investigation and prosecution.
The practice of torture is so universally condemned that the prohibition on it is considered a fundamental international norm. It is important to keep in mind that international norms are our shared, human values and the state of Pakistan owes it to its citizens, not just to international treaty bodies, to protect them. The inability or unwillingness to combat the malaise of torture is a permanent stain on the capacity of Pakistan to provide its citizens a fair and just society. In a year of multiple international reviews, it is hoped that the government of Pakistan takes concrete steps to resolve its criminal justice problems, instead of stubbornly continuing to insist all is well at home.
The meeting between the government representatives and the CAT is public and webcasted. It takes place in the Palais Wilson in the same room as the NGO briefing and will start at 6:00 pm PST, 18 April. It can also be watched live under http://webtv.un.org/. We deserve to know what is said by the state, when it accounts for our rights.


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A blog dedicated to the history and current events of Somers Point New Jersey
Monday, April 20, 2009
Bay Shores
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Bay Shores
In Memorial Days gone by....They shook the rafters and drank 10 cent beers.
"Places make us - first genes, then places - after that it's everyman for himself. God help us, and good luck to one and all." - William Saroyan "Places Where I've Done Time."
By William Kelly
The Sun (Atlantic City, N.J. May 22, 1981
Memorial Day weekend, the traditional beginning of summer, has arrived, and with it thousands of kids just out of school. Their cars stream around the Somers Point Circle, hell bent on hitting the beach, towards a summer that's finally here.
Across the Ocean City causeway, they pass the Bay Shores Cafe marquee - a dull burnt out green neon sign. For anyone who has spent a weekend at this part of the shore, that marquee stands as a relic, a memorial to an an era gone by.
For now there's only a dusty vacant lot along the bay. Since it's prime development property there's a blueprint lying in a drawer somewhere that illustrates what could be. But for many people that quadrant of the universe still rings with memories.
In the '30s, as the Bay Shores nickelodeon played songs for a buffalo head nickel, they'd dance the boogie-woogie and do the jitterbug. During World War II girls in gowns and soldiers in browns would say to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller, then break into the Lindy Hop, with hands and feet flying.
"We'd shake the rafters," one former patron remembered, "and we'd laugh and say how the place would fall into the bay one day."
Until the storm o f'46 took out the deck and the dance floor that extended out over the bay. Only the pilings are still in place today, and they only vibrate with the tides.
At the end of the war Tony Marotta opened Tony Marts across the street, but the competition only brought in more people, making Bay Avenue a popular entertainment strip, with such clubs as Steel's Ship Bar, the Gateway Casino/Under 21 Club and the Anchorage. But Bay Shores was always the flagship until Tony Marts came along.
Vince Rennich started working at Bay Shores in 1952, the years before they remodeled for the last time. The college pennants - West Chester State, Penn State, Villanova, Princeton - still lined the ceiling when the raised the building last year (1980).
Rennich, who worked at Bay Shores until 1957, and is now at Gregory's around the corner, remembers that "before '53 there was a partition across the bar, with music for older people on one side, and rock n' roll on the other side for the 'kids'." At the time, the "kids" were still 21 or older, then the drinking age.
It was the lowering of the drinking age to 18 tat killed the strip, bringing in a younger, sassier crowd that intimidated the older people and sent them across the circle to the Crab Trap and to Shore Road to Mac's.
"In those days," recalled Rennich, "yuou could come down here with $10, have a good time, and go home with $9. You made less, but had more. You could do anything you wanted because the price was right."
"It was 10 cents for a glass of Gretz beer, and later it was 50 cents a bottle and 60 cents a shot."
In the late '40s and early '50s, Mike Pedicin, Sr. would play sax in his band before he followed the exodus of older people to the Crab Trap, Mac's, DiOrio's and the Jolly Roger.
Pete Carrol played songs like "Sweet Georgia Brown," and Tedo Mombo, a hairy hippie before his time, made the scene at Bay Shores after getting fired by Tony Marotta.
In 1955 Bay Avenue helped conceive rock n' roll when Bill Haley and the Comets, with Dick Boccelli of Ocean City on drums, came in from Wildwood to play Tony Marts. Bay Shores followed suit with Billy Duke and the Dukes and there was a real battle of the bands.
While others sponsored the early rock n' roll that bordered on country and western, with Conway Twitty and Levon and the Hawks at Tony Marts, while Bay Shores brought in the South Philly sounds of Rocco and the Saints, featuring Bobby Rydell and Frankie Avalon.
The Bay Shores leased out their kitchen to "South Philly Bernie," who grilled the burgers and cheesesteaks, and with names like Frankie Day, Paul Anka, Dion and others, it was THE PLACE.
On weekends, the matinee shows, especially when it rained, became a popular post-beach party.
"You couldn't get in the door there were so many people," Rennich recalls. "We'd have to close the place at 7 for an hour to clean it up and get ready for the second shift, which lasted until 2am.
When the music stopped in Somers Point at 2am, they'd just be getting underway at the nearby Dunes on Longport Blvd. Both Bay Shores and the Dunes were owned by the same people, so you'd often see patrons on the beach or boardwalk sporting t-shirts that had "Bay Shores" on the front and "Dunes 'till Dawn" on the back.
In the '60s, Buddy Tawell worked the first, front bar of a half-dozen large rectangle bars. Buddy was a character out of the Endless Summer, taking off for Colorado for the winter and Ft. Lauderdale by Easter before returning to Bay Shores for the summer.
The most popular music of the late '60s was by Johnny Caswell and the Crystal Mansion. Caswell perfected the Joe Cocker like inflection and recorded a few songs, some of which can still be found on the juke boxes at the Anchorage and Maloney's in Margate.
Charlie Brown, who worked at Bay Shores for a year before moving down the street to the Anchorage (and later Mother's), last heard from Caswell a year ago (1979). "I got a prayer chain letter from him from California," Charlie says, "I threw it out and my luck's been bad ever since."
After Caswell, Malcolm and his band Hereafter came in from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and got popular doing Rod Stewart numbers, like "Maggie May." The band across the street, led by Ruby Falls, gave some stiff competition, but Malcolm took care of that when he married her and faded away.
It's Memorial Day weekend and we're left with photos and prints of Bay Shores, the old boarded up rock house, sitting there like a derelict ghost ship that's slipping into the bay.
The bands and the buildings are all gone, and you can't tell if the pilings are shaking from the wind and the surf or some long forgotten jitterbug.
Hey Bill,
I heard about you when I did a Google search on Bayshores Somers Point. Came up with "The Night Beat". My name is Joe "Sonny" Romino. I played with The Bonnevilles, (formerly J.B. and the Bonnevilles when John Borrell was the front man) in 1964 as a drummer, and as a keyboard player, Hammond B3, from June 1968 to October 1969, including two summers at Bayshores and over the July 4th weekends at The Dunes.
We would play 102 straight nights and afternoons on Saturdays and Sundays. A couple of times each summer we would trailer up to Philadelphia to do the Jerry Blavitt Show. We were out of Morgantown, West Virginia and Malcolm Swisher, front man vocals and guitar, Dave Coombs bass player and band leader, drummer Jay Armentrout and myself attended WVU. Other members included Nick Nicholas, lead guitar from Ventnor, NJ and Joe Cerisano, (now a recording artist who sang with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra), guitar and vocals.
We'd come back for Easter weekends each year until the start of the summer contract around Memorial Day. The rest of the time we played around Morgantown and traveled into Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky. Dave Coombs became a motorcross enthusiast and sponsored motorcycle races up and down the East Coast and published a nationwide motorcross magazine. Two of his children became attorneys, and his son Davey Coombs is an ESPN anaylist for Motorcross. Dave passed away about 10 years ago.
Malcolm was a New York City Central Park mounted policeman last I heard, and Nick Nicholas was a US Postal Service mail carrier still in the Atlantic City/ Ventnor area. Jay Armentrout had a music store in Richmond Virginia.
When at Somers Point the summer of "69", I didn't have anything to do during the day so I took flying lessons at Southern Jersey Airways at the Ocean City airport. I was drafted in October 1969 and ended up at Fort Bragg, NC. Got out in September 1969. Became a pilot with the Allegheny Airlines Commuter and then an air traffic controller for 22 years. Retired and went back to flying for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta Connection carrier. I retired at age 60 and am now a test pilot for the same airline living in the Atlanta, Georgia area with my wife of 35 years. We have 4 daughters who live Waconia Minnesota, Jacksonville Florida, Las Vegas Nevada, and Atlanta Georgia. Those two summers at Bayshores were the best.
Between Tony Marts and Bayshores the view from the back stage was just a sea of heads from the front of the stage, across the bars through Bayshores, through the parking lot , and across the street to the front door of Tony Marts from the 4th of July until Labor Day. It was like one happy carnival.
We started playing the first set at 8pm. Forty five minutes on. Forty five minutes off. Then it was 30 on, 30 off, continuous music across the stages. Once the break song started the other band would pick it up, and the first band would stop. We would end at 1 am and Johnny Caswell and the Crystal Mansion at 1:30 am. Then we'd head to the Dunes to have a beer and relax. I always liked to listen to some of the other bands that were playing in the area-Motherloade from Canada at Tony Marts, People of the Night at Anastasia's in Atlantic City.
I rememder Norman the Bay Shores manager, Wayne the young man who was disabled and I believe now works at the Somers Point golf course as a cart man, and so many more. I remember the good times there. They were the best. The sights, the sounds, the smells (especially when the tide was out), the heat and the humidity from the back stage that hung out over the bay. These are memories I will never forget. I will cherish them forever.
An employee I work with, brought me the Sandpaper Nightbeat article about the original Bayshores. He knew it would be of interest to me because I had told him about my band playing there from 1962 to 1964 before I went into the Navy. Our four piece group was called the Searchers. We were all local kids that got a chance to play opposite groups like Mike Pedicin, Teto Mambo, Joey "D" and the Starlighters, and Bill Haley and the Comets. Easter weekend was the start of summer for us. We played well enough to hold the early afternoon crowds until the big named bands came on. We did well enough that the management kept us on through the summer as the alternate band. During breaks, we would run across the street to Tony Marts and enter the weekly talent contest until someone caught on.
My summer day job was just as exciting. I worked morning shift at the arcade next-door to Bayshores making breakfast/lunch for the band members like Dwayne Eddy etc. What a thrill!!! Our group also played dinner music at the Sandpiper restaurant next to the Dunes. from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. We would pack up our equipment and rush to Bayshores. Once 2:00 AM rolled around, we packed up again and headed for the Dunes (open 23 hours a day). They closed 1 hour to clean. All the groups would be there and we would jam together (no charge to the patrons) What a routine!
If I had the money, I would re-establish that great time again in the same location. Yes, the crowd would be older, but I bet we could still party like we did.
Michael W. De Wees
Lead Engineer IDS
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- William Kelly said...
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Hello Bill,
I was the organ player for the Bonnevilles at Bayshores during the summers of 1968 and 1969. We were on the back stage and Johnny Caswell and the Crystal Mansion were on the front side stage. I'd like to compare notes... I enjoy reading events from the past. "The Good Ole Days". When I think of Tony Mart's I think of how hot it was on those humid summer days when the beer and liquor trucks were the only things moving, unloading there goods. We were meeting and listening to the latest "guest bands" practice during mid day getting ready for there week or two week long stint at Tony Mart's. We, the Bonnevilles, a couple days a week, would be working on new songs across the street and would go to Coaches Corner, The Anchorage, Gregory's or the Point Diner for lunch then hang out back at the clubs. Really not much happening this time of day. Just hot and humid, empty parking lots, with the smell of the bay at low tide in the air. Cleaning crews and beer trucks moving about. Bar stools upside down on the bars so the floors could be cleaned. Dempsy Dumpsters full of broken bottles waiting to be emptied. The bar tenders would show up around 5pm or so preparing their areas for the night's festivities. Norman, the manager, would be there too. Bill, the Bayshores security guard who checked I.D.'s at the front door, and the bouncers would show up around 7pm. After that the whole area started to buzz. By 10pm it was going strong. Three sets to go, 2 sets, 1 set, let's go to the Dunes. "Til dawn" meant til after dawn. The Dunes had double door entryways, and 4X8 hinged pieces of plywood to swing down to cover the windows just before dawn. If you couldn't see it get light outside, you would stay longer. No idea what time it was, and really didn't care. Oh " the Good Ole Days". More later. Joe.
- May 1, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Saul said...
I love reading these posts on the Somers Point Clubs. I was the sax player for Tito Mambo & the Messiahs of Soul. We worked in the mid 60's at both Bayshores & the Dunes.As with the other posters here, I remember those times as some of the best. Great life for a young guy. Played every night/after hours/wknd afternoon sessions. Weight trained with bouncer Guy Borelli from Bayshores, Slept on the beach, ate lunch at the College Grill, & worked. Our band consisted of Tito/Vocals, BJ Stone/B3, Dick Sequino/Guitar, Paul Nunes/Drums, & Diz Lee & Saul Shocket/Tenor Saxes. This group was loaded with talent & it was an honor to work with them, especially Diz. If anyone out there remembers any of these names, please feel free to email me @
- October 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- SunsetSlim said...
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- October 20, 2016 at 4:04 AM
- Unknown said...
Hello Bill.
Very interesting article. My grandfather was "South Philly Bernie" (Bernie Margulis). The plan was for me to spend the summer with him and work at Bay Shores, I believe it was around 1971. Sadly, he died in March and I never had the experience. Sounds like I missed a good thing.
- July 31, 2017 at 8:46 AM
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The marketing director of John Lewis believes that human interactions will continue to make the department store stand out.
Speaking at the Festival of Marketing, Becky Brock said that as ecommerce businesses increase their global market share, the store must step up to remain relevant.
"I read an article that very soon three companies – Amazon, Alibaba and eBay – will account for 40% of the world's ecommerce, " she said.
"This means there's a real urgency to rise to the challenge because if we don't we could become irrelevant.
"In a world where tech and data allow a number of analyses, where there's also granular attribution and zero-based budgeting, we run the risk of losing sight of the immeasurable and the intangible. For me, that is the human side of retailing.
"You must embrace tech and digital but you can't let it lead you, you have to take the lead. Humans still want human exchanges and I still feel that's the best way to connect on a deeper level. Human interactions are still the primary and core driver of loyalty, and that's where we're putting a lot of our energy. It's crucial for us," she added.
Her comments echo those made by Jo Causon, chief executive of The Institute of Customer Service, earlier in the year.
Speaking in August, she said: "I believe that even with the enhancements we will see in artificial intelligence and robotics, we will always need the human to help deliver a truly great customer experience and relationship, rather than simply a series of customer 'services'.
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by ALI ABUNIMAH
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has canceled its annual gala at which iconic Black scholar and activist Angela Davis was to receive a prestigious human rights award.
Randall Woodfin, the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, expressed his "dismay" at the decision, which he said came "after protests from our local Jewish community and some of its allies."
"The reactive decision of the BCRI did not create an opportunity for necessary consensus dialogue," Woodfin added.
Davis is the latest prominent Black intellectual and outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights to be targeted by the Israel lobby.
Roy S. Johnson, a columnist for several Alabama newspapers, revealed Monday that those demanding the cancellation were "primarily – though not exclusively – from the city's Jewish leadership, according to a source familiar with a decision that transpired quickly, and stunningly, in a span of just a few days."
Last month, Southern Jewish Life, a communal publication serving southern states, ran an article criticizing the BCRI for honoring Davis, claiming that she is "an outspoken voice in the boycott-Israel movement, and advocates extensively on college campuses for the isolation of the Jewish state, saying Israel engages in ethnic cleansing and is connected to police violence against African Americans in the United States."
While there is vocal and growing opposition to Israel's policies among American Jews at large, the leaders of established Jewish communal groups, including the Birmingham Jewish Federation, tend to be strongly pro-Israel.
The Birmingham Jewish Federation was reportedly among the groups that pressured BCRI.
Support for Palestinians
Others who pressured BCRI to ditch Davis reportedly included General Charles Krulak, a retired Marine commander and former president of Birmingham-Southern College.
Angela Davis, a Birmingham native, has long been an outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights and an advocate of the BDS – boycott, divestment and sanctions – movement to hold Israel accountable for its violations and crimes against Palestinians.
Davis has also stood up for Rasmea Odeh, the Palestinian activist and torture survivor deported from the US in 2017 following a conviction for immigration fraud.
Adam Milstein, a major financier of anti-Palestinian groups, took note of the BCRI's decision on Twitter:
The Birmingham (AL) Civil Rights Institute canceled its Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award for #AngelaDavis after protests from local #Jewish community and concerned Americans. #BCRI concluded she unfortunately does not meet all of the award's criteria https://t.co/09y7c4tMPd pic.twitter.com/tAAxymyBNK— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) January 7, 2019
Milstein was named in a censored Al Jazeera documentary about the Israel lobby leaked by The Electronic Intifada in November, as a founder and financier of the anti-Palestinian smear website Canary Mission.
That same film, The Lobby–USA, also identified how Israel and its agents are targeting and attempting to co-opt Black leaders and activists in order to disrupt growing Black identification and solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was founded in 1992 to commemorate the city's role in the struggle against institutionalized American racism.
In a statement Saturday, BCRI noted that in September its board "selected Angela Davis to receive the prestigious Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award at its annual gala in February 2019."
The associated gala event, scheduled for February 16th at Haven has been cancelled. Ticket purchasers will received a full refund. pic.twitter.com/YKrt6nfnzK— BCRI (@bhamcivilrights) January 5, 2019
"In late December, supporters and other concerned individuals and organizations, both inside and outside of our local community, began to make requests that we reconsider our decision," BCRI added, without naming or further characterizing the groups or their objections.
"Upon closer examination of Ms. Davis' statements and public record, we concluded that she unfortunately does not meet all of the criteria on which the award is based," BCRI stated.
"Therefore, on 4 January, BCRI's Board voted to rescind its invitation to Ms. Davis to honor her with the Shuttlesworth Award."
Targeting Black voices
Davis is the second high-profile Black intellectual to be targeted by pro-Israel lobby pressure in recent weeks.
In November, Marc Lamont Hill was dismissed from his role as a CNN political commentator following an Israel lobby campaign of lies and smears misrepresenting a speech he made at the United Nations in support of Palestinian rights and BDS.
Temple University also faced pressure from the Zionist Organization of America to dismiss Hill as a professor – a step it has not taken amid warnings that this would violate Hill's First Amendment rights.
Hill called BCRI's decision to withdraw its award from Davis "shameful."
This is shameful. I stand with my dear sister and friend Angela Davis. https://t.co/gj69Fpk0AQ— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 7, 2019
Hill is one of many people expressing consternation at BCRI's decision to disinvite Davis who is widely recognized as a groundbreaking Black radical theorist, prison abolitionist and anti-racism activist who throughout her life has faced institutional pressure and persecution for her stances.
Very disappointing that Birmingham Civil Rights Institute decided to rescind its decision to honor Angela Davis. Calling to boycott Israel for violating int'l law and human rights is not only a constitutionally protected right, but also the right thing to do. #IStandWithAngela https://t.co/pUlZQ2h3HR— Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) January 6, 2019
To argue that Angela Davis is unworthy of a civil rights award is beyond shameful. And to dance around the fact that it's due to her outspoken support of Palestinian rights makes it outrageous. https://t.co/dC2yplrFYE— JewishVoiceForPeace (@jvplive) January 7, 2019
.@bhamcivilrights is rescinding its decision to honor Angela Davis for calling to boycott Israel for violating human rights while @TheKingCenter is honoring warmonger, #MLK holiday opponent and anti-civil rights proponent @SenJohnMcCain.
This is disgraceful.#IStandWithAngela https://t.co/DgyStZrjWU— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) January 7, 2019
Alabama columnist Roy S. Johnson also condemned the decision as an insult to the memory of Fred Shuttlesworth, the preacher and leader in the struggle against segregation for whom the BCRI award is named.
Shuttlesworth, Johnson wrote, "would not have bowed to anyone trying to dissuade him from honoring someone who fought the same fight – even if they fought with a different fervor, even if they were decidedly more revolutionary."
But by disinviting Davis, Johnson added, "one of our most venerable cultural institutions, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, did just that – it crumbled."
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Preheat the oven to 400oF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Make the sauce: Combine the beer, honey, and figs in a small, heavy saucepan. Stir over low heat until the honey dissolves. Increase the heat to medium and simmer until the figs are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove the sauce from the heat, let cool, and transfer to a blender. Blend the sauce until smooth.
Return the sauce to the pot and heat over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until thickened, 20 to 25 minutes.
Make the chicken: In a large bowl, combine the chicken wings, 2 tablespoons of the honey-fig sauce, the olive oil, lemon zest, pepper, and garlic. Toss well to coat.
Place the wings on the lined baking sheet and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the skin is crispy and caramelized with sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the wings and garnish with the parsley before serving. Keep in mind that you can always serve the sauce on the side or add it to the chicken wings for a flavor explosion.
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What's to say at this time of year that hasn't been said a thousand times before?
From me, it's as simple as this: find the thing you love to do and the people you love to be with and enjoy yourself. That's what I'll be doing – painting, drawing, eating, drinking, walking the Point, playing with my dog, singing with my sister, hanging with my friends and family, getting myself in the ocean every now and then and planning all the things I can do to make The Lennox Wave better next year in 2018.
But before I sign off I must say once again how grateful I am to the people who advertise in The Lennox Wave. Many of our readers may not know that we have many generous advertisers who back up every month, without fail, and without argument! They are the bread and butter of The Lennox Wave: the people who give their commitment not only to the magazine, but to the town, for without them, we simply would not exist.
And of course I cannot forget the contributors – they come in all shapes and sizes, with all kinds of diverse interests, and they create the important reading platform for the magazine. Such a great read it is too!
To all you readers out there, thanks to you too. If you ever have any feedback or ideas or would like to contribute in some way please contact me via the contact form on the front page of the website or message us on Facebook. I'd love to know what you all think!
Wave Weekly will be rebranded and reorganised next year. Stay tuned! We will be back in the second half of January.
See you in 2018!
All the best
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Obama throws the LGBT community a bone. How nice.
His DOJ supports DOMA and DADT, yet The Big O has issued an executive order that will provide the partners of federal workers with federal benefits. There is some question as to whether his decree is a Memorandum or an Executive Order. A Memo only works whilst The Big O is in office..so it's an important fact.
Gee, how nice of him. Slight problem however:
The order Obama intends to sign tomorrow would apply to the Defense Department's civilian workforce but not the Pentagon's men and women in uniform.
Thanks dude..but it's still not enough. It's a crumb of an offering you friggin jackass.
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Hulless oats can be eaten in the same way as rice, but unlike rice (with the exception of wild rice), you can actually grow hulless oats successfully in Canada.
Terra has large naked kernels and is (or was) grown on a field scale on the prairies.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats
Baton is a newer cultivar, bred by Dr. Vern Burrows, Canada's foremost oat breeder. It is a few days later than Terra, with a bit plumper seeds. It seems to thresh out more completely than Terra.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats
Vicar was developed in Winnipeg in the 1940's and was the first licensed hulless oat variety in Canada. A mid-season to late variety. Named after George MacVicar of Portage la Prairie.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats
Torch River is a very productive hulless oats that came to us from a Seeds of Diversity Canada member in New Brunswick. There is a Torch River in Saskatchewan (near Nipawin), probably unrelated to the oats. Using our hand threshing methods, it is more difficult to thresh free of hulls than the other hulless oats we offer.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats
Yung 492 is a Chinese cultivar with plump kernels and a good yield.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats
Kleiner Nackthafer, German for "small naked oats," is a bit shorter and more upright than our other hulless oats producing a lot of tillers per plant. The small seeds thresh very clean and are about one third the size of our other hulless oats. About 100 seeds per gram. We mistakenly listed the packet size in the paper catalogue as 10 grams but because of the much smaller seed we are actually offering it in 5 gram packets.Grains/Cereals / Oats / Hulless Oats


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Started with D&D, lots of ill-advised homebrew, and then a ton of Cyberpunk. Came back for D&D 4e, then Pathfinder, Star Wars, Traveller. Now 5e and soon Magic World. There have been others along the way I missed, I'm sure.
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Empire of GatanThat would be awesome of you. PM sent, and I'll be keeping an eye out for the 10th anniversary edition in 2019. Thank you!
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Empire of GatanIs the Empire of Gatan setting info available anywhere? I've got an idea brewing for a game involving the Savage North, but the run into it requires something more southernly. I don't need a super huge amount of detail, but a map & general outline of the political divisions in & around the Empire would be a huge help. If there is more detailed EoG information coming, I'd like to be able to use it & not have my homebrew conflict. Aside from a world map, I'm looking for a place with a number of city-states that hire a bunch of mercenary companies to fight their endless internecine little wars (think Italy during the 13th-15th centuries). Bonus points is slavery is normalized in the region. Any suggestions?
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mcarson replied to Nakana's topic in Magic WorldFor the folks that use a casting skill, do you use that in place of the resistance roll? How does it affect the combat effectiveness of magic? MW already strikes me as a game where spell casting is more of a support role than a direct combat thing, with mechanisms in place to limit both it's effectiveness and frequency of use. What mechanical role does the casting skill play?
That worked. Replacing the datastores autogenerated the tables, and not all is good and right in the world. Thanks for all your help.
Thank you, Chris. The autogenerated lists aren't there when I open it, but the skills are calculating right now. I'll re-add the datastores and see what happens as son as I can.
That would be excellent, thank you.
Today I did a clean install of NBOS, installed a clean download of the sheet, and got the same symptoms. I then replaced all the Datastores with the text files you gave me, and all the dropdowns work. So, for anyone encountering this in the future, there's your workaround. Then I noticed that the HP calculation is wrong, and the stat modifiers to skills are wrong (set to stat/5, should be stat/2), so I fixed those. I also noticed that Perception stats get a different number added instead of the Con. The script that updates skills looks right, so I really have no idea where it's coming from. Also, if I manually change the character's Con (and kit Keep), the displayed Con mod updates properly, but the number added to skills changes when I hit Update. For example, if Con is 10, the displayed Con.mod is 5, but 10 is added to each Perception skill. Change Con to 17, and the mod is 9, but 16 gets added to each skill. Change Con back to 10, and the mod goes back to 5, but now 12 is added to each skill. Yeah, I got nothin'. Also, weapon skills are supposed to get a bonus from Str or Dex depending on if they are melee or ranged. There is a STR/DEX field in the weapon table, that appears to be mostly filled with dates. Do you know why that is? If I fix that field, perhaps I can add the appropriate stat mod to the weapon skills. ((Edited: Those aren't dates, they're min STR and DEX to use the weapon. Dur.))
Hey, that worked! The other sheets of yours that I tried had the same problem, but when I re-added all the DataStores from the texts directory in that zip file, everything started working (as far as my tests in 10 minutes show). Tomorrow I'll create a clean working copy from the original file and those texts, without my other monkeying around, and create a couple of characters. Thank you so much for all your help!
OK! I think I know what happened! (But not HOW it happened.) I think the software went looking for the DataStores (txt files) and didn't find them, and so deleted the automatically created lists associated. At any rate, the lists that exist are either ones I created, or related to text files I have. Unfortunately, not all of the text files listed in DataStores are at the link you gave me. Specifically, I'm missing: species.txt gender.txt shield.txt coins.txt exchange.txt miscellan.txt magic.txt helm.txt experience.txt equipment.txt If you could please see your way clear to uploading those text files, I really believe it'll help a lot. I know you're tied up with Megadungeon, but would appreciate your assistance in this.
A zip of your file would be helpful - I did redownload the posted version to see if that was it. Barring that, a list of the lists used and a pointer to how I can access and modify the tables would help me get the current copy I have fully functional. I would have to be the special snowflake. At least I've had fun tracking down the issue as far as I have.
When I re-open the sheet in the editor, and select a field that has a drop-down, on the toolbar at the top it has an item for "List", which generally shows something sensible (eg occupation for the field under "Pick Occupation". However, when I go into the List Manager tool, it shows no lists defined. When I go into the Document Setup tool, and the DataStores tab, it shows a bunch of DataStore Files of the form, "C:\Users\<username deleted>\Documents\Inspiration Pad Pro\CharacterSheet\<some_list>.txt" with, of course, somebody's username and the name of a list filled in. There are more things listed here than there are text files at the link above. I added the text files I downloaded on the path I put them, but this had no effect. I don't know if there is something I need to do to tell NBOS to go re-look at those DataStore sources. I tried manually re-adding the list by going into the List Manager, telling it to make a new list called occupation, then pasting in the text from the occupation.txt file, and relinking the occupation field to this new list. Unfortunately, it isn't seeing the comma as a field break, so my new test character is a Soceror, Bargain, Evaluate, etc, etc. When I open the CSD file in WordPad, I can search for an element of the list (eg, Sorceror (hey, I like playing Casters)) and find it, along with it's list of skills (the file isn't exactly plain text, but close enough to follow) so they're in there, just not showing up in the interface. I'm using version 2.01b, from the release track. You aren't using the beta or one of the special tracks, are you? It gets weirder, because, why not? If I manually re-add a list, such as occupation, with just the key value, everything appears to work (skills on the skills page, starting bronze) except for field 8 showing you what stats and skills you should be adding - they just don't appear. That could be as simple as my having the text slightly wrong. Since I'm following along in the not-a-normal-text-file, there could be a special character I just can't see. So there appear to be both lists (a list of occupations, for example) and tables (keyed on occupation name, with the skills and starting bronze for that occupation) in the sheet. On the front page, some dropdowns work (armor type) others don't (shield skills) with no apparent rhyme or reason. Where do I find the list of lists that are supposed to be in the file, and how to I see/edit the tables? I'm sorry if this isn't completely coherent. I've added to this post a few times over the last 3ish hours as I've tried to work through it. I'm making good progress, and have a lot of it working. I'm very interested in how I broke it, and would love to get it to 100%. It's also almost 3am and I'm not usually up this late, so I'm going to knock off before I screw something up. Thank you for your time and attention. I really do appreciate the effort you put into these projects in general and specifically your help in getting this up and running.
That's very likely it - I didn't see any text files, so they're probably what I've done wrong. Please pardon me for being obtuse, but where do I get those files?
mcarson replied to BMonroe's topic in Magic WorldI just got an update notice from Drivethru, and it's all fixed - 96&97 look great, and the covers are there too. Thanks to you & Nick!
I am able to bring the sheet up in the Viewer, but I'm having trouble with entering information. In text entry boxes, the pink area goes blue when I click in the box. I can't see the text I enter, but it does show up the next time go to a new field. That's difficult to use, but can be adapted to. Where I hit a hard stop is that the dropdowns don't show a list - or perhaps show a blank list. This means I can't select a profession or experience level, and so I can't move on from there. If I'm missing something, I'd greatly appreciate a pointer in the right direction. Thank you for your time!
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What to do when you feel like a Business Failure
About 2 weeks ago, I found out on Facebook that a guy I knew had committed suicide. I was heartbroken! This was a guy at the top of his game, one of the best people I know who was great at his job but alas fell on bad times. I can't honestly say I knew much about what he was going through but when I bumped into him at Shoprite a few years ago he told me his wife left him because business wasn't booming. According to him, she was following her friends' advice but well what could he do? Things will turn around he said... and he went his merry way. He seemed like such a happy go lucky guy so imagine my shock when I found out he just could not take it anymore.
Then my mind went to some random message I got in my Whatsapp inbox close to the end of last year.
I was at a loss for words to be honest. I was also going through a tough time that I had no words for her. I just ask to ask my Instagram audience to say a word of encouragement for the lady and she read through every comment. So I decided to compile the comments into an e-book, hoping to encourage someone out there who may be going through a tough time. I have embedded the e-book in here so you can read the comments here instead of yet another download. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me and this lady.
So what do you d o when you feel like a failure? Then read this book! To really enjoy it, click the "full screen box" in the center of the book and you can see the full sized version.
The Problem:
Many people go through issues on a daily basis and with the tough economy, it is really easy to reach that breaking point.
The Solution:
Suicide is real and with social media, many of us are becoming more aware of this problem. Please please please if at any time you feel stuck, depressed and alone, please reach out to someone, even if it is a stranger. Whatever it is you're going through is not as bad as you think. A million people are also going through it.
I found this company on Twitter and I'm really hoping people going through tough times can speak to them.
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
I remember just yesterday I read a lady's story in a Group. She had bought the ropes and tied the noose. A conversation between 2 people walking past her window stopped her. She overheard one of the guys say "trust God nah" and that really struck. She moved to a new city and within a day she got a job. She ended the post by asking how she would have missed the good life she had now if she had ended it all then.
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
It is tough to continue when all you want to do is cry yourself to sleep or give up but please give it one more or two more or three more tries. and even if you fail, never give up. We've all gone through tough situations and somehow we managed to keep on keeping on.
In Mary Mary's words:
"I just can't give up now. I've come too far from where I started from.
Nobody told me the road would be easy
And I don't believe He's brought me this far to leave me".
Interestingly enough, I have a friend who has this event in Lagos called "Fuck Up Nights" (excuse my language) but that really is what it is called. She invites business leaders to come and talk about their failures. so see... everyone has gone through it. Not just you! And we all go through it Times when we feel inadequate. Times when we feel our effort is not good enough. Times when you know you are good but your bank account tells you otherwise. Never be swayed when you see people who seem to be doing better than you on social media. it is all packaging! When you feel so unsure of yourself, just reach out to someone to talk. It is better than keeping it all in. We all have 1 life to live. Taking it is not an option. There is always a way out!
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The new 8x-10x Sitka Bino Bivy provides all the great features that you knew and loved about the old Bivy but gave it a little makeover. The new opening system is pretty simple and in just about all cases can be utilized one-handed with no drawbacks at all. The main pocket utilizes a zipped closure but after opened, this Bino Bivy has a magnetic button on the top and the bottom of the pack that holds the lid either open or closed. In most cases based on our usage later last year with it in the field we just zipped it open and then ran the opening under the pull bar and attached it to the magnet and left it that way for just about all of our hunting. It's a great case and is extremely lightweight. It doesn't get much simpler than that!Features:


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Prep Time: 40 min
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Mexican style stuffed cabbage rolls.
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Cook turkey and onion in oil. Add seasonings, sauce and rice. Heat thoroughly.
Core the cabbage; wrap in wax paper and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Remove 8 large leaves. Cut ribs.
Put 1/3 cup filling in each leaf. Fold in sides and roll up starting with core end.
Place seam side down in baking dish; add 3/4 cup water.
Cover with foil. Bake for 45 minutes.
Serve with salsa and sour cream.
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America and the Reconstruction of Italy, 1945-1948 by John Lamberton Harper
By John Lamberton Harper
America's detailed courting with Italy took shape through the years 1945 to 1948. The postwar reconstruction interval witnessed an extreme fight to figure out the recent Italy's political and fiscal orientation. by way of advantage in their actual presence, pursuits, and obvious strategic pursuits in Italy, the american citizens aspired to play an energetic half within the inner political contest and ideological debate. Professor Harper's e-book explores the yankee function in Italy from the top of the battle until eventually the decisive elections of 1948, environment forth its goals, contradictions, and primary obstacles. focusing on U.S. relief and the commercial regulations, Professor Harper skilfully strains the makes an attempt of alternative events in the U.S. govt to construct ties to their respective Italian opposite numbers to result in simple alterations within the Italian political economic climate. these alliances remained principally inchoate as, regardless of their substantial strength, the american citizens lacked the highbrow guidance and diplomatic leverage to hold out their designs.
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The lira has no future. "6 Reports from Stevenson and other American observers struck a responsive chord at the FEA, where New Deal-inspired officials were eager to promote recovery and reform on newly liberated soil. 7 The War Department was more than ready to transfer relief and rehabilitation to civilian departments (Secretary Stimson wrote Hull to that effect in June 1944), but the FEA had few funds at its disposal. Supply and shipping shortages prevented any immediate response to the plight of Southern Italy.
The progress of the war determined the phases of the occupation. The Allies occupied Sicily in July 1943 and attacked the mainland at Salerno in September. By October, the front had stabilized along the so-called Gustav line, running across the peninsula 200 kilometers south of Rome. This line defined the area under Allied control until the breakthrough at Cassino in May 1944 and the capture of Rome in June. The isolation of the southern third of the country had important long-term consequences.
Under Secretary of State Joseph Grew and the department professionals, meanwhile, looked forward with great apprehension to the approaching liberation of the North. The Greek uprising of late 1944 raised the possibility of similar unrest in Italy. Soviet moves in Poland and the Balkans could not fail to affect EUR's view of the Italian situation. The existing six-party coalition in Rome was not an acceptable arrangement over the long run, but it had to be supported and empowered in preparation for a showdown with its potential rival, the more radical and unpredictable Northern Resistance organization, the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia (CLNAI).


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Ferienanlage Palme - Bungalow Lake view (2408), 4 people
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The holiday complex Le Palme is located right on Lake Garda, near Lazise and Peschiera del Garda on the beautiful olive Riviera. The tranquility and beauty of these places make the Village a perfect oasis for your vacation. The resort has bungalows, modern mobile homes and pitches. Le Palme guaranteed entertainment for all ages, from kids club, water slides and play areas for the children to animation and relaxing in the hot tub for the adults, it's all there. In addition, the holiday village is just a few kilometers from Gardaland, Movieland, Caneva, Thermal Park Villa of the cedars and other parks located in the area. The village offers everything for a pleasant and enjoyable stay, including two bars, a mini market, restaurant and pizzeria, gym, swimming pool with slide and swimming areas, whirlpool, children's playground, football and volleyball court and table tennis. Wireless internet is available in the resort. The holiday village also has a laundry room with washers and dryers. The beach bar is easily accessible via a private entrance. Locally guests can use a pedal boat rental.
Modern Bungalow Lake view (belita.info/2408) (2018 rebuilt) is a series of holiday home on the first floor. From the terrace you can enjoy a wonderful view of Lake Garda. The property is equipped for 4 people and has a double bed. The living room sofa is easy if necessary into two more beds repurpose. The living room has a well-equipped kitchen with pots cutlery, utensils, a stove, a kettle, a coffee maker and refrigerator with freezer. The bathroom is equipped with a toilet sink and shower. An underground parking space is included. A baby bed and a high chair can be rented for a fee. The covered balcony with table and chairs invites you to relax in comfort while the kids can let off steam in the playground or the pool. A satellite TV, wireless channels and a safe. The property is equipped with air conditioning and heating, which are included in the price. Bed linen and towels can be rented for a fee on the spot. Grilling is permitted in the public barbecue. If driving from the Italian. Limit is approximately 1.5 hours. Note: If you need more than accommodation, this is possible with us usually because we have multiple objects of the same type of house
In the period from 29.06.-09.13.2019 the arrival and departure of Friday, Saturday or Sunday (minimum stay 7 nights). In the remaining time the minimum stay is 3 nights (daily arrival possible). Note: If for some reason you can not arrive at the intended arrival date, is of course also a check-in on the following day (Report prior to arrival). The same applies if you want to leave earlier. Again, the day before departure is possible. However, the specified rental period to book / rent will remain unchanged.
On the shores of picturesque Lake Garda deep green, you can enjoy the unique lake climate. The beach with a beautiful bridge is easily accessible via a private entrance. For a fee you can rent on the beach chairs and an umbrella. On the pebbly beach with investors place is enough space to swim and enjoy the sun. Locally available to guests also a pedal boat rental.
The resort has a beautiful adult and children's pool with water slides and a hot tub. Around the pool are available free beach chairs available.
Le Palme is located in Lazise directly on the beautiful Lake Garda, with its own pebble beach surrounded by the beautiful landscape of olive Riviera. it is to the center of Lazise 5 km, Peschiera del Garda, about 3 km.
An unforgettable family vacation is at Le Palme guaranteed. A children's playground, a soccer and volleyball court, table tennis and pool with slides offer the children plenty of opportunities to let off steam. If this is not enough, Le Palme also offers a mini-club for the children so that the parents can relax times. The center, mainly in the high season, are the great entertainers that will inspire you for games, tournaments, competitions of all kinds and surprise evenings. During the summer season evenings with music and cabaret for all tastes are held. Older children can move well alone in the holiday village, for example in the new play equipment in the playground. A baby bed and a high chair can be rented as needed for a fee. A must during your stay is a visit to Gardaland. This theme park is located very close to the holiday village and guaranteed fun for the whole family.
For sports enthusiasts who want to stay fit while on holiday, the following sports on offer: a fitness room, volleyball and a football pitch, Latin dances, aerobics, water aerobics, windsurfing, diving, sailing, surfing, snorkeling, hiking. but you can rent a bike and thus explore the beautiful surroundings of Lake Garda, and bicycle rental. In addition, the lake pedal boats are available for rent, where you can "ride" across Lake Garda.
The holiday village has its own shop where you can find various foods and items of daily use. You also have near the holiday resort in Lazise or Peschiera to buy the opportunity to go.
The apartment features a well-equipped kitchen with dishes, silverware, pots and fridge with ice box which gives you the opportunity to be able to cook for themselves. The shop in the Village offers a wide variety of Italian and European products. Of course, you can taste a pizza in the restaurant. one also from the restaurant enjoys scenic views of the lake.
Pets are NOT allowed.
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Pacengo located on the southeastern shore of Lake Garda between Lazise and Peschiera. Pacengo there is a small marina. In the village, the parish church of San Giovanni Battista, built in the late 18th century in the neoclassical style (designed by the architect Leonardo Rossi) is back. Special monuments represent the main altar and some paintings by Pio Piatti and Marcantonio Bassetti is. Great souvenirs, but also delicious salami, cheese and fresh fruit and vegetables you buy at the weekly markets. It takes place in the center of Pacengo always on Saturday. Only a few kilometers from Pacengo of Castelnuovo del Garda. This serves a built by the Visconti in the 14th century castle perched above the old town of Castelnuovo. But Bardolino has to look at the near and also good opportunity around. In just half an hour away for city break in Verona with its Roman past, the famous balcony of Romeo and Juliet and of course the world famous arena with open-air performances. In the west the cities of Brescia, Bergamo and Milan, which invites you to a shopping expedition are. Even the picturesque Venice can be reached still good Bardolino from. A trip around the lake is always an experience. Lake Garda offers an unusually large range of leisure parks, zoos, climbing parks and swimming pools. Thus one finds in Castelnuovo del Garda, Gardaland, which is one of the largest amusement parks in Italy. Here families will get their costs, because with more than 40 attractions of the whitewater course up to the fairytale themed world is for all ages something. Next door Gardaland SEA LIFE Aquarium is waiting to bring the underwater world closer to the visitors. In Movieland in Lazise breathtaking stunt shows await visitors. Special effects provide the necessary action. The Parco Natura Viva in Bussolengo (only a few minutes drive from the southeastern lake shore) is a zoo, which is dedicated to the protection of endangered species and its inhabitants is one of a number of endangered species such as tigers, leopards and the little panda. On a walk, visitors can go on a safari and only by natural barriers separate animals such as rhinos, hippos and monkeys to come closer.
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News: Govt stabilises prices of essential food items - Minister ... Security: Tigers out of bounds in Jaffna - Maj Gen Mark ... Finanacial News: More sugarcane cultivation to produce ethanol ... Sports: Top official Ranjan Madugalle to make main awards ...
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Country to save billions on annual fuel bill:
by Lalin Fernandopulle
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The Ministry of Supplementary Crops Development and the Sugarcane
Research Institute will increase the cultivation of sugarcane to
manufacture ethanol which will save billions of rupees from the
country's annual fuel bill.
Sugarcane cultivation
Plans have been mooted to cultivate sugarcane in the Badulla, Ampara
and Moneragala districts where vast areas of land are available.
Plantation Ministry officials met farmers in Kahatagasdigiliya to
look into the possibility of cultivating sugarcane in the area. Around
40,000 hectares of land are available in the Anuradhapura district for
Ethanol is a good additive for petrol which is costly and causing a
huge burden on the economies of developing countries.
Brazil, United States, India and Australia have reduced the annual
fuel expenditure by increasing the use of ethanol as a substitute for
petrol, Chairman, Sugarcane Research Institute, Dr. C. S. Weeraratne
The country imports around 500,000 mt of sugar per year at a cost of
Rs. 20 billion.
The country produces 10 per cent of the annual requirement of sugar
which is around 550,000 mt. Around 15,000 hectares of sugarcane are
cultivated in Pelwatte and Sevanagala.
"By promoting sugarcane cultivation more ethanol could be produced to
increase blending with petrol up to 5 per cent.
Bagasse, a byproduct of the sugarcane industry can be used to
generate electricity and manufacture organic fertiliser", Dr. Weeraratne
Pre-feasibility studies have been carried out on land availability in
many districts and prospective investors will be sought for the
A farmer could earn around Rs. 25,000 per acre of sugarcane.
The Ministry will promote the production of jaggery through
smallholders which will generate employment for people in the area.
Sugarcane will be cultivated in the Kurunegala and Matara districts as
an inter crop to coconut cultivation to manufacture jaggery.
"Sugar plays an important role in the food security and supplies
around 5 per cent of the energy required by a person a day. A person
needs around 2,500 kilo calories of energy a day", he said.
The global food crisis has grown into alarming proportions this year
compelling nations to cut exports and increase domestic production.
The poorer nations of Asia and Africa are the worst hit due to the
crisis which the United Nations called another tsunami.
The escalation in world fuel prices, increase in consumption in India
and China and the adverse weather conditions were cited as reasons for
the shortage of food and the steep rise in prices.
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Is your real estate agent hurting or helping you?
One of the most wonderful things about working as a REALTOR is the amazing tool that we have called the multiple listing service. This database of listed homes is designed to give REALTORS complete and accurate property information.
It is no exaggeration that every day that I run across listings in Triangle Multiple Listing which are incomplete and out right wrong. Room sizes are a piece of information that is often left off a listing. Some agents simply think this information is not important. I disagree. Let's suppose a buyer has a California king sized bed and a listing simply has 00 x00 as room dimensions for the master bedroom. Will the bed fit? Who knows but the risk run is that buyer's agents will pass the listing by because taking the time to email or phone for information that should have been entered to begin with is a waste of time and rewards a listing agent for bad, negligent and careless behavior.
A second example of missing or incomplete information is tax data. Listing agents will use old tax rate; Durham's tax rate last year was $1.29 per $100 of value; this year it's $1.36. So let's look at a home that's has a tax value of $100,000. Last year taxes would have run $1290, this year $1360. A good buyer's agent would pick this mistake or error up; but a great listing agent would have ensured the information was correct. Believe it or not, in these days of tight lending standards this $70 difference could disqualify a buyer from buying a home. Can you imagine finding this out a week before settlement? Talk about a recipe for disaster.
The sad fact in all of this is that most owners won't know if their agent is leaving important information out of multiple listing and is indeed hurting their chances of a sale. My suggestion is that home sellers hire agents who will be detail oriented and those owners ask to review the information that their agent is entering into the multiple listing system on their behalf and if the information is missing or wrong; demand correction or fire the agent.
Posted in Raleigh Durham Real Estate, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Real estate, tagged buyer agent, honesty, integrity, marketing, real estate commissions on November 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Straight talk on real estate commissions
Did you know that how your agent divides the commission that you pay to sell your home can hurt you and you might never know it? Let's face it a 6% commission is a lot of money. It is customary in the Raleigh/Durham greater Triangle real estate market that the commission you pay as a seller to sell your home is divided between listing agents and buyer's agents. Many times the split is a simple 50/50 split, 3% to the buyer side and 3% to the listing side. After all without a buyer there would be no sale and certainly no commission. Other times it isn't a simple split; and that's where you a seller can be hurt.
Agents are required to disclose to sellers how the seller paid commission will be split, but disclosure as we all know doesn't always mean explanation with respect to consequences. For example let's say the a couple lists their home for sale; and let's suppose that the sale of their home is going to be a short sale, the seller owes more on their mortgage than is supported by current market conditions. Their agent takes the listing, knowing and disclosing the short sale and he markets the property in multiple listing with a 2.5% commission payout. He is retaining 3.5% because he's going to have to work hard. His listing agreement notes the commissions split but the agent doesn't explain the consequences of the split to the seller.
The listing agent doesn't explain to his clients that although they aren't "supposed to consider" commission payouts when searching multiple listing, buyer agents are only human and to expect them not to consider payment for work is naïve. So many times when competing with a 3% paid commission against 2.5% or 2.4% commission paid, a buyer agent might be overlook the properties paying less. In the case of the sellers mentioned above with their short sale perhaps this was the case. The property was aggressively priced but only after a series of price drops but still it languished on market. So long that the bank began foreclosure proceedings because the owners had stopped paying their mortgage.
Ultimately the home did sell and close but it did so after about six months. Perhaps the listing agent could have expedited the sale of the home; which he is required to do, had he explained the consequences of his actions with respect to commissions paid. Did he? I doubt it because why would any seller risk foreclosure when they could avoid such drastic measures.
My advice to sellers and buyers alike, ask questions. Ask your agent if how they divide YOUR money is going to hurt you or benefit you. You have a right to know.
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Political analysts have suggested that Saturday's triumph by the
opposition Social Democrats – in which the party gained a majority in
upper house – could indirectly impact austerity measures and reforms put
forward by the government. With 41 out of 81 seats, the Social Democrats
are now in a position to delay legislation as well as influence foreign
policy, such as the planned increase of troops in Afghanistan, some
analysts have said.
Shortly after the results were finalized on Saturday, Prime Minister Petr Nečas, the head of the Civic Democratic Party, stressed that his centre-right government would consult key reforms with the Leftist party but stressed that the overall responsibility for measures lay with the coalition, which won a broad mandate from voters in the general election in May.
In related news, several names have been floated over who may succeed the Civic Democrats' Přemysl Sobotka as chairman of the Senate. In a TV debate programme on Sunday, newly-elected Social Democrat senator and outgoing MP Zdeněk Škromach said he would be willing to serve as Senate leader if asked. Senate deputy leader Milan Štěch, meanwhile, has openly expressed an interest. Another name being floated is that of Alena Gajdušková, the head of the Social Democrats' senators club. Civic Democrat Přemysl Sobotka has held the post of Senate chairman since 2004.
The chairwoman of the lower house, Civic Democrat Miroslava Němcová and Social Democrat deputy leader Zdeněk Škromach agreed in a Czech TV debate programme on Sunday that Czechs should be able to vote for the country's next president in direct elections - rather than the head-of-state being elected by a joint-session of lawmakers from both houses of Parliament. Mrs Němcová said she expected discussion on direct presidential elections and suggested, if legally possibly, the next vote for the head of state be tied to regional elections in 2012 - before Václav Klaus's second term in office ends in 2013. Her Social Democrat counterpart in the debate agreed that combining the elections would be simpler for Czech voters. The centre-right government, led by Petr Nečas, pledged earlier in the year to try and bring in direct presidential elections. Senate chairman Přemysl Sobotka has often been mentioned as a possible Civic Democrat candidate.
Around 120 police officers on Sunday, along with sniffer dogs, resumed their search for missing nine-year-old Anna Janatková who disappeared in the area of Prague Troja on October 13. The little girl was last seen on her way home from school. Teams, including members of the military police, fire brigade and emergency rescue crews are shifting to locations closer to the Prague Zoo, a police spokeswoman confirmed. On Sunday, she described the difficulty of searching in the local terrain which includes cliff formations and sudden inclines. The police are accepting help from volunteers informed of the risks.
The Czech pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai was seen by 90,032 people on Saturday – a new daily record. By October 31, it is expected that more than 8.5 million will have seen the Czech site. According to sources, the world exhibit in China is the most successful world expo ever, now seen by more than 70 million, beating previous record-holder Osaka, Japan.
A blaze at a cottage in the Břeclav area claimed one life on Saturday night, most likely that of the building's 35-year-old male owner. Fire fighters were notified about the incident shortly after 1 am but had trouble proceeding due to difficult terrain. When they arrived at the scene, the entire building was already in flames. It took until the around 3 am to get the fire under control and until morning to put it out. Investigators have not yet determined the exact cause, although the blaze was made worse – and spread faster – due to a leak from a 10 kilogram propane-butane canister. Investigators are trying to get a positive ID on the person whose remains were found.
Numerous castles and chateaux around the country are preparing for the final week of the tourist season, holding special programmes on the occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28 and next weekend. The majority of state-owned castles and grounds open only on weekends in November and close from December until April. Castles planning for special events at the close of the season include Točník, Velhartice and numerous additional sites. Žleby, for example, will host a theatrical programme, including historical sword fighting, for visiting audiences.
Speed skater Martina Sáblíková has gotten off to successful start in new season: she won her first start in the three kilometre in Berlin. She finished roughly 20 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, German racer Bente Kraus. Fellow Czech racer Kateřina Erbanová was third. Overall, the Czech team coach Petr Novák expressed satisfaction regarding the team's performance.
In hockey on Saturday, Czech forward Tomáš Fleishmann scored the winning goal in overtime for the NHL's Washington Capitals, who defeated Atlanta by a score of 4:3. Another Czech – Washington goalie Michal Neuwirth – was also instrumental in the win, turning away 29 shots. The Capitals had lost their last two games.
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Czech Republic opens up to more tourists from Europe and beyond as coronavirus travel restrictions eased
Brno scientists pair with Czech biotech firm to develop healing artificial tears
Czech nation pays tribute to Milada Horáková on 70th anniversary of her judicial murder
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