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Posted on 20.01.2010 - 09:51 EST in GENERAL NEWS by Rons_ROV_Links
An offshore worker died on board a diving support vessel in the North Sea after the most basic safety principles were ignored, a report has said.
Crewman David Stephenson, 44, of Willow Bridge, Northumberland, was crushed between equipment on the Well Servicer, operated by Technip, last April.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said lessons had to be learned from the accident off Aberdeen.
It has issued a safety flyer to the offshore support industry.
Mr Stephenson was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the accident but was pronounced dead.
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Tiny Harris Reacts To T.I. And His "New Business Friend"
|Tiny Harris Reacts To T.I. And His "New Business Friend"
The rapper recently sent the rumor mill into overdrive, after making a red carpet appearance with a stunning mystery woman at an NFL Network Media party on Feb. 3.
Tiny doesn't have time for it," a source close to the reality star tells reports
"T.I. isn't completely out of the dog house yet."
Tiny was upset after seeing her estranged husband walking the red carpet at a Super Bowl event with Kristen Ingram on his arm.
An insider revealed that the couple's kids' reaction to the picture led to Tiny fighting back tears.
|T.I. And Tiny With Family
"Their children are social media pros and are asking Tiny who the girl is that dad's taking pictures with. Hearing them ask that question broke Tiny's heart and she held back bawling in tears so the kids wouldn't see or hear how much pain she's really in."
While some may say it's just a picture, to the former Xscape member, it's a little more complicated than that.
"To Tiny it said a thousand words. She knows the look," the source added. "She saw through his sunglasses and her gut told her he was up to something. She doesn't know how much longer she can hang on with TIP because he breaks her heart daily."
TI and his "new friend" at a Super Bowl party last night *sips tea* pic.twitter.com/KtUJeB4Pfc— lovelyti (@lovelyti) February 5, 2017

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Because apparently women can never look "just right," some Judgey McJudgerson decided to criticize the way Daisy Ridley looks -- for being too thin. Don't worry, though; this fierce lady took the body-shamer to task, and she deserves a round of applause for pointing out the absurdity of obsessing over what women look like.
Someone on Instagram posted a meme in which a photo of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress, in character as Rey, is accompanied by a caption that reads, "I can't believe the unrealistic expectations I'm setting for young girls. Who cast me anyway? Don't they know real women haves curves?"
Because of course women not genetically gifted with curves are less woman than those who are. [Insert eye roll here.]
More from The Stir: Daisy Ridley's 'Rey' Is the Reason to Bring Your Kids to See the New 'Star Wars'
Anyway, Ridely decided to repost the screenshot and take the user to task. She wrote, "Real women are all shapes and sizes, all ethnicities, all levels of brave, have families, don't have families. I'm a 'real woman' like every other woman in this world."
Since she's a classy lady, she deleted it when she realized that some of her followers were going after that online critic, but she shared her feelings on the situation in a new post. She also asked that people just be kind to one another.
Ridley drew on Rey's strength, and reminded us why we love her character:
People who relate to something in Rey they haven't found in a female character before. People [whose] daughters now think they can do things without the aid of a man, but who wouldn't be ashamed to ask for help.
Isn't that a thousand times more important than achieving some arbitrary level of thin or curvy? She also said that she relates to Rey, being a "normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances," and that she's just trying to be the "best version" of herself.
More from The Stir: Kristen Stewart's Advice for 'Star Wars' Star Daisy Ridley Is Good for All of Us
I love this girl for focusing on what it really means to be a woman -- and it isn't based on how big our boobs are, or how skinny our jeans are. It's much more important to celebrate each other, learn to love yourself for who you are, work hard, and especially be kind.
Daisy concluded her message with, "Kindness isn't going to cure the world of all its awfulness but it's a good place to begin."
I couldn't agree more.
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Herbie Hancock at Canon Pixma Pro-1 Launch: 26 October 2011
Canon's "Exactly as you envisioned" event hosts Herbie Hancock and introduces the new Pixma Pro-1 printer.
Just on the eve of the PDN Photoplus Expo in New York City, Canon decided to throw an exclusive soiree for its staff and media with the teaser "Legends in Imaging". I shoot events with my trusty Canon and wanted to take a look at what they had in store at this event.
When I arrived at the location (a trendy loft space known as Skylight West), I found they had on display the new Canon EOS 1D-X and also the belle of the ball, the Pixma Pro-1 printer. Canon executives, including Katsuichi Shimizu and Chuck Westfall, gave presentations about the new technology and the collaborative efforts involved between internal divisions and external clients to get the printers to reproduce images "exactly as you envisioned". To demonstrate the power of the technology, Canon invited one of their "Explorers of Light", Vincent Isola, to get some hands on time with the equipment.
Vincent Isola
As Isola thanked Canon for the opportunity and explained that the images of musicians he had taken (posted on the walls near the entrance) would be auctioned off for charity in the future and also thanked the musicians who provided their time to the project as well. Unfortunately, the audience was not as courteous to Isola as they were to their corporate bosses and their buzz sporadically made it difficult to hear him from the photo area right in front of the podium.
Aside from the printer, the other major highlight of the evening was a performance by Herbie Hancock. Canon had recruited Hancock (a Canon fan he proclaimed) to perform and to participate in a unique music video opportunity. Select attendees were lent cameras to take pictures of the final song "Chameleon" which will be printed (on Pixma Pro-1s), edited and synced to the recording. This "stop motion style video" sounds interesting and hopefully it works out. The only deterrent may be the stepping on toes that occurred as a result of the sheer number of photographers involved.
Hancock's set included several classic songs from the opening "Watermelon Man", mixed with bits from a song called "Seventeen" and picking up the keytar in the middle. Hancock then went onto another song about a kin in the fruit tree, "Cantaloupe Island", which highlighted his effortless piano abilities as he improvised in and around the original groove.
Then, with a bit of extra time, the group performed a brief piece which allowed Hancock to fiddle with some of his gadgets including an iPad. Finally came the jazz fusion "Chameleon", which, like the other songs, did not show any signs of age. It is hard to believe its almost forty years since the release of Head Hunters. After his performance, the Grammy-winning Hancock took some rounds of the loft to chat with his friends and pose for pictures with Canon personnel. For Canon, the event was a celebration of their progress in making technology that will allow the user to know what they will get from input to output. For the guests, the event was a chance to see the technology and to capture their own images of a legend.
Please visit PopMatters' Facebook page to see a more extensive image gallery from this event.


text: Save money, time, and sanity: 11 things you can totally skip to simplify your wedding planning #Advice#budgeting#lessons learned#wedding planning Updated Oct 12 2015 (Posted Sep 23 2015) Catherine Clark bijouxandbits Simplify sign by The Little Homeplace Related Post What to do if wedding planning is sucking the joy out of life This wedding planning thing can suck hard. Not everyone loves planning a wedding and some people downright hate it. Drama happens, things go wrong, and... Read more So you just got engaged and are now being bombarded with "must-haves," "to-dos," and "checklists," amirite? Hey, we're guilty of it, too. Our blanket advice has always been: Do what you want! In this case, we're talking about stuff you can totally skip that most people won't notice. Do some of these things make your guests marginally happier or more informed? Sure. Will they notice they're missing? Probably not. If you're excited about doing some of these things, awesome! Keep doing them! In fact, every single one of these topics is one that we've written posts about how fun and fabulous they can be… so we're big fans of all of the things listed below. That said, if you're looking for permission to streamline your wedding planning, here's how you can simplify your wedding and save yourself some time, money, and sanity by allowing yourself to skip some (or all!) of these "must-dos." Dance lessons We love us a good choreographed dance, but nobody expects you to be a dancing pro, nor will they care if you just sway around… or skip the dance altogether! Welcome parties and rehearsal dinners We have all kinds of tips if you're planning a rock-solid rehearsal dinner. But actually, these can be completely optional. If you want to chill with your wedding posse after the rehearsal, meet up at a bar, restaurant, or in someone's hotel room. Dress preservation Preserving a piece of your outfit? Hell yes. But know that for the dress, the only time this might be a thing you'll want to do is if you have dreams of passing the dress on to someone else. Otherwise, recognize that it's probably just fine in the bag it came in. Favors We love gifts, that's for sure. But rarely will anyone wonder where their baggie of candy is at the table. They're likely way more into dancing, mingling, eating, or hitting up the bar. Focus your efforts on their fun instead. Hiring a calligrapher Related Post Scrum your wedding: how to plan your wedding like a software developer Our wedding planning process was smooth and enjoyable in large part due to my husband's and my day jobs. He's a software developer and I've... Read more This is one of those details that we totally love and wish we could have if budgets weren't as much of an issue. Alas, some things will get cut in the name of dollars and this might be one of them. Instead of hiring an expensive calligraphy master for your invites, feel free to mail merge them onto labels, hand-write them, or use emailed invitations. Save-the-dates Save-the-dates can be a really fun detail if you've got the time and money, but they're also one detail you could potentially cut if needed. There are too many alternatives to this one to make it a must-have. Facebook invites and email alone can cover letting everyone know. Feel free to go digital for these. Programs We love these for the fun factor, but hey, everyone will still know what's going on without a program. Have the MC make an announcement to move guests to the next part of the day, or maybe just make a chalkboard sign instead. Bridal party Related Post Do I need bridesmaids? 4 reasons to have a wedding without a bridal party This question comes up again and again from engaged couples: do I need bridesmaids? Am I weird if I don't have bridesmaids? Is it mean... Read more Want to really save some hassle? Skip the matching dresses, wedding party gifts, and the stress of choosing whom to ask. Unless you have tons of coordination to do and need their help, you can absolutely go sans wedding party. Disposable cameras No need to purchase these archaic tools to capture moments at the reception. Everyone's got their smart phones going, so just use an app or a hashtag to snag all of their social shares. Welcome bags Unless you're planning a higher budget destination wedding, feel free to skip welcome bags entirely. Still planning a bag? Here are some tips! Wedding cake Man, do we love creative wedding cakes. No one turns out an incredible wedding cake like an Offbeat Bride — y'all make your cakes work, whether they're geeky, nerdy, booky, spooky, rainbow-y, or romantic…y. But the truth is that many guests miss the cake cutting anyway, so if cake just isn't your thing, you can always skip it completely or consider a yummy cake alternative like waffles, donuts, cupcakes, candy buffets, and even whiskey fountains. Want to simplify even more? Catherine Clark Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com. @enidjcoleslaw @bijouxandbits @bijouxandbits PREVIOUS Eloping in LA? It could be free with a dream team of vendors: Enter to win a free elopement package NEXT Drink and be married with these reusable wedding welcome bottles Show/Hide comments [ 10 ] Agreed. I have nixed all of the above except for the bridal party, rehearsal dinner and the cake. The church we're getting married in has two large screens, so we will likely post the program on one. Rehearsal dinner will also likely be at the church. Reply Big screen program! That's an awesome idea. Reply We're keeping some form of rehearsal/welcome party because we want to see our out of town folks as much as possible, and I made some super inexpensive and fast Save the Dates on Vistaprint, but everything else is out the window! I absolutely feel the best about our decision not to have a wedding party. So much cost and stress and potential drama vanished instantly. Reply We skipped almost all of these! We ended up doing favors because we wanted people to have something tangible from the day, but skipping all the other stuff allowed us to splurge a little and get really nice etched pint glasses (we're homebrewers and there's a subtle beer theme to our day). We also kept the programs, but they're small, single sheet things from VistaPrint and ended up being really cheap! I never really understood Save-the-Dates. I guess it makes sense if a lot of your intended guests are out of town/state, but with most of our guests living within 25 miles of us, this just seemed like wasted money/time. I called the out-of-staters and made sure they penciled in our date, which seemed to work fine. Reply We skipped almost all of this things, too. We only do favors (dice! Mostly because FH and I wanted custom dice for ourself… XD) and a cake (though our baker told us that she couldn't make it – less than a month before the wedding, so the cake thing is a little questionable, also…) Reply This seems controversial, but we're planning to skip most of the personalized details and Pinterestabilia. Not to save a headache, per se–I love DIY–but because our venue is a Victorian mansion already. It almost disappointed me when I realized how little we had to do to prettify it ;), but crafting and design just seem (in our situation) like a waste of money we don't have. Reply Same story with us, only I really can't be bothered with DIY at all. XD We deliberately picked venues that already looked great and didn't need decorating! The only thing in this list that we did was cake, because my husband wanted cake. We did e-mail Save the Dates. Reply We're cutting out all this stuff out except cake. And, technically, save the dates. But, we only sent those out by e-mail, so it wasn't hard or time consuming. Reply So much yes! I'm cutting out almost all these things as well as flowers which is allowing me to splurge on other things I care about more. I'll be creating a digital save the date on our wedsite with a form that will also serve as address and email collection for my guest list. One thing that's very important to me though is having meaningful time with my family before the wedding at the rehearsal dinner. A lot of my FH's fam is flying in from out of town and I want to have a more intimate celebration with them so that is the only thing I'm not marking off my list 🙂 Reply If you plan on doing a first dance or any sort of dance that requires you to be the center of attention, at least practice it ONCE first. No matter how capable you think you are. We got married last week and our first dance was… unintentionally hilarious. Not that we cared, but still, I would've given so much in that moment to at least have watched a youtube video. Reply Join the conversation Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. 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#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 1 of 2015, Morocco, the only African country I visited prior to 2015 (read here). I visited the country back in early 2010 with the family, two kids of 4 and 6 including. It was their first time in a plane and I'm happy they still like to fly! What a nightmare is Ryanair – last time ever we flew that airline. Now, 5 years later, they have flown so much that they already got silver status in Flying Blue themselves, earning miles for their own free flights.
Marrakech is a great city to go with kids. We choose an hotel just outside the center with huge pools, golf area and other activities for the kids. The kids just loved it. The most memorable memory of this trip are actually two, one adorable, and one "I told you so".
My son was running in a dark tunnel under an old fort and we warned him not to do that as he would fall. Just after we said this he turned a corner and we hear a big bang and lots of crying. We still remind him till today when he is running around J
The other was during the mountain hike. Here my daughter of then 4 years old got tired but we wanted to make the difficult hike with a bit of climbing. The princess smiled at our guide with her big blue eyes and the next moment she was on his back. He carried her for an hour the full way back to the entrance.
A family trip we will never forget!
Did you visit Marrakesh and have great memories of it? Please share them in the comments below. I love to hear from you!


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Heard Elliot Freidman on the fan this morning saying turris is holding out for a trade, and will likely sign a deal for more reasonable dollars once he's traded. Elliot also mentioned the flames as the front runner as a possible destination. Still just rumours but it's got a little more cred coming from friedman. Are we about to get Turris? and for what? and WHOOOOPEEEEEEEE!


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3.9% growth in international arrivals worldwide in 2016
3.9% growth in international arrivals worldwide in 2016
The UNWorld Tourism Organization Mondiale (UNWTO) published results of its annual barometer measuring international tourism demand worldwide in 2016. Compared with 2015, 46 millions more have traveled internationally.
On this occasion, Taled Rifai, secretary general of the UNWTO declared: "Tourism has shown extraordinary strength and resilience in recent years, despite many challenges, particularly those related to safety and security. Yet, international travel continues to grow strongly and contribute to job creation and the well-being of communities around the world."
In detail, Europe recorded 620 million international arrivals, the growth rate of international tourism was divided in half, averaging 2% compared to the same period in 2015. Major disparities exist between the countries, however, which may be explained by the context of heightened insecurity and the terrorist attacks in France and Belgium. According to the UNWTO Western Europe is experiencing a period of stagnation, while Northern Europe is looking at 6% growth in its number of international arrivals and Eastern Europe 4%. While Southern Europe posts 1% growth, destinations such as Spain and Portugal that posted good results in 2016 thanks to travelers who previously went to Maghreb. Globally Europe continues to drag down world tourism, however, it captures more than half of international traffic. For more details about recent results recorded by European countries in 2016 click here.
The Middle East welcomed 54 million international visitors in 2016, for a drop by -4% compared to 2015. This region is also marked by a fairly upset context, impacting its tourism and hotel sector. Nonetheless, the rising price of crude in 2016 should relieve the budgetary pressure on the economies of oil producing countries, and boost demand in 2017. The group of experts at the UNWTO estimates that this region should see a 2 to 5% increase in number of visitors.
The Asia-Pacific region, instead, posted better results (in relative and absolute terms) with an 8% increase in its number of international arrivals, or 24 million more visitors compared to 2015. In all they are close to 303 million international visitors traveling to the region; with growth rates of 10% in Oceania, 9% in South Asia and 8% in North-East Asia and South-East Asia. This dynamic is partly fed by inter-regional arrivals.
Africa has also posted an 8% increase in its number of international arrivals, resulting in 4 million additional international arrivals. Sub-Saharan Africa posts an 11% increase in this indicator and North Africa a 3% rebound - these results need to be explained, however, with the latest indicators available from the hotelier's point of view.
The Americas experienced a 4% increase in international tourist arrivals (+ 8 million) representing a total of 201 million travelers. This growth is 4% for the Caribbean and North America and 6% for Latin America.
For 2017, year of sustainable international tourism development, the group of experts from the UNWTO is optimistic and forecasts even netter results than the than those recorded in the past, with an estimated 3 to 4% growth in international relations. Regarding tourism this year Taled Rifai insisted: "we need to work closer together to harness the contribution of tourism to economic growth, social inclusion, cultural and environmental preservation and mutual understanding, particularly when we live in times with such a deficit of respect and tolerance."
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2018 News
Residents urged to complete budget survey 19/12/2018People are being urged to have their say on a range of budget proposals put forward by Wyre Forest District Council's Cabinet.
Wyre Forest leads the field in business growth 18/12/2018Franchise Brands, based in Kidderminster is top of the league of the 50 fastest growing companies in Worcestershire...
Improvements to Worcester Street Kidderminster progressing well 17/12/2018Improvement works to increase footfall in Kidderminster and boost economic development in the town are progressing well.
Christmas messages from Chairman and Leader 14/12/2018Christmas messages from Chairman and Leader
Council Leader and Chairman thank local postmen and women as they gear up to deliver a first class Christmas 12/12/2018Christmas is Royal Mail's busiest time of the year...
Local Plan 2016-2036 - consultation closes 17 December 12/12/2018Last chance to have your say on pre-submission Local Plan.
Cabinet proposes parking charges freeze in draft budget 10/12/2018A freeze on car parking charges is included in a package of budget proposals to be discussed by Wyre Forest District Council's Cabinet next week (Tuesday 18 December).
Work starts on major town centre investment scheme 05/12/2018Work has started on a major refurbishment of Wyre Forest District Council's Green Street depot in Kidderminster.
Volunteer Rangers lend a hand giving West Midlands Safari Park elephants their 5-a-day 04/12/2018Green-fingered volunteers for Wyre Forest District Council's Ranger Service were busy feeding the elephants at West Midlands Safari Park last week.
Wyre Forest Register of Electors Published 04/12/2018Nearly 77,000 people in the Wyre Forest district are on the newly published Register of Electors. A total of 76,881 electors are listed which represents a slight decrease of 350 (0.45%) since the register was compiled in December 2017.
Christmas bin collections 03/12/2018Arrangements for bin collections over the festive period have been announced today.
Chance to save on energy bills 30/11/2018Wyre Forest Big Energy Switch is back offering residents another chance to reduce energy bills by swapping suppliers.
Grab yourself a garden waste offer this Christmas! 30/11/2018Gardeners in Wyre Forest can treat themselves this Christmas by taking advantage of Wyre Forest District Council's latest brown bin offer.
Public consultations on new nature reserve to take place in December 28/11/2018A series of public meetings to discuss the future of the former Burlish Park golf club site will take place next month.
Council announces resignation of long-serving councillor 28/11/2018Wyre Forest District Council has announced the resignation of Councillor Jamie Shaw, who represented the Areley Kings & Riverside ward in Stourport-on-Severn.
Theatre group applauds Localism support 23/11/2018A Stourport-based theatre group is making a real song and dance about receiving a £1,000 windfall from Wyre Forest District Council.
Council leaders launch White Ribbon campaign 14/11/2018Council leaders launch White Ribbon campaign
Park for free after 4pm this Christmas! 13/11/2018Shoppers can take advantage of free parking at all Wyre Forest District Council car parks after 4pm during the festive period. The 'free Christmas parking after 4pm' offer will run from Saturday 17 November 2018 until Sunday 6 January 2019.
9 out of 10 households respond to 2018 electoral canvass 07/11/2018Almost nine out of ten households in the district have registered someone living there to vote. Anyone who has not registered only has until Thursday 22 November 2018 to make sure they respond to the 2018 canvass. By law, every resident must register, whether or not they intend to vote in future elections.
Have your say on Local Plan 01/11/2018Wyre Forest District Council has today (Thursday 1 November) launched its pre-submission consultation on the Local Plan 2016-2036.
Community Localism Fund safeguards future of historic building 01/11/2018An appeal to safeguard the future of a 500 year old Tudor community building in Stourport is off to a great start thanks to a £2,000 grant from Wyre Forest District Council.
Council demands law change over business rate debts 30/10/2018Councillors in Wyre Forest are backing a national campaign to prevent companies using sharp legal practices to avoid paying business rates.
Council invests to raise income 30/10/2018Wyre Forest District Council is continuing to invest in property as a way of raising vital income to fund local services.
Council unveils revised Local Plan including proposals for new village at Lea Castle 18/10/2018Council unveils revised Local Plan
Crown House demolition on hold 16/10/2018The demolition of Crown House, Kidderminster has been put on hold for an indeterminate period. The tenant of the building, Telereal Trillium, has pulled out of a demolition deal at short notice.
Celebrities to unite against hate crime 09/10/2018Popular public figures including a Paralympian, a radio show host and former "The Apprentice" candidate are taking to the stage to speak out against hate crime this month.
Local services to benefit from new investment 03/10/2018District services could benefit to the tune of £28,000 per year thanks to a new commercial investment by Wyre Forest District Council.
Nominations for Wyre Forest Sports Awards now open 03/10/2018This annual evening of celebration takes place every January and honours local individuals, coaches, volunteers, clubs and schools in recognition of their talent, commitment and hard work in helping people of all ages and abilities access sport and physical activity.
First Wyre Forest Volunteer Fair hailed a huge success! 27/09/2018Charities, community groups and local organisations have signed up scores of new volunteers following a successful new initiative organised by Wyre Forest District Council.
Council confirms new property acquisition 26/09/2018An office block has been purchased by Wyre Forest District Council as part of its ongoing plans to generate income to support local services.
Horrors of litter highlighted in new campaign 25/09/2018The horrors of a range of environmental crimes from littering to fly-posting and graffiti will hit home as part of a new Halloween-themed campaign across Wyre Forest this autumn.
Bewdley & Rock by-election result 21/09/2018Result from the Bewdley & Rock by-election.
Home visits for unregistered households 19/09/2018Residents who have still not replied to a letter about registering to vote can expect a knock on their door from one of Wyre Forest District Council's canvassers.
Keep warm, keep well this winter 13/09/2018Need help with your winter fuel bills? Then come along to one of our free energy advice surgeries taking place in Wyre Forest.
Call for witnesses following Depot break-in 12/09/2018Wyre Forest District Council has issued an appeal for information following a criminal break-in at its Operational Services Depot in Kidderminster.
UK polls opens to find people's favourite park 12/09/2018Three Wyre Forest parks are in the running to become one of the UK's top 10 favourite outdoor spaces in a new nationwide "people's poll".
Neighbourhood area set to be approved 11/09/2018Cookley and Caunsall looks set to be designated as a neighbourhood area next week.
Kidderminster Town Hall hosts the Wyre Forest Volunteer Fair 06/09/2018Volunteers from more than 40 organisations will be hoping to recruit like-minded community spirited supporters at a showcase event at Kidderminster Town Hall next month.
Localism boost for new community workshop 04/09/2018A new community workshop in Bewdley that gives local people the chance to try their hand at traditional arts and crafts, has been awarded a grant by Wyre Forest District Council.
Council leader welcomes new Silverwoods bus service 30/08/2018A new bus service serving the district's flagship leisure centre on Silverwoods, Kidderminster, has been welcomed by the leader of Wyre Forest District Council.
Scrutiny for neighbourhood area application 29/08/2018An application to designate Cookley and Caunsall as a neighbourhood area will be discussed at Wyre Forest District Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week (Thursday 6 September).
New scout headquarters to be discussed at council meeting 29/08/2018Organisations working together to create a new scout headquarters on the site of disused changing rooms on a Kidderminster estate will unveil their plans at a Wyre Forest District Council meeting next week.
Chairman to raise the flag for Merchant Navy Day 29/08/2018A special event to highlight the UK's ongoing dependence on Merchant Navy seafarers will take place at Wyre Forest District Council's headquarters on Monday 3 September.
Get green with the Depot team at gardening show 29/08/2018Local gardeners will be able to bag themselves a great special offer from Wyre Forest District Council at a local horticultural event next month.
Town centre alcohol restrictions to be extended 28/08/2018Alcohol restrictions in Kidderminster town centre are to be extended with the backing of local organisations and residents.
28,000 return electoral registration form – have you? 24/08/2018Around 18,500 reminders are being sent to residents who have not responded to a letter asking them to check whether electoral registration information is correct.
New licensing rules for housing in multiple occupation 24/08/2018Landlords who rent out a property to five or more tenants with shared facilities will require a licence from Monday 1 October 2018.
New environmental penalties come into force 24/08/2018New fixed penalties for a range of environmental offences come into force in Wyre Forest next week, Saturday 1 September.
Bewdley & Rock Ward by-election candidates announced 23/08/2018Four candidates are standing for election to fill a vacant seat on Wyre Forest District Council.
Council unveils paving stone to honour local hero 22/08/2018A paving stone to commemorate a Kidderminster soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross is being unveiled on Monday 3 September 2018.
Vandals set fire to park play area 16/08/2018Councillors have condemned vandals who set fire to play equipment at Wyre Forest's flagship park.
Council supports Pickup Artists' recruitment campaign 10/08/2018A new campaign to recruit more community-minded volunteers to join the district's celebrated litter-picking group The Pickup Artists has received a boost from Wyre Forest District Council.
Council Leader announces Cabinet changes 10/08/2018The Leader of Wyre Forest District Council, Councillor Marcus Hart, earlier today (Friday 10 August) informed councillors of changes that he is making to portfolios within his Cabinet.
5 Ways to Wellbeing: Give 09/08/2018'Give' is the next theme in a year-long campaign to help residents improve their mental wellbeing.
Festival of music, dance and entertainment comes to Stourport 08/08/2018A taste of the Wild West is coming to Stourport this summer.
Crackdown on blue badge misuse 02/08/2018Civil Enforcement Officers at Wyre Forest District Council have completed a week-long operation as part of a district-wide crackdown on the misuse of disabled blue badge permits within the district.
Roll up, roll up - KAF is back! 02/08/2018This summer Kidderminster will come to life with music, dance, art and theatre!
Launch of council's new online mapping system! 01/08/2018The council's online mapping system is now live!
Statement of Accounts 2017/18 31/07/2018The Statement of Accounts 2017/18 was approved by Audit Committee on 30 July 2018.
Celebration of inspirational young people 25/07/2018Community-minded young people from across the district's schools were celebrated at this year's Young Citizenship Celebration Evening at Kidderminster Town Hall.
Residents urged to reply about voter registration information 24/07/2018Last year, almost one in ten households did not reply to Wyre Forest District Council's letter asking them to confirm their electoral register details – costing the authority more than £30,000, money which could have been spent on essential local services.
Council regrets rejection of Business Improvement District for Kidderminster 20/07/2018Plans to launch a new Business Improvement District in Kidderminster town centre have been rejected.
Flying the green flag in Wyre Forest 18/07/2018Two Wyre Forest parks have retained their green flag status.
Tributes to former district councillor 18/07/2018Tributes have been paid to former Wyre Forest District Councillor Mike Price, who has died aged 66.
Family Fun Day in Kidderminster 17/07/2018Residents can learn all about living a healthier lifestyle by joining in a day of fun!
Chairman pays tribute to councillor 16/07/2018Tributes have been paid to Wyre Forest District Council member Rod Wilson who sadly passed away at his home this morning (Monday 16 July).
Cherry Fair and 1940s weekend 13/07/2018Bewdley's annual celebration of all things cherry will be held at Bewdley Museum on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July.
Celebrate those who see no barriers 11/07/2018An award scheme which recognises those that go the extra mile for people with disabilities is now open.
Bewdley Town Council by-election candidates announced 09/07/2018Candidates for the Bewdley Town Council by-election.
Villagers urged to use their vote 09/07/2018Voters in Wolverley and Cookley will go to the polls this Thursday (12 July) to vote in a local advisory poll.
Have your say on restricting alcohol consumption in Kidderminster Town Centre 06/07/2018An order restricting alcohol consumption in Kidderminster Town Centre could be extended until 2021.
Plans to introduce simpler Council Tax Reduction Scheme 04/07/2018A scheme that helps people on low incomes pay their Council Tax is being reviewed.
International Market returns to Kidderminster 02/07/2018Immerse yourself in the sounds, aromas and flavours of an International Market event right on your doorstep in Kidderminster over the weekend of Friday 13, Saturday 14, and Sunday 15 July.
District to make a stand against domestic abuse 28/06/2018A national campaign to support people experiencing domestic abuse looks set to get the backing of Wyre Forest District Council.
Council continues to develop the Lion Fields area of Kidderminster 28/06/2018Final proposals to complete the regeneration of a prime development site in Kidderminster town centre will be discussed by Wyre Forest District Council's Cabinet in July.
Centre's popularity continues to grow 28/06/2018The number of visits to Wyre Forest Leisure centre has grown to an average of 46,000 each month.
Council plans to renew its Local Development Order 28/06/2018A successful scheme which allows businesses to build and expand premises without the need to make a planning application looks set to be renewed.
Council set to deal with eyesore town centre site 28/06/2018A key gateway into Kidderminster looks set to get a make over. Wyre Forest District Council says it is prepared to use its compulsory purchase powers if necessary to tidy up the former British Heart Foundation (BHF) shop fronting Market Street in Kidderminster.
Council to get tough on litter louts 28/06/2018Plans to get tough on litter louts by increasing fines for a range of environmental offences are due to be discussed by Wyre Forest District Councillors next week.
Lazy Sunday afternoons ahead at summer outdoor concerts 28/06/2018Music-lovers are in for a summer of lazy Sunday afternoons thanks to Wyre Forest District Council's annual programme of FREE outdoor concerts.
Council Invests in Kidderminster town centre 27/06/2018A block of retail units in Kidderminster town centre has been purchased by Wyre Forest District Council for £1m in a bid to boost regeneration and raise vital income to support local services.
Session to help you recycle more plastics 26/06/2018There is a chance to find out more about plastic recycling and alternatives to plastics at an event at Wyre Forest House next week (Tuesday 3 July).
Council expresses delight at Court refusal to allow review of planning inspector's decision 25/06/2018Delight at High Court's refusal for permission for a judicial review of an independent planning inspector's decision in Bewdley.
Designated neighbourhood area sought for Cookley and Caunsall 22/06/2018Parish Council applies for the designation of a neighbourhood area for Cookley and Caunsall.
Showcase of services for older people 22/06/2018Encouraging older people to keep learning will be part of this year's Showcase of Services for Older People.
Songs from musicals in the garden 22/06/2018Forget Broadway and the West End – tickets are now on sale for an open air summer concert in Bewdley featuring songs from the musicals.
A jam-packed summer of fun is coming to Wyre Forest 19/06/2018Schools will soon be out for the summer so take a look at all the great things Wyre Forest District Council has organised to help keep the children entertained.
A Midsummer Night's Dream comes to Bewdley Museum 19/06/2018A story of love, intrigue, magic and celebration will be taking centre stage in Bewdley next month.
Council takes possession of Wyre Forest Golf Club 19/06/2018Wyre Forest District Council has confirmed that it has now taken possession of the Wyre Forest Golf Club after its previous tenant, Burlish Golf Centres Ltd, had gone into administration in 2017.
2017/18 Final accounts highlight savings of nearly half a million 14/06/2018Wyre Forest District Council achieved savings of around £444,000 over the last 12 months. The council has done this by careful budget management, including both cost savings and increased income generation.
Deadline for local advisory poll 14/06/2018Tuesday 26 June is the deadline for registering to vote in the local advisory poll in Wolverley and Cookley.
Rogue waste operator fined for fly tipping 11/06/2018A rogue waste operator has been fined by Kidderminster Magistrates.
Raise a flag for our Armed Forces 07/06/2018Armed Forces Day will be marked in Wyre Forest with the annual flag flying ceremony.
District council's work on Localism earns more national recognition 04/06/2018Wyre Forest District Council's work on Localism has attracted more national recognition.
Pre-audit statement of accounts 01/06/2018The Pre-Audit Statement of Accounts 2017-18 was endorsed by Audit Committee on 30th May 2018. A copy of the Statement, along with the Public Inspection Notice is now available.
Have your say about community governance in Wolverley and Cookley 01/06/2018Wolverley and Cookley residents are getting the chance to have their say on whether they think each village should have its own parish council.
Council to agree new Local Plan timetable 31/05/2018The next stage of consultation on Wyre Forest District Council's proposed Local Plan looks set to take place in October.
Localism Grant helps church with new TV screen 30/05/2018A campaign to bring a taste of 'Holy'-wood to Kidderminster has won funding from Wyre Forest District Council.
Council agrees to hold community governance review of Wolverley and Cookley 24/05/2018Residents of the Wolverley and Cookley parish get the chance to have their say on whether the present parish should be split into two.
Fourth term in role for Chairman at Wyre Forest District Council 24/05/2018The new chairman and vice chairman for Wyre Forest District Council have been sworn in at annual council.
Rock your way into summer 2018 21/05/2018Music lovers, classic car enthusiasts and those that just love a good boogie are in for a treat when Rock 'N' Roll – Party in the Park comes to town.
Appointment of External Auditor 18/05/2018In accordance with section 8 (2) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, we are required to publish a notice relating to the appointment of our local auditor.
Community Localism Fund launches for 2018 18/05/2018Community groups and organisations in Wyre Forest are invited to apply for grants and funding from Wyre Forest District Council.
Residents are urged to unite against dementia 17/05/2018Residents can get involved in Dementia Action Week from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 May by attending pop-up events in the district.
Owners reminded to keep dogs on leads in Jubilee Gardens 16/05/2018Dog owners are being reminded they must keep their pets on a lead in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Gardens in Bewdley.
Funds boost for local village hall 08/05/2018Villagers in Far Forest have been given a helping hand with funding towards the restoration of the village hall floor.
Call for residents to 'Be Active' during May 08/05/2018Residents can put their best foot forward this May by taking part in range of activities organised by Wyre Forest District Council.
The UK's youngest councillor? 04/05/2018A newly elected member to Wyre Forest District Council is believed to be the youngest councillor in the United Kingdom.
Rangers scoop up top conservation awards 02/05/2018Countryside rangers from Wyre Forest District Council have scooped two top awards for their work protecting local habitats across the district.
Grab yourself a garden waste offer this May! 27/04/2018If you're heading out into the garden this May then don't miss out on the latest brown bin special offers from Wyre Forest District Council.
Bank holiday display of Stourport Riverside Meadows masterplan 26/04/2018Residents and visitors will have another chance to comment on suggestions for improving Stourport Riverside Meadows this coming Bank Holiday Monday.
Candidates for district elections announced 06/04/201855 candidates are standing for election in Wyre Forest District Council elections on Thursday 3 May.
Resurfacing works marks end of regeneration scheme 04/04/2018Resurfacing work on the newly extended Load Street car park in Bewdley will take place next week marking the end of a major regeneration scheme of the town centre.
Apply to be a stall holder at Volunteer Fair 03/04/2018Community groups in Wyre Forest are being asked to put themselves forward for a FREE stall at an upcoming Volunteer Fair.
Artwork transforms Kidderminster subway 28/03/2018A Kidderminster subway has been given a makeover thanks to a Safer Wyre Forest and Kidderminster Arts Festival (KAF) project.
Space Open Showcase Event highlights wellbeing in the workplace 28/03/2018Businesses invited to find out more about wellbeing in the workplace.
5 Ways to Wellbeing gets active 27/03/2018'Be Active' is the next theme in a year-long campaign to help residents improve their mental wellbeing.
International Market comes to Kidderminster this weekend 19/03/2018Immerse yourself in the sounds, aromas and flavours of an International Market event right on your doorstep in Kidderminster over the weekend of Friday 23 to Sunday 25 March 2018.
Easter drop-in session on Stourport Riverside Meadows masterplan 16/03/2018Residents and visitors will get the chance to comment on suggestions for improving Stourport Riverside Meadows this Easter Monday.
Register to vote in time for May local elections 14/03/2018On Thursday 3 May residents in Wyre Forest will go to the polls to have their say on who represents them at a local level.
Gladman appeal dismissed 14/03/2018An independent planning inspector has upheld a decision by Wyre Forest District Council to refuse planning permission for 195 new homes near Bewdley.
New mobile parking payments service launches in Wyre Forest 12/03/2018Motorists in Wyre Forest will soon be able to use their phones to pay for parking in council-owned car parks.
Dog control orders keep Wyre Forest safe, clean and looking good 08/03/2018New dog control orders are helping keep Wyre Forest district safe, clean and looking good.
Residents to have their say on community safety meetings 23/02/2018Residents in Wyre Forest are being urged to complete a short survey about how they raise issues around community safety in the district.
Popular Garden Waste collection service is back 22/02/2018Gardeners in Wyre Forest can rejoice as the annual garden waste collection service restarts on Monday 5 March!
Local Plan review update 22/02/2018Planning policy officers from Wyre Forest District Council are busy cataloguing and considering thousands of comments and suggestions from local people who took part in a major public consultation on future housing and regeneration of the district.
Council sets budget for year ahead 22/02/2018Spending plans that protect frontline services and continue to drive forward the district's regeneration have been formally adopted by Wyre Forest District Council.
Town centre improvements have created multiple economic benefits for Kidderminster 22/02/2018A study has revealed that the recent £2 million improvements to Kidderminster town centre public realm have delivered multiple economic benefits...
Localism fund fuels charity's drive for volunteers 21/02/2018A local transport charity run by a group of volunteers has received vital support from Wyre Forest District Council to help with their ongoing recruitment drive.
Council takes steps to acquire land in Horsefair 21/02/2018An eyesore parcel of land in Horsefair, Kidderminster, could be redeveloped for housing under a plan being put forward by Wyre Forest District Council.
Bewdley Museum re-opens with a bang! 20/02/2018Visitors can immerse themselves in an exotic culture, at the re-opening of Bewdley Museum on Saturday 3 March and explore the East Asian Collection.
KAF 2018 to celebrate town's strength and resilience 20/02/2018Plans are being drawn up for Kidderminster Arts Festival (KAF) 2018 which will take place in August.
Facebook group hailed as local litter heroes 19/02/2018Hundreds of community-minded Facebook users in Kidderminster have become local heroes by organising a series of litter picks around the town.
Sustainability event goes down a storm 14/02/2018Eco-conscious people arrived in record numbers to the Greener Living Fair on Saturday (10 February).
Woman fined for drinking in restricted area 14/02/2018A 40 year old Kidderminster woman who was spotted drinking cider in a restricted part of the town centre, has been fined by the town's magistrates.
Balti house fined after cockroach infestation 13/02/2018A Kidderminster balti house that was temporarily closed down by food inspectors after the discovery of a cockroach infestation has been fined £20,000 by magistrates.
Chinese restaurant fined after rodent infestation 13/02/2018A Chinese restaurant in Stourport has been fined more than £1,000 by magistrates after the discovery of an infestation of mice and rats.
Gender pay figures highlight it's a woman's world at Wyre Forest 13/02/2018The release of gender pay figures have highlighted that women employees at Wyre Forest District Council earn on average 10% more than male employees.
Cabinet pledge on community led housing 12/02/2018Cabinet members have pledged their support to a new drive to encourage local communities to get involved in increasing the number of affordable homes in the district.
Council wins school grounds maintenance contract 09/02/2018An independent Wolverley school has appointed Wyre Forest District Council to keep its grounds in tip top condition for the next three years.
Government funding boosts Churchfields urban village project 01/02/2018Plans to develop around 300 new homes in Churchfields, Kidderminster have been boosted by funding from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF).
Wolverley & Cookley Parish Council By-Election 01/02/2018Wolverley & Cookley by-election result announced.
Stourport Town Council by-election candidates announced 31/01/2018Five candidates are standing for election to fill a vacant seat on Stourport-on-Severn Town Council.
Wolverley and Cookley Housing Needs Survey 30/01/2018People who live and work in Wolverley and Cookley are being asked about their future housing needs in a new survey that will help shape future residential development in the parish.
Localism Grant helps community group secure new play area 26/01/2018A campaign to raise money for a play area in Rock has won funding from Wyre Forest District Council.
Have your say on Stourport Riverside Meadows 25/01/2018Residents, traders and visitors are being urged to have their say on how a popular riverside park in Stourport can be improved for future generations to come.
Stourport Town Council by-election date announced 23/01/2018A by-election for a vacancy on the Stourport Town Council in the Stour & Wilden ward will be held on Tuesday 27 February.
Tribute to former council chairman 23/01/2018Tributes have been paid to a former Wyre Forest District Council Chairman Gordon Hinton (Tony) who passed away on Monday 15 January 2018.
Free advice to keep warm and well this winter 23/01/2018Are you worried about your winter fuel bills? Then come along to one of our free energy advice surgeries taking place in Wyre Forest.
Greener Living Fair at Kidderminster Town Hall 17/01/2018Want to live life greener? Then don't miss out on a free event that celebrates sustainable living!
Green light for Depot investment plan 17/01/2018Plans to develop Wyre Forest District Council's Green Street depot have been given the green light.
5 Ways to Wellbeing 09/01/2018A new year-long campaign to help residents improve their mental wellbeing is being launched by Wyre Forest District Council.
Strala Yoga Course comes to Bewdley Museum 02/01/2018Start your year off right by coming along to a new 6 week Strala Yoga Course at Bewdley Museum.


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Smith: Time for Rockets to get their act together
Tilman Fertitta is a self-made, business-driven, multibillionaire. He does not have to be reminded to seize the moment.
But I will now use this space to say what needs to be said.
The Rockets have publicly and privately been going backward since falling to the Warriors again.
The NBA is staring at a summer of massive change. The Rockets are still playing silly PR games with their coach, leaving the rest of the league wondering what has gone wrong inside Toyota Center.
Two of Golden State's Big Three exited the NBA Finals on crutches; the Warriors' dynasty is either officially over or hobbled and facing major change. The Rockets have about 95 percent of their roster wondering when they'll be traded, two weeks before free agency begins.
Now is the time for Fertitta to seize the moment.
Now is the time for the Rockets to get their act back together.
There has been too much drama. Too much public back and forth. No unified, singular message.
From "Run As One" and "Run It Back" to "Who's In Charge?"
Turmoil and frustration are in. Stability is out. How does that make sense when the Rockets have spent a decade trying to convince professional superstars that Houston truly is a shining destination city for the league's most powerful names?
I'll say again what I said a month ago.
If the Rockets want to move on from Mike D'Antoni, get it over with and fire him. If they don't, extend and back him.
At league value. Without insulting him, loading the "reward" of D'Antoni's extension with financial reminders that the team's owner can fire the coach whenever the billionaire wants.
The Rockets have backtracked, said the wrong things, spoken too soon and revealed too much. Last week, there was supposedly some magical summit in West Virginia that was leading to an imminent extension. A week later, crickets.
No new conversation, as of Friday afternoon. Nothing going on as the Los Angeles Lakers go big again by pairing Anthony Davis with LeBron James, ex-Rocket Kyle Lowry and ex-Spur Kawhi Leonard celebrate a championship in Canada, and the Western Conference opens up for the taking.
"Mike knows what he wants. They haven't come close to it," said Warren LeGarie, D'Antoni's agent. "So, at this point, we can only deal with the reality of what we have. That is, we have an existing deal for this upcoming season. That's it."
Advice for the Rockets up top: Less Mark Cuban, more Peter Holt.
LeGarie's professional relationship with the Rockets' coach dates back 30 years. D'Antoni endured serious, Hollywood-worthy drama in Phoenix, New York and Los Angeles, then won NBA Coach of the Year with the Rockets in 2016-17 and followed that honor up with a franchise-record 65 wins. There is nothing the coach and his agent haven't been through or seen.
"We're not looking for anything they don't want to do," LeGarie said. "Mike has a contract and he plans on coaching it out."
If the Rockets don't believe they can win a championship with D'Antoni, fine — they wouldn't be the only local doubters and national criticism is nothing new. But then it's immediately on general manager Daryl Morey and Fertitta to find the next Nick Nurse.
If the Rockets truly want to hoist the NBA's next golden trophy, publicly saying one thing and privately doing the other probably isn't the best way to take down the 12 or so other teams that will be fighting for the same title next season.
James Harden must still evolve and improve — he could learn a couple things from The Klaw. Chris Paul must be wondering how much longer he'll be wearing Rockets red. For all the franchise's firepower since 2016, player agents now see a team held back by an aging, overpriced, top-heavy roster. They also wonder why a franchise worth billions seems so intent on saving millions. Is the owner or GM running the on-court show?
The moment that Fertitta dropped a cool $2.2 billion to buy the Rockets, we wondered what type of owner he would be.
The team has won 118 games the last two seasons. The NBA Finals were in sight a year ago. Toyota Center buzzes and roars, brighter and louder than ever before. The Rockets have deserved your nightly attention, even with the eventual annual disappointment. Fertitta's investment has shined when he has allowed the basketball experts to do their thing.
The Warriors are aching. The West will be won by the strongest. The Rockets should be too smart to waste time playing games.
Lock down D'Antoni or find a new coach. Then move it forward. A summer of serious change is waiting.


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by David Edgerley Gates
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, here's another story from the New Mexico headlines.
Santa Fe's police chief just resigned. Eric Garcia was on the job for about a year and a day. His immediate predecessor, Ray Rael, served a little under three years. Before that, there was Aric Wheeler (two years), Eric Johnson (three), Beverly Lennen (three), and John Denko (four), which is some kind of record. By comparison, Cathy Lanier in Washington, DC, has been the chief there for fifteen years.
Why this pattern? you ask. We're talking about a police force with only 150+ officers, serving a population of some 69,000, which is a crappy staffing ratio, in a town with surprisingly high crime statistics for its size. Drug trafficking, gang-bangers, road rage, domestic violence, all the weaknesses flesh is heir to. From what I hear, morale in the rank-and-file, patrol officers, is pretty good, but they don't have much trust in chain of command. There seems to be a real issue with senior management. As a for instance, Chief Garcia was undermined by a group of his lieutenants who wrote a memo - leaked to the press - to the city manager, accusing the chief of favoritism in hiring practices and creating a hostile work environment. Might be something to it. In any case, it made his job all but impossible, and he quit.
It may well be that running a smaller police department is tougher than running a big one. Everybody probably knows everybody, and people hold grudges, promotions, salary levels, territory. It gets parochial. Any of us who've worked in a hierarchal company model, whether it's the military or a cubical farm, know you have to put up with dicks. It applies across the board. But active sabotage, trying to degrade a guy's authority and effectiveness, is a different order of business. It's sedition.
What happens in a situation like this, not to put too fine a point on
it, is that it jeopardizes public safety, for one, and it puts working cops in a bad position, too. If you've lost faith in the people serving over you, you're leaderless. Good generalship is as much about creating a climate of confidence as it is about strategy and politics, or communication skills. In other words, you follow a business plan. If this were the private sector, the Santa Fe PD would be in Chapter 11. I don't have anything prescriptive to suggest, because I'm not on the inside, but it seems pretty obvious the next chief can't come from the inside, because the internal divisions run too deep. Maybe it's not my place to say, but it's an embarrassment.
On the other hand, speaking as a writer, it makes for terrific soap opera, sorry to say. I like nothing better than blood in the water, everybody at daggers drawn. I use this kind of stuff all the time. It's red meat. Nothing like a good turf fight to bring out the worst. I just wish I didn't have such a wealth of material. It sucks.
12 August 2015
Hanging by Your Fingernails
Posted by David Edgerley Gates at 00:30
Labels: a sorry state of affairs, David Edgerley Gates, easy to cast the first stone, NM police, the Usual Suspects
3 comments:
The sad truth is that the public works overtime for the crime writer!
- 12 August, 2015 08:37
- Leigh Lundin said...
I like that photo of Fluffy. I wouldn't expect to find too many alligators in New Mexico, David.
- 12 August, 2015 11:04
- Eve Fisher said...
Yeah, there's nothing like a small town - or small city - for feuds that never die. And making it almost impossible to get rid of bad people, because there's simply not enough people to re-staff positions, so you have to put up with what you have. And sometimes... shudder.
- 12 August, 2015 11:19
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I found this teacup and thought it would be perfect for this giveaway with its pretty blue hydrangeas. There is some debate on what the "official" meaning of the hydrangea flower is, but, since it is one of my favorite flowers (bushes?), I like that it can mean heartfelt emotions, including gratitude. So this is the perfect teacup to thank all my readers that keep coming back!
The teacup has a smaller hydrangea on the back and comes with this small goldware teaspoon.


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Galactic Senate Special Operations Corps
This article has been marked for review. It may need to be significantly altered to fit the established continuity or otherwise cleaned up.
Reason: update required
The Galactic Senate Special Operations Corps (frequently shortened to GSSOC) is a joint fighting force created by the Galactic Senate as a combat organization to represent the entirety of the Senate.
GSSOC consists of a structured hierarchy.
The main fighting force consists of the elite members, the best the galaxy has to offer. During missions, they are grouped together in either pairs or threes. Larger, more complex operations will require larger groups. They are also responsible for training the auxiliary elite and commanding the support teams.
Auxillary Elite
While most GSSOC members arrive have an extensive military or professional background, some members do not and instead join the GSSOC upon meeting the minimum qualifications. These are members currently in training to reach elite status.
The support teams consist of units that serve as reinforcements or backup for the elites who carry out the main mission.
Bunker rooms
The letter represents the room or department's position horizontally in the underground fortress, and the number represents where it is vertically. The building is planned somewhat like a Cartesian Plane.
A1 - Lobby and secretary working stations.
A2 - Non-essential staff quarterings.
A3 - Supercomputer room. Contains a hyperintelligent AI manufactured through joint effort by the galaxy's main tech firms.
A4 - Primary armory. Contains weapons of all sorts, including riot equipment and small-scale nuclear weaponry.
A5 - Secondary armory. Armory containing standard assault equipment for security staff.
A6 - Maintinence and cleaning staff dormitories.
B1 - Gym. High-quality facility for all staff, team members, and visitors to exercise in.
B2 - Cafeteria. For all non-team members that have any meals inside the bunker.
B3 - Chapel. Split into multiple sections for the myraid of religions practiced in the building by the many species that inhabit it.
C1 - Security staff dormitories. mini-armory inside.
C2 - Building cleaning and maintinence storage rooms.
C3 - Main power generator. Runs on geothermal energy.
C4 - Aeroponic farm. Capable of eliminating bunker reliance on outside food if the need arises.
All D levels - Hangar bay. Contains vehicles, spacecraft, and aircraft of all sorts barring anything larger than a gunship or walker from all species involved with the bunker.
E1 - Electronics room. Nerve center of the bunker's power grid.
E2 - Medical center. Contains the equipment and skilled professionals usually found in the galaxy's leading emergency centers.
E3 - Base game center. Contains games ranging from virtual to board to sports.
E4 - Base shop. Small grocery store.
E5 - Base library. Contains over 17,000 physical books and over ninety million stored digitally.
E6 - Bunker training facilities. Staff can train with hundreds of weapons and study sixteen physical combat arts.
E7 - Bunker water storge.
F1 - Auxillary storage room.
F2 - GSSOC team dormitories. Contains dining room where food is delivered by base staff, and many other luxuries not avalible to main staff.
F3 - Briefing room. Where the GSSOC team receives their assignments.
List of Teams
First Team
- Sol I Dor - Pilot
Other members
- Linus Fritjof
- Etah Owar
- Gaedheal
- Galiana
- Enrico Placidi (Auxilary)
- Toren'Kalik
|Founding members
|Secondary members
Fadorva Star Kingdom • Karalian Empire • United Communes • Nano Cybernetic Ascendants Council • Delson Hegemony • Xellerac Union • Nemibo Confederacy
Ilion • Karnas • Malisk II • Ucharpli • Delse • Krar • Ner'Ackarra • Jaran • Ul'um Station


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Set of Triangle hooks
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Latest ASLEF News
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - Updates
ASLEF backs Katy Clark
05 November 2014
ASLEF, the train drivers' union, is backing Katy Clark in her bid to become deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
Katy, 47, has been MP for North Ayrshire and Arran since 2005. She was educated at Kyle Academy in Ayr and the University of Aberdeen. Katy, who joined the Labour Party at 17, was a solicitor in Edinburgh before becoming legal officer of Unison.
Mick Whelan, general secretary, said: 'We have been a long-standing friend and supporter of Katy Clark because of her passionate and powerful political convictions. Katy's vision for the future of the Labour Party, and for the future of the country, is one that we share. Katy believes that everyone has a part to play, and that everyone should have the opportunity to play that part. She understands what Labour needs to do to get elected, at Holyrood and at Westminster, and what we need to do to get this country back on track.'
Katy is one of two candidates for the job. The other is Kezia Dugdale, MSP for the Lothians region. ASLEF is also supporting Neil Findlay in his bid to become leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Neil is one of three candidates who have announced they are standing. The others are Jim Murphy, MP for East Renfrewshire, and Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central.Back »


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Bus Safety
Bus Safety Tips
- Safety precautions are vital before, during and after school. If your child is transported by bus:
- Walk with him/her to the bus stop if it is a new experience. All students are expected to be at their assigned stops five minutes before the bus is due. The bus CAN NOT wait for you.
- Talk with him/her about where to stand. Students should stand back from the road in an orderly manner.
- Bus riders should realize that procedures for movement and seating arrangements are regulated by the driver.
- Explain to him/her the dangers of crossing a street or intersection. All students who need to cross the road will do so in front of the bus, after it has stopped and the bus driver has motioned you across.
- Become acquainted with your child's bus driver.
- Advocate supervision. Form a group of parents whose children wait together at the bus stop. Parents are responsible for supervising children at bus stops.
- Students in Kindergarten, grade one and grade two will not be allowed off of the bus unless an adult is at the stop to meet them. Students who are not allowed off the bus will be returned to the school and placed in the Linked Together child care program at parent expense. Parents will be called in this event.
Rider Regulations
- All passengers must be seated while the bus is in motion.
- The driver may assign seats if it is deemed advisable.
- Permission must be given by the driver before opening a window. Passengers will not extend arms, legs or hands out of a window, or shout at pedestrians.
- Nothing shall be thrown IN the bus, OUT OF the bus or AT the bus.
- Pupils shall keep the bus clean and sanitary.
- Do not talk to the driver except in an emergency.
- Students shall not mar or deface the bus. Damage done must be paid for by the offender or his/her parents.
- Do not place lunchboxes, instruments, books or other objects in the aisle.
- Normal conversation is allowed. However, loud talking, shouting and unnecessary confusion may divert the attention of the driver and could result in a serious accident.
- No live animals or bulky objects will be allowed without previous permission by the driver.
- No one may leave the bus any place other than their scheduled stop without a written note from a parent and approval of the principal.
- If a driver is unsuccessful in obtaining proper behavior on the part of a student, disciplinary action will be taken, possibly resulting in loss of bus privileges.
- No sharp objects, please.
We encourage ridership on the school buses. However, the right to ride a school bus is directly related to a pupil's behavior, attitude and practice of Transportation Rules and Regulations. The driver is in complete charge and must be obeyed. Students who misbehave on the bus will be reported to the principal. Reported students will receive an Office Referral Form or Bus Incident Report. (RSAs 189:6-a, 189:9-a, Newmarket School District policies JIC, JICC, EEA, EEAEC)


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Page URL: https://www.wodonga.vic.gov.au/About-Council/Our-City/Local-Laws/Parking
/ About Council / Our City / Local Laws / Parking
We administer the Disabled Persons Parking Scheme in Wodonga. You must be a resident of Wodonga to apply for a disabled persons' parking permit. There are two categories for different levels of disability parking labels:
To apply for a permit, you need to complete the application form prior to forwarding it to your doctor to sign. Once signed by your doctor and received by the council, a label will then be posted to you (please allow up to two weeks as the labels are printed by a supplier).
There is no fee for the permit. The permit is valid throughout Australia, however, you must adhere to the regulations of the municipality you are visiting.
We also have a disabled person's parking permit for organisations, for organisations in Wodonga only. To apply for this permit, you must complete the application form.
Once this permit has been received by the council, a label will then be posted to you (please allow up to two weeks as the labels are printed by a supplier). There is no fee for the permit.
You can apply for a parking infringement to be reviewed if you believe it was issued as an error. The application for review must be submitted prior to the due date by filling out the general application for review form.
If you were not driving the car at the time of the infringement, you will need to fill out the specific owner onus form that relates to your situation. Please do not send in your infringement notice. Keep this as a record of the infringement notice.
If you need to request a payment arrangement for your infringement, please download the application form.
If you need to know more about parking and the law, read the Victoria Law Foundation's Parking, the law and you booklet.
PLEASE NOTE: That you cannot use a vehicle to advertise or promote sale of goods (including sale of the vehicle itself) without a permit. Find out more here.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2015 – Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced today that it has arranged joint venture equity and debt financing for the acquisition and redevelopment of 2144 California Street, formerly known as The Envoy Apartments, a nine-story, 113-unit apartment building in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama Heights neighborhood.
HFF worked on behalf of the developer, Federal City Property Investors LLC (Fed City), to arrange a joint venture equity partnership with CBD LLC (CBD), who contributed equity for the project. Additionally, HFF secured debt financing for the partnership through United Bank. Loan proceeds were used to acquire the asset and will also be used to create a comprehensive renovation/repositioning of the property.
2144 California Street, NW is located within Washington, D.C.'s affluent Kalorama Heights neighborhood, four blocks north of Dupont Circle and three blocks east of Massachusetts Avenue's Embassy Row. The building offers 360-degree views of the city and consists of mainly one-bedroom units. Originally built in 1958, the property will undergo an extensive renovation of both individual units and common areas.
The HFF equity placement team representing Fed City was led by director Brenden Flood along with senior managing directors Alan Davis and Dave Nachison, associate director Bret Thompson and real estate analyst Tim Stanton.
HFF's debt placement team representing Fed City and CBD, LLC was led by director Daniel McIntyre. Managing member Nicholas Demas headed the Fed City team and CBD was represented by principals Chuck Berman and Tracey Appelbaum.
About Federal City Property Investors LLC
Founded by Nicholas Demas, Fed City develops, acquires and operates quality apartment communities, office buildings, luxury hotels and triple net retail. Fed City focuses on urban core and value-add opportunities with a particular focus on major metropolitan areas of the U.S. and specific markets in Europe. For more information, please visit www.fed-city.com.
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Founded in 2013 by Chuck Berman and Tracey Appelbaum, CBD LLC is a privately held investment manager specializing in the development and acquisition of rental apartments and mixed-use developments in urban locations from Boston to Washington DC with a particular focus in New York City. Their investors include a range of family offices and high-net-worth individuals seeking direct institutional quality equity real estate exposure. CBD LLC actively participates in its joint ventures as a limited partner or co-general partner. Mr. Berman and Ms. Appelbaum have specialized in the revitalization of urban and high density suburban areas. Both have decades of real estate investment, development, construction and management experience. Mr. Berman was a Managing Principal and Vice Chairman at MacFarlane Partners urban investment group and Ms. Appelbaum was a Principal responsible for investment and development activities on the East Coast. Prior to that, Mr. Berman was Founder and President of Avalon Properties (NYSE REIT), a publicly-traded real estate investment trust that, through a subsequent merger, became AvalonBay Communities, one of the largest residential REITs in the United States. Mr. Berman served as President and Ms. Appelbaum served as a Vice President at AvalonBay.
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How desperate are my children for a pet?
Let's put it this way: Recently, they co-signed a five-page contract—painstakingly composed by my 12-year-old, Josie—pledging not to fight for an entire year in exchange for the pet of their choice. As of this writing, Josie has gone 23 days without a fight, eclipsing her previous record by 22-and-a-half days.
I should confess here that my wife, Erin, would be happy to get a pet. She often indulges the kids by looking online at stray cats and dogs and (God help us) baby pigs. I'm the one holding up the acquisition. And the reasons I cite are all eminently reasonable: Our house is too small, we travel too much, we're completely stressed out already.
But the real reason I can't pull the trigger is because I know, deep down, that no pet will ever live up to Greg Almond, the cat I had in childhood.
And by childhood, I mean that Greg lived with us from the time I was 5 until well after I'd left home for college. Greg came to us with a brother, Tiger, though just a few years later Tiger was hit by a car in front of our house. Strange as it may seem, we were young enough that we somehow thought it necessary to bring Tiger inside the house and show him to Greg. This is part of why Greg Almond meant so much to us, I think: We had shared an early, intense experience of death.
I realize that Greg Almond is an absurd name for a feline, by the way. It did not derive from the rock musician Gregg Allman, though the origin of the name is—like virtually every aspect of our childhood—a matter of some dispute. I'd always heard that we chose Greg because he had a gray coat with an egg-shaped white patch on his chest (gray plus egg equals Greg). My older brother Dave claims he bestowed the name in honor of the oldest brother on The Brady Bunch.
I also realize that every pet owner on earth believes his or her animal is special. I'm not here to argue that point.
I can only tell you that Greg was, in a very real sense, the emotional glue of our family. He was the most empathic creature of any species I've ever encountered.
What else can you say about a cat that worried about us so much he actually followed us to school? He did this over and over, each day, lingering until my two brothers and I reluctantly carried him home.
Mind you, he wasn't any sort of fancy breed, a Russian blue or a Chartreux. He was just a shelter cat with kind green eyes and a preternatural ability to read our moods and provide us comfort.
You see, I grew up in a family that was far more fractious than the one Erin and I preside over. My parents were loving but distracted professionals who gave us the run of the house.
My brothers and I turned it into a battlefield, fighting constantly, often physically and at times viciously. I can still remember the feeling of those clashes, the fear and rage that flushed through us, the hammering of our fists and hearts.
But what I remember even more vividly is how, after each of these altercations, Greg Almond would quietly pad into my room and leap onto my bed to console me. He did this in small physical ways: licking at my bruised knuckles, nuzzling my chin.
"I see Greg's making his rounds," my dad said to me, after one particularly nasty brawl. Because, of course, Greg did the same thing for my brothers, too.
He sensed our pain. And not just the physical kind. Whenever I felt sad—spurned by my brothers or humiliated by the world at large—Greg would appear to offer succor. He behaved like what would now be called a service animal.
And our parents understood how important Greg was to us, so much so that he was essentially treated like another sibling. My twin brother, Mike, reminded me of the time that we were pulled from our class and ordered to report to the front office, so that our dad could tell us that Greg had survived his kidney surgery.
"Is Greg your brother?" asked the woman at the front desk, sympathetically.
"Nope, he's our cat," Mike replied. "Dad wouldn't have called us out of class if it was just a brother." He was only half-kidding.
Greg's instinctual empathy was all the more remarkable because our home was not an easy place for cats to live. As should be clear, my brothers and I had anger issues, and we sometimes took this out on our pets, treating them roughly.
The effect this treatment had on the cat we got a few years later to keep Greg company (a black bruiser we dubbed Butch) was immediate and striking. Butch became the neighborhood bully, and he clawed at us (rather sensibly) if we came too close. Looking back, it seems to me that Butch channeled the free-floating aggression in our home, while Greg tried, heroically, to comfort the hurt boys beneath our hurting. It was like they were dark twins: one, the angel of mercy, the other, the agent of vengeance.
Like any true angel, Greg seemed capable of the miraculous. One time, he curled up for a nap in the back of my mom's station wagon. She didn't realize he was there until she arrived at my grandparents' house. She ran inside to return a serving dish and when she came back to the car, Greg had escaped out a window.
Whenever I felt sad—spurned by my brothers or humiliated by the world at large—Greg would appear to offer succor.
Unable to find him, my mom returned home to break the bad news. Our grandparents lived 5 miles away, in a neighboring town, with half a dozen major roads in between. Greg had a flea collar on but no other identification. We knew we'd never see him again.
My brothers and I were high schoolers by then, well into our sullen teen years. But we were utterly (if quietly) disconsolate.
Five days later, we were sitting at the breakfast table talking about Greg, more or less in the past tense, when he suddenly appeared at the back window, emaciated, missing a portion of his left ear, but intact. I've always privately regarded this event as quasi-religious: the Resurrection of Greg Almond.
I've tried to explain all this to my kids, of course, so they understand my reluctance to get another pet. They're not buying it.
"If you loved one pet so much, you can love another one," Josie told me as I signed her no-fighting-for-a-year contract.
She only has 342 days left to prove her point. May the spirit of Greg Almond be with her.


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Meself, I'll stick with "suspect." After all, the crime itself has not been proved until the trial. So, it is a "suspected" or "alleged" crime until the court has proved it.
But I'll still respect you in the morning....
And yes, I did read what you wrote. I just disagreed.


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The RCMP are now involved with the uncovering of possible financial irregularities at the University of British Columbia (UBC), involving the management of a $3 million per year dentistry program.
The program, General Practice Residency (GPR), gives extra experience to dental graduates in clinics, mostly in BC, and most of the $3 million annual funding comes from the provincial government.
Up to 11 dental graduates, mainly from outside BC, are placed in various clinics to gain extra experience each year through the GPR program, including at the First United Church clinic in the Downtown Eastside, the BC Cancer Agency, and a UBC-affiliated hospital clinic in Vietnam.
The university is being closed mouthed about the exact dollar amount that may have been jeopardized.
A spokesperson said "UBC has indications that there could be impropriety, and that could be anything from misuse or unapproved use of funds right up until fraud, but that is something that will have to be determined by police." "Our understanding is that the RCMP is investigating."
Last summer, a whistleblower alerted senior UBC administrators about potential monetary misconduct in the GPR program, and UBC's internal auditors investigated. In the fall, the university confirmed possible irregularities and took steps to ensure patients would continue to recieve services. Once internal auditors did confirm that there could be a problem, action was taken to secure the funds and administrative changes were made to the program to ensure the funds weren't at risk.
This isn't the first financial wrongdoing that the university has been involved with.
In January 2012, a former UBC financial manager was sentenced to two years house arrest for stealing $460,000 from a university medical department.
And later that same year, it was discovered another former UBC medical school employee accepted almost twice the pay she was owed, receiving more than $600,000 to which she wasn't entitled.
The university spokesperson said "financial impropriety is absolutely unacceptable." "We take that very seriously and when we were notified (about this most recent set of allegations), we took action."
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Driving all of my production XML Perl code for a couple years now. Never had (at least don't remember) any leaks or performance trouble with the daemons that use it.
Algorithm::Loops produces the fastest and least memory-intensive code out there for what it does. Handling permutations and loops nested to arbitrary depth are the jems of the module, and both allow for iterator usage. The documentation is very complete. The the Filter, MapCar*, and NextPermute functions are easy to use. NestedLoops seems rather difficult to apply because it solves a few big problems in a different way than many programmers think of them. The difficulty is not knowing how or when to use the function, despite the many examples in the POD.
The slowest of the date modules, but one of the most powerful. Includes support for recurring events and custom calendars. Excellent parsing of English dates and times such as '5PM next friday'. It is also pure Perl, making it easier to install on some platforms than similar modules. If you haven't switched to DateTime, and don't need the speed of Date::Calc, Date::Manip is a powerful and easy to use alternative.
Significantly faster than Text::CSV and still my favorite way to get data into and out of MS Excel.
This module is great! Not only does it nicely format code, it does an excellent job of telling you where your syntax errors are. If you've ever spent 5 minutes looking for that unmatched brace, bracket or parenthesis--you needed Perl-Tidy.
Very easy to install, learn and use.
Great logging solution for those times you need all the bells and whistles.


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The Young and The Restless star Kristoff St. John has died at the age of 52.
An official at the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that the actor was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Sunday.
"He passed away at 2:05 p.m.," an LAPD official said.
According to the LAPD, St. John's death "could possibly be an alcohol overdose."
It appears St. John's death is not considered suspicious, as LAPD officials confirmed they have passed the case on to the Los Angeles Coroner's Office.
St. John played Neil Winters on the CBS soap opera since 1991.
His sudden death comes after the actor threatened suicide in 2017. As Radar reported, St. John's ex-wife, boxer Mia St. John, called the cops after the actor texted her disturbing photos of himself holding a gun Opens a New Window. to his head.
The actor was hospitalized for a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation.
In 2014, St. John and Mia's son, Julian, took his own life at age 24. He was found dead with a bag over his head in a bathroom at La Casa Mental Health Hospital in Long Beach, where he was seeking help.
The heartbroken parents struggled with his death and filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the mental health facility for failing to prevent their son from the tragic event. The suit was settled in 2017, according to online reports.
St. John's final tweet was a Jan. 21 retweet: "Grieving the loss of a child is a process. It begins on the day your child passes, and ends the day the parent joins them."


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