text:
Koostik is dedicated to making well designed and finely crafted wood accessories primarily for Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. All of our products are designed and made by hand in America. We work with fine wood timbers such as Walnut, Cherry and Ambrosia Maple. Koostik pieces have been featured in many national and international magazines, on hundreds of blogs and web sites; and have been shipped to more than 45 countries worldwide. Our products make exceptional gifts for iPhone and iPad users.
Each piece is designed and carefully hand crafted to create objects of elegance, natural beauty, and amazing function.
Each piece is designed and carefully hand crafted to create objects of elegance, natural beauty, and amazing function.
FREE Shipping in the USA!
That's right, get FREE SHIPPING for orders shipped in the US! Pick one up today and enjoy a Koostik bringing the naturally acoustically amplified tunes!
$10 World Shipping!
We now offer a $10 shipping option to select countries around the world. UPS Priority Mail Innovations available for $10 to the following countries:
Now for iPhone 8 & 8 Plus!
Got a new iPhone 8 or 8 Plus? We got you covered! The Pivot and Original are both suited perfectly for Apple's latest iPhone release.


text:
North Chelmsford, Mass. – February 9th, 2016 – eSkill Corporation, a global leader in employment-related skills testing, announced today a new partnership with GetEducated, an education services provider focused on adult students. The partnership will offer a new way to assess and train employees and job applicants, by providing accurate testing and dynamic training solutions.
"We are proud to announce our partnership with GetEducated, which will help our clients more effectively assess and develop their candidates and employees," said Eric Friedman, CEO at eSkill. "More companies are realizing the benefits of having tools to train their employees effectively and efficiently. The combination of skills assessments and educational services for training offers a seamless solution that encourages employee engagement, increases brand awareness, and improves skills for current and future employees."
Together, eSkill and GetEducated enable clients to find skills gaps in their workforce or among applicants using the latest web-based skills testing platform. Once the skill gaps are identified, customers can implement a seamless solution to offer their employees and job applicants access to thousands of professional development courses through the largest database of online college and degree training programs.
"It truly is the best of both worlds," said Tony Huffman, founder at GetEducated. "Through this partnership we're offering companies the tools they need to create a pool of applicants that have proactively taken suggestions for improvement. Within the workforce, we can provide insight for self-improvement through assessment testing, while uncovering employees with great potential that they can maximize through training."
About eSkill Corporation
Since 2003, eSkill has been a leading provider of online skills testing for applicant screening and staff training to thousands of companies globally, including Zappos, GE, Randstad, LG, and many others. eSkill lets clients easily select or customize job-based tests from over 5,000 modular subjects and subtopics across a wide range of disciplines such as IT, Programming, Office Software, Accounting, Healthcare, Legal, Call Center, Retail, and more. eSkill's leading-edge job simulations recreate software programs and work environments to assess how well candidates can perform actual job tasks.
About GetEducated
Founded in 1989, GetEducated is an online education resource that was created to help busy, working adults find, research, and compare online degrees, certificates, courses, and training. The site offers an unbiased listing of all institutions that have online programs available in the United States, and some globally, while also offering unique tools that help consumers rate and compare more than 12,000 schools, 15,000 degree programs, and thousands of online professional development courses.
Kelly Painter | Vice President of Sales
(978) 303-3358 | firstname.lastname@example.com
All trademarks and trade names mentioned herein are the properties of their respective holders and hereby acknowledged.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Crest of the International Diocese is a rich representation of our life together and of our heritage of Apostolic faith to which we are committed.
At the top of the crest is a Bishop's Miter. It is a hat that bishops wear that has two points, symbolizing the cloven tongues of flame that appeared on the Apostles heads on the Day of Pentecost. It is a reminder that present day bishops who are the successors to the Apostles should also be filled with the Holy Spirit. The miter at the top of the crest shows that the Diocese is under Apostolic authority led by the Bishop. The ribbon-like tabs that are attached to the back of bishops' miters date back to Bible book markers to remind that everyone, including the Bishop, is under the authority of the Bible.
The red cross in the middle is the Jerusalem Cross. The largest of the five crosses in red stands for the Gospel, the four smaller crosses stand for the gospel going to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth which is symbolized by the white circle.
At the center of the Jerusalem Cross is a white figure which is made of one line that describes three parts. It is an ancient symbol of the Trinity–God who is Three-in-One. At the heart of who we are is Trinitarian faith in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The Processional Cross and the Bishop's Staff (called a Crozier) that are crossed in the background, are both budding, symbolizing new life.
At the bottom of the crest is a dove, representing the Holy Spirit Who undergirds all that we are called to do and empowers us to extend the Kingdom of God.


text:
Stade Francais
Coverage of the European Champions Cup clash between Leicester Tigers and Stade Francais.
Follow @sportsmole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole
Result: Stade Francais score seven tries against Treviso, secure bonus point by half-timeStade Francais score five tries in the first half to help them overcome Treviso 50-17 in the European Champions Cup.
Dec 12, 17:07
Stade Francais, Munster postponed after police adviceThe European Rugby Champions Cup match between Stade Francais and Munster is postponed following the terrorist attacks in Paris last week.
Nov 17, 20:08
Result: Leicester Tigers beat Stade Francais in European Champions Cup openerBrendon O'Connor scores on his debut as Leicester Tigers defeat Stade Francais 33-20 in the opening match of the European Rugby Champions Cup
Nov 13, 21:41
Italy captain Sergio Parisse back in training, aiming for Ireland clashItaly captain Sergio Parisse returns to training on Tuesday ahead of the Azzuri's clash against Ireland on Sunday, which the number eight aims to be fit for.
Sep 29, 20:04
USA's Scott La Valla ruled out of World CupUSA Eagles Scott La Valla is ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with a fractured elbow, while Seattle's Matt Trouville is been called up in his place.
Sep 5, 09:01
Result: Victory over Stade Francais secures top spot for Newport Gwent DragonsNewport Gwent Dragons put their name in the hat for the last eight of the European Challenge Cup courtesy of a comfortable 30-19 win over Stade Francais at Rodney Parade.
Jan 24, 16:50
Result: Stade Francais score seven tries in win over Bucharest WolvesStade Francais score five second-half tries to beat Bucharest Wolves in Pool Three of the Challenge Cup.
Jan 17, 15:50
Result: Stade Francais see off Newcastle FalconsStade Francais beat Newcastle Falcons 31-24 in their Challenge Cup match at the Stade Charlety.
Dec 11, 21:42
Result: Newcastle Falcons edge past Stade FrancaisNewcastle Falcons remain unbeaten in the European Rugby Challenge Cup after beating Stade Francais 30-23.
Dec 5, 22:01
Result: Digby Ioane try gives Stade Francais winDigby Ioane scores the only try of the game as Stade Francais beat Bucharest Wolves 13-9 in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Oct 25, 14:43
Result: Newport Gwent Dragons ease past Stade FrancaisStade Francais suffer a 38-22 defeat at the hands of Newport Gwent Dragons in their opening Challenge Cup match of the season.
Oct 18, 21:47
Result: London Wasps qualify for Champions Cup after seeing off Stade FrancaisLondon Wasps defeat Stade Francais 20-6 in today's Champions Cup playoff at the Stade Charlety.
May 24, 16:17
Result: London Wasps gain slim advantage over Stade FrancaisLondon Wasps clinch a dramatic 30-29 win at home to Stade Francais in the first leg of their European Rugby Champions Cup playoff at Adams Park.
May 18, 17:02
Result: Harlequins cruise into Challenge Cup semi-finalsHarlequins are through to the semi-finals in the Amlin Challenge Cup after beating Stade Francais 29-6.
Apr 4, 22:10
Result: Stade Francais too good for London Irish in Challenge CupStade Francais score four tries to beat London Irish in the Challenge Cup.
Dec 14, 22:07
Result: London Irish maintain unbeaten Challenge Cup runLondon Irish score a late try to seal a 24-13 win over Stade Francais in the Challenge Cup.
Dec 8, 17:32
Sergio Parisse upbeat despite European Challenge Cup final defeatStade Francais captain Sergio Parisse remains upbeat after his side's defeat to Leinster in the European Challenge Cup final.
May 18, 01:54
Result: Leinster clinch European Challenge CupLeinster are crowned European Challenge Cup winners for the first time with a 34-13 victory over Stade Francais in Dublin.
May 17, 21:57
Live Commentary: Stade Francais 13-34 Leinster - as it happenedLive coverage of the European Challenge Cup final between Stade Francais and Leinster.
May 17, 19:00
Morne Steyn completes Stade Francis moveMorne Steyn will join French outfit Stade Francais from the Bulls at the end of the season.
May 7, 16:23


text:
Her son "Jimmy J," Ch. Lamars In It To Win It, Award of Merit winner at the Redwood Empire Mastiff Club Specialty, Award of Excellence 2007 AKC Eukanuba show. And # 6 of the Top Ten Mastiffs in the U.S. 2006 & 2007. Jimmy has taken the year 2008 & 2009 off of the show circuit being shown only a limited number of times.
Now Jimmy is the sire to a National Specialty winner Lamars Belles Super Star " Star" won winners bitch at the 2009 Mastiff Club of America Specialty, and a Group placing bitch Ch.Lamars Locked N Loaded at Bluelead co-owned by Rosie & Darwin Dickson.
We have new rising stars coming up on the horizon including " Vivala" Lamars Livin La Vida Loca of Southport just to name one. . " Vivala" won Grand Sweepstakes winner at the 2009 Specialty and 1st runner up in the Tournament of Champions. She won 2nd runner up in Tournament of Champions in 2010. Vivala also won the BOS Collar award for the MCOA. Vivala aquired her Championship from the 6-9 puppy classs beating Special bitches for points and finishing going BOB over 5 top ranked Specials UNDEFEATED in the classes! Vivala is now a Silver level Grand Champion and a Mother.
My husband Eric and I have been married for 47 years. We have three grown daughters, five grandchildren consisting of three boys and two girls with a grandson "Aiden" just born in Norway. Two of our daughters and their children live in Idaho, my oldest daughter with my granddaughter just moved to Florida. We belong to the Mastiff Club of America I am currently the Vice President where we have been members in good standing since 1992 .
I have served back to back terms in 2002 for a total of 4 years including being past Ethics Chair. My husband Eric and I have both been presented with many coveted MCOA Service Awards for our contributions to the MCOA Club. Most recently 2012 both of us were honored again. Many thanks to our friends and collegues.
We also belong to the Redwood Empire Mastiff Club since 1991. I have served on the board of directors in many capacities with the Redwood Empire Mastiff Club currently serving as Vice President . I have also been involved with numerous regional specialty shows, serving as the Show Chair for our regional specialty on Oct 20, 2007.
My friend Carrie and I with Carrie doing all the work are the breeders of the Meagles the research breeding that resulted in our Meagles and the discovery of the marker for PRA. it is a Dominant gene no now we have a blood test to determine if your dog has PRA or not so we will never have to have that in our Breed again if Breeders are deligent. Many thanks to the MCOA the generosity of our Club members and all the hard work of the PRA Comittees also.
We are slowing down in showing take time out for cruises to Alaska including a zip line experience that was awesom !!! Traveling to see the kids in idaho and working around the ranch. We have a few up and coming stars and will be showing and breeding on a limited basis now.
We are in our new home we recently built in Brentwood, CA on a 10 acre apricot orchard. You can see the construction progress on our Camp Lamars page. Our motto is "Mastiffs are like potato chips you can't have just one." We are a testament to that fact, we started with a beautiful big, redhead named "Brandon"we currently have a total of 12 .
You are visitor number: 89953


text:
WordPress booking calendar with payment integration
What is the best solution to get robust booking calendar for WordPress site?
Full local language support required***.
Also integration for local payment system is required****.
*** At least full translation ready solution.
****Support for many different European payment systems, for example like this:([login to view URL] ), PayPal also positive.
Are there any available plugins that could be used and/or tailored?
45 威客就此工作平均出价 €157
Hello, ******************I am ready to start work on it from NOW.********************* I have 5+ years of experience in Wordpress. I assure you that you will always get a quality work from here. Thanks 更多
HI There, I can assist you with WordPress booking calendar with payment integration. I am very passionate about quality of my work, You will be pleased working with me. Let's have a quick chat to discuss it further. 更多
Hi, Thank you very much for Looking at my proposal & will definitely help you in your payment integration with booking calendar. I have 5 years of rich experience in PHP, PHP Frameworks and 3+ years of experienc 更多
hello sir i am expert in CSS, MySQL, PHP, Website Design, WordPress i am able to do this work you will satisfy with my work i can do this work asap thank you
Hello there, As per my understanding you need a robust booking calendar for WordPress site. We have 7+year experience in website design and developments in E-commerce,Woo-commerce, JavaScript,PHP, WordPress,Wix, Shop 更多
Hello Dear, Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. I would like to apply as a web developer in your job post. I am expert in the following , HTML 5 , CSS 3 , PSD to HTML , Bootstrap , Responsive Web Design , 更多
Hello Sir I am 5+ Years of experienced wordpress developer. i will build a website for your calender business with payment integration. i would like to discuss more about the project. Do have a look on my work po 更多
Ok, Can we discuss in chat ? As you can see I have got great feedback from my clients by providing quality work and I assure you the same. Let's discuss more in chat and then I will also revise the quote at my best 更多
Hello, I have gone through your requirement post. Shall we connect and discuss more on your requirements? I have 9 Years of experience as a Full-stack developer - Frontend: Bootstrap, jQuery, email HTML, Np 更多
Hello Sir/Madam! I read your requirement and I can handle it and have already done this type of project. it will my pleasure to work with [login to view URL] give me opportunity to work with you. WHY US? I reading your 更多
Hi Dear I am experienced WordPress developer I have done the booking system on many websites please take a look at the recent booking system I have done [login to view URL] [login to view URL]
PORTFOLIO- Wordpress: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] 更多
Hello there, I have reviewed your job description as well and very confident to handle this project perfectly. I am expert in Web designing/[login to view URL] i am having good experience in payment gateway implementation. 更多
Hi, Am Muhammad Ghaffar professional wordpress developer please have a look once my profile done many project with 5.0 rating 100% clients satisfaction am ready to help you with this project right now please message m 更多
Hello friend, I am a WordPress specialist, as well as I can build a customized plugin for you, which will work according to your need. word press theme modification is also an easy task for me. simply send me a messa 更多
Dear sir, Hope you are well !! I have seen your given requirement that you need to WordPress booking calendar with payment integration. I am an expert in this area. About me - ========= I am a Web Developer an 更多
Hello, I will start right now and will complete it very soon. I am expert in WordPress, Woocommerce, Paypal integration, SSL integration etc. Please have a look at our past online store project: wordpress: 更多
Hi, Greetings!!! I Clearly Gone through the Requirements that you have Listed in your Proposal and found that you need a Word Press Developer with great visual & functional set up delivery. Matching style with funct 更多


text:
June 11, 2009
I took a stroll last Saturday morning through the Farmers'' Market, heading straight to the coffee station upon my arrival at the corner of 2nd Avenue North and 2nd Street North. I had to have some java in order to function, and the southern pecan kicked in quickly. My focus was to purchase vegetables for a quiche.
I did not get to the vegetables before I began a conversation with Mother Goose, and then we made a new friend from Starkville. We chatted, solved some local and national problems and parted company.
Not just produce
On the way to make my purchases I saw Becky Childs of Praise Works, a home-based business she owns with her husband, Mike.
The Childs craft four different products: turned wood bowls, heirloom and trophy pens, etched and stained glass and broken China jewelry.
I was particularly drawn to the stylistic pens, all colors, sizes and textures. Two of them were made of deer antlers and were as beautiful as any pens I have seen in nice department stores around the world. The bowls, too, were well-crafted and unusually shiny.
There were crosses made of stained glass, and other items that would make nice gifts for dads on the 21st.
Natural ingredients rule
I took fewer than 10 steps and saw Lynn Pope who dreamed up her own business called Soleil.
Pope''s products include handmade lotions, soaps and body scrubs. Most of her products are made with natural ingredients, eliminating the worry that can come with using harsh chemicals.
"I started about three years ago, making soap," said Pope. "I got on the Internet and quickly discovered all sorts of other products that can easily be made in an ordinary kitchen. I use my microwave a lot and my computer to make labels and logos."
Pope said that she will experiment with mosquito repellent that contains all-natural ingredients.
"That''s something I''ve noticed," she said. "People are becoming more and more aware and concerned with what ingredients are used in certain products."
Although Pope has participated only in the Saturday mornings at Farmers'' Market, she plans to try Thursday mornings to see what happens.
Local artist caught in action
Fewer than 10 steps in another direction I met local artist Sharon Foster. She makes homemade cards, among other things, some of which I have seen for sale at local establishments such as Table of Plenty.
I had seen Foster collaborating with Mother Goose on a project when I first arrived near the coffee station. "Goose" had created with the children a hand fan with a drawing of a goose on the front surface. Foster, with a few colored markers, and some fancy strokes, made the goose 3-D with a "new and improved" look.
In the present economic state the number of home-based businesses is on the rise. Making candles, pens, salsa, barbecue sauce, soaps and lotions may not pay the entire house note, but it can become a significant supplemental income.
Unfortunately, I never made it to the vegetables Saturday morning.
Wings update
I would be remiss if I failed to mention that several people wrote me a few weeks ago to comment on the article on wings and to tell me about the Great American Deli in Leigh Mall. They were adamant that the wings there are meaty and delicious. I paid them a visit and it is true.
John Dorroh is a semi-retired high school science teacher, who writes a business column for The Dispatch.
printer friendly version | back to top
1. Monday profile: Morris finds calling to medicine, Mississippi COLUMBUS & LOWNDES COUNTY
2. Winning: Love of baseball drives success for MSU head coach Chris Lemonis STARKVILLE & OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
3. County continues seeking easements for Blackjack Road project STARKVILLE & OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
4. Makerspace movement continues to thrive in Starkville STARKVILLE & OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
5. Lowndes County begins summer work program COLUMBUS & LOWNDES COUNTY


text:
Ajax Messages
Remedex Pharmaceuticals is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company ñ one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, youíll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.
Position Overview:
Global Procurement at Remedex Pharmaceuticals is a matrix organization, consisting of global category teams and regional site/ country teams. The departmentís mission is compliant, competitive and innovative acquisition of goods and services from leading suppliers and partners that deliver a competitive advantage to MSD.
The position
Reporting to the Associate Director Global Procurement, the Procurement Specialist will be a member of our regional procurement organization and will be responsible for successful implementation of global, regional and local sourcing and supply strategies across our manufacturing sites, in close alignment with internal customers, regional and category colleagues. The main focus will be on Direct Materials, such as chemicals, excipients, single use components (bags, filters), primary (containers, closures, films, foils), secondary (folding cartons, inserts, and labels), and tertiary (corrugate) packaging components, and drug delivery systems. The Procurement Specialist will coach the Associate Procurement Specialists and the Analysts.
As part of the role the Procurement Specialist will also be responsible for:
Participating pro-actively in global category strategy teams to develop world class sourcing strategies while meeting business requirements of manufacturing sites to create best value for MSD and its customers.
Translating sourcing strategies into practical implementation plans to prepare business cases/ justifications for changes and to manage project timelines and budgets.
Interacting with stakeholders and establishing excellent relationships resulting in thorough understanding of end-to-end business processes, full stakeholder commitment and successful implementation of sourcing strategies.
Sourcing and purchasing goods and services through a rigorous sourcing excellence process.
Ensuring that all purchase agreements are in compliance with corporate, divisional and local laws, policies, regulations, within agreed timelines and optimal conditions.
Evaluating the performance of suppliers, implementing initiatives for improvement, and develop innovative solutions.
Gaining thorough market knowledge for benchmarking and innovation purposes.
Monitoring cost prices and calculating on annual base cost prices.
Developing and implementing saving initiatives, delivering agreed savings targets and accurately reporting savings.
Delivering other financial value for the business by optimization of working capital including payment terms, demand management, lead times, inventory, etcetera.


text:
Economic Meltdownby Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Posted on 2013-01-30
WHITEHOUSE. Madam President, I actually came to speak on another
subject, but I had the opportunity to hear the minority leader's
remarks as I was waiting to speak. I would point out in response that
our friends on the other side love to characterize the spending that
has taken place in recent years as something that was the will and
choice and desire of President Obama. What they fail to recall is that
during that period, we actually had an economic meltdown. Most
Americans remember that economic meltdown. States such as Rhode Island
are still in the aftermath of that economic meltdown--an economic
meltdown, by the way, that occurred at the end of the last Republican
administration and was caused by those policies.
The economic meltdown was relatively global. We have very practical examples of countries that went the path of spending cuts that the Republicans recommend--recommended through the whole economic meltdown. Just take a tour of Europe and you will see where the austerity plan was followed, the results have been far worse: lower GDP growth, higher unemployment. We are actually struggling through better in America by understanding that when the economy is collapsing, if the Federal Government withdraws even more money from it, it just collapses faster and you postpone the period of growth and recovery.
This business us only having a spending problem--well, you can look at the revenues as adequate, but it depends what you are measuring it against. If you are measuring revenues against the times when we had a balanced budget, it has always averaged 20 percent. It averaged around 20 percent of GDP. We are at 16 percent right now. This is a huge gap. If we drop and try to balance the budget, which is what I think we would like to achieve at 16 percent, we are going back to the social conditions of the early 1950s, conditions where many seniors still lived in poverty. I know the party on the other side likes looking back, but I do not think they want to look back to that. I really do not think most Americans want to live in a country in which that is the case.
So, do we have a spending problem? Yes, of course, we do. But when revenues are at 16 percent of GDP and we have never balanced the budget in recent history at 16 percent of GDP--in recent history, it has always been with revenues around 20 percent of GDP.
When you have these unbelievable revenue giveaways to special interests--Big Oil getting these huge subsidies, hedge fund managers paying these favored low tax rates, tax rates lower than their chauffeurs and their doormen and their maids pay--the Tax Code is riddled with those kinds of special interest giveaways, and if we can bring some of that back into the equation, not only does that add revenue and move us better toward the goal of a balanced budget and a reduced deficit but, frankly, in most of those cases, it is the right thing to do all on its own. It is the fair thing to do all on its own.
Yes, there are things that are idiotic buried away in the Federal budget. I am not here to defend studies about pig manure or reality TV shows. But the [[Page S372]] problem is that once you actually get into discussions on this subject with the other side, it is not long until their guns turn on Medicare, it is not long until their guns turn on Social Security. We have seen it before. They tried to privatize Social Security. They thought they had the power to do it, and the American people told them: Heck no. But that is where the discussion goes. It may start with reality TV shows and pig manure, but before you know it, they have their guns trained on Medicare and Social Security. We need to defend programs such as those on which families depend.


text: Antwort auf die Message vom 02 Mrz 2002 von "Bill Williamson": > You can't go back in time and fix mirrors/etc, so they stuck > with the "problem" and advised either 2.4.17 + 2.4.18rc4, or > 2.4.19pre1. They REALLY should have a note up there about > it. > Hey, I'm still a beginner. What does the above mean in my language, "Kernel 2.4.18 is rubbish anyway"? Then I better stay with 2.4.17 and save me the trouble to download and install a newer one. TIA -- If you wanna be good, you gotta read. "Jeff" von der Lfs-Linux-Mailingliste, 26.2.02 -- Unsubscribe: send email to listar at linuxfromscratch.org and put 'unsubscribe lfs-support' in the subject header of the message


text:
Competition and Exhibition 2013
Ipswich City Council are hosting a wonderful photography competition again this year, the 'Ipswich Enviroplan Photographic Competition'. There is no entry fee and anyone can enter, as long as the images entered are taken in the Ipswich Shire.
Last year saw more than 1200 entries in the competition and almost 1200 votes in the People's Choice Awards.
This year's prize pool is valued over $5000 with prizes for each category, the Overall Winners, and the People's Choice Winners.
CLOSING DATE | Friday, 4 October 2013
AWARDS NIGHT | Tuesday, 22 October 2013
PUBLIC EXHIBITION | Thursday, 24 October – Wednesday, 6 November 2013
PEOPLE'S CHOICE VOTING | Thursday, 24 October – Wednesday, 6 November 2013
For more information and to enter the competition, click here
Apart from presenting two workshops tomorrow for council already, I'm one of the two judges and will also be the MC for the Awards Night in October.
Get your entries in now, folks!!


text:
Huntin' is what life is about, and really a bad day at the cabin hunting is better than any good day at your job. So, take a few days of vacation while the weather is still nice and get to the cabin, woods, any kind of forest you can get to. Forget work and lay back with a cold beer and wait for 'em to show up. Next time you're down grab this Bad Day Hunting Is Still Better than Work shirt design and you'll remember those good days out in the woods.
Please Note: Sizes Are Approximate
Click Here to view the complete size guide for all product styles.


text:
- Programme
Your company is a target. There are high levels of security risk to increasingly global corporations based in Asia, and Corporate Security is the critical support department. Gain best practice insights into protecting people, profit and brand at Global Corporate Security in Shanghai.
Unrest and criminality affect crucial business destinations in parts of Asia and Africa. Meanwhile cost-cutting measures and third party operations are presenting criminals with alarmingly rich opportunities for interference and wilful damage.
Protect company products, sites and executives and secure your company against emergencies and crises by joining brand new conference formats. The exclusive Situational Awareness Trial is where your observational skills and surveillance abilities will be tested in a blindfolded trial, while in the Counterfeit Investigations Session you will be tested to catch out tampered products with comparison and analysis exercises. Travel Risk Policy Checklisting is a heads-together delegate-led exercise letting you contribute important considerations for corporate travel planning and take a copy of the checklist home with you after while the Supply Chain Observational Testing lets you assess potential threats along example supply chains.
Invest in our upcoming 2-day conference тGlobal Corporate Security', which provides you with access to the latest intelligence, preventative security management and emergency response planning. Plug in for тPreparing Your Company Crisis Response Planт, тEnsuring Resilience with Stress-Tested Business Continuityт, тCounter-Surveillance Processes to Protect Company Sites and Staffт and тSystematic Approaches to Close Executive Protectionт in our sunrise plenary sessions.
Follow your own plan with a choice of two exclusive breakout streams:
Corporate Assets:
Preventing break-ins, ensuring access control, incident management, anti-counterfeiting and layered defences to goods in movement are essential to companies dealing with high-value production and items, as well as those with supply chains extending through multiple jurisdictions with vacillating risk profiles. Join this stream to benefit from detailed security setups for your assets and sites.
Personnel Protection:
Readiness and planning for situational awareness and duty of care programmes are critical to executive safety and avoiding travel disruption and business damage. Join this stream to benefit from insights into establishing a security footprint in the destination via local contacts and well-protected corporate sites, evacuation preparedness and proper medical planning.Click here to register.
- Agenda
- Members area log in


text:
The Booking of your participation in any journey takes place in three stages:
First step: Filling the application form for participation in the tour. Be sure to include your full name, We work officially and all accounts are registered. Please write your contact so that we have the communication wit you. After your application come to our website - the site administrator will send you a bill at your name for a advance of the tour. Maximum response time: 6 hours. Usually responsible for 1 hour.
Second stage: The reservation to participate in any tour takes place when you make the advance payment of 30% of the tour price to the account of an Indian travel company INCREDIBLE HIMALAYA. The advance is transferred via bank payment systems in any bank, account details will be sent by the administrator to e-mail of participants after getting the application form for participation.
ATTENTION Booking the tour takes place only when the advance payment transferred. If, after receiving of the invoice for advance payment, you do not make a payment within three working days, your application form for participation is automatically canceled by site. If you still want to participate in the tour, you have to apply the form again. When we receive an advance on our bank account we sent payment receipts confirming your participation, as well as a contract for the provision of travel services on this tour. The administrator sends you the electronic copies of receipts and contracts with digital signature and seal by e-mail and if necessary - to the postal address - the original documents. The remaining amount is payable as ayou arrive at the beginning of the trip, in India.
The third stage: Preparing for the journey. We also have a verbal communication on Skype with members of our travels. 2 weeks before the tour we gather the whole group in Skype and discuss preparations for the journey. Also welcome verbal individual consultations on Skype, it helps us to answer all your questions maximized. Because the most of the year we are in India, the main communication with us is Skype.
Attention! You don't need to register on our site to join the tour. If you are unable to fill the application form, please just send your application in letter (free form) - by mail: email@example.com
Attention! If you have not received a response to your letter within 6 hours (maximum response time for a request), please look at the spam folder. Perhaps, our letter got there by mistake. We always reply to requests in a maximally short period of time.
Photo tour Lakes of Tibet: Pangong lake, Tso Moriri, Tso Kar, Tso Startsapak, Leh-Manali highway.
Day 1, June 26: Delhi - Leh (flight). Adaptation. Exploring Leh.
Day 2, June 27: Leh. Old city. Adaptation day. Sightseeing tour of Old Lech Monastery Namgyal Tsemo, Park of Stupas, Shamkar Gonpa monastery.
Day 3, June 28: Car trip down the river Indus. Buddhist monasteries Phyang, Likir, Basgo.
Day 4, June 29: Leh - Tango Village - Monastery Tangse Gompa - Pangong Lake.
Day 5, June 30: Pangong Tso Lake - Sachukul gonpa- Leh.
Day 6, July 1: Leh. Free day.
Day 7, July 2: Leh - hot springs Chumotang - Lake Tso Moriri.
Day 8, July 3: Lake Tso Moriri. Alpine valley of geysers - Lake Tso Kar.
Day 9, July 4, Lake Tso Kar, Lake Tso Startsapak.
Day 10, July 5: Lake Tso Kar - Leh-Manali Highway (Grand Canyon, forms of weathering) - Lake Tso Kar.
Day 11, July 6: Lake Tso Kar - Rupshu Valley – the Pass Tanglang La- Rumtse (Maroon Gorge).
Day 12, July 7: Village Rumtse - Tiksey Gonpa - White Stupas of Shey Gonpa - Leh.
Day 13, July 8: Free day in Leh. In the afternoon - Spituk Gonpa.
Day 14, July 9: Leh - Delhi (flight).
Excursion in Delhi (on request), in the evening the transfer to the airport and return home.
Reservation for participation in Photo tour Lakes of Tibet occurs when you make an advance to the account of an Indian travel company PROJECT PHOTOTOUR PRIVATE LIMITED of 30% of the tour price - 456 USD.
Advance payment is transferred by participant of photo tour via bank payment systems in any bank to the account of a travel agency Project PhotoTour, details are sent by the administrator after receiving an application for participation in the photo tour.
After you pay the advance payment a receipt confirming the payment is sent to you and confirmation of the booking of your participation in Photo tour Lakes of Tibet, and a contract for the provision of travel services will be sent to you too.
The remaining amount is paid as a participant arrival at the place of the tour, in this case - on arrival at Leh, Ladakh.
1. Moving along the entire route (from the ladder to the ladder of the planes) in comfortable cars.
2. Accommodation in double rooms in hotels, guest houses and campsites along the route of photo tour.
Perhaps the single room, $ 367 co-payment for the entire tour.
3. Information support of the organizers from the beginning to the end of the tour.
4. Tour accompaniment by local English-speaking guides on the route.
5. Registration of permits in the frontier zone in Pangong Tso lake and Tso Moriri.
6. Lecture on introduction to the culture of Tibetan Buddhism.
7. Workshop on landscape photography in Ladakh: Features of landscape photography in Little Tibet.
1. Flight to New Delhi Airport from your country of residence and back.
2. Flight Delhi - Leh - Delhi. The estimated cost of the ticket from $ 80 -up to $ 150 (as the earlier ticket is purchased, the cheaper it is costs).
Attention! These tickets are bought immediately after the advance payment for participation in the photo tour:
the Administrator of the Project PhotoTour assists in the purchase of tickets at the lowest cost.
Just keep in mind that as the earlier tickets we buy, the cheaper they are.
3. Entrance fees to the monasteries and monastic buildings, on the order of $ 10 on all the time.
4. The cost of permits in the closed frontier areas - Pangong Tso lake and Tso Moririr, about $ 10-20 for a permit.
The cost of the permits are published on Ladakh tourist center in the beginning of May each year. That is why we do not include these costs in the price of the tour: they will be available in May.
5. Indian visa is $ 60. Issued independently on arrival at the international airport in New Delhi.
The information about tourist visa in India.
6. Meals during the photo tour: about $ 140 for the duration of the trip.
7. Medical Insurance is bought individually by each participant in the place of residence.
8. Anything that is not specified in the paragraph "The price of the photo tour includes".
The photo tour Lakes of Tibet is opened for photographers and travelers from all over the countries in the world, the focus is aimed at modal travel photography.
For participants in the photo tour Lakes of Tibet is recommended to obligatory reading:
Guidelines and rules for travelers in Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti (Little Tibet).
RECORDING FOR PARTICIPATION IN Photo tour LAKES of TIBET before 1 June 2016.
But the booking of photo tour can be stopped before – as soon as collected a group of 8 people.
If you want to go to photo tour Lakes of Tibet, please book your place to attend.
Minimum number of participants in this group - 8 people.
Maximum number of participants in this group - 10 people.
Photo tour has a comfortable level.
In Leh: hotel with hot water, a bathroom and toilet in the room.
Pangong Tso lake: the guest house, with bath and toilet in the room.
In the village Karzok lake Tso Moriri: guesthouse with shared facilities.
Tso Kar lake: comfortable camping, best camping in Ladakh.
In the village Rumtse: guest house with minimal comforts, there is nothing else here.
If you want to ask the questions about the organization and participation in Photo tour LAKES of TIBET, please contact:
+ 91 94 19 274 735 (India) - Ilona Kryzhanovskaya, Project Manager Photo Tours, India.
+ 7 967 037 28 11 (Russia, India) - Maxim Savchenko, the direction of extreme festivals Project photo tour.
il-il-il (or search by e-mail email@example.com) - Ilona Kryzhanovskaya, Project Manager photo tour.
Brasilia3090 - Nina Lozenko, director of the Project Photo Tours.
email@example.com - Ilona Kryzhanovskaya, Project Manager Photo Tours
firstname.lastname@example.com - Nina Lozenko, director of the Project Photo Tours
firstname.lastname@example.com - Maxim Savchenko, extreme festivals Project photo tour.
Photo tour on Lakes of Tibet has a team of organizers:
Ilona Kryzhanovskaya: photographer, ethnographer, ethnographic photography, genre photography, subcultural practice, the construction of the myth in photography.
Maxim Savchenko: direction of extreme festivals in Project PhotoTour.
Nina Lozenko: Administrator of Project PhotoTour.
Kristina Tsurkan: photographer and artist, guide of Project PhotoTour.
Pravesh - English speaking guide of Project PhotoTour.
Our local English-speaking guides carriers of ladakhi culture, the team of Project PhotoTour.
Team of drivers-guides along the entire route of photo tour.
In terms of individual preparation for taking pictures on the photo tour Lakes of Tibet we recommend to read the following articles:
View photos of the lake Tso Moriri.
View photos of the lake Tso Kar.
View photos of Lake Pangong Tso.
View photos from our photo tours to Tibet.
July photo tour around the lakes in Little Tibet, 2012.
July 2013: passed and ended July photo tour on the lakes of Little Tibet: Pangong Tso, Tso Kar Tso Moriri.
July 2014: Photos from the tour around Tibetan Lakes, July 2014.
Passed and ended the advertising photo tour Lakes of Tibet-2, 15.08. - 08.26.2013 year.
Passed and ended the advertising photo tour Lake of Tibet-2: Highland Lakes, Valley of Geysers, 17 - 26.08.2014 year.
Sergey Pobegaev: the movie "Ladakh" at the end of the photo tour Tibet Lake, July 2014.
This photo tour around alpine lakes in Little Tibet - has been a hit of seasons 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and the objective is the most spectacular and colorful photo tour in Ladakh.
This year we expanded the program of this photo tour, adding a fourth lake - Tso Startsapak and day of shooting on the Leh-Manali Highway - the highest mountainous in the world and amazingly beautiful road.
The main key points of this journey:
1. Four mountain lakes of Ladakh (Little Tibet): Pangong Tso, Tso Kar, Tso Moriri and Tso Startsapak are not just a beautiful place, they are fantastic.
2. Valley of highland Geysers between the lakes Tso Kar and Tso Miriri.
3. The distant alpine village of nomadic shepherds of Ladakhi Chongpa nationality.
4. The Leh-Manali Highway: Grand Canyon, the incredible beauty of the mountain - the path in the heart of stone flower in the literal sense of the word.
5. The ethnographic photography in the Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh.
6. Free photography: tour program is designed so that participants can take pictures in the modal time in the individual mode.
In his photo tour program as much as possible close to the individual journey.
And, the most important:
There will be A LOT OF LAKES!
Day 1, July 26: Delhi - Leh (flight). Adaptation. Exploring Leh.
Arrival at the International Airport of New Delhi (India) from the country of residence.
Apply for the visa, get luggage and moving by free shuttle bus from the international terminal D3 in New Delhi Airport to the domestic terminal D1: bus runs between the terminals every 15 minutes.
It is common practice in our photo tour to Ladakh: flights, where the participants of our tours arrive at the airport in New Delhi, usually arrive in the terminal D3 from 2 to 5 am, and immediately move by shuttle-bus to the terminal D1 and in the morning fly to Leh.
Cheap flights from Delhi to Leh are bought so that the interval of time between the external and domestic flights was at least - 3-4 hours.
Then you check-in in the terminal D1 to Delhi – Leh, flight to Leh takes 1 hour 20 minutes.
A flight Delhi-Leh is a special photo-action, the aircraft flies over the beautiful peaks of the Himalayas.
Photography of air flights Delhi-Leh can be found here:
Homecoming. Live Journal blog of Ilona Kryzhanovskaya.
We returned to Ladakh!
Air flight from Delhi to Leh, Ladakh, April, 2015.
Arriving in Ladakh, plane makes a beautiful turn over the valley (the perfect time to take pictures) and landing at a single airport in valley - Leh.
Arrival to Leh. Immediately at the exit of the Leh airport the guides meet participants with a sign PHOTOTOUR.
Transfer to the hotel, breakfast.
Leh is located at an altitude of 3600 m.
And on the first day it is very important for photo tour participants to pass the correct high-altitude acclimatization: they get instructions on acclimatization, drink plenty of fluids, rest upon arrival at the hotel for the first hours.
After acclimatization rest at the hotel we go for a leisurely walking for adaptation through the narrow streets of the Old Leh: to the center of Leh, Main Market.
We finish the walking in a nice cafe-restaurant Penguin, where will be our first dinner in Leh.
In the evening - a master class in the introduction to the culture of Tibetan Buddhism.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 2, June 27: Leh: Old Town. Adaptation day. Excursion to the Old Leh: Namgyal Tsenmo monastery, The park of Stupas, Shamkar Gonpa monastery.
Today is the second acclimatization day in Ladakh, and we will spend it in a quiet measured moving: in the morning by cars go up in a Buddhist monastery Namgyal Tsemo, towering above Lech, then - after examining of the monastery, down the stairs go to the park of ancient Buddhist stupas and then go for a leisurely adaptation walk through the narrow streets of the Old Leh: clay houses, Buddhist stupas and prayer wheels.
Buddhist monastery and a fortress Namgyal Tsemo, "red fortress", built in the 16th century by King Tashi Namgyal of Ladakh.
The gompa keeps the three-story statue of Buddha Maitreya. Also Gonpa is famous for its collection of ancient manuscripts and frescoes.
The monastery belongs to the Gelugpa tradition.
Namgyal Tsemo rises, hovers over all Leh and there are a great shooting points of the valley of Ladakh, the average flow of the river Indus.
Leh Old Town is listed by UNESCO as World Heritage .
The walk will finish at the Monastery Gompa Soma, in the central part of the Old Leh.
Then - a break for lunch and rest adaptation.
In the evening - by cars, we'll go to a Buddhist monastery Gompa Shamkar at the evening puja.
Buddhist Monastery Shamkar (Samkar Gompa) - a small ancient monastery of the Gelugpa school, surrounded by tiny monks' chambers.
If we are lucky in Shamkar gompa we will attend at the evening puja.
And, of course, meet with great Dukar.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 3, June 28: Car journey down the river Indus. Buddhist monasteries Phyang, Likir, Basgo.
In the morning we will go by cars to our first study trip to the valley of Ladakh, down the river Indus.
The first landscape photography: Indus Valley, the merger Indus and Zanskar.
Photography in the floodplain of the Hindus, magnificent views of the gorges and Buddhist villages grew up among the rocky mountains, multi-colored fields.
During the day we will visit three Buddhist monastery: Pyang Gonpa, Likir Gonpa and Basgo Gonpa.
Buddhist Monastery Pyang Gompa, Ladakhi Village Pyang: Buddhist monastery located in 15-16 km to the west of Leh in Ladakh, northern India.
It was founded in 1515.
Pyang Gompa is interesting in many ways: from the place where it is - a nice village Pyang with magnificent views of the same name canyon, variety of Gonpas in the monastery: here we see the old Gonpa of the 15th century and the new, just built Gonpa, where all the walls and ceilings affect with the mural paintings in ladakhi luxurious style.
Buddhist Monastery Likir, Likir Gompa was built in the 11th century.
Literally, the name of the Monastery means "surrounded by Nagas" (giant snake-spirits), it is believed that the monastery is entwined with bodies of two Nagas - Nando and Taksako.
According to legend, the fifth king of Ladakh Lachin Gyalpo chose the the place.
At the present time the gompa belongs to the Gelugpa sect and follow the precepts of the Master Tsongkhapa.
Today the monastery is home for about 120 monks and about 30 students.
There is a rich collection of tangkas (Tibetan icons), sculptures and other art objects, the skilled craftsmen working transmitting young people their case.
Likir has a unique location - it is literally dominates the surrounding space and a huge Buddha statue next to it is visible from afar.
Buddhist Monastery Basgo, Basgo Gompa was built in 1680 by Namgyal dynasty rulers, but the town itself Basgo is known since antiquity and was mentioned in Ladakh Chronicles, as a political and cultural center and former capital of Lower Ladakh.
The monastery is famous for its unique frescos of the XVI century and a statue of Buddha.
Basgo Gompa standing on steep cliffs and has an amazing panoramic view of the surroundings.
Panorama of monastery Basgo is clickable to a large size.
In the evening on the way back to Leh we will have a stunningly beautiful evening shooting in the area of the monastery Basgo:
Basgo Gonpa itself dominates the valley and from the roofs of the monastery the valley can be seen at a glance.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 4, June 29: Leh - Village Tango - Gompa monastery Tangse - Pangong Lake.
At 6 o'clock in the morning we go to Pangong Lake.
The road from Leh to Pangong has a length of 125 km and will take about 7-8 hours.
We climb to the pass Chang La (alt. 5360 m), which is named after Sadhu Baba Changle, the temple on the mountain pass was dedicated to him and then we go down to the village Tangste - the next village on the road Leh - Pangong.
Chang-La Pass - the main passage to the plateau Chantang located in the Trans-Himalayas. The nomads of these places are called Changpa or Chang-pa.
Panorama photographed at the track Lech Tangse is clickable to a large size.
Many stops on the way for picture taking, including those for the animalistic: we pass glade with pet Marmots - Himalayan marmots.
Marmots really pet, come very close, literally up to 1 meter and having fun taking pictures.
We pass the village Tangse, not for long delayed in a Buddhist monastery Tangse Gompa: look around monastery and go further to our goal - an evening photography on Pangong Tso Lake.
On this day we stop in one of the guest houses on Lake Pangong.
If we are lucky with the weather, at night we will have a huge shooting of star sky over Pangong.
View photos captured on a lake Pangong Tso, Ladakh, Little Tibet.
Guest house on Lake Pangong.
Day 5, June 30: Pangong Tso Lake - Monastery Sachukul - Leh.
Morning photographing on Pangong lake: we we go to the far end of the lake (about 16 km) by cars up to the barrier, which can pass only local residents of Ladakh.
And from there slowly come back, stopping at all points of the shooting.
Pangong Lake is situated at an altitude of about 4250 m and is located near the border with the former country of Tibet.
The length is 134 km, width - 5 km. The lake belongs to the one third Ladakh (India) and 2/3 to Tibet (Tibetan territories under occupation of China).
A lot of beautiful landscape photography.
At 12.00 we go in the way back to Leh.
Near the village Tangse we turn into the side canyon and visit a Buddhist monastery Sashikul (Sachukul) Gonpa, located in a very unusual place: the Mountain passages surrounding the monastery are bright striped. The Gonpa belongs to the 14th century.
This place is not usually visited by tourists due to its remoteness.
Next, return to Leh by the already known road.
We stop to take pictures of all the interesting places that are lightened in the evening look completely different.
Late afternoon return to Leh.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 6, July 1, Leh. Free day.
Free day in Leh: relax - restore force after a journey to Pangong Tso.
We clean the feathers and equipment, we view the footage, preparing for a trip to the lakes.
Independent walks and photographing in Old Leh.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 7, July 2: Leh - Hot Springs Chumotang - Tso Lake Moriri.
Today we go to the lake Tso Moriri, we will have a beautiful and long road with many stops for photographing landscapes.
On the way we will stop for a lunch in the upper stream of the Indus, near the hot springs Chumotang, where we can take a dip in the hot sulphurous-hydrogen baths, and then drink a fragrant herbal tea.
After lunch we will continue our way and overcome mild Yalung Nyalung Pass (5450 m) and the dusty plateau Rupshu.
On the plateau, we a high probably meet the nomadic peoples Chongar and will stop to take pictures in their mobile villages: here is possible an excellent portrait photography, and genre, and animalistic.
Immediately after the pass will opened Nyaung a view of the lake Tso Moriri, unrestrained and blue, like a precious sapphire eye rimmed in brown banks.
Tso Moriri is a beautiful highland lake in Tibetan India, is 215 km south-east of Leh at an altitude of 4595 meters above the sea.
The maximum length of the lake is 19 km, maximum width - 3 km, maximum depth - 40 m. This is the largest alpine lake in the Trans-Himalayan region within India.
The lake water is salted. Lake is available only in the summer season. Until 1959, the locals were engaged in the extraction of salt (Tsokar, local Ladakhi) from the lake.
There is a monastery Karzok Gompa on the shore of the lake, where we were at this summer festival, and a small village of the same name is spread around the monastery.
In summer, the temperature ranges are from 0 ° to 30 ° C, and in winter from -10 to -40. Only nomadic shepherds Changpa can live here.
View photos captured on the lake Tso Moriri here: Lake Tso Moriri, Little Tibet.
We arrive in the village Karzok, and immediately in order not to lose precious time go for an evening photography on the Lake Tso Moriri.
Available the night photographing the lake Tso Mori and ancient Buddhist stupas from the roof of our guest house.
Guest house on the lake Tso Moriri.
Day 8, July 3: Lake Tso Moriri. Alpine valley of geysers - Tso Kar lake.
At four o'clock in the morning you can attend the morning puja in a Buddhist monastery Karzok Gonpa.
The gentle photographs is possible at puja.
Korzok Gompa is a Buddhist monastery, also called Karzok or Kurzok - Tibetan Buddhist gompa belonging to the school Drukpa Lineage as Karzok ancient village at the lake Tso Moriri.
The monastery Korzok at an altitude of 4595 m has a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha and the gompa is home to about 35 monks.
Before the monastery was the center of the Rupshu valley. As a Druk-pa monastery, he was subordinate to the monastery Hemis Gompa. The gompa is more than 300 years.
The local population believes that the gompa and Lake Tso Moriri - the two holy places.
We hope that we'll get lucky and we find ourselves during our photo tour in stormy weather.
Storms on the lake Tso Moriri are simply wonderful to take pictures.
Photo tour program for the day: 6 am, go for a morning photographing the opposite shore of Tso Moriri and then go to Korzok Fu - summer pastures of the shepherds Chongpa Korzoka.
Go back to the village Korzok, have breakfast and go on a long road to the lake Tso Kar.
We have to go by car about 60 km this day, but we spend on this road about 6-7 hours for several reasons:
1. On the way a lot of interesting places to take pictures waiting for us - from ethnographic photography in the nomad camps of to the macro, amalistic and if the clouds will be correct- landscape photography.
2. Valley of Geysers. Yes, on the way to the Tso Kar and Tso Moriri we will visit the unique alpine valley of geysers, located at an altitude of about 4500 m.
Geysers here are very different - from small, gurgling with a huge bubbles to the hot fountains- geysers height of more than three meters.
The Valley of Geysers in the truest sense of the word - absolutely fabulous place. The climate is changing under the influence of the hot springs and the middle of the high desert of Ladakh suddenly appear green alpine meadows mixed with salt marshes, the hills become of the most vivid colors: yellow - yields crystalline sulfur, among which are hidden transparent amiachnye crystals, brown, green salt crust.
The main thing that we were lucky with the weather, and then take pictures of the Valley of Geysers is endless: the birds that live in a huge amount on the banks of the valley, small gurgling springs for very textured photos, and, of course, geysers, fountains.
It is possible to swim in the sources, and not only possible, but sources believe healing, so do not forget to take a swimwear.
Themselves geysers provide beautiful bright pictures - paintings.
Later in the afternoon we arrive at Tso Kar lake, located in the camp and go to the evening photographing the lake Tso Kar.
Camping at the lake Tso Kar.
Day 9, July 4: Lake Tso Kar, lake Tso Startsapak.
Day of free shooting on lakes Tso Kar and Tso Startsapak: the first part of the day take pictures on the lake Tso Moriri, after lunch we go to the lake Tso Startsapak.
The first part of the day on the lake Tso Kar: By car drive around the lake, looking for the point of shooting, the morning photography, visit Gompa Tso Kar, and finally animalistic photography:
herds of yaks and herds of wild horses that fend for themselves very close to lakeside- You can take pictures of remarkable portraits of the huge Tibetan yaks.
Lake Tso Kar - perhaps the most charming of the lakes of Little Tibet.
The epithet "beautiful" - there is not exactly right, Tso Kar is charming: soft colors, halftones, closed miniature watercolor of mountains surrounding the lake, calm and quiet.
The word "Tso Kar" literally translates as White Lake. It called so because of salt and all of its banks are covered with white deposits of salt.
Lake Tso Kar is located 150 kilometers south-east of Leh in the Rupshu Valley at an altitude of 4700m.
Tso Kar is very naughty and very diverse in all its manifestations: the weather, which can change here every half of an hour, to the landscape - the surface of the water mirrors, reflections, and multi-colored salt marshes and meandering flow channel connecting the different parts of the lake.
View photos taken on lake Tso Kar during our travels here: Tso Kar Lake, Rupshu Valley, Little Tibet.
In the afternoon we go to the lake Tso Startsapak, there is a very good light in the afternoon.
This is our debut: the first time we are taking a group of photographers on the lake Tso Startsapak.
And the story is so surprising: the lake is on the map, but to find the way to it was not easy - the road doesn't exist, it has been ignored for many years.
At first time we visited the lake Tso Startsapak last year and were fascinated by them, just 10 km from the snowy-salted Tso Kar we met up with green, soft and gentle beauty of Tso Startsapak.
On the way we stop to take pictures in the abandoned villages of the nomadic Chongpa.
On the way to the campsite - evening photographing of Tso Kar Lake.
Camping at the Lake Tso Kar.
Day 10, July 5: Lake Tso Kar - Leh-Manali Highway (Grand Canyon, shapes of weathering) - Tso Kar Lake.
Another debut at the photo tour Lakes of Tibet: Lake Tso Kar is in close proximity to the Leh-Manali Highway - the world's most mountainous roads.
Leh-Manali Highway – the road in India connecting Leh and Manali. The road is open from June to mid-October, when the Organization of border roads cleans all the snow from the road.
This road connects Manali and Kullu valley with Lahul, Spiti and Ladakh.
Leh-Manali Highway was built and used by the Indian army to transport military equipment to Pakistan-China borders.
The escalation of conflicts have passed, and today, moving on this beautiful track, we will see that only the soldiers of the Indian Army recently saw and a few of nomads and shepherds.
Between the passes Lachung La and Taglan La this road crosses the Plain Mor: dusty desert alpine valley is incredibly powerful in its pristine beauty.
It is here - in the valley of the Mor we will take pictures today, we meet this day about 100 km amazing stone beauty.
On the road the indescribable views and spectacle are waiting for us : colorful mountains, cliffs and abysses, incredible forms of weathering rocks.
This road is very difficult to describe in words - difficult to find the right words: most of all it looks like a moving inside, deep into the huge stone flower.
Feeling as the stone petals mountains breathes, lives, trembles, surrounded on all sides.
We will pass on the Leh-Manali Highway to the Grand Canyon.
Then - free photography in the Grand Canyon and evening shooting on the way back to the campsite Tso Kar.
Camping at the lake Tso Kar.
Day 11, July 6: Lake Tso Kar – Rupshu Valley - Tanglang La Pass - Rumtse (Maroon canyon).
Optional - morning shooting on the lake Tso Kar and after breakfast, we go to way back to Leh.
We are waiting for a very interesting and rich landscapes and panoramas alpine road.
We climb on the second highest mountain pass in Ladakh - Taglung La (5358 m), and see the height of mountainous dusty valley Rupshu.
Taking pictures in a dusty valley Rupshu and the second highest mountain pass in Ladakh Taglung La.
By the afternoon we go down to an altitude of about 4000 to the small village Rumtse and stop at the guest house.
On foot (there is no road) go on a photo shooting in the village, to the ancient stupas and ancient Gonpa Rumtse.
Place here is very atmospheric: Rumtse village is located at the entrance to the maroon gorge, against which the white stupa and houses of village look stunningly bright.
In the evening - if we are lucky with the sun - we will go by car to take photographs to Maroon Canyon.
Guest-house in Rumtse Village.
Day 12, July 7: Rumtse Village - Tiksey gompa - White stupas of Shey Gonpa - Leh.
Today, we return to Leh.
In the morning - photographing in the village Rumtse and throughout the roads of maroon gorge.
By the afternoon we arrive in a Buddhist monastery Tiksey Gonpa.
The monastery Tiksey is huge - the largest in Ladakh, in fact is a city-monastery, with surrounding villages, surrounded by ancient stupas, houses of lamas and monastery schools.
Tiksey Gonpa consists of twelve levels, and ten temples, towering on the mountain.
At the top there are private apartments of Rinpoche of this Gompa.
There are shrines and houses of monks below the monastery on the mountain slopes.
Now there are about 100 Buddhist monks of the Gelugpa school in Tiksey gompa.
From the roof of the monastery the wonderful panorama of the valley of Ladakh is seen.
Lunch in the monastery Tiksey Gonpa.
After lunch, we walk around the Tiksey Gonpa, inspect the rooms, library, the temple of Protectors.
Tiksey Gonpa is very beautiful and important monastery of Ladakh and did not go in it - it would be very disappointing.
By the way on the walls of Tiksey Gonpa preserved unique ancient frescoes depicting scenes of sacrifice.
After Tiksey Gompa we will continue our way to Leh, and on the way we will have one more stop: in the evening sun we just come to the White Stupas of Shay Gonpa, the place where the great Buddhist teacher Naropa meditated.
White Stupas - this is a huge area, dotted with white stupas of different shapes and sizes.
The space of white stupas is very unusual - here there is a feeling that time has stopped, it is very calm and easy, and it is very beautiful in the evening light.
And here we finish our day of shooting.
Come back to Leh.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 13, July 8: Free day in Leh. In the afternoon - Spituk Gonpa.
The first part of the day - a rest after the tour, we walk along the Leh, buy gifts for relatives and friends, packing.
In the afternoon we go to a Buddhist monastery Spituk Gonpa, the main monastery of Ladakh valley, the monastery, there is the residence of the Teacher of the valley of Ladakh, and Mongolia - Rinpoche Kushok Bakula, whose name has the airport in Leh.
Buddhist monastery Spituk Gompa was founded in the XII century, and its name "Spituk" – "exemplary" was given by Rinchen Zangpo, who was admired by exemplary way of life of local monks.
The monastery was built as a fortress on a high rock.
Originally belonged to the Kadampa tradition, then moved to the Kagyu tradition, from the XV century, gompa belongs to the Gelugpa tradition.
Abbot (Rinpoche) is known for its educational activities and the creation of ladakhi education system.
The monastery is decorated with frescoes, sculptures and tangkas, some of which were brought here from Tibet after the Chinese invasion, there is collection of ancient weapons.
In the assembly hall (dukhang) the throne for the Dalai Lama is set.
After visiting the Spituk Gompa we go down by the high stone staircase in the eastern part of the Gonpa to Spituk village and return to Leh.
Hotel in Leh.
Day 14, July 9: Leh - Delhi (flight).
In the morning transfer to the airport and the flight Leh - New Delhi.
In Delhi, depending on the time of departure, you can either spend time at the international airport in New Delhi, or book a tour around Delhi with a English-speaking guide.
Departure from the international airport of New Delhi.
And finally we offer to view a short film about Ladakh and the high mountain lakes of Ladakh, filmed by member of our photo tour Lakes of Tibet, in July 2014.
Sergey Pobegaev: Ladakh.
The marker of this Photo tour in Zanskar is EXTREME.
Most of the time in the photo tourThe Lakes of Tibet we will spend at altitudes of 3500 m and above.
The compulsory condition for participating in photo tour to Tibet is the level of health not below average, lack of chronic diseases, such as:
diseases of the cardiovascular system, asthma, mental illness, drug and alcohol addictions.
And the most important thing: the full awareness - where you are going and willingness for difficulties.
We will try in every way to make this trip as much comfortable as possible for the participants of the photo tour The Lakes of Tibet, but emphasize: we are not going to the resort.
I.e. ideas of comfort in Zanskar in terms of European are absent altogether.
In addition it is assumed that we live not only in hotels but also in local guesthouses and campsites on the Tso Kar Lake.
Therefore, wishing to take part in a large photo tour The Lakes of Tibet should be ready for the objective difficulties of our Photo Tour:
- Intense emotional experience, very saturated photo tour program, a lot of moving, a lot of shooting.
- Non-European level of the quality of housing.
- Poor infrastructure in the region, local perceptions of comfort.
- Possible manifestations of altitude sickness in the first 1-2 days of photo tour.
If you decide to take part in this photo tour The Lakes of Tibet - You need to be internally prepared for the fact that at times it will not be easy, but infinitely interesting.


text:
Tasmania is a magical island full of hidden secrets, so why not extend your stay? Delve into the rich history and heritage of our island state.
Enjoy our crystal clear air, spectacular scenery, awe-inspiring wilderness and gorgeous seascapes. Sample wonderful fresh produce, stunning seafood, boutique wines and beers.
As a cruising destination, Tasmania offers excellent marinas, sheltered waters and beaches you'll have all to yourself. Visit the wooden boat building community at Franklin, just 40 minutes south of Hobart or look in to Devonport and Stanley on the north coast for picturesque scenery and strong maritime heritage.
By road, there are dozens of locations to visit, including the beautiful East Coast, the wine trails of the Coal River and Tamar Valleys and stunning Cradle Mountain.
Hobart is a capital city steeped in history with a vibrant, modern culture. Enjoy a visit to the famous Salamanca Markets, fine dining restaurants, heritage architecture and lively pubs. Don't miss the opportunity to visit the staggering Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) at Berriedale, just 20 minutes north of the city.
For more touring ideas, see the Tourism Tasmania website www.discovertasmania.com.au.


text:
DOYLINE, LA (KSLA) - It has been almost 3 months since Doyline residents had to evacuate their homes because a company called Explo Systems improperly stored M-6 propellant at nearby Camp Minden. Now, they are finally starting to get some answers.
Louisiana State Police gave an update to Doyline residents during a town hall meeting Monday night. They originally estimated they had 6-million pounds of M-6. Now, LSP say it was actually about 10-million pounds. About 3.5 million pounds still hasn't been stored properly. State Police also said they have tested the remaining M-6 Propellant, and it is still stable.
Those at the meeting said they did get some questions answered, and they feel reassured that they are safe now.
"I really wasn't aware of exactly what was going on. At times I felt like the investigation even stopped, but after tonight I realize it's still going on," said Jan Campbell.
Despite the answers they got, many still have lots of questions.
"We want to know what's going to be done in the future. In other words, don't let it happen again," said Roger Walker.
LSP have someone at Camp Minden 24/7 now, but for some that isn't enough. They want to see an official policy change. State Representative Gene Reynolds says he is working on those changes, but it will take time.
"The first stage was to secure it and make everything safe. We're in the second stage now. The second stage is where we try to figure out where the train went off the tracks and why it went off the track. Then the 3rd stage will be have legislation if we need to fix it," said Reynolds.
Doyline residents at the meeting said they also still had questions about the criminal investigation. State police did say they have started it, but are limited on how much investigating they can do on the property until they get those last 3.5 million pounds properly stored.
On Thursday the Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing in Baton Rouge to discuss the situation and hear testimony from those investigating. KSLA News 12 will be there to bring you updates from the state capitol.
Copyright 2013 KSLA. All rights reserved.


text:
Manchester United target talks summer move to Old Trafford
MAURO ICARDI has insisted he would reject any approach from Manchester United.
The Sun reported yesterday that Jose Mourinho had told Old Trafford chiefs to go out and get the Inter hitman.
Mourinho is confident that he will be appointed as the Red Devils' next manager in the summer - but he won't be getting Icardi.
The Argentina striker has told Italian paper Corriere dello Sport that he would reject the Red Devils to stay at Inter.
Previewing their interview with Icardi, Corriere's front page reads: "I am ready to refuse United for Inter. I have no problem with Mancini. We will do well."
United were linked with a £35m move for the Serie A side's captain but they may have to look elsewhere for a new striker.
Mourinho was said to admire Icardi's physicality as much as his ability to find the back of the net.
United have struggled for goals this season - partly due to a lack of options.
Wayne Rooney is Louis van Gaal's only recognised out-and-out striker but he has been well off the pace for most of this campaign.
New boy Memphis has struggled while Anthony Martial has shown glimpses of his promise.
Starsport revealed yesterday that Mourinho will be handed a £300m transfer kitty in the summer to further reshape United's unbalanced squad.


text:
|248 High Street, Ashburton
Victoria 3147
|03 9809 9888
Searching for the right organisation or professional from the Real Estate need not be a hassle - Ray White Ashburton is within easy reach, conveniently positioned in Ashburton, Victoria. Ray White Ashburton operates out of Ashburton in Victoria, Australia as a professional business/organisation in the Real Estate.
This introduction to Ray White Ashburton is intended to be informative enough for you to be able to initiate a conversation with one of its representatives. Ray White Ashburton, along with thousands of other Australian organisations and service providers, has been posted to this directory for easy searching.


text:
Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Boston District Office
Room E-365
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
(617)624-6690 Fax: (617)624-6606
March 11, 2010
Mr. David Silva, President
Communications Workers (CWA) Local 1051
59 Main Street
Fairhaven, MA 02719
LM File Number: 002-100
Case Number: ||||||||||
Dear Mr. Silva:
This office has recently completed an audit of Communications Workers (CWA) Local 1051 under the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to determine your organization's compliance with the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). As discussed during the exit interview with you, Executive Vice President Dennis Mattos, and Secretary-Treasurer Robert Browne on March 10, 2010, the following problems were disclosed during the CAP. The matters listed below are not an exhaustive list of all possible problem areas since the audit conducted was limited in scope.
Recordkeeping Violations
Title II of the LMRDA establishes certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Section 206 requires, among other things, that labor organizations maintain adequate records for at least five years by which each receipt and disbursement of funds, as well as all account balances, can be verified, explained, and clarified. As a general rule, labor organizations must maintain all records used or received in the course of union business.
For disbursements, this includes not only original bills, invoices, receipts, vouchers, and applicable resolutions, but also documentation showing the nature of the union business requiring the disbursement, the goods or services received, and the identity of the recipient(s) of the goods or services. In most instances, this documentation requirement can be satisfied with a sufficiently descriptive expense receipt or invoice. If an expense receipt is not sufficiently descriptive, a union officer or employee should write a note on it providing the additional information. For money it receives, the labor organization must keep at least one record showing the date, amount, purpose, and source of that money. The labor organization must also retain bank records for all accounts.
The audit of Local 1051's records for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 revealed the following recordkeeping violations:
1. General Reimbursed and Credit Card Expenses
Local 1051 did not retain adequate documentation for reimbursed expenses and debit card expenses incurred by union officers totaling at least $2,127.14. For example, the local did not maintain any documentation for charges totaling $813.60 at the Hilton Hotels in Las Vegas during a CWA International Convention held in 2008.
As previously noted above, labor organizations must retain original receipts, bills, and vouchers for all disbursements. The president and treasurer (or corresponding principal officers) of your union, who are required to sign your union's LM report, are responsible for properly maintaining union records.
2. Meal Expenses
Local 1051 did not require officers and employees to submit sufficiently descriptive receipts for meal expenses totaling at least $1,220.01. The union must maintain itemized receipts provided by restaurants to officers and employees. These itemized receipts are necessary to determine if such disbursements are for union business purposes and to sufficiently fulfill the recordkeeping requirement of LMRDA Section 206.
Local 1051 records of meal expenses did not always include written explanations of union business conducted or the names and titles of the persons incurring the restaurant charges. For example, meals purchased at the Chateau and at Nashoba Restaurant totaling $290.00 did not contain complete records of the individuals in attendance at the meals or complete descriptions of the union business conducted. Union records of meal expenses must include written explanations of the union business conducted and the full names and titles of all persons who incurred the restaurant charges. Also, the records retained must identify the names of the restaurants where the officers or employees incurred meal expenses.
Based on your assurance that Local 1051 will retain adequate documentation in the future, OLMS will take no further enforcement action at this time regarding the above violations.
Reporting Violations
The audit disclosed a violation of LMRDA Section 201(b), which requires labor organizations to file annual financial reports accurately disclosing their financial condition and operations. The Labor Organization Annual Report (Form LM-3) filed by Local 1051 for fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, was deficient in the following areas:
1. Disbursements to Officers
Local 1051 did not include some reimbursements to officers totaling at least $3,364.79 in the amounts reported Item 24 (All Officers and Disbursements to Officers). It appears the union erroneously reported these payments in Item 48 (Office and Administrative Expense). Additionally, Local 1051 did not report the names of its four district vice presidents (DVPs) and the total amounts of payments to them or on their behalf in Item 24 (All Officers and Disbursements to Officers). DVPs are union officers and members of the local's executive board. The union must report in Item 24 all persons who held office during the year, regardless of whether they received any payments from the union.
The union must report most direct disbursements to Local 1051 officers and some indirect disbursements made on behalf of its officers in Item 24. A "direct disbursement" to an officer is a payment made to an officer in the form of cash, property, goods, services, or other things of value. See the instructions for Item 24 for a discussion of certain direct disbursements to officers that do not have to be reported in Item 24. An "indirect disbursement" to an officer is a payment to another party (including a credit card company) for cash, property, goods, services, or other things of value received by or on behalf of an officer. However, indirect disbursements for temporary lodging (such as a union check issued to a hotel) or for transportation by a public carrier (such as an airline) for an officer traveling on union business should be reported in Item 48 (Office and Administrative Expense).
2. Information Items
Local 1051 failed to report the number of its members (Item 19) and the rates of dues and fees (Item 23) for the audit year. Instructions for Form LM-3 require that a union report the number of its members at the end of the reporting period, including therein all categories of members who pay dues. Officers indicated that Local 1051 had approximately 235 or 240 members during the audit year. Form LM-3 also requires that a union report all rates of dues and fees established by the organization. Local 1051 members pay dues at a rate equivalent to 2 ¼ hours of salary per month or 2 hours per month for employees working under a contract with a no-strike clause.
3. Cash Reconciliation
It appears that the cash figures reported in Item 25 are not the cash figures according to the union's books after reconciliation to the bank statements. The instructions for Item 25 state that the union should obtain account balances from its books as reconciled to the balances shown on bank statements.
4. Failure to File Bylaws
The audit disclosed a violation of LMRDA Section 201(a), which requires that a union submit a copy of its revised constitution and bylaws with its LM report when it makes changes to its constitution or bylaws. Local 1051 amended its constitution and bylaws in 1998, but did not file a copy with its LM report for that year. Local 1051 has now filed a copy of its constitution and bylaws with OLMS.
I am not requiring that Local 1051 file an amended LM report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 to correct the deficient items; but Local 1051 has agreed to properly report the deficient items on all future reports it files with OLMS.
Local 1051 must, however, file its Form LM-3 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, which it has yet to file with OLMS. OLMS provided you with a blank form and instructions, and advised you that the reporting forms and instructions are available on the OLMS website (www.dol.gov/olms). The Form LM-3 should be submitted to this office at the above address as soon as possible, but not later than Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Before filing, review the report thoroughly to be sure it is complete, accurate, and signed properly with original signatures.
I want to extend my personal appreciation to for the cooperation and courtesy extended during this compliance audit. I strongly recommend that you make sure this letter and the compliance assistance materials provided to you are passed on to future officers. If we can provide any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to call.
Mark Letizi
District Director
cc: Dennis Mattos, Executive Vice President
Robert Browne, Secretary-Treasurer


text:
Paid Courses & Memberships
When you invest a good amount of time, resources and energy in creating e-learning content, you naturally expect returns. And monetizing your courses is often the way to go to generate revenue off your content. With WordPress, this is actually rather simple. Millions of websites all over the web use WordPress to sell on a daily basis, and a course is just another digital product in this respect.
Most LMS systems on WordPress integrate well with other popular ecommerce solutions, and let you effectively productize your content. Some of them come preloaded with selling capabilities, but that's mostly basic and nowhere nearly as comprehensive as full fledged solutions. In this section, we'll break down the important factors that one should consider when looking to sell course, and of course, how our plugins fare with respect to these variables.
Paid Courses vs Membership
When you want to get people to pay for your elearning content, you could either have them pay for every course they wish to take, or on a recurring basis in exchange for continued access to your content. Or in other words, you'd have to choose between eCommerce vs Membership scheme of things.
E-commerce plugins like WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads let you sell courses as products; and in that sense your site becomes just like any other online store. A user looking for a course on a particular subject will visit your store and browse through your 'product' offerings and make purchases if he likes what he see. Such an approach is ideally suitable for when you have less-to-moderately high number of courses, and can be paired with marketing strategies like Course bundles, limited time discounts etc.
Providing access to your content based on membership levels is effective when you have a large number of courses listed, which also typically implies a large user base. In this approach, purchasing a membership level will grant a user access to all the courses associated with that level. Membership levels can be created as per course category, course difficulty level, or as per a specific number of courses.
Sensei will let you create membership levels with WooCommerce Memberships and WooCommerce Subscriptions, and LifterLMS has it's own in built memberships module that's quite effective at a base level.
However, LearnDash and WP Courseware are the winner here when it comes to the sheer number of integrations with e-commerce and memberships plugins, including all the big names like WooCommerce, EDD, PaidMemberships Pro, Memberium, iMember360 et al.
Bulk Purchase
What do you do when you're administrating a large number of learners and want to enroll all of them for a particular course? Manually buying courses x number of times again and again where x is the learner count is going to be tedious, what you would need is a feature that would let you buy access to a course in bulk.
LearnDash, with the help of its Group registration plugin does exactly that. An individual such as a teacher or corporate manager can easily purchase multiple licenses for a single course at once and enroll all his learners in a single go.
Payment Gateways
Support for multiple payment gateways is a must when your target audience is spread out over a large geographical area, adhere to just one payment gateway and you're isolating a lot of people who prefer using another gateway. Paypal is perhaps the most preferred gateway for online payments, and most LMS plugins are readily compatible with it.
LearnDash, for one, has inbuilt support for PayPal, and also has add ons for Stripe and 2checkout. Sensei integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce, and WooCommerce supports virtually every popular payment gateway under the sun. LifterLMS provides built in support for PayPal and can be integrated with Stripe with the help of an add on.
Instructor Commissions
Are you going to have multiple instructors creating courses for your website? Does your website lean more towards being a course marketplace as opposed to being a one man show? If the answer to either of those question is yes, you'll need ways to track how the courses created by your peers are performing, and pay commission accordingly.
For an LMS to be able to inherently do that, a direct mapping between any such 'instructor role' and number of course enrollment for courses created by that instructor is necessary. Or optionally, one could always keep records manually, but it's a lot better to have an affiliate-like system within to track things for you.
LearnDash, with it's instructor role extension, lets you do exactly that. 'Instructors' can not only create courses without having to deal with the admin settings, but they also can keep track of the commission that they're earning for every course and every user registered.
Feature Comparison Table
|WP Courseware
|Paid Courses
|Payment Gateways
|Bulk Purchases
|Instructor Commisions
|Overall Rating


text:
02.11.13 Sophie Clements features in Art:I:Curate
20.09.15Man&Eve Projects at The Manchester Contemporary 2015
11.12.13Sophie Clements will be showing 'The Sun Cinema Experience' as part of Madeira Micro International Film Festival
07.11.13Sophie Clements at the 7th annual Contemporary Istanbul 2013
02.11.13Sophie Clements features in Art:I:Curate
Sophie Clements features with 'How We Fall' in the online edition of Art:I: Curate.
Curated by Niamh White of Show Studio.
Click on the Art:I:Curate website to view the full exhibition.


text:
On Tuesday, 10/27 and Wednesday, 10/28, I went to Washington DC to scout locations for the upcoming operation known as Operation Get SMART, an event to be held the first week of April 2016 as well as shoot video for a couple of upcoming projects. (It was also a bit of an early birthday present for myself, a I turned 39 on October 31).
Since Dennis Sobin from the Safe Streets Arts Foundation offered a hand and has already posted a video of my trip online, I thought I would discuss my trip. My primary goal was to scout the locations of the April operation. The theme for the ad is calling in the Calvary and it is time we take chaaaarge on DC. After all, John Walsh and the legislators have declared war on registered citizens and their families long ago, and it is time we fight back.
After talking with Dennis Sobin, we made plans to visit the US Senate offices, stating with my senator, Rob Portman, who was among the first to meet John Walsh as he is lobbying for more funding for the Adam Walsh Act. I, for one, have not tried lobbying in Washington so I figured I'd try to meet a senator or two. If Johnny can do it, I can at least give it a whirl.
It was actually Dennis's idea that I wear the Calvary uniform (I rented it only to cut a promo for OpGetSMART), but it turned out to be a good idea, It certainly got attention, and it became a talking point to curious legislative aides in each of the 16 offices. Dennis decided to film the experience in hopes that my fellow activists will find the experience encouraging. Keep in mind this was a rather spur-of-the-moment decision so I had little preparation time. Dennis printed out some of those "Cost of the AWA" brochures from the SOSEN website for me and we rode to the Russell Senate Building to start with Sen. Portman.
You can see Dennis's video here:
Senators are busy folks but their offices have secretaries or legislative aides manning the office at all times. With cameras rolling, I pitched my idea to abolish the AWA, or at least defund it, and offered a brochure. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I reached the office of VA Senator Mark Warner. The staff there were a bit standoff-ish but I left my brochure and moved on to the next office. It was then we were approached by two Capitol Cops. They are like the Keystone Cops but they are at the Capitol, so lets call them the Kapitol Kops.
So the Kapitol Kops stopped us because one of the guys in the Virginia Office apparently took offense to Sobin filming the meetings. After all, they asked him to leave and after they told him to stop filming, she stood outside the office while I talked to them. They must have been stalling me to get them there. These Kapitol Kops weren't the worst I've seen but I was very unimpressed with the black female cop. She asked me why I was there, and so I offered the same statement I was giving everyone that day, that I wanted the Adam Walsh Act repealed in favor of evidence-based laws. The female cop then made the snide remark "That'll never happen," so I reminded her that if laws were always subject to popular opinion, slavery would never have been abolished. It seems she got the message.
Dennis Sobin got the names of the Kapitol Kops and promised to contact the ACLU about it. Sobin left to attend other meetings so I stayed behind to continue my mission to visit the offices of US Senators and pass out brochures.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful as I visited the rest of the offices before I ran out of fliers. Aside from the Virginia office, everyone listened to my speech, took my brochure, and thanked me for stopping by. No one was rude to me, and they were all curious as to who this guy was entering their office in a civil war uniform. I saw both Alabama Senator offices, Ted Cruz's office, the North Dakota office (complete with bison head because they "love their Buffaloes"), and ending my day at the office of Mike Lee of Utah. There was a lone female secretary in the office so it was obvious the Senator wasn't available. But, it was my last brochure so I gave my usual speech. The secretary seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say, and instead of the usual three minute blurb, the conversation lasted about half an hour, and i was asked a lot of good questions. I left that day feeling hopeful that if a few more of us took the time to do stuff like this,, we could make waves even in a place like Washington DC.
On April 5 and 6, 2016, I will be back in DC, and I hope a few more anti-registry activists will join me. You can join me as we demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court, or you can spend the day walking the halls of the legislature like I did. Bring your own Union soldier costume-- it was a hit for me :)
-- A big assist came from Dennis Sobin of the Safe Streets arts Foundation AND the Idiots Registry.
On April 5 and 6, 2016, I will be back in DC, and I hope a few more anti-registry activists will join me. You can join me as we demonstrate in front of the US Supreme Court, or you can spend the day walking the halls of the legislature like I did. Bring your own Union soldier costume-- it was a hit for me :)
-- A big assist came from Dennis Sobin of the Safe Streets arts Foundation AND the Idiots Registry.


text:
JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and government ministers approved the construction of more than 1,900 housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The move is one of a series of steps approved by the government in response to the UNESCO decision Monday to accept the Palestinian Authority as a full member.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman, slammed the decision, saying it would speed up "the destruction of the peace process," Haaretz said.
A statement issued by the Israeli prime minister's office Tuesday said Netanyahu approved the construction of apartments in Jerusalem, the Gush Etzion bloc and Ma'aleh Adumim, areas that will remain part of Israel under any future agreement. The statement said the forum of eight ministers will convene again to discuss future steps in response to the UNESCO decision.
The Jerusalem Post said the units were already in their final planning stages but required final approval. They include 1,650 units in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, 277 in Efrat in Gush Etzion and 50 in Ma'aleh Adumim.
The ministers also decided to postpone the transfer of tax money, which Israel collects for the Palestinian Authority, which uses it to pay the salaries of PA workers, Haaretz said. The sum is estimated at NIS300 million ($82.1 million), the newspaper said.
During the discussions, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Defense Minister Ehud Barak argued over whether to permanently halt the transfer of tax money, the paper said. Barak warned halting payment of the funds could jeopardize the future of security coordination with Palestinians in the West Bank while Steinitz supported the move, the paper said. The forum also decided to bar UNESCO missions from visiting Israel, the paper said.


text:
When you are searching for a decent nail salon in your general vicinity you have to consider what nail salon administrations you'll be utilising. Suppose today you need a nail treatment since you are going out with companions and what to look that minimal additional uncommon. One can link on to http://www.thestudiospa.com/services-boca-raton-salon.html to get best nail art services.
In the event that the salon you utilise spends significant time in nail trims and offers no different administrations then that may be alright for you. Be that as it may, imagine a scenario in which you will wear open toed shoes and need a pedicure as well. At that point you'll need to discover a nail salon that does both pedicures and nail trims.
Luckily most salons offer an assortment of nail salon benefits so you ought to never keep running into this circumstance. A conventional salon ought to offer an assortment of nail treatment bundles running from a basic nail trim to hand splashing and complex nail craftsmanship alongside the relating pedicure bundles. Maybe the most vital thing to recollect is that these administrations can be tweaked to fit your specific needs and you don't simply need to arrange from the menu.
On the off chance that you request something unique you ought to be obliged and as a rule at a little extra cost assuming any. Great salons need to hold you returning so most attempt and be as obliging as could be expected under the circumstances.
Administrations ought to incorporate as a base a customary nail treatment. A conventional nail trim comprises of a hand knead with a moisturizer or cream chose by the manicurist. At higher end spas a much higher quality moisturizer or cream is utilized and is generally reflected as a part of the cost of the nail trim. The more selective the nail salon has a tendency to be the higher the nature of item utilized.
Categories: Business and Management