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In a couple of hours I'll take to the air and fly to Halifax by way of St. John's. I've done everything I said I would and I am so looking forward to being there - my grandchildren, all my buds, the new library (which is spectacular by EVERYONE's account) a movie or two, meals in restaurants - real restaurants, just city life period for a bit. And out to my pal's to celebrate a late Gomish - a totally Dr. Seusian holiday we invented - lots of Babe time - oh oh oh!
I'll miss the mister and bella and the beach. Me and Bella went out for a snowshoe this morning. Well I snowshoed - she plowed through drifts up to her chest and deeper.
The other thing I did is send my manuscript off to my mentor. Oh, how I love to say those words - I could say them all day! I finished my latest revision based on a crit from a friend and winged it off to G. (not sure I'm allowed to out him so I'll just call him G.) He says he's keen to fly atter so that is good. His deciding to mentor me came about because I asked him when he was teaching at Piper's Frith. And that, my friend, is the newest thing in my life. Asking for what I want. It started with getting a grant to Piper's Frith. I asked for it and they thought it was reasonable and they gave it to me. Gadzooks! Then I asked him after I met him and realized he actually got what I was about and was the fella I needed to see me out the gate. And he said yes. And he never would've suggested it - I HAD TO ASK.
Then at the place that hired me to work part time - well, they called me in to see what else I could do and I asked to be considered for a job that was soon to be advertised. I don't know if I'll get it - should find out in the next two days as I had my interview yesterday but that isn't the point. I said "nope, don't want the job that you could give me right away - I want this one - it suits me to my toes" I couldn't believe the words were coming out of my mouth. Then I asked a person I was having a tricky time with to stop something they were doing and they did! I am telling you - I'm on a roll. I know I won't necessarily get what I think I want or if I do it might be something I shouldn't have gotten BUT I cannot tell you the force and power and light and sparkliness of simply asking. And I'm not talking about manifesting or imagining or forecasting or anything mysterious and possibly wonderful but rather complicated - I'm talking about "I'd like you to be my mentor - I will undoubtedly be a pain in the ass but I think we'll both have fun - whadya say?"
Okay - here are some photos of today's snow shoe adventure - see you later... we didn't go in the woods - too darn deep!
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Posted by Jan Morrison at 3:36 PM
5 comments:
- Jan Morrison said...
Just this minute found out I got the job! Kazow!@!!
- January 29, 2015 at 3:53 PM
Oh, congratulations, Jan!!!! Yippee!! So excited for you! And I wish you a wonderful trip. Oh, lovely 'photos, too!
- January 30, 2015 at 9:06 AM
- Liza said...
Ah! The power of asking. As in, nothing ventured...and all that, right? Congratulations!
- February 1, 2015 at 1:17 PM
- Karen Jones Gowen said...
My husband likes to say "If you don't ask, the answer is always no." Congrats on your job!
- February 9, 2015 at 5:27 PM
- Arlee Bird said...
Hope the job is going well. I won't even ask about the state of the snow now, though in a backhanded way I guess I did.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
- February 24, 2015 at 1:52 AM
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"I went alone but I met many great people, not only the people on the mission but the great people of Casa Franciscana. We worked, prayed and played together and completed the projects planned. I wish I could stay longer but God willing I will make the trip again. I came back more energized than when I left." - Bobbe V.
"The leaders made everything run smoothly and the entire staff at Casa Franciscana was warm, inviting and thankful for our service. It was a WONDERFUL experience!" – Kathy S.
Service Mission in Guaymas –
OUR MISSION. Your service mission team will minister to the Casa Franciscana support facilities while serving in Guaymas. Each day you will work in small teams on the facilities and then develop your Franciscan theological understanding each afternoon and in the evenings. By strengthening and working on the Casa Franciscana facilities, you will ensure that the friars can continue their mission in support of the marginalized in Guaymas.
WHY WORK ON CFO BUILDINGS? Our facilities are old and in need of significant repairs. Any funds used to address this old infrastructure are funds unavailable to serve the poor. Your work will help the friars to provide lasting programs for the people of Guaymas! The CFO's facilities support a food kitchen, a children's after school care facility, a medical/dental clinic and even the friars living quarters are delivered in buildings throughout Guaymas. Additionally, we also must maintain our guest house so that other service missions from across the country will continue to assist the friars. We must maintain these buildings to continue our services!
- All expenses are included in your mission fees. You may want to bring some spending money but all activities, meals, and expenses are included. Your fees cover our costs, we provide these missions to support the friars and provide the opportunity to have a full understanding of the works being performed in Guaymas.
- We live where we work. You will stay in the Guaymas neighborhood where we will do all of our work and where the activities of the Casa Franciscana mission are performed each day.
- Proven service experiences. Our team has been making service missions and pilgrimages to Guaymas for decades in support of Casa Franciscana.
- Small but impactful. We will support up to twenty missionaries along with our two team leaders. This small intimate group will provide for a close connection to the other missionaries, the friars, the Casa Franciscana staff and the community.
Fees Per Person – 4-Day Trip
Adults 18 years old, under 18 years old if accompanied by parent - $350.00, includes $100 building materials fee
Fees Include:
Transportation, lodging, meals during trip, building materials and tools for work projects
Why Go?
- Put your faith to work within the challenging economics impacting the community supported by the Franciscan friars
- Develop your Franciscan perspective on service for the poor
- Build up the capacity of one of the most important institutions in the Guaymas
- Develop long lasting relationships with your service mission partners
- Our presence communicates hope to the community the CFO supports
- Dates: Thursday, November 8th thru Sunday, November 11th – Review the tentative agenda for the four-day trip.
- Fees Per Person - $350.00, includes $100 materials fee.
- Fees Include the 4-day mission trip, transportation, lodging, meals during the trip, basic volunteer travel insurance, building materials and tools for work projects.
- Adults 18 years and older, under 18 years of age require a parent or guardian and approval by the team leaders.
- All participants must sign the CFO Assumption of Risk and Release of Liability Forms and return the forms to CFO.
- You must bring your passport with you and will be required to show it to your leader group prior to departure from Phoenix.
- We will be doing strenuous outdoor work. Activities such as painting, digging, lifting and carrying of materials will be involved each day. You should be in shape to perform this type of work.
- We will be using tools such as shovels, picks, power tools, wheelbarrows, and ladders. You'll need to assist so make sure this type of activity makes sense for you.
- We will be outdoors and it can be very warm in November in Guaymas. Make sure you are in shape to participate in this type of environment.
The CFO will provide for standard mission volunteer insurance from the Arthur J. Gallagher & Company group for all attendees. While your attendance in the Guaymas Service Mission requires an Assumption of Risk and Liability Release to the CFO and the Saint Barbara Province, we believe that providing this insurance program will assure you and your loved one's valuable options in the event of a medical emergency. It will be your responsibility to complete the registration process and to gain confirmation from Gallagher and Company prior to our departure. Review this link for full details.
The Trip
The trip is a comfortable and safe eight-hour van ride from Phoenix, AZ through the beautiful state of Sonora, Mexico where the missionary, Jesuit Fr. Kino, once walked. We will make periodic breaks before and after the border crossing. Please bring snacks and materials for your entertainment during the drive.
Your Service Mission will be lead by two experienced CFO Board Members and frequent visitors to Guaymas. Kevin Gralen is the current CFO Board President and has been active in Guaymas since he attended a pilgrimage in 2014. Mark Hiland joined the CFO Board in 2015 and is the active Vice President, traveling to Guaymas annually the last three years. Fr. Tommy King will be our spiritual leader while in Guaymas. He has been a missionary throughout Latin America since 1993 and has been the leader of the Franciscan Mission in Guaymas since 2016. If you have a specific question about the service mission, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
In the interest of full-disclosure, the U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain parts of Mexico due to the activities of criminal organizations in those areas. Review this link for full details.
Phone and internet services are available to you while in Guaymas via your wireless provider. You'll want to check with them for any incremental service charges or needed set-up prior to leaving for Guaymas. Additionally, the guest house has a wireless router that is available to all participants.
We lock our trip details and expenses two weeks prior to the start of the mission. Any requested refunds or cancellations must occur by Thursday, October 25th.
"Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me." – Matthew 25:40
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The Business and Innovation Honours Programme is an offer primarily to BA medicine students (beginning from the third semester) from the Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, a new way of combining traditional studies, innovation and the needs in the health care industry.
The purpose of the programme is to prepare talented young students for a career within the health care industry and to open up for new perspectives within the field of innovation, business and science – all anchored in different interdisciplinary activities.
During the two years of the Business and Innovation Honours Programme, the student will gain broad insight into the life cycle from science, idea, innovation, business understanding to product development, and will be challenged, both professionally and personally.
The programme runs concurrent with the student's ordinary study, and therefore gives the student a unique career advantage, as well as a graduation with distinction.
All relevant information regarding the Business and Innovation Honours Programme will be posted on this page during June.
In order to apply, the student must have finished first and second semester and enrolled in the BA programme at the Faculty of Health, Aarhus University. Medical students have priority to other students.
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THE 2017 ARB Eldee Easter Event has been run and won, with team Panasiuk taking top honours for the fourth year in a row. A seasoned campaigner, James Panasiuk just loves bringing his family along to Eldee Station each Easter.
"It's a great family event," he said. "Dad has fun, and the wife and kids have fun, too! This year's event has a relaxed feel about it and it is very friendly... everyone makes you feel welcome.
"The event itself is awesome! I like it how they changed it a little bit [from previous years], and running some of the stages twice was great; you could almost recce on your T stages twice was great; you could almost recce on your first run and really go for it on the second," enthused James, who was running a Mitsubishi NP Pajero.
There were 22 teams competing in 2017 and, of those, 21 made it through to the end of the final stage with no serious mechanical issues. The one DNF was Team Popper, with driver Wayne damaging the bullbar on his dad's Toyota Prado after completing just three driving stages. Father Ron Popper wasn't too upset by the incident, commenting on how much fun he was having as a spectator. "Everyone's having a ball," he said. "The people, it's just great. Everyone's friendly and it's great to be around like-minded people."
ARB's Sales and Marketing Manager, Matt Frost – a keen fourwheel driver and family man – once again made the journey to Eldee Station for an Easter getaway with his family.
"This is ARB's sixth year as a sponsor and my fifth year coming up here," Matt said. "With any of these sorts of events, our primary motivation is the fact that this is what our customers like to come out here and do with their spare time, so effectively we see this as a means of supporting our customers, to get out and about and have a bit of fun in their four-wheel drives.
"This particular event has a very strong family emphasis, and that's what makes it particularly appealing to us as well, to see so many young kids coming here and having an absolutely cracking time."
"The event itself I think is a really good balance between having a competitive spirit and a variety of challenges, but at the same time not being the sort of thing that in any way, shape or form is dangerous, and it's not the sort of event where people are going to break their vehicles... providing they drive sensibly. So it's just an all 'round great, family-orientated off-road event.
"At the end of the day, most of our customers are buying a 4WD because it gives them a much greater sense of freedom than a standard vehicle and it really does allow them to get out and explore remote parts of Australia, and in the case of a vehicle that's been set up properly, it allows them to do that in complete confidence and safety."
THERE was a variety of challenging driving stages in 2017, and on the morning of day one the teams competed on several courses set up in the soft sands of Eldee's dry creek bed, including the ARB Mini Dakar, the Spotters Blind Man's Run, the Cooper Tires Motorkhana, the Redarc Back and Forth, and the RFI Paddy Melon Challenge.
The ARB Mini Dakar consisted of a short, bunted course that ran across, in and out of the creek bed. The pairing of Matt and Renee Burns and their kids Harry (9) and Chayse (4) posted the fastest time on the stage in their NOTNSN (get it?) Ford Maverick. Despite this being their first time competing in the Easter Challenge, this wasn't their first visit to Eldee – the Horsham couple got married at Eldee several years ago.
Taking the honours in the Spotters Blind Man's Run was the pairing of Craig and Sarah Pender, competing in a Land Rover Defender with their kids Ebony (11), Jorja (8) and Hunter (6). The stage required drivers to be blindfolded, while co-drivers were charged with navigating them through a tricky, bunted course.
Despite a relatively low score on the Spotters Blind Man's Run, Kurt and Dior Johnston, competing in a 100 Series Land Cruiser, could hardly stop laughing after their drive through the Blind Man's Run. "We're usually hopeless at this one," Dior said. "But
this year we were pretty good. We didn't even argue!" Their kids Tempe (6) and Seeley (4) didn't look so convinced.
The Cooper Tires Motorkhana was a quick run through a sandy course, and again Matt and Renee Burns posted the fastest time.
Ash and Maree Berry, with son Samuel (11), came home in second in their Toyota 100 Series Land Cruiser, followed by Matt and Rhianna Sheridan in their 76 Series Cruiser, with kids Bailey (10) and Darcy (7) in tow.
The Redarc Back and Forth tested teams' abilities to reverse into a small box, and it was taken out by the father and son pairing of David and Chris Skinner, who had made the journey to Eldee from Aldinga Beach in South Australia in a Toyota 4Runner.
Their mission for the weekend was to beat their mate Jamie [Panasiuk]. "At least try to beat Jamie," laughed the pair.
It was Jamie Panasiuk, however, who triumphed in the RFI Paddy Melon Challenge, his wife expertly placing the small fruits atop poles around the course, before retrieving them and throwing them into a bucket at the finish line from the passenger window of the family's NP Pajero.
Proving that consistency is the key to success in any off-road event, James Panasiuk and family took out two of the three Saturday afternoon stages as well (the ARB Broken Hill Swag Roll and Setup, and the Hema Outback Navigation Challenge).
While they also managed to place a commendable second in the
other (the Mannell Motors Stump Up) event.
The ARB Broken Hill Swag Roll and Setup required two members from each team to set up an ARB swag, jump in, get out and roll it up again, all while being cheered on by their families, sledged by their competitors and shouted at by an extremely vocal crowd of onlookers.
The Hema Outback Navigation Challenge required teams to navigate to a series of checkpoints around Eldee Station and find clues to crack a secret code. Bonus points were awarded for grabbing a fun family selfie at the Eldee sign at the entrance to the property.
The Mannell Motors Stump Up was a test of driving The Mannell Motors Stump Up was a test of driving skill that required drivers to place a front tyre atop a post and then stop the vehicle, before backing off and doing the same with the opposite front wheel.
At the end of the day's stages, Eldee's Stephen Schmidt led competitors across the Mundi Mundi Plains and up a challenging rocky climb, high into the Barrier Ranges.
Overlooking the station below them, competitors and their families mingled in a relaxed atmosphere, feasting on a tasty barbecue dinner while the sun dropped below the western horizon to put on a spectacular light show.
EASTER Sunday kicked off with the Eldee Station Easter Egg Hunt, ensuring all the kids got their fill of chocolate first thing in the morning before they were back in their parents' 4WDs, taking on more timed driving stages including the ARB Penrith Sheepyard Shenanigans and the Oricom All Terrain Challenge.
Two vehicles at a time tackled the ARB Penrith Sheepyard Challenge, racing through parallel courses within Eldee's sheepyards, with a series of gates that had to be opened and closed. This event not only tested the skills of the drivers, but also the stamina of the navigators, all while being shouted at by the kids from within their vehicles and fellow competitors lining the course. The Cobar pairing of Luke Taylor and Sandy Wildman, with kids Zoe (10) and Summah (6), took out the stage in their Nissan Y62 Patrol; this was their third appearance at the ARB Eldee Easter Event and they commented that it had an even friendlier and more relaxed feel to it than in previous years.
The Oricom All Terrain Challenge was the event's final timed driving stage, and it involved competitors driving through Eldee's creek, up a rocky track, turning around and returning to the start point. The Panasiuk team fittingly took out this final stage on their way to another well-deserved event victory.
Before the prize presentations on Sunday afternoon, there were still a couple of very important activities. The kids burnt off the morning's chocolate calories in kids burnt off the morning's chocolate calories in a jumping castle, before taking on the challenging Hobby HQ Remote Control Car Mini Rally. They then had a crack at the Shimano Sharp Shooter casting event, the prize for which was a brand new ARB 60L Fridge Freezer.
Photographer Michael Ellem from Offroad Images had earlier enlisted the services of several junior track builders to help him create a challenging RC course, over which competitors (ranging in age) tackled obstacles such as Chook Rock, Bilby's Tunnel, Wraith Pass, Rabbit's Crossing and Air Locker Hill. To even out the playing field, at the end of the event a random time was drawn from a hat, and the kids whose times were closest to it took home the goodies, which included some fabulous remote-control prizes supplied by The Hobby Headquarters.
The top three place-getters at the end of the of the ARB Eldee Easter Event 2017 were then announced, with Kurt and Dior Johnston in third, David and Chris Skinner in second and, of course, James Panasiuk and family in first. They were loaded up with some fantastic prizes from the event sponsors, which had a total value somewhere in the vicinity of $20,000.
After all of the prizes were awarded, Eldee Station's Naomi Schmidt then took to the stage. "I'd like to thank you all for travelling here and making it a great weekend, and I'd like to thank all the sponsors who make things go very smoothly," she said. "I hope you've all had a really good time, and I hope to see you all again next year."
With the completion of another very successful Easter weekend at Eldee, hosts Naomi and Stephen can now look forward to next year's ARB Eldee Easter Event, with naming-rights sponsor ARB confirming its continued support into the future.
"Eldee can count on ARB's support so long as the competitors have a great time," ARB Sales and Marketing Manager, Matthew Frost said. "So I'd like to pledge ARB's support as naming rights sponsor for next year's event."
Despite James Panasiuk's attacking driving style, his almoststandard Mitsubishi NP Pajero came out unscathed. In fact, all of the competitors' vehicles presented well on Monday morning, ready for their long drives home after another hugely successful and fun-packed ARB Eldee Easter Event.


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They say that a person's trash could be another person's treasure! Creating art from recyclable materials is quite a trend these days, and it's a great alternative in producing impressive art pieces.
We have plenty of materials to choose from, and we can incorporate almost any design possible. You can draw, sculpt, paint or recreate the following materials and come up with your unique works of art.
- Mosaic or Wall Art- this includes wall installations, pictures or paint canvass. Colorful magazines, newspapers, sweet wrappers and discarded fabrics. You can create an intricate collage using these materials or make mosaic and paper mâché. Advanced artists even use this technique in creating recognizable images of celebrities, politicians, random objects and sceneries.
- Tiles and glass- one is also able to make mosaics using broken tiles and glass. Others could form chandeliers, bowls and decorative pieces. However, you might need special tools and advanced skills to have a beautiful piece using this material.
- Textile art- Aside from the usual paintings, artists found a way to use textile fabric for making wall hangings, rugs, cushions and quilts.
- Jewelry art- old pieces of fancy jewelry, beads, and sequins can give you unique designs. Just add more elements like buttons and old zippers and whatever suits your eclectic taste. Others use these materials to beautify their makeup kits and glamor up their niche sections.
- Wood art- recycled pieces of woods are quite good for sculpting. However, it will require you to have some knowledge in carving and shaping woods. You can also create furniture out of it if you are that extra skillful. I found some online videos where people created swings, tree houses, storage boxes and wall dividers using discarded woods and other materials.
- Cans and plastic bottle art- these materials are everywhere, and you can use them in building things like a robot or animal toys for kids. A little glue and tape here and there and some fancy paints can turn these wastes into decorative
These are just basic ideas, and probably, you already know some of them. Art recycling is not as difficult as it may seem since there is a myriad of materials to use and reuse. It's all up to your creativity and patience to look for patterns and execute the task. Always combine functionality and beauty, and you are all set to helping Mother Nature!


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Our capabilities include, but are not limited to: branding, print design, marketing strategy, event planning, web design & development, social influence marketing, search engine marketing, email marketing, mobile marketing and online media.
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Catalogue text for Atlas of Encounters by John Calcutt, February 2009
Her name itself loosens fixings, floats unanchored towards the distant caller's voice. "Sam". They often expect a man to answer. It happens all the time. Her office is now my office, and I occasionally still see mail for Mr Ainsley. A small snag in the reassuringly sturdy fabric of meaning, a slight folding of expectation: an easy mistake, a telling mistake. The name precedes her, prepares her advance into the world, and the world at such moments becomes suddenly uncertain. It must wait, extending the space and time of possibility beyond familiar limits. "Sam" has the potential to defer that moment – that ordinarily instantaneous flash - when a sign and a significance become fused into an elemental unit. "Sam": a man or a woman? As soon as you know, there is no doubt; but until you know, there is the possibility of both. Yet the possibility of both repels the mind, which, in the absence of circumstantial evidence, will supply information from its own reserves and make its choice. "Sam" is a reminder that the possibility of 'both' persists as a silent doubt nestled within the heart of certainty.
A proper name, such as "Sam", entails a person, and a person entails a body. But might this body, apparently as singular to us as a name, have its own plurality and multi-valence? And might the relations between this polymorphous body and the world be more fluid than those suggested by conventional thought? Could this body occupy several different locations simultaneously? In his essay Some Simple Reflections On the Body, Paul Valéry proposes that, "each of us in his thought has Three Bodies - at least." Our First Body is the one we call My Body; "We speak of it to others as of a thing that belongs to us; but for us it is not entirely a thing; and it belongs to us a little less than we belong to it..." It is located in the world, but it also opposes the world. It either obeys or disobeys us, helps or hinders us, and has, for its 'owner', no fully graspable form. I can only see those parts of My Body that My Body allows me to move into my zone of vision. Thus, "I have", Valéry writes, "no idea of the spatial relations between 'My Forehead' and 'My Foot', between 'My Knee' and 'My Back'.... My right hand is generally unaware of my left. To take one hand in the other is to take hold of an object that is not-I."And My Body has no past for it is made up wholly of events which are most obviously manifested as pleasure or pain in some of its parts or regions.
Our Second Body "is the one which others see, and an approximation of which confronts us in the mirror or in portraits. It is the body which has a form and is apprehended by the arts." It is located in the realm of imagery, and this body-as-image knows no pain, "for it reduces pain to a mere grimace", and "... our knowledge of our Second Body goes little farther than the view of a surface." Our Third Body, located in the mind, "has unity only in our thought, since we know it only for having dissected and dismembered it." It is the invisible interior: It consists of vessels, organs, cells, fibres, fluids, and so on, which we can scientifically identify and enumerate, but whose role in allowing us to transform the world through our movements and actions remains mysterious to us. Scrutinising this Third Body under a microscope we find "corpuscular shapes that resemble nothing at all. We try to decipher these histological cryptograms. We wonder how this fibre produced motive force? And in what way these little asterisms with their fine radicles could have been related to sensation and thought?"
From their complex relations these Three Bodies create "a Fourth Body which I might call the Real Body or equally well the Imaginary Body." This Fourth Body is beyond knowledge and meaning, and its origin lies "far below or above the scope of our senses, our imagination and ultimately of our intellection itself." It has no location, and is "neither more nor less distinct than is a whirlpool from the liquid in which it is formed."
Body, vision and location thus interact to produce complex states of being in the world. In their various alignments they constitute us as both subjects and objects in relation to experience, transformation, knowledge and power. This is what I get when I look at Sam Ainsley's art and think about it. I am no longer quite so certain about my location within the world and my relation to it. I feel that I am immersed in an environment whilst experiencing it simultaneously through a microscope, a telescope, and a stethoscope. At the same time, however, I have doubts about what "it" – this world – may be: is it a geographical or an anatomical phenomenon? I conclude that, like "Sam", it is not only both, but more. All those hand-me-down distinctions between here and there, inside and outside, self and world, knowledge and sensation, are suspended. I am given permission to reconceptualise them, and in so doing I begin to realise that my compartmentalised thinking protects me from assuming a responsibility and admitting to a complicity. These distinctions, I start to understand, are limits, and they are limits imposed upon knowledge and experience from without. They are, in fact, ideological impositions serving to maintain a particular distribution of power within the world. They serve to normalise certain relations, whilst disallowing others. They provide monolithic definitions of the world and the self, and regulate the exchanges between these two. In accepting the definitions, I assent to the power relations that they install. Part of the "work" performed by Sam Ainsley's works of art takes the form of a demonstration that everything might be otherwise. In reconfiguring the aesthetic economy between body, vision and location, Sam Ainsley offers us a way to imagine new social relations in which a politics of location is key to a responsible and responsive mode of being in the world.
John Calcutt.


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- 09Jun2017
Workshop: Life 25 years – Meeting with local Stakeholders
As the EU has been supporting nature, environment and climate action for 25 years, to celebrate this milestone the LIFE community organized a series of events around Europe during May and June 2017, a date that also marks a quarter century of the EU Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 network of protected areas.
In the context of these celebrations, inREACH setup – with the help of Confindustria Genova – an event for local Stakeholders which gathered more than 30 selected representatives from different entities.
In the first half of the Workshop mr. Federico Benvenuti of the Italian Ministry of the Environment presented the results of 25 years of the LIFE Programme implementation and the new Call for Proposal 2017.
Then the inREACH team presented to local Stakeholders the results of the project with proper focus on:
main advantages of the IRCApp application for Importers (for Companies representatives at the event);
main advantages of the IRCApp application for Enforcement (for Local Inspectors representatives at the event);
results of the shared inREACH Framework development, together with Enforcement and Companies (especially for public stakeholders representatives at the event).
Mr. Mariano Alessi of the REACH Italian National Competent Authority summed up what carried out and the "what's next" for the future of the inREACH Framework.
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This summer I was working in Manchester for the University Language Centre. In many ways it was an eye opener, and really gave me a taste for working in higher education. Working in Switzerland at Les Roches gave me some insight into university life, and this has perhaps been an extension of that work. However, Manchester is huge in comparison, and the students I am working with here are more diverse in their studies than those in Les Roches who were all doing hotel management, or similar. The bulk of my work was with a class are all 'social science' majors, most of them Chinese, all in their 20s. They are hoping to join schools as diverse as economics and education, dependent on their successful competition of the course. Most were potential master's candidates, but a few were going to join undergraduate programmes. They ranged from B1-C2 in language level, and were equally varied in their interpersonal / intercultural communication skills.
Generally, it was nice to be in a class with such bright people who I could share my MA experiences with. I am a good advert for doing an MA at Manchester, I have thoroughly enjoyed mine, so far, and rabbit away about how good it is to anyone willing to listen. This has bothered my sister, and some of my friends, given that now I talk about learning with glazed, fundamentalist eyes!
For the language centre managers, and co-ordinators, this was by far the biggest pre-sessional course run by the ULC (University Language Centre). There were 90 teachers, ninety! Thousands of students in a variety of buildings, studying a range of subjects, and so on. The scale of this meant that we were afforded generous amounts of freedom, which of course is a double-edged sword.
I was coming back in after quite a long lay-off, as they say in football, meaning I hadn't done much teaching in the months preceding, and I had never worked on such a course before. In essence I had a bit of classroom rust which manifested itself in perhaps being less reflexive in my actions. Ideas, and reflections had to be a bit more drawn out, and thought about, than perhaps would have been in a more familiar context.
The materials used were in-house produced, and generally pretty good, I was surprised how many activities I was able to supplement with my own materials-free/low alternatives. One major problem for me was that the majority of the texts (apart from those dealing directly with referencing) contained references, or were strictly speaking 'academic'. By strictly speaking I guess I mean used source material, and had a reference list of some kind, not perhaps the more spurious distinction between full, and contracted forms. My desire to have this kind of 'hard' text led me to reflect on a number of interesting points relating to my beliefs about teaching and learning.
This focus suggests that I believe we acquire language, and notice features of genres, by reading. The second is linked to the purpose of the course. Is it a language development course, or a academic preparation one? If it's language focused, then perhaps 'easier', 'shorter' more practical texts (newspaper articles, bbc news, etc) are relevant. Alternatively, I was more in favor of finding 'easy', shortish, academic papers (with referencing) for learners to read. Though I was only able to do this to a certain extent, a larger quantity of 'academic' texts, would have been preferable.
Linked to this was the ESP / EAP content. My students were from a variety of disciplines. This meant the shared knowledge base was fairly limited. More generally, we frequently found our selves in real, content-rich discussions linked to input material, sometimes I felt to the detriment of the emergent language. I.e, we / I got so involved in discussions that a focus on form was sometimes absent. Balancing this, or choosing between the two reminded me of the hard v soft CLIL debates, though I believe that a soft CLIL approach would have been more productive as their wasn't fixed content to be taught / learnt.
The positive feedback from students and observers was good to hear, but I felt I didn't end the course particularly well. This may well have been due to context factors, but I am still keen to end on a higher note in the future. Making more of the post project period (PPP) may be an avenue for me to consider. It seems obvious to me now, that using the papers more, after they had been assessed may have brought more learning to this period.
There were a number of other challenges that I faced in this context which I haven't covered. These included:
- the general sense that I talked too much, and dominated the space, more than I usually would have.
- the lack of taught mediation between people from different cultural groups.
- enabling learners to deal with others' rudeness, yet, avoiding being rude themselves
- a lack of chatting, and sharing, with other teachers (hardly the learning teacher that I want to be)
As, I move on into my third, and final MA year, I am conscious that I should make an effort to include more citations in my writing here, 'stepping this blog up'. I am also entering into a new context, Al-quds/ Jerusalem, in which I can continue to grow as a language learner again. I am really looking forward to the journey, though am cautious of the territory.


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Have you seen this new website? Its called Whats in My Handbag and it is a place where you can basically have a nosy through other ladies handbag or submit your own handbag to the site. You can build a Beauty Cabinet of products that you want to try by having a look through some of the handbags on the site, reading what the owner has to say about the product and if you fancy the sound of it add it to your wishlist! Every week they also have a professional answer a beauty question in the magazine question, which could be very handy! They even send out free samples! I have a feeling this one could be a regular on my reading list!
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In late 2005, the Royal Oaks course was acquired by a California-based organization. We have implemented a new management team and have many exciting improvements under development.
We are all eager to see how well the course will look and play in when it reopens – estimated to be the of Fall 2017!
If you have ideas or suggestions, we'd love to hear from you!
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This is our Eco - Fab Tree Basket. Fantastic for transporting trees, or setting them up to be lifted for planting. They are 1.0m deep, the same across the top, and we rate them at 1 metric tonne. Simply line with hession, place the tree inside and lower into the ground on the 4 lifting points at the top of the basket, snip the lifting luggs off or fold them over and leave the whole unit in the ground to rott away. They are not treated, painted or galvanised.
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The tree basket has been designed in such a way that it will lift 750 kilos or more. We rate it to 1000 kilos.
It is manufactured from 6mm steel rod with MIG welded joints, has 4 lifting points and when used in conjunction with a tree spade, has proved to be the most economical, time saving and safest way to transport and transplant trees.
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When the tree arrives on site it is lifted from the transport vehicle and placed in a prepared hole as is.
The lifting points can then be bent down or cut off and a thin layer of soil can be spread around the tree.
In time, the tree basket and Hessian will rot away.
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The Sony Mylo is back (remember that little Wi-Fi messaging device?), and it's looking a bit more mature and wiser after learning some lessons the first go-round. Available for $299 (in black or white), the Sony Mylo Communicator 2 has a new look and more features, including a camera, widgets, direct downloads/uploads, and AIM and YouTube support, but is it all enough to lure the young'uns? Sadly, we don't think so. Sure, there may be a small audience that will be lured by the handheld but its downfall is the lack of cellular technology. We understand that Sony isn't trying to go after the cell phone market with the Mylo COM2 and that it's aimed at 14- to 22-year olds. However, when you consider that you can get the T-Mobile Sidekick LX, Helio Ocean, or even an Apple iPhone for around the same price and get more features, including voice capabilities, what's the point of the Mylo? We give props to Sony for making improvements to the Mylo Communicator 2, but we just can't find a compelling reason to buy it.
The Sony Mylo COM2 has grown up in looks, and we're glad to see it since we thought the original Mylo looked like a child's toy. Gone are the bubbly, plasticky parts and in its place is a more solidly constructed handheld with a sophisticated design. The Mylo 2 isn't a particularly compact device. It is 5.2 inches wide by 2.6 inches tall by 0.8 inch deep and 6.8 ounces, so it's a bit thick and heavy for slipping into a pants pocket. Sony does package the handheld with a soft carrying case, so you can always throw it in there and put it in your bag.
You'll also want to use the case to protect the gorgeous 3.5-inch diagonal WVGA touch screen on front. The display is one of the Mylo's greatest assets as it delivers an amazingly sharp picture, making it a pleasure to surf Web sites, watch videos, and view photos. The touch screen is also responsive, though you'll probably want to use the included stylus (attached to the hand strap) for more precision.
The user interface is intuitive with self-explanatory menus, and you can navigate and manage the device using the touch-sensitive controls that flank the screen. On the left side, there are Option, Display, and Back buttons, while the right side has shortcuts to the Info, Mylo, and Home pages. If you touch the Mylo , you'll be taken to a customizable page where you can add widgets--a new feature to the Mylo 2. They're all quick ways to access the other menus and functions of the Mylo. There's also a joystick on the left to help you scroll through the various menus, and you can press it in to select an item.
For text entry, there is a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, which you can access by sliding up the front screen. The individual keys are a bit small, but it helps that there is ample spacing between the buttons. Still, we didn't have the easiest time typing on the Mylo 2. There were a couple of times when it didn't recognize a keystroke, and the number keys aren't highlighted or marked differently from the other keys so they're a bit hard to find at first.
Other controls on the Sony Mylo include a power/hold switch and a wireless on/off button on the left spine, and a volume rocker and a Memory Stick Duo/Pro Duo expansion slot (supports up to 8GB cards) on the right side. On top of the unit, you will find a proprietary headset jack, a power connector, a mini USB port, and the camera activation button. Finally, the camera lens, self-portrait mirror, and reset button are on the back.
Aside from the aforementioned accessories, the Sony Mylo COM2 comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a pair of earbuds, a software CD, and reference material. There are other accessories available for purchase, including faceplate packs ($20 for two covers), a charging cradle ($29.99), and screen protectors ($19.99).


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Painting the Porch
Date of Joke: Wednesday, 26th December, 2001
An unemployed guy goes door-to-door looking for work. One home-owner hands him a brush and a tin of paint and offers him $50 to paint his porch. A few hours later the guy goes to the home-owner and says, "I've finished!! but I reckon you should know your car's a Ferrari not a Porsche!"


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The 2018 Provost's Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors was awarded to physics professor Mary Alberg. The campus-wide announcement applauded Mary as "a nationally recognized teacher-scholar.
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In April 2018, twenty SU Computer Science students competed in the finals of the annual Student IT Architecture Contest (SITAC), put on by IASA Global to promote the education of IT Architecture professionals.
Read More about Computer Science Students Declared 2018 Competition Winners
Math Professor, Brian Fischer, and colleagues have recently been awarded a National Institutes of Health R01 grant under the BRAIN Initiative. This grant will combine four PIs from Seattle University, UC San Diego, UC Davis, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to use novel anatomical, physiological, and statistical tools to understand the microcircuit basis of sound localization behavior.
Read More about Math Professor, Brian Fischer, Awarded a Significant National Institutes of Health R01 Grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,861,527 to Seattle University to support a project in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The title of the project is "Revolutionizing Engineering Education through Industry Immersion and a Focus on Identity," and it will be directed by Teodora Shuman, Yen-Lin Han, Greg Mason, Kathleen Cook, and Jennifer Turns. In the words of Teodora Shuman, the grant "will allow us to implement a new approach to teaching mechanical engineering: we will bring engineering practice to students and students to engineering practice. We will study how students' identities change along the way. We hope that it will have a positive impact on all students, including women and underrepresented minorities."
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What makes for an award-winning college math professor? An "uncanny" ability to simplify complicated concepts. A passion for undergraduate research. A dedication to student success beyond earning a degree. A commitment to math education for middle- and high school students. And a sense of humor.
These attributes and more have earned Steven Klee, PhD, assistant professor of mathematics, a prestigious 2017 Henry L. Alder Award from the Mathematical Association of America, which was announced today by the organization. The MAA awards up to only three of these annually "to honor beginning college or university faculty whose teaching has been extraordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching undergraduate mathematics is shown to have influence beyond their own classrooms."
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Dr. Jennifer Loertscher, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, has been named the 2017 winner of the Provost's Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Loertscher is a nationally recognized leader in the area of chemical education. She combines her passion for education with pedagogical research and has been the recipient of multiple National Science Foundation grant awards to study and disseminate best practices in science education. Her approach to active learning is carefully guided by the five principles of Ignatian pedagogy: context, experience, reflection, action, and evaluation. She demonstrates a deep care for students and a focus on educating the whole person.
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Professor Mary Alberg of the Department of Physics has been named by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust as the inaugural winner of the Lynnwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award. This award "honors a professor whose work has gained national recognition, and demonstrated leadership in engaging undergraduate students and promoting research and their institution." Mary was acknowledged at the Murdock College Science Research Conference for her work in theoretical nuclear physics (long supported by the National Science Foundation), her mentorship of undergraduate student researchers, and her founding of the Anacapa Society.
An October 2016 article in Crosscut.com notes that 45% of the full-time faculty and 40% of the students in the College of Science and Engineering are women. In the areas of engineering and computer science, 26% of the students are women.
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In October 2016 Dean Michael Quinn delivered a keynote lecture at A Culture of Ethics: Engineering for Human Dignity and the Common Good, a conference hosted by the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. In his presentation, Quinn described the long-term benefits of a formal education in ethics, how ethics education fits the mission of Catholic universities, and the importance of developing courses that help students see the connections between ethics, current events, and their personal lives. Quinn's lecture, "Tuning In to Ethics," is now available online.
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On October 18, Kristin Schauble, a senior electrical engineering major, placed first in the sixth annual NDConnect undergraduate research competition held at the University of Notre Dame. Her project, "Nucleating high-k dielectrics on MoS2 using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD)," was completed at Duke University last summer under the supervision of Professor Aaron Franklin.
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PATA to award China Responsible Tourism Awards in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will present its China Responsible Tourism Awards at the PATA Annual Summit in Bangkok on April 26.
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will present its China Responsible Tourism Awards at the PATA Annual Summit in Bangkok on April 26.
Mr. Joao Manuel Costa Antunes, PATA Chairman, will present the awards in four categories to the winners, who are:
• Mt. Huangshan Administrative Committee – Destination & Attraction Category
• School House – Hospitality & Catering Category
• China National Travel Service (HK) – Corporation Category
• Wild China Tours – Tour Experience Category
Initiated by PATA China, the first annual PATA China Responsible Tourism Awards were launched at the second China Responsible Tourism Forum in Shanghai in November 2012.
The goal of the awards is to recognize innovative and experiential businesses practices in China that have made efforts to create experiences that:
– Have a sustainable business model
– Give back to the community
– Drive responsible tourism
– Are innovative in nature
– Create a unique and authentic experience
The highly-innovative best practice cases presented show that China is at the forefront of grassroots responsible tourism development.
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The vision of the awards is to encourage responsible and sustainable tourism practices in China as a whole, while promoting China as a responsible tourism destination to the world. The China Responsible Tourism Awards are held in conjunction with the annual China Responsible Tourism Forum.
Through public voting on Tripshow.com, and judged by a panel of experts, the awards recognize exceptional achievement. Enhancing China's best practices in responsible tourism, the awards will contribute to PATA's bigger strategic objective of societies embracing the complete visitor economy – the theme of the 2013 PATA Annual Summit.


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Speech Language Pathology
Miss Sarah Spatafore, MS, CCC/SLP
Speech and Language disorders often seen in the school setting include, but are not limited to:
Articulation/Phonology- sounds may be substituted, distorted, omitted and may make speech difficulty for listeners to understand
Dysfluency- often referred to as stuttering; repetition of sounds, words, parts of words, or phrases typically AFTER the age of 4; interjecting extra sounds or words; extending words; also may demonstrate secondary behaviors such as eye blinking, throat clearing, excessive fidgeting
Voice- hoarsness/raspiness; voice breaks; sudden pitch changes; voice may be too soft or too loud; hypernasality- too much air is escaping from the nasal passages; hyponasality- too little air is coming through the nasal passages
Language- expressive language disorders (difficulty getting their meaning across to others through what they are saying); receptive language disorders (difficulty understanding messages coming from others)
Speech and language skills can be worked on at anytime- not just in the therapy setting. Weekly homework is provided- please work on these activities with your child so that you may see their progress.
Please feel free to contact me at anytime with any concerns regarding your child and their speech and language development.
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Advanced Preparation
Read the Background Information for this module and review the PowerPoint presentations, Introduction to groundwater, karst, and the Edwards Aquifer and Hydrograph. Notes Pages for the PowerPoint presentations can be printed by selecting File>Print>Print what>Notes Pages. The student versions of Hydrograph One and Hydrograph Two should be copied to a folder on a public computer server where each computer used by a student can access it. You must do this the day before the students are expected to do the learning activity in class. Pre-select the years for Hydrograph Two by opening the Teacher's Edition of Hydrograph Two and examining the chart, "Rainfall vs. spring flow between 1980-2002". It would be a good idea to print out copies of each year you choose in case of printer or severe student error. Likewise, print several copies of the Teacher's Edition of Hydrograph One. You may also wish to visit some of the web resources listed below to increase your content knowledge or assist in planning extensions to the activity.
Edwards Aquifer and Hydrogeology Web Resources
Water data for Barton Spring from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Groundwater: The Lifeblood of Central Texas from the Environmental Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
Edwards Aquifer Authority
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center at Texas State University, San Marcos
H2O University from the San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
Water Science for Schools from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Daily and Monthly Climate Reports for Austin, TX
Climate records for Austin from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
Real-time and historical data for Barton Springs
Real-time and recent water data for Barton Springs from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)


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Course Code: OHTH5672C
Course Title: Provide support in dysphagia management
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Program: C4215 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
This course must be assessed after successful achievement of pre-requisite units:
- HLTAH301B Assist with an allied health program
- HLTAH410B Support the development of speech and communication skills
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This course describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with the delivery of speech pathology programs designed to achieve and develop optimum independence in speech and communication skills.
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HLTAH411B Provide support in dysphagia management
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Obtain informed consent from the individual client, or a third party where the individual is not in a position to provide this consent independently, before commencing the program
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Prescribed Texts
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There are only two ways to use the word literature. Either it means everything that has been written (as in the "literary language" distinguished from the spoken language) or it means the best that has been written. Think of how the word is used in other contexts. In the sciences, a knowledge of the literature is a ready familiarity with everything that has been published on a subject — to know only some of it, to know only the "settled science" (in the partisan commonplace), is to admit to ignorance.
In certain clearly focused and well-defined fields, it is entirely possible to read and know the entire literature. You can master American slave literature or the literature of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. In fact, the definition of the field eases the acquisition of the knowledge, because it gives rise to canons of relevance, levels of expectation, backgrounds of belief and agreement.
But there is writing that gives rise to a different kind of impulse altogether — the impulse to admire it, to express astonishment at it, to preserve it from loss or destruction, to pass it on to friends and family. This is writing that you like, quite apart from (or in addition to) any knowledge or benefit that you derive from it. As a class or category, as a field of human study, literature is simply that. Nothing more.
Critics have labored for centuries to single out the special qualities and necessary features of literature — it is mimesis, it is sublimity, it is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings — but even though it seems to refresh itself with each new effort, the labor has been defeated again and again. Give me a definition of literature and off the top of my head I can give you nine or ten literary masterpieces outside your borders.
Except as a way of saying "I like this book" (therefore it is literature) or "I don't like that one" (therefore it isn't), the word literature is feckless. Literature is simply good writing — where "good" has, by definition, no fixed definition.
For the past quarter century, though, the word has become attached to a species of prose fiction that can best be identified by the via negativa. "Literary fiction" is not "genre fiction" (crime fiction, science fiction); it is not thrilling, exciting, suspenseful, page-turning fiction, ripped from the headlines and set to serviceable prose for comfortable beach reading; it is, as Lev Raphael quoted a best-selling mystery author as saying, fiction where not very much happens to people who aren't very interesting.
You know what I mean. Literary fiction is serious fiction, although the epithet serious has problems of its own. Some of the funniest writing on earth requires the most careful consideration and thought. The term literary fiction was popularized by the New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani, and it has become standard usage for distinguishing fiction of deep and earnest intent from bestsellers and "genre fiction."
The distinction is bunk. As Catie Disabato pointed out in a wonderful little piece at Full Stop last week, genres are not the niche markets that publishers have cultivated in order to sell books to readers who want to know in advance just what they're getting: a genre is a "literary tradition that has thrived longer than the modern construct of 'literary' fiction." The tradition of the novel includes mysteries, fantasies, science fiction, romances, horror, even Westerns. The question is not to what subgenre a book belongs. The question is whether it is any good. And if it is good only according to the conventions of a subgenre, and not in the larger tradition of the novel, then it is not any good at all.
Literary fiction — or what the British novelist Linda Grant has taken to calling LitFic — ought to be a haughty way of saying "good fiction." But that's not how the term is used. What, then, is it? Easy. Literary fiction (like 98.5% of poetry these days) is written by and for the entrenched bureaucracy of the creative writing faculty in the universities. There is good fiction, there is bad fiction, and there is fiction written in creative writing workshops.


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Police are investigating after bullets hit a juvenile's clothing in Hamden on Monday night.
Hamden Police responded to the 900 block of Dixwell Avenue around 11 p.m. after getting reports of shots being fired and met with the victim after learning that he'd been found in New Haven.
The victim said he'd left a party in New Haven with a friend and they were hanging out in the 900 block of Dixwell Avenue when three people appeared from the Canal line onto Alling Street and fired shots.
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The following article gives a concise point of view on the issues that a Landlord will consider prior to giving a tenant a rent reduction. Of course, please contact an attorney whose primary focus is lease terminatination and rent reduction services in order to better understand the issues surrounding your specific set of facts.
As a result of the current economic downturn, many commercial tenants are finding themselves in precarious financial positions and are approaching landlords to seek rent reduction in order to survive until the economy recovers. While landlords are often hesitant to diminish their revenue stream by granting rent reduction, they may have a strong self-interest in facilitating a successful lease restructure if the tenant need is genuine. The prospect of a vacancy and its resultant effects on surrounding tenants may justify reconsideration of lease workout proposals and motivate landlords to come to the negotiating table. A landlord may wish to act promptly so as to avoid the loss of an anchor tenant or a key tenancy which triggers the exodus of other tenants, as well as the additional costs involved in replacing a tenant through brokerage fees, lease inducements and other costs.
Granting rent assistance by entering into a lease restructuring arrangement can also be an excellent opportunity for landlords to effectively regain leverage or concessions granted during the initial lease transaction, either through the claw-back of tenant rights or by obtaining additional security and rights in favour of the landlord. Therefore, landlords should consider rent reduction arrangements holistically and not just in terms of a break on rent in favour of the tenant. When determining whether or not to negotiate with a troubled tenant, there should also be consideration of the advantages a landlord can secure in exchange for its temporary concessions.
In order to be effective for both parties, rent reduction must be sufficient to avoid a future default or bankruptcy by the tenant, at least until the economy improves. Accordingly, the elements of a successful lease restructure can be numerous and complex. From the landlord's perspective, the costs of the rent reduction must be affordable and less than the consequences of a tenant's breach. When approached by a tenant for rent reduction, landlords should analyze whether there is any benefit to a restructuring arrangement and if there is actual need on the part of the tenant for a rent reduction. Owners should also consider whether rent reduction will have the intended effect: does the tenant have a viable business operation, or will a rent reduction simply delay the inevitable demise of the tenant.
A fundamental consideration is whether the rent reduction arrangement should be structured to allow for a temporary forgiveness of rent or merely rent deferral until the tenant can recover. While tenants prefer that some or all of the rent abate or be forgiven fully, the landlord's inclination is to provide that a portion of the rent be deferred until a later date such that aggregate subsequent rent payments are increased. This strategy is advantageous to the landlord by allowing recapture of presently conceded rent at a later date, and by creating the appearance that the net return on the lease is not diminished. Going forward, the landlord retains the option of forgiving the deferred rent or financial concessions in exchange for timely payment or other proper performance of lease obligations by the tenant. Owners may also pursue creative solutions such as temporary conversion from base rent to percentage rent, or the deferral of non-critical management costs.
From the landlord's perspective, the rent reduction agreement should be finite and short in duration, and should expressly allow the landlord to terminate the rent assistance immediately upon default or certain circumstances such as the following: (i) transfer of the lease by assignment or subletting; (ii) disclosure of the terms of the rent reduction agreement to a third party; (iii) a corporate tenant making any distributions by way of dividends, bonuses or repayment of loans to any of its shareholders, directors or officers or anyone not at arm's length of the client; (iv) increase to the salary or other remuneration of any of the foregoing; and/or (v) the tenant or other entity directly or indirectly lending financial assistance to or guaranteeing the debts or obligations of another entity. Rent reduction should also automatically be deemed as terminated one day prior to the tenant becoming bankrupt or filing for creditor protection so as to avoid any bankruptcy trustee obtaining the benefit of the rent reduction.
Keeping in mind that rent reduction is part of a larger restructuring strategy, landlords should also consider obtaining additional security.
Where the deferral of rent is significant, proactive landlords can become secured creditors by requiring the tenant to grant a security interest equal in value to the amount of the deferred/abated rent in its personal property, accounts, inventory and other assets. By registering its interest, the landlord will augment its position in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. Furthermore, requests by other lenders for postponement of this security will flag the landlord to claims of other secured creditors who may be lending money to the tenant. Landlords may also require the addition of an indemnifier or guarantor if there is not one in place already, or to expand the obligations of any existing covenantors.
Granting rent reduction to a tenant should coincide with the landlord taking back, either permanently or temporarily, rights given to the tenant during the initial lease negotiations including renewal rights, rights of first refusal, expansion rights, broad use clauses, lease termination rights, co-tenancy provisions and exclusivity clauses. The original lease deal can also be amended favourably to the landlord by extending the term of the lease and reclaiming signage rights to be used as inducement to replacement tenants.
This is also an excellent time for the landlord to couple the relief with additional landlord rights, or to impose various new restrictions such as continuous operating covenants. Landlords may also revisit previously negotiated exclusions from operating costs or eliminate year-end reconciliations and lease audit rights. Landlords can also impose new relocation obligations or demolition clauses on the tenant, or require payment of additional or increased security deposits.
In order to facilitate re-letting the space to a more reliable and solvent tenant, landlords should add a blanket right to terminate the lease at any time. This right will provide the landlord with flexibility in order to market the premises if a replacement tenant is found who is prepared to pay the full rent.
Landlords should keep in mind the following restructuring strategies while considering a request for rent reduction:
- Determine the relative bargaining positions of both the landlord and the tenant. Market conditions and trends are key in considering options, as is the tenant's economic justification for rent reduction. Acquire knowledge of the tenant's core business, supply and funding sources and creditworthiness. The tenant should be required to provide financial statements to the landlord regularly at set intervals in order to track the needs for rent reduction including monthly gross revenue reports.
- Consider supplementary factors such as tenant mix and the impact that dark storefronts may have on the centre and whether losing an anchor tenant may have a domino effect on the business of other tenants through the operation of co-tenancy clauses.
- Keep in mind financial or other restrictions on the landlord's ability to modify leases, such as the need to obtain lender or partner consents to lease modifications. The landlord should be particularly attentive to the potential effects that restructuring may have on its own ability to meet debt service in co-tenancy/operating requirements of other leases.
- Develop standardized procedures for evaluating rent assistance requests. Consider forming internal committees comprised of leasing agents, property managers or financial analysts to address the inquiries. The mandate of such committees usually includes conducting credit checks, assessing inventory levels and supply sources, and reviewing the tenant's business plan and financial statements. Often when faced with a detailed information request, the tenant without a bona fide need for relief will withdraw their request for assistance.
- Consider obtaining a release or estoppel from the tenant for any landlord defaults, omissions of payment of tenant allowances or any liability arising out of the lease prior to the restructuring arrangement.
TENANT CONSIDERATIONS Tenants should be prepared to provide a solid business basis and detailed financial information together with the relief request and should keep the following considerations in mind:
- Be cognizant of your bargaining power and vulnerabilities. Understand the market value of the premises in the centre/building in order to practically consider your options. Have a solid understanding of your financial condition and be prepared to demonstrate that while the tenant is financially threatened, it is not so greatly impaired that it will be considered a lost cause which the landlord will have little motivation to assist.
- Weigh opportunity costs. By obtaining temporary relief through a rough economic period is the tenant losing an opportunity to relocate to a better premises? Consider the likelihood that you may be able to negotiate an even better deal by delaying this request for relief. Tenants should consider whether they would be better off negotiating a lump sum lease buyout payment in exchange for termination now and seeking premises elsewhere. Also consider if there an easier exit strategy from the lease such as assignment/subletting or going dark.
- Analyze whether any landlord defaults exist and if so, how remedies may be part of the overall restructuring approach.
As the above considerations demonstrate, with a systematic and thoughtful approach, both landlords and tenants can work together to negotiate a lease restructuring and rent reduction arrangement in order to achieve a constructive resolution to a potentially undesirable tenant departure during challenging economic times.
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Arusha-based Rwandan genocide tribunal closes shop
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) a special court established by the United Nations shortly after the 1994 Genocide in Arusha, Tanzania, to pursue and prosecute suspected perpetrators of the mass killings has officially closed.
For the past 21 years the tribunal has indicted more than 94 suspects and out of these, 63 have been convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
Some of the key Rwandan Tutsi Genocide suspects ICTR has convicted include Jean Paul Akayesu, for mayor, Rwanda's former premier Jean Kambanda, and Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, founding member of 'genocidal' Coalition for the Defense of the Republic (CDR) and the Mille Collines Free Radio and Television (RTLM).
The UN Court has had a fragile relationship with the government in Kigali over acquitting and freeing suspects, and reducing their sentences on appeal.
This Monday as the Court shut down its doors it approved appeals filed by six convicts; Sylvain Nsabimana and Joseph Kanyabashi were set free having been been convicted by the Trial Chamber of the UN Tribunal earlier. The Appeals Chamber also reduced for sentences of 4 genocide convicts infuriating authourities in Kigali.
"During the course of many cases, the Appeals Chamber showed inclination to minimise the Genocide against the Tutsi. It worked to exonerate many of the planners and perpetrators of the Genocide and at the same time lessen their sentences," Jean Damascene Bizimana, the head of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) told The New Times, a local daily.
Several suspects or convicts have also been transferred to Rwanda for trial and to serve their sentences respectively.
Twenty one years ago, nearly a million Rwandans were killed in the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda, Paul Kagame, the current Rwandan leader led a liberation army that halted the killings and captured power.
The country has since recovered but according to the Rwandan government, dozens of suspects are still at large in Western countries. The government has always lambasted the West for hosting the suspects.
Some Western countries like Canada and Denmark have cooperated have handed over suspects to Rwanda for trial.


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London: Model Hailey Baldwin, who has been romantically linked to Justin Bieber in the past, says dating a celebrity is not easy because of media attention on the relationship.
The 19-year-old model was linked to the pop star earlier this year when the pair were spotted kissing but Baldwin says having a relationship with a celebrity is not ideal, reported Female First.
"I don't want attention out of dating somebody. Texts started coming through, crazy phone calls … it's hard to date somebody in this industry. "You have to have really thick skin and be very strong. You have to focus on the person and nothing else. And you have to, as best you can, block out all the extra noise," she said.


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Enormity of IT job losses yet to be assessed: IT Minister
Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday said the enormity of IT job losses is yet to be assessed even as media reports suggested huge job losses in the sector.
"Media reports have suggested there were huge job losses in the IT sector, but the enormity of such job losses is yet to be assessed," he said in the Legislative Council here.
Kharge was replying to a query pertaining to IT job losses raised by BJP member Capt. Ganesh Karnik during question hour.
Giving figures of IT job creation in the last three years in Karnataka, Kharge said there was a dip from 61,500 in 2014-15 to 49,500 jobs in 2015-16, but it increased by 3,000 to 52,500 in 2016-17.
Asked what steps had been taken by the government to update technological skills of graduating engineers in the wake of usage of new technologies, including automation and robotics, Kharge said he has discussed the issue with NASSCOM members.
"To address various issues dogging the IT industry, we held a meeting with Nasscom members.They stressed the need for implementing schemes to update skills of graduating engineers," he said.
Moreover, government also had launched I-4, KESDM and Startup policies to give a boost to the IT sector to create more jobs, Kharge said, adding that these schemes would provide various sops to youth wanting to open startups.
Kharge said state-run KEONICS has opened 254 training centres to enhance skills of the youth and had trained 25,100 youth in the last academic year.
The government also opened Centres of Excellence in Aerospace, data science, artificial intelligence, robotics and cyber security, he added.
Government also had created a corpus of over Rs 340 crores in the current budget for the purpose. It had also launched 'Yuva Yuga' scheme to train youth in other industrial sectors and had provided industrial training to 1.10 lakh youth, the minister said.
According to NASSCOM, IT exports from Karnataka was to the tune of about Rs 2.20 lakh crore in 2015-16 and direct employment in the sector was around
10 lakh people.


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