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While, yes, we've only just begun obsessing over winter coats (which one is on your list?) and strategically maximizing our fall office staples (thank you, Penny Chic!), it's never too early to plan ahead for spring. Especially considering all the next season trends you can actually incorporate into your office wardrobe right now. Yes, there are cute, fun pieces and interesting styling tricks to liven up your 9-to-5, Monday through Friday. Oh, the grind.
So let's ask an expert, Ann Taylor creative director Lisa Axelson, who was happy to walk us through her favorite trends and tips for spring—accompanied by super-chic images from next season's look book (and my favorite model, Shu Pei!).
Matching separates for the office: Start with a base neutral, like black, navy, khaki, taupe, or spring's hottest new-neutral: a blushy nude. "I like to mix different prints or textures within a color family so you can create this high-low look within your outfit. I think this love affair that we're having with blush instantly modernizes and feminizes old classics like black and navy."
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Making animal prints look professional: Full disclosure: This subject is one of Lisa's favorites because she loves animal prints, but cautions to save a head-to-toe look for after hours ("it can be pretty bold and pretty sexy"). Nope, not the message you want to send. But, you could layer your animal prints. "I love doing a bold animal topper [jacket], and maybe you've got coordinating animal sweater or blouse underneath, mixed with a really chic pair of pants. Animal at work gives you the cool-sexy factor so you don't feel like you're boring corporate Cathy, but it is the easiest thing to take from desk to dinner, desk to cocktail party, and make it exciting."
Spring layering for the workplace: Lisa loves jackets, especially what she refers to as a "topper" or light layer to wear inside, but that's heavy enough to be a spring coat outside. "It adds a fashion wow element, so I love having that third piece that really makes a statement but keeps you warm and transitions you. Elements like a topper or jacket are instant ways to chicify a pair of jeans and a blouse they look instantly great over a simple sheath dress and add a lot more flair. They become personality pieces."
Wearing shorts in the office: Now there's a caveat here, of course. "The short trend is definitely a tricker one for the office, especially if you work in a more traditional office space. So I would recommend to your readers to really know the office environment they work within and take cues from that. Because by no means can every woman wear a pair of shorts to the office." However, Lisa has an interesting comparison point about a longer short. "I think this longer length that goes JUST above the knee almost acts as a soft skirt. These aren't your traditional cotton shorts, they're a little more feminine and fluid and worn with a heel and a beautiful sweater almost does what a skirt does for you."
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The ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu, mentioned in the Buddhist literature as located in the foothills of Himalayas, is situated across the present-day boundary between Nepal and India. The Buddhist sites of Kapilavastu, mentioned in the accounts of Chinese monk-scholars Faxian (Fahien, 5th century CE) and Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang, 7th century CE) and revealed in the excavations in the past century, lie on either side of the India-Nepal border. Consequently, both India and Nepal are responsible for protecting and promoting these sites. Ideally, both countries should join hands in developing a Kapilavastu Pilgrimage circuit that would integrate the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage places on either side of the border. However, due to the clashing claims between India and Nepal over the identification of 'Palace City' of Kapilavastu — both countries claim the 'Palace City' to be lying within their territory — an atmosphere of mistrust has developed between the two countries leading to distrust stalling the idea of 'Kapilavastu Pilgrimage' indefinitely. Let us understand this issue in detail.
Map 1- Kapilavastu Pilgrimage Circuit based on the description of Xuanzang
The name Kapilavastu refers to the kingdom as well as the capital (administrative center) of the Śākya dynasty, ruled in the 6th century BCE by King Suddhodhana, the father of Prince Siddhārtha. Kapilavastu was the place where Siddhārtha (the Buddha) spent his boyhood before renouncing worldly pleasures in search of the truth. Faxian and Xuanzang both had visited the kingdom of Kapilavastu on their journey to the Buddhist scared places in India. Xuanzang writes that Kapilavastu was a kingdom with a circumference of 4000 Li (1300 kms approx.) in circumference. Faxian too mentions Kapilavastu as a country, but does not give its size. According to Xuanzang, the kingdom of Kapilavastu contained a 'Royal City' or 'Capital' within which was a 'Palace City' or 'Inner City' about 15 Li (5 kms approx.) in circumference. Faxian neither refers to 'Royal City' nor 'Palace City,' but instead mentions a 'City of Kapilavastu'. Faxian's descriptions of the 'City of Kapilavastu' and Xuanzang's descriptions of 'Palace City' indicate that both are referring to a place where King Suddhodhana lived and the Bodhisattva Siddhārtha (the Buddha) spent his childhood. Xuanzang and Faxian both saw numerous shrines within the 'Palace City'/'City of Kapilavastu' and in its neighbourhood to mark places associated with the Buddha, his mother, Mahāmayā, and his father, King Suddhodhana. Therefore, it may be concluded that Xuanzang's 'Palace City' and Faxian's 'City of Kapilavastu' are the same place.
At the time of Faxian's pilgrimage to India, Kapilavastu was already in ruins. Faxian saw only some monks and a score or two of families of common people at the 'City of Kapilavastu'. Two centuries later, Xuanzang had a similar experience to share. He mentions of more than a thousand villages and monasteries lying in ruins in the kingdom of Kapilavastu. In spite of the kingdom being in ruins, both pilgrims found a small community of monks, who guided them to the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage places. The sacred places mentioned by them can be grouped into four set of places.
1. 'Palace City' (mentioned by Xuanzang)/'City of Kapilavastu' (mentioned by Faxian), henceforth referred to as 'City'.
2. Place of Kanakmuni Buddha
3. Place of Krakachunda Buddha
4. Birth place of Gautama Buddha (Lumbīnī)
Both Faxian and Xuanzang, had visited all these places, but in different sequences. Faxian visited first the place of Krakachunda Buddha, from where he went to Kanakmuni Buddha and then to 'City'. Xuanzang visited first the 'City,' from where he went to the places of Krakachunda and then Kanakmuni Buddha. Xuanzang mentions seeing three Aśokan pillars in Kapilavastu kingdom at the birthplace of the Buddha (Lumbīnī), the place of Kanakmuni Buddha and at the place of Krakachunda Buddha. Faxian is silent about these Aśokan pillars. In the 1890's, three Aśokan pillars were actually discovered in Nepal at Rumandie, Niglivā and Gothiāwā. The pillars at Rumandie and Niglivā have Aśokan inscriptions dating from the 3rd century BCE establishing them to be the birth place of the Buddha (Lumbīnī) and the place of Kanakmuni Buddha respectively. Obviously, the third Pillar at Gothiāwā marks the place of Krakachunda Buddha. Some scholars conjectured that the Aśokan pillars at Rumadie, Niglivā and Gothiāwā were brought to these places from elsewhere. Research, however, shows their speculation to be incorrect.
Map 2- Map depicting pilgrimage of Faxian and Xuanzang in Kapilavastu kingdom
After the discovery of places of Kanakmuni Buddha, Krakachunda Buddha and Lumbīnī, the focus of archaeological exploration shifted to finding the fourth place — the 'City'. Locating the site of the 'City' was not difficult because both Faxian and Xuanzang described the location of the 'City' with respect to the other three sites that were already established. When the early explorers who examined Faxian's and Xuanzang's description of the 'City' with respect to the sites of Lumbīnī, Niglivā and Gothiāwā — established on the basis of the Aśokan pillars as explained earlier — they found a contradiction. Faxian travelled 1 Yojan (10 kms approx.) in the East direction from Kanakmuni Place (Niglivā) to reach the 'City;' accordingly, the 'City' should be on and around B (refer to map 2). Xuanzang travelled 50 Li (16 km approx.) in the North direction of Karakchunda Place (Gothiāwā) to reach the 'City;' accordingly, the 'City' should be around A (refer to map 2). Summarising our findings till this point, we can say that if we follow Faxian's descriptions, the 'City' lies at B, and if we follow Xuanzang's descriptions, it lies around A. Further in the puzzle over the identification of the 'City,' we find that the locations of B and A are substantially apart on the map. But since the 'City' can be located only in one of the two spots — B or A — we are led to conclude that either Faxian's or Xuanzang's description is inaccurate. To establish whose description is accurate, let us examine their respective travel accounts further.
Broken Aśokan Pillar at Lumbīnī at the time of discovery Pic: ASI
Broken Aśokan Pillar of Gothiāwā Pic: Cambridge University Press
Broken Aśokan Pillar of Niglivā with inscriptions
Faxian and Xuanzang both travelled from the 'City' to Lumbīnī. Faxian travelled 50 Li (15 kms approx.) in the East direction from the 'City' to reach Lumbīnī. Xuanzang, on the other hand, travelled 32 Li (10 km approx.) South-East of 'City' to reach the Arrow Spring, from where he travelled 90 Li (27 kms approx.) South-West to reach Lumbīnī. At present, Rumandie is identified with the site of Lumbīnī. If both Faxian and Xuanzang arrived at Lumbīnī from the 'City', then by charting their travel routes on the map, we should reach Rumandie. However, that is not so. Faxian's description leads to point C (refer to map 2). This means that the distance and direction of the 'City' provided by Faxian are incorrect. The distance and directions of 'City' provided by Xuanzang, on the other hand, are consistent with respect to Lumbīnī (Rumandie) and two other Aśokan pillar sites. If we assume Xuanzang's descriptions to be correct, then based on these descriptions, the most probable place for the 'City' of Kapilavastu appears to be in Tilaurakot and its surroundings (point A in map 2).
In 1962, at the request of His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Government of India appointed Ms. Debala Mitra, Superintendent of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), to survey Lumbīnī and its surrounding. Mitra excavated at Tilaurakot, but could not find anything substantial to support Tilaurakot as the remains of the 'City'. Mitra's findings were a disappointment for Nepal. In her book Buddhist Monuments, published in 1971, Mitra rejected Tilaurakot as the site of the 'City,' arguing that the 'City' instead was Piprāhwā and its surrounding that lay on the Indian side of the border.
Piprāhwā is a village in Siddharthnagar District of Uttar Pradesh in India. Piprāhwā is 16 kms away from Rumandie, which is in Nepal, and 1.5 kms away from the India-Nepal border. Piprāhwā is the place where in 1898, William Peppé discovered relics of the Buddha from an ancient stūpa mound. The inscription on one of the caskets containing the relics read that the relics of the Buddha were the belongings of Śākyans. We know that the Buddha belonged to the Śākya tribe, who were the rulers of the kingdom of Kapilavastu. The discovery of the Śākyans share of the Buddha relics at Piprāhwā suggested that Piprāhwā and its surroundings were not only an integral part of the kingdom of Kapilavastu but was also an important place for the Śākyans. Peppé had excavated only the most prominent mound at Piprāhwā which turned out to be the relic stūpa. The relic stūpa was surrounded by many other mounds. Mitra expected that these mounds would be the remains of Nyagrodha Monastery (Nyagrodhārāma).
According to Buddhist tradition, in the first year after his enlightenment the Buddha returned to Kapilavastu to meet his father, King Shuddhodhana. During this visit, the Buddha stayed at Nyagrodha Park. At the Nyagrodha Park, the Buddha preached the Dhamma to his father and his Śākyan brethren. Many Śākyans embraced the Buddha's teachings and joined the Saṅgha. A monastery was built later at this place for the Śākyans who became monks. This monastery was the Nyagrodhārāma. According to Xuanzang, the Nyagrodha Monastery was 3-4 Li (approx. 1 km.) South of the 'City'.
Mitra expected the excavations at Piprāhwā to yield some inscription that would confirm the site as the remains of the Nyagrodha Monastery. If Piprāhwā could be identified as the site of the Nyagrodha Monastery, then 'City' would be 1 km south of Piprāhwā — on the Indian side. To substantiate her claim that the 'City' was in the vicinity of Piprāhwā, Mitra referred to the accounts of Faxian. Faxian travelled from Kanakmuni Place in the East direction to reach the 'City,' and from the 'City' he travelled further East to reach Lumbīnī (refer to map 2). If Faxian reached Lumbīnī by travelling in the East direction from the 'City', then it means that the 'City' was in the West of Lumbīnī. Based on this logic, Mitra argued that the 'City' should be in the West of Rumandie - point D in map 2 - which coincides with Piprāhwā and its surrounding. We may say that Mitra's argument is not justified because she bases her theory on Faxian's accounts. On the Map 2, we see that Piprāhwā is on the West of Rumandie, which is the site already identified as Lumbīnī. However, Faxian's Lumbīnī should be at spot B in Map 2. Piprāhwā is not on the West of spot B. Hence, Piprāhwā cannot be the site of the 'City' according to Faxian's reference.
Mitra's reports encouraged Mr. K M Srivastava, Superintendent Archaeologist of the Archaeological Survey of India to take up excavations in Piprāhwā and other potential mounds in the its neighbourhood. Hoping to find some evidence that would help in linking Piprāhwā to the 'City,' Srivastava began excavating at Piprāhwā in 1971. Excavation revealed that the Relic stūpa of Piprāhwā was surrounded by three monasteries. Many monastic seals were also discovered. These were classified into three sets. (1) The first set of seals read Om Devaputra Vihare Kapilavastu Bhikkhusaṁghasa (Om of the community of monks of Kapilavastu in the monastery of kanishka/ huvishka). Twenty-one such seals were discovered. The word Devaputra (son of the gods) was an honorific title used by Kuṣāṇ king, Kanishka (126-150 century CE) and his successor, Huvishka (150-193 century CE). (2) The second set of seals read Maha Kapilavastu Bhikshusaṁghasa (Of the community of Buddhist monks of great Kapilavastu). Thirteen such seals were found belonging to the Kuṣāṇ period (2nd century BCE – 3rd century CE). (3) The third set of seals carried names of monks. The inscriptions on the three sets of seals together proved that the monasteries of Piprāhwā were established by Kuṣāṇ kings for the community of monks of the kingdom of Kapilavastu.
Unfortunately for Srivastava Piprāhwā turned out to be Maha Kapilavastu Monastery and not Nyagrodha monastery as predicted by Mitra. So, ideally this was a closed case but Srivastava still conducted more excavation in the south side of Piprāhwā, at a village called Ganwariyā, hoping to find the remains of the palace of King Suddhodana, and thereby establish the place as the site of the 'City'. Srivastava's excavations, however, revealed Ganwariyā to be another monastic site like Piprāhwā. In 1976, three years after the excavations at Piprāhwā and Ganwariyā, the findings from these places were made public through a news item in The Times of India tilted 'Buddha's Lost City of Kapilavastu Found.' People in Nepal saw this as India's plot to deny Nepal claim over the Buddha's homeland. The claim of Indian archaeologists of having discovered the 'City' or even of the 'City' being on the Indian side of the India-Nepal border is controversial because, as we have seen, it lacks supporting evidence.
Excavated monastic remains of Piprāhwā
Excavated monastic remains of Ganwariyā
Explorers and archaeologists like Alexander Cunningham, who successfully identified many ancient places mentioned by Faxian and Xuanzang, found that Faxian's descriptions were often inconsistent in terms of distance and direction of places. Consequently, they preferred to rely on the descriptions of Xuanzang. Mitra and Srivastava, on the other hand, based their excavation and analysis on Faxian's description of the 'City' rather Xuanzang's, without explaining why they did so.
Mitra and Srivastava both failed to notice the error in Faxian's description. A careful study of the descriptions by Faxian and Xuanzang and a little observation should have helped them to realize that if we change Faxian's direction of travel from the Place of Kanakmuni Buddha (identified as Niglivā) to the 'City' from East to West then the description of the 'City' and its neighbouring places including the Arrow Spring and Lumbīnī provided by Faxian coincide with the descriptions provided by Xuanzang. Map 3 shows Xuanzang's route according to his description, and Faxian's route with the direction of travel changed from East to West (refer to map 3). In the map, we see that the travel routes of Xuanzang and Faxian actually coincide (or are similar), once we take Faxian's direction of travel as West instead of East.
Map 3- Map depicting travel of Xuanzang and Faxian (after 'correction')
A team from Bradford University conducted a study in 1997 using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and found substantial evidence supporting Tilaurakot as the most likely place of the site of the 'City'. It may be argued that since no inscriptions have been found at Tilaurakot, the place cannot be conclusively identified as the 'City'. However, we know many of the important Buddhist pilgrimage places which were identified in the last century, namely Griddhakūṭa (Vulture's peak), Veḷuvana (Bamboo's grove), Saṅkāsya, Prāgbodhi, Brahmayoni, were identified on the basis of circumstantial evidences, that is to say, on the basis of descriptions provided by Faxian and Xuanzang. In the case of locating the site of the 'City', circumstantial evidences are strongly pointing to Tilaurakot and its surroundings.
At present, India and Nepal both are promoting their claims of Kapilavastu causing a deadlock in archaeological exploration, analysis and identification. The attitudes of both the countries are criticisable because we know that boundaries of ancient kingdoms were not constant. Since Kapilavastu is an ancient kingdom, in the modern times, its parts may be spread across Nepal and India. Findings at Piprāhwā and Ganwariyā confirm that the remains of the Buddhist Kapilavastu are scattered on either side of the India-Nepal border. Xuanzang mentions about more than a thousand monasteries laying in ruins in Kapilavastu. The governments of India and Nepal should work together to explore, document, identify and develop the sites mentioned by Faxian and Xuanzang around the 'City', such as the place where after his enlightenment, the Buddha was received by his father, King Suddhodhana, for the first time, the place where the Bodhisattva Siddhārtha became absorbed in Sāmādhi (deep meditation) while watching ploughmen at work, and other places around the 'City' related with the Buddha. The governments of India and Nepal should also together develop the sacred places of Kapilavastu on either side of the India-Nepal border, such as Lumbīnī, Gothiāwā, Niglivā, Piphrāhwā, Ganwariyā and Tilaurakot, and promote pilgrimage and tourism to these places under the banner of the 'Kapilavastu Buddha Trail'.
At present, India and Nepal both are promoting their claims of Kapilavastu causing a deadlock in archaeological exploration, analysis and identification. The attitudes of both the countries are criticisable because we know that boundaries of ancient kingdoms were not constant. Since Kapilavastu is an ancient kingdom, in the modern times, its parts may be spread across Nepal and India. Findings at Piprāhwā and Ganwariyā confirm that the remains of the Buddhist Kapilavastu are scattered on either side of the India-Nepal border. Xuanzang mentions about more than a thousand monasteries laying in ruins in Kapilavastu. The governments of India and Nepal should work together to explore, document, identify and develop the sites mentioned by Faxian and Xuanzang around the 'City', such as the place where after his enlightenment, the Buddha was received by his father, King Suddhodhana, for the first time, the place where the Bodhisattva Siddhārtha became absorbed in Sāmādhi (deep meditation) while watching ploughmen at work, and other places around the 'City' related with the Buddha. The governments of India and Nepal should also together develop the sacred places of Kapilavastu on either side of the India-Nepal border, such as Lumbīnī, Gothiāwā, Niglivā, Piphrāhwā, Ganwariyā and Tilaurakot, and promote pilgrimage and tourism to these places under the banner of the 'Kapilavastu Buddha Trail'.
Special Thanks to Aparajita Goswami
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Watters, Thomas; 2004, On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, (Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and S.W. Bushell), Reprinted in LPP 2004, Low Price Publications, Delhi. (First published by Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1904-05).


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Vector Pop Art?
self-adhesive, 'Vector Pop Art' graphics are not actually printed
photo images, but instead are constructed using several thin layers
of different coloured vinyls to give a stylish, contemporary look
to any blank wall space or door.
We can quite often reproduce your
own photographs into this layered vinyl vector pop art style, (depending
on quality and size of the photo.)


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The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, recently updated the amount of activity in the Haynesville Shale through 5/19/2009. There are 379 active wells in the Haynesville Shale, defined as wells that are producing or permitted.
These Haynesville Shale wells are located in the following parishes in Louisiana - Caddo, Bossier, Bienville, De Soto, Sabine and Red River.


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Meet The Models: Daphne
Meet Daphne. This oh-so-fabulous octogenarian - yep, that means she's in her 80s! - is actually almost 90 year's old, and still partying her way through life like it's 1999. As part of My Generation, which celebrates embracing yo'self and good vibes only, we didn't just want Daphne for her beaut face, we wanted to know a little bit about her generation. From hashtags to unicorns, this glam gran is all about celebrating individuality, uniqueness, and - of course - being fab-u-lous.
How would you define yourself?
I'm a fashion model; and was rediscovered aged 70 – I will be 89 this year! I would describe myself as active and adventurous, positive and curious, with a lifelong love of clothes.
Describe your generation in 3 words.
Make the best.
Who or what inspires you most?
The Queen – she knows her role, is completely committed to it, and never falters. And of course she always looks fabulous.
What would your dream party be like and who would be on the guest list?
My family and close friends; and maybe a unicorn or two!
If we gave you £100 and a suitcase full of clothes, how would you use it?
Have a dress up and go somewhere glamorous for a glass of champagne.
What's the best advice you can give to someone to help them stay positive?
Change what you can and if you can't, don't worry about it!
How important is social media to you?
Very, as I love connecting with people from all over the world.
What's your favourite social media channel?
Instagram – as a model it is all about the image.
If you had your own hashtag what would it be?
#BeYourOwnSelf - because I want to encourage everyone to be the best version of themselves.
Complete the sentence: "What the world needs now is..."
Love sweet love – kindness and understanding of others.
Who would play you in a film, and what would the plot line be?
It would have to be Scarlett Johansson starring in the story of my life – how amazing it has been. In many ways the extraordinary in an ordinary life.


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Golf in 2017 … It's Good for your Soul
Welcome 2017! We at Port Royal Golf Course are excited to usher in a great year of golf. While many in our midst are preoccupied keeping New Year's resolutions, we have partnered with BF&M to encourage people of all ages to experience the great game of golf. Our initiative 'Golf4Life' is an opportunity for us to expose potential and current golfers to the benefits of a positive lifestyle through golf.
Benefits for Juniors and/or Seniors to Golf4Life
Golf is a game that can be enjoyed at all ages and our aim is to cast our net wide and reach out to all segments of society. Our golf tournaments are designed to be inclusive and encourage participation from a wide cross section of people with the purpose of bringing diverse groups together through this highly social sporting event.
Golf is good for the soul
Golfers spend hours on the golf course, experiencing a sport at a more leisurely pace while enjoying the fresh air and peaceful surroundings. Golf is a complex game and presents mental challenges designed to keep players on their toes. As a result, there are positive psychological impacts for the person who can enjoy some time away from the hustle and bustle of life by playing golf.
Social Benefits of Golf4Life.
The collective goal of Port Royal and BF&M is to expose more people to the game of golf through Golf4Life. An important component of this programme is to foster social interaction between the diverse groups of people that Port Royal Golf Course events attract. We find this to be one of the most satisfying benefits of our tournaments.
We extend Happy New Year wishes to all and encourage you to get involved in the upcoming Golf4Life tournaments. The first tournament is coming up on Sunday January 15th. Keep an eye open for Port Royal Golf Course and BF&M's social media coverage for more information about this exciting series of events.


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610 Clematis St West Palm Beach
Florida 33401 USA
GPS Public Relations and its resident web design, development and online marketing experts have gotten the attention of some of the biggest and most prestigious media outlets in the world.
Each year, the West Palm Beach Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the West Palm Beach area a great place to live, work and play.
Michael Fieger, the President of GPS Public Relations, states, "I am persuaded that nothing we do is more significant than hiring and developing good people. At the end of the day you count on people, not on strategies. Elena's new position as Director of Marketing will enhance GPS Public Relations business globally. She will provide brand strategy for the entire company and leadership overseeing the launch of several new and exciting products and services."
610 Clematis St West Palm Beach
Florida 33401 USA


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Ghostwriting has taken the world by storm as more and more famous celebrities release ghostwritten books with no negative side effects. While some may deem ghostwriting as unethical or lazy, the reality is ghostwriters work very closely with the named author so the writer can convey the idea behind the literature in a more effective way than the author could.
Writing anything is a long and strenuous task, and many people may not have the time to put their ideas into an easily digestible form for readers. Furthermore, without the proper writing skills, an author's intended core message may be misinterpreted. If done effectively, ghostwriting can accurately depict what the named author intended while saving the author immense amounts of time and resources.
At Kinetic Word, our professional writers are dedicated to helping clients write content so they can share their ideas with the world. We strive to work closely with our clients so they are informed of every aspect of the writing process to ensure our ghostwritten work accurately reflects what the author intended. Contact our office at (844) 218-7392 to learn more about how ghostwriting can benefit you.


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Why SIMPLE Plans don't work for prevailing wage contractors
Does your company have a SIMPLE plan?
Deadlines are a way of life for contractors -- and an important deadline many contractors may not even be aware of is fast approaching. Does your company have a SIMPLE plan? Did you know that they cannot be used effectively for prevailing wage jobs, like those projects that fall under the Davis-Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, state prevailing wage laws and living and responsible wage ordinances? Employers with SIMPLE IRA or SIMPLE 401(k) plans are unable to take full advantage of the savings that can be realized from prevailing wage retirement contributions. Written notice of intent to discontinue a SIMPLE plan must be provided to employees at least 60 days prior to the beginning of the calendar year so time is of the essence.
Prevailing wage contributions made to a retirement plan reduce payroll overhead and can be leveraged in other ways to save company owners money and allow them to contribute more to their own retirement accounts. Some contractors set up SIMPLE plans because there is no requirement for annual reporting and nondiscrimination testing but they quickly discover that a SIMPLE IRA plan is not a good fit for prevailing wage jobs. While they are relatively easy to set up, their lack of flexibility can cost you winning bids.
There are two reasons that SIMPLE plans are not appropriate for prevailing wage contractors:
- Contribution amounts must be identical. Contribution amounts cannot vary by project, job site or job category. The contribution rate must be the same for all employees.
- Employers are prohibited from using any other type of qualified retirement plan with a SIMPLE plan. Employers who use a SIMPLE plan can only use the SIMPLE plan. Some contractors who have existing retirement plans set up a second retirement plan specifically for prevailing wage contributions. With a SIMPLE retirement plan, this is not allowed.
Looking to save on your tax bill?Prevailing wage contractors who want to maximize tax savings on both an individual basis and for their company are not well-served with a SIMPLE plan. Because this type of plan requires that contributions for all employees be the same, employers are often prevented from contributing the entire fringe portion of the prevailing wage for job classifications with higher wage determinations. This means companies cannot take full advantage of the potential savings on payroll burden which result from allocating the entire fringe benefit amount to bona fide benefit plans.
Transitioning from a SIMPLE Plan to a 401(k) PlanThe deadline for employers to provide notification to employees that they intend to discontinue their SIMPLE plans is November 1st -- 60 days prior to the start of the calendar year. Employers should also contact the financial institution which administers their SIMPLE Plan to notify them that contributions will not be made to the plan in 2016.
What type of retirement plan is best for government contractors?So you've made the decision to get out of your SIMPLE plan and look for something that will be more beneficial given the amount of prevailing wage work you're doing. For assistance in determining what type of plan will provide maximum benefits for you and your company, consult a qualified retirement plan provider with experience helping government contractors.
About the Author
John G. Allen, CRPS, is a member of the MCAA and a regional VP for Fringe Benefit Group, which has been helping government contractors design and administer fringe benefit programs since 1983. He can be reached at 800-635-6912 or email@example.com.


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Remarks by William H. Gates Senior
March 20, 2010
"Sometimes people ask me why I am so optimistic about the future. I tell them I am optimistic because knowledge is not a finite resource, and neither is compassion.
I think often about a friend of mine named Margrit Elliot. Margrit is a nurse from La Conner, Washington. Twice a year, she organizes a team with doctors to travel to Bhutan, where
they train local doctors, treat burn victims, and perform operations to repair cleft palates. The team has included members from as far away as Italy and Holland.
Her group is called the Global Burn Care and Reconstructive Institute, and it exists not because Margrit had access to money or connections or proprietary secrets. It
exists because she has some medical knowledge, bottomless compassion, and vast stores of energy.
With limited funds, Margrit has fundamentally changed burn care in Bhutan, helped catalyze the development of a new hospital with a burn care ward, and met with the King!"
To prevent infections and contractures after initial burn injuries, restore function in post-burn contracture patients and ease suffering
those are the immeasurable rewards!
Help restore a life, to reach out to those without hope, and change a life
forever, please write a tax-deductible check to GBCRI, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 qualified organization registered with the IRS.


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Find Hostels all over the World
Petit Recoleta Hostel, HOSTEL in Buenos Aires Argentina.
Petit Recoleta Hostel.
Pte. J.E.Uriburu 1183, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Located near: We are located near most of the means of transportation of Buenos Aires. One block from Petit you can take buses, subways and trains that will take to know the whole city. Please ask for transfers from airport.
Petit Recoleta Hostel is located in the famous Recoleta neighbourhood, one of the most distinguished, safe and best located in the city.
Surrounded by broad avenues, malls, cinemas, theaters and other attractions.
Advise about arrival time.
Check in time at 2pm.
Check out time at 10am.


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The CDR System has been the industry standard for assessing cognitive function in worldwide clinical trials for over 30 years. Two recent publications highlight how the tool has been used in clinical trials, and how it may be possibly utilized in future programs.
The first is a publication of the largest normative database ever developed for an automated test system. These data further reinforce the widespread utility of the CDR System in clinical research, providing a valuable reference source to help interpret the extent to which compounds may impair or improve cognitive function. These data should be especially helpful for drug developers working with new compounds in drug classes where possible neuro-toxicity is an issue.
The Phase III study conducted in adolescents into the cognitive effects of a novel treatment for refractory epilepsy further attests to the suitability of the CDR System for use in pivotal trials in any clinical population. These research data lend important insight to both drug developers and clinicians working in this area. A system which can be used in the first-to-man administration of a compound through to the registration programmes is invaluable to developers of novel medicines, and this latest example further establishes the CDR System as the current gold standard for worldwide drug development of any compound which may influence cognitive function.
FULL CITATION: Cognitive effects of adjunctive perampanel for partial-onset seizures: A randomized trial.Epilepsia. 2016 Jan 1. doi: 10.1111/epi.13279.
JOURNAL: Epilepsia
ABSTRACT: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26724782
AUTHORS: Meador KJ, Yang H, Piña-Garza JE, Laurenz A, Kumar, Wesnes KA
FULL CITATION: Norms for healthy adults aged 18-87 years for the Cognitive Drug Research System: An automated set of tests of attention, information processing and memory for use in clinical trials.
J Psychopharmacol. 2016 Jan 11. pii: 0269881115625116.
JOURNAL: Psychopharmacology
ABSTRACT: http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/07/0269881115625116.abstract
AUTHORS: Wesnes KA, McNamara C, Annas P.


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MSDC president: Lynx will launch from Midland this fiscal year
Midland Spaceport Development Corp. is still waiting on the completion of a federal environmental assessment to move forward with plans to build the Spaceport Development Park at Midland International Air & Space Port, according to President J. Ross Lacy.
The information came after a MSDC meeting Tuesday to approve the fiscal year 2016 budget, which is currently set at $2 million. No additional funds were approved, and the $2 million was disbursed in February 2014 to the MSDC from Texas' Spaceport Trust Fund, which gives money to encourage space companies to move to and operate in Texas.
Despite the delay, Lacy is upbeat and said that things are coming along at the piece of land on the southwestern edge of the airport.
"Right now, we're looking at XCOR to probably have their first launch here second quarter of '16," Lacy said. "Orbital Outfitters' building is moving along very nicely; they've also got the altitude chamber facilities inside that building. The XCOR hangar is almost complete, and we've already got half of their staff out here right now."
XCOR Aerospace is a vehicle and rocket company that is currently developing the Lynx 1 aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port. It is a suborbital craft that will take a pilot and a paid passenger up to about 300,000 feet. The company is moving its research and development headquarters to Midland, and most of their administrative and orbital rocketry employees have moved, according to a previous Reporter-Telegram article. The fabrication team has remained in Mojave to finish work on the Lynx 1, which will take up to nine months.
Orbital Outfitters is a spacesuit company that is developing suits for XCOR and is also in the process of completing a free-standing building for multiple altitude chambers. The company will build and test suits, and its facility will allow the testing of other equipment destined for space.
Lacy hopes that infrastructure work for the Spaceport Development Park will start in the next two to four months and be completed this fiscal year. The improvements include roads and other infrastructure for what are now empty fields between La Force Boulevard and the runway space.
He also plans to bring two more companies to Midland and wants the Lynx to make its first flight out of Midland during the same fiscal year.
Lacy said that the delays could be turning potential companies away from Midland but that he still has many companies interested in coming here.
"If you get a big tenant like the one we're talking to right now that could potentially take up the whole second half (of the business park). Well, then, you're going to readjust your infrastructure need for that," Lacy said. "So I don't think that's really delaying it right now."
He declined to name any of the potential companies that are interested in moving to Midland, citing nondisclosure agreements.
XCOR and Orbital Outfitters received $10 million and $7 million in incentives, respectively, from the Midland Development Corp. to lure them to Midland, according to previous articles. An additional $1.5 million was spent to help fix XCOR's hangar.
A year ago, Midland International became the first commercial airport in the U.S. to receive a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Action by: Raina J. León
Date(s) - 04/07/2017
All Day
bull | machete | bullet | laurel |time
we are the beast together
I know what it is to be asked
What are you?
The prod and pull of hands
on skin, through hair
as if to catalogue me for auction
Continue reading bull | machete | bullet | laurel |time on our Medium page.
Raina J. León, member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective, has been published in numerous journals as a writer of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Canticle of Idols, Boogeyman Dawn, and sombra: (dis)locate (2016) and the chapbook, profeta without refuge (2016). She has received fellowships and residencies with Macondo, Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Montana Artists Refuge, the Macdowell Colony, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Annamaghkerrig, Ireland and Ragdale. She also is a founding editor of The Acentos Review, an online quarterly, international journal devoted to the promotion and publication of LatinX arts. She is an associate professor of education at Saint Mary's College of California.
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Preview Peru vs Colombia Copa América Centenario 2016 Prediction Head To Head :- The Copa America is in the middle of Quarter final stages and the USA has already reserved his place for the Semifinals by thrashing the Ecuador by 1-0 in the first match of Quarterfinal of Copa America Centenario 2016.
The next fixture of quarterfinal stages is between the Peru and the Colombia on June 17 at the Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ.
This is a high profile match and fans can expect for a full house entertainment from both these teams.
Peru vs Colombia 2016 Preview
Peru ranked 48th in the FIFA ranking and was considered as one of the dark horses in this tournament. This team has been on top in the Group B and qualified for knockout stages of this year's Copa America 2016 by clinching the win against heavy loaded Brazil side on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Peru has now made a habit of making to the knockout stages of the Copa America tournaments since 1997.
On the other side, Colombia finished second in the Group A behind the semifinalist USA. This team has started their journey in this tournament with the bang as Colombia managed to win their first two matches against United State and Paraguay.
But in their last group stage match, Colombia lost to Costa Rica by 3-2, meanwhile this loss cannot be an major issue for the Colombia's think tank as they had rested all their key players Jeison Murillo, goalkeeper David Ospina and Carlos Bacca in that match.
Peru vs Colombia Copa América Centenario 2016 Line Ups
Gallese; Corzo, Ramos, Rodriguez, Trauco; Vilchez, Balbin; Polo, Cueva, Flores; Guerrero
Ospina; Arias, Zapata, Murillo, Diaz; Perez, Torres; Cuadrado, Rodriguez, Cardona; Bacca.
Peru vs Colombia Copa América Centenario 2016 Prediction
The Colombia team is looking favourite to win this match against Peru. This team has been in form from the very first match of this year's Copa America 2016.
Although, Colombia's final group match resulted in a loss against the Costa Rica but despite their loss, this team had scored 2 goals and also Colombia entered that match without the services of its key players.
The one thing can stand out for Peru team as they had managed to beat the Brazil in their last encounter and who knows little bit of attacking football may reward this team in this match.


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HAVING REGARD to Article 5 b) of the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of 14 December 1960,
RECOGNISING that:
- All too frequently, earthquakes strike countries, causing collapse of school buildings and the injury or death of staff and students;
- The knowledge presently exists to significantly lower the seismic risk of schools and to help prevent further injury and death of school occupants during earthquakes, at reasonable cost and in a reasonable time frame;
- Schools built world-wide routinely collapse in earthquakes due to avoidable errors in design and construction because existing technology is not applied and existing laws and regulations are not sufficiently enforced; unless action is taken immediately to address this problem, much greater loss of life and property will occur;
- A state requirement for compulsory education, while allowing the continued use of seismically unsafe buildings, is a dangerous practice;
- Efforts to improve the seismic safety of schools and education systems require co-ordination at appropriate levels while acknowledging the need to provide flexibility and alternative means of achieving equivalent results depending on the level of seismic hazard, knowledge, technology and resources, and commensurate with indigenous capacity, need and level of sophistication.
On the proposal of the Programme on Educational Building (PEB) Governing Board and the Education Committee:
RECOMMENDS that Member countries take steps to establish and implement programmes of school seismic safety based on the principles set forth in Annex 1 to this Recommendation of which it forms an integral part. In so doing Member countries should take into account the major elements of such programmes as set out in Annex 2 to this Recommendation of which it forms an integral part.
Instructs the PEB Governing Board to review actions taken by Member countries as requested in pursuance to this Recommendation and report thereon through the Education Committee to the Council three years from the date of this Recommendation.
INVITES non-Member economies to take account of the terms of this Recommendation.
principles for school seismic safety programmes
Programmes for seismic safety in schools should recognise the safety of children in schools as an important goal. Such programmes, to be established on an urgent basis to assure earthquake safety of new and existing schools, should be based on the following principles:
1. Establish clear and measurable objectives for school seismic safety, based on the level of risk, that can be implemented and supported by the affected residents of communities and agencies at the local government level, and provide adequate resources and realistic timelines to achieve these objectives.
2. Define the level of the earthquake hazard in order to facilitate the development and application of construction codes and standards under the responsibility, as appropriate, of national, state or local authorities. At a minimum, natural hazard zones should be established and, where possible, seismic hazard maps should be based on probabilistic analysis.
3. Set forth expectations or objectives that define the desired ability of school buildings to resist earthquakes. School buildings should be designed and constructed, or retrofitted, to prevent collapse, partial collapse or other failure that would endanger human life when subjected to specified levels of ground shaking and/or collateral seismic hazards such as surface fault rupture, landslide or inundation from tsunami waves or dam failure. However, some authorities may desire that school buildings have additional seismic resistance to the extent that damage is limited and the buildings can be occupied immediately after earthquakes and used for shelter or emergency operations.
4. Give priority to making new schools safe. Efforts to identify vulnerable existing schools; to establish standards for retrofitting or replacing dangerous buildings; and to develop a list of priority actions can be made over a short period of time. A longer timeframe will likely be needed to correct seismic weaknesses of existing school buildings.
5. Be established as long-term undertakings with a strong commitment to sustained effort rather than one-time action.
6. Adopt a multi-hazard approach to school safety, with earthquake mitigation strategies that complement disaster countermeasures for other hazards.
7. Employ advisory committees as needed to assure that policy and technical decisions are consistent, and to provide long-term independent support and evaluation for the seismic safety effort.
Major elements of effective school seismic safety programmes
An effective school seismic safety programme will include the major elements described below:
Seismic Safety Policy Element
Policies should be established by the competent authorities and should state well-defined and measurable objectives. Priorities and strategies for satisfying the objectives should be established by the appropriate authorities. The policy must be clear and should have adequate support and authority to enforce its scope and objectives and to carry out the plan over a specified number of years. The policy should:
● Recognise the need to ensure the safety of schoolchildren;
● Recognise the consequential need for the safety of school buildings;
● Establish minimum standards for protection of human life;
● Adopt sustainable standards to guide design for new and existing school infrastructure based on prescribed performance objectives, knowledge of the ground shaking severity in different regions, quantification of site specific hazards, and the ability of the community to educate, train and license its members to effectively achieve established objectives;
● Establish programmes for seismic risk reduction of school buildings and their components;
● Provide adequate funding and human resources for the protracted duration of the programme;
● Be supported by committed and competent leaders with sufficient legal and moral authority to ensure the effectiveness, sustainability and continuity of the programmes that derive from the policy.
Accountability Element
There should be a basis for action with clear lines of accountability of the different members of society who are given responsibility for implementing earthquake safety programmes. To achieve the objectives of these programmes there should be:
● A clear definition of the roles and responsibilities of the various individuals, agencies and organisations involved in school seismic safety;
● A process for making all planning, design, regulation and enforcement decisions transparent;
● Qualification requirements for professionals engaged in the design of school facilities;
● An independent assessment of the proper design, construction and maintenance of school facilities including:
- Conducting assessments of existing school facilities;
- Reviewing and approving construction documents prepared for new structures and the retrofit of existing structures;
- Inspecting and approving construction;
- Qualifying personnel for design, plan review and inspection, materials testing and support functions;
● A clearly identified jurisdiction in terms of the area and the type of school systems and buildings affected.
Building Codes and Code Enforcement Element
The primary objective of school building codes and regulations should be to protect the life of occupants of a school building. Other objectives could include minimising damage to allow rapid occupancy of buildings after earthquakes. Building codes should govern the design of new and retrofitted school buildings. Design earthquake ground motions may be based on a probabilistic approach, a deterministic approach, or on a map of seismic zones. The competent authorities should determine the most appropriate design criteria, based on a review of their country's seismic hazard and other pertinent factors.
An effective school building code and enforcement element should establish:
● Clear building performance objectives based on:
- Ground motion characteristics and geology of the region;
- Collapse prevention and structural damage control criteria;
- Secondary effects such as tsunamis, landslides and surface rupture;
- Socio-economic impacts to the community.
● A process for periodic review and revision of codes and guidelines by knowledgeable individuals to reflect current understanding of good earthquake engineering practice.
● Enforcement procedures for school building code and construction regulations that take into account community needs but provide clear provision for:
- Checking of design plans for school buildings by qualified reviewers;
- Review and certification of constructed school facilities;
● A mechanism for ensuring that enforcement activities are not compromised by overt or subtle pressures due to project-specific cost, deadlines or other financial considerations.
The mere existence of a building code in a community can give the false impression that buildings are being constructed safely and that their seismic performance will be satisfactory. While extremely important, the writing and adoption of building codes and regulations can be an incomplete strategy if they are not enforced at every step of the design and construction process. Steps should be taken to ensure that proper implementation and enforcement of code regulations is done in a consistent manner and has equal priority to code development.
Training and Qualification Element
Building safety relies on regulations and laws that require proper training and qualification of professionals, builders and technicians involved in the different aspects of the design and construction process. Building safety training programmes should be carried out within the context of each individual country. Training programmes must accommodate governmental structure and division of responsibilities, perception of risk to the institution and its stakeholders, community values and economic conditions. Training and licensing should be required for design professionals, code enforcement officials, plan checkers, inspectors and contractors.
● Engineers and architects should be properly trained and licensed by the competent authorities, and their training should include seismic design as well as elements specific to school design and construction.
● Qualifications of contractors should be considered in awarding construction projects. This could involve the establishment of training programmes on best constructions practices for contractors and trades.
● Building officials, plan-check professionals and inspectors should be certified through a process of adequate training and experience.
Preparedness and Planning Element
Effective programmes should include the following measures at education authority and school level to reduce risks and to prepare employees and students to react in safe ways during emergencies.
● Education: Develop and implement educational programmes or curricula in schools and communities to make citizens aware of earthquake hazards and preparedness actions;
● Risk reduction measures: Undertake measures to improve the safety of the physical environment by bracing and anchoring furnishings, bookcases, and equipment and building components such as lights, heaters and water heaters;
● Emergency plan: Prepare and maintain plans that identify the actions, decisions and responsibilities needed before, during and following an earthquake; the organisation and responsibilities to carry out these plans, including determining whether to shelter or release students or to use school facilities as community shelters; and the equipment and supplies needed to carry out these decisions;
● Safety assessments: Establish standards, line of responsibility and procedures to assess the safety of buildings following earthquakes, and decide on evacuation, repair and re-occupancy procedures;
● Training: Provide training and materials for employees and students on earthquake hazards and actions to take to improve personal safety;
● Drills: Hold periodic drills simulating realistic conditions of earthquake events to reinforce training and to test the adequacy of plans and safety assessments.
Community Awareness and Participation Element
Paramount to the success of a programme to improve the seismic safety of schools is the understanding and involvement of the community. All members of the community should understand the seismic hazard of the region, the vulnerability of existing school buildings, the consequences of not properly constructing new school buildings or improving the resistance of existing buildings, and the feasibility of improving seismic safety. In particular, those members of the community who are involved in the construction of school buildings need to understand why they are required to follow prescribed practices, and the consequences of their failing to do so. An effective community awareness effort will include:
● Programmes to raise public awareness and knowledge of the risk from earthquakes and other natural hazards;
● Educational programmes to transfer and disseminate technical knowledge and to explain risk in terms understandable to community stakeholders;
● Activities to empower the community to be part of, and contribute to, the reduction of seismic risk of schools;
● Use of school curricula to increase awareness of earthquake hazards and preparedness actions.
Risk Reduction Element for New Facilities
Verified procedures currently exist to ensure good seismic performance of school buildings and their contents, and the implementation of such procedures is feasible. The following components are needed in a risk reduction element for new facilities:
● Determination of seismic hazard in the region and development of seismic hazard maps;
● Development of performance criteria and codes suitable to the culture and economic conditions of the region with recognition of the fundamental societal importance of schools and the shelter function of school structures in post-disaster emergencies;
● Development of simple regulations, or best construction practices, for regions where such an approach may have an immediate impact on seismic safety (e.g. simple, low-cost education facilities in rural regions of developing countries);
● Training and education of professionals, technicians and the construction workforce;
● Target dates for implementation of construction standards recognising the different levels of current practice in different countries;
● Effective building codes and regulations, and rigorous enforcement of these regulations.
Risk Reduction Element for Existing Facilities
To reduce the seismic risk of existing school buildings, it is important to understand why this risk exists and what actions can be taken by the community to eventually reduce the risk. Community values, economic conditions, financial possibilities and the type of building materials available in the region should be considered when developing and implementing a risk reduction plan.
Key ingredients for an effective risk reduction element for existing facilities include:
● Determination of the seismic hazard and preparation of hazard maps;
● Assessment of risk to existing schools and their contents;
● Evaluation of the consequences of not taking corrective action;
● Development and implementation of technical guidelines to improve performance of existing facilities during earthquakes (e.g. methods and procedures to estimate forces and displacements of the structure and predict damage, acceptable margins of safety or confidence, proper use of building materials, and monitoring of the construction processes);
● Formulation of an action programme based on availability of funding, human resources and their qualifications, existing infrastructure and the operational structure of the community;
● Prioritisation and risk reduction plan implementation, considering financial and human resources and the role of school buildings in post-disaster emergency management;
● Monitoring of effectiveness of plan implementation.
Given the magnitude of the retrofitting task in many countries, responsible officials should establish time schedules and priorities to retrofit at least those facilities deemed to be at the highest risk. While several decades may be needed to complete implementation of a school seismic retrofit programme, work on the facilities at greatest risk can be undertaken on a priority basis over a much shorter period.


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Poor countries around the world are facing the largest fall in aid in 15 years as prosperous nations plan to slice £6billion off their giving as part of austerity measures.
The most deprived countries will have to cope with cuts totalling £7billion by the end of next year from Italy, the US, Spain and the Netherlands, according to analysis of aid budgets for 2010-12 by Oxfam.
The figures, which the charity branded âshameless and depressingly predictableâ, will be only partially offset by increases from Australia, Germany and Britain.
The £6billion cut in aid would be enough to educate more than half of the worldâs 67million children who cannot afford to attend school, said Max Lawson of Oxfam.
He added it was âthe gravest threat to aid levels in 15 yearsâ.
Mr Lawson said: âAid is only a tiny fraction of rich nationsâ income so these kinds of cuts are largely totemic â a soft target in hard times. There are more hungry people in the world than live in North America and Europe combined.â
Oxfam has urged world leaders meeting at the G20 summit in France today to find new ways to help developing countries.
The summit will receive a report on development financing from Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates , who is expected to recommend a financial transaction tax to boost aid.
He has also worked on measures to help poor countries raise more tax revenue for themselves.


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I completely removed XBMC and reinstalled it twice to be sure, but still the same problem. I tried a BluRay ISO and the problem is not there. It is only affecting the DVDs. Am I the only one with this problem?


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"one thing that is eerie about this film is the fact that it was made long before the whole LAPD crash unit down fall.thats why this movie is so interesting to watch.because of the parallels with current events.its not as cliched as everyone thinks.you have vigilante cops who is protected by the powewrs that be,judges,prosecuters etc etc.some of theses people....no let me rephrase that MOST of these people actually know of the wrong doing that the SIS is doing.innocent people gets killed but its the ends that justify the means for them.the sad fact was when dan vaughn was in the street at the end of the movie saying "they love us" meaning(the citizens)of LA.
he might be right some people see it as a necessery evil but alot don't. its hard to take well protected cops down like that.but its worth watching to see what happens to them when one of them speaks"
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Microsoft's E3 2011: Everything Old is New Again.
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So Microsoft had their big E3 presentation earlier today and it was certainly big. However, it was vaguely familiar. We had top industry figures coming out and making excellent claims while showcasing what will be the biggest games of the year.
Yet, this show mirrored last year's presentation nearly to the letter.
It was larger, and arguably better, than the show last year. Microsoft did nothing to deviate from the formula. For that, comparisons are easy. At the end of the day however, they did do a much better job in 2011. Let's look at everything that happened in this show and the one that preceded it.
Last year, Microsoft opened E3 in probably the worst possible way. By making the games journalistas stand in rain slicks for two hours while filming a commercial. Thankfully, nothing like this was redone this year. I don't think anybody would have stuck around.
When it came to the big show however, Microsoft opened with a bang. Literally because it was a live demo of Call of Duty Black Ops. I criticized the move, because rough guerrilla warfare is not a great way to start a huge pitch that would end as a family friendly event.
This year was something different. I've yet to play any of the Call of Duty games and I was completely unimpressed with the tunnel and helicopter demo from 2010. I was pretty amazed at the entire sequence of Modern Warfare 3. Not only is the concept similar to the over the top sequences in Hollywood, the execution was spot on. This must be the Infinity Ward effect to the series. It looked clean.
They then followed this with the Lara Croft demo which must have been a way to counter Sony's Uncharted 3. Lara is definitely grittier. The studio decided to take Lara Croft in to a completely new direction with a focus on survival action. It is a drastic departure from Lara's strong almost Catwoman-esque intimidation factor, but it could come off very well for her. Much like how Kojima Productions focused on a violent Raiden, Crystal Dynamics is taking Lara to a much more vulnerable place. It's a unique departure that could lend her to be more approachable to broader audiences.
Last year Peter Molyneux showed up and did a lack luster promotion of Fable III following the beginning demos. This year it was Peter Moore. The difference is that Peter Moore presented himself the same way he always has. He delivered a short little snippet that brought some interesting information to the select few that were interested. Much like Molyneux did, yet I actually remember Moore being on stage. He just has that swagger that makes me wish he was still presenting the big games to us.
Cliff "Cliffy B" Blezxcwaesisnki then showed up on stage and gave us the exact same presentation he did last year. It was infinitely better just because Ice T was there looking like a stone faced badass. It was the same show though. To be fair, his game should have been out by now, so he probably shouldn't have even been there. I was hoping we would get some bigger information other than small mechs out of the game. In this instance, Microsoft really did nothing to make for a better showing.
The one event everybody forgot about last year. The media content unveiling. E3 2010 gave us ESPN 3 (or whatever number it turned out to be) and unveiled a video conferencing system to go with the new 360 dashboard. It was extremely underwhelming.
Today, they showed us a better looking dashboard, the ability to stream and record television content, Youtube support and Bing support for content on the Xbox 360. To say that Microsoft one upped their sloppy presentation of last year is an understatement.
The ESPN thing was one upped by a fully realized UFC experience. Video chat is easily trumped by the ability to watch tv and internet videos through the Xbox. It might not be too big a deal for all of us, but it means Xbox's will be on longer. This is a strong power move by Microsoft and if it works, it could definitely boost their favor. If my 360 is always on, I'll buy more accessories for it. I'll play my PS3 less. If they work the system to favor this, it could push the 360 content-wise way above the other consoles. Hopefully, it won't just turn in to the Facebook and Twitter apps.
Bing's support is functionally useless to you or I, but if this means that my 360 will siphon through my content faster, I welcome it. It cuts in to the hassle of cable providers and rental stores. It makes my Xbox more efficient. That is always nice.
However, this is the one controversial part of the show. No real unveiling of how this is supposed to work through the system. We also don't have any idea where the ads will be placed. That new dashboard was sleek and sexy. That's not how it will come to be. I also don't get how to work it with a controller. The current dashboard was created to perfectly utilize up and down movements. This works off left to right exclusively. It might mean navigating the dashboard might be multiple button presses more which is simply annoying.
Now that the little games are taken care of, it's on two our Father's Day present. Well, at least Microsoft is hoping its our Father's Day present. Kinect was the big event of last years E3. It was presented in lackluster fashion and was only highlighted by one quality title. Dance Central.
We now have Dance Central 2. It looks a lot like Dance Central, just with slightly better features. Somehow it seems like it's following the same issues that plagued the rhythm genre, but we'll see how it does upon release. It's still backwards compatible, so at least that's nice.
So if Dance Central was the Kinect idea last year, the new Tom Clancy Ghost Recon title was the idea this year. Not in what it did, but why I'd have a Kinect. It might not change the gameplay of the game I enjoy, but it would add a small element that would make my game better than every other game. This was then piled on by Mass Effect 3 and the other titles that paired with Kinect support.
The idea that I can hand customize a weapon just through voice or menu support is what we all wanted to see from Kinect. To command a group of troops to move positions or use abilities. When Liara pulled off a biotic attack through voice command, that changed Mass Effect for me. No stopping to bring up menu's, everything works in real time. I personally love the stop and command mechanic, but I'm thinking of my 2nd playthrough as super douche Shephard. He wouldn't stop and wait to command. He'd do everything real time.
It changes the system and that's what people need to see from Kinect.
From there we had more of the same. Kinect Sports, meet Kinect Sports Season 2. Now with more greatly exaggerated football scenarios. Sigh.
This was pretty awful wasn't it?
That kind of silly presentation was ok, because we didn't have another Skittles incident. Instead Tim Schafer stood on stage, poked a bit of fun at the fake father and son on stage and presented something I would plop $200 down to play with my child. I know it's a bit ridiculous, but Sesame Street is the ultimate Father's Day present.
Much better than some weird Tiger.
Crap, Molyneux was there wasn't he? That's two years in a row that I've had these things typed out and I completely forgot to mention him. So he brought a new Fable that is less Fable and more Dragon Quest Swords. I'm actually not offended by this. The idea is simple, but the one issue I had with Swords was that it didn't look like it would replicate the sword and shield mechanics the way I would want them to.
Not so for this new Fable. The idea is that while it's still on rails, the focus is in the spell casting. Your movements aren't to hit or attack, they are supposed to conjure and create. That is a mechanic that could really prove to be intriguing. Hopefully the game stacks up, since Fable games do have that issue.
Ryse finally showed up and it looks like it has great body movement integration, from a trailer.
Forza 4 however, looks like car porn. Which is exactly what car porn looked like last year. Except they let you touch the car. Only a trailer feels a bit like a step back.
Also, Star Wars Kinect. Two years and two very mediocre showings. Last year showcased a completely uninteresting video and this year one upped it by making it moderately interesting. The sabre attacks need to be refined with more movement. It just looked bad. However the Jedi did look to have the face of the man on stage and the ideas of the battles showed promise. This might not turn out very well, but it could be refined from here and made into a really unique and fun Star Wars title.
Time will see on that one.
The thing that got my fanboy heart pumping was Kinect Fun Labs and New Adventures in Magic Kingdom. Kinect Fun Labs has a lot of potential to make the Kinect experience mirror what hackers have been doing with it on the PC. Making a better Kinect experience is definitely needed.
Super Adventures in Magic Kingdom looks a bit funny and has a noticable lack of characters dressed like Crocodile Dundee, but it could replicate that same experience I had playing Adventures so man years ago. Sure the games might not be greatly innovative and a bit repetitive, but that's what I experienced all those years ago. Why shouldn't my child do the same. It looks a lot better than Kinect Adventures at least.
Finally, Halo was brought up on stage and the reveals lacked any of the punch that Bungie showed us with Reach last year. The trailer for Halo 4 wasn't nearly as cool as Halo 3's infamous bubble shield trailer and Halo Combat Evolved HD just didn't look substantially better than regular Halo. Sure, there are more distracting lighting effects and grass that sways in the wind, but is it necessarily better looking? I'd say no.
Microsoft can't be touched this year in the content offerings. Sony's going to have a lot to fix to even be within breathing distance of Microsoft's media and dashboard offerings. They have to prove their store can function first. However, Microsoft's Achille's heel has always been it's 3rd party dependence. Sony only needs games to bring to the show. That's it. As long as Sony can trump Minecraft, they could easily have a stronger presentation with the games.
Likewise, Nintendo can have a great showing with their two big hardware showcases. And they have to be big showcases. The sharp drop in 3DS purchases and the timing of the new console in regards to the console cycle are a big hurdle. Nintendo can come out and destroy the competition with Nintendo based content. If Pikmin doesn't appear this year, I think we'll all be a little pissed off. Other than that, Zelda and Metroid have big anniversaries and Nintendo has to bring that laundry list of 3rd party publishers for the 3DS from last year on to the stage. They need to hurt Sony and Microsoft with content and features. Just to make the Hardcore comfortable with their consoles again.
The way they will do all this is to bring the one thing that Microsoft left out of their presentation. The Asian developers. While I love new information on Mass Effect and Halo, I want to know about Sakiguchi and Itagaki's projects. There was no representation of Japanese developers from Microsoft and Sony and Nintendo can easily bring content out that was sorely lacking from their presentation.
Unfortunately, Kojima has decided to stay in Japan. What about the other big name developers? They have to be doing something.
Microsoft's presentation took everything from last year and made it fresh and new. It was a much better presentation, for that I'm thankful. However, E3 isn't about how solid you are. It's about the big bang. Microsoft always goes first and so they could easily be forgotten by week's end.
However Microsoft 2010 part 2 was a success without the need to give out free new Xbox's to press. I can't wait to see what the other two have in store for me.
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E for Effort: Mass Effect 1+2
E3 2010 Recap
Changes: Fatherhood
Technical Difficulties: What A Difference Time Makes
A True Opponent Stands Before Me
P2 Press Start: Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
10 Games Captain America Would Play
Looking Out for the Little Guy
Special Little Places: Mississippi Memories
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The Dichotomy of a Dark Knight
Not Understanding Your Audience
A True Classic: Superman Returns
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My first playthrough of Resident Evil 2
Love/Hate: Operation Darkness
Recettear Preview
Teh Bias: Nippon Ichi Software, Dood!
More Than Just Noise: Haunted by Final Fantasy
Year in review
Obligatory Destructoid Community Rocks Post
Groundhog Day: Stuck in a Book
A story from the Wasteland
PowerUp 2011
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Freedom: Jetpacks
Handhelds: East vs West
Labor Day: Player 2
Online Passes: Nickles and Dimes
Year in Review
Top 10 XBL Indies
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Before Watchmen: It's Not the End of the World
Retrospection: The X-Men vs The Avengers
DC Kills Again
10 Reliable XBLIG Devs You Should Know
10 Disney Classics that Need Remastering
5 Best Moments from EVO 2013
5 Reasons Why the PS2 Was So Successful
5 Ways to Add Flavor to PS Allstars
Did We Really Need to Break Lara Croft?
Father's Day: Bass Armstrong
Why Do We Need Final Fantasy 7 HD?
Wormlight: A Group of No Name Losers
You Can't Fix Bad Parenting
You Don't Deserve Forgiveness
A Forgotten Hero
Future Diary: The Trial of the Father
Silver Haired Devils:
Sony Made Art Out of Ads
Celebrate the Ridiculousness of Games
The Graying of Gaming
What is Your Deserted Island Game?
An Opinion on How Value is Underappreciated in Gaming
Lazy Brain Games Legacy
Arkham Knight's Knightfall
Next-Gen Gamers: Kinect Party
An Interview with Adam Spragg
An Interview with Miguel Sternberg
An Interview with Nekros Lead Designer
An Interview with Divekick's Adam Heart
An Interview with The Behemoth's Ian Moreno
An Interview with Firebase Studios
An Interview with Lazy Brain Games:
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An Interview with Fun Infused Games
Should I Be Happy Sonic is Selling Me Insurance
Is the $99 Xbox Worth It?
These Games Don't Belong on Steam?
Quest for Sexy Seaside Beachball:
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Comics in Crossover Games
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Spider-man the Video Game
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Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal
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Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
Marvel Trading Card Game
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
It Came From The Quarter Bin
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Mar 31, 2010
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Taking the next step in rest and space efficiency, Russia's Arch Group designed the SleepBox.
Reflection on the Go
There's a lot of stuff happening outside. The MMDA giving a ticket to someone (who is being bribed in return), the taxi who almost hit you, the sampaguita vendor making limos, the traffic-less bus lane (!)...
But besides those stuff, you sometimes think about the relationship you could have saved if you were only more understanding and giving, regrets, your life after college, what lies ahead - the unknown.
It may be in driving or traveling that you are capable of giving out good insights, not directly of course to what you see around you. Somehow, we are less preoccupied, more alone and that may be the only time wherein we can reflect on what we have and will be doing.
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Ten Years From Now
Mar 14, 2010
Some Thoughts
I learned so much last night - about the complexities of most people's relationships and how much these people still devote time, effort and emotion into something contingent and uncertain.
I learned that amidst this world of exploitation of the poor and the flesh, of quick gratification and easy way-outs, of social-fulfilling stereotypes and pressure to not show "weakness", there are still people who have the disciple, respect and purity of intention even though it is not demanded.
The world needs more people like them.
Mar 12, 2010
Saying Goodbye Is Still Loving?
is falling in love
with the past. Or believing
the past is writing you letters –
handwriting in an old
English script, letters
smudged, readable
enough to hold
you hostage — because you know
how close you are. Just a curve
away from knowing. Outside,
a cricket is kissing
the land, which must be like
falling in love with a pile
of borrowed books, exhaling
into it, dust floating
before leaving. It must be like finding
yourself groping the space
where the covers of returned novels
used to end, like sighing
into a harmonica — lightly
enough to keep the silence,
only crickets, and the invisible
notes of sadness.
Driving Ethics
Mar 10, 2010
Memories of the Benches
There was a time before when I looked to my right, as I was sitting at the end of a silent, dim corridor of the right wing of the main building, that I had a compelling vision. There's a row of benches from the main door welcoming every passing stranger or student who happens to yearn for a destination at each wing, at the left is the pharmacy side, and at the right is the science side. At night, both turn into the commanding state of courtroom academe where the civil law students hold their night to night pursuit of reason either to defend or to prosecute with accordance to the blindfolds of the law.