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Already at the airport, there was great elation when the head of the passport inspection department in the Dnieper area and his aides honored the guests personally when they arrived and left.
The visit began with the educational institutions - the Jewish school named after Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Zt "l, the father of the Rebbe, the boys' yeshiva and the Bais Chaya Mushka , Farkas addressed the children, and of course distributed gifts ...
From there, the delegation visited the elders of the community at the Beis Baruch Jewish Nursing Home on the other side of the city. Rabbi Kotlarsky spoke to them warmly and Farkaswent up to visit those who were confined to their beds. The visit and warm greetings will certainly add long days and good years to the hosts.
The long Friday enabled the delegation to enjoy a tour of the grand Menorah Jewish center as well as the visit of Holocaust survivors and Jewish veterans who came to the office of Rabbi Kaminetzky to meet with him and the distinguished guests. The delegation was also visited the Jewish Holocaust Museum.
Kabbolas Shabbos was accompanied by the Mafteach Sol Choir and chazzan Yossel Glick of Eretz Yisroel, who set the tone for the atmosphere that enveloped everyone. For the Shabbos meal, guests were invited to Rabbi Kaminetzky's house, a seuda that continued into the small hours of the night.
On Shabbos morning, the "Golden Rose" shul was filled to capacity for davening with the cantorial renditions.
Rabbi Kaminetzky and Rabbi Kotlarsky, who made a great effort to participate in this Shabbos, delivered the words of Torah and Chassidus. Rabbi Kotlarsky addressed the audience and included in his words a very moving story about a Holocaust survivor named Velvel ben Moshe from western Ukraine and his return to the bosom of his people thanks to the dedicated work of the Rebbe's Shliach.
After davening, when everyone was filled with enthusiasm and a sense of Jewish pride, the entire kehilla was invited to seudas Shabbos at the Menorah Hall, hosted by Mr. Farkas. During the seuda, with more than 800 guests, the choir and chazzan regaled the participants with Chassidishe nigunim .
The meal continued with a farbrengen of the Shluchim in Dnieper with the visiting rabbis and shluchim Rabbi Benzion Korf, Rabbi Mendel Katz, Rabbi Chaim Stern and Rabbi Moshe Denberg.
The climax was at the end of the evening when the audience was invited to the main event - the siyum of a Sefer Torah commissioned from the Merkaz Stam in Dnieper by the distinguished guest, which will be brought to the shul in Haditch.
At the ceremony, Mr. Farkas conducted a Jewish quiz for the children who participated in the event and won valuable prizes. He also explained and taught them about the zchus of giving tzadoko.
The magnificent event concluded in the wee hours, after much lively dancing.
One of the Shluchim in the city told Shturem that the visit was a significant event for the Jews of Dnieper and certainly strengthened them. The visit already affects their decisions regarding their eternal connection to the people, the community and the blessed work in the "Ir HaMelech."
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So, being a (or 'the') token straight on the gay festival circuit over the last few years (my movie EARTHLING has lesbians in it), I've noticed a few trends. There's pretty much a formula or mold that the vast majority of GLBTQ (I always get that wrong, so forgive me) films fall into. There's, for sure, many provocative and thought provoking documentaries. Powerful stuff of the STONEWALL ilk. There's also straight-friendly "fun" docs like BEAR NATION or PAGEANT. I think every festival CIAO traveled to was showing PAGEANT at the time. Docs seem to get the better end of the deal when it comes to content on the gay festival circuit. Narratives are another story altogether. I think in general (and I'm not purporting to be an expert by any means, so please don't take offense) the narratives tend to pull their punches quite a bit. I've seen some great ones. What I've so far seen of Kyle Henry's FOURPLAY, for example, is really quite amazing (and another time I'll talk about how fantastic Jonathan Lisecki's GAYBY is gonna be). But so many of the others are just light romantic comedies (and that's putting it rather nicely. They're more of sex romps) or "party time" ensemble wacky comedies. If you've been to many a GLBTQ fest, you'll know exactly what I mean. And yes, I'm well aware of WEEKEND.
Regardless of content, there is one thing missing from the majority of gay themed films I've seen. It's a defining characteristic. And by that, I mean, the films LACK a certain something that DEFINES them as anything beyond niche entertainment. I see gay filmmakers who define gay films as a genre unto itself. And perhaps that's completely valid. I'm probably not really qualified to weigh in on that. However, in any genre, there is a defining characteristic. Be it horror, sci-fi, whatever. And to me, sexual orientation alone is not a qualifier. And before you get mad, let me qualify my qualifier. In reality... In the REAL WORLD, I absolutely believe that sexual orientation is, or can be, a very defining characteristic. And it SHOULD be in film. But more often than not, I see gay films in which the characters may as well be straight, as the relationships seem to just be ported over from standard Hollywood fare. It's almost like that trend in action films, where you just give the male action star boobs and a sexy name and suddenly BOOM! You have a "female driven" actioneer. Well, we all know that's horse crap.
So now we come to CIAO. And I think it's a major revelation. And one that should be cherished by anyone involved in the promoting of gay cinema as its own genre. CIAO is a beautiful film. It's amazingly well composed. It has the pace of a poet. And the acting produces tears every damn time. But none of these qualities have anything to do with why I feel this ONE film has so much to say for gay cinema. The importance of CIAO, in my humble opinion, hides inside some very simple mathematics. It's an equation. But it's DEFINING by its uniqueness. The math validates the genre by the very existence of an equation that would be completely absent elsewhere.
Now, I have to give you a little story background on the film. This doesn't need a "spoiler alert" as there is a beautiful inevitability about the story which transcends lesser films' goofy reveals in the third act. Anyhow, so CIAO surrounds three characters. It is a love story. And like most great love stories, this one involves a love triangle. But this is a very special Isosceles. It CANNOT exist in straight cinema. This is pure math, folks. So, we first meet Jeff. Jeff learns that his best friend Mark has been killed in a car accident. It's not long before we realize that Jeff fostered a life-defining unrequited love for Mark. Mark did not reciprocate, so Jeff took what he could get. And that was friendship. We see how deep this friendship went as Jeff makes the rounds, dealing with Mark's family much in the manner a husband or life-long lover might. And once we know exactly where Jeff's head is, we're introduced to Andrea. And we meet him over the internet. Through his messages to Mark. Jeff is so entangled in Mark's affairs, he's innocently set about responding to Mark's emails. Letting friends and other acquaintances know of his fate. And it's here, in Mark's inbox, that he discovers Andrea.
It seems Andrea and Mark had been fostering an internet romance. They'd exchanged the words Jeff only dreamt about exchanging with his dead friend. And part of the missives between the long distance lovers was a plan for Andrea (who lives in Italy, of course) to visit Mark in America. In fact, Andrea has tickets already! After the initial shock Jeff feels at discovering his best friend's essentially secret life, he decides to do the right thing and responds to Andrea. To tell him what happened. Initially, it's to give the man an opportunity to cancel his trip, but as they talk, it's eventually decided that maybe he should go ahead and visit. In essence, to pay his respects. And it's in this exchange that Jeff finds (maybe not fully consciously at first) his way to vicariously decipher Mark's love.
You probably already know where this is headed. Which, by the way, is one of the magical properties of the movie. It's the inevitability that draws you in. Yes, Andrea comes to visit. Yes, he and Jeff get close. Yes, there is something more than mere friendship there. But everything that happens between them, every beat, is hinged on the ghost of Mark. Now, here's where we get into the Algebraic portion of this essay.
If this were a straight film, we'd have a boy and a girl. It really doesn't matter which one of them meets a tragic fate. So let's say it's the girl. The girl dies. The boy was her unrequited love. He does everything Jeff does. And he finds the email. But in this version, since the characters are straight, the girl's Italian internet love is a man. You see the breakdown, right? Let's even say this Italian man comes to visit our boy protagonist. Let's say they bond in some platonic manner over our dead girl. Let's say all of that. But what then? Well, Mr. Italy goes home. Because our characters are straight. And we're making a HUGE leap that jealousy traps do not sully the mix previous to this. A HUGE leap. But when a three-way attraction is involved, things get tricky, and far more interesting. CIAO simply could not exist as a straight film. And although Andrea is a very attractive man, the core attraction between these two men is NOT physical. It's Mark. It's Jeff, able to feel what loving Mark is like by allowing himself to fall into something with Andrea. It's Andrea seeing Mark through the eyes of the man who loved him the most. More than Andrea ever had the opportunity to love him. And it's the mental love-child of these to storm systems converging that provides all the electricity in the narrative.
CIAO is a defining gay film. I'll say it again. It's a genre film that defines, in exact terms, the amazing possibilities of this burgeoning genre. It's a new narrative. I mean, yes, it's a love story and love stories are age-old. But it's also something unique. I feel at this point that I'm just rambling. I made my point at least a paragraph ago. But, yes, it is an important movie. Yen Tan makes important movies. He's about to make another one. It's called PIT STOP. And although it doesn't have the 'SAT question' love triangle of CIAO, it follows many of Yen's themes and interests. His interest are people. People in situations defined by 'the genre.' And Yen never goes for the cheap. I remember my jaded brain's first response to CIAO was, "at least the dead guy didn't die of AIDS." And sure, that makes me an asshole. But it's also important in that Yen wants you to focus on the characters, NOT the politics. Yen's stance is political by default since he's an "OUT" filmmaker. But he's not hiding behind the easy. He's not making the gay equivalent of the Jewish Holocaust film (and jeez, please don't take that out of context. Besides, I'm technically Jewish, so screw you if you do). Yen is saying, "I'm a gay filmmaker. I want to tell regular stories about regular people, who happen to be gay." But he's also making movies that are specially significant in that they utilize every tool in the genre's toolkit. Horror films have their own tools. So do SciFi films. We know what they are. I don't need to rehash them here. And now, because of filmmakers like Yen, we officially know EXACTLY WHAT TOOLS are in the toolbox for gay cinema. It's a matter of definition. It's a matter of math.
I'm not the most eloquent guy. Yen is far more well spoken on his donation page. You should check it out and consider donating a few bucks to get PIT STOP off the ground.
I hyper linked the website above. But it's also here:

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I just moderated a dream panel at NYC Entrepreneur Week(more on this over the next week or so). In response to my question "what should companies be doing differently in this economy", serial entrepreneur Robert Levitan told the following story. He was at iVillage in 1995 and they were getting ready to launch and he had to start selling advertising. He interviewed a bunch of media salespeople and no one wanted the job because no one thought that selling online advertising was going to work. Remember this is before even consumer products companies had websites. So he decided to do it himself and he had two months to sell the advertising before iVillage's launch. When he met with potential advertisers, and keep in mind this included some of the largest consumer products companies in the world like P&G, he started out by telling them, "don't waste my time."
So here he is selling an unproven product to the biggest prospects and he tells them not to waste his time. Why? Simple. He had two months to accomplish this crucial goal. He wanted a "yes" or "no". Anything else was going to interfere with him accomplishing his goal. (By the way, he made the sale).
Lesson? Now more than ever, you have to be disciplined to achieve your most important goals. Don't let anyone waste your time: suppliers, employees and even customers.


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Minimizing Our Environmental Footprint
Chepu Adventures offsets carbon
Our carbon footprint is the total of all greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere in the process of running our sustainable business. In January 2013, Chepu Adventures realized a GHG inventory with the help of an external consultant, with a total of 19.020 kgCO2e.
Why water means a lot to us
Carbon is not all. Water footprint is a great challenge at Chepu Adventures. Our water consumption comes entirely from rainwater recovery and filtration. As it rains less in Chiloe from January to April, when most guests settle, we have to take good care of it. Throughout the year, we gather water in a 16,000 liter well in addition to two 5,000 liters tanks. A guest consumes around 80 to 100 liters a day. This is a common challenge to save water. Water is a daily challenge at Chepu Adventures. You are part of it.
What we do
It is our belief that both guests and us can and should reduce their carbon footprint. It starts with looking at ways to reduce your own emissions, usually directly related to reducing energy and water consumption.
100% renewable energies on-site
We believe in investing in renewable energy like solar and wind energy production on-site. Our office and ecorooms are currently being powered by electricity, gas and renewable energy (a combination of wind and solar).
Carbon offsetting
Our objective, already accomplished during 2013, was to offset our indirect GHG emissions through a voluntary compensation project of Native Reforestation. As a matter of fact, 92% of our GHG emissions relate to indirect sources (building materials, incoming materials, etc.). Chepu Adventures offsets 17.548 kgCO2 with Patagonia SUR.
A sustainable operating system
We are also conscious of our daily operations: Chepu Adventures is a zero-paper company. We also use energy efficient heaters, promote spaces with natural light and use high-efficiency lighting systems.
An innovative home-designed water management system
We have set up an innovative water management system, which enables us to manage water in each ecoroom as well as our global water disposal. We believe that innovation can help sustainability. To that extent our guests, as active users of our water management system, are the guarantee when it comes to save water.


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Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. Celebrates Customers
This is the time of year when we go all out by offering discounts on our most popular products and provide a chance for our loyal customers to meet our vendors. So come join the fun and get a chance to win big prizes during our hourly raffles. Come early enough and have breakfast from […]Read more


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Monday, November 23, 2015
BBTB - Happy Thanksgiving
My granddaughter brought home the cutest Indian headband and turkey picture last week. I had to make a scrapbook page, which fit right in with our BBTB2 theme this week. Also notice the shirt she is wearing that I showed in a previous post. So darn cute!
L.B. is our hostess, whe selected our challenge, which is to use the word 'Thanks' in our project. Come join us while the turkey is in the oven and link up your 'thanks' project.
I've added Skittles from A Busy Bee, and did a lot of inking and some white gel pen to accent. I'm going to ask my granddaughter what she is thankful for and journal her words in the bottom right of the page. Cartridges used: Autumn Celebrations, Animal Kingdom, Disney Classics
Linked to http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ Challenge 265, Thank you/Thanksgiving.
Linked to http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com - Thanksgiving challenge
Linked to http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/2015/11/show-it-off-saturday-linky-party-and.html - Give Thanks
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Awww, your grand daughter is adorable and the headband is so pretty. I love your layout, such pretty papers and images! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Awww, your grand daughter is adorable and the headband is so pretty. I love your layout, such pretty papers and images! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Very pretty page! She is a cutie!ReplyDelete
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a wonderful layout Maureen!!! Love the cuts. Love these photos of your granddaughter. She is a cutie!! Love her turkey picture!!!! :)ReplyDelete
Great layout-and love all those Cricut cuts! Thanks for joining us at FCCB's Thank You/Thanksgiving Challenge!ReplyDelete
She is such a cutie! I always love to see your scrapbook pages!!!! Hope you have a great time with all your family over Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Wonderful layout...I love your sweet photos. Thanks for joining us at DoubleClick Skittles Challenge.ReplyDelete
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This is absolutely adorable! Love the pictures.ReplyDelete


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Guesstures Board Game
There are so many online board games available these days on the internet. Some of them may or may not require strategizing or fast thinking, however, the game named as the guesstures board game, not only tests your mental abilities but also your acting skills. As suggested by the name, the guesstures board game online involves both the gestures and guesswork and subsequently entails gesturing and guess work. The guesstures game to a large extant is similar to another popular leisure time activity known as the Dumbcharades. The only difference between these two is the topic which is acted out. In Dumbcharades, the topic of miming focuses around movies, whereas in guesstures the focus is on words.
Playing online guesstures board game is similar to playing quick charades games. It is a very popular game for large groups. Below given information will let you know how this guesstures board game is played.
Well, in guesstures board game, there are two different sets of cards. One set of cards is meant for round one and other set of card is for second round of the guesstures game. Every player gets one turn per round to charade. When your turn comes, you will get four cards. There is an easier (lower point) word and a harder (higher point) word on it. What you need to do in order to win the game is to decide which of the two words you are going to charade on each card. After this, you need to set the cards in the timer with the easiest cards on the right and the toughest cards on the left.
Then you will start the timer and charade the card on the far right. In case, your team members are able to guess correctly what you are charading, you grab that card and start charading the second card on the right. If you ever take too long to charade a card it will fall into the timer and you must move on to the next card. The time limit per card is fairly short, but if you get your easier ones quickly it gives you more time to work on the harder ones. At the end of your four cards you will earn points for all the ones that you got out of the timer before they fell.
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Which environmental economist said the following? "We need to take stock and attach value to our natural resources and ecosystems such that we may include their value in planning and decision-making processes, as well as in our national accounts and balance sheets."
The answer is: none. In fact, that was President Ian Khama of the Republic of Botswana speaking at last week's Summit for Sustainability in Africa, which was hosted in the capital city of Gaborone by his government and Conservation International. Other participants at this meeting included the heads of state and government of Liberia, Namibia and Mozambique and the vice president of Tanzania.
Geographically, Botswana is the size of France, but it has just 2.2 million people. It is Africa's largest beef exporter. It also has a huge population of 150,000 wild elephants and is a growing ecotourism destination. Although it may not seem like the most obvious location to hold a sustainable development conference, the summit held here in Gaborone was remarkable for four reasons:
- Who participated: Ten African nations who are all interested in transitioning toward a green economy in their respective countries. This is especially significant considering that other developing nations still think "green economy" is a devious Western capitalist plot to hold back development.
- When it was held: Less than a month before the United Nations' Rio+20 conference. This was planned so that the Gaborone Declaration (PDF–322.74 KB) can feed into the discourse at Rio+20 and actually help deliver a serious outcome at the global conference — provided other nations endorse it.
- What was agreed: The signatories agreed to incorporate the value of natural ecosystems into their national accounting systems. They also agreed to annual reporting of progress on these fronts.
- Why participants made these commitments: Because these nations all see natural capital as their biggest "asset for development" (in the words of President Khama) and believe that its historic economic invisibility has been a reason for past economic failures.
Another participant at the Summit for Sustainability in Africa — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia — summarized the challenge as follows:
"Natural capital — our ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources — underpins economies, societies and individual well-being. The values of its myriad benefits are, however, often overlooked or poorly understood. They are rarely taken fully into account through economic signals in markets, or in day-to-day decisions by business and citizens, nor indeed reflected adequately in the accounts of society."
If these discussions continue to progress — at Rio+20 and beyond — the unsustainable economic models of today may eventually be a distant memory.
Pavan Sukhdev, an ex-banker, led the United Nation's Environment Programme's Green Economy Initiative and its study called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB). He is now a McCluskey Fellow at Yale University, where he is writing his book, "Corporation 2020." Pavan is also a CI board member.


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|Front cover of my current art journal.
However, there is one thing that I regret deeply. Given the option, I would love to go back in time and finish my degree.I try not to mention this very often, but the truth is that even though I was in college for 8 years, I still don't have a degree.
I was a year from graduation when we had to move the first time. My husband had graduated and was moving on to graduate school. I had no idea that transferring would set me back so far! When we settled in at our new university I lost 2 years of credits which was not cool!
At that point, I switched my major from mass communication to art. I was beginning to believe I might have some sort of artistic talent, and I wanted to explore it. Besides, I was only really losing a year of basic courses that still applied to my new major. It was a perfect plan, or so I thought.
|Back cover of my art journal.
After that, we needed money, so I went to work. I figured I could go back at any point and finish my degree, but as many of you know it's just not that easy. And now, here I am 12 years later, disabled with no degree.
Fact is, I regret it deeply. I don't know how I could have done things much differently, but I feel like I gave up. I know there were options preventing us from staying to finish my degree at the original college, but man I still regret it.
But, that's the past. I've also learned you don't have to go to college to educate yourself, and I'm still learning things even now. Besides, it's kind of silly focusing on things you wish you'd done differently. That just makes you lose sight of today and what you could be doing now!
Ah well. Here... enjoy the photos of projects I've been working on in my art journal. :D
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A set of daisy shapes, cut from 4mm birch ply wood using our in-house laser cutting technology here in the UK. These wooden daisy craft blanks are lightly sanded both sides ready for you to paint or decorate as you wish.
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By Wendy Chant,
Author of Conquer the Fat-Loss Code
As a former bodybuilder who went on to own a gym, I have spent more than my share of time around weight machines and the one thing that always amazes me is how people will take a perfectly effective, scientifically designed, thoroughly adequate exercise machine and adapt it thinking "more is more."
In fact, more is more is one of the worst philosophies to have when exercising because, in fact, when you do it right less is actually more; less time, less effort, less weight, less often -- IF you follow the rules and give it your all each time.
Unfortunately, everyone is so busy multi-tasking in every other part of their lives -- eating while in the car, taking a conference call on your morning commute, with multiple windows open on every computer screen -- that we naturally think we must do the same at the gym.
So I see people barely using any weight and trying to perform an exercise while talking on the cell phone. They use the gym more as a time to socialize than for what they are meant to do there: lift weights! While others do the same workout every time (with no break in the routine): they come in and go down the circuit of machines in the same order and then decide, "Well, that's it; workout's over and I feel good! Time for a post-workout smoothie . . . "
Resistance training (free weights, stationary weight machine, etc.) can be a fabulous way to build muscle, boost your metabolism, increase toned muscle mass and increase your overall health. Likewise, cardio exercise (Stairmaster, exercise cycle, treadmill, etc.) can increase your heart rate, burn fat and expend calories quickly.
So naturally, you might think, combining the two is the surest way to both build muscle and burn fat, get your heart rate up and expend lots of calories fast. But, in fact, doing more when it comes to resistance and cardio actually produces less results. That's because when exercising you should put like with like.
In other words, a great resistance workout can produce much better results when you concentrate purely on resistance, focusing on the tension of the weight, the number of sets and reps, really feeling the burn and completely focused on those main goals of resistance, i.e. building muscle and boosting metabolism.
Likewise, a great cardiovascular workout should focus strictly on cardio to produce maximum results. The last thing you want to be doing while running around the neighborhood is fiddling with your weight straps or figuring out how to drink from your water bottle in one hand while adjusting your easy-grip, five-pound barbells in the other! So when it comes to exercise, put like with like; resistance, resistance, resistance, cardio, cardio, cardio -- not resistance, cardio, resistance or cardio, resistance, cardio.
I see this drastic mistake at the gym all the time. I see people, especially women, on a stair stepper machine, who add resistance thinking, "Wow, my butt (glutes) and legs are getting a hard workout." And they are, but the fact of the matter is this is a counterproductive way to perform cardio.
In fact, this is using a method of weight training called "time under tension" and what it will do is force the body to store more glycogen -- and possibly fat -- to the lower half of your body -- actually making your butt bigger, because your body has to know how to anticipate the load, so the body says, "We need help; store more there!"
And that sure isn't the reason why you are doing cardio in the first place, right? So remember to use no resistance when doing cardio and only apply resistance when weight-training. One of the best methods I teach my clients to burn the most amount of fat is do a method called 1:2s.
For example, after warming up for about 5 minutes first, get on a treadmill and do one minute quick-paced and 2 minutes at a slow pace. (The treadmill should be set with no incline and, to make this exercise most effective, try not to hold on.)
This method, called the HIIT method (High Intensity Interval Training), is the best method for burning fat and, if you are doing weights in the same session, make sure to do weight training first and cardio last to get the most fat burning results out of your workout. Remember, like with like: resistance with resistance, cardio with cardio for the most effective results every time.
©2009 Wendy Chant, author of Conquer the Fat-Loss Code
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Dual-Site Store Manager
- Recruiter
- Fashion Heaven
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £ in line with experience + benefits
- Posted
- 02 May 2018
- Closes
- 30 May 2018
- Ref
- Function
- Retail Management, Sales
- Sector
- Luxury, Retail, Womenswear
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Level
- Manager
The Dual-Site Store Manager is responsible for effectively managing the London flagship and Hampstead store for this fast-growing contemporary luxury womenswear retailer. The objective is to establish protocol, drive business and consistently increase annual turnover in line with targets through exceptional clienteling including VIP customer service, first class customer experience and brand impression, maximising sales opportunities with skilled execution of budgets, targets and objectives, leading by example effectively developing and motivating the team.
The successful Store Manager will have at least 2 years' store management experience including dual site for a luxury or contemporary womenswear brand, combining excellent management and leadership capability with a strong fashion instinct, attention to detail and exceptional clienteling skills.
Main responsibilities
Business & Commercial Awareness
- Define, present and agree monthly and yearly sales forecasts and budgets to include expected footfall, conversion, revenue, returns and costs.
- Thorough awareness of figures including budget, targets and manager's objectives.
- Manage staff structures in accordance with set budget.
- Set and support the delivery of store and staff sales targets and key performance indicators for the store/staff.
- Develop and maintain customer information to build the database and encourage customer loyalty.
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- Ensure all available stock is on the shop floor and chase up replenishments.
- Review new season's product and feedback to the Retail & Merchandising Director to ensure expected best sellers are covered in the buy.
- Responsible for the accuracy of the EPOS and stock systems.
- Respond effectively to customer questions and resolve issues on the floor.
- Ensure security procedures are followed to prevent stock loss such as RFID tagging.
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Recruitment, Training & Development
- Recruit, train and develop a sales team that are able to provide first class customer service and drive sales/client development representative of a luxury brand.
- Ensure all employees are professionally inducted to the company and all policies and procedures are highlighted in alignment with the company manual.
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Health & Safety
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Govt to throw more cash into failed dam
Tatsuhito Iida Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Daily Yomiuri, 7 October, 2006
A multipurpose dam in Indonesia that was constructed with 25.1 billion yen in yen loans from Japan is filled with mud only five years after completion, and the Japanese government has offered an additional loan of about 10 billion yen to remove the mud, according to sources close to the project.
Although a bedrock collapse in an upstream area was the direct cause of the situation, the risk had been pointed out by experts before construction began.
The consulting firm that conducted the prior assessment of the project was also given a contract to assess emergency measures to address the problem.
The project can be used as an example in debates to review how Japan's official development assistance can be better implemented.
The dam in question, Bilibili Dam, is an hour's drive from Makassar, the largest city on Sulawesi Island. The dam's artificial lake measures about 18 square kilometers, larger than Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture.
The upstream part of Jeneberang River, where the dam is located, has turned brown from all the mud flowing into the water. The artificial lake was like a tidal wetland for as far as the eye could see when I visited the dam recently.
Along the river, heavy machinery dredged mud from the riverbed. Even though about 30 truckloads of mud were removed every day, the foreman lamented, "This is a never-ending job."
A 34-year-old local who runs a diner near the dam said: "The dam should have reserved water, but it actually accumulated mud. The people who came up with the construction plan should take responsibility."
The dam, meant to help with flood control and irrigation and supply drinking water, was completed in 1999. The construction work was done by a Japanese second-tier general contractor.
In March 2004, a large-scale collapse of bedrock occurred on a mountain upstream from the river.
The massive mudslide flowed into the river and reached the dam about 35 kilometers downstream.
Bilibili Dam can handle up to 29 million cubic meters of mud and sand, and was designed to be able to maintain its dam functions for 50 years after completion.
However, on-site research done by the Japan International Cooperation Agency just after the collapse showed that the dam would be almost filled with mud by 2009. JICA proposed emergency efforts to cope with the problem, and the additional yen loan was approved.
JICA and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, which was in charge of extending the loan, initially maintained that the incident could not have been predicted in the prior assessment, in answering to questions from The Yomiuri Shimbun.
They said the report on the prior assessment made in 1979 said that bedrock collapses on upstream mountains were unlikely because the bedrock was hard.
However, a copy of the report obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun did not contain such descriptions.
The report says: "Mountains in the waterhead area are very precipitous. In recent years, there were large-scale mudslides and a collapse of bedrock in 1965. It is possible that a huge mudslide could occur in the future. Thus, erosion control is an important task."
The report was written by experts of the then Construction Ministry who visited the site.
But another report done later by a Tokyo-based consulting firm to which JICA consigned the assessment described the situation differently.
That firm's report said: "The mountains are made of hard rock. Mudslides from these mountains are not a serious concern." As a result, the project was given a green light.
An executive of the consulting firm said, "Though the contents might be contradictory, we were not accustomed to doing projects in foreign countries. Our report might be sketchy on details."
JBIC consigned the consulting firm to devise a plan of the emergency measures with additional aid in a discretionary contract worth 370 million yen.
JICA and other concerned entities explained that even though the prior assessment was done properly, the collapse of bedrock on such a large scale could not have been predicted.
Prof. Yoshinori Murai at Sophia University, who is an expert on ODA issues and has visited the dam site, said: "It's possible that the risk of bedrock collapsing was intentionally underestimated. It's highly likely that the dam was constructed in a place where a dam should not be built. It's irrational to pour more money into the project without reexamining it first."
Yen loans are extended for long periods and at low interest rates by the Japanese government via JBIC for developing countries to improve infrastructure.
As of the end of fiscal 2005, a total of 22.95 trillion yen in loans had been extended, and 11.42 trillion yen was outstanding.
In terms of recipient countries, Indonesia had received the largest amount at 4.04 trillion yen, with also the largest sum--2.34 trillion yen--outstanding.
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OAKLAND — Stephen Curry is a two-time KIA MVP and could finish this season as a back-to-back NBA champion, but the Golden State Warriors' superstar won't finish the summer as an Olympic gold medalist. Curry, citing recent injuries, has opted of the player pool that the U.S. Men's Senior National Team will use to select the team for this summer's Rio Olympics.
"After a great deal of internal thought and several discussions with my family, the Warriors and my representatives, I've elected to withdraw my name from the list of eligible players on Team USA's preliminary roster for the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil," Curry said in a statement released by the Warriors. "I recently informed Jerry Colangelo of this decision."
"My previous experiences with USA Basketball have been incredibly rewarding, educational and enjoyable, which made this an extremely difficult decision for me and my family. However, due to several factors – including recent ankle and knee injuries – I believe this is the best decision for me at this stage of my career. It's an incredible honor to represent your country and wear 'USA' on your chest, but my primary basketball-related objective this summer needs to focus on my body and getting ready for the 2016-17 NBA season."
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The Digital Dispatch: SheKnows, Vevo, and Sizmek
BlueConic introduced self-learning optimization, making it faster and easier for marketers to improve online interactions by automatically delivering the best performing messages.
Datonics added GumGum, TwoPointO, and Vemba to its roster of data distribution partners.
Drawbridge announced the addition of Andy Miller to its board of directors.
IZEA announced the addition of Mike Church to the company's strategic advisory board.
Guardian News & Media (GNM) announced the appointment of Eamonn Store as CEO of Guardian US.
Madison Logic announced that UBM Tech tapped its powerful stream of B2B intent data to inform its email segmentation efforts, leading to a 375 percent lift in CTRs.
MediaMath announced it is expanding its reach to Latin America and has chosen global programmatic media company Headway Digital as its exclusive partner in the region. MediaMath also announced its move to 4 World Trade Center.
Mintz + Hoke promoted Kathy Morelli to senior digital program manager from account executive.
Payoneer appointed Bart Rubin and Jani Gode to the company's leadership team.
PlaceIQ announced that it has hired two new seasoned business executives: Ed Haslam as SVP of marketing and Dr. Phil London as SVP of product and technology.
PulseConnect announced it has rebranded as PostUp. PostUp also announced Joshua Baer, a highly celebrated digital marketing technology innovator, angel investor, and original founder of the company, has returned as a member of the board of directors.
raw engineering announced contentstack.io, a mobile-first content management system (CMS) for the enterprise.
ScribbleLive announced the acquisition of CoveritLive from DemandMedia.
SheKnows named Amy Boshnack as editor in chief, Tara Wacks as VP of ad product and strategy, and Kate Durkin as VP of Experts Among Us.
Simulmedia announced that Mainak Mazumdar has joined the company in the newly-created position of chief science officer.
Sizmek announced the availability of Sizmek Audience Suite, a tool that provides marketers with an integrated view of campaign performance measurements within the Sizmek MDX open ad management platform together with data from either comScore vCE or Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings.
Syncfusion announced the release of Essential Studio Enterprise Edition 2014, Volume 2, which includes a new set of ASP.NET controls completely driven by HTML 5 and JavaScript.
Telerik announced the latest advancements to Kendo UI, its HTML5 and JavaScript framework.
TigerLogic Corporation announced it has added several new creative features to Postano, its flagship social product and leading visual marketing platform. The Postano version 2.5 release includes advanced social filtering options, a style editor for custom visualizations, new dynamic data visualizations, and other platform enhancements.
Trueffect announced Jeff Hassemer has joined the company as chief product officer and E.J. Freni has joined as EVP of sales.
Vevo and McDonald's will team up for the second annual LIFT Live concert in Chicago on July 30. The event spotlights four of 2014's hottest rising stars: Disclosure, Sam Smith, Phantogram, and Kiesza.
ZeroFOX announced that it will be exhibiting at Black Hat 2014, showcasing its enterprise social risk management platform.
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Sell Your Home by Wowing Winter Buyers
Sell a home by showing buyers how your place is the perfect retreat on those blustery winter days. Although spring is touted as the choice season for buying and selling real estate, buyers looking for their next homes may want to act before daffodils begin blooming. Heat things up by setting the stage for a sale.
- Make your home a winter wonderland. Research magazines and websites to see what beautiful winter homes have in common: winter-themed windowboxes, a rack of firewood on the hearth and winter tableware. Use creativity to integrate some of these concepts into your property to illicit those warm and fuzzy feelings.
- Keep safety a priority. Ensure your property is in tip-top shape in time for showings. Get rid of any dangling daggers, aka icicles, from gutters, eaves and awnings. Keep ice and snow off steps and walkways. Make sure handrails are rust-free, sturdy and dry.
- Highlight winter-friendly features. Show off your home's best assets in this time of year. Buyers can certainly see the value in items like a backup generator, fireplace, radiant heat flooring and wall mounted towel warmers. Highlight that garage by keeping it clean enough for a vehicle to fit easily inside. Anyone can see the added value of staying dry while bringing in groceries on those cold, rainy days.
- Use the season to your advantage. Displaying cut flowers is a popular strategy owners wanting to sell homes in warmer seasons use, but winter calls for something different. A basket of pinecones next to a roaring fire, arrangements of fresh evergreens, cuttings from red berry bushes like holly or nandina and forced indoor bulbs like amaryllis all make seasonally appropriate décor.
Implement a few of these helpful tips to sell your home during winter and avoid languishing around until spring.
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The report "eClinical Solutions Market by Product (CDMS, EDC, CTMS, eCOA, Analytics, RTMS, eTMF, Safety), Delivery Mode (On-Demand, On-premise, Cloud-based), Clinical Trial Phases, End User (Pharma/Biopharma Companies, CROs, Hospitals) - Global Forecast to 2022", analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Rest of the World (RoW).
Browse 72 market data tables and 40 figures spread through 163 pages and in-depth TOC on "eClinical Solutions Market by Product (CDMS, EDC, CTMS, eCOA, Analytics, RTMS, eTMF, Safety), Delivery Mode (On-Demand, On-premise, Cloud-based), Clinical Trial Phases, End User (Pharma/Biopharma Companies, CROs, Hospitals) - Global Forecast to 2022"
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This report studies the eClinical solutions market over the forecast period of 2017 to 2022. The market is expected to grow to USD 7.61 Billion by 2022, at CAGR of 12.4% during the forecast period.
Increasing operational costs and regulatory requirements associated with clinical research studies, government grants to support clinical trials, and increasing R&D expenditure by pharma-biotech companies with augmented IT budgets for drug development are some of the major driving factors for the global eClinical solutions market.
The growing number of clinical research activities in emerging Asia-Pacific countries and a shift from manual data interpretation to real-time data analysis during clinical studies also offer high growth opportunities for market players. On the other hand, high implementation costs associated with eClinical solutions is restricting the growth of this market.
Based on the type of product, the global eClinical solutions market is divided into ten segments, namely, electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management systems (CDMS), clinical trial management systems (CTMS), clinical analytics platform, randomization & trial supply management systems (RTMS), clinical data integration platforms, electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA), safety solutions, electronic trail master files (eTMF), regulatory information management solutions (RIMS), and others (coding systems, institutional review board (IRB) systems, and core lab integration solutions).
The eClinical solutions market has also been segmented on the basis of delivery mode into web-hosted (on-demand), licensed enterprise (on-premise), and cloud-based (SaaS) solutions. Based on the clinical trial phase, the market is divided into four segments phase I, phase II, phase II, and phase IV. On the basis of end users, the global eClinical solutions market has been segmented into pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, consulting service companies, medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and academic research institutions.
North America was the largest regional segment in the global eClinical solutions market in 2016, followed by Europe. The Asia-Pacific market is expected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2017 to 2022. A number of factors, including increasing government funding to support clinical trials, presence of less stringent regulatory guidelines compared to developed nations, availability of a large patient base and faster patient recruitment for clinical trials, and growing number of pharmaceutical companies and CROs are stimulating the growth of the eClinical solutions market in the Asia-Pacific region.
Oracle Corporation (U.S.), Medidata Solutions, Inc. (U.S.) PAREXEL International Corporation (U.S.), BioClinica, Inc. (U.S.), CRF Health (U.S.), DATATRAK International, Inc. (U.S.), ERT (U.S.), Merge Healthcare Incorporated (U.S.), OmniComm Systems, Inc. (U.S.), MaxisIT Inc. (U.S.), Bio-Optronics, Inc. (U.S.), and eClinical Solutions, Inc. (U.S.) are some key players operating in the global eClinical solutions market.
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Road Songs
A Memoir of Life on the Road
"In a mosaic of beautifully crafted lyric essays about a childhood on the road, Dorothy Ellis Barnett takes us to the riverbeds and campgrounds of the East Texas pine woods and Southern California trailer courts, across highways and blacktops, and the Formica tabletops where her adopted father, Kenneth, teaches her to flip dominoes and count cards before she is eight years old. Her portraits of her gambling father, Kenneth and her hard-drinking, emotionally distant mother, Laura, are riveting and arresting, the prose painstakingly honest but often tender and loving. Without self-pity or bitterness, Barnett evokes a childhood of bologna and yellow-orange cheese sandwiches (some of which she shares with wild stray dogs), dinners of canned beans cooked on campfire stoves, and stretches of time when one chocolate bar in the morning is the only food of the day, while also rendering her youthful longings for normalcy—life in a real house, with parents who don't fight, and a school to attend—as not only the counterpoint to poverty and loneliness but as the vehicle that ultimately allows her imagination to take flight. This mosaic of vignettes and fragments forms an elegiac, deeply moving memoir about an early childhood spent adrift that is also about the resilience and dignity of the observant self that records the fierce beauty and poetry in what persists—phlox, sagebrush, moonlight, river water—even in the face of suffering and loss."


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Icephalt® - The AST asphalt ice rink
Icephalt® is the innovation relating to permanently installed ice rinks!
Having successfully pioneered the segment of mobile ice rinks, which was made possible by the development of the Ice Box, AST now introduces another innovative, product onto the market, the asphalt ice rink. The AST Icephalt ice rink was designed for permanent indoor and outdoor skating venues.
The refrigeration tubing is embedded in an asphalt covering layer and then covered over with a special asphalt. This enables the elastic properties of the asphalt to be retained and prevents cracks from forming, even with large temperature differences. The AST Icephalt ice rink is based on an innovative, uncomplicated building process, which significantly shortens construction time, and thus also reduces costs.
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All the best to you, Scotty Six, on your new adventure in podcasting! 🙂
Happy New Year LOST fans!
Just a few weeks away until February 2nd. In the meantime,The LOST Revisited Now will be back for some podcasting as we're having another "countdown". 🙂
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Look who I spotted at RWA! Above is Julia Quinn (middle) and Stephanie Sloane (right).
|Rita Nominee Jill Sorenson (right)
|Canadian Cowboy Vivian Arend (left)
|RT's Liz French and Mala Bhattacharjee
|Avon's editorial staff who deliver the HEA
|Cindy Kirk and Victoria Alexander share
20 Things We Know Now, That We Wish We Knew Then
What do you know now that you wish you knew then? Yes, its a wide open question ... one randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash. This giveaway is open to all readers. Comments are open through Saturday, August 4, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, August 5.
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Percy Jackson: The Complete Series includes all five novels in the action-packed, electrifying series from Rick Riordan: The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian.
The Percy Jackson series has sold over 1.25 million copies in the UK alone.
Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer who lives in the United States. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006, and made into a blockbuster film in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success, with over 1.25 million copies sold in the UK.
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Parkrun, a weekly 5km timed community group run or walk. Co-ordinated by volunteers, it's open to everyone and is FREE to participate.
Where:: Wetlands on Byards Road, Reynella East
When: Every Saturday
Time: 8am
Age: All ages (children must be 4 and over to register, under 11 must be within arm's reach of a parent/guardian)
Cost: FREE
Other Parkrun locations include Esplanade Christies Beach, Esplanade Aldinga Beach
Further Information: To take part, register in advance by 6pm on the Friday before your first Parkrun event by going to www.parkrun.com.au - and print off your barcode (you only need to do this once). Then set your alarm for each Saturday morning and enjoy the great community spirit of Parkrun.
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Oohrah! – Theater Review
Ron is back from his third and final tour in Iraq, and his wife Sara is excited to restart their life together in their new home. When a young marine visits the family, life is turned upside down. Sara's sister is swept off her feet; her daughter Lacey trades her dresses for combat boots, and Ron gets hungry for real military action.
Oohrah! is a very well meaning play that looks at the role of a citizen soldier on the populous. It features a soldier coming home from Iraq. His daughter who wants to be a soldier. His wife whom he left behind. His sister-in-law who lusts after what seems to be a Marine and who turns out to be a Marine wannabe. Meanwhile, her fiance is not a soldier unlike her father, who was a veteran in World War II. Put it all together and the play really does have a well-rounded perspective about violence and men's machismo and how they view war. The cast is not bad, although a bit uneven. This is in the Atlantic Theatre's new space which is a nice space, but it takes much too long to get to the point and I would really blame the director more than the writer. While it does have a legitimate and interesting point of view, it just moves much to slowly.


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Date(s) - 06/06/2016 - 06/07/2016
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Neighborhood café introduces a whole new range of self-baked goods.
Dubai's favorite café-next-door is proud to introduce their latest development, 'Baked' by Pantry Café through their in-house bakery in the Bay Square branch, with a wide range of breads and bakes that are now available for purchase at the store. With a commitment to make healthy bread and ethical choices, as a part of Pantry Café's long-standing vision of 'good living', they source a variety of premium flours, free from additives and improvers.
All the breads at Pantry Café are entirely hand-crafted, baked daily and based on traditional techniques and natural ingredients. Aside from their baguettes and brioche buns, all of their loaves are borne of 100% sourdough starters. This means they are leavened entirely from wild yeast and bacteria starter doughs which are refreshed daily.
The decision for retailing breads was due to a rise in demand by customers who would constantly request to take home loaves of Pantry's breads. The list on retail includes white sourdough, whole-wheat sourdough, Rye and brioche tin loaf, among other varieties. Pantry Café has also recently started supplying its range our baked goods to other cafes and restaurants in the UAE.
Brioche Tin Loaf | 1.4 Kg – AED 22
Rye Bread | 900g – AED 12
White Sourdough Loaf | 900g – AED 12
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French Baguette | 300g – AED 3
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A 20-year-old Indian man who's been described as a Lionel Messi "super fan" apparently took his own life after Argentina was eliminated from the World Cup by France on Saturday. Monotosh Halder was a resident of Habibpur in the Malda district of West Bengal.
Halder, a passionate Messi and Argentina fan, was reportedly heartbroken following Saturday's result, which saw Messi's team dumped out of the 2018 World Cup after being dealt a 4-3 loss by France. The young man skipped dinner on Saturday night and informed his family he was going right to bed. He locked the door to his bedroom behind him.
The following morning, when he did not arise as usual, his family went to check on him. After several attempts were made with no response, the police were summoned. Officers arrived on the scene and forced the door open and inside they discovered Halder's lifeless body hanging from his bedroom ceiling.
"My son had no illness. He was an Argentina fan and every day he used to remain glued to the TV since the World Cup had started," said the young man's father, Mongol Halder, speaking to Goal.com. "He was distraught after Argentina's loss to France. But we never thought he would do something like this."
Local police have reportedly launched a probe into the case, although initial implications are that the man's decision to end his own life was motivated by Argentina's failure at the tournament.
Sadly, this isn't the first report of a Messi-related suicide we've heard during this World Cup. Last month, the body of 30-year-old Dinu Alex was fished out of a river in the Indian state of Kerala. Alex had gone missing following Argentina's 3-0 loss to Croatia.
His family later discovered a letter in his bedroom in which the man explained that he couldn't bear the pain of seeing his beloved Argentina, and his hero Messi, lose.
More World Cup on Yahoo Sports:
• Russia fined by FIFA after fans display neo-Nazi banner at World Cup
• Why smaller nations are closing the gap on world's top teams
• Could World Cup of underdogs produce surprise final?
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Last fall, a shocking massacre in Zanesville thrust Ohio into the national spotlight when local law enforcement killed 48 escaped exotic animals to protect public order. The tragedy occurred after the private owner of an exotic animal sanctuary freed the animals before taking his own life. Flooded with calls from neighbors, the Muskingum County sheriff's department had no choice but to hunt down the free-roaming wild animals.
The animal sanctuary had been cited and fined for numerous violations prior to this incident, but this dangerous "wild kingdom" in rural Ohio was perfectly legal at the time. The Zanesville incident made it abundantly clear that Ohio legislators needed to act to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
In response, State Senator Troy Balderson of Zanesville sponsored Senate Bill 310. The bill was intended to critically examine private ownership of wild animals, and evaluate how the safety of all Ohioans is affected. The House and Senate collaborated in a bipartisan effort to formulate the bill and put an end to unregulated, unsafe exotic animal ownership.
Representative Dave Hall chaired the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, holding hours of testimony from interested parties to effectively update the law. In doing so, the General Assembly gained new perspectives, including those of animal owners and wildlife experts like Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo. In its final form, Senate Bill 310 protects individual rights, while fully addressing public safety concerns.
Since the law was passed in early June, many important upgrades are being implemented. Now exotic animal owners must register their animals with the Department of Agriculture. Beginning in 2014, persons will be prohibited from possessing specified exotic animals without the appropriate permits.
Often, unexpected events such as the Zanesville incident bring matters to light that are otherwise overlooked. Though no one would ever wish for this to happen, we can take it as a valuable learning opportunity. It is my hope that in passing this law, the Ohio General Assembly has helped protect both the safety and liberty of Ohioans.


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Portland Adventist Academy values curiosity and seeks to motivate life-long learners.
We also recognize that students today need a more enriched and rigorous program to face the competitive world. They have to be able to meet standards for today and the future. That's why we go above and beyond the standard core requirements.
Mr. Kooy knows how to capture our attention. He's helped me look at things as not just objects, but so much more that someone put effort in. Everything we have we should appreciate and be glad that we have it.
~ David Cruz
It's not like any other public school with its enormous classes. You get to know everybody.
~Patrick Knapp
In English we've been writing a lot of essays and I'm learning a lot. This class has taught me that writing doesn't have to be just a hobby, but it could actually be my work someday.
~ Sarah Bailey
The teachers don't just look at you like any other student. They try to help you and connect with you if you're having trouble.
~ Daniel Stathem
Our Spanish teacher, Profe, is one of my favorite teachers. She's awakened in me a passion for learning language and learning other cultures. I think it's important to understand other cultures so we can learn to love others despite our differences.
~ Jack Blashishin
PAA offers Advanced Placement courses
- Calculus AB (for dual credit)
- English Language & Composition
- English Literature & Composition (for dual credit)
- Psychology
- World History
- U.S. History (for dual credit)
Honors courses
- Anatomy & Physiology (for dual credit)
Accelerated summer courses with travel
Courses for college credit
- Introduction to Art History
- Advanced Media Arts
- Digital Media Production
For a small school with a student-teacher ratio of just 15 to 1, you'll find that PAA has a diverse list of electives taught by professionals still very active in their field of work.
PAA has a professional recording studio where students learn hands-on on industry standard software.
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I never noticed it before, how often women apologise, but I suspect it's always been like that.
Look at me, for example. Here I am with a real live diagnosis, for which there's an actual NHS clinic they let me attend only because I was probed and prodded & bled to prove I'm medically in need. Nevertheless, a diagnosis I never name here because I secretly believe I'm malingering.
I'm sorry. I have a tall, long-eared imaginary illness named Harvey.
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Maybe this general propensity to apologise is more obvious to me because since the election, more women have stopped sitting with ankles demurely crossed, waiting for Rhett to give us equal pay. They've begun to unapologetically ACT, & when they do, they tell their stories – the dramatic plot arcs that rise & fall on the commute home. The times they themselves were Boudica, or the times they froze in the face of unfairness. The small day-to-day heroes & villains that are only known because women tell other women about them. Wonderful stories that Harvey & I never getting tired of reading, ever scrolling for more.
Yet when some women talk about themselves, whether they've physically protected another person, or bought some bigot his lunch, some women preface what they say with an apology. They're sorry for speaking out, sorry they aren't deprived enough. Aren't non-white enough. Aren't glass-ceiling-ed enough. Aren't verbally abused enough. Terrified enough. Isolated enough. Sexually assaulted enough.
They often say they didn't do enough. Like we're not ever supposed to be tired. Never supposed to get ground down. Never supposed to be too afraid or too inexperienced or too out of our depth to know what to do.
Women are supposed to fix everything. A helluva price to pay for not having a penis.
When my son El Punko first transitioned a dozen or so years ago, he said that he didn't want trans-advocacy eating up his life. He felt guilty about that, especially because as an FtM, he's a minority inside a minority. But he simply wanted to transition & get on with being.
I remember we were walking down a side street in Galway when he said this. I remember the smell of wet pavement. I remember how anguished he seemed.
|El Punko
I told him a story about my mother who raised 7 kids while working outside the home, running a 200 acre farm, being active in her church & community. One Sunday after the animals were fed & the kids dressed, she threw on some clothes herself & took us to church where she directed the choir. After the service, women thanked her for being the first one to wear a pantsuit to church.
My mother hadn't thought about what she wore that day. She'd been too busy trying to get through her morning. And that's what I told my son to do. Be the best advocate he could by living the best life he could.
All these long years later, El Punko lives his life. He's never been a professional advocate, but he's supported his share of transfolk along the way. Several months ago, a straight white man spoke up in defence of transgender people, & claims he did so because he knew my son.
You might be tempted to think I practice what I preached. But it's Harvey who's taught me what El Punko knew way back then. Every moment you spend doing something, is a moment you can't spend doing something else. But it's not weighted equally, moment by moment. Something you do now may take so much from you, that you don't have anything left to give to later. You have to choose.
So if 'all' you can do is raise your chillen to be decent human beings or sweep the floor without killing the bigot ranting hate in your work place, if all you can do is talk to a woman being harassed on a train or smile at someone who calls you a bad name or stop a LGBTQ+ kid from killing themselves or invite a refugee family to dinner, if the only thing you can do is sign a petition or give another person hope, then that's your part of the story.
|Motto of St Francis of Assisi
Each little part done by each separate person, eventually gets the whole job finished. Someday, someone's going to do something good because you did what you were able to do.
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Obama in Miami: Trashing Trump, ripping Rubio
President Obama stumps for Clinton at Florida Memorial
The political cavalry arrived Thursday for Patrick Murphy. His name was Barack Obama.
Obama swaggered into Miami Gardens purportedly for Hillary Clinton, the potential sentinel of his White House legacy. He's in an unusual position for a sitting president: He's more popular than his selected successor, who's more than eager for him to act as her most prominent stand-in, especially to African Americans.
But polls show Clinton leading Donald Trump in Florida, which some political prognosticators have placed in the light blue "lean Democratic" column, no longer a toss-up.
So Obama did what he had to do. He ripped Trump for refusing to say during Wednesday night's debate if he'll accept the Nov. 8 election results — and for quipping Thursday in Ohio that he'll accept the results "if I win."
"That is not a joking matter," Obama told the capacity crowd of 2,800 at Florida Memorial University's athletic arena. "I want everybody to pay attention here — that is dangerous. Because when you try to sow seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our elections, that undermines our democracy. Then, you are doing the work of our adversaries for them."
The president also passionately defended Clinton, calling her ready and capable to handle the Oval Office.
"Even in the middle of a crisis, she is calm and cool and collected," Obama said. "And here is the thing about Hillary: No matter how tough the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, no matter how mean folks can be, she doesn't point fingers. She doesn't complain. She doesn't whine. She just works harder. And she gets the job done, and she never, ever, ever quits."
But then, the president focused on the guy who needs his help most: Murphy, the U.S. Senate candidate who national Democrats have all but abandoned. They've refused to spend money on expensive Florida TV ads and written Murphy off as a loss against a mighty Republican incumbent, Marco Rubio.
Or not so mighty, in Obama's eyes.
"I'm even more confused by Republican politicians who still support Donald Trump," Obama said. "Marco Rubio is one of those people. How does that work? How can you call him a 'con artist' and 'dangerous' and object to all the controversial things he says and then say, 'But I'm still gonna vote for him?' C'mon, man!"
Obama's scathing indictment continued.
"You know what that is, though? It is the height of cynicism," he said. "That's the sign of someone who will say anything, do anything, pretend to be anybody just to get elected. And you know what? If you're willing to be anybody just to be somebody, then you don't have the leadership that Florida needs in the United States Senate."
Obama spent a surprisingly long chunk of his rousing speech contrasting Murphy — a Jupiter congressman still unknown to many voters in Miami-Dade, the county with the largest number of Democrats in Florida — with Rubio.
A Rubio spokeswoman, Olivia Perez-Cubas, said the president preferred to hit Rubio than praise Murphy.
"Patrick Murphy has accomplished nothing during his four years in Congress —- even the President couldn't think of anything nice to say about him," she said.
And while the footage could give Rubio plenty of fodder to use for fundraising, Murphy might also be able to use some Obama lines in his favor.
"Patrick Murphy, when he is your United States senator, he is going to be doing his work. In fact, unlike his opponent, he shows up to work," Obama said. "Unlike his opponent, he didn't walk away from Florida's Hispanic community when the politics got tough: He fought for comprehensive immigration reform and a path of citizenship. Unlike his opponent, Patrick actually believes in science and the effects of climate change.
"Just the other night in the debate, Marco Rubio did not accept that sea level's rising. If you are watching TV or you are going down some of the blocks right here in Miami, in the middle of a sunny day you see ocean coming up through streets. How can you deny what is right in front of you?"
Obama tore into Rubio far more harshly — and more effectively — than Murphy ever has. And the president appeared to relish doing so, much as he did recently in Ohio, where he lambasted incumbent Republican Sen. Rob Portman. Rubio and Portman are both ahead in their races.
Murphy got to address the rally before Obama arrived. He received applause — but nothing like the roar that met Obama.
"Even Marco Rubio says there's no rigging of the vote," Obama said, "which I'd like to give credit for — except he's refuting the dangerous, unprecedented claims of a candidate he says he's still going to vote for!"
Rubio, Obama concluded, "just seems to care about hanging on to his job."
Murphy stood in the back of the university arena, next to former U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, watching in awe and smiling.
They were students sitting in on a master class.