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Elena and Steve- Married || Winnipeg Wedding Photography ||
Where to begin with Elena and Steves' wedding day... there were so many things that I absolutely loved that maybe I could start at her blue shoes, or her STUNNING handmade broche boquet. I definitely loved her gorgeous dress and of course her wedding party was beautiful.... Oh and there were all those little details... and the peacock feathers :) And let me just tell you that in temperatures that has marked this the hottest wedding of the year I didn't hear any complaining.
We had time to take pictures in a secluded pathway in the English gardens and also bared the blazing sun on the Legislative grounds. After a beautiful ceremony with some wonderful vows that Elena and Steve wrote for each other we even had time to hit a nearby park for some family photos. It was a fun fun day!
Now let me just add that I have been to A LOT of weddings in the past decade but this one was probably one of the best dance floors, best crowds and best photobooth that I have ever seen. Elena and Steve have some of the best groups of friends and family and I was so happy just being there.
Congratulations Elena and Steve! I have posted a small highlight reel or the day and of course one of the photo booth as well.


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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
W. H. Young: Washington,
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Dear Sir: Aug: 28 1848
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Deidda, Pietro and Agabbio, Mario Carlo Salvatore (1977) Some factors influencing flowering and fruit-set of clementine mandarin. Studi sassaresi: organo ufficiale della Società sassarese di Scienze mediche e naturali. Sez. 3: Annali della Facoltà di Agraria dell'Università di Sassari, Vol. 25 , p. 3-13. ISSN 0562-2662. Article.
A four-year research study conducted in center Sardinia on clementine mandarin has evidenced that flowering and subsequent fruit-set can be affected by several factors, i.e., growth substances, light intensity and temperature before flowering. Particularly it has been shown that gibberellic acid sprayed during flower differentiation reduced the number of flowers/ square meter of canopy,but increased the number of leafy inflorescences and the fruit-set percentage. Alar sprayed in the same conditions increased the number of flower/square meter and reduced the number of leafy inflorescences and the fruit-set percentage. Low light intensity obtained by shading trees with large cages covered with nets of black nylon decreased the number of flowers and leafy inflorescences, but no clear effects were found on the fruit-set percentage. Warm temperatures before flowering increased the number of flowers/square meter, but decreased the fruit-set percentage.
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Michelle O'Michael - La Mujer Roja 2000 - polychrome steel
Red Mother so vivid it rendered the first photographs I made of it six years ago "too hot." The color bled off Michelle O'Michael's lines and curves. Not a problem for contemporary digital cameras but fierce in the digital Dark Ages when HOP opened in 2001. Here, the color is as real as it can be but I've photoshopped the concrete this Red Mother curls onto, because it was too bright and competed with the art. In real life, we hardly notice with all the curves and circles and connecting. But still, it's just so red.
Can't say I don't have favorites, and we didn't find all those, but if I photographed it this trip, and it's on this page, there was something about each piece that moved me. That made me think I could make some sort of sense with it in words. Besides rendering it in an image I still liked. Not always easy even in bright, sweaty sunlight on a overly hot early October day.
Jerry Daniel's MM Dancing - concrete, steel, from the side, it looks like two people dancing.
From the front — it is the gateway piece at HOP — it forms the Hall Office park— HOP logo.
Jerry Daniel's elegant, curving shapes blend and bend meaning. I've liked this piece long after the logo-ness of it wore off. Last time I photographed it I photographed it from almost the same place, up through the trees. This time I got flags in, too. But the play of light off the flowing triangulars of MM Dancing
Elisio Garcia - Maternal Caress, 1999
Cordova limestone
Big bold woman again. This time carved of limestone and holding a baby. Botero
David McCullough - Quanta: Celtic Spirit Catcher, 2000
acrylic, F6 cement, foam, wire
First time I saw this I wasn't nearly as enamored as I am today, now. What seemed fru-fru now centers in magic and is so very different from all the linear steel, cute bunnies and horney toads of Texas sculpture. It probably helps that I've captured a longer spectrum of colors and shadows, and masked soft the ugly concrete that holds it up, separating it sharp from its ground and backgrounds. There's a rollicking array of shapes and colors and forms so rarely seen in big solid sculpture.
David Graeve - Window 36/Iris. 2001
glass, aluminum
I don't even remember seeing this last time, though it probably has not moved. What helped is I saw it transfixed in back-light, the way we are supposed to see translucent materials, with light transing through it, bright against a darkened shadow background. Front lighted glass loses all its depth. Coax a little light through it, though, and its dimensionality zings.
David Hickman - Butterfly
I liked the horney toad and failed miserably to render the bunnies (more like jack rabbits with their tall ears and rude noses) this trip, but they're in the thick of it on the page from last time. Ever a fan of butterflies, I like even more the motions David Hickman engineers into his lighter-than-air steel fact and fantasy pieces.
I watched David enrapture many of the best sculptors in Dallas at a Texas Sculpture Association meeting once when he spoke about connectors. He knows all about them, and they play a major part in his spinning, turning and balancing pieces, many in industrial and institutional sites all over town — at at the State Fair, too.
Art Shirer - The Wiz (detail), 2001
steel and paint
Art Shirer's best work literally moves, wiggles, cranks, bobs, spins or something to engage our sense of mass or three-dimensional lines in motion — and interaction. He loaned me two little finger-cranked pieces for a showing at my home during a previous WRLASTour. I hated to let them go back, they were wonderful to behold and engage. A large, clanging, spinning one of his older pieces was the star attraction at the DARts Big As Art Night, Too show.
His piece at HOP spins in the wind. I like the whole of it, and you can see it in action (via annimation) on his Supporting Member page. But that experience is nothing like seeing it spin in person on the edge of the front pond at HOP. I photographed it soon as I saw it back then (though that pic doesn't do it justice). Here present is its marvelous base, all curvy, complex, sturdy and brilliant blue. Good enough a sculpture on its own, and supporting something amazing.
Why are so many outdoor sculptures red, when they could be blue?
Mac Whitney - Texas Zavala - steel, paint
Clean, sharp lines, strongly delineated shapes, shades rendering the same color in a cantelevered balance into its own specturm.
Mac Whitney - Loebau
Mac Whitney's work can vary by
Mac Whitney - Marfa I
I shot the whole of it, just so we'd know where its details hide within it. Undistinguised in totality ...
Mac Whitney - Marfa I
... Its details, like this illusive wall of pinking sheared steel reflects and refracts and reframes
Mac Whitney - Uvalde
I didn't expect this to be another Mac Whitney. So very different in concept, shape and details from the others above. My visual understanding is in mild shock. I see kitchen utensiles for mixing in these thin-lined tools — and a river raging, its more delicate textures trailing in the wind.
Sandi Stein - Empire - limestone
A tower of basic limestone bricks, threes and fives of stacks layering crisscross textures and linear associations of shapes within shapes on top of shapes high into the darker blue air up there. That awful ugly slab of concrete again holding it up, I probably should have put more effort into eliminating it from our view. Or HOP should get something darker to base the work that need it. Otherwise. So simple, so complex, so fine.
James Surls -
If you've ever seen a James Surls drawing or print or sculpture, you've likely seen those eyes and petals growing off slender, curving stalks. All the more natural, since Surls started — in my memory, at least — as a sculptor of large, heavy logs. The textures came later.
Tim Glover of Houston - similar shapes
I think these are not Surls textures, but they are similar. I perceive these lined fronds as a joke in the Texas sun. Shadow shapes that cast only linear shades, which is no shadow at all. No respite from the sun, but a little fun on its way to simmering ground.
Gunnar Theel - New York Right Angles #23 - steel
If a New York Minute is quick, how angular are New York Right Angles, and are the other 22 Back East?
Linda Fleming - Lightnig Ball
A trio of parallel circles inset with rectangular towers of
Andrew Rogers, Australia Rhythms of the Metroplex bronze
A lyrish musical intstrument emanating lyrical sounds curving against a squared off landscape of buildings, roads and
Andrew Rogers - Growing - bronze
Sprout-like bronze angling up from basalt concrete and dirt.
Paul Kittelson - Staples, 2001 - stainless steel
Benches, like staples out of the box, stuck together
There's lots of sculptures by many Dallas and Texas and other artists. But Hall Office Park is large, and visiting all the art outside is a monumental undertaking (both puns intended). On a hot day it's especially draining, although breezes do acrue in places. Sculptures on hills, in valleys, in ponds, in ditches. Subtle sculptures, blatant sculpture and a lot of sculpture in between.
There are a few places with high density sculpture population, but mostly the stuff is scattered out among the buildings. There's great sculpture, lousy sculpture, boring sculpture and delightful sculptures. We did not see it all, by any count.
Abstract sculpture and naturalistic sculpture. We were out there on an especially hot, early October day. I hadn't given the weather much thought. Till I was out there on the prairie in the thick of it.
Something in me wants to go out there again, and look at every piece. Next time I go, though, I'd have to print out both maps at both links in the bottom paragraph below. But neither of them is complete.
The Texas Sculpture Garden, "the largest private collection of contemporary Texas sculpture ever assembled and made available to the public," is inside the Hall Office Park at Gaylord Prkway and the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco — Exterior collection open daily dawn to dusk; interior art open weekdays 9-5 and Saturdays 9-noon with with work by Frances Bagley, Joe Barrington, Betsy Daves Bass, Alice Bateman, Jim Bowman, James B. Cinquemani, Roger Colombik, Jerry Daniel, Jerry Dodd, Eliseo S. Garcia, Harry Geffert, Polly Gessell, Tim Glover, David Graeve, Joseph Havel, Edward Lee Hendricks, T. Paul Hernandez, David Hickman, David Iles, Paul Kittelson, Arthur Koch, Ken Little, Heather Marcus, David McCullough, John Brough Miller, Jesus Bautista Moroles, Richard Neidhardt, Tim Nentrup, Michelle O'Michael, Tom Orr, Sherry Owens, Michael Pavlovsky, Damian Priour, Zad Roumaya, Art Shirer, Isaac Smith, James Sullivan, James Surls, Karl Umlauf, Mac Whitney and Marla Ziegler
www.texassculpturegarden.org/images/TSGTourGuide.pdf identifies a few of the original outside sculptures located near the main building at 6801 Gaylord and 20 of those inside that building. But there are many more pieces scattered around the extended grounds of the office park. www.texassculpturegarden.org/images/InternationalArtGuide.pdf identifies some of the rest.
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The City of Friendswood teamed up with the Portable on Demand Art project (P.O.D.A.), sponsored by Houston Arts Alliance, by displaying four pieces of artwork at the grassy area adjacent to the Friendswood Public Library's parking lot. The four pieces chosen for display in Friendswood are entitled Aerosol Warfare, Box 13 Art Space Box of Curiosities, The Joanna and Metalab the Play. These art pods will be on display through Wednesday, October 5th.
Houston artist David McClain, representing Box 13 Art Space, was at the Friendswood Public Library to talk about their art pod entitled Box of Curiosities. David McClain has earned his MFA in Studio Photography from School of Art Institute of Chicago. He has taught photography at Rice University, has appeared in numerous solo and group shows, and has published four art books including Oleo, Hotel Chelsea, Lawyers, and New Paintings. David also has a permanent installation in collaboration with Kristy Peet entitled After Smithson (Limestone Jetty) at Lone Star College-Montgomery in Conroe, Texas.
|(left to right) Artist David McClain; library staff members Christina Hicks, Keith Rogers, Karen Hart, and Mary Perroni


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King's Square
Lying in the heart of Saint John is King's Square, a gracious public square complete with immaculate gardens,
walkways, monuments and bandstand. But it wasn't always this nice, at one time before urban sprawl the square
sat on the fringes of the city. It was not much more than a bog used as a market area, including a place where
vendors prepared their animals for market. It wasn't uncommon to find animal heads, hooves and bones lying
about the grounds.
With the growth of the city, the square was given a much needed face lift. Its boggy grounds were drained, refuse
cleared away and by the mid 1850s the square was laid out in its present format – in the pattern of the 'Union
Jack' with lots of grass area. Like so many other structures in Saint John, the original bandstand built in the
square was a casualty of the Great Fire of 1877. The current bandstand was gifted to the citizens of the City Saint
John in 1908 and in 1912 it was dedicated to King Edward VII. Some say that it is the only two-storey bandstand
in North America.
Starting at the head of King Street on the west side of the King's Square stand one of six monuments placed
throughout the square. The War Memorial was built to honour those who lost their lives in World War I,
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From Borgarnes on the west coast of Iceland, it was a 150-mile drive to the black volcanic beaches of Vik on Iceland's south coast. Waterfalls, volcanoes, glaciers and even a power station await so good news for all you 'Geothermal power station fans'.
While chatting over breakfast to the owner of our hotel in Borgarnes he mentioned that a storm was due to hit the south coast later that afternoon. The exact time was uncertain but hopefully, it would be later rather than sooner.
Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Station
Our first stop was the Hellisheidi geothermal power station, it had an interesting display and an earthquake simulator but if you are pushed for time and not a big fan of 'eggy' aromas then it isn't really worth the stop.
As you drive along the ring road south Seljalandsfoss is visible on your left. This line of cliffs from where the waterfalls now cascade were once the original coastline.
Seljalandsfoss is an impressive sight, you can get quite close and can actually walk behind the falls. it was amazing on the grey day we were there but must be spectacular in the sun. It is quite wet and slippery so you should wear boots even in the summer. Also, one side is quite steep and rocky so take your time.
Although busy, there was still plenty of room to wander around and explore the falls. Luckily there weren't the usual tour groups who seem oblivious to others and stand in the prime positions making the ubiquitous instagram selfie peace signs.
The next waterfall we encountered was Skógafoss, there are a LOT of waterfalls in Iceland. Skógafoss is nearly 200 feet high and you can walk up the path at the side to get a great view. In the sun, a beautiful double rainbow is often produced but being stormy and overcast we weren't lucky enough to see this. Nonetheless, it did not detract from the sheer magnificence of the waterfall.
Skogar Folk Museum
Next to Skógafoss was the Skogar Folk Museum. The museum exhibits artefacts and buildings from Iceland's cultural heritage. We loved the unique 19th-century farmhouses with the grass roofs, we've never been asked 'Have you mowed the roof?" before.
What you can't see in the photograph is the wind, as we were looking around the first wave of the storm started to move in.
Sólheimajökull Glacier
The Sólheimajökull glacier is only a couple of kilometres off the ring road and about 30 mins from Vik. It is an extension from the larger Mýrdalsjökull glacier and stretches down towards the south coast. The glacier itself is a 25min walk from the carpark but this is changing rapidly. Due to the effects of global warming the ice has retreated up the valley by about a kilometre in the last 10 years, so you need to get there soon before it's just a large puddle of water.
The Black Beach In Vik
We arrived in Vik at the height of the storm, the waves were crashing onto the shore and sleet and rain mixed with black volcanic sand were blowing horizontally across the beach. We took the photographs from the safer confines of the car. However, despite being in a 4 by 4, when we decided to drive off we found ourselves stuck in the soft black sand. Following 35 mins of digging and after getting very wet we managed to break free, emerging from a cloud of burning clutch smoke back onto the road.
The next morning revealed a much calmer and sunnier Vik, you could clearly see the impressive Reynisdrangar basalt sea stacks standing guard over the bay.
We stayed in Vik at the Icelandair Hotel. The Scandinavian style hotel was a luxurious refuge from the raging storm outside. You can read more about our stay at the Icelandair Hotel Vik here.
If you want to see more of our Icelandic road trip then please visit our YouTube Channel for the daily highlights. To read more about planning a winter road trip to the south of Iceland, check out this post by Katherine.
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This hardcover book has detailed information on many species of Pygmy Chameleons along with captive care and breeding. A must buy for any Stump-tailed Chameleon keeper.
Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. The Genera Brookesia and Rhampholeon. Frankfurt Main 2004, Hardcover, 254 pages, more than 200 color photos, distribution maps, keys and several drawings. In this volume, some earlier views toward stump-tailed chameleons (genera Brookesia and Rhampholeon) have changed. In nature, these chameleons were found to occur in greater numbers than previously anticipated, due of their small body size and effective use of camouflage, and in captivity, most species surprisingly proved to adjust adequately to life in the terrarium.


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Depot General Manager– Thurrock – Distribution/LogisticsSalary up to £54K Baseplus Car Allowance ExcellentBenefits Laptop – mobile Our client is one of the best known names in the Distribution market, providing our customers with high standards of quality and service
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Reporting to a Regional Manager, the Depot General Manager role is the pivotal role to provide leadership and direction to the depot team. The position plays an influential role to liaise and network with other parts of the business such as Finance, Hubs & Trunking, HR and the Commercial teams. The role is fully responsible and accountable for the people, service, cost and quality performance of a specific depot. Driving the best operational performance for the depot will be key as the role will have full profit and loss accountability. Key to the role is improving the key performance indicators to ensure depot targets are achieved.
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I Never Thought I would do this (Part 2)
By Stephen L France
"You know Christianity in the mind. Now, you're going to see it in action." – Pastor Peter Loo
How does someone get you to do something you never thought you would do?
Sitting in Gatwick Airport Terminal, it was Fri Nov 4, 2016, and I was about to embark on an excursion I'd never ever desired.
I thought about what Pastor Peter of EEC had said to me the evening before – see Christianity in action – what does that mean?
My spirit was calm – almost like this was an inevitable part of my life, but my flesh was whispering thoughts that jumped between:
What are you actually doing here?
Let's just get this over with, shall we?
Being absolutely transparent, I must stress yet again, I never wanted this. When I'd asked God on a Monday afternoon in February 2016: Lord, Cyprus Mission or India Mission? I'd wanted Him to answer "Cyprus."
Between these two trips that my church offered, this mission was set for April 2016 which was nearer, timewise; it was also cheaper, less distance, less days out there, and I would be able to tick it off my Christian bucket list; never to have to go on mission again.
EEC Restoration Course. Tick.
EEC Identity Course. Tick.
Go on Christian Mission once in my life. Tick.
…but I'm sure you all know, our walk with God just doesn't work this way at all.
"India Mission" was the answer He gave and like Abraham—though not as epic—I obeyed. [Genesis 12:1]
Stationed in Gatwick, the mission team were set – it was myself, leaders Femi Sofolarin and Mona Lisa, Shalom, Lydie Joanna, and Tayo Igbintade.
We'd shared fellowship, worship, the Word, testimonies, and prayer for the previous eight months, but I still didn't know these people, what we'd be doing, or what India as a country was like – this experience would be new on all fronts.
The only concrete information I possessed, was that this was the very first action in my walk with God in which I was trusting Him with all my heart. [Proverbs 3:5 – 6]
I'd held anxiety about the flight for about a week and half prior. I feared God might try to bring the plane down and make a martyr of me. I'm aware this is a very strange thought, but this is where the wounds of the past come into play, and the enemy's use of them.
As I mentioned in my previous post—at eight years old—I'd formed the belief that God the Father had betrayed me. In my twisted conception of the impending flight to India, I was thinking:
For the first time in my life, I'm actually loving the way things are. It's just my luck but what's going to happen is all my friends have seen this transformation; now God is going to make a martyr of me…
Apologies, I can't even finish writing this thought. The whole idea sounds preposterous as I put it to paper. Suffice to say, I was fearful and I don't possess a phobia of flying.
I then thought about the enemy wanting to stop our evangelical efforts as well, considering that when one embarks on mission, they are taking the literal meaning found in Matthew 28:19. If only I'd known Psalm 91 better, perhaps that time of fear could have been avoided, but a miraculous thing happened on the plane that enabled me to overcome this irrational apprehension – and we know that God can turn anything evil into good [Romans 8:28] [Matthew 19:26].
Besides trying out the concept of Matthew 7:7 and receiving three full meals and two desserts – a banquet of quality cuisine that I've never experienced before on a flight – the journey was the most pleasant voyage across the skies that I've ever relished. Midway through the flight, I told the others that I would be coming back to India again…
I don't know what made me say this; it was so peculiar. But I just knew I'd be returning. I can pinpoint that this moment was where I FINALLY accepted that God the Father is on my side – this has been a 24-year old wound in my heart from the moment my parents divorced when I was eight. I'd believed in God's existence for all that time, but felt He was the force that continually hurt me throughout my life; it's a relief that the Lord has freed me of that deceptive stronghold [1 Corinthians 10:4].
It was also great to see that even though I hadn't arrived in India, the mission was already having a phenomenal impact.
To be Continued…
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Today Tomorrow and Forever - In Loving Memory Of Elvis Presley
Elvis - The Last Concert
And now the end is near.........
On June 1st, 1977, it was announced that Elvis had signed with CBS-TV for an anniversary speical. Elvis' final concert tour
began on June 17, in Missouri and filming would commence two days later at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha. Here is the mailgram
Elvis sent to Col. Tom Parker about the Live TV Shows:
Colonel Tom Paker
Manager of Elvis Presley
Care of RCA Record Tours
6363 Sunset Blvd
Hollywood CA 90028
Dear Colonel,
I am looking forward to doing the special for CBS Television during our June tour this summer. As I understand we will
have complete control under your direction as to format and total productions. I will of course cooperate to the fullest to
make this one of our best specials ever. I understand that CBS Television is to handle the negotiations of the use of the
all talent on my show when needed for the special with Felton Jarvis my record producer for me. Thanks for everything, see
you on tour.
On June 26th 1977, Elvis played his last ever concert in Indianapolis. Elvis was very over-weight and seemed ill, but
he wanted to slience the press and make his loyal fans happy. He played in excess of 18,000 fans as they watched his last
and most historic performance. Elvis showed the whole world he was still the King. There is what Elvis sung that night:
See See Rider
That's Alright
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel
Give Me a Mountain
Jailhouse Rock
How Great Thou Art
I Really Don't Want To Know
Hound Dog
My Way
Can't Help Falling In Love
During the show, Vernon Presley came onto the stage. The Father and Son stood side by side, they looked so happy. When
the show came to an end, Elvis looked out to his loyal, beloved fans there and around the world and said:
' Til we meet you again, may God bless you. Adios'
He left the building with the sounds of screams and yells ringing in his ears. He seemed he needed rest and went home
to get ready for the other tour on August 16th. Then just over 7 weeks, on August 16th 1977, Elvis went into the bathroom
at Graceland and never came out. He passed away at the age of 42. Millions through-out the world mourned Elvis' death and
the music world and alot of his fans were never the same again.
The CBS-TV special was screened posthumously on October 3rd, 1977, and many fans experienced mixed emotions. This concert
showed everyone that Elvis was human and had his troubles, but he wanted to keep singing/touring and making his fans happy.
The soundtrack album charted on October 28, reached No.5 and certified platinum. The front cover featured the famous ' Falcon'
suit from June 1975. The vinyl gatefold and back photo were live shots from June 1974 and April 1977 respectively.
'My Way' was released as a single in November 1977 abd reached No.22. Later that year, Elvis was voted the Number One
Box Office Draw' for arenas seating 6,000 to 20,000.
In 2008, on August 16th 1977, it will mark the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death. The musical legacy left by Elvis keeps
on to achieve excellent sales through-out the world. This year, 2005, marked Elvis getting 21 UK No.1's, he was voted The
Most Successful Act In The UK, he had a 2005 sell out tour and Graceland keeps on releasing new and unheard concerts on CD
and DVD. The King left the building for good on August 16th 1977......but Elvis is still here in mind, body, soul and heart.
No matter what size or how ill Elvis was.....I will ALWAYS love him til the day I die!
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materials from different websites. I will give them the credit where it's due. The biography is all mine and if you wanna
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Torino certainly aimed for a counter-attacking routine, hopeful of taking advantage of whatever chances came their way through the rebounds of our constant, ponderous attacking play and possession. I saw that same predictable pressure game, where we move the ball left, then right, then left, then right, trying slowly, slowly to find a through ball. Its an area where we truly have to improve if we are to develop further as a team. Its not a lack of zeal or tactical nous on Conte's part…more a reflection of making the best of what we have at our disposal.
Vucinic was yet again, as he is at least 3 games out of every 5; pathetic. His touch, vision, strength, pace were all atrocious for a trequartista/lone striker/attacking midfielder…whatever position in an offensive role you can imagine. And everyone who watches Juve regularly will accept that this was not an isolated incident. I hope he is sold in the Summer.
The 3-5-1-1 is an interesting idea, but Marchisio is far from a world class support striker (his best work is more central in the midfield where he can hustle/intercept/begin and be a part of the attack/arrive in the box late) and Vucinic is never a man to lead the line with any potency (for starters his shooting is regularly woeful and he can't head the ball)
This lack of dribblers, of flair, of players confident enough to take a man on other than with a quick burst of pace down the flanks, will hurt us when we come up against robust defensive teams and also, teams which can match us defensively and dribble past our players in our own half. We have hugely lacked a fantasista since DP left the fold and I strongly expect Beppe, Paratici and Conte to focus on this gaping hole in our repertoire over the summer mercato period. Muriel would be interesting…Quintero is another option. We can not afford the Riberys and Ronaldos and Hazards, so we must take a punt of sorts on a natural dribbler/ flair merchant who is young, hungry and relatively cheap.
Llorente is a great piece of work by Beppe and his team and also a sign of the progress we have made since Conte picked up the reins. The spaniard would not have been short of better paying suitors, but he has decided to invest what are often a striker's best years age-wise, into the project well underway at piedmont. Our allure and prestige are growing.
Add to the team a proper left back and allow Asamoah to challenge at CM and back-up at LB. Also a fantasista in the channels between midfield and attack or a Jovetic, and we will be making very sure progress.
As for the formation…If we can add some flair and creativity to the front line, a la Jovetic or Muriel, we could well try a Marchisio Pogba Vidal midfield. Also…we will have Pepe back for next term, so a 4-3-3 returns to the table of options.
We have improved this term when it comes to breaking down resolute ten men behind the ball opponents. However it still often seems at times that we win through on the luck we have forced and through attrition, rather than through a moment of magic. A split second piece of fantasy which would unlock any defence and present a clear goal scoring chance. Pirlo's passing is often a joy to behold, but its not enough. Pogba takes more weight of responsibility to drive forward from Pirlo's shoulders than any other in our team. That much becomes more apparent the more they play together. Rather than just worry about Pirlo, opponents have to worry about Pogba, whose distribution qualities are blossoming beautifully. Add his brilliant passing and improving creativity to his immense strength, powerful shooting and eagerness to drive forward with the ball at his feet and we have a player on our hands, who by midway through next season I expect to be one of the the first two names on the team-sheet in midfield alongside Vidal. Both players make their presence and ability felt more heavily and more consistently than Marchisio and Pirlo. It would be interesting to see a midfield-attack combination such as…
Vidal Pogba Asamoah
Llorente Jovetic/Muriel
Such talk can wait.
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"I am proud to be your Sheriff….I am proud to be a Democrat…and I am
proud to be an Alexandrian," said Dana Lawhorne Saturday at his campaign
kickoff at Atlantis Pizza.
For 27 years he was a police detective who plied the streets of the city locking up miscreants for the city's sheriff to look after in Alexandria's now-famous jail. In 2005, he traded in one job for another, becoming the city's first new sheriff in 20 years.
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Lauren Smith, Carol Bailey, Gayle Reuter and Ann Dorman.
"If it wasn't for work release bringing out four [non-violent offenders] on New Year's Eve to help set up, I don't know how we'd do it," said Ann Dorman, chair of First Night Alexandria. "He's been a great sheriff so far. He's had a record of community involvement since he was a detective, and as sheriff he's only done more."
Lawhorne said his pursuit of excellence resulted in capturing the Triple Crown Award, representing the accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. "We are proud of this honor, which could have been attained only through the leadership and professionalism of our staff," he said.
The grinding day-to-day work Sheriff's deputies perform are vital to greasing the wheels of justice. They run operations at the Detention Center, at the Courthouse, and while in the community serve civil process and criminal warrants, conduct safe evictions, transport prisoners and perform other secondary law enforcement roles.
Lawhorne said that some of his achievements over the last four years include the successful renegotiation of the Federal contract for housing federal prisoners, increasing the per diem rate and guaranteeing an annual payment of $6 million to the city from the Federal Government. He was also instrumental in recouping $2.5 million from the U. S. Marshals Service as repayment for security enhancements made for the Zacarias Moussaoui trial.
Lawhornealso initiated a civic association liaison program whereupon Sheriff's Deputies were assigned to each of the city's major civic associations and community groups.
"The liaison program has provided better communication and understanding between the Sheriff's Office and community, and a means to allow our office to be of better assistance to our neighbors," he said.
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Commonwealth Attorney Randolph Sengel and
Sheriff Lawhorne.
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Some Milestone of the Lawhorne Era:
- Conducting security audits and improvements at the Alexandria Courthouse, providing greater surveillance while enhancing protection of Courthouse users and visitors.
- The successful implementation of 97 percent of recommended security improvements at the jail by a professional security consulting firm. He also was credited with creating a Pre Treatment Unit for those waiting to enter the Sober Living Unit program, and created a Re-Entry Unit for inmates transitioning back to the community.
- Initiating efforts resulting in a partnership with the Virginia State Police to monitor registered sex offenders residing in the City.
- Participating with the Police Department in a coordinated task force named "Operation Clean Sweep," resulting in the arrest of 61 felons and serving a total of 88 outstanding criminal warrants.
- Entering into an agreement with Virginia's Attorney General TRIAD program to aid the city's senior citizens. This pact between Alexandria's S.A.L.T. Council (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together), Sheriff's Office and city police works to reduce victimization of the elderly.
- Acquired a K-9 Bomb Dog from the ATF at no cost to the city.
- Establishing a 40-hour refresher Patrol Training for all sworn staff below rank of captain.
- Appointing a retired Alexandria Police Sergeant (George Burnham) as Special Investigator of Internal Affairs and Administrative Reviews "to make sure we police our own."
- Improving and setting high goals for inmate educational programs to increase completion of GED programs by inmates and creating an educational unit. "We had a 20% increase in GED's in 2008. I also hired a part time ESL instructor."


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my darling erlend3/12/2012
At times, I wrestle with the uncertainties of life. I've always been one who appreciates even the smallest gestures of good-heartedness and its inherent beauty. The way a flower blooms with proper nurturing, and how Donald makes me French toast when I'm down. My cat Erlend embodies all of it; beauty, strength and a calm understanding of how strange humans are (she stares at me all day long)!
It is because of the variable aspect of goodness, that I must be appreciative even when Erlend has been at the vet all weekend for an infection. She is a diabetic cat so that means she has a few more complications than your basic house pet. Believe me when I say that she is my true love, I don't say such things lightly. Needless to say, it is a thoughtful period, one where positivity is undoubtedly around the corner. I thought I'd include my favorite photos that I took of her, so that she can be adored worldwide!
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Your cat is beautiful. I know exactly what you mean when you speak of love for cats!ReplyDelete
Great pictures, as usually;)
Aw thanks, she is so sweet. Catlove is infectious <3Delete
Nothing but tears. Geez. Best cat a person could ask for. I love you lil Erlend. You can do it! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Argh, you're telling me! She is definitely part of our family and we're so lucky to know her. The update so far is that she's almost in the clear. She is so strong :)Delete
Hope everything is okay with her? She looks so sweet on the bed!! XReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, I appreciate it! I think she is almost back to normal, just a bad infection that appeared randomly. Oh, cats. She is always ready for a photo opportunity haha! xxDelete
awww Erlend is adorbz! <3ReplyDeleteReplies
She sure is :) She loves compliments too! HahaDelete
She is a real beauty, and I like the music, does she ? xReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, lovely! That is one of my favorite songs. She likes it for sure, but her fave music is by the Bee Gees because their voices are so high! Hehe xDelete
Your cat is so cute!ReplyDelete
Thank you! She is other-wordly at times :)Delete
I'm a catlady too! Your cat looks absolutely adorable :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, your cat is also so adorable! White cats seem so ethereal don't they? xDelete
What a thoughtful poignant post. I think I like you even more now! Hope she is well soon.ReplyDeleteReplies
She is doing much better now, thank you :) She certainly makes me appreciate simple things, and be in thoughtful mood.Delete
What sweethearts you two are! I adore her all the way from freezing Scotland! I love those pictures, I love the lounging on the bed one! :) My wee friend Cecil ran away when I went to stay at my mums for a few days, even though the rest of my housemates were there! I was SO worried, I went home early and I was shouting her name for like 10 minutes and then I heard her wee bell coming! She came running! She was full of affection for me and oh! I love her sooooo much my heart was so relieved! She is like my wee puppy just following me everywhere! :) Zoë xReplyDeleteReplies
Aww that is sweet, I know she can feel your adoration from across the lands! That is a cute story (mostly about the bell ringing) but I'm so glad it worked out for you! I would be so devastated if I lost my cat, or worse, if she was no longer around. It is definitely a relief that Erlend beat her infection and is coming home now. We both can enjoy our pet companions now :)Delete
Aaaw I hope it's nothing serious! She's adorable! I'm sendind you guys good thoughts haha :)) I really miss my cat too, I tried skyping with him but he didn't even look at the screen! I have a friend whose dog goes behind the computer screen to see if he's hidden there though! :3ReplyDelete
thank you, I had a lovely birthday! XDReplies
Thanks Nana! I think the good thoughts worked because she is coming back home and seems to have beaten her infection. It had something to do with a urine infection. Who knew cats got these things? Thank goodness for vets! Aww skyping with your cat sounds adorable, I'm sure he remembers you but it just trying to play it cool. He probably wants you to have a good time in Paris while he eats all the treats at home. Haha! xDelete
Aww i love your kitty posts Valerie! I hope Erland is doing well, she really is so beautiful and precious! I just got a kitten last week (Tavi) and is so cute and darling I can't imagine life without her now.ReplyDelete
Hope all is well :)
Oh my, that is one beautiful cat! She looks very regal. It's so amazing how you can get a kitty, and then many years later they are like family to you. I got Erlend when she was SO small. I even had to bottle feed her. Hope your kitty is healthy and happy too xDelete
I am genuinely moved, my cat is my world, and so few people seem to appreciate this kind of love.ReplyDelete
These are exquisite pictures, so heartfelt.....I too find a curious solace in my connection to my kitty, his eyes still my soul and I have always affectionately called them 'portals to forever'. And yeh, I am sappy, haha! He is my island of calm in a cruel world, and just one of his silly gestures can right a thousand wrongs.
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Aw it sounds like we feel the same way about our cats, "calm in a cruel world" manages to describe it quite well. Erlend has always been there for me despite all the ups and downs during her 9 year life. It really is a shame when they get sick and you realize they can't be there forever. I keep hoping I'll find a loophole or something :) Thanks for the sweet wishes and enjoy your little love too! xDelete
Oh Erlend! <3ReplyDelete
One of my biggest birthday wishes is a cat.. I don't care if I'm allergic or not! HahaReplies
Aw that sounds like the best gift ever! If I was allergic to my cat, I'd still keep her haha :)Delete
dear Valerie,ReplyDelete
i am thinking of visiting LA this Summer,
i will need a super guide, i bet you know all the nice places around.
Hey Sara! I was actually going to post an L.A. guide in about a week (on here). But definitely let me know if you have some specific experiences in mind, and I could suggest a few places where you could go :) Sounds like a fun trip! xDelete
really??? what a coincidence <3ReplyDelete
im going in August, so i have a lot of time to plan my trip. and im only staying for a week, so i won t be able to see everything i want to, unfortunately.
the thing is that i know absolutely nothing about LA, so any advice would be great!
like favorite clothing stores, second hand stores - like the amazing one you posted in the previous entry on the blog, record stores, your favorite places, parks, nearby places we should visit (i can take a train or bus), places to eat, to have brunch, markets, whatever you feel i should visit. i always see these amazing pictures of LA and everything seems so beautiful..
(i must take A LOT of film with me on this trip).
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A week would be sufficient to see plenty of things! Of course you might need a car, but I think the metro and or bus can take you to faraway places as well. My number one nearby city to visit is Santa Barbara (the ocean is unreal there) and there is a cheap train ride through amtrak that can take you there. It's one of the most beautiful train rides when you pass the coast. I will make sure to include lots of those types of places in the upcoming guide, and feel free to tell me if you want even more after that :) It also depends of which part of the city you're staying in but again - you can let me know in the future when you figure out more details! xxDelete
Hey Valerie,ReplyDelete
First I want to say that I really love that pink dress!
But you've also absolutely the most nice blog I've ever see...
So I follow you now...
Do you want to visit my blog?
You can follow me if you want but you can also just give some critic. (or who you write it)
ps: sorry for my bad English but i have to do it with what I learn at school...Replies
Thank you Alice! I'll follow along on bloglovin xDelete
she is a beautiful cat. i'm glad to hear she's all well now!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, me too! She has the cutest personality that can't even transcend explanation hehe :)Delete


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Dear Editor,
I was sad to learn there is apparently no public sympathy for the financial crisis the Kantha Bopha Hospital is facing.
Several reports in local and international media have highlighted that the hospital urgently needs help if it is to survive. Indeed, this is an extremely urgent issue for us all.
Unlike the Koh Pich stampede in 2010 or the fighting on the Cambodia-Thai border, this in-house health crisis is largely ignored by Khmers.
The Kantha Bopha Hospital has greatly enhanced the lives of the next generation of Cambodians by generously treating thousands of infants and young children whose impoverished parents could not afford proper medical care.
Many of them would have died were it not for the treatment provided by this hospital.
I have followed up the news about the fund-raising, and it appears few people have made their contribution; most of us continue to ignore it.
I have visited the Kantha Bopha Hospital several times, bringing my two-year-old son for treatment of his respiratory disease. I was warmly welcomed, and he was hospitalised safely.
I will never forget the goodness this hospital has shown me and my family.
Although I cannot help the hospital much by donating, as I live in another country, I know the families of the patients and the hospital staff in this time of crisis would be far from calm.
I can't imagine the death of my own child from lack of medical care.
I would like to see a real commitment from everyone, especially those with power and resources, to do something like establishing a social foundation to gather resources from everyone, like the one that was set up after the Koh Pich tragedy.
At the very least, such a step would save hundreds of young lives, safeguarding the future of our nation.
This is very urgent, as the lives of young Cambodians are at risk, and it is in your hands to help.
Please do something to help the Kantha Bopha Hospital. I am sure that with our hearts and hands, we can do it.
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The Annunciation
In the small rectangular plot of soil behind our Manhattan convent traces of spring have crept over the buildings thawing our little garden. We are again startled with small green shoots ofHyacinth and Snow Drops dotting the earth under the statue of Our Lady. Just when hunching our shoulders against the gray dreariness of winter starts to feel habitual, like a grouchy habit, March surprises us with the promise of new Life. It also seems fitting then, for the Church to celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation when the Promise of new lifedefinitively entered our human history. It is of special importance to the Sisters of Life as our Patronal Feast, renewing the Mystery of our Call to ponder anew the words of the angel to Mary and her response when the eternal Word began to exist as a human being in time. In all we might ponder in the Announcement of the Mystery of the Incarnation.
"I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to Your word."-Lk 2:38
Three times a day we recite in the Angelus the commemoration of the saving event of God's entrance into history, through the response of Mary's freedom. Our founder John Cardinal O'Connor would say, "Mary would never see the world in the same way again because she had conceived beneath her heart, the Word, the Son of God made flesh within her." William Butler Yeats in his poem on Mary wrote of her: "This one work has to do— Let all God's glory through"
In Mary we see the capacity we were meant to live. We see the trust that with every invitation to receive life also brings new life. Unlike us wounded in original sin, in her there is no resistance. She has not been wounded by anything selfish. And yet she invites us to discover for ourselves that Christ gives us eyes to see His coming again and again.
One day at our convent, a young and pregnant mother, Sharon, came to the door with little Miguel, a wide-eyed boy of five, clutching her hand in terror. Miguel, Sharon explained was a child with Autism. Gradually, between furtive glances between his mom and the sisters, Miguel seemed to find a sense of comfort and eventually became confident enough to explore. Winking at Sharon, one sister slipped out to accompany Miguel as he passed down the back stairs and up the front stairs peeking in our doorway before making another pass. He was very content to keep this up as the mother and I caught up and chuckled over their adventure on the subway.
Near the end of our time, I came out to check on Miguel and discovered another meeting underway. One of our volunteers, John, a tall and lanky guy, with a shock of silver hair, had emerged from sweeping the stairs and stood at the landing over Miguel who was diligently focused on a project on the floor. John, seeing me, grinned and shrugged his long shoulders. I laughed out loud at what I saw.
There, swirling around John's feet, were hundreds of images in hues of soft red, deep blue and flecks of gold, in perfect cadence, each tilted carefully to reveal the gentle face of a beautiful Lady. This year, our Retreat house printed their schedule of retreats in color postcards featuring the face of Our Lady of Guadalupe. These post cards bearing the face of a Mother had been sprinkled about – and each one seemed to smile up at us. Sharon emerged and peering down anxiously at the scene, was about to apologize, when she laughed startled to find us all gazing down over his small shoulders, enraptured by his feat.
Msgr. Luigi Guissani once wrote, "Mary is the door through which to go to Jesus, she is the one who teaches us how to look at the Mystery made flesh, who invites us to welcome him among uswith the same simplicity with which a child is welcomed into the home." How familiar is the welcome of a mother, her greeting, her simple openness, her embrace, her attention, her presence.
Standing at the top of the stairs watching a little boy whose small fingers touched the loving face of a mother I experienced a moment of this kind of awareness- of His coming, of His presence. In our embrace of the love Sharon had for her son, her love that was her son, she visibly changed. Her face, concerned about a "mess," relaxed into the warmth of recognition. She saw that we beheld and appreciated her son- the one who brought her out of herself, the one whose own unique way of being invited her to love, to know love. And in that rest, even if at first unknowingly, she acknowledged the presence of Another. Later she actually said it was that moment where she felt the peace that things would be all right, where God seemed real, real enough to be present to her need.
In instances like these it becomes evident: when we receive life, His coming to us, we participate in His giving life to the world. When we welcome Him coming, as Mary, in our ordinary concrete circumstances. When we welcome Him in a state of awareness, a readiness to respond- we experience life as abundant. When we welcome Him we experience ourselves as alive and the truth that Christ is present even when life is confusing or difficult.
Yet how often we become used to our patterns and ideas, even distractions of the day. We resist or fear interruption; time can weigh upon us and it can become habitual to hunch our shoulders against the demands of the day. We feel our limits; we feel our weakness to do more. It is here the Cross confronts us. So we turn to Mary, and with Her we acknowledge that God is the Father of everything, that He has given us everything in His Son. The openness of Her embrace, her Yes, shines as a reminder to us. In Her, we can believe that everything comes to us as the design of Another and it spills out of His Hands like a seed or a promise- Life! Mindful of our need, we beg the grace to know in our day that nothing comes to us outside the radius of God's tenderness for us. He is here. He is speaking to us. He is revealing something of Himself to us.
John Cardinal O'Connor imparted the legacy of this vision to us quoting a poem of the Annunciation, by a Redemptorist father, Msgr. Duffy,
"And nothing would again be casual or small, but everything with Light invested."
In our convent we seek to welcome the Light of Christ's coming every day. But these encounters are not just for sisters, but for every Christian. Just as the Holy Spirit overshadowing Mary's "Yes" enfleshed Christ in the great Event, 2000 years ago, the Holy Spirit comes to bring Christ, again and again. The Holy Spirit comes and Christ is among us in the flesh again. May this Lent be a time where the meaning of sacrifice gives us a deeper awareness of His coming right before us in each person in the ordinary circumstances of our lives. And may Our Lady accompany us on our journey to the Joy of Easter with her embrace and the encouragement of her prayers.


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HART Operators help thousands of riders get to work, school or elsewhere safely and on time every day. We make life happen for many residents of Hillsborough County. Celebrate their contributions on Transit Driver Appreciation Day, Wednesday, March 18, with HART and other transit providers across the country!
Driving may seem easy to some, but try doing it for eight hours or more in an extra-large vehicle while you pick up passengers, answer questions, keep on schedule, give directions and more. Then add unpredictable traffic, bad weather conditions and some tight spaces. HART operators handle all this and more every day while helping Hillsborough County residents get where they need to go.
"Our operators do a lot more than just drive buses, vans, and streetcar" said HART Chief Executive Officer Katharine Eagan. "Often they are expected to be all things at all times, trip planner, paramedic and more... all while safely driving a 40-foot bus."
It is a day to acknowledge how difficult driving a bus can be as HART and others salute the operators who have the skills and temperament to do it. This group of men and women are the agency's public ambassadors, representing HART day-in and day-out as they serve their routes.
Come join us at Marion Transit Center on March 18 at 9 a.m. as we hand out goodies and show our appreciation to our operators!
Come join us at Marion Transit Center on March 18 at 9 a.m. as we hand out goodies and show our appreciation to our operators!
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Frances O'Grady, the TUC General Secretary, said: "It is not surprising that voters want to get tough on welfare. They think the system is much more generous than it is in reality, is riddled with fraud and is heavily skewed towards helping the unemployed, who they think are far more likely to stay on the dole than is actually the case. Indeed if what the average voter thinks was true, I'd want tough action too.
"But you should not conduct policy, particularly when it hits some of the most vulnerable people in society, on the basis of prejudice and ignorance. And it is plainly immoral to spread such prejudice purely for party gain, as ministers and their advisers are doing, by deliberately misleading people about the value of benefits and who gets them."
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It's the same in the US. Imagine the shock of people who think you can live high on the hog with Disability learning that the average monthly payment is around $1000 -- significantly less than you'd get from a minimum wage job. I live in a high cost-of-living state; when I first got sick in 1987, one of my co-workers had just been out on Disability for maternity leave and was getting around $400 a month. I was paying $400 a month to rent a no-frills one-bedroom apartment. If I went on Disability, I'd have no money to pay for utilities or food or medical care.
Yes, I know someone on Disability who took her kid to Disneyland. Her mother paid for the travel and a friend who works there got her free tickets. That changes the equation substantially, doesn't it?
I know someone else on Disability who has travelled to Europe. Her husband's paycheck covered the costs, not her SSDI benefits.
For most people, SSDI barely keeps body and soul together. There's very little incentive for fraud, because the payments leave you below poverty level. Many people I know on SSDI regularly go without meals because they can't afford enough food for the month. You'd have to be seriously lazy to scrape by on SSDI instead of a minimum wage sit-down job like receptionist. Only if you have well-off parents or a spouse with a good-paying job are you going to make ends meet by "choosing" to go on Disability.


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Will Lewis has overseen a year of unprecedented change at the Daily Telegraph.
A move to new headquarters in Victoria and enthusiasm for all things new media was accompanied by a seemingly endless cycle of resignations and redundancies. If the paper looks the same on the surface, then behind the scenes there has been a revolution. And it has not been a bloodless one.
Lewis's mission was to turn the Telegraph from a newspaper into a complete multimedia operation. He is not alone in that ambition. What distinguished the Telegraph editor from his rivals was the speed with which he approached the task, which was either bold or reckless, depending on your point of view.
Out went the newsdesk, in came the "news-hub" and the "media wall"; out went deadlines, in came "touchpoints", with journalists expected to provide text, audio and video at different times of the day.
"We are following the reader, and they are moving pretty rapidly into new places," said Lewis, who claimed his paper was already one year ahead of its rivals. "Everyone who's not started this process - they're already dead."
But has the quality of the Telegraph's core product - the paper - suffered as a result?
The Telegraph's youngest-ever editor, Lewis was appointed to the top job in October last year, capping a phenomenal rise since he was poached from the Sunday Times as the paper's city editor in 2005.
Having overseen the Telegraph's move from Canary Wharf into central London, he became its third editor in a year, after acting editor John Bryant - who left the group in December last year - and Martin Newland, who quit in 2005.
Renowned for his energy and missionary zeal, Lewis spent eight years in various senior positions at the Financial Times before becoming city editor of the Sunday Times in 2002. Having been poached by Telegraph chief executive Murdoch MacLennan, he was rapidly promoted to joint deputy editor and then managing director, editorial.
A newcomer to the MediaGuardian 100, Lewis describes himself as "an obsessive liberal with a small l". The paper's political influence waxes and wanes with the fortunes of the Conservative Party. At the moment, it is on the up.
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