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What is an AMDS Program?
The AMDS Program is a mechanism for doctors to obtain clinical experience in the after-hours period. The Program was introduced in 1999 as a response to a decrease in the number of after-hours services being provided by fully qualified GPs in the capital cities. The AMDS Program offers clinical experience to doctors who intend to achieve vocational recognition in general practice and increases the workforce available during the after-hours period.
AMDS Program Fact Sheet (PDF 82 KB)
AMDS Program Fact Sheet (Word 488 KB)
The AMDS Program is administered by the Department of Health according to administrative guidelines. The below Guidelines set the conditions for accredited medical deputising services and non-vocationally recognised GPs to participate on the AMDS Program from 1 March 2018.
AMDS Program Guidelines (PDF 303 KB)
AMDS Program Guidelines (Word 111 KB)
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions – Revised AMDS Guidelines (PDF 78 KB)
Frequently Asked Questions – Revised AMDS Guidelines (Word 31 KB)
What is an AMDS?
An AMDS is an accredited medical deputising service that holds a Deed of Agreement with Health. The Deed recognised the service as an 'Approved Medical Deputising Service' for the purpose of the Program and grants it the right to employ non-vocationally recognised GPs to perform after-hours deputising services under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).
AMDS Deeds of Agreement Fact (PDF 65 KB)
AMDS Deeds of Agreement Fact (Word 486 KB)
An AMDS arranges to perform deputised attendances to patients on behalf of their normal GP. An AMDS can extend the care available to a GP's patients to cover the entirety of the after-hours period (6pm to 8am Weekdays, from noon on Saturday, and all day on Sunday and public holidays).
An AMDS is expected to meet and maintain minimum standards of conduct that are set out in the Program Guidelines to receive the privilege to employ non-VR GPs with MBS access. This includes adherence to restrictions on direct marketing of services and applying a triaging standard.
AMDS Marketing Standards (PDF 64 KB)
AMDS Marketing Standards (Word 483 KB)
AMDS Program Triaging (PDF 64 KB)
AMDS Program Triaging (Word 482 KB)
An AMDS that is engaged in conduct that is deemed to fall outside of the Guidelines may be required to show cause to remain on the Program. The show cause process is explained in the below fact sheet.
AMDS show cause notification process (PDF 64 KB)
AMDS show cause notification process (Word 484 KB)
What are the medical practitioner eligibility requirements for the AMDS Program?
The AMDS Program is for doctors who are seeking to obtain specialist qualifications in general practice.
AMDS Eligible Participants (PDF 58 KB)
AMDS Eligible Participants (Word 483 KB)
The Guidelines provide that prospective participants must obtain an assessment of their general practice experience. The following fact sheet explains how this requirement is applied by Health to new participants.
AMDS General Practice Experience Fact Sheet (PDF 62 KB)
AMDS General Practice Experience Fact Sheet (Word 482 KB)
What are the participation rights under the AMDS Program?
The following fact sheet explains the participation rights granted to doctors who participate on the AMDS Program. This fact sheet explores issues relating to deputising for multiple providers and concurrent participation on the AMDS and other general practice programs.
AMDS Program Participation rights Fact Sheet (PDF 75 KB)
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heart/härt/ n. The vital center and source of one's being; The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs; The truest you.
The recovery of your whole heart is always available. No matter how lost you think it is, or parts of it are. You can always get them back if you invite Christ in. – Bill

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Each year there are a number of great community arts and cultural development conferences, forums and gatherings held across the country. Imagine if we could connect these events and capture the knowledge through a shared online system and database? Imagine if people across the country who can't attend in person could participate and contribute online?
The Platform is developing and trialling tools to support us in organising and delivering these important sector events.
International Teaching Artists Conference - 2014
At the First International Teaching Artist Conference in Oslo 2012, teaching artists and those who work with them gathered from 26 countries for the first time and recognized they all belong to an international field that shares a common DNA. The Second International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC2) in July 2014 builds upon that foundation—bringing the field together in Brisbane, Australia for three days, to activate its potential as a global movement.
The Platform development team have been working with the ITAC2 Conference convenors to test and develop features to add value to the gathering and help achieve the goal of building a global teaching artists movement.
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Episode 5: A Quick Chat with Omar Ramirez on the Experience Economy
In this exciting new episode, Omar Ramirez joins the Real Estate Tech Guys for a conversation on the experience economy. Omar works at one of the fastest growing technology companies and offers his unique insight into what the most challenging pieces have been for transitioning from an FM role to the workplace leadership role.
He notes one of the biggest challenges as the growth from office to office but this is lessened by having a great leadership team to depend on. They are experiencing a big transition in the facilities management world and transitioning to workplace experience, looking at the property and the entire employee lifecycle.
Omar and his team act as advocates rather than enforcers. As Omar phases out of the facilities management team and into the workplace team, he is more people focused with a more diverse background and a more diverse mindset to really encompass the entire lifecycle of people working within a property.
Varying backgrounds on his team allow for better ideas and a more wide range of knowledge. He is an advocate for the employees and their wants and needs. Omar goes in-depth on what today's employees want and what they truly need to be productive in today's office setting. His job is to study employees and determine what these people need. He looks at each employee as an individual to ensure each person is catered to within the property and this results in the company as a whole becoming more productive.
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Dillon ( Phelps )
Besides Dillon in the County of ( Phelps ) there are the following places of kind Populated Place . These are reported in what follows in alphabetical order:
Arlington - Austria (historical) - Avory - Beulah - Blooming Rose - Box (historical) - Boys Town of Missouri - Buckland (historical) - Clementine - Clinton - Corinth - Craddock - De Camp (historical) - Dean Ford - Doolittle - Drennanville (historical) - Duke - Dunavan (historical) - Edgar Springs - Flag Spring - Flat - Glenn - Jacobs - Jerome - Little Prairie (historical) - Meramec Springs (historical) - Mitchell (historical) - Mudville (historical) - Newburg - Northwye - Powellville - Rathbone (historical) - Rolla - Rosati - Royal - Saint James - Schundler - Seaton - Signal (historical) - Sills (historical) - Spring Creek - Stimson (historical) - Sugartree - Table Rock - Taylors (historical) - Ulf (historical) - Vest (historical) - Vida - Westcott (historical) - Winkler - Yancy Mills .
Where to stay: Hotels and other Accommodation Dillon
Please find in what follows the full listing of the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation available in Dillon.
A lot of pictures and fully detailed descriptions are available for the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation, along with the ratings assigned by the guest of the same Hotels. The ratings are divided by age, sex and much more.
Missouri : Emblem of State
- Capital : Jefferson City
- Inhabitants : Missourian (Person who loves company)
- State's Motto : Salus populi suprema lex esto
- English translation : The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law (Latin)
Map and road map of Dillon
View the interactive maps of Dillon and get road maps, satellite maps and much more. The maps cover a wide area centered on Dillon .
On each map are available: a selector scale, on the bottom right of the map,a menu for choosing different views of the same map, placed in the upper left corner of the map, a free text search field for locating any business activity within the map itself, placed at the top center of the map.
The videos about Dillon
It is proposed a first video: clicking on the PLAY button the video will start. Inside the video window there are several commands and a Playlist button. Press the Playlist button to access the complete listing of available videos, along with their titles. It will be sufficient to scroll through the list using the cursor to select any of the videos. You can use the << and >> keys to scroll through the videos. Each video can be displayed in full screen.


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Economic Development News
State Tech awarded $2.7 million federal grant
Grant project will serve 325 participants for jobs in Manufacturing and Industrial Maintenance
Published: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
By: Scott Peters, State Tech
Linn MO – State Technical College of Missouri has announced it has received a $2.7 million federal grant from the United States Department of Labor as part of the national TechHire Initiative. The grant will fund the MOStart project and provide 325 participants in the Central Region and entire State of Missouri with services such as job training, job search assistance, math skills and supportive services.
"We are extremely appreciative of the confidence the U.S. Department of Labor has shown in State Technical College of Missouri to provide opportunities for people needing employment in well-paying jobs," said State Tech President Dr. Donald Claycomb. "This grant will make a huge difference in the lives of people in our community and the State of Missouri, and the partnerships we have with the Central Region Workforce Investment Board, Missouri Department of Corrections, and local employers are key to our success."
A key feature of the MOStart program is serving ex-offenders as they leave correctional facilities across the State and re-enter society. The project will also serve unemployed, dislocated and incumbent workers needing skills for employment in manufacturing occupations.
"We are excited to partner with State Technical College of Missouri to provide services that enhance and build the workforce of Missouri," stated Alexandra Blackwell, Executive Director of the Central Region Workforce Investment Board. "MOStart will allow us to partner with Missouri employers to provide paid internships and on-the-job training opportunities to expose people to the real-world work experiences in manufacturing."
The MOStart project begins July 1, 2016.
Ranked among the best nationally, the State Technical College of Missouri serves a unique role as one of the leading two-year technical colleges in Missouri and the Midwest region. State Tech has built a reputation as a highly specialized, student friendly college with an exceptional reputation with business and industry. State Tech stands alone as Missouri's first and only public higher education institution with a statewide mission devoted solely to technical education at the Associate of Applied Science Degree level. Visit www.statetechmo.edu to learn more.


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Road works damage cables, Power outage hits Pearl-Qatar
A power outage hit The Pearl-Qatar Tuesday morning after road works on Al Shamal Road damaged a cable in the main network feeding the Island.
The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) tweeted around 10.45pm that the cable repair was close to completion and it expected power to be restored within the next few hours.
Earlier, Kahramaa said in a press statement that the outage was triggered at 6.57am after the road work damaged a portion of the power network under the Al Kharaitiyat bridge.
Once the matter was reported, Kahramaa standby teams rushed to the site to resolve the matter. The affected part was located under the bridge, near Ikea, and work was under way in full swing to restore electricity supply to The Pearl-Qatar at the earliest, according to the statement.
Kahramaa worked along with United Development Company (UDC) – main developer of The Pearl-Qatar – to fix the problem.


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Like I said, I don't want to jinx anything by writing it in this forum.Originally Posted by bildit00
Most importantly, it has gotten ME back. I'm the sh*t and anyone that I meet will be lucky to have me. If/when the ex comes back, he/she will see the person they originally fell in love with.
People on this forum are very hurt, bitter and cautious. This is probably good to give them the perspective to truly see the relationship they were in, but if they are looking for reconciliation, they seriously need to find themselves again. At one time, they were fabulous and on top of the world.
When we get insecure in a relationship, we become someone our ex's didn't know existed. They start to second guess if we're worthy of being with them. We now need to turn the tables and not only let them know that we are worthy, but THEY are worthy of US. We have so much power (mostly women). We had something that made our ex's falll head over heals for us. We lost that. It's up to us to find that again and be that prize.
I know alot of people won't agree with what I say. I believe these are the people that still feel like victims. Just remember.. WE did something that changed our minds about our ex's. We are very much as responsible for the demise our our relationships as our ex's. We now need to get them to the point where they feel we are someone they simply cannot live without. We are awesome, valuable and we have a standard for person that gets to have us.
For those that want to still remain negative and cautious.. I do wish you the best. As long as you are a victim, you will always wait for someone to prove to you that you are worthy. If you already feel that way without them, then naturally they will be drawn to you. Ex or not... you will attract people that will WANT to be with you because they want to experience your awesome life.
Stop being a victim.. stop being suspicious, and open your mind. Understand WHY our ex's "fish". Understand WHY they ask to be friends. They're not toying with us.... they obviously are thinking about us and seeing if we're still the same nutballs they left to being with. Act like a nutball and you chances are gone for good. Act like an uncaring, bitter ex and their fishing days are done. They've got their answer... you really never cared.


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How to photograph Spring flowers
The other day, someone said to me,
'Winter's over'
A strange comment, I thought, as half the country is under snow. But there is some truth, new shoots are beginning to emerge, the days are getting longer and sprinklings of snowdrops dance across gardens all over the country. So, how do you photograph these little beauties and other tiny Spring flowers, because that's what they all are...tiny and close to the ground. Here are my top tips:
Choose a day when there is no wind or the slightest breeze.
Any other conditions are hopeless. Then:
That's your essential kit part 1. All this is necessary because you have to get down to their level to get good shots, and it is cold, muddy and wet. And if you don't you will be MISERABLE.
So what camera kit do I take? You do need a camera that has interchangeable lenses.
Camera set up:
Here's some I took earlier.
The arrow shows where I focused the lens. Aperture f5 shutter speed 1/1000s using my Canon EF 70-200. There was a long line of crocus behind which I wanted to blur. I probably took around 10-15 shots in all varying the aperture and the point of focus to get the final image.
In the next shot I wanted the group of snowdrops to be in focus, the light was playing on the subject and glistening on the grass, with these conditions you can achieve lovely bokeh effects.
Arrow 1 points to where I focused, 2 and 3 show the bokeh effect by using a shallow depth of field with this lens, again the Canon EF 70-200mm. Aperture f10 shutter speed 1/60s. This is not a very wide aperture, but it shows all the snowdrops in focus the foreground and background blurred.
If you can't face lying on the ground, the alternative is to photograph plants in pots, or pick them. The results are still lovely and if they are in a glass house, you will be much warmer!
Lens: Canon Macro 100mm, shutter speed 1/250 aperture f7.1. This Iris was shot in a greenhouse,
so much warmer.
©Lynn Keddie
Tips for Pinning your work on Pinterest
In my last blog I talked about getting noticed and one of the fastest growing social media is Pinterest.
If you thought it was just for planning weddings and cup cake recipes, think again. Last year it was the fastest growing platform out-ranking even Twitter with a social media referrals increasing by 67% year-on-year.
[source Danny Wong Shareaholic Content Media Traffic Report October 2014.]
Beautiful images are the backbone of the site so it's a great place to get inspiration and to share some of your work.
Here are a few simple bits of Pinning etiquette to get you started:
The best way to Pin your original material?
©Lynn Keddie
Whether you're an aspiring photographer, or a blogger using photography to sell your story you want to get noticed, right?
Does it seem like an impossible dream?
No it isn't.
In fact, it's easier than ever to get your images seen, and by the right people.
Here are my 10 tips
1 Show your friends
Obvious, but do it. Show your work to friends and family then it gets easier showing your work to the rest of the world.
Post regularly on Facebook it still has impressive year-on-year growth in social media referrals at 58%
[source Danny Wong Shareaholic Content Media Traffic Report October 2014.]
And you get feedback on the shots they like the best.
2 Start a Facebook business page
You can add a business account to your personal account and reach more people,
even advertise your work to your target audience for a few pounds.
I told my Facebook 'business' friends about a print that I was selling and several people
wanted to buy one.
3 Twitter is not just for chatting
I have met many people who just don't get it,
but I have a loyal following and have made money (4 figures) using Twitter
So what are my tips?
Subscribe to my mailing list and I will let you into my secrets.
(I promise I will never spam you just offer you lovely surprises and useful information).
And, follow me
4 Pinterest is no longer just the pin board of cupcake fanatics and wedding planners.
In 2014 Pinterest had the fastest growing social media referrals with 67% increase year-on-year.
[source Danny Wong Shareaholic Content Media Traffic Report October 2014.]
The UK lags behind the US but you can bet it's going to be the place to be seen, so start Pinning now.
And of course it's so full of inspiration, all at the click of a picture, bliss!
Follow my boards and see what I love!
More on how to use Pinterest for business in a future Blog!
5 Instagram the arty site
6 Google+ not rocking my visual world yet
7 Picture libraries
Google picture libraries or stock photo libraries and you will see A LOT.
It's a very competitive market as they all vie to get their material bought.
The prices you get for you images vary hugely from pennies to pounds, nickels to dollars .
My advice,
The benefit?
Specialist libraries command better rates and consequently you get decent money for your beautiful work.
And always, always, always keep your copyright.
Once it's gone, it's gone for good. You will never make another penny for that work.
8 Magazines and books
A traditional format that is trundling into digital slowly
I'm talking from the point of view of the publishers here not punters.
It has worked for me for the last 15 years.
But, the whole publishing industry has been turned on it's head and it has been painful, costly and traditional publishers are struggling to make digital publishing profitable.
I can't see lots of traditional magazines existing outside of 2016.
9 Competitions
There are lots. Google photography competitions
10 The Art World
Thankfully another area which is being challenged by the internet.
Now it's much easier to get your work displayed via on-line galleries and
©Lynn Keddie
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Ideas for Winter photography
Winter means short days and not a lot of light.
Bare earth and dying foliage.
Muddy fields and rain.
It also means crisp frosty mornings,
watery winter sunlight, and
magical skies.
Photography in Winter requires a special kind of commitment:
Hot tip: In very cold weather keep your spare battery (you do always carry a spare don't you?) In your trouser pocket to keep warm, that way you can swap your batteries over when they get too cold and stop working properly.
Hot tip two: Carry a hand warmer. In temperatures of -8C I thought that my automatic locking on my car had stopped working, it was actually my fingers!
Wait until conditions are right:
These are some I made earlier...
So wrap up, get out there and have some fun.
©Lynn Keddie
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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The Basics
Daniel prophesied about the last days that the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. (Dan 11.32b). We are in the Age of information technology. Whoever has the right information i.e. knowledge, has the advantage. With all our knowledge the wisest man Solomon said we should strive to gainunderstanding of that knowledge (Prov 23.23); thus this publication. When bank and forex bureau tellers are trained to handle counterfeit currency denominations, they are not shown as many counterfeits as possible. Rather they are trained to be intimately acquainted and know everything about the true currency enominations even before they subject them to further tests using detection machines.
Similarly, we don't necessarily seek to gain as much knowledge about the counterfeit activities of the kingdom of darkness in order to interpret the significance, times and seasons of life. There are many who "specialize" in trying to decipher only the demonic in every aspect and are in constant "warfare" and "doomsdayprophecy" mode.
Rather we want to get so well acquainted with the Truth i.e. knowing our YHVH, getting intimately acquainted with Yeshua through His Word, worship, fellowship, prayer etc. When we gain true knowledge, it sets us free to fulfill the Great Commission as we easily detect the counterfeits, uproot, tear down, destroy andoverthrow them from our lives, families workplaces the Ecclesia and our communities and build, plant and establish the Kingdom of YHVH and of His Mashiah (Jer 1.10, Rev 11.15).
With regard to knowing enemy activity, Yeshua said what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? (Luk 14.31). Paul the apostle said so that Satan will notoutsmart us. For we are not ignorant of his evil schemes (2 Cor 2.11). That includes understanding various aspects of the enemy's strengths weaknesses and threats in order to develop a counter-strategy. Thus, some of the information given in this publication exposes us to his counterfeit tactics.
We don't do well to be completely ignorant of the wiles of the enemy. He is a deceiver and we are called to put on the full armor of YHVH in order to counter that one weapon of the enemy – DECEIT. He is not called father of lies for nothing (Joh 8.44). He has gained rulership in the nations through deception from first to last. A bit of information will help us pray more effectively to secure the gates of economy and finance in this season. As shown in the prayer guide for September 2015, there is heavy spiritual activity in this particular gate of time and seasons. So many seemingly diverse ceremonies and activities have taken place or been heightened or quickened during the past 24 months. For the past five months since May 2015 we prayed thru the 10 Point Plan agenda that seeks to conform nations of the earth to the New World Order and the Babylonian system by legalizing at least one of each of these points in a key nation by the 70th year of the UN i.e September 2015. The most foundational of the 10 point plan agenda have been pushed against public opinion and legalized i.e. legalization of homosexual marriage unions by a supreme court ruling in the USA and signing of controversial marriage bill legalizing polygamy without consent of first/existing wife in Kenya by the president against public. This touches on the foundation of any nation i.e. attempt to redefine marriage and consequently, the opinion1 foundational family set up as given by YHVH.Click Here to View as PDF
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October 1, 2015 at 9:08 am
May the blessing of the LORD encompass you for the great jobs you have been doing.
the was a little mistake in the roman numbers for the year 1776 you used in the the prayer guide concerning praying thru the gates of the economy.
you used MCCCLXXVI for the year 1776 instead of using MDCCLXXVI.
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Shearman & Sterling represented The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and Barclays as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, on an offering of £225,000,000 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021 by Debenhams plc. The net proceeds from the issuance will be used to refinance Debenhams' outstanding indebtedness under its existing senior credit facility. The offering, which was conducted pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, closed on July 2, 2014.
Debenhams is a leading international, multi-channel retail brand and is the largest department store group in the UK by number of stores, operating from 159 stores in the UK, 11 in the Republic of Ireland and six in Denmark, as well as a broad network of franchise stores in 25 other countries.
The Shearman & Sterling team of lawyers was led by Capital Markets partner Jacques McChesney and included associates Dorothea Athanasiadou and Deborah Ngo Yogo; Finance partner Mei Lian and associates Leona McManus and Eric Ho; Tax partner Sarah Priestley, counsel Simon Letherman and associate Jack Prytherch; and legal assistant Francesca Minoretti. Finance partner Ian Harvey-Samuel and associate Thomas Evans advised the trustee.


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Apparently I didn't photograph much in Darwin sadly due to weather over there. There's a day I took a walk and suddenly it rains. The heatness over there is... much more than Malaysia and I was surprised. Before I came to Darwin, I actually thought that I could take up weather over there but I completely lost. The air-conditioning in the room is much more fun. #notproductiveenough Props to whoever living there tho! Anyway, I love how blue the seas are and sadly I couldn't swim at the beaches are fill with Mr. crocodiles and jellyfish. Boohoo. :(
We also went for the Anzac Parade and truthfully when they marched the road, I can feel their emotions and spirit along the parade. Almost teared me up actually but I'm a strong girl darl! Personally, I see Darwin as a lovely city and if you a boat cruisers, you will pretty much love here. There are many cruisers there and the house with the sea view is just gorg. #richpeoplegoals Anyway, that's all from my trip here. Adios lovelies ♡
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- She is a giver. My mom has gone above and beyond sacrificing for my brother and I. I know that she has passed up many material things and opportunities in order to not only provide for our needs, but also for some of our wants. There were times she worked two jobs as a single mom to put food on the table and to make sure that while we didn't have everything our friends did, that we didn't go without some of the things they had. My mom not only gives to her children (and now grandchild), but she gives to her friends, her kids' friends, and to her students. My mom has always taught students who have nothing. She has made sure her students have school supplies, lunch money, school clothes, a computer for college, etc. She does all of this without recognition or repayment and without complaint. She gives of her time. She visits us as often as she is able to instead of taking a real vacation somewhere exotic or relaxing. She has taken care of her parents and gone above and beyond for them. I seriously have never met anyone who gives as much as she does.
- She is a great friend. She is loyal and authentic. What you see is what you get. She will not give you advice unless you ask for it, and even then, she remembers that it is advice, not a mandate. She is not judgemental, and she can keep a secret.
- She is stinkin' hillarious. Even in the middle of the tensest moments, we can find things to laugh about. We find joy and ridiculousness in the simplest things. I can think of a zillion inside jokes from over the years.
- She is MOM. Not just to her kids, but to her kids' friends. Both my brother and I have several friends who decided to call my mom, Mom. Throughout my teenage and college years, I was told many times, "I wish my mom was like your mom," not because my mom was "cool," but because my mom wouldn't freak out about little things, she knew how to apologize, and you could come to her with problems or questions without having to worry.
- I am so thankful my mom is my mom. She has been there for every major moment offering her love and support through all of the ups and downs. I am very glad she is Babushka to my son, and I don't know where I would be without her.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Happy Birthday, Mom
It is almost my mom's birthday. If you know my mom, you know what an amazing person she is. A lot of daughters claim to have a great relationship with their mom, but I know just what a gift our relationship is. Not that we don't have our moments where we drive each other nuts... but we are close enough that we can deal with that honestly and go and grow from there. In honor of her birthday, here are some of the things that make my mom so great!
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- AnonymousAugust 7, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Your mom is such a beautiful person and I am truly blessed to call her "aunt". Her humor, straightforwardness, and boundless love make her a person of honor in my book! Your post reminds me that we are so lucky to have rockin' moms! We really lucked out on that! Love you all so very much!ReplyDelete
Cousin Michelle
Ah - thanks for your kind words! I love you so much and am proud to be your mom!! It was wonderful to spend my b-day with you!ReplyDelete
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A great friend of mine, Casey, shared this art activity with me, and it is too good not to share on the blog! She did it with her little girl who is Noah's BFF and made Noah his birthday card (see photo above). This activity involves both art and sensory play which are always a big hit with Noah. :)
To get started you need a cookie sheet, shaving cream, food coloring, wooden skewers or thin sticks and blank paper cut into cards. I used light blue construction paper for the cards.
Then, fill the cookie sheet with shaving cream and spread it out evenly.
Next, add several drops of food coloring on top of the shaving cream.
Let your child have fun using the wooden skewer(s) to make designs in the shaving cream and marble the colors together.
Noah also had fun putting his hands in the shaving cream and spreading the colors around (sensory play!).
Then, take a card and lay it gently on the shaving cream/color mixture. Press down gently and then remove the card. Let it dry for a few minutes and then carefully wipe away the shaving cream with a dry paper towel.
Let the cards dry completely and then viola! Beautiful homemade cards ready for any occasion.


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Happy to be helping Vipps
Published at: 04.01.2018
Vipps is the most popular payment app in Norway, and has recently moved out from its former parent bank DNB. Before presenting the app with a fresh face, we worked together on designing a new brand identity for a modern payment experience.
The most central challenge was to find a good way to show that Vipps is now its own company. The service will be integrated more closely with over 100 banks. The app has 2,7 million users and counting. The solution remains the same: quick and easy payments, peer-to-peer.
In addition to developing a new brand strategy for Vipps, we redesigned the logo, established a new colour scheme, designed a new visual language for photography and video, and even introduced a new custom type family. With these tools, we're confident Vipps can start their new independent life.
The new identity will slowly be released to the public, so wait for that app update, coming to mobile phones soon.


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Download: App StoreDesert Rally is very difficult to write about. You should try it, you will be quickly enchanted by the amusing, energetic gameplay. To compare our results with others is very enjoyable and entertaining. The player's task is to get the vehicles to checkpoints in the proper order in different locations. Compete in the desert and oases through to minefields.
This is a very simple and funny game from the "line drawing" genre.
Some require fast fingers, others require Careful planning.
- 4 different tracks
- 20 types of vehicles
- Environmental impacts on vehicles
- Spectacular, minute graphics
- Particle system
- Online high scores
Take part in one of the most prestigious race in Desert Rally.
Be the Best!
Great game [Version: 1.1]
Worth the 99 cents. I like the game!
Lord Gek
THIS IS NOT A RACER but something even cooler! [Version: 1.0]
It is like they took their previous game, Plane Control, and put it on the ground with all sorts of rough terrain. While it appears your rugged vehicles can cross over anything in the map (well, maybe not the minefields), the rougher terrain the slower they'll go. This terrain then makes a fun extra factor when drawing out your routes since it is no longer just a matter of factoring the vehicles' relative speeds (like in Plane Control) but the route they've been given which will likely have them speeding up and slowing down the full route. I also love the routing system that requires you to often criss cross the map in all sorts of weird ways just to hit all of the checkpoints in the proper order (by just touching any given vehicle, its next way point will light up which comes in handy once things start getting chaotic and you temporarily forget where you were sending this truck to begin with). Finally, while not actually an HD game (doesn't support iPad native graphics), it looks and plays GREAT on an iPad with minimal pixelation when put into the x2 mode!
Good Control [Version: 1.1]
The gameplay is not new, but the graphics is great. You have to draw lines from cars to the destination points. But avoid collisions, then this is the end of the game, it's not so easy. A better gameplay with more features has the successor Craft Control, which i also own. Nevertheless it is a good game.


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LCCI calls for abolition of fixed electricity charges
THE Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to abolish the monthly fixed charges being collected from electricity consumers by the distribution companies.
Besides, Lagos State Electricity Board has put electricity demand in the state at 10,000mw, which is more than the average 4,000mw, being currently generated in the country.
This is however LCCI's support for the Senate's call on the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop what they described conspiracy to rip off innocent customers despite epileptic supply of electricity to their homes and business premises.
The Director-General of the chamber, Muda Yusuf, while speaking with journalist at the sideline of the seminar/exhibition of the power sector group of LCCI on Tuesday, said that businesses across all sub-sectors are increasingly lamenting the rising cost of energy, which has pushed up their operating costs and prevented many of them from making remarkable profits in recent times.
Yusuf said that the major challenge of electricity consumers besides inadequate power supply was the contentious issue monthly fixed charges imposed on consumers by the electricity distribution companies.
According to him, the fixed charge on consumers by the Distribution Companies have been a heavy financial burden on industrialists in the state.
He said: "We highly support the Senate's plea for abolishment of fixed charges. It is unfair for the distribution companies to ask consumers to pay for services not rendered to them. I think it should be abolished to reduce the burden of electricity charges on consumers".
Speaking at the event, the President of LCCI, Remi Bello said that the theme of the seminar titled: "Embedded Power Generation and the Economy" was germane at this critical stage of the nation's economy, knowing that the increased generation and distribution of power play a significant role in the development of the economy.
Bello said that the country can truly be an investors' haven if the issues around the power sector are holistically addressed.
He stated: "We expect to see government provide an enabling environment for private sector investments in the embedded power generation sector. The sector has witnessed myriads of limiting factors like poor gas supply, huge legacy debts and poor access to credit. Presently, the NERC's embedded power regulation allows an independent power producer to embed power within the network of the local distribution company without going through the trouble of connecting to the transmission network.
"Facing current realities, governments alone cannot fill the power supply and demand gaps in the country. The private sector empowered and attracted to actively participate in power generation".
He added that the effort of the Lagos State Government in its captive power initiatives was timely with its redemptive values to the power sector, at least in the state.
He advised that the whole process of power generation and distribution should be made sustainable while also ensuring operational and regulatory framework.
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into the soft red flesh, juice
and seeds dribbling down
her chin, her neck;
the summer fruit still held
in a poised hand, colour
offset by cherry nails just done.
Heat of the midday hour
presses down, thick, cloying
to skin so slick with sweat
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chin, neck. The fruit
tumbles from her fingers,
innards splattered on white
tiles now marred by its death.
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Security sensitization sessions for business travellers and expatriates
Business travelers and personnel on short-term assignment in high-risk zones are today faced with a range of risks that threaten their security: physical assault, arbitrary detention, data theft and kidnapping are not rare occurrences for frequent business travelers.
To plan for and prevent most of these high-risk situations, GEOS provides sensitization and security orientation sessions on prevention measures and behavioural techniques to ensure effective security incident response.
Reassure personnel by providing them with simple practical rules to ensure their safety during business trips.
Top Management, project managers and all personnel who travel frequently as part of their professional duties, especially in high-risk or conflict zones.
12 trainees maximum per session.
½ day. General or bespoke training course adapted to a specific geographic region or country.
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Introduction to international travel security
Strengths and vulnerabilities of business travelers
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Crafty Inspiration by Emma Goddard. Card making, mixed media, jewellery and other crafty creations.
Stamping with Kanban
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The concept of real-time marketing really blows my mind. It's what happens when you combine the fast-indexing Googlebot with breaking news and large online audiences. Getting noticed with paid advertising only gets you so far. Injecting your company or yourself in the news in real-time gives you tremendous leverage. But to play with the big boys and get noticed there's a problem. You need to rank well in search.
Some large companies can do this because their Websites have been around for a long time and are usually updated by people in the organization who get paid to do it full-time. Successful individual bloggers with good page-rank will almost certainly outrank any small business. New blogs, even with some search engine optimization, will usually drop to the lower ranks in search pages.
Here's a great video explaining real-time marketing and how it can be done featuring David Meerman Scott:
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How to Export Google Rich Snippets Tables Data in to Google Sheets
Have you noticed that some of google search results shown in Rich Snippets using table data. Google has different rich snippets options like Paragraph, Table, List, Video (Youtube) etc. No wonder you can export that entire table data to your Google Spreadsheet using Google Sheets.
Sounds good right!
Yes you can export the entire table data for your future purpose with simple steps. In this article we will explain how to export the data using Google Research Tool for Tables.
Did you know that Google actually has a separate index for HTML tables?
Step 1: Visit: https://research.google.com/tables
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you wonder, is it your machine or is the Internet just slow right now? Well,
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Staff Article
by: Cary Christian
If you've ever embarked on a major project for your company where achieving
a decent return on investment quickly was important, you know the bone
chilling fear such a situation can create.
If you're the owner of the company, miscalculation can ruin your business.
If you're an employee, it can cost you your job and your reputation.
If only there were a way to be sure your return on investment would be good
enough before you commit to the project.
Well, perhaps there is.
The good news is that the method I'm going to describe will be fairly
accurate and does not require all the mind numbing analysis you normally
think of when considering return on investment. Most analysis of this type
is so heavily dependent on assumptions that it's useless anyway, so a
shortcut that works is a real benefit.
The bad news is that there is no surefire method of guaranteeing ROI on a
specific project. The method I'm going to give you, however, is an excellent
predictor of success and involves just five simple factors. These concepts
can be applied to almost any type of project, from software development to
factory automation to new auditing methodologies. So here we go!
1. Pervasiveness - The more people using the new application or
process being developed the greater the potential of realizing positive ROI
2. Automation of complex or expensive tasks - ROI is realized much
more quickly if the project results in making it easier for employees to
perform their most complex, and often most hated, tasks more easily. The
same is true if the project produces measurable cost savings through
automation of expensive tasks.
3. Importance of the subject matter of the project - The more
critical the work is that is affected by the project, the easier it becomes
to generate a solid ROI.
4. Collaboration - Projects that increase employee interaction with
one another and facilitates their working more closely together generates
greater value.
5. Reusability and cloning - If the product, knowledge or methodology
created can be reused or used in other ways to better other processes, the
project creates higher value, and thus, higher ROI.
If you find that these five factors apply to the subject matter of your
project, it is highly likely that generating a decent return on investment
is not going to be a problem. And you can make this determination very
quickly and without making lots of assumptions and spending weeks crunching
numbers to build a business case. Use it as a litmus test for every new
project you consider. Then, if you must build a formal business case for the
project, use these five factors to support it.
Time is money and simple evaluations like this one can save you tons of it!
Copyright (c) 2003
By Shelley Lowery
A network is a group of points or locations interlinked with specific paths.
A network can be computers, people, web sites, or anything that is linked
together to form a group.
Remember the old adage, "There is power in number?" You can utilize this
power by developing a network of locations all promoting your products or
Web Sites
Networking your web sites in one of the best marketing strategies you can
use. The concept is simple. Develop several web sites promoting similar
products, and link them all together.
Let's say for example you have a web site that focuses on dogs and offers
the following products:
• Dog grooming course
• Dog grooming supplies
• Dog obedience training
• Dog breeds guide
• Dog show supplies
Rather than using one general site to market all these products, develop
five separate targeted sites and create a network.
Your first step will be to register five separate domains, each targeting
your products. Your domains might look something like this:
Selecting the right domain names is an essential part of developing your
network. Your domain names should include your primary keyword phrase.
A keyword phrase is two or more words that best describe your web page.
However, selecting the right keyword phrases can be a bit difficult.
Goodkeywords.com offers a free little software program that will assist you.
Simply type in a keyword and the program will provide you with a list of
additional keyword phrases.
Each site within your network should be strategically optimized for the
Search Engines and solely focus on your primary keyword phrase.
For example, the dog grooming course site might provide visitors with free
dog grooming tips, articles and advice. The dog grooming supplies site might
provide visitors with tips on selecting a good grooming table, or tips on
how to properly use clippers and scissors.
All of the content within each network site must be completely targeted to
each site. This in-turn will drive highly targeted traffic to each site.
In addition, each site should also link to all the other sites. This can be
accomplished by setting up a special link section within each site. Your
link descriptions should be your primary keyword phrases:
• Dog Grooming Course
• Dog Grooming Supplies
• Dog Obedience Training
• Dog Breeds Guide
• Dog Show Supplies
To get the most out of your network, consider publishing a generalized ezine
that targets your main keyword. In this example, dogs. You can then set up a
subscription form on each site and collect new subscribers from each.
Can you see how powerful a network can be? You're targeting several
different keyword phrases, driving highly targeted traffic to each site,
sharing the traffic with your other sites, and collecting email addresses
from each.
Networking is not exclusive to web sites. You can use this same technique to
network all of the following:
When marketing similar products, develop a network by promoting all of the
products within each individual product. For example, within each of the
above dog products, we would promote all of the other products.
Free Ebooks
Free ebooks offer a great way to promote your products. For example, each of
the dog sites above could offer a different free ebook that provides tips,
articles and advice that targets their specific audience. In addition, each
of these ebooks should promote the sites and the other ebooks to create a
Autoresponder Courses
Autoresponder courses not only provide your visitors with great free
content, but they also provide you with a great opportunity to promote your
web sites and products. For example, the dog sites can each offer a
different autoresponder course. Each of these courses should also promote
the sites and the other courses.
Affiliate Sites
Just as you can network your own products and web sites, you can also
network affiliate products that target your market. This technique involves
registering a domain name for a handful of targeted affiliate programs,
developing customized affiliate pages, and setting up your sites just as you
would for your own products.
Although this article provides some basic networking techniques, it's far
from complete. Networking is one of the most powerful marketing strategies
used on the Internet. Use your imagination and develop a networking plan for
your business. It will be well worth your time and effort.
Copyright © Shelley Lowery 2003. All Rights Reserved
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While I'm on vacation until Aug. 9 (and quite possibly for the day or two after I get back), I'm featuring several guest bloggers. Today's guest post comes from my friend Heather (who's amazing and wonderful and taking care of my garden while I'm gone) of A Mama's Blog.
A few days ago, I wrote about Ryan having keratosis pilaris (KP). One of the solutions that has helped Ryan, which I didn't go into a lot of detail on, was our switch to natural skin care products.
As I wrote, this has been such a change and learning experience for me. Growing up with 3 other siblings, money was tight, and my mom bought the least expensive skin care products she could. This usually meant the typical products you would find at any drug or grocery store.
I am a beauty product junkie I'll admit it. So I love trying out new shampoos, conditioners, make-up, lotion, and skin care products. Over the years I have gravitated towards more natural brands. I have very, very, dry and somewhat sensitive skin, and these products just work on my skin better.
I don't know why I didn't connect the dots, -if I was getting better results with natural products, then they were probably better for my baby, when Ryan was born. Like a lot of new mothers, I stocked up on Johnson & Johnson baby products. I also had received a Burt's Bee Baby Starter Kit. I noticed right away after using J&J lotion on Ryan, his skin seemed very rough and dry. After using the Burt's Bee lotion, his skin was softer and never felt dry.
I noticed this with all the skin care products we used on Ryan. The "traditional" products were always drying and somewhat irritating, where the more natural ones were not. I tried out a lot of lotions to try to keep Ryan's skin hydrated, to reduce his KP flare-ups.
About two years ago, I came across this eye-opening, and educational website, Skin Deep, which is a cosmetic and personal skin care data base. It breaks down the ingredients in thousands and thousands of products, and lets you know which ones are the most dangerous based on ingredients in the products that are linked to cancer, developmental/reproduction toxicity, violations, restrictions, and warnings, and other issues like skin irritation. The most dangerous ones are a 10, down to 0 (with minimal hazards). It will tell you too, if the company tests its product on animals and if they have signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetic pact.
I was SHOCKED and quite honestly, appalled to see the rankings of some of the products I was using on Ryan at the time. Johnson & Johnson's Baby Lotion had a hazard of ranking of 7. In fact, 95% of baby lotions on the market have lower concerns. It is one of the most hazardous baby lotions, and how many millions of people are using it on their babies? No wonder Ryan's skin always seemed stressed after using it.
I started to feel deceived by these baby companies, because so many of the products that sound natural, and sound good, like something you would want on your baby's skin, is anything but. Like Huggies Baby Lotion with Shea Butter– sounds good but it also has a ranking of 7, which is a high hazard. The Burt's Bee's Baby Buttermilk Lotion has a ranking of 4, which put it in the moderate hazard category. I had to conclude that the lower the ranking on the products we were using, were not only better for my son's skin, but also better for his potential health. What mother would want to knowingly expose her baby to potential toxins?
I was also surprised to find some products I thought would be high on the list actually weren't. An example was Vaseline 100% Petroleum Jelly. Its ranking is 0, which is considered a low hazard. Another one was Johnson & Johnson Baby Oil. I thought it would be at least a 7 or 8, but it is a 3, with a moderate hazard. There are some baby oil's that ranked at 0's though, so baby oil wasn't as bad as I had thought.
All of this taught me that I have to read ingredients on skin care products. I can't just assume because a company claims the product is "natural" or because it says "baby" on it, it is safe and non-toxic to use on my children. I feel like my kids will be exposed to so many toxins in life anyway that I can't control, but I want to cut down on the amount they are exposed to at home by using less toxic products in their bath, and on their skin.
Of course for Ryan this also means his KP doesn't flare-up as much, and that is reason enough for me to have made the switch to less toxic skin care products for our family.
When not blogging at A Mama's Blog, guest blogger Heather is an almost full-time stay-at-home mama to two boys, and works part-time a few days a week. Heather enjoys blogging about daily life with her sons, pregnancy and birth, and natural living. Heather is also a monthly contributor at API Speaks, Attachment Parenting International's blog.


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very beautiful.. unable to spell the area I love, lake shapalla,jelisco, whatalata.
more is appreciated. Thank's( 2 years and 2131 days ago )
I really enjoy your photos!( 2 years and 2093 days ago )
The picture labeled "Mexican Wedding" is actually a Mexican Quinceañera,
The girl in red is the Quinceanera and the young men are the 7 Chambelanes (escorts).
Unfortunately I saw over 5 shots that were taken in the USA, not Mexico. New Mexico is a state in the USA. Mexican Hat Rock is in Utah, San Xavier del Bac mission is in Arizona.
Still, nice photos regardless
honestly,i love mexico and i'll love be there with my friend Ernesto.( 2 years and 1667 days ago )


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Apparently the Liberals are claiming the recent Australian election was a "referendum" on the various policy packages of the major parties, and that as they won the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament, they therefore have the right to implement all their policies (even the ones there's strenuous opposition to for practical reasons, such as their NBN-on-the-cheap one).
Let's just break this down a bit. If an election is a referendum on policy, then clearly these policies should be readily stated in detail, adequately debated, and fully costed, and all of these details supplied to the public at the beginning of the campaign. As it stands, neither of the major parties supplied all of this detail to the public even by polling day (and the Liberal party was by far the most egregious offender in this regard - there were more and better costed policies from the Greens than from the Liberals).
In a referendum, the winning answer needs to get a majority of votes nationally, AND a majority of votes in all the states. Referendums, being voted on yes/no questions, don't go to preferences, because they don't need to - it's straight first past the post all the way. Yes, there are a majority of Liberal and National party members in the House of Representatives at present (if we're going to be continuing with the "referendum" analogy, presumably they'd count as "yes" for the Liberals, and "yair" for the Nationals), and there are more of them than there are members for the ALP (who are presumably the "no"s in this analogy). But where does this leave the Greens, the Palmer United Party, and the other few Independent MPs in the chamber? They don't readily analogise to a straight yes or no response.
As regards to the majority of the states, the composition of the new Senate is still being decided (further complicated, of course, by the fact that only HALF the senate seats were up for contest in this election, so we still have a senate which is being half-decided by responses we made to questions asked back in 2010), but it seems likely the Liberals and Nationals won't have a clear majority there, and will be required to do some horse-trading with the various minor and opposition parties in order to get policies passed. Or, in a return to our referendum analogy, the Liberals did NOT get a majority of senators in all the states... and thus the referendum doesn't pass.
The Liberals don't have a simple "mandate" for their entire policy list. Particularly since at least some of their policy list is stuff which is disputed even within the party itself.
Now, if the Liberal party really does want each election to be a referendum on policy rather than the current popularity contest, here's a suggestion for how it would need to work. Firstly, the parties would be required to have their policies worked out, costed, and ready to defend at the beginning of each electoral campaign period. These policies would need to be summarised into single line items, and each line item policy would be placed (with its costing - no costing, no consideration) in a list, with tick boxes at the end of each line - one for yes, one for no.
Incidentally, this could be a big saving, because it would mean only a single ballot paper for both the House of Representatives AND the Senate, and only a single ballot paper Australia-wide. Yes, that does mean people in Melbourne and Sydney would be voting for and against pork-barrel measures aimed at people in the rest of the country. On the other hand, the rest of the country would be voting for and against pork-barrel measures aimed at people living in Sydney and Melbourne. Just think, winning Federal policies would most likely be the ones aimed at the entire country, rather than the ones aimed at winning individual seats.
In each seat and each state, the respective yeses and noes would be added up. For the House of Representatives, the candidate for the party whose collection of policies best conformed to the wishes of the voters for the seat would be chosen as the member for the individual seat. The current parliamentary convention of the Prime Minister being the parliamentary leader of the party with the greatest number of members in the House of Representatives could still apply. In the senate, the votes would be counted at a state level, and as each constellation of policy choices which matched a particular party's platform reached a quota, a senator from that party would be elected.
In addition, the AEC at the end of the day would have the ultimate opinion poll on which policies were supported and by which percentage of the population - and they could basically hand this to the incoming government with instructions that THIS is what they have a mandate for. Each individual member could also be given the same sort of run-down for their individual seat as well, thus indicating which way they were mandated to vote by their electors.
It would certainly change the How-to-vote cards.
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On Elections and Referendums and Policies.
Apparently the Liberals are claiming the recent Australian election was a "referendum" on the various policy packages of the major parties, and that as they won the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament, they therefore have the right to implement all their policies (even the ones there's strenuous opposition to for practical reasons, such as their NBN-on-the-cheap one).
On Asylum Seekers and Boat People
The Australian government is busy attempting to do nothing about asylum seekers and refugees arriving in Australia by boat (aside, of course, from trying to shuffle the responsibility for dealing with them off to Nauru). In the meantime, I've finally come up with the ideal solution to the problem.
Julian Assagne Does It Again
Does it strike anyone else that in seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, Julian Assagne is doing just about everything known to (highly privileged) humankind in order to avoid the consequences of his own behaviour?
Today in the News
Okay, clearly I don't understand Big Business. There's an article in today's ABC newsfeed which is basically another round of the mining companies and the Business Council of Australia howling "we'll all be rooned" because things aren't going 100% their way. They're busy saying that the Australian economy costs too much to do business in, that it's too damn risky and too damn costly, and we should be altering our business to remove our "low productivity and outdated work practices".
Seems Like the Psych Research Unit is Doing Some Good
I was busy reading through a lovely little article on the ABC this morning about a group of doctors who have submitted a statement to the Senate enquiry into marriage equality here in Australia. The position of this group of doctors (about 150 in all, one of whom is a member of the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) is that "marriage between a man and a woman is the "basis for a healthy society"."
Some thoughts on SOPA and PIPA from a non-US citizen
Firstly, may I say congratulations to the USAlien Media and Entertainment sector for creating one of the biggest showings of unity I've seen online in nigh twelve years of using the internet. Couldn't have done it without you guys, although I'm sure you're hating to see it happen.
An Open Letter to WA Senator Michaelia Cash, regarding the Carbon Tax
Dear Senator Cash,
The scandal over the phone message data theft in the UK is terrible, and one of the questions which is being asked is "who is responsible?". Who is responsible for this terrible thing happening? Who should take the blame? Who should we punish?
Thoughts on The News.Corp Phone Hacking Scandal
Latest news in this ongoing disaster is that the newspaper imprint at the centre of the scandal, the News of the World, is being shut down.
Fandom vs Money-makers: Round the latest.
Oh dear. The latest episode in "Why Making Money From Fandom Doesn't Work For Non-Fans" is starting up. Grab your seats early, and tune in to the fun, as Keith Mander attempts to monetize LOTR fandom.
Oh gods, someone brick up Tony Abbott's mouth, please.
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Random thoughts about buying online
I do a certain amount of online shopping, because it's convenient for me. As someone who's living in Western Australia, and who has previously spent some time living in the Eastern States, I know perfectly well there are whole heaps of things which never make it across the Nullarbor to the west side of the country. In addition, having worked retail, I know there's not really much scope for ordering things in - if I do this, I'm likely to have to pay extra for the inconvenience to the retailer.
My thoughts on #MooreandMe
I started out participating in this because I was irritated. Irritated with the whole shemozzle surrounding Julian Assagne (who, quite frankly, sounds more and more like a creep the more I hear of him or from him), irritated by the whole business of who said what, irritated by the whole dismissive tone of the arguments of Assagne's supporters. I was even more irritated with the similarity of the whole mess to the Polanski and Gibson accusations and the consequent media furore.
#MooreandMe - A linkfest
So I've been wandering about the internet, looking at bits and pieces regarding the whole #MooreandMe thing. Here's a quick list of some of the posts I've spotted.
Why I'm participating in #MooreandMe
* Because I'm female, and as such have a 1 in 6 lifetime risk of being raped.
My 5c on Julian Assagne
Most of this was published yesterday as a comment on Shakesville, and it's something I've thought about for about a week or so. I figure it's quicker and easier to post it once here, and then I can link it everywhere else.


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By Omar Mansour
"I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction." This quote from current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Israeli settlers in the West Bank in 2001 shows why Americans would do well to educate themselves as to how they can be so easily moved when it comes to the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
This is why Students for Justice in Palestine will be screening "The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in The United States." The film sheds light on the mainstream media's role in creating a pro-Israel narrative. Tune into most mainstream news outlets and you will find much more coverage in line with the Israeli narrative that ignores the Palestinian perspective. As a result, it leaves Israel's human rights abuses largely unchallenged on the air. If they are challenged, they may be dismissed by the anchor and will usually go back to a core talking point.
Any American who follows the news will hear regular accounts of Palestinians committing acts of violence. Israeli government officials and spokespeople will be called on the air, and the message will reaffirm Israel's right to defend itself. However, these news stories tell us almost nothing about why this violence exists in the first place. The media leads us to believe that Palestinians are inherently violent, anti-Semitic terrorists who cannot accept Israel as a Jewish state.
Yet the media ignores subjects that effect Palestinians every day: the military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the continued expansion of illegal Jewish-only settlements in Palestinian territory, home evictions and demolitions by the Israel Defense Forces, the separation wall, military checkpoints, bombing campaigns and the utter denial of Palestinians' most basic human rights.
This elision of context is the essence of what is called "Hasbara," or "explanation" in Hebrew. As the magazine Haaretz explains, "Hasbara" is a form of propaganda on an international scale, sanctioned by the Israeli government and primarily aimed at western countries and is meant to influence conversation in a way that positively portrays Israeli policies. "Hasbara" targets political elites and the public simultaneously through the mass media, and is carried out by government agencies, nonprofits, lobbying groups, students, journalists and bloggers.
Popular discourse about Gaza provides one good example of the effectiveness of "Hasbara." Many argue that Israel withdrew all its settlements from Gaza in a gesture of good will and peace, when all they got in return was Hamas firing rockets at them. Israeli officials have repeated this go-to talking point in the midst of Israel's horrific bombing campaigns on the Gaza Strip in 2008 and 2014.
Given this set of facts, one would be inclined to side with Israel. However, reality paints a different picture. The fact is that Israel never left the Gaza Strip. They withdrew their settlements, but they retain complete control over Gaza through land, air and sea; the Israel Defense Forces use giant walls, watchtowers, gun boats and military aircraft overhead. No Palestinian is allowed in or out of Gaza without Israel's permission – for this reason, Gaza is often compared to an open-air prison. With these important details left out, Americans are left with only the pro-Israel narrative to refer to when forming their opinions.
The arguments raised in this submission are explored in greater detail in "The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in The United States." The film takes a close look at pro-Israel public relations efforts inside the U.S. and shows how the Israeli government, the U.S. government and pro-Israel advocacy groups work together to direct U.S. mainstream media coverage in favor of Israel and against Palestinians.
The film provides a complete analysis of Israel's long fought battle for the minds of the American people, which has only intensified over the years due to widening international condemnation. As long as the United States continues to support Israel and its oppressive policies, Palestinians will see no change for the better. And the American government will support these policies as long as the American population tolerates them.
As a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, I would like to invite those who completely disagreed with this piece as well as those who know nothing about the conflict to come watch this film with us and join in on a discussion with the executive producer Sut Jhally and founding Pink Floyd member Roger Waters.
The screening will be held Wednesday in James Bridges Theatre at 7:00 p.m. You can visit our Facebook page for more information and to reserve a free ticket. The worst it will do is change your mind.