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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and from international media today
S. Korea reports 2nd confirmed African swine fever case
South Korea reported its second confirmed case of African swine fever Wednesday at a farm near the heavily fortified border with North Korea, raising concerns over the spread of the deadly animal disease across the country. The new case at a pig farm in Yeoncheon was confirmed a day after a suspected case of African swine fever was reported, according to the agriculture ministry. The county near the border with North Korea is located about 48 kilometers away from Paju, where the first confirmed case of the disease was reported Tuesday.
Samsung sells more than 1 million Galaxy Note 10s in S. Korea
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has sold over 1 million Galaxy Note 10s in South Korea, making it the fastest Samsung smartphone to reach the milestone. Sales of the Note 10, released only in 5G model in the domestic market on Aug. 23, surpassed the milestone 25 days after its launch on Monday, Samsung said. The first-month performance is the best among the Galaxy S and Note series, and more than double that of its predecessor, the Note 9, the firm said. The previous high was Galaxy S8, which sold over 1 million units in its first 37 days, followed by S2 and S10, Samsung said.
S. Korea to spend over 1 tln won to nurture content creators
South Korea announced plans Tuesday to help raise the global competitiveness of the country's entertainment and content industry via an investment-loan guarantee project worth more than 1 trillion won (US$841 million). The government will spend 450 billion won by 2022 in a "content venture investment fund" aimed at offering financial support in the planning and development phase, according to the culture and science ministries. It also plans to offer 740 billion won of loan guarantees to developers and producers of various contents, including K-pop, K-dramas, animation, online games and other digital media contents, by the year.
KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)
S. Korea Reports Second Confirmed African Swine Fever Case
South Korea has confirmed a new case of African swine fever(ASF) a day after the country's first case was confirmed in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday morning that a pig farm in Yeoncheon reported a suspected case of ASF the previous day and the pigs at the farm tested positive for the deadly virus. The farm, which is raising 47-hundred pigs, is located about 50 kilometers from the farm that reported the country's first ASF case on Tuesday. Five other pig farms are located in a three-kilometer radius of the second farm, raising 13-thousand pigs.
S. Korea Officially Removes Japan from Trade 'Whitelist'
South Korea has officially removed Japan from its list of trusted partners in the trading of strategic items. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Wednesday that it has revised the country's export control system for strategic items and posted the revision on its official gazette, meaning it has gone into effect. The ministry said it has completed all necessary procedures for the removal, collecting opinions on the move and having the Ministry of Government Legislation review it.
Parties Agree to Hold Parliamentary Interpellation Session on Sept. 26
Rival political parties have agreed to hold a four-day parliamentary interpellation session next Thursday. According to officials of the ruling Democratic Party, the main opposition Liberty Korea Party and the minor Bareunmirae Party on Tuesday, the parties agreed to hold a parliamentary question-and-answer session beginning with political issues next Thursday. The parliament will question cabinet ministers on foreign affairs and security issues next Friday, economic issues next Saturday and social and cultural issues the next day.
Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
S. Korea reports 2nd confirmed African swine fever case
South Korea reported its second confirmed case of African swine fever Wednesday at a farm near the heavily fortified border with North Korea, raising concerns over the spread of the deadly animal disease across the country. The new case at a pig farm in Yeoncheon was confirmed a day after a suspected case of African swine fever was reported, according to the agriculture ministry. The county near the border with North Korea is located about 48 kilometers away from Paju, where the first confirmed case of the disease was reported Tuesday.
Seoul drops Tokyo from list of trusted trade partners
South Korea officially removed Japan from its list of trusted trade partners on Wednesday, upping the stakes in the two countries' high-profile trade row, which largely stems from their shared history. Under the new classification scheme, Seoul's trade ministry regroups its trading partners into three from the previous two, placing Tokyo in the in-between group. Local companies shipping strategic goods to Japan will now have to submit five documents to win individual approval, which is more than the previous three. The approval process will also take around 15 days, longer than the previous five, according to the ministry.
S. Korea to spend over 1 tln won to nurture content creators
South Korea announced plans Tuesday to help raise the global competitiveness of the country's entertainment and content industry via an investment-loan guarantee project worth more than 1 trillion won (US$841 million). The government will spend 450 billion won by 2022 in a "content venture investment fund" aimed at offering financial support in the planning and development phase, according to the culture and science ministries. It also plans to offer 740 billion won of loan guarantees to developers and producers of various contents, including K-pop, K-dramas, animation, online games and other digital media contents, by the year.
The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)
South Korea rushes to stem spread of African swine fever
South Korean authorities Tuesday quarantined employees of hog-raising farms until Thursday morning in the aftermath of an outbreak of African swine fever. The deadly ASF virus was detected at a farm in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, which is located between Seoul and Kaesong, North Korea, early in the day, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. ASF is a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever in pigs and can be spread via fomites and uncooked pig products. The disease has up to 100 percent mortality rates for the livestock.
Japan officially removed from South Korea's whitelist
South Korea excluded Japan from its export controls whitelist Wednesday in retaliation for Tokyo's earlier decision to remove Seoul from its list of favored trade partners, as bilateral relations have slumped to the lowest levels since normalizing diplomatic ties in 1965. "The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has published the revision of the nation's trade controls on strategic items in an official gazette and it took effect from Wednesday," said the ministry spokesperson through a statement.
One year on, inter-Korean military pact remains unfulfilled promise
The inter-Korean military agreement that was hailed as a "nonaggression pact" when it was signed just a year ago has become a "merely nominal" agreement as its first anniversary approaches Thursday. The defense chiefs of the two Koreas signed the Comprehensive Military Agreement on Sept. 19, 2018, in Pyongyang on the sidelines of the third summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)
First outbreak of African swine fever confirmed in Korea
A first case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, with the quarantine authorities culling more than 4,000 pigs, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. A pig farm in Yeoncheon reported a suspected case of the swine fever, the ministry added later in the day, without providing any further details. Yeoncheon, a county near the border with North Korea, is located 48 kilometers from Paju. The outbreak of the deadly virus has put the government on edge, with it ordering a 48-hour movement ban on all pig farms nationwide as of 6:30 a.m. Local governments have also stepped up their own efforts to prevent any spread of the disease.
Korea joins hands with IAEA to oppose Japan's contaminated water leak plan
The government is moving to step up its campaign to oppose Japan's plans to dump contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean by seeking the support of the global nuclear energy authority. This comes amid lingering uncertainty over Tokyo's handling of 1.15 million tons of water contaminated after the catastrophic meltdown of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011. Japan has yet to confirm how it will dispose of the radioactive water, and is still considering releasing it into the Pacific. South Korea as its closest neighbor has in recent months expressed deep regret over such a plan.
FTC chief goes after Apple's alleged abuse of mobile carriers
New Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Cho Sung-wook will hold her first commissioners' meeting next week to decide whether the antitrust agency will accept Apple Korea's pledge to fix its alleged ad cost dumping on mobile carriers here, according to officials, Tuesday. The meeting has been drawing attention as it will decide whether the FTC will continue to investigate allegations that the U.S. tech giant has abused its market power over telecom providers, or close the case without questioning the illegality of such a practice. Cho has already hinted that she will take a closer look into the case.
Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)
Seoul Has 6th-Most Expensive Groceries
Seoul is the world's sixth most-expensive city when it comes to groceries, according to Numbeo, a crowd-sourced global database of consumer prices. Numbeo analyzed the cost of living in 375 cities around the world, and while Seoul is the 26th most-expensive city overall, milk, beef, potatoes and other groceries are more expensive in Korea than even in New York, Tokyo and Oslo. Over the last 18 months, Numbeo gathered prices of 19 grocery products in supermarkets.
N.Korea 'Could Have 30-40 Nukes Next Year'
An expert predicts that North Korea will have 30 to 40 nuclear warheads next year, up about a dozen from last year. Dan Smith of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute made the prediction in a meeting with reporters at the residence of the Swedish ambassador to South Korea in Seoul on Monday. In a report in June last year SIPRI speculated that the North had 20 to 30 nuclear warheads. This suggests that the North has not stopped developing nuclear weapons while engaging in denuclearization negotiations with the U.S. over the past year.
Beer Bears Brunt of Japan Boycott
Beer is suffering the brunt of Koreans' boycott of Japanese goods. The Korea Customs Service said imports of Japanese beer for the month of August stood at US$223,000, just 1/34 of the same period last year. The decline came as more Koreans shun Japanese products after Japanese export curbs to Korea. Sales of Japanese beer, which took over the top spot from American beer in January 2009, have been dwindling in recent months. The decade-long rule at the top came to an end in July as Belgium and the U.S. beer pushed Japan down to No. 3. But last month it fell to No. 13 behind France, Mexico and even Hong Kong.
HanKyoReh Shinmun (http://english.hani.co.kr)
N. Korea expresses hopes to resume working-level talks in a "few weeks"
The North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 16 that it hoped working-level negotiations with the US could begin "in a few weeks." In a statement credited to the director of its bureau for US affairs that afternoon, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said it hoped the working-level talks "will be a good meeting" between the two sides, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. In a previous statement by First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui published late in the evening on Sept. 9, Choe proposed holding working-level talks "at the time and place to be agreed late in September." On Sept. 12, a US State Department spokesperson responded with a message "welcom[ing]" the proposal. The developments offer evidence that headway is being made in the two sides' behind-the-scenes discussions on working-level talks.
Moon says N. Korea-US working-level talks will resume soon
On Sept. 16, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said that working-level talks between North Korea and the US would soon begin. Moon added that the South Korean government would take on any available role to usher in a future of mutual prosperity through the "peace economy" and the establishment of peace on the Korean Peninsula. After making these remarks during a meeting of his senior secretaries and aides at the Blue House on Monday, Moon reiterated that "our future lies in a new order of peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula."
Unregistered executives from chaebol families paid as much as five times more than registered professional managers
Average severance pay for executives from the controlling families of South Korean chaebols was as much as five times higher than for professional managers last year, a study reports. The average compensation received by chaebol family members as unregistered executives for listed companies was also found to be higher than for all registered executives.The Economic Reform Research Institute (ERRI), which is led by Korea University professor Kim Woo-chan, published a report on Sept
The Dong-A Ilbo (http://english.donga.com/)
Seoul, Washington to launch regular meetings on OPCON transfer
It has been confirmed that Seoul and Washington have officially embarked upon a discussion on the status and role of the United Nations Command (UNC) after the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) is completed. This signals the beginning of a bilateral consultation between the two allies on major issues such as potential disruption or conflicts of command between the future Combined Forces Command (CFC), which will be led by a Korean military official, and the UNC, in the event of emergencies after the OPCON is transferred back to South Korea.
Hyundai Motor to showcase Genesis models in Europe next year
Hyundai Motor Company has decided to launch its Genesis luxury brand in Europe next year, in an apparent move to grow its presence in the European market with Genesis models as they did successfully in the United States. "Genesis will come to Europe next year," a Hyundai Motor executive told a reporter from the Dong-A Ilbo at the 68th IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, which kicked off on last Tuesday (local time).
Balhae diaspora upheld their spirits even 200 years after the country's demise
The Northeast Asian History Foundation has recently published a study book titled (translated) "A new look at the history of the Balhae diaspora." The publication describes how people of Balhae, a.k.a. "Flourishing Land in the East," strived for the revival of their country after it was destroyed by the invasion of the Kitan in 926. Publisher in chief Lim Sang-sun, a senior researcher at the foundation, put the spotlight on the autonomous kingdom of Dongdan that the Kitan established after it perished Balhae.
The KyungHyang Shinmun (http://english.khan.co.kr/)
Leader of Major Opposition Party Shaves His Head: Strategy to Prolong the "Battle of Cho Kuk"
Hwang Kyo-ahn (62), leader of the Liberty Korea Party shaved his head calling for the dismissal of Justice Minister Cho Kuk on September 16. He was the third to shave his head following Liberty Korea Party lawmaker Park In-sook and independent lawmaker Lee Un-ju. In a struggle for the dismissal of Cho, the Liberty Korea Party has conducted one-man protests, a hunger strike and this day, the shaving of the party leader's head, only to trigger criticism for the party's "old-fashioned ways," "disguise as the weaker party," and "making a mockery of politics."
Colleges Struggle with Demonstrations Against Cho Kuk
There is a lot of noise coming from colleges in Seoul, which have continued to host candlelight demonstrations condemning allegations surrounding Justice Minister Cho Kuk. Seoul National University canceled plans for a fourth candlelight rally, and a statement was posted on the Korea University online community calling for the impeachment of the student council that led the second demonstration. Meanwhile, other students suggested that they continue the candlelight rally at Gwanghwamun. Yonsei University and Korea University will each hold rallies on their campuses on the afternoon of September 19.
Turning a Blind Eye to Radiation and the Rising Sun Flag: A "Political Olympics" Coached by Abe
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is turning into a propaganda forum to promote the "safety from radiation." Japan insists on holding baseball and softball matches in the Fukushima region, contaminated with radiation following the Great East Japan Earthquake and on supplying ingredients from Fukushima to the restaurants in the Athletes Village. Apparently, this is characteristic of political propaganda in support of the Shinzo Abe government, which stresses a "safe and strong Japan."
Maeil Business News Korea ( http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)
S. Korea raises highest alert after first case of African swine fever
South Korea on Tuesday raised its epidemic action plan to the highest level after it identified the first case of African swine fever near the border with North Korea, which earlier reported the spread of the highly contagious disease that has already ravaged the pig industry in China, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. The agriculture ministry on Tuesday confirmed the first case of African swine fever at a pig farm in Paju, northwest of Seoul and just south of the inter-Korean border. This is less than four months after North Korea reported its first outbreak of the disease at a farm near its border with China in late May.
LG Display names finance expert as new CEO, launches early retirement program
South Korea's LG Display Co. replaced its CEO with a financial expert and launched early retirement program for the second year as it grapples with snowballing losses in the face of heavy Chinese competition and slowed global demand. LG Display on Monday announced vice chair and CEO Han Sang-beom who led the company for the last eight years was stepping down to make way for new leadership. The company immediately held an emergency board meeting on the same day to accept Han's resignation and appointed Jung Ho-young, current chief operation officer and chief finance officer at LG Chem, as the new CEO.
Korea drums up IAEA support against Japan's plan to dump radioactive water in Pacific
South Korea has set out to rally support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Japan's plan to dump contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific. "Discharging radioactive water into the ocean is a major international issue that could seriously impact the global ocean ecosystem, calling for a more active role from the IAEA and its member countries," Moon Mi-ok, first vice minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said in a keynote speech at the 63rd IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria on Monday.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Employment (01/26/12)
TITLE: Momy my Bes Frind | Previous Challenge Entry
By marcella franseen
"If only there were a cream that would do the same for my aching back and feet," she thought to herself.
It had been another full day: two kids off to school, one still at home, laundry, ironing, a game of Candy Land, vacuuming, phone calls, two stories read, lunch, bathrooms scrubbed, dinner, snacks, homework, quick run to the store, baths, and finally kids were in bed, husband was watching the game on T.V., and she had just finished loading the dinner dishes. She was so tired! A hot bath for herself was tempting, but, even the effort to make THAT happen was too much now. Besides she still needed to clean up the art supplies the children had been entertaining themselves with before bed and lay out their clothes for school tomorrow.
She was headed toward the kitchen table, currently hidden under paints, crayons, and construction paper, when she heard the slam of a car door from her neighbor's house. Lifting the blinds she saw her neighbor, Angela, removing her suitcase from the trunk of her car.
"Angela's home," she called over her shoulder to her husband.
"Oh, yah?" He replied, not taking his eyes off the T.V. "She was gone a long time this trip, wasn't she?"
"Yep." Kelly walked from the window back to the kitchen table and began scooping up the loose construction papers, stacking them in a neat pile. "Two weeks in Paris."
Angela and her husband both had jobs with a large International company that flew them from one incredible city to another. They had an enormous house, a wine cellar to make any studied wine connoisseur jealous, flashy cars, and two kids signed up for every activity you could think of, with a nanny to get them from one place to another.
Kelly had once worked for a large engineering firm. After her first son was born she took six months off. Shortly after returning to work she was offered a promotion, which would have required longer days and quite a bit of traveling. She turned it down, wanting to be with her son as much as possible. Only eight months later she was let go.
She since had two more children and had gotten a part time job (20 hours a week) that she worked while her youngest attended k-3 at a local preschool. She didn't regret her decision to make motherhood a priority, but, every once in a while, when she saw Angela coming and going in her designer clothes and stiletto shoes, java in hand, she felt a twinge of envy.
When she had been struggling with the decision to turn down the promotion or not, her husband had said something to her that stuck: "Kelly, if you walked away from this company tomorrow, how quickly would you be replaced and forgotten?"
"Oh, I don't know," she had responded, "pretty quickly I'd imagine."
"In your role as mother to our son, you are irreplaceable!"
Whenever she felt that twinge of envy, she would remember those words. She was remembering them now as she accidently brushed one of the papers off of the table and onto the floor. Bending down to retrieve it she noticed it was a drawing by her six year old daughter depicting the two of them, hand in hand, standing in front of thick black bars containing a lion. Fluffy blue clouds floated around a yellow sun. On one side of the picture, in crooked, miss-spelled words, it read: "me and momy my bes frind."
Kelly had gone on her daughter's field trip with her last week to the zoo. She remembered how enamored her daughter had been with the lion. Holding the picture in her hand, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Thank you, God, for this reminder." She whispered.
There was no job more important than this one, right here, right now…being "mommy." There was no amount of money that could feel as good in her hand as this one crayon picture did.
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THE State's case against a man charged with attempted murder has been called "nonsense" in a closing address of a Supreme Court trial.
Mark Raymond Hinchliffe is on trial before a jury for allegedly attempting to murder his friend Scott Williams in May 2011 by slitting his throat with a kitchen knife.
The fight came after the pair had spent more than 30 hours drinking together.
During the brawl, Mr Williams was punched and a gun was fired before his throat was slit open.
Prosecutor Laura Christian argued Mr Hinchliffe tried to kill his friend and workmate after getting angry at him for not doing what he was told.
Mr Williams had told the court the two had spent the Saturday night cruising Rockingham bars for bikies to fight because Mr Hinchliffe was earlier abused over the phone by a gang president known as "Theo".
When they did not find any, they went back to Mr Hinchliffe's home near Mandurah, where the State alleges he took his anger out on Mr Williams, including firing a gun at his head and the bullet ricocheting off into the ceiling.
After that, Ms Christian argued Mr Hinchliffe "chose the second largest knife" in the knife block to slash Mr Williams' throat.
"The accused slashed his throat with a deliberate motion of the knife," Ms Christian said.
The defence case argued the friends were not looking for bikies, but Mr Hinchliffe's on-again, off-again girlfriend and the fight started over Mr Williams wanting to buy drugs.
In his evidence, Mr Hinchliffe said Mr Williams wanted his gun to rob a workmate of drugs and he brought out the firearm to confront Mr Williams, but it went off by accident when he hit Mr Williams on the head with the butt.
This afternoon, in his closing address, defence lawyer Laurie Levy described the prosecution's argument that the bullet ricocheted from Mr Williams' head as "nonsense" and none of the wounds were from a gunshot.
"He must have a head of titanium," Mr Levy said.
Mr Levy said his client had grabbed the knife in self defence to scare Mr Williams because he had confronted Mr Hinchliffe with a beer bottle.
He said if Mr Hinchliffe wanted to murder Mr Williams, then he would have used the loaded gun, rather than grab a knife.
Judge Edwin Michael Corboy will give his directions to the jury tomorrow morning.


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From Yonhap News on 13 Nov 08:
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) — The South Korean government will seek parliamentary approval of its decision to send a warship to Somali waters to combat piracy there, a project expected to cost about 6 billion won (US$4.2 million), a senior government official said Thursday.
"The government has decided to dispatch a naval ship to Somali waters and plans to submit a related motion to the National Assembly during its ongoing session (to end on Dec. 8)," the official told Yonhap News Agency on the condition of anonymity. The country's constitution requires any troop dispatch outside its territory to receive the National Assembly's endorsement.
Seoul's decision came after an inter-governmental team made an on-site inspection of the situation in the waters off the East African country last month. South Korea plans to send a 4,500-ton destroyer loaded with SM-2 Block IIIA missiles and other cutting-edge weaponry early next year, the official said.
It will be accompanied by the Navy's special forces, called "UDT/SEAL," in case of an emergency situation, along with a small group of logistical support staff.
The ship will join international efforts to prevent piracy, which is rampant in the waters off war-ravaged Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.
"The South Korean warship, if dispatched, will cooperate with the U.S. 5th Fleet in Oman and the French navy in Djibouti," he said.
Ships operating in Somali waters often fall prey to pirates. More than 25 cases of ship kidnappings were reported there last year alone.
As recently as September, eight South Koreans were abducted after their freighter was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The sailors were released unharmed after more than a month of captivity.
The U.N. Security Council approved a new resolution in October designed to step up the fight against piracy off Somalia.
It calls for all states to actively contribute to anti-piracy efforts in the Somali waters, including the dispatch of warships and warplanes in order stop pirates.
A South Korean tuna ship with 25 crew members was hijacked by Somali pirates in April 2006. The vessel and its crew were released for a ransom after four months.
In 2007, two South Korean fishing vessels were seized by Somali pirates. The crew was released after six months in captivity.
The Foreign Ministry proposed the warship dispatch, while the Defense Ministry initially took a cautious stance, apparently doubtful of the effects a single ship could have.
The South Korean Navy has welcomed the plan.
Looks all the more like the ROK will be sending a KDX-II-class DD to Somali waters. The devil is in the details, like logistics and intelligence support. Also will be interesting how the ROK ships last in the warm waters…not quite the same as the East Sea in winter!


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DIY Fringe Skirt
Fringe is fabulous, isn't it? It's not the first time I've blogged about my love for fringe (jacket, clutch, dress, earrings, trim) – ha!
This post was inspired by my newest fringe necklace from Nicole Lee, the necklace is a MUST have this season because it's mixing two of my favorite trends for spring, tribal/global and fringe. Check it out more, here.
It's perfection and with fringe constantly on my mind, I thought a fringe skirt must be on the to-do list and for good reason because we've seen this skirt all over the place (here, here, here)! Recreating this look is pretty simple, I used a Palmer/Pletsch skirt pattern from the McCall Pattern company HERE, I really love this pattern because it's help you achieve the perfect fit and um, hello!?! those side welt pockets are love at first sight!! The best way to not have a home sewn looking garment are the details, like this welt pocket, and of course, exceptional fit!
To make this DIY Fringe Skirt you will need:
- Skirt pattern, McCalls Pattern M6757 (Palmer/Pletsch)
- Faux Suede fabric (18 " extra than recommend for skirt pattern)
- Scissors or rotary cutting tool (and mat),
- sewing supplies
- Alter the length of you skirt pattern by 10 – 18″ (depending on your height).
- Cut your fabric using your lengthened skirt pattern.
- Baste the sides of your sew pattern, try on and decide where you want the trim to start,
my trim starts a little above the knee.
- Mark side seams and remember not to sew side seams (and center back seams) beyond that point.
- Continue to sew pattern according to pattern direction, skip hemming the skirt.
- Once the skirt is completed, cut your trim 1/4″ wide.
*You can use a ruler or a steady hand to evenly cut your trim with scissors or rotary cutting tool.
That's it! I think the hardest part of this skirt will be your welt pockets which are easy to skip if you are new to sewing but they are so worth it if you are familiar with putting them in!
So whether you jump on the fringe band wagon via Nicole Lee or DIY, both will be perfection to add to your wardrobe this season!
Thanks for stopping buy and don't forget to checkout my other fringe inspired tutorials (jacket, clutch, dress, earrings, trim) and follow along with me on Instagram (here) and Facebook (here)! I currently don't have a mailing list right now and those social media outlets are the BEST way to stay up to date AND get a hold of me!
Sunglasses – Westwood
Necklace – Nicole Lee
Top – Simplicity 7222
Skirt – McCalls M6757
Booties – Charlotte Russe
In collaboration with Nicole Lee. ALL thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Correlates of Dispositional and State Flow in Tennis Competition
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological correlates and flow in tennis competition. Using a cross-sectional design, the sample of 261 junior tennis athletes showed moderate-to-strong correlations between flow (dispositional and state) and confidence (r disp = .59; r state = .35), imagery use (r disp = .58; r state = .32), and action control (r disp = .41; r state = .40), whereas absorption was orthogonal to flow. Commonality analysis revealed that imagery and confidence accounted for 34.2% of the variance in dispositional flow. The results are discussed for the development of intervention studies in order to enhance flow in competition.
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Unna, a killer whale at SeaWorld San Antonio, died Monday after suffering from a fungal infection.
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I just saw on Twitter that pzarquon and his family are donating the extra groceries that they purchased (in advance of possible tsunami damage) to their church's food bank.
What a fantastic idea, and one that ought to be circulating far and wide.
Thank you, Ryan.
Ave Maria! A friend who lives aboard a boat at a local marina said the surge from the tsunami tore apart a pier, several boats bottomed out on the sand or broke their moorings, some crashed into the docks. Some of these boats in the 70 to 80 ft. range. So this tsunami did have consequences!
What marina was that?
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
I think Kalalau lives somewhere in California where the surges were bigger than here.
Yes, I live in San Diego, the marina is at the north end of Shelter Island in San Diego Bay near the Bali Hai restaurant, if you know where that is. Its probably on google earth. I was shocked by my friend's account because there was nothing in the local news about it. He said there was broken wood floating all over the harbor--from piers, docks, boats. Very surprising.
Firsthand, my mother was THERE and experienced the 1946 Hilo Tsunami more upland, having lost friends in its wake. Ever since, she's very PARANOID about Tsunami threats. Ask her (or ask me, and I'll ask her). She has some interesting stories to tell about that event.
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Time for me to return to my letter of disgust to a McDonald's franchise owner!
We sure dodged the bullet, as the saying goes!
Incredible watching Hilo bay/harbor draining and filling again. It was amazing!
Then the reef off of Maui became exposed... and on. But no real damage. Cool!
Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!
Evidently looting is breaking out in Chile now. It brings up a question I have had for a long time. When, if ever, are you allowed to simply take what you need in order to survive? Say there is a huge disaster and you are without food or water or shelter and you have spent your last dime already and of course no banks are open. Are you just supposed to starve to death or die of thirst? Or are you allowed to enter a store and take (steal?) what you need to get through a day? If you are caught in a blizzard (real likely in Hawai'i...) are you allowed to break into and enter a house for shelter in order to survive, or does the law require you to just go die?
I saw people looting after Katrina, in many cases they had to in order to survive, and its not hard to imagine the same situation in Haiti and in Chile after their earthquakes, the same thing could happen anywhere, certainly in California if an 8.5 knocks down San Francisco again. Question is, what does the law permit people to do to survive?
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7 AM Saturday...rolled out of bed...bowl of cereal with banana...clicked on the TV.....there's Joe Moore....brief confusion..looked at my watch?....then
BAM holy cow a Tsunami coming.
Woke up my daughter. We got dressed and fed real quick. Then down to Honokohou Harbor. Mass people at the docks. Boats leaving everywhere. Got the Cool Breeze unwrapped and rigged up in record time. Eva was a total trooper. She might be the best 8 yo sailor in the islands. Moved the car up to the Tesoro. Went in for some beer and grub. Hitched back to the Harbor. Eva had the boat ready to go. Off we went.
Must have been 200 boats outside green buoy. Mill pond ocean with nary a ripple. Could see my reflection in the water. (Felt like Earthquake Weather from my old Cali days.) Kinda creepy.
Bobbed around for hours. Threat passed by Noon or so. Sailed back into harbor. It was worse coming in. Boat after boat, with fishing boats just running folks down in the mouth and the channel. Some cornhole captains need a good ass-whipping. Guys couldn't even find their own mooring balls without the neighbor vessels there to guide them.
Jumped aboard the LeiMakani to help Aunty dock the boat. Helped catch other boats with single person on board. Eva ran around everywhere helping everybody.
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KHON reports that "some customers" are accusing a 76 filling station in Maili of price-gouging. Marisa Yamane interviewed disgruntled customer Jeffrey Lee, who showed a receipt saying he paid $4.47 per gallon for premium. As KHON's investigation showed, though, it was revealed that Lee used one of the "full service" pumps, which charges a $1 more per gallon.
It's too bad Marisa didn't go back to Mr. Lee to get his reaction.... because it would have been nice to see a guy like him on-camera realizing that he has made a TOTAL JACKASS of himself. For the following reasons:
1) Mr. Lee claimed to have been a "loyal customer for many years" of that gas station. Oh really? Then what is his excuse for not being aware that the station did not have full service pumps?
2) I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Lee was aware that he was paying full service price. It's just that he doesn't want to admit that he went to the full service area because the line was shortest for those pumps. He, like so many other idiots in this state, went on a panic buying spree. All he cared about was filling up his trucks, tanks, and generators full of gas at that time. Later on, after the tsunami warning was cancelled and Mr. Lee's sanity returned, he's all sore because he wasted his money purchasing gas from the full service pumps. At best, Jeffrey Lee is a crybaby. At worst, he's deliberately slandering the reputation of a business that doesn't deserve any accusations of price-gouging.
It's too bad Marisa didn't do a follow-up interview with Jeffrey Lee or any other disgruntled customer for their reaction to the truth. The Maili 76 station deserves an apology from those selfish, no-class people.
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Jeffrey Lee stated (in his own recollection) that he went to the gas station at 4 AM in the morning. At that time of the day, the 76 station would have a skeleton crew working. Probably just ONE attendant to do the full serve, and maybe one cashier. (I would be very surprised if the owner had two or more FS attendants.) The station owner/manager couldn't have foreseen the tsunami warning when the work schedule was made, could he? Even if the station manager stayed awake late Friday night to hear about the tsunami warning, it would have been very difficult to schedule extra help at that time.
Result: The 76 station was swamped with customers, with little in the way of working hands.
If it was just a lone attendant already in the middle of taking care of another customer (full service would include the attendant pumping the gas, wiping the windows, checking the oil, checking the tire pressure, and anything else the customer requests), then you know the attendant had more on his hands than he could handle. I don't care if that attendant happens to be an honor student in HCC's automotive tech program. You can only service one car at a time.
Since you patronize that particular station, Sue, perhaps you can answer this. Are those the kind of pumps where one can swipe a CC/debit card and not have to go to the cashier? I betcha that is probably what happened with those impatient customers, who were in such a hurry that they didn't want to wait for the attendant to finish the other car. Yeah, I know. It would be nice if the attendant(s) could be "eagle-eyed" and warned every incoming customer about the full-serve price. But if the attendant is checking under the hood, it sorta makes it tough, y'know? There's only so much running back-and-forth between cars that a human being can do before things get just a little chaotic and confusion ensues.
But I don't buy Jeffrey Lee's excuse that he didn't know that he was at the full-serve pumps for a second. As he said, the line of cars waiting to fill up at the station was going out into the street. Once he realized he was in the line for the full-service pumps, he probably didn't want to go back in line to the gas-n-go pumps. He just wanted his gas, now, at that time. Too late for any regrets at this point.
Even if you want to give Lee the benefit of the doubt, then what does that mean? The man is illiterate because he can't read the "full serve" sign, or he was utterly careless and didn't take the time to read the price per gallon posted on the pump display. Either way, I say that guy is a self-centered jerk.
BTW, sorry if I'm coming across as being more upset about this than I should. But having worked as a gas station attendant during my high school days, I know what it feels like to be swamped with cars during a time of unexpected emergency and the station is short-handed. If any sort of confusion or misunderstanding occurs and the attendant is labelled as the sort of person who provides "poor customer service," well then,.... I think that such an assessment would be most unfair.
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Several minutes of footage as the waters went out at Ventura (CA) harbor.
Warning: if shaky hand-held video makes you queasy, take your meclazine before viewing.
Yes indeed. I just got off the phone with a friend who was at Ventura Harbor during the tsunami and it was significant. My live-aboard friend's observations on SD Bay have been confirmed and evidently the local news is covering the story now. Late, but...better late, etc.
I honestly don't know because I use that station only for full service.Since you patronize that particular station, Sue, perhaps you can answer this. Are those the kind of pumps where one can swipe a CC/debit card and not have to go to the cashier[...]?
I don't either. If he's truly a loyal customer as he mentioned he knows the full serve lane has remained in place...forever.But I don't buy Jeffrey Lee's excuse that he didn't know that he was at the full-serve pumps for a second.
At that point one should just thank their lucky stars that they had the time to fill up and bite the bullet on the extra cost with no complaints. Had the tsunami hit full force and Mr. Lee was out of danger with all tanks full, ya gotta believe he wouldn't be complaining.As he said, the line of cars waiting to fill up at the station was going out into the street. Once he realized he was in the line for the full-service pumps, he probably didn't want to go back in line to the gas-n-go pumps. He just wanted his gas, now, at that time. Too late for any regrets at this point.
I still think the owner had time to think thru his predicament a bit more and come up with a better solution...IF he had the ability to change his pump prices. I didn't mean to indict the attendant. This is kind of akin to my issue with McDonalds on Sat. The employees were at the mercy of their owner or manager.[...]If any sort of confusion or misunderstanding occurs and the attendant is labelled as the sort of person who provides "poor customer service," well then,.... I think that such an assessment would be most unfair. JMNSHO.
BTW...did anyone try to go to Costco Iwilei on Sunday? I drove passed it and the line up of cars to get into the parking lot snaked both up and down Alakawa. I couldn't figure out if people were trying to return all the emergency merchandise they bought on Saturday or the people who couldn't stock up on Saturday morning decided not to wait for the next civil defense siren and were hoping to stock up before they got caught short handed again!
The Kwakiutl legend of the "Thunderbird" is said to be based on NW coast earthquakes. Hope you live above 200 ft elevation, Leo, cause sooner or later (likely sooner, since the plate has been moving), you won't have to watch tsunamis on TV.
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An οnline campaign claiming to represent over 200 employees has called οn the cοmpany to end "fοrced hugging" and "a culture that leaves harassment unchallenged".
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Kelvin, 62, developed the Ted Baker brand and has been chief executive since the launch of the cοmpany in 1988.
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"Hugs have becοme part of Ted Baker's culture, but are absolutely nοt insisted upοn," it added.
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If you have never purchased a commercial flagpole before, the process seems daunting. Although many websites have complete commercial flagpoles and accessories, there are a lot of decisions to make. Over the years, we have learned that most people are not veterans of buying commercial flagpoles, and need a little help when choose. So, in the next few paragraphs, we'll introduce some of the most important points to remember when you buy your product-flagpole. (If you don't want to read a lot of content and just want to get started, you can call us at 86-757-83131237 or send email to firstname.lastname@example.com and talk to a commercial flagpole consultant.
Commercial flagpole-Choose the most appropriate height
One of the first issues we need to consider is to determine the size of the commercial flagpole to be purchased. This is one of the areas in life where size does matter - the bigger the pole position, the bigger the flag, the greater the impact. The most important determinants in this regard are 1) municipal regulations and 2) your budget.
Some cities only allow the use of commercial flagpoles of a certain maximum height. In addition, you may have to notice that if your pole falls, it will not fall into traffic or utility lines. Therefore, the first step is to determine any regulations related to the height of the flagpole in your area.
This may be the most important first step in buying a business advantage.
Select the best installation location
Once you know the maximum commercial flagpole height allowed in your area (please note that there are no height restrictions in some areas), you can decide where to place the pole. For many companies, they will choose a prominent location, usually the facade and center of the building. For others, it may be next to the building. Regardless of which method you choose, there are a few things to keep in mind when deciding where to place the symbol of this great country.
First of all, it is best not to place commercial flagpoles so close to buildings that the flag will hit the building either when it is flying, raising or lowering . The same consideration goes with placing it too close to trees.When were no leaves we have seen poles placed near trees in the winter time, but thick trees can easily block the flagpole in summer. Typically, you should place the commercial flagpole at least as far from any potential obstruction as the length of the largest flag you intend to fly, plus 20 feet. This will ensure that your flag has excellent clearance in all wind directions.
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It is easier to install the flagpole than it may seem. If the height of the poles is 30 inches in height or less, you can even do it yourself without any special equipment. In any case, your flagpole will be accompanied by complete installation instructions. The only materials you will need are concrete (and mixing tools), wooden gaskets, gravel and shovel - ideally a post hole digger. The vertical hammer is a good tool to ensure your rod is plumb and absolutely vertical.
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In the opening act of The Music Man, Marian the librarian laments to her mother that the women of fictional River City, Iowa, "keep ignoring all my counsel and advice!" Her mother tells it like it is to her pretty but unmarried daughter: "When a woman's got a husband and you've got none, why should she take advice from you, even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other highfalutin Greeks?"
What, you may think, does this have to do with the stock market and your investments? And the answer is: Everything!
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In 1912, a husband was the most important credential a woman could have if she wanted anyone to take her seriously. Similarly, today it appears that your title is far more important than your experience and what you might actually know if you are selling financial services on Wall Street or Main Street.
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Over the decades, stockbrokers have had many different appellations-- customers' men, registered representatives, account executives. Now, in the ultimate bamboozle to those who use their services, they are billed as financial consultants or financial advisers. It's a fancy title with all sorts of impressive overtones of skill and training, but it doesn't mean for a moment that your interests come first.
As Sandy Weill cobbled together
Once they had you in their door, the idea was to turn profits selling you a variety of other financial products, especially as brokerage commissions have continued their downward spiral over the last 30 years. That is why those customers' men are now billed as financial consultants. It just sounds so terrific.
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Their primary job is to get you to place your assets with their firm and secure some form of steady fee income for their employer. Offering you a "financial plan" becomes a road map for the salesman as to what products he can peddle to you. Please get over the idea that they are there to provide you with the best plan for your future. If you are very lucky, that may happen along the way, but it is far from their first goal.
In recent years, clients have increasingly sued their brokers--particularly after the Internet bubble burst--for being put into bad stocks or, worse: commodities, options, currencies and all manner of financial investments in which you can lose your money far faster than you can in stocks. As a result, the big firms have increasingly moved to push investment responsibility elsewhere and to minimize the stocks and bonds their salesmen actually recommend to you.
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The easiest way to do that was to develop wrap account, where the client still did his trading with the broker but the investment ideas came from an outside registered investment adviser recommended by the brokerage firm. The brokerage bundled together the commissions on the transactions and marked up the RIA's fees to make an additional profit. If the RIA made mistakes, it wasn't the fault of the broker's salesman, so the firm was less likely to be sued. If the RIA really didn't do a good job, the firm could just fire that RIA and plug you into another one. Ditto a package of mutual funds.
What is timely right now is to examine who is rendering advice to whom and whether you should listen to it.
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If you didn't have a husband a century ago, the women of River City would just ignore you because you hadn't earned their respect. Merrill Lynch lost billions of dollars in bad investments for its own account in just a matter or months. Has it earned your respect in the process? Merrill wiped out about one-sixth of its own current market capitalization in a very short time by trading very poorly for its own account and taking inappropriate risks. So, should it be rendering advice to you or anybody else?
After firing its CEO recently, Merrill this week is turning to John Thain to try to repair its image, balance sheet and morale. Thain, a
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Merrill lost billions by trying to emulate the trading skills of Goldman by taking far more risk than it knew how to handle. Thain certainly can help it with that. How he will play with the retail network of brokers remains to be seen. Stanley O'Neal's exit package of $160 million, even after he was responsible for losing those billions for Merrill's shareholders, is more incentive than anyone needs to take the job. There seems to be a rich reward and no real penalty at the top of Merrill other than the exit door, even when you flop.
Merrill wasn't alone.
If you lost half your money when the Internet bubble burst, you still had half left. You could invest what remained to recoup your losses after the market turned up again in 2002. If your friendly Bear Stearns "financial consultant" encouraged you to buy one of the funds that totally collapsed, you have lost all of your money, not half of it. There is no residual capital with which you can recoup your losses. The lawsuits over who sold what to whom will go on for years. Bear Stearns may not survive as a separate entity because of these missteps. It, too, has a huge asset management business. Has it earned your respect?
Then there is Citigroup, which was among the banks lobbying the loudest for the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, which was enacted in 1933 and imposed restrictions on retail and investment banking overlaps. During the 1930s, when one out of every five banks failed, bank speculation in the stock market was viewed as one of the principal causes of the crash and the subsequent Great Depression.
It didn't take long after the repeal of Glass-Steagall for problems like those at Enron to become evident. Enron is a prime example of a company that over-leveraged itself and collapsed. Freed from those old banking restrictions, Citigroup provided multiple services to Enron. It seems also to have learned some of Enron's bad tricks in the process.
Citi was a lender to Enron. It has paid hundreds of millions in penalties for being a facilitator in some of the failed Houston firm's off-balance-sheet and other transactions. One of the key precipitants to this week's rout in the stock market was the revelation that Citi appeared to have taken a leaf from the Enron book and did the exact same thing for itself. It recently sold off nonperforming assets to others while guaranteeing a "no loss" investment to those who were willing to park those questionable assets for the bank.
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The accounting rules are pretty clear. If you sell something on a non-recourse basis, then the new owner truly owns it. But if the new owner has the right to return it to you a year from now if it is worth less than it is now, with no risk of loss, you haven't really sold it. You have just moved it off your balance sheet out of public view.
Here's the bottom line. If the major financial firms are taking massive write-offs for their own accounts of huge investments that clearly were in risky securities, how capable are they of advising you on what you should be doing now to plan for your retirement?
These comments apply equally to almost all the big financial services firms, whether they started out as banks, that sell life insurance, stocks and bonds, or mutual funds. Perhaps they can use the lingo, quote Balzac or speak in Greek or other tongues to otherwise impress you with their "financial consultant" titles, but are they really offering you the best possible advice for your future? And if they can't handle their own investments very well, should they be rendering any advice at all?
Joan E. Lappin, CFA, is president of Gramercy Capital Management in New York City. Contact her via e-mail: email@example.com.
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Take a standard Corolla, stiffen it to high heaven and… yeah, that's about it, really.
The Jetta is a good car, but you get the feeling VW isn't swinging for the fences with this product.
The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer is a welcome entry in the segment, but many of its competitors are a better value.
The Soul is a paragon of practicality that offers oodles of character.
The 2019 Honda Civic is an even stronger compact sedan than before.
If you thought the Corolla was too vanilla before, the 2020 model might change your opinion.
A bold new design nudges up the appeal of Hyundai's affordable, practical small sedan.
As an all-round compact commuter, the 2019 Kia Forte makes a strong case for itself.
The Nissan Kicks is a good combination of utility and efficiency, wrapped in a funky little package.
A robust V8 gives Bentley's SUV some newfound athleticism without any sacrifices in luxury and refinement. It's absolutely the Bentayga to have.
The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta feels more like a move upscale, rather just than a move up in scale, and is once again a solid choice for an efficient and smart compact sedan.
Tons of fun for everyday driving, the 2019 Veloster is an excellent value compared to rivals.
If you can dig the Kona's looks, I guarantee you'll dig the whole package.
If your new car needs to be cheap and effective, good luck topping the Fit.
Ford's rush job to Americanize its global EcoSport results in a vehicle that's mid-pack at best.
The Q50 Red Sport has a lot going for it, but it also has a tough time overcoming its faults.
If you're not looking for poetry on wheels, the Accent SE provides solid transportation, good economy and decent features for an affordable price.
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"Dirt! The Movie" takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility — from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. The opening scenes of the film dive into the wonderment of the soil. Made from the same elements as the stars, plants and animals, and us, "dirt is very much alive." Though, in modern industrial pursuits and clamor for both profit and natural resources, our human connection to and respect for soil has been disrupted. "Drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt."
"Dirt! the Movie" — narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis — brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.
"Dirt! the Movie" is simply a movie about dirt. The real change lies in our notion of what dirt is. The movie teaches us: "When humans arrived 2 million years ago, everything changed for dirt. And from that moment on, the fate of dirt and humans has been intimately linked." But more than the film and the lessons that it teaches, "Dirt! the Movie" is a call to action.
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… a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. – Stephen Hinton (The Humanitarian Water and Food Award)
An invigorating look at an invaluable substance we take for granted. – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
…an uplifting story about people from all walks of life who are striving to renew our relationship with the ground beneath our feet. – Shannon L. Bowen for The Hollywood Reporter
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text: Tennessean Andrew Combs, an artist who has managed to make big strides both in the indie and Americana worlds over four beautifully crafted albums, is an increasingly regular visitor to these shores over the last few years. His excellent live shows are perfectly accompanied by albums that resonate soulfully, emotionally and politically. With 'Ideal Man' just released on New West, Coombs again pushes the envelope that little bit further in terms of approach and sound. Americana-UK's Gordon Sharpe caught up with Andrew pre-show on a recent UK tour to discuss everything from babies to Woody Guthrie! Continue reading "Interview: Andrew Combs on new album, politics and how fatherhood is shaping his future"


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The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) sent a letter to White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway urging the Trump administration not to cut the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's budget.
Highland, Ind. Police Department Partners With P.A.A.R.I. to Renew its Approach to Addiction
Highland Police Chief Peter Hojnicki and Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) co-chairs John Rosenthal and Frederick Ryan and Executive Director Allie Hunter McDade are pleased to announce that the Highland Police Department has partnered with P.A.A.R.I.
Gloucester Police and P.A.A.R.I. Partnering To Connect Overdose Victims To Treatment Options
The Gloucester Police Department and P.A.A.R.I. have begun a new outreach effort by paying follow-up visits to victims of nonfatal overdoses.
P.A.A.R.I. To Partner With AmeriCorps To Build Capacity of Law Enforcement Partners
P.A.A.R.I. will receive a three-year grant from the Massachusetts Service Alliance that will place 25 AmeriCorps members into service at police departments.
La Porte City, Ind. Police Department Joins P.A.A.R.I. To Launch Addiction Recovery Initiative
LA PORTE, Ind. – Chief Adam Klimczak announces that the La Porte City Police Department has partnered with the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) to expand the department's addiction recovery program, the La Porte County Angel Initiative.
P.A.A.R.I. Co-Founder John Rosenthal Speaks at Washington Post's Series on Opioid Addiction
On Wednesday, May 4, John Rosenthal, co-founder of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) was a guest speaker at the Washington Post's series on the country's opioid crisis.


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Woman in Black: Can they really tell what kind of heartsword you're going to have before you pull it?
Del: Most often, yes.
Your driving traits and motivations make themselves clear over the course of training. Instructors learn to recognize the common types.
Rarer types like mine tend to confound the system. Of course I was scouted by someone who knew the signs, but I'm not certain if the regular staff ever guessed.
The regular staff, trying to guess.
Artie: Twenty crowns says that kid pulls an axe.
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I have just been dancing with the stars. Okay, not literally dancing with them, but very nearly. See, I have just come from a day where I stood mere feet from some of our fave TV stars today. Only a silly bar kept me from flinging myself at Tina Fay and begging for a cameo on her Emmy-winning show. Many people have been asking me what it was like to see so many great stars in person. Well, let me just say, they are all very tiny and short...much more than expected. (ie, Oscar from the Office is ridiculously petite and short). But on the other hand, they look pretty much the same. Although I didn't realize how blue Patrick Dempsy's eyes were until he glanced up at me so close, I could have ran my hands through his dreamy hair. Or how pretty Tina Fay is when she's not sporting her jeans and knit tops while running around NBC looking for Tracy Jordan. But Steve Carel's nose is just has long in person, and Steve Colbert's glasses are just as shiny, and Heidi Klume is just as tall and fashionable, and Kathy Griffin is just has hideous ten feet away.