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A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the proportion of Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) clients who had a current mental health issue rose to 1 in 4 in 2014–15, while domestic and family violence continues to be the most common reason for seeking homelessness support.
Overall, 255,500 people were assisted by specialist homelessness agencies across Australia in 2014–15, receiving nearly 20 million days of support and about 6.6 million nights of accommodation.
The report, Specialist homelessness services 2014–15, shows that clients with a current mental health issue are the fastest growing client group, growing at an average rate of 12% each year since 2011–12.
'In 2014–15, over 63,000—or 25% of all clients—had a current mental health issue, up from about 44,800—or 19%—in 2011–12,' said AIHW spokesperson Geoff Neideck.
In general, clients with a current mental health issue required longer periods of support, compared with the broader SHS population.
Over one-third of clients required support due to domestic and family violence—in 2014–15 this was 92,000 people, including 31,000 children (under 18 years of age) and 56,000 women (18 years and over).
'Domestic violence continues to be a significant issue for the clients of homelessness services and their children,' Mr Neideck said.
'Earlier this week, the AIHW released separate analysis on domestic violence clients supported by homelessness services over the past 3 years. It showed that those clients experiencing domestic violence require more support than other clients—on average 136 days of support compared with 92 days for other clients. The report also found that these clients were more likely to seek short term accommodation and more likely to have those requests met (82% compared with 61% for other clients).'
Indigenous clients continue to be over-represented among homelessness service users. One in 4 SHS clients were Indigenous, despite Indigenous Australians representing just 1 in 33 of the Australian population.
'The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates of service use has been widening—in 2014–15, Indigenous clients used specialist homelessness services at a rate of 8.7 times that of non-Indigenous clients, up from 7.8 times in 2011–12,' Mr Neideck said.
The AIHW is a major national agency set up by the Australian Government to provide reliable, regular and relevant information and statistics on Australia's health and welfare.
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Further information: Mr Geoff Neideck, AIHW, tel. 02 6244 1163, mob. 0439 878 933
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5 Great Ways to Make Money While in College
In keeping with our back-to-school theme for September, we figured it would be a good idea to share some great tips on how make a few bucks while studying at university. With soaring tuition, book and living costs, a little bit of creativity can go a very long way. And you won't have to bug Mom and Dad half as often for money if you're making some of your own.
Here are our some of our tried-and-true tips:
- Sell your used text books. Don't just let them collect dust on your shelves, and don't keep them unless they will really be useful to you in your career. Pull them out and post them on your university association's Facebook page, and see who wants to buy them. If your program doesn't have a Facebook page, start one yourself.
- Start a dog-walking/cat-sitting business. This is a great way to make some extra dough and try your hand at running your own business. You will need to purchase liability insurance and register yourself as a business (which are not too expensive), and even take a dog-walking workshop or two to build your confidence. Then get on Facebook, print out flyers, make some business cards and get your name out there. Offer promotions and freebies to encourage people to give you a shot.
- Tutor. If you excel in a subject, you can help your fellow students by offering tutoring services. Figure out an hourly fee, and start printing out and distributing flyers, and posting on your school's Facebook page(s).
- Busk on campus or on the street. If you are a budding musician or performance artist, hit the streets or the campus green to entertain the masses and make some money. But before doing that, see if you need permission. Otherwise, you may be slapped with a fine.
- Become a freelance writer. What better way to hone your craft and make money at the same time? Check out sites like Elance.com and Freelancewritinggigs.com to find freelance opportunities. This is great way for any budding professional writer to get their foot in the door.
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I'm pretty in love with this list on BuzzFeed that gives book recommendations based on favorite movies. This could have been really simplistic, pairing books up with movies whose plots were super similar or were even based on one another. However, the compiler of this list really thought about it, basing the recommendations much more on sentiment, overarching theme or general takeaway more than anything else. Some of them are more plot-based, but there's clearly real thought going on here.
Though I'll admit there are only three pairings here where I've both read the book and seen the movie (Pulp Fiction and The Sisters Brothers, Amelie and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and finally, Midnight in Paris and The Paris Wife) I've really enjoyed all six of those things so I'm going to go ahead and assume that the rest of the thirty matchups are equally helpful. And I've definitely got some books and movies on my to read/to watch list now.
I'm really curious about Q by Evan Mandery—not only is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind a great film, but Q's cover is just really lovely. I've picked up The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson in bookstores more times than I can even remember but for some reason, have never purchased it, even though I've said time and time again that I specifically love books about quirky, offbeat families. I'll have to give it a real shot next time!
I love the Amelie/The Elegance of the Hedgehog matchup. Yes, there's the obvious Parisian connection, but though both have whimsical covers and conceits, there is a truly dark undertone to both pieces that gives each an unforgettable quality.
I'm a sucker for book recommendation lists, so this was the perfect Friday afternoon treat. If you could pair a movie with a book, what would it be?


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This article was published 9/4/2013 (1591 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Degrees of suffering
What a tragedy that Susan Griffiths would feel so stuck she sees no other option than assisted suicide. Her emotionally charged language about her condition and her present inability to cope with it suggest not so much needing to die as simply needing to find new ways of coping.
She balks at becoming dependent on others. Is it so unacceptable to allow oneself to be cared for, especially when there appears to be such a crowd of eager people ready to do so? And what of their feelings?
We all suffer to varying degrees, and we all experience the inexorable loss of our faculties. Does that make life less worth living? Whose pain is special enough to merit assisted suicide? Where do we draw that line?
There is always more to life than what we think of it at any given moment. Perhaps an astute physician in Switzerland will be able to see through Griffiths' self-concerned stuckness, so that this friend and mother and grandmother is not lost so soon to those who love her.
It is a pity she was unable to avail herself of the excellent treatment, counselling and self-help resources we have right here in Canada.
If we are honest, people like Susan Griffiths, faced with the diagnosis of an incurable and progressively debilitating illness, want to be able to hire someone to end their days before they lose their dignity and their estate paying for care by indifferent strangers. I get it. Griffiths has a valid case for us to consider.
Much of the resistance to assisted suicide would vanish if we stop trying to make it another medical procedure. Our hospitals deal with people who are grievously ill, literally on death's doorstep. We want their focus on curing and healing.
Tarting up a facility to end the lives of desperate, distraught and fatally ill people as a medical clinic is repulsive. Any place that facilitates suicide must be kept at arm's length from our medical facilities. Their objectives are not just incompatible, they are diametrically opposed and irreconcilable.
Someone of sound mind diagnosed with an incurable, terminal ailment should be able to contract for his or her death. Those who are seeking assisted suicide are past caring about health care. The system cannot help them.
We could open a Life Termination Trustee's office. Someone has to ensure that the person is of sound mind and verify that there is a diagnosis of an incurable, debilitating, terminal illness. Someone has to be trained and certified to administer a humane but lethal dose of chemicals to end a life.
It can be done, but not as a part of our health-care system.
Legalized euthanasia is the freedom to be killed, not the freedom to die.
Soon this new right will become our responsibility.
Polls repeatedly indicate that the majority of Canadians are in favour of medically assisted suicide in certain situations regarding the terminally ill. Politicians without enough courage and refusing to honour the wishes of their constituents are to blame for a woman having to fly across the ocean to die. There is a better way. Pass the morphine and orange juice, please.
The talk again lately on the subject of legalizing euthanasia, using false compassion, and hard-case scenarios has obscured the grim, deep, ultimate, lasting issues underpinning it.
Few seem to realize that similar campaigns in Germany in the 1920s and '30s led to the psyche of most of its citizens being softened up to accept the annual killing of more than 10,000 patients in public institutions, before the Nazis were elected in 1933.
Then within a few months, they set up their first death camp at Dachau, with little opposition.
If you remember two decades ago a middle-aged woman on an old-style bike, red raincoat flapping, racing through the Pembina underpass every day, you've seen Susan Griffiths.
She continues to be exotic, vivacious and willing to go where most of us are even afraid to contemplate the trip.
Distorting conclusions
Your April 6 Page 1 headline Recipe for disaster, with the subheadline Manitoba's flood forecasters were too inexperienced to battle 2011's devastating flood, report concludes, distorts the conclusions of our report.
We never questioned the professional capability of the forecast group. The 2011 flood occurred across the province and was unprecedented in scope and severity. It would have posed a challenge to the most experienced forecasters.
Manitobans can rest assured that the Hydrologic Forecasting Centre has very skilled and knowledgeable forecasters. Rather than suggesting the forecasters were inadequate, our report commends them for "a high level of commitment and professionalism."
I think we all owe the staff that worked many long days without a break a word of thanks and congratulation on a job well done under the circumstances.
Manitoba 2011 Flood Review Task Force
Bible is full of 'ites'
Re: Insulted by derogatory term (Letters, April 8). Even though Frances Russell's column isn't to Andrea Sewell's liking, the term "Harperites" is hardly derogatory or inflammatory.
What about the "ites" from the Bible -- the Gibeonites, Hittites, Canaanites, Perizzites and Jebusites?
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You people, and you know who you are, please, please, stop throwing your garbage out of your vehicle.
If you need a lesson on how to dispose of litter properly, do call me and I will arrange it with your mommy to give you a lesson.


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Besides touring a number of U.S. cities, the famous singer will also take his show to international regions in South America and Europe. He will visit locations that he has not visited in years, and some shows will take place in areas where he has not toured before.
The phenomenal performer has had an amazing career as a member of The Beatles, with his band Wings, and also as a solo artist. He will likely perform music during his "Out There Tour" that will be from every phase of his career, and fans will be treated to a unique show that will contain the songs they have heard and enjoyed for years. He has released a large number of albums that span his entire career, and the singer has also toured extensively since he first began performing. His dedicated fans are thrilled that they have live concerts to look forward to this year, but they must act in haste to acquire Paul McCartney tickets. There is no doubt that performances will be complete sellouts across the U.S. and internationally.
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Ratepayers are forking out a fortune to recover the costs of unpaid tolls, with one father who owns a $1 million house in The Gap racking up nearly $90,000 in fines in his two leased BMWs.
Budget review documents tabled at City Hall on Tuesday show the Brisbane City Council will spend $28.9 million chasing up unpaid tolls and fines this financial year, $19.75 million more than initially forecast.
That additional spending includes $13.18 million for bad and doubtful debts that the council has to account for but will continue to pursue.
But the council is hoping the cost will be offset by a boost in toll revenue worth $22.6 million over the year, up from the $12.6 million anticipated in the June budget.
However, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the actual revenue collected for in the previous year was only $11.99 million.
That revenue comes from the Go Between Bridge, which is the subject of a pending deal which awards tolling rights for the asset and the council's yet-to-be-completed Legacy Way tunnel to Queensland Motorways Holdings.
The council acts as the enforcement agent for the Clem7 and Go Between Bridge, though it does not collect tolls from the tunnel.
Cr Quirk said he was determined to pursue drivers who did not pay their tolls, and fended of criticism from Opposition Leader Milton Dick that the problem was getting out of control.
On Tuesday, Cr Dick reiterated concerns about inadequate signage raised earlier this year when a $2.9 million variation in e-toll fines collected by the council was revealed in a quarterly review.
But Cr Quirk said it was right to "throw the book" at repeat offenders.
"If you don't pay your fine we will chase you up and if you continue to avoid payment we will refer it to the state agency SPER who will pursue you," he said.
"It is very well known and publicised with adequate signage that the Go Between Bridge and Clem7 are river crossings that require a toll to be paid.
"Any people who feel they have unfairly received a fine should act early as possible to have the matter reviewed."
In 2012, there were a total of 412,097 unpaid tolls referred to the council – Clem 7 had 338,449 and Go Between Bridge 73,648.
Figures from the council show 34 people had more than 100 unpaid fines, 191 had more than 50 unpaid fines, 303 people had more than 40 unpaid fines.
By contrast, 34,134 (about two-thirds of offenders) received one infringement only.
Case studies:
- One father of three who owns a $1 million house at The Gap and has two leased BMWs has incurred 359 unpaid fines totalling almost $90,000 because he believed all roads should be free to travel on. He is a subcontractor who uses toll roads twice daily to and from work. A settlement is under negotiation.
- A full-time salesman had 215 unpaid toll fines totalling $36,000, moved address several times but did not update details. He uses toll roads frequently for work purposes. A settlement was negotiated.
- One young woman last week who had 70 unpaid fines totalling $19,000. She claims she has been running from a client and hasn't changed addresses. Matter is outstanding but Council will continue to pursue payment.


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But despite their 100 percent record, Taylor insists the title-deciding clash with current holders England will not only be the toughest test for his side but a chance for them to have something to show for their efforts.
And knowing their opponents won't be relinquishing their title in a hurry, the former Wales centre believes his side must be extremely disciplined if they have any hope of gaining a result.
"It was tough [against Scotland], especially early on, but we have some great incisive runners who were clinical when chances arose. The team is confident at the moment and that counts for a lot," said Taylor.
"It's always tough when you have three away games so we're delighted to get three out of three of those and be undefeated in the tournament.
"Next week's game is a massive test. Unless we get some kind of result, then what we've done so far counts for nothing in terms of trophies.
"It's going to be a big ask because England have also got a lot to gain and will want to spoil the party. England will be more competent in all areas of the game than all the teams we have played so far.
"They always have a huge amount of strength in depth and will be very disciplined - something we need to work on as a team like England will punish us if we are down to 14 or 13 men. We will have to be very accurate in our play."


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ADRENALINE-FUELLED action and spectacular freestyle windsurfing stunts took place in Weymouth and Portland this week.
The Centaur King of the Wind Festival, the final of the European Freestyle Pro Tour event 2012, came to a close on Tuesday Dutch windsurfer Davy Scheffers claimed the event crown when he was named overall Centaur King of the Wind winner and the new European champion.
Austrian windsurfer Max Mattisek was named winner of the night Tow-In super session, which took place in Weymouth Bay in front of 15,000 spectators ahead of the resort's Bonfire night fireworks.
Andy Chambers claimed the title of top UK windsurfer from Centaur King of the Wind, after the four-day event hosted by the Official Test Centre (OTC) at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy concluded on Tuesday.
While Adam Sims was the best UK windsurfer in the overall European Freestyle Pro Tour results, after claiming eighth place overall.
Adam Sims, of Xtreme Playground who was also the event organiser, said: "Davy not only won the first round but also the second round of the competition.
"He really secured the event win with his usual combination of not just single moves but several showing power and style.
"Particularly when he performed in the choppy conditions on the last day when he really showed he was the best."
All the King of the Wind competitions were held on the sheltered flat water of Portland Harbour, apart from the Tow-In by a Red Bull jet-ski, which is hoped to become an annual event.
Olympian Nick Dempsey made a special guest appearance to watch the spectacle.
Sims added: "It was great to do the Tow-In on the beach in front of the town and residents from the regional area to show people what freestyle windsurfing is about and get the public involved.
"The competitors loved it. One guy Adam Gavriel from Israel came off the water and said 'I can't believe I've just done a Tow-In in England in front of 15,000 people, it's one of the best things I've done in my live'."
While a lack of wind on Tuesday cancelled the scheduled women's event, Jo Wright was named winner of the light wind expression session, sponsored by Femi Pleasure clothing company.
In addition to the freestyle events, competitors enjoyed evening parties at the Lazy Lizard, organised by Jay Haysey from Globalshots, plus music on Sunday evening by Tim Cowen.
Trist Best, OTC managing director, said Wey Valley teacher Pam Govier told him the Tow-In super session stunts was all her tutor group were talking about the next day.


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The chief executive of wealth management software developer
The high-profile departure came as Bravura yesterday handed investors a net loss of $4.4 million for the half-year ended December 31, 2009, a result the company defended as within its guidance as it seeks to regain sales momentum after the global financial crisis.
Mr Dunstan has been replaced by
A statement to the Australian Securities Exchange said Mr Woodfull's remuneration would remain unchanged but gave nothing away as to what payment, if any, would be collected by Mr Dunstan.
Mr Dunstan's departure was on the cards after private equity firm Ironbridge Capital took out about one-third of Bravura's shares after a capital raising last year.
However, the appointment and performance of Mr Mitchell as chairman is likely to be scrutinised by Bravura shareholders.
Mr Woodfull said yesterday that "off the top of my head" he did not know whether Mr Mitchell had previously held a directorship of a public company. "If he has or he hasn't is not the important point for Bravura at this point in time," he said.
"It's not by any stretch an Ironbridge sole appointment by someone that they knew without our knowledge."
Mr Woodfull said Mr Mitchell had become known to Bravura through the company's chief financial officer,
It is understood one reason behind Mr Mitchell's appointment is a desire by investors to see an increase in Bravura's maintenance revenue, an area in which Oracle is regarded as a world leader but that has not always endeared the company to its customers.
Mr Mitchell replaces interim chairman Neil Broekhuizen, who is a managing partner at Ironbridge Capital, and will now take a non-executive director's position on the board.
Just how far away Ironbridge sees a potential exit from its position in Bravura is still unclear, however, any boost to annual maintenance revenue flowing into the company is likely to make it more appealing to larger software companies looking for accretive bolt-on acquisitions.
So far it appears that Mr Dunstan has retained his stake of about 10 per cent of Bravura's shares, a position worth about $6 million based on the company's current market capitalisation of $65 million.
Mr Dunstan was not available for comment.
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A man was cut out of a car following a crash on the A2 by Gravesend this morning (April 7).
The incident happened at around 9am on section seven of the A2 London bound.
Two fire engines from Kent Fire and Rescue (KF&RS) were sent and Kent Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended.
The carriageway was closed and the road was closed by the A226 Wainscott bypass but the roads were reopened around an hour later.
A spokeswoman for Kent Police said: "We were called to the London bound carriageway of the A2 at around 9am this morning following a report that a collision involving a Uno van and a Passat had occurred.
"A driver was trapped inside his vehicle and KF&RS were called to cut the roof off the vehicle.
"The carriageway was closed whilst this was done. The road was also closed at the A226 (Wainscott bypass).
"The driver was taken to hospital by ambulance, his condition was not described as serious.
"The roads were reopened at 10.20am."
A spokesman for KF&RS said: "Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to rescue a man who was trapped in a car following a crash involving two vehicles.
"He was passed to the care of ambulance technicians."
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But many Americans are trying to snack less.
The U.S. snack industry experienced a year of positive momentum as dollar sales rebounded in 2006, according to snack trends expert Sally Lyons Wyatt, of IRI, who spoke at SNAXPO 2007 in Hollywood, Fla., this week .
Although indulgent snacks capture two-thirds of the current snacking market, healthier snack sales are growing at triple the rate of indulgent snacks, she said. "Lighter" versions of indulgent snacks, such as light ice cream and low-fat crackers, are seeing exceptional growth, according to IRI data.
However, there are growing concerns, since volume sales remain flat overall, consumers are striving to snack less, Wyatt noted. "At the same time, snack manufacturers are facing increased competition from outside the core industry."
The media, the medical community, social networks and government organizations are driving a shift towards healthier eating. However, equally powerful forces, such as an inherent desire for taste and variety and well-established snacking patterns, are driving continued high demand for indulgent products, she said.
"Snack manufacturers and retailers face the enormous challenge of deciphering this behavior and its underlying drivers to determine the optimal mix of healthier and more indulgent snacks in their portfolios and stores and the right advertising messages to influence purchases," she said.


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Pope Benedict is planning on lifting the excommunication pronounced in 1988 by his predecessor John Paul II against the bishops of the Saint Pius X Fraternity, founded by schismatic bishop Marcel Lefebvre, according to the Italian paper "Il Giornale."
Pope Benedict will receive in an audience on February 13 at 10h30 the cardinals-heads of dicasteries of the Roman Curie. A reflection on the status of Saint Pius X Fraternity should be on the table that day.
Pope Benedict has called on a meeting of all the cardinals of the dicasteries of the Holy See to treat the issue. It would amount to the first general consultation of the all the cardinals of the roman curie by the recently-elected pope. Most of these cardinals had called during the papal vacancy for a greater frequency of these meetings.
Benedict XVI would be willing to talk on February 13 about the extension of the usage of the pre-counciliary missal, requested by the Saint Pius X Fraternity. Nowadays, celebration of Mass according to the Saint Pius V Ordo is allowed but only with the local bishops consent. The Fraternity would like to be free to celebrate it in any diocese, independent from the local bishops decision.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, from which the Ecclesia Dei commission depends and who is in charge of this case, will meet in Rome for a plenary assembly next week should review the question too.
This information follows the enthusiastic comments made by Bishop Fellay, the head of the Fraternity on January 13t, in which he expressed his confidence of being accepted back into the Church.


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Alexander Graham Bell Mr. Watson Come Here!, March 10, 1876 The first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, "Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you."
1496 Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.
1785 Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin.
1848 The Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
1880 The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.
1906 About 1,100 miners in France were killed by a coal-dust explosion.
1933 A magnitude-6.4 earthquake centered off Long Beach, Calif., killed 120 people.
1949 Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, known as "Axis Sally," was convicted in Washington of treason. (She served 12 years in prison.)
1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to assassinating civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)
1980 "Scarsdale Diet" author Dr. Herman Tarnower was shot to death at his home in Purchase, N.Y. (His ex-lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of murder; she served nearly 12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.)
1985 Konstantin Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union's leader for just 13 months, died at age 73.
10 years ago Israeli helicopters destroyed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office in Gaza City, hours after 11 Israelis were killed in a suicide bombing in a cafe across the street from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Jerusalem home.
Five years ago In their first direct talks since the Iraq war began, U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for Iraq's crisis at a one-day international conference in Baghdad.
One year ago The House Homeland Security Committee examined Muslim extremism in America during a hearing punctuated by tearful testimony and angry recriminations.
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Pat Robertson - a few things you need to knowPosted by Kat at 22:26, 12 Nov 2005
I originally intended to just post a reply to Deathscythe's blog, 'Pat Robertson at it again'. But there's so much dirt you need to know about Robertson, I had to post this as a separate blog.
Unfortunately, Dr. Marion 'Pat' Robertson's interests aren't limited to the U.S, or to religion and politics. Judging by his actions rather than his words, his main interest has always been MONEY. This article says, "According to Robertson, his close relationship with God has given him the insider's scoop on successfully using what he calls "God's marvelous system of money management"." At the end of this blog, you'll discover why the root of Robertson's interest - or obsession - with money is much more likely to be familial than divine.
After soliciting millions in donations from his 'flock' to help Rwandan refugees in Zaire, he and his buddy, Zaire's dictator Mobutu, actually went looking for diamonds. Zaire's Mobutu was popularly known as the 'President of Kleptocracy' for his looting of Zaire's wealth, with estimates of how much he embezzled ranging from $2-6 billion. Yet "Robertson remained firm in defending Mobutu as a good Christian and friend to the west in the war against communism."
His warm ties with other authoritarian leaders throughout the world have included Guatemalan President Jorge Serrano, a fervent Pentecostal Christian who wanted to establish a theocratic government and was a protege of the dictator General Efrain Rios Montt. In his book "The New World Order," Robertson praised both leaders as examples of "enlightened leadership." Another case involves Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, who in 1991 embraced a form of old testament Christian Reconstructionism and declared his country 'a Christian nation'.
"Wouldn't you love to have someone like that as president of the United States of America?" Robertson asked viewers of his '700 Club' television program. According to Rob Boston, author of The Most Dangerous Man in America? Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition, Chiluba saturated Zambia's public schools with fundamentalist Christian propaganda, and ordered the nation's Hindu, Islamic and animist minorities out of the national educational system. Chiluba also announced that state-run television and radio would broadcast only fundamentalist Christian religious programming, again telling members of minority religions that they would have to build their own facilities. Chiluba shut down abortion clinics and conducted an anti-pornography crusade. Fundamentalist ministers and missionaries were given license to work with the police to publicly burn any material they deemed obscene.
Robertson briefly had ties to the Bank of Scotland, which named him chairman of its new American consumer-bank holding company. According to this article, in 1999, Robertson had a net worth estimated at between $200 million and $1 billion. In an interview with The Observer, he said his share of the reported $50 million in start-up capital for this Bank of Scotland venture was 'just a small investment for me.'
This article also provides more info on the 'diamonds and dictators' article. 'Operation Blessing' was supposedly set up to alleviate the woes of refugees fleeing genocide in Rwanda. Through an emotional fundraising drive on his TV network, Robertson raised several million tax-free dollars for 'Operation Blessing', which was purportedly to be used for medical supplies at a refugee camp in Goma, Zaire (now Congo). But the planes that Robertson bought with those donated millions were used, with the exception of one medical flight, to haul equipment for his diamond mining operation - a long way from Goma. When two pilots of 'Operation Blessing' said they'd spent most of their time ferrying mining supplies, the State of Virginia opened an investigation of Robertson's operation, to be done by the VA Attorney General's office. VA Attorney General Mark Earley, who received a 1997 campaign contribution of $35,000 from Robertson, eventually came under fire for keeping the investigation and it's findings under wraps, and I have yet to find an article saying whether his findings were ever made public.
"One of Robertson's former business partners recalled that, although he often travelled in the minister's jet, he never saw Robertson crack open a Bible. 'Everywhere we were flying he had the Wall Street Journal and Investors' Daily."
But as the Palast article points out, "The diamond safari went bust, as did Robertson's ventures in vitamin sales and multi-level marketing. These disastrous investments added to his losses in oil refining, the Founders Inn Hotel and a jet- leasing fiasco. One cannot term a demi-billionaire a poor businessman - but, outside of the media, Robertson could not cite for me any commercial success."
According to this article, his Bank of Scotland deal went south after Robertson described Scotland as a "dark" land populated by powerful homosexuals. So many Bank of Scotland customers protested by canceling their private accounts, that the bank severed their ties to Robertson.
As of '99, Robertson owned 2 million shares of Laura Ashley stock. The Laura Ashley brand of home decor, fashion, and baby items is sold in the U.S. by, among other retailers, Target and Kohl's. Around the same time as the ill-fated Bank of Scotland deal, Robertson was also appointed to Laura Ashley's Board of Directors. But due to the publicity over his statement about Scotland and the resulting protest over his Bank of Scotland deal, human rights and gay organizations also mounted a protest that got Robertson ousted from the Laura Ashley board.
This article also says Robertson was [and possibly still is] partnered with 'a Malaysian group' that provides 'no news-no sex-no violence television programming' throughout China and much of Asia. Most likely, this 'Malaysian group' is MUI Group (Malayan United Industries), which owns a controlling interest in Laura Ashley and the UK's Corus hotels (among other ventures). MUI Global's homepage says it's success is due to its loyal workforce, dynamic management, and "above all, by the grace of God".
In 2000, undetered by his '99 diamond-mining losses, Robertson created another Cayman-based company, saying this company would spend up to $15 million to look for gold in Liberia, in partnership with the Liberian government, i.e. the dictatorship of 'President' Charles Taylor. Political opponents and human rights groups have frequently accused Liberian President Charles Taylor of operating a criminal cabal dealing in everything from weapons to development concessions of Liberia's vast gold, diamond and other mineral reserves. And they say Taylor is as ruthless as Mobutu in trying to crush political dissent, suppress religious minorities, and enrich himself in the process.
It bears mentioning that in 1980 there was a bloody coup in Liberia, and Samuel Doe became head of state. After taking office in 1981, Ronald Reagan increased military and other aid to prop up this new Liberian government, and Doe emerged as a central player in US geopolitical strategy. During that time, there was widespread corruption and misappropriation of aid funds, and in 1983, 'President' Charles Taylor, then a procurement official in the Doe government, fled to the US after being charged with embezzling millions of dollars. US Marshals put Taylor in a Massachucetts jail to await extradition, but in 1985 Taylor somehow managed to escape. Of course, it's probably just a coincidence that by 1985, the US was getting annoyed with the Doe government's rampant corruption. After escaping from this Mass. jail, Taylor somehow managed to completely drop out of site until 1989, when he re-entered Liberia at the head of a band of guerillas, and started a civil war that left at least 150,000 dead and another 500,000 homeless. Taylor described this bloody civil war as an act of God to punish Liberians for their sins.
If you keep up with current affairs, perhaps you know that Liberia's neighbor, The Ivory Coast, has for some years now been enduring a civil war. Roving bands of militia rape and pillage the populace at will - as do some of the UN troops that are supposedly there to try to restore order - since there is no government to speak of. What you may not know is that Charles Taylor's regime is largely responsible for the proliferation of arms in Africa, and allows these Ivory Coast militias to use Liberia as a base of operations. Taylor's 'Special Security Service' has also been accused of numerous human rights abuses, including 'extrajudicial killings', torture, and other cruel and inhuman treatments and punishments.
Warlord-turned-President Charles Taylor also embarked on a religious crusade. He views his regime as anointed by god. When a top aide and several civilians standing nearby were killed in an October, 1996 assassination attempt, Taylor escape unharmed and promptly headed over to the KISS studios to inform the nation, "I have survived by the grace of God." Shortly after that, he fired most of his Cabinet and the heads of several agencies who failed to attend one of his mandatory prayer services, saying 'Any government official who does not know God will not serve in my government.'
Palast's article says that in his younger days, Pat Robertson gave up worldly wealth to work in the ghettos of New York. But a former Christian Coalition executive says, 'Pat's changed'. This change accelerated in 1988 when, according to his former television co-host Danuta Soderman Pfeiffer, 'he was ensnared by the idea that God called him to run for President of the United States'. Although the media still incorrectly refer to him as 'Reverend Pat', he gave up his ordination as a Baptist minister in 1988.
The 1988 run for the Oval Office, which began with Robertson announcing his endorsement by the 'Highest Authority', was not some quixotic adventure. The race generated a mailing list of 3 million Americans, whose rage against the establishment was given voice by Robertson, who formed the Christian Coalition out of his campaign defeat.
In 1997, Christian Broadcast Network, Robertson's 'ministry', took in $164 million in donations plus an additional $34 million in other income. A tidal wave of tax-deductible cash, generated by a daily dose of holiness, paid for the cable channel - which was sold in 1997 to Rupert Murdoch for $1.82 billion. However, seven years prior to this sale, the tax-exempt 'ministry' had been 'spun off' into a for-profit corporation, in which Robertson held the controlling interest. Robertson donated hundreds of millions of dollars from the Murdoch deal to both CBN and CBN University (now Regent University).
Two former top executives in the for-profit operation said that the tax-exempt religious group's mailing lists and the Christian Coalition's mailing lists were used to build what became Kalo-Vita, the pyramid sales enterprise that sold vitamins and other products. That company collapsed in 1992. A former Kalo-Vita officer alleged some of Kalo-Vita's operations, including offices, phones and secretarial help, were funded, without compensation, by donations to the ministry. When questions arose about using donations for a commercial enterprise, Robertson produced minutes of board meetings that characterised as 'loans' the start-up capital obtained from CBN. Not all board members were made aware of these meetings until months after they were held.
Palast's article also says the US Federal Election Commission charged Robertson's groups with misusing mailing lists. Federal courts reviewed Christian Coalition internal documents, including a Sept. 1992 memo, from Ralph Reed to the coordinator of President George H.W. Bush's re-election campaign, which said Robertson was prepared to assist by distributing 40 million voter guides.
At the time, this offer represented an unprecedented level of cooperation and assistance from 'Christian leaders'. Unprecedented and illegal, said the Federal Election Commission, which took legal action against the Christian Coalition, technically a tax-exempt educational corporation, for channelling campaign support worth tens of millions of dollars to Republican candidates.
Records subpoenaed by the FEC from the Christian Coalition contained a carefully scripted set of questions and answers by the Coalition and the Republican Party for a 1992 'interview' with Bush, Sr. by Robertson, broadcast on 700 Club.
Palast says this caught his eye - first, because it appeared to constitute a prohibited campaign commercial; and second, because Robertson had months earlier claimed in his book New World Order that Bush was 'unwittingly carrying out the mission of Lucifer'. With Bush running behind Bill Clinton, Robertson must have decided to stick with the devil he knew.
The FEC never saw all of the Christian Coalition documents they'd subpoenaed. Judy Liebert, formerly chief financial officer for the Christian Coalition, told Palast she was present when Coalition president Ralph Reed personally destroyed crucial documents.
When Liebert complained to Robertson about 'financial shenanigans' at the Coalition, 'Pat told me I was "unsophisticated". Well, that is a strange thing for a Christian person to say to me.'
The Coalition has attacked Liebert as a disgruntled ex-employee whom it fired. She responds that she was sacked only after she went to government authorities - and after she refused an $80,000 severance fee that would have required her to remain silent about the Coalition and Robertson.
Liebert also claimed that her evidence about the Coalition's illegal printing of Republican campaign literature, stored on the hard drive of her computer, had been removed. Indeed, the entire hard drive had been mysteriously pulled from her machine - but not before she had made secret copies of the files.
The Feds never acted on Liebert's charge of evidence tampering, and little of all this about Robertson has been reported in the press. Why? Palest says that while researching his article on Robertson, he endured an hour-long diatribe by Robertson's chief banking officer, Volder, who threatened to use Britain's draconian libel law and Robertson's bottomless financial treasure chest to sue any newspaper that didn't provide what he called a 'balanced' view. Volder also boasted that one of Robertson's lawyers had 'virtually written' a lauditory profile of Robertson which appeared in one UK newspaper.
In his book New World Order (written before his ill-fated deal with the Bank of Scotland), Robertson singled out, as the apotheosis of Satan's plan for world domination, the British-chartered central banks conceived by Scottish banker William Paterson. In the book, Robertson explains that Rothschild interests carried on the Paterson plan, financing diamond mines in Africa which, in turn, funded the 'satanic' secret English Round Table directed by Lord Milner.
The Scottish banker's charter became the pattern for the US Federal Reserve Board, a 'diabolic agency', according to Robertson, that was created and nurtured by the US Senate Finance Committee, whose chairman was Senator A. Willis Robertson - Pat Robertson's father.
Palast asks, "Are you following this? That's right. Pat is the scion of the New World Order, who gave up its boundless privileges to denounce it. Or did he? As I drove away from the chapel/TV studio/ university/ ministry/banking complex, I realised I, too, had a vision of an 'Invisible Cord' that went from Scottish bankers to African diamonds to the Senate Finance Committee to Christian conservatives to the communist dictators to the World Wide Web... "
Oh dear, I think I forgot to mention Robertson's Chinese internet firm, which he calls 'the Yahoo of China'. Well, I'll leave that, and any further research, to you guys.
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I'll be back for a decent comment later; but, I've been watching him do this for years and he is just one of many! In this regard, check out Oral Roberts!
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After reading all of that it truely makes one wander how deep the rabbit hole truely goes.
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...a molten glass enema would cleanse his soul. ~Inkslinger
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Somebody needs to hack those mailing lists, and tell all those that are donating money exactly where it's been going.
And while they're at it, maybe they should suggest to those who truly hold Christian ideals that the world would be far better off if they acted on those ideals by each finding one needy family to help, rather than passing the buck, literally, to someone who has set themselves up as a religious authority figure.
If I remember correctly, Jesus didn't think much of one disciple's idea that they should withhold a part of his ministry's money from the poor. He said they should give all they had to those that needed it, trusting that to those that give, more will be given. Now let me think... who was that one disciple who suggested that they should save part of it for themselves??? Humm... uhh, wasn't it Judas who suggested that?
I wonder if 'demi-billionaire' Pat has ever read that part of the Bible? Oh, yeah, someone who traveled with him on those planes in Zaire said he never saw him reading the Bible. He only saw him reading the WSJ and such.
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"Number Form Follows Measurement Function"
The love of Money is the route down to evil.
Many good men are tempted by by money using the excuse that the people will benefit from the good men's richness.
But God, the True God is real but so is the God of the World,
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Who Have You Known with the Most Outrageous Ego?
Paul Stanley recently was quoted as saying "Gene Simmons lives about five minutes from me–I can see his ego from my house!"
Everyone has one and we're all imperfect.
But sometimes you run across a person (or more likely several people) in life who are so enamored of themselves they have to make sure everyone else knows how special they are, too.
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Mumbai: India's largest truck and bus maker, Tata Motors Ltd, is in advanced negotiations with banks and financial institutions, including Life Insurance Corp. of India(LIC), to raise between Rs2,000 crore and Rs3,000 crore through nonconvertible debentures (NCDs), two persons familiar with the move said.
The money will be used to repay part of the $3 billion (Rs15,150 crore today) bridge loan the company took to buy Ford Motor Co.'s marquee brands Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3 billion last January. About $2 billion of the loan amount is due by June.
Costly ride: New Jaguar cars on sale at a dealership in Cambridge, the UK. Tata Motors will use funds raised through the NCD issue to repay part of the bridge loan it took to buy Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Graham Barclay / Bloomberg
SBI Capital Markets Ltd, Citigroup Global Markets India Pvt. Ltd and Tata Capital Ltd, the Tata group's non-banking financial company that also has an investment banking arm, will manage the fresh fund-raising programme, the two persons said.
"The appointment of investment bankers will be finalized soon, in the next one week," one of the two persons, a Tata group executive, said.
SBI Capital will play a "senior role" and lead-manage the issue, the other person, an investment banker advising Tata Motors on NCDs, said on Monday evening.
"In the best case scenario, the company would like to raise about Rs3,000 crore. Beyond that, it would be extremely difficult in the current scenario," he said. "The (impending) debenture issue will be used entirely to repay a part of the bridge loan" and not add to Tata Motors' existing debt.
The banker, who can't be named at this stage of the talks, added that the fund-raising would be completed by May and NCDs would carry a coupon rate of 9.5% payable after a specific tenure, which will be finalized soon.
A Tata Motors spokesman only said the company has already repaid about $1 billion with money raised through a rights issue in October and certain divestments it announced earlier.
Tata Motors is in discussions with banks to refinance the remaining $2 billion due by end-May, and will make necessary announcements at the appropriate time, the company said in reply to an emailed questionnaire.
Public sector banks and financial institutions, such as LIC, are expected to subscribe to Tata Motors' NCDs.
The country's largest insurance company had subscribed to Rs15,000 crore of such debentures last year and has said it would subscribe to a similar quantum of debentures in 2009-10. Several Indian companies struggling for funds have raised money from LIC by issuing debentures.
Tata Motors is also raising funds through fixed deposits, but for its working capital needs, not for repaying the bridge loan. It has raised about Rs1,200 crore so far through this route.
A Deutsche Bank AG report on 28 March by analysts Srinivas Rao, Amyn Pirani and Anup Kulkarni stresses on the priority before Tata Motors to fund the refinancing of the bridge loan. "The company needs to refinance $2 billion by 1 June 2009. There has also been pressure on the working capital front, which increased by Rs18 billion (Rs1,800 crore) between April and December of 2008," the trio wrote.
The investment banker involved in the talks said Tata Motors is seeking a guarantee from State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest, on the interest payment and repayment of the principal amount, and is negotiating the quantum of the fee to own the risk for guaranting the debenture. An SBI Capital official said he was not aware of Tata Motors seeking a guarantee.
What Tata Motors gains through such a "credit enhanced bond" is a somewhat lower rate of interest on the debentures. Without a guarantee, it would have to pay a higher interest rate.
Companies typically issue two types of debentures to banks and financial institutions. One has a lower coupon rate, but a higher redemption rate. For example, a Rs100 debenture could be redeemed at Rs102 at the end of the tenure, but will have a lower interest. The other option is to fully price the bonds with the maximum possible interest rate, explained a rival banker, who has advised on similar transactions.
Tata Motors, he said, is trying to raise maximum money to repay the bridge loan and refinance the remaining amount with Indian banks such as SBI, as well as with banks in developed markets, where interest rates are low. The base rate in the US, Japan and the UK are nearly zero, he noted.
Late March, soon after Tata Motors launched its ultra low-cost car, the Nano, Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded the company's credit rating to B+ from BB-, taking it a step closer to junk bond status and higher borrowing costs. The rating agency cited the company's high debt, a material deterioration in its cash flow and a difficult operating environment. Crisil Ltd, a unit of S&P, too had downgraded Tata Motor's debt issues in January.
Some brokerages have recently dealt with debt issues faced by the Tata group as a conglomerate. In a research report on 5 March, Jairam Nathan of Kotak Institutional Equities wrote about the debt incurred by the group to fund its overseas acquisitions. "We expect the total debt of the Tata group as of end of FY2009E (E stands for estimates) at over Rs1 trillion, of which Rs117 billion is due through March 2010. Additionally, total capital expenditure for the group is Rs216 billion in FY2010, with a bulk of this coming from Tata Steel and Tata Power."
The funding gap of at least Rs10,000 crore at Tata group is largely restricted to Tata Motors, he added. "We believe the Tata group (represented by the five largest companies) would generate Rs100 billion in free cash flows in FY2010E, against Rs117 billion in debt coming due for repayment/refinance, implying a funding gap of Rs17 billion," Nathan wrote.
Much of the refinancing in the current year accrues from Tata Motors. Nathan avers: "Within the group, the most pertinent issue remains Tata Motors' Rs113 billion debt coming up for repayment/refinance in FY2010."


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Essendon's nightmare 2013 season has inspired more Bomber supporters to sign up, with the club predicting it will set a membership record of more than 60,000 in 2014.
Despite the fact the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority's investigation into the Bombers remains open, and that the club was fined $2million, removed from last year's finals, lost a president, chief executive, draft picks and had its coach suspended for 12 months, Essendon has signed 5500 new members already this year and has attracted back more than 1000 who had let their memberships lapse in recent seasons.
Buoyed by its latest tally of 47,005 members - research shows the typical signed-up Bomber is a middle-aged, middle-class, educated, Melbourne-residing male with family - Essendon is setting the bold ambition of recruiting 15,000 new members this year and sits sixth on the AFL club membership ladder.
The club has roughly 20,000 members less than top-ranked Collingwood, but sits ahead of 2013 grand final side Fremantle and is only marginally behind Adelaide (47,503).
Essendon's old foe Carlton is the next-best Melbourne-based club (ninth overall), with 40,066.
In its effort not to lose signed-up supporters following the never-ending crisis that ruined last year, the Bombers launched various campaigns aimed at reassuring supporters it would be a more transparent organisation in 2014.
Essendon launched a social media campaign, ''EFC listens'', in October and more than 500 messages that were sent by supporters were given personal responses. On Christmas eve, chairman and Toll Holdings boss Paul Little telephoned 17 concerned supporters who had made contact with the club through the initiative.
The biggest growth in Essendon's membership this year has come from digital and junior memberships - which start at $25 - and the club believes its open training sessions throughout the summer have proved highly successful.
Essendon's marketing boss Justin Rodski, who drove a controversial ''us-against-them'' media approach last season - an approach that supporters have apparently told the club they liked, even if it was not well received by the AFL and rival teams - was promoted in an administration restructure in January and has been responsible for club membership since inheriting the brief from former chief commercial officer Richard Burnet.
Rodski said on Wednesday that the Bombers expect to hit 50,000 members well before their round one match against North Melbourne on March 21, and believe they can surpass 60,000 for the first time by the end of the season to rank fourth- or fifth-highest on the membership ladder.
About 75 per cent of Essendon members have already renewed from last year, and the club is anticipating the eventual renewal figure will be 95 per cent.
The AFL requires clubs to submit their membership tallies for audit by the end of July, but clubs continue selling memberships until finals in September.
According to AFL records, the Bombers' official membership for last year was 56,173, up from its 2012 tally of 47,708.


text: Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR), announced today ten directors who are expected to serve on the Board for Murphy USA Inc., after completion of a spin off later this year. Murphy USA Inc., currently a subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, will become a stand-alone company focused primarily on the marketing of retail fuel and convenience merchandise. R. Madison Murphy will serve as Chairman of the Board of Murphy USA Inc. He has been a director of Murphy Oil Corporation ("Murphy Oil") since 1993 and serves on its Executive Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Murphy Oil from 1994 to 2004 and Chief Financial Officer of Murphy Oil from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Murphy has served on the Board of Directors of Deltic Timber Corporation since December 17, 1996. As previously announced, R. Andrew Clyde will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Murphy USA Inc. Mr. Clyde served Booz & Company (and prior to August 2008, Booz Allen Hamilton) in its global energy practice. He joined the firm in 1993, was elected partner in 2000 and held leadership roles as North American Energy Practice Leader and Dallas office Managing Partner and serving on the firm's Board Nominating Committee. He worked with downstream petroleum and retail clients on engagements focused on corporate and business unit strategy, organization design and effectiveness and performance improvement. Claiborne P. Deming has served as Chairman of the Board of Murphy Oil Corporation ("Murphy Oil") since March 2012, and is also Chairman of its Executive Committee. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Murphy Oil from October 1, 1994 to December 31, 2008. Prior to assuming that position, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and had served previously as President of Murphy Oil USA, Inc. Thomas M. Gattle, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Terral RiverService, Inc. since 1992. Terral RiverService, Inc. is a private company which employs 225 people and which operates fertilizer product terminals, boats and barges on the lower Mississippi River and its connected inland waterways. Robert A. Hermes has been a director of Murphy Oil Corporation since 1999 and serves as a member of the Executive Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee and Environmental, Health & Safety Committee. He was Chairman of the Board of Purvin & Gertz, Inc., an international energy consulting firm before his retirement in 2005. Fred Holliger was Chairman and CEO of Giant Industries, a NYSE petroleum refining and retail convenience store company from 2005 until 2007 when it was merged with Western Refining Company. Mr. Holliger was President and Chief Operating Officer of Giant Industries for the previous 16 years. He is a former director of the National Petroleum Refinery Association and the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association. The Reverend Dr. Christoph Keller, III has been a director of Deltic Timber Corporation since December 17, 1996 and is a member of the Executive Compensation Committee and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Deltic Timber Corporation. James W. Keyes is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wild Oats LLC. He was Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven Inc. from 2000 to 2005 and held a variety of other positions prior to that in his twenty-one year career, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Keyes was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blockbuster from 2007 to 2011. Diane N. Landen is owner and President of Vantage Communications, Inc. where she has over 20 years of experience in investment management, communications, and broadcast property ownership. She also serves as Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation, which is a radio and media company which owns and operates radio stations in multiple markets in Arkansas and New Mexico. Jack T. Taylor has been a director of Sempra Energy since February 2013 and serves as a member of the Audit; Environmental, Health, Safety and Technology; and LNG Joint Venture and Financing Committees. He was the Chief Operating Officer-Americas and Executive Vice Chair of U.S. Operations for KPMG LLP from 2005 to 2010. From 2001 to 2005 he served as the Vice Chairman of U.S. Audit and Risk Advisory Services for KPMG LLP. Mr. Taylor is a director of Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation. "I am pleased with the strength and composition of our Board which will carry continuity, new expertise, and deep and relevant knowledge of our business," Madison Murphy said. "I look forward to working with this Board to drive long-term success for Murphy USA Inc., and its shareholders."


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State Rep. John Schroder, R-Mandeville, said the plan has been developed with input from the governor's office and other statewide elected officials, who along with the legislature, has offices in the building.
House Bill 538 also calls for the State Police to develop a security plan for the State Capitol.
HB538 designates four floors for governor's offices; two floors instead of four for the attorney general; two floors for the state treasurer, with the commissioner of agriculture allotted space on one of the floors; and one floor for the secretary of state with an office designated for use by the commissioner of insurance.
The commissioners of agriculture and insurance and attorney general all have separate buildings away from the State Capitol.
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Todra Gorge, Morocco – Tues 15th & Weds 16th September
Todra Gorge is literally like being stuck between a rock and a hard place, where the massive fault is just wide enough to let a crystal clear river and a narrow 'road' run through it. As we approach from the top of the gorge we are greeted by the stunning green of the palmeraies running along the valley floor. As we descend into the gorge itself the pink and grey rock feel like it's closing in around us. In places the road has been washed away and the wheels of the truck literally hover over the edge on air. Camping le Festival is built into the rock face on the edge of the dried up river bed up in the Petite Gorge. All meals so far have been fab but tonight's Thai chicken curry was excellent and has now raised the bar for future cook groups.
There are upgrades available so I decide to check into my own room complete with double bed and thick woolly blanket. 12 days into the trip and I have only pitched my tent twice and slept in it once! Not the intrepid traveller I once was but there will be plenty of camping during the next 4 months to make up for it.
We hire a guide the following morning and the majority of the group decide to walk to Tinerhir on an estimated 7hour walk over high passes and along windy rocky tracks. We pass a Berber village where 12 people live with their black goats under black woven basic tented camps in the steep slopes of the gorge. Zoe turns back after just 30 mins as it's her turn for the sickness bug. The rest of us finally make it to the village at 3.30pm, 12km later and still the same distance to walk back to camp!!! Six of us decide to hitch a ride back to take the pressure off the showers and get dinner ready while the rest walk. We flag down the first vehicle which happens to be a mini van and pile in. Our lift costs 100 Dirhams, just 10 Euro.
We had Dhal and rice for dinner and there is enough Dhal left for the next 2 nights – I am on cook group with Jen tomorrow so we just need to supplement the leftovers – that has made our task very easy although we are very slightly disappointed not to have our turn.
Ait Benhaddou, Morocco – Thur 17th September
We drive through the High Atlas Mountains along the Dades Valley to Ouarzazarte where Jen and I do our food shopping. We spend just 120 dirhams out of the 500 dirham budget. Ouarzazarte is a pretty, laid back town with a great Kasbah although our wandering time was limited due to our shopping duties.
Next stop is Ait Benhaddou, home of a huge red brick Kasbah used for films such as Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth, Jewel of the Nile and Gladiator. There are few remaining residents in the Kasbah on the shores of the dried up river bed and those that are left try to make a few dirham selling paintings and tagines or showing us round their homes. The village has a kind of fake stage set feel about it but the views across the valley are great and the cool breeze very welcome while wandering the narrow lanes to an old fortified granary at the very top.
We camped at Auberge de Jardin, literally in their very very small walled garden, but again, had the use of their kitchen and lounge to relax and enjoy dinner. Jen and I toiled in the kitchen, Zoe helped chop veggies while Luca hindered and the ladies of the Auberge watched. As we hadn't had to do much for dinner this eve we attempted dessert of crème caramel (packet mix) and it was surprisingly good - it went down very well.
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But the most significant new development is the establishment of the Demo Area - a space devoted to introductions and demonstrations that enables customers and partners to hold events reserved for dealers and distributors. The project expresses the company's perspective on the "Customer Experience", according to which Kohler Engines consistently provides top-notch support to customers not only as a supplier of products, but also in the field of service and technical assistance. Kohler is an innovative partner that meets the very highest standards of quality through cutting edge technology and a global support organisation for customers.
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UFC president Dana White informed the media in attendance at yesterday's UFC on FOX 2 press conference that the recently released Anthony "Rumble" Johnson is eligible for rehire once he hits the local circuit and can prove his worth.
After missing weight at UFC 142 and suffering a first round submission loss at the hands of Vitor Belfort the debuting middleweight who was technically a light-heavyweight was released from the promotion for the infraction. It was his third time missing weight.
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Mirrored and Obscured: Contemporary Texas Self-Portraits examines the contemporary and ever-changing aspect of self-portraiture in the visual arts through the eyes of 17 contemporary Texas artists. Self-portraits are a universal subject artists have addressed throughout history in many creative disciplines. Self-portraiture offers a window into the soul; a glimpse of self-examination through the visual medium; an autobiographical chapter in the lives of these artists. Self-portraits draw curiosity from the viewer but also a desire to look introspectively and so, this theme is self-sustaining, self-perpetuating and enduring.
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Minnesota students have a number of enrollment option programs that empower them to choose where they attend school. Parents and students have a chance to identify the public school that best fits the student's educational needs and interests. Since no single school or educational approach is best suited to all learners, every family benefits from exploring the educational options available to them.
Freshwater Area Learning Center offers educational services under the High School Options legislation. High School Options identify students who benefit from an alternative to the regular school or students who have withdrawn from school. The ALC's provide opportunities for students to achieve academic success and attain a high school diploma. Programs are available for full time and part-time students, days or evenings.
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Wadena ALC or Wadena STAR 12-15 year old program, Heidi at (218) 631-2281
Pillager ALC, Ann at (218) 746-3557
Staples ALC, Jana at (218) 894-2439, ext. 126
Long Prairie ALC, Linda at (320) 732-6638
Menahga 12-15 year old program, Gordon at (218) 564-6115
Menahga Senior High ALC, Shari at (218) 564-6115
Seniors who should have graduated in May 2010, contact Freshwater about how you can complete the required coursework in the least amount of time. You may not need to attend an entire semester to complete your requirements.
In addition, elementary schools offer after school Targeted Services programs to eligible students. These programs help students with academic success in fun and creative ways. Please contact your local school about their Targeted Services program for students grades Kindergarten through grade 8.
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