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Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution
Edited by Neri Salvadori and Renato Balducci
Chapter 14: Economic growth and poverty traps: a simple geometry of intergenerational transfers
Luciano Fanti and Luca Spataro
* Luciano Fanti and Luca Spataro 14.1. INTRODUCTION There is renewed interest in the relation between economic growth and income distribution. However, while the literature has mainly focused on the issue of the functional distribution of income between classes, social groups and so on, and of individual distribution, less attention has been devoted to the relation between growth and intergenerational distribution. In addition, the recent literature on economic growth has highlighted the role of multiple equilibria and poverty traps in explaining the different longrun performance of rich and poor countries.1 However, again, the role of the intergenerational distribution of resources and of redistributive public policies has been overlooked in this stream of literature. We recall that a loose definition of a poverty trap concerns the existence of a stable 'poor' steady state equilibrium (low levels of per capita output and capital stock) which assumes the feature to be a trap in that, notwithstanding the efforts of the agents to escape from it, the economy shows a tendency to return to such a poor equilibrium. At least three canonical models of poverty traps in the framework of the neoclassical theory of growth have been largely discussed: 1) models with non-constant returns to scale in technology, due for example to externalities such as learning-by-doing or, from a historical point of view, due to the transition from an agricultural era at diminishing returns to an industrial era at increasing returns; 2) models with a non-constant rate of population growth, for instance corresponding historically to...
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Chofu Heater Wood Fired
As we are talking about the bath tub first image comes to our mind is Chofu heater. Most of it is common among Japanese. It is a wooden, hand foot tub is small. In Japan bathing is considered the spiritual ritual. These mostly ofuro tubs placed in the spiritual landscape or in the garden while sometimes ofuro tubs can be placed in the room as well.
In Japan, particularly Japanese believe that Chofu heater provides spiritual bloom, natural harmony, and sensual pleasure and also purifies the body. Ofuro has its own mental and spiritual values among the Japanese. This kind of beneficial bath to relax the body and stimulates blood circulation which is good for health too.
Chofu heater is not like a normal bath. They are deeper and wider than the bath tub normal. Traditionally, Japan Chofu Heater uses the non-electricity. Ofuro containing thick cedar ofuro because the temperature stays hot for a long time from the normal or regular bath. Ofuro soaking tubs of hot water made from Western Red Cedar or upscale traditional wood is pine. The best part of the red cedar is that it is bacterial decay naturally and is renowned for its insulating value. Some other woods such as Ephyra okay and Furo oke is also used for the establishment of a tub.
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Yet another Navy SEAL impostor has been unmasked, and this time the case is going before a judge. Raymond E. Aucker, 46, a former school superintendent in Panther Valley, Pennsylvania, was charged last week in federal court with making up false military records showing he had received a Vietnam Campaign Medal and Service Ribbon, a Purple Heart, and a SEAL medal that doesn't exist. According to an account in the Allentown Morning Call, Aucker was fired from his superintendent job last June after a check of an archive maintained by retired SEALs showed that, though he had served in the Navy, he had never been a member of the elite corps. Further investigation resulted in last week's indictment ... The Navy's Defense Distribution Depot in San Diego is in hot water as a result of a General Accounting Office (GAO) audit showing that the depot lost track of a top-secret computer weapons system it was supposed to destroy. According to Defense Week, the depot cannot account for the whereabouts of highly sensitive computers used on E-2 Hawkeye early-warning aircraft. In its report, entitled "Inadequate Compliance with Controls for Excess Firearms and Other Sensitive Items," prepared for Rep. Floyd Spence (R-S.C.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the GAO says it fears that the devices might get into the hands of terrorists. Instead of being destroyed, the equipment vanished from records.
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John Blaxland was the nephew of the famous Gregory Blaxland who, in company with Lawson and Wentworth, found a way across the Blue Mountains in 1813. On January 4th, 1825, he wrote to the Surveyor General to say that he had found a way across the mountains to Wollombi. The Transcript reads as follows.
I have the honour to inform you of my having discovered a new and almost direct line of Road from Windsor to Wallis Plains, Hunters River, passing over the Two Branches of the Hawkesbury and through the Mountains, of which there is not more than Thirty-five miles, all easy of ascent. It is particularly well watered by perpetually flowing streamlets about five miles apart, and there is an abundance of grass, and through Wallumbi (Wollombi), a level and exceeding fine grazing country, from thence in almost a straight line to Wallis Plains over Verdant Hills and fertile vallies, all abundantly supplied with water. The distance as far as I can judge is not more than Ninety Miles, which will make a saving of upwards of forty miles. The Country through which I passed is superior in every respect for the making of a Road to that now used (the Bulga Road) and very considerably shorter.
The Blaxland route probably used a number of Aboriginal pathways, as it crosses many places where Aboriginal engravings can still be seen today. It crossed the Colo at Howe's track, ran north-east along Wheelbarrow Ridge to the MacDonald River and then along a mountain ridge to Wollombi, through Blaxland's own farm at Laguna. (This last section of his route is now known as the Boree Track and passes through Yengo National Park.
It is interesting to note here that Aboriginal pathways were found all over the country by early British travellers. The problem for the British explorers was to know where these pathways went. Some were connecting tracks from one area to another (useful for the newcomers), but others went to Aboriginal sacred or ceremonial places where they would not have been wanted and to which there was no need for them to go. As early as June 1789, Captain Phillip took a group to explore the northern side of the harbour, along the northern beaches as far as Pittwater. Captain Hunter, later to become Governor of New South Wales but at that time just an officer under Phillip, reported that they travelled north along the beaches but had to climb around the headlands between. He explained that they travelled these sections along "paths, which the natives, in travelling along the coast, had trod well down". There were many such pathways through the bush and along the coast. The difficulty for the Surveyors was whether they went anywhere near to the places where they wanted to go. [Hunter, J.:Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 1793] Later, Alexander Harris, in his book Settlers and Convicts wrote, "I could not but wonder how the road we were now pursuing from Appin towards the coast had been discovered. I was not then aware that the aborigines are so well acquainted with the bush as to be able to point out the most practicable tracks in any direction."
Returning to the Blaxland route to Wollombi, it became a popular track for droving animals, because it had feed and water. But the government did not choose it for the route of their Great North Road, favouring instead the Finch Line.
Soon after the Great North Road was built, a popular short-cut from Devine's Hill down Shepherds Gully and along the MacDonald River joined Blaxland's track, bypassing the most rugged sections of the Great North Road. In the map, the orange dots show that route of the Finch Line taken by the Great North Road. The purple dots show the route taken in the short-cut (red) from Devine's Hill down Shepherds Gully to join the Blaxland route at about Books Ferry and thence on to St Albans and north.
This expanded version shows the short-cut (red) route in more detail (Courtesy A. Wickham 1997). The original route ran closer to the creek in one section. The road proceeded down Devine's Hill with a switchback turning place in a constricted piece of the road. It went west across a stone bridge over Shepherds Gully Creek, along Sternbecks Gully line and on to St Albans, including Books Ferry. Some time later, a more direct Shepherds Gully Line was developed, cutting off some of the distance and bends in the Sternbecks Gully Line.


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DIRECTOR: ARS VON TRIER. RUNNING TIME: 89 mins. DVD: BRAZEN FILMS. PRICE: £12.99. CERT: 18.
A bizarre continental take on Brexit, which casts the whole debate over whether the UK should leave the EU or remain as a horror movie. Never afforded a UK cinema release and roundly booed by critics representing Brexit-supporting UK tabloids at its Cannes Film Festival screening, the Danish/Dutch co-production was eventually given a low key English-language DVD release earlier this year by Brazen Films under the title The Two Faces of Brexit. Essentially a variant on Jekyll and Hyde, the film stars sometime Danish adult movie performer Henrik Humpmann as English journalist Henry Jeckers, a straight up middle class, pro European type, who is sent by his newspaper to interview pro leave politician Nick Forage, (Dutch slasher film favourite Dirk van Trooser playing a thinly disguised Nigel Farage). During the course of the interview. the outwardly charming politician surreptitiously injects the journalist with a mysterious serum.
Inevitably, the reporter starts suffering all sorts of side effects, most notably a radical change in personality as he switches from being a conscientious journalist eager to expose the folly of the Brexiteers, to sleazy lowlife crawling through the underbelly of Soho, drinking pint after pint of beer, before picking fights with Remain supporters. Moreover, he transforms from a happily married, loving husband, to a leering lecher, spurning his wife for Forage's fascistic French femme fatale assistant. Worse is to follow, as he starts having peculiar turns, in which his right side turns hairy and bestial and he starts rampaging around supermarkets, his right arm sweeping products imported from EU countries off of the shelves. These turns get worse and more frequent, as his hairy right arm starts taking on a life of its own, attempting to throttle a Polish prostitute and striking out at other immigrants and randomly groping women.
At this point, the film cuts back to Forage, revealing a his secret cellar lab, where he keeps the results of his previous experiments with his 'Brexit serum', most notably his German wife, who is now not only hairy and bestial, but also gripped with self-loathing. Chained up in a cell, she spends her time trying to hit herself in the face. With the referendum vote fast approaching, Forage is becoming alarmed at the increasingly violent behaviour of his latest experimental subject – Jeckers – which could threaten his plans to inject as many voters with his serum as possible as they enter polling stations. Jeckers, meanwhile, finds himself living a nightmare, conflicted against himself, his rational side seeming unable to stop his errant right side from indulging in bouts of self destructive behaviour.
Eventually an eye appears on Jeckers' right shoulder, to be followed by a complete second head after he receives an electric shock. A second head that looks a lot like Forage. The rampaging two headed beast, following some kind of primordial instinct, seeks out its creator, heading to Forage's lab, pursued by the police, Jeckers' estranged wife and his editor. Once at the lab, the creature inevitably kills Forage, setting fire to the lab in the process, before chasing the lady assistant through the streets, ending up in Parliament Square where, in front of the Houses of Parliament, he finally splits into two: his original self and a bestial hominid bearing remarkable resemblance to a hairy version of Forage. Before the police arrive, the creature throttles the assistant. Leaving a confused Jeckers to take the rap. With Forage's body destroyed by the fire, the hominid takes his place and we next see him addressing a pro Brexit rally on the eve of the referendum, his rhetoric becoming ever more violent, before he leaps into the crowd, foaming at the mouth and rabidly mauling attendees.
Two Faces of Brexit is one of those films which, on one level, is so preposterous that you want to laugh at it. However, some of the special effects are, for a low budget movie, quite effective, especially the eye on the shoulder. The second head – some kind of mechanical prosthetic rather than CGI – isn't the worst attempt at realising such a thing I've ever seen.. Even the actual split isn't badly done – effected by having the actors playing the reporter and the hominid placed, significantly, behind the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square when it occurs, with one going one way, the other the opposite way, tearing the raincoat they are wearing apart. (Somewhat miraculously, the reporter's underpants remain intact).
The film offers no pat happy ending – the reporter, now divested of his evil twin, is still arrested for the crimes he committed whilst under the influence of Forage's serum, while his evil Brexit-supporting twin is apparently triumphant, symbolically devouring his own supporters, implicitly infecting them with the self destructive 'Brexit bug'. Its attempts to encapsulate the whole Brexit debate as an internalised conflict within a single human being is interesting, if, perhaps less successful that the film's makers had intended, with the emphasis on the Brexit beast's deprivations obscuring some of the subtleties of the debate. Nevertheless, Humpman gives a fine performance as the conflicted victim, forced to act against his own nature and art house director Ars Von Triers proves surprisingly adept at handling the horror and exploitation aspects of the film.


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How much time did you take part at the Forestiere?
Presentation MTB Ride
UNIQUE EVENTSLa Forestiere created in 1990 its first MTB event. With its steady increase in the number of competitions and bike rides it's today a symbol!
Its concept: a linear route from a point to another one which makes this sporting event different from others! All finish areas are in Arbent in the department of Ain (not very far from Lyon and Geneva).
The organizers provide you with busses and trucks to bring you to the different start areas both the day before and the actual day of the event.
The distance covered by cycling may vary from 20 to 120 km.
A GREAT ORGANISATIONLa Forestiere is known for its nearly perfect organization! The transport is provided by shuttle busses for the participants, by trucks for the bicycles and for the clothes bags from the start to the finish area...
All along the course there are many feed zones with regional products! Overtaking is easy and avoids traffic jams as much as possible! You can also wash your bike in case of bad weather in order to make your day easier!
The finish area has every convenience to welcome you on your arrival: hot shower, final certificate, secure bike park, osteopathy room, meal, snack bar, various activities, prize-giving ceremony, exhibitors, etc...
On the competition side La Forestiere is an "UCI MTB MARATHON SERIES" event! On the bicycle rides side, La Forestiere is one of the most successful bicycle rides of the French Cycling Federation (FFC)!
A DREAM LANDSCAPELa Forestiere welcomes you both in JURA and AIN! This will allow you to ride a bike within the Jura mountain and in particular on portions of the GTJ (=the Great Crossing of the Jura)!
Welcome to the country of cows, fir trees, "Comté" (= a cheese made in Jura) and let us not forget the friendly inhabitants and the public who will encourage you with their voice, their hands as well as... with their bells!
Take this opportunity to spend a week-end in this beautiful region and to discover the life in the country side and in the mountain!
ULTRA FORESTIEREFor the participants who want to surpass themselves, "La Forestière" suggests doing the ultimate challenge called "L'Ultra"! You will take part in a cyclo sporting event on Saturday and in a MTB-event on Sunday! A complete sporting week end! And "L'Ultra" is not only for men but also for women!
REAL CHAMPIONS"La Forestière" welcomes every year MTB stars like Julien ABSALON, Thomas DIETSCH, Grégory PASCAL, Emilien MOURIER, Pierre CURIEN, Laurent COLOMBATTO, Jean-Christophe PERRAUD, Virginie SOUCHON, Fanny BOURDON, Sabrina ENAUX, Miguel MARTINEZ, Alexis VUILLERMOZ, Alexis SWETLOFF, François BAILLY-MAITRE, Nicolas THIERVOZ, Coralie REDELSPERGER, Hélène MARCOUYRE... !
And don't let us forget foreigners such as Peter POULY, Petra HENZI, Pia SUNSTED, Sandro SPAETH, Craig BOWLES, Tim DUNFORD, Christopher PEDDER, Chris COWLING, Bram SAEYS, Ken VAN DEN BULKE, Hans PLANCKAERT, Sarai PIETRO, Caratide ADRIANO, Andreas KLEIBER, Ulrich ROSE, Tristan BLANCHARD...
The best received the Dominique HERBERT Trophy !


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We support and guide our students to find and follow their passion. We provide opportunities that engage, inspire and challenge. We allow individual talents to thrive and ambitions to grow. We are committed to ensuring individual success and valuing community spirit.
Begin your Hebron story - Find Your Purpose and let us help you discover the best version of yourself.
Voices From Our Community
Sam Tetreault '21
Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada
Hebron Academy is not just a school -- it's a family, where students from all around the world are friends. At Hebron, education is a priority. Teachers and faculty are always available to help you and dedicate their time to you. Finally, Hebron is the greatest place to be if you want to be happy, play your chosen sport, and learn - all at the same place. Hebron offers so much opportunity to develop yourself as a student and an athlete.
Moeen Shaikh '19
Mumbai, India
People should definitely choose Hebron Academy because of how complete it is as a school. The community at Hebron Academy is welcoming and helpful, especially towards new students to ensure that they have no complaints about their experience at Hebron.
Ruth Cetina Jimenez '19
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
If you come to Hebron I would definitely recommend trying new things. For example, field hockey is not common in Mexico, so I tried it! You have nothing to lose. I now have friends and connections all around the world.
Emmett Grover ' 21
Norway, Maine
Classes at Hebron are above and beyond any others that I experienced in my former schools. The small class size and more challenging curriculum has allowed me to form deeper personal connections with my teachers and challenge myself more than I ever would have elsewhere.
Emily McCarthy '20
Quincy, Massachusetts
I love life at Hebron because of the small community - it allows you to get to know everyone but is also diverse and going to school where different cultural backgrounds are represented has given me a different perspective.
Anthony Carella '18
Ontario, Canada
From going on hikes at 6:00 AM before school and jumping in a freezing cold pond, to presenting an hour-long presentation about Italian Immigration in my US history class, I can truly say that choosing Hebron Academy was the best choice I have ever made.
John and Cassie Petrocelli P'19, '22
Mechanic Falls, Maine
The middle school faculty make it their top priority to help each child find their own voice, and guide them to strengthen it. Throughout the year, we witnessed our daughter discover her voice and grow in confidence. At the end of the year all the 8th graders gave a speech in front of the entire graduation audience. It truly was amazing to see how articulate they were.
Rafael and Leonor Cue Cué Galguera P '20, '22
Mexico City, Mexico
As parents, we had many choices to pick from- most all schools have the science buildings, dorm, library....People are what makes the difference. Our oldest boy came back from Hebron grown as a student, a brother, but most of all as a person. Hebron opened his mind about knowing people from all over the world; being able to live with them is a priceless gift. So, we made the choice to send our youngest boy, too- who has achieved similar goals and life experiences. We made a 100% right decision sending our two boys to our family in Hebron, because that is what we feel like: family.
Alyssa Caggiano P'19, P'22
Casco, Maine
We are so happy to have found Hebron for both our son and daughter. It is not only a kind community but it is our kids' second family. The teachers and staff really care about the students and their success. This school offers so much: great teaching, so many different cultures, so many different opportunities.
Jeff Prentice P'15, '16, '19
Bryant Pond, Maine
Hebron Academy goes beyond just a close community and a wonderful support system for students. Hebron introduced my kids to rigorous academic courses to stretch their learning, helped to develop confidence to overcome challenges, and encouraged them to have high aspirations. Hebron has prepared my children to be successful in college and beyond, for that, I am thankful.
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Norway, Maine
I am so grateful that our children grew up loving school! They participated fully in all aspects of Hebron life; they took advantage of every opportunity to DO something. Hebron Academy's focus on the importance of community has led all three of our children to follow careers in public service; I am so proud that they are all out in the world, doing good work, thanks to the wonderful education and experiences they were afforded at Hebron Academy.Author Name
Andrée Couture P'21
Choosing Hebron Academy was a process supported by an educational counselor who helped us seek a school that matched our family's values and had the academic and athletic opportunities we were seeking. Then, we found the campus to be sublime with beautiful buildings and large open spaces. The Admissions process was supportive and included a chance to connect with the coaches. We are proud of our son's strong efforts and he is very happy.
Carlo Kobe '19, Harvard University '23
Hamburg, Germany
My time at Hebron Academy was a transformative experience. Within an incredibly close-knit community, I got to learn from outstanding faculty devoted to the growth of each student within seminar-style classrooms, and have a blast participating in a wide range of extracurricular activities. With all the memories, experiences and adventures you will gather, your time at Hebron will not only be unforgettable but also prepare you and open the doors to whatever you want to do after your time as a Lumberjack.
Jake Bieler '14, United States Military Academy at West Point '18
Darien, CT
Hebron Academy was the axis of my academic and physical development; however, it was also the root of lifelong friendships and unforgettable experiences. Classmates of mine coming from China to Maine remain some of my closest friends, and Hebron's diversity was a critical aspect of my development through high school. What separates Hebron from other places in the world, is it's natural ability to bring people closer together, as classmates, as teammates, as leaders, and as friends.
Catherine Miles '19, Endicott College '24
Northfield, Vermont
Hebron creates endless opportunities for students and helped me reach places that I could have never imagined. You will immediately feel welcomed by the community the moment you step onto campus. Whether it is in the classroom, the dorm, or on the sports field, Hebron is always challenging their students to be the best version of themselves.
Jose Carlos Berdeja Cortez ' 16
Camden, Maine
My favorite day is always the one that starts with chorus and ends with a cappella rehearsal. Playing guitar for school meeting, auditioning for Districts, or singing with the Hebeegeebees, any creativity with music makes me happy.
Vic de Vasconcellos Marques '16
Recife, Brazil
I could easily write you thousands of lengthy emails on the subject of how Hebron changed my life. Art classes, school traditions, the caring faculty, the lifelong friendships. My time at Hebron made me think I could do anything I wanted, and it was because of Hebron Academy that I got in to the World's top film school, the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Love is messy. It's even messier when one person is the founder of a movement that believes in giving all of one's wealth to the people and the other person wants to keep that wealth for the preservation of their family. This was the conflict between Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya, but it's only the textual conflict of The Last Station. The true conflict is the between true love, with all its ups and downs, passion and betrayal, can survive against noble-yet-indiscriminate love towards mankind. It's a problem with no easy answers. Should Leo (played by Christopher Plummer) help mankind by giving the copyright to his works over to the public, or should he support Sofya (played by Helen Mirren) and his family and give them the copyright so the family can remain living comfortably for generations. At first the answer seems easy: forego your wealth and what seems like Sofya's greed and give to the people. But it's the passion between Leo and Sofya that removes a simple conclusion and keeps the audience conflicted between love for the masses and love between individuals.
The story is told through the eyes of Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy) who's working as a spy on the behalf of Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), Tolstoy's trusted confidant and fierce advocate of "Tolstoyism", a Christian-Socialist hybrid that not even Tolstoy truly embraces. Vladimir wants Valentin to document the behavior Sofya and use that documentation against her so he can convince Tolstoy to give his work over to the people. Valentin, also a devoted Tolstoyian, works for Tolstoy at Vladimir's behest and while he finds himself in awe of the great novelist, he also begins to discover that the tenants of the movement do not coincide with the reality between Leo and Sofya nor does it agree with his feelings for Masha (Kerry Condon) who works on the commune located on Tolstoy's estate.
Unfortunately, Valentin is the worst part of the film and that's a big problem since he's the main character. He's not a passive observer but nor is he an active player. What should feel like ambivalence and inner turmoil come off like cowardice as he refuses to make a decision and simply follows his most recent order no matter who gave it to him. The only discernable change in his character is that he hesitates longer before doing what he's told McAvoy's performance informs us that Valentin knows the right thing to do, but he never sacks up and does it. I couldn't help but giggle when the closing titles of the film revealed that he eventually became an ardent pacifist following Tolstoy's death.
What makes the film come alive are the rich performances from Mirren and Plummer. They play thoughtful, complicated characters who, for at least the first two acts of the film, defy the simple categorization of who's right and who's wrong. We may not agree with their actions, but we always understand why they're making them. But as captivating as these actors are, the film's premise can't sustain its nearly two-hour runtime. The underlying conflict remains the same and no character shifts the dynamic. The textual conflict also runs dry as the film sides with personal love and simplifies Vladimir from an idealist to a selfish manipulator. This simplification only exacerbates Valentine's cowardice as it becomes clear what he should do and what he believes is right yet he still abstains from taking a position.
The Last Station never comes together like it should because it starts from a place of strength but rather than lead us deeper and provide us with conflicted feelings about the characters, the film moves towards the clear light of simplicity and not even Mirren and Plummer can keep a hold on the viewer's interest.
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Hello again, children of the corn!
I hope you've all been doing fine, cause I haven't. Emotionally that is – but never mind that. I've got enough work to distract myself from the blackhole that is having too much feelings.
One cause for celebration is cause I am back, yet again, to overshare about the things that went on over the tail end of June 2015.
Here are my last two weeks in photos!


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With its rich cultural diversity and varied ethnicities, India has come to be recognized as the land of color and vibrancy in the global fashion arena. From the soft Pashmina shawls in Kashmir to the traditional Kanjeevaram saree in Tamil Nadu, each region boasts of the rich variety of textile, fabric and handloom that it harnesses.
One amongst these regions is Karnataka. According to the Department of Handlooms & Textiles headed by the government of Karnataka, the state is India's largest producer of Mulbary Silk (over 65%). It also generates over 20 lakh bales of cotton annually. Identifying the potential that the state garners, Prasad Bidapa incepted and executed the unique concept of the Karnataka Fashion Week in 2013.
The team aimed at providing a platform to exhibit the rich variety of textiles and handlooms incubated within the state. Along with promoting the existing fabrics the fashion week also attempted at reviving endangered fabrics like Khadi. Having been a popular and effective weapon in India's struggle for freedom, the fabric is now fading in the light of day. Prasad envisioned to place and promote the fabric as a symbol of luxury and sophistication by blending it with modern designs and style. The Karnataka Fashion Week provided the industry a fusion of style with textile on the runway to refresh its taste buds.
The first of the three-day event was dedicated to the Khadi and Handloom industry. The second day brought forth bridal designs from different regions of the state. The third day witnessed an extensive display of exceptional designs by several pert-a-porter brands. Over thirty- three designers and brands from all over India and countries abroad actively participated in the Karnataka Fashion Week.
This is a very interesting idea. We have been using linen for decades now. In my opinion as a designer linen is just a modernized version of Khadi. Now if we actually play with Khadi as a fabric, it will give the outfits a very raw and royal appeal. The Karnataka Fashion Week has provided designers an opportunity and inspiration to expand their horizon and experiment - Anuradha Kulkarni, Fashion Designer, Bangalore
The Karnataka Fashion Week was initially called as the Prasad Bidapa Fashion Week. Having taken a sabbatical for a few years, the team is now working towards a re-launch. The upcoming edition of the Karnataka Fashion Week will place its focus on the variety of silks nurtured in the state. Karnataka Fashion Week is a pioneer in the arena of promoting the rich diversity and creativity harbored in the state. It has inspired and will continue to inspire designers and brands to put forth exquisite designs while finding a balance between what is intrinsic to their region of inspiration and the trends of the industry.
This included eminent designers like Raj Shroff, Anjali Sharma, Ritu Pande, Pallavi Foley and Abrar Ali. Along with this the Karnataka Fashion week specially invited Bibi Russell from Bangaladesh, Sonali Dharmawardena from Sri Lanka and Rizwan Beyg from Pakistan to showcase their collections. Bibi Russells stole the show with her Kota Doria collection. Having been inspired by her visit to Rajasthan and interactions with the weavers, the designs had tie dye prints and were paired with traditional Rajasthani accessories.
Along with established designers, the fashion week provided a platform for budding design students from distinguished fashion schools to exhibit their talent. The students were provided with an opportunity to design an outfit for the Khadi Kouture contest. The shortlisted outfits were then showcased on the ramp.


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The WAN Rules in a Software-Defined World
We live in a content-driven technology world, and bandwidth-hungry applications and services are driving business and changing the entire network landscape. How can a business ensure its network can handle the traffic, remain scalable and agile and operate seamlessly without breaking the bank and incurring serious capital expenditures?
The answer is the software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and it's how organizations can take advantage of their existing hardware and cabling to handle web-scale networking traffic. Reinventing the network is simply not an option for most businesses, which are under pressure to increase revenues, foster innovation and development and remain agile and flexible. And that means ensuring networks can handle the influx of traffic driving today's subscription and services-based technology economy. Using software to manage network resources and traffic is an ideal solution, enabling network engineers to re-architect their existing resources without incurring giant capital expenditures.
The SD-WAN approach actually involves reining in a sprawling, spiraling network comprised of BYOD, the cloud and a massive number of endpoints. The number of variables and parameters within the WAN is only going to continue to increase, which means network engineers need to simplify network operations and management, assuring they remain in alignment with core business objectives. Additionally, the network needs to be adaptable to changes of scale and operation and it needs to be agile. Legacy hardware-based networks are none of the above, which is why the software-defined approach is an ideal solution, enabling changes in hours or days instead of multiple months.
As networks become more complex and expand to include more endpoints and solutions, manual configuration and management of resources is time consuming, labor intensive and wasteful. Building intelligence and autonomy into the network is the answer, enabling traffic to be routed via the quickest path and automating rote tasks like upgrades and patches. The result is a smarter, faster network that operates seamlessly and with much reduced downtime. In addition to automation and central administration and management, the software-defined networking approach also provides visibility into the entire network for better and more accurate troubleshooting and traffic routing.
Enterprises and businesses of all sizes need not reinvent the wheel when it comes to improving and re-architecting their networks. The SD-WAN approach to upgrading the network is cost effective, lean and inherently flexible and scalable. In other words, an ideal fit for the bandwidth-hungry, services-centric applications running over today's corporate networks.
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Maria's mother, Bobbie, has leukemia and is being moved into hospice care this week. Doctors are giving her until this Friday.
This comes less than five years after Maria's father died.
For all the screaming and yelling about the stock market last week (and I've done my share), this is vastly more important.


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It's going to be a hectic and intense few weeks of EU-Asia interaction, as top EU officials hold a record-breaking number of meetings in November with leading policymakers in China, Japan, Indonesia and Myanmar. Catherine Ashton, the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy, will make her first-ever official visit to the Jakarta-based headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and, along with many of the EU's 28 foreign ministers,to participate in an ASEM (Asia Europe) ministerial meeting in Delhi.
|EU-Asia Agenda November 2013
|Indonesia &
|3rd – 4th
|Ministerial Meeting
|11th – 12th
14th – 15th
|Foreign Minister's Meeting
EU-Myanmar Task Force
|EU-Japan Summit
EU-China Summit
The stepped-up activity comes at the end of a two-year period of enhanced EU-Asia engagement which some – a tad too ambitiously and prematurely – have described as the EU's own "pivot" to Asia. Certainly, there is now a stronger EU-Asian conversation on trade, business, security and culture. These more frequent contacts and strengthened sharing of views and opinions are welcome – and should continue.
Developing a truly European strategy for sustained engagement with Asia, however, will require more than a few discussions, visits and communiques. EU policymakers need to undertake a more in-depth reflection of Europe's many interests, significant strengths and weaknesses in dealing with a more self-confident Asia. Yes, there is a marked improvement in EU-Asia engagement-and this should be celebrated. But much still remains to be done.
End of EU-Asian jousting
Years of futile and tedious EU-Asian jousting over participation in meetings and mutual allegations of arrogance and indifference have not served either side well. The Eurozone crisis and the compelling jobs and growth agenda shared by both Europe and Asia have spotlighted their economic interdependence. The two regions also have common peace and security interests. In addition, the demands of global governance require a strong EU-Asia dialogue.
It is time the EU and Asia established a stronger and more sustainable multi-dimensional dialogue to deal with bilateral, regional and global challenges. The EU's upcoming visits and meetings with Asian leaders should not, therefore, be seen as an end in themselves. But they are important steps in the construction of a fresh EU blueprint for a 21st Century partnership with Asia.
Others are already trying – very hard. US President Barack Obama may have been forced to stay in Washington because of the government "shutdown" in early October, but as Secretary of State John Kerry insisted at the APEC meeting in Bali, "nothing will diminish" America's commitment to "rebalancing" towards Asia. China's new leaders, meanwhile, are wooing countries in the region with promises of "win-win" opportunities for more cooperation on trade and investments and a softly-softly approach on maritime disputes.
Europe may not be able to match America's military credentials and presence in Asia or China's economic dominance. But the EU can make a mark by implementing what Ashton sometimes describes as a "comprehensive approach" to engagement, including a variety of aid and trade tools, short and long-term actions, humanitarian and development instruments and experience-sharing on security, political questions and confidence-building.
Below are some (distilled) recommendations on the way forward in EU-Asia relations.
Indonesia: from PCA to strategic partnership
Ashton's first-ever official visit to Indonesia marks a long-awaited breakthrough in the EU's hitherto largely underwhelming relationship with one of Asia's most exciting rising powers. The EU foreign policy chief should use her talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Indonesia's very active foreign minister Marty Natalegawa to make up for lost time by starting the ball rolling on a strategic partnership with Jakarta. As a first step, now that the EU-Indonesia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) of 2009 is almost-ratified (the European Parliament is expected to give the green light in December), the two sides should establish a more structured high-level relationship. European and Indonesian business leaders, meanwhile, are pressing for a rapid negotiation of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which, according to participants at the fourth EU-Indonesia Business Dialogue Conference held recently in Jakarta, will improve market access, capacity building and the facilitation of trade and investment between the two sides.
Indonesia and the EU should set up working groups to discuss mobility, the role of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as science and technology. This would be in addition to existing discussions on trade and investments, air transport, fishing, development cooperation and education including links between European and Indonesia universities and the setting up EU studies curricula in Indonesian universities. Visa facilitation for Indonesian nationals will help to step up contacts between business leaders, academics and students. To move the relationship forward, the EU must also keep in view the bigger picture of its trade and business interests in Indonesia. European allegations of Indonesian protectionism and economic nationalism need to be clarified, especially in view of Jakarta's arguments that many of the measures are designed to speed up economic development and add value to raw materials as well as Indonesia's overall appetite for European exports including billions of euros worth of Airbus aircraft.
|EU-Indonesia Trade
|€15,396 million
|0.9% of EU Imports
|€9,648 million
|0.6% of EU Exports
|bsp;€25,044 million
Source: Europa
ASEAN: What a difference two years make
There is no doubt: the last 24 months have seen an important and marked improvement in EU-ASEAN ties. Driven by changed circumstances internally, in their regions and beyond, the EU and ASEAN are taking a fresh, more realistic and less emotional view of each other. These new approaches, aided by the political reform underway in Myanmar and the lifting of EU sanctions against the country, are evident in multiple interactions between EU and ASEAN ministers and senior officials including at meetings of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the EU's accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, Southeast Asia's prime security blueprint, and the multi-dimensional EU-ASEAN Plan of Action adopted in Brunei in April last year. Certainly, ASEAN's new and dominant narrative of speeded-up integration and the grouping's central role in the array of free trade initiatives in the region are prompting the EU to review its perceptions of ASEAN as an ineffective organisation. In addition, given their economic interests in the region, France, Germany and Britain have emerged as pivotal drivers of rising EU engagement with ASEAN. Increased wariness of China's more assertive posture in the region, especially as regards conflicting territorial claims in the South China Seas have increased Europe's awareness of its strategic interest in maintaining (maritime) security in the region.
ASEAN is also taking a fresh look at the EU. As ASEAN steps up its economic integration agenda, the EU is once again viewed positively by many in the region as a source of experience, technical expertise and transfer of technology. EU investments are being sought for ASEAN's ambitious connectivity plans. Significantly, the adoption of the ASEAN Charter in 2008 with its references to human rights and building a "people-centered" ASEAN and the setting up of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) have removed some of the earlier EU-ASEAN friction over these questions and prompted a palpable toning down of the EU's prescriptive rhetoric on integration and human rights. More needs to be done, however. The EU and ASEAN must recognise each other as strategic partners, hold regular summit meetings and like the US, Japan, China, Australia and India, the EU must lose no additional time in appointing a special ambassador accredited to ASEAN. In addition to bilateral free trade agreements between the EU and ASEAN states, the now-abandoned plan to negotiate an ambitious region-to-region EU-ASEAN free trade deal should be revived. This could balance Asian free trade initiatives such as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) linking all leading economies in the region.
|EU-ASEAN Trade
|€100,035 million
|5.6% of EU Imports
|€813,244 million
|8.1% of EU Exports
|€181,360 million
Source: Europa
ASEM: Renewal and reform
Launched in Bangkok in 1996 to foster stronger EU-Asia relations – and closer personal relations between EU and Asian leaders – the process of Asia Europe Meetings (ASEM), with its 51 partners, remains an important channel of region-to-region communication – albeit one in dire need of renewal and reform. Interestingly, recent reflection on restoring ASEM's credibility and relevance has focused on going back to the original informality and flexibility of the forum and a better utilisation of the immense Asia-Europe networking opportunities it offers, including as regards bilateral contacts between leaders and officials of both sides.
Yet ASEM meetings over the years have become more formal and ritualistic, with ministers and leaders reading out well-prepared statements instead of engaging in direct dialogue. As ASEM participants prepare to celebrate 20 years of their partnership in 2016, the aim must be to recover ASEM's initial focus on substance over protocol and ritual.
The meeting of ASEM foreign ministers that Ashton and EU foreign ministers will attend in Delhi on November 11-12 is expected to endorse a number of changes which many hope will inject new life into the Asia-Europe partnership by streamlining and simplifying ASEM working methods to ensure that leaders and foreign ministers engage in a real, in-depth and focused conversation on key concerns.
As such, when they meet in Delhi in November, in addition to attending 2 official plenary sessions, foreign ministers will engage in a "retreat" to ensure more intensive and interactive dialogue. Discussions in the plenaries will focus on sustainable economic growth and development and on non-traditional security issues, including food, energy and water security, cyber security and counter-terrorism. The "retreat" will look at international and regional flashpoints including the Middle East, North Korea and Iran. Efforts are being made to ensure that chair's statements and other documents issued at the end of ASEM meetings are short, simple and to-the-point. There are also demands for a stronger focus on the economic "pillar" of ASEM and a resumption of regular meetings between economic experts, policymakers and business leaders from both sides. Senior ASEM economic officials have not met since a gathering in Rotterdam in 2006. Several Asian and European governments believe these contacts should be revived ahead of the ASEM summit to be held in Milan in autumn 2014.
|EU-ASEM Trade
|€533,060 million
|29.8% of EU Imports
|€361,459 million
|21.4% of EU Exports
|€894,519 million
Source: Europa
Myanmar: EU Task Force mixes political and economic support
Relations between the EU and Myanmar have been improving rapidly following the process of political reform started in 2011 and the lifting of EU sanctions last year. Following President Thein Sein's trip to Brussels earlier this year, the EU has taken the unusual but interesting step of organising a so-called "Task Force" meeting of political and business leaders in Myanmar on 14 and 15 November to discuss ways of supporting and fostering the country's transition process. The plan is to mobilise the full range of EU resources – in both the public and private sectors – to help speed up Myanmar's economic development and encourage further political change in the once-isolated nation. The EU initiative reflects just how far Myanmar has travelled in the last few years as it switches from life under a harsh military regime to a country which is universally feted for its embrace of civilian rule and continuing efforts at political reconciliation and economic reform. In a striking symbol of on-going international rehabilitation and economic integration within the region, Myanmar will take over as chair of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, thereby playing a crucial role in preparations for creating an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.
EU support for Myanmar's remarkable transition must not be unconditional, however. The country faces numerous complex challenges in its progress towards democracy, economic development, human rights, and peace and national reconciliation. Decades of economic mismanagement and isolation have led to deep-rooted structural poverty. Economic growth is narrowly based on extractive industries. Unemployment remains high and GDP per capita is the lowest in Southeast Asia. Most importantly, ethnic reconciliation remains difficult, with President Thein Sein struggling to maintain order as deep-rooted tensions that were largely contained under the army's strict rule boil over in different parts of the country. Human Rights Watch accuses the Myanmar authorities and members of Arakanese groups of committing crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya and other Muslims. In a resolution adopted in June, the European Parliament has said the government must take urgent action to end all forms of persecution and violence against the Rohingya Muslims, ease their humanitarian situation and protect them from violence and public incitements to religious hostility. The EU assembly also insisted the government draw up an action plan to address the root cause of the discrimination and undertake an urgent review of a 1982 Citizenship Law with a view to granting citizenship to the Rohingya.
|EU-Myanmar Trade
|€164 million
|0.0% of EU Imports
|€232 million
|0.0% of EU Exports
|€369 million
Source: Europa
Japan: moving relations up a gear
It took almost two years of consultations, but in April this year Japan and the EU finally launched the first round of official negotiations on an Economic Partnership Agreement. If negotiations are successful, the deal will boost the bilateral trade and investment relationship, have a wider positive impact on their respective economies and – importantly – also bolster political relations between the two sides. Initial estimates speak of a boost to Europe's GDP of approximately 0.7% and the creation of 400.000 jobs, while Japanese exports to the EU could increase by as much as 23.5%. The negotiations address a number of EU concerns, including non-tariff barriers and the further opening of the Japanese public procurement market to ensure a progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of trade in goods, services and investment, as well as rules on trade-related issues.
The latest round of talks held in Brussels in October will be followed by an EU-Japan summit in Tokyo on November 19. Indeed, the EU and Japan need to establish a grand vision for a future strategic partnership which goes beyond trade and economics to include joint endeavours to tackle non-traditional security challenges. In Tokyo earlier this month, Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Ashton agreed that Japan and EU must work together in coping with East Asian and Middle East affairs, including Afghanistan and the Iranian nuclear issue. Japan has said it sees the EU as a "super soft power" and believes there is room for enhanced EU-Japan cooperation in areas like disaster and crisis management, cyber security, counter-terrorism, combating pandemics and other global challenges. The EU with its commitment to democracy, human rights, the rule of law and the market economy is a "value promoter" and an important global player and partner for Japan, according to Tokyo.
|EU-Japan Trade
|3.6% of EU Imports
|3.3% of EU Exports
Source: Europa
China: The next ten years
As China and the EU embark on a second decade of their strategic partnership, both sides have to reflect on the future course of their often volatile relationship. Recently, ties have been soured by the trade dispute over solar panels, the role of Chinese state-owned enterprises and EU businesses' repeated claims that Beijing is discriminating against foreign investors. China is also uneasy about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), viewing it as an US-EU attempt to "encircle" and contain China while the EU frets over China's "special relationship" with Germany and Central and Eastern European countries. In contrast, 2012 was a relatively good year for EU-China relations, with both sides launching a partnership for sustainable urbanization, establishing high-level people-to-people discussions and agreeing to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty to boost two-way investment flows. The organisation of the EU-China summit on November 20 and the High-level Economic Dialogue held in Brussels recently give hope that EU-China relations are moving into a new, more stable and less-crisis prone phase of practical and pragmatic cooperation. Green growth and urbanisation have been identified as areas of particular interest to both sides.
The EU is pressing China to adapt its growth model from being investment driven, and rather resource and capital intensive, to one that is based more on rising consumer demand, with a higher quality of investment and growth. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is insisting, meanwhile, on clinching an EU-China investment agreement which will improve the protection of EU investments in China as well as Chinese investments in Europe by ensuring legal certainty and predictability for investors. Europe also wants the agreement to cover improved access to the Chinese market for European investors through a reduction of barriers. De Gucht has also said he hopes China will work for the success of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali by agreeing to a deal on 'trade facilitation'. The EU-China summit on November 21 in Beijing should reach a wider understanding that on putting their relations on a stronger, more stable and less volatile footing. This requires a greater and sustained focus on improving mutual understanding and efforts to look beyond immediate problems to the longer-term compelling necessity to work together to tackle domestic and global challenges. Such a rethink demands a shift away from fragmented policy responses to a more coherent and multi-sector method of dealing with each other in order to forge a new 21st Century partnership based on mutual trust and respect. A focus on practical cooperation, including ways in which the EU can help Chinese leaders to achieve the "China Dream" is also required.
|EU-China Trade
|€289,915 million
|3.6% of EU Imports
|3.3% of EU Exports
Source: Europa
The EU's active engagement with Asia over the last two years and the upcoming array of meetings with key Asian players mark an important and qualitative leap forward in relations between the two regions. The new momentum in relations must continue, with the EU using its high-level conversations with Asian governments and with its own member states – and civil society representatives – to hammer out a new strategy for making a unique European contribution to the Asian Century, in all its economic, political, security and cultural facets.


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BEIRUT — A senior Hezbollah commander was gunned down outside his home, the Lebanese Shiite group reported Wednesday, marking a further escalation in a shadowy series of attacks and bombings that risk drawing Lebanon deeper into the region's simmering sectarian strife.
The militant Iranian-backed movement immediately blamed Israel for the assassination and warned that it would suffer the consequences. Israel denied that it was responsible.
But at a time when many in the region fear the consequences of warming ties between the West and Iran , and as Syria's government gains ground against rebels with Hezbollah's help, almost anyone could be responsible, analysts said.
"There are so many players around who could be involved in this," said Elie Hindy, assistant professor for international affairs at Lebanon's Notre Dame University. "Hezbollah has created so many enemies around it — regional enemies, Islamist enemies, Israeli enemies — and that does not include invisible possibilities."
According to a brief statement issued by Hezbollah, veteran commander Hassan al-Laqees was shot late Tuesday in Hadath, a Christian-Shiite neighborhood six miles south of Beirut, as he returned from work near midnight. Lebanon's Daily Star reported that he was shot five times in the head and neck in his car outside his home by at least one gunman.
"Israel automatically stands accused of responsibility," the Hezbollah statement said, warning that Israel will bear "all consequences of this heinous crime."
Although Israel usually does not comment on such allegations, the accusation brought a swift response.
"Israel has nothing to do with this incident," Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told the Associated Press. "These automatic accusations are an innate reflex with Hezbollah. They don't need evidence, they don't need facts, they just blame anything on Israel."
Hezbollah routinely blames Israel, with which it fought a brief but fierce border war in 2006, for attacks against its interests, and Israel has remained the chief suspect in the 2008 assassination of top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah.
But many Lebanese said the killing of Laqees was more likely linked to the country's soaring sectarian tensions , which have been aggravated by the war in neighboring Syria and a shift in the region's balance of power in favor of Hezbollah's sponsor, Iran.
"No one believes it was Israel," said a Hezbollah supporter who lives in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut. The movement is accusing Israel "because it wants to avoid Sunni-
Shiite discord," he said.
A previously unknown Sunni Islamist group calling itself Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek Brigade asserted responsibility in a Twitter post , though neither its claim nor its existence could be verified. The group said it killed Laqees in retaliation for Hezbollah attacks on Sunnis in the eastern Bekaa region of Baalbek.
Hezbollah's dispatch of fighters to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also has stirred resentment among Lebanese Sunnis, many of whom are increasingly falling under the influence of extremists. Bombings have targeted the southern suburbs, and suicide bombers attacked the Iranian Embassy last month .
Hours before the Hezbollah commander's assassination, Lebanese television broadcast an interview in which Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah accused Saudi Arabia of supporting Lebanese groups linked to al-Qaeda.
The attacks echo the bombings and assassinations that the group known as al-Qaeda in Iraq has carried out against Shiites to provoke civil strife in Iraq. But militants backed by the Syrian regime also have been caught conducting attacks in Lebanon, and a former government minister with close ties to Assad is awaiting trial on charges that he plotted bombings against Sunnis in Lebanon last year.
Although there are many possible suspects, the professionalism of the operation suggested "an intelligence service in the region which has an interest in escalating Shiite-Sunni tension," said Hilal Khashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut.
Hezbollah, which has a controlling stake in Lebanon's government and is the most powerful military force in the country, has no interest in risking its hold on Lebanon by retaliating, he added.
Ahmed Ramadan in Beirut and Ruth Eglash in Jerusalem contributed to this report.


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Children's Choir
Click here for the Children's Choir music page
Click here for the RSCM "Be A Chorister For A Day" Course info.
What is it?
Helpringham Group Children's Choir is a singing group for children of 16 and under in the Helpringham and Heckington group of parishes (Heckington, Helpringham, Great Hale, Scredington, Swaton, Burton Pedwardine, Asgarby, and Howell). The purpose of the group is to provide a fun singing experience for children including sacred and secular music. Children will perform at occasional "high days and holidays" services with or alongside the Helpringham Group Choir and/or Heckington Church Choir, and also at other events and concerts in the villages on request. We rehearse on Monday evenings between 5.00 and 5.45pm in term time in Scredington church.
Who runs it?
The group is led by Stephen Weller and Teena Twelves, both of Scredington. Both are members of the Helpringham Group Choir. Stephen is a professional musical theatre actor, and Teena has sung in choirs both secular and sacred since childhood. Both have received full enhanced CRB checks and been approved through Diocesan Safeguarding Children procedures to run the group. In the event of either Stephen or Teena being unable to lead a rehearsal, another second adult will always be present. Any parent willing to be on a list of occasional helpers, please call Teena on 07735 398040.
What does it cost?
There is no cost associated with the choir – we will be teaching the children to sing mainly by ear and using royalty free music, or music purchased from choir funds if required. We hold fundraising events (such as our 1st concert in March 2014) to raise the funds – and we are always glad of your support at such events! We may send out occasional requests for donations of refreshments for after the singing – squash and biscuits and the like.
What about over-16s?
Any child who reaches the age of 16 and has been enjoying the Children's choir (or any interested parent!) will be encouraged to join the Helpringham Group Choir – in fact, any child who will be able to cope with the repertoire at the Children's Choir at an earlier age will be encouraged to join, and benefit from the opportunity to take Dean's and Bishop's Award singing qualifications through this RSCM affiliated choir.
Contact details:
Teena Twelves, Choir Leader – call or text: 07735 398040 – email: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you have any questions or concerns you can also contact the Rev. Chris Harrington, Priest in Charge of the Heckington and Helpringham Group, at The Rectory, 10 Cameron Street, Heckington, Sleaford, Tel: 01529 460904.
Keeping you informed
We will produce a termly newsletter which will give you advance information about dates, times and venues for rehearsals, any events planned, and any that are "pencilled in". We may follow this up with additional letters home during the term to remind or confirm details.
It is not possible for the Group Leaders to transport children to rehearsals or events for insurance reasons, and so we ask that parents and carers make arrangements for children to attend events, either by transporting them themselves, or sharing lifts with other parents.
Concerns and complaints
We hope that coming to the Children's Choir will be a happy and fulfilling time for all of the children. However, if you have any concerns or complaints about your child's experience at the Children's Choir, please discuss it in the first instance with the Group Choir Leaders. If this does not resolve the matter to your satisfaction, please contact Rev. Chris Harrington (see above)
How can I help?
We are keen to involve parents in the Children's Choir as much as possible and there are many ways that you can support us:
- By going onto our list of "occasional helpers"
- By donating biscuits and squash for rehearsal refreshments
- By offering lifts to rehearsals and events for other children
- By assisting at events such as concerts (front of house, marshalling etc.)
- By buying and selling tickets to events and attending concerts and services in support
(Any parent out there with a background in singing who would like to help with the musical side would also be warmly welcomed!
Happiness is…….singing with a smile!


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The very name of the College gives you a valuable clue about the caliber of our team of experts: the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences.
Quick Facts
• Location: West Haven, Connecticut
• Enrollment: 4,700 full-time undergraduates
• Financial Aid: 95% of students receiving some form of financial aid
• Student-Faculty Ratio: 16:1
• Average Class Size: 22 students
• Faculty: 270 full time, with 90% holding a PhD or other terminal degree in their field
• Colleges: Six distinct, career-enhancing colleges
• Programs of Study: More than 100 undergraduate and 30 graduate degree programs (including concentrations)
• Degrees Offered: Associate, bachelor's, master's, PhD; dual majors or major plus minor
• Campus Life: More than 190 student clubs and organizations
• Athletics: 17 NCAA Division II men's and women's sports teams
Well worth investigating
One of the foremost experts in his field, Dr. Lee has worked on such high- profile cases as the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the JonBenét Ramsey case, and the investigation of Scott Peterson.
With Dr. Lee at the helm, it sets the bar very high for the rest of our faculty, but it's a challenge they're up to. In most cases, our professors are either coming from years in the field or are still actively working in it. Because of this, they have the unique ability to not only impart knowledge but frame it with its real-world application.
A $9.4 million facility
The Henry C. Lee Institute is a new state-of-the-art center for forensic science and a go-to resource for law enforcement agencies around the globe. It incorporates working crime scene labs and high-tech visual displays and offers high-level, technologically based training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, teachers, and students. It also houses an extensive forensic archive.
Undergraduate degree programs in the Henry C. Lee College
• Criminal Justice (AS, BS)
• Fire Protection Engineering (BS)
• Fire Science (AS, BS)
• Forensic Science (BS)
• Homeland Security and Emergency Management (BS)
• National Security (BS)
• Paramedicine (AS, BS)
Engineering a career
The practice of engineering has changed dramatically over the past decade and continues to evolve. The Tagliatela College of Engineering reflects this paradigm shift through undergraduate and graduate programs that break the academic mold in their innovation and breadth of scope, preparing you for the 21st-century workplace.
In addition, the Robert E. Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program brings speakers to campus each year to impart professional insights and advice to the next generation of engineers.
Tagliatela College of Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Cybersecurity and Networks
• Electrical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
Engineering students can take advantage of a special Living/Learning Community (LLC), mentored by a full-time faculty member, during their first year. The Engineering LLC allows students to live together on one floor of a residence hall, take similar courses, meet with faculty mentors throughout the year, and participate in special group activities in the residence hall and off campus.


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Hemlocks Studio still offers art retreats!
We are open and available for private instruction, small group classes, art retreats and more from June to October.
Hemlocks is the destination for creative people. Offering retreats for individuals and small groups, the setting is magical.
A well-equipped studio, professional instruction and endless possibilities await you.
Contact us to arrange a group workshop or private instruction or your made-to-order art experience!
...a day of drawing ...an afternoon of painting
...a morning of collage ...an engaging critique.
Draw in the AM. Hike in the PM. Bike all morning. Write all afternoon.••••••••••••••••••
Drawing, Design & Watercolor
Look beyond the obvious. Simplify. See creatively. Draw freely. Balance positive
& negative space. Think value before color. Paint boldly. Enjoy the nuances of watercolor.
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Open Studio Retreat / Master Class
Every artist needs time and space to work without life's intrusions… time to mesh thoughts...a place to share creative energy with others. Work independently with insight from other artists. Renew & refresh!
without life's intrusions… time to mesh thoughts...a place to share creative energy with others. Work independently with insight from other artists. Renew & refresh
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Don't look for a published schedule of classes for the season, because there isn't one! Renovations continue on the house and grounds at Hemlocks, and at our Georgia residence. Although we travel frequently back and forth, the studio is accessible, the kitchen is ready to prepare great meals and accommodations can be found for all our interested artists and friends.
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The scale of modern day IT service management (ITSM) means that it is impossible to visualize it being at all successful without sophisticated IT service management software support. To successfully deliver fit-for-purpose IT services, organizations must rely on an integrated approach to support their core ITSM processes. This is an approach where the IT service management software helps to get the best out of limited people resources. It's where the IT service management software not only provides insight into service data and performance, but also workflow and automation capabilities that minimize manual activities to speed up processes, reduce errors, and minimize costs.
As part of ITSM, organizations need to adequately manage, monitor, and improve their existing IT services. This implicitly means that they require IT service management software to provide a reliable foundation for their ITSM activities. Without the IT service management software, the data that key processes require is either unavailable, inaccurate, or both. The key ITSM processes that will not perform effectively without good IT service management software include:
ITSM core processes capture vast amounts of data that needs to be easily recorded and categorized. Good IT service management software products facilitate this categorization. Categories are pre-set and integrated within the IT service management software and make data capture consistent and meaningful. By presenting the agreed categorization at each and every data capture point, this consistency is ensured across the whole range of ITSM documentation. When updates to categorization are required, the updated categories are presented simultaneously across all the affected processes. This is only possible with sufficiently integrated IT service management software. This coordination can be very important when organizations need to maintain and rely on trend patterns while making changes to the underlying data categorization.
While some IT service management software data is collected automatically via monitoring tools and other automation techniques, most still comes from direct entry by service desk staff or end users entering issues directly into the IT service management software. The quality – and especially the ease of use – of the IT service management software product is essential to the timely and accurate capture of such data. IT service management software that is intuitive and easy to enter data into, and makes categorization and options clear, makes a significant contribution to an organizations' ITSM effectiveness (and efficiency).
Without accurate data, none of the ITSM processes will be as effective as they should be. The quality of the ITSM data – both captured and maintained – rests heavily upon the quality and suitability of the IT service management software. This refers not only to capturing the data but also in presenting it back to IT employees and management – for both day-to-day activities and gaining insight into IT service and ITSM operations, performance, and improvement opportunities.
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So your IT organization needs a fit-for-purpose IT service management software product. Not only will such an IT service management software product be an integral component of your service delivery and IT support capability, having one with all the core ITSM-enabling capabilities will help your IT organization to meet agreed business targets and end-user expectations.
Finally, IT service management software has similar use case scenarios outside of IT – with other corporate service providers such as HR, finance, facilities, and legal. Where the self-service capabilities, service catalog, workflow and automation, and reporting capabilities can be used to manage requests for new services, issues, and changes more efficiently and effectively, and with a better customer experience.


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Young Collared Doves found in February/March are extremely prone to calcium deficiency in the UK, similar to what we would term rickets, in humans. Vitamin D from the Sun usually ensures that calcium levels are sufficient to enable the production of healthy bones and given that these birds historically bred in sub-tropical Asia, this wouldn't have been a problem. However, since its arrival in the UK in the 1950's this bird has become widespread throughout the Country but has not yet adapted its breeding patterns to reflect our far less sunny climate. The bird therefore begins to breed as early as January, leading to inevitable problems for the early offspring produced.
Whilst in the nest the lack of bone density is not noticeable, the chick is safe and fed by the parents. However, when the bird attempts to leave the nest and follow the parents as doves do, their legs and wings are not strong enough to do anything more than futter to the ground where they stay unable to fly and often even unable to walk.
The lucky birds are found, picked up and taken to a rescue centre where hopefully, the staff will know that this is an annual phenomenon and take appropriate actions. The severity of the disease can vary from year to year (depending on the harshness of the Winter) from a mild "rubbery" beak and weakness in the limbs to severely deformed and twisted legs. The most severely affected birds will often never be able to walk, even with temporary splints and should sadly be euthanised.
When the birds first arrive at our facility they are warmed up in an incubator or on a heatpad and once the temperature is stabilised, are given critical care, at body temperature, via a feeding tube (gavage). This can often be daunting as they have a tendency to regurgitate and often appear to "fit" for the first few feeds, so little and often is the key to prevent inhalation pneumonia.
We then begin to introduce Tropican Breeding Mash to their tube feeds, again at body temperature and also again, in small but frequent feeds dependent on the size and weight of the bird. If the bird is severely affected, adding a drop of liquid calcium to the feed can be beneficial but otherwise, the Tropican has everything in it that is needed.
Within a few days the bird should be showing signs of improvement and attempting to perch, usually on the side of a nest bowl and most go on to make a full recovery but may need feeding via gavage for longer than the same species born later in the Year. Don't try to rush them into self feeding, they can only benefit from the minerals and nutrients in the Tropican.
These are 3 of our most recent intake during February 2017 which hasn't seen too many severe cases coming into wildlife rescues. Ours are all are now awaiting some finer weather for release so it is worth putting in the time and effort.


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The House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the Congressional Research Service a simple question. From the CRS report:
In particular, you have asked whether a health plan that does not offer coverage for contraceptive services and is maintained by a religious entity that is not considered to be a "religious employer" under final rules issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (the Departments), would be subject to penalties.
The answer in the CRS report is chilling. This is what we are facing from the Obama administration.
A group health plan that fails to comply with the pertinent requirements in the IRC may be subject to a tax of $100 for each day in the noncompliance period with respect to each individual to whom such failure relates. However, if failures are not corrected before a notice of examination for tax liability is sent to the employer, and these failures occur or continue during the period under examination, the penalty will not be less than $2,500. Where violations are considered to be more than de minimis, the amount will not be less than $15,000.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee's press release that accompanied the release of this research report has even worse news:
Consequently, for example, if a self-insured religious charity or hospital with 100 employees chooses to exercise its religious rights instead of complying with the Obamacare mandate, it could be subject to a $3.65 million annual fine.
Imagine for a moment a Catholic charity or a Evangelical school or a Lutheran adoption agency who cannot comply, for reasons of their faith, with the HHS mandate to provide abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, or sterilization to employees in their health plans. The price of conscientious objection to this violation of religious liberty? $100 per day per employee to the IRS, and not to the poor, the sick, the needy, or the children. If they have 100 employees, that could mean $3.65 million per year. So sad for the poor, the sick, the needy, or the children. I'm sure, though, that we will have sufficient contraceptives to distribute to all!


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The Owners Rescue
An elderly couple who had the habit of looking after rescue dogs for many years ventured out in a violent snowstorm to one of the outbuildings on their land. When doing so, several trees collapsed and trapped them in a narrow area between the two buildings. Neither of the couple was dressed accordingly for the weather and there was a very high risk that if help didn't come soon that that they could freeze to death.
For 2 and 1/2 hours, they were huddled together to keep themselves warm. Shortly after this, one of their dogs spotted the trouble that the owners were in and began digging feverishly to create a narrow tunnel which it finally was able to do after two hours of digging. The tunnel was only about 20 feet long, but was enough for her get in to the stranded owners and lead them back to the safety of the house.
While this was no easy feat, the dog grabbed the female owner's jacket and slowly guided her back through the tunnel which took nearly 2 hours of slow travel to do so. Even when back in the house, danger still persisted as the power and heat was lost due to the storm. Shana lied down next to her owners keeping them warm and keeping them alive throughout the evening.
Firefighters who finally arrived on the scene were absolutely astonished at the tunnel that had been dug out by the dog. While Shana was able to save her owners, it wasn't without risk to herself as she had badly damaged her feet which took five months to heal as a result of the digging. Again an astounding story of just what our canine friends are capable of and one can never under estimate the power or the intelligence that many of them seem to possess.


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The following is the most popular tweet I have ever written. (In fact, the only tweet I've ever made which has seriously gone viral in any meaningful way.)
BBC News front page: "Five convicted in paedophile case". One of Enid Blyton's less popular books.
— mumoss (@mumoss) November 2, 2011
Since I made that tweet in 2011, I've seen variants of this joke appear in many different places. Martin Bazley reminds me of an especially popular one from 2013:
Probably Enid Blyton's least popular novel. pic.twitter.com/3kPP9Ii04X
— hello, calz here (@CornishCalzone) October 12, 2013
Now, I am categorically not accusing of anybody ripping off my joke. It's quite an obvious gag, and anybody could come up with it independently. Moreover, I'm not entirely sure a single joke can be ripped off as such, although that's a discussion for another day.
Still, my question is: was I the first person ever to make this joke?
The answer is: no, of course not. As pointed out by Brendon Connelly, this one beats me by exactly one month:
"@thejournal_ie: Five to be charged over series of major burglaries in Dublin" The new Enid Blyton title?
— Keith Byrne (@keithinkrakow) October 2, 2011
I was genuinely quite pleased that one was dug out, if only to prove early on that this was simply about tracing a joke back as far as possible, rather than my ego.
Can we go back further than October 2011? It seems so. Lee Spoons points me towards this Usenet post from 7th August 2010, by "Lachlan":
Good to see Enid Blyton's been keeping busy – OT
Here's her new novel.
I'll let you click on that link yourself to get the full effect.
So, 7th August 2010 is the date to beat. My challenge to you: can you find any earlier examples of this joke?


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Hockey heiress Paulina Gretzky's relationship with PGA star Dustin Johnson seems to have hit the rough, possibly because of a sexy Los Angeles socialite.
According to reports, U.S. Open champion Johnson's newfound friendship with golf groupie Yassie Safai, 39, is being blamed for the split.
The U.K. Sun reports that the brunette beauty has been vocal about her admiration for the handsome golfer.
"It is the talk of the club that Yassie is at the centre of the split, and it has caused the Gretzky family a lot of heartache," a source told the British newspaper.
"Yassie is very ambitious, and is keen to be seen as the ultimate golf chick – but I'm not sure if being involved in something like this will help or hurt those ambitions."
Ironically, Johnson practises at the posh Sherwood Country Club outside Los Angeles where Safai's hubby is also a member.
Gretzky and Johnson have been engaged since 2013 and have two children together.
The 29-year-old Gretzky, of course, is the daughter of legendary NHL star Wayne Gretzky.
The first sign of trouble in the pair's long relationship was when Gretzky deleted all images of Johnson from her Instagram page. Sources said the pair fought bitterly over his friendship with Safai.
For Gretzky, Johnson's alleged duplicity has come as a bitter blow. She faithfully stood beside him as he self-destructed in a haze of cocaine and womanizing in 2014.
In recent days, Gretzky — a frequent flier at PGA tourneys — has been missing from Johnson's side.
The pair had planned to marry in 2019.
Safai describes herself as a "golf lover" and "world traveller."
The Sun reports that Wayne Gretzky is reportedly furious over the split, particularly since he helped Johnson get back on his feet when he was in the depths of despair.