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OTTAWA — Careers are marked by years, seasons or projects, goals set out and accomplished or left unmet.
A good deal of Don McColgan's work life has been divided into five-minute segments — somewhere in the neighbourhood of a million of them. Each one is remarkably similar to the ones adjacent, and almost all are without notable incident. Combined, however, they draw some kind of portrait of life around where Quyon, in West Quebec, and Fitzroy Harbour, in Eastern Ontario, almost touch.
The two communities, separated by the half-mile width of the Ottawa River, are bridged for eight months of the year by McColgan's Quyon ferry, as vehicles — up to seven at a time — and pedestrians make the five-minute crossing from early morning to late at night, close to 30,000 crossings each year.
Without it, area residents would have to drive 40 kilometres upriver to cross at Portage-du-Fort, or nearly 50 km downstream to the Champlain Bridge linking Ottawa and Gatineau.
McColgan estimates that most passengers are Ontarians with cottages on the Quebec side, returning year after year, generation upon generation. Others include commuters from the Shawville area headed to and from jobs in Ottawa; businesses moving their wares and services; Quebec farmers who get parts and machinery from suppliers in such places as Carp and Arnprior; day tourists headed to area fairs or just out for a drive; and Ontario residents out for a night at Gavan's Hotel in Quyon, a time-honoured tradition that reached its peak in the days when Ontario's prudish liquor laws prohibited the sale of alcohol on Sundays, forced earlier bar closings and demanded patrons be 21 years old, while Quebec's laws were far more lax.
"We still get the hotel gang on Saturday nights," McColgan says, "but it's not like it was. Years ago, even on Sunday nights we had to run two ferries." The ferry rides require two operators on board, but on Saturday nights McColgan adds a third — usually himself — to handle the pedestrian traffic.
Most passengers are repeat customers, he adds, and in some ways he's like the village storekeeper or doctor.
"I don't know most of them by name — there's too many to remember and I'm bad with names. But they know me and they'll say, 'Hey, Don!'"
There have been incidents, too, but not many. Most involve pedestrians who've had one too many beers. McColgan recalls a young man who once walked onto one side if the ferry and straight off the other. Other late-night imbibers who have only just missed the ferry and are too impatient to wait out the 15-minute round trip have tried to leap the slowly increasing gap between dock and boat, many finding themselves in a drink of a different sort.
Additionally, there has been serious misfortune: in 1990, a Cadillac sped onto the ferry and through the gate on the opposite side, eventually coming to rest in about six metres of water, its three male passengers all dead by the time rescue workers reached them.
The ferry service between Quyon and Fitzroy Harbour began in 1885, when Augustus Davis piloted a horse-driven ferry back and forth, carrying mostly pedestrians, but also the odd horse and buggy. Over the next handful of years, the ferry was operated by others, including William Moore and Henry Davis.
William Henry McLean took over in 1893 and ran it until 1916, when poor health forced him to pass the controls over to his son, Angus, who almost immediately installed a gas engine-powered paddlewheel to speed the crossing to 12 minutes.
Angus ran the ferry for 40 years, until, in 1956, he sold it to McColgan's father, Ed, who in turn retired the old paddlewheel and built a new wooden ferry.
"After a heavy rain," McColgan remembers, "water would seep between the cracks, and so we'd have to bail out the hull with a tin can.
"Fortunately, we had six boys in the family — four of us helping out — so we got it done."
His dad built two new ferries — the ones currently in use — in 1969 and 1971.
Born and raised in Quyon, McColgan was a deckhand by the time he was 12. He joined the Ottawa Police Service after finishing school, and had been with the force for 3 1/2 years when, in 1973, his father died, and Don returned to run the business with his brother, Mark. Don took over the business in 1991. His wife, Ruby, is the company's secretary, while Don employs six drivers and seven summer students.
In the winter, aside from a week or two in the Dominican Republic, he maintains his two-ship fleet, removing drive units and checking bearings and gears.
"You'd rather find the trouble during the winter than in the middle of the river," he says.
"It keeps you running. It's like any business you run yourself — you're never done. You finish your shift, but you've got to do bookwork. And if people don't see you down here, they think, 'Oh, Don, he's retired, he's not working anymore.' But you don't have any down time.
And things will likely only get busier for the 63-year-old. It was announced last week that the two provincial governments are putting in $1 million for a new cable ferry — being built in Shawville — that will accommodate up to 21 vehicles, including many that McColgan's current ferries are too small to handle: tractor trailers, coach buses and fifth-wheel campers.
With that, McColgan envisions a huge boost to business. He'll be able to ferry the large trucks of sod from nearby Mountainview Turf Farm. Buses carrying kids to Camp des Voyageurs, a Tim Horton Children's Foundation camp in Quyon for economically disadvantaged children, will be able to cross there. Some of the 100,000 campers that fill Fitzroy Harbour Provincial Park each year will no longer need to rely on the distant bridges.
Additionally, the new ferry is expected to cut down on the loading time, as vehicles will drive straight on and off, instead of parking at right angles.
"A lot depends on the drivers," he explains. "Some are good, but some seniors have trouble looking over their shoulder. For years, my mother wouldn't cross here. She was too nervous, especially when we were crossing with the bigger trucks. She would never cross with a bigger truck."
Fog can be a problem, as can high winds. He prefers sunny days with temperatures near 30. "You always get a breeze off the water, so if you have to work, this isn't a bad place. I wouldn't want to be a roofer these days. But on the water, it's pretty good.
"I like it," he adds, "but I'm also getting tired of it. I'm looking at others I went to school with and most of them are retired now, with no wear and tear on their body.
"I have a herniated disc in my back and lots of wear and tear, and I'm just worried that once I'm able to retire, I won't be able to do too damn much."
Ten more years, he figures, and then he'll be done.
Through profiles here and online, Bruce Deachman uncovers the people who bring the Ottawa area to life, people who exhibit an unusual passion or obsession. Do you know someone who is one in a million? Email the details to email@example.com.


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Marc Faber on Trump's Trade Wars : The US to be the biggest loser
Marc Faber : The US is likely to be the biggest loser from the trade war it started. "The winners in a real trade war would be everyone except the US. The Europeans would trade more with Asia, and the Asians would trade more with Europe than the US. There would be more trade between the emerging economies and China and vice versa," Faber told RT.
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.Dr. Doom also trades currencies and commodity futures like Gold and Oil.
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Ubisoft has confirmed that development is currently underway on the next installment into the Assassin's Creed saga, and that the franchise will now take a "major leap forward".
The news came from Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot, who was talking during Ubisoft's scheduled third-quarter earnings call. He said "We are delighted and proud to announce today that in financial year '14, we will introduce an all-new Assassin's Creed hero, within an all new team and time period, and we expect it to be another major leap forward for the franchise. It is the benefit of multiple teams working on multiple chapters of the product, each getting several years to make their versions of an Assassin's Creed game."
From the declaration about a new character, it seems as though Ubisoft are keen to move away from Connor, which shoots down the prospect of another mini-franchise. Following on from Assassin's Creed II, Ubisoft released both Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations as follow-ups that continued to feature Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
It's also unclear whether Patrice Desilets will be involved with the project, or the Assassin's Creed franchise moving forward. Desilets was the primary creative force behind the initial two games, but left before Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was released. He joined THQ and helped create THQ Montreal, but following their recent financial trouble, THQ sold the studio to Ubisoft.
Guillemot also chose not to mention which platform the next Assassin's Creed game is set to appear on. It's been long rumoured that the PS4 will arrive this year, with Microsoft's next entry into the console market expected to appear around the same time. It would make sense if Assassin's Creed IV were to be the franchise's first foray onto these platforms.
We should be expecting more news about the next Assassin's Creed game in the near future. Be sure to check back to see what else Ubisoft have in store for this franchise.
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By MELISSA?BILL
Two Cape Coral students will take their knowledge and love of history on the road.
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Eric and Tyler Feichthaler, students in the city of Cape Coral Charter School system, are headed to the Regional Finals of the National History Bee in Orlando.
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Oasis Elementary School fifth grader Tyler Feichthaler and Oasis Middle School sixth grader Eric Feichthaler will be two of 240 students competing in the Orlando Regional Finals of the National History Bee. Both students scored high enough on the Online Regional Qualifying Exam to advance to the regional level held in Orlando on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Qualifying for this event was an accomplishment for both students who were the only two from Lee County to make it to the regional competition. The brothers are just a year apart and, up until last year, both attended Oasis Elementary School until Eric graduated to Oasis Middle School. Both schools are part of the city of Cape Coral (municipal) charter school system.
"This is the first time they have taken the online test for the National History Bee. It's not a program currently offered at the school," said their mother, Mary Feichthaler, a certified public accountant. The test consisted of 50 questions, and both students scored among the highest in their region.
Tyler and his brother Eric are not new to friendly sibling rivalry and competition. Tyler just recently won the Geography Bee held at the school for the second year in a row. Eric came in first place in the Oasis Middle School Geography Bee. Now, they are both in the running to go to Jacksonville to compete at the national level. According the their mother, "they're best of friends even though they both have the drive to win."
The National History Bee differs from other competitions, such as spelling bees. During the regional competition, the top students from the ORQE will compete against each other in a buzzer competition similar to the television show Jeopardy. All questions are written and edited by history teachers, professors, and other social studies educators from around the United States. The content is split evenly between United States and non-United States history and adheres to fifth through eighth grade social studies curricula. The winners from the 38 regional finals advance to the National Finals and compete for the title of National History Bee Champion.
Preparing for a history bee is challenging and takes hands-on-knowledge as well as memorization.
"Some kids like memorizing more than others," Feichthaler said. "Not Tyler. He has always enjoyed reading at a high level. When he's not reading, he's watching the news and learning about the world."
Both parents said that allowing their children to explore the United States and other countries is important. "We want our kids to experience different cultures and learn about the world around them."
The Feichthalers travel a lot. In fact, they have visited 42 states and multiple foreign countries within the past two years.
"My husband really loves geography and studying the atlas. He takes the family on road trips all the time," Feichthaler said.
The boys' father is former Cape Coral mayor Eric Feichthaler, an attorney who still stays active in the community and recently petitioned for crosswalks between Oasis Elementary and Middle schools.
"We are very excited for them. They both are so academically motivated," he said.
This regional contest is part of the National History Bee program. One student will qualify for the national competition in Atlanta.
"Making it to the regional level is so amazing. I worked really hard," said young Eric. "What excites me the most is having a chance to go to the next level."
For more information about the National History Bee competitions, call (850)888-8223 or visit the website www.historybee.com


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Hamas, the Government in Gazaإقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Following are key dates in the evolution of Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas, a sworn enemy of Israel that seized power in Gaza 10 years ago.
- Founding 'Charter' -
Hamas is created on December 14, 1987 after the first Palestinian uprising known as the intifada began. Hamas is founded by a group of militants close to the Muslim Brotherhood organization, one of whom is Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Hamas is an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement, and it was formed as a rival to the militant group Islamic Jihad.
On August 18, 1988, Hamas adopts a "charter" to match one by another rival, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and which calls for an Islamic state throughout Palestine that includes Israel.
The group builds up a strong network of social aid programs that focuses in particular on social welfare schools.
- First suicide attack -
In 1990, Hamas creates an armed wing called the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades after an Arab nationalist who fought British mandate rule of Palestine before Israel was created.
On September 14, 1993, a day after the Oslo peace accord was signed by Israel and the PLO, hundreds of Hamas militants protest and call for continued attacks against the Israeli army.
The demonstrations coincide with the first Hamas suicide attack in Gaza. Only the attacker dies in the blast.
Fighters from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades subsequently commit many attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians, and also kill Palestinians suspected of collaboration with Israel.
- 'Targeted' assassinations -
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, is killed by an Israeli helicopter as he leaves a Gaza mosque on March 22, 2004.
Yassin's successor, Abdel Aziz Rantissi, dies less than a month later, also during an Israeli raid.
Since then, other "targeted" assassinations have claimed the lives of many Hamas political and military leaders. They include Yahya Ayyash, whose mobile telephone exploded in 1996, and Salah Shehade, founder of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in 2002.
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On September 12, 2005 after dismantling the last Israeli settlement in Gaza, Israeli forces withdraw from the territory, ending 38 years of occupation.
On January 25, 2006, Hamas wins a landslide electoral victory over Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, and on June 15, 2007 Hamas takes control of Gaza following fierce fighting with Fatah supporters. Israel tightens a blockade of Gaza.
- Israeli response -
On July 8, 2014, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge, to halt rocket attacks from Gaza and destroys tunnels used to reinforce and resupply Hamas fighters there.
The fighting is the third major military operation since 2007 and results in the death of 2,251 people on the Palestinian side, including 551 children, according to U.N. figures.
Israeli casualties are put at 74, of which 68 are soldiers.
- Hamas adopts 'political' fight -
On February 13, 2017, Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar is elected head of Gaza.
On May 1, Hamas announces changes to its founding charter that refer to a "political" fight with Israel as opposed to a "religious" conflict. Hamas speaks of a future Palestinian state that includes just the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
For the Israeli government, Hamas is just "attempting to fool the world."
A few days later, ex-Gaza chief Ismail Haniya is elected as the new Hamas leader. Sinwar is a hardliner, while Haniya is considered more moderate within the movement.
"On July 8, 2014, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge, to halt rocket attacks from Gaza"
Or in plain simple English, if Hamas had not provoked Israel by rocket attacks then there would have been no reason for the Israeli retaliation.
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November Inspirations 201510:39 AM
Welcome back to another monthly inspirations post! It's already November and it's hard to believe that its the holiday season once again. I saw something on Facebook the other day that said there were 10 weeks until Christmas and I started getting anxious. Ugh! There never really seems like there is enough time to get things done, but before I start freaking myself out about Christmas, I like to slow things down and enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday.
There are a lot of great features this month from my favorite magazines, Family Fun, Family Circle, Better Homes & Gardens and Parents. Let's start with Parents, shall we?
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Yoda, Einstein and the SAP pro
Humor is one way to deal with the daily frustrations that can plague a career in SAP. As a Star Wars fan, I enjoyed the following barb (please read in Yoda's voice) "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to ABAP." And here's one more, "Einstein decided to become a physicist only after failing as an SD consultant, when tasked to configure Resource Related billing." Ouch! Both zingers came from the SAP Facts – Chuck Norris style website.
Sure, SAP humor can be a hoot – and it does help alleviate frustration – but the best cure is to actually get an answer and end a specific SAP frustration. Wouldn't it be cool to tap into the combined knowledge of your colleagues when you run up against an SAP roadblock? Well, now you can – on IT Knowledge Exchange.
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ALTOONA, Pa. – Penn State Altoona women's swimming got its 2018-19 season off to a good start on Saturday afternoon, when the Lady Lions earned a 73-33 victory over Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Pitt-Bradford in the Adler Natatorium.
Penn State Altoona racked up six first place finishes during its win.
Danielle Bye (Hockessin, DE/Cab Calloway School of the Arts) led the way for her team, as she picked up three individual first places. In the 200 Yard IM, she placed first with a time of 2:26.20. One event later, Bye won the 100 Yard Freestyle with a time of 1:00.25. Bye capped her day off by prevailing in the very next event, the 100 Yard Backstroke, with a time of 1:09.46.
Kaitlin Heil (Pittsburgh, PA/CAPA) notched her first collegiate individual win, as she placed first in the 50 Yard Freestyle by clocking in at 29.15. Emily Beam (Tyrone, PA/Tyrone) earned first place in the 100 Yard Butterfly, finishing in 1:11.44. Hannah Kimmick (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield) took first in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 6:23.04.
Next up, Penn State Altoona women's swimming will host AMCC opponent Franciscan University for a dual meet on Saturday, November 3 at 1:00 p.m.


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And we are put on Earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love. --William Blake
The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars. Fire and lightening and winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not. --The Upanishads
Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely. --The Land Before Time
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The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart. --Gautama Buddha
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Being 'rock-like' is about being up front and honest about our doubts and fears, but it is also about expecting God to answer us. If we have questions or concerns, we need to be able to seek the Lord and find answers. Jesus said: 'If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me." God has the answers and will help us become more and more like Him if we respond to His direction.
'They go from strength to strength and glory to glory'
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God is a God of redemption and He begins to redeem our lives from the moment we make Him Lord. If you're just looking for a ticket into heaven, then someone has totally misled you. Jesus paid a very high price for our lives, so salvation is free for us, but it costs everything! Becoming a Christian is about becoming a son or daughter of God the Father and joining His international eternal family. We are fully loved by Him and fully known by Him. God is not content with us remaining in sin and knows that we could fall away from Him if we do, so out of love, He will not leave us alone. (Hebrews 6).
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"We are going to win that match, we are going to perform."
Cian O'Neill doesn't subscribe to the theory that Kildare have no chance against Dublin in next Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final at Croker.
"There can be no question the best team won here. Did we see it coming? No, but they give Kildare credit, it was a much improved performance by them in the second half."
O'Neill's Longford counterpart Padraic Davis had no complaints after the final whistle.
"It mightn't have been a classic or it mightn't have been sexy but we got out of it."
There is major room for improvement from Peter Keane's Kerry ahead of their Munster SFC final date with Cork.
"I thought they gave us everything. We needed a goal. They didn't cough up that many goal chances to be fair. There were a couple of half-chances, but that was it."
Colm Collins was proud of the effort put in by his Clare players.
"I don't know whether that would do or not against Kerry. Let's not look too far ahead, let's focus on getting the prep right for the next couple of weeks, getting back in on Tuesday night and recovering fairly quickly. After that, it's about building up the intensity in training and then we'll look at the Kerry game and the opposition. The key thing here is that we're looking forward to it."
Ronan McCarthy's Cork inflicted a 21-point defeat on Limerick on Saturday evening.
"Look it, I played with Cian Mackey back in 2003/2004 so I know what he is capable of. He is a great man in that pressure situation and he was the right man in the right place, with the composure to grab the thing by the scruff of the neck."
Cian Mackey's exploits against Armagh came as no surprise to Breffni County boss Mickey Graham.
"It was a rollercoaster of emotions for both teams. It was nip and tuck the whole way. We both learned a lot from watching the first round games and we'll learn a bit more today, so we'll get ready to go at it again next week."
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The NGN Forumô Launches Smart Energy Forumô
The NGN Forumô announced today that it has launched a Smart Energy Forumô which will focus on IP services used to power the smart grid, home grids and alternative energy sources such as wind and solar.
Denver, CO - October 5, 2010 - The NGN Forumô announced today that it has launched a Smart Energy Forumô which will focus on IP services used to power the smart grid, home grids and alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. The NGN Forum will focus its activities on the two main areas going forward:
ï NGN Energy Applications
"Utility companies have traditionally developed their own networks and communications systems," said Michael Khalilian, Chairman & President, NGN Forum. "However, they are now looking toward the telecommunications industry for apps, technology development, and OSS/BSS/Security to help them manage consumer demand. A number of major telecom operators and vendors are driving the initiative to expand into the highly lucrative energy management and applications field."
According to Smart Grid News, the US smart grid industry is valued at about $21.4 billion. By 2014, it is projected to exceed $42.8 billion. The world market is expected to grow at a faster rate, surging from $69.3 billion to $171.4 billion by 2014. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocates billions of dollars for energy projects including $4.5 billion to modernize the electric grid. Other major government initiatives that will increase telecom-related funding include $7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utility Service (RUS).
"By ensuring that the Smart Grid is effectively managed, protected and secured, we will help speed its overall adoption by increasing confidence in the reality of these visionary solutions," said Doug Havas, vice president of communication industries at Symantec.
Under Next Generation Communications the Forum will continue to focus on IMS, SDP, 4G, VoIP, RCS/RMS, IP Video, IP Billing, IP Security, and the Forum's Interoperability/Plugfests.
The Smart Energy Forum will focus on NGN Energy Applications and NGN communications services for Smart Grid and Renewable energy apps such as security, billing and integration services. It will explore all types of energy apps that employ IP services for smart metering, billing and transport of energy. The Smart Energy Forum will develop guideline documents to help guide the industry in its adoption of this technology as well as enhancing NGN / IMS Interoperability and its Plugfests to include Smart Energy apps requirements.
Initial member companies involved in the new Smart Energy Forum include:
ï Alcatel-Lucent ï Wipro Technology
ï Aricent ï Sonus Networks
ï D2 Technologies ï Sprint
ï Dept Of Energy-NAVARRO-NREL ï Symantec
ï Hewlett Packard (HP) ï Tech Mahindra
ï Marben Products/NE Technologies ï Telcordia
ï Mu Dynamics ï T-Mobile
ï RADVISION
"Machine-to-machine technologies, including Smart Meters in the utility market, present an attractive opportunity for service providers," said Nigel Upton, director, Communications and Media Solutions, HP. "The Smart Energy Forum can help HP customers, who are already making inroads in this market, using BSS/OSS solutions that have been battle-tested in telecom."
"The Smart Energy forum shall play an important role bringing together telecom operators, utilities companies and companies like ourselves involved in design and development of smart energy communications core and smart home applications" said C.P.Murali, senior vice president at Aricent®. "We are pleased to offer our vast experience in interoperability testing, NGN and wireless system design to empower the smart energy forum to overcome these challenges."
The Smart Grid is comprised of the integration of two networks: the electrical transmission & distribution network and the IP communications network. Smart Grid technologies help improve power reliability through smart devices and applications that adapt in real-time to consumer demand and environmental conditions. Governments are promoting this sophisticated electricity network as a way to address energy independence, global warming and emergency resilience issues. Smart Grids will also require a higher level of Security because they link large and small utilities and individual customer product data, which requires advanced IP addressing protocols such as IPv6. Some of the largest hurdles yet to be overcome are the storage of energy in off-peak usage hours and the development of adequate management systems for the smart grid.
"One can draw parallels from the optimizations employed within large, nationwide, IP communications networks, such as moving traffic over the links with least cost, and handling overload and overflow conditions," commented Mehdi Ghasem, vice president of strategy for Sonus Networks. "As the leader in building and managing some of the largest IP voice networks in the world, Sonus is pleased to lend its expertise to this forum to ensure that the best practices are employed in developing the Smart Grid."
"There is much more work to be done to overcome challenges around Smart Grid implementation strategies, which include developing interoperability standards and protocols," said Suresh Bhandarkar, NGN IMS Board member and Director of Technology, Tech Mahindra. "The Forum welcomes the telecom and utility industries to become more involved in helping us move the smart energy industry forward in the interest of both the telecom and the utilities industries."
About the NGN ForumTM
The NGN Forum is the premier global telecommunications association devoted to Next Generation Networks and Communications (NGN & NGC) service delivery and interoperable IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services architectures and solutions including Smart Energy / Smart Grid. The Forum's mission is to accelerate the interoperability of NGN, IMS and Smart Energy services and to enable enterprise and residential consumers to benefit fully from the delivery of all-IP M-playTM/rich multimedia, mobility, M2M, cloud computing, and fixed services over wireline, cable, GSM, UMTS, Wi-Fi, 4G (WiMAX / LTE), power line/smart meters and fiber broadband networks. The Forum is the creator and organizer of the IMS PlugfestsTM and NGN PlugfestsTM, the industry's only events focused on verification and certification of IMS and NGN service interoperability through the IMS CertifiedTM and NGN CertifiedTM programs.
Through organized Plugfests, technical working groups and other activities, Forum members develop cost-effective technical frameworks for revenue generating converged IP NGN solutions. The combined organizations include over 2000 executives and technical, business development and marketing professionals from global and emerging equipment vendors, solution providers, integrators, service providers, and governmental agencies. For additional information or to join the NGN Forum, Smart Energy Forum, the IMS Plugfest, and NGN Plugfest, please visit www.NGNforum.org or www.SmartEnergyforum.org.
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Agraphobia is an intense fear of sexual abuse. A person who suffers from agraphobia is afraid of being sexually abused, raped, attacked or involved in a sexually abusive relationship to such an extent that the fear is irrational. For example, a women who suffers from agraphobia might be afraid to be alone in an elevator with any men whom she doesn't know for fear of being sexually assaulted. Someone who suffers from this phobia might or might not have been a victim of sexual abuse or other sexual crime.
This fear might develop in children or young adults who witness sexual violence in movies or television. There also some evidence suggesting that overt and obvious fear in adults that children might be sexually abused could cause this condition. Studies also show that some kids become too fearful of all the negative things that might occur to them, and there has been some effort to modify the way that children are taught about dangers to prevent the creation of irrational fears in children.
Agraphobia sometimes is a short-term condition for people who have been victims of sexual violence. Part of recovery for the agraphobic person is learning how to trust again, no matter whether sexual abuse has ever happened to him or her. There also are programs geared toward working with people who have been sexually assaulted.
The symptoms of this condition can be varied. People who have agraphobia might have difficulty leaving the home because the fear of a sexual attack might increase after a person has left the safety of home. For some, however, even being at home is no guarantee of safety, and they might spend restless days and nights afraid that an attacker will enter their home. Relationships might be difficult to maintain, and even with people who have no ill intent, the agraphobic might be afraid of any form of sexual intimacy. As with most phobias, the fear of danger is exaggerated and can lead to panic attacks with symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, respiration, sweating and trembling.
Therapy and sometimes medication might be the most helpful in treating this phobia, but there can be some inherent problems in conducting therapy. Establishing trust with a person who suffers from agraphobia might take some time, especially if that person believes that the therapist poses a risk of sexual abuse. Sometimes group therapy can be more effective. Using a therapist of the same gender, in certain circumstances, might be easier as well, although this is not always the case.
Agraphobia should not be confused with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces and is an anxiety disorder that often keeps people housebound. They are afraid to leave the safety of their homes, because things outside the home are potentially terrifying, and panic attacks are likely to occur when they encounter the unfamiliar. Agraphobia also can keep people relatively housebound, but this is because of a specific fear of sexual abuse.
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It's been a while since I've posted. I've been caught up in evaluating the other group of multigenre projects. I do have more to share about those, and will post examples soon. But in the mean time, classes have been coming along and I wanted to share a few thoughts about what we've been doing.
I can't believe it is only a month until semester's end. Even though my two classes come from different programs (elementary and middle grades are separate programs in our college), they are both approaching an "end" of sorts. For my middle school Language Arts group, they are coming to the end of their main semesters studying literacy. Last semester they studied middle grades literature, and this semester they've had content area literacy and my writing pedagogy course. As far as required literacy core courses, that is it. Next semester they are back to spending a lot of time in the schools.
My elementary school class is coming into their last month of coursework before student teaching. They've had two courses in reading, my language arts course, and children's literature.
As you might imagine, these endings, along with the hectic rush of this time in the semester, bring up a lot of emotions in the classes – some of them conflicting. The students seem excited about the end of the semester, but there is also a palpable weariness. They are overwhelmed by all the different approaches and strategies they've learned – this is only compacted by the impending awareness that soon they'll be implementing many of these ideas daily with students. Even though they are overwhelmed by what they've learned, they also seem to feel anxious about not knowing enough. I hear, over and over again, "how am I going to DO all this???"
Through all of these emotions and a fair amount of exhaustion, I try to keep the students learning and thinking. A couple of weeks ago, it felt like the right time to start telescoping back out to try to focus on some of their "big ideas" for literacy teaching. I was inspired by this post about simplicity at Two Writing Teachers. I invited my students to start trying to think about how they will begin their lives as literacy educators. I asked them: What are the simple principles that form the core of your vision for literacy teaching? How does the way you plan to organize your time and space reflect that vision? We've worked on timelines, maps, and other exercises to try and get the vision to begin to come together on paper.
One reason for this process of developing a vision is to give them a place to start when they get into their classrooms. But, I admit, there is another reason, too. Sometimes I worry about the future of these young teachers – so bright and full of energy, ideas, and fire. With class sizes growing, resources disappearing, and, most troubling, the thunder of emphasis on test scores and standards, I fear that what we've worked on in our courses will quickly be swallowed, perhaps even smothered by the onslaught of the structure of schooling. So, we are taking a little time to try to develop their vision. I hope they keep their core principles posted somewhere near their desks, as touchstones to refer to and expand upon as they continue to develop as teachers.
As my students thought and wrote, I also took the time to articulate my vision for literacy classrooms. Of course, it is a work in progress, and has changed a lot this year. I thought I'd share it here, along with this wonder: what "big ideas" you return to again and again as a teacher?
Beth's Vision for the Literacy Classroom
My students will know that I care about them.
I will know them and their lives and what matters to them.
I believe that my students have important things to say and I value their voices.
I am committed to helping them find ways to express themselves and their insights in a manner that allows them to be heard and understood by others.
I encourage my students to take risks and make mistakes in my classroom and in the world at large. I believe this is one of the main ways that we learn. I strive to model risk taking, and reflecting, rethinking, redoing, and renewing practice in my role as a teacher/co-learner.
I want my students to love reading and writing (broadly defined) and learning, and to know that engaging in reading, writing, and learning can enable them to grow as teachers and as people.
Beth Friese – 4.1.10


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ISLAMABAD- United States Ambassador in Pakistan Richard Olson said his country wanted to expand ties withIslamabadin various fields for stability and development.
In an interview with the state-run media here on Monday' Olson said Pak-US relations have significantly improved as a result of strategic dialogue, and hoped that the mutual cooperation would be further strengthened. He said that theUSgovernment is considering setting up another working group in education under the strategic dialogue to promote education inPakistan.
To a question' Olson saidPakistanhas rendered matchless sacrifices in the war against terrorism and his country is committed to assistIslamabadgovernment in establishing writ of the state in every nook and cranny of the country. He said although improving law and order in the country is an internal matter of Pakistan' yet theUnited Statesis ready to extend all possible assistance in this regard.
Olson said theUnited Stateswould fully assistPakistanto overcome energy crisis and speedy development of other sectors.
He said that 1'000 MW electricity has been added to national grid inPakistanthrough theUScooperation. He saidWashingtonwould also cooperate withIslamabadto overcome gas shortage in the country and help it in the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Ambassador said theUSgovernment endorses the steps taken byPakistanto improve its economy. He said there is a forward movement in providing Pakistani goods access to theUSmarket. He said negotiations are underway between the two countries for an understanding in this regard. He saidWashingtonis also working to promote cultural relations withIslamabadand it has set up fifteen American centers throughout the country.
To another question' theUSambassador saidPakistanand theUnited Stateshave similarity of view regarding resolving the Afghan issue. He said theUnited Stateswould continue to remain engaged withPakistaneven after pullout of Nato troops fromAfghanistan.


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File Under: Music Business News, Making Money With Music, Raising Money and Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a hot topic, and it's no surprise considering the millions of dollars collected by musicians to fund their projects. In 2014 alone, Musicians raised 34.1 million and successfully funded over 4000 projects -- and these stats are from Kickstarter which is just one crowdfunding site of many.
Considering the importance of crowdfunding to the question of music and money, we've written a recent series of articles in Electronic Musician magazine on the topic including Money Masterclass: How To Fund Your Music Project, Sequencing Crowdfunding to Get More Funding, and Setting Crowdfunding Goals. And it's a major segment in our 15-hour video online class Making Money With Music.
It's one of the big reasons why we've been invited to speak at the San Francisco Grammy Association's Music Business Night School on The Art of Crowdfunding. So, if you're in the San Francisco area, we invite you to join us Monday April 20th at 6PM at The Chapel (777 Valencia Street between 18th St. and 19th St. San Francisco, CA).
Music Business Night School is a weekly professional development series which runs each Monday in April. The Spring 2015 Session will focus on the topic of identifying revenue streams; besides The Art of Crowdfunding they will cover topics such as Maximizing Your Music on Pandora, Crafting Your Music Marketing Plan, and Music Publishing and Placement. This will be our second speaking engagement for the Grammy Association (our first talk was in 2013 where we spoke on Making Money With Music, the precursor to our online course).
So, if you're in the Bay area, come on out to hear the talk and meet with us in person. There's even an after party at the venue where we'll be happy to chat with anyone who stays.
Date/Time: Monday, April 20 6:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
Located: The Chapel -- 777 Valencia Street between 18th St. and 19th St. San Francisco, CA
Presented by: Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide and the 15-hour Making Money With Music Online Course at CreativeLive
Description: Master the art of successful crowdfunding: how to make viral campaigns, set the right rewards, choose the right crowdfunding platform, target the right backers, and raise the most funds from your campaign.
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For complete Music Business Night School 2015 program overview, please click here
- Money Masterclass: How To Fund Your Music Project
- Sequencing Crowdfunding to Get More Funding
- Setting Crowdfunding Goals
- The Indie Band Survival Guide (Remixed & Remastered: Second Edition)
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Thankful Thursday
Austin Pets Alive! and Dallas DogRRR-Rescue.Rehab.Reform (along with other organizations) are rescuing, transporting and sheltering animals. Samaritan's Purse is helping people as they struggle with all the destruction and damage.
Our friends at Lola the Rescued Cat put together a helpful post of different organizations helping animals.
Brian, host of Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.
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We've been watching the coverage, the catastrophe is mind-boggling. We had a rain storm early in August with 110 mm in a day and THAT was crazy. Can't imagine feet of water. :-(ReplyDelete
Nicki and Derry have been sending purrs and purrayers to All Beings affected.
I fear hurricane season every year. I am so sad to see what happened in Houston, and yet I'm bracing for the month of September, which is the height of Hurricane season, and there is a monster right now out in the Atlantic which they believe will be another CAT 4 or 5 before landfall in the US someplace.ReplyDelete
I see you back there pretty Annie! We are thankful for our safe home too. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!ReplyDelete
Wonderful photo, beautiful kitty.ReplyDelete
annie N pie; we iz thanx full for R home N safe tee two; two much iz taken for granted...we saw a fotoz on de weatherz app .... sum cows waz tryin ta crozz a flooded road....we felt veree veree sorree for them; we feel veree veree sorree for everee one in harveyz path......itz wicked ~~ :(ReplyDelete
Happy happy thankful thursday missie! Looks like someone is peeping on ya!ReplyDelete
What's happening is just heartbreaking on TX. Thanks for the list of resources to donate to.ReplyDelete
Everything that is going on in Texas (and India too, where there is a flood that has killed over 1000 people) is very sad. There are many courageous people stepping up, and that is a good thing.ReplyDelete
Somebody is spying on you, Annie! It is beyond sad what is happening to poor Texas. We are keeping all in our thoughts and purrs.ReplyDelete
We are purring and praying for them too. XOReplyDelete
We cannot even imagine what the people in Texas are going through. We are purring for all those affected by this storm.ReplyDelete
We are thankful for our safe dry homes and that there are so many caring people ready to help.ReplyDelete
Lovely picture, Annie.
Maggie, Mickey Mouser and Rufus the Red
Yes, all of us who are safe & sound have a lot to be thankful for.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2017 at 12:35 AM
I am thamlful people are beong kind and helping those in need. Nice post. I listed groups that are helping, too. The more groups, the more help available. Hugs.ReplyDelete
we pray for everyone in Texas, as well as the animals. catchatwithcarenandcodyReplyDelete
Dat's a great thing to be grateful fur. We too are very blest to be safel;y in our home. We're sendin' lots of purrayers fur all those affected. Big hugsReplyDelete
Luv ya'
Dezi and Raena
Oh, Annie! Thank you for sharing our post! You are just too sweet.ReplyDelete


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As a Michigander, you might expect that Michigan teams are where my allegiances might fall in professional athletics. Not the case. My dad was a Milwauke native. He never insinuated that I had to cheer for Wisconsin teams. He didn't have to. He was the alpha male in the pack. I, the young cub, knew if I had hopes of one day leading my own pack, I too should "back the Pack" so to speak. Consequently, for no indigenous reason whatsoever, I became a die hard fan of the same teams to which the man who taught me what sports were about was allied. Enter the character who embodied the fun of professional sports more than any athlete in the modern era — Brett Favre.
I remember Brett taking over after Don Majkowski's injury and leading the Packers to victory immediately. He never looked back. Brett was now on the path to one of the most legendary football careers in NFL history, a path that included a record three consecutive league MVP's, two trips to the SuperBowl and one victory, and breaking just about every conceivable passing record.
It isn't often that little old Green Bay, the country's only community-owned professional sports team, or Wisconsin for that matter, can boast a personality that causes everyone in the country to say, "I wish we had that." Packer Backers cherished every moment of it. Sunday after Sunday Favre would display his gunslinger mentality, his cannon arm, and his uncanny knack for turning nothing into something spectacular on the field. Cheeseheads would beam with pride (imagine what it takes to cause someone wearing a 3 lb. foam cheese wedge on their head to feel proud). Favre made Wisconsin sports relevant. He made life for those in the dairy state (and transplants everywhere) exciting. He was a legend and a hero. He was treated like a god.
And then the debacle of 2008. After a superb season, the Packers made it to the NFC Championship game. They hosted the New York Giants at home in freezing temperatures. Brett looked like an old man the whole game and a costly interception(the one career-long kink in the warrior's armor) was the last image Packer fans were left with from an otherwise magical season.
Brett would announce in a press conference not too long after that he'd finally decided it was time to hang it up. Having watched him in the NFC Championship game, I couldn't blame him. However, Brett's retirement lasted all of, well until June rolled around and Brett said he still had the desire and skill to play. However, the team had moved on without him. General Manager Ted Thompson and Head Coach Mike McCarthy had already handed over the reigns of the Packers to the highly talented but unproven Aaron Rodgers, who had been being groomed for the past three years on the sidelines as Favre's replacement. It didn't sit well with Favre. Instead of sticking with his word, Brett still wanted to play. More than that though, it was obvious that Brett wanted to stick it to Thompson, McCarthy and anyone associated with the Packers (including fans) and prove to them that he could still play.
So, Brett packed up his Wranglers and good ole' Mississippi boy attitude and headed out to big New York City to play for the Jets. It was no secret that Favre wanted to play in the same division as the Packers, with the Vikings, to take vengeance on the Packers, but the Green Bay organization made sure that wouldn't happen.
After a season that started quite promising, Brett fizzled towards the end. The stated reason was an injured shoulder. Call it what you want, but he looked like an old man for the last four games of the season, just as he had looked at the end of the previous season. Failing to make the playoffs with the Jets, Brett once again retired. This time, Brett's retirement lasted all of, well, until August rolled around. The Minnesota Vikings came calling and desperately needed an experienced quarterback to "manage" a very good team. Brett wanted a chance to exact revenge on all whom he had perceived to have written him off as too old to effectively play at 40. At the time this is being written, Brett and the Vikings have beaten the Packers twice in the 2009 regular season. With both teams in the playoffs, they could meet again. The losses meant the division title this season for the Packers organization. For Packer fans though, the reality is, the games themselves were heart-breaking.
It wasn't really all that much about the score, or the loss, or the playoffs, or the season. For me, it was about an icon whom I'd looked up to for the past 16 years having such an enormous ego and chip on his shoulder that he wanted to take the negative feelings of this bruised ego out on the Packers. Frankly, I don't care if it was a shot directed at Thompson and McCarthy, the blast hit all of us Packer fans. For the Cheeseheads, to see Favre in Viking purple was to see a 'god' (I hope you understand I mean in the non-religious sense) turning his back on us. It hurt. It was utterly disenchanting.
It got me thinking, if a figure who I had so closely identified as being "on my side" all my life could so decisively turn his back on me, could God do the same?
After thinking about it for awhile, I recalled numerous times in Scripture when God says the exact opposite. Apparently God knew that sinful humans in a sinful world would be accustomed to getting betrayed and feeling betrayed by one another time and time again. As a result, he goes out of his way to tell his people that he's different. He always makes good on his promises and he promises that he will never leave us. Even God's Name in the Bible, the one where we see all capital letters — the LORD — is a name that indicates to us that we have a God who faithfully keeps his covenants with his people, i.e. that he won't turn his back on us. When Moses is nearing death and about to pass the leadership of the Children of Israel over to Joshua, he makes a farewell address to the Israelites where he tells them that God will not leave them. He says once to the Israelites and once to Joshua himself this message: "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged" (Deuteronomy 31:8). If we think there's a chance that maybe this is just a specific situation to the Israelites at the time and we want further proof of God's refusal to ever turn his back on us, we can look at Christ's own words. The last recorded words in Matthew's Gospel is a comforting promise from Jesus. When he's given the Great Commission and is about to ascend into heaven, he says, "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:20).
He's not going anywhere. God is more loyal than any friend, family member, or iconic quarterback with a big ego. He doesn't seek vengeance. He seeks for all men to be saved through faith in his Son, Jesus, that all may come to the knowledge of his truth. He has given us a choicel. We have the ability, if we choose, to turn our backs on him. But why would we want to? The LORD will never turn his back on us.


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The Journey away and the Journey Home
The New Zealand Hebe
Westland Leaves
About the New Zealand and world wide "Jade Trade".
The words printed on this page are of my writing only.
Of late, in the year 2012, there have been hits on this web site for information on whether "New Zealand Greenstone"
is hard to find and also whether the greenstone sold in shops, factories, fairs and elsewhere is genuine Nephrite Jade
sourced from the ground in New Zealand.
I was born here in Westland at Hokitika where the modern greenstone industry started and have carved
New Zealand Nephrite Jade for about 40 of those years.
In the seventies there came about rumours of overseas imports of manufactured jade including fake plastic "Jade".
Other small business owners made noises to the Government agencies at that time as well as myself.
As cheap jade articles became the norm all Government parties in New Zealand have swept this problem under
The carpet. I myself contacted the Commerce Commission after cutting into a carving from one of the
New Zealand factories for a visiting Australian and found it totally fake.
I have had no feedback if, and when they made investigations on this and whether they ever will.
Of all my Asian visitors into my studio over the last 19 years wearing jade I have seen only two pieces that were
'Real" jade.
The Chinese history of Jade is the longest in the world, in the words of one visitor from China "one minute Jade
was worth a great deal of money and then it was worth nothing" That was the time plastics came in,
fakes that were made to look like jade.
Fake jade has become very life like, so much so the piece that I cut and ground for the Australian was
and looked, a million dollars around the neck. Until magnification was used on the broken part and while grinding the
piece it was only then that I found the hardness was pitiful and the colour was fake.
I would have thought it was a great piece of Nephrite just by looking at it in a normal fashion.
Things to think about
Nephrite jade is harder, certainly than most steel (they may have space age steel which I do not know about) therefore
think about how much an engineer will charge you in your own country to provide you with metal and work time in
order to make something up? Not cheap are they!
There are still a few carvers in New Zealand like myself who get along carving only New Zealand jade however they can be
few and far between.
I am sure there are factories in New Zealand who work some New Zealand Jade.
The thing is their main sales are from goods purchased overseas and if you sell 98% of goods that you can trade at 40% profit to 300%
profit then you can afford to subsidise sales of true New Zealand jade to offset the cost of production.
Understand with factories, working jade is not a simple thing. The numbers employed working jade in New Zealand are
minimal. There are more people selling jade articles from behind a counter than actually carve it up and the
balance is truly huge in favour of those selling. An engineer told me once "in order to make a profit he had to employ 8
men making product on lathes in order to employ assistant in the office"
Is New Zealand Jade plentiful?
No it is not, far from it.
In my first factory we waited eighteen months to purchase a decent jewellery grade stone for working,
that was in the seventies. There were two closures of factories in Hokitika in the seventies
one of those because of bankruptcy and both from lack of profit and Jade articles cost more then.
Most raw Nephrite jade if found is found on the Westcoast of the South Island, some from the Nelson
area, then down to the Greymouth area, Hokitika area and then a big jump to Haast and south of Haast
in Fiordland National Park which is a no go area.
Between the areas mentioned very little jade is found if at all.
Quality of stone in Nature is quite varied, in the beginning some folk boiled their stone in oil when if it was
found to have problems. Then came Silicon polymers, colour enhancers and Epoxy resins over time.
Importation of overseas jade for working has been on the go since the nineteen seventies,
jade from British Columbia, and Russia being the main ones and also Australia.
A factory in Hokitika, the Hokitika Jade Factory, brought the first Australian jade into the country for retailing
that I know of.
If you go out looking for jade in the rivers you would be very lucky to find any of any size is certainly
not yours under law for the taking. A low percentage only is of true merchantable quality. You can search for
years without finding any quality stone to carve. There is plenty of Serpentine out there however it is not as
some would have you believe the true "Pounamu".
Colour of Nephrite Jade,
This can range from clear to white to green to brown to blue to yellow depending on the minerals that make it up.
The Jade industry is no different than the Oyster shell industry in that most of the worlds product is fake.
The story that some poor Indonesian spent three weeks in the sun carving an immaculate oyster shell
carving for you to purchase through a retailer for $100 is mystical at best.
As one professional told me as he attempted to educate me years ago,
"How many people in the world are going to finish the job as well as you do".
Few people have the drive, attention to detail and endurance to finish jade well,
most articles if real jade have an additive over them.
I had a Malaysian gentleman around 73 years of age visit a few years ago, who told me he had factories
employing 480 people and in them he made fake jade.
In his words he said "In the world 99.9% of jade articles are just epoxy resin".
A friend of mine brought back from Thailand from a jade factory just under the Burmese border a 12 inch by 4.5 inch 8
inch wide block of jade. My friend got me to cut it into three. I had seen carvings made of this material
on such people as a Magic Bus driver who I knew. When I cut this it gave no smell and was as soft as butter,
it was no jade. The speed that that my saw blade went through that "Rock" was unbelievable.
I guess the cut through the length would have taken 10 seconds at the most.
If you wish to purchase Real New Zealand Greenstone ( Pounamu, Nephrite Jade) do your sums.
Ask yourself how long it would take you to make that design that you are looking at.
Sad as it is, all is not good out there on the genuine front.
Take care and do your homework!
I was talking to another carver once and mentioned the scarcity of stone and he said
"Oh no there is plenty of stone out there",
well that was a guy who worked in the factory the fake jade came from.....
With Regard to Fake material one of my memories around the 8th of March 2017 will be the visit
of two young Ladies, one a lawyer. This Lawyer had purchased around six articles one a "Jade" ring from
Vietnam, one "Quartz" neck pendant and four small polished stones one a "quartz", one another
Citrine "Yellow Quartz" and two dark stones from New Zealand.
The Lawyer asked me are these real? At first I looked and felt the "Jade" ring a simple band.
This was a poorly done fake quite apparent by the weight, temperature and feel.
Then I looked at the neck pendant, from away it looked like normal Quartz with fractures etc
however it had a chemical look to it's lustre. I was handed the "stone" and immediately said
this is a synthetic. I noted that in this case the weight was too light to be a true Quartz,
it was also much too warm. Then my guest asked that I put this article to my polishing plate.
I knew this was a fake so I used worn out 600 grit ruby paper and was able to take a good cut off the surface of the material
using little pressure leaving a very dull surface and using touch the feeling of an epoxy gone off.
Next I did the "Quartz stone and the Citrine "Quartz" these were the same material as the previous total fake.
The last two stones had real weight to them and felt cool so I left them the way they were.
Toward the end of this small amount of what is normally polishing/cutting in this case, there was the scent of resin in the air.
It has to be said I am always learning new things and
of new ways, life could be dull otherwise.
Best Regards
As you are able to see
This example of a Maui Fish Hook remnant is most easily sold as
"Real Nephrite Jade"
As cheap and as quickly they are to be made, they also sell very quickly!
Always remember,
Real Nephrite Jade takes time to work well.
Dust and sludge on a workers bench should be coloured
White with a slight tinge of Grey.
Serpentine here in New Zealand will leave an almost black dust.
If you see a "Jade" carving with an absolute "Mirror" finish in 3D form
It will most likely be associated with "Fake Jade".
The grain in "Real Nephrite Jade" is similar to that of wood.
Although not born round Nephrite jade has a grain which can be
Cross Grain sawn, Long Grain sawn and Quarter grain sawn.
The End Grain will give the highest polish, which depending on the
individual hardness will give the best polish.
An along the Grain cut gives you great strength and less polish.
Quarter sawn Jade can give you partially the best of both worlds.
Cross grain jade gives high strength good polish and stability.
I am now in operation again many months
after I thought we would be finished in repairing
our home. It is great to be warm for the first time I
can remember in a life time.
Doing up a home at 61 years of age is not for the faint
hearted. However that said my builder Charlie got
on with me and I got on with him
The home is a joy to be in for, for sure.
This spring is one to be treasured and the
summer is warm with all flowers and
vegetables in much abundance.
New roof to be done in January 2016!
Roof done and so the garage!
Thank you all,
The carving above is my
"Fish in Sea Weed".
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In the late 1950s, there was an increasing focus on the global need for anthropological research into 'disappearing cultures.' This trend was also emerging in Australia in the work of researchers of Aboriginal peoples and cultures.
In 1959, Australian Liberal Party members and House of Representations Member for Mackellar, W C Wentworth submitted a Proposal to the Cabinet led by Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, the concept of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) to record Aboriginal cultures.
In 1960, a Cabinet sub-committee assessed the proposal and formed a working party at the Australian National University (ANU) to consider the viability of the proposal. One of their first actions was to appoint Australian anthropologist, W E Stanner to organise a conference on the state of Aboriginal Studies in Australia.
The conference was held in 1961 with academics and anthropologists in the field of Aboriginal Studies attending and contributing research papers. No Aboriginal people were present at the conference.
Later that year, Prime Minister Robert Menzies appointed an Interim Council to plan for a national Aboriginal research organisation and establish how this organisation would interact with existing research and scientific bodies. The Interim Council was also tasked with immediately developing a programme that would identify and address urgent research needs.
There were no Aboriginal people on the Interim Council.
The Yolngu people of Yirrkala from Arnhem land in the Northern Territory presented the first traditional petition prepared by Aboriginal people to the Commonwealth Parliament in August of 1963.
The two pages of the petition were on bark and paper, surrounded by traditional Yolgnu artwork. Written in both English and Gumatj, a Yolgnu language, the petition asserted Yolngu rights to their land and sacred sites. The petition was also a response to the government granting mining company Nabalco 300 acres of the Arnhem Aboriginal Land Reserve without any consultation with the Yolngu.
The petitions called for a committee to hear the views of the Yirrkala people to the land excision. Prior to the Yirrkala Bark Petition, numerous petitions by Aboriginal people to Australian Parliaments and the Crown had been unsuccessful.
A parliamentary committee of inquiry acknowledged Yolngu rights and recommended the protection of sacred sites and compensation be paid.
The judge used the legal fiction of terra nullius to deny the Yolngu of the property rights to their country.
The Yirrkala Bark petitions, historically significant documents for the nation, are now held in Parliament House, Canberra.
Sources: http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-did-104.html
Nearly a decade after, W C Wentworth's efforts and lobbying, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) was established as a Statutory Authority through an Act of Parliament in June 1964.
The mission of AIAS was to record language, song, art, material culture, ceremonial life and social structure before those traditions perished in the face of European ways.
This notion is also reflected in the Institute's official functions, as recorded in the Reading of the Bill in Parliament. These were:
(a) to sponsor and to foster research of a scientific nature on the Australian Aborigines.
(b) to treat as a matter of urgency those studies for which the source materials are disappearing.
(c) to establish and conduct a documentation centre on the Aborigines, and a library of books, manuscripts and other relevant material, both for the use of scholars and for public education.
(d) to encourage co-operation with and between scholars in universities, museums, and other institutions engaged in studies of the Aborigines, and with appropriate private bodies.
(e) to publish and to support the publication of the results of research.
(f) to co-operate with appropriate bodies concerning the financing of research, the preservation of sites, and the collection of records.
(g) to promote as and when necessary the training of research workers.
(h) to establish and maintain relations with relevant international bodies.
The Institute had a twenty-two member Council, comprised mainly of academics, and had a foundation membership of one hundred. The Institute's founding principal, Fred McCarthy, an anthropologist was also an advocate of film as an important part of research methodology as early as his tenure as curator of anthropology at the Australian Museum in Sydney in the 1940s.
In the early years of the AIAS, the Film Unit largely outsourced early filmmaking work to other companies or worked in collaboration with the Commonwealth Film Unit. Over the next 30 years, the film unit would go on to produce "one of the most significant bodies of ethnographic film material in the world."
In keeping with the AIAS official function "to publish and to support the publication of the results of research", a publishing arm of the Institute was also established in 1964. The Aboriginal Studies Press was at that time a means through which academics, specifically white people, could publish their work in Aboriginal Studies. Throughout the 1960s, and into mid 1970s, this remained the prevailing publishing model.
There were no Aboriginal peoples on the Council or working with the AIAS administration.
Maralinga Tjarutja lands in the remote western areas of South Australia is home to the Anangu.
In the 1950s, the title for Section 400 just over 3000 square kilometre parcel of land located inside the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands was held by the Commonwealth Government. Section 400 was a site of spiritual significance for the Anangu.
The Australian Government agreed and supported a request from the British Government to carry out nuclear tests at three sites in Australia – the Monte Bello Islands off the Western Australian coast, Emu Field and Section 400 within Maralinga Tjarutja lands.
In 1954, section 400 was developed as the permanent proving ground site and many Anangu were forcibly removed from their homelands.
In 1956, the testing commenced and the first atomic bomb was set off. A number of nuclear test trials and hundreds of minor trials were also held on the site until 1963.
In 1967, the site now heavily contaminated by radiation and hazardous chemicals was officially closed following a clean-up operation.
In 1985, the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia recommended that "Section 400″ – a parcel of contaminated land – should be cleaned-up and returned to its Traditional Owners. The clean-up finished in the year 2000 and for nearly a decade, Anangu negotiated with the Commonwealth and State Governments over the conditions under which the land would be returned to the traditional owners.
Section 400, the last parcel of more than 3000 square kilometres within Maralinga Tjarutja lands was returned to the Anangu in 2009.
In 1968, the Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) Council Chairperson was Emeritus Prof NWG MacIntosh and the principal, Frederick McCarthy. There were no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people appointed to the AIAS Council or institute membership. The founding father of AIAS and now an Australian Government Minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs, William Charles Wentworth resigned as a member of the Council.
A few years earlier, Wentworth had proposed after the formation of the AIAS, the Council should consider adding one or two Aborigines as members. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) Act 1964, states that the AIAS Council shall consist of 22 persons namely:
"the Principal of the Institute, two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate, two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the House; six persons appoint by the Governor-General; and eleven members of the Institute elected by the members."
Now a Minister, Wentworth's view had more imperative and the AIAS set about seeking names of a suitable Aboriginal person for appointment. Within the Institute, the definition of an Aboriginal person for the purpose of appointment to Council was: the appointee would be a 'full blood Aboriginal - fully initiated'.
In personal and confidential letters from the institute Secretary Boydell to select Directors of Social Welfare or Native Welfare or the like, he advised that a shortlist of Aboriginal men who might be suitable for appointment to the Council was being prepared.
In the letter, Boydell, noted that, 'the man we are seeking is a full blood Aboriginal – fully initiated, in the age group 40 - 50, and fluent in English'. After compiling responses, McCarthy wrote to Minister Wentworth drawing attention to concerns that an Aboriginal person not elected by his own people could not represent them or speak for them as a whole. McCarthy also conveyed that a better option would be the appointment of an advisory panel.
In response, Minister Wentworth expressed support for the establishment of an advisory panel of Aborigines, adding that 'It may well be that one person elected by this advisory panel should be included as one of the Governor-General's nominees'. He still wanted an Aboriginal appointee on Council.
Wentworth pointed out that members of Council, in general, did not represent other groups; they were chosen for what they could contribute to the work of the institute. There was another reason, Wentworth argued, for the appointment of an Aboriginal member of Council:
"There are important psychological advantages I think in having an Aboriginal on the Council because it acknowledges the existence of Aboriginals as human beings rather than as being simply objects for study."
This statement foreshadowed the beginning of a new relationship between the AIAS and Aboriginal people.


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The problem with leadership development plans nowadays is the expense for bringing in exterior consultants or beginning the program. This can be back-breaking to get a small company or mid-level dimensions business. The question that you're asking is whether it's worth it to start such a program. The short answer is, sure! The advantages of leadership development will eventually outweigh its disadvantages. Let's see a few reasons why you should be establishing such a program to your business:
a) Far better Employee Morale well-known result of having a leadership development program may be the happiness of your staff. Good leadership inspires employee contentment. This is because they can trust in their particular leaders to the right factor for them. A bad head or manager can be quite a disaster for a company. Employees should be able to believe that their own superiors are looking out for his or her well-being and that they are skilled. Bad leaders lower this confidence and also wrecks the relationship in between employees and administration.
b) Lowers Staff Loss – One of the advantages of getting high employee pleasure is that they are a smaller amount prone to leaving. This particular prevents the loss of skilled and trained staff and enables your company to work at a consistent level of performance. Training employees up to par is surely an expensive and time-consuming method and you would be wise to avoid having experienced workers leave.
chemical) Better Worker Overall performance Happy employees are more effective. This is a fact. Having your people be content material to be working their particular jobs is not just sufficient though. Good market leaders can inspire their followers to work better and to do much more for their company. Needless to say, they won't do it for free but with an motivational head at the guide, they won't whine so much and sometimes they'll be glad to do it.
n) Keeps The Company On-Track Excellent leaders know the heart beat of the company. This means they can see how issues can sometimes affect the companies' staff. Heading off any problems before they begin, they can maintain the company focused on perform and not be hit by petty issues or surprise issues. This also gives them a chance to plan for the future and provide the company a clear group of goals that the company can easily aim for.
e) Cultivates Brand new Innovations Effective leaders encourage a tradition that develops expertise. This is because good frontrunners recognize that they cannot observe everything and try everything. Their team members have to do their part. An open atmosphere that encourages suggestions and independent considering is exactly the right type of place for future innovations and prospective leaders to shine. This will help your business in the long run.
f) It's Cheaper Than It's Finally, leadership development is not as expensive when you think it is. Good titles like John Maxwell's 101 series can present you with the basics that you need to produce your own leadership abilities. The other half of the particular know-how is the willingness to do it and that costs nearly next to nothing.
Authority development is the wave of the future and you should get your company on that trend as soon as possible.


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Robin Page, the Cambridgeshire farmer and presenter of One Man and His Dog, has resigned from Ukip amid bitter accusations of party mismanagement and a leadership cult.
Mr Page's resignation, after he was prevented from standing as a UKIP candidate MEP for East Anglia, is a major setback for the Eurosceptic party ahead of European elections this summer.
"There are accusations of rigged internal elections, tales of extravagance and high living in Brussels and an embarrassing stampede to try to board the European gravy train this June," he writes in The Daily Telegraph.
"In short, Ukip is in the process of imploding."
Mr Page has accused Mr Farage, who he described as a "Blair-like, ex-public school leader", of running Ukip as his personal party.
"Nigel Farage has managed to obtain almost complete centralised power of Ukip," he wrote.
Perhaps most damagingly, Mr Page has accused Ukip of losing its way after its Euro-MPs jumped aboard the EU's notorious pay and perks gravy train.
"Stories from Brussels suggest that Ukip's MEPs have come to love the high life of gravy and status. The party created to fight centralised government, sleaze and corruption has become a parody of itself, a mirror image of the body it professes to loathe," he said.
Mr Farage has accused Mr Page of not being able to "separate fact from fiction and disappointment from reality" after failing to submit his application to be an MEP.
"This diatribe seems to be laced with bitterness, inaccuracy and fantastical misinformation," he said.


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BTS Announces Date For Comeback With 2nd Full Album
BTS is coming back soon!
Late in the evening on September 25, the hit seven-member group announced via their fan cafe that they will be releasing their second full album on October 10. As previously announced, the album is entitled "WINGS."
Pre-sales for the album will be starting on September 28.
BTS has already been teasing for this comeback with a series of short films entitled "WINGS." With seven in total, the short films each focus on one member's story, although they all connect to each other as well as to the group's previous releases. You can watch them all here to get an idea of what we can expect from BTS's comeback: Jungkook's "BEGIN," Jimin's "LIE," V's "STIGMA," Suga's "FIRST LOVE," Rap Monster's "REFLECTION," J-Hope's "MAMA," and Jin's "AWAKE."
Are you ready for a comeback from BTS?
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