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Welcome to One World Week, March 13-17 2017.
One World Week is a celebration of the different student nationalities and cultures here at the University of Brighton.
One World Week events and activities
Five-aside football tournament – Monday 13 March Falmer
Come as an individual or team and play in a five-aside tournament. All abilities welcome. Please wear suitable sports clothing and footware.
Organiser: University of Brighton Parklife
Time: 12:00
Location: Falmer Sport Centre STP
How to book: Sign up via our Facebook page.
Film showing "Belleville Rendez-vous" ("Les Triplettes de Bellville") (2003) Monday 13 March, 6:00pm, G3 Mithras House (Moulsecoomb)
The UoB Film Society will be showing the internationally-acclaimed "Bellville Rendez-Vous". With its unique style of animation Bellville Rendez-Vous tells the story of a French grandmother who sets off to the fictional North America city of Bellville to rescue her Tour de France cyclist grandson from the French mafia. Bellville Rendez-Vous was nominated for two Academy awards, as well as winning various international awards for music, co-production and international cinema.
Organiser: University of Brighton FimSoc
Price: free
Time & location: 6:00pm, G3, Mithras House (Moulsecoomb)
Click here to book your place.
Interfaith Speed Dialogue – Tuesday 14 March 12:00pm-2:00pm, the Quiet Room, Meeting House, University of Sussex
The Chaplaincy team invites you to the Quiet Room at the Meeting House for light snacks and drink and an opportunity to meet and talk with people from diverse religious – or non-religious – backgrounds. The event will be co-hosted by the following University of Sussex student societies: the Co-Exist Society, the Islamic Society, the Jewish Society as well as the Chaplaincy team. The gathering will be facilitated by Mahmut Gunaydin from the Dialogue Society.
Organiser: Chaplaincy team
Price: Free
Time & location: 12:00pm-2:00pm, the Quiet Room, Meeting House, University of Sussex
Click here to book your space.
PechaKucha talks: My culture, your culture – Tuesday 14 March 6:30-8:30pm G4 Grand Parade
Join us for a series of talks in a PechaKucha style about culture, identity and nationality. Each speaker has up to 20 slides and 20 seconds per talk to share aspects of their lives with you. It could be little-known facts about their home country, or the story of the various cultures that make up their identity. Students and staff speakers have bravely decided to share their personal stories with you. We know it will be an insightful and thought-provoking event – we hope you can join us.
Organisers: University of Brighton International Student Support
Price: free
Time & location: 6:30pm G4 Grand Parade
Click here to book your place
My journey – Monday 13-17 March. An interactive map where students and staff plot their cultural and physical journey to the university of Brighton. Maps are located at the following locations:
Moulsecoomb: Cockcroft Building, ground floor
Grand Parade: ground floor near the entrance to the Sallis Benney theatre
Hastings: Main entrance
Organisers: University of Brighton International Student Support
Photo Marathon – Wednesday 15 March. Taking place in Brighton city centre. Meet outside of the Grand Parade main building at 1:00pm
Do you love photography? Join us during One World Week for a photo competition with a twist…… we will meet you at the reception of the main Grand Parade building and give you a topic to photograph and a place to meet us an hour later. You will have one hour to take photos on that topic, and meet us to collect the next topic and location, and so on….. All participants will then have until 9.00pm on Thursday 16th March to submit one photo per topic, and the winners will be announced on Friday 17th March.
Organisers: University of Brighton International Student Support
Time and location: 1:00pm outside the Grand Parade Building.
Click here to book your space.


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Pass a Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights in California
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California is close to passing a Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights that will guarantee comprehensive, common sense civil rights for survivors like me.
In March of 2015, I was sexually assaulted by a man I was dating. When I tried to stop his unprotected advances, he forced himself on me.
It's hard to put into words exactly what one goes through after such a trauma. I think the best way to describe my experience is something akin to being on a roller coaster during an earthquake in the midst of a storm.
I spent a year and a half lost in a sea of conflicting emotions, feeling like I had few options at my disposal. Legal action didn't seem like an option- my case would have presented itself as "she-said-he-said"- and that silence filled me with shame and guilt as my assailant was free to attack another. I felt I had abandoned other potential casualties instead of doing whatever I could to halt future victimization. Not only had I felt silenced by my attacker, but after, I felt silenced by how few basic protections exist for someone like me.
I'm now part of an organization called Rise, who worked to pass the first ever Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights at the federal level last year. We were successful but now states like California must enact these protections.
Our legislation, AB1312 has already unanimously passed the state Assembly and Senate! Here's what it would accomplish if Governor Brown signs it into law:
1. The right to not have your rape kit destroyed before either 20 years or the statute of limitations has passed (whichever is longer).
2. The right to be notified of your civil rights related to a sexual assault.
3. The right to not be charged for your own rape kit examination.
4. The right to access your own medical record related to a rape kit examination.
5. The right to a copy of your own police report.
Over forty states have backlogs for untested kits. Some states do not cover the full medical expenses of a kit, leaving survivors to pay their own way towards justice. Most states destroy rape kits before the statute of limitations for the crime has passed. The lack of these rights has inspired me to act.
My story is not unique. I am still working hard every day to quiet the storm, calm the earthquake and hop off the roller coaster. I am still relearning how to live my best life. There are approximately 2.5 million survivors of rape and 8.6 million survivors of sexual violence other than rape living in California alone. That means there are roughly 11 million stories just like mine. 11 million Californians who are left to navigate a confusing and murky criminal justice system on their own- while at their most vulnerable.
We are working to change that. We are working to better protect our civil rights and ensure that the criminal justice system can best support and protect our community, which sadly continues to grow.
Let your voice be heard! Join me in telling Governor Brown to sign the California Sexual Assault Survivor's Bill of Rights- AB1312
If you live in California, please sign this petition, This is a crisis for 25 million survivors across America, and it's time for our legislators to do something about it.
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When it comes to geo-targeting, there are valid arguments on both sides.
If you find geo-targeted ads creepy, you're not alone.
Geo-targeting can feel like an invasion of privacy. If marketers know you like vanilla lattes and are standing in front of a coffee shop right now, what else might they know?
Older consumers tend to be warier of geo-targeting than their younger counterparts. Only a fraction of people 35 and up say they would be willing to share their location data for discounts.
In the past, companies have been sanctioned by the FTC for failing to disclose how users' location data would be shared with advertising networks and other third parties. Because geo-targeted campaigns are relatively new, they're not well regulated and many feel that allowing marketers to access to individuals' highly specific location data crosses the line.
People don't like what they don't understand. Since the average consumer may not understand how geo-targeting works, they feel uneasy when they see an ad for a product they just viewed.
Lots of people welcome geo-targeting (and here are the stats to prove it).
52% of searches for local information done on mobile phones now occur while consumers are away from home or work. People want info while they're on the go and tech-savvy consumers welcome the relevant ads. For Hartman Luggage, DMI targeted business travelers inside airports and hotels, as well as near Hartman stores.
70% of consumers are willing to share their location data to get something of value, like coupons or loyalty points, according to the Local Search Association (LSA). Sharing the location data can also help them discover new things. For the International Spy Museum, we served up mobile ads not only to people near the museum, but also at other DC tourist attractions.
Lastly, 60% of consumers report using their smartphones often or every time while shopping in malls, grocery or retail stores, according to Thrive Analytics' 2015 Local Search Report.
Our Take
However you look at it, we think geo-targeted ads make our lives easier.
Some people are hesitant to share location data with marketers and consider geo-targeting an invasion of privacy. But this reluctance results in a huge missed opportunity.
When done right, geo-targeted mobile ads provide incredible utility, alerting us to relevant deals, nearby stores and more. Location based ads do a great job of delivering exactly what we need in the moment, essentially doing some of the work for us.
Let's find the right mobile strategy for your business.
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Learn more about how we used geo-targeted mobile ads for our client, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. Go to case study.
Audrey Hartland, Marketing Manager, Brand Marketing & Customer Experience
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Selling Land
by chaillac1 • Tue 10 Aug 2010 20:34
I have just recieved a letter from a local Notaire stating that an a neighbour who has land joining onto my 18a95ca (which i presume is the size of the plot)would like to buy it> the land is within the villabe boundaries and both neighbours adjoining already have large plots may be 3 to 4 times as big as mine already. My presumtion is they may well want the land to build on . My question here is how much is a building plot worth set inside a village boundry


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Get Your Boiler Covered
A lot of home owners enjoy the reassurance given by taking out insurance cover for their heating and hot water systems. Not long ago, it was usual to choose the policy offered by the household energy supplier rather than looking around for other providers. Comparing that cover and costs with what's offered by other companies is much more common nowadays, with an abundance of websites urging us to find the best buy through them. Price comparison has now become the norm, and for boiler insurance policies it can save you about half the cost of the insurance.
You do have to be careful, of course, that you are comparing like with like. The policies vary a lot in the comprehensiveness of their protection, and you should be aware of what the different types of policy mean in practice and some pitfalls, before you start to compare products.
Boiler cover or cover for the whole system?
The most basic policies will only cover the boiler itself. It's true that the boiler is the component that breaks down most often compared to other parts of the system. But the pipe work may develop a serious leak, leading to loss of system pressure and total failure. If that happens, a boiler-only policy won't help you. It's fair to say, though, that leaking pipes aren't the commonest cause of total heating and hot water loss.
Also, check whether the system controls and electrical components are covered. Failure there can lead to total loss of heat and hot water, so it is something you should look for in even basic boiler policies.
Does emergency cover extend to hot water failure?
Your policy should include emergency call-out 24 hours a day, year round. However what does the policy class as an emergency? Obviously, if the heating system breaks down completely, that will come within the definition. But what if you are without hot water? That can also be catastrophic, and is often under-estimated until it happens to you.
When the heating breaks down, most people can find another source of room heating as a temporary substitute, or buy a cheap blow heater if necessary. It's harder to find an acceptable substitute for producing hot water. Boiling water in kettles and pans for washing can be dangerous if there are children or old people in the household. In any case, it isn't going to allow you to take a shower or a bath, or to clean the kitchen floor with any ease.
In short, you should look for a policy that treats lack of hot water, as an emergency.
Call-out charges
Check any call-out charge that applies. You can find policies that appear extremely cheap but this is balanced by a call-out charge of a significant amount.
You have to ask yourself whether that call out charge is enough to take away the peace of mind that having a policy should bring. That will depend on your own finances. Of course, even a policy with a high call-out charge will give you priority access to a heating engineer at times of peak demand, which is valuable in itself.
Annual Service
Check that the policy includes an annual service. If it does not, then you need to think about the risk of a carbon monoxide leak which would be included in an annual service. If you do not have a policy or you have one which excludes annual services, then you should invest in a carbon monoxide alarm for your home.
Boiler Replacement: as good as it seems?
One feature which is often highlighted in boiler insurance policies is cover for replacement of the boiler when it is beyond economical repair. That sounds like a very generous benefit on the face of it.
However it is usual for such cover to exclude boilers which are more than seven years old. It is very unusual for a relatively new boiler to be beyond economical repair, and for most, if not all, of the first seven years of its life it will be covered by the manufacturers guarantee anyway.
So the replacement cover is possibly not such an attractive feature as it seems at first glance.
Other things to watch for
Do the repairs carry a guarantee?
Check that you can live with any financial restriction on the repairs covered, and any limit of the number of call-outs allowed in a year.
If a call-out is caused by the same problem again after an attempted repair, it shouldn't count as two call-outs for the purpose of a restricted call-out policy.
All boiler insurance policies are not the same, so you need to look for the features that are important to you as well as the price of the cover.
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The Work Christmas Party
By Susan. M. Heathfield
The festive season is well and truly underway. Christmas is a time to be merry, in keeping with the season, this article looks at the blunders made at work Christmas parties.
The office party during the holidays or any other time of the year is a key professional opportunity to mingle casually with coworkers, impress bosses, and get to know people you don't see every day. Unfortunately, the office party is also a prime opportunity to ruin your professional reputation, alienate coworkers, and fail to capitalize on networking opportunities.
These are seven common office party blunders. Heed them. Some are missed opportunities, but some may cost you your career.
Drink Too Much at the Office Party
Drinking too much at the office party is the most egregious offense. It's not just the drinking, though anything excessive is inappropriate at an office party, but the actions that result from over imbibing. With normal inhibition affected, drunken office party attendees have been known to make passes at coworkers, harass partners on the dance floor, and touch coworkers in inappropriate and unwanted ways.
If you drink too much at the office party, make amends by apologizing to anyone you may have offended. Don't ignore your behavior and hope people didn't notice or that coworkers will have short memories. They did and they won't. Your behavior will be that talk of the office until something more interesting happens. At best, coworkers will accept your apology and life moves on. At worst, you are charged in a sexual harassment complaint. Want to go there? I think not.
Dress Suggestively at the Office Party
Errors in clothing selection for the office party affect coworkers' opinion of your judgment, credibility and competence. No matter how festive, the office party is a business occasion; professional, not sexy or suggestive, attire should rule the night. Does this mean you can't dress up in your favorite party dress or pant suit? Not at all. Just use tasteful discretion in your selection of attire for your office party.
Fail to Attend the Office Party Without a Good Reason
Your company schedules an office party to reward and recognize employees, to provide an opportunity for team building among coworkers, and to promote coworkers getting to know each other informally. I have heard every possible reason why people don't attend their office party. The most common reasons involve the office party infringing on their personal family time; a dislike of small-talk and social events, in general; and a genuine family or personal event scheduled at the same time.
Cooperation with your organization's mission in paying for the office party signals your commitment to the company and your understanding of the goals of the office party. A couple of hours a year is barely worth a complaint. Let the boss know when a personal commitment precludes your attendance.
Flirt With Coworkers or Their Significant Others at the Office Party
Flirting, especially mixed with alcohol, is unwanted at a business event. It is unwelcome, unexpected, and usually unwanted. Flirting that involves touching can result in a sexual harassment complaint in a worst case scenario. At best, it annoys coworkers at an event that is supposed to draw people together and create a stronger team.
Bring Children or Uninvited Guests to the Office Party
Bringing uninvited guests, or your children to an adult party, distracts you from the mission of the office party, adds to your employer's expense, and may make legitimate attendees miss out on their share of the food, drink, employee gifts and company swag.
Most companies specify the expected attendees, the recommended attire, and the schedule of events in advance of the office party. You usually have all the information you need to comfortably attend your office party if you just read the invitation. Some may even specify that additional guests are welcome – but, most don't - at significant annual office parties.
Forget That the Office Party Is Still a Company Business Function
The office party is not the time to complain about your boss or your company. It is a time to get to know your coworkers more personally so you can work together more effectively in the future. It is also a chance to chat informally with the bosses and members of departments with whom you don't work evey day. With thess goals in mind, watch that you listen as much as you talk; draw out your coworkers.
Leave your company complaints, grievances, off-color jokes, and negativity at home.
In fact, don't talk about work at all. Talking about work leaves significant others out of the conversation. Know the goals of the function and cooperate to achieve them at the office party.
Be the Last to Leave the Office Party
No matter how much fun you're having or how much you're enjoying the band, when you stay too long at the office party, you may have over stayed your welcome. The possibility of drinking too much and committing other gaffes increases with the passing of time. Stay a couple of hours, talk to each coworker and the bosses, then graciously and gracefully excuse yourself. Let your reputation live to attend another office party.


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Hemp is a bast fiber plant similar to flax, kenaf, jute and ramie. Long slender primary fibers on the outer portion of the stalk
characterize bast fiber plants. The primary hemp fiber is attached to the core fiber by pectin - a glue-like soluble gelatinous carbohydrate. The primary hemp fibers can be used for composites, reinforcements and specilaty pulp and paper. The wood-like core hemp fiber can be used for animal bedding, garden mulch, fuel and an assortment of building materials. Hemp also produces an oil seed that contains between 25 - 35 % oil by weight, which is high in essential fatty acids considered to be necessary to maintain health.
Hemp is an annual plant that grows from seed. It can be grown on a range of soils, but tends to grow best on land that produces high yields of corn. The soil must be well drained, rich in nitrogen, and non-acidic. Hemp requires limited pesticides because is grows so quickly and attracts few pests.
To harvest hemp for fiber specialized cutting equipment is required, however equipment as simple as a side bar mower is suitable. Once the hemp fiber crop is cut, the stalks are allowed to cure (rett) in the field to loosen the primary hemp fiber from the core fibre. While the stalks lay in the field, most of the nutrients extracted by the plant are returned to the soil as the leaves decompose. The hemp stalks are turned and then baled with existing hay harvesting equipment, using either large round or square balers. When planted for hemp fiber, the yields range from 2 to 5 tons of dry stalks per acre.
Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa L. Due to the similar leaf shape, hemp is frequently confused with marijuana. Although both plants are from the species cannabis, hemp contains virtually no THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the active ingredient in marijuana. Hemp cannot be used as a drug because it produces virtually no THC (less than one per cent), where marijuana produces between 5 - 20 % THC.
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The Cycle Show at Earls Court in London opens on Thursday for a press day, meaning the nation's newspapers and colour supplements will be dusting off their cliches based around the theme of 'saddling up' and getting 'on your bike' for the weekend's editions.
Teasing aside, with tube strikes and Boris Bikes pushing cycling a bit further forward in the national transport agenda, it's expected that the Cycle Show will be a proper bun fight with journalists from a record number of publications already booked to attend. Dare we say it, but it might even mean cycling is cool.
Of course, nothing is cooler in London than single-speed road bikes and we could devote this and the next few days' reports to nothing but this category if the exhibitors' stands being built this afternoon are anything to go by.
Cycling Weekly will be covering the 2010 Cycle Show in full, with reports and photos of all the latest bikes and products
A good example is this lovely steel Bianchi Pista Via Brera (above) for £790; although not strictly speaking a new model – it was launched for the 2010 model year – with its understated looks it did manage to slip under the radar last year. Particularly thoughtful is the SRAM Torpedo rear hub which, with an allen key, can be quickly converted from fixed to freewheel without needing to flip the wheel.
Around the block from Bianchi is the very antithesis of a huge brand, but Italian nevertheless. Making its fourth visit to exhibit at the Cycle Show, Milani is a small family firm whose Celeste Milani (above) readily concedes that they've not been around quite as long as Bianchi – his father started the company in 1927 whereas the big neighbour opened in 1885.
It's a bit early to be proffering 'Best Road Bike in Show' awards but this Milani Acciaio Puro (below) certainly stopped us in our tracks. With a beautiful welded Columbus XCR stainless steel frame with Campagnolo Super Record and 3T components, we may also also have been swayed by the 'pearl or two of wisdom' from the front of Milani's catalogue: 'The arrow is shot from the bow but it's the warrior that decides the target.' Sounds even better in Italian.
Condor Cycles is reviving an old name from the 1950s. Paris Cycles was a brand name Condor acquired years ago but never really knew what to do with it while the road bike market was either moribund or hell-bent on exploring new and alternative materials to steel. Now that lovingly fondling hand-cut lugs is all the rage again, Condor think they've timed it just right to resurrect the Paris name.
Except, as Grant Young from Condor says, "the lugs and tubes are now laser cut." Indeed, this opens up some possibilities that the builders of the first post-war, bi-laminated frames would have been pushed to achieve. But it doesn't change the need to hand-braze the frame's joints with impressive skill and you could spend an hour admiring the workmanship.
Right at the centre of the Condor stand is an exhibition devoted to the paintings of James Straffon. We last mentioned Straffon (below) back in the summer when he showed his cycling-themed art at the Paul Smith shop in London's Terminal 5. This time the inspiration is artefacts dug out of Condor Cycles' collection of memorabilia accumulated over many years.
There are paintings of jerseys from the Mackeson racing era and frame lugs back from when they really were cut by hand. The idea sprang from Condor blogging about a bag of old head badges they'd found and Straffon was so excited he immediately got in touch to paint them.
It's not all racing bikes at the Cycle Show. The National Cycling Museum has a display of historical bicycles and to bring history right up to date the German company Kemper (above) has these modern versions of the Pedersen design. We're looking forward to seeing them in their display and maybe even get a test ride.
Even cars get an honorary inclusion as long as they have the requisite bike rack on the roof. These are the team wagons of the of Endura Racing and Sigma Sport-Specialized pro teams.
While we're talking Endura Racing, one of the professional team's sublime Look 595 race bikes is up for grabs in a competition on the Cycling Weekly stand B12. Don't miss it.


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Matapouri Bay, Holiday Homes Northland
Matapouri holiday houses, baches and rental holiday accommodation
With a spectacular white sandy beach and estuary, the popular beach of Matapouri is among the best that New Zealand has to offer. Great for families or relaxing getaways. Discover the Mermaid Pools at low tide, fish off the bridge for dinner or simply enjoy an ice cream from the local store. Matapouri estuary, at the southern end of Matapouri, is ideal for swimming if you prefer noo to have any waves.
A short drive or a walk via Matapouri Bay will take you to iconic Whale Bay. This idyllic white sandy beach is accessible only by foot or boar and is great for swimming and snorkelling with calm, clear blue water. Grab a picnic, your mask and snorkel and enjoy a peaceful walk with stunning views through native Puriri, Pohutukawa and Kowhai trees.
Where to stay at Matapouri
Stay in one of our locally managed Holiday Homes when looking for Matapouri Bay accommodation. Our Matapouri Bay rental holiday houses are self-contained and professionally cleaned after your departure. Our holiday houses at matapouri range from luxury beachfront and waterview homes to smaller traditional baches within a short walk of the beach.
How to Find Matapouri Bay
Matapouri is located on the Tutukaka Coast, on the East Coast of New Zealand, about 25 miinutes drive from the city of Whangarei. The Tutukaka Coast is well sign-posted from State Highway 1 in Whangarei. From Auckland drive North 2.5 hours to reach the Tutukaka Coast. From the Bay of Islands you can turn off State Highway 1 at Hikurangi to approach Matapouri via Sandy Bay, or continue until the first traffic lights in Whangarei to arrive via Ngunguru and Tutukaka. Driving time from the Bay of Islands is just over 1 hour.
With a stunning beach and estuary, a walkway to adjacent Whale Bay and the Mermaid Pools, a dairy, playground and tennis courts - not to mention close proximity to Tutukaka's cafes, cruises and diving trips to the Poor Knights Islands you can't go wrong when you stay in a Holiday House at Matapouri Bay.
Matapouri Holiday Houses
Coastal Holiday Homes have a wide range of holiday homes available at Matapouri Bay to suit every group size and budget. All our holiday houses are privately owned but locally managed. Our Matapouri rental holiday houses are self-contained and professionally cleaned after your departure. All the linen is supplied and because our houses are managed from Tutukaka if you have any questions during your stay we are always nearby to help out.
Some of our houses are available as medium to long-term furnished rental properties.
Your Matapouri Bay Holiday Home Manager
Your local Matapouri Holiday Home Manager is:
Sally Kidd
To contact Sally about renting a holiday home or listing a property for holiday home management at Matapouri Bay
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We are excited to introduce you to Jonathan White, the newest member of the Weekly Leader team.
Jonathan is a 3rd class Cadet at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Ma. He is studying to get his Bachelor's degree in International Maritime Business. He is a captain on the Buccaneer Men's Soccer Team and the Treasurer of the Academy's Student Government. Jonathan will be blogging about his leadership training and experiences gained at the Academy.
Jonathan exercised leadership by taking the initiative of contacting me after reading my Leadership column in MarineNews magazine and visiting Weekly Leader. He made us an offer we couldn't refuse and we feel lucky to have him aboard. We look forward to learning from his youth educational and extracurricular experiences and reading his perspectives on leadership. Peter A. Mello, editor
This is my first of many posts for my "Logs of a Student Leader" section of Weekly Leader. I am a 3rd class cadet (sophomore) at Mass Maritime studying to get my Bachelor's in International Maritime Business. I grew up on the North Shore of Mass and graduated from Lynnfield High. During my junior year of high school I was called into the office of my guidance counselor to try and figure out what I wanted to do after high school. I knew two things, one that I was going to play soccer and two I was interested in the Military.
Ever since I was a little kid I was attracted to the Military; mainly because of the sense to serve my country and also the structure of a disciplined way of life. Unfortunately, due to my asthma the military no longer became an option. My guidance counselor pointed me in the direction of Mass and Maine Maritime Academies. Both schools, based around the sea, have a Regiment of Cadets in order to make life on a ship easier during training and also following graduation. After a lot of online reading and two campus visits the four hour drive to Maine was shadowed by the only one hour drive to Buzzards Bay.
As my senior year progressed, like all other seniors, I was asked what my plans were for the next year. With each question I responded with Mass Maritime. If the person knew anything about it they said 'Good luck, it's a hard school' and if they didn't know they would ask where it is. As time counted down until my first day of the infamous Orientation where kids are known to run away in the middle of the night, the more I realized the next four years would probably be either the worst or best years of my life. I didn't want to go to a normal college for four years, party every weeknight, get some arbitrary degree at graduation and walk off the stage not knowing what was next. I knew it was going to be a challenge and I was confident I was up for it. I wanted it.
As a leader you have to be able to see the challenge, whatever it may be, conquer it and come out better than before.
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Opportunity, the Working Class, and Career Progression
I recently watched a fascinating documentary, "How to Break into the Elite" by Amol Rajan, who described in very compelling and human terms the struggle that the working classes face in breaking into the jobs market, in particular to careers that offer great opportunities. Race had an effect, but more so class. His own mentor, … Read more Opportunity, the Working Class, and Career Progression


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Kinesio Tape
Have you ever seen the coloured tape on sportsmen and wonder "What is that?", "What does it do?", "Will it help me?" Kinesio tape is the answer!
Kinesio tape was developed by Dr Kenso Kase in Japan in 1973 and has been used in Australia since 2004. More than 30 years of research has gone into developing the tape and taping methods.
The tape is an elastic tape that is approximately the thickness and weight of the skin. It is 100% latex free and generally tolerated well by most users. Kinesio tape was developed as an alternative to rigid strapping or traditional tapes to allow normal movement whilst having a therapeutic or heeling effect.
Kinesio tape can be used to relax tight or spasmed muscles, or used to help a muscle contract. It can also be used to reduce swelling or release tightness around the muscles (Fascia) for example with shin splints. All of this can help relieve your pain.
Kinesio tape is more than just a brightly coloured tape. The various applications of the tape requires knowledge of many varied application techniques. The desired effect is achieved by correct positioning, direction of the tape and tension applied at application.
I have been using Kinesio tape for approximately 12 months have found it particularly useful. I find the short term use of this product has resulted in a faster return to "normal" movement and return to sport.
I have attended courses run by Kinesio Taping Association International, that is the people who developed the tape! So the method I use are consistent with the Research and development of the tape.
Kinesio tape is not just used for Sportsmen, in fact 85% of applications are non-athletic.(Source- Kinesio KT1 workbook; Kinesio Taping Association International 2008)
So in short Kinesio tape is not just another tape, rather it is a method of taping. When correctly applied by a trained applicant, Kinesio taping is a useful tool in providing desired results.
We only use genuine Kinesio Tape!
We do not warrant or represent that the information in this site is free from errors or omissions or is suitable for your intended use. We recommend that you seek individual advice before acting on any information in this site. We have made every effort to ensure that the information on our website is correct at the time of publication but recommend that you exercise your own skill and care with respect to its use. If you wish to purchase our services, please do not rely solely on the information in this website.


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A senior living community in New Jersey, is green — and not with envy. The 429 solar panels on the building's roof have generated more than 515,000 kWH of energy to date, the same energy it would take to brew more than 10 million cups of coffee, according to Atria's live energy generation data.
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Atria's green senior living project required the installation of a 115.83kW photovoltaic solar system. The system consists of two arrays, for a total of 429 panels. While this technology may sound mind-boggling, it's actually more simple than that, and serves as a great blue print for future green senior living models.
Much like hybrid and electric cars, such as the Toyota Prius or various Tesla models, the sun can power all solar technologies, both photovoltaic and thermal. According to Atria Cranford's detailed solar-powered project information, the sun provides a tremendous amount of energy; enough to satisfy all the earth's needs in a fraction of a day.
The photovoltaic modules or capsules installed on the roof of Atria Cranford, also known as a solar panels, is a packaged, interconnected assembly of solar cells. The solar cells and panel are used as a component in a larger photovoltaic system that offers electricity — direct from the sun — to Atria Cranford.
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American band The National brought brooding indie rock – with trombones – to the Odyssey Arena on Saturday night, and only just managed to master the challenges of the cavernous venue.
Their most voluble fans couldn't make up for the arena being around one-third empty, pointing to the fact this was too big a space for a cult band like this, even with their growing following.
The expansive set embraced songs from their six albums, from I Should Live in Salt and This is the Last Time on this year's Trouble Will Find Me, to Cardinal Song from 2003's Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers.
Endearingly, the downbeat mood which characterises them is at odds with the niceness they displayed, thanking their fans, the man who signed them, the cast of Game of Thrones after visiting the set during the day and their support act.
Dressed in black, deadpan frontman Matt Berninger drank red wine and induced delight in fans by deliberately dropping his mic on the floor of the stage.
In the encore, excitement grew when Berninger climbed in to the crowd and was borne aloft by his eager fans, as he sang/shouted his lyrics in a blistering performance of Mr November.
That collective euphoria was enough to make the shed-like arena shrink to feel like the intimate venue that suits The National best.
But the band topped that with an acoustic performance of Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks from High Violet.
The Odyssey was just too big for a band of their singular sound and select following – but that didn't stop them giving fans a performance to cherish.
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iRobot has a range of different robots which will hoover your house and now the company is launching a new device which is designed to mp your floors, the iRobot Braava Jet Mopping Robot.
The iRobot Braava Jet Mopping Robot will retail for $199 and it will spray a jet of water on your floor and then move around mopping it up, you can see the device in action below.
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The Young Communist League of South Africa has grown to be considered as one of the most relevant, outspoken and influential youth organisations in South Africa. The growth of the YCL is no doubt attributed to its strong structures and ideological steadfastness. Very few youth and student structures in South Africa today have the gallantry to articulate conversant perspectives on matters of national importance like the Young Communist League does.
It is indeed a commendable phenomenon that young intellectuals and revolutionaries in the YCL shape its strategic character and outlook in the present trajectory characterised by massive challenges for young people and a relative less influence from young activists. Nevertheless, the recent launch of the YCL's defiance campaign and its concurrent rejection of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (ASGI-SA) require a much closer analysis and assessment. This text aims to make reflections on these two bold positions of the YCL. The document is definitely not hubris and not intended at discouraging revolutionary programmes and campaigns, nor exhaust perspective in that regard.The present political trajectory calls for both creativity and intellectual openness. It also requires a continuing exchange of ideas not only within the ranks of the YCL but also within the broader youth movement and between activists. The document will indeed charge into the concept of defiance, not in a mechanical fashion, but as an acknowledgment that concepts, phrases and ideas in a revolution are as much important as practice.
As a starting point, it is instructive to note that cosmetically, an analogy could be drawn between the present YCL and the 1940s youth generation in the African National Congress, founders of the ANC Youth League (ANC YL), who after proclaiming "freedom on our lifetime" embarked on a defiance campaign against the apartheid system. The YCL has adopted "socialism in our lifetime" as its slogan and recently embarked on a defiance campaign against the capitalist system.
YCL's proclamation of "socialism in our lifetime" is indeed a courageous rush into what the broader South African Left movement, including the SACP, fears to tread. Whilst the SACP has acclaimed to regard socialism as the future of South Africa, they have not once categorically stated when and how. This is not to suggest whatsoever that the Party should present a time framed blue print or grand plan on socialism, because such will be utter disregard to both subjective and objective conditions necessary for a revolution to be successfully executed. Nonetheless, YCL's courage should indeed be a welcome move in the South African Left movement.
Whilst there are glaring similarities between the ANC YL founders and the present YCL concerning defining and leading the South African revolutionary and/or evolutionary project, there are indeed core differences, which extend beyond the superficial and cosmetic similarities. The ANC's conceptualisation of the defiance campaign was largely implemented through defying, disregarding or working against the then existing rules, regulations and systems. Such defiance was mainly through the banning of Pass Books and entering or going into places and areas that were specifically demarcated for whites.
Now the YCL conceptualised its defiance campaign along and around the ubiquitous demands made mainly by social movement and civil society on the Left political spectrum. These include jobs for all, free education, basic services for all, social grants, nationalisation of land, public ownership of mineral wealth, etc. Well, these are aspirations many desire to achieve in South Africa, if destined at eradication of unemployment and poverty, which continue to ravage our communities. Notably, these demands are the most important tenets of a socialist society, since they fundamentally interrogate and could alter production relations. Lacking from YCL's demands is conspicuously dictatorship of the proletariat, thereof making these demands quasi-socialist. However, the element of defiance in calling for these quasi-socialist demands is glaringly absent. YCL acclaims to be defying the South African capitalist system, yet these omnipresent demands, do not in anyhow reflect the defiance the YCL speaks about. Conceptually to lodge a demand for something cannot be defiance. Indeed the epicentre of YCL's defiance campaign has heavy elements of advocacy, and trade unionish demands, than defiance. The notion of defiance is rather attractive, yet a closer look into YCL campaigns and/or demands reveals something different.
Alarming is the fact that the YCL puts these demands to the present South African state, which any Marxist or thinker worth his/her salt cannot deny is a capitalist state. Whilst the underlying significance of YCL's virtually socialist demands to the South African state might have good vindication, they appear to many South African as demands, which the YCL expects or genuinely believes government will accede to. The YCL is highly advanced and armoured with Marxist-Leninist tools of analysis to could understand that socialism cannot come through demands in a memorandum to government. What many see is the YCL demanding socialism from government and/or South African capitalist state. If this could be true, it is not only bizarre, but unscientific and unprecedented in the history of socialist revolutions. Unfortunately, the genuine demands' character and form which the YCL puts are not intensively, contextually and conjecturally clarified.
Marxism, which certainly is not dogma, but a guide to action, presages that "In the social production of their existence, men inevitably enter into definite relations, which are independent of their will, namely relations of production appropriate to a given stage in the development of their material forces of production. The totality of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the real foundation, on which arises a legal and political superstructure and to which correspond definite forms of social consciousness. The mode of production of material life conditions the general process of social, political and intellectual life[1]".
Marx states that "no social order is ever destroyed before all the productive forces for which it is sufficient have been developed, and new superior relations of production never replace older ones before the material conditions for their existence have matured within the framework of the old society. Mankind thus inevitably sets itself only such tasks as it is able to solve, since closer examination will always show that the problem itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution are already present or at least in the course of formation[2]".
When these productive forces are sufficient and developed, what then becomes the next stage of development? At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production. From forms of development of the productive forces these relations turn into their antagonistic nature, giving rise to class contradictions. According to Marx, such level is indicative of the beginning of social revolution period[3]. The social revolution is largely determined by the kind and nature of consciousness amongst and within society, specifically the working class and the revolutionary intelligentsia.
The changes in the economic foundation lead sooner or later to the transformation of the whole immense superstructure. In studying such transformations it is always necessary to distinguish between the material transformation of the economic conditions of production, which can be determined with the precision of natural science, and the ideological forms in which men become conscious of this conflict and fight it out. Mankind thus inevitably sets itself only such tasks as it is able to solve, since closer examination will always show that the problem itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution are already present or at least in the course of formation[4].
This view is correctly expressed by Marx in a letter to Joseph Weydemeyer dated March 5, 1852; he says clearly: "Now as for myself, I do not claim to have discovered either the existence of classes in modern society or the struggle between them. Long before me, bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this struggle between the classes, as had bourgeois economists their economic anatomy. My own contribution was first, to show that the existence of classes is merely bound up with certain historical phases in the development of production; second, that the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat; and third, that this dictatorship itself constitutes no more than a transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society[5]."
The first step in a revolutionary process is the seizure of political power by the working class majority of society; known in Marx's day as the "dictatorship of the proletariat" as opposed to the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie" which is seen to be an inevitable phenomenon in a capitalist society. Once in political power, the working class can then move to assert its control over the economy. Once the working class democratically runs the economy in the interests of all, instead of in the interests of a handful of capitalists, then very quickly the working class will be able to provide the basic necessities and then much more to everyone. There will therefore be provision of necessities such as unemployment; free quality healthcare; education, housing, and more to everyone, free mineral wealth, and training of as many artisans as the state decides. The creative and productive potential of humanity will be unleashed[6].
These explain the gist of socialist revolutions as presaged by Marx. In Lenin's Bolshevism, which is widely considered as a successful practicalisation of Marxism as tools of analysis and guide to actions, and elementary to a genuine and true National Democratic Revolution (NDR), the working class leads the revolutionary programme, which transforms fundamentally the structure of society from what it is to a completely different society called the revolutionary and democratic dictatorship of the proletariat enroute communism. This form and approach to a revolution somehow underplays the necessity of matured and developed productive forces, which sharpen class contradictions in a capitalist system.
The Bolshevik approach, which underpins any true National Democratic Revolution does not ascribe to stages of a revolution, but ensures that the proletariat as the most advanced segment of the working class, leads the programme and gives it character and content.
So the notion of socialist and/or quaisi-socialist demands placed in memorandums to government is rather new in revolutionary theory and practice. Perhaps like the innovation and conceptualisation of Bolshevism within the Marxist framework, YCL is introducing a new revolutionary practice, which will set precedents for revolutions to come—'memorandum socialist revolution'. There is really nothing wrong with the YCL having intentions to overthrow the capitalist system through campaigns and memorandums to government, it is simply unlikely and disregards or misdiagnoses the nature and character of a capitalist state.
It is highly unlikely to materialise demands such as nationalisation of mineral wealth, land and free education in full consideration and thorough understanding of the nature and essence of a capitalist system, within an imperialist framework. Whilst the national bourgeoisie and comprador capitalists (white and black) are in charge of the state as an exclusive tool of coercion, the imperial masters institutionalised in the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) controls and take macro-economic and socio-political decisions on their behalf. So a capitalist state accession and/or consent to nationalisation of land, mineral wealth and free education, because the YCL has presented a memorandum is not only unlikely, but impossible. For instance COSATU mobilised virtually all workers in 2001 and 2002 against privatisation, yet the state went ahead with it, retrenching thousands of workers and informalising certain industries.
This however does not aim to suggest whatsoever that reformist struggles should not be pushed and engaged on by revolutionary movements, as the core of mobilising for socialism. It is to illustrate that it is virtually impossible and unforeseeable for a capitalist state to accede to the basic pillars of a capitalist system, such as private property. Reformist struggles are indeed necessary, and should be directed towards the benefit of the working class and the poor. Abandoning reformist struggles in a capitalist state is tantamount to taking a position which is adopted without taking notice of the current situation. Those who define concepts, argue that ultra-leftism as "an approach to radical politics that doesn't see the need for revolutionaries to immerse themselves in struggles that are not already revolutionary[7]".
Well an analogy between the YCL 'defiance campaign' and Lenin's April thesis cannot be drawn for conspicuous conjectural and contextual differences. Whilst the demands in both the 'defiance campaign' and April thesis are analogous concerning fundamental transformation of production and thereof power relations, there still cannot be correspondence since the April thesis was drafted in the face of a collapsing Tsarist autocracy in Russia. The South African capitalist system is in the contrary strengthening, without major crisis presently, and in the immediate future. Importantly, the April thesis was presented to the followers and supporters of the revolutionary programme in Russia, not to government. In essence, the Thesis was condemning co-operation with the then provisional government after the February revolution.
With overwhelming evidence that a capitalist state will not accede to socialist demands, the YCL chose to misname its struggle for socialism, defiance, which does not appear anywhere in Marxist-Leninist theory and practice. Marxism-Leninism is certainly not dogma but would categorically advocate for crashing and dismantling of the capitalist state, than defiance. Why would a struggle for socialism be conceptualised as defiance, whilst it ought to be unapologetically confrontational with intentions of taking over for a revolutionary and democratic dictatorship of the proletariat (DOP)? Defiance can well be associated with passive candle-holding civil rights struggles of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi, than the confrontational approach of the Russian workers in 1917. By the way, the 1940s ANC YL realised that although defiance was significant in engaging the apartheid state, there were more chances of getting arrested and demoralised during defiance than changing the basis of society. Even de facto defiance is not necessary, if indeed the YCL and the Party represent the aspirations of the working class and the poor, who are majority in South Africa, and could take over political power either through a social revolution (festival of the masses) or ballot.
Despite the misnamed and barely scientific defiance campaign, the YCL rejects ASGI-SA on the basis of the demands they packaged under their "defiance campaign". The seemingly entire rejection of ASGI-SA by the YCL is premised on YCL's supposition that "ASGI-SA is based on the same neo-liberal thrust that informed the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) programme which has failed to create any jobs despite a decade of growth in the economy[8]". The YCL further charges that "This is the nature of capitalist growth: increasing profits for owners of capital built on the exploitation of an increasingly smaller number of workers whilst millions more are subject to job losses, unemployment and poverty[9]." The overall supposition of the YCL is that "ASGISA requires growth first without even a clear programme of how to ensure the redistribution of wealth[10]."
Whilst it is correct and respectable for the YCL to criticize ASGI-SA, it is entirely wrong to raise false alarms and wrongly describe ASGI-SA as a programme that requires growth first without even a clear programme of how to ensure the redistribution of wealth. YCL's missing of ASGI-SA's intentions and character should indeed be forgiven, yet not attributed to ideological differences between YCL and ASGI-SA. Somewhat, YCL's missing of ASGI-SA's character and intentions can correctly be attributed to misinformation on and under-reading of this national developmental programme.
We all agree that ASGI-SA is not a revolutionary programme, and was not intended to be one. Yet the approach of counterpoising the Defiance Campaign as an alternative to ASGISA is equally not revolutionary. It is not revolutionary for revolutionaries to disengage from developmental programmes, objectionable or not, with the view of counterpoising quasi-socialist demands.
The SACP's position on ASGI-SA was rather reflective of an engagement with the ASGI-SA background document, which unequivocally states that ""South Africa's growth was largely based on the combination of strong commodity prices, strong capital inflows and strong domestic consumer demand, rooted in anti-poverty measures, growing employment, and rising asset prices[11]". Furthermore, ASGI-SA maintains that whilst the social grant has given some impetus to poverty reduction and income redistribution; there remain about a third of South African households not able to benefit directly from South Africa's relative economic success[12]. Consequently, ASGI-SA was therefore introduced as a set of concrete micro-economic proposals, not an overarching economic strategy to ensure inter alia, that the growing economy is accelerated and shared across the broader spectrum.
ASGI-SA does outline the methods and strategies it aims to pursue in poverty reduction. It does not "require growth first without even a clear programme of how to ensure the redistribution of wealth" as the YCL posits. ASGI-SA acknowledges that the South African economy is significantly growing, but excluding the South African poor. It therefore is an intervention to ensure that the poor and disadvantaged have a share in the growing economy. Furthermore, it outlines strategies and programmes, which will ensure that indeed the poor benefit from growth. Succinctly, ASGI-SA aims to address issues relating to the following[13]:
Ø Achieving balanced and sustainable growth
Ø The cost of doing business in South Africa
Ø Infrastructure development
Ø Sector investment strategy
Ø Education and skills development
Ø Second economy interventions
Ø Governance issues
Furthermore, ASGI-SA speaks to specific projects that should be run in the next few years as a means to ensure that development is indeed a reality. There is well consensus that the growing economy has not been benefiting the working class and the poor, and ASGI-SA is somehow introducing and increasing high level investment in labour intensive programmes and projects to ensure that the working class and the unemployed poor are absolved through employment into the growing economy. Not only through employment, but through Small and Medium Enterprises, Cooperatives, BPOs, tourism and so on, given impetus by income generated from these employment opportunities.
Furthermore, ASGI-SA speaks to concrete issues, some affecting young people, which the YCL cannot afford to disengage, if the entire rejection of ASGI-SA entails inter alia disengagement from ASGI-SA proposed programmes and projects. Other specific programmes that cannot be avoided by any revolutionary youth movement in South Africa today include:
Ø Establishment of 100 Youth Advisory Centres
Ø Enrolment of at least 10 000 young people in the National Youth Service.
Ø Enrolment of 5 000 volunteers to act as mentors to vulnerable children.
Ø Close monitoring of the impact of programmes on youth skills training and business empowerment.
Ø Intensification of Youth Cooperative Programmes
Ø The QUIDS UP programme aimed at achieving high levels of literacy and numaracy in the lowest grades;
Ø The Maths and Science (Dinaledi) programme for high schools to double maths and science high school graduates to 50 000 by 2008;
Ø An upgraded career guidance programme; and
Ø A huge upgrading of the Further Education and Training colleges.
Ø Ramping up of the Adult Basic and Education Programme based on models developed in Cuba and New Zealand[14].
These could well be correctly and incorrectly dismissed in the Left circles as mechanical issues arising out of the fundamental structure of the capitalist economy, which determines the superstructure. However, the YCL cannot afford to disengage in programmes and projects such as huge upgrading of the FET colleges, establishment of YACs, ABET programmes based on the model of Cuba, intensification of the Youth Cooperative programmes. By the way, most of these programmes link directly to YCL campaign issues and programmes such as Youth Cooperatives and training of 50 000 artisans annually. Well if there is an alternate framework within which skills should be produced and acquired, there should be provision of such alternatives, rather than entire rejection of ASGI-SA or throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
In the struggle for socialism, it would not be very adroit of the YCL to choose to reject anything, which is supposedly and debatably associated with the neo-liberal thrust, which YCL acclaims ASGI-SA is. An approach of somehow waiting for socialism to produce skills and ensure that our society is educated is neither tactical nor strategic in the South African context. It is actually counter-revolutionary to disengage in programmes and projects that are largely perceived to be not revolutionary. The YCL have a choice to disengage entirely from ASGI-SA, yet the reality remains that ASGI-SA will continue and be guided by those who could be generally considered as neo-liberal or Right-wing.
A rather legitimate concern, which they YCL should ideologically raise in the context of ASGI-SA, is the production relations in the execution and implementation of programmes and projects, which ASGI-SA is proposing, with a full understanding that these will happen within a neo-liberal framework, which remains the basis of South African macro-economic framework, GEAR. It is not inherent that production relations in certain ASGI-SA projects and programmes will be immensely unequal and unbalanced. ASGI-SA clearly indicates that it is not replacing GEAR, the government POA, GDS and the MERS, but works within that framework as a set of concrete micro-economic interventions, to accelerate economic growth and ensure that it is shared. The YCL is thereof barking the wrong tree, by creating things that do not necessarily appear in nor thrust of ASGI-SA.
The SACP rather took a diametrically different view from that of the YCL in acknowledging that "ASGI-SA calls for an active developmental state, for a comprehensive industrial policy and for integrated local development planning"[15]. The SACP acknowledges further that "the initiative is characterised as a broad framework of further steps that need to be taken ... Further work would be required to put them into practice, in a partnership among all economic role-players[16]". There are weaknesses, which the SACP genuinely highlights in ASGI-SA, such as questioning the intended beneficiaries of some of the projects, such as Gautrain, Coega and the Dube Trade Port, manly when these happen and establishment of smaller producers is neglected. The whole issue of HIV/AIDS raised by the SACP is not only genuine, but fundamental to realisation of a successful skills acquisition programme and the broader implementation of ASGI-SA.
Moreover, the YCL can realistically raise issues and have campaigns around and about the content, character and nature of education and skills provided, rather than an entire rejection of an Initiative, which aims amongst other things to hugely invest in skills development, including the training of artisans. The YCL has in the contrary a role to mobilise young people, as current and/or potential economic role players to actively partake in the skills revolution as promised in ASGI-SA.
Another area of concern could be around the whole employment creation activities, which will arise out of ASGI-SA programmes and projects. Whilst employment is at the centre of poverty reduction in South Africa, the YCL should rather be calling for sustainable and quality employment within the framework of ASGI-SA, which is a realistic labour relation issue. ASGI-SA programmes if privately managed and implemented are more likely to increase the number of the working poor, whilst reducing unemployment, which is basically futile, since poverty would have not been scratched by this developmental initiative.
In conclusion, there are countless other issues which the YCL could mobilise on and critique, yet the entire rejection is not adroit, strategic and tactical and the present conjecture and trajectory. The YCL should indeed engage ASGI-SA, acknowledging that some of the programmes and projects proposed will need the organisation's utmost and active participation. In scientific socialism, it is not counter revolutionary to engage in programmes and projects that are not immediately revolutionary. The conceptualization of defiance should rather be looked into and engaged to chart an unequivocal way forward in the struggles for socialism. In his address to The Third All-Russia Congress Of The Russian Young Communist League titled the "Tasks of the Youth Leagues" Lenin stated in October 2, 1920 that "in dealing from this angle with the tasks confronting the youth, I must say that the tasks of the youth in general, and of the Young Communist Leagues and all other organisations in particular, might be summed up in a single word: learn". The Young Communist should indeed learn and engage ASGI-SA and in campaigns and struggles for socialism in our lifetime. Forward with socialism forward!
[1] Marx, Karl (1983). "Preface" to "A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy," in SW, Vol 1 (1859)
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] K Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) (London, 1971), pp. 20-l.
[5] V. I. Lenin 1917: "The State & Revolution"; In 'Chapter 2 part 3. The Presentation Of The Question By Marx in 1852'; Moscow; 1980; Volume 25; pp. 381492
[6] Ibid.
[7] Alex Levant, What is Ultra-Leftism, New Socialist: ideas for radical change, see http://newsocialist.org/newsite/index.php?id=344
[8] SACP Website, YCL Critisises ASGI-SA and Launches Defiance Campaign for Free Education and Quality Jobs. See http://www.sacp.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1181&Itemid=5
[9] Loc cit.
[10] Loc cit.
[11] ASGI-SA Background Document, February 2006
[12] Loc cit.
[13] Sourced from the Baseline Document for the Youth Input into ASGI-SA, January 2006
[14] ASGI-SA Background Document
[15] Blade Nzimande, A welcome shift, but Asgisa's devil lies in the detail, Sunday Times 09 April 2006.
[16] Loc cit.


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Back from Vacation–AND the menu plan.
On Saturday morning, we left sunny blue skies and temperatures warm enough for Baby Bee, who is always cold, to wear nothing but a t-shirt out in the morning…
…and arrived home to blowing snow with accumulation.
For years Big Daddy and I have talked about the move south and this was the first trip where I actually dreaded coming back home. I'm tired of the cold temperatures, the snow and all that misery. This pleases Big Daddy. A lot.
I'll be writing about our trip over the next few weeks in order not to overwhelm you with Disney related content, but one thing I was looking forward to was eating at home. I'm tired of fast food, road food and all other food that isn't cooked at home. I'm excited to return to eating Simply Filling and to continue to work on my weight loss goals.
Oh, and a brief preview of our vacation; our five park days found us walking in excess of fifty miles. I'm shocked at the number of people intending to do that sort of mileage (about 10 miles per day) in Old Navy flip flops. People! Take care of your feet!
And now, the menu plan
Monday Mongolian beef with rice and sugar snap peas
Tuesday Crockpot Chicken Taco bowls with Salad
Wednesday Italian Beef, baked potato wedges and veggies with dip
Thursday Slow cooker chicken tikka masala with rice and veggies
Friday Pizza Night
Saturday Chicken burritos, Spanish rice and corn
Sunday Mozzarella stuffed turkey meatballs with whole wheat spaghetti and salad
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Last week I prepared myself for San Diego's quickest growing festival, CRSSD Fest. I shared my most anticipated acts with all of you here, and buzzed about it locally. I hoped to find a solid weekend with music I don't normally indulge in, and my expectations were surpassed with ease as some of the acts I predicted and those I had not known before the event put on performances of a lifetime.
Below is a recap of my favorite moments from the weekend, with pictures that do justice for the real thing. I'm a bit late on this recap, but that should just emphasize how much fun those two short days were.
Golden Features
The first act we visited was a good 5 feet from the entrance, and to our great fortune, it was the masked Australian was there with the best type of music to start our weekend. He's electronically gifted, but we heard hints of hip-hop throughout the set that gave way to a 2 day obsession with Golden Features, on and off the festival grounds. He definitely was one of my better highlights of the weekend, and an even better introduction to a young, new artist to watch.
Justin Jay
I had the pleasure of seeing and meeting Justin Jay last time I was in San Francisco, and I'm appalled with myself that I didn't include them in my first preview of CRSSD. Jay threw one of the best sets I have seen in a long time, with the type of style that almost says "screw you" to the audience as he shifted tempos and genres like toppings on a pizza. I recommend seeing him anytime he's in your town, you're likely to hear all kinds of music and take part in what can pass for simply a party with little to no objection.
Bob Moses
Just like I had guessed, Bob Moses took their performance to the next level, and earned a spot not only in my preview, but in my recap of the weekend's best. One of the best you could have witnessed, if not the best, the duo played the sunset hour into night, giving Saturday the guitar riffs and dark bass it needed to continue on into the evening.
Jai Wolf
Sunday was a much later start, and a much more mellow day (at least that was our goal), but Sajeeb Saha aka Jai Wolf slammed into Sunday like a holy revival of Saturday. We left off where we started, as he played his best originals and a whole lot of Flume. I almost missed Panda Bear he was so good, which is really saying something if you've read my shares before. I've always heard a JW show was crazy, but his mid-afternoon Sunday set was one of my favorites due to the high energy, unique sounding mix.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
My final highlight for you comes from the legendary T.E.E.D., or better identified as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. His performance was dark and tentilating, and many of San Diego's locals did not find it amusing. However, I found his set genius as he took sounds up and down throughout the entire 1 hour act, never truly cutting from his orchestrated set of loops. It was very interesting to put it mildly, but I was thoroughly impressed with how different of a path he took amongst a light lineup. Oh, and he played numerous old jazz loops, which is grade A in my book.
I'm sure we will be hearing from CRSSD sometime soon, so keep your eyes peeled for flights into San Diego sometime in the spring. Expect nothing but two days of progressive music you do not want to miss out on.


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Saturday, February 25th, Horry County residents are inviting all Horry County and Myrtle Beach residents to join them at the beach access parking oceanfront at end streets around 38th Avenue North. All residents will enjoy a "Lying" On The Beach party.
The Horry County group is known as Make Myrtle Beaches, Free, Clean, and Safe. The group continues to grow and now is over 3,300 local members.
February 25th is the last Saturday of county-wide free parking for all Horry County residents in Myrtle Beach. The group asks all to bring their own picnic lunch. The party will begin at 11 a.m. and run into the afternoon.
Residents are scheduling this event in honor of the last Saturday of FREE PARKING in the city of Myrtle Beach for county residents. This family event is FREE FOR ALL adults and children.
In an email sent to Horry County Council, leaders of the group wrote:
Chairman Lazarus and ALL Horry County Councilmen:
We met with Councilman Johnny Vaught yesterday and thanked him.
We ALL were lied to again and cannot stay quiet any longer.
Parking Fees Begin March 1, 2017
The so called compromise for County residents is a bigger sham than we thought. It is not for County residents. A few people have called the parking office at 843 626 7275 and were told the same thing. "It is a pass for ANYONE who lives ANYWHERE not in the city." [Anyone in the world qualifies for this pass] It is available March 1 and cannot be done online. It is $100 and you are allowed to park at metered spaces between 6th and 21st and 69th-77th. You are not allowed to park anywhere in the area locals know as the golden mile.
The Golden Mile has now become a private beach which should not be allowed.
However, enough is enough. We cannot hold back the masses against stronger, more vocal actions. We will actually encourage these actions.
MB City's actions do not make good neighbors and the lack of a compromise is not acceptable.
We appreciate all you are doing, but the city has made it clear this is us versus them. We would like to know what leverage our county will use against the city, to protect US , your county constituents.
We will be posting this email on our site, which has grown over 10% in the last 72 hours.
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Back To The Old House
Back over on Arran and back in the old cottage at Merkland.
Left the OH and the Young Digger knocking balls around Bilsland's Crazy Golf on the front at Brodick. I coaxed Old Piney into fourth gear and trundled out past Cladach and the stinky old harbour below Brodick Castle. Two seals were basking out on the rocks at Merkland Point. Piney reversed into the the layby/ boat ramp almost by herself and even thoughtfully stalled as soon as she was tucked in position.
I'd had a fair old struggle locating this cist until a few years back and I've still never seen any sign of anyone else having visited the place. It is incredibly close to the road and I decided to time myself getting to the cist from closing the car door.
The old Merkland cart track which also serves as a part-time burn was even more overgrown than last year (and the year before). Long trailing Brambles and sprouting Hogweed conspired with ankle deep slimy mud and curtains of Willow to obstruct my progress. But only 2 minutes and 45 seconds after slamming the car door shut and setting out, I was gazing down at the mossy old cist of Merkland Wood. I heard two cyclists on the road chatting as they pedalled by (this site is THAT close to the road).
The moss looked deeper than before, with little seedlings of the Willow and Rhododendron sprouting on the thick, moist green carpet on the capstone. The erosion below the cist (just above the burn) has slightly worsened but the earth and bank immediately around the cist seem fairly well consolidated.
The deep undergrowth does mean a very high midge count even during the hottest and sunniest of days. After a few minutes taking in the quiet of this site I'd fired off enough photos and lost enough blood to the skeeters - I fled and staggered back down through the mud and thorns.
Old Piney grumbled into fourth gear and trundled the couple of miles back into Brodick. Young Digger and his mum were only on the 10th hole. I'd been away for a bit less than 30 minutes - but they weren't your regular minutes I don't think.
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It was my OH who picked this summer's Arran holiday cottage deep in the heart of the Merkland Wood. My preliminary researches confirmed my suspicions - the cist I had unsuccessfully sought in previous years lay somewhere within the cottage's grounds. Last July I had spent a frustrating couple of hours getting eaten alive by midges and cut and scratched by bracken and rhododendron as I tried to find the cist said by the antiquarians to be "situated on a small eminence" above a burn and described by the OS to be "poorly preserved".
I parked in the small tarmacked boat ramp and crossed the road to the trackway leading up to 2 cottages at Maol Don. Do not go up this track, instead enter the rhododendron jungle to the left of the cottage track but to the right of the roadside stone wall.
I found a vestigal path which sort of becomes a burn. To the left rises the "small eminence". This "small eminence" turns out to be a thirty foot cliff whose top is swathed in head-high bracken and rampant rhododendron. As I clambered up the steep crumbling bank I found myself gazing into a dark hole surrounded by mossy stones. I knew I was right on the money. Badger activity six feet below this cist has left it in a bit of a precarious position. This cist is not poorly preserved - indeed it is in great nick - and sits jutting out of the sloping bank above the burn just just below the flat top of the "eminence". In previous attempts to find this cist I'd been stumbling around on the eminence's "summit top" among the tick-laden, midge-ridden ferns and shrubs.The landowner's attempts to hack back the invasive rhododendron has left many ankle breakers and stumps which are real trip hazards in the deep undergrowth. But you don't need to go there & if you find yourself up there amongst the bracken you have passed the cist.
The cist is complete, the mossed-over capstone is in place, the four side slabs sit vertical and in position. This cist's dimensions are a bit larger than those described on Canmore, so a part of me wonders if this is the same cist. There are no photographs or sketches of the Merkland cist described on Canmore (or in Balfour's Book of Arran Vol 1)) to work from, but I am presuming it has to be the same one. This is a very quiet, deep woodland setting for a cist in a fine state of preservation. I stood brushing off midges with the slanting bars of evening sun transforming the wood into a tropical rainforest of rhododendron blooms, green ferns and deep moss with tall natural Scots Pines forming a scented canopy. I got the impression that no-one had visited in a very long time. A very cool resting place.
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It's time to CELEBRATE! What's better than a birthday party? A GIRL SCOUT BIRTHDAY PARTY! 104 years young and we are celebrating ALL week! Starting Sunday, March 6, you'll be able to participate in a whole week of Girl Scout celebrations during National Girl Scout Week. Not only are we celebrating with themed days, but we are doing an entire week of service throughout the council as part of our Inspire a Girl event. Visit the Week of Service homepage to sign-up for awesome service projects going on throughout our council. You might also see photos of the GSKSMO office in Kansas City doing a service project on Wednesday, March 8!
Search the #beGSgreen and #inspireagirl to see everything going on around the council for this celebration.
Here are a few ways to show your Girl Scout pride March 6-12:
(PS: Don't forget to share your photos with us! Tag it with #beGSgreen and visit our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages!)
Activities below that are underlined & italicized indicate a CHANCE TO WIN a great prize!
Sunday, March 6 – Girl Scout Sunday – Celebrate your faith!
- Volunteer to assist with services
- Host a GS informational table and/or cookie booth
- Ask for a bulletin insert
- Earn the My Promise My Faith Award
- Perform a flag ceremony
Monday, March 7 – Celebrate your Girl Scout Family!
- Moms and dads, brothers and sisters, grandmas, grandpas and other caregivers – being a Girl Scout is a family experience!
- Share that favorite story and photo – camping fun, FROG dances, field trips, cookies and more! Family members make Girl Scouting possible!
- Every story and photo shared will be entered for a chance to win a family gift basket from the GS Shop.
Tuesday, March 8 – Celebrate Outdoor Fun & Adventure!
- Take the outdoors pledge and share it with others
- Share your troop photos of the Adventure Program and one troop will win 5 spots to a spring program (Brownie – Ambassador Girl Scouts)
- Share your summer camp stories (one Girl Scout will win a mini or resident camp session for this summer)
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Friday, March 11 & Saturday, March 12 – Inspire a Girl – Week of Service
- Happy 104th Birthday Girl Scouts!
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- All Girl Scouts who complete and log their projects by March 19 will receive the commemorative Inspire a Girl – Week of Service patch.
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Spne is sunned, some scuffing to front board and light wear to edges. Interior lightly toned, residue from small sticker on back pastedown, otherwise VG+. No DJ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pages; Collection of essays on Southern thought, literature, culture, education, and economy, written between 1933 and 1938. Parks was a professor of English at the University of Georgia from 1935 until his death in 1968, and a prolific writer. He was instrumental in the founding of the UGA Press in 1938
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Union Terrace is a Cooperative Apartment building with 29 residences. The sale is subject to Board Approval. HOA fees of $1,240.15 per month include water, heat, maintenance, professional management, insurance and gardening.
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