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How To Remove Harmonic Balancer In Easy And Simple Steps
The harmonic balance is also known as the vibration damper is used to prevent the strong forces generated by the car's engine from shaking your engine apart. It is joined to the front part of your engine's crankshaft and is mainly designed to reduce vibration.
The harmonic balancer consists of two separate pieces. One is the energy dissipating element that is separated by the rubber insulator, and the other is a mass that is joined to the crankshaft.
The rotating mass is for absorbing vibration that is generated from the crankshaft while the engine is still running. Most of the engines consist of the harmonic balancer. Because of the strain and stress which the harmonic balancer carries the unit may separate or just crack.
In case the front main seal fails to function correctly, it may end up causing an oil leak which is solved by removing the harmonic balancer.
Signs Your Harmonic Balancer Requires A Replacement
For you to remove your harmonic balance, it must have got damaged. In case you find it hard to know whether your harmonic balance is destroyed, the following signs show that the harmonic balance requires a replacement:
1. Incorrect Timing Marks
The timing marks move after the outer ring ends up separated from the inside ring. This is normally noticed when you compare the timing marks on your valve train.
2. Damaged Edges On The Belt
The outer ring may end up moving a lot, and the grooves' alignment gets destroyed with the other accessories pulleys. Also, the grooves of your pulley may end up resulting in polishing or just uneven wear.
3. Engine Vibration
In case you have an odd engine vibration without misfire codes, carefully check the dampener for damage.
4. Damage In transmission
In case the harmonic balancer is unable to absorb the crankshaft vibration, damaging forces will begin to attack the transmission. The vibration generated may affect the input shaft, bearings, planetary gears, and much more.
On cars with huge displacement engines as well as manual transmissions, your gears in the differential may end up affected.
5. Power Steering Pump Malfunction Or Alternator
A belt tensioner can deal with so much vibration just before the inside bearings are damaged. While the harmonic balancer can only flex two degrees or just one degree, it needs a lot of the strain off attached sections.
6. Squeaking Sound
A damaged harmonic balancer can generate a squeaking sound while rotating, which will not halt even after applying enough belt dressing.
7. Elongation Of The Harmonic Balancer Keyway
In case the keyway shows any sign of damage or play, the harmonic balancer is damaged.
8. Irregular Idle
The harmonic balancer is designed to work with the different engine speeds. Dampeners function hard during idle. If the harmonic balancer fails, the idle may fluctuate while the dampening mass moves.
Easy Step by Step Procedure On How To Remove A Harmonic Balance
Removing the automotive harmonic balance is not hard as most people think. However, the procedure may differ, most procedures follow almost the same process. This procedure can be used on most cars.
Start by placing the car on a ground level, lifted safely in the air. If required, set the parking brake and turn off the engine.
What You Need
Before you begin the process of removing the harmonic balance, you should ensure you have the following:
- Balancer Puller
- Installation Toolkit
- Carburetor Cleaner or A Fine Sandpaper
How To Remove Harmonic Balancer
Step 1
Gain access to your harmonic balancer by pulling out the serpentine belt.
Step 2
Then remove the center bolt that plays a great role in holding the balancer in the front area of the crankshaft. The center bolt is usually very tight. Also, you should know that a pulley should be separated from the harmonic balancer if equipped.
Step 3
Install the balancer puller evenly. Then wind the bolts at a far distance so as they cannot be pulled out by the action of the puller.
Step 4
By the use of an air impact wrench, try as much as possible to tighten the pulley. You may hear a very small pop when the damper begins to move out of the crankshaft. The damper consist of a press fit; hence, it cannot be pulled out without using a puller.
Step 5
The puller pull bolt ends up becoming easier when the harmonic balancer gets at the end of the crankshaft.
Step 6
Immediately the dampener is pulled out, there may be a few oil varnish that will require to be eliminated using a carburetor cleaner or a fine sandpaper before you install another harmonic balancer.
The harmonic balancer installation tool is for reinstalling the balance. However, you should never harmer your balancer back in the engine since it may result into internal damage.
Step 7
Warm the balancer to over 150 degrees to assist expand the dampener to make installation easy. Install a small quantity of grease to the sealing area.
Step 8
Align your balancer woodruff key slot using the key way on your crankshaft and then set it into position. Then wind the installation tool in place.
Step 9
Make use of two wrenches to properly tighten your balancer installation tool.
Step 10
Once the installation tool is removed, you can then apply sealer to your center bolt and install.
Step 11
Tighten the bolt according to the manufacturer's specification.
Step 12
One you finish installing the harmonic balancer, re install your serpentine belt.
Once you find out that your harmonic balancer is damaged, it is recommended you remove it. Removing the harmonic balancer is not as hard as most people describe it.
The above information makes you and know the signs that indicates that your harmonic balancer is damaged as well as how to remove a harmonic balancer.


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Today Tova went back to school. Grade 1!
I drove her in as I wanted to see where her class room is and also wanted to meet her teachers. I did make the point of saying I will remove her from the school if she is 'strapped' to anything, such as her chair. The bike sure, she needs a seat belt, but I'd rather her learn to do what she is told such as "Tova please return to your seat" than her being trapped. Harsh words, but I need it to be completely understood. I'm not really that intense, but I do worry and so, as I am not there during the day I need to 'sound' intense. They didn't mind anyway.
She was happy to be in her new class room. One of her friends from her prep class is in the same class, so that is nice.
Nissim! Well... He started school today for the first time! Prep! Amazing. Mum and Yuval took him. They sent me a photo, he looks gorgeous. They told me that he is 100% comfortable at school. They didn't know where his class room was, he showed them. He is so smart to remember the way (I was there with him yesterday to have a 10 min meeting with his teacher before the first day of school). Apparently he told mum and yuvie to leave too. So, he is at school now! I wonder what he is doing. I hope he makes friends quickly and is so happy. Lots of the kids there know each other. Nissim went to creche with a few of them, but can't remember them because he was 3. His cousin is at the same table as him too, but they also don't know each other very well and his cousin has been going to that school creche for a few years. I'm sure he will be fine, he is not a shy child, actually he is quite the opposite, but also he is sensitive. My little dude.
Ok, well Yuval and I are now parents of two school kids. It is going to be a busy life now. Driving here and there dropping kids off, picking kids up etc.. :-)

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Chocolate Retail Pvt Ltd Launches Yapaa.com, a 'One Stop Solution' for New Born Baby Essentials and Maternity Accessories
31 Jul, 2012, 08:03 BST
PUNE, India, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Chocolate Retail Pvt. Ltd, one of the leading garment destinations in Pune and Surat, has launched a website for new born baby products - Yapaa.com.
Started three months back, this e-store is a one-stop-shop for new born baby products. The store has products ranging from more than 250 brands, accessible on their website. Some of the brands available at the store include Johnson & Johnson, Pigeon, Chicco, Pampers, Nuby, Mothercare, Aveeno, Tolly Joy, Gerber, Heinz, Cucumber, Zero, Barbie, Fisher Price, Funskool, etc.
The products are largely divided into categories like diapers, feeding bottles, baby powder, shampoo and conditioner, snacks and cereals, play toys, baby carriers, prams and strollers, car seats, maternity wear, baby nursery support, garments, health and safety accessories etc.
Yapaa.com is a 'one stop solution' for all new born baby essentials and maternity accessories. This is the fastest and easiest way to purchase baby health care and baby safety products online in India.
The collection includes all must-have new born baby essentials, pre-sorted to include only the most stylish and healthy, fresh and innovative products available; from the amazing and exciting baby clothes, baby care products, apparels and toys, to maternity personal care, cleaning products, colourful bedding and baby.
All the items are displayed appealingly with the help of high definition pictures for customers. The screen has full description and features of the products. There is a filter option to narrow down the search for the required product on the basis of age, manufacturer, price etc. There is an option for user's comments too. Yapaa has become very popular for buying new born baby products as indicated by about 100 orders they receive per day.
At Yapaa, customers can purchase the entire range of high-quality baby products from the comfort of their home. Payment can be done through Net Banking and there is also an option for Cash on Delivery. Yapaa has partnered with First Flight Couriers, DTDC and FedEx for the delivery service.
After consolidating their position in the new born segment, Yapaa is considering to broaden its scope to include a larger customer base. By Diwali, they are expecting to add a whole range of products like clothes for men and women, accessories and jewellery.
The founder, Sandeep Modi, feels that their extensive stint in the business has given them the much needed exposure and experience to make this a successful venture.
Chocolate Retail Pvt Ltd has two successfully running physical stores catering to 5 lac satisfied customer and 80000 members. The product range at both the stores includes men's wear, ladies wear, kid's wear, new born, jewellery and various other accessories. The business turnover was Rs.20 crores for the year 2011-12 and the YOY growth achieved was 150%. This year, the company is expecting the turnover to reach at around Rs.45 crores.
Mr. Modi added, "We have been doing the business for the past ten years. So we know what the customer desires and have developed a rapport with the suppliers as well. Furthermore, the world is shifting all around us. To continue to thrive as a business over the next decade and beyond, we must look ahead, distinguish the trends and forces that will figure our business in the future and move swiftly to prepare for what's to come. We must get ready for tomorrow today." The aim is to give complete customer satisfaction and wide variety at best rate.
With Yapaa, one can order new born baby products at the click of a button. This definitely is one way to shop without the problems of traffic and inclement weather.
About Yapaa
Yapaa.com is the latest business enterprise of Chocolate Retail Pvt Ltd, which is one of the leading family ready-made garment destinations in Pune, Maharashtra and in Surat, Gujarat since last five years.
At Yapaa, every baby is special! They also strongly believe that babies must be provided with great care in their early stages so that proper growth of mind and body can be assured. To serve that very purpose, at Yapaa we offer standard company's products for healthcare and interactive toys and other interesting and fun baby products for holistic development of mind and body of your baby. For more details, please visit: http://www.yapaa.com
Primary Media Contact: Sandeep Modi, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, 91-261-4002100/01/02, 91-98797-21000
Secondary Media Contact: Mukesh Modi, email@example.com, 91-98989-44921
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Nobody seems to have settled on how best to tell this rattling good tale, based on real events in the tottering-toward-extermination court of King Louis XVI. The action-adventure hasn't the élan, bravado or Hollywood gloss of, for example, 1952's "Scaramouche," starring deft dueler Stewart Granger and striking corseted beauties Eleanor Parker and Janet Leigh. The scheming, debauchery and skullduggery has none of the sharp witty truth of 1975's "Let Joy Reign Supreme," Bertrand Taverniere's skewering of the indulgent opulence of pre-Revolutionary French court. The romantic intrigue has none of the lavish glamour of 1938's "Marie Antoinette," starring Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power and a stunning collection of powdered wigs. The ironic caper aspects don't even have the excuse of being just plain silly fun--at least not intentionally--like the farcical spoof "Start the Revolution Without Me" (1970), starring Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder as two pairs of mixed-up identical twins ricocheting between the poor peasants and the over-endowed aristocracy.
But enough of what this movie isn't. It's oddly cast and ploddingly executed, despite the beauty of its appearance and the magnificent use made of both real French locales and stand-in buildings and sets from locations in Czechoslovakia. The complexities of the plot, an elaborate con which is still rumored to have been significant in causing Queen Marie Antoinette to lose her head, are never woven together into a suspenseful whole--the power-play successes and failures, the self-serving ambitions of all concerned, seem superficially attached.
Possibly much of the failure lies in the notion of trying to make Countess Jeanne de la Motte-Valois sympathetic--endless flashbacks to the murder of her father and the destruction of her family estate somehow don't tug at the heartstrings as they are obviously meant to. Even if she was a liberal thinker compared to the Bourbon court, she still wasn't part of the truly downtrodden. Swank has been given too little to play with to make any of her schemes seem justified. Surprising bland, though lovely in the fine period clothes, Swank is unable to prevent her presumably complex character from coming across as little more than a petulant social climber with a big chip on her shoulder about having her petition ignored by the Queen. When she heads off into the you-use-me-as-I-use-you back-stabbing world of genuine intrigue, blackmail and crime, she loses any hope of being seen as some sort of victim whose honor and rights have been abused.
Getting stuck to this little minx's petticoats are a nefarious bunch: Simon Baker looks the hero as the gigolo who falls for her, but, as her cuckolding cuckold husband, Adrien Brody actually has much more old-fashioned high style dash and appeal; Jonathan Pryce smirks his way though the role of the sex-crazed cardinal prepared to bend any principle to achieve the higher office he covets; Christopher Walken as a bogus mystic looks bogus; Joely Richardson manages to sidestep some of the clichés associated with Marie Antoinette, but still the script allows the hapless monarch little space to be depicted as anything more than vain and misguided; Brian Cox as a court factotum is landed with the explanatory role which also involves voice-over reminiscence. Coupled with the on-screen titles telling the audience at which chateau or palace a scene is taking place, this is a dead giveaway that what you are watching is a right old muddle. Starring Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Brian Cox, Joely Richardson and Christopher Walken. Directed by Charles Shyer. Written by John Sweet. Produced by Charles Shyer, Redmond Morris, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson. A Warner Bros. release. Drama. Rated R for some sexuality. Running time: 109 min


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|Big Hobby's local headquarters.
Taxed Enough Already Party Chair
Franklin County Chapter
Who's behind the planned Mini 3C "high speed" rail line between Cleveland and Cincinnati? You know, the one with the stop right here in Columbus?
The answer isn't that difficult to discover. It starts with Hobby and ends with Lobby. That's right, folks — the Hobby Lobby is at it again. First, it was the East Side Doll Housing Project. Now, it's this — more wasteful spending in the name of 'progress.'
I've seen the plans, and so have you. What better word to describe this tiny monstrosity other than "boondoggle?" Granted, I had to look boondoggle up in the dictionary, but it's spot on. High-speed HO gauge rail? Sure, if you call 3 miles per hour "high speed."
How many passengers can you fit on that tiny train? Don't bother googling that shit. I'll tell you — none. Unless you're 9 millimeters tall, you can forget about hitching a ride on the Mini 3C.
In fact, you can fit all of the potential profit models of the Mini 3C on the head of a Dremel Performance Rotary Tool. Not only is this a abominable thimble of pork, it's a nuisance waiting to happen.
What if some kid sneaks into the control room and turns the knob down? Or up? Or shit, puts it into "high-speed" reverse? We're talking about jumping the track and damaging miniature livestock, or worse, a matchbox car or two. Who's going to pay for that — Ma and Pa Taxpayer, that's who. And that's you!
This is Big Hobby, pure and simple, using all of their dirty tricks —
I could certainly come up with a better way to spend the proposed $914 budget. And so could you. But you're not some big-time consultant paid to bend the legislature's ear with promises of free scrapbooking seminars or the allure of a Revell 1/25 1969 Camaro Z/28 SS model car kit.
It's time we said NO to special interests! It's time we said NO to the shady rumpus room deals! It's time we said NO to the Hobby Lobby! And it's time we take back our country, away from the goons in the power aprons!
So please, call your representatives and tell them to vote NO on HB Bill 522. Thank you, and may God Bless Ohio.


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Who hasn't tried to dish out financial advice to you as if they're Suze Orman? How about friends or family members that tell you when it comes to money, they've "been there and done that" and have all the answers?
Then, you have that nosey co worker or overbearing boss that is all too eager to give you as much information about saving money as you can handle, and perhaps they'll even throw in a little bit of so called knowledge about retiring as well.
What's a person to do? Who should we be listening to?
For starters, you should be all too willing to weed out the people who are giving you advice about saving money who are worse off than you. If your close friend is barely making it from one paycheck to the next, but he's going to tell you how to spend money or give you an impromptu seminar on budgeting while you're in line at the grocery store, you should think more than just twice about taking that bait.
The real informed individuals are those who have been successful spending, saving and budgeting. The best source, however, has to be someone who manages money and finances for a chosen professional, such as a financial planner or retirement specialist. Even searching out someone at your bank would easily trump listening to someone who you're not quite sure has a clue about money or financial responsibility.
But be careful just which financial advisor you choose, since they're not all as prominent or experienced as you might assume. You want to be certain to not only research them once you've found a particular person but also make sure their training and expertise was formal.
Just because someone says they're certified, doesn't make that a true statement. When it comes to your money, a little research goes a long way.
One missteps we often make when it come sot searching out a professional is the propensity to believe in referrals, but in actuality you want to make sure that person fits your financial needs, wants and goals and also comes highly recommended by someone other than who you know.
As much as the advice you receive from others is driven by trying to be helpful, you still have to remember one key piece: it's still your money.
And what you do with it should be your decision and not overly influenced by those who might not be quite as much of a resource as initial thought.


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CEO Lacoste: Driven by commitmentFriday, April 20, 2012
Rajesh Jain has managerial and business development experience spanning more than 18 years, across various industries. He has also earned a reputation for innovation and leadership. Before taking over as CEO, Jain was the CFO for Lacoste India. The most important lesson he has learned is: "work hard and draw a balance between working for a living and living for work".
On average, how many hours a week do you work? Close to 60 hours
What is the first thing you do on reaching office? Getting organised for the day by preparing my list of things to do
What do you like most about your job? Wonderful colleagues, frequent new challenges
What is the one thing you like least about your job? Lacoste is a terrific place to be! I can't think of anything that I do not like
What is the secret of your success? There are 'miles to go before I sleep' and hence I do not consider reaching the current milestones as success. Yes, attention to detail, perseverance, eagerness to learn and understanding new things are some of the traits that I feel have helped. I have also been fortunate to be surrounded by committed people
At what age did you become CEO? At the age of 43
What is your biggest strength? Being organised, my emotional quotient, my ethics and never say never attitude
What is your biggest weakness? Ethics and values that I believe are also my biggest strengths
On a personal note:
What time do you wake up every day? What time do you sleep? I wake up by 6 am and usually sleep by 11pm
You never leave home without … Praying to God, my wallet and BlackBerry
How do you commute to office? How long is the commute? I commute by car. It takes an hour and a half or so depending on the traffic
What do you have for breakfast? I like to start my day with Indian food — cooked vegetables and chappatis with a cup of steaming hot tea
What would you like to change about yourself/your life? Absolutely nothing. I believe I got what I deserved and I am what I should be
How often do you exercise? I exercise at least three days a week
What exercise do you do? I enjoy doing yoga and walking
How do you relax? Any hobbies? I spend time with my family and love to watch movies
Your favourite book? I usually like to read books on diverse subjects without making any one my favourite. I would not want to limit my thought process with such a benchmark!
Your favourite film? I like watching all entertaining movies
When and where did you last go on holiday? To God's own country Kerala
One gadget you cannot live without? There are two: BlackBerry and laptop
What makes you happy? Being with nature and above all meditation
Your favourite quote/phrase? My own quote — topline, bottom line, growth, customer delight and human resource development — everything else is merely incidental
What is the most important lesson that life has taught you? Hard work, discipline and most significantly to draw a balance between working for a living and living for work
Which living person do you most admire? My family and my colleagues, whether current or past. I don't think one needs to go far to find people who make a difference to one's life
What job would you rather be doing? I'm happy with my present responsibilities and work environment at Lacoste could not have been better
What characteristic/behaviour do you dislike most in others? Dishonesty and lack of commitment
What is your most cherished possession? My current calling at Lacoste.
About Rajesh Jain:
Rajesh Jain has a masters in commerce from the University of Delhi and is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He obtained his company secretary degree from Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Lacoste is a leading French lifestyle brand operating in more than 114 countries. Lacoste ventured into the domestic market through Sports and Leisure Apparel Ltd (SLA) — its exclusive partner for India, which is promoted by the Turner Morrison group.
The challenges of a developing retail industry and unique business acumen inspired Jain to join Lacoste and make a thoughtful shift from a hardcore financial background to the thriving and upcoming retail industry during the early part of the new millenium.
Before taking over as CEO, Jain was the CFO for Lacoste India for three years, and his responsibilities included managing the financial risks of the corporation, designing and implementing systems and processes across the board, managing supply chain, IT, sourcing and legal functions.
Since taking over his new role in October 2009, Jain has led Lacoste India's operations through a period of rapid expansion in the Indian market, which sees it on target to meet the goal of steadily increasing points of sale and sales itself through customer delight.
Vandana Ramnani
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Dear Chronogram Reader:
Although the particulars will vary between individuals and among communities (both in-the-flesh and online), we seem to be in a moment of rich awareness and potential for participating with purpose. Issues like the standoff at Standing Rock and post-election developments are comingling with people's usual end-of-year charitable giving habits and, of course, both religious and secular ideas about the spirit of compassion inherent in Christmas. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, if you're in the US, you're surrounded by its themes.
The astrology as we head into the weekend looks custom-made for this environment, and for getting involved. The Sun is always in Sagittarius this time of year, which highlights many themes around philosophy, religion, how we perceive and respond to humanity, and even the heightened urge to socialize despite the shortening days.
Between Friday and Saturday, the Sagittarius Sun makes a pair of aspects (really one event) to two major planets, Jupiter and Saturn. A handful of other planets within range add some extra flavor.
First, the Sun will make a sextile to Jupiter in Libra (exact at 4:39 pm EST Friday). Sextiles are harmonious aspects that offer their full benefit when we actively work the energy. According to astrologer Isabel Hickey, Sun-Jupiter sextiles provide a useful boost for almost any activity. Astrologer Robert Hand notes that this aspect can particularly strengthen the desire to participate in something larger than yourself.
While that could apply to any group activity, consider the signs involved and the actual cultural environment you're in. With both Libra and Sagittarius attuned to issues of justice, consider whether that thing "larger than yourself" might have to do with an organized effort to right a wrong, to help marginalized voices get heard or simply to provide some assistance to those who are struggling.
What about Saturn in this picture? The Sun will conjoin Saturn in Sagittarius at 6:51 am EST Saturday. Saturn has a reputation for being 'the heavy': for representing internal or external restrictions, including an authority figure that may seem to 'limit' you. Yet Saturn also represents structure and foundations. As such, it can signal strength and persistence (think about how your skeleton, associated with Saturn, holds you up).
Saturn and Jupiter are often seen as opposite, conflicting impulses: restriction and expansion. Yet Sun-Saturn conjunctions, according to Hand, are ideal for turning your attention to your outstanding priorities and duties. It's a great time for organizing and planning. Yes, Saturn can sometimes feel isolating or low-energy, but generally the antidote to that is to focus on what you must do and get working.
So what is it you feel that you 'must' do at this time? It could be as mundane as getting your house cleaned for guests or getting your holiday shopping done. It could be that, given the influence of Sagittarius, you feel drawn to explore and apply your personal philosophical or religious beliefs. Or perhaps the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn are pointing you clearly in the direction of some matter of social justice and civic participation.
Note that this astrology is not about a guilt-trip. Although you may have obligations to others that you need to fulfill, Jupiter's presence looks like it could mitigate any potential sense of dread around that. If you can, focus on where you are most deeply drawn to help out, or on the people from whom you would like to learn. In anything you need to follow through on, tie up or accomplish, consider how good it will feel to have it off your plate.
Throughout Friday, the Moon will be traveling through mid-to-late Aries. Not only does that mean some inspired, fiery harmony with the Sun, it also may tune you into the ongoing ways that many of this year's most surprising events are developing. The Moon will pass through the Uranus-Eris conjunction in Aries, the 'sign of our times', which the Sun (and Saturn) are in a loose aspect to. A couple of the things I mentioned in the opening paragraph fit this description; I suspect you can think of others that get you fired up.
Finally, the Sun and Saturn are roughly square Chiron in Pisces. However you choose to use this energy—whatever cause you get involved in, whatever responsibilities you fulfill—there's the potential for a new level of awareness. That emotional or spiritual awareness might not be entirely comfortable, but it could very well help you to heal something along the way that you've been grappling with. Like I said, this moment is rich.


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A new short story of mine, "Vanished Summer Glory" will appear in Wonderland, an anthology of works inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, it will be published by Titan Books on September 17th, 2019.
And the cover … I mean, whoa. It's just beautiful. Simply excellent work by Julia Lloyd (who also designed the covers for the paperback editions of The Forgotten Girl and Halcyon. Isn't she amazing?).
Here's the official description from the publisher:
Join Alice as she is thrown into the whirlwind of Wonderland, in an anthology that bends the traditional notions of Lewis Carroll's classic novel. Contributors include the bestselling M.R. Carey, Genevieve Cogman, Catriona Ward, Rio Youers and L.L. McKinney.
Within these pages you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical. There's even a Wild West tale from Angela Slatter, poetry, and a story by Laura Mauro which presents us with a Japanese folklore-inspired Wonderland.
Alison Littlewood, Cavan Scott and Catriona Ward make the more outlandish elements their own, while James Lovegrove instead draws on the supernatural. Cat Rambo takes us to a part of Wonderland we haven't seen before and Lilith Saintcrow gives the legend a science-fiction spin. The nightmarish reaches of the imagination are the breeding ground for M.R. Carey's visions, while Robert Shearman, George Mann, Rio Youers and Mark Chadbourn's tales have a deep-seated emotional core which will shock, surprise and tug on the heart-strings.
So, it's time now to go down the rabbit hole, or through the looking-glass or… But no, wait. By picking up this book and starting to read it you're already there, can't you see?
I'm delighted to be involved with this, and to accompany so many incredible authors. I have a feeling this anthology is going to be quite special. You won't want to miss it.
Roll on September!
More Wonderland news as it comes in.


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This is just me telling you that I fully realize that it's been four days since I posted anything.
And I'm not entirely sure why.
My mind has been elsewhere. I've been thinking about other writing projects.
Yesterday I almost wrote about the Oscars. But, I didn't care enough.
And didn't actually watch them.
I will say that THE DEPARTED is vastly overrated, I think.
Decent movie. Nothing really new for the genre. A number of good performances. One very good performance. (Nicholson, not Wahlberg.) Very good editing — which I NEVER notice. And a kick ass song on the soundtrack.
I think Marty definitely won based on his body of work and not this film. It's not even in his top 5 best films.
I thought LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was a better choice.
Glad AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH won. Al Gore IS a rock star.[This is where Peter considered going on a rant amount the American electoral process.]
I also happened to watch all three of those films this weekend on DVD.
Last night, before bed, I decided that I wanted to write a blog post this morning. So, I told my subconscious to work on something over night.
I woke up this morning with… no ideas.
My 12th grade math teacher told us that he often solved problems in his sleep. So, I figured it could work for me too. Apparently I did it wrong.
Of course, he's the same guy that said "up yours with a wire brush!" to a student. And, as he put his key in the classroom lock, muttered, "I could tell it was the wrong hole by the way she wiggled."
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We eat these tasty little morsels in lunch boxes, at our kid's parties and as snacks on long trips in the car. They are quick and only use one bowl! The chocolate and sugar can be scaled up or down depending on your own tastes (we like a little less).
I struggle to save these for the rest of the family - I love them that much. It's advisable to make a double batch if you like the chocolate and banana combination.. - 31 Aug 2012


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I was on an American Airlines flight so of course I had to make the requisite connection through DFW airport. Not to worry as I made the best of my time. I'd arrived at Terminal B and true to form, was going to have to walk through the whole damn horseshoe to get to the other end of Terminal A. So I decided to take the little SkyLink train and got off where I needed in Terminal A. As I was walking through and about to hook a right to go to my gate, I saw something I liked very much out the corner of my left eye. Surely it couldn't be? Yes, it was a Vino Volo! I'd been to a few Vino Volo locations in Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle so I knew what to expect. In fact, I visited the one in Seattle so many times (had some litigation there that required several trips) that the staff got to know me pretty well and knew exactly what I was going to purchase. In my defense, they had a fabulous wine that I couldn't seem to find anywhere in my city so I picked up a few bottles every time I came through. If you're not familiar with them, Vino Volo is a wine bar that has locations in several airports in the U.S.
Though mostly in airports, they do have a few locations that are outside of airports. In addition to their fabulous wine selection, they also have really good and inventive food options. It's a nice healthy alternative and good change of pace to some airport meals I've had. You have the option to taste a flight of wines or have wine by the glass. They also retail bottles of wine so you can buy what you taste and take it with you if you're past security or have other means of getting it home. I find all of their locations to be quite serene and a nice respite from the craziness of the airport. And I have always found the staff to be wonderful. Sometimes I even find myself wishing I had a longer layover.
In this instance, since I was on a leisure trip and had a long enough upcoming flight to take a nap, I started with a glass of champagne and THEN had their Oregon Pinot Trail flight (hangs head in shame – sorta). Yeah, I know it was a shocker that I had the Pinot flight. I almost got the World Value Reds flight which featured a Tempranillo, a Malbec, and a Barbera as I tend to be a big fan of both Tempranillo and Barbera. But I'd only had one of the Pinot Noirs (the WillaKenzie) and wanted to try the others. A good decision indeed.
One of the things I like about Vino Volo are their little tasting cards which provide you with information on the wine you're tasting along with some tasting notes. I used to always take them with me as a sort of momento to remember the wine I'd tasted, but after years of tasting wine and having children who think they're supposed to keep everything, I don't any more. But I still appreciate them nonetheless.
I have to say that I was really impressed with the variety of wines and the tasting options. They even had a Texas wine flight which was so nice to see. Texas has some wonderful wine options and we need more people to know about them. So it was good to see the folks in Dallas reppin the Texas wines. All in all, this was a nice detour en route to my connecting flight. So cozy on up to the bar if you find yourself with a little time between flights.


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China Jiangsu, the company that is allegedly involved in illegal mining with Elizabeth, daughter to senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya, has resorted to forging letters and documents to launder their illegal quarrying in Chongwe.
The development comes after an expose that linked senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II in illegal mining in Shantumbu area.
This is in a conspiracy where Elizabeth and her husband Lennard Kawanu together with two other Zambians had engaged a Chinese company to trespass on the land of another investor where they are conducting mining activities without any appropriate licences and environmental plans.
The companies for Nkomeshya's daughter where she is listed as director together with her husband Lennard Kawanu are Busoli Development Company and Skyline Quarry Limited.
The companies have ignored a court order that restrains them from illegal mining. The Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) has also directed the three companies to stop illegal mining that was being done without any environmental safety plans but the firms have refused to comply.
According to an investigation and paper trail, the Chinese firm and Nkomeshya's companies want to stop at nothing to grab the mining land from the original owners.
The companies have now forged a letter to purport that Vikram Investments Limited who are the original owners of the mining land mining have offered to sell the land under dispute.
Sources at the Ministry of Mines in Lusaka have said that the Chinese want to claim that Vikram Investments Limited plan to sell the disputed mining area in a bid to persuade the ministry of mines to cancel the licence for Vikram Investments Limited.
The plot by the Chinese is being peddled by a Zambian George Mwamba who is among the bogus directors that had connived with Elkizabeth Nkomeshya and her husband Lennard Kawanu to register fake companies that had engaged China Jiangsu International Limited to do illegal mining.
George Mwamba, who is related to former Defence minister Geoffrey Mwamba. He has been visiting media houses in Lusaka with fake documents to alleging that Vikram Investments plans to sell the mine area and was not the rightful owner of the mining area where the China Jiangsu International Limited is conducting illegal mining.
There is a forged letter, which this author obtained that purports Vikram Investments Limited offered to sell the quarry mine in Shantumbu to a company called Chituna Mining and Construction Limited.
According to investigations, the said letter is a fake document that was drafted by the Chinese and George Mwamba.
The letter has no date, official letterhead for Vikram Investments Limited and all the contact numbers provided for its 'directors' are not in use.
"Vikram Investment Limited has pleased to offer Chituna Mining and Construction Limited the purchase of a quarry mines in Shantumbu/ Bauleni area consisting of 1, 500 hectres. Our price is US$700, 000. Mrs Patricia Mwale of Emmasdale, Mr Henry Dijimu of Kabulonga, Mr Lucky Phiri of Kamwala South and Mr John Abel Phiri have the sale mandate for the quarry. Please acknowledge your acceptance of this letter to Mrs Patricia Mwale mobile number 0971-1039763, Mr Henry Dijimu monile nimber 0955-827515," reads the part of the fake letter.
This author tried to call the mobile numbers on the letter, but it was realized the first Airtel Zambia number was fake because the Zambian dialing system has six digits and not seven at the end, while the second mobile number has been switched off for over two weeks since this investigation started.
"The plan for George Mwamba who is being used by the Chinese is to create a picture that Vikram Investments Limited wanted to sell the land where the illegal mining is happening. The Chinese want to stop at nothing to grab the land from the Indian investors. Senior chieftainess Nkomeshya is in agreement because you can clearly see that she is connected because the other two companies are registered in her daughter's name. there is need to impartiality when dealing with investors because the Chinese have managed to woo the chief's attention, but she must realize that there are several other investors in Zambia and not only the Chinese," a source at ministry of mines said in Lusaka.


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Driven by results, I'm passionate about growing organisations using a combination of tried and tested tactics and sound academic and practical knowledge.
I am currently employed as a Marketing Manager at OC Connections NFP disability support service.
In my previous role as Account Director at BlueFrog Marketing I developed strategic marketing plans and managed integrated communications campaigns for a variety of clients. Prior to this I held the position of National Marketing Manager for a leading online marketing company specialising in web development and SEO, Webfirm Pty Ltd and before that I spent some time at Websavvy, paid search agency.
During the early 2000's, as the founding director of JB Design (graphic design agency) I managed campaigns both on and offline, servicing SME's from a variety of industries and sectors for over a decade.
Armed with 20 years industry experience, a Bachelor of Arts degree, Master's of Marketing and certificates in Business management and Graphic Design, I believe that I am well equipped to advise and can demonstrate entrepreneurial successes and failures proving a well rounded academic and practical education. In a past life I ran a fashion label, an art gallery, a cafe and a magazine. I know what it's like to build a small business, but that's a whole other story.
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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Black politics in Baltimore has sunk to the very bottom of the sewer, with mayor Catherine Pugh's veto of a rise in the minimum wage. "Black people have no reason to rejoice with the Pughs of the world in office, because they are just as eager to act against their interests if powerful people give them marching orders." Push is "a typical member of the black misleadership class, who live off of the crumbs of corporate tribute."
Freedom Rider: Black Misleaders Act Like Republicans
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
"She must be shunned as the traitor that she is."
What good are Democrats if they act just like Republicans? What good are black elected officials if they harm black people? These questions are not mere thought experiments for the people of Baltimore, Maryland. It is a reality they must face after their Democratic mayor consigned the working poor in that city to a bleak economic future.
The Baltimore city council passed a bill that would have raised the minimum wage from $8.75 to $15.00 over a five-year period. The cry for a $15.00 per hour minimum wage has rallied activists across the country, despite the fact that this arbitrary figure is far from a living wage in most of the country. Even where the $15.00 minimum has become a reality it is often phased in over a period of years, making this already over hyped figure worth very little.
The legislation would nevertheless have had an immediate positive impact on Baltimore workers had the mayor not vetoed the legislation. Mayor Catherine Pugh is a Democrat, and a black woman. Those facts should have some political meaning, but the death of both black politics and of the Democratic party are epitomized in Pugh's treachery. Pugh broke a promise that she made during her 2016 campaign, a promise which gave her financial and voter mobilization support from unions.
"The death of both black politics and of the Democratic party are epitomized in Pugh's treachery."
Pugh's explanation for her decision came straight from the Republican Party playbook. She said she was concerned that an increased minimum wage would increase unemployment, which is what Republicans have falsely claimed for decades. Pugh is not alone among Democrats in talking out of both sides of her mouth. While the party makes a claim to represent working people they have passed on every opportunity to prove it.
In 2009 and 2010 Barack Obama was president and Democrats controlled the House and the Senate. They were in a position to make the federal minimum wage any figure they chose. But in 2009 they increased it a mere 70 cents per hour. Republican control would have meant no increase at all, but that is no reason to praise the Democrats for refusing to meet what was once among the low hanging fruit of their policy decisions.
Corporate America has no reason to fear Democratic politicians because they are as much their errand boys and girls as Republicans are. Black people have no reason to rejoice with the Pughs of the world in office, because they are just as eager to act against their interests if powerful people give them marching orders.
"The Democratic Party and their black misleaders must be abandoned altogether and the duopoly must be torn up root and branch."
There is nothing mysterious about who spoke to Pugh in support of the veto. Maryland business groups praised her decision and that is a reason to express dismay and to ask hard questions. This majority black city is one of the poorest in the country and thousands of workers there struggle to survive on an income that guarantees poverty.
Those workers and every black Baltimorean have a duty to turn their backs on Pugh and to denounce her at every opportunity. She must be shunned as the traitor that she is. Invitations should be withdrawn, pulpits should no longer welcome her presence. She is an enemy and she must be treated like one. But apparently she isn't alone.
City Council members who supported the legislation could have voted to override it but chose not to do so. The details of the political trickery may be murky but the end result is obvious and the working poor will be left in the lurch.
This disaster is an opportunity not only for the people of Baltimore but the entire country to question their political alliances. Pugh is a typical member of the black misleadership class, those politicians and supposed leaders who live off of the crumbs of corporate tribute and misplaced loyalty from their constituents.
"Pugh broke a promise that she made during her 2016 campaign, a promise which gave her financial and voter mobilization support from unions."
The change that is required in this country cannot consist of incremental reform. What do workers in Baltimore and other cities do with double crossing politicos like Pugh? They can endorse someone else and face the same fate. Or they can recognize that engaging with the duopoly and the black misleaders is always a suckers bet. The Democratic Party and their black misleaders must be abandoned altogether and the duopoly must be torn up root and branch.
Every defeat like the minimum wage veto ought to be an advertisement for self determinationist politics and a reason for black people to lose their fear of helping the Republicans. Democrats are also the white peoples party if workers are treated like fools who should happily race to the bottom.
Pugh should be the poster child for dumping the Democrats for good. They lie to their voters, parrot Republican talking points and act on them too. What good are they? They aren't any good at all and it is time to say so clearly and unequivocally.
We have nothing to lose except our political chains.
Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR, and is widely reprinted elsewhere. She maintains a frequently updated blog as well as at http://freedomrider.blogspot.com. Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.com.
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KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Stealing Firearm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for stealing an AK-47 from a pawn shop.
Henry Lee Williams, 55, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Williams was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to his prior felony convictions.
On Nov. 6, 2013, Williams pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to stealing a firearm from a federal firearms licensee.
Raytown police officers responded to a call from Game Stop on Dec. 19, 2012, regarding a man who had just stolen an iPad. An officer, with his emergency lights and siren on, followed Williams's vehicle for several blocks before Williams finally pulled over. The officer ordered Williams out of the car, but he refused. Williams claimed his driver's side door would not open. As another officer walked up to the passenger side widow, he could see Williams still had the car in drive. The officer ordered Williams to place the car in park, which he did. After several more commands, Williams finally exited the car through the passenger side door. He locked the doors as he exited.
An officer looked through the car window and saw an iPad, with a Game Stop price tag and wrapped in bubble wrap, wedged between the center console and the front passenger seat. The officer placed the iPad on the trunk lid of the vehicle. Officers attempted to arrest Williams, but initially he refused their commands. When the officer pushed him over on top of the car trunk, Williams grabbed the iPad with his left hand. He then tucked the hand under his body. Williams would not untuck his hand despite warnings, and officers had to apply force in order to handcuff him.
Once Williams was handcuffed and placed under arrest, officers called for a tow truck. During the inventory search of Williams's car, officers discovered a duffle bag that contained an AK-47 7.62 x 39 rifle with 20 rounds loaded in the attached high-capacity magazine.
A check revealed the firearm had been stolen from Smart Pawn in Kansas City, Mo. Video surveillance tape and witness accounts of the Dec. 11, 2012, incident at Smart Pawn established that Williams entered Smart Pawn and was hiding out near the firearms counter when he reached over the counter, took the AK-47, and walked out.
Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. Williams has prior felony convictions for theft, burglary and second degree murder.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin G. Davids. It was investigated by the Raytown, Mo., Police Department, the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Project Ceasefire, launched in October 1999, is a cooperative initiative by federal and local law enforcement and the Kansas City Crime Commission that targets for federal prosecution persons who unlawfully use or possess firearms.
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A truck driver was killed yesterday when his vehicle collided with a bus in Kratie's Chhlong district yesterday, police said.
One Japanese woman – a passenger on the Sorya Transportation Company bus – was seriously injured and rushed to Phnom Penh, while 14 others, including a number of foreign nationals, were slightly injured, said Duong Sothy, district police chief.
Police said the crash appeared to be head-on, and resulted from the bus attempting to pass cars on Route 73.
"We found that the bus veered onto the other side of the road at high speed," Sothy said. "But we cannot say . . . who is wrong before further investigation."
Witnesses also said the bus, travelling from Phnom Penh, had been speeding.
Four French nationals, two Dutch, one German and one Swiss were among those treated for minor injuries at a hospital in Kratie.
A Sorya Transportation Company staffer said yesterday they were unaware of the crash.


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When you go to a land-based casino, you can't play for free there. You need to insert a coin for almost every spin, which may lead you to losing money, especially if you are a beginner in gambling science. In addition, you may be distracted by other players, and it doesn't help you to win.
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If anyone would like to make a list of all slots, it would take a long time. There are hundreds of such slots, and their number is constantly increasing. Most of them have original design, and their graphics are usually better than in land-based casinos.
NetEnt, PlayTech, and many other companies are the well-known slots providers. Here are a few examples of games that you can run:
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- Book of Ra – for those who like Ancient Egypt history
- Iron Man series – adventures with favorite character of Tony Stark
- Bugs and Bees – small insects helps you to win
- Fruit shop – very classic design
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Such games are quite popular among beginners. You can play as much as you like without spending a cent. This approach allows saving money for those who do not understand the rules of such games and require more practice.
These games can also be used to test different strategies on them. As you know, there are many interesting ways to win more and more. To learn them, you need a lot of time and access to slots.
Free games allow you to try online pokies, which came out recently and you have not had time to run them yet. If you do not know how attractive they are and whether they should be played for money, try them for free before making a deposit.
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Only a computer with Internet access is usually needed for this. More and more online casinos provide games that can be run on mobile devices. Therefore, you can play at home, on the way to work, and in other places.
Such games are published on the sites of online casinos. You can also learn the rules and other information about the games on their pages.
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Free pokies are used for trial games, not for winning real money. They allow you to play even without a deposit and registration, but at the same time, the money you win cannot be withdrawn on the card. All players need to know this before starting.
To win real money and withdraw it, you need to create an account and increase the amount of money on your balance. Then this balance can be used to play free slots if you use the payment systems supported by the site of the casino. Many online casino sites also give additional bonuses to their customers so you can play a little bit for free even when you are playing for money.
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I am not a different man to the one that lived two-five years ago and more. My sole has not changed, rather it has come to the forefront of the person who lives today. This is a never ending process, a life's journey. A journey of love, of passion and of intrigue and exploration, both of myself and the world around us. <3
always a pleasure, James :)
sounds good :)
hi stranger.. hope your staying warm :) see ya on fbook..
I was thinking it'd be a more casual festival kind of like the Thai one where it's more of a meet up kind of deal, to keep it cheap/free. I will have to skip that festival after all
Actually that sounds really interesting. Can you tell me more about that? My birthday is in June so it could be a good present jejeje.
My training is going pretty darn well. Sometimes I start thinking I'm progressing slowly but really I have no right in the world to be thinking that..it's only been 10 months after all. OH WHAT A LONG TIME my silly side says..no way. In it for life
Hi James, it's great to know you too! I still return to Newcastle every few months. It'll be very cool to meet you! :)
I know right! Yes to Southampton! I'll check the Facebook page out, thanks!
Ahhh OK haha! I' dbe up for it sounds like fun :) I am moving away form Newcastle in about 5 weeks tough...
Hi James,
I'm not quite sure what you mean by fruit luck?.. Could you clarify, please? Thanks :)
Nice to be friends with you James! (: I know a few lovely James's, I'm sure I can add you to the bunch! :D
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Platters Wine Guide awards Groot Constantia's wines with 5 stars
Platter's South African Wine Guide, annually one of the most eagerly anticipated listings of top-performing wines, has awarded Groot Constantia's 2015 Chardonnay and 2013 Gouverneurs Reserve Red with the highest possible accolade of 5 stars.
Announced at the launch of what is the 37th edition of this popular wine guide on 31 October 2016, this latest accolade for South Africa's oldest wine farm, is one of a series of awards won by Groot Constantia in the last few months alone.
Most recently, and in addition to the 5 stars from Platters Wine Guide, the 2015 Chardonnay was one of only five wines to score a 95 point rating (the highest given for 2016) in the fifth annual Prescient Chardonnay Report, whilst the 2013 Gouverneurs Reserve Red won a double gold Grand' Or at the 2016 Michelangelo Awards.
Further to these awards, Groot Constantia's Grand Constance wine achieved Platinum at the 2016 Decanter Asia Wine Awards and at the 2016 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards, whilst Groot Constantia's 2014 Shiraz also recently received a Gold Veritas Award.
Groot Constantia's wines, which are hand-crafted in small volumes, in general continue to rake in the awards, with the estate having won over 100 top accolades in the past 10 years alone.
For more information visit www.grootconstantia.co.za or connect with Groot Constantia via social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @GrootConstantia.
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Community Works
Community Works is a community centre in which the Church of England was a founder partner. With a large staff, it serves women, children, elders and Dads in BD3 - one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the UK. Parallel lives? Not at Community Works.
The PCC of St Augustine's has the right to nominate two further Directors of the Board. If you could offer your professional skills in business or community action or managing money or human resources we would love to hear from you. It would mean about a dozen meetings a year, half of the board, half of a committee. You should be interested in bringing a diversity of people together.
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Continuity, conservatism, classicism: Reading postcolonial literature against the grain?
Call for papers
Conference jointly organized by research groups META (Université d'Orléans) and GRAAT (Université de Tours), Dec. 2-3, 2010, in Orléans.
Postcolonial criticism was particularly productive in its effort to reconfigure the canon (Western, imperial, male) and to allow for the emergence of a corpus of "new" literatures; however, it is nowadays questioned as a method, due to the joint transformations in the fields of representations and of politics (critical relativism, political correctness, etc.).
As postcolonial criticism is based upon the idea of a break leading to the emancipation of the individual from colonial and neo-colonial hegemony (by committing its practitioners "to the highly tangible pursuits of making colonialism visible in the world, and of helping to make it obsolete", G. Huggan, 2008), it could fail to account for the ideological, political and aesthetic diversity of postcolonial literature, by ignoring its forms of continuity and classicism. In a context that values multicultural positions (hybridity, creolity, relativism), a form of criticism is needed that would take into account the notions of tradition, resistance to innovation, or collaboration. One thinks, for instance, of the request for "intolerance" expressed by Slavoj Zizek in his criticism of multiculturalism (2004), or of the deconstruction by Laurent Jenny of the "terrorizing" metaphor of literature as necessarily "revolutionary" (2008), or of the reassessment of "anti-modern" writers by Antoine Compagnon (2005).
Participants may wish to discuss the work of postcolonial writers too hastily condemned for conservatism, such as V.S. Naipaul, Nirad Chaudhuri or J.M. Coetzee, at a time when a thriving publishing market is tending to favor community literatures. They may also consider the nostalgic, classical, or universal features to be found in the work of the main anti-imperialist figures, such as Rushdie, Walcott, or Achebe. Imagining the paradoxical possibility of a "rearguard" in postcolonial literature could also require a new reading of its direct predecessors, such as Conrad, Kipling, Waugh, Greene, who all offer a complex and controversial representation of the colonial enterprise.
This conference will assess the political dimension of postcolonial literature, but also its fierce resistance to established political categories (left/right, liberal/conservative). Is it possible to think in terms of conservatism and eurocentrism and yet avoid the trap of a reactionary discourse? How does one account for authors who do not feel any solidarity with the preceding generations and whose project cannot be understood as the echo of a whole community? How does one interpret classicism (in style, themes) in a critical context that calls for the rise of newness and hybridity within language, close to the cosmopolitan mélange seemingly called for by the forces of globalization? Is it possible to make sense of postcolonial literature without ignoring the economic and political demands of the publishing industry (literary prizes, film adaptation) or museology ("arts premiers" in France, etc)?
Proposals (along with a short CV), in English or in French, can be addressed to email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com, before 15 June 2010. Doctoral students are encouraged to send proposals; a panel will be dedicated to their work in progress.


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Howdiemont holiday cottage opened as a holiday cottage in July 2012 having been refurbished to a high standard. The original layout of the cottage remains much the same, however patio doors have replaced the south facing window in the lounge. These lead out onto a lovely natural stone patio and large garden. The cottage is fully double-glazed and has night-store heating throughout.
Free Wi-Fi available.
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Central to the lounge is the fantastic original fireplace with a log burning stove. There are two sofas, dining table and chairs along with TV and DVD player.
From the lounge you walk through to a fully fitted kitchen. Oven, hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher and washer/dryer are all included along with all the other useful bits and pieces that will make the cottage feel like a home from home.
There are two large bedrooms, one with a king size bed and one twin room.
The bathroom is spacious and has a walk in shower, bath, wash basin, toilet and a heated towel rail .
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White Zimmerman and Black Zimmermans
By Lucius Gantt
The number of African Americans watching and keeping up with the George Zimmerman trial in Central Florida is approaching the number of Black viewers that saw the trial of O.J. Simpson.
We seemed to be very, very concerned about the following, the stalking and the deadly shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin by the by the Hispanic trying to pass for white, George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman's defense lawyers moved for a summary judgment in the case shortly after the prosecution rested saying that Zimmerman honestly acted in self defense. After everybody in court and everybody watching at home laughed, some out loud, the Judge promptly dismissed the ridiculous defense motion.
George Zimmerman is a liar! How can I tell? Let me explain.
One lie leads to another. If you lie about what actually happened, you also have to lie some more to explain the lie. There has been no evidence presented that Trayvon, the skinny teenager, beat Zimmerman mercifully by raining blow after blow to Zimmerman's face and broke Zimmerman's nose. That scenario is impossible because you can't him someone in their bloody face over and over again and fail to get blood, skin cells or DNA on your clothes, hands and fists.
Eye witnesses say when Zimmerman murdered Trayvon, he walked away. He walked away from the child's lifeless body and walked toward the dog walk area out of sight of nearby homeowners.
I believe that is when Zimmerman took his handgun and hit himself in the face and took something smaller, perhaps keys, and made scratches to the back of his head in order to claim self defense.
I think Zimmerman, who lied about going to a store, loaded his gun and went searching for someone unarmed and Black to shoot.
Now, don't be surprised if Zimmer-man walks. Many, many Black people in Florida have been killed by non-Blacks and have gotten away with it.
Black people in Florida, and in America, have been hit, punched, slapped, raped, castrated, burned, shot, hung, impaled, starved, poisoned, dragged by a car or truck and killed in other ways only to have nothing done about it.
I know you don't like for me to write like this but it is true! If you hate me you should hate what happened years ago in St. Augustine, in Rosewood and in other Florida cities, towns and counties.
And, if you hate the Hispanic trying to pass for white George Zimmer-man for what he did to Trayvon Martin, you should also hate the "Black Zimmermans" that kill Black youth in Chicago, in Atlanta, in Houston, in New Orleans, in Los Angeles and in several other cities across the nation day after day, week after week and month after month!
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Anyone that calls a child who is preparing to go to college that he doesn't know a punk, a thug or an ass-hole and follows him and shoots him in the heart on a dark rainy night should try to do that to me.
I have a weapons permit just like the Hispanic trying to pass as white George Zimmerman has and if Zimmerman walks after killing Trayvon Martin and if I see George Zimmerman I will be afraid for my life, I will not wait until Zimmerman grabs me or tries to shoot me, I will do what I am certified trained by the National Rifle Association to do.
I wear a hoodie sometimes but I am not an unarmed teenager with skittles in my pockets. I am against violence against young people and grown people so I am always prepared to prevent it or stop it! (Buy Gantt's latest book "Beast Too: Dead Man Writing" at any major bookstore and contact Lucius at www.allworldconsultants.net


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Young Adult Ministry
Young adults (18-30 years old) enrich our communities with a variety of gifts, experiences and perspectives. The inclusion of young adults in the life of the church requires a sincere and intentional invitation, welcome, and inclusion.
Community & Empowerment
Young adults experience a variety of transitions and a community of faith creates an atmosphere of support during this stage of life. Out of this sense of community, young adults will seek ways to live out their Christian calling. We have an obligation to empower young adults in their life in Christ.
Mentoring Environments
The presence of young adults in our parishes provides them an opportunity to engage with God through the Episcopal tradition and experience. A mentoring parish recognizes, challenges, supports, inspires, and engages young adults in order to foster their faith. The prophetic voice of young adulthood can challenge the church to more fully live into its calling as the body of Christ.
Our Responsibility to Young Adults
We have allowed the language of Christian faith to be largely co-opted. We must impart the wealth and worth of the Christian story to young adults. We must engage a generation of young adults in honest and sophisticated conversation about God and the calling and worth of every human being. We must also equip young adults with the tools of our tradition for facing the tough ethical, moral, ecological, relational and religious challenges of the broader world.
Revised 2018 from the original document created in 2009
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Ukraine Signs Cease-Fire Deal With Rebels, But Will It Stick?
Ukraine's president and pro-Russian separatists reached a cease-fire deal on Friday to end the violence that has swept the eastern part of the country and killed nearly 6,000 people over the past five months.
"Human life is of the highest value. And we need to do everything that is possible and impossible to stop bloodshed and end people's suffering," President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement.
Poroshenko ordered Ukrainian forces to stop their operations at 11 a.m. EDT following a protocol signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Details of the deal were not immediately released, but an OSCE spokesperson told Reuters that it includes a prisoner exchange, provision of humanitarian aid and withdrawal of heavy weapons.
Over the past two weeks, the rebels have regained their footing and launched new offensives in the southeast, where heavy shelling near the major city of Mariupol continued into Friday morning.
Immediately after the announcement of the cease-fire, reports from the front lines suggested at least a temporary cessation of hostilities. However, many on the ground in eastern Ukraine were skeptical that this latest deal will last.
The guns are silent.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) September 5, 2014
As ceasefire time comes, all quiet at eastern checkpoint. Azov fighters chilling, sceptical it'll last. pic.twitter.com/rxkyTYf36l
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) September 5, 2014
There have been several announced cease-fires over the past few months, though none have lasted.
Earlier this week, Poroshenko claimed that he had reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he later backtracked after the Kremlin denied any such peace agreement.
At the time, a top rebel commander said no cease-fire would be possible without Ukraine completely withdrawing its forces. However, the pro-Russian rebels seemed to be on board with Friday's agreement.
The cease-fire will allow us to save not only civilians lives, but also the lives of the people who took up arms in order to defend their land and ideals," said Alexander Zakharchenko, the rebel leader from the Donetsk region.
Rebel tweets, too, seemed supportive of a deal.
СРОЧНО: В Минске представители Украины и ДНР и ЛНР подписали протокол о прекращении огня с 18.00 пятницы
— ДНР Новороссия (@press_dnr) September 5, 2014
(Translation: "In Minsk representatives of Ukraone and DNR and LNR signed protocol on ceasefire from 18.00 on Friday.")
However, there seemed to be some division among the rebel groups.
"This doesn't mean that our course for secession is over," said Igor Plotnitsky, leader of the separatist Luhansk region, another rebel stronghold in the east.
Ukraine, NATO and Western leaders say Russia is largely to blame for the bloodshed in the east. They accuse Moscow of backing the rebels with weapons, supplies and even with thousands of regular troops.
The Russian president suggested earlier this week that rebels halt their offensive. Poroshenko, for his part, has emphasized that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
See also: 'The Next Stalingrad' Awaits in Ukraine
At a summit in Wales, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack. Ukraine is not a NATO member, but the alliance has expressed alarm over Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Whether or not the cease-fire will stick remains to be seen, and Poroshenko said he will rely on the OSCE observers to monitor the deal on the ground.
Some information in this report was provided by the Associated Press.


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OBIT-Eleanor M. "Nan" Correia, 83, dau of Peter & Virginia (Roderick) Fernandes
BOSTON — Eleanor M. "Nan" (Fernandes) Correia, 83, of West Wareham, died April 19, 2010, in the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
She was the widow of the late Manuel "Daddy" Correia, and the daughter of the late Peter and Virginia (Roderick) Fernandes. She was the partner of the late Antone "Tony" Dias.
Mrs. Correia was born in Bourne and lived in Wareham for most of her life. A graduate of Bourne High School, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Dudley L. Brown Post 2846 in Onset. She enjoyed playing bingo and was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Kim Rufo of West Wareham; two sons, Darrell M. Correia and Leslie Correia, both of West Wareham; five foster sons, Eli Cuadrado, Kevin Andrews, Tony Gonsalves, Billy Garant and Paul Fernandes; three sisters, Pearl Almeida and Dreena Jacobs, both of Bourne, and Elizabeth "Bubs" Campinha of Wareham; a brother, Anthony Fernandes of Bourne; six grandchildren, Ryan, Kelsey, Randi, Marques and Kira Correia, and Devon Rufo; a great-granddaughter, Raegan; and several nephews and nieces. She was the mother of the late Darrell P. Correia, and the sister of the late Peter Fernandes Jr., Manny Fernandes and Marie Rose.
Her funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, April 26, 2010, from the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Highway (Route 28), Wareham, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Patrick's Church, 82 High St., Wareham. Burial will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wareham. Visiting hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Donations in honor and memory of Nan may be made to Hematology Research, Development Office, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 116 Huntington Ave., 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02116.
Published in the Cape Cod Times on 4/22/2010