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Richmond Hash House Harriers
Established October 24th, 1992, we are the Richmond kennel of the internationally known Hash House Harriers or the 'Drinking club with a running problem.' There are thousands of Hash House Harrier groups in the world today. We are runners, but without a great emphasis on speed. Each week runners (and plenty of walkers) follow a trail of flour or chalk somewhere in the Richmond area in search of beer, songs, generally poor behavior and beer. If you are interested in meeting new people, seeing parts of Richmond you have never seen before, and getting some exercise, just bring a pair of running shoes and your sense of humor (seriously, bring a sense of humor).
The Constitution of the Hash House Harriers has four tenants: 1) To promote physical fitness among our members. 2) To get rid of weekend hangovers. 3) To acquire a good thirst and satisfy it with beer. 4) To persuade the older members that they are not as old as they feel
Our next event is listed on-below. See our hareline to see what we have currently scheduled. Make sure to check out our big events. If you've joined us on trail or are a hasher visiting from another kennel, feel free to join our Meetup to get the info hot off the press.
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Alawar Entertainment has put out a slew of popular games over the past year, and they dropped an interesting little Android game a few week backs called Naught. Naught is a 2D platformer that has a unique style and some gravity defying gameplay involving a cool cat named Naught.
Naught is a gravity based game that lets you alter gravity to change your environment so you can move through its stylish black & white landscapes and collect diamonds. You can "tilt" your environment through two different means; by rotating your device or through virtual buttons and swiping. That's where the fun and trickiness of the game comes into play as you can literally walk on any surface, and you'll need to use all of it to avoid the dangers hidden in the bleak landscapes. You need to snag diamonds to advance to the next level, and you'll also need to collect seeds to open save portals and seed doors.
Naught comes with 30 levels in all with each being a bit more difficult than the last. You have to snag all 3 diamonds to advance, but individual levels can be unlocked by downloading and launching other games. Alternatively, the all 30 levels can be unlocked via an in-app purchase for $0.99. There aren't any extras to speak of but you can see the story behind Naught laid out in 3 chapters by clicking a little black tab at the bottom left on the main screen.
I've liked most of the games Alawar Entertainment has put out, but Naught has got to be my favorite so far. The game has a great look to it and the levels themselves can be very tricky to get through. It may be very bare in the extras department, but the way you actually play Naught and the design are what makes the game awesome… not the leaderboards and achievements. Blue Shadow Games & Alawar did a great job with Naught and it's a game I highly recommend everyone check out. You can pick up Naught for free in the Android market.


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Spirit Chasers Book 2
Paranormal Romance
October 25, 2017
New Release Giveaway
To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen
2 Lucky Winners will receive a print copy of a backlist title
(Reader can choose To Catch a Spirit, The Rest of Forever, or Reawakened)
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Book blurb:
Trent's heart may belong to Tina, but a shadow demon is after his soul.
Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion. He's got to get rid of the house—and the ghosts that came with it—before it kills him.
Tina Sanders is the best real estate agent in Michigan, so she shouldn't be surprised when Trent calls her to sell his uncle's house. But she hasn't spoken to Trent since she dumped him three months ago. Her fear of commitment forced her to sideline Trent to the friend-zone, but the flames rekindle as soon as she sees him again. Despite her better judgement, she accepts the job and soon discovers her connection to the house runs deeper than the sexy lawyer who owns it.
Something in that house wants Trent dead. As he battles to win the affections of the sultry real estate agent, he's also fighting for his life.
He gazed at her with a strange intensity, his dark eyes pulling her in. She felt herself sway toward him, and she couldn't stop. Sitting here with Trent, in this living room, in this house…everything about the moment felt right. If she kissed him again, she'd have to mean it this time. There'd be no turning back. If her lips touched his one more time, she'd have to be sure she was in it for good. She could be in it for good, couldn't she?
His gaze slid to her mouth, and he smiled. "Logan and Allison will be here at one." He shot to his feet and pulled his phone from his pocket. "Want to order a pizza while we wait? I'm starving."
Damn. She sat up straight and brushed her hair from her shoulder. "Sure. Sounds great."
"All the meats?"
"Is there any other kind?"
He grinned and punched in the order. "You're my kind of girl."
Her heart fluttered. "Am I?"
"I mean…We have similar tastes. We like the same kind of food. The way you decorated this place is perfect." He shrugged and slipped the phone into his pocket. "We get along. I guess that's what I mean."
She tried to hide her disappointment with a smile. "Yeah, we do."
"When one of us isn't trying to kiss the other one."
She stood and stepped toward to him. "The kissing was nice though." So nice, she might like to do it again. Who was she kidding? She needed to do it again.
He stepped back. "Meh. It was okay."
She paused, about to be offended, but the playfulness in his eyes made her laugh. "Meh? Did you just call me a meh kisser?"
He winked. "I said the kiss was meh. Not that you were."
She fisted her hands on her hips. "That sounds like a challenge to me, and I never back down from a challenge. You want a wow kiss? I can show you a wow kiss."
"I'm sure you could." He bumped his shoulder to hers as he sauntered past her to the kitchen. "Too bad we're just friends."
Too bad, indeed.
About the Author:
Carrie Pulkinen is a paranormal romance author who has always been fascinated with things that go bump in the night. Of course, when you grow up next door to a cemetery, the dead (and the undead) are hard to ignore. Pair that with her passion for writing and her love of a good happily-ever-after, and becoming a paranormal romance author seems like the only logical career choice.
Her favorite authors include Heather Graham, Lara Adrian, and Sherrilyn Kenyon, and she aims for her books to provide as much excitement and romance as she experiences while reading her favorites.
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A group of volunteer mentors and befrienders came together this week to learn the art of blogging so that they can contribute on a regular basis to the Our Generation blog and create their own personal blogs if they want to.
Here is a summary of the workshop from one of the participants:
"We had a wide range of skills between us – from those who are already blogging regularly but wanted more skills to those who have little or no experience of using a computer on a regular basis but it didn't matter we all chipped in and helped each other.
"We started the morning with coffee and a chat about how we can use this blog to reach more people and share news on how we are progressing and what actually constitutes a good blog. Then we got down to the practical and very soon we were all blogging away!
"We learnt in a very hands on way with everyone having access to a computer to practice and learn the skills. Penny led the group and projected her blog onto a large screen so that we could all follow the step-by-step instructions and it also gave her a chance to show us her holiday snaps!
"After the training we were all inspired and raring to go – was it a good learning experience – watch this space!"
"We used the afternoon to look at the new befriending training module and feedback on the content – more about that next time!"


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Automation and robots have many advantages for employers over human workers. They don't use the bathroom or ask for overtime pay. On the other hand, they're terrible conversationalists and never bring cupcakes to the office. Savvy workers who want to keep their jobs might consider that just the mere fact of having a human brain, whether it has earned degrees or not, can be a big advantage in staying ahead in the job market. But you have to use it. Economists, computer scientists and others who've studied automation and artificial intelligence have some advice for those whose future livelihood might be threatened by a machine.
Be creative.
There's a reason critical thinking, and problem-solving are hot topics in education today – robots are terrible at both. To take a problem apart, analyze and explain it? These are tasks that flummox all but the robots on "Star Trek." Imagination, being able to negotiate, think into the future, these are human-only traits.
MORE COVERAGE: The disappearing cashier. And why Michigan should worry.
MORE COVERAGE: If you don't want to lose your job to a robot, don't think like one
Be emotional.
Remember in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," how HAL 9000 sent that astronaut to his death without any emotion whatsoever? In fact, we were the ones who felt empathy for HAL, singing his sad song as the other astronaut disassembled his brain. Needless to say, HAL would never be allowed to interact with customers. To listen with empathy, to handle a sticky problem and send a customer away happy – these are things only people can do. There's a reason therapists and counselors are among the jobs most safe from automation and A.I. robots. You don't have to be a therapist, but if you have some of those skills, you're better off.
Be flexible.
"Stackable credentials" are job-market buzzwords for a reason. The world changes every day, and smart workers have to be able to change with it. One man may have been a lineman for the county, but his grandson is more likely to get additional training to fly the drone that searches in the sun for an electrical overload. They're both doing the same job, but in very different ways. Still on the line, you might say.
Be an artisan.
Someday a robot factory may make the Ikea chaise lounge you have in the corner of your bedroom. That factory will make millions of them. But one that's unlike any other, crafted from reclaimed barn siding and upholstered with restored horse blankets? A person will make that.


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Columbus, OH, US, 43204
Customer service professionals—don't pass up this opportunity for a great new job with a global industrial distribution company that combines team leadership with service center operations. Join our team at Applied Industrial Technologies! In partnership with more than 4,000 world-class manufacturers, we are an industry-leading value-added distributor of a wide variety of innovative, efficient, and reliable industrial products. Since 1923, we have been committed to always having the right part in stock and always getting it to the customer when they need it. We are currently seeking an experienced Customer Service Manager to help us to maintain that commitment as we continue to grow.
In this position, you will oversee day-to-day operations of one of our service centers while also providing leadership to our team of customer service specialists. This will allow you to showcase not only your administrative and project management skills, but also your coaching and mentoring capabilities. If you relish the idea of serving customers through everything, from hands-on operational duties, to salesmanship and team motivation efforts, and if you have the background we're looking for, we want to talk with you!
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As a Customer Service Manager, you will manage service center operations and support our customers and our service team pre-sale, point of sale, and post-sale. This is a multi-aspect role that encompasses both service management and leadership and coaching of our CSRs. This position reports directly to our General Manager.
Your specific duties in this role will include:
- Managing internal service center operations to meet/exceed P&L objectives
- Championing the development of leadership competencies that drive individual and team goals
- Meeting customer and shipment metrics, including time to fill, expediting orders, and quoting
- Developing, implementing, and monitoring programs and activities related to product promotion and inside sales, office and warehouse functions, and customer service – as well measuring the results
- Hiring, training, and developing service center personnel
- Assisting account managers in the identification, acquisition, and retention of customers
- Managing inventory, receivables, expenses, and profit/loss accounting
- Reviewing and completing monthly reports as well as overseeing petty cash balancing
- Ensuring that customer relations are maintained at a high level
- Utilizing key metrics to evaluate and recommend best practices for operations
- Managing vendor relationships
- Creating a positive, dynamic, and fun work environment
As a Customer Service Manager, you must be a strong, motivational leader with strong administrative, project management, and mentoring abilities. You should also be highly detail-oriented with solid analytical and problem-solving skills. It is also important that you display excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills as well as the ability to establish rapport and build solid relationships with service staff and a wide variety of customers.
Specific qualifications for the role include:
- 2+ years of proven sales or customer service leadership experience in an industrial atmosphere or parts counter
- High school diploma or GED
- Solid understanding of financial and accounting concepts
- Computer proficiency and the ability to quickly learn our ordering system
- Industrial sales / distribution experience, preferred
- Service center experience, preferred
- ERP / SAP experience, a plus
- Benefits
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is a leading industrial distributor that offers more than 6.5 million parts to serve the needs of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. In addition, Applied® provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. Applied also offers storeroom services and inventory management solutions that provide added value to our customers.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.
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The pedestrian navigation system is based on inertial principals that ensure its versatility, complete autonomy and noise immunity. Moreover, inertial systems do not need additional infrastructure (antennas) and make it possible to identify coordinates in places where the use of satellite systems like GLONASS or GPS is impossible.
'The Department of Precision Instrument Making of Tomsk Polytechnic University implemented this project which was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant №16-38-50039 мол_нр).
This system differs from other counterparts in that it doesn't require the connection with satellite systems to identify object location,'
says Ass.Prof. Tamara Nesterenko, the Department of Precision Instrument Making. 'This was achieved thanks to a new algorithm and an increase in the number of MEMS sensors, i.e. gyroscopes and accelerometers that combine microelectronic and micromechanical components. As a result, the system provides enough information to identify object location without using data from satellites.'
The system is also equipped with a magnetometer – a sensor of the Earth's magnetic field.
'<…> Magnetometer makes it possible to partially compensate errors that occur when identifying the course by the gyroscope. Based on measurement data from sensors and a starting point of the route, a built-in microcontroller uses special algorithms to calculate the speed, the distance traveled and the user's location,' says Ass. Prof. Pavel Marinushkin, the Department of Precision Instrument Making and Nanoelectronics, Siberian Federal University.
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) ensure low cost, small mass and dimension indicators and low power consumption of pedestrian navigators.Being rather compact, a measuring unit with built-in sensors can be located on legs (arms), the chest (back), belts or on the user's head. The most effective location of the measuring unit is on the foot, in the sole of the shoe.
The effectiveness of the developed system was tested during a series of trials including walking at an average speed along a closed trajectory. Scientists found that the error in location identification does not exceed 2.5%, which implies that the derived technical and algorithmic solutions can be applied in individual navigation equipment for both military and civil customers: rescue services, firemen, geologists, special forces, transport and security agencies and repair services. Visually impaired and blind people can also use the system as a means of personal navigation both outside and inside the house.
'For instance, this system can be embedded in the shoes of elderly people. When they go alone to the forest or for a walk around the city, you can track their location. Location data can be transmitted via wireless communication to PC,' explains Tamara Nesterenko.


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The New Realities of Retirement
It's time to rethink your image of retirement. Whether you're years or decades away, you can make the new reality work for you.
By Mary Beth Franklin, Senior Editor
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, February 2011
It's the year 2020, and you're easing into another day in retirement. You kiss your wife goodbye on your way to the golf course. She sips her coffee before heading for the mall. But tee time and shopping are not on today's agenda. You're staffing the local pro shop, and she's working part-time as a cashier at Macy's in an effort to supplement your savings and make the money last another 25 years.
Meanwhile, your thirtysomething kids, who are climbing the corporate ladder, are saving 15% of their gross income (including matching employer contributions) for their eventual retirement. And they don't even have to think about it. When they were hired, they were automatically enrolled in their company's 401(k) plan, their retirement contributions are automatically increased by two percentage points each year, and their contributions are automatically directed to a target-date fund that contains a mix of investments geared to their age and anticipated retirement date.
Theirs will be the first generation to benefit fully from an automatic 401(k) system throughout their careers. If they stick with it, they should be able to easily replace about 80% or more of their preretirement income — including Social Security benefits, which will be smaller than today's retirees receive. Given the nation's budget-deficit problem, reductions in future Social Security benefits are inevitable.
Even workers who choose to work for one of the nation's millions of small businesses will find it easier to save for retirement in 2020 than it is today. Automatic payroll deductions to fund IRAs will become more prevalent, and government incentives will encourage more small businesses to offer their own retirement plans. That's a far cry from the nearly half of private-sector workers who had no access to employer-based retirement-savings plans in 2010.
Boomer blues
During its 30-year history, the grand experiment known as the 401(k) has evolved from a sideline plan designed to supplement retirement savings to the only retirement plan a lot of workers have. But it has been less than successful for many of the 78 million baby-boomers, who started turning 65 this year at the rate of 8,000 people per day. For them, age 65 probably won't be a magic milestone marking the beginning of retirement. It will just be another year they get closer to their goal. In this new world, 70 is the new 65.
Many boomers first encountered 401(k) plans midway through their careers and initially received little guidance about how much to save or how to invest the money. By the time employers and plan sponsors got serious about helping workers figure out how to estimate and fund their retirement goals, severe market losses at the beginning and end of the past decade snatched back most of their gains.
Average 401(k) account balances — after increasing in 2003 and for the next four consecutive years — fell 28% in 2008, according to a recent joint study by the Investment Company Institute and the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Although the average account balance bounced back 32% in 2009, rising to $109,723, it was still below 2007 levels. Overall, accounts rose by an average annual growth rate of 10.5% from 2003 to 2009. But most of the increase was due to continued contributions rather than investment gains.
Thirty years after the plan first appeared, some critics wonder whether the 401(k) — which is a defined-contribution plan and leaves investment decisions to employees — was such a good idea. They bemoan the loss of traditional, defined-benefit pension plans, in which employers shouldered the cost and risk of their employees' retirement. "The experience of the baby-boomer generation clearly demonstrates that individual investors do not have the skills, time or interest to properly manage their retirement investment portfolio," says Lee Saunders, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. "We need to recognize that our current retirement programs, based on individual accounts such as 401(k) plans, are a failed experiment."
Gregory Burrows, vice-president of retirement planning for the Principal Financial Group, a leading provider of 401(k) plans, disagrees. "The 401(k) is not a fully mature system yet. No one has started working at age 25 and retired at 65 with 40 years in the system," he says. However, Burrows concedes, attempts to turn average workers into accomplished investors have failed. "The focus should be on making people professional savers, not professional investors," he says. "Picking the best funds is not the key to retirement security. Contribution rates have the biggest impact."
You may not be able to depend on roaring stock markets to compensate for inadequate savings, but you can reduce your portfolio's volatility and increase your chances for better returns by diversifying your retirement savings among a broad group of domestic and international investments. (See our tips on how to be a savvy investor in today's economy.)
Pension myths
Don't blame the boomers' underfunded retirement predicament solely on disappearing pensions. The golden age of the gold watch is largely a myth. A recent Investment Company Institute report noted that although 90% of private-sector workers who had access to a retirement plan in 1975 were covered by a traditional pension, only 20% of them ever received any income from those plans. Back then, more-stringent vesting rules prevented many workers with fewer than ten years on the job from qualifying for any pension benefits, and the biggest checks were reserved for those who stuck with one employer for 20 years or more. In reality, few did.
The 401(k) was created in 1978 so that an increasingly mobile workforce could take their retirement savings with them as they moved from job to job. Today, more people receive retirement income from defined-contribution plans than they ever did from traditional pensions, says Peter Brady, senior economist at ICI. In 2009, 34% of private-sector retirees received income from an employer plan — either directly or through a spouse — compared with just 21% in 1975. "The good news is that private-sector pension income has increased over time, and the shift from traditional defined-benefit plans to defined-contribution plans has not led to a decline in private-sector pension income," Brady says.
Now the challenge is how to take a lifetime of savings and convert it to a stream of income. Increasing life expectancies and rising health-care costs mean those dollars have to stretch even further.
To help you get a head start on a secure retirement, see our exclusive Countdown: Prepare Your Portfolio, developed by financial planner Philip Lubinski, head of the Strategic Distribution Institute in Denver. It will help preretirees create a game plan to safeguard a portion of their savings while investing the balance for long-term growth. "Having the proper mix of guarantees and market opportunities provides you with the best mix for a smooth retirement," says Lubinski.
Read more: http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/the-new-look-of-retirement.html


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Travel Information
Information about how to get to Highland 2015 and travelling around when you are here.
How to get here
By Air
Although there is an airport in Inverness, this mainly handles UK flights. There are daily flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast and the London airports of Gatwick and Luton. There are also international flights from Amsterdam and Dusseldorf. Details about these flights can be obtained on Easyjet, Flybe and the Highlands and Islands websites.
Most people travelling from Europe will however find it better to fly into either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports, where there are regular flights to many European destinations. These airports are a 3-4hour drive (depending on the traffic) away from Inverness, and there are also bus and train services connecting them with Inverness. There are also some flights into Aberdeen airport, particularly from Scandinavia. Aberdeen is about 2 hours' drive from Inverness.
Overseas visitors, including some European participants, may wish to arrive through one of the London airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and City Airport) and then continue their journey by a further flight, train, bus or car.
For those travelling from the World Masters Orienteering Championships, there are plans to arrange a charter flight from Gothenburg to Inverness on Saturday 1 August.
See this news item for more details.
Other options are SAS flights from Copenhagen to Aberdeen via Frankfurt on Saturday 1 August, or British Airways flights from Gothenburg to Aberdeen via Heathrow on Saturday 1 / Sunday 2 August. Please see this news item for more information.
By Rail
There are trains to Inverness from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen as well as a train service from London. Details can be obtained from Scotrail (http://www.scotrail.co.uk), East Coast (http://www.eastcoast.co.uk) and Network Rail (http://www.networkrail.co.uk).
By Road
The A9 connects Inverness with Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, and Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. This is a very busy road in the holiday season and therefore although the journey can take as little as 3 hours, in the height of the season up to 4 hours should be allowed. Inverness is linked to Aberdeen to the east by the A96.
Scottish Citylink (http://www.citylink.co.uk) and National Express (http://www.nationalexpress.com) run coach services from Scotland's main cities and the rest of the UK. There are also plenty of opportunities to hire a car.
By Sea
For participants who wish to bring their own car, apart from the channel ferries there are also ferry services between Amsterdam and Newcastle and Hull and Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Both Newcastle and Hull are in the north of England and therefore save a long journey from the south of England.
The ferry service between Rosyth (just north of Edinburgh) and Zeebrugge is now a freight-only service.
When you are here
Travel to events
If you drive to events please follow the travel specific directions to reach each event. There may be other possible routes but those given are the routes agreed with local police and other relevant official bodies.
A bus service will be available to competitors and spectators as a package that covers transport to and from events, from Saturday 1 August to Saturday 8 August. A detailed timetable, including pick up and drop off points, has been published. It is anticipated that this package will be popular, so that we will be able to run a regular shuttle service. The cost is £65 for adults, £20 for children and students. The bus package can be booked through the online entry system.
Subject to availability, there may be limited spaces on buses bookable at the event.
We are afraid that there are now no more bus passes available to purchase for travel to and from the events. The full capacity of buses has now been reached with those competitors who pre-booked through the on-line booking system.
Buses will run from the Campsite and Event Centre, in addition to a pick up point near the hotels and hostel on the east side of Inverness. Detailed timetables for each day will depend on whether the events are located east of Inverness (Nairn, Forres, Achagour and Darnaway), or west (Glen Strathfarrar and Glen Affric). Buses en route to Forres, Achagour and Darnaway will also have a pickup point in Nairn. If there is sufficient demand, there may be a limited bus service starting in Forres for all days.
The buses on Saturday 1 August will transport orienteers to the Opening Ceremony and WOC Sprint Relay in Nairn, with transport returning after the Open Sprint Race.
On Sunday 2 August, there will be transport to Achagour for Day 1, and afterwards buses will take competitors back to Inverness, or to the WOC Sprint Final in Forres with a return service to Inverness afterwards.
On Day 2 (Monday 3 August) and Days 3 to 6 (Wednesday 5 August to Saturday 8 August), the bus service will operate to and from the event areas; this includes the days when the WOC Relay and WOC Long Distance Race are being staged.
On Tuesday 4 August, there will be an Open Sprint race in Forres. Transport will be available to take competitors to this race and onwards to Darnaway for the WOC Middle Distance race. Buses will also run directly to Darnaway for the Highland O-Fest, with many different activities and attractions on offer. Return transport will be available from Darnaway.
We hope as many orienteers as possible will take advantage of this package, reducing the number of cars and helping to decrease the environmental impact of the event.
If you book travel on the event buses, please put BUS in the "Club for Entry Block" space onthe entry form. This will ensure that you are allocated a start block which fits with the departure times of the event buses.
Trains - Scotrail timetable for Inverness-Nairn-Forres (Inverness-Abredeen line)
Parking Charges
There will be a charge for parking at the competition areas - see the Entries page for further details.


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OLS 166 Music Appreciation • 2 Cr.
Music is a key element of all cultures across space and time. Designed to give students an appreciation for how the finer elements of music are deeply shaped by the culture of technology and time. Offers critical thinking skills and an appreciation for multiple perspectives. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the program.
After completing this class, students should be able to:
Identify and describe musical elements Identify and describe the characteristics of different styles of music List characteristics that make certain music suitable for different uses Describe how music reflects the events of history and the current climate Compare and contrast the music from various cultures Listen to music examples from various world cultures and describe the musical elements and characteristics Describe and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior Explain how technology shapes the role of music in our lives Develop and apply own personal aesthetic criteria for evaluating music


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As I mentioned earlier, Chickenfoot are definitely a supergroup but don't write them off as a gimmick that will pass after just a few over-hyped albums.
Jamie Humphries meets Chickenfoot's Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony while Levi Clay asks - just what is a "supergroup" and how does this one stand alongside the all-time greats?
Over the last 40 years the term "supergroup" has been used to describe a band which consists of members who have already achieved fame somewhere else. These titans of music come together to create something new and exciting. Few would dispute that Cream are often cited as one of the greatest supergroups of all time, but some would argue that Cream actually define Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker's career, overshadowing anything they did before - or even since. Much the same could be said of Traffic (possibly the first band to be hyped this way) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and perhaps even ELP.
The other thing to be aware of in the supergroup genre is the syndrome of replacing the original singer and being labelled as a supergroup by the press. This is less of a bringing together of great minds and often just a way to remove a difficult personality. Would you consider bands like Audioslave, Velvet Revolver and Alter Bridge as supergroups? Or are they just incredible bands in their own right?
We live in a time where we're spoilt for choice on the supergroup front with Dave Grohl playing a part in Them Crooked Vultures, Blues sensation Joe Bonamassa doing well in Black Country Communion and even Tom DeLonge's project Angels & Airwaves - and those are just some of the more successful ones. But one supergroup stands out in the crowd: those Blues Rockers Chickenfoot.
Chickenfoot began to come into being in 2008 when Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen (or Van Hagar to you die-hard DLR fans) sat down for a jam with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Now Sammy is no slouch on the guitar but this band needed that something special, so Sammy put in a call to the man he described to Classic Rock as "the best guitarist in the world", one Joe Satriani, and Chickenfoot were born. A funky Van Halen with Blues Rock maestro Joe Satriani on guitar? That's a supergroup by very definition.
Now Joe Satriani should need no introduction as he's been at the forefront of instrumental guitar and blues rock for several decades. I won't go into too much detail here as we ran a feature on Joe in Gi 2 ( http://wwwiguitarmag.com/issue2 ) but for the uninitiated I would seriously recommend picking up Surfing With The Alien or Strange Beautiful Music (not a common choice but it's a sublime album if you ask me). It's also worth checking out any one of the the G3 DVDs to see Joe choose tasty Blues Rock licks time and time again over egotistical shred. Joe's name is synonymous on the guitar scene with slippery legato lines, whammy bar antics and an unparalleled ear for a good melody!
The bands' self-titled album was released in 2009 to great critical acclaim and charted well in the US, going gold in less than six months. It's not hard to see why, with singles "Soap on Rope" screaming Led Zeppelin and "Oh Yeah" mixing Joe's riffing with Smith's rock solid grooves, having everything a Van Halen fan was looking for, with Anthony's trademark staccato basslines. All this before looking at just how awesome Hagar sounds on top - it really is the perfect sweet icing to a world class bluesy cake.
The only problem anyone could foresee was Chad having to go back and record with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and fulfil touring commitments there. Many would have predicted this would be the end of the band, but Chad reassured the fans "Chickenfoot isn't a one-off thing for any of us. We're a band". It seemed that the chemistry was great and that the clash of egos wasn't going to rear its ugly head and end this band as it had with countless other supergroups over the years. All that was left for the fans now was the long wait for a follow up.
Fast-forward to 2011 and it's finally confirmed by Anthony that the full line up would return to the studio and record the next album together and that the group would tour but with a replacement drummer when necessary. This is always a tough pill to swallow for any fan, but there really is no stopping the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, so we just had to endure that long wait for the next album.
Released in September 2011 Chickenfoot III (not the third album as the title might have you think) received positive reviews from the press. It differs greatly from the first album in that the band seem to be developing their sound a little more here, with slightly less of that Zeppelin influence and a little bit more of that trademark Satriani vibe. This isn't just a guitar fan's album as aside from having creamy drives and great licks, tracks like "Last Temptation" and "Big Foot" are just great Rock tunes. It would actually be a real shame if you were to dismiss Chickenfoot as "just another guitar band" because of the pedigree of guitar players you associate with each member. This album is full of incredible playing, but it never gets tasteless, it's full of song first and guitar second.
This brings us nicely back to that term - supergroup. As I mentioned earlier, this band are definitely a supergroup but don't write them off as a gimmick that will pass after just a few over-hyped albums. It genuinely wouldn't surprise me if in a few years, just like the greatest supergroups, the members will be known for Chickenfoot rather than where they came from. What's more, with everyone and their dog reuniting (including Van Halen) it's going to be great seeing these bands go head to head for our attention. I know who I'm going to be rooting for!
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By Dana Rudolph
It's official. Not just "calling her then-partner 'my beautiful Cydney' in public" official. Not just "the kids have both their names" official. It's "now she's said it to the world" official: Jodie Foster came out. She did so in a heartfelt speech at the Golden Globe Awards last night, after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.
She insisted, however, "There's not gonna be a big coming-out speech" and explained, "I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago," to "trusted friends and family and coworkers" and then to everyone she "actually met." The famously private star reiterated how much she valued her privacy.
Immediately the Internet lit up: You mean she wasn't out, many asked? It was a poor speech, some said. She should have done it sooner, others opined.
Here's my two cents: She came out in her own way and in her own time. That's all that matters. Would that we all could do the same.
I also thoroughly admire how she's stuck to her privacy through the years. Frankly, I'm tired of seeing headlines about every time a celebrity twitches–and seeing celebrities twitch just to make headlines. It's not as if being lesbian was the only part of her life she hid from the public–if so, I might have criticized her for that, for it would have indicated she was ashamed of being lesbian or fearful for what being out could mean for her career. But she hid all aspects of her personal life as a matter of policy–and unless you've had someone try to assassinate the president in an attempt to impress you, I say don't judge her desire to do so.
Some will argue that visibility matters, and she should have come out earlier in order to serve as a role model. I say she's served the LGBT community in her own way. In 1994, she was the first major donor to provide support for the production of the short film Trevor, about a teenager who attempts suicide after realizing he might be gay. The film won the Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action), and spurred the filmmakers to found The Trevor Project, now the leading national crisis intervention and suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth. She did this in 1994, folks–long before LGBTQ youth suicide became a big issue in the national headlines in 2009-10 and other celebrities like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry added their voices. In 2007, Foster gave The Trevor Project the biggest donation in its history. Sure, national out visibility can be a good thing, but it's not the only way to serve.
I should, too, note Foster's acknowledgment of Cydney Bernard, her former partner with whom she has two sons. She called Bernard, "my heroic co-parent" and said, "I am so proud of our modern family." How many divorced parents could or would say that?
She also spoke of "our amazing sons, Charlie and Kit, who are my reasons to breathe and to evolve, my blood and soul. And boys, in case you didn't know it, this song, like all of this, this song is for you."
No, she didn't sing. It was a metaphor. By "this song," did she mean her coming out? Her career? Her hinted-at retirement from acting? Her life? I don't know–and she may never tell us. What's clear is that she's a mom who puts her kids first, and who is not afraid to change–"evolve"–for them. Would that we all could do the same.
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(29 January–25 February 1968)
An offensive launched in the Vietnam War by Vietcong and regular North Vietnamese army units against US and South Vietnamese forces. In a surprise attack timed to coincide with the first day of the Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday, North Vietnamese forces under General Giap took the war from the countryside to the cities of South Vietnam. After initial successes, the attackers were repulsed with heavy losses on both sides, but the offensive seriously damaged South Vietnamese morale and shook US confidence in their ability to win the war and brought them to the conference table in Paris in 1969. This led to the Paris Peace Accords of 1973 and the withdrawal of US forces from Indochina.
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|EW - Headwoman's Quarters and Lakeshore
|Max struggles with the reality of having his daughter back.
It was during these hours, those between midnight and dawn in which the ghosts of memory broke free from their confinement to haunt. Torturing and mocking.
Even now standing quietly leaned up against the doorframe, arms folded over his chest and watching as his mother and daughter slept in that enormous bed of Indira's, Max couldn't seem to shake the darkness that constantly threatened to overwhelm.
Quietly he moved further into the room and then knelt at the side of the bed where his daughter lay sleeping peacefully, a tiny hand curled into a loose fist. He lifted a hand and fingers moved to brush lightly through the mop of soft black curls and then quickly retracted it again as impossibly long lashes fluttered and then swept upward and he found himself being studied by solemn eyes as black as midnight.
For long moments father and daughter held each other's gaze until the two turn old's rosy little mouth puckered and she let out a wail of distress that woke Indira.
"Max, what in Faranth's name are you doing?" Indira hissed as she soothed the little girl that had burrowed her head in against her.
"I…uh…" Max rose to his feet and gave a frustrated shake of head as took a step backward. "I'm sorry, Ma. I'll…go." And he headed toward the door, his frame rife with tension.
Before Indira could stop him, he was gone.
Hope. In following the long established protocol set up by his parents all those turns ago, he'd even given his daughter a new name to go with her new life. A name that spoke to not only what she signified to him but of everything he wanted for her too - happiness, love and laughter.
Max couldn't help the soft snort that spilled as his path carried him toward the lakeshore. Yes, he'd had such hope, such imaginings of how things would be when he finally got her back. For over two turns he'd pictured it in a thousand different ways, even carefully choosing a woman to be mother to his daughter but at no time could he have anticipated the reality of his situation as it now stood.
After a slightly bumpy start, Hope had come to accept Indira as her caregiver, thus entrenching rumours that due to the resemblance she bore to the beast manager, she was indeed the Headwoman's daughter possibly born of the union between the tousled blonde and the northern stranger that had been to visit a while back.
But when it came to Max, Hope's lower lip would tremble and she'd twist away from him. No matter what he tried, the toddler wanted nothing to do with him. And as much as Indira tried to soothe and explain that the little one would come around eventually, he couldn't bear the sense of rejection that sprang up and tore at him each time that wail of distress pierced the air and cut into his heart. Not so soon after… Lips thinned and pressed together as he was reminded of yet another failure on his part, that of not providing his daughter with the mother he'd sworn to himself he would.
It might be considered cold-hearted and a betrayal of the worst kind. The woman in question would likely be sickened, his mother horrified, if they knew that his pursuit of her had begun with calculated intent. Identified long ago while still out on the road and watching as she'd dealt with the little ones of their group, he'd carefully held back, and kept his distance until he thought the time to be right before making his move.
However, falling in love with her and then her impressing to that sharding green of hers had never been a part of the plan. The former having been his final come-uppance for not only had he failed her in not having lived up to her expectations, he'd failed his daughter and ultimately, himself too for ever believing he'd get away with it and have the fantasy he'd tried to make a reality.
But there was nothing to be done about it now. What was done was done and now he needed to figure out a way to make a life for himself and his daughter, starting with finding a way to reach out to her for there was nothing he wouldn't do to ensure her happiness.
Despite the heartache, uncertainty and the monumental mess he'd made of things that clouded his thoughts and weighed on his heart, the young crimelord's mouth curved around a smile. In the end, none of it mattered because…he had his baby back!
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Artistic performers to get stronger intellectual property protection
A new World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) treaty which includes new standards for the protection of audiovisual performances has been signed by the UK yesterday.
The treaty sets out new standards of international protection for actors, dancers, singers and musicians, providing a number of rights including the right to control the broadcasting, copying and distribution of performances.
The treaty builds on earlier agreements that gave similar rights to performers whose performances are only captured in sound.
Minister for Intellectual Property Lord Younger said:
Today's signing marks a significant breakthrough in providing better protection for those in the creative arts.
The treaty recognises the value of creative artists whose performances we enjoy in our cinemas, at the theatre and on television.
This treaty adds to the measures that the government is pursuing in creating the right environment for a stronger creative industry sector in the UK.
Specifically the rights will include:
- providing moral rights to performers to prevent lack of attribution or distortion of their performances,
- providing protection in the digital environment,
- strengthening the position of performers in the audiovisual industry by providing a clearer international legal framework for their protection, and
- providing safeguards against the unauthorised use of their performances in audiovisual media such as television and film.
Notes to editors:
The World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances (Beijing Treaty) is the first to be adopted since the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty in 1996.
So far 57 member States have signed the treaty.
EU Member States were present at the Diplomatic Conference which was attended by 155 countries, the European Union, 6 inter-governmental organisations and 45 NGOs.
The Treaty grants performers rights both for the offline and online exploitation of their performances (such as the distribution or rental of their performances by making them available on mediums such as the internet. These rights will allow performers to be fairly remunerated when their performances are used. It also recognises performers' moral rights (including the right to be identified in instances such as film credits, as well as the right to object to any distortion of the performance prejudicial to their reputation.
European performers already enjoy a high level of protection. The main benefit of the new Treaty will be to ensure that this level of protection is recognised at international level.
It is expected that the EU will sign the Treaty shortly.
The new treaty will enter into force after 30 contracting parties have ratified it.
The government's economic policy objective is to achieve 'strong, sustainable and balanced growth that is more evenly shared across the country and between industries'. It set four ambitions in the 'Plan for Growth' (PDF 1.7MB), published at Budget 2011:
- to create the most competitive tax system in the G20
- to make the UK the best place in Europe to start, finance and grow a business
- to encourage investment and exports as a route to a more balanced economy
- to create a more educated workforce that is the most flexible in Europe.
Work is underway across government to achieve these ambitions, including progress on more than 250 measures as part of the Growth Review. Developing an Industrial Strategy gives new impetus to this work by providing businesses, investors and the public with more clarity about the long-term direction in which the government wants the economy to travel.


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McGurk's Bar bombing: Man, 75, arrested over UVF murders
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A 75-year-old man has been arrested over a pub bombing in which 15 people were murdered during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The attack at McGurk's bar in Belfast on 4 December, 1971, was carried out by the loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
The man was detained in east Belfast and taken to Antrim police station.
Police have recently reopened the case following a critical report into the original RUC murder investigation.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, the IRA was blamed for placing the bomb.
In February 2011, the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman published a report claiming the original Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police investigation was "biased".
Following the publication, the Historical Enquiries Team, and more recently PSNI detectives in Serious Crime Branch, began a review of the case.
A PSNI spokeswoman said families of the victims have been informed of Wednesday's arrest.
The officer leading the renewed investigation, Det Ch Insp Justyn Galloway, said: "Despite the passage of time, there remain a number of opportunities to make progress.
"We will do our best to develop these lines of enquiry as thoroughly and quickly as possible.
"At the same time, I would ask those individuals who know who was involved in this attack on 4 December 1971 to talk to us.
"Much has changed in the four decades since this terrible atrocity but the families of the victims and survivors continue to suffer.
"I would ask that anyone with information or suspicions about this bomb attack to come forward," he said.
One man was convicted of all 15 murders in 1978.


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Close your eyes and imagine saying your vows and dancing the night away in a picturesque wedding venue with scenic views and an enchanting atmosphere. Unknown to many couples, the venues they are considering have once been the chosen location for A-List celebrities and Hollywood royalty. Whether you want to admit it or not, there's nothing more inspiring than pulling inspiration from the rich and famous when it comes to planning your dream wedding. Whether you wish to have a traditional wedding in the UK, or a Chinese wedding in Paris, celebrity weddings are perfect for unlocking your creativity when it comes to your big day.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Wedding
No one expected business mogul Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West to have a simple wedding in the US, and the couple exceeded expectations when they had their wedding rehearsal in the spectacular grounds of one of France's château wedding venues, the Palace of Versailles. The celebrity couple then fled to Florence, Italy for their surprise wedding reception. They said their vows in the historic Forte di Belvedere. Their guest list included the likes of Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Jaden Smith, Serena Williams, LaLa, Carmelo Anthony, André Leon Talley, Rachel Roy and so on. Kim Kardashian wore four dresses and their guests danced the night away in the same space where artist Galileo completed some of his most important work.
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's Wedding
Model Chrissy Teigen said 'I Do' to All of Me singer John Legend at Villa Pizzo on Lake Como in September 2013. The brunette beauty wore a spectacular Vera Wang gown, and chose the luxury wedding venue on Lake Como, Italy, because that is where they fell in love. The couple said their vows on the breath-taking lakeside terrace of Villa Pizzo, framed by the tranquil lake and rolling mountains. Their guests then dined outdoors and celebrated with the newlyweds. The couple even had Stevie Wonder perform 'Ribbons in the Sky' during the wedding reception.
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski's Wedding
British Actor and English Rose Emily Blunt married American actor John Krasinski at the luxury wedding venue Villa d'Este on Lake Como. This 16th Century palace boasts a 25-acre park, landscaped English Gardens and a 500-year-old plane tree. Their wedding was kept under wraps, but it was reported that they had a private outdoor ceremony in the spectacular grounds of Villa d'Este and that Blunt wore a custom Marchesa, cream chiffon gown. Their guest list included George Clooney and his former girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis.
5. Château Vaux Le Vicomte
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's Wedding
Desperate Housewives' actress Eva Longoria Parker and NBA star Tony Parker had a star-studded private wedding dinner in the breath-taking ballroom of Vaux Le Vicomte, 55 km southeast of Paris. The wedding reception was kept secret, but we do know that their guests spent the night sweeping across the ballroom floor in the 15th century château. The Grand Salon can seat 200 but the château also allows for a bespoke marquee to be built on the grounds should the guest numbers exceed 200.
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I just joined :-)
Cool, Tamilyn! Thanks for doing that!
Created a Facebook group called Raw Til 4 in Utah for those who want to connect over there. I know this group page here is specifically for Raw Vegan but it looks like there are Raw Til 4 foodies here as well. Hopefully this link works...
Maybe someone could create a facebook page for this group, then we might all communicate more.
Hey everyone, I'm new to this lifestyle and I'd love to meet some local fruit friends! I'm in Murray. If there's any kind of meetup happening soon I'd love to go, if not let's plan one!
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Switzerland is the main partner of the Ukrainian Architecture Festival CANactions 2015. The festival is the major architecture event in Ukraine. It is held yearly in Kyiv. CANactions is a platform for sharing ideas between urbanists, architects, politicians and a wider public. In times of crisis, architecture has an important role to play. It is a mirror and a driver of change in society.
Location: Kyiv, Art Cluster "Vydubychi", Inzhenerna Str., 7v
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20ieme Semaine de la Francophonie
After the premiere in Ukraine in 2014, the Embassy of Switzerland to Ukraine and its cultural partners, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the National Academic Choral Capella ,Dumka', the Kiev Municipal Revutsky Boys Choir and actors of the Ivan Franko National Academic Dramatic Theatre proudly present the performance of this masterpiece in the Kiev Opera House.
Location: National Opera House of Ukraine, vul. Volodymyrska 50, March 14th, 19.00h
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Saturday, 31.01.2015
The Embassies of Austria, Norway and Switzerland and the Ukrainian Ski Club will again organize the "Diplomatic Cup of Nordic Skiing"
Location: Youth and Sports School No 15 (Yahidna 2 St, Kyiv)
Saturday, 13.12.2014
Saturday, 13.12.2014
Performative Participatory Action of Benjamin Egger (CH)"Social Disorder and a World Turned Upside Down""The simple fact that the world is constructed by the connectedness of countless individual worlds could in fact have more tragic consequences.Social jumble is what we need. Existing categories such as states, gender, animal or profession shall be dissolved as such. For this is the only way to enable the constructs regulating the community to be discussed at a fundamental level. A heterogeneous society must redefine its concepts of hierarchy and social exclusion. Human-animal relations must be freed from their hierarchical structure and established as a bond committed to a dynamic and productive jumble.The socially respected workhorse must be hauled through its world by its bosses. No longer as a workhorse, but as the owner of a world.We need an ethics of the jumble. Benjamin Egger. 7. April 2010, Zürich"
Location: 15.00h, Art Space Closer, Kyiv, vul. Nyzhnioyurkivska 31
Monday, 08.12.2014
Monday, 08.12.2014,
Kyiv International Lectures Series
In the framework of the Kyiv International Lectures Series, Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of the Republic of Latvia, will lecture about the positions of Latvia and Ukraine in Europe, experiences and opportunities.
Location: 18.00h, Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Saturday, 06.12.2014
Saturday, 06.12.2014
As in past years, the Embassy of Switzerland organized a Swiss stand at the 22nd Charity Bazaar, in support of the International Women's Club of Kyiv (IWCK), a major charity organization in Ukraine.
Location: Olimpiyskiy NSC, 55, Chervonoarmiyska Str., Kyiv
Saturday, 25.10.2014
Sunday, 02.11.2014
Swiss films at the 44th International Film Festival Molodist
Tuesday, 14.10.2014
Tuesday, 14.10.2014
19.00 h, National Philharmonic of Ukraine


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Connecticut embezzler may be headed back to prison
HARTFORD >> A Connecticut woman who served more than three years in prison for embezzling about $1.7 million from a law firm where she worked as a paralegal could face more time behind bars for allegedly violating terms of her probation.
Federal prosecutors are scheduled to go before a judge Thursday to ask that Patricia Baddeley be sent back to prison for gambling. Prosecutors are also asking that she forfeit more than $50,000 in casino winnings.
She was convicted in 2010 of mail fraud and filing a false tax return for stealing the money from a South Windsor law firm and using it to fuel a gambling habit.
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Following his graduation from the Erasmus Economic University Rotterdam and followed a graduate programme at University Davis California, Luuk began his career as a consultant and account manager on EU-funded and other research projects, specifically targeting the participation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Borg subsequently joined the Senter/EU-Liaison Agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs where, in 1997, as managing director, he oversaw the merger of EU-Liaison with Senter. Borg was also responsible for establishing the Netherlands Office for European Science and Technology (NEST).
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Many of us get through our lives with no more contact with the criminal justice system than a traffic ticket. Such was my experience until two incidents six months apart brought me closer to our system for crime and punishment.
In one case I was the victim. In the other I was the perp.
Neither case was particularly consequential, the sort of drama from which TV crime shows are fabricated. But each deepened my understanding of the system.
Take first my unexpected mutation from a generally law-abiding citizen to the status of the accused.
It was a sunny July day. I was running a few errands on my bike. A block or two ahead on Blaisdell Avenue a sedan had snaked into the bike lane that's delineated by white plastic posts, white paint and no-parking signs.
It was sort of a trigger for me. For the last 18 months of my career as a reporter based in downtown Minneapolis, after the Strib moved from its own building into a rented office tower, I commuted mostly by bike. Previously, I'd been two-wheeling the eight-mile roundtrip to work once or twice a week during the warmer weather. But distaste for paying downtown parking rates turned me into a bike commuter on all but the iciest days.
Frequently, I'd encounter vehicles blocking the bike lanes along Park and Portland, Blaisdell or First avenues. There were postal vans, school buses, taxis, contractor trucks and more. It's against state law to park or even stop in a bike lane, and I'd grown quite righteous about defending cyclists' hard-won space. Maybe too righteous. I'd commonly slap a fender or rap it with my knuckle as I passed to protest having to swerve into the traffic lane.
As I approached the latest offender on Blaisdell, I saw a passenger get out but the driver remained. And sat there. So I thought nothing of rapping on his fender as I passed.
A block layer, the driver passed me, rolled down his window, and asked me to pull over until he could check for damage. So confident was I that my mere knuckle couldn't have damaged sheet metal that I humored him. To my surprise, there was a dent maybe the size of a dime on his fender.
He began talking of compensation. I pointed out that he was in my space on a block in which three no-parking signs were posted and that there was space to park legally on the other side of the street. He called a cop, pointed out the dent, which I didn't deny causing, and I was soon the recipient of a ticket for criminal damage to property in the fourth degree.
I quickly looked up the statute, and began devising possible defenses. Fourth-degree criminal damage requires intent to cause damage. My intent had been not to damage but to warn as I passed. I debated whether to fight the ticket. Hiring a lawyer would be expensive, but self-representation had a steep learning curve, and I was cognizant of the adage that he who represents himself has a fool for a client.
I had months to mull my plea as the case dragged on through four pretrial hearings at which my matter kept getting postponed and postponed. Finally, the city prosecutor offered to drop the charge if I paid claimed restitution of $235, based on a body shop's estimate. I balked a little because there was no evidence that the driver had actually repaired what the police report described as a ding, just as he hadn't repaired several previous dents. But ultimately I paid up since the charge was dropped.
Appearing in court four times allowed time for observation.
First, such slow-moving justice has consequences. I'm a retired guy, but imagine the economic penalty to a worker to have to take time off four different mornings.
Second, it's one thing to read studies of racial bias in the justice system. It's another to show up and find yourself the only white defendant in a courtroom of black and brown faces.
The experience came close to adding me to the one in four Americans with something besides a traffic ticket as a criminal record. And as the group We Are All Criminals (weareallcriminals.org) reminds us, four in four Americans have done something defined by the law as criminal, the difference being who among us got caught.
When a candidate for county attorney emerged this year to challenge the current prosecutor with strategies to instill more racial justice in the system, I knew which campaign I'd sign up for.
I had just disposed of my case when weeks later I found myself on the other side of the law as a victim.
After an eye exam one morning, I showed up at the gym for my usual weight room workout. Walking past the weight rack, another lifter and I bumped slightly against each other. He said nothing, so I moved on.
A few minutes later, I had just parked myself at a weight machine when a blow seemingly out of nowhere landed on my cheek, the sucker punch sending my glasses flying. I looked up and the same guy stood in front of me, saying nothing when I asked incredulously what that was for. With the help of another exerciser, I found the remains of my shattered frames.
By that time, staff told me that the perpetrator had also struck a much younger guy, likely breaking his nose. The Y staff was great, immediately banning the offender and summoning police. Both of us pressed charges. His was third-degree assault because of the broken bone, while mine was a mere fifth degree since the blow left no visible mark. I mainly wanted restitution for the glasses.
It turns out that, between my medical insurance and the state crime victim compensation fund, I've been made whole without restitution. But the man who struck us was committed as mentally ill after evaluations and was sent to a mental hospital for a competency restoration program.
At this point, my hope is that the gentleman gets the help he needs rather than seeing him punished. But this brings up a larger issue in the criminal justice system, where at least one-third of those populating the jail are there for allegations stemming from their mental health issues: Adequate treatment programs might prove much more cost-effective than jail time.
Meanwhile, my wife extracted a promise that so far I've kept — no more banging on illegally parked cars.
Steve Brandt retired from a 40-year career at the Star Tribune in 2016. He lives in Kingfield.


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September 3, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The coalition of mainstream opposition parties in Sudan has warned against the consequences of failing to reach agreements on contentious issues with neighbouring South Sudan within the deadline set by the UN Security Council (UNSC), accusing the Khartoum government of inviting such an eventuality by procrastinating in the talks.
- FILE PHOTO - NUP's leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi sitting between the PCP leader Hassan Al-Turabi (R) and Farouq Abu Isa (L) - Al-Jazzera Net
Kamal Omar, a leading member of the National Consensus Forces (NCF) and political secretary of one of its factions, the Popular Congress Party (PCP), said in a press conference held in the capital Khartoum on Monday that the UNSC would likely carry out its threat of sanctions against Sudan in the event of failure to reach an agreement with South Sudan.
Sudan and South Sudan are due to resume negotiations over post-secession issues in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday. The UNSC extended until 22 September the deadline it gave to both countries to conclude talks or face non-military sanctions as stipulated under resolution 2046 which the UNSC adopted following the eruption of fighting between the two neighbours around the oilfields of Heglig.
The previous round witnessed a yet-to-be-signed agreement on oil transit fees and the next round is expected to focus on the creation of a demilitarized zone along the border and cessation of alleged support to rebel groups.
Omar said he does not rule out the failure of the talks and referral of the disputes to the Permanent Court of Arbitration due to what he described as the procrastination of Khartoum government in reaching a comprehensive settlement.
The opposition official also touched on the issue of armed conflicts in Sudan's border region of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. He said that the framework agreement that the government signed with the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) on 28 June and later disavowed could have contributed to resolving the problem in the two regions. Omer accused some elements within the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) of "vetoing" the agreement and obstructing its implementation.
Turning to the domestic arena, Omar commented on talk about the NCP's intention to invite opposition parties for consultations on a new constitution. According to Omer, NCF factions, which also include the National Umma Party (NUP) of Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi and the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP), reject any dealing with the NCP and remain firmly committed to the goal of regime change.
"We are talking about the fall of the entire regime after it failed to run the country" he intoned. Omar added that the protests that occurred in the country in response to the ending of fuel subsidies were "a rehearsal for the upcoming revolution".
On a separate issue, Omar encouraged Islamist parties in the Arab world to boycott the Islamic Movement (IM) conference that the NCP intends to organize in November. He described the IM as a privately owned entity, in a veiled reference to its perceived conflation with the NCP.
Meanwhile, Sudan Tribune has learned that Omer's boss and PCP leader Hassan al-Turabi is due to travel on 9 September to the Qatari capital Al-Doha. While the purpose of the visit is unknown, Al-Turabi's previous visits to Doha were organized to hold interviews with the prominent TV channel Al Jazeera.
Al-Turabi's last interview with Al Jazeera was two years ago but Al-Jazeera failed to broadcast it for what some speculated as fears of fraying relations between Doha and Khartoum after the Islamist opposition leader spoke about sensitive issues including the alleged involvement of Sudanese officials in the attempted assassination of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1995.


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Wednesday, 29 March, 2000, 12:10 GMT 13:10 UK
Memo links Rwandan leader to killing
The UN has confirmed that it has found an internal memorandum in its files which suggests that Rwanda's interim president, Paul Kagame, may have been involved in the assassination in 1994 of the former president, Juvenal Habyarimana.
Mr Habyarimana, a Hutu, was killed when the plane he was travelling in was hit by two rockets on April 6, 1994.
His assassination is believed to be the catalyst that provoked the genocide which resulted the killing of about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
It has generally been thought that Hutu hard-liners organised his assassination in opposition to his attempts to broker a power-sharing settlement with the then Tutsi-led rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front of Mr Kagame.
But a Canadian daily, the National Post, recently revealed that UN investigators had interviewed three unidentified members of an "elite covert strike team", who confirmed the attack had been sanctioned by RPF leader and current interim Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
The Rwandan government has rejected the accounts.
Hutu accusations
Exiled Hutu groups have frequently accused the RPF of the rocket attack on the plane.
They suggested the RPF leadership wanted to use the ensuing mayhem to seize power directly, abandoning the power-sharing agreement it had forged with the Habyarimana government.
The UN says the document was written by an Australian investigator, Michael Hourigan, who's no longer with the organisation, and was not himself sure of the veracity of his information.
"The secretariat did not find a report but a three-page internal memorandum," said UN spokesman Fred Eckhard.
"One individual committed to paper his thoughts as well as information conveyed to him and that went into a file," he added.
The UN has sent the document to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, where leading Hutu genocide suspects want to use it for their defence.
The Rwandan Government has strongly denied the accounts saying the reports are propaganda by Hutu exiles seeking to revise history.
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US court allows Rwandan's extradition
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