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Victoria's hub for health services and business
Health and medical information for consumers, quality assured by the Victorian government
Victorian government portal for older people, with information about government and community services and programs including the Victorian
Details of the management team, the Board, and the two advisory committees.
Our vision, purpose, activities and our strategic plan
Investing in the sector to identify, scale and embed innovation through supporting projects and fostering innovative ideas.
Information on the patient flow and specialist clinics access improvement partnerships, and the emergency access community of practice.
Information on leadership programs to support and grow leaders in the sector.
Learn more about the history and governance of the program
Bringing government and startups together through the CivVic Labs accelerator program to co-design digital solutions to public sector challenges.
A list of local and global improvement and innovation organisations, as well as case studies
Tools, resources and guides to support identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation
An open source of ideas including a list of past project proposals to share and inspire innovation in healthcare
Short videos of a number of BCV funded initiatives
An online platform that offers training courses and tools to help build capability to deliver excellent and safe care.
Access and download strategies that inform decision making in key areas of work and other documents that are relevant to the establishment of Better Care Victoria
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The independent Better Care Victoria Board will advise the Minister for Health and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on health sector innovation. The Board will also provide recommendations on the most effective ways to invest the Better Care Victoria: Innovation Fund to drive improvement.
The Board will actively engage with the sector, providing specialist clinical and non-clinical leadership on health innovation best practice.
The Better Care Victoria Board (formally operating as the Health Innovation and Reform Council) is established by Part 6A of the Health Services Act 1988.
Dr Douglas Travis has extensive clinical and leadership experience in Urology and as Director of Surgery. He has held a number of positions as a urologist in Victorian health services over the last 20 years. He also has vast board experience including President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Victoria, a director of Avant Mutual Group, and membership on the Victorian Policy Advisory Committee on Technology.
In 2014, Dr Travis was appointed by the Victorian Government to lead the Travis Review, a state-wide census of bed and theatre capacity, and to provide recommendations about how to increase the capacity of Victorian public hospitals.
Dr Victoria Atkinson is a cardiac surgeon and the Chief Medical Officer and Group General Manager Clinical Governance at St Vincent's Health Australia, the largest not for profit healthcare provider in Australia. In her role, Victoria has responsibility for developing a unified and integrated approach to clinical care and innovation across St Vincent's. One of Victoria's priorities is the development and implementation of the St Vincent's Ethos program which aims to address entrenched cultures across the healthcare sector and result in a kinder, safer, more reliable healthcare system.
Prior to her current role, Victoria held management and clinical appointments at The Royal Melbourne Hospital where she spent over 20 years as a cardiac surgeon. With her transition to management, Victoria honed her interest in transformational change projects, clinical and operational innovation, and hospital design and was instrumental in designing and implementing the Nightlife program at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Victoria believes strongly in the ongoing evolution of healthcare delivery and design. She is a member of the Melbourne Health Board, and the Deputy Chair of the Board for Better Care Victoria. She holds an MBBS, FRACS, and a Masters of Health Management, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds an EDAC qualification from the Center for Healthcare Design in the USA.
Associate Professor Susannah Ahern has approximately twenty years' experience in senior healthcare leadership and management roles, including in health service medical executive positions, at medical workforce agencies, in academia and consulting. She is currently Head of the Registry Science Unit and Coordinator of the Master of Health Services Management Course at Monash University. In her role she is the Academic Lead for a number of Monash University based registries including the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry, the Australian and New Zealand Thyroid Cancer Registry, the Australian Spine Registry and the NHMRC-funded pilot Dementia Registry, and supports the development of new and existing Monash clinical registries. In addition to her medical qualifications she holds a Master of Business Administration, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, and a PhD.
Susannah's academic interests include the use of health data for quality improvement, innovation in health service leadership and management, medical workforce and training, and patient reported outcomes. She is a regular reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed international journals, and is a member of the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ).
Matiu has a Master's degree in public health and broad clinical and managerial nursing experience, including working in Tijuana, Mexico with Nobel Prize Laureate Agnes Bojaxhiu in international boarder aid, and as a emergency, oncology, intensive care nurse and is a sexual health Nurse Practitioner. He has experience in elective surgery waitlists and management of specialist clinics. In his role at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Matiu focused on designing "Michelin Star" waiting rooms to improve the patient experience including pioneering virtual reality for distraction therapy in dental oncology, serology and minor surgery clinics.
Matiu contributes to health system innovation through involvement with Better Care Victoria as a board member, as a member of the Emerging Leaders Clinical Advisory Committee and as part of the Specialist Clinics Access Improvement Partnership Steering Committee. Matiu is a member of the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) and the UX Community of Practice for healthcare and mentors the next generation of undergraduate and postgraduate science students through the University of Melbourne Science Industry Mentoring Program.
Matiu is currently undertaking an innovation residency at RSL Care + RDNS based on the principles of anthropologist Clifford Geertz called "deep hanging out". The methodology involves immersing oneself in a workplace culture, obtaining the most important insights and innovating and transforming the cultural norms from the front line.
Janet's expansive 34 year career includes 12 years of international experience. This career has provided her with a wealth of experience in complex business management, digital transformations and global operations. Janet is a member of the Epworth Healthcare board. She is Chair of the Eastern Community Legal Centre board, a member of Chief Executive Women and a mentor to executive women for Behind Closed Doors.
Janet's passion for women in business and her experience in digital transformation, won her the 2010 Victorian Telstra Business Woman of the Year award. In October 2012, she was named as one of the 100 Women of Influence in the inaugural Westpac/AFR Women of Influence Awards.
Dr Bronwyn Morkham has had a lifelong interest in innovative health services delivery as a consumer, advocate and most recently as the National Director of the Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance. As the Alliance's National Director, Bronwyn has encouraged improved policy outcomes between health and disability programs at state and national levels; and led development of innovative and collaborative practice solutions in systems working with younger people with disability and complex health conditions.
Her leadership of a campaign to resolve the Young People in Nursing Homes issue led directly to the Council of Australian Government's (COAG) 5 year, $244m Younger People In Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) initiative that was implemented nationally. Bronwyn is committed to development of community based health services that enable Victorians with complex health conditions to live safely and with confidence in the community. She believes the emerging National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) offers Victorian health services a unique opportunity for improved collaboration and innovation across health and disability sectors.
Dr Harvey Newnham is a General Physician and Endocrinologist. He is a Professor and Director of General Medicine and Clinical Program Director of Emergency and Acute Medicine at Alfred Health Melbourne.
Harvey's main interest is in delivery and quality improvement of acute medical care for complex medical patients with particular emphasis on ward rounding, interdisciplinary communication and patient engagement. He did a sabbatical at the Intermountain Institute of Healthcare Delivery Research, Salt Lake City in 2014 which included completion of the "Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement". Harvey was one of three panel members led by Dr Stephen Duckett that produced the Grattan Institute's Targeting zero, the review of hospital safety and quality assurance in Victoria in 2016.
Kellie is the Chair, Board of Directors of Latrobe Regional Hospital, a non-Executive Director, Gippsland Primary Health Network, Chair, Building Board Capability Advisory Committee for the Department of Health & Human Services, a Committee member of Regional Development Australia Gippsland and an elected local government Councillor. As a long term consumer of health services in regional and metropolitan areas,
Kellie has a keen interest in consumer participation, governance and population health planning. She is focused on applying the principles of communication that engage and inform community and stakeholder groups, whilst enhancing the understanding of good governance principles and the broader benefits for communities. Kellie is committed to ensuring access to quality health services that are well resourced and sustainable.
Jacque has a strong strategic perspective in rural health services along with a significant record of leading and implementing change in health service environments. Successful partnerships are integral to achieving success and making a difference.
Jacque has a strong commitment and shown leadership to improve access to health care in rural areas in the primary health, aged and acute sectors. She has also led the effort to rebuild an integrated health care facility and re-establish acute and primary health care after the devastating floods that destroyed the Numurkah hospital in 2012.
Jacque has qualifications in Nursing and Community Health along with Masters in Executive Public Sector Administration and many years of senior management experience in the public health system and local government.
Sue Shilbury joined Austin Health as Chief Executive Officer in early 2017, following a three-decade career in the New South Wales public health sector.
Sue's roles have included General Manager of North Shore Ryde Health Service, in which she oversaw the delivery of New South Wales Health's largest capital works program, the $1.3 billion redevelopment of Royal North Shore Hospital. Sue has also held roles as General Manager of the Central Hospital Network (South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health District); Director of the Division of Critical Care and Surgery at St George Hospital; and Director of Clinical Services at the Royal Hospital for Women.
Sue Williams has over 25 years' experience in the health care industry at senior management level in both the public and private sectors. She has held various roles including Director of Nursing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, COO of 44 hospitals at Healthscope, Partner in the Health practise at KPMG and Divisional Manager of Health at the Spotless Group.
She recently took on the role as Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula Health which is undergoing a significant period of growth and expansion. Sue has qualifications in Nursing, as well as a Bachelor in Business Management and a Master of Business Administration from Monash University. In 2009, she undertook the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
Wendy has a unique breadth of operational and strategic expertise across professional nursing leadership and practice, general operations, human resources, risk management, internal audit, business/services planning, governance, administration and project management. Embarking on a career in healthcare 40 years ago, Wendy has achieved a progressive journey that includes leadership and senior executive appointments.
At Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre she held positions including Chief Nurse, Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Cancer Allied Health and Nursing. Wendy runs an independent consultancy, focusing on projects in the health and education sectors, she also co-ordinates and surveys against the National Standards for Quality and Safety in Health Care for the Australian Council on Health Care Standards. Wendy was interim CEO with Federation Training from June 2014 to early 2016.
The Minister for Health may appoint expert advisors to the Better Care Victoria Board to provide additional subject matter expertise and diverse perspectives to the work of the Board.
Professor Euan Wallace was appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Safer Care Victoria in October 2016. Safer Care Victoria, a government initiative in the response to the Review of Hospital Safety and Quality Assurance, is leading quality and safety improvement in Victorian public and private health services.
Professor Wallace is a senior clinician with extensive track records in academic medicine and health service delivery. Graduating from the Edinburgh Medical School, Professor Wallace completed his research and clinical training in Edinburgh before moving to Australia and joining Monash Health and Monash University in 1996.
Prior to his appointment to Safer Care Victoria, for the past 10 years at Monash Health, Professor Wallace has been the Director of Obstetric Services, overseeing the growth of Monash's services to become Victoria's largest maternity service and the home to one of two Victorian public homebirth programs. He is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading experts in clinical governance and in safety and quality in maternity services.
Professor Wallace is also the Carl Wood Professor and Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University's School of Clinical Sciences based at Monash Medical Centre. He leads a perinatal medicine research group in the university's Ritchie Centre and at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. His research interests are in fetal development, maternal health, stem cell biology and patient safety. He will continue his academic and research roles with Monash University.
Mr Terry Symonds heads the Health Service Policy and Commissioning division of the Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, which is responsible for the department's stewardship role of the Victorian health care system. The division oversees policy, planning, funding and performance of the health system in Victoria, including public and private hospitals and day procedure centres, emergency and non-emergency patient transport services, residential aged care services, mental health services, and other non-government health care providers. The division supports best practice approaches to clinical care through the Victorian Cancer Agency, health and medical research, and international health engagement.
The division also works with the newly formed Safer Care Victoria and the Victorian Agency for Health Information to ensure safe, quality health care and to disseminate innovation and improvement efforts across the health system.
Mr Symonds has over twenty years of experience in the health and disability sectors in Victoria and Queensland, including in community development, hospital management, research and evaluation, strategy and performance monitoring. Mr Symonds holds a Masters in Health Studies (UQ) and postgraduate qualifications in health promotion and prevention.
Page last reviewed: 18 May 2016
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I reviewed some great films in 2016. This list comprises my favorites.
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Edge of Seventeen
La La Land
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Train to Busan
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Accountant
Under the Shadow
Don't Breathe
Sing Street
I use IMDB to make lists of films I watch. These are the "Big Fifteen" of 2016 imho. Click on the screenshot below to be taken to my list on IMDB. Happy New Year, see you at the movies.

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The CEA represents the CE industry and runs CES. The CE industry likes to make and ship thing but it doesn't like to recycle them. Therefore, in the proud tradition of astroturfing, it's fighting back against New York City Local Laws 13 and 21 of 2008 which, in a nutshell, says that all CE manufacturers must pick up and recycle broken or obsolete equipment.
Obviously CE manufacturers don't want to roll trucks every time your monitor breaks. But New York is a CE town. Just look at our skyline – every single office in every single high-rise probably accounts for ten or twenty PCs, laptops, monitors, and other junk. Walk down the street in NYC and you'll see dumpsters full of old CRTs and other junk that will, in due time, end up leaching all sorts of mess into our – and most probably your – landfills.
The CEA is saying that the new law will force "hundreds more trucks" and drive up pollution and traffic. It will also cost manufacturers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. My ass. They just don't want to do it. It's not in their DNA to tear down the junk they sell. It could also encourage CE companies to "leave" New York, whatever that means, to which I say "Go for it. There's always Jersey."
The WSJ has some quotes:
New York Department of Sanitation spokesman Matthew LiPani referred reporters to a prepared statement: "DSNY has always preferred a statewide solution for e-waste, and initially put a moratorium on the implementation of e-waste rules because of possible action by the State Legislature that would pre-empt the city law. The City believes that the laws and rules are appropriate and lawful, and will defend the matter in court."
The National Resource Defense Council, an environmental and public health advocacy group, also criticized the suit and praised the New York City ordinance.
"This 11th-hour move to obstruct a common-sense municipal recycling program similar to those in 19 states calls into question the environmental credentials these manufacturers actively promote," said Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney in the New York Urban Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release. "The City's landmark recycling law would keep thousands of tons of spent electronics out of our landfills and incinerators every year."
Seriously, CEA – your members churn this crap and work hard to ensure planned obsolescence. You pay lip service to going green yet entire swathes of Asia and Africa are polluted by your recycling schemes. Man up and do it right. I'm sure you guys can hire some men to wander the streets picking up monitors and maybe you'll even solve the problem by building out an entire recycling infrastructure. Heck, I'll even accept the extra few trucks it will take. After all, if they outlawed FedEx or UPS delivery of consumer electronics for the same reasons you guys would shit yourselves and those guys run up and down every street in the city multiple times a day.


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Music Facilities
Music facilities within the School include three studios, the Audio Lab, a small library and a number of seminar and practice rooms. The School also has preferential access to the University Concert Hall. For more information on bookings rooms, please contact Music, or Music students can refer to the Music Handbook for details.
Please note, the Music facilities are only for those students enrolled on Music courses within the School of Culture & Creative Arts or part of the Music Clubs and Ensembles.
University Concert Hall
A short walk from the Music building, in the University's main Gilbert Scott building, is the University Concert Hall. The School has preferential access to the hall and uses it extensively for recitals, performance practice and teaching. The Concert Hall houses two Steinway Model D grand pianos, an 1840s Broadwood grand, and a Mozart-era fortepiano, two chamber organs (one an 18th-century Snetzler), two harpsichords, an extensive range of percussion and other instruments for the performance of orchestral and contemporary music. In addition to the instruments housed in the Concert Hall the School also owns a fine consort of viols, baroque strings, recorders, crumhorns and other wind instruments. The Concert Hall also houses Music's Diffusion System for the public performance of electroacoustic music.
Practice Rooms
Music students have access to ten practice rooms for solo instrumental or ensemble practice. Five of these rooms are located in the Music building, with three in the Alexander Stone Building and the remaining two soundproof rooms in Number 13 University Gardens, and most are available 7 days a week, from 9am to 11pm.
The largest of the Music rooms, 'The Club Room' contains a baby grand piano and is big enough for ensemble rehearsal. All other rooms contain an upright piano, a full length mirror and a music stand. These rooms can be booked in advance, for up to 2 hours a day by students studying within Music. Music students should refer to the Music Moodle for booking details.
Music Library
The Music building houses its own small reference library. It holds a high quality selection of books and scores that complement those provided by the main University Library. In addition, the Music Library also houses eight PC workstations running Microsoft Office and Finale notation software. Each machine has an attached MIDI keyboard for quick and intuitive notation entry. A microfiche scanner is also provided to aid musicological research.
Each year an undergraduate Music student is sought to act as the Librarian for the Music Library. If you are a current undergraduate student studying Music and would like to be considered for the post please email Dr Björn Heile.
Audio Lab
Students have access to the Music Audio Lab for audio production, acoustics, composition and sound synthesis work. The lab contains 12 Apple iMacs each with Avid audio hardware, a MIDI keyboard and a comprehensive suite of installed software including:-
- Finale
- Pro Tools - including RTAS plug-ins by:
- Cycling 74
- GRM Tools
- Cycling 74 Max
Each machine is connected to a high quality playback system.
The School has three studios dedicated to composition and audio production. Studios One and Two are housed in the Gilbert Scott Building above the Concert Hall. Both feature audio tie-lines linking them to the Concert Hall, the Bute Hall and each other. Studio Three is a smaller composition studio housed in the Music building.
All the studios are based around Apple Mac G5 digital audio workstations running a comprehensive suite of applications including:-
- Pro Tools - with RTAS plug-ins by:
- Cycling 74
- GRM Tools
- Sony Oxford
- Cycling 74 - Max
- Finale
Each year an undergraduate Music student is sought to act as an intern in the Studios to carry out simple admin and maintenance tasks and to assist with production work. If you are a current undergraduate student studying Music and would like to be considered for the post please email Neil McDermott.
Diffusion System
The Diffusion System is used for public performances of music by international and Glasgow based composers including current students. The system is located in the University Concert Hall. It comprises an 8-channel speaker array and sound diffusion desk for live sound processing and spatialisation.
Diffusion hardware includes:
- 4 Genelec 1031 active speakers
- 3 d&b D12 amplifiers
- 4 d&b Q10 loudspeakers
- 2 d&b Q-SUB subwoofers
- 2 Mackie 1604 mixers
- 2 ATC100 active speakers (shared with Edinburgh University and the RSAMD)
- 2 ATC50 active speakers (shared with Edinburgh University and the RSAMD)


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Dr. Bittings has been providing expert eye care to Carroll County for almost 25 years. Prior to this, he was a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health – Gerontology Research Center. He holds degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as well as Vision Science. He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree in 1995. He is a member of the American Optometric Society and is Board Certified by both the National Board of Examiners in Optometry and the American Board of Clinical Optometry. Dr Dr Bittings diagnoses, manages and treats eye disease as well as providing Emergency Eye Care, Primary Eye Care, Contact Lenses and Eyeglass exams. His eye exams are comprehensive and utilize the latest technology. Born and raised in Maryland, he is a caring and compassionate doctor.
Questions are welcome and encouraged. I enjoy educating my patients about their vision. I find the human eye and sight fascinating. Did you know that of all the cranial nerves that control our bodies, half are related to the eyes? (Compared to one cranial nerve for speech, respiration, heart rate & digestion.)


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Corvo Island forms, together with Flores, the Western Group of the Azores archipelago and also marks the most northern point of Macaronesia. Just like Flores, Corvo is situated on the North American Plate.
It is relatively small with only 17.11 square kilometres and rising 718 meters above the sea. With 468 inhabitants in the single settlement of Vila do Corvo it is the smallest municipality in the Azores. UNESCO has declared Corvo a World Biosphere Reserve.
In Corvo Island, one marine protected area (MPA) is established and surrounds the entire island (approximately 260 square kilometres). The aim of the Costa do Corvo MPA is to sustainably manage resources, particularly fishing.


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Twenty years after Ottawa shut down Newfoundland's once-thriving northern cod fishery, a growing number of scientists, fishermen and environmentalists say there are signs the fish are finally coming back.
George Rose, director of the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research at Memorial University in St. John's, said recent research indicates the cod are living longer and getting bigger, thanks mainly to warmer water temperatures.
"In particular, this year we're seeing evidence that a lot of the real negative signs in the cod stocks that have been with us for 20 years are turning around," Rose said in an interview Friday.
"Biologically, ecologically we're seeing a major shift back to a system that will eventually become dominated by capelin (a staple of the cod diet) and cod. ... I think we are seeing the beginnings of a recovery now."
Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the federal government's decision to impose a moratorium on the 400-year-old fishery. At the time, the cod population off Newfoundland's north and east coasts had crashed after decades of overfishing, mismanagement and changing environmental conditions.
As processing plants closed and boats were tied up, many communities in rural Newfoundland lost their economic lifeline. Within a year, the entire $700-million enterprise — and way of life — was gone.
In all, more than 30,000 people lost their jobs as the moratorium was eventually extended to much of Atlantic Canada. It was the single-largest mass layoff in Canadian history.
The moratorium was supposed to last two years.
Two decades later, the fishing ban appears to be paying off.
"We're seeing that the fish are living beyond five or six years of age," said Rose, part of a team that earlier this month completed a six-week voyage aboard the research vessel Celtic Explorer, which the provincial government leased from the Marine Institute of Ireland.
Rose says ocean temperatures off the coast of Labrador were up to 2 C higher than normal in some places. "That's a huge difference in the ocean. It's quite astounding."
The professor, who has studied the fishery for almost 30 years, was careful to note his observations are preliminary and the recovery of the cod appears to be limited to certain areas.
"But in some areas we're seeing this rebound coming. That's the first time that we've seen this in decades."
However, the federal Fisheries Department is taking a cautious approach, though its scientists are aware of the latest evidence.
Don Power, the department's head of groundfish research in St. John's, said the northern cod stock remains 90 per cent below levels measured in the 1980s.
"There's a poor prognosis for the stock and recovery," he said in an interview. "We're still a good ways down into this critical zone."
Power confirmed there are some encouraging signs for the cod, with some improvement recorded between 2005 and 2009.
"Things seem to be turning to more favourable conditions for building to occur," he said. "But the ability for a stock to reproduce itself when it's at such a low level — it's going to still take some time to get back to where it was before the moratorium."
While it's true the cod appear to be living longer, he said, the fish don't appear to be reproducing at a faster rate.
Still, the province's largest fishermen's union says there is reason for optimism, particularly when it comes to the warmer ocean temperatures.
Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union, said fishermen are seeing larger cod and more capelin, and he agrees that parts of the ocean are getting warmer.
"It's a changing regime, he said, noting that landings for shrimp and crab — species that crave cold water — have dropped in some places.
"I think it's possible that we'll have (a commercial cod fishery). But who will live to see it or what the time frame will be is another matter. I certainly wouldn't rule that out."
Robert Rangeley, Atlantic vice-president for the World Wildlife Fund, said the conservation group is encouraged by the prospects for a cod recovery.
"There's positive signs, but we're not ready for the reopening of a fishery any time soon," Rangeley said. "But from a biological point of view, it looks like a recovery might be possible. ... In the next five years or so it might be possible to start looking at a fishery."
Rangeley says the recovery has been held back by unusually cold ocean temperatures, overfishing by foreign trawlers outside Canada's 200-mile limit and lax enforcement of rules regarding bycatch — the fish that are caught unintentionally.
In Isle aux Morts on the south coast of Newfoundland, Elizabeth Harvey and her husband Doug have watched as their town has shrunk from 1,500 to 600 residents since the moratorium was imposed.
There are four cod fishermen left in the village.
Harvey said she's heard about a cod comeback, but she remains skeptical.
Federal and provincial government have not done enough to curb foreign overfishing, she said. As well, she said nothing is being done about the expanding population of harp seals, which many fisherman blame for eating too many cod.
"There is more cod now than what it was in 1992 ... but it's not back to the way it used to be," she said. "I don't think you're ever going to see it back to that. It's heartbreaking when you look back on 20 years."
Her two sons wanted to be fishermen, but both have moved away — one to Nova Scotia, where he works in a hardware store, the other to Port aux Basques, N.L., where he is looking for work.
"I only wish that something could happen to bring the people back home."
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Former NSSF board chairman has case to answer
Kampala. The Anti-Corruption Court has ruled that former board chairperson of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Geoffrey Onegi-Obel has a case to answer regarding the bungled Nsimbe Housing Project.
Judge Margaret Tibulya yesterday said the evidence presented by the prosecution is sufficient to put Mr Onegi-Obel on trial.
"I have perused the prosecution evidence and defence submissions and I have formed a view that there are some explanations that have to be made by the accused (Mr Onegi-Obel)," ruled Judge Tibulya. "You are therefore put on defence" she added.Having a case to answer does not mean Mr Obel is guilty but means the charges against him are not far-fetched and therefore require him to defend himself. It means that court can rely on such evidence to convict the accused if he decided not to give his defence.
However, Mr Obel was not ready to make his defence. The case was adjourned to July 10 for the hearing. Prosecution says Mr Onegi-Obel between 2003 and 2005, while board chair of NSSF floated, on behalf of NSSF, an illegal private business firm, Premier Developments Ltd, as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) which he and others used to enter a joint venture for a housing project with Mugoya Estates, a private company.
Prosecution further claims the joint venture was made without competitive bidding and the project cost was inflated.The excess money paid to Mugoya Estates was more than Shs5 billion.
This was after the ministry of Works, assessed the developments at Nsimbe and found the work done was worth Shs1.2 billion yet Mugoya had received Shs6.8 billion.
His co-accusedMr Onegi-Obel was initially charged with Mr Leonard Mpuuma, former MD for NSSF and former Labour minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru who is now in exile and businessman James Isabirye. However, in March 2008, the charges against Mr Mpuuma were dropped after he pleaded guilty to causing a financial loss of Shs100 million and was fined.
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"Women on Boards and Women in the Media - fate or choice?"
Women on Boards
"A number of studies from business actors suggest that companies with a higher share of women at top levels deliver stronger organizational and financial performance" – will the words of Viviane Reding be confirmed on the Polish market? What are the best methods to increase diversity in the Management of Polish companies??
Women in Media
The aim of the project is to promote experts from various fields, who could increase the number of women in the media, news and current affairs programs. Increasing the visibility of women in the media is imperative for improving the quality of social debates.
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Among the main participants:
Prof. M. Fuszara, Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment Academia and the private sector
Organised by PWN Warsaw - 17th of June in Warsaw, Poland
at the Sofitel Warsaw
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During a special devotional on August 12, David Archuleta performed "Come, Come Ye Saints" for missionaries in South Auckland, New Zealand, and shared experiences from his mission in Chile. For related reading, check out our exclusive interview with David Archuleta here. Or, learn more about what David look's for in a wife or listen to him sing this great Disney duet.
For more music from David Archuleta, order "Begin" from Deseret Book today!
Created to musically portray his connection to God, this album is filled with some of modern music's most moving contemporary songs such as "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan, and "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper.
These songs, together with a selection of upbeat melodies such as "Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2 and a completely original, never-before-heard song written by David, make this album truly unique.


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And another nice day in the Morbihan Breton as we were back at Skellig for a day of football/soccer.
This is indeed a nice sports bar and friendly service where the folks recognize right away on the second coming. It is in the Atlantville business park in Vannes right next to the cinéville or cinema parc lann . More on it here: http://en.tourisme-vannes.com/activities/with-children/195981-cineville-parc-lann
The Atlanville area restaurants where Skellig is located is here: http://www.atlanville.fr/le-skellig
The place is open everyday from 17H or 5pm and closes from midnight to 2h on Fridays and Saturdays to 01h on Sundays to Monday. The selection of drinks and specially beers is great and TV sport screens are all over with a big one in the central galley.
You walk in thru a narrow entrance after passing the small terrace outdoors and upon entering the bar is on your left, the big screen TV is in the central galley and there is another section in the back and right hand side, the toilets are in the back right back area and very clean.
Of course, we were there for the big Premier league match between Manchester United and Chelsea, 6th and 1st in the league respectively. My oldest son is a fan of MU, so we went for the go. He came out happy as MU won 2×0 dominating the entire game! Happy camper indeed!!!
They offered lunch and dinner and have formules menu. We dad the beers Guinness, Affligem, Kilkerny, and cold cuts sausages of wild pigs. There is a variety of sausages to go alone with your drinks.
The area is family oriented and very safe, we go there a lot to eat in the restaurants around it like Tablapizza, Brooklyn Café, Hippopotamus, and Kergalette. More on them here: http://www.atlanville.fr/
In all a wonderful evening ,night or late afternoon to share with your family; I did with my 3 boys , a lovely time to spent together. A nice place to stop by when around Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany, France ::)
Something more to bring you over ,Vannes
Have a great Sunday y'all, Cheers.


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To connect better with your customers, make sure they get to the point quickly, use brief sentences or bullet points whenever possible, and clearly state your CTA so that your readers understand your intention as quickly and clearly as possible.
Every Word Matters
Given the short attention span and impatience of email readers, you have only a few moments to get the point of your email across. That means ever word has to count.
Good persuasive writing understands what motivates the reader. As you compose your email, consider what your readers want when they are reading it. Convince them that their best interests are at the heart of the email.
Call to Action
You must be very clear about what you want the reader to do, when you want them to do it and why they should do it, especially in light of how it benefits them.
It's best to give your readers a motivation to follow your CTA by always explaining exactly what's in it for them.
Proving High-Value Content
When people read your email, they are giving you both their time and attention. Respect the value of each. Make it worth their while by providing high-value content that includes information they will actually find useful.
Delivering high-value content can increase the chances of their opening and reading future emails that you send.
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How to Earn Credibility, Influence as CIO
Deloitte research reveals that CIOs working in high-performing companies prioritize certain actions more than their peers. Applying their lessons learned, however, is as much about the journey as the destination.
CIOs in high-performing companies (HPCs) tend to do things differently from their peers in other companies, according to research from Deloitte's CIO Program. The program conducted a global survey of more than 1,200 CIOs in which it identified HPCs strictly through a single measure: They beat Standard & Poor's S&P 500 index by 10 percent or more for the past three years. Researchers compared the responses of CIOs from HPCs to all other survey respondents, with two questions in mind: Do HPC CIOs do things differently from their peers? If so, how are they are adding value?
In their collective responses a meaningful trend emerged: CIOs in HPCs have different priorities than their survey peers. They prioritize performance and growth over cost as top business initiatives. They consider relationships with the CFO and business unit leaders as more important to their success than their survey peers. They invest in grooming, motivating, and engaging talent, and consider talent development a personal strength—one that will enable them to have the greatest effect on their businesses. They focus on customer experience as a competitive differentiator, and they link cybersecurity and privacy investments to growth and customers.
Perhaps as a result of these priorities, CIOs in HPCs are treated differently by their organizations—they have more budget control and strategic input and, typically, more credibility and influence. In this article, the second in a two-part series, we share the prerequisites to thinking like an HPC CIO.
More Credibility, More Influence
Our research shows that HPCs increase their CIOs' budgets about 15 percent more than do all others surveyed, and give their CIOs budget control 12 percent more often. They also involve their CIOs in strategic decisions more often, and HPC CIOs participate in M&A transactions nearly 20 percent more than other CIOs surveyed. Ultimately, such CIOs have more credibility and influence.
Kroger, an HPC retail food chain, exemplifies this outcome. In addition to his role as CIO overseeing indirect sourcing, corporate travel, customer support, and R&D, Christopher Hjelm has recently been promoted to executive vice president in charge of the supermarket chain's acquired analytics subsidiary, 84.51⁰. Hjelm's focus on data analytics is part of a broader strategy to continually listen to and incorporate feedback from customers, and ultimately serve them across in-store, print, and mobile channels. His promotion didn't happen overnight—it took four years of focusing on operational performance, building talent, and executing consistently with an eye toward enabling business innovation (particularly in customer experience and engagement).
"We went through an initial phase that focused on operational excellence. Next, we focused on overhauling talent, especially leadership, and then maturing the organization in terms of execution," says Hjelm. "Finally, we focused on innovation."
What does it take to apply the lessons of HPC CIOs? Our interviews with CIOs from HPCs uncovered a simple truth: The journey determines the destination.
Prerequisites for Applying the HPC Mindset
As CIOs across the board confront the challenges of near-constant change in their organizations, they can glean insights from the ways leaders of HPCs are shaping their CIO roles. But keep in mind that the data describes only the destination, not the journey. Many of the HPC CIOs interviewed emphasized that they had to pave the way, sometimes for years, before they were entrusted with the more exciting work. Here are some prerequisites to consider:
Get the operational house in order before focusing on performance and growth. Often HPC CIOs can afford to prioritize performance and growth initiatives over cost reduction because they already have smooth, efficiently run operations. CIOs who are not meeting basic expectations for reliability and efficiency will have more difficulty pursuing top-line initiatives.
Establish credibility with peers before expecting "a seat at the table." CIOs often focus on earning a seat at the table by delivering on their commitments and ensuring operational excellence. CIOs of HPCs differentiated themselves by building strong relationships with CFOs and business unit leaders in particular, which helped them gain influence and credibility in their organizations.
Build and reinforce a high-performance culture before attracting high-performing talent. Talent is critical for CIO success; having the confidence and ability to delegate critical tasks to the team allows CIOs to focus on leadership rather than management. But if the organizational culture or operating model does not support the expectations of talented employees and limits their growth potential, they are more likely to leave.
Make internal customers happy before focusing on external customers. The focus on external customers allows for better engagement and growth. But a CIO's first priority is to equip internal customers with the tools and capabilities to do their jobs well. If the basic needs of sales, marketing, and other internal functions are not met, external customers will likely suffer as well.
Embed security and privacy in business operations before linking it to growth and customers. More often than not, security and privacy controls are an afterthought because the business does not want to slow down other initiatives. Embedding security controls as part of other projects requires maturity in basic security operations, a clear understanding of risk, and an ability to think outside the box to meet business needs for flexibility and agility.
As demonstrated by the HPC CIO research findings, prioritizing certain aspects of the CIO's role— performance and growth, talent, strategic relationships, customer engagement, and cybersecurity—can aid CIOs in achieving more credibility and influence within their organization. However, benefiting from a focus on these priorities requires that a sufficient foundation is put in place first.
—by Khalid Kark, CIO Program research director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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In a state where religious sentiment and superstition is common among politicians, Karnataka's new Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah began his tenure by meeting writers.
Vicky Nanjappa finds out why.
Previous Karnataka chief ministers have chosen to visit religious mutts soon after being appointed to the post.
K Siddaramaiah chose to be different.
Two days before taking the oath of office, he called on some of Karnataka's stellar writers, seeking advice and guidance.
Every one of those writers was present at Monday's swearing-in ceremony -- they had been personally invited by the chief minister.
Siddaramaiah first called on octogenarian Rashtrakavi G S Shivarudrappa at his Banashankari home, inquired about his health and sought his blessings.
Shivarudrappa told Siddaramaiah that he always had the writer's blessings, but Karnataka should be made livable for all.
Siddaramaiah's next destination was the home of Jnanpith Award-winning novelist U R Ananthmurthy, who had described the Congress as the 'lesser evil' (when compared with the state's other political parties) during the election campaign and had appealed to voters to endorse the party.
Siddaramaiah then met playwright and poet Chandrashekhar Kambar, another Jnanpith awardee. After blessing Siddaramaiah, Kambar asked the chief minister to approve the Unicode software support for Kannada.
The files, Kambar complained, were gathering dust for three years and he had not been able to get approval for the same. Siddaramaiah agreed to make this possible.
One remarkable writer Siddaramaiah did not meet was S L Bhyrappa.
Siddaramaiah's supporters were non-committal on why the chief minister did not call on Bhyrappa.
The talk in Bengaluru is that Bhyrappa was left out because of his rightist leanings which may not appeal to the awowed left-of-Centre Siddaramaiah.
The chief minister feels he started off on a correct note by calling on the writers. When other political leaders meet with religious leaders, Siddaramaiah felt he should start off on a different note.
Siddaramaiah has constantly steered clear of religion. He believes he needs the blessings of the people instead of divine solace.
He does not provide his date of birth when people ask about it so that they can study his horoscope. He says he does not know the date since his father, a shepherd, does not remember it.
His school logs show an entry of August 12, 1948. This, the chief minister adds, was only noted down for the school records.


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Against the ArchiveSatpreet Kahlon (MFA SC 2019)
This poem was written to accompany Against the Archive: A Solo Exhibition by Satpreet Kahlon, on view through January 30, 2019, at Brown University's Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender. The exhibition includes a scanner placed on a studio stool that rocks with the scanner's motion, creating print-outs whose glitches suggest the possibility of opening a space in the archive for gendered and racialized bodies who have thus far been underrepresented.
i wonder and don't wonder about the history of
this room, this house, its namesake
the people who have lived here and laughed
here and quite possibly died here.
i wonder and don't wonder, because i know.
what i will find, if i go searching. i know what i
will find, and what will not
be findable.
tired of my fingers tracing the same lines that
make up the same words that make up the
same story that i see myself haunting only in
the spaces between the sentences, the place
where the ink leaves the page untouched.
can the absence paint a picture?
can the descendants of the absence read the
picture if its painted?
when your eyes trace the changing light on
your bedroom ceiling on a morning when the
absence has made an anchor of your chest,
do you wonder what the light must know and
remember? carrying with it an eon of
knowledge of a universe gone by.
does it hit your upturned face, your silent body,
and think how similar you look to your
the way her nose curved to the left, her brows
sat low on her face, the way her body was an
anchor too, sometimes.
can you hold that light somehow and use it to
undo the heavy knot of absence that moors you
- containing the multitude of histories and fu-
tures you can never know or imagine - a long
black thread pulled from the back of your throat
that comes and comes and keeps coming
what can the light tell you that you do not know?
what can the light tell you that you do not know?
does it remember the silence? the space be-
tween words, closed lips, between bodies in
repose, between borders made and erased and
made again uncrossable?
could it paint you a picture?
would you recognize that picture if it were ever
Born in India, raised in the Midwest, and having lived most of her adult life on the West Coast, Satpreet Khalon has amassed a complicated geographical cultural identity, which includes a love for organic produce, superfoods, and hiking that complements, rather than rivals, her love for ornate gold jewelry, Punjabi Bhangra, cheesy potatoes, and saying things like, "Yeah, it's cold, but have you ever walked two miles to class in a Michigan winter?"


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Automatik Plastics Machinery: Award for Energy Efficiency
Plastics Technology China awarded Automatik Plastics Machinery, Grossostheim, Germany, a prize for an "innovative, energy saving processing machine for the Chinese Plastics Industry". This award recognizes the efforts of Automatik's engineers in 2010 who, during development work, went to great lengths to turn the company's Sphero underwater pelletizer into a energy-efficient cutting system, with particular attention being given to the following areas:
By modifying both the cutting chamber and the knife hub geometries Automatik substantially reduced the energy consumption of the pelletizer. The company also developed a new, thermally insulating "SuperFlow" die plate that decreases melt pressure more than 20% compared to standard die plates. This positively impacts the energy consumption of previously installed machines such as an extruder. Further, Automatik provided other special devices that maximize energy efficiencies while enabling the recapture of consequent waste heat, which can then be used downstream for subsequent crystallization processes or to heat up office space and common areas.
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Profissão: I am a case manager working with clients who are experiencing homelessness and helping them become independent in the community.
Experiência de ensino: Growing up I had plenty of younger cousins to help with their homework and teach what they did not understand. I currently help my nephew with reading books after he is done with his homework so he can familiarize himself with different words. I do not having teaching experience per say however I have been in school for many years and have experience in that manner.
Interesses: Hello!
My name is Sabrina and I love to watch movies and go bowling with my friends. I love doing my nails and playing soccer. I played soccer from the age of three years old till about nineteen. I have no children but I do have a five year old Havanese (dog). I love to travel and try different foods.
Educação: Currently in Graduate School for a Masters of Science Degree in Criminal Justice at The University of New Haven.
Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from the University of Bridgeport.
TESOL Certified.
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Small Business Saturday, What are you doing?
Across the United States the Saturday following Thanksgiving (November 26, 2016) is known as "Small Business Saturday".
It's a day when shoppers are encouraged to support their local small businesses. It's a great time as a small business owner to pull in new customers that would normally pass you by to shop at the national chain stores.
So what are you doing this year to entice those shoppers into your small business?
Here are some ideas that you might find interesting:
1.) Make sure you have your Google My Business listing in place.
If you do a search for your business name and city on Google does it show you additional detail about your business at the top or side of the page?
If so, make sure all of your details are in place such as address, phone number, hours of operation, etc.
If not, then go to http://google.com/business to set up your Google My Business profile.
2.) Come up with "door buster" or "limited time" offers like the big stores do for Black Friday.
"The first 20 shoppers will receive an additional 10% off their purchase"
"We will be giving away a $20 Visa Gift Card to one lucky Small Business Saturday shopper. Enter to win when you visit us on November 26th."
3.) Co-ordinate with other local small businesses and cross promote each other's Small Business Saturday specials in your marketing, Facebook pages, etc.
This would encourage shoppers to visit more than one local small business. This would also help cross-promote your business with customers that you might not normally attract.
Since I live in Jackson, GA this could look something like:
- Jeri's Eclectic Mercantile – Give 10% off purchase with receipt from Mesquite Mexican Restaurant
- Mesquite Mexican Restaurant – Free Chess Dip with receipt from Belle Bottoms
- Belle Bottoms – Free monogram with receipt from Jeri's Eclectic Merchantile
(These are just examples and not real promotions)
4.) Be sure to promote the heck out of whatever you decide to do.
Just posting it once on your Facebook page doesn't cut it nowadays. Less than 25% of your Facebook fans will see your business posts so post often and if you really want to get the word out boost your posts to get more reach. It only costs a few dollars and can be well worth it.
So, what are you planning for Small Business Saturday?


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This week has been an interesting week....
On monday I failed to listen to my intuition and now need $2000 to fix my car.
Monday morning, at around lunch time, I felt a strong, powerful feeling in the pit of my stomach which told me not to drive my car that afternoon in peek hour traffic. It was so strong that I actually rang my Osteopath and cancelled my 5:30 appointment with her. But I chose still to not listen... I thought to myself, "Oh I'll just pop up to work, its…Continue
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Arsene Wenger is not interested in taking Robin van Persie back to Arsenal.
The Manchester United striker could be on the move this summer and has been heavily linked with a return to the Emirates.
But it is understood that the Gunners boss has ruled it out even though agents are trying to push a deal.
The Frenchman recently refused to comment on it publicly when quizzed which only heightened the speculation.
Van Persie, 30, left the Emirates in 2012 after releasing a statement questioning the club's ambition and has become public enemy No1 among fans.
The Dutchman won the Premier League title in his first season at Old Trafford but has struggled with injuries this term and several top clubs are now eyeing him for a summer move.
Italian giants Juventus are as keen on Van Persie as they were when he left Arsenal but United outbid them after signing him for £24m.
Red Devils boss David Moyes has denied any rift with his striker who would miss out on a £10m loyalty bonus if he was to leave this summer with two years left on his contract.
Arsenal's main summer target is Schalke's Julian Draxler and they remain hopeful even though the £37m price tag was the sticking point in January.
They were keen on Loic Remy last summer but did not make a move because of off-the-field issues but could now revive their interest.
The French forward, who is currently on loan at Newcastle has an £8m release in his contract.
Arsenal's No2 keeper Lukasz Fabianski will get the chance to impress in Germany against Bayern Munich.
Polish international Fabianski, in for the suspended Wojciech Szczesny, is a free agent this summer and wanted by Schalke.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are set to play in New York this summer in a friendly with Red Bulls in a likely tie-up with record goalscorer Thierry Henry.
They may also play in Washington.


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|The flotsam of dead weeds appeared daunting upon launching the
Water Master Grizzly, but it skimmed through fairly easily. The summer
and early fall weeds can be quite bothersome on Wayne Kirch
|A lovely late-season rainbow. Dacey continues to produce nice trout,
like this one of about 16 inches.
|The mid-length Fishpond Nomad composite landing net makes it much
easier to net large or difficult fish, especially when reaching over the
Water Master bladder tubes.
While it was a slow start, I was able to bring twelve fish to the net. There were but a handful that never saw the net; they were long-distance-releases (LDRs) as the angling vernacular likes to call it when the once hooked fish successfully throws, rubs off, or otherwise pulls out the hook so that your line, rod, and angling excitement all go slack at the very same moment. LDRs are especially annoying when they occur after 15 seconds or longer of fighting to land a yet unseen fish that is presumed to be of larger proportions based on the struggle. Of course, a LDR coupled with an unseen fish most often results in an embellishment.
< 10"
10" - 11.9"
12" - 13.9"
14" - 15.9"
Partly because of the weather forecast and partly because expectations are that advancing cooler fall temperatures help to reduce the weed nuisance, I expected to see other anglers. While getting into the reservoir at 8:30 AM I noted two anglers in one boat (with an outboard motor) and two other anglers in float tubes that looked like Fish Cats. By about 10:00 AM the two anglers in float tubes departed, and they were replaced with another two anglers in a boat (also with an outboard motor). We were then joined by two guys in kayaks around 11:30 AM. The two boats eventually left me with the two anglers in kayaks, who were still fishing when I got out of the water at 2:30 PM. When you're fishing on big reservoirs it's darn near impossible to keep track of what everyone else is catching while you're minding your own business at hand, but my impression was that everyone was catching something, although nothing close to 20-inches due to the lack of obvious "whooping and hollering." Counting me, there were nine of us who fished Dacey between 8:30 AM and 2:30 PM, but it never felt crowded.
|I never grow tired of seeing the herons prowling the shoreline, although
I wish they'd leave more trout for anglers.
For you angler-holics, I fished all day with my 9-foot, 7-weight rod using a full fast-sink line and a 4x tippet (I was prepared to fight anything I hooked right through the weeds with this heavy outfit). I used a variety of flies, from damsel and beaded nymphs to fancy woolly buggers and streamers. No one fly pattern seemed to work much better than the next; it was mostly about finding where the fish were, not the fly they were most interested in.
|I landed three trout in the 15 to 16 inch range. All of them were very
acrobatic, which has always been a trademark of Kirch's rainbows.
Our exchange made me ponder my expectations when planning outdoor adventures. I tend to romanticize my thoughts of these journeys. My memory selectively recalls the good stuff, suppresses the bad stuff. So much so that when planning a trip my mind creates a mosaic of all my best memories of the place I'm revisiting which can often lead to unrealistic expectations. Today's Dacey trip illustrates this hopeful defect. In my very first Dacey fishing trips (September and October of 2013), I landed 12 trout in total that ranged from 18 inches to 22 inches. You read that right, none of the 12 trout was shorter than 18 inches. We could argue the 2013 fish count was low, but when their size is factored into the equation the anticipation of a repeat would make anyone crazy with desire… which is likely what my kayak blog reader was thinking. Surely you can imagine how a day like today (9 total trout between 10 and 16 inches) fails to measure up to the excitement and pleasure I recall from those first visits in the fall of 2013.
|One of the smaller rainbow trout of about 13 or 14 inches.
I suspect that many of you reading this post can relate to what I'm saying. Every year it becomes more obvious to me that my historical experiences continue to build. It should be obvious to everyone that the experiential adulthood memories of a 60-year-old are four-times as many as a 30-year-old (when arbitrarily using age 20 as the adult threshold). The emotions and excitement of those "first experiences" seem hard to top, and we can feel disappointed when the "new pinnacles" are fewer and farther between. But it doesn't have to be that way.
I admit to occasionally feeling the same. Keeping within the angling context, what meaning is there in pursuit of the most and largest fish? What is gained in that endeavor, and is that vanity the reason I feel dissatisfied on occasion? Non-anglers would likely state their belief that fishing is indeed a vain and futile action... but then, they've never tried fly fishing.
You can see Solomon's point that continued pursuit of an earthly goal can never satisfy us. Without God in our lives, we become self-centered creatures living to attain our own man-made goals that, much like fishing destinations, grow old and unsatisfying with time. Eventually, time runs out, we die, and the world turns, turns, turns.
But there is hope. If not the worldly stuff "under the sun," what is a worthy pursuit in our lives? I submit being reunited and reconciled with God, through Jesus Christ, is the ultimate purpose in our lives. In Ecclesiastes 3:9-22, Solomon goes on to tell us that God controls His world, not us. Everything we experience He designed to direct us toward Him. He is the answer to our desires, not the earthly stuff "under the sun," for it is all temporal. Then, in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Solomon delivers his final advice for an eternally happy life:
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.


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I am often amazed by how much life changes; particularly, how time keeps going regardless of what is happening in each of our respective lives.
Think about it. At this moment someone is experiencing a family and/or personal crisis; yet, I am constructing a post about how time stops for no one. Furthermore, I could be experiencing a crisis at the moment and you would not know.
In the United States, the only country I have personal experience with, we are in many ways encouraged to put ourselves first. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this (said the person who only has experience with the United States as a country); however, when we are in crisis mode many of us long for a sense of community.
Or at the very least, we wish that people would realize just how crazy our lives are at the moment. In my experience, it is true that we often have individuals who acknowledge our crisis at least once, however, only those experiencing that crisis with us continue to be "in it" with us or empathize with us.
As I write I can think of a multitude of crises that my loved ones (friends and family) are currently in and if I expand my thoughts to individuals I know or associate with in some form, the multitude of crises increases —- but I cannot say that my personal daily life is directly impacted by these individuals' crises. Honestly, it would be false for me to suggest that I even think of the various crises that individuals are facing as I go about my daily life.
However, when I am the one experiencing a crisis I wonder why people are not "with me" in my crisis or why it seems that no one realizes I am in the midst of a crisis…then I remember that my crises impact the lives of individuals as much as their crises impact my life…very little, if at all. Therefore, although the crises may be all consuming in my life, it may barely reach another person's radar.
Time keeps going and life continues to go forward even in the midst of our crises. I definitely needed someone to tell me that during my adolescent years!


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It has been raining pretty bad, and our sheep don't really have any shelter. So I decided to move our little kid (baby goat) with his mom into the shop; no problem. They have been hanging out in there at night for the past month or so. I also wanted to catch our 2 lambs and their mom, to put them inside as well. Well, the lambs won. They are still outside (shivering) and I.... well You can see! This is the result of me trying to catch lambs, who don't want to be caught, in a muddy field.
To make matters worse, it's supposed to snow tonight! Of course all of this has to happen when Joe is out of town!! Luckily Joe's dad is coming over to build a little temporary shelter for us. I don't know what I would have done without his help!
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Magda: Fabric 49
The Polish-born, Detroit-bred Richie Hawtin prodegee delivers her Italian horror film virtual-soundtrack.
Magda is a Polish-born DJ who grew up in Texas, New York City, and Detroit. She came to fame under the wing of Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, who himself relocated from England to Canada as a child. Hawtin's home of Windsor, Ontario, is right across the Detroit River from the Motor City, and both Hawtin and Magda were influenced by the stark yet powerful sound of original Detroit techno.
You can either thank or blame producers like Hawtin and Magda, and Hawtin's Minus label, for helping create and popularize the "minimal" techno sound. Or maybe both. In the mid-1990s, minimal was a fresh alternative to the busy, frenetic sounds of "big beat" and drum'n'bass. But now the onetime sub-genre seems to be more the rule than the exception, with diminishing returns. A case in point is Magda's addition to the esteemed Fabric series of mixes. It's solid and well-crafted. You can hear Magda's painstaking effort to make sure everything sounds just so. Yet it doesn't make you want to do anything more than shrug or, occasionally, nod your head softly. This is head music, alright. Music to do math to.
Magda has said Fabric 49 was inspired by the often harrowing, heavily atmospheric music of vintage Italian horror movie soundtracks. She intended her mix to play out like one of these soundtracks as well, and in some ways it does. Abstract, sometimes chilling sound effects snake their way through the mix, and doomy minor chords are prevalent. But soundtrack music is by nature background music, designed to complement the action on the screen but rarely overtake it. The main problem with Fabric 49 is there's nothing for it to enhance. While it's atmospheric, the atmosphere alone never develops an identity and can't sustain interest. Magda has put together an impressive roster of like-minded artists, about half of them from the Minus label. Still, while it's much better to dance to, Fabric 49 can't match the beauty, intensity, and diversity of Italian soundtrack heroes like Goblin and Riz Ortolani, though Goblin are featured on a couple tracks.
Magda's style is nothing if not intricate and well-balanced. To her credit, Magda hasn't rushed things as so many DJ mixes do. Each of the 15 tracks is given plenty of room to breathe, with nothing clocking in at less than a few minutes. Each track on Fabric 49 is actually a combination of two or three cuts, mixed together into one piece. To call these "mash-ups" would be inaccurate, because there aren't many vocals and Magda's selections transcend novelty.
While this set-up makes discussing individual tracks nearly impossible, there are a couple relative standouts. Not surprisingly, Goblin helps provides one of these. The 1970s prog-rockers-turned-soundtrack-maestros provide the creepy detuned piano and off-kilter synths, while Magda's own, aptly-titled "Moroder's Revenge" supplies the synth arpeggio and pulsing, dark disco bassline. The Swiss duo Yello are one of the more fascinating yet often-overlooked pioneers of conceptual, heavily atmospheric electronic music. Magda gives them the props they deserve, though, citing them as a major influence and pairing their coyly forceful "Heavy Whispers" from 1983 with Marc Houle's contemporary "Profounding". Forgoing the usual "comedown" finale, Magda instead closes the mix with Jimmy Edgar's "Beat Squared"/Jan Jelinek's "Tierbeobachtungen", whose punchy rhythm and synth blasts clearly nod back to the vintage sounds of Detroit, as well as Factory Records' Be Music productions of the 1980s. These tracks have a sense of purpose all their own, one that functions outside the virtual soundtrack setting and one the rest of Fabric 49 is lacking.
Taken as a whole, Fabric 49 is one of those mixes that is more admirable than it is truly enjoyable. Fans of Minus and minimal techno in general will find plenty of previously-unreleased tracks and unsigned producers here, and movie producers should take note, too. There's a fine soundtrack out there in search of a good, smart horror film.


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Heavy Rain
Lee Perry
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- On-U Sound
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ... heavyweight "weirdo" dub .... amazing sound, amazing music ... future mania-classic!
"Heavy Rain'' is a dub companion to the critically-acclaimed Rainford album that sees the Upsetter and co-producer Adrian Sherwood radically re-version the original tapes with a host of guest musicians including Brian Eno and Vin Gordon.
If Rainford is 2019's Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread then Heavy Rain is it's Super Ape.
As well as highlighting the deft musicianship of the original backing band on the Rainford sessions (which include core On-U luminaries from Creation Rebel, Tackhead and Dub Syndicate) these re-works also invite some further players into the cosmic mix.
Brian Eno makes an unexpected right channel entry into "Here Come The Warm Dreads", a heavily processed sound system overhaul of Rainford highlight "Makumba Rock", cheekily re-titled as a nod to Eno's own debut solo album. This completes a circle started in 1981 with African Head Charge's My Life In A Hole In The Ground similarly referencing the contemporary collaboration between Eno and David Byrne, and their "vision of a psychedelic Africa". Elsewhere, legendary trombonist Vin Gordon (one of the hornsmen on Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus amongst many other classic sides) lends his distinctively woozy blowing to tracks such as "Rattling Bones And Crowns" (a late night flipside to "Kill Them Dreams Money Worshippers") and "Crickets In Moonlight" ("Cricket In The Moon" refracted through some beautifully louche late summer heat haze lens). On the closest the album has to a title track, "Heavy Rainford" strips back the narrative from "Autobiography Of The Upsetter" to ride the rhythm with all sorts of mixing desk tricks, anchored by the killer "I Am The Upsetter" hook from LSK. It's important to note that it's not all Rainford re-works though: "Dreams Come True" and "Above And Beyond" are Scratch and Sherwood originals, heard here for the first time and equally strong material for this purple patch in the career of an unstoppable Jamaican maverick and true musical pioneer.


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It used to be that having a slick resume and some nice letterhead was all a job seeker needed to get an interview. Not anymore. The web has become more important in every facet of our lives, to the point that it can even affect a job search. In other words, if you're a job seeker, you need to think about how your profile is appearing online, and what the search engines are saying about you to future employers.
One great way for job seekers to take control of their online profile is to build their own personal website. You don't have to create a super-complicated site with 8 million pages and flash navigation; just an overview of your skills, your experience, and what you're looking for can help you stand out in a job search. Need more convincing? Check out these additional reasons to build your own website.
Job Seekers, You should have a personal website because …
A website is easy to build
No, really. You don't have to be an HTML and programming wizard to build a site that will look professional, display your information, and help future employers learn more about you. Many of the blogging platforms, such as Word Press and Typepad, offer templates you can follow to create a clean, simple website that features your contact information, your bio, your resume, and your blog. Best of all, these sites make it easy to update or make changes to your site, and host all of your files and information for a low monthly fee. (And if you want to get a little more industrious or customized, you can always hire a designer to help you with your blog look, feel, and functionality.)
Bonus tip: If you're still not sure about building a personal website, a great way to dip your toe in the water is to build a LinkedIn or Brazen Careerist profile. You can make parts of these profiles public (your work experience, career summary, or education), which future employers will be able to find if they search for you.
It will help you get found
Have you ever Googled yourself? (I bet you have.) What did you find? Some random links to Facebook photos and possibly a program from your 10-year high school reunion?
By building a website that features your name in the URL, you'll have more control over what hiring managers and future employers see if they Google you before (or after) an initial interview. Having a website and blog can push those unrelated sites further down in the rankings, allowing a summary of your career to ride at the top of the search results.
A blog can help you stand out
Future bosses and hiring managers want to see that you know your industry inside and out – what better way to show them than by starting your own blog? By posting several thoughtful posts on your field or industry each week, you can really demonstrate your expertise, as well as your level of engagement. A great blog roll that features thought leaders can further show how knowledgeable you are. As an added bonus, being active in the blogging community (by commenting on other blogs in your niche and promoting other blogger's content on Twitter and Facebook) can be a great way to network yourself and possibly find your next boss, colleague, or business partner.
A website is a great supplement to your resume
I'm not saying that print resumes are dead or that you should ignore them altogether. Rather, having a personal website and online resume can tell parts of your story that your print resume can't. A print resume, after all, is often limited to one page, whereas a website can feature a portfolio of your work and projects, direct feedback or testimonials from your references, links to online studies or initiatives you have participated in, and additional work information that won't fit on an 8.5 X 11 sheet of copy paper.
On top of everything else, building a personal website shows a future employer that you're comfortable working on the web and are willing to try something new. That little extra initiative may ultimately pay off big time in your job search.


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Hunley Waters is a new home development in the Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston. What sets this community apart from others is that not only is it a gated and sustainable community, but it is also the only waterfront community in North Charleston! Energy efficient, low country style homes draw potential home owners to the Hunley Waters lifestyle. This 36 home gated community is nearing completion with only a few lots left to build on.
Homes in the Hunley Waters neighborhood range from the mid $200,000's to lower $300,000's depending on lot premiums.
One of the best features of Hunley Waters is that homes are built to NAHB Green Certified standards:
The NAHB Green certification goes well beyond saying a home is energy efficient; it provides independent, third-party verification that a home is designed and built to achieve high performance in six key areas: Site Design, Resource Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Building Operation & Maintenance.
They certify homes to the rigorous requirements of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard™ (NGBS) – the only residential green building rating system approved by ANSI as an American National Standard. The NGBS provides practices for the design and construction of all types of green residential buildings, renovations, and land developments.
Like the previous two programs, a stringent third-party verified certification program ensures homes and apartments are built in compliance with the NGBS and focuses on three primary attributes:
Healthy Homes
Providing fresh air ventilation that improves indoor air quality
Limiting pollutants and contaminants in the home
Preventing moisture problems that can contribute to mold and attract pests
Lower Operating Costs
Reducing utility costs through cost-effective energy and water efficiency practices
Controlling maintenance costs through durable construction and product selection
Providing technical and educational resources to ensure the home's optimum performance
Sustainable Lifestyle
Promoting walkability
Reducing home maintenance through enhanced durability
Preserving natural resources through responsible land development practices
Click here for more information on NAHB.
Cobalt Developments is a local developer overseeing the plans for this community.
Hunley Waters – Floor plans & Pricing:
In Hunley Waters, the majority of homes currently available for sale are the Ashepoo and the Cooper floorplans, but there are a few open lots still available to build your custom home. View the available floor plans below:
The Ashepoo
3 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
1,518 Sq. Ft.
The Extended Ashepoo
3 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
1,828 Sq. Ft.
The Ashley
3 Bedrooms
3 Baths
1,828 Sq. Ft.
The Cooper
3 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
2,171 Sq. Ft
The Edisto
4 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
2,233 Sq. Ft.
The Wando
3 Bedrooms
2.5 Baths
1,828 Sq. Ft.
Hunley Waters – Community Video:
Location is one of the reasons why potential home owners consider Hunley Waters. The proximity to shopping, restaurants and recreation, as well as it's central location to all areas of Charleston, make commuting a breeze!
For more information on Hunley Waters, visit their website at: www.hunleywaters.com.


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Identity Statement
|Reference code(s)
|Held at
|: London Metropolitan Archives
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|Full title
|: 1906-1959
|Level of description
|: Collection
|: 8 production units.
|Name of creator(s)
|: Dawson | George Jesse | fl 1906-1959 | antique clock case restorer
Administrative/Biographical history:
George Jesse Dawson established himself as an antiquarian clock case maker and restorer in 1901 at 1 Warren Mews, London, W1. The firm later moved to 15 Warren Mews, and Dawson's son Percy George Dawson took over, himself an authority on the history of clocks and their cases. The firm ceased to operate c 1975.
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of George Jesse Dawson and his son Percy George Dawson, antique clock case makers and restorers. The records comprise job books and accounts.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Immediate source of acquisition:
They were deposited by the Antiquarian Horological Society in 2005, and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
November 2010 to January 2011.
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