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Stomp The Blues
Post Festival Blog
Stomp Supporters and Friends,
The 5th Annual Stomp The Blues Out of Homelessness Festival was atremendous success and I thank everyone for their support. This year we choose two local charities to support directly by giving them a place at the event to sharetheir stories and need.
The Rare Breed Youth Center has been at the center of our focus since day1 and their services are vital to our community. The numbers of homeless and at risk youth in Greene County is staggering. This group provides a safeharbor, food and clothing as well as necessary services for the kids to move forward.
W.I.N. or Women In Need of the Ozarks has been around for some 13 years and quietly provides support to working women who get a onetime giftthat helps them get past immediate crisis' such as automobile trouble, medical bills etc..
Each of our bands had a personal and emotional connection to our mission and I would invite you to go to their websites and read how they overcame and howthey provide guidance to those they touch.
Sister Lucille wrote a beautiful song of our mistreatment of military veterans aftertheir service – we love these guys – thank you Jaime and Kim.
The planning for Stomp The Blues 6 has already begun so mark your calendarsfor May 21st, 2016.
Keep On Smilin,


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How is a well-meaning Catholic to keep from daydreaming or nodding off if the priest isn't dazzling?
If you look forward to the homily as the entertainment portion of the Mass (more on that later), it can be a real bummer if your parish priest isn't a dazzling speaker.
So, how is a well-meaning Catholic to keep from daydreaming or nodding off during the homily?
#1: Prepare
Spend time studying the readings before Mass (even if the only time you have to spare is the five minutes before the opening hymn).
Familiarizing yourself with the readings will help you tune in to Mass in the same way that preparing for a lesson in school helps things stick. (You can find the readings here.) This is good practice even if you have a very charismatic priest who keeps things interesting. Scripture has been described as our "love letters from home." Especially in the liturgy, as Vatican II explained, "in the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven meets His children with great love and speaks with them." So get yourself ready to listen up! And prepare for what God is wanting to say specifically to you.
[Each Saturday, Aleteia offers a reflection on the Sunday Gospel. Find them here.]
#2 Give Yourself a Job
When we are merely passive consumers it can be easy to daydream (no matter what type of speaker your priest is), so give yourself a job. Make it your business to find one thing as your takeaway. This can be a funny story, a sentence, or even one single word. Keeping your eyes peeled for the nugget gets you involved. Now you have something to do while he's talking.
If you really want to give it your all, invest in a Mass journal and write down a couple of things for future reflection. I'm dying for the mailman to finally deliver the one I ordered from Every Sacred Sunday.
#3 Boring Is Good
If my first two tips didn't work and you're finding yourself staring at your watch, I have great news: This is a good opportunity to offer it up! Why not use this small frustration for your sanctification? Jesus invites us to unite our suffering to His. Pray for your priest, pray for your fellow parishioners and pray for yourself. See how lucky you are to be bored? But now go back to Step 2 and try harder.
#4 Zip Your Lips
Odds are, if you've noticed your priest doesn't have a knack for wowing us at the microphone, then your fellow parishioners have probably noticed, too. Keep in mind, just because you think something, doesn't mean you should say it. If you stumble upon a person or group discussing the mundane homily, be a leader!
You can lead by touching on one of the priest's strengths, expressing gratitude for all he does for your parish, changing the subject entirely, or remaining silent. Handle it as you see fit, but don't engage in this type of negative conversation. Remember, giving homilies is just one small part of a priest's responsibilities and it's not an easy gig.
#5 Get Some Perspective
When all the other tips aren't helpful, and you're left feeling frustrated or bored, zoom out and take a look at the big picture. Homilies were never meant to be entertainment. The priest (or deacon) delivers the homily to help us examine the readings — this time is meant to be a time of instruction and reflection.
We don't celebrate the holy sacrifice of the Mass to be entertained. It's not about you or me. Christ is present when the homily is dull just as He is present when the homily is particularly moving.
Do some reading about what liturgy actually is, about what's happening at Mass and why it's important. Bishop Barron just wrote an interesting summary you can read here. He makes a comparison that I bet you've never heard before, saying the Mass is "the supreme instance of play." Yes, play, like what kids do all day long.
You could also pick up The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth, by Scott Hahn.
Fr. Christopher Ortega, parochial vicar for St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Georgia, says, "I suppose we don't realize that God is always speaking to us. Especially at Mass he is communicating to us in some way. Be it the homily, one of the hymns, the readings, a thought that is triggered by the altar candles, vestment colors, the stained glass, or the incense rising up toward heaven. The Lord can use anything to speak to us, we just have to be open to listening and being actively attentive."
What is the priest saying at Mass so softly that you can't hear?
Why do we sometimes use the Greek words "Kyrie eleison" during Mass?
When do we bow our heads at Mass?
Holy smoke! Why the Church uses incense at Mass
Why is Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday Evening?
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Fever Swamp is a hexcrawl adventure written by Luke Gearing and published by The Melsonian Arts Council which is also responsible for the creation and distribution of "The Undercroft," the superlative Lamentations of the Flame Princess zine.
Fever Swamp weighs in a a breezy 26 interior pages, with game info printed on both the inside front and back of it's hardcover. I discovered this book on Kickstarter back in say, October, when I was just beginning my Lamentations of the Flame Princess campaign that I ran up until very recently as part of a club at my favorite local game store. That adventure was a combination of The Croaking Fane, modified from it's DCC stat line to accommodate Scenic Dunnsmouth, a Lamentations of the Flame Princess module. Both of those supplements had swamp themes and worked together well, so the concept of a drag and drop region that I could populate them in resonated with me.
The Kickstarter funded and delivered rapidly and on time with little to-do. I had actually sort of forgotten about the game when one day package from the royal mail showed up, I wasn't even expecting it.
Before we begin I think it's important to define the concept of the hexcrawl. A hexcrawl is a module that presents a map laid out on hexes for the party to explore. It's smaller than a continent or a nation, but larger than the typical "village surrounded by woods" motif that we all know. A hexcrawl is like a module in that there are lots of hooks for the party to explore and encounter, but unlike a module in that there is no story or linear plot. As our friend Diogo Nouriga reminds us, the plot will unfold as the characters take actions.
The Pros:
The book is fast to read and easy to use. There is not an over abundance of description, so you can get right to using it, right away. The proper nouns and important aspects of each set piece are bolded for easy reference as you flip through the pages. Rather than overwhelming you with info about the specifics of the setting, each new thing is presented in a sentence or two that allows you as the GM the freedom to come up with the details of what you want to do and how you want to present the subject matter.
There are a wide variety of things to do in the swamp, with a robust random encounter table. There are wandering undead, cultists, tribespeople and outlaw enclaves along with the shit you would expect like alligators. The tribespeople, which in lesser hands could have been portrayed in a really problematic way, instead come off as eerie and strange adding to the feeling of the setting without making you feel like a bloody handed imperialist for including them.
Riffing on the horrific undercurrent of LotFP products there are ample opportunities for post modern takes on fantasy, and plenty of room for creeping horror, all the way up until the moment when you sick a gore-splattered hellraiser statue golem or shambling mound of undead on the party. I come away from my LotFP campaign bummed that I didn't get to run the subterranean temple in Fever Swamp because I think I prefer it to the one found in The Croaking Fane.
The Cons:
I just want it to be said that I don't have a lot of cons for this book and my first instinct was to just give you pros and say that's that. I'm putting these in here for the sake of well roundedness and to help you, the listener, make a more informed decision.
First, the art in this book is serviceable. I'm not down on it, I actually kind of like it. I do feel like it undercuts the ambiance of the story, though. It reads a little cartoony at times and I wish that it had been darker, a little more brutal and challenging.
Next, some of the plot points are a little tropey. I acknowledge that I was shoehorning two other modules into the map, and the venn diagram like overlap with those modules was one of the things that drew me to Fever Swamp in the first place. That said, it has in it a lot of the same stuff that these other books do. A sunken temple to a forgotten animistic creature god, a backwater cult that worships the deity that has forsaken them, for instance. Honestly, I had wanted to use the book more heavily, but as the similarities with other source material I was using started to mount, I had to draw it down.
My last point is peevish because it's the absolute easiest thing to change, but the naming conventions in the book were not great. Again, it's the easiest thing to change so it's a small gripe. But if you are just flipping pages madly, looking for an NPC to throw in and you land on one of these dudes with the not great names…well look you can't just use them straight out of the book is all I'm saying. Who knows, you probably won't have the same problem I did. I ended up with a traveling-roma analogue named Sloane in a moment of weakness though and I wasn't stoked.
Overall I give Fever Swamp a 5 out of five, my highest recommendation. If you love swamps, toads, cults, southern gothic, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, go out and buy this book. You can find it for sale on Melsonia.com for 16 pounds which is like 22 bucks or thereabouts these days.


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By Steve Newton
I only got to interview Warren Zevon once, back in 1992, when he was touring behind his Mr. Bad Example album.
Man, I wish I could have interviewed Warren Zevon a few more times.
Anyway, at the time of our chat he'd already composed the music for a TV miniseries (Drug Wars: The Camarena Story) and a Tales From the Crypt-type segment of a TV movie (Two-Fisted Tales), so we got to talkin' about film music.
At one point in the interview I asked him what his idea of a great movie soundtrack might be, and he went all Bernard Hermann on my ass.
Have a listen:
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General informationBronchitis, which can affect anyone, is one of the most common conditions for which people seek medical advice. It occurs mostly in winter, especially during outbreaks of influenza (the flu). People with bronchitis are more susceptible to developing pneumonia, which is a serious bacterial or viral infection of the lungs.
Inflammation of the airways causes them to narrow and secrete thick mucus, or phlegm, which clogs the small airways, causing the characteristic cough of bronchitis, wheezing, and shortness of breath. The cough may produce sputum, which is phlegm coughed up from the lungs. This is known as a productive cough – an attempt by the body to clear mucus that is clogging the airways.
Recurrent or long-term inflammation, as seen with chronic bronchitis, can result in irreversible (permanent) damage to, and narrowing of, the airways. Airway narrowing obstructs the flow of air in and out of the lungs. For this reason, chronic bronchitis is considered to be a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is a progressive and irreversible condition of reduced lung function. It is estimated that at least 15% of New Zealanders over 45 years of age have COPD, with most cases linked to smoking.
CausesThe most common cause of acute bronchitis is viral infection (90% of cases), but bacterial infection and environmental irritants are also causes. Acute bronchitis usually occurs after having had a cold or flu. It also often occurs with or after childhood infections, such as measles, whooping cough (pertussis), and diphtheria. Exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke during pregnancy and in the household is strongly linked to recurrent bronchitis in infants and children.
Chronic bronchitis may result from a series of acute bronchitis episodes, or it may evolve gradually due to heavy cigarette smoking or breathing air contaminated with other environmental pollutants, including work-place (occupational) exposures. In addition to cigarette smoking, the list of causative substances includes coal dust, oil mist, cement dust, welding fumes, organic dusts, engine exhausts, fire smoke and second-hand cigarette smoke. The majority of people diagnosed with chronic bronchitis are aged 45 years or older.
People with chronic bronchitis can experience acute exacerbation (worsening) of their bronchitis, usually (in 70-80% of cases) due to an infection of the airways.
Signs and symptomsThe most obvious symptom of acute bronchitis is a short-term dry hacking cough, which can become a productive cough that produces white or yellow sputum. Other symptoms may be wheezing and shortness of breath. As with any infection, there may also be associated fever, sore throat, chills, aches and pains, and a general feeling of tiredness and being unwell. Children aged less than five years rarely have a productive cough – sputum is usually seen in vomit – and parents will often hear a rattling sound in the chest.
The most common symptoms of chronic bronchitis are a recurrent or persistent productive cough, wheezing, and gradually worsening shortness of breath. Other symptoms include fatigue, sore throat, nasal congestion and headaches. Severe coughing may cause chest pain and cyanosis, which is a blue/grey colouration of the skin. Recurrent infection of the airways is also a sign of chronic bronchitis.
Because many symptoms of chronic bronchitis are similar to those of other lung conditions it is important that a doctor is consulted for a proper diagnosis.
DiagnosisIn acute bronchitis, coughing usually lasts between 10 to 20 days. There are no specific tests for acute bronchitis, although a chest x-ray may be requested if pneumonia is also suspected. Tests may be required if there is recurrent or persistent cough that may suggest asthma or chronic bronchitis. Coughing for a period of greater than four weeks may be due to whooping cough (pertussis).
Chronic bronchitis is clinically defined as productive cough for at least three months during a period of two consecutive years. Chronic bronchitis is diagnosed by taking a thorough medical history, including cigarette smoking and inhalation of toxic substances, as well as a physical examination. Testing may include a chest x-ray and sputum tests, and a spirometry test to measure lung function. An important part of the diagnosis is to distinguish chronic bronchitis from other lung conditions, such as chronic asthma and bronchiectasis.
Acute bronchitis will usually resolve on its own within a couple of weeks, with complete healing of the airways and return to full function. Hence, the aim of treatment is to control symptoms. Antibiotics are not usually effective because most cases of acute bronchitis are caused by viruses. They should only be used if bacterial infection is strongly suspected or confirmed by testing. Treatment of acute bronchitis involves:
- Adequate rest and fluid intake
- Use over-the-counter medications to relieve muscle aches and pains and headaches, and to reduce fever
- Use cough suppressants for a dry cough (i.e. a cough that doesn't produce sputum) but not a productive cough
- Use expectorants for productive cough, to help clear the airways of sputum
- Quit smoking and avoidance of other airborne irritants
- Use of bronchodilator medication (relievers) to open obstructed airways in people who have associated wheezing with their coughing or underlying asthma or COPD.
Because most cases of acute bronchitis, as well as acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, are caused by the common cold or the flu, it helps to take measures to stop the spread of these viruses including the following:
- Regular thorough hand washing and drying
- Avoiding contact with people who are unwell
- Reducing time spent in crowded places, especially during cold and flu season
- Getting an annual influenza vaccination.
Medications used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis include:
- Bronchodilators (relievers), such as salbutamol, theophylline and ipratropium bromide, to open obstructed airways to make breathing easier
- Oral corticosteroids, such as methylprednisone, to control acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
- Inhaled corticosteroids (preventers), such as beclomethasone and fluticasone, to prevent acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
- Use of a combined bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroid, such as formoterol with budesonide or salmeterol with fluticasone, to control persistent cough
- Antibiotics, such as amoxicillin/clavulanate, to control acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.
Support and informationFor people with chronic bronchitis, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation provides useful information on COPD and how to manage it, as well as links to COPD support groups around the country.
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ
Phone: 04 499 4592
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.asthmafoundation.org.nz
ReferencesAsthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (2010). What is acute bronchitis? (PDF). Wellington: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand (Inc.). https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets.asthmafoundation.org.nz/documents/What-Is-Acute-Bronchitis-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (2010). What is chronic bronchitis? (PDF). Wellington: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand (Inc.). https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets.asthmafoundation.org.nz/documents/What-Is-Choronic-Bronchitis-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Carolan, P.L. (2016). Paediatric bronchitis (Web page). Medscape Reference: Drugs and Diseases. New York, NY: WebMD LLC. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1001332-overview [Accessed:23/20/17]
Jazeela Fayyaz, D.O. (2017). Bronchitis (Web page). Medscape Reference: Drugs and Diseases. New York, NY: WebMD LLC. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/297108-overview [Accessed: 23/10/17]
Ministry of Health (2008). A Portrait of health – Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey (Report PDF). Wellington: Ministry of Health. http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/portrait-of-health-june08.pdf
O'Toole, M.T. (Ed.) (2013). Bronchitis. Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (9th ed.). St Louis, MI: Elsevier Mosby.
Updated October 2017


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Auto Glass Repair: A Bevy Of Services For You To Enjoy
Auto glass is an essential part of a vehicle, and its major function is to protect the passengers and also the driver from dust, loud noises and of course, crash effects and these glasses include window glass and windshield and may be available in the form of bulletproof, acoustic, laminated, tinted and sound proof. One of the major advantages of using a laminated glass is that even if this glass breaks, its fragments do not tend to scatter all around, thus saving the driver and the passengers from injuries due to broken glass.
One popular type of auto glass is the tampered glass which provides extreme protection to the driver and the passengers, and it is also able to survive sudden changes in temperature. Reputed companies that offer these auto repair services will also offer warranties so that you can contact them if you are not satisfied with their services. At the end of it all, you do not need to worry about the expenses if your vehicle's auto glass has small cracks and scratches on it. Having a broken auto glass can be a very frustrating situation, and you have to find an honest, skilled, reliable and qualified company who can repair your auto glass in the best possible way.
It is highly recommended by all Phoenix auto glass repair companies that you must take immediate care of even the slightest damage to your vehicle's auto glass and if you are in search of an excellent auto glass repair service for your personal or commercial vehicle, auto glass repair companies will be the first choice. The auto glass defines the position of the passenger and this in many ways prevents accidents to take place.
The best company do not just offer the repair of auto glass they also provide many other services and there may be a couple of these shops in your area, so make sure you choose carefully. The trick in knowing what makes a good auto glass repair company is not just in the quality of the job, but also in the speed in which they work after all, you do not want your vehicle to be in the auto glass shop for a week or two, right? These auto glass companies usually offer the glass repair service for hatchback vehicles, because hatchback vehicles are shaped differently and thus require a special kind of service.
Auto glass is an indispensable part of your vehicle, and it is very important to take proper care of the auto glasses because the well-maintained glass would guarantee your safety. Auto glass repair companies fix your damaged auto glass within hours.
The auto glass repair companies make it a point that the service they provide must involve latest techniques and advanced equipment.
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Jobs That Require No College Degree
It's no secret that higher education comes with a much higher price tag these days. The cost of a four-year college degree is rising far faster than inflation, with graduates racking up nearly a trillion dollars in student loan debt. But, you don't have to break the bank to get ahead. Here are several careers that require just a two-year degrees or less to get started.
Health Care Employees
"The health care industry is a great industry to move into because of the aging population and the increased demand for health care services," says Katie Bardaro, director of analytics at PayScale.com. "There are plenty of job opportunities for people from all ranges of education and skilled backgrounds."
Just about any career in this industry is expected to have above-average job growth. For instance, the number of ultrasound technicians is forecast to grow 44% by 2020. Other fast-growing jobs in this field include registered nurses, medical records coding managers, occupational therapy assistants and sonographers.
Plus, the industry is growing nationwide, so job opportunities aren't limited to a particular region. An associate's degree is all you need to get started in many health care professions.
Similarly, dental hygienists can enter their field after earning an associates degree. With a median starting salary around $61,000, the pay—and the hours—are pretty good. Unlike some health care professions, most dental offices keep normal business hours.
Nuclear Power Reactor Operator
While it might sound like a job in a science fiction movie, a career as a nuclear power reactor operator can begin with just a high school diploma. According to ScienceBuddies.org, a resource for students and parents interested in scientific jobs, employers recruit high school graduates for entry-level positions. Workers must undergo years of on-the-job training and classroom instruction before being certified. But with an average yearly income of $100,000, that investment has the potential to pay off big time.
"Nuclear power reactor operator is a really high-earning job," says Bardaro. "It 's also very geographically specific. For example, not every state or every county uses nuclear power so you have to keep that in mind when you're looking at job opportunities. Under Obama's reelection, it's a great time to get into this job because he's highly supportive of nuclear power."
Bardaro says when looking for these jobs, although they may not seem abundant at the moment, it'll be a great field to be positioned for in 10 years when more plants are operational.
Personal Trainer
If you're the active type, you might consider a career as a certified personal trainer, a field projected to grow 24 percent through 2020. Education and training varies based on specialty but you can be ready to go in as little as six months. Something to keep in mind: pay in this field varies based on where and whom you're training. Clients at a trendy Los Angeles gym, for instance, are willing to pay more per session than, say, customers in the Midwest.
Vocational Jobs
Finally, vocational careers in electricity and plumbing are still growing strong. Course study and a paid apprenticeship are usually required before these tradesmen are licensed to work alone. Strong pay and job security though make these jobs solid bets.
According to Bardaro, "These are also jobs that aren't going to be outsourced away. You're never going to have a computer do this job, and you're never have someone in another country do this job. That's a real big win with vocational jobs. So not only do get paid for training, but you also have job opportunities for the foreseeable future."
As always, we want to hear from you. What some great jobs that don't require college degrees? Connect with me on Twitter @Farnoosh and use the hashtag #finfit.


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Three gold for Clonmel at Neptune Regatta
Last weekend Clonmel competed in the first regatta of the 2014 season at Neptune Regatta in Island Bridge, Dublin.
This regatta was an all Ireland event with clubs from north and south of Ireland in attendance. To win at this regatta is a fantastic achievement for Clonmel rowing.
The majority of our crews had never competed at this 1200 meter long regatta, where the course includes a number of bends to navigate and makes racing even more challenging. All races are two boat races (similar to the Oxford/ Cambridge race), which means that crews have to row in multiple heats to take first position and a gold medal.
Clonmel had fourteen crews competing at Junior 14, 15, 16, 18 and senior events.
The club had two scullers entered in the men's Junior 18 event and after beating their various individual opponents ended up facing each other in a Clonmel versus Clonmel final. Given the standard of crews present this was a fantastic achievement and congratulations to the scullers and their coaches.
The winner was Stewart Channon over Sean Lonergan.
Ladies rowing is very strong in Clonmel and we saw some fantastic results from our ladies crews. Ailish Redmond is the lead coach for the ladies crews. Ailish is a champion Irish oarswoman who was trained in Clonmel by Jimmy Fennessey, the current head coach and Club President.
In the Women's Junior 16 single scull, Jade O'Malley Adair navigated the course really well and won each heat and the final to take the gold medal for Clonmel. Jade has put in a lot of hard work during winter training, which is now paying off.
Tara Cooney and Jade O'Malley Adair won the third Clonmel gold medal of the day in the Junior 16 Double scull category. This was a fantastic race where the girls dominated from the start of the race.
In the men's junior 15 double scull James O'Donnell and Jason McKenna rowed well, but after a good row lost out in the last 500 meters.
The club crews racing were: Men's Club 1 1X – Ryan McKenna. Men's J18A 4X-Jake Anderson, Chris Britton, Liam O'Donnell, Hugh Kinsella. Men's J18A 1X – Stewart Channon, Sean Lonergan: Men's J16 4X+ Cavin Fox, Conor Sunderland, Daire Lynch, Chris Lumley, Mark Bates (cox). Men's J16 1X – Chris Britton. Men's J15 4X+ - Sean O'Donnell, James O'Donnell, Matt Dundon, Jason McKenna, Mark Bates (cox). Mens J15 2X – Matt Dundon, Aaron Flynn, and Jason McKenna, James O'Donnell. Mens J14 2X – Sean O'Donnell, Mark Bates. Women's J16 2X – Jade O'Malley Adair, Tara Cooney. Women's J15 4X+ - Katie Sutcliffe, Abbie Conway, Keeley O'Reilly, Aoife O'Farrell. Women's J15 2X – Keely 0'Reilly, Aoife O'Farrell
The parents, club members and crews would like to recognise and thank the coaches Jimmy Fennessey, Ailish Redmond, Pat Kinsella, Sham Anderson and Susan Kavanagh for their dedication to the club and crews. Thanks also to Dermot Wall for getting our boats safely to the event and for all of the support during the event. Our next event is the Skibbereen Regatta held over two days at the National Rowing Centre in Farranwood, Cork on the 12 and 13th of April.


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Are jeans acceptable when the invite says smart/casual?
Also, I notice that stories published have single quotes, not double but a mixture are in the writers' room. And some cap up the first letter of a word in headlines, some don't, and some put the first paragraph in bold and others don't.
Is there a preferred style, or does it not matter too much. Is it easier for the Editors if submissions are in the same format/layout as the front page ones?
Sorry, that's quite a few questions.


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Pictured here is Catherine Bond of Horizon Capital, Ian Henderson and Francoise Henderson of Rubric Language Services and Brent Currin of Swindon Properties at Buitenkloof Studios in Kloof Street, Gardens. Horizon Capital has recently secured a 3 year lease with Rubric Language Services, a global language service provider specialising in translation and localisation services for companies in the high technology, software, manufacturing, tourism, marketing and media publishing industries.
Buitenkloof Studios is a refurbished, trendy office development conveniently located on the periphery of the CBD, and in close proximity to the M3, N1, Atlantic Seaboard and MyCiti bus stops. The office is within walking distance of numerous trendy restaurants and shops and boasts stunning views of Table Mountain.
Horizon Capital is a boutique Commercial Property Investment and Management House based in Cape Town. If you are interested in renting or investing in top-quality commercial property in Cape Town, contact John Witter at Horizon Capital on 021 425 8586 or 082 906 2866.


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Joint Interest Auditor Code of Conduct
A general principle of law states that any and all information obtained, whether related to the joint account or not, is confidential. This is irrespective of whether the governing agreements have confidentiality clauses or not. Any misuse of this information (any use for purposes other than the audit) may be subject to civil action. See Appendix 'A' for details on confidentiality.
Use of Operator's Systems and Property
To the extent that information to be reviewed by the auditor in connection with the audit is located on the operator's computer systems, the auditor agrees to the following:
- to comply with the operator's procedures for accessing and using these systems, including complying with the operator's standards for use of anti-virus programs, and that the auditor is liable for any damage resulting from the intentional introduction of malicious code into the operator computer system,
- permission to access the accounting and other system(s), and any related user id or password, entitles the auditor to access only approved applications as directed by the operator, for the information associated with the books and records under audit, and that the auditor will be personally accountable for all activity performed under his/her ID,
- unauthorized use of applications in the operator computer system(s), including the violation of any law, or joint Operations or other business information of the operator will be considered a breach of confidentiality, and the operator may ask the auditor to leave, and/or may bar the auditor from conducting future audits at operator locations and/or may take other appropriate action,
- that the original records, files, documents, invoices, and systems made available to the auditor are operator property and that under no circumstances shall any original documents be removed from the operator's premises.
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Arts Editor - Lesley Strachan
The Fringe in your front room?
We have already welcomed 40 Wandsworth Arts Fringe performers into our studio and on our airwaves so far, with plenty more to come. On Sunday 13th May, we go a step further and broadcast a live performance of spoken word – an Open Mic Night in fact, from THE ERRANT STAGE in Balham. Fancy a go yourself, then pop along to their site in Balham just behind Sainsbury's. Fancy putting your feet up and hearing other people delve into their creative depths? Then tune into Wandsworth Radio on the day from 7pm.
From the Wandsworth Town venues, we have in the pipeline SIGHS TEN, A SIMPLE WEDDING,THE LAST BURRAH SAHIBS and BRITTLE BRITAIN. If Putney is closer to home, we have interviews with STRUAN LOGAN, LIPPY, LADY OF STAVOREN, YOU'RE NICKED, SHE WOLF, A LOVE LETTER TO LONDON, ARTSUNG, THE FINAL ADVENTURE OF FRANKIE FIGHTWELL all coming up.
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away…but not this time. Battersea Circus Garden is making home in Shillington Gardens as part of #WAF2018. Long gone are the lions and elephants of childhood memories. Contemporary circus is full of fresh story-telling using physical talents you don't get to see in the more normal theatre space. It's the 250th anniversary of circus this year, so what a year for it to feature on our doorstep! GRIT and OUR HOUSE have already been through our doors, and we still have room for more!
With so much going on Fringe-wise, we don't lose sight of other opportunities for culture in Wandsworth and our neighbouring boroughs. Also coming up this month, we'll be taking a look at the CLAPHAM BOOK FESTIVAL as well as the CRYSTAL PALACE FESTIVAL.
St. George's Hospital Gallery hosts RE:IMAGINED 2018 which will give 10 emerging artists an opportunity to showcase their work in a unique gallery space within the hospital. It will also feature work from the curator of the show, Tooting artist Robert John as well as Malaika Ibrek, Henriette Heimdall, Berkin & Mika and many more. Each piece will ask questions about what you see around you in an unexpected way. The show will also look to inspire young artists by working with the children in the hospital wards, giving them an opportunity to express their creativity in a new way and hopefully brighten their stay at the hospital. Listen out for our interview.
We will also be bringing you a programme from the Royal Academy of Dance's PROJECT B DANCE CHALLENGE. A day that gives participants between the ages of 8-18 the opportunity to be part of a creative process and to perform in front of an audience
ArtsWatch airs Monday, Tuesday and Thursday just after the 6.30pm headlines. This is just a little taster of May's schedule for arts and culture news in Wandsworth and neighbouring boroughs.
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While many people find it quite easy to enjoy a cheesy Hollywood movie, made purely for entertainment value and with little in the way of substance, video games don't really have this. A cheesy video game is often just a poor game, usually accompanied by the problems you'd associate with poor game development. The Farm 51's NecroVisioN is one of a very small group of games that manages to combine cheesy, quite formulaic gameplay with smart presentation and a whole heap of fun. This PC exclusive FPS isn't likely to be remembered as a classic, but it'll keep you entertained if you're willing to give it a shot.
NecroVisioN casts you as World War One solider Simon Bukner, an American who finds himself lost behind enemy lines with his battalion. After the enemy wipes out most of the battalion Simon discovers that there's more going on here than just a standard war, and certainly not what we've read about in history books. An evil is loose and it's killing whatever stands in its way, bringing the dead back to life to act as its own ghoulish army. It's pretty intense stuff and you're right in the thick of it, blasting the undead soldiers right back to Hell.
To begin with you'll have to take on enemies using fairly bog standard guns, but soon enough you'll get hold of a limb obliterating shotgun and many more high-powered guns. Right from the off you're encouraged to use close-quarters melee combat (initially under the guise that it won't alert the enemies near by), with a useful kick and gun butt both available. A kick will often send an enemy flying backwards and to his knees, giving you a chance to follow up with an easy shot to the face.
Before too long you'll get hold of items to use in your hands, ranging from a plain old spade (more deadly against the undead than you might think) to a much more brutal looking piece of armour that's strapped to your arm. By combining melee attacks you're even able to perform combos, which in turn fills your adrenaline meter and allows you to slow down time at will. The combination of brutal melee attacks and head-popping gun-play makes NecroVisioN quite an exhilarating experience.
If you've played games like Painkiller and Serious Sam you'll know roughly what to expect from NecroVisioN. What you get is essentially swarms of enemies that are often spawned out of nowhere, all hell-bent on taking you down. The screen can be full of these monstrosities, and from time to time you'll even encounter screen-filling bosses that take more than a few bullets to the head to take down. There's nothing particularly clever about the gameplay, but there's something quite satisfying about surviving these waves (bonus challenges are focussed almost entirely on mass slaughter).
It takes a lot for a PC game to impress visually these days, but NecroVisioN looks different enough to the norm to stand out. On the face of it the game has a fairly rough appearance, with fairly low-poly enemies and a general look that the levels have been pieced together in a way that's very different to the average triple-A release. Yet somehow NecroVisioN manages to look great, with a tonne of graphical effects, a fast pace, loads of over the top violence, smart lighting and a decent frame rate on even a fairly modest PC.
Unfortunately the presentation outside of the visuals isn't nearly up to the same standard. Voice over work is cheesy, but not in a good way, load times are atrocious and the music is generic thrash metal that we'd have guessed would make an appearance on the game's name alone. It's a shame as the developer has included a BioShock style letters system, with notes left around the levels being read out when you come across them. The voice acting here is pretty terrible though and lessens the impact the otherwise quite terrifying tales would have had.
Complaints could be levelled at the repetitive nature of proceedings, with enemies coming at you rather relentlessly, level after level. The game can also get pretty tough on the default medium difficulty setting, especially if you find yourself cornered and carrying only a weak pistol. In terms of multiplayer there's little to get excited about, but the pace is nippy enough to make what's there decent fun.
If you're after a no-nonsense, monster slaughtering FPS that moves at a fast pace and looks pretty smart, you could do a lot worse than NecroVisioN. The game delivers non-stop action from start to finish, constantly throws new enemies at you and gradually introduces new abilities. It won't be everyone's idea of a good time, but leave your brain on the installation screen and you're likely to have plenty of mindless fun.


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Libya's High Judiciary Council has commuted the death verdicts of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for life sentences, it was officially announced late on Tuesday.
The six medics were sentenced to death for deliberately causing an HIV outbreak at a Benghazi hospital and infecting with the virus that causes AIDS more than 400 children.
The decision of High Judiciary Council, termed under Libyan legislation as partial pardoning, was expected even though hopes were high that justice will rule after more than eight years of agony and the six medics will be released.
The ruling came hours after relatives of the HIV-infected children dropped their demands for execution of the medics as all of them received their compensations under a deal that was expected to lead to the defendants' freedom.
Relatives of the children accepted compensation worth USD 1 M per child. Under Islamic law financial compensation offsets the death penalty.
The relatives submitted to Libya's High Judiciary Council an official paper that proves they do not want the Bulgarians to be executed, clearing the way for the semi-political body to have the final ruling on the medics' death verdicts.
The nine-member body, headed by the minister of justice, could approve, reject or cancel the medics' death sentences, which have been confirmed by the Supreme Cassation Court on July 11.
The paper was one of two key documents that should guarantee the council's session will spell the end of the prolonged travesty HIV trial. The other one is paperwork petitioning for pardon that was signed by the medics over the weekend.
The council was initially due to meet on Monday, but as Bulgaria held its breath to hear the last ruling in this case, confusion surrounded the time and place where it would be held.
In the end, it met late in the evening, but reports were contradictory - most reports on Monday claimed that the council did not discuss the issue, but Darik News' correspondent in Libya claimed on Tuesday that the council has indeed talked about the issue, but was missing a key document before overturning the medics' death sentence.
The six medics have been detained since 1999 on charges of deliberately infecting the children with HIV and were sentenced to death in 2004. Following an appeal and a re-trial, they were sentenced to death for a second time last year.
The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor say they are innocent of giving tainted blood to the children. They argue that poor hygiene was to blame for the infections.
Major scientific reports by Luc Montagnier at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, and Vittorio Colizzi, an AIDS researcher at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, Italy, have proved beyond doubt that unhygienic medical practices fuelled the outbreak.
On the basis of case records and genomic analyses done in Europe, they proved that some of the children had been infected even before the workers' arrival at the hospital. The HIV infections, the experts concluded, were caused by poor sanitary practices. But this scientific evidence was ultimately thrown out.
It was as early as at the beginning of 2005 that families of HIV-infected children voiced willingness to negotiate passing life-time sentences on the nurses and the doctor.
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We're saddened to say that our friend Dave Shafer – a Detroit and CKLW radio legend has passed away. We were lucky to work with Dave for a number of years in the mid 80's at CKLW AM & FM when Dave was the Program Director.
There is a very nice tribute on the Keener13 home page.
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In a market where every house sold is critical, many home builders unconsciously make choices that cost them at least three to five sales annually for every hundred homes sold. Even more frustrating is the fact that generating those "lost" sales costs no more than what builders are currently spending.
As a home builder, I knew there was something significantly different about a customer buying a "to-be-built" home versus a completed-inventory home. Now, after 20 years of pondering this issue and armed with a new study from our database of well over half a million customer surveys, the truth can be told: there is a difference, but it's not the customers. The difference is the builders. That's right, while builders are well accomplished at building homes, they're not quite as skilled at building relationships, especially with buyers of completed-inventory (aka spec) homes, losing 30 percent of their referring activity.
Even in today's capital-restricted market, many home builders still rely on completed-inventory sales for profitability — selling 10 to 30 percent of their annual volume in pre-started (planned or cancellation) homes. A recent study of nearly 4,000 new-home buyers by Woodland, O'Brien and Scott revealed the undeniable fact that customers of to-be-built homes are significantly more satisfied than customers who bought a completed-inventory home. Why? Here are three reasons:
1. Less time for building client relationships
Home builders are highly systematic in their design, estimating, purchasing, and construction processes. No detail is overlooked, and they budget the sticks, bricks, and labor ad nauseam. They even budget "time" for homes and continuously evaluate and adjust construction schedules. They also budget time for customer interactions — about 30 hours worth on average for each home, including 16 hours of sales time (appointments, follow-up, contracts, etc.), six hours for design, and eight hours of superintendent time (pre-construction meeting, pre-drywall walkthrough, construction updates, and home presentation).
Similar to the construction schedule, these 30 hours should be viewed as client relationship building time. Is it a surprise then that when a customer buys a completed-inventory home and is "shorted" these 30 hours, they are less satisfied with their home builder? Completed-inventory buyers are also less enthusiastic and less likely to refer family members or friends — and those that do refer fewer people. Our study shows that completed-inventory customers who receive only a small portion of the 30-hour relationship time are far less of a referral asset than to-be-built customers (see sidebar below).
2. Less time for customer education
Thirty hours is a lot of time to invest in a customer, don't you agree? Clearly, these 30 hours are not spent chitchatting, but rather helping the customer understand the home builder's philosophy, offerings, selections, construction techniques, schedule, etc. In other words, educating them. We all know that good teaching creates more learning. Did you know that the term "learning" comes from the Latin word "movere," or to move, and its root is shared with the term "emotion"? In the book "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer, the connection is made that when people learn they are more emotionally attached. So, the opposite would also be true — the less we teach the less emotionally attached a customer is to our company.
This is why we measure customer enthusiasm using a proprietary algorithm to measure, benchmark, and manage how well a home builder's time, education, attitude, and processes bond the customer to the home-building company. We know from statistical studies that a high willingness-to-refer rate is not enough to influence referral sales — it also requires a high customer enthusiasm rate for the referral to be effective. High willingness to refer is just that — willingness. Customer enthusiasm indicates the customer's propensity to refer with the gusto necessary to influence the referee.
Most home builders have experienced how customers feel when the customer sees a "customization" in a neighbor's home that they did not know was available. These customers feel short-changed, deceived, and even angry. The same can be said when customers hear neighbors talking about how great their selection appointments were or how much they liked (or even loved) their superintendent, who taught them about ground-fault interrupt outlets, energy savings features, emergency shut-offs, etc. When completed-inventory customers learn of all the special treatment, education, and bonding they missed, they often have those same short-changed, deceived, and angry feelings.
3. Sales process is strictly transactional
Here's a test for your company: Do you have different names for your customers depending on what they're shopping for or have purchased? I have heard many sales-office conversations between sales managers and salespeople where the to-be-built prospects are referred to by name (e.g., Mr. and Mrs. Wilson), and it's known where the Wilsons work and how many children they have. On the other hand, a completed-inventory prospect is known as "the buyer for lot X," "Realtor Sally's client," etc. I believe much of this attitudinal difference comes from the viewpoint that spec homes are cash-flow generators, leading to an attitude of "get me a buyer and let's dump that spec" instead of a customer-centric perspective.
Too many home builders believe they are competing in two different markets. Their to-be-built business competes against other new-home builders, while their completed-inventory business competes against resale homes. This dual-market view leads many builders to treat their inventory buyers as resale buyers with the accompanying "what you see is what you get" mantra. Hardened by this resale philosophy, builders often give completed-inventory buyers less grace because "we discounted the heck out of that house."
Clearly, price-centric negotiations can create an initial transactional relationship and leave both parties feeling some animosity over not getting what either fully wanted. For a healthier perspective, think of the discount not as a reduction in the price of the home, but rather a credit for the 30 hours of customer relationship and education that was budgeted but not included. Our study shows this initial transaction relationship must grow into a deeper, more meaningful builder-customer relationship to increase the customer's future referrals.
How to infuse enthusiasm into spec-home customers
Regardless of to-be-built or spec, all customers in a neighborhood eventually have similar emotional expectations and would appreciate a great home and a positive relationship with their builder. The challenge is to quickly convert completed-inventory buyers into enthused, high-referring customers.
When a customer purchases a completed-inventory home, where does the budgeted relationship time go? Clearly, the same amount of time was spent building the home, yet those 30 hours of relationship building never occurred. On the construction side, if we are short a truss or a vendor puts in a lower-specification product, we generally become very, let's say, inquisitive about this "slippage." I advocate that we look at the 30 hours of relationship-building time similarly.
Furthermore, find a way to re-create the benefits of this 30-hour relationship/teaching investment to build higher customer-satisfaction rates. Here are proven ways to re-create the to-be-built customer experience for inventory buyers:
Invite inventory customers to visit the design studio. Encourage completed-inventory customers to visit the showroom or meet with the designer who made their selections after they move into their home. The purpose is relationship building, but it also helps the customer understand the rationale for their finish selections (color palette, cabinet design, flooring selections, etc.). Make it fun and informative — for example, customers emotionally bond much better to a home with the "Americana motif" than "spec color package No. 2."
Some builders are afraid of inviting spec customers into their selection center. They are fearful that these customers may want to change something. If the customer does want to install a new countertop six months after they move in, then put them in touch with your vendor. Or, better yet, introduce this customer to the idea of building a brand-new, personalized home especially for them.
Organize a pre-start meeting. Some savvy builders who understand this education-bonding dynamic re-create a "pre-start" meeting with their completed-inventory customers. At this meeting, they review key items like the floor plan, plot plan, and drainage pattern, and provide some history of the home's construction, teach quality assurance practices, and demonstrate the onsite teamwork between the salesperson, superintendent, and warranty technician. This teaching and teamwork are extremely influential in developing a stronger buyer-builder emotional bond and are key factors in future referrals.
Offer a pre-drywall walkthrough with the superintendent. To recapture the construction education/relationship time, why not invite completed-inventory customers to a pre-drywall walkthrough of a nearby home? Showing these customers how the home was built behind the drywall and the quality assurance frame-check process tells these customers two things: that the superintendent is knowledgeable and he/she cares about the builder's homes and customers. This alone could raise customer satisfaction and referral rates substantially.
Conduct a community orientation walk with the salesperson. The same can be said for involving the salesperson. After the completed-inventory customer moves in, why not tour the neighborhood, show the amenities, introduce the new customer to the neighbors, and "re-sell" the neighborhood location? Also, the salesperson should take the customer into the sales office and through the model home and emphatically encourage future visits with friends and family.
This one- to two-hour community orientation is the perfect time to plant the seed for referral sales, maybe even explain a referral program, and announce your desire to complete the neighborhood with family and friends. This community overview and referral message helps foster feelings of connectivity and pride in their neighborhood and gives the customer some selling points to share with family and friends.
Show spec buyers some love. Many builders have a customer communications plan (or CRM) which includes phone contacts, thank-you cards, welcome letters, congratulatory notes, homeowner binders, etc. But often they do not employ these relationship-building tools on customers who purchased past the point that we say "Thank You." Unbelievable.
Charlie Scott is a principal at Woodland, O'Brien and Scott, a customer satisfaction research and consulting firm that specializes in voice of the customer programs, customer handling/communications, operational excellence, and harvesting referral sales. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
4 keys to growing referrals from spec-home customers
- Determine how much customer relationship time you have allocated in your home-building process. Develop strategies to maximize this relationship and educational time investment for both to-be-built and completed-inventory customers.
- Get rid of the buyer double-standard. Shift the company attitude to building communities and serving customers equally, regardless of the stage at which the home is purchased.
- Take a close look at the words and pronouns you use to describe your homes and customers.
- Treat all customers as to-be-built customers by purposefully building both a good home and a relationship. Doing so will unquestionably improve your overall customer willingness to refer, customer enthusiasm, referring activity, and referral sales. Plus, isn't it simply the right thing to do?
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What would you choose to eat if you know it's going to be your last meal? Photographer Henry Hargreaves read about efforts to stop the Last Meal tradition in Texas, this tradition he found interesting, what would be people choose when they know they are getting executed the next day? Hargreaves went out to start photographing these meals.
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Posted on April 03 2017
Fishpond and RIO Products have announced their collaboration on creating the Headgate Tippet Holder. The Headgate is made from anodized aerospace aluminum with a built-in line cutter and holds five RIO Powerflex tippet spools.
Read more in the press release below.
Fishpond and RIO Products Collaborate on Tippet-Loaded Headgate
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (March 27 2017) – RIO Products, manufacturer of fly line, leader, and tippet, partners with Fishpond, maker of fly fishing and outdoor adventure gear, to create the Headgate Tippet Holder loaded with five RIO Powerflex tippet spools.
The updated Headgate, designed and manufactured by Fishpond, will come in RIO-inspired colors and with 2X-6X Powerflex tippet spools. The Headgate is made from anodized aerospace aluminum with a built-in, replaceable line cutter. The secure spring opens easily to slide spools on and rubber washers hold the spools in place.
RIO's Powerflex Tippet is made from co-polymer PTFE coating and its light grey color increases its camouflage on the water. With 30-yard spools of 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, and 6X, the loaded Headgate is ready for any trout fishing situation.
"We have a long history with RIO and we really enjoyed collaborating on this project together," said Fishpond co-owner, Ben Kurtz. "RIO tippet is second to none, and we saw this alignment as a great opportunity."
The RIO Fishpond Headgate Tippet Holder will be available this month for a retail price of $39.95, meaning one spool of tippet is free through this collaboration.
About RIO Products
RIO is a pioneer in developing fly lines, leaders and tippet material to enhance fly fishing experiences across the globe. Offering premium fly lines for both freshwater and saltwater fishing applications, RIO consistently utilizes field experience and scientific testing to create the best products on the market for anglers. Founded 20 years ago in the mountains of Idaho, RIO continues to develop innovative products, design revolutionary tapers and refine performance-driven fly line technologies. For more information about RIO Products, please visit www.rioproducts.com. Connect with us through Facebook, Instagram, and Vimeo.
About Fishpond
Fishpond is a worldwide brand of products designed and manufactured for fishing and outdoor enthusiasts. Fishpond was created with the philosophy that innovation, design and a responsibility towards the environment from which we draw our inspiration is critical to our success. For more information, visitwww.fishpondusa.com. Connect with us via Facebook and Instagram.


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Young man in Nablus, on a peaceful early evening in May. Despite the daily humiliations caused by the occupation, the Palestinians in general seemed to me overwhelmingly friendly and welcoming, humorous and endlessly patient. My heart and every thought goes to them.
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mkamionka (58497) 2009-01-09 7:19 [Comment]
My other friend from Poland who was working in Israel for a couple of years witnessed once a bomb explosion.
Palestinians put a bomb in an Israeli shool bus full of children. He helped to collect fragments of children's bodies...
The war is certainly a terrible thing.
However sometimes it may be necessary to engage.
The good example may be the infamous Srebrenica story, where Dutch soldiers with an indifference watched the death of thousands of people, who were under their protection.
We are often too quick in judgments.
Shalom Aleichem, Salam Alaikum
Glint (6171) 2009-01-09 7:48
hello Nana,
a portrait of youthful beauty and youthful optimism. A timely upload and I share your sentiments.
wampus (282) 2009-01-09 8:20
well done nana,great shot i like the light on the young`s man face also the way he looked at you full of proud, the proud that no one can take it from him even if they got F16 or guided missiles or smart ways to cover and twist the historical truth.
peace for ebery one
BennyV (31952) 2009-01-09 13:53
Hi Nana,
It's a plain and simple shot, but its timing is very much appreciated here. Unlike some people I do not believe, killing is an answer. And as far as killing children is concerned, there just is no excuse, not even children killed. To me this is a shot of humanity in times of madness. Peace!
alvaraalto (41450) 2009-01-09 14:21
Hi Nana,
Great statement in this significant picture.
The proud, but also friendly face shows that there must be other ways to bring peace in this region.
Groet Rob
ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-01-09 20:21
I would like to see too a picture of a young Israeli man and compare their expressions and attitudes. I believe they would be both grateful if the war could end soon and their people live in peace together. I hope one day this young man can be in peace with his own brother and start talking peace with the other side of the conflict.
This good shot can be a good starting point of a healthy discussion.
kschanna (6) 2009-03-06 14:43
Hello Nana
How easy it is to impose our lessons on Palestine telling them ...sort out your mess.... We need to sit with them in their pain, acknowledge it. I think what aggravates the problem is the platitude of the rest of the world. Instead of healing them and sharing their pain, the entire world has humiliated them by ignoring them for 60 years. The Arab countries are complicit.
I praise the spirit of the Palestinian people.
Thanks for sharing
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In today's global economy, many organizations have transitioned from employing IT functions in-house to partnering with third-party providers, seeking access to top talent, expertise, and cost-effective solutions. While some companies are satisfied with the benefits they receive, many more express various levels of frustration with their outsourcing experience.
In fact, 62% of companies who outsource IT have had serious discussions about reversing course and bringing those functions back in house (Performex® Research Data 2014-2016). Here are the primary reasons they give for their frustration:
- 72% cite low performance from offshore suppliers.
- 44% point to their inability to realize expected cost savings.
- 28% say time zone differences are a major issue.
("Bringing IT Back In-House: Companies Are Happy with Insourcing" by Craig Powers. American SAP User Group, http://www.asug.com)
Other problems include disagreements regarding expectations between the client and vendor, poor execution, stifled innovation, scope creep, lacking ownership of the strategy and turnover of key staff.
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Hobo Fires an interview with Robert Sutter
Hobo Fires is a new graphic novel written and drawn by Robert Sutter, We The Nerdy got to interview him about the book as well as talk about some interesting drawing techniques……you can back the Kickstarter here, but be quick as it comes to an end on the 10th April 2014.
We The Nerdy: What is Hobo Fires?
Robert Sutter: Hobo Fires is a 300+ page science fiction graphic novel set in the year 2137 and follows the adventures of a young woman named Poenee who hits the road, traveling by hacking rides on robotic freight trains. She meets a travel companion named Raukkus with a court ordered monitoring chip implanted in his head. The two must go on the run from android law enforcement agents- non stop action! In the quiet moments hunkered down in abandoned buildings they share the stories of each others youth, talk about scientific theory, and become good friends. They meet another traveling companion named Booska and the three quest to a city where a doctor can remove the chip from Raukkus' brain. They achieve victory and redemption! The three celebrate their freedom by forming a band and going on tour, but the world still has surprises ahead for them. I don't want to give out any spoilers now!
WTN: How much of the book is based on true events?
RS: The beginning of Hobo Fires was really inspired by a freight train ride I took with a friend from California to Iowa. There was nothing left for me to do in the Bay Area so I headed East! When I got off that train two years ago in Iowa and hitch hiked up to Minneapolis, I wouldn't be getting back on another train until this graphic novel was complete! Two years later. I once received a fortune from a robotic typewriter at the Musee Mechanique in San Francisco that said, "You have a cast iron will of endurance." It's good to have endurance when traveling and also when working on a novel.
The second half of Hobo Fires was inspired by my experiences with the land and people living on the Mississippi River, including the city of Minneapolis. Some of my friends here were models for the characters I drew. The novel is set in the year 2137 though, so everything that happens in it may actually come true!
WTN: The art looks amazing, and seems a very unconventional way of laying out comic…what's the process behind it?
RS: I decided in the beginning that I wouldn't use any straight edges in making Hobo Fires, to create a more fluid, dreamlike, street look. I'm a fan of the artist Hundertwasser who said, "The straight line is godless." and what that means to me is, it's a lot more fun to create something that has curves! Like the human figure itself. Another technique that seems to be unique to the way I am creating comics is the way I apply tone- my drawings are on a thin cardstock, I can put the inked drawing on top of a texture material and then do a precise rubbing with a Dixon lumber crayon. My favorite tones in Hobo Fires are from rubbings done on top of several different types of bug screen, the stuff you have on your window, nylon, metal, each has a different look. I think this also gave the pages a more gritty natural look. Its interesting too because these same types of lumber crayons are actually used by hobos to make markings on rail cars and other surfaces, writing their 'Moniker', or using a symbolic code to share important information. Railroad graffiti.
WTN: You drew and wrote the book? Do you harbor dreams of working with a co-creator?
RS: I would love to work with other artists and writers, but it seems hard to pry us loose from our solitary pursuits! I would be most excited to work with a colorist, watercolors. I love that look but I'm really not good at it. Brushwork! Having spent two years to create this 300+ page book I am much more enthusiastic about sharing the work duties at this point, because that was a really intense experience, every single day for many hours, ignoring all phone calls from friends until they gave up calling: just drawing, writing. I think something unique comes from being the sole creator, but a collaboration could be unique too!
WTN: I am seeing more and more black and white comics these days, what made you go down this road?
RS: I've always worked with black & white because that was the most economical to reproduce in the form of a self published zine. Color was expensive to reproduce! Color is much cheaper now, but it's not my specialty! Unfortunately for Hobo Fires because I think the book could be well done in color, or partly in color, and the fact that the characters are of diverse racial mixes, a full color treatment would make Hobo Fires a whole different experience! Another Kickstarter campaign perhaps.
WTN: Kickstarter is a great tool for new creators, why did you choose to use it to launch Hobo Fires?
RS: I decide to do Kickstarer because I knew people who had done successful campaigns to fund their comics on Kickstarter. It seemed to me like the best crowd funding platform for comics, and the all-or-nothing goal structure seemed like it would excite people to fund the project up to the goal required to publish this large graphic novel. Our goal is $6000, which is just enough to make a decent print run. We are also going to publish a paper-free PDF version.
WTN: Any inspirations, that have helped you in the way you tell a story?
RS: Ray Bradbury has inspired me, his simple way of learning, just going to the public library and finding something interesting and reading about it, learning it. Anybody can go into a library and learn something. During all my travels around the country I loved going into some little library somewhere I'd never been and taking a break from the road, kicking back with a book about the cosmos, letting my mind travel out where no one had ever actually traveled. I liked talking to the librarians or book obsessed wingnuts. The public library was Ray Bradbury's school, self educated! I think that's awesome. He told some good stories.
WTN: What more can you tell us about Poenee and the supporting crew?
RS: Poeenee grew up watching too much video, as a teen she rebelled and discovered a deep love for the outdoors, she studies health care of all kinds and is skilled in herbal and digital medicine, highly proficient at hacking robotic control systems, Poenee sings & plays stringed instruments, and is a tomboy for sure. Raukkus left home when his parents split up, he's been riding the robot rails for many years, loves reading books about astronomy, cosmology, and space exploration, drinking green tea and therapeutic molecule vodka, Raukkus plays keyboards which he learned from his mother. Booska is fond of music and dancing, likes making friends and then cooking huge feasts for them, likes picking up friends and carrying them around, Booska plays the drums wildly. Estrella identifies as an activist and studies biology at University, she likes dressing up in high femme color sparkle fashion, likes to cut through the bullshit to get at the reality of a situation, and she does not ride freight trains but 'rides the cushions' on the MegaTrak luxury robot railroad line.
WTN: Any tips for aspiring artists and writers?
RS: I would say, have fun with it! If you're not having fun with it, then why are you doing it? If you're like many artists, probably not for the money! If you are enjoying making your art, then other people will probably enjoy participating in your art, and that is success as I define it. I used to think that making money off your art was a whole different animal, but the confidence this gives you, for someone to trade you something important for your art, that makes me inspired to keep making more of it. So go for it, put it out there and see what happens, don't wait around for someone to discover you, discover yourself.
Remember to check out Hobo Fires on Kickstarter, the project ends on 10th April, We The Nerdy wishes Robert the best of luck


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Technology and collaboration are key for banks facing a zero tolerance policy on financial crime compliance, delegates were told at SWIFT's 2014 London Business Forum. Steve Allen, head of global payments at Barclays, said accuracy of data must be the banks' number one priority across know-your-customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance.
This article originally appeared in SWIFT at Sibos magazine.
"There is zero tolerance for most participants in financial services," he said. "You can send a customer statement to the wrong address and get that back, but you can't make a mistake in this space. Consistency is also important as most banks operate in multiple jurisdictions."
Although Allen insisted each bank was ultimately responsible for its own efforts to comply with financial crime regulation, he said they should also seize opportunities to work together, particularly on KYC.
Barclays is one of the latest global banks to join SWIFT's KYC Registry, an initiative unveiled earlier this year which will create a centralised repository to collect and distribute standardised KYC information among correspondent banks. Under development in association with leading banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Commerzbank, JPMorgan, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered, the KYC Registry will provide a global platform of accurate KYC information that will increase efficiency and standardisation and minimise costs and errors through economies of scale.
SWIFT will host and manage the KYC Registry according to SWIFT's strict security and data protection policies and will check for completeness and accuracy and validate key aspects of submitted documentation. Member banks will have ownership of and responsibility for their own information.
The inefficiencies and risks of 7,000 banks worldwide bilaterally exchanging KYC compliance-related documentation could and should be avoided.
Reducing risk and inefficiency
Luc Meurant, head of banking markets and compliance services at SWIFT, said, "The inefficiencies and risks of 7,000 banks worldwide bilaterally exchanging KYC compliance-related documentation could and should be avoided."
"With these huge efficiency gains, banks can invest in the quality of the data," Meurant said. "Banks have invested massively in compliance, but in isolation from each other. As regulation continues to evolve, banks have come to the conclusion that this approach is not sustainable."
SWIFT has focused on creating a registry for correspondent banking because of the cooperative's existing expertise in the field. "We have the trust of our customers, we have global reach, and we have a long history of working with our community to foster collaboration and develop standardised solutions to global challenges," Meurant says.
The KYC Registry is set to become operational in late 2014. Around a dozen banks are actively participating in the project and twice that number are keen to participate in the pre-launch phase.
Compliance Forum
The Compliance Forum at Sibos will address the impact of regulation and how the industry can cooperate to mitigate compliance-related risk and costs. Attendees will learn about SWIFT's financial crime compliance services: Sanctions Screening, Sanctions Testing, the SWIFT KYC Registry, and Compliance Analytics.


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Exorcisms are some of the most craziest things that happen on this Earth. Here are ten real life exorcims
10. Anneliese Michel
In 2011, Anneliese Michel killed after an exorcism gone wrong at her church. She was beaten on the head with a cross.
9. Salvador Dali
This artist was reportedly exorcised in 1947, and it was so bizarre that the priest who did it was forced to leave his position.


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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Radko Gudas certainly has the characteristics of a professional hockey player.
The rugged defenseman renowned for his thunderous hits and supreme beard-growing ability has trimmed the bristles to a more manageable handlebar moustache in honor of Movember. He formerly lived with teammates near the Atlantic Coast while playing for the former Tampa Bay affiliate in Norfolk, and now lives and commutes to games with several Czech and Slovakian teammates as a member of the Lightning.
Before he was selected by Tampa Bay in the third round of the 2010 NHL draft, and before developing his lifestyle as a professional hockey player, the six-foot, 204 pound native of Kladno, Czech Republic – Jaromir Jagr's hometown – made his North American club-affiliated hockey debut as an invite to the Los Angeles Kings' development camp in July, 2009, and subsequently the team's 2009 rookie camp. On Tuesday night he'll play at STAPLES Center for the first time in his career (7:30 p.m. / FOX Sports West / KTLK AM 1150) as a member of the first-place Lightning.
Though Gudas was passed over in the 2009 NHL Draft, he was then a European-based player who was yet to play in North America, which prohibited the Kings from signing him as an undrafted free agent.
But the development camp and rookie camp experience allowed the Kings to gain an up close look while affording Gudas a lasting impression of the commitment necessary to play in the National Hockey League.
"It was an unbelievable experience," he said after Tampa Bay's skate at the Toyota Sports Center on Tuesday. "For me, it was the first everything, pretty much. [I saw] the players I had been watching when I was young – how they worked, what they were doing for drills, how they lived. Like, that they were actually humans. From Czech or from Europe, it's hard to see any players around. But I think it was a great experience. The organization was more than kind to me, and I had a great time."
It was well before he took part in development camp that Gudas had taken notice of the Kings.
"Gretzky was playing here, so obviously I was watching him. But it was one of my favorite teams growing up," he said. "When they invited me, I was just, 'This is awesome, it's great.'"
It was through a future teammate with the WHL's Everett Silvertips that Gudas became acquainted with several members currently on Los Angeles' roster.
"It was me and Tyler Maxwell here – he was with the Everett Silvertips, too – and Linden Vey and Brandon Kozun. Maxwell's from here, so he took us around and took us to the beach. I think [Martin] Jones was there, too – the goalie. So I got to know them a little bit, and they're good guys. It was fun."
After a standout junior season that included a defensive pairing with future number two overall pick Ryan Murray – now with the Columbus Blue Jackets – there was no chance Gudas would slip through the NHL Draft once again.
While the Kings certainly had their eyes on the defenseman, it was the Tampa Bay Lightning that selected him with the 66th overall pick in the third round of the 2010 draft. Four selections later, Los Angeles took Jordan Weal.
Though being selected by the Lightning stifled any lingering fondness towards the Kings organization, he still came away with a positive impression of the club after his team's 5-1 win at the Tampa Bay Times Forum last month.
"They're a really good team, really strong. They move the puck well. They're pretty big, and they hit hard, too," Gudas said of the Kings. "So we've got to make sure we stick to our system and make sure we're playing our role right. I'm sure if we give everything it should be a good matchup."
Now 23 years old, the right-handed shooter leads Tampa Bay with 61 penalty minutes to go along with his goal, five assists, plus-three rating and 20:02 average time on ice.
For those who remember several of the hits he dished out during rookie camp scrimmages four years ago, this take down of Teemu Selanne in a win over Anaheim last week shouldn't seem too out of the ordinary.
"I was waiting for him to move the puck somewhere. He was looking somewhere for a player, and nobody popped up…he didn't know what to do with the puck for a second. I used the opportunity and took the hit," Gudas said.
The hit, placed in context with head coach Jon Cooper's evaluation of Gudas from his early days with the Norfolk Admirals and the Lightning, give an illustration of a player that has undergone significant development since his weeks of living out of a hotel in El Segundo.
"I would say his game has matured. As long as it's matured, it's calmed down, too," Cooper said. "He was a little bit erratic, a little bit all over the place. He went out of his way to hit people, and it would always take him out of position. When we calmed his game down and kind of got a little bit more feel for the pro game, his game elevated, and that's probably in the progression of four years, is where he doesn't go out to end a player's night. Now he plays much more under control, which makes him much more reliable. He's really becoming more of a well-rounded D-man."


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5 Signs Your Dog's Eye Boogers Are Caused By Something Dangerous
1. Allergies
Like humans, dogs experience everyday things like grass, pollen and dust that their bodies may think are dangerous, leading to a physical reaction, like eye discharge. Even though the dust at the dog park is okay, for your pup it may be a problem causing allergen when it's inhaled, ingested or comes in contact with the dog's skin. According to PetMD, breeds like Terriers, Setters, Retrievers and dogs with flat faces like Bulldogs, Pugs and Boston Terriers are prone to allergies.
Dogs can be allergic to numerous things. Anything from grass and pollen to the material their Kong is made out of. Some common symptoms that your dog is experiencing allergies are:
– Itchy, runny eyes (eye discharge)
– Red or irritated skin
– Vomiting
– Sneezing
– Snoring (if they don't usually snore)
– Excessive scratching
– Paw chewing/ Swollen paws
2. Conjunctivitis (aka pink eye)
Some eye boogers are different from common eye discharge and those just-waking-up eye boogers. If you notice your dog has clear or pus-like eye boogers or excessive redness in and around the eye, get it checked out by your vet – it could be conjunctivitis. Bacterial or viral pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva. According to PetMD, the conjunctiva is the thin clear tissue that lies over the white part of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelid. Watch for red eyes, inflammation, pawing at the eyes, squinting or crusty eyes.
3. Epiphora
Be on the lookout for excessively teary eyes, which is known as epiphora. Epiphora means the eyes overflow with tears, according to VCA Hospitals . A few signs of epiphora are excess wetness around the eyes, brown staining underneath the eyes, a smelly odor, or skin irritation. This is more noticeable in breeds with lighter colored fur. But if you wipe your dark colored pup's eye and the discharge is brown, keep an eye on them and schedule an appointment with your vet. Try to figure out the cause for the excess drainage, whether it's allergies, conjunctivitis, a previous eye injury or something else.
4. Keratoconjunctivits Sicca (KCS)
Next up on the eye discharge list is keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) also known as dry eye – the inability to produce enough tears. Dry eye happens when the tear gland has gotten infected or has experienced trauma. Dry eye symptoms are yellowish discharge, inflammation around the eye, and excessive blinking or swelling of the eyelids. The cornea is at great risk which can lead to eye infections or corneal damage. If you notice any of these symptoms, make an appointment with your vet, as KCS can cause loss of vision.
5. Glaucoma
Glaucoma is when pressure is put on the eye causing inadequate drainage of ocular fluid. According to PetMD, some breeds like Poodles, Chow Chow's, and Cocker Spaniel's are predisposed to glaucoma. There are two types of glaucoma in dogs – primary and secondary. Primary glaucoma is when the eye is unable to drain, causing fluid to get backed up in the eye. Secondary glaucoma is when some sort of trauma has occurred to the eye, such as inflammation or cancer of the eye, which physically blocks drainage. With glaucoma, be on the look out for excessive blinking, the eye bulging, high pressure on the eye, clouded eyes, dilated pupils or vision loss. Get your pup to the vet as soon as possible and have the ocular pressures checked to determine further treatment.
How to Clean Dog Eye Discharge Using Home Remedies
Your dog is so cute, but not when she has runny discharge streaming from her eyes. Eye discharge is very common in dogs, especially certain breeds. Whether your dog's eyes are baby blue or dark brown, they'll be melting your heart again after applying a few simple home remedies.
1. Wash your dog's eye with a saline solution several times a day.
This will help clean the infected eye and remove dirt or foreign dust particles that may be causing your pet's eye irritation and discharge. Mix 1/2 teaspoon of plain table salt, the salt should not be iodized or contain any other compound, with an 8 ounce cup of filtered lukewarm water. Gently pour the solution over your dog's infected eye several times a day to clean and treat her eye discharge.
2. Clear away discharge from your dog's infected eye regularly.
Use a damp, soft warm washcloth to gently wipe away the discharge. You can even use the warm washcloth as a soothing compress, by leaving it on your dog's eye for several minutes.
3. Apply a drop of aloe vera gel to your dog's infected eye several times a day to clean and treat her infection.
Aloe vera gel has antibacterial properties that will help protect your dog's eye from further inflammation and infections.The gel is gentle enough to use on delicate eye tissue and makes a great natural topical treatment.
4. Treat your dog's infected eye with some colloidal silver.
Colloidal silver is a powerful natural antibiotic that will help heal your dog's infected eye. Give your pet a drop every few hours until her eye discharge improves.
5. Take your dog to a professional groomer for a trim when her hair gets too long around her eyes.
Long hair can poke into your dog's eyes causing irritation and discharge.
Can You Use Human Eye Drops on Dogs ?
Certain types of human eye drops, such as artificial tear drops, may be safe to use on dogs, but always consult with your vet first. Patricia J. Smith, MS, D.V.M., Ph. D., Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and a colleague of Dr. Friedman at Animal Eye Care has recommended the following home remedies for treating your dog's eye problems:
Ordinary Eye Wash (Sterile Buffered Saline) is proper to use in a dog's eye to clean the eye but it will not be helpful for an inflamed, sore eye. For a red, sore eye seek veterinary attention immediately. Artificial tear drops or ointments are usually not harmful and may be soothing for some dry eye conditions, but consult a veterinarian as it can be harmful in certain cases.