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Cusco Ethno-tourism: the community of Cuyuni
Just an hour outside Cusco is Cuyuni. A rural community, it has implemented a novel 'living' tourist circuit: a walk of four hours through traditional Andean scenery interrupted by actors playing themselves, offering visitors a resumed and interactive look at their customs and their daily lives. The trip ends with a novoandino buffet with a view of the mighty Ausangate.
Text & Photos By Sengo Pérez
Isolated by difficult intransitable terrain despite its proximity to Cusco, the community could easily have disappeared as so many have before it, but the people of Cuyuni are fighters, always looking for ways to improve their standard of living.
For example, after having heard about the benefits of greenhouses, the community decided to try and build one and have since been able to grow vegetables that just a few years ago they hadn't even heard of – dramatically improving their nutrition.
"Since eating them we all get sick a lot less than we did", explains Antenor Percca, vice president of the communal enterprise they have set up.
They also didn't have any guinea pigs, so they went and got some. Now they have a breeders association, raising an animal that is traditionally an important source of protein.
Things changed when the Interoceanic Highway was constructed, making a once ridiculously difficult journey to Cusco take just almost not time at all. The community was however as eager as ever to improve their lot in life and take advantage of this change.
Being more exposed and connected to the world at large they discovered a new potential source of income: tourism. They quickly realized that these strange foreign visitors, even many people from Cusco, had little idea of what is was to plant and cultivate your own food rather than buy it from a supermarket. They realized that dying wool and weaving garments, something so common for them, could be something that others would love to observe and would admire. Doing what they have been doing all their lives could be a new source of income for the town, and a wonderful new tourist attraction for those visitors to the region.
From this came about the idea of organising a unique tourist trail that would present to outsiders what is a typical day in the life of a Cuyuni resident. A type of walking theatre lasting four hours. What really occurs over several months, the entire production cycle – be it in producing textiles or potatoes using ancestral methods passed down for hundreds of years – is condensed into these four hours. The actors play themselves, living their daily lives and going about their chores as they would normally do. Festivities are also represented and played out, with tourists asked to join in the fun.
Work and parties are accompanied with spiritual traditions. Never to be forgotten is the giving of thanks to mother-earth by the pacco or priest. Also thanked are the apus, the spirits of the great mountains that surround them and their arable lands. In the ritual they are asked to help make sure that the potato harvest is sufficient to feed the people until the next.
After giving an insight into the daily lives of rural cusqueños, how they work, party and pray, the trip ends with a delicious meal.
Exposed to the latest trends in Cusco, the community offers sophisticated modern Andean food made from the fresh ingredients grown here 4000m above sea level.
With an impressive view of the Ausangate mountain, the restaurant is managed by the same villagers, taught the basics of administration, customer service, hygiene and cookery by the private company awarded the concession of the Interoceanic highway, part of a scheme set up to re-invest in deprived areas the highway passes through.
Dishes such as peppered alpaca steak with lima bean puré, olive rice and alpaca wantans are some items found on the menu. The stunning food, and the view seal the day as one of Peru's best ethno-tourism offerings.
Tags: ausangate, campesinos, cusco, cuyuni, Inter-Oceanic Highway, potatoes, poverty, theatre


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Goutorbe Rose, Biondi-Santi Rose, 83` La Chapelle, 96` a Barolo, 03` Le Moine Bonnes-Mares, 42` Ygay
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A dear friend invited a few of us to help him celebrate a special birthday. We lunched at Ca Dario, one of Santa Barbara's finest Italian restaurants and enjoyed the following wines;
NV H. GOUTORBE BRUT ROSE- I`ve been a fan of this house ever since staying in their family owned and operated lodging in Ay, Hotel Castel Jeanson; while there, I met their patriarch, Henri, and on one occasion, he asked us to join he and his wife for lunch while they entertained 7 German food and wine writers; he did not speak English and I didn't speak French, but we hit it off beautifully and our conversation was relegated to nodding approval at what was in the glass; after many nods, he would get up and disappear into his cellar and come back with another treasure; he opened numerous wines including 2 still Pinots he made in the 80s; they were not only the first and only still Pinot from Champagne I`ve ever had, but there were truly remarkable; the first champagne poured was his rose; our bottle showed beautifully; this rose was very rich, full bodied, had ripe red cherry and stone fruit notes most notably peaches and had just a bit of detectable sweetness.
2012 BIONDI-SANTI TENUTA GREPPO ROSATO di TOSCANA- Sangiovese; this was the last vintage under the late Franco's supervision; following its brilliant blood orange color comes wondrous aromas of fresh baked cherry pie which transformed into red cherry, red apple and black cherry on the palate; it had a surprisingly oily like texture, medium to full body and a long, satisfying finish; great rose.
1983 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE- made of Syrah from 40-60 year-old vines; I`ve long been a fan of this release and this bottle was as good as any 83` I've had; still youthful in color, it had the requisite pepper and spice notes to accent the leather infused blackberry and plum fruit; it was silky smooth and held on for a long finish; I kept going back and back and back; decanted over 2 hours ahead of serving.
1996 FONTANAFREDDA LAZZARITO BAROLO- very young, vibrant and energetic, this beauty gave up generous amounts of dark fruity aromatics which became more easily identified on the palate as cranberry, cherry, blueberry and blackberry with saddle leather and vanilla seasoning; it's full bodied, rich and bold and yet had lots of grace and charm; it was a bit wind up and needed a lot of time to open up; it would have benefitted from having a 3-4 hour slow ox.
; it had a pure dark purple color; the nose was huge and so inviting with hits of talc and sandalwood framing dark fruit suggestive of being heavily extracted; no question, this has some reduction as discovered in its intense concentrated blackberry, black raspberry and red and black cherry fruit on the palate; there's some accents from dark chocolate and spices to complete the taste profile; it was velvety smooth and forever long.
1942 MARQUES de MURRIETA CASTILLO GRAN RESERVA ESPECIAL YGAY RIOJA- from the conception year of our celebrant, this was so very amazingly viable; even the color was still unadulterated and youngish; certainly there was some tertiary fruit, but it was so approachable and quaffable with earthy and leather tones to the dry and somewhat tart cranberry notes; after the first nose, I got a consistent dose of coconut; it seemed to get better with time; it finished a bit dry; decanted 4 hours earlier.
1982 CLOS du MARQUIS ST. JULIEN- the 2nd label for Château Léoville Las-Cases; the name comes from a small walled parcel of land, a "clos," located near the residence of the Marquis de Las-Cases; decanted 3 hours earlier; marvellous; leather, earth and milk chocolate provide accents to the black currant fruit; it had really good mouthfeel and an overall gentleness; for me, this is Bordeaux in its more refined and elegant stage which I love.
Our birthday boy was quite happy when it was all said and done. He's a great guy and we all delighted in his joy.
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Amongst the points agreed is a critical statement around the global temperature limits countries will work towards. Article 2 states the objective as:
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The Adventures of Cindy Li
Geeks Love Bowling & How to get Sponsors for an event
March 26 , 2008
Once upon a time
the guys and I at Nclud decided to volunteer our services to organize the bowling event at SXSW interactive at the end of January. Everyone wanted to bowl so that part was the easy puzzle. The rest got kind of crazy we needed to organize the date, the buses, sponsors, volunteers, signs, wristbands, and the venue. I wanted to start off by thanking everyone for helping Geeks Love Bowling and apologize for not doing it sooner (due to me slammed with post sxsw deadlines). It was a crazy two months organizing it. We ended up with 51 teams participating (6 people per team) and additional 100 or so attending to watch and hang out!
Thank you
This event could not have happened without everyone in the geek community helping out! Roll call commence! I cannot begin to thank you guys enough and I'm sure everyone that was at the event would agree.
Roll call
- Angela Baxley, (who was a major factor in getting the second half of the bowling alley and the remaining buses we needed once we sold out) Josh Russell and Pete LePage for convincing the Microsoft family (Mac Office 2008, Microsoft Silverlight, Internet Explorer, Expression Studio, to donate prizes (Xbox games, Microsoft Office, Bowling Shirts, M&Ms, and sponsoring the majority of the event).
- Craig Cook for coming up with the idea for the diskette medals, the money he donated to create them and the time
- Marianne Masculino for donating time, giggle factor to make the medals, and being part of the day of the event team.
- Stephanie Troeth, Chris Moeller, Christopher Schmitt, John Croston, III for walking around and checking on whatever we needed during the event
- Matt Harris for helping me keep my head together before/during the event and tabulating the scores of the winners once we realized the computers at the bowling alley weren't able to do it.
- Mike Cummins from the Developer's group at AOL for donating the 80g Ipod for a prize when he walked through the door at the bowling venue.
- Kevin Tamura and Jason Beiard for being our registration welcoming crew
- Ngenworks my hometown, Jacksonville crew that created "Happy Webbies" , one of our top level sponsors, and brought t-shirts to give away
- Larry from Ma.gnolia for sponsoring the event
- The guys at Electric Pulp for contacting us to sponsor the event
- Sidebar for getting us to the part where we could afford the 2nd bus and the lanes (when we only had 20 lanes)
- Viget Labs for being one of the first sponsors
- Jeremy Keith for helping us with finding sponsors and helping setup.
- Opera for donating to the event
- Kelsey Ruger for giving us a lift to the event to help setup
- 200ok for working on the live stream twitter page
- and I'm sure I'm missing someone else but I hope not :)
The crew: Alex Giron designed the website for geekslovebowling.com. Dan Drinkard newly adopted into the Nclud family assisted with the website while Martin Ringlein and I split off the behind the scenes work like registration for the website, organizing the day of to make sure everyone had a great time.
Guidelines on How to get Sponsors for an event
We got an email while trying to organize the event inquiring how to acquire sponsors. I figured this would be helpful and the right way to go about it. Guidelines if you will :)
- Get involved with the community without asking for something in return, build up a reputation first. Don't be "that guy" always asking for something and never adding back into the community.
- Write an email and explain why you need the money for your event. (Place yourself in the other person's shoes and think what you would want if someone came to your door asking for money).
- If you are asking for sponsorship of a product you need to explain even more so what the benefit is to the other person.
- Thank them regardless of whether or not they are going to donate this time. (Even if they don't donate to the event thank them. Remember that manners and grace will leave a lasting impression).
- Remember that if you abuse sponsors they will not return to help again and then you are going to be poisoning the sponsorship pool for everyone else.
- Check before your event to see if there is anything else they will need (if they wanted to have any promotional items to setup).
- Thank then for their help no matter what "level" of sponsorship they ended up contributing.
- Blog about the sponsors to give them attribution in the format of email/website/blogs to return the traffic back to them in a way that makes sense for your event (don't spam the attendees).
- Create signs/banners for the event.
- Create facebook group for the event so advertise the event and create interest/buzz for attendees up.
- Create a twitter account for updates that people can subscribe to for the event for things like where the buses were, who was winning.
- Create a flickr pool for the event so that the photos can be pooled into the website and on blogs as another way to promote the sponsors/event.
- Create an upcoming page for the event and then people have a "machine tag" to put into the photos on flickr (another way to tag photos).
- Send a thank you always via blogs or websites or email.
- Only take as much as you actually need for the event. These companies are donating to the EVENT, not to your profit margin.
This goes for event planning and for life. Remember to do more than is expected of you, treat people the way you would want to be treated and in doing so you and the event will go far.
Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 08.00 am
Caleb Jenkins
+ Brian Veloso for having the original ABX? This year was amazing. You guys all did a great job. Thanks for all of the hard work Cindy!
Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 09.42 am
Ian Lloyd
Cindy, it was a great night! Well done to all who helped organize and the to the sponsors who donated some truly great prizes :-)
Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 12.08 pm
Jason Beaird
Thanks for all your hard work Cindy! The event was obviously a huge success, and getting to help (even with only one hand) was actually a lot of fun.


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Petronella Osgood was a scientist who worked for UNIT, acting in a capacity of a personal assistant to Kate Stewart, in the early 21st century.
An admirer of the Doctor, she eventually met the Time Lord during the infiltration of UNIT by Zygon invaders, which was resolved by the Eleventh Doctor joined by his tenth and war incarnations. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
The original Osgood and her Zygon double became indistinguishable from each other to everyone else. They refused to identify which of them was Zygon and which was human. (TV: The Zygon Invasion) One of them was killed by Missy. (TV: Death in Heaven) After a Zygon rebellion was ended peacefully, the Zygon rebel leader Bonnie took on the form of Osgood to maintain the peace. Both Osgoods still refused to identify if she was the human or Zygon version but promised to identify if she was human or Zygon one day when no one would care anymore. (TV: The Zygon Inversion)
Osgood came from a family of science geeks. (AUDIO: Earthfall) She was recruited into UNIT because of family connections. (AUDIO: Power Cell) She had a sister. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Joining UNIT
Osgood often created pieces of technology to aid in UNIT's missions, typically to stop the soldiers from shooting at aliens, much to Kate Stewart's delight. She tracked a set of energy units falling to Earth and warned Vikram Shindi about it. (AUDIO: Vanguard)
Together with Lieutenant Sam Bishop, she was deployed to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in search of a Nestene energy unit. She had created a holographic image projector from alien technology. (AUDIO: Earthfall)
She tried to examine the energy unit using all the techniques she could think of. Kate also told her to examine one of the 3D printers. When the Nestene escaped the energy unit she discovered that the Nestene could combine through the internet. (AUDIO: Bridgehead)
She created a new weapon to destroy the Autons and was able to free Captain Josh Carter from Nestene control. (AUDIO: Armageddon)
Meeting the Doctor
She was present when the TARDIS, with the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald inside was brought to the National Gallery in an effort to understand what had happened to several paintings in the Under-Gallery. The Doctor took a liking to her long multi-coloured scarf, which was strikingly similar to one he wore in his fourth incarnation. She displayed a type of hero-worship belief in the Doctor, twice "praying" to him to save her during moments of danger.
On the Doctor's orders, she and fellow scientist McGillop analysed the stone dust in the Under-Gallery and eventually realised that the dust on the floor was the remains of the statues, which had been smashed by Zygons that had escaped from the paintings in order to hide. She was able to escape from them, although she was duplicated by one of their number before she got away.
She was asthmatic, and often forgot to use her inhaler when needed, especially when over-excited, often being reminded by Kate when she started wheezing. The Zygon who took her form disliked this, annoyed at "getting one with a defect," and promptly took her inhaler. When she escaped from this Zygon by tripping it with her scarf, she reclaimed her inhaler.
Osgood was in the Black Archive with her Zygon version when Kate threatened to destroy London, rather than let the alien technology in the archive fall into Zygon hands. Like the other humans and Zygons in the room, her memory was temporarily cleared by three incarnations of the Doctor, so that she could not recall whether she was the real Osgood or her Zygon duplicate. As peace talks ensued, she realised who the real Osgood was when the Zygon duplicate began wheezing and did not have the inhaler. She gave it to the Zygon version, and both Osgoods agreed to keep their discovery a secret so as not to disrupt the peace talks. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Tengobushi Incident
After going to a pub quiz with Jay Roy, she was tasked working out which pieces of UNIT property Lyme Industries had managed to get their hands on. She later asked Jay to help her in her work in order to work out what was kidnapping people. She started to show Jay the ropes but didn't get too far when a Tengobushi attacked. Jay decided to protect her and detonatd a bomb in her flat killing himself in the process. (AUDIO: Power Cell)
When she went to Geneva she decided to visit local Galleries, and she was followed and attacked by Dokan. She later went with Kate and Grant Avery to investigate a set of murders on a French mountainside. Going back to Geneva to analyse some secretions but was attacked by the Tengabushi but was save by Josh. She realised that the Tengabushi wanted her for her knowledge of an Alien artefact and used this to get into their ship. (AUDIO: Death in Geneva)
She and Kate had to fly their plane after the Tengobushi killed the pilots. She then investigated the Kamishi energy cell in the surroundings of the Black Archive. As part of her experiments she accidentally released some power that caused some earth tremors. After the Tengobushi released a energy barrier around the Tower, she released the Raven's to observe their advance. During the attack she was trapped in the Archive, Josh managed to get her away but managed to get her first to the Jewellery room and then to command centre. She managed to work out how to use the energy cell, and weaponised it to aid their escape. (AUDIO: The Battle of the Tower)
When they were under lock and key under Peter Latcham's orders in UNIT's base under the Rock of Gibraltar, she managed to hack into the bases computer to get their release. Whilst at Lyme's base in Antarctica she worked out a way to destroy the generator and destroyed it with the help of Dokan. The Kamishi questioned her about her actions. (AUDIO: Ice Station Alpha)
Investigating the Silence
Osgood received a panicked call from Colonel Shindi who detected something near Helena Faversham's residence. While she was tracking the Silents she kept forgetting the positive readings, and after she was attacked by the Silents she soon forgot. She then questioned Faversham using a truth serum. (AUDIO: House of Silents)
She was working on a universal translator which could understand Axon and Sontaran. She helped Bishop to discover what happened at the Faversham estate. She later worked out a simplistic way of remembering the Silents, by writing stuff down. Investigating the people that went to Faversham's home, She started with the ones closest to her but the all disappeared. She and Bishop tracked Derek Butler but he as snatched from under her nose. She then looked through all the videos the people she was looking for had made and found subliminal messages to get the UK population to trust Kenneth LeBlanc. (AUDIO: Square One)
A month later she had to brief the rest of UNIT about her solution to getting the rest to remember the Silents. She had created a pair of sunglasses which had 360 degree cameras which could give them all views of the Silents. She called the Silents "Edvard". After she stole Carter's laptop, using the same techniques the Silents used, she found a large order of guns and explosives he had ordered. She also used it on Heston to find out where he had taken the things Josh ordered. She then tried to stop Josh from killing LeBlanc but couldn't so knocked him out. (AUDIO: Silent Majority)
She went with Bishop to the UNIT satellite to fix something on there, but they were knocked unconscious upon arrival. She started to explore the space station and found a Silent on-board. They were being controlled by the Silents and exposed the spy satellites of all the governments of the world. She tried to get the Telokni ship to stop shooting them but couldn't and had to escape. (AUDIO: In Memory Alone)
The Sillurian invasion
Osgood was investigating an Silurian nest near Scafell when they started to attack. She managed to escape to John Benton's pub. She tried to contact UNIT HQ but barely got a message through to Josh. Noticing that the Silurian's retreated when Terry Waring's car blew up, she devised a plan to burn the beer cellar of the pub and create a back draft to halt the Silurian's progress. She then escaped in Bessie (AUDIO: Call to Arms)
She was sent with Jo Jones to invesitage 'Project Charybdis'. Whilst there it was hijacked by Anthony Burmaster to get the a Sea Devil base. Before the Project was exploded she managed to escape. When Jo decided that she should continue the Doctor's work she got Jo to the Sea Devil base. She later stopped Kate from destroying the Sea Devil base by noticing that the tremor wasn't a weapon but the base collapsing. (AUDIO: Tidal Wave)
She went with Kate to a Silurian Nest in Greece whilst there she met some dormant dinosaurs. In the nest she was looking for a device to control Krellix's hybrids. Tryska used a machine that induced fear into her and she relived race memories of the Silurians, and started to run round the base. Sam later found her covered in a liquid and regressed to a primitive state. But in that state she found a way to stop Tryska before the base blew up. (AUDIO: Retrieval)
She realised that the Silurians must have breeding programme for Dinosaurs for millennia. Managing to get to London, she got to her labs to find a way of disarming the Silurians' and not killing them. Jo started to help her in the work. She eventually found a possible solution, of stopping the dinosaurs the Silurians' rode. She was able to disarm the nuclear weapons that Kalana had armed. After the defeat she went with Jo and Sam to South America in order to return the Sea Creatures back the Sea Devil base. (AUDIO: United)
The two Osgoods
The two Osgoods created Operation Double, where a group of 20 million Zygons would be allowed to live on Earth and take on the form of the nearest person they could find. The treaty could only be maintained if both humans and Zygons agreed to live among each other in peace, and that no harm would come to anyone. They were given a device called the Osgood Box by the Doctor, only to be used only in a dire emergency. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
In 2014, one of the Osgoods were sent to Bonnybridge to investigate another U.F.O. sighting in the area. Because of this, she missed the first known interaction between the Twelfth Doctor and UNIT as well as the Fractures' attack on London. (COMIC: The Fractures)
After Missy began to deploy her Cyberman army across the world, one of the Osgoods confronted and secured her. She was stationed near Missy during her captivity aboard Boat One, who told Osgood, "I'm going to kill you in a minute," calling it their secret girl plan. Missy proceeded to count down to Osgood's death, taunting her with each number. She then unlocked her handcuffs, killed her guards and grabbed hold of Osgood. Despite claiming to be more useful to Missy alive, Osgood was vaporised, with only her glasses remaining intact until Missy crushed them under her heel. The Twelfth Doctor later discovered them, crushed on the ground, and realised that Missy had murdered her. (TV: Death in Heaven)
After the death of one of the Osgoods, the other one refused to state whether she was the Zygon or the human. She became a target of a revolt from a rogue group of Zygons who believed they had been betrayed. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
After the Doctor convinced Bonnie, the leader of the Zygon revolt, to stop her plan, Bonnie also assumed Osgood's form and acted as the second protector of Earth alongside the other surviving Osgood. She felt that they were a credit to both humans and Zygons and planned to take on the role of protecting the Earth from threats. (TV: The Zygon Inversion)
In September 2015, the two Osgoods watched prime minister Daniel Claremont's speech on global warming at Ravenscaur School with Kate Stewart in the Tower of London. After Claremont was revealed to be a Sea Devil during the speech, the Osgoods recommended that Kate call the Doctor. The Twelfth Doctor was already there and he defeated the Sea Devils without UNIT. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death)
In early 2016, one of the Osgoods was in London when it was attacked by K2. She called the Twelfth Doctor and he took her into his TARDIS. They materalised above the London Eye as it was attacked by the robot. The Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to destroy K2, but he fell out of the TARDIS. Osgood saved him by throwing her scarf out of the TARDIS for the Doctor to catch. (COMIC: Robo Rampage)
One Osgood mailed the other based on a large increase of transmitter activity coming from Saxon Heights. They realised that this was Missy and later had UNIT crash into the school. However Osgood later confirmed to Kate Stewart that they had lost her. (PROSE: Yes, Missy)
One of the Osgoods was the commanding force behind UNIT's shutting down of Harmony Shoal, following an anonymous tip off. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio)
Osgood was a "fan" of the Doctor and knew of many of his previous incarnations. She would pick iconic items (i.e. multi-colored scarf, bow tie) from the incarnations she knew of and wore them herself (TV: The Zygon Inversion) When asked by the Twelfth Doctor if she would like to travel with him, she was so excited that she had to use her inhaler. (TV: Death in Heaven) Osgood would become saddened if she learned she missed a chance to see the Doctor; one of her fellow scientists even stated she would be disheartened to learn the Doctor had regenerated again after she had just started mimicking his previous self's fashion. (COMIC: The Fractures)
Osgood was also very intelligent. She alone was able to work out the reason why the Zygons smashed the statues in the Under-Gallery. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) She also surprised the Twelfth Doctor by correctly presuming that Missy was the Master regenerated into female form: UNIT kept files on all past Prime Ministers, including the Master. (TV: Death in Heaven) She also came up with a hypothetical plan for invading Earth by killing the Doctor by shooting him between the eyes for each regeneration, never allowing him to talk. (TV: The Zygon Inversion)
She managed to figure out whether she or her Zygon doppelganger was the real Osgood after the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, joined by the War Doctor, jumbled their minds, making them unable to determine their own species, in an attempt to facilitate negotiation of the ultimate peace treaty. She managed to determine this as her Zygon counterpart suffered an asthma attack, motivating her to pass her asthma inhaler to the other Osgood. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Osgood had a sister to whom she negatively compared herself. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) Missy observed that she had little confidence in herself. Osgood was able to keep her cool, even when faced with the threat of death from Missy and tried to reason her way out. (TV: Death in Heaven)
Osgood dressed according to the Doctor's fashion senses from various incarnations, choosing to wear a similar scarf to that worn by the Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, COMIC: Robo Rampage) She later wore trainers similar to those worn by the Tenth Doctor and a bow-tie similar to that worn by the Eleventh Doctor and a leather jacket like the Ninth Doctor. (TV: Death in Heaven) She also wore a shirt with question marks on the collars, like the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Doctors, and a cardigan similar to the Seventh Doctor's. (TV: The Zygon Invasion)
Behind the scenes
- On 24 July 2014, Ingrid Oliver appeared in character as Osgood in a video thanking fans for helping the official Doctor Who Twitter account reach one million followers.
- In DWM 484 Steven Moffat admitted his intention when writing was for Osgood to be the daughter of UNIT soldier Tom Osgood. However, he did not want to state this definitively in the script so fans were able to form their own interpretations. In the audio story Power Cell, Osgood responds to the suggestion that she had an uncle who used to run around shooting aliens with "something like that." This is consistent with the theory that Tom Osgood is Osgood's father and with the lack of definitive confirmation.
- Osgood appears as a background character in the London scene and the hidden Black Archives location in the Doctor Who level pack in LEGO Dimensions.
- Osgood was dubbed in German by voice actor Ghadah Al-Akel despite the fact that Ingrid Oliver is a native German speaker.


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When Abu Cassim started Jozi Angels as an informal endeavour with some friends, he did not imagine four years later it would be an established company with over 30 investments.
Part of the family that owns and operates Fashion House, the Johannesburg-based textiles firm that turns 80 years old next year, Cassim spent the best part of 10 years in asset management in South Africa and Dubai, before studying for an MBA at IE Business School in Madrid.
He now heads up Jozi Angels, which has built a sizeable reputation but only started on an informal basis four years ago.
"A few friends and I were running a non-profit in the startup space when I began assisting high-net-worth-individuals on a few startup investments. We formalised the company in early 2017, bringing the individuals together as a group," Cassim told Disrupt Africa.
Since then it has grown the network to include 23 investors, become affiliated with the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN), African Business Angel Network (ABAN) and South African Business Angel Network (SABAN), and made over 30 investments, backing the likes of experiences platform Tour 2.0, fitness app FitKey and e-commerce platform Momslist.
"Most of our investments are in Gauteng as we prefer being close to portfolio companies but we have made investments in Cape Town-based startups as well," Cassim said.
Jozi Angels is not a fund – investments are made by individuals or syndicates.
"The investors are then direct shareholders in the businesses. Our investors are typically entrepreneurs in their own right, they have built successful businesses and are now looking to give back, have fun and hopefully make a return on investment," said Cassim.
"Angel investing is a people's game. We invest in people and need to connect with the people we back. We typically look for energetic game changers that are doing something unique. Our requirements often look similar to that of a VC, but we invest at an earlier stage. In order of importance, we look for a strong team, innovative idea, product-market fit and potential scale."
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We had a full weekend in Austin, and Brian's family gave us our first baby shower. Because they know me well, there were NO games! We were given lots of great gifts, most of which I'll have to figure out what to do with in the next few weeks. I know I registered for most of them, but that doesn't mean I know how they work or what I'm supposed to do with them. Even for those things that are relatively self explanatory, like the baby bathtub, I'm still a little worried. The idea of bathing a slippery infant pretty much terrifies me. On the other hand, the idea of the mess that accompanies babies is what terrifies Brian. So, he was really happy to receive things like the car organizer and seat protector.
As we begin the 31st week, I'm starting to realize just how much we still have to accomplish in the last quarter of this pregnancy, and that's assuming that she holds out until the end. (I'm convinced that she'll be early.) Receiving shower gifts that I have no idea what to do with is just the tip of the iceberg! At least we have the basics -- a crib, clothes, one box of diapers, and some baby wipes, and lots of eager grandparents! That should get us through the first day or two. Somehow, some way, we'll start figuring things out. It's just a little stressful for the Type-A, control-freak, first-time-parent-to-be that I am!
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CTU BUDGET REVIEWS I... As union delegates take a close look at the CTU's proposed budget, questions about double dipping and other problems with the current leadership grow... Does the CTU need a retired teacher as a 'manager of managers' at nearly $100,000 per year?...
In a return to times when the Chicago Teachers Union was a crony patronage operation the current CORE leadership led by Karen Lewis and Jesse Sharkey is back to its old habits of double dipping and crony hiring. Due to the recent proclamations by the CTU that is it broke, despite having a $4 million-dollar reserve, Substance News will be analyzing current personnel and budgetary practices to the current leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union. The proposed budget for the CTU was presented to the union's House of Delegates at the May HOD meeting and is to be debated at the June meeting.
In an ongoing two-year investigation of executive salaries, possible ghost employees, double dipping, benefits fraud, possible theft of union funds and questionable political spending, Substance News will be releasing findings of diversion of funds, hiring practices and even unfair labor practices that are ongoing and continuing at the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation. Because the CTU Foundation is a separate legal entity, the union's leadership is claiming that Foundation budgets are not subject to the annual CTU budget review process of oversight by the House of Delegates. Although this claim is being challenged by some delegates, as of this report the finances of the "CTU Foundation" are virtually all secret from the union's members and delegates.
Documents and evidence are being supplied from reliable sources inside the union. Many union staff are currently afraid of being fired or being retaliated against by the current leadership. [This reporter worked as a consultant doing budget research at the CTU until he was purged by the current officers following disagreements about how the union should present its critique of CPS budgets and finances].
Current union workers also believe what the Union is doing is wrong and are providing information as whistleblowers on possible corruptive practices of the Chicago Teachers Union and the CTU Foundation. There have been CTU employees fired or suspended for questioning the leadership of the CTU. Stories about undemocratic attacks on CTU staff by the current leadership will also be told in the coming months.
In the first of this series is the "double dipper" Carol Caref. Carol holds a made-up position which is classified as "management." Yet she is retired from the Chicago Public Schools, where she worked as a math teacher. At no time in recent history of the CTU, until now, has a retiree held a management position at the union, sitting in on daily decision meetings with elected officers and giving directives to CTU staff. The staff Ms. Caref manages is Jennifer Johnson (who is also classified as a manger), Sarah Rothschild and Pavyln Jankov, two researchers.
So according to the current CTU leadership, Ms. Caref manages a manager that manages two people. In a recent reshuffling of the responsibilities (possibly to cover-up a bloated middle management at the CTU), Ms. Johnson now works as an "Education Issues Manager" while Carol Caref is the "Education Policy Director." The two researchers are now named Education Policy Analysts.
Imagine a director who manages a manager who manages two people! If CPS were doing that the Union would be all over it, publicizing it in the news for malfeasance and waste of money by creating fake position titles and management positions. Problem is this is not in CPS it is in the CTU.
Now to the crony part of the story. Ms. Caref is being called a "double dipper" by some at the CTU -- meaning that she holds a full-time job in a public sector related position and gets a full other salary. In this case she receives a full public-sector pension. According to Chicago Teacher Pension Fund Records, Caref receives a $6521.74 per month pension. The Chicago Teachers Union also is paying her a salary with benefits of over $90,000 per year. If you add the two up, that is over $170,000 per year as a retired teacher/director of three people.
The ethical and political issues that arise from this alleged patronage fleecing of the CTU coffers is two parts.
One is that the teacher's union leadership says its broke and needs to get concessions, including layoffs, from unionized workers that staff the CTU. Those who work at the CTU are represented by two locals of the Teamsters Union. Clerical workers are in one local, and field reps in another. Both are being asked to take cuts as the current budget looms.
But CTU workers feel that the leadership is speaking with a forked tongue, when they ask for staff cuts or even cuts for CPS teachers, yet are also creating fake patronage jobs that waste dues dollars.
The second is the fact that if retired teachers make too much money substitute teaching in CPS, while getting a CTPF pension they are penalized by the Pension Board. In many cases pension checks are garnished thousands of dollars. Yet a crony director can work full-time sometimes even inside of CPS schools without reproach and laughing all the way to the bank with CTU dues money. Not caring about how it would look to pensioners who get penalized by the Pension Board.
Is it legal? Probably
Is it fair to the thousands of teachers that work hard every day fighting for what little they get? No.
Is this why Karen Lewis was elected? No
Is this why CORE was elected? No
Should it stop? Yes
When? Immediately
[Documents and evidence are being supplied from sources inside the union afraid of being fired and being retaliated against. They also believe what the Union is doing is wrong and are providing this information as whistleblowers on possible corruptive practices of the Chicago Teachers Union. There have been CTU employees fired for questioning the leadership of the CTU. They were forced to sign NDAs to settle their cases in lieu of long court battles that could last years. Those stories will also be told in the coming months.]
By: Jim Vail
Good report
Would love to see report on all the double dippers. Our school engineer also draws full pension and full salary working for outsourced company. Asked if he'll ever enjoy it.
By: Jo-Anne Cairo
CTU Budget 2018
June 2018, the CTU budget was passed, there were 36 new delegates at this meeting, that never received any delegate training, matter a fact there is about 400 plus new delegates that have probably never been trained. But they voted YES on the CTU contract. Of course the Core committee people where at the mic's, being the programed robots they our. When others asked for more time to review the audit that came out the day before, the response from Jessie was the merry go round.


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You won't believe what massive flooding has caused and forced people living in the North West zone of Nigeria to do.
A massive flooding has wrecked havoc in Jahun Local Government Area in Jigawa State destroying buildings and farms. People have been forced to evacuate the area as a result of the flooding.
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This is coming after the National Emergency Management Agency says about 21 Local Government Areas will be affected by flood in the North West zone.
The North West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Musa Ilallah, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Tuesday. The coordinator said the agency has taken all proactive measures to curtail the flood menace in the zone.
According to Ilallah, NEMA has reached out to relevant agencies in the affected states and within the zone to be on alert.
He mentioned the Local Governments to be affected in Kaduna State as Kaduna North and South, Igabi, Kubau, Soba Kajuru and Kachia, while in Kano State, Wudil, Warawa, Tudun Wada, Bebeji, Gwarzo, Dawakin Tofa, Kiru and Bagwai were named.
Others are Katsina State: Malumfashi, Funtua, Daura and Baure; Jigawa State: Hadejia, Auyo, Kafin Hausa, Ringim, Taura and Jahun. Ilallah also disclosed that the river basin cuts across Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina States, while River Hadejia cuts across Jigawa, Kano and part of Bauchi States.
He urged the State governments to urgently embark on massive sensitisation programme of the affected communities to see the need of moving away from the prone areas.
He said: "On our part, NEMA and Executive Secretary of Hydrological Services Agency already carried out a Hausa programmes on radio in cognizance of targeting this communities that are likely to be affected.
"The alert shows that if the rain continues as experienced in the last one week for the next four days, it is a signal that part of River Niger will be flooded."
He added: "And by implication, a number of places will be affected with flood and going by the warning, the experience of flood in 2012 will be a child's play this year, while several states will be affected.
"My concern is the North West, particularly Kaduna, Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States following the warnings by the Director General of the agency.
"Though we are able to reach out to States Emergency Management Agencies to enable them alert the communities living along the river banks linked with River Niger.
"It was just two days ago the Nigerian government received an alert from Niger Republic issuing a warning that all people living along the river banks should be evacuated."
Illalah warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse and building along water ways. He enjoined relevant authorities in the states to be up and doing to check flooding.


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It is beach front, so it can get windy from time to time. Don't let that put you off, there is still plenty to see and do or you can find a sheltered spot in the park or the camp kitchen.
You can also check out the weather conditions by checking www.willyweather.com.au and type in Port Vincent.


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konzept[:]musique pres. Frank Leicher – Rising EP incl. Rising (Original Mix), Better Day (Original Mix), For Me A Little Bit Darker (Original Mix), Funker (Original Mix)
Soon on Beatport!!! released by : www.facebook.com/Konzeptmusique
Frank Leicher born in Frankfurt started buying his first records in the mid 90ies and got interested in electronic music, especially techno and house. Affected by the Frankfurt scene and his surrounding, Frank initially played on smaller parties just for fun to apply himself to his passion more and more in the course of time.
In addition to playing vinyl on the turntables and digital djaying, Frank is also active as a music producer and successful among projects like Berovic & Leicher (with Nedzad Berovic), Dreist (with Matt Star and Locke) and Fresh Fried (with Chris Wood). In 2007 his first release "Remember The Love" on "Balkon Records" had great success at the very last Loveparade in Berlin. Three years later his remix of Josh Wink´s "Hypnoslave" which he produced in collaboration to Pascal FEOS reached the Beatport Top Ten Technocharts. That was followed by releases on labels like "Einmaleins Musik", "International Freakshow", "levelNONzero" and "Mainakustik".Frank´s knowledge as a producer now allows him to implement what he understood as doing a live perfomance. He arranges his own tracks in a complete new way and provides them with handmade sounds and effects live in front of his audience.Cocoon Club Frankfurt, Monza Frankfurt, U60311 Frankfurt, Harry Klein Munich, Arena Club Berlin, Katerholzig Berlin and KUBIK Club Barcelona are just a few stops of his present dj and live activities.


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My big fat tipsy trifle
Here's some soul filling food for you! I have a massive trifle dish I bought from a department store, which is perfect for this recipe. If you are using a standard glass dish, reduce the amounts by a third.
This trifle is a real showstopper and so very simple to make –ready from start to finish in about 30–40 minutes.
Serves about 10
2 x shop-bought Madeira loaf cakes
150ml Amaretti, Cognac, Grand Marnier, Cointreau or any strong liqueur (optional) – useapple juice or orange juice if kiddies etc are eating. It won't flambé though.
800g strawberries, hulled and cut in half lengthways
250g amaretti biscuits, crumbled
Seeds of 1 vanilla pod or a few drops of vanilla extract
100g icing sugar
900ml double cream
200g white chocolate, grated
Equipment Large trifle dish or glass bowl
Put the trifle dish on a large tray to make it easier to carry. Slice one of the Madeira cakes into 5mm slices and use a few of the slices to line the bottom of the dish. Make sure they are nice and tight and in a single layer, so squidge down any bits that are standing up too high. Brush the sponge with some of the alcohol of your choice, if using, then take a few strawberries that are roughly the same size, if possible, and turn one half upside down and put it on the outer edge of the cake so it is pressing up to the glass. Repeat all the way round the dish.
Sprinkle some crumbled amaretti biscuits on top of the cake mixture to a third of the way up the strawberries. Put the vanilla, icing sugar and cream in a bowl and whip until thick, almost like cream cheese but a little looser. Spread a third of the cream on top of the strawberries and crumbled biscuits and smooth it down flat with a spoon.
The cream should come up to only a couple of millimetres or above the level of the top of the strawberries. The amaretti biscuits do stick to the spoon while spreading the cream on, so I use a small knife to just scrape them off. Stand back from your evolving masterpiece and have a look to see if the cream is level. If it is not, use a piece of kitchen paper to wipe around the edge of the bowl, then sprinkle with a layer of grated chocolate. Now repeat each layer until the bowl is full, finishing with a layer of strawberries. Set aside.
For a bit of fun, try flambéing the trifle before serving it. Flambéing is very easy and the flames die out as soon as the alcohol has burnt out, but I always feel more comfortable with a large pan lid nearby just in case I need to put out the flame. The flame is similar to when a Christmas pudding is lit up or when a sambuca shot is lit by the barman. If using alcohol, you can carefully pour the alcohol over the trifle at the table and light it with a match. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's fun to try. Let the flames die out before serving the trifle. The top layer of cream will have melted a little but it will still taste delicious!
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Tranquillity, peace and romance can all be found in abundance at the exquisite hideaway of L'Alyana Ninh Van Bay. In fact, so secluded is this little taste of paradise, you'll need to take a speedboat to reach its glistening shores. Once there, you'll discover a luxurious selection of villas tucked amongst verdant greenery and spectacular natural beauty. Each features a plunge pool and spacious terrace, plus the resort's chefs will expertly create a dinner of your choice to enjoy privately under the stars. With friendly butlers to take care of your every whim, and a sumptuous spa, this is surely the best way to see Vietnam's turquoise coastline.
L'Alyana Ninh Van Bay is located on a private beach.
This resort is in a secluded spot, a short boat ride away from the centre of Nha Trang. There's a daily shuttle service into town for those looking to explore further afield.
Cam Ranh Airport is about 16km away from the boat quay, where you'll pick up a speed boat transfer to L'Alyana Ninh Van Bay.
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Ibrahim, Norliah and Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff and Zakariah, Asri Amirul and Abdullah Asuhaimi, Farhanin (2015) The application of contract law principles in domestic contracts. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 23 (S). pp. 281-290. ISSN 0128-7702


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What Is the Truck Tonnage Index?
The truck tonnage index is an index that measures the gross tonnage of freight which is transported by motor carriers in the United States for a given month. The index serves as an indicator of shipping activity, and consumption of goods in the U.S. Analysts also use the truck tonnage index to determine the state of the U.S. economy as over 70-percent of all freight tonnage is via truck.
Understanding the Truck Tonnage Index
The index is weighted proportionately to reflect the current composition of the trucking industry. Calculation of the index uses a seasonal adjustment, and there is a one-month lag between the time of data compilation and reporting. A rise in the index is generally seen as a rise in the economy, because it indicates that production is up, as well as of consumption of consumer goods.
The truck tonnage index was first introduced by the American Trucking Association (ATA) in 1973. ATA, formed in 1933, is an advocacy group for the trucking industry. The association aims to educate both the public and policymakers about the importance of the trucking industry's role in the economy. In reaching the goal of the ATA, the index has proven to be a valuable tool. Both raw materials and consumer goods for retail sales are shipped domestically via truck.
Truck Tonnage Still Rolling Strong
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis maintains a chart of the truck tonnage index on their website. In 2016, 10.55 billion tons of freight were shipped within the U.S. by truck. This total amount represents $738.9 billion in gross freight revenues from trucking alone.
Beyond the revenue generated by trucking, the industry also contributes to the economy through payment of federal and state highway-user taxes. In 2015, these taxes added up to $41.3 billion. The ATA estimates that there are over 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S. contributing to these numbers.
In March 2018, the truck tonnage index read at 110, which was a 1.1 percent decrease from its reading of 111.2 in February of the same year. A month before, the index had dropped in January as well. However, the ATA's Chief Economist, Bob Costello does not anticipate further declines. This belief is partly because the index, though in slight decline, still ranked higher than it did during the same months in 2017. Costello told TruckingInfo.com, "While I expect the pace of growth to continue moderating in the months ahead…the levels of freight will remain good going forward,"


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Where was the cost/benefits analysis on all the new regulations Barack Obama already signed?
Dan Mitchell argues that Barack Obama's new alleged centrism, as manifested by his WSJ column about deregulation, is not sincere, was accompanied by his usual factual misstatements, and is flagrantly contradicted by his policies.
The President garnered some attention for his January 18 column in the Wall Street Journal, in which he said we need to control the regulatory burden.
Let's start with the insincere part. He praised capitalism.
America's free market has not only been the source of dazzling ideas and path-breaking products, it has also been the greatest force for prosperity the world has ever known. That vibrant entrepreneurialism is the key to our continued global leadership and the success of our people.
I'm not really sure how to analyze this passage. Let's just say it is akin to George W. Bush talking about the need for small government and fiscal responsibility.
Obama then talks about the need for balance, saying that regulations sometimes are too onerous, but then he gets to the inaccurate part.
…we have failed to meet our basic responsibility to protect the public interest, leading to disastrous consequences. Such was the case in the run-up to the financial crisis from which we are still recovering. There, a lack of proper oversight and transparency nearly led to the collapse of the financial markets and a full-scale Depression.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this statement. A part of the government, the Federal Reserve, creates far too much liquidity with an easy-money policy. Other government-created entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, then create enormous subsidies for bad housing loans. These combined policies lead to a bubble that bursts, and Obama wants us to believe it was a problem of inadequate regulation?!? For those who are interested, here's a good article from the American Enterprise Institute explaining how government caused the financial crisis.
Now let's get to the hypocritical part, where the President issues a new executive order, asserting we need to balance costs and benefits.
As the executive order I am signing makes clear, we are seeking more affordable, less intrusive means to achieve the same ends—giving careful consideration to benefits and costs. This means writing rules with more input from experts, businesses and ordinary citizens. It means using disclosure as a tool to inform consumers of their choices, rather than restricting those choices.
I suppose we should give the President credit for chutzpah. Less than one month ago, his Administration proposes an IRS interest-reporting regulation that, in a best-case scenario, will drive tens of billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy. That regulation does not even pretend there are any offsetting benefits, yet Obama says his Administration will be diligent in applying cost-benefit analysis. This is sort of like a kid murdering his parents and then asking a court for mercy because he's an orphan.
Read the whole thing.
Another column or two like that, though, and David Brooks and Peggy Noonan will be signing Obama's praises again.


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November 24, 2008
Buying any sort of high-tech product involves risks not faced with most other purchases. The sweater you get for yourself probably won't cost dramatically less next year or be replaced in stores by a vastly upgraded Sweater 3.0, but your new laptop, camera or phone can become overpriced or obsolete within weeks. We accept that risk as the price of constant innovation. But some technological products represent too much of a gamble. Before diving into this year's holiday guide take a look at Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro's picks for what NOT to purchase.
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Let's See What I Come Up With
I just went to Target with my 10 year old. Everyone should experience the joy of shopping with her. So with her permission, I share our recent experience.
Every other year or so she gets Valentine's and St. Patrick Day shirts. We went over to that section and I showed her this:
"But gold is a solid rock. I don't want my heart to be a solid rock."
Then we saw this:
"Donut pants? That's something YOU would wear."
And there you have it.
I have no idea why the second picture is sideways.
(And I probably would wear them if the situation was right.)


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Is Ashton Kutcher's Reign as Twitter King Ending?
Britney Spears is closing in on the actor's 4 million-plus followers on the micro-blogging site
There's twouble in the Twitterverse!
After famously beating CNN to 1 million followers last April, Ashton Kutcher has been the undisputed king of Twitter, gaining more followers than anyone else on the micro-blogging site. But are his days as Twitter's most popular user numbered?
Britney Spears is slowly closing in on Kutcher – and the gap between their number of followers gets smaller every day. (At the time of this posting, Kutcher had 4,890,797 followers; Spears had 4,878,516). While Kutcher is the only person who Tweets on his account (several times each day), Spears only sporadically posts on her Twitter account, along with her manager Adam Leber.
Now, the big question remains: If Spears does beat Kutcher, will she ding-dong ditch his doorstep the way Kutcher promised to do to CNN honcho Ted Turner?


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A Fairy Tale Canon
A few people have recently asked me what fairy tales I would consider to qualify as part of the 'fairy tale canon'.
A canon is a recognised group of related works. To my mind, the fairy tales listed below would cover all those I would include in a description of the European fairy tale canon. I've listed them in order, from those that I would expect almost everyone in the Western world to know about to those that are less well-known but still known by many (perhaps part of an 'outer canon'). Tales in the canon should be familiar enough that most people could tell you their basic plot.
Animal tales, like "The Three Little Pigs" and "The Billy Goat's Gruff", are probably better defined as folk tales than fairy tales, while "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Gingerbread Man" might be better defined as fables, but I've included them here nevertheless.
Can you think of any tales I've missed? Are there any you would argue for or against in this selection? Are there any you haven't heard of? In this list of what I'm suggesting is a general movement from best-known to less well-known, where is the cut-off point for you? Would you order them differently? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
A Fairy Tale Canon
Red Riding Hood
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Hansel and Gretel
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Princess and the Pea
The Gingerbread Man
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Three Billy Goats' Gruff
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Frog Prince
The Little Mermaid
Puss in Boots
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Six Swans/The Wild Swans
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
The Goose Girl
The Valiant Tailor
The Golden Goose
Snow White and Rose Red
Tom Thumb
The Selkie Wife
Diamonds and Toads
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AFGHANISTAN: The Afghanistan Railway Authority has invited expressions of interest in three performance-based contracts to operate, maintain and manage the 75 km railway from Hairatan on the Uzbek border to a freight terminal near Mazar-i-Sharif.
Responses from 'experienced, high calibre and competent national and international' companies should be submitted to the Ministry of Public Works by November 15. The responses will then be evaluated within the AfRA and MPW, and shortlisted companies invited to submit detailed proposals.
Interested companies are required to have adequate financial resources and at least 10 years of experience with 1 520 mm and/or 1 435 mm gauge railways. Regional experience and joint ventures with Afghan firms would be viewed positively.
Because of the lack of railway capabilities within Afghanistan, construction of the country's first significant main line railway route was undertaken by Uzbek national railway UTY, with funding from the Asian Development Bank. The 1 520 mm gauge line was completed in 2011, and carries freight services which are operated by UTY under a bilateral agreement. In May this year it was reported that around 4 600 wagons/month were using the line.


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UUD / Departemen Militer §61-69
Pasal 66: Formasi Struktur dan kamp-kamp angkatan bersenjata
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Pasal 66: Seluruh angkatan bersenjata ditetapkan sebagai satu kesatuan, yang ditempatkan diberbagai markas (kamp) militer. Sebagian kamp militer harus ditempatkan diberbagai wilayah, sebagian lainnya ditempatkan ditempat-tempat strategis, dan sebagian lain ditempatkan di kamp-kamp yang bersifat mobil dan dijadikan sebagai pasukan siap tempur. Kamp-kamp militer dibentuk dalam berbagai unit. Setiap unitnya disebut batalion. Setiap batalion mempunyai ciri, seperti batalion 1, batalion 3 dan seterusnya, atau dinamakan sesuai nama wilayah/distrik.
Article 66: The Army is a unified entity which has specific bases. However, it is necessary that some of these bases are placed in different provinces and others in strategic locations. Some of the bases should be permanently mobile fighting forces. These bases are organised in numerous groups, with each group being given a number as a name, such as the first Army, the third Army, or they can be named after a province or district.
The Islamic Army is a single entity composed from several Armies, and each one is given a number: so it is said: the first Army, the third Army, or they are named according to the province or district, and it is said: the Army of Ash-Sham, the Army of Misr, and the Army of San'a' for example.
The Islamic Army is placed in specific bases, and in each base there is a group of soldiers, either a single Army, or division, or numerous Armies. However, it is obligatory to place these bases in different provinces, and some of them in military bases, and some of them in permanently mobile bases to be strike forces. Each base is given a specific name, such as Al-Habanya Base, and each has a specific flag.
These arrangements, are either from permitted issues and ,therefore, left to the opinion of the Khalifah and his Ijtihad, such as naming every Army according to its province or district, or to assign a specific number for each of them, or they could be from the issues of
(ما لا يتم الواجب إلا به ...)
"Whatever is required to complete an obligation"
if they were necessary to protect the land, such as the arrangements of the Armies on the borders, and placing and putting the bases across various strategic locations to protect the land and so on.
Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) used to divide the Army bases amongst the provinces, and so soldiers were assigned for Palestine and another for Moosel, and another in the centre of the State, and he used to have an Army with him prepared to fight upon the first indication.


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