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There was once a famous man, a well known Millionaire of lore who when he was first starting out, was willing to do and pay whatever it took to gain, attain financial success. Any price would be paid including sacrificing marital longevity, which he had many, for a higher priority which was money.
There's solid evidence that once this individual ended up as a millionaire many times over, after his working life was complete, in his older years, he came to feel remorse in regards to the life priorities that he originally set out as a younger man.
In fact, he wrote in his memoirs: "I hate as well as regret the failures of my marriages. Looking back, I would gladly give up some of the millions I made, for just one successful and lasting marriage."
Near the end of this gentleman's life, with all of the prestige along with the massive amounts of wealth he had accumulated, it all meant very little to him, and felt was practically worthless.
When one obviously reaches older age, that's the time when individuals will reflect back on their lives, look at the choices that they made, the experiences that they've had, the sacrifices and the crossroads which were painfull.
For most, what ultimately mattered to them was not the money that they've accumulated, but rather the lifelong friendships they were able to bond.
So despite this particular man's many accomplishments, and there were many, he died full of regret on his mattress made of money.
It may also become a sad story when you reflect back on your life. A rather cautionary tale for those who may of chosen to make a successful career their highest priority, and nothing else really mattered.
To make this strict sacrifice, you've relegated potential true loving relationships and friendships, and then issued them towards a lower priority status. It's at our own peril that we all decide to neglect our relationships.
We or they don't know what love really is by throwing them the scraps of whatever emotion is left over, after we've exhausted our best energy and efforts towards the pursuit of money, and thus have burnt our lives at the workplace. You decide to place your loved ones on the back burner until "later," when it becomes too late.
The Patience Of The Unloved
Our partners and our kids may be patient during these times of wealth accumulation, but the years turn into decades when we have our noses firmly planted to the grindstone, attempting to build a strong and noble financial foundation.
Even through all of the difficult and the trying of times, and certainly there are trying times, failing to attend or pay attention to the needs of properly maintaining relationships, pretty much guarantees that there will be eventual breakdowns and dysfunction, which increases the likelihood of separation or divorce.
It's been proven that even the strongest of relationships can and will eventually erode, and at times become irreversible if they're not able to provide adequate care and attention.
Like any other living organism in life, any relationship requires ongoing nurturing, caring and dedicated attention in order for it to grow and thrive. While it's possible for tolerance for brief periods of neglect, when in times of crisis, that's the rare occurrences when the foundation is mutually solid.
The Marital Bliss-less
For those who are experts and comments on marital interaction, they have all stated that the primary failure of relationships, when they go off the deep end of the cliff, is because of simple neglect. This other than any other conflict such as being unfaithful, which may be a consequence.
The strongest of marriages will even have their periods of irreconcilable differences, which on occasion needs to be addressed, and at times they're not always resolved. The act of constantly addressing as well as acknowledging them respectfully is a bonding act which can strengthen the marital union, even if there's no true resolution.
When we constantly fail to bring affection in its various forms to our relationships, then the risks which are exposed is far greater than realized. At times, if we see the end nearing, before it becomes too late, if we're able to act quick enough, we'll put a stop to it.
Then not only can we potentially save our relationships, but we can also restore it to a higher degree of integrity, as well as trust, which is far greater than anything that's been previously experienced.
The majority of us has personally experienced how these types of crises can potentially make our relationships stronger, knowing where the exact turning points are, pinpointing where they've become fractured, and then correcting them.
Keeping The Focus
In our hyper and quickly accelerating materialistic culture that we live in, it's easy to just drive ourselves off the road, by becoming easily distracted by the various temptations.
Most of us may become too easily lost in our own obsessive quest for more happiness, and security, and believe what materialistic success is the ultimate end game.
But avoiding all of the pitfalls such as proper orientation which requires great clarity regarding what truly matters, and the ability to be able to stay faithful on a course which honors our deepest values.
There's lessons that can be learned from those who previously neglected valuable life experiences, the failures as well as the successes. The ultimate confessions of regret which may be a plea or advice to us to avoid making the same mistakes which were made by their lives.
So perhaps, we can ultimately arrive towards the upper echelons of our lives with more love and gratitude. Once we do, then the final amount of our net worth would not really matter that much.


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A couple of the most popular business books irk me. Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited and 37signal's Rework disagree about many things, yet both make the same fundamental error: they over-reach.
Let me make the point by citing a book that never over-reaches, Good to Great by Jim Collins. Read the rest of this entry »

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Russian mascotte world cup 2018. I like the char :)
You can find Hi-res version, PSD file of that picture at my http://www.patreon.com/mdf
Very cute :)
Love it!
Nothing like a sugar coated mascot for a pointless international sporting event to dust off and blanket up Russia's crimes against humanity and human rights violations. Sure they jail, beat, and torture gays, but hey they have a cute wolf mascot for a sporting event!
lol this comment is aimed at Russia, not you or your art o3o just venting
This little guy looks like he'll be an awesome mascot. Whenever I think of Russia, I always think of the Russian bear though and a lot of people I imagine do. A husky for sports would be awesome though.


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"Imposter" Suffers an Identity Crisis
- Shawn McEvoy Faith Editor
- 2006 4 Jul
Title: "Imposter"
Author: Davis Bunn
Publisher: WestBow
"Who are you?" asks agent Matt Kelly a little more than halfway through Davis Bunn's "Imposter."
Espionage veteran Allen Pecard responds: "That, I fear, is an utterly incorrect question for you to be asking at this point in time."
Actually, at that point in time, it's the very same question the reader would like to ask an otherwise-intriguing book, and unfortunately it's the same question one is left asking when the final page has been turned. The title, truly, seems more applicable to the novel itself than to any of the innumerable characters therein.
"Imposter" is already confused over whether it is spy thriller, political intrigue, cop noir, romance, or faith quest; add to that the main character's search for an identity all his own, and you get one scrambled omelet that even Wolfgang Puck wouldn't try to "fuse." That doesn't mean it's without tasty individual ingredients.
Bunn, whose other works include "The Lazarus Trap", "Elixir", and "The Great Divide", sets his action in and around Baltimore. Anyone remotely familiar with the mid-Atlantic city will delight in the well-crafted sights and sounds taken in by the hero, Matt Kelly, as he tries to track down his beloved mother's killer.
Aiding Matt in his quest? His inner-city-honed karate skills, uncanny ability as a mimicker of voices, favored status as a fresh graduate of a federal intelligence agency, and two of the most likeable Baltimore cops ever written into existence. Complicating the investigation: Matt's father is running for the U.S. Senate (the election looms), is extremely disapproving of Matt, and – believe it or not – Matt's deep-seated issues opening up to women.
Apparently, even the book's own back cover isn't quite sure what to make of the plot, referring to Matt Kelly as an "FBI newbie." Only he's not. Matt is State Department Intelligence, a branch that nobody in the novel seems to know exists, either. But using his high-level contacts and downright good-guy nature, Matt manages to bring together a rag-tag task force of State Intel, FBI, Baltimore PD of all levels, newspaper reporters, military personnel, and a mysterious British bomb expert, some of whom have been feuding with each other heretofore.
The action begins right away when Megan Kelly, after a morning spent campaigning for her husband, is killed by a bomb that almost claims young Matt's life, too, just a day after completing his federal training. As Matt heals physically, he puts events into motion that will help him get better emotionally, psychologically, and professionally as well. What his team uncovers involves an underwhelming Vietnam-era war tale that for unexplained reasons has taken 30 years for vengeance to come calling. As to how they go about uncovering it, Kelly's knack for using teamwork to overcome red tape is the book's best feature.
Sub-plots and tangents abound, though not completely unwelcome. Detective Lucas D'Amico serves as the story's moral center as a widowed man of deep faith who must come to terms with what is best for his twenty-something mentally-retarded daughter, while also counseling a sick partner and a jaded female rookie … and working the case, of course. Other interesting narrative detours involve Baltimore Ravens fans, local landmarks (seriously, Baltimore Tourism should give Bunn a stipend), and a quick trip to England where agent Kelly again gets to play hero … this time to some abused guardsmen.
"Imposter" kept me looking forward to picking it up again each night. It's just that one is likely to have finished it feeling as if he or she has read snippets of five pretty good books of varying genres, rather than one very good story that really brings all the flavors together.


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Search and Match candidates to your jobs
Search and Match transforms the way you find, identify and hire talent – not just in Jobtrain but across LinkedIn too. It has the potential to deliver big savings on time to hire and on advertising and agency use and spend.
"We would have instantly saved £5,000 if we had used Jobtrain's Smart Technology"
Match candidates against jobs as they are created
Search and Match will match candidates to jobs as they are created by using the job details and advert copy against your database – the smart search technology uses meanings rather than just traditional keywords to intelligently source talent.
Smart Search and Match then displays a list of candidates with the best match to your job. From within Jobtrain, the same search can also be run across LinkedIn to identify candidates. You can do all this before even considering paying for advertising or using an agency.
It is really powerful and accurate stuff!


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Five reasons Cosmo loves Leona
Her music is everywhere. When Leona won The X Factor in 2006, we knew a British super-talent had been born - in fact, she won our Ultimate Newcomer Award back in 2007. Her single Bleeding Love hit the number one spot in more than 34 countries and she's scooped an Ivor Novello, two MOBOs, MTV Music Awards, World Music Awards… The list goes on.
She's proven anything is possible. Even music legends like Kylie Minogue and the Spice Girls have struggled to 'crack America'. Not our Leona though. Her album Spirit made her the first British pop artist to top the US billboard 200 chart with a debut album, and this year, she was nominated for three prestigious Grammy awards. Our girl has come a long way since being a receptionist just over three years ago.
She's an ambassador for Britain. Despite her worldwide success, 23-year-old Leona remains truly grounded. She told Cosmo that her career highlight so far was performing with rock legend Jimmy Page at last year's Beijing Olympics: "I was so honoured they asked me. I was representing the UK so it was very important to me."
She's still the girl-next-door. When she's not busy in LA, Leona lives in Hackney with her childhood sweetheart Lou, an electrician, who she's been with since she was 17. And family values are still important to her. She got up at 3am so she could fly back from Europe to be with her mum on Mother's Day.
She's putting her global fame to good use. Leona uses her superstardom to stand up for her beliefs. She publicly turned down the chance to open the Harrods sale because it stocks garments made from animal fur, and she plans to launch her own ethical line of clothing and accessories. She was also the face of the Teenage Cancer Trust's Shunburn campaign, which urges young people to stay safe in the sun.
What she said when she won: "Thank you so much to everyone at Cosmo - it means a lot to be recognised in a line-up of such amazing women, and I hope you are all enjoying my music as much as I'm enjoying making it."
Leona's new album Echo is out 16 November
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Twenty-year-old Tanner Agar wasn't just writing his graduation thesis in December 2014 — he was also filling a record number of product orders for his specialty food startup, The Chef Shelf. But all that extra work didn't discourage the former chef and recent Texas Christian University alum.
"To be tired because of all your sales is the best problem ever," Agar says, adding that seasonality plays a large part in his business. "All the sleep I didn't get in December I can catch up on in January."
In December 2014, The Chef Shelf, which ships foods from Texas chefs to consumers across the U.S., had 11 times more sales in than the previous year.
It's difficult to balance entrepreneurship with studies, but many students like Agar are eager to take on the challenge. About 46% of millennials (PDF) said that they're interested in learning about starting a small business, according to 2014 study by the Independent Community Bankers of America and the Center for Generational Kinetics.
About 46% of millennials (PDF) said that they're interested in learning about starting a small business.
"Balancing it all is really hard," Agar says. But, he says, it's well worth it.
» MORE: College survival guide for your money
If you're thinking of starting a small business in college, here are some tips:
Go to an entrepreneurial college
At Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business, which was named the No. 6 top undergrad business school for entrepreneurship in 2013 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, students like Agar can headquarter their businesses at a tech incubator in Fort Worth, which gives them access to lawyers, marketers, conference rooms and other resources, all for free.
» MORE: How to budget in college
If you want to start a business while you're in school, going to a university that offers lots of resources for young entrepreneurs can give you a competitive edge. Rice University, for instance, hosts an annual business plan competition with more than $1.5 million in prizes, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosts a business plan competition that awards $225,000 to the grand-prize winner. At Babson College, University of Houston, Baylor University and other institutions, students can also get one-on-one mentors to navigate the world of starting a business, according to Entrepreneur.
If you want to start a business while you're in school, going to a university that offers lots of resources for young entrepreneurs can give you a competitive edge.
Qualify for free money
If you're in college, it might be difficult to qualify for a small-business loan or self-fund your venture. But don't use your student loans to fund your entrepreneurial visions. Instead, think outside the box.
» MORE: 7 tips in money management for college students
Start by applying for awards for budding entrepreneurs, like the Hult Prize, which provides up to $1 million in seed money to the winners. If you're majoring in business, ask the faculty in your department about local programs and grants you could qualify for. Many schools have business plan and elevator pitch competitions to help give new startups an extra boost.
Set up a website for your small business
You don't have to be a programming wiz to set up a sleek website. Through platforms like SquareSpace, Wix and WordPress, you can easily customize a template without knowing any code. While you'll have to pay an annual fee for hosting and a domain name, the overall costs of creating a small-business website are generally minimal — especially if you can find a free template.
If you're interested in building a more complicated site for your small business, consider taking a programming course at your college. Some basic HTML and CSS skills could help you troubleshoot issues down the road. Autodidacts can learn the ropes of programming through free tutorials on sites like Coursera and CodeAcademy.
Build a community for your business
For Agar, creating personal connections through food has always been a focus at The Chef Shelf. "My goal was never to build a website where we simply sell product, because I'm fairly sure someone like Amazon could do a much better job selling product much more cheaply than we can," he says. "But what we can do is build a community around food."
» MORE: 5 things to do when starting an online store
To foster a loyal following for your small business, start by talking about your venture with friends and family and refining your company's social media presence. Figure out who your audience is and find ways to reach them directly, whether that means booking speaking engagements, buying advertising or simply going out for coffee with potential clients.
To foster a loyal following for your small business, start by talking about your venture with friends and family and refining your company's social media presence.
Expand your small business in college
You might have the largest student-run enterprise on campus — but don't stop there. The more you work on expanding your business while you're in college, the easier it will be to build on your success after graduation.
» MORE: Lessons in financial literacy for college students
Agar, who just graduated a few weeks ago, says the Neeley School of Business is giving him another year to operate from the Tech Fort Worth incubator rent-free. During that time, he hopes to expand his customer base, hire employees and find angel investors. He explains it all with a food analogy, of course.
"I'd rather have a large percent of a whole watermelon than 100% of a grape," he says.


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The way I see it, the future of Comic book super hero movies works a' something like this. Imagine you are on a train that has a great party going on. People are having a great time. Moving from car to car, you find some duds, but they are easy to pick out and stay away from and usually the next car has a much better party that brings great new ideas you never thought of before, like trained monkeys serving drinks. You stick your head out the window at one point and see in the distance something coming up on the tracks. It is too far away to tell for sure, but you think it might be the station where at you will transfer to another train that promises a new level of superior partying. However, another thought strikes you. It could also be another train on the same set of tracks coming straight at you resulting in untold carnage. But, it is much too far away to tell.
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The Sprint Start Sled is the first training device to allow the resistance of towing a sled while coming out of the blocks.
The unique design provides for clearance over and around virtually all starting blocks.
Developed by Colorado State University sprint coach Tim Cawley.
Olympic style weight plates may be added to increase resistance.
Includes sled, 11' leads, and 3" wide hook & loop closure belt adjustable up to 42" waist.
Due to the dimensions (40" x 36" x 18") of this item, it must ship via freight carrier.
Max Belt compatible.


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10/08/2017 | Racing
Pirtek Racing's rising star Jamie Caroline has his sights firmly fixed on a big points haul this weekend with the F4 British Championship Certified by FIA – Powered by Ford heads for Knockhill this weekend for the seventh meeting of the year.
Jamie makes the long trip to Scotland sitting pretty at the top of the standings having secured a record-breaking ninth win of the season last time out at Snetterton.
It means the rapid teenager holds a lead of 46.5 points over the chasing pack heading into a busy weekend that will see the British F4 field in action four times.
Jamie has enjoyed success at Knockhill in the past, including a race winning performance en-route to the Ginetta Junior Championship title, and showed impressive pace on track twelve months – albeit without picking up the results that his speed deserved.
Front-running results are very much the aim this time around as Jamie looks to maintain his championship lead, with a strong qualifying performance being key to his chances of success.
Jamie already knows he will start one of the four races at Knockhill from pole position, with the circuit playing host to round 12 of the season – which was due to take place at Oulton Park before being postponed due to time constraints.
"Although results didn't go my way last season, I showed strong pace at Knockhill which leaves me feeling confident going into the weekend ahead," he said. "The circuit is one of the most spectacular on the calendar and it's a really rewarding feeling when you hook up a lap and get into the groove.
"Last year I showed that that is possible to overtake at Knockhill but it isn't easy, so qualifying towards the front of the grid will be particularly important this weekend. The fact I know I'm already starting at the front for one race is a bonus before we even take to the track, and if I can get near the sharp end of the grid for the other races, we'll be in a good position.
"I still have a good lead in the standings but like I've said before, I can't relax and take it easy because that's when mistakes will creep in. With four races this weekend there are good points to be scored, and that's my aim."
After qualifying on Saturday 12 August at 11.30, the first of Knockhill's three British F4 races will be at 14.30 on Saturday afternoon, with race two following at 10.15 on Sunday morning. Race three then takes place at 15.40 and will feature as part of the BTCC's extensive live coverage on ITV4.
Knockhill also plays host to Round 12 of the season, which was postponed at Oulton Park, at 17.10 at Saturday afternoon.
Live results from the weekend will be available at www.tsl-timing.com
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By Dr. John L. Reizer
Editor at NoFakeNews.net
It is not very easy for people suffering with chronic diseases such as Cancer and autoimmune disorders to come to the realization that sometimes the best course of treatment is no treatment at all.
Many of us make the giant mistake of buying into the lie that traditional, organized medicine can successfully treat chronic diseases. In my opinion it cannot! A hard pill for many to swallow (pun intended) is that the standard treatments are a bigger threat to a person's health than the actual diseases they are supposedly battling. The sad truth is that the treatments/drugs cannot cure any of these diseases, and that the management strategies offered by healthcare specialists are based on the insane goal, in many situations, of shutting down the human immune system in an effort to control inflammatory properties being launched by natural body physiology.
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The Maians Soles: A way to recover the rich Spanish shoemaking heritage.
We build each of our collections working hand in hand with our local 'zapateros' here in Spain. Since the very beginning we have immersed ourselves in this fascinating industry, discovering and recovering ancient soles, moulds and scents to create a very authentic label.
Shoemaking tradition over the generations.
The people of our factories became part of the Maians Family, always creating and growing together through each season. Tirso, Amador, Eugenio, Pepa…are not only the names of our classic models, it's our way to commemorate their work in each of our collections.
Thank you to all our partners who help us to create the Maians story and achieve our main goal: to revive the soul of the Spanish shoemaking heritage.


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Weyler förlag, 2017.
Reviewed by Hannah Charlton in SBR 2018:1
Review Section: Fiction
This is the third part of a trilogy set in and around Kalmar and the neighbouring island of Öland. Eva, the central character in all three books, returns to the family home at thirty to reconnect with her past and try to investigate how she has become the adult she is – and to see if she has a voice as a writer. She stays with Stickan, her grandmother, and her uncle who collects butterflies and lives in the basement.
Eva is a tortured soul who hovers perpetually between the extremes of artistic imagination and a kind of derangement: she both invites confessions and delves into family secrets, within the context of a very conformist community. As she seeks to retrace some of her idealised childhood happiness and her place within her family she unearths tragic and interlocking secrets: gambling, suicide, an illegitimate baby left to die out in the cold, a fostered son turned local landowner, and a family of highly artistic individuals who all struggled with island life.
And yet it is the island that plays a leading role as the narrative unfolds: Eva's entire experience is transmitted through the physical aspects of the landscape and place. Each of her emotions is mapped through a sensation arising from light, temperature, colour, scents, texture, plants and the minutiae of the natural world around her.
Language is the guiding force for these experiences and sensations: early on in the book Eva comes across a list of the words her mother invented to describe sensations and visual experiences: solregn, for example, 'when everything glistens like diamonds in heaven'. And Eva's 'madeleines' were the mud pies made as a child with a mother watching who was present as an artist and photographer but not as a parent, and who late on in
the book defends with religious fervour the freedom she gave her children.
Major themes of isolated countryside communities versus a rootless metropolitan existence clash when Ramström, the illiterate foster child turned local landowner, battles with Eva over a boathouse that has been her family's creative refuge. He demands that she leave; she, however, sees it as the focal point of all her family's creative endeavours. It is also her own personal space, holding the diaries and drawings of several generations, and the source of her discoveries of family tragedies and yearnings.
The central relationship in the novel is between Eva and her grandmother; Stickan gives her a sense of belonging and place and gradually opens up with tales of her family that give Eva a feeling of pride and shared sorrow over unavoidable and wretched individual experiences. She consistently pushes Eva to write, to be the poet who links words and experience. Stickan herself is the stoical survivor of a difficult childhood. 'Death', she explains to Eva 'doesn't usually come as a surprise. It's more like a letter in the post, not one with exotic foreign stamps but more like a bill to be paid.'
And as Eva literally unearths the secret of the baby's golden heart, digging up a grave with her bare hands in the moonlight, we see her as the historian, confessor and witness who must bear the weight of past transgressions and misfortunes.
The book's strength lies in the interplay between emotions and environment, and the way that is expressed, with the island's song as the theme tune: 'the song tonight is so strong I feel as if I could catch it in my hands.' If there is a weakness, it is the sudden introduction, without enough context, of bit-part players in Eva's story. It may be that this is covered if all three books are read in sequence. As a trilogy the books present an arc through time for Eva: the first book is set in Kalmar, the second, Sund, is the water between, and the third is rooted in the island itself, where Eva finally finds her own voice.


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Summary of meetings
Full minutes of each meeting are available for members in the Members only section of the website.
October 19th 2020
Our first ZOOM meeting was held. 34 members signed in, we currently have 59 members.
The meeting was a time to practice ZOOM for everybody and worked very well.
Next meeting November 16th
September 21st 2020
This meeting was held at Gwynne Vaughn Park with social distancing in effect. Members visited with each other.
There was a large show and tell.
The AGM was held with the presentation of the budget and the election of the new officers.
Following the AGM the general meeting was held. It was agreed by the membership that indoor meetings could not be held at this time. It was agreed that using the ZOOM platform would be an excellent idea for holding meetings in the foreseable future.
March 16th
meeting cancelled
February 10th
Heather from Hamels gave a presentation hi lighting some of new items availablefor quilters
January 20th 2020
meeting cancelled
December 16th 2019
Christmas Potluck Lincheon
Christmas Block Lotto
Christmas Songs.
November 18th
A presentation was given by Beatrice Rieske regarding how her life experinces have impacted and influenced her career in quilting as both a pattern designer and a proffessional longarm quilter.
Hi lights from business meeting
report on the succes of the quilt show
a discussion was held regarding the rental of a storage space. This was approved by the membership
October 7th .
1200 members arrive. Meet and greet after summer hiatus.
1300 Show and Tell with picture taking
1330 Program, General discussionb surrounding quilting ideas
1430 Business meeting
September 16th 2019
We all enjoyed seeing each other after the summer break.
Members had been busy over the summer so we had a large Show and Tell.
The business meeting largerly centred around the quilt show planning.
There was a brief presentation regarding the requirements for hanging sleeves for quilts being shown at the show.
June 17th 2019
Potluck Lunch
UFO challenge Awards presented
Presentation of Gift certifictes for We Care participation.
May 13th 2019
Presentation of quilts by Wilma Brock
Annual General meeting, see members only section for minutes
April 15th
3 members did demonstrations
Beatrice: free motion quilting
Pat B : quilting with rulers
Lyn R : Mitred corners
Jean Jones a quilter from Langley gave an excellent presentation of some Tips and Tricks to make our quilting more accurate. Jean particularly hi-lighted the iportance of having an accurate 1/4" seam allowance.
230 Business meeting
February 11th 2019
Local Chiropractor Craig Robinson spoke on the importance of good body positioing when we sew. He also demonstrated several exercises that would assist us when we are sewing.
January 21st 2019
Laura Peters from the organization DAYS FOR GIRLS spoke to us
This organization provides reusable sanitary napkins for girls and women in 3rd World countries. Because the women often have no products to use during their menstrual cycle they usually have to miss school and work. By providing sanitary products to these girls and women it changes their life significantly
Days for Girls is able to use any pieces of cotton and flannel larger than 9" square. If you would like to doante fabric bring it to the guild meeting and it will be forwarded to them. They also accept cash doantions.
click on above for direct link
Business Meeting Hi Lights
The guild chairs have been sold and delivered to the Chillliwack Alliance Church.
The name for our 2019 Quilt Show was chosen.
It is OUR FABRIC GEMS
December 17th
Our annual Christmas Potluck was held with lots of delicious food shared by the members. Christmas Carols were sung and small handmade ornaments were exchanged.
132 quilts from our We Care were donated to various local community organizations. Several of these organizatiosn were able to send a representative to accept the quilts, they told us how much these quilts mean to the people who receive them.
Business meeting hilights
We are still looking for someone to purchase our chairs. All the tables have been sold
November 19th 2018
5 guild members deonstrated ideas for making small Christmas Decorations from leftover fabric.
Christmas bells…… www.meadowsidedesigns.com NOTE: scroll way down past the quilt patterns
Folded star ….. www.katrinastutorials.blogspot.com
Folded pinecone ......youtube folded pinecone
Yoyo's .....Connecting Threads.com. (it is one of their Freebies or go directly to Pinterest and key in YOYO ornaments
Santa ornament..... Pinterest -search "fabric log cabin Santa Ornaments"...the video is in Italian, but the pictures are very clear on how to make this ornament
Business meeting hilights
3 patterns have been chosen as suggetions for the We Care Quilts
Quilt Show chair Evelyn reported several of the positions for the show have been filled, but she is still needs more members to volunteer for the key positions. Evelyn is looking for suggestions for names for the show.
Deb announced we will have a UFO challenge for the up coming year. Quilts commenced before December 2014 can be entered, need to be completed before the May meeting.
The full minutes of the meeting are avaibale to members in the Member only section of the website.
October 15 th 2018
Carolyn Jennings the local representative for Quilts of Valour gave a presentation about this program that provides quilts to injured members of the Canadian Armed forces. Injuries are not always visible, includes PTSD. Quilts donated do not need to be in "patriotic colours" all blocks and colours may be used. If you would like more information, have a quilt or quilt blocks you would like to donate or if you are aware of a veteran that may warrant receiving a quilt you can get in touch with Carolyn at email@example.com
Blocks for our members to make were given out with the thought that in the New Year the guild would make a quilt for Quilts of Valour
Business meeting hi lights.
We now the Cheam Lions Club Hall on the 4th Monday of each month 1200 to 6pm, can be used at that time for sewing time and to hold exec meetings.
Discussion re considering moving our monthly meeting to the 4th Monday of each month
Discussion was held regarding the disposition of the chairs and tables that we own and currently dont need. Lynn is to discuss this with City Hall to see if they wiould be interested in purchasing them.
Sept 17th 2018
This was our first meeting in our new home the Mount Cheam Lions Club.
The doors opened at 1130, and for the first hour we had a meet and greet, ate our lunches and enjoyed cookies provided by the Program Committee.
Members had obviously been busy over the summer as over 30 quilts were turned in for We Care.
The program included a Show and Tell by the Executive Committee who
showed their first quilts and more recent ones and spoke about their quilting journey.
A game was held to encourage members to meet and talk to members they may not know.
Their was a mug rug exchange.
June 17th 2018
This was our final meeting for the year. Lynn G advised us during the business meeting that we would be moving to a new venue in September which has much easier access.
A fun game was held for members to have a chance to find out more about each other.
Potluck lunch was shared and prizes donated by members were given away.
May 15th 2018
Gail Hunt Quilter and Artist from the Sunshine Coast gave a presentation about her work. Gail has published a book featuring a a Quilter from every province............. A particular focus of her presentation was regarding Confetti Quilts. 12 memebers were fortunate to participate in a workshop the following day.
The Annual General meeting was held during the business potion of the day with election of the officers of the guild for the upcomoing 2 years and also presentation of the Bylaws which were voted on an passed.


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The city of Nenana could get $75,000 if the Governor signs off on the finalized capital budget bill. The money will go towards a study that would line out the benefits and pitfalls associated with creating a new Borough or incorporating the Interior community into an existing Borough.
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One of our goals as Independent Synergy Worldwide distributors is to teach and personally seek Elite Health. There are often bumps along the way. Our bodies often take a bit of a beating as we engage in strength training, running and sports of all kinds. Jackie Edwards wrote the following article for us sharing her knowledge of a serious physical ailment, sports hernias, an issue that is often misunderstood.
Understanding the Painful Truth of Sports Hernias
Each year, 5 million American people [1] have to deal with the painful and often debilitating symptoms of a hernia. But as sports hernias are often very difficult to diagnose, many are left untreated and the person is left struggling to recover. A sports hernia can have a huge impact on the performance and career of sports players and athletes across the globe. A recent study, for example, found that 37.5% of players on the US Men's National Soccer Team [2] have had to undergo surgery for a sports hernia, with 12.5% of the players having bilateral sports hernia surgery. But if left untreated, the impact of a sports hernia can be detrimental to a sports players' career.
A sports hernia is not actually a hernia
Despite the name commonly associated with the condition, a sports hernia is not actually a hernia. Medically known as an athletic pugalgia or a sportsman's groin, it can cause severe pain to an individual and force them to stop participating in sports for an extended period of time. It's a common injury that happens with many sports which require sudden changes in directions or repeated twist and turn movements. A sports hernia is particularly common in soccer [3], MMA, football, tennis, and hockey. The impact on the player can be a tear in the soft tissues and muscles [4]of the groin area and abdominal wall. The tendons which attach the thigh muscles to the pubic bone can also become stretched or torn. This group of muscles stabilize the pelvis and move the leg towards the body's midline. While it's common for there to be a noticeable swelling under the skin with a hernia, there is no swelling with a sports hernia.
Symptoms of a sports hernia make it difficult to diagnose
The symptoms experienced with a sports hernia can often be just the same as with a variety of other types of injury to the groin, which makes it extremely difficult to diagnose. In fact, sports hernias generally display the same symptoms as a traditional hernia, but without the noticeable swelling beneath the skin. Athletes and sports players often get a diagnosis of a groin strain and advised to rest until the pain and discomfort stops. But when a person has a sports hernia, the groin pain becomes more intense when they strain the abdominal area, particularly through sudden activities or twisting. They will also find sit-ups or resistance training exercises to be very painful. This is an important sign that they have a sports hernia and not just simple groin strain.
The treatment options for a sports hernia
Rest is often the first line of treatment for a sports injury, accompanied by an ice pack and compression to help reduce the pain. It can take anything from just a few weeks to a few months for the pain and symptoms to completely go. If resting doesn't make enough of a difference, then physiotherapy is a key treatment. Physiotherapy and massage therapy can help to strengthen the muscles in the groin and pelvis, along with ice and compression. For less severe cases, this can be all that's required for the injured area to repair and recover. However, if rest and physiotherapy have not worked, surgery will likely be the next step. Surgery will strengthen the groin and repair the torn tissues, which will also naturally stop the pain [5]
While many cases of sports hernia continue to go undiagnosed, the medical community has seen great progress in diagnosing cases early, while offering successful treatment plans. With the promise of more research and studies in the future, athletes and sports players can hopefully look forward to a pain-free sports career.
1 https://www.wmar2news.com/news/health/hernia-signs-and-symptoms
2 http://www.win-within.com/Media/News/2017/Dr-Mandelbaum-Explains-to-Medscape-How-Sports-He.aspx
3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2014/06/12/is-soccer-really-more-popular-in-the-u-s-than-nascar/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.616d497b3160
4 https://physiqz.com/physical-therapy/sports-hernias-athletic-pubalgia/
5 http://www.naturallivingideas.com/30-powerful-herbs-spices-that-kill-pain-fast/


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So as I find sometimes I need a big goal (one that seems slightly unattainable at the time) I've decided to do a half marathon race this year. Disney World has always been a magical and special place for me and their races actually look fun so I thought – what better to strive toward than a Run Disney Half Marathon. Enter – the Wine and Dine Disney Half Marathon. What race is better than one with wine at the end of it – with an all night party to boot! Ok – so I may not be up for the all night party but I believe in 8 months I can run this race. Convincing the family to join in – now that is another story all together.
As I have lupus – and am not a runner (yet) I plan to use Jeff Galloway's Run Walk Run method. I did my Magic Mile (gives you a baseline to get your interval ratio for walks/runs) and realized – I am SLOW! My initial recommended pace is 45 seconds walking, 15 seconds running. I've never ran a mile straight out and I know I am going to have some serious challenges along the way. The great thing is the love and support I get from Kam and the boys and the fact that once I set my sights on something – I go for it will keep me going till Race Day. This winter has really been bad also for me and getting out and running. Today is March 3rd and we are on our 4th major snow storm of the year. I am very sensitive to cold so I've shy'd away from running in this weather. However, as we are in our 8 month countdown now – I just need to bundle up and get on out there!
I'm also doing P90X3. I'm 60 days in and have already gained a bunch of muscle and my body has trimmed down quite a bit. I think the P90X3 is going to really give me the extra strength I need to keep going. It has Pilates, Yoga, Stretching, Cardio, Strength Training – basically – a VERY well rounded 30 min a day – 5 days a week program. I love it.
My first long run was Sunday – 3 miles. I completed 52 run walk intervals and my time was faster than my magic mile! I averaged a pace of 15:42. I was so proud of myself for sticking with it as around mile 2 I started to really start to wonder if I was up for the full 3 miles. Later I realized as my final mile distance was 3.12 I ran a full 5K! Ok some of you are probably laughing now as I didn't realize that when I went out – but like I said – i'm new to running. I thought a 5K was a big deal now I feel like – I could totally do that.
By the evening I had started to really be sore. A couple hot baths and a pain pill later I got some z's. Today – I am walking around as my youngest said "like an old lady" – I can see that the foam roller is definitely going to have to become my best friend for awhile. Going to recoup today and try and get back out there tomorrow for my short 30 min run/walk.
In the meantime – I NEED to upgrade my headset – i'm thinking a bluetooth wireless set AND I need a little pouch that isn't too geeky to hold my phone – water and tissues. Any suggestions on Running Gear? Oh and I've started a pinterest board – this whole Run Disney costume thing is serious business!!!!


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My boyfriend and I took a trip to London for the first 4 days of December! It has become a mini tradition to go away for a city break at the start of the festive season – last year we went to Edinburgh, I wrote all about it in this blog post.
This time we picked London and it was the best 4 days ever! I have to apologize in advance for the quality of the images – I didn't take my proper camera so they are taken on my IPhone. I'll get better at travel photos, I promise!
That first picture is from outside the Natural History Museum, where they had a beautiful tree and ice rink, so festive!
As usual, the lights on Carnaby Street were some of my favourites! We went back on a couple of the days, as there are such great shops on Carnaby Street but it is slightly less busy than on Oxford St – although truthfully, everywhere is busy this time of year!
I felt really nervous before I went about the tube, I can be really claustrophobic and feel trapped, but I found that as we stayed near the door of the tube, I felt ok as I knew I could hop out at the next stop if I wanted, plus I felt really safe with my boyfriend so I didn't worry!
Last time I went to Harrods, I think I was about 8 so I couldn't remember it that well – we ended up spending such a long time in there! There is just so much to look at, even if you aren't buying anything.
On the second day, we headed to get food at our favourite restaurateur in Covent Garden called Pasta Brown, which we always go back to! We caught the tube over to Winter Wonderland for the evening. It is absolutely amazing, I really recommend visiting if you can! It felt so festive, and it is so big, it felt like I was in a town built just for Christmas.
We had pre-bought tickets to go to the Ice Bar in Winter Wonderland, which was such a fun experience. They give you a poncho with a fur hood and gloves to wear inside, plus your drinks tokens and in you go! It was absolutely freezing, like so cold that when you leave, the normal winter air feels warm! It was so much fun though, and the ice cups, tables and chairs were all co cleverly made.
I loved Winter Wonderland as the atmosphere was just so happy and merry, everyone seemed in such a lovely, festive mood. There were lots of people singing on stages at different parts of the park so you could just move around and see all the different people.
Of course we had to get donuts to warm up after the Ice Bar, I actually feel hungry just looking at that photo now haha! Is there anything better than freshly made, sugar ring donuts? Mmmmm.
Speaking of food, we had so much delicious food while we were away. We stopped off at a Prezzo for some lunch, we just went for pizza but it was so good, I just wanted to add in these food photos in to remind me where to go back to for great food but it is just making me hungry haha!
I think my favourite place we had food at was The Alchemist, Bevis Marks. It was about a five minute walk from our hotel, so we booked in advance for lunch on the Saturday. I had fish and chips, but honestly, it was the best portion of fish and chips I ever tasted, so delicious!
Also if you want somewhere to go for cocktails, I would really recommend The Alchemist bars, I think there are a few in different cities. They do those amazing potion-style drinks which are so much fun. Just a really nice atmosphere and not too expensive!
Christmas tree in Covent Garden. I think there is definitely a running theme that all Christmas displays look 10 times prettier at night when everything is covered in fairy lights.
Another place I would definitely visit at Christmas again is the ice rink at Somerset House! The photo doesn't do it justice – it was absolutely beautiful. We visited on the perfect day – really cold, frosty and crisp but so bright and sunny (my all-time favourite weather!)
Happy hour cocktails at Las Iguanas. I can't even remember what this drink was called but it was honestly the best cocktail I have ever tried, so delicious.
I had the best few days in London, I'm really glad we went for four days as it really gave us a chance to visit everywhere we wanted without being rushed! If you ever get the chance to go to London during the build up to Christmas, I would completely recommend it, so festive!


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Read the ATA RENEW Annual report read here
Our energy retailer Powershop have launched a new product that is simpler and easier to use, called PowershopLITE. Powershops normal range of products enables their customers to purchase energy packages, giving them the choice to buy energy when its cheaper or to pay small premiums for initiatives they care about, like our Hepburn Wind product.
Powershop understand that not all of their customers have the time to navigate energy packages, so they have decided to offer PowershopLITE which is a set monthly rate. It still has all the perks of Powershop, offering 100% carbon-neutral energy at no extra cost and giving customers a great range of energy tools so they can look at their usage.
If you would like to know more about PowershopLITE and if it is the right option for you, have a read of the info sheet here.
The Hepburn Solar Bulk Buy is well on track to meet their goal of adding 800 kilowatts of solar generation capacity in the Hepburn Shire. Currently, 135 solar and battery systems have been ordered through the bulk-buy program, which will cut CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes annually once installed.
For households who would like to participate in the solar bulk buy, you could also benefit from the State Governments new program Solar Victoria, which is offering generous subsidies for solar panels.
For more information about the Hepburn Solar Bulk-Buy visit www.mash.org.au/hepburn or call 1300 466 274.
The Hepburn Shire Council have re-launched their Solar Savers program to help low-income households access solar. Many pensioners and concession card holders find that the upfront costs of solar are an insurmountable hurdle. Solar Savers helps make solar more accessible to these households by purchasing these solar systems on the behalf of households and then facilitating repayment in instalments through property rates. The repayment costs are lower than the bill savings, meaning that residents should be in front from day one.
Renowned artist, Cameron Robbins will be in residence at Hepburn Wind from October 16 to November 4. This residency will culminate in a two-day exhibition of drawings, film and photography at the Leonards Hill Hall.
Cameron Robbins works to make tangible the underlying structures and rhythms of natural forces. He has a studio and travel based practice, making installations and exhibitions transcribing natural forces into drawings and sound works.
Robbins works will be on show at the Leonards Hill Hall at 2095 Ballan-Daylesford Rd, Leonards Hill on Saturday 3 November from 2pm - 6pm and 4 November from 10am - 2pm.
We encourage all Hepburn Wind supporters to come down and have a look. Register on our Facebook event here if you would like to attend.
Interesting article from the CEO of ARENA about renewable energy in the future [read more]
Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing today announced Gippsland Climate Change Network as the host organisation of one of the pilot Community Power Hubs in Latrobe Valley.
Earlier this year, the Victorian Government committed $900,000 for three, two-year pilot Community Power Hubs in Bendigo, Ballarat and the Latrobe Valley to support the development of community-owned renewable energy projects.
The community-owned and operated pilot Hub will drive economic and technological investment in the Latrobe Valley region, create jobs and help to reduce energy bills.
Gippsland Climate Change Network will collaborate with other community organisations, local government, business and industry to share knowledge, and identify existing or future opportunities for community energy projects in the region.
Latrobe Valley businesses and local government are already investing in renewable energy projects. For example, Latrobe City Council Baw Baw Shire, Wellington Shire Council, Gippsland Grammar, and manufacturers; Safetech and Fishers, have all installed big solar PV systems recently.
This initiative will contribute towards delivering the government's renewable energy target of 25 per cent by 2020, reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions and creating new jobs in new sectors.
The state government has launched several initiatives to support community energy which are outlined in the Victorian Renewable Energy Roadmap - http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/energy/renewable-energy/victorias-renewable-energy-roadmap
Quotes attributable to the Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing:
"Public interest in community energy projects has increased significantly over the years and we want to empower Gippslanders to have greater control over their energy as well as minimising their climate change impact."
"With only 18 per cent of Victoria's electricity currently coming from renewable sources, we want to grow capability and enable Gippsland to reap the economic benefits of community-owned energy."
A recent article in the Guardian looks at Large scale Solar Industry investments. [read more]
The public appetite for community funded renewable energy appears to be limitless, with projects proving so popular they are selling out within minutes of being offered to investors. The latest initiative — a massive solar panel system on top of a wholesale bakery in western Sydney — saw people flocking to invest. Within six hours, 20 investors had pitched in almost $400,000 to install a huge 230 kilowatt solar system on the bakery's roof. The project has been set up by volunteer-run ClearSky Solar Investments. Here's how it works The company Bakers Maison will pay investors for the solar energy it uses over a period of between seven to 10 years. The investors get a 7 per cent return on the money they put in. After that time, the business owns the panels and will use its energy [read full storu]
Read the repor ton the Samso Renewable Energy project and it's 10 years of Development and Evaluation [read more]


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All those who are handwringing should take heart. Australia is not "ungovernable". Reform is not dead. You are just doing it wrong.
There's a theory around that no modern government can get the public support it needs to pursue reform. The story goes that no leader can ever survive difficult policy change because the difficulty will give rise to unpopularity, which will, in turn, lead to the leader's removal – or the removal of the government.
Voters dumped first term governments in Victoria and Queensland. That is not a sign of the impending end of democracy. Nor is it a harbinger of the end of reform. Contrary to some of the commentary, those two elections served as a reminder that, fundamentally, politics has not changed, despite new technologies. Political success remains as dependent as ever on the relationship between the government and the governed. And that relationship can withstand a fair bit of testing – as long as people don't feel like they're being played for fools.
Deploying ethos in rhetoric depends not only on your content, but also, and equally, upon how your character is perceived. You cannot be persuasive if your audience thinks you're trying to pull the wool over their eyes. In business, being known as less than honest makes it extremely hard to strike deals. In the law, a reputation for sharp practice makes judges and colleagues suspicious, nobbling your ability to advocate for clients. And in politics, if you come off as sneaky you cannot be persuasive about the challenges faced, or how your proposals would help.
Consider the new Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk. Like her Victorian counterpart Daniel Andrews, she offers a strong contrast to her predecessor. In just three years of government, the LNP's Campbell Newman had tabled legislation in the wee hours of the morning, had fought with doctors, lawyers, corruption-fighters and everyone else, and had run the most expensive push-poll in Queensland's history, the "Strong Choices" campaign. Mr Newman had started his term with a positive "Can Do" image. In 2015, that image was in tatters. New Premier Palaszczuk is plain-spoken and lacks artifice. She's an everywoman, but that's not a cultivated image. It's authentic. Some are baffled about why her inability to recall the GST rate a couple of days before the election didn't cost her more votes. But people don't expect politicians to be perfect, or not to make mistakes. They expect politicians to be real.
"Real" is not a synonym for "ill-disciplined." It is possible to choose your words carefully, while remaining authentic and avoiding sneakiness. If you speak in nothing but code and weasel words, you can hardly complain when people stop listening to you. Strong arguments can fail if the advocate appears untrustworthy.
Governments and other public institutions should take communication seriously. This is a lesson that the US central bank has had to learn in the years following the Global Financial Crisis. The Fed has used unconventional monetary policy to try to recover from the crisis in an environment of very low interest rates. That unconventional policy famously relies on quantitative easing. Just as importantly, it relies on "forward guidance" – its communications strategy.
Janet Yellen, now Chairman of the Fed, led the communications subcommittee established in 2010. In a 2012 speech she said:
"A growing body of research and experience demonstrates that clear communication is itself a vital tool for increasing the efficacy and reliability of monetary policy. In fact, the challenges facing our economy in the wake of the financial crisis have made clear communication more important than ever before."
She went on to explain that where once secrecy had been thought essential, transparency is now de rigeur. She observed:
"James Tobin and Milton Friedman, both Nobel laureates, disagreed on almost every aspect of monetary policy, but they were united in arguing that transparency regarding central bank decisions is vital in a democracy to lend legitimacy to policy decisions."
Like the Fed, governments need to find ways to give policy decisions legitimacy. Reform is possible only if it has the legitimacy that comes with discussion and debate. That discussion and debate must occur in an environment where even if the electorate vehemently dislikes the policy, and the government, people don't feel like they're being conned.
Elucidating instead of obfuscating is crucial. A cute phrase may be memorable, but it's much less useful than having a plain, but not condescending, discussion with people about the claimed challenges, and the likely effects of policy change.
This doesn't mean an end to talking points, or consistent language. To the contrary, having a planned approach is an important part of making a case for the ideas being pursued. But the content must be genuine, the arguments must be cogent, and the person doing the talking has to be authentic.
Reform is possible. Change is hard, but Australia's not ungovernable.


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What to do with a dead dog? When I moved my family to Berlin, we bought with us from the UK our much-loved, aged Golden Retriever. Tess was – until most recently -- a gorgeous Dorset girl, used to long walks across muddy fields, fond of chasing tractors, happiest spending her winter evenings in front of an open fire at the village pub. Of all family members, she was the least pleased to abandon the countryside. Urban ambles lacked the delight of running rabbits to ground. Unlike the rest of us she began to lose her enthusiasm for life in Berlin. Until she discovered our neighbourhood sausage stand. Like all retrievers she was a scavenging omnivore and soon was galloping down to the corner to snaffle cast-off bratwurst and spicy currywurst. Dorset badger poo never tasted this good.
Winter had the same invigorating effect on her. Tess may have been more than fifteen years old, suffering from rheumatism and hip problems, but when snow covered the streets she reverted to puppydom. In her last weeks she still bounced around the block and rooted in the snow banks like a boisterous three-year-old.
But after five years in the Hauptstadt she was getting on, spending more and more of her days asleep beside my desk. Then a couple of weeks ago — to our great sadness — she checked out of Wilmersdorf and into the great doghouse in the sky — leaving me to figure out what to do with the body.
In the UK we'd simply have buried her in a neighbour's woodland which she loved. But I doubt the Berlin authorities would have approved of me digging her grave in the Tiergarten. Luckily I knew the bearded, cherry-checked owner of our local Tierfütter – animal feed – shop next to Sausage Central. Herr Kunst is an archetypal Berliner, an unsentimental man who never seems troubled by his emotions. I was certain he'd help me in my dilemma. So I popped down to see him and started to explain the situation. Unfortunately matters quickly got out of hand.
'Tess is sick?' asked Herr Kunst, with sudden tears in his eyes.
'Not sick,' I replied in my less-than-perfect German. I had never realised that behind the gruff exterior was a particularly sensitive soul. 'No. She is not feeling much of anything,' I said, trying to break the news gently. 'In fact she is …umm… dead.'
'The correct response is to bury her,' Herr Kunst stated, now openly weeping. He reached for a brochure on pet cemeteries. 'It's expensive but then you can visit her, sit with her, as often as you wish,' he went on. 'My God, it breaks my heart when a beloved companion dies.'
I had not intended to tap Herr Kunst's inner most emotions. Now the poor man was so moved that he could hardly speak.
'All you have to do is go to the town hall and pay the €15 fee,' he informed me.
'The town hall?' I said. 'What's it got to do with them?'
'You have to pay them to cancel her license.'
I took a deep breath. Tess didn't have a license. She was insured and vaccinated. She had her Kennel Club papers. But she didn't have a German license.
'Why on earth does she need a license? She doesn't drive a car,' I said to lighten the moment.
But Herr Kunst did not laughed. His tears dried as swiftly as they had appeared.
'You have to have a license,' he informed me in an icy tone. 'Or your dog cannot die.'
Since that sad day Herr Kunst hasn't spoken to me, perhaps because I refused to go to the town hall, despite his insistence. Or perhaps because of his broken heart. Or perhaps because I asked if he could lend me a shovel…
In any case, the matter — and Tess — have been laid to rest. What did I do with a dead dog in Germany? Let's just say that a little part of Tess will always be in Berlin.


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Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.[1]
|Steven Wright
Wright in 1994
|Birth name
|Steven Alexander Wright
|December 6, 1955
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
|Stand-up, film, television
|Years active
|Surreal humor, one-liners, deadpan, wit/word play, observational comedy, Musical comedy, Anti-humor
Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in their 2017 list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics.[2] His accolades include the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for starring, writing and producing the short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)[3] and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a producer of Louie (2010–15).[4] He is known for his supporting role as Leon in the Peabody Award-winning tragicomedy web series Horace and Pete.
Early life and careerEdit
Wright was born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts,[5][6] one of four children of Lucille "Dolly" (née Lomano) and Alexander K. Wright.[5][7][8] He was raised as a Roman Catholic.[9] His mother was Italian-American, and his father of Scottish descent.[10] Wright's father worked as an electronics technician who "tested a lot of stuff" for NASA during the Apollo spacecraft program. When that program ended, he worked as a truck driver.[5]
Wright attended Middlesex Community College in Bedford, Massachusetts, for two years to earn his associate's degree, then continued his education at Emerson College.[11] He graduated from Emerson in 1978[11] and began performing stand-up comedy the following year[5][12] at the Comedy Connection in Boston.[5][11][13] Wright cites comic George Carlin and director Woody Allen as comedic influences.[14]
In 1982 executive producer of The Tonight Show Peter Lassally saw Wright performing on a bill with other local comics at the Ding Ho comedy club,[15][16] at 11 Springfield Street,[17][18] in Cambridge's Inman Square,[19] a venue Wright described as "half Chinese restaurant and half comedy club.[20] It was a pretty weird place."[5] Lassally booked Wright on NBC's The Tonight Show, where the comic so impressed host Johnny Carson and the studio audience that less than a week later Wright was invited to appear on the show again.[14] In May 2000, Wright and other Ding Ho alumni including Lenny Clarke, Barry Crimmins, Steve Sweeney, Bill Sohonage and Jimmy Tingle appeared at a reunion benefit for comic Bob Lazarus who was suffering from leukemia.[19]
Stand-up successEdit
Wright's 1985 comedy album, entitled I Have a Pony, was released on Warner Bros. Records, received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. The success of this album landed him an HBO special, in the On Location: series, taped at Wolfgang's in San Francisco, as a live performance, for A Steven Wright Special.[21] By then Wright had firmly developed a new brand of obscure, laid-back performing and was rapidly building a cult-like following and an onstage persona characterized by an aura of obscurity, with his penchant for non-sequiturs and subdued, slowly-paced delivery style only adding to his mystique. The performance became one of HBO's longest running and most requested comedy specials, and propelled him to great success on the college-arena concert circuit.
In 1989 Wright and fellow producer Dean Parisot won an Academy Award for their 30-minute short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, directed by Parisot, written by Mike Armstrong and Wright, and starring Wright and Rowan Atkinson. Upon accepting the Oscar, Wright said, "We're really glad that we cut out the other sixty minutes." In 1992 Wright had a recurring role on the television sitcom Mad About You. He also supplied the voice of the radio DJ in writer-director Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs that same year. "Dean Parisot's wife Sally Menke is Quentin Tarantino's [film] editor, so when she was editing the movie and it was getting down toward the end where they didn't have the radio DJ yet, she thought of me and told Quentin and he liked the idea," Wright explained in 2009.[5]
In 1995, Wright provided voice-over work for TBS' Disaster Area cartoon block.[22]
Numerous lists of jokes attributed to Wright circulate on the Internet, sometimes of dubious origin. Wright has stated, "Someone showed me a site, and half of it that said I wrote it, I didn't write. Recently, I saw one, and I didn't write any of it. What's disturbing is that with a few of these jokes, I wish I had thought of them. A giant amount of them, I'm embarrassed that people think I thought of them, because some are really bad."[23]
After his 1990 comedy special Wicker Chairs and Gravity, Wright continued to do stand-up performances, but he was largely absent from television, doing only occasional guest spots on late-night talk shows. In 1999 he wrote and directed the 30-minute short One Soldier saying it's "about a soldier who was in the Civil War, right after the war, with all these existentialist thoughts and wondering if there is a God and all that stuff."[5]
In 2006 Wright produced his first stand-up special in 16 years, Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away, originally aired on Comedy Central on October 21, 2006. Its DVD was released April 23, 2007.[citation needed] On September 25, 2007 Wright released his second album, I Still Have a Pony, a CD release of the material from When The Leaves Blow Away. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
Awards and honorsEdit
Steven Wright was awarded an Oscar in 1989 for Best Short Live-Action Film for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which he co-wrote (with Michael Armstrong) and starred in.[24] He received two Emmy nominations as part of the producing team of Louie, first in 2014 and again in 2015.[25]
On December 15, 2008, Wright became the first inductee to the Boston Comedy Hall of Fame.[16][26]
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. He was named No. 23 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.[27]
Other interestsEdit
While not well known for works outside of the comedy realm, Steven Wright is a musician and has recorded several non-comedy songs with his friend and occasional actor Mark Wuerthner.[28][29] Wright also has an interest in painting.[30]
Beginning in 2008, Steven Wright occasionally appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as a visiting celebrity, often dropping by the show to help with the fan-mail segment. He joined a small cadre of Hollywood comedy celebrities who supported the show.[31][32]
|The Last Word
|Man in Crowd
|Desperately Seeking Susan
|Larry Stillman D.D.S.
|Coffee and Cigarettes
|Short film; also writer
|The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
|Dennis Jennings
|Also writer and producer
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
|Stars and Bars
|Men of Respect
|Reservoir Dogs
|K-Billy DJ (voice)
|So I Married an Axe Murderer
|The Swan Princess
|Speed (voice)
|Natural Born Killers
|Dr. Emil Reingold
|Mixed Nuts
|Man at Pay Phone
|For Better or Worse
|Canadian Bacon
|Niagara Mountie
|Half Baked
|The Guy on the Couch
|Babe: Pig in the City
|Bob (voice)
|One Soldier
|Short; director, writer, producer
|The Muse
|Stan Spielberg
|Panty Hose Customer
|Coffee and Cigarettes
|Segment: "Strange to Meet You"
|Son of the Mask
|Daniel Moss
|The Aristocrats
|When Stand Up Stood Out
|The Emoji Movie[33]
|Mel (voice)
|WKRP in Cincinnati
|Security Officer
|Episode: "Fish Story"
|A Steven Wright Special
|Stand-up special; also writer
|Trying Times
|Dwight Harper
|Episode: "Get a Job"
|Wicker Chairs and Gravity
|HBO stand-up special;[34]
also writer and producer
|Noah the Cab Driver
|Episode: "Mad Dog on 34th Street"
|Mad About You
|Warren Mermelman
|5 episodes
|The Larry Sanders Show
|3 episodes
|Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
|Steven (voice)
|2 episodes
|Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
|Bogeyman (voice)
|Episode: "Mother Goose"
|Almost Perfect
|Ray Whitestone
|Episode: "Dating for Ratings"
|The Simpsons
|Himself (voice)
|Episode: "The Last Temptation of Krust"
|Bootes (voice)
|2 episodes
|Boyd Crossman
|Episode: "Larry Spoke"
|Space Ghost Coast to Coast
|Episode: "Snatch"
|The Downer Channel
|Episode: "#1.2"
|Codename: Kids Next Door
|Disease Hotline (voice)
|Pilot episode
|When the Leaves Blow Away
|Comedy Central stand-up special;
also writer and executive producer
|Aqua Teen Hunger Force
|Danny (voice)
|Episode: "Allen Part One"
|Comic Strip MC / Himself
|Actor: 2 episodes, story by: "The Road: Part 2",
producer: 8 episodes
|The Flaming C[35]
|R.A.N.D.Y. (voice)
|2 episodes
|Horace and Pete[36]
|Web series
- I Have a Pony, Warner Bros. Records CD (1985)
- A Steven Wright Special, HBO DVD (1985)
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, DVD (1989)
- One Soldier, DVD (1999)
- When the Leaves Blow Away, DVD (2006)
- I Still Have a Pony, Comedy Central Records CD (2007)
- ^ Leatherman, Benjamin (May 8, 2012). "Comedian Steven Wright on His Deadpan Style, Getting Inspired By Salvador Dali, Working With Quentin Tarantino, and More". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ Love, Matthew (February 14, 2017). "50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time". RollingStone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings". AASpeechesDB.Oscars.org. AMPAS. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Steven Wright". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Frank Lovece (May 28, 2009). "Comedian Steven Wright plays Westbury Sunday". Newsday. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ Gail Waterhouse (March 3, 2010). "a famous former Burlington resident". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Obituary". Sullivanfuneralhome.net. January 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Cover Story; The (sur)real Steven Wright; He laughs easily, works hard for material". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 1, 1987. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Latest". Steven Wright. May 17, 2002. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ Dana, Rebecca (June 5, 2009). "Steven Wright on Letterman, Rembrandt and Being Short". Speakeasy. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c Crane, Joyce Pellino. "Laugh Track: For more than five decades, Emerson College has been putting comics on the road to success," The Boston Globe, October 7, 2007
- ^ Young, Chris. "Behind a new album, comedian Steven Wright plays Pittsburgh for the first time in five years", Pittsburgh City Paper, October 11, 2007
- ^ Leader, Jody (November 12, 1989). "Comedy fans meet Mr. Wright". Star News (Los Angeles Daily News). Retrieved April 8, 2019.
His first gig was at Boston's Comedy Connection during open-mike night. 'I [Wright] had about two minutes of material written , and I just stood there, a nervous wreck.'
- ^ a b Keepnews, Peter. "A Strange Career Takes an Odd Turn," The New York Times, February 10, 2008, Section AR; Column 0; Arts and Leisure Desk; Television; Pg. 11
- ^ "In Memory of Barry Crimmins". sevenstories.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Turbovsky, Rob. "Steven Wright inducted into Hall, a city's comedy history celebrated" Archived April 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Punchline Magazine, December 22, 2008
- ^ "The Ding Ho Reunion - 25 Years of the Best of Boston Comedy". TheaterMania. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Performance Spaces in Cambridge". cambridgehistory.org. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Baltrusis, Sam. "Steven Wright headlines Ding Ho reunion benefit" Archived September 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, LoadedGunBoston.com, April 8, 2008
- ^ "Interview: Steven Wright, Stand-Up Comedian - Dead-Frog - A Comedy Blog". October 29, 2006. Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (September 16, 1985). "STEVEN WRIGHT, COMIC, 'ON LOCATION'". nytimes.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ "TBS - Disaster Area Bumper - 1995" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Tasha Robinson, "Interview: Steven Wright," The A.V. Club, January 29, 2003.
- ^ Nathan Rabin, "Interview: Steven Wright," The A.V. Club, November 9, 2006.
- ^ "Steven Wright – Television Academy".
- ^ Miller, Jay, N. "The Wright stuff; Boston comedian is first inductee into hall of fame", The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Massachusetts), December 15, 2008, Features; pg. 23
- ^ Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time, Everything2.com
- ^ "Music". Steven Wright. Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ Mark Wuerthner on IMDb
- ^ "Music & Paintings". Steven Wright. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Steven on the Late Late Show". Vids.myspace.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "The Late Late Show – Steven Wright Drops By". Web.archive.org. July 23, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- ^ Goldberg, Matt (December 20, 2016). "'The Emoji Movie' Trailer Literally Gets Promoted by "Meh"". Collider. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ "The History". Steven Wright. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "(I'm From) Western Mass". Dr. Westchesterson. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Yakas, Ben (January 30, 2016). "Louis C.K. Releases Surprise New Dramatic Web Series Horace & Pete". Gothamist. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
External linksEdit
- Quotations related to Steven Wright at Wikiquote
- Official website
- Steven Wright on IMDb
- Wright-House.com: Jokes attributed to Steven Wright, with actual authors identified
- video clip of Steven Wright from When the Leaves Blow Away and interview - Dead-Frog.com
- Interview: Steven Wright Riverfront Times. October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived December 5, 2008)


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The Great Machine to Deliver a New Age of Housing
Once upon a time, in the UK there was a housing shortfall, believe it or not! A mighty, siege on our nations resolve and resources meant that a wise and strong, pipe smoking Prime Minister called Winston Churchill made a public speech, declaring that:
"Factories have been assigned, the necessary set-up is being made ready, materials are being ear-marked as far as possible, the most convenient sites will be chosen, the whole business is to be treated as a military evolution handled by the government with private industry harnessed to its service."
He said this in response to around 1 million homes being destroyed or damaged because of the Second World War. The factories that Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill referred to were factories to produce pre-fabricated emergency housing. These factories were deployed with the efficiency and vigour of a government with a wartime mentality. Economies of scale, mass production, a great machine to deliver an emergency housing shortfall.
Despite building 156,622 emergency housing, later referred to as "post-war pre-fab", the UK still faced a huge housing shortfall. A new form of construction called Pre-cast Reinforced Concrete (PRC) was introduced from around 1945 to 1955 to meet the shortage of permanent housing and bring the cost of housing down. During this time 1.5 million homes were completed. Different builders around the time marketed different model houses such as the Airey, the Cornish, the Wates, the Unity, the Reema, the Woolaway and the Next Step. All the buildings of this permanent pre-fab era had a 60-year life expectancy and form the landscape and vernacular of many of the council estates around the suburbs of the UK.
We are now amidst a similar level of housing short-fall due to population growth and urban movement. Our housing crisis is compounded by the large house builders who constrain the production of housing by land-banking. With a variety of measures being explored and implemented at government level, there is, again, a bubble of manufactured housing about to encompass us.
This time around there are different market dynamics at play. There is a demand for higher performing housing in terms of CO2 emissions and thermal performance to contribute to our national and global ambitions to lower greenhouse gases and stop climate change. Unlike the post-war PRC prefabs there are now a much wider range of solutions on the market. Furthermore, digital engineering and design techniques have advanced to such a level that they easily enable pre-manufactured construction methods.
We are starting to see a new wave of house builders using offsite construction. A new wave of modular and panelised building systems with a whole host of new, private company brands behind them. Granted, we don't believe that the top tier house builders will change the way they build but the next housing revolution is certainly something they should worry about! At Modularize we are very proud to have worked on many of the most ground-breaking new building systems in this very exciting segment of the construction sector.
We see the future of UK house building being gradually populated with a range of strongly branded house types and home builders. In many ways, this new breed of hot-shot house builders will echo the history of pre-fabricated housing we've had in the past. This time though, the houses are a different breed. They are precision engineered, filled with impressive technology, surpassing all building regs and are truly desirable homes of the future.
We promise you that the diversity of systems entering the market will be the most exciting change in house building and home buying that these fair isles have ever seen!


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Norman Kember's wife pleads for his life
Pat Kember, the wife of British peace worker Dr Norman Kember, who has been kidnapped in Iraq, has made a televised appeal on Arab TV to seek his release.
Speaking in a 30-second film broadcast across the Muslim world by al-Jazeera,
she described her 74-year-old husband as a very caring man who believed in peace and had come to Iraq to help its people.
Dr Kember and his Canadian and American friends were allies of Iraq, she declared, adding: 'Throughout his life he bravely fought against all kinds of injustice."
She went on: 'He went to Iraq to help the Iraqi people to stop the spread of abuse and to understand the situation in order to make Iraq a safer place. Please release Norman and his colleagues so that they can continue their work for the sake of peace in Iraq. They Ö want to help you to overcome evil by engaging in a humanitarian action."
Al-Jazeera has also carried video messages from Sword of Truth, a previously unknown militant group, as well as a plea on his behalf by Palestinian leaders.
In the latest film, shown on Friday, the captors said they would kill their hostages unless all US and UK prisoners were released by Thursday.
The four men, including Dr Kember, are associates of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an international NGO which promotes conflict reduction programmes in Iraq, occupied Palestine and several other places.
CPT revealed prisoner abuse in Iraq well before the Abu Ghraib story became public, and its work has been widely praised by Muslims, including some leading Sunni leaders.
Envoy Anas Altikriti, from the Muslim Association of Britain and the anti-war movement has come to seek Norman Kember's release.
He has already spoken to al-Jazeera, to Sunni leaders and to leading Muslim scholars. They area asking the Islamic kidnappers to release to CPT men.
A Christian Peacemaker Teams spokesperson said: 'We are distressed that those who have taken our friends, Harmeet, Tom, Norman and Jim, could try and bargain with their lives and we want to understand why they would do such a thing. The taking of lives in any circumstance is against every thing we stand for.'
He continued: 'Please, whoever is holding them, release them all unharmed. Their families are very worried about them and we want their safe return home. We fear that whoever is holding them has made a mistake. These four men are peacemakers, not spies. CPT has consistently opposed the war and the continuing presence of multinational forces in Iraq.'
Faith groups and peace and human rights organisations across the world have been organising vigils for the captives today, and will continue to do so next week.
Mr Kember's friend Bruce Kent, a vice-president of both Pax Christi UK and the Campaign for Nuclear disarmament, said: 'He's a small man of 5ft 6ins with a twinkle in his eye. He was a medical professor and has a completely indomitable holy justice against the Iraq war. He's always been a Baptist but his interests are non-sectarian.'
He added: '[Dr Kember] was committed to peace: he wasn't wealthy and he wasn't influential with the Government. They've got the wrong person and should release him in the interests of peace.'
A full briefing on CPT can be found here
Petition for the release of the four captives.
Prayer vigil information; Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice Support Network. UK vigils - Fellowship of Reconciliation.
[Also on Ekklesia: Iraqi, Muslim and Palestinian support for peace hostages grows 04/12/05; Christian peacemakers say coalition force causes Iraqi violence; Muslims urge release of Christian peacemakers missing in Iraq; Christian peace activists launch in the UK; Christian peacemakers advised to leave Iraq; Vigils and messages of support for abducted peace activist; Palestinian bishop seeks mercy for Iraq peace workers]


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Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib Jathedar Giani Mal Singh has proved to be a liar and drama actor after his false claims of dropping charges of a man who attacked him.
Nihung Singh in the circle is being reported as Joga Singh who attacked Giani Mal Singh.
The truth is that the police and SGPC task force beat the attacker named Joga Singh brutal causing him to be unconscious outside of Mal Singh's home. Therefore, Joga Singh wasn't in the physical position to be brought to court. The drama was enacted by Giani Mal Singh and the police because if the man dies than the blame would've been on the police. Also, the media would've circulated the images of the dire physical condition of the attacker leading to embarrassment of Giani Mal Singh. The clever drama by Giani Mal Singh was nothing but fabrication.
Giani Mal Singh's lies are now exposed and he's stepped to a very low level. The condition of the attacker is being reported to be very critical.


text: Incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) - a devastating malignancy closely associated with HIV/AIDS - is still very wide-spread in sub-Saharan African countries such as Zambia, where anti-retroviral therapy (ARV) has only recently become available. Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) or Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiologic agent associated with KS. Our laboratory is widely recognized for its study of the transmission of HIV and HHV-8 and the establishment of a large mother-infant cohort in Zambia to study those two viruses. We were the first to establish that HHV-8 can be transmitted perinatally and together with HIV contribute to the increase of Kaposi's sarcoma in children in Africa. More recently, in collaboration with CDC- GAP Zambia, we determined the early childhood infection rate of HHV-8. As such, we are ideally positioned to lead the proposed study, the first of its magnitude in the African setting. We have found perinatal transmission can occur in utero, but most HHV-8 infections occur during early childhood via horizontal transmission, with HHV-8 seroconversion occurring even in instances where the child's mother or entire household is HHV-8 negative. Moreover, HIV-1 is a major risk factor for HHV-8 infection, and we found HIV-1 infected children have a five-fold higher risk for infection by HHV-8 as compared to uninfected children, most likely due to immune suppression as a result of HIV-1 infection. It is possible that restoration of the immune response via ARV will reduce HHV-8 infection of HIV-1 positive children and enhance the immune response against HHV-8 in infected individuals. Unfortunately, the impact of ARV on HHV-8 transmission and on HHV-8 disease pathogenesis is unknown. We hypothesize that the treatment of HIV-1 infected children by ARV will substantially lower their risk of being infected by HHV-8 and reduce the risk of disease progression toward developing KS in infected children by enhancing their anti-HHV-8 immune response and reducing viral reactivation. The overall objective of the proposed study is to make use of our established study infrastructure to determine the impact of ARV treatment on HHV-8 transmission, on anti-HHV-8 immune response, and on viral reactivation. We propose to utilize relevant participants in our existing cohort and to recruit additional subjects for our proposed study, as appropriate. To test the validity of our hypothesis, we are proposing two aims. The first is to determine whether ARV treatment of HIV-1 infected children will reduce their susceptibility to HHV-8 infection. The second is to determine whether ARV treatment of HIV-1 and HHV-8 dually infected children will enhance their immune response against HHV-8 and reduce viral reactivation. We anticipate that the data generated through the proposed effort will be useful in the development of future intervention strategies to prevent HHV-8 transmission.


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By Hayley Ramm, Jul 20 2016 01:20PM
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Amber Harrison faces possible jail after Seven pursues her for contempt
Amber Harrison, the former executive assistant who famously went public over an affair with Channel Seven executive Tim Worner, is facing a potential jail term after lawyers for the network launched contempt proceedings against her.
On July 17 Ms Harrison was effectively banned from ever making public comments about her former employer Seven West Media or her relationship with the CEO, Mr Worner after Seven was successful in obtaining a permanent gag order against her.
This week Channel Seven launched contempt proceedings against Ms Harrison, listing a dozen breaches that Ms Harrison is alleged to have committed in defiance of court orders.
Ms Harrison lasted only one day before allegedly breaching those orders. Channel Seven's lawyers claim that on July 18 Ms Harrison appeared on the ABC's 7.30 to complain that she had been forced to air details of the affair after the network reneged on a deal to pay her.
Ms Harrison left the company in 2014 after signing two deeds, which provided for a series of payments totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars to be made to her on the condition she refrained from speaking publicly about the affair or the company and that she hand over electronic devices and records.
Seven told the NSW Supreme Court in July it stopped the payments after Ms Harrison did not comply.
"These proceedings have, from the outset, been engulfed in a vitriolic atmosphere," said Justice John Sackar in his July judgment in which Seven successfully sought a permanent gag order against Ms Harrison.
"The allegations from both sides, whether entirely true or not, have often been personal, scandalous, and sadly ripe for media and public consumption," noted Justice Sackar.
In its latest salvo against the Melbourne-based Ms Harrison, Seven alleges that on July 20, three days after signing the order, Ms Harrison was interviewed on ABC Radio in Melbourne.
"Well I committed to the court that I would obey a suppression order, it is a very wide-ranging suppression order, it excludes me from the conversation about all things Channel Seven," she said.
Asked what would happen if she breached it, Ms Harrison replied: "I am liable for imprisonment or sequestration of property."
In September, when the ABC's 7.30 reported that Seven had fired a young Adelaide TV journalist Amy Taeuber, after she allegedly complained about an older male colleague harassing her, Ms Harrison used Twitter to post links to a number of stories dealing with the matter.
One of the many tweets Seven's lawyers have complained about includes one Ms Harrison posted on November 27.
"No chook prize for guessing what Boardroom this happened in – the fish rots from the head at @sevenwestmedia." Her tweet linked to an article on Amy Taeuber.
Seven's lawyers also claim that another act of contempt was committed on December 1, when Ms Harrison told The Australian newspaper "she would not stop tweeting and was less frightened of going to jail than being silenced."
Seven has asked that the matter be expedited as Ms Harrison has indicated that she does not intend to comply with the orders of the court.
The matter is listed for a directions hearing on December 18, the anniversary of Ms Harrison deploying what Justice Sackar described as "the nuclear option" in going public about her steamy affair with Mr Worner.
In a statement issued in response to Justice Sackar's judgment in July, Seven said it welcomed the decision and "[looked] forward to putting this matter behind us".
This seems unlikely.
As Ms Harrison tweeted earlier this week: "You will not find any instance of me comparing myself to the victims of assault. I speak about challenging (despicable) bullies who use money and power to intimidate and crush – and encouraging you to do the same. To thy own self be true :"
Kate McClymont is an investigative journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.