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Rashid Bahar
Associate Professor of Law
Rashid Bahar is Associate Professor at the University of Geneva and lawyer at the firm Bär & Karrer, where he specialized in corporate law, banking law and financial markets. On the academic side, he teaches Corporate Law. His research interests are in issues related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and the legal problems of corporate Finance.


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"Case number 566/7 The state vrs Akosua Twumasi." The clerk called out.
Many people started hurling abuses at her until the clerk shouted "Order in Court!" as the gavel of the judge pounded loudly on his desk. I just looked at the weak and feeble woman in handcuffs who was being pushed into the witness stand to be interrogated. She swore by the Bible to tell the truth and nothing but the truth but was sneered at by most people who were there, like me, to witness proceedings. The court was filled to the brim. Her case was read out by the prosecuting counsel. According to him, Madam Akosua Twumasi poisoned her daughter and cruelly killed her. After, she walked straight to the police station to report herself. When the police got to the scene, the poor girl was lying in bed, in the pool of her vomitted blood, dead. She was an autistic girl with multiple seizures according to the attending doctor. He ended that, how a girl who knew nothing was cruelly murdered by her own mother is beyond thinking and asked the court to seek justice for the poor departed soul.
Madam Twumasi was asked about her counsel, she asked that she be allowed to speak for herself. In tears, she spoke.
"I did kill my daughter and I believe no one here has the right to judge me. I believe no one has the right to insult or sneer at me. I believe no one has the right to arrest me. That is my thought." The judge asked her to explain before she was slapped with contempt of the court.
"Your Honour, this would be long but pardon me. I was born an orphan, with no one to help me through life. The state provided me with nothing because even the education that many thought was free, was expensive to me. I couldn't feed myself so dropped out. I won't bore you with that story of my life. I fell in love with my husband of three years when he was in secondary school. With my fried plantain, I took care of part of his expenses till he completed his schooling, became a teacher and married me. When we had our child, she was the most beautiful girl Nsakaw had seen and word went round that I had given birth to a mermaid or an angel. She grew up to six months and fell ill. She convulsed without stopping. We took her to many hospitals and tried everything but the sickness worsened and she became a completely dependent girl as she grew. She could neither talk nor walk. At two years old, we all realized there was no hope of a recovery but I trusted God to change that fate.
I heard from a friend that my husband was getting married to another lady when my daughter was barely two and a half years old. Lo and behold, it was true. Whereas I was traditionally married to him, he legally wedded another woman. With my child strapped at my back, I looked on as they recited their vows but could not say anything. That was a man who slept in my bed the previous night. He never returned to our home, and never bothered to send me a pesewa. With my daughter strapped on my back, I sold iced water at the market but no one bothered to buy from me. I heard a rumour that I was a witch and my witchcraft caused the sickness of my daughter. Another rumour had it that I insulted an elderly woman when I was pregnant and so my daughter's illness is as a result of that. My Lord, I never did any such things. Many people here in Nsakaw shunned my company so I relied on a piece of land my mother left me, to farm and feed. You should have seen the girl on my back as I cleared portions to plant. Sometimes, when the going got tough, I sat by the mosque in town to beg for alms.
During all that time, the law was not seen. When my daughter was seizing and biting her tongue, when blood oozed from her bite, when her drooling bathed me to the disgust of all, the law was no where to be found. I carried on for seven years. Seven whole years hoping for a miracle, going hungry to see her fed, travelling miles to have her tended to by scamming herbalists and spiritualists, having to pay pastors who promised the fastest healing ever, none of that worked. And what was worse? The hospitals provided for by government collected such huge amounts for medications prescribed for the girl that I ended up not going there anymore. How could I have afforded that? How do you think a mother feels seeing her child suffer shame? How do you think a mother feels seeing her child suffer deprivation? How do you think a mother feels seeing herself and her child at the pointed ends of fingers whose sole aim is to make them objects of ridicule? How does it feel to feel so alone in a world whose hands are never there to help when need be but its mouth is ready to butcher at the slightest mistake?
I am sorry to say that you have no right to harm a hair on my pride. Why must I be arrested? Because I reported myself for the crime? What about the millions of people you all know who kill their disabled children without reporting? It's a hush hush affair but you know and I know that it happens. Even those with cleft palates are killed mercilessly. You hear and I hear but you protect them with "no evidence". How many people in this court room did not tell me that my child is an evil spirit? Snake? Punishment from the gods? How many of you didn't suggest that I take her to be turned into a python and join our ancestors because she could devour me at night? How many of you gave me one word of encouragement? How many of you bought me pure water when I was thirsty and carried her on my back under the scorching sun? How many of you even looked with sympathy? Yet you sit here sneering like perfect gods and goddesses.
I am a victim of circumstance! That victim whose conscience is clear because I killed my daughter not because of all the suggestions you gave but because I wanted to gift her peace. Peace to live free of illnesses, peace to sleep and rest, free of seizures, free from your scornful eyes, free from societal rumours that spread fast without a wiring. Free from poverty, from pain from a father who never for once turned back to look at her but sits in this court looking at me like some form of evil executioner. I gifted her that freedom. I know you will ask why I didn't report her father. Will I have had peace in this community where only witches take their men to court? This community which only sees the little dust on a female while overlooking the stinking shit on males? Will I have survived in this ostriched community where the man is always right?
Your Honour, do let the law whip me if you must, but think it through if the law has that right to bother me when it has not gained the fear of the people to live rightly. No, do not jail me my Lord, sentence me to death rather. That is the only thing that can give your mind rest and clear your conscience. And why not? Because you did protect me from malice, shame and fed me, yet still I took the life of an angel. I sacked my lawyer. Well, how can the state who battles me give me a lawyer? How can that lawyer ask me to plead guilty even before hearing my full statement? I need no one to defend me. You can sentence me now Your Honour! But I dare say I am not repentant. Given the chance, I will do it over and over again. Jail is a much better place than seeing the suffering of one you would sacrifice your life for. I would have killed myself afterwards but needed to be heard for those who are yet to experience this pain. I have nothing more to say your Honour. Thank you."
The whole court was silent. No one moved for what seemed like eternity. Those who were busy insulting and casting aspersions and insinuations at her could no longer look at her. Two women seated by me suddenly started fighting. They accused each other of starting rumours and shunning her company. The judge's head was bowed. He could no longer look at her and could not talk. I knew he would have the worst time sentencing her, but sentence he must. The clerk just blinked tears. The whole jury shed tears. The judge signalled the clerk and in a minute, he tearfully announced, "This case is adjourned to next month, October 9, 2018." The prosecutor never for once, raised his head after that. How people vanished from the court was a mystery. I just sat there, my sweat drowning my clothes as she was led by the police to their van. He who created a woman to be strong, too strong in love, surely cursed us. We deserved everything but that burdensome gift.
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Feb. 3, 2018.
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People love money. But few know that "too much money" could be dangerous—It can create bubbles in property and stock markets. It can also increase inflation. This phenomenon is often seen in developing countries and is causing very serious problems in China.
Excessive Foreign Exchange Reserves
"Foreign exchange reserves" can help us to do an analysis. Foreign currency has two major sources: trade surplus and net inflow of foreign capital, which enters a country without the sale of goods.
Clearly, foreign exchange should be used to purchase foreign goods but not to buy domestic goods. If surplus foreign exchange is used in the country, it will create "too much money chasing too few goods," which is inflation. If used in stock and real estate markets, foreign exchange can create bubbles in money games. The more foreign exchange reserves, the greater the bubbles are. The question is: what are the proper foreign exchange reserves for a country?
It is commonly accepted that foreign exchange reserves should increase with a country's import value and the instability of the international balance of payment. The proper foreign exchange reserves can be estimated as equal to the 10 percent of the GDP or three to six month import value of the country. However, China now has US$1.6 trillion of foreign exchange reserves, which equals 50 percent of its GDP or 15 months of its imports.
Chinese statistics are not transparent. We can only estimate according to other agencies or observers. According to Reuter's New Agency, China's foreign exchange reserves increased $40.3 billion in May this year, and the trade surplus plus foreign direct investment (FDI) were only $28 billion. The difference is likely to be the "hot money" used for currency arbitrage.
Inflow and Outflow of Enormous 'Hot Money'
In recent years, the Chinese communist regime employed the so-called "macro-economic control," which has been ineffective due to lack of respect for market mechanisms. The exchange rate control is the main reason for the inflow of an enormous amount of hot money. The economic bubbles and even a tsunami of economic crises are looming over the Chinese economy.
According to Logan Wright, an analyst with Stone & McCarthy in Beijing, the amount of the hot money influx into China between January and May reached $150 to $170 billion.
It was reported that there are various channels for hot money to flow into China. Chinese officials have said that most of these channels are illegal and the most commonly seen practices are the falsification of the amount of direct investment and international trade. Confronted with an incessant influx of hot money, Chinese authorities have repeatedly intensified capital control. Now, the regime is looking for ways to further enhance the censorship of outward remittance. These control measures are not effective, and they could also increase China's economic risk.
The Best Practice is to Liberalize the Exchange Rate of the Yuan
Sherman Chan, senior economist at Moody International Consulting Inc., believes that drastic measures are needed to adjust the exchange rate of Chinese yuan to an appropriated level.
He pointed out, "If the government still wants to maintain its existing exchange rate system, speculative capital would definitely continue to influx for arbitrage."
Even if trading control measures are tightened; foreign capital could still flow into China through other channels, including through the falsification of foreign direct investment capital. Some banks have said that capital control may lead to an upsurge of innovative money laundering channels. As a result, it is impossible to find an effective solution.
Hot money has given China's future economic policy more concerns. The Chinese authorities are finding it a difficult challenge to the policy-making process.
According to the South China Morning Post, though China's GDP growth rate reached a two-digit level in the first quarter of this year, the fixed assets investment hit a new low in the past five years. The growth rate of industrial profit in the first five months dropped from previous year's 42.1 percent to 20.9 percent. The gross profit rate of China's business also dropped to 8.2 percent in March, which was a new low in the past four years.
On the other hand, according to the Reuter's reports, China's inflation rate for the first half of this year was 7.9 percent, higher than official target of 4.8 percent. As a result, when making policies, the authorities must take into consideration both economic growth and inflation.
As to whether first priority should be given to growth or inflation, in addition to two fractions within economic experts, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao regards curbing inflation is the first priority, while the CCP leader Hu Jintao thinks the first priority should be given to growth. As a result, China faces a real dilemma. It seems one can't have the cake and eat it, too.
Plainly speaking, the easiest approach to control inflation for now is to appreciate the yuan or hike the interest rate. But both of the approaches may eventually result in the quicker inflow of hot money, and may in turn hasten the worsening of inflation. As mentioned by the 1976 Nobel Laureate and economic master M. Fredman in his book entitled "Free to Choose," Whether inflation leads to unemployment, or the temporary side effect of curbing inflation leads to the rise in unemployment. In other words, it is impossible to solve problems without any cost. Therefore, the drastic measure to deal with the problem is to let the market decide the exchange rate of the yuan. Though there will be some hot money inflowing into China in the short term, it would happen only once and will get back to normal gradually.
[1] Hot money, also called speedy-flow capital, refers to extremely volatile short-term capital that moves with short notice to any country providing better returns. Powerful speculators can quickly pump massive sums into a high-yield economy, giving it an artificial aura of success and propriety. But, on a mere suspicion of a downturn or other negative factor, they can (and do) withdraw it almost overnight causing a near collapse of the country's financial structure.


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J-Hud may have to relive the awful memory of her mother and brother's violent death on the stand, under oath…
The ordeal surrounding her family's horrific murder is far from over for Jennifer Hudson as she may now be called to testify as a witness in court, Star magazine is exclusively reporting.
According to court documents obtained by Star, the 30-year-old Oscar winner could be called to testify against William Balfour, who currently sits behind bars for the horrific October 2008 slayings of Jennifer's 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donerson, and 29-year-old brother, Jason, in their family home in Chicago. The body of her seven-year-old nephew was found nearby three days later.
Balfour, Hudson's brother-in-law, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and home invasion and now his defense attorneys hope that shocking new evidence related to fingerprint tests will prove his innocence.
The trial is set for February and Balfour's public defender, Amy Thompson, revealed: "There have (also) been reports of new witnesses," but she could not divulge details.
We hope that if J-Hud is called to testify that her account of the events help get her and her remaining family some justice.
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(Reuters) – France's Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande's push to make the rich contribute more to cutting the public deficit.
The Council ruled that the planned 75 percent tax on annual income above 1 million euros ($1.32 million) – a flagship measure of Hollande'selection campaign – was unfair in the way it would be applied to different households.
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the government would redraft the upper tax rate proposal to answer the Council's concerns and resubmit it in a new budget law, meaning Saturday's decision could only amount to a temporary political blow.
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Remaining Availability – Fishing Bear Lodge, Alaska
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Describing a place as unique and special as Fishing Bear Lodge is anything but easy. At its core this modest and endearing family run Alaskan lodge offers its guests just the right amount of "roughing it" and an opportunity to experience a remarkable diversity of true wilderness fly fishing. Backed up against the surreal spires of the Wind River range, right in the heart of southwest Alaska's 1.6 million acre Wood-Tikchik State Park, Fishing Bear employs jet boats to fly fish a host of seldom seen small streams for hearty rainbows, abundant Arctic char and large surface oriented grayling.
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By Sundance | The Conservative Treehouse
President Trump is the first political entity in our lifetime that not only comprehends the faces of the false arguments (the personalities of false choice), but more importantly sees the architects behind the Potemkin villages represented by those faces. When it comes to domestic economic policies, the architects are the BIG CLUB.
So, what is "The Big Club"?
..What "Deep State" is to intelligence, military intervention and foreign policy – The "BIG CLUB" is to matters of domestic economics…
Politicians do not write laws. Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer do not sit in their offices writing out scripts of laws and legislation; no politician does. Politicians are the faces who sell legislation that unseen hands create. The Big Club are the hands that create the legislation.
As such, it makes no sense to argue about the salesmanship of Ted Cruz or Elizabeth Warren when neither Cruz nor Warren are creating the legislative constructs they are selling.
Indeed, it makes much more sense to focus the attention on the unseen hands that are never discussed – These are the roots of the issues, the politicians are merely the expendable and interchangeable sales force.
The Big Club are massive and complex networks of lobbying groups who actually write legislation. What follows, depending on their own evaluation of importance therein, are payments to the politicians to go and sell their construct.
The amount of payment varies depending on how valuable the construct is to the interests of the Club. Big legislative constructs that provide the Club large income increases are worth more than smaller ones.
This is the accurate background framework to consider ObamaCare.
Within The BIG CLUB there are, essentially, two larger factions with interest: Big Labor and Wall Street (big crony-business). There are other factions like Big Green (Al Gore) etc. However, for the sake of ObamaCare the two that matter are "Big Labor" (AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME, UFCW etc), and Wall Street (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue).
The Big Club has paid for ObamaCare's construct, and they are not going to allow their sales force to walk away from it. From their position, this is a massive 'multi-multi-hundreds-of-millions' expenditure that has already taken place.
Tom Donohue (U.S. CoC) already lost hundreds of millions when his construct (his team actually did the writing) of TPP was lost due to Donald Trump. Donohue's TPP loss followed the loss of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (2014 Dave Brat), and his loss of Common Core Education standards, again with Donald Trump.
Donohue spent hundreds of millions on Gang of Eight, Common Core, TPP and ObamaCare.
Donohue paid off AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka to get him to stop being public about his opposition of TPP. The quid-pro-quo was transparently most evident when Trumka endorsed candidate Hillary Clinton who was supporting Donohue's TPP.
Having lost TPP, Go8 and Common Core, there is no way Tom Donohue is going to accept losing his biggest investment to date, ObamaCare.
♦ Big Labor support ObamaCare for a few reasons. #1 it granted fiscal stability to their retirement programs which were failing with the increased costs of providing healthcare coverage. #2 it creates additional profit margin space within union companies for more lucrative compensation contracts. And #3 ideologically it was constructed to eventually end up with a single-payer system. All three points are great for Big Labor.
♦ Wall Street supports ObamaCare because it: #1 removes the cost of providing healthcare from the cost of producing products in the U.S. [However, you'll note the consumer price of manufactured goods never actually decreases, instead the savings go to the profit margin.] #2 allows the manufacturing cost equity to streamline globalization efforts.
Both primary factions within the BIG CLUB stood to gain substantially if they could shift the cost of healthcare from their individual ledgers into the personal checkbooks of the U.S. consumer. Hence, they looked at the lobbying cost of ObamaCare as a long-term legislative investment with a massive upside.
After the GOPe wing of the UniParty was voted into the majority in both houses (2014), the Big Club sales people (politicians) needed to give the illusion of "repeal" or "removal", but not actually do anything which would remove it. So long as Obama was in office the optical games were easy; with Clinton later in office the games would be no longer needed.
Big Club spends to make sure Clinton wins the Presidency.
#NeverTrump making sense now?
Rut Roh.
Now, fast forward to 2017 and President Trump is in office on a promise to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
Oh snap, NOW what is the Big Club going to do?
Stall for time…. Quick construct plan to deal with the unexpected. Stall, block cabinet and down-stream confirmations… Activate astroturf to provide Sales Force cover… Paul Ryan lies to Sean Hannity… etc.
More things reconciling now?
Meanwhile, President Trump understands exactly what they are doing.
President-Elect Trump met with Richard Trumka and outlined larger administration pro-jobs objective assurances.
Once in office, President Trump works around Donohue and goes to the manufacturing and business community directly.
Now Trump is highlighting how deregulation, tax policy and other pro-growth America-First objectives will more than compensate them for any ObamaCare recall.
The battle/negotiation you see in the media is the visible stuff going on amid the Big Club's sales people, the politicians. However, the REAL ObamaCare removal negotiation is going on behind the scenes where the Trump Administration is taking on The Big Club directly…
Once you see the strings, it's almost impossible to watch the marionettes and not see them.
However, that doesn't mean the puppet show has to be less enjoyable….
….Specifically because we have President Trump, it is entirely possible to simultaneously watch the show, and yet still look up toward the scaffolding and see the shadows of the hands controlling them.
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- Deleting an individual alarm
If you press the alarm you wish to delete for awhile, a pop up will be displayed asking you whether you wish to delete the alarm. The alarm will be deleted when you press 'Ok.'
- Deleting all alarms at once
Click '…' > 'Settings' >'Delete all alarms' to delete all alarms at once.
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Yesterday I highlighted a review service that was managing the review process for SMBs and posting the good ones into Google, Yahoo etc… an idea that is sure to have a short shelf life and one that is not a good long term strategy. Well here is another.
Aggressive marketers often engage their mouth long before any cognitive activity has taken place. This is an example of that and makes one realize why the process of review gathering is often referred to as "solicitation".
Ben notes on his website:
Chiropractic Marketing Exposed: We've launched a breakthrough new Google Booster Experiment on the Forum in which members promote each others Google Maps listing to get very high rankings on Page One of Google. Watch this Video explaining the whole thing and how to get involved. Watch it NOW!
If you don't have time to watch the whole video or happen to find the the presenters enthusiasm overbearing, essentially he is recommending that Chiropractors that frequent his forum leave reviews for each other on Google Maps……
Chris Silver Smith had this to say:
Review-swapping, like vote-swapping, strikes me as wrong for the same reasons, albeit on different levels of scale/seriousness. In my opinion, this is a thinly-veiled attempt to exploit reviews for ranking purposes, despite his suggestion of not putting false reviews. I believe Google Maps would perceive it that way, too, which makes it a dangerous tactic to be involved with.
I believe that Google Maps is either not been weighting reviews and numbers of reviews all that heavily (in favor of other ranking factors which I've recently been writing about), and they also have means of telling when exploits of this sort are used. I have heard stories of people having their accounts disabled due to detection of exploits in Google Maps reviews.
And Will Scott, Search Influence in New Orleans noted:
We work with a couple chiropractors and there is some serious snake oil out there. These guys are well educated, with years of rigorous training, but they seem overly susceptible to shortcut marketing.
Will's phrase "shortcut marketing" really says it all. Any review process needs to be part of a well thought long term effort to improve your company's visibility across the whole local ecosystem.Review Solicitation - Dumb and Dumber by Mike Blumenthal


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My Days in Netherlands – Evita Dewi (3rd year BA)
My one year in the Netherlands so far has been the highlight of my life in 21 years, and I cannot believe it is time to go home. I remember coming here full of excitement, not knowing what's to expect and what was yet to come. Being born and raised in Bali, this is surely a very exciting journey for me to be able to live in a new environment away from home.
Of course, I got homesick once in a while. When you grow up with the convenience and ease of having a personal transportation and having your parents to cook for you every day and suddenly your world changes, surely was hard for me at the beginning. But Netherlands has so much to offer.
I have to cook my own meal, but cooking brings me and my friends together. During our spare time, we all get together and cook our special regional dishes for one another. It is very easy to find Indonesian ingredients in here so the choice of dishes is really unlimited, as long as you know how to make it.
I cannot remember how many "ayam sambal matah" (Spicy chicken) have I made for my friends but it is the togetherness that matters. The group ticket system in the Netherlands helps you get cheaper train tickets, if you travel in groups of more than seven people, so we often travel in groups to different cities and it is always fun to have your friends around while travelling.
Travelling solo is good fun too its then you need to get a day card/pass from some supermarkets and its super convenient and safe. There is always so many events that happens across the Netherlands, from a cultural event to a music festival. My most memorable event was during the Kingsday. The roads are packed with the orange army, everyone was out partying and having fun. I went to a festival with my friends and had the time of my life!
For Indonesians like me, the embassy always opened their doors during Indonesian holiday such as Galungan, Kuningan, Idul Adha and invited us to celebrate it together. I met plenty of new people during our Kuningan celebrations and finally was able to enjoy Balinese food that I missed so dearly. Meeting new people also opened the opportunity for me to visit them in different parts of Netherlands and see what the locals do.
Leeuwarden alone is a very vibrant city, especially knowing that it is the capital culture of Europe, it has plenty of events in store. It also has a Friday market and a Saturday market every week. I often go there to get a bucket of fried fish and fries and trust me you will not be able to stop eating them!
During our first module in the Netherlands, my BA classmates and I learned how to speak basic Dutch after school. I was a bit surprised that some of the words are also used in Bahasa Indonesia. It was quite fun to learn a new language with new people and sometimes we get to practice it when we shop.
You do not really have to worry about language because most of them speak English, but since I am in a new country with a foreign language, I want to learn a little bit about it.
Speaking about the weather, you probably already know that the temperature in the Netherlands is quite chilly most of the time. Do not worry about it, you just have to layer it up. But wait until you experience the summer in the Netherlands. When the temperature go up to around 20 degrees, me and my friends would go out to the park and do a barbecue by the river.
The parks and the roads will be packed, students will hang out there after school to soak in the heat and Leeuwarden is full of music and laughter. It was at times like this when I really appreciate the all year sun in Bali and vowed to always embrace it when possible.
There are plenty of great memories and lessons from my days in the Netherlands I wish I could tell you that really shaped me for who I am today. My advice for those who are going to the Netherlands is, embrace it and never stop exploring.


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Negotiations for a plea deal quickly unraveled Friday for six current and former Sweetwater officials snared in a three-year corruption probe.
There was no courtroom drama today, as no one ever made it into the courtroom. Defense attorneys stormed from the judge's chambers announcing, "We're done for the day," and one Sweetwater trustee had tears welling in her eyes as she left the courthouse with no deal in place.
What began as what District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis described as the largest corruption case in San Diego history - with more than 232 criminal counts filed against 18 defendants - appears headed for a lengthy and costly trial for the six remaining Sweetwater officials and the one contractor who has not yet accepted a deal.
Current Sweetwater trustees Bertha Lopez and Jim Cartmill were offered a plea deal of admitting to one misdemeanor charge of accepting gifts over the legal limit. They are each facing between 10 and 18 felony and misdemeanor counts.
Current trustees Arlie Ricasa and Pearl Quinones, as well as former board members Greg Sandoval and former Superintendent Dr. Jesus Gandara, were offered a plea deal of accepting one felony count each. They are heading to trial facing between 20 and 29 felony and misdemeanor counts each.
"We are ready to go to trial," said defense attorney Marc Carlos. "Ms. Quinones is ready to litigate the matter if necessary."
Charges the defendants face include extortion, conspiracy to commit a crime, felony accepting bribes and felony perjury counts.
The current board members who were contemplating admitting to felonies would have had to resign from the Sweetwater board, per state law.
Those who were contemplating pleading to misdemeanors are not required by state law to immediately resign, but according to Sweetwater board policies they may have to resign upon sentencing.
Prior, 11 other defendants accepted guilty pleas, admitting to either filing false documents on their state mandated forms to report gifts or being accessories to a crime. Among those defendants is former San Ysidro Superintendent Manuel Paul, who was first highlighted by NBC7 Investigates for accepting parking lot cash from a contractor seeking work with his school district.
That matter is the subject of a separate federal investigation.
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Project ChildSafe Reminds Us to Hunt S.A.F.E. This Season
As many of Michigan's hunting seasons are open and underway, an abundance of firearms are being utilized all throughout the state. In addition to being used in the field during actual hunting activities, those firearms are also being transported in vehicles and carried about by hand. As these guns are shuffled about, it is very possible that accidents can happen if a dedication to proper handling is not always practiced.
All it takes is a moment of negligence for an accident to happen or a firearm to fall into the wrong hands. In the blink of an eye, lives can be forever changed in situations where guns are mishandled. In order to prevent such accidents, especially when it comes to children, guidelines are being suggested to maintain safety around firearms. One such example of this is Project ChildSafe, launched by the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), which is working with 29 Fish & Wildlife Agencies to share information that will hopefully save innocent lives.
The goal of these pairings is to remind hunters to Hunt S.A.F.E. Although many hunters have taken hunter safety courses as it is required to hunt in Michigan for anyone born after January 1, 1960 and therefore those individuals have a healthy knowledge of gun safety, the general public, especially children, may not have the same information to boast. It is because of this lack of knowledge and potential access to firearms that a reminder as to how to Hunt S.A.F.E. is beneficial to everyone.
The Hunt S.A.F.E. guidelines are as follows:
S: Secure firearms between uses. This could be with a gun lock or in a gun safe or other locked area, but guns should not be freely accessible to anyone but the intended user.
A: Be Aware of anyone nearby who should not have access to your firearms. For example, don't leave the door to your truck wide open with the gun on the seat then step away to grab more gear while people are roaming freely nearby.
F: Focus at all times on what your gun ownership responsibilities are, such as how to travel safely and remain in possession of guns at all times.
E: Take each opportunity you come across to Educate others in regards to gun safety, such as handling and storage. At the same time, don't forget to stay on top of your own game and remain open to learning more as opportunities to do so arise.
The ultimate goal when it comes to Hunt S.A.F.E. is to protect not only others but also yourself. Sure, you may have loads of training under your belt, but liability still exists and all it takes is one misstep or moment of inattentiveness for someone to get hurt. Handle your guns in such a manner that you protect yourself and others but also so that you protect yourself from others.
More information on Project ChildSafe as well as other Hunt S.A.F.E materials can be found here. Included are a Hunting Checklist for Families to help maintain safety, a Gun Storage For Your Lifestyle infographic that shares information on gun storage by lifestyle and budge, and a brochure for the Ethical Hunter that discusses hunting from a historical and responsible standpoint. Also available is the wealth of resources present on the Project ChildSafe website.
Hunting is an activity that is enjoyable and can feed your family. It is also an activity that needs to be conducted in the most invulnerable way possible, not just for hunters but also for bystanders who do not have the same gun handling know-how. Enjoy your hunting season, but be vigilant so the experience is a good one for all.


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As part of the agreement, Imperial will convert its Esso truck transport fuel business to a branded wholesaler model. Husky will assume management of all dealer relationships and ongoing network growth as an Esso-branded wholesaler in the Truck Transport fuel segment. Imperial will supply fuel to the consolidated network and continue to invest in marketing programs that support the customer offer. Husky will convert its commercial cardlocks, co-located Travel Centres and a select number of retail service stations to the Esso brand, all of which will remain under Husky's management.
The agreement is subject to approval by Canada's Competition Bureau and closing conditions.
Husky Energy is one of Canada's largest integrated energy companies. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol HSE. More information is available at www.huskyenergy.com
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Host Gale Seiler spoke with Sean Appleton-Carlton, of Black Lives Matter in Iowa, who gave details about the BLM march and rally taking place in Ames on Saturday.
Kay Puttock provided an interview with Yash Solanki and Viraj Muthye from Sankalp, an ISU student group. They told about an event on Sunday called Dawaat, which is an Indian feast and fundraiser.
Ames Progressive Alliance was in the studio for their monthly segment. Ann Kinzel and Victoria Szopinski spoke with Don Kom, from the City of Ames Electric Deptartment and Steve Bernard, who is the Cedar Falls Utility Director, joined the conversation by phone. They shared updates on the Ames Community Solar Initiative and let us know that it is moving closer to being a reality in Ames!
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It's something of a universal truth that antique dolls are some of the scariest things on the planet. Dolls and clowns have been at the forefront since ages and if they don't scare you, nothing can. Yes! They are not just limited to the sleepless nightmares and making you all uncomfortable in thoughts, but also to some insane phobias. This time it's 'Lights Out' director David F.Sandberg working backwards in time as the Dark Universe exhumes itself with a spine- chilling demonic backstory about an eerie doll seen in 'The Conjuring', in 'Annabelle:Creation.'
It is a prequel to 2014's Annabelle and the fourth film in The Conjuring film series. Unlike other possession sagas, it's a creep craft with dark rooms, nosy victims and one spooky doll rejuvenating the horror-abode genre, keeping the thrill alive. It might be the damned doll with faintly glowing eyes, filmy skin and crumpled a dress sitting in the background. You will keep staring at it waiting the doll to move on its own which is indeed a clever and enduring gimmick perfectly put through the trailer of this upcoming English horror movie.
In the trailer, Director Sandberg has framed shots manipulating lighting and composition in a way that we constantly search for hints of movements, making scenes of maximum tension.The actors tend to use a soft voice while delivering the dialogues, thus we end up leaning in to catch words, which makes us vulnerable to the sudden jolt that makes us jump. It surely raises goose bumps and thus making the dolls more distrustful as it is filled with plenty of jump scares, dark shadows and horror staples.
Well, will it turn out to be as scary in theatres should be left to the future, but the present trailer looks trembling. The new film may explore the history of the demonic doll and will peep into the history of the doll maker Sam played by Anthony Lapaglia and his wife Esther Mullins played by Miranda Otto who lose their daughter child Annabel in a car killing. The movie is about to hit theatres on 11th of August and hope it caters suspense and scary hunger hunt.
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Check out Turn Up Or Burn Up, the latest from E-40 which features a guest appearance from Disko Boogie, Skeme & Problem on the assist. The track was released on Tuesday, December 24th, 2013. E-40's chances in this game are improving with each new release, and Turn Up Or Burn Up is no exception - quite the opposite, in fact. It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue E-40 has been building over the years. We're definitely anticipating the next move.
Peep the new visual for E-40's E-40 Feat. Skeme "Turn Up Or Burn Up" Video. Check out E-40's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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E-40 released his three disc album The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 4, 5, and 6, on December 10th. On the the 6th album the OG collaborates with West Coast natives Skeme and Problem and Disko Boogie for a turn up anthem.
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Thanks to the winter storms, Napa Valley's Lake Berryessa has reached its capacity and the massive water hole spillway (better known as the glory hole) has been opened up after almost 10 years - leading to some amazing drone footage. Thinking about it, 10 years ago, we didn't have these off-the-shelf drones or even iPhones to shoot this - Curbed SF has a pretty good collection of various social media posts about it. Check it out!
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text: Simplicity was released to the general public on June 10th through all music retail outlets. The bands easily identifiable logo graces the jacket in black and white and the songs feature founding guitarist Frank Hannon's unique and straight from the gut blues laden rhythms and melodious solos. Throughout the CD, songs offer hook laden acoustic guitar rhythms that delicately blend with clean distortion to create an evolution of sound for the band that holds true to their history in creating hard rock classics.


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Additional Orchestrations by
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Music Programmer:
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Orchestra Conducted by
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Hybrid, the site isn't letting me see or play any of the music samples on scores, it it something only on my end?
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Who's Stargate? O:
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2015-04-17 08:59:32
Stargate is the band who wrote the songs...
The official movie credit is Music by LB & Stargate... So it's like that on the cover, but there's nothing of theirs in the score... It's all LB...
2015-04-17 17:33:57
Songs =/= Score
it's a little different I must say, lol
2018-09-16 03:16:11
Well Lorne incorporated some of the song melodies into his score, so I guess that's why they're credited...
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|| 2016-01-10 15:20:58
While waiting for "13 Hours", I'm replaying all the Lorne stuff I have on my computer... I didn't really pay attention to this one when it came out, but it's so nice and catchy. Lorne amazes me more and more, and I think the best is yet to come!
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2016-01-10 15:57:25
Yep very underrated one... :)
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|| 2015-03-26 20:31:39
I added a suite... Check this out, it's great... :)
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2015-03-26 21:26:34
Very nice.
I gotta say, it's pretty cool that Hans Zimmer's methods allow composers like Lorne to get their own careers kickstarted. asking this honestly, would anyone know about Lorne Balfe if he hadn't worked with Hans all those years?
2015-03-27 10:00:03
Alexandre Desplat doesn't work for RCP, and he's one of the busiest and most well known composers working in Hollywood today.
2015-03-28 10:27:50
sounds wonderful. nice orchestration and very catchy themes. a lil bit john powell style i would say. i have to say, i prefer the orchestral balfe than the synth balfe, although this music sounds like a very good mix of both.
2015-03-30 02:42:33
This is a great suite!!! Fun, fun music.
Hybrid: on another note, do you know anything about a soundtrack for Killing Jesus, The Woman In Gold, or A.D.?
2015-04-04 20:00:13
I love the first cue that appears in the suite until around 3:20. Is that "Symphony In Oh"?
2015-04-04 20:15:32
Yeah, this score has some very fun music. Though I can't help thinking of Kung Fu Panda 2 with some of it! :P
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2015-04-04 20:30:27
Yes it is the first track ! :)
2015-04-12 19:23:36
i love this score. what a wonderful music. very thematic, excited, playful and emotional. lovely orchestral score by lorne.
2015-04-17 18:25:20
LOVE IT, is it possible to buy it in Lossless, anywhere else than on QOBUZ?
2015-06-30 21:42:16
it was great.
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So I just realized looking at Lorne's page...Wow...tons of projects he's working on!
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It is similar to Megamind and Madagascar. LIKE
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Cover Released :D
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|| 2015-03-26 08:38:19
The artwork just got approved, it should be out in a couple of weeks... :)
And yes Lorne is scoring Terminator 5... lol
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2015-03-26 11:16:27
An interesting turn of events indeed. I wonder what kind of score it will be like. I confess to being completely unaware of his works because I've never watched or played anything he scored. I kind of hope for a synthetic influence, actually, to harken back to the Brad Fiedel days.
2015-03-26 15:44:38
I think this could be brilliant. the darkest moments in Transformers 2 featured his contributions, if I am right. He is comfortable with scoring mechanised characters.
2015-03-26 22:05:31
right. just like daft punk "scored" tron legacy. lorne balfe will score one of the biggest american franchises ever. he'll have help.
2015-03-26 22:15:03
Perhaps it's just me being naive, but I'm also hoping for a proper version of the Terminator theme. Elfman was told not to do it in the last one and Beltrami did do a full version but it only got used in the end credits.
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2015-03-26 22:33:53
What's that supposed to mean, Anonymous? Lorne Balfe is an actual film composer, not a pop/electronica group - why the skepticism?
Whether he'll have help or not is a separate question. This is RC after all. And there's no problem with that.
2015-03-26 23:19:08
I'm told Zimmer will be taking an "executive music producer" credit.
2015-03-27 02:30:07
daft punk did not do as much on legacy as they get credited for. zimmer was paid a huge hush hush check for his involvement which was very heavy. i work in the industry so i know it's true. but i am sure this hybrid soldier will tell you otherwise
zimmer will no doubt do most of the work for terminator 5. this makes me happy though. it's how tron legacy turned out to be so awesome
2015-03-27 06:34:02
Conspiracy theories everywhere, I guess.
2015-03-27 07:20:45
The fact that you're trying to tell us you have secret insights into RCP no one else has because you "work in the industry" is somewhat ridiculous.
It's true that even composers such as JNH work as ghost writers for big studio or music productions from time to time but that doesn't compensate for a reputable source you obviously don't have.
Edmund Meinerts
2015-03-27 08:14:22
But the Tron situation is different. I think it's not that surprising to hear that an electronica duo with zero experience in film scoring or orchestral music had a bit of help behind the scenes - honestly, I'd have been more surprised had they NOT had help.
But Balfe has been around for a while and done tons of scores proving his ability in a lot of different situations. I'm not ruling out that someone, even Zimmer, may eventually end up contributing to that Terminator flick with the stupid name (this is 2015 Hollywood film scoring after all - the notion of a solo score is becoming kind of quaint), but there's no reason to treat it with the same skepticism as Tron.
2015-03-27 13:49:45
So Genysis dropped Beck?
2015-03-27 19:47:21
well thats exactly it edmund. there was no way disney was going to hire to musicians who have never composed for film before for a film of that magniude. same thing happened with star dust and many other films. think ramin djawadi did iron man all by himself? zimmer helped. a lot.
but i think zimmer will end up doing all the heavy lifting for terminator. sure lorne is a successful composer but name one big film hes scored, one as big as terminator. one where he did nearly all the work and had little to no help. none. but i am very curious to hear what becomes of it. nevertheless i am very excited to hear what zimmer and balfe come up with
2015-03-27 20:12:37
We know pretty much everything there is to know about Iron Man and every other score-wise troubled production that involved RCP, Anonymous. You are bringing sand to Sahara.
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2015-03-27 23:15:07
Dude, just because Zimmer has helped out on a handful of tricky situations in the past does NOT guarantee that he's going to do it on Terminator! Why the heck are you so sure of yourself?
And Balfe may not have any solo action tentpoles to his name, but he does have some fairly big animated movies and - more importantly - has worked on practically every Zimmer score of the last decade or so (including some HUGE stuff like Inception, Dark Knight and Pirates...the sort of things this Terminator flick dreams of being as successful as). I have no doubt that the people who decided to hire him are aware of that last fact. He's hardly this untested newcomer you're making him out to be!
2015-03-28 18:20:27
Lorne has also handled two Assassin's Creed scores, which are major projects, so I'm not surprised he's been given the chance of scoring T5.
Plus, nor the director or the producers of Genesys give a shit about the music in this one. The whole project's only purpose is to make millions with something people know and (used to) love. There's no creativity required for Terminator: Genesys, they could have picked anybody else.
I do wish Lorne Balfe does great. (As I l know he can)
2015-03-28 19:18:49
Genesys is just going to be another big cash grab, milking whatever little value this series has left.
As far as Lorne scoring this, I'm fairly excited. He did a fantastic job on Beyond: Two Souls which people always seem to forget exists. And if memory serves me right, Zimmer also produced that score.
2015-03-28 22:10:53
Lol it looks like absolutely nobody is expecting this movie. I wonder if it´s going to bomb. It looks so bad and uninspired, and its director is responsible for the worst Marvel movie to date... I bet Lorne's music will be the only good thing in this movie.
2015-03-29 01:49:22
@Ds, What Marvel movie are you referring to?
2015-03-29 01:51:54
Nevermind. I thought we were talking about Tim Johnson (Home)
2015-03-29 22:49:04
I was extremely turned off by the idea for more Terminator films... Then I saw the trailer. I actually think Genisys has the potential to be really good. I get the feeling whomever wrote the script actually found an interesting spin on it.
2015-03-29 23:46:37
Well for me it´s just the opposite, it´s when I saw the trailer that I realized how bad it looked like :-p
2015-03-30 10:48:36
It can't be any worse than the previous two films. And it does seem to be offering something different to the previous films anyway. The idea seems to be the idea presented in the first film that the future is "one possible future" instead flipped around so that the future is set, but the past is "one possible past". It's an intriguing idea, as are some of the ideas alleged to be what we'll get in the film (I won't spoil those here).
The big discussion here, though, is the score. I'm hoping for a better presentation of the main theme, there's now the chance to properly reprise the T-1000 motif as well. I'm thinking that the approach should be something like an inbetween of Elfman's score for Salvation and Trond Viggo-Melsen's music for the Salvation video game.
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Around 4:00 I hear some Madagascar :)
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EUREKA, MO (KTVI) - School security is the focus of a meeting Thursday morning Eureka. Leaders of area school districts will meet with law officers about keeping campuses safe.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the Rockwood Administrative Annex just off Highway 109.
The Safe Schools Partnership and St. Louis County Police are putting on the event.
This is second recent safe schools meeting.
Another took place back on December 20th in Maryland Heights.
The Safe Schools Partnership is collaboration between local schools, police and other agencies. The goal- keeping kids safe in school.
The main question at these meetings- whether school districts want to see any changes regarding security protocols in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy in Connecticut.
At the first meeting, County Police Chief Tim Fitch brought up the idea which he supports of having armed school personnel with proper police training on campuses.
But that idea was basically rejected by area school leaders.
Today`s meeting is a follow-up to that first meeting in Maryland Heights.
The meeting itself is not open.
But we should find out what changes, if any, came out of the meeting after it`s over.


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Are you sick of being fat? With more and more people becoming overweight or obese, you may be tempted to just accept your weight. Unfortunately, this mindset is dangerous and unhealthy. The tips presented here will help you shed those extra pounds and keep them off. You can be successful at losing weight; try these tips and see for yourself!
Green tea is a terrific tool for weight loss. Green tea is linked to metabolism boosting and it is all natural. Enjoy a glass of your favorite green tea before your workout, and you'll enjoy more energy through it.
Keeping a journal of your daily caloric intake helps you lose weight. You can make better choices when you see what foods you tend to eat. Exercise is still critical to losing weight, but it's nothing without the right type of eating plan.
To help you lose weight, it is important that you take in the right amount of calories each day. Diets that starve you are extremely harmful. If your body doesn't consume enough calories, your metabolism will slow down. As a result, your body will attempt to store every single calorie you consume as fat. If you don't eat enough calories, you can easily find yourself binge eating later on, which will not help you to replace your bad habits permanently.
In order to keep the weight off, avoid eating before bedtime. Although easier to say than to do, it's worth avoiding food before bedtime, because any food you take in will just sit there in your stomach, not burning off, and eventually making its way to your fat cells. Instead, do productive things in the evenings that do not tempt you to eat.
To boost your weight loss, write down your caloric intake. Weight loss is not possible if you consume for calories than you burn. Ingesting high amounts of calories will interfere with weight loss. Track what you are eating by writing it down; make sure you know how many calories you have eaten so you adjust further intake for the day.
Get rid of mayonnaise and replace it with mustard. Mayonnaise is loaded with calories and fat, even though it's quite tasty. Instead of going for the mayo on your sandwiches, use mustard. All foods should be ordered with mayo.
Eat butter that is whipped. Some people do not want to cut back on butter or replace it with a butter substitute. Many people like how real butter tastes. Thankfully, you don't need to eliminate butter to drop weight. Try switching to whipped butter. It tastes just like real butter with only half the calories.
Don't eat immediately before bed. If you normally go to sleep around 10, then you should cut off your food intake by 8. If you do feel the need or urge, grab a snack of veggies, along with a glass of water. Although there may be times when you cannot stick to the two-hour rule, try your best to avoid doing this. When the body is inactive, excess calories are stored.
There really is strength in numbers – if you're trying to lose weight, consider finding a weight-loss buddy to help you stay on track. Share your victories, work out together and strategize on how you will reach the goals you have each set for yourselves. By being responsible to another person, you'll be more likely to stick with it instead of indulging in improper weight loss habits.
There are so many diets out there today that fail to help you achieve weight loss. One sure thing though is exercise, so make it a requirement that you join a gym or find some other way to get plenty of exercise. Any diet you do should always be accompanied with proper exercise. This will allow you to burn more calories than you consume.
At the outset of your fitness plan, take a picture of yourself at your starting weight. Seeing the real you will help keep you motivated. Then, when you actually reach your ideal weight, you can take a look at the old you and compare it to the new you. Before photos may also inspire others to live a healthier lifestyle.
In addition to a healthy diet as a weight-loss strategy, include exercise in your routine. Losing weight means you must burn a higher number of calories every day than you take in. This can be done through exercising and limiting the amount of food you eat. There are many interesting and fun ways to burn off those excess calories, such as running, hiking or bicycling. You could also try resistance training to speed up your metabolism and build muscle.
To burn fat, you must sleep a minimum of eight hours each night. Always take a break when you need rest. If you believe that depriving yourself of sleep is a means to successfully lose weight, then you need to think again. It's better to be healthy and losing weight will happen.
If you are trying to lose weight, you should start walking more. No matter where you are fitness-wise, it is likely that you can at least do some walking. Walking allows you to burn extra calories easily. Just park at the back of the lot or walk to work.
Building a daily diet that gives you roughly 2,000 calories is a good way to build better eating habits. Examine each meal to ensure that you get all the nutrients you need, starting with Vitamin A and ending with Zinc. If you see any deficiencies in nutrients, consider changing your diet or taking multivitamins.
When trying to lose weight, it may be helpful to keep the color blue around. Blue has been known to suppress the appetite. Try using blue place mats or plates at your dinner table and see if this has an effect. Warmer tones, like orange, red or yellow, should be avoided since they encourage you to eat. The link between what we look at and what we eat is subtle, but real. Think about this when furnishing your kitchen or choosing what to wear.
There is no magic pill for weight loss. You have to change what you are doing physically and tweak what you are putting into your body. If you will follow our tips, you will find success at effectively losing the weight that you want to lose and keeping it off.


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A Russian Martial Arts instructor was recently talking to me about the question asked by actor Robert Di Niro in the movie 'Taxi Driver'. "Are you talking to me?"
By the time one gets to that part of a confrontation, you know darn well who they are talking to so at best it's a retorical question, at worst if gives the other side more time to prepare a defense or launch at attach. "Don't waste your time," he recommends. "You get away, call for help or make a move."
If a client says they aren't going to pay you, or you have the second broken promise (which is telling you the same thing), get to it:
- Run away: Small balance and a customer you don't care to salvage? Abandon or assign to a third party.
- Call for help: Maybe someone else in your organization to make a further attempt, could be sales or an executive with contacts in their organization.
- Take immediate action via shipments on hold, reporting to credit agencies, action in small claims or legal assignment
Some people say there are no stupid questions. Don't kid yourself.


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Since AMI introduced me to Gapminder (http://www.gapminder.org) I share it with my students and usually try integrating the use of the software in the introductory modules I teach to younger students.
This gives them an understanding of development issues based on data and therefore an evidence-based approach to the discipline. In many ways, this also challenges students' thinking about reality (often disproving misconceived ideas) and about relationships between indicators.
In courses where Gapminder is used, one of the continuous assessment tests given by the students consists in submitting a video-assignment using the software, recorded using their mobile phones.
Generally I ask to first year students (Introduction to Development Studies) to discuss in 30 seconds an interesting idea or finding. Most students learn a lot from using the software, but also preparing the video-presentation.
The time limit pushes them to practice and improve the presentation making the discussion as much effective as possible, while remaining accurate. This enables them improving summary and communication skills. Since students start presenting to an audience (the class) only during their fourth year, this enables them to start building these skills much earlier - While also gaining self-confidence.
In a course called Theories and Strategies of Development, second year students are given one minute to discuss a development theory of their choice, and provide evidence through Gapminder of one or more countries which development process could be explained (or not) through the theory.
A number of the students' works are remarkable and show how much can be achieved using Gapminder and video assignments:


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Check out the Georgia Center for Humane Education
We've all seen the commercials for the ASPCA. We've all heard horror stories of pets in need, whether they've been neglected, mistreated, or just left to fend for themselves. April is the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month; while there are many ways to help fight the mistreatment of animals, one Georgia group is using education to help kids learn about how to properly treat animals at an early stage; this group is the Georgia Center for Humane Education (GCHE).
The GCHE works to bring a variety of complimentary Humane Education Programs (HEP) to schools and groups. Hundreds of children with the Metro Atlanta area have participated in these programs to learn more about how to respect life in their homes, communities, and environment. The programs help to "encourage kindness and empathy for both human and nonhuman animals, and to promote understanding of our many diverse habitats." The GCHE is working to get more of the HEP programs into schools and to revisit the schools that they have already been to; they've already increased their staff to accommodate these new goals.
The Georgia Center for Humane Education doesn't stop with schools; they're also involved in other initiatives to spread education on the humane treatment of animals. They are partner of the statewide campaign "Don't Be Cruel", created by two Georgia rescue groups and sanctioned by Elvis Presley Enterprises, which spreads awareness of the human treatment of animals through posters, bookmarks, T-shirts and an educational brochure – all bearing the image of Elvis with his hound dog. The group also works with other national animal protection organizations and organizations devoted to character education to achieve their goals.
Deceased Pet Care is one of many sponsors that work to support this organization. GCHE just celebrated their third anniversary as a 501c3 non-profit organization, and, depends a great deal upon the sponsorship of donations of others to continue to spread the word and their educational programs through the state. The program gathers funds through fund-raisers, including two "Marketplace" events, donations from various supporting businesses, such as Deceased Pet Care, and donations from individuals. If you'd like to, you can join us in supporting them by donating via their website.
This month, what are you doing to work to prevent the mistreatment of and cruelty to animals? Are there any specific groups that you like to work with to achieve these goals? Tell us your thoughts and favorite organizations in a comment on our Facebook page.
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