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Wah re! Anna Hazare…
When India won the world cup this year, people were out on the roads with Indian flag in their hands, cheering, rejoicing, hooting, dancing and doing erratic things one can only imagine, but never do. Nobody knew anybody, but everybody knew what was up with India! The entire time I was out on the streets that night, I kept thinking to myself, if such a time would ever return? If people would ever be stimulated with so much of passion? I thought it would take us another world cup to get there, but I was wrong!
India's fight against corruption has amassed the people of the nation in a manner that has left the cricket craze way behind! Calling it our second freedom struggle would not be an understatement at all. I witnessed it for myself today as Anna sat on yet another fast. Raj Ghat, possibly one of the most peaceful places in Delhi was unusually beaming with people. They were roaring, cheering, clapping and dancing in support of the movement, the agitation that was started on the 5th of April. The amount of support shown by the people was simply overwhelming, from youngsters travelling from various parts of the country, girls and boys as young as fifteen feeling the anger and betrayal that is generally seen in working adults, rock bands singing bhajans and mobilising the crowd that had gathered to the young volunteers trying to discipline and guide people. The only quiet place in the entire area was the pordium. There sat a diminutive Anna Hazare, unperturbed by the noise and hustle-bustle. The image of him is as peaceful as meditation itself. He sits on the podium clad in white from head to toe, looking like a saint and in composure.
It was fascinating and intriguing to see a gathering charged with emotion to become completely silent (well at least for a while) as soon as Anna picked up the mike and reminded people that they had gathered at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial, a place for peace. It sounded a little odd in the presence of police fire wagons and hundreds of police men manning the area. After the Ram Leela Maidan episode, the police seems to be on the vigil, but it hardly bothered Anna or the people who had shown up. Anna openly condemned the act of the government, comparing it to Jallianwala Bagh and the people too didn't shy away from shouting 'Anna re, tu he re!' in his praise or hate slogans for that matter for the government and the Congress party.
What happened at Ram Leela Maidan was an act to shoo the people away to separate them from the movement but it has had a counter effect and motivated people to support it in larger numbers. The face of this movement, Anna Hazare seems to be in a mood to change the face of politics in this country, where corruption is widespread, deep rooted and ages old.
One can love Anna, disagree with him, hate him, despise him, ignore him (well that's a little difficult to do now a days) but one has to agree that his magic is working. Anna is the only man in the recent past who has been able to get the people together under the same roof irrespective of caste, creed, gender or religion, in a country where votes are won on the basis of these so called pillars.
The line, is desh ka kuch nahi ho sakta is as famous as the slogan mera Bharat mahaan! The country seems ready to delete the former and live by the latter, so let's see for how long does the government turn a deaf ear to the noise made by the 1.21 billion people of the nation!
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We had a chance to sit down and talk to Pocket's (formerly Read it Later) founder, Nate Weiner, and developer Max Weiner about their recent re-branding and the transition from a read-later service to a read-, watch-, and generally enjoy-later powerhouse. With a newly redesigned app, continued cross-platform focus, and business model that includes giving the app away from free, it's a huge gamble for Pocket.
Doing a great app on iPhone and iPad is challenging. Doing a great app on iPhone and iPad and the plethora of Android devices Pocket decided to support is a huge challenge. But we live in a cross-platform world where Android phone users might have an iPad, or iPhone users might have a Kindle Fire, and being able to read the content you want on the device you want, when and where you want is hugely important. So, Pocket is doing an incredible amount of heavy lifting to make sure their users can just launch the app, tap, and never have to think twice about it.
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"Frequently we do have meetings with agencies, but that by no means means we're in an agency review and in fact we are not," said a Delta spokeswoman, who declined to comment on how the airline would handle an assignment for a JetBlue competitor.
"Leo Burnett's relationship with Delta, as our client has assured us, is business as usual," said a Burnett spokeswoman. "We continue to develop work on their behalf."
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The major airlines continue to struggle with the downturn in business travel and low-cost competition from not just JetBlue, but long-time low-cost industry leader Southwest and newer arrival AirTran Airways. JetBlue continues to establish a foothold in the New York-Florida winter business and this winter will boost the number of daily flights to 42 from 27. US Airways last week made a bid to compete by reaching an agreement with Midway Airlines to operate under the US Airways Express flag.
Low-cost is the future, at least in the short-term, according to Standard & Poor's Mr. Corridore. "That's the way the industry is moving right now," he said. "To the extent that they can, [executives at the majors] want to try and restructure their airlines to at least capture part of that" business.
Established airlines have had less luck doing low-cost spinoffs. British Airways started Go to compete with Ryanair and EasyJet, but is now selling Go to EasyJet. KLM's Buzz is faring better.
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text: Ben and Roger set themselves the ambitious task of trapping at 3 Box Moor Trust sites simultaneously on 12/4/2016 (Gadespring, Roughdown and Westbrook Hay). In spite of torrential rain, dodgy electrics and spluttering motors, they had the skill, patience and dogged determination to stick with it. Between them, they trapped and netted some exciting specimens: for the full account, including some superb photographs, head on over to Ben's blog, HERE.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Great Horned Owls are missing this year. Every year here at Beyond Ester we hear a pair calling to each other. The hoots start up in January, and are a constant presence in the evenings. During the last couple of years, one hooted from a snag to the north of our cabin, and its mate echoed back from somewhere south of our cabin, down towards the valley.
The Boreal Owls are also missing. Their mournful descending calls have always trembled through our woods and across our valley.
This year, only silence. Monday's full moon was a lonely and quiet night without owls to hoot and to call.
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- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM
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Haven't heard owls here on the Ridge either, now that I think of it, but I think of them coming out in Fall or later in Spring when the nights are a bit warmer and the small critters are moving about.
Our vole population seems to have crashed after last summer's ravage of the garden. The owls may have gone where there's a better supply of food.
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As the founder of SMARTfoundations life enhancing initiatives, Paula Pluck works with a variety of clients who are passionate about bringing more meaning into their professional and personal life. Clients range from manager – and director – level employees, to consultants, coaches, and entrepreneurs. Paula also works with professionals in transition, helping them realign their purpose and drive to create a more powerful version of living.
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Philly Sups: Dim Sum Garden
Dim Sum Garden
59 North 11th Street, Reading Terminal/Market East
As frequent visitors of New York City, we always make a point to grab some xiaolongbao (Shanghai soup dumplings) whilst playing in the concrete jungle. When we heard there was a place that served the same in Philly, naturally, we had to check it out.
Located in an underpass nearby Reading Terminal Market, Dim Sum Garden is a small hole-in-the-wall conjuring up memories of Chinatown NYC (or really anywhere, for that matter). Set with small Ikea plastic tables and chairs (some of which have seen better days), the layout was open enough that you didn't feel like you were dining with strangers, despite its size (a common occurrence in NYC).
Philly Sips: The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co
The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
112 S 18th St, Rittenhouse Square
Left: Gordian Knot; Right: Battle of Blythe Road
Stepping back in time, Franklin Mortgage Investment Company is a Prohibition-era speakeasy tucked away amongst the bars and restaurants on 18th Street. It has received numerous accolades for serving up some of the best cocktails in the city, so we decided to investigate.
Philly Sips: Ray's Cafe and Teahouse
Ray's Cafe and Teahouse
141 9th Street, Chinatown
When I think about siphon brewed coffee, images of handlebar mustaches, skinny jeans, and plaid come to mind. Chinatown? Not so much. D and I desperately needed a place to recharge, and since Yelp does not lie…into this cozy establishment we went. Ray's boasts an impressive line up of beans, including Jamaican Blue Mountain, Hawaiian Royal Kona, and a variety of blends. I selected the Japanese charcoal roast (sumiyaki) and spent the next 30 minutes in a state of caffeinated bliss. The cup and saucer! The chocolate/sprinkle dipped madeline cookie on a doily (sprinkles are key)! The eensy weensy cream pitcher! Here's the best part…the cream remained untouched because the coffee was that smooth. At $7.50 a cup, I wouldn't make this a daily habit, but for a pick-me-up experience it was worth every penny.
Not a java fiend? The bubble tea was perfectly creamy, the tapioca balls just the right amount of chewy. Hungry for more? The food at other tables smelled delectable, and I also hear it's BYOB. Service is friendly and quick. Give this place a go.
More posts in our 48 Hours in Philly series:
Philly Sips: La Colombe Torrefaction
Philly Sups: Pat's vs. Geno's
Philly Stay: Radisson Plaza- Warwick Hotel Philadelphia (Hotel Review)
Philly Sips: Ray's Cafe and Teahouse
Philly Sips: The Franklin Mortgage Investment Co.
Philly Sups: Dim Sum Garden
Philly Stay: Radisson Plaza – Warwick Hotel Philadelphia (Hotel Review)
Hidden behind giant scaffolding on 17th street, just off of main thoroughfare Chestnut Street lays the Radisson Plaza – Warwick Hotel. Since the majority of our sightseeing and gluttony occurred in close proximity to the (somewhat) trendier Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, the Radisson's address was ideal. Did the hotel match up to the expectations established by its location?


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Monday, September 6, 2010
99 Lashes
According to her son, Sakineh was informed last Saturday, August 28, that she would be hanged at dawn the following morning, but the sentence was not carried out.
Now reports are circulating that Sakineh will be subjected to 99 lashes, or even that this has already happened (AP, UPI, Daily Mail, The Australian, BBC). Incredibly, this sentence is in addition to the death sentence still hanging over her head, and in addition to 99 lashes that she has already received!
It should be remembered that the Islamic Republic of Iran came into existence in 1979 as the result of a massive popular uprising. The central figure of that uprising was the Ayatollah Khomeini who made no secret of his extreme, fundamentalist views.
Khomeini published a book in 1970 titled Velayat-e faqih (Persian: ولایت فقیه, velāyat-e faqīh), which translates as "Government of the Just". It was a blueprint for an Islamic "Republic" in which adherence to Sharia is guaranteed by Islamic "jurists" (faqih, plural fuqaha). The form of government now in place in Iran, in which all matters of government and law are subject to approval by the Guardian Council composed of fuqaha is a straightforward implementation of Khomeini's ideas (see Article Four of the Iranian Constitution, and also other relevant portions of the Constitution dealing with The Leader and the Guardian Council).
Even before writing Velayat-e faqih Khomeini was already one of the most well known and revered Shia clerics in the world. When Iranians rose up by the millions in 1978-79, they knew who Khomeini was and what his ideas were. The Iranian revolution is all the evidence we need (although it is hardly all we have) that the so-called "extremists" have never been, and are not now, a tiny isolated minority, but rather enjoy widespread, active, informed and enthusiastic support among a very significant portion of Muslims throughout the world.
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- Tony said...
Before the sixties Iran used to be one of the most secular Islamic countries in the world. The Islamists began to rise since the fifties and became a majority in the early seventies. However, the revolution of the 1979 wasn't Khomeiny's work alone, it was done by a coalition of opposition parties that included Liberals, Nationalists and the Iranian Communist party "Todah".
Khomeiny announced at the dawn of the revolution that its purpose is a social democratic regime similar to the western European model, this is how he got the support of the Liberals and the communists who were resourceful and highly organized. The first government after the revolution included all the coalition parties. But then after only six month, Khomeiny re-organized his Islamic party and established his Theocratic dictatorship by force, militias and field Islamic tribunes took care of executing tens of thousands in the streets including his former allies (He executed more than 2000 officer in the army in a couple of months, and the Islamic tribunes established in every corner had the capacity to execute anyone).
Islamists don't need a majority to establish their rule because they can impose it by force, by deception or by election, and they definitely don't have a problem with making an alliance with their bitter enemies to achieve their goals because they can always get rid of them afterwards.
However, Islamic countries aren't a monolith, there are millions who aren't even Muslim (mostly religious and ethnic minorities) and there are thousands who are just like Iyan Hirsi Ali and others, but for some reason all of those are invisible to western governments.
For example, in Iran today there's a strong Iranian opposition abroad and even inside, and most of their leaders openly say that they don't want anything to do with Islam, but unfortunately Western governments prefer to shake hands with Ahmadi-Najad and suck up to the Mullahs than to listen to the opposition.
Sorry for the long comment! :)
- September 7, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Apuleius Platonicus said...
Thanks for the very thoughtful comment! I was a very active leftist myself back in '79, so I remember well the role of leftists in the Iranian revolution.
Khomeini's dissembling about the short-lived inclusiveness of the post-revolutionary regime looks like an excellent example of taqiyya. At the same time, however, in the end he ended doing exactly what he had openly written about previously.
Once the repression of the left in Iran got fully underway there was a major debate in the left about whether or not to support the leftist mujahadeen who were now waging armed struggle against the Islamic Republic or to support the "anti-imperialist" regime of the Islamists.
- September 7, 2010 at 8:42 AM
And they say(liberals, pagans promoting interfaith dialogue)that we should be tolerant of this religion. Does that mean I cannot be outraged by the torture and impending murder of a woman by a so-called peaceful religion? One would truly have to be insane or really hate women to so self-deceived.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM
"to be so deceived" Sorry about the lost verb. Very outraged I guess.
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This missing you card is bright and cheery and will be perfect for a youngster. I will enter this in the Shabby Tea Room Week #227 challenge Fun in the Sun: include at least three colors from the photo and one OR MORE of these items: vellum/acetate, polka dots, ribbon; and the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #223 - 'Feels like Summer'-anything summer themed or with a bright summery feel to it.
I actually started this card for a sketch challenge a couple weeks ago, and didn't get beyond the pretty paper layer. The card base is a ready-made card from a box, but ties in perfectly with these papers. I had gone through my die-cut reject box and found this green piece (Spellbinders Labels 11), but wasn't sure what to put on it. Well, I was going through some stuff in my sewing room, and come across these iron-ons I bought years ago-no idea what the brand is-this cute ice cream cone and some adorable little bunnies. Now, I don't have any little girls to sew for anymore, so decided to re-purpose them into my cards. This ice cream cone just says summer, don't you think? I ironed the cone onto the die cut and mounted it with dimensional foamies. The sentiment is from Sweet 'n' Sassy stamped on CTMH white cardstock with Rose bud ink, punched wiht SU Word Window Punch, mat punched with SU Modern Label punch. Added some sequins from Micheal's for some fun.
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I love Darius Rucker but why not seek out the artist who paved the way for this rich climate and culture in the after hour clubs, at the James Hotel, Brooks, The Ladson House, The Village, DPO Hall, Pogy And Bess, Club Mon Rob, The County Hall and The Club Ubanki. The aforementioned "Hot spots" we're hot beds for local live entertainment, for anyone who would venture in from Broad street to Bennett Yard. And yes there was Shake-A-Plenty local and a first in the "Holy City." With her?...Boa constrictor!
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Dwelling in Words: An Evening with Ana Blandiana | 15 Apr, RCI London, free
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Dwelling in Words: An Evening with Ana Blandiana
Poet Ana Blandiana recalls, in the company of some of her most outstanding translators and commentators, her exceptional personal and poetic journey that turned a talented young literary aspirant, with a family background that was undesirable for the communist system, into a legendary writer who, book after book, has distilled the tribulations of a national soul haunted by lies and violence. The special guest's interlocutors are poets Fleur Adcock and Vidyan Ravinthiran, together with translators Viorica Patea and Paul Scott Derrick. Ana Blandiana will read excerpts from My Native Land A4, her most recent book published in English by Bloodaxe Books in 2014.
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There was a time! When were Clear River and lake?
Ah! Full of crystal water, shining like a shining star,
In the blue sky under night eye power, real not fake,
Spreading heavenly light around the sky, a natural par,
Circles within the circles around the moon like a pearl,
A Lighthouse for night travelers of the darkest night,
With cooler breeze giving calm to soul and all hurl
Winter dress to take rest and restoring its might,
But today men's thought's ponds full of dirty water,
Like human brain, dwelling place of stagnant pool,
Wit dirty like dirty water evil heart to heart barter,
The world is ruled blindly without any moral rule
The wit-war is running among the fools and clever
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ARISSat-1 the satellite that has given me some pleasure over the last few months is approaching it's fiery death, it looks like it might make it to the New Year just. http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2011/arissat1_decay_date.htm
It is a real pity that at the moment the orbit mean I have no chance of capturing anything from it before it's demise. All the passes over the UK are when in shadow and due to the battery failure it is silent.
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The Edutainment Palace Presents: "LADIES NIGHT"
A night of Music, Poetry and Dance to raise funds for The Virtue Programme, the self-development course for girls aged 13 – 16.
Featuring: JANET KAY, MISTRI, ONENESS & PATRICIA FOSTER (Poet)
Saturday 26th October 2013
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The past week – Saturday 19th October to Saturday 26th October 2013 – has been incredibly busy for me, as well as positive, productive and life affirming. Poetry performances, a women's expo, a film launch, teaching and training and being interviewed.
Today, this wonderful week culminates in my performance at the fundraising event 'Ladies Night', where I will be sharing the stage with Queen of Lovers Rock Janet Kay, Mistri and OneNess. This event is to increase awareness of and raise funds for the very important 'Virtue Programme', a fantastic personal development programme for 13-16 year old girls.
I am also a facilitator on The Virtue Programme and cannot speak highly enough about it. At the end of this six week project, young, confident, empowered women, destined to be future leaders, will emerge.
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I'm totally hooked on the TV series Blue Bloods. Not just on Tom Selleck, older but more handsome - but his whole family - the cast, the plots, the settings, the music - the whole megillah!
Tom, as the NYPD Commish Frank Reagan, said recently, not only " I will always have your back", but some words crime writers have engraved on their hearts.
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid."Instead of Raymond Chandler, these words could have been written by Tom Selleck (Frank Reagan on the TV screen). This 2010 series is now being rerun on Time Warner's Ch. 31.
Hey, you gotta love this handsome guy!
"The detective must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be a man of honor."
Reagan, who had been working in the North Tower on 9/11, is a compelling lead character .A man of few words who quotes Raymond Chandler, completely in character for this mature Tom Selleck.
I refreshed my memory on Raymond Chandler.
"A really good detective never gets married." (Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel.)
"The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evoke the perfect problem is not the type of mind that can produce the artistic job of writing." (12 Notes on the Mystery Story)
Ray Chandler and Tom Selleck are not twins. Chandler became a detective writer after he lost his job as an oil company exec. Later he was President of MWA.
Tom Selleck wanted to be an architect. When he tried to sign up for a California School of Architecture, it was full. So he went to the next table and into the School of Acting! After a distinguished career on both screens, in Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail and A Thousand Clowns, and as a screen-play writer he became an avocado-growing philanthropist—a member of the Kennedy center, a winner of Emmys and Golden Globes.
What I love in Blue Bloods is Frank's gravitas, his honesty, his loyalty, his warmth.
Chandler created famous detectives, often played by Humphrey Bogart. His masterpieces, Farewell My Lovely, The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye—are for the ages. He was also a journalist and a romantic poet. His private life was cluttered with alcoholism, absenteeism and womanizing.
He was a gigantic influence on countless American and British writers. His gravestone reads, "Dead men are heavier than broken hearts." (The Big Sleep)
He is known for his sharp and lyrical similes.
"The muzzle of the Luger looked like the mouth of the Second Street Tunnel."
"He had a heart as big as one of Mae West's hips."
His essay "The Simple Art of Murder" is considered the canonized essay in the field of mystery fiction.
As the character of Frank Reagan, Tom Selleck has a close family—his father, a former NYPD Commish, his two NYPD detective sons, his daughter, an assistant D.A., and several grandchildren. They often share meals and life's comments on daily life. Those sessions are very touching.
Tom/Frank does not shy away from current problems in a major urban cop city.
It is reported that the real life NYPD officers often salute Tom when he's out on a film shoot as Commish Reagan!
If you are a fellow Blue Bloods devotee, please share your thoughts with me!
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AireCon started in your house just a few years ago! How has it changed since it began?
The main thing that has changed is the size! When I organised that very first AireCon at my house, it was based around creating a relaxed atmosphere, being welcoming, playing games and running some fun events. Those same things are still core of what we're about, even though we're expecting 35 times the number of people than were at that first event. Everything is on a bigger scale, but we still promote a relaxed and welcoming environment with a focus on having fun.


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British singer Adele has had a fantastic year, with her album "21" the best-selling album of the year (despite Lady Gaga's impressive "Born This Way" debut). She was nearly derailed, though, when a bout of severe laryngitis forced her to cancel a block of dates from her North American tour.
Have no fear, Adele fans! She's getting back on the road. Some of her shows will be made up in August, with Wanda Jackson as her supporting act, as was scheduled earlier in the year. The remaining dates will be made up in October, when she'll be joined by another, to be decided opener.
See the rescheduled tour dates below. Will you be at any of these shows?
Adele – Rescheduled itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
|August 9
|Vancouver, BC
|August 11
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|August 12
|Seattle, WA
|Paramount Theatre
|August 14
|Berkeley, CA
|Greek Theatre
|August 15
|Los Angeles, CA
|Greek Theatre
|August 17
|Hollywood, CA
|Hollywood Palladium
|August 18
|San Diego, CA
|SDSU Open Air Theatre +
|August 20
|Las Vegas, NV
|The Cosmopolitan *
|August 21
|Salt Lake City, UT
|Gallivan Center +
|August 24
|Saint Paul, MN
|Xcel Energy Center Theatre +
|October 7
|Atlantic City, NJ
|Borgata Event Center *
|October 8
|Durham, NC
|Durham Performing Arts Center *
|October 10
|Nashville, TN
|Ryman Auditorium
|October 11
|Asheville, NC
|Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
|October 13
|Orlando, FL
|Hard Rock Live *
|October 14
|Miami, FL
|AmericanAirlines Arena *
|October 16
|Atlanta, GA
|Fox Theatre +
|October 18
|The Woodlands, TX
|The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
|October 19
|Austin, TX
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|October 21
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A turf war broke out between two feuding crews from different housing projects, Marcy and Tompkin, which ended up with a then fourteen-year-old named Kahton Anderson shooting and killing a father of two. In that section of the city, even though people didn't belong to the two separate projects, they still took sides and created names for themselves. The Tompkin side, which sided with Anderson, called themselves the Stack Money Goons. The people who sided with Marcy were the Twan Family. Apparently, the feud had been going on for generations and Anderson had been born into it, even being shot at by the Twan family when he was visiting his grandmother, after walking on Twan family "territory". After he was arrested and put into the patrol car, Anderson asked, "Who did I hit? Was it an innocent or a rival? Why didn't I just go home? It's war out there." Anderson is currently being charged as an adult with murder in the second degree.
I felt like this related to Romeo and Juliet immensely. Some of the reasons are obvious. The two different sides, or "houses", are incredibly violent and hostile to each other, to the point where a fourteen-year-old becomes a murderer. Like Shakespeare said in the introduction to Romeo and Juliet, "where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." The fact that this feud has lasted generations and really asks the question if long-term feuds can buried. How much will it take for them to make peace with each other? A kid is being charged with murder as an adult, and yet there is no statement that one side has backed down or that peace has been made. How many more people will have to die before they finally stop fighting?
It also raised questions about justice and parenting. What causes differences between one person's justice and another's injustice? What, indeed, is "justice"? Is it justice to put Anderson to jail, or is that not enough punishment? Do the Stack Money Goons believe that Anderson shouldn't be punished at all, because he was defending himself in a turf war? Do the Twan family believe he deserves death? Which is more correct? What you think Anderson deserves depends from where you look at it. As for parenting, this feud has been passed down for generations. That must mean that parents have taught their children to hate the Twan family, or the Stack Money Goons, and to react violently when they see them, whether they meant to or not. Whatever this feud is based off of, it's been continued and taught for years.


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Total of 13 East Texas Girls Basketball Teams Ranked in TABC's Preseason Polls
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches released their preseason girls polls Monday and 13 East Texas teams cracked the rankings.
Defending state champion Martin's Mill is the highest ranked team in the area regardless of classification, checking in at No. 2 in the 1A Division I poll. The Lady Mustangs are followed by No. 9 Slocum, No. 14 Zavalla, No. 19 Martinsville and No. 20 Neches.
Saltillo, last season's state runner-up, is ranked No. 13 in the 1A D-II poll, followed closely by No. 14 Chireno.
There are four 2A teams from East Texas ranked, led by No. 7 Alba-Golden. The Lady Panthers are followed by No. 12 New Boston, No. 16 Tatum and No. 22 Nacogdoches Central Heights.
Lindale begins the year as the 24th-ranked team in 4A, while Bullard is ranked No. 6 in the preseason 3A poll.
East Texas Girls Basketball Teams in Preseason TABC Polls
Class 4A
- No. 24 Lindale
Class 3A
- No. 6 Bullard
Class 2A
- No. 7 Alba-Golden
- No. 12 New Boston
- No. 16 Tatum
- No. 22 Nacogdoches Central Heights
Class A Division I
- No. 2 Martin's Mill
- No. 9 Slocum
- No. 14 Zavalla
- No. 19 Martinsville
- No. 20 Neches
Class A Division II
- No. 13 Saltillo
- No. 14 Chireno


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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Internet Matters
People on Twitter and Facebook have seen me complain lately about the glacial speed of my church's Internet connection. I realize that such gripes make me sound petty and spoiled. Obviously, there are lots of other injustices in the world greater than my inability to download videos or music at my workplace. My point is not that functional Internet is the most important issue in the world...instead, I wish to proclaim that churches should no longer consider Internet to be a luxury.
This gap in understanding can best be summed up in something I read at Harris Interactive the other day. A recent poll indicated that the average U.S. teen spends 10 hours a week on the Internet. (This wasn't terribly surprising.) However, U.S. parents thought teens spent about 4 hours a week on the Internet. There is a 24-hour-a-month discrepancy between how much teens are on-line and how much their parents think they are on-line.
If adults don't have a realistic understanding of how much their children use the Internet, it shouldn't surprise me that adults at church (most of whom don't have teens in their house) don't perceive a need for a church to be technologically adept. It's also not entirely their fault -- many of us in youth ministry haven't demonstrated exactly WHY it's so important for us to have quality Internet access at church. It's much easier for us to use wi-fi at a coffee shop or our home than to plead our case at council meetings for the necessity of Internet.
(Of course, this establishes all kinds of bad work boundaries and passes on a financial burden on the church worker, either in the form of $2-3 cups of coffee or $30+ in monthly Internet charges.)
So why is it so important for a church to have sufficiently fast and strong Internet? Here are a few reasons:
1. Inexpensive resources. When I started working at a church in 2001, the best $200 you could spend was on curriculum and leader guides from Group, Youth Specialties, Youth & Family Institute, etc. Fast-forward 8+ years, and you can make a case that youth workers shouldn't need to spend a dime on materials. A person just needs the technology resources and know-how to unearth the wealth of useful information at their fingertips.
2. Communication. Most teens spend 1-2 hours on-line every day. A majority of parents and adult leaders work in an office where they are constantly connected via email and other networking sites. Name another "place" where a critical mass of parishioners are hanging out on a regular basis. Why not make it as easy as possible for people to engage church members where they are?
3. Efficiency. It's a waste of the church's time and money resources to have staff people waiting for web pages, attachments, messages, video and music files to load.
4. Outreach. A friend of mine recently told me that a church web site is "the first set of doors a visitor walks through." If a church has empowered staff people with leadership in the congregation, why not give them the tools to be as welcoming as possible? The presence of functional Internet allows churches to be more nimble, better communicators, and...
...I could go on, but the coffee shop with wi-fi is closing...
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Monday- We went up to Soldier Creek Trail and rode our bikes. It was super hard but really fun! My legs are getting pretty jacked :)
Tuesday- We didn't have a lot of people to see on Tuesday so we went and hit the town. We ran into a couple interesting people but no one really interested. We went to the library to make some flyers to give to people that have the answers to the questions of the soul that we can find in the Book of Mormon. I was going to the bathroom in the library and walked past a room called the "Wyoming Room". I grabbed Elder RIchards so we could check it out. It was a room with a ton of cool historical junk that just really sparked my interest.
Wednesday- On Wednesday around 1 we decided to just go take a walk through the park. We ran into this older
lady Susan L who we helped move a couple weeks earlier. We talked for about 2 and she said she wants to check out our church now. We're actually going to help her build some book shelves in a hour and teach her a lesson. So we finally found a new investigator!! After we were done talking with her we explored the park some more and found a labyrinth! Haha we went through it this morning right before we came here to email and had some super cool and spiritual experiences and learned A TON! Those things are great to just slow down and reflect on life.
lady Susan L who we helped move a couple weeks earlier. We talked for about 2 and she said she wants to check out our church now. We're actually going to help her build some book shelves in a hour and teach her a lesson. So we finally found a new investigator!! After we were done talking with her we explored the park some more and found a labyrinth! Haha we went through it this morning right before we came here to email and had some super cool and spiritual experiences and learned A TON! Those things are great to just slow down and reflect on life.
Thursday- We went to see a less active lady named Rita Jones. She's pretty beat up with multiple surgeries and basically bed ridden. We were able to give her a blessing of healing and comfort. She's such a neat lady! We're going to start to visit her maybe once a week or every other week to check up and see how she's doing. Sheridan is such a sweet town! There's always something going on! They had there annual summer 3rd Thursday Festival. It's this huge event where anyone can bring a table and sell people stuff or display stuff or play music just whatever. They close down main street and have it going on from 5-9pm. We went for about 2 hours just talking to people and having a blast!
Friday- A member, Brother B, asked us to join him give a co-worker a blessing. She was just diagnosed with a severe type of cancer and is pretty worried. So we went over and Brother Bujans gave such an amazing blessing. He was crying during most of it. So was Laura. The spirit was so so so strong during the blessing and everyone in the room could feel his presence. Afterwards she gave us all hugs and said she was so thankful for us coming over! The thing that really touched us was her husband. He is retired Navy and just this super tough guy but her broke down and cried during the blessing and afterwards as well he came and gave all 3 of us these super big hugs and said thank you with the most sincerity I've probably ever heard. Laura invited another friend over who is of the Jewish faith to give her a blessing as well. It was pretty interesting to see that prayer she gave in Hebrew and then the different reactions Laura gave after each blessing. During the other blessing she started to collect herself from her tears and afterwards she just said thank you real politely and gave her friend a hug.
Saturday- The Second Ward Elders had a baptism on Saturday! Our investigator, Sister D came and was crying during the entire service! The spirit is so strong during a baptismal service it's pretty sweet! Afterwards Sister Duffy came up to us and said, "So we're doing this July 19th?" "YES, YES WE ARE!!!" Hahahaha that was the best thing I've ever heard! It was Sister H's husbands birthday as well. He served a mission then left the church so we decided to make him a Book of Mormon cake! If he's not going to read the Book of Mormon he can just "feast on the words of Christ" instead! :) Our other investigator Matt is struggling quite a bit. We're working with him as best we can so hopefully he can figure something out in his head.
Sam- I've been thinking about you a lot lately. Thinking about where I was in life when I was 16 and how it could have been so much better if I stayed closer to Heavenly Father. I read this talk last week and it just makes so much sense. You can actually watch it online which is sweet. I didn't realize it was an hour long but I read like all 9 or 10 pages of it and was super jacked on the spirit. He outlines how Christ's church is established in the Bible and proves with the Bible that our church is the only possible church that is Christ's true church on the earth. Here's the link...
broadcasts/article/ces- devotionals/2014/01/what-is- the-blueprint-of-christs- church?lang=eng&query= blueprints
Also this scripture is pretty sweet! Look at the picture I sent of it. The scripture is describing Utah and if you look
at it vertically it actually says Utah in it!?!? Blew my mind!
at it vertically it actually says Utah in it!?!? Blew my mind!
2 Nephi 12:2
Anyways, that was my week! The days are going by so fast it's crazy. Time doesn't exist anymore. All I remember is waking up and going to bed then repeat.
I hope you all stay close to our Father in Heaven! I love you guys so much and pray for you everyday!
Elder Autrey :)
I gotta go...but first...LEMME TAKE A SELFIE!
To Dad:
Thank you so much for the prayers! They have been working!! We're potentially going to have 7 new investigators this week!! That's the most this area has ever had for years! I've been praying for you all as well to be safe and set financially which it sounds like Heavenly Father has answered that prayer as well with you being able to work overtime again! That's so great to hear! Thanks for the outline of your blessing. I really enjoyed and learned a lot from it. I think I'm going to do that with my blessing as well now. Hope you have a great day at work today and a great week!
I love you Dad!
Elder Autrey


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Upcoming Speaking Events
Asia Healthcare Leadership Summit, Singapore, September 21-12, 2018
TEDxCannes, Cannes, France, September 15, 2018
Past Speaking Events
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FAMx: Reverse Innovation in Healthcare, Paris, France, June 1, 2018
Congres du Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants (CJD), Nancy, France, May 19, 2018
Global Bioeconomy Summit, Berlin, Germany, April 19, 2018
National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 8, 2018
ADIR Annual Conference, La Reunion, September 6, 2017
Zermatt Summit, Switzerland, September 8-10, 2017
EM Lyon Business School, Lyon, France, September 13, 2017
APM National Conference, Bordeaux, France, September 14, 2017
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, September 19, 2017
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C., September 20, 2017
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, October 11, 2017
United Nations, New York, October 12, 201
VivaTech, Paris, France, June 16-17, 2017
Founders Forum, London, UK, June 15, 2017
InnoFrugal, Helsinki, Finland, April 24-25, 2017
L'Entreprise du Futur, Lyon, France, January 19, 2017
Open Government Partnership Global Summit, Paris, France, December 2016
Unigrains — ReThink Eat!, Paris, France, October 20, 2016
International Summit of Cooperatives, Montreal, Canada, October 12, 2016
Wise Innovation — A Journey Toward Smart Society, Singapore, October 7, 2016
World Conference on Fabric and Homecare, Singapore, October 6, 2016
UPS Leadership Speaker Series, Atlanta, GA, August 30, 2016
Responsible Business Forum, Oxford Saïd Business School, UK, May 13, 2016
Michelin Group, Clermont Ferrand, France, March 29, 2016
Uludag Economy Summit, Turkey, March 25, 2016
IBM Research Lab, Austin, TX, March 15, 2016
SXSW — Panel on Frugal Innovation and Makers, Austin, TX, March 14, 2016
Airbus Corporate Event, Paris, France, January 13, 2016
WAVE — How Collective Ingenuity is Changing the World, Mumbai, India, January 8, 2016
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You see, I'm no new to marriage. I've been married before to a lovely girl. Things had not worked out and we agreed for a mutual divorce. The year was 2000 and I was excited as now I'm of a life with a female gender. The hormones signaled yes, and I dumbly stood in front of the holy alter among a cascade of Christian orthodox Priests who sang in union and blessed us among smiles of more than a thousand people. What a day it was! A hopeful seemingly January sun cleared the sky, sang too in unison and the bright sparkling stars blessed us into a mysterious single body in our first night together.
Alas, I was a young fool. Ignorant and spoiled. Egoistic and selfish. My ex-wife was as also stubborn as never expected. I guess I hoped a submissive wife like my Sisters and Mother, which no young woman is and I failed to envision her thoughts. Thoughts which was about individuality and freedom. I failed miserably. I became the villain; I became the baddie in love; I became the villoma in our life; I became the epithelial tumor which could only be separated by the curse solution in society called divorce.
After she left me, I became half crazy, gave up my lucrative job, broke off all the glasses in the kitchen, migrated back to India and vowed never to love and trust again a female psyche. Of course I was not successful!
I've given my heart to so many girls but unlike playboys I've not lost count. My first ever love happened when I was doing my plus two (pre-degree at that time.) I watched with cupid dancing around my eyes a beautiful dark belle who used to travel in my bus everyday. The persistent cowboy in me saw giving a love letter (the only one I've given, yeah, those days it worked…) to her, forcibly inserted into her assemblage of college books and paraphernalia. Oh, yes, she had the twinkle in her eyes the next day and returned a letter back to me. I cannot express my feeling in this blog of what I felt; a mixture of exhilaration and an insurrection toward the daily monotony of college life. My next love life was when I was in Karnataka - Goa, met this tall beauty conscious lass whose friendship turned passionate and an obsession in the Osho fever which was fervent in our life at that time. The next crush was towards a Gulf Air air-hostess in Bahrain who fell for my romantic thoughts. A lot of seasons together we moved away. We simply moved away! The next break was my ex-wife, a pure arranged marriage which went wrong. She I fathom found a dearer human being with time. A lot of dark moments afterwards in Kochi, I fell in for an Aquarian who almost matched my madness. She was separated and the love guru who I had become by that time lectured her in reconciling with her estranged hubby. No woman likes that and I became as distant as the burning Sun and though she was not successful in rejoining up, she found a new macho heart. Then it was a series of relations through friends and families. A US based scientist who believed that I broke her heart and who wanted a life not in India, a young "blue eyed" girl so much younger to me, one or two divorcees who shared a dream with me but nothing worked out. Guess I'm the culprit, a dark faced monster who liked the dark part of all taking on the stupid phone and resisted the sunshine.
Roads sometimes lead to blocked roads but like pathways which guide us to find roads, I walk groping in the dark fumbling in the moonlight in relish of a dawn cherished by a hope known only in love. My proposed missy is divorced once because her ex-hubby had doubts about her morality and character. He believed that her friends and even her brother were all imaginary lovers falco subbuteo with secretive liaisons. I'm lucky in this, I believe in friends; I believe not in a husband and wife passing their time only in looking into each other eyes and being happy. Oh, come on, everyone needs love of their friends and other distractions. Marriage and love are just conditions for a legal societal based living together, sex and making legitimate generations, right?
Many of you hardly know anything about me and I've purposely not done any "know-me" (sorry - Vijesh, IHM) tags because I was afraid of rejection and revealing so much about me; I was afraid of the villain image; I was afraid of projecting my melancholy (Indyeah - You guessed right) ; I was afraid of jutting out my own fears and reality.
I've grown up over the years and have matured aged and ripened my thought processes, my patience and my egoistic thoughts. I now don't believe in infatuations but love in patience and empathy; I now believe in human thoughts espoused with the belief in living and dying with hands enjoined. Please bless me as I donate her my used heart!


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Early Contractor Involvement in Building Procurement: Contracts, Partnering and Project Management
Early Contractor Involvement in Building Procurement: Contracts, Partnering and Project Management
ISBN: 978-1-444-30986-7 September 2009 328 Pages
DescriptionCan contractors and specialists add value to a project by their early involvement in design, pricing, risk management and programming? How can this be structured and what role do contracts have to play? What is the impact on procurement and project management?
Commentators from Banwell to Egan have recommended earlier contractor appointments, and this has also been linked to successful project partnering. How are the two related? Early Contractor Involvement in Building Procurement considers the case for a two stage procurement approach based on a system of agreed project processes during the preconstruction phase. It examines the ways in which a contract can describe and support this model throughout its procurement, partnering and project management, and is illustrated with case studies taken from projects and programmes across the construction and engineering industry.
The roles of the various parties involved, the obstacles they encounter and the benefits they can achieve are examined in detail. There is practical guidance on how to improve speed, economy, sustainability, change control, dispute avoidance, and client satisfaction. This book bridges the gap between contract law, partnering and project management and will be essential reading for middle and senior management at construction contractors, consultants and clients in both the public and private sectors.
Chapter 1 Early Contractor Involvement – An Overview.
1.1 Early contractor involvement – why bother?
1.2 Early contractor involvement and project pricing.
1.3 Early contractor involvement and risk transfer.
1.4 Early contractor involvement and payment.
1.5 The role of building contracts.
1.6 The limits of construction phase building contracts.
1.7 Contractor contributions to design, pricing and risk management.
1.8 The client, communications and project programmes.
1.9 But do you need an early building contract?
1.10 Preconstruction commitments under framework agreements.
1.11 The infl uence of project managers and project partnering.
1.12 So what is stopping us?
1.13 Government and industry support.
Chapter 2 Conditional Contracts and Early Project Processes.
2.1 The conditional preconstruction phase agreement.
2.2 Recognised categories of contract.
2.3 Effect of the number of parties.
2.4 The planning function of contracts.
2.5 Choices and contractual conditionality.
2.6 Limited effi ciency caused by unknown items.
2.7 Risk and fear of opportunism.
2.8 Conditional relationships without full consideration.
2.9 Need for long-term relations.
2.10 Alignment of different interests.
2.11 Preconstruction phase agreements as project management tools.
2.12 Contracts and new procurement systems.
Chapter 3 Problems and Disputes Under Construction Phase Building Contracts.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 The role of standard form building contracts.
3.3 Standard forms and the assumption of complete information.
3.4 Origins of standard forms and lack of trust.
3.5 Criticisms of effectiveness of standard forms.
3.6 Causes of claims.
3.7 Links between claims and preconstruction phase activities.
3.8 Links between claims and building contracts.
3.9 New procurement procedures or gambling on incomplete information.
Chapter 4 Early Contractor Involvement in Design, Pricing and Risk Management.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Preconstruction design processes.
4.3 Preconstruction pricing processes.
4.4 Preconstruction risk management processes.
4.5 Preconstruction subcontractor appointments.
4.6 Perceived benefi ts of early contractor appointments.
4.7 Early contractor appointments and sustainability.
Chapter 5 Client Leadership, Communication Systems and Binding Programmes 95
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 The role of the client.
5.3 The role of communication systems.
5.4 The role of binding programmes.
Chapter 6 Contractual and Non-contractual Preconstruction Options.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Building contract options.
6.3 Letters of intent.
6.4 Non-binding arrangements.
6.5 Benefi ts of contractual clarity.
Chapter 7 Preconstruction Commitments Under Framework Agreements.
7.1 Commercial attraction of frameworks.
7.2 The relationship between frameworks and partnering.
7.3 Frameworks and preconstruction phase processes.
7.4 Published forms of framework agreement.
7.5 Frameworks and the Private Finance Initiative.
7.6 The impact of frameworks on changing behaviour.
Chapter 8 Project Management and Project Partnering.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Preconstruction phase agreements and project management.
8.3 Preconstruction phase agreements and partnering.
Chapter 9 Obstacles to Early Contractor Appointments.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Project-specifi c obstacles.
9.3 Procedural obstacles.
9.4 Personal obstacles.
9.5 Education and training.
9.6 The role of the partnering adviser.
Chapter 10 Government and Industry Views and Experience.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Importance of government and construction industry support.
10.3 Support for contractor and subcontractor design contributions.
10.4 Support for two-stage pricing.
10.5 Support for selecting contractors by value.
10.6 Support for joint risk management.
10.7 Support for greater client involvement.
10.8 Government and industry views on partnering.
10.9 Government views on preconstruction phase agreements.
10.10 Industry experience of preconstruction phase agreements.
10.11 Preconstruction phase agreements in an economic downturn.
Chapter 11 Conclusions – the Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll?
11.1 Functions of building contracts and their potential to govern project processes.
11.2 The assumption in standard form building contracts of complete project information and consequent problems and disputes.
11.3 Preconstruction phase processes that can be improved by early contractor appointments.
11.4 The role of the client, communication and programming of preconstruction phase processes.
11.5 Contractual and non-contractual options to govern preconstruction phase processes.
11.6 Increased preconstruction commitments under framework agreements.
11.7 The relationship of preconstruction phase agreements to project management and partnering.
11.8 Circumstances and attitudes that are obstacles to early contractor appointments or to preconstruction phase agreements.
11.9 Government and industry support for early contractor appointments under preconstruction phase agreements.
Appendix A Project Case Studies.
Use of Preconstruction Phase Agreements on Single Projects.
Use of Preconstruction Phase Agreements on Multi-project Frameworks.
Appendix B Preconstruction Phase Processes Under Standard Form Building Contracts.
1 Introduction.
2 Design development.
3 Two-stage pricing.
4 Risk management.
5 Communications.
6 Programmes.
7 Team integration.
Appendix C Preconstruction Phase Processes Under Standard Form Framework Agreements.
JCT Framework Agreements.
NEC3 Framework Contract.
Appendix D Form of Risk Register.
Appendix E Form of Partnering Timetable.
Appendix F Association of Partnering Advisers Code of Conduct.
Appendix G Bibliography.
Part 1 Contract forms.
Part 2 Articles and books .
Part 3 Government/industry reports .
Part 4 Table of cases.
""Moseys book is a treasure. It mulls over why things go belly up and over ways to prevent disputes." (building.co.uk, September 2009)
""This book bridges the gap between contract law, partnering and project management. It will be essential reading for middle and senior management and will be construction contractors, consultants and clients in both public and private sectors."" (Government Opportunities, May 2009)