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It's hard to get back into the habit of blogging when I haven't done any in a month and a half!
My heart is so full and wants to speak yet I cannot seem to put into words all that I'm feeling. The Lord has been teaching me so much. As I went through the Divine Experiment I didn't really think anything was changing in me or that big things were happening. Now that it's over I am starting to see the fruit of it in my life. It's amazing! My appetite has changed. Monte shared that he began to look up "delight" because the psalmist often says to delight yourself in the Lord. He came up with this revelation: The Lord must be my most exquisite pleasure, the delicacy that my palate craves. I'm so there...that's what I want and I'm getting a small taste...but oh is it sweet! I kept asking the Lord during the fast to clean out His temple, get rid of all my idols, violently extract the world from my heart...and He's doing it! I have no desire to shop, it actually bores me to some extent. I'm not worrying about money (though I have had to repeat over and over again "Lord, I trust You. Your ways are not my ways.") but focusing on understanding giving in the Word. I'm learning to be still too. The hardest thing about learning stillness is to find the balance between stillness and idleness. I'm hoping I can keep from re-addicting myself to the Internet though. That's going to be rough...at least looking at the screen to long still makes me nauseous and gives me a headache! yeah! :o) He's tenderizing my heart and I'm loving it! His Presence was so sweet this morning...but I also have a hunch that He's luring me into the wilderness again. I want to get to the point where I seek out the wilderness like the Shulammite in SOS 7:11 or David in Psalm 55:6-7 or Israel in Jer. 31:2 (Message: "They found grace out in the desert, these people who survived the killing. Israel, out looking for a place to rest, met God out looking for them!") Where I long to meet the Lord there. I still have a little fear of it but I know coming out the other side will be glorious! (Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover?)


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What do Lewis & Clark students like to do off campus?
July 11, 2012
Lewis & Clark is in an ideal geographical location. Students enjoy a wide variety of academic, cultural, and recreational activities in and around Portland, including visiting restaurants and museums, going to concerts, and trekking to various natural wonders such as Mount Hood and the Columbia Gorge.

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Agenda 21 and the environmental movement.
Most of the people in the truth, patriot and freedom movements are well aware of the UNs Agenda 21 , their agenda for the 21st century. Most see it as a wacko environmentalist agenda to steal land and set it aside for the happy little creatures giving them presidence over human life. Well, the agenda is real but has little to do so much with happy little creatures as multinational corporations wanting to take over your land and controlling your use of it. To keep the environmentalists on board they wrap it in these wonderful phrases like "Sustainable development". They speak of these wonderful green spaces and sustainable energy. Small enclaves of people in sustainable cities surrounded by vast open wilderness where they are rewilding to protect the happy little creatures. They use Federal agencies like the EPA, The Department of the Interior and of course that truly nasty BLM. And most agree this must be stopped. But how and by who?
Enter the anti-government overreach crowd. Sounds good but is it?
"Too much government over reach", is the hue and cry of the crowd. While this is a true statement and I am as much against the over reach of government as any one I have to look at the route this movement is now taking everyone in. The latest is this push to take back Federal lands and turn it over to the states. There is even legislation out there being pushed to do exactly that. But who is behind it? And why? What is the result they are aiming for?
Model States legislation and ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council)
For those who are unaware ALEC is Legislators, Corporations and other non-governmental organizations who come together to write what they call model states legislation. Legislation tailored to your state. They make these bills sound like a conservative's dream come true. But take a good look at their members?.
If you have ever been to your state's Capital when congress is in session you have seen the sea of lobbyists you have to wade through to talk to your congressional representatives. And for the most part these lobbyists are not there on the people's behalf. ALEC is in a sense these lobbyists writing laws to benefit corporations and other NGOs with your state representatives right there in the mix. The legislators then bring these laws home and with the help of ALEC get them passed.
Not only are the states pushing for this land transfer but also some in the federal government as well. In a memo entitled "Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2016" from the chair of the Committee on Natural Resources , Bob Bishop (R-UT), sent to the House Budget Committee Rep. Bishop states "The solution is to convey land without strings to state, local, and tribal governments." . He also asks for $50 million in taxpayer dollars to cover the transfers. This all may sound good until you look at what will now become of these lands.
The populations of most western states is relatively small and the people of these states would either face a tax increase that most can't afford or the states would have to sell off these lands to the highest bidder. Or, worst yet, the local governments will take Federal grants to offset the cost.
The cost of fire prevention and control alone would put a major burden on these state as pointed out in a pdf by westernpriorities.org. Wildfire suppression in these states cost US taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Ranchers would have to pay higher grazing fees in most of these states if they were even allowed to continue using the land. State agencies would be forced to grow to compensate for the federal agencies that were vacating.
States could also follow the Economic Development route and Industrial Parks could pop up everywhere. And guess who gets to pay for those? Taxpayers. The idea of making the area attractive to potential industries. These parks can sit idle for years. Or the state promises the industries it will provide training of the local population for their needs and offer all types of tax incentives. And once the incentives run out so do the industries.
If forced to sell the land the most likely buyers would be those who can afford vast amounts of acreage, namely multi-nationals and UN based environmental groups like the WWF. The same people who want to use Agenda 21 to take the property in the first place.
If the local counties are told they must keep up the property in their areas, well the best funding is usually Federal grants, generally brought to you by your local COG, with many strings attached. The land has greater Federal restrictions, usually involving some public/private partnership due to the fact these federal grants usually stipulate the fed will cover only part of the cost and the state must supply the rest. The only other option would again be higher taxes. Then there are the "buffer zones", privately owned land next to the public land where land use is restricted because of its effect on the public land it abuts, thereby reducing the value of the private land but not the property taxes. Again you have Agenda 21 in play. I have covered some of these grants in an earlier article.
Take a look at this article that appeared on the copblock.org website. Turning Federal lands over to states will bring in more regulations, not less. There are many of these horror stories all over the web.
And who benefits? Take another look at the private companies aligned with ALEC.


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|Close-up toward the West, down rue Soufflot
The weather was beautiful again; 25 C. Once I manoeuvered around the pink-clad runners participating in the French version of the Run for the Cure, I came out the other side of the Luxembourg Gardens and strolled along Rue Vaugirard. Past the Sénat which just infamously okayed the changes to French retirement legislation. Took a picture at the La Maison de Poupée at 40 rue Vaugirard. Hello PeeWee!
|La Maison de Poupee
|Tartes in Montparnasse
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Upcoming: Mr. Angelo at Theatre Verity
Medieval mystery plays presented Christian bible stories as tableaux in churches and were popular until about the 15th century, replaced by the rise of professional theater. Professional theater troupes in the 15th and 16th centuries furthered the telling of stories by presenting a protagonist who was influenced toward righteousness by his encounters with various embodiments of moral principles in productions that were known as morality plays. By the 17th century, plays had gotten even more abstract; William Shakespeare's 1603 (or 1604) play Measure for Measure considered issues like mercy, justice and truth by presenting a variety of characters whose complex personalities and interactions gave audience a reason to consider what is right and what is wrong not just as broad concepts but also in how they apply to real life.
Theatre Verity's Mr. Angelo puts a modern spin on the issues in Shakespeare's play. Daniel Tarker's reinterpretation of Measure for Measure asks: "Is there ever a time to compromise our ethics for the greater good?" with the story of Clay Stephens, arrested for statutory rape after getting his sixteen year old girlfriend Julie pregnant. He asks his sister Isabelle, a popular local pastor, to persuade the district attorney, Mr. Angelo, to drop the charges. DA Angelo has his own agenda in mind for Clay and Isabelle, sending Isabelle on a twisted journey through a nightmare.
Mr. Angelo opens January 14 at Odd Duck Studios on Capitol Hill (1214 -10th Ave) and runs through February 7, playing Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Advance tickets can be found at Brown Paper Tickets.
Edited 01/08/2010 to correct the character names for Isabelle and Julie.


text: I bought the wrong studs off ebay so i decided to spruce up this old stradivarius waistcoat! I'm living in Marbella for summer now, with no internet connection - not great for blogging. Loving the sunshine and carefree living though, i'm off now to have some dinner overlooking the sea!


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To celebrate my somewhat odd Endings Guide submitted to GameFaqs, I'm pleased to announce the introduction to my planned series of 4Koma's, title "Luminous Arc 2 After Story" which will cover the various plot holes, unnoticed jokes, unanswered questions at the end of the game and whatnot. Of course, the whole idea behind this was to showcase my skills as a mangaka (albeit I took a rather easy approach to things, ie Minami-Ke style >_>) and to also display my somewhat odd sense of humor and the lack or betterness thereof.
Putting that aside, let's get crikey with it, shall we? The first of hopefully many more to come:
It it wasn't apparent, you'd have to get as far as chapter 28 and have done Rina's Final Intermission to get the above joke...
Enjoy and hope there's more to come!
(Sorry about the watermarking, I haven't officially revealed my Artist Circle yet so until that's done I probably won't let up...)
Comments are open to any and all in case I wasn't open on that regard.


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Why Sell?: Why do you want to sell your property? There are many reasons for selling your home. You might want to advance your career in a new location, move to a bigger place, downsize, retire, or go see the world.
When Should I Sell?: You should immediately establish your time frame for selling. There are seasons that are more favorable to sell a home than others that you may want to take into consideration.
What Is The Market Like?: I will keep you up to date with market trends and market reports. You will know exactly how to price and when to sell your property based on market statistics and local trends.
There are many reasons for selling your home. You might want to advance your career in a new location, move to a bigger place, downsize, retire, or go see the world. Whatever the reason, you want to get the best price with the least hassle. This article will give you tips on avoiding legal pitfalls while selling your house.
Why you should use a Real Estate Agent
There's no doubt that a good agent can save you time, trouble, and money. He or she may be able to get more for you, even after the agent fee (usually about 5-7%) is deducted from the purchase price. If you do use an agent, make sure you choose the right one. The agent should have experience, be familiar with the kind of property you are selling, and be familiar with the area where your home is located. He or she should also be someone you feel comfortable with. You can get recommendations for agents from people you trust who know or have used good agents.
Why you should use me as your Listing Agent
- I have the knowledge and experience of the market area with a National brand name behind me to get the exposure you need in this competitive market.
- I will work with all parties to make sure once in contract that you stay in contract.
- I will screen all potential buyers before accepting offers to make sure they are financially qualified to close successfully on your property.
- I will meet with the appraiser to ensure he is given the right comparables of updated and recent sales activity in the area to show your price value.
- I will use my knowledge and presence on social media to reach a wider and more abundant pool of buyers.
Getting Ready to Sell
You can get more for your property, and sell it faster, if you take a little trouble to present it in the best possible way. This can include cleaning, painting, landscaping, and getting rid of garbage. You might decide to move all your things and rent furniture to stage the house. I can assist you with the furniture you have or I can recommend someone for this if you would like to decorate with new furniture. If you don't want to go that far, things like flowers on counter or porch can add to the emotional appeal of the property.
Your Asking Price
Although I can help you set an asking price, you should still always try to participate actively in the process. You can find out what other people are asking by attending open houses near your home, looking at the selling prices for comparable property in your area (properties with the same numbers of bedrooms and baths, similar square footage of both house and property, and amenities like fireplaces or swimming pools), and checking ads online and in the local classifieds.
Making Disclosures
All sellers have to disclose some defects to a buyer. You don't have to go out and hire an inspector to find out everything that's wrong with the property, but you do need to tell what you know. If in doubt, disclose.
Dealing With Offers and Making Counteroffers
Once we receive an offer, our next step is to evaluate them for quality and select the best offer. In choosing the best offer, the highest purchase price offer isn't the only thing we will consider. I will explain and discuss with you other factors in the strength of the buyer's financing and the contingencies the buyer wants. I will help you decide to either accept or reject an offer or make a counteroffer.
House Inspections
Most buyers will require an inspection before the contract is finalized. If the inspection(s) shows problems, the buyer will most likely want to renegotiate the purchase price or ask you to pay for some or all repairs. I will assist you in navigating you through this process so that we can continue to move through to close successfully.
The final transfer of the property will take place once you've worked out all the details and funds have been received. The buyer has the right to take possession of the property on the closing date, so I will work with you to make sure you either vacate the property by that date or make arrangements with the buyer to stay longer.


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- Montrose Community Ideas Day
- Mr Geoff Havercroft
- English Language Essay Competition
- Oxley Electorate: Workplace Relations
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- Canberra Islamic Society
- Workplace Relations
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- Pacific Highway
- Whittlesea Respite Home
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Workplace Relations
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(Smith, Stephen, MP, Howard, John, MP)
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(Smith, Anthony, MP, Andrews, Kevin, MP)
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Trade: Employment
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France: Riots
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Ms GEORGE (8:05 PM) —I will begin by saying the legislation before us is reprehensible. If this government had any moral integrity, it would withdraw the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005. However, as the member for Cowan so rightly quoted from journalists who have written about this legislation, the government is really a mean and tricky and a scary and cruel government and it is perpetrating a gigantic hoax on the people of this nation. The people around the country will have the opportunity to tell John Howard and his government exactly what they think of this legislation, both in the short term and in the lead-up to the next federal election.
It was interesting to note this morning that, despite the $50-odd million of taxpayers' money spent on Liberal propaganda, the people of Australia have not been fooled. An Age readers' poll today showed that, of the 5,000 people who were questioned on their attitudes to this bill, an overwhelming 92 per cent of people opposed the IR changes. So $55 million has not bought the soul of the people out there. They know exactly what this is about. It is about turning back the clock. It is about going back to the bad old days of the master-servant relationship. It is about going back to the bad old days of the law of contract. It is about the overturning of 100 years of history and the practice of a unique system of conciliation and arbitration that we have built in this country. If this is to be overturned, it will be a callous disregard of not just our history but the rights of all working people for a fair go, be they union members or not.
Deputy Speaker Baldwin, listening to the debate before I came into the chamber, one of your close colleagues, the member for Dobell, had some rather amazing things to say. He asserted that we on this side of the House were running a scare campaign and that this was all about a rearguard action where the unions are fighting to maintain their privilege. In most of the words I have heard from members on this side of the chamber, their concerns have been expressed in terms of the impact that the legislation will have on ordinary working people. I think it behoves members on the government side of the House to actually take the trouble to read the detail of the bill. All we heard from the member for Dobell was the parroting of the lines that had been prepared for him by the minister. He is accountable to the people in his electorate, and we will make sure that the people in the member for Dobell's electorate understand what disregard he has for the protections that the system has afforded them up until this legislation. They know that no amount of money, no amount of spin and no amount of misinformation can hide the facts and the intent that lie beneath this legislation.
It is a fact—and no-one can dispute this, not even the member for Dobell—that in the future all working people will only have a handful of four legislated minimum conditions on top of the hourly minimum wage, which is currently about $12.75. On top of that there are four conditions. There is a 38-hour standard working week—or so we thought. That was the assurance that the Prime Minister gave us. But now we have looked at the fine detail of the bill we find that the 38-hour week can now be averaged over a 12-month period. There also is four weeks annual leave, half of which can be cashed out; 10 days of paid personal leave; and 12 months unpaid parental leave. That is the core of the legislated minimum conditions that will apply across the board. Everything else is up for grabs. Why didn't the member for Dobell make it clear to his electorate that penalty rates for weekend and shiftwork, overtime rates, allowances, career structures, public holidays, redundancy pay, meal breaks and a whole host of other award conditions will be up for grabs in the negotiating arena?
It is not a matter of trading these rights away. It is not as if they are going to be compensated of necessity under the law, because the law says that all of these conditions can be removed by the employers with the stroke of a pen, without compensation. They will not be protected by law. The take-home pay of many workers can and will be cut under this legislation, particularly the wages of those who are most vulnerable, including women and young people.
If it was not draconian enough to take the axe to ordinary working men and women who have helped build the prosperity of this nation and who deserve to share in the productivity outcomes, on top of all that, as horrendous as that is, we now see that many legitimate union activities will be made illegal and will give rise to criminal penalties. In other words, this legislation will treat ordinary, routine union activity almost akin to suspected terrorist activity. I will give you one example. Union officials, delegates and employees can be fined $33,000 under this bill simply for asking an employer to include in an enterprise agreement a provision to remedy an unfair dismissal or have union involvement in dispute resolution. I think that is the job that union delegates do across the nation—they intervene to protect job security, they intervene against capricious decisions of employers and they intervene to make sure that there are dispute resolution mechanisms in place.
On the one hand your government wants to tell us that this is all about flexibility—get rid of third parties, leave it to employers and workers to negotiate—and yet on the other hand you are going to introduce draconian laws which override any agreement that might be made at the workplace level to tell workers and employers what will and will not be acceptable. We know already that in the building and construction industries workers face six months in jail if they refuse to attend a secret interrogation and if they refuse to answer questions, even though that may incriminate them, or if they refuse to hand over documents. I am not exaggerating when I say that ordinary union business under this bill will be treated akin to suspected terrorist activity.
It is no wonder that this government is intent on rushing through the 1,252 pages encompassed in the bill and the explanatory memorandum. They are doing it in a most cavalier and arrogant manner. It is no wonder there is haste to avoid proper scrutiny of the most draconian piece of legislation this ideologically obsessed Prime Minister has introduced into this parliament. It is no wonder that to date $50 million, and more into the future, of taxpayers' money is being spent on spin and disinformation. It is no wonder that this Prime Minister wants to hide the facts of a piece of legislation that will so fundamentally erode the living standards of many Australians and their families. But, much to their credit, the Australian community will not be fooled. This government will pay severely for attempting to hoodwink them by their glossy spin and the ads on TV. I am just amazed that it is taxpayers' funds that are going to promote all this advertising—all the spin on the gloss—about a bill that is set to punish them if it ever sees the light of day.
My colleagues have dealt at length with the impact of these draconian provisions on the work force at large. Tonight I want to specifically have a look at the impact that these laws will have on workers, particular women with family responsibilities. I think it is quite reasonable for the average Australian with family responsibilities to hope that a government would provide first of all a secure living wage; security of employment; adequate, predictable and common family time; protection from excessive hours; leave so that they can deal with family concerns; and quality, accessible and affordable child care. I think that is a pretty simple package of issues that goes to the heart of workers' need to balance their work and family life. Those workers, all of them out there, if they do not know now, will know very soon that this bill does nothing at all to assist them in that balance. In fact, it will make it a lot harder than it is today.
After years of fighting for equality in the work force, not only will women lose many current employment entitlements and rights of redress against unfair dismissal but they will find it increasingly difficult to manage their work and family life balance. As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker Baldwin, women are often employed on a part-time and casual basis, they are often located in industries with little bargaining power and they are often not members of the trade union movement. And, as we know from this legislation, more and more of these very vulnerable workers will be forced onto individual contracts in order to get paid employment or, indeed, to retain paid employment. As a group, women will lose out on pay and conditions. Despite all the spin, the statistics and the data revealed by the ABS clearly show that to be the case. The data already shows that women on AWAs are doing far worse in comparison to women on collective agreements and even on award conditions.
The trends that I have outlined are only going to be exacerbated under the new legislation, should it see the light of day. Of course we hope that the Senate will have sense and not allow it, as it has rejected it in times gone by. Both the first wave and the second wave of so-called reform were rejected when the Senate had the opportunity to consider the detail in all its horrendous manifestations.
Women will be severely impacted by this legislation, because the new no-disadvantage test, which has protected them hitherto, will disappear and their agreements will only be judged against a handful of very minimum conditions. On top of this, women are going to feel the brunt of the changes to the setting of the minimum wage. The minimum wage applies to 1.6 million workers, predominantly women, who lack the bargaining power at the workplace to extract conditions better than those prescribed in their award safety nets, and we know that this government already believes the minimum wage is too high.
Tell that to a lot of families who are absolutely reliant on the wages that working wives are able to bring to the household. We know that many in two-income families are often at work not out of free choice but out of economic necessity. As we know, the government's aim in creating the new so-called Fair Pay Commission—but of course any reference to 'fair' is deleted in the detail of the bill—is to freeze the minimum wage as much as possible so that it will decline in real value over time. It is not just the fact that the minimum wage will be eroded over time; very importantly, we will see an increase in the gender pay gap that we have struggled very hard over the last few decades to redress. I think, if anything, all politicians in this chamber should be very pleased with Australia's effort to try to close the pay gap between male and female earnings.
You do not have to look far to know that one of the reasons we have done so well in this country is that we have had a safety net of institutional arrangements, through the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, which has set the living wage, and attempts have been made by the union movement to try to address the factors that have historically led to inequality in the wages outcomes for men and women. This will all end with the passage of this legislation, because the traditional powers of the Industrial Relations Commission will be eroded, as will be the awards that have enforced a fair minimum safety net for women across the nation. It will be a lot easier to shift women onto individual contracts. They will be faced with reduced wages and conditions through the more limited no-disadvantage test.
The other area of great concern that has not been mentioned is that the test cases that we have run through the Australian Industrial Relations Commission will be consigned to history, because the Industrial Relations Commission will be prevented from arbitrating on system-wide changes that will be of benefit to women workers. When you look at our history, how did we achieve maternity leave standards, parental leave and carers leave? They were all achieved through the auspices of the Industrial Relations Commission arbitrating on arguments put in test cases, and those decisions have flowed to all at work.
The AIRC has set the standards and made the general advances on work and family standards that have been so important to people across this nation. But under this bill, the umpire—the commission—will lose its historic role. The loss of this capacity will especially hurt those who are most vulnerable in the labour market and those who have little bargaining capacity. You have to ask: from where will the across-the-board improvements on conditions relating to work and family life come in the future?
These negative outcomes will be felt even more so by casual workers, who have the least bargaining power. It is of great concern that in our country today job security is a thing of the past and that 1.2 million women are employed as casuals and denied a range of entitlements that we have all taken for granted. Nearly 14 per cent of all full-time employees and 60 per cent of all part-time employees are casuals. One in every three women now employed is employed as a casual worker. Daily hire with no effective recourse for unfair dismissal will make their jobs even more precarious into the future.
I looked at the data about casual employment, and I was horrified. I had not realised the extent of casualisation among young people in the child-rearing age group. Nearly 40 per cent of all casuals in Australia today are in the 20- to 34-year age group, so you can immediately write off their chance of being able to negotiate family-friendly work arrangements or even paid maternity leave. In fact, casual employment today in our country is disproportionately made up of many people who have particularly strong needs for family-friendly benefits.
Yet we know that AWAs are very family unfriendly. Only 12 per cent of AWAs registered between 1995 and 2000 had any work and family provisions. Only small proportions of AWAs registered in 2002-03 had any family or carers leave—25 per cent of them. When you look at maternity leave, it was only eight per cent; and paid parental leave, five per cent. So let us not fool ourselves and believe the spin that these new laws will make it easier to negotiate family-friendly working arrangements. The truth and the statistics show that to be a great con.
I am extremely concerned that into the future there will be millions of women who will never get to benefit from the outcome of the struggles we have seen in this country to secure decent wages and entitlements, equal pay and family-friendly provisions. We will see a rapid expansion in AWAs. All the existing evidence shows that non-managerial employees on AWAs fare worse relative to people on collective agreements in that they face lower pay rates, lower pay rises, longer and more unsocial hours and less time autonomy. Given that loadings for overtime and unsocial hours will not be protected by law, despite the spin, there will be further growth in this country of long hours and unsocial hours worked. Control over working time, avoidance of unsocial hours and protection of common family time will inevitably be further compromised by this regressive legislation.
The government can talk all it likes about balancing work and family life; we know the problems this has created. The member for Wentworth has talked on many occasions about the declining fertility rate. I suggest to the member for Wentworth that really serious issues in that debate will be exacerbated by the deregulation of the labour market and by forcing people into accepting individual contracts or to have no job at all. There is a great deal at risk for all working people in the government's proposed changes, but one thing can be said with certainty: women, particularly those with family responsibilities, will be the big losers under Howard's way. We have a collective responsibility to tell people the truth, and that is why we are here. We have had enough of people coming into the chamber and just reading their lines from the brief that has been prepared by the minister. They have to be accountable to the people they represent, and we will make sure that they are held accountable. (Time expired)


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The Supreme Court has cleared six army generals accused of toppling President Manuel Zelaya and flying him to Costa Rica in 2009. The court voted 12-3 to reject abuse of authority charges against the now-retired generals, Romeo Vásquez, Luis Prince, Venancio Cervantes, Miguel García, Juan Pablo Rodríguez and Carlos Cuéllar. All six have been released from detention, the court said. Soldiers arrested Mr. Zelaya and flew him out of Honduras in 2009 after he defied a Supreme Court order to drop plans to hold a referendum on reforming the Constitution. Mr. Zelaya said the court decision was "unjust" but expected. "It's bothersome that those behind the coup are being protected," he said.Continue reading the main story
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In my childhood memories my grandmothers always wore aprons...bib aprons with rick-rack...half-aprons with lots of pockets. Grandma Zetta and Grandma Patta taught me so many things. My love of family history and all things vintage is due to them. I have so many stories to tell and things to share. I hope you will enjoy them.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Kodak Moments...Sascha's Costume Parade!
6 comments:
- Musings from Kim K. said...
Love this post. I'm guessing my mother would say the exact same thing. I don't remember seeing very many pictures of my childhood Halloween costumes and now I have a zillion pictures of my girls doing every little thing! Happy Halloween memories, Shirley!
- October 21, 2014 at 10:09 AM
- Margaret said...
I don't have a siongle photo of myself in Halloween costumes. I do remember being a witch most every year! Your daughter has a creative costume imagination! So cool! Thanks for sharing. Maggie
- October 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM
- GARAGE SALE GAL said...
Kids just want to have a little fun!
It is too bad that they can't. Love the old black & white photos.
- October 21, 2014 at 3:37 PM
- Sally Annie Magundy said...
Great photos Shirley, so much fun. My mom didn't take a single Halloween pic of me boo hoo!
I think my husbands school still has a Halloween parade, I'll have to ask him.
I'm having a little Halloween GIVEAWAY!
Happy week!
- October 21, 2014 at 4:32 PM
- Tammy's in Love said...
I love family traditions! We had lots of home-made costumes; a dice, a robot, a box of popcorn. Our kids always got lots of compliments!
- October 22, 2014 at 7:23 PM
- Jann Olson said...
Oh yes, miss the olden day Halloweens! Your daughter came up with some great costumes! Love Gomez and the Sailor. You certainly couldn't buy costumes like you can now. You either made them. bought one with a plastic mask, or got really creative. Loved all of the photos you shared!
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The No. 3 Indian curse hits Australia hard!
Michael Clarke's golden duck in Mohali confirmed Australia's worst fears. Despite juggling of the batting order, the No. 3 position continues to be jinxed for the tourists in this series.
Following Phil Hughes's failures in that position, captain Clarke decided to promote himself in the batting order to that position but even he failed to deliver during day two of the rain-hit third Test in Mohali on Friday.
Clarke was out stumped as he jumped down the track to the first ball he faced from Ravindra Jadeja. He was beaten by the turn and ended up being stumped for a first-ball duck.
It continued the run of poor scores by Australia's No. 3 batsmen in the ongoing series.
Image: Michael Clarke is stumped by MS Dhoni
Photographs: BCCI
Hughes's nightmarish run continues
Hughes scored 6 in the first innings of the first Test in Chennai, while David Warner made 23 in the second innings in that match.
In Hyderabad, Hughes could manage only 19 and 0, and was relegated to No. 4 for the third Test.
Clarke came up the order, but failed miserably.
Australia's batsmen's tally at No. 3 reads a pathetic 48 runs from 143 balls, at an average of 9.6, with a highest of 23 by Warner.Hughes has had no clue against the Indian spinners, having fallen to them five times in the series, while scoring just eight runs in 82 balls.
Image: Phil Hughes
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Ponting too struggled in India
Traditionally, the No. 3 position is the key in a Test team. Many greats of the game have scored tons of runs batting there, including the recently-retired Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting.
In fact, Australia's woes at No. 3 started with Ponting as his skills began to desert him towards the end of his career. He managed just one fifty in his last 11 innings before retiring late last year.
Australia have tried various other players at No. 3 but without much success, and unless they find a good replacement they face a long struggle ahead in Tests.
Image: Ricky Ponting
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Our first project was a Valentine mailbox. We die cut two sheets of Sending Love DSP using the Baker's Box Thinlits, being sure to cut a slot in the top portion of one of the pieces.
Folding on all the score lines was somewhat difficult because patterned paper was being used but this was done and then the box was adhered together. The top flaps were punched with the 1/8" Circle Punch and then either a red or white ribbon was threaded through and tied into a bow.
Mini envelopes were die cut from both Real Red and Whisper White card stock and they were stamped with a variety of sentiments, lips, and hearts from the Sealed With Love stamp set. The envelopes were then glued shut.
One mini envelope was left open and a Love Note stamp was used on Whisper White card stock and die cut to form a ruffled note. This was placed in the open envelope and glued to the front of the mailbox. A heart die was used to cut two 3D hearts which were put on the sides of the mailbox.
Our second project was a Valentine card that used a modified version of the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits. In planning this card, I created a mock up using copy paper. This is a technique I use quite often when trying a new or finicky technique as a paper saving measure.
|Mock up of inside of the card.
The sentiment, from the Sealed With Love stamp set was stamped on Thick Whisper White and die cut using a square from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. A larger square was also die cut from Rich Razzleberry. A scalloped square was die cut from Gold Glimmer paper using the Layered Squares Framelits. These were then layered using Dimensionals.
The pop-up section for the inside of the card was die cut from a 5 x 7.5" piece of Whisper White using the Balloon Pop-Up Framelits. Kay Kalthoff's video tutorial was helpful in setting up the die to cut the pop-up, especially in adding Sharpie marks to the die to line up the card stock properly on the Big Shot.
The pop-up piece was folded in half on the centre score line and then the side pieces were folded inward on their score lines. Using the MISTI, the banner from the Balloon Adventures stamp set was stamped on Rich Razzleberry in matching ink. The sentiment, from the Sealed With Love stamp set was curved to fit the banner and also stamped with Rich Razzleberry. The banner was fussy cut and adhered to the banner portion of the pop-up section.
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Removable adhesive was used on the punched hearts to position them over each of the balloons on the pop-up piece. Scissors were used to trim the excess from behind the hearts and then the hearts were secured permanently with liquid adhesive.
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To tie in with the Glimmer balloon and the Glimmer scalloped square, Metallic Gold Washi Tape, from the 2016 Sale-A-Bration, was used on either side of the pop-up section.
Lastly, the layered sentiment piece was adhered to the card front to complete the card.
I hope you have enjoyed the Valentine projects from our Stamping Group. I can envision other projects that make use of a modified version of the Balloon Pop-Up Framelits in the future. Stay tuned!


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The price difference between these two wire base coffee tables is huge… $1000+ (since the high price is in US dollars and the low price is in CDN ...On April 2, 2014 / By Jordy
This week is a busy one. I'll be back to my regular blogging schedule on Monday, but in the meantime I wanted to share this nook that I ...On March 26, 2014 / By Jordy
Project Relmar is coming together. We binged at Target this weekend on lots of smaller pieces (for the den and bedroom) and everything Ikea has been delivered and ...On March 17, 2014 / By Jordy
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|Albrecht Dürer, Melancholia I, via Wikimedia Commons
Though I am, overall, a much happier person than I was when I was young, as an adult I've experienced a a lot of what I like to think of as melancholia. By melancholia I mean some mix of sadness, low life force, discouragement, and a feeling of "Oh, whatever, what's the point."
I suppose my melancholia bears some relationship the modern problem we think of as depression, but I don't think they are the same thing. I don't have any of the typical symptoms always mentioned in connection with depression. I have an excellent appetite; I sleep well and exercise a lot; I get things done and with most things I'm not even really a procrastinator. If I go through an internet depression quiz/checklist, it might say that if you check six out eight boxes checked that's a warning sign -- but I'll have only checked one box: the one that says "I feel sad, like life has no point."
To me, nothing captures this feeling better than Albrecht Dürer's 1514 engraving, "Melencolia I," at the top of this post.
Because my rise in melancholic feelings seems to correlate with the time I've spent studying philosophy, I've often wondered if there is something about philosophical thinking -- or about a certain kind of thinking, more broadly -- that encourages melancholia.
And I think in my own case, anyway, the answer is yes. In fact, I think there are direct causal connections between my thinking philosophically and my feeling melancholic. I'm sure the mechanisms are complex, but here are a few thoughts.
One difficulty, for me at least, seems to be the effect of constantly forcing myself to take a perspective from which I am at best just one person among others and at worst a speck in the universe. I don't mean the kind of destabilization you get looking at the stars or something -- it's not, I think, the mere fact of being unspecial relative to everything else, it's more the shift in perspective of caring, of thinking about what matters or what is important.
For example, like most people, I'd expect, I have the experience that from within my life, the little things that make up my little world assume huge significance and importance to me. Relationships, intellectual projects, of course -- but even things like how should I wear my hair, whether to see a movie, whether to cook or go out to eat, whether I should try harder to learn French -- absorb my mind, fill it up, tie me to life.
But even one minute of a certain kind of reflection shows my concerns to be of virtually no importance whatsoever in the grand scheme of things.
Sometimes, they seem worse than insignificant: there are horrible things going on in the world, injustice and suffering, and you're seriously thinking about hairstyles, movies, and treats?
Other times, they seem like mere moves in a massive social scheme that has little to do with me or what I might "choose" or not choose to do. Probably you've all had this experience: you take one step back from concepts like "hairstyle," "movie" and even "food" -- and you find yourself in a dizzying array of considerations about sexism and beauty norms and Hollywood and glamorization and animal rights and environmentalism and so on and so forth etc. etc. etc.
These are all fine and important thoughts to have. My problem is that in doing philosophy, I form the habits of mind that make that dizzying array not so much a place I visit occasionally to understand the world, but more like my inner mental home. And as an inner mental home, it's horrible. At least for me, it's a profoundly alienating and cold place to spend a lot of time -- like trying to live on the Moon and breathe oxygen through a straw.
Then, too, there's a sense in which philosophical reflection itself often seems to take the form of "what is the point." How ought we to live? Why do this or that? Well -- doesn't this often come to down, "Ultimately, what is the point?"
In some contexts I think this is an OK question to ask. But the problem is that it's a question that, if you're not careful, will spread like kudzu through your days and nights, leaving you staring blankly at the ceiling, trapped in a singularity of philosophical interrogation, until, if you're lucky, you're rescued by friends, or hunger, or some everyday obligation like doing the laundry that just can't be put off any longer.
None of this is to say philosophical thinking isn't necessary, important, and good, because I absolutely think it is. It's just that too much of it might make a person sad, as I think it does me.
If you, too, have the symptoms of philosophical melancholia -- which can, of course, strike anyone at any time -- my advice is: though it might seem tempting, do not try to think yourself out of it.
Just put down the thoughts and walk away.


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A Call to Action for the Advancement of a Democratic Workplace
Shoppers and Trends
November 23, 2008
Now, union leaders plan to collect on their investment in early 2009 by pushing the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) through Congress. EFCA contains the most aggressive changes to federal labor law since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act more than 70 years ago.
Currently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holds a confidential vote several weeks after at least 30 percent of a company's employees sign authorization cards. But EFCA would do away with the voting process entirely. If 50 percent or more of your workers sign those cards, boom: You're unionized. No more campaigns, no more voting. Signatures alone will be enough to get the job done. Also, EFCA would give federal arbitrators the brand-new authority to impose labor contracts in your workplace if you fail to reach agreement with union locals within 120 days of the union's formation.
Like many employers around the country who've fought and resisted every effort to unionize their workforces, you're probably understandably worried about how to prepare for EFCA. Support N.G.A.'s Campaign to Preserve Competition and Consumer Choice in our attempts to quash this legislation. The Call to Action is Now!!
The opinions expressed here are those of the National Grocer's Association. Visit their website at www.nationalgrocers.org for more information about their Action Alert.


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My wife Susan and our dog Spirit enjoying the snow.
Our kitten, Zero, wants to sit on my shoulder while I work on the computer.
This is my job interview costume. What do you think?
Here's wishing for a great 2014.
Pakistani cream soda
"Believe in the bubbles!"
Teriyaki Bacon Jerky. Your argument is invalid.
We vacationed in the Smokey Mountains for Thanksgiving, and lucked out with some early snow.
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Sound Bomb Speaker
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The Sound Bomb Speaker would be something that we would advice against bringing on a flight with you, as it might just rouse the suspicions of poorly trained airport security personnel who might want to play hero that particular day and detain you for a lengthy questioning period. It does resemble a bomb by all means, but don't expect it to come with explosive sound just because there is the visual potential of offering just that. The Sound Bomb Speaker can be powered when plugged into your computer's USB port directly or use a quartet of AA batteries instead whenever you want it to go portable. Firebox has placed a £24.95 bounty on this.


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DATE: May 27, 2016
CASE: Monica Njoku & Monterio Roberts
PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Thomas Asker, Homicide Unit
The Honorable Marjorie Koller sentenced Monterio Roberts to 16 years to life in prison and Monica Njoku to 15 years to life in prison. On October 22, 2015, a jury convicted Njoku and Roberts of second-degree murder. The jury also found true a use of a deadly weapon allegation for Roberts.
Monica Njoku owned a house, which she rented out to single parents with dependents. On November 16, 2014, she demanded one of her tenants and the tenant's baby leave the house immediately. Another tenant, Edward White, protested and told Njoku she had to give the tenant at least a 3-day notice, which led to a heated argument.
Njoku called her brother, Monterio Roberts, and her sister-in-law to come to the house. Roberts threatened Mr. White and Njoku began harassing the female tenant. When Mr. White called 911, Njoku locked Mr. White's 2-year-old son out of the house. Roberts then pulled out a switch blade knife and attacked Mr. White. Njoku and her sister-in-law then jumped into the fight. Mr. White was stabbed three times in the torso. He died at the hospital from internal bleeding.
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EverWest along with their joint venture partner, Centersquare, is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Madison, located at 5353 and 5343 North 16th Street in Phoenix. The asset consists of two 4-story Class B+ open atrium office buildings with 2 and 4 level subterranean parking garages and a total square footage of 177,312. The properties were developed in 1986 and 1990 with a timeless architecture and steel and concrete construction. Upon the time of purchase the buildings were 66% occupied.
These assets are located on the SEC of Missouri Drive and 16th Street. In addition to its easy access to State Route 51 and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, The Madison's 16th Street Corridor location places it squarely in the middle of the submarket which has enjoyed an influx of multifamily activity and a variety of recent retail developments. The neighborhood's positive revitalization will serve its tenants and employees well for years to come.
As part of the investment strategy, EverWest is kicking off a multi-million dollar capital plan to upgrade and renovate the building systems, common areas, and create better onsite amenities for the building's users.
Chris Krewson, Mike Garlick and Michael McQuaid, senior managing directors in the NGKF Phoenix office, represented both EverWest and the seller in the off-market transaction, and will represent the new ownership on leasing moving forward.
Curt Kremer, Managing Director, comments "EverWest was immediately attracted to The Madison's location, subterranean parking garages and asset quality. We feel strongly that our renovation plan and neighborhood amenities will create a highly desirable office option for users looking to locate on the SR51 or in the Camelback Corridor."
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- They must be in the same project as their parent
- They must have the same permissions (issue-level security) as their parent
- They must be of an issue type that is flagged as a "subtask" type, so for example, a "Feature" cannot be a subtask of a "Story" unless you create a separate "Feature (subtask)" issues type.
The Greenhopper UI operates mostly via a REST API, and so far this API is not well documented. Last night I got around this lack of documentation by using mitmproxy to monitor calls while moving issues up and down the planning page in Greenhopper's Rapid Board. Then I added a simple rest client class to jiranemo based on restkit. I made two helper functions: one to get the rest representation of an issue, and another to change the rank of an issue in Greenhopper. My script looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/python import sys import pyjira from jiranemo import jiracfg # Set the exception hook to enter a debugger on # uncaught exceptions from jiranemo.lib import util sys.excepthook = util.genExcepthook(debug=True, debugCtrlC=True) # Read ${HOME}/.jirarc, and set up clients and auth caches. cfg = jiracfg.JiraConfiguration(readConfigFiles=True) authorizer = pyjira.auth.CachingInteractiveAuthorizer(cfg.authCache) ccAuthorizer = pyjira.auth.CookieCachingInteractiveAuthorizer(cfg.cookieCache) client = pyjira.JiraClient(cfg.wsdl, (cfg.user, cfg.password), authorizer=authorizer, webAuthorizer=ccAuthorizer) # Do a simple JQL query via the SOAP client, return 20 results issues = client.client.getIssuesFromJqlSearch( '''project = "system testing 2" order by Rank DESC''', 20) for x in issues: # Get the REST representation of each issue, because links # aren't shown in the SOAP representation rest_issue = client.restclient.get_issue(x.key) for link in rest_issue['fields']['issuelinks']: if link['type'].has_key('inward') and \ link['type']['inward'] == "is blocked by": # Rank the linked issue above this one in Greenhopper result = client.restclient.gh_rank(link['inwardIssue']['key'], before=rest_issue['key'])The code could use some error checking, but this is a pretty simple starting point for doing something that Jira and Greenhopper can't do on their own.


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Five Western New York Young Marines competed against Young Marines from across the country before being selected to attend National Leadership School at Fort Pickett in Virginia.
Nathan Link (Grand Island), Kelly Moje (Ransomville) and Kara Byrne (Tonawanda) met all the required criteria to secure places in National Senior Leadership School. Katie Moje (Ransomville) and Zack Connery (Wheatfield) met all the required criteria for Junior Leadership School.
These Young Marines attended a week of leadership training June 25 to July 2.
The Young Marines currently are accepting registration for classes beginning in August. Sign up by July 23.
More information can be found on the website www.westernnewyorkyoungmarines.com or the national site at www.youngmarines.com. The unit phone is 998-5654.


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I've started the long, bloody process of systematically destroying all remnants of my former web page, which are still hiding in odd crannies on this very site my old f2s account, which is now destroyed. Worthy pages will either be preserved in a special "real content" section, or posted as blog entries at the rate of approximately one every couple days, depending on how "real" they are.
Speaking of "real"… Britney Spears said that one of her biggest pet peeves is fake people (read the last paragraph to find the quote – the bulk of it is blather about her new house). Really, I think such an impoverished sense of irony should be added as a specifically protected category under the Americans with Disabilities Act.


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EVENTS happening in the cotton producing areas of the Lake Victoria zone show more work is need to be done to instill production stability in this crucial sector.
Private efforts alone – that have of late involved contract farming and buying agencies which peg supper profit at the end of their businesses will not in any way help stabilize this sector. There is no doubt about that.
Tanzania Cotton Board's strategic plan is to increase cotton productivity up to 1000 kg/acre during the 2014/2015 farming season. But with this trend where purely private hands are being employed in production, prices are arranged by private firms, it will be hard to attain this target and perhaps, much worse, maintain it.
A research done by E.I Mwangulumba and Buluma M. Kalidushi of Tanzania Cotton Board in 2012 suggests that stability in cotton production was only attained in two instances ever since the crop was introduced in the county.
The first instance was between 1922 and the 1950s, during the colonial era, when though production was on average bellow 30,000 bales annually, sustainability was maintained throughout the period. During this period, not only private companies were employed, but cooperatives and the state made serious interventions.
These meanders did not end there. The following period to 2013 witnessed and increase in average production to almost 750,000 bales annually. However there were also intermittent sharp declines yields in some of the years Much effort have been put in place, including introducing contract farming under Technoserve in some places to assist over 9,000 Farmers' Business Groups (FBG) in the cotton growing area, but both sustainability and stability and stability in cotton production is yet to be attained.
What then should be done? We have noted that during the Ujamaa period when the state was working together with cooperatives in the production of this crop, stability existed somehow, but production was relatively low.
However, when state assisted cooperatives were pushed aside and pure privately owned companies came in, we have witnessed the reverse – irregularly incasing production characterized by sharp declines.
If we are to correctly learn from all these past mistakes, the best way to sustain cotton production is to combine the two methods – both state cum cooperatives and private interventions form the point of production to sale.
Let it be understood that unlike other crops, cotton is a lifeline of the entire population of about 45 million. On average 400,000 ha about 45 million. On average 400,000 ha ha are sown to cotton by approximately 350,000 to 500,000 smallholder farmers and is grown in 42 districts of 13 regions out of 127 districts and 21 regions, respectively.
Besides gold which only in the recent years has come to replace it, during the 2005/2006 financial year, cotton was the leading forex earner.
In that wise, its production and marketing should not be left to private hands alone, as Joseph Mihangwa of Shinyanga Regional Cooperative Union (SHIRECU) has warned, but the muscle of the state should somewhat be exercised.
Source: The Guardian, Wednesday December 3, 2014


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Following a poor performance in December, emerging market (EM) assets look undervalued and could draw investor interest again, analysts say.
"Emerging market assets had a rough month in December and saw outflows of around $8.5 billion," said HSBC rates strategist Himanshu Malik. "But excess liquidity provided by the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank's quantitative easing programs has improved sentiment, and investors are returning – although they are being more selective."
In January, offshore investment into emerging market bonds increased in the majority of EMs, according to a HSBC research note published last Friday. The most notable inflow, of over $1 billion, came from Japan's retail investors.
Institutional investors are also optimistic about the outlook for EM assets, according to a note by Societe Generale head of emerging markets strategy Benoit Anne, published on Friday.
"An overwhelming 74.4 percent of investors had a bullish bias (in February's EM investor survey), which is comparable to the level registered back in March 2014," he said, "and hedge funds are now more bullish than real money investors over the near term."
Mrs. Watanabe's quest for overseas yields
In January, Japanese retail investors poured $428 million into Brazilian bonds, and another $516 million into Singaporean, Mexican, Indian and Indonesian bonds, according to the HSBC note citing Ministry of Finance figures. By comparison they spent $953 million on U.S. bonds.
"Japanese retail investors expect the yen to weaken further and are preemptively placing their money into higher yielding overseas assets," said Nomura FX analyst Motoki Kike.


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In honor of the Hukilau, which kicks off tomorrow down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, let's take a look at some conceptual artwork for two hotels down in the Sunshine State.
Both of the renderings were created by architectural artist Bob Adams. The first is for the Treasure Island Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida. The second piece is for the Islander Hotel in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Both hotels were part of the Best Western chain.
Each property was a generic whitewashed multi-story building. However, the lava rock facia along the ground floor and the grand port cochere entrance is enough to transform both of these resorts into a worthy representative of tiki architecture. Note a few of the little details that Bob added into his artwork, including the colored glass floats hanging at the main entrance and the cool lamposts along the back of the hotel with more colored glass floats (lower left hand corner).
This piece for the Islander is a 3/4 view, more difficult to render, but provides a greater impact to the viewer vs. the head on view of the Treasure Island resort. Note the Best Western sign in the lower right hand corner.
Great work Bob.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Architectural Renderings - Bob Adams
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Yesterday it was announced that President Morsi decided to give Major General Galal Haridy to a General as honorary promotion as the last living founding father of an Egyptian army forces.Galal Haridy is considered the Godfather of Egyptian commandos forces aka Thunderbolt
I am already surprised that Haridy has not been promoted to General after all those decades and popularity among the Special forces officers. At least I knew he was alive , most of the people thought that he was dead. Haridy is of course happy and thanks God that after 45 years he is being promoted by the first elected president in a short interview to Ahram Al Araby. He spoke about being in jail unfairly. The 45 years include Mubarak and Sadat !!? Anyhow I have to go back and read this era carefully. I forgot a lot in the past 18 months.
There is rumor that late General Saad El Shazly will be promoted as field marshal too. Morsi is trying to win the army and the people in one shot.
Now as usual most of the Egyptian websites and newspapers could not find a decent picture for the founder of Egyptian Thunder special forces thus they found it accepted to steal a recent photo for him and to crop without any mention to its owner.
That photo is for him in 2009 with one of the Commandos officers of legendary 39 unit " I remember that some of the veteran officers of that unit joined the protesters in Tahrir square in February 2011, I can not forget it" that was posted last month in a Fan Page for Egyptian thunderbolt forces.That photo was cropped and distorted as usual.
By the way I wonder if Morsi is going to honor Khaled Mohi El Din who is considered the last living free officer living who paid a huge price for supporting democracy in 1954. Khaled was not honored in 2002 , in the Golden jubilee of the 1952 revolution because as a veteran leftist he was from Mubarak opponents.