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Chlomaki is a supporting character in Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. She is a witch and good friends with Wadanohara.
Chlomaki is seen dressed in all black, thus earning her the nickname "Pitch Witch" thanks to Memoca, and her original Japanese name, "Kuromaki", with "kuro" meaning "black". Chlomaki has a broad black witch hat, with a buckle running around it.
Chlomaki has long hair black going to her legs, where it is tied off in a low-hanging ponytail. In the front, although, her hair is layered, the lowest point reaching her shoulders.
Her dress is long, with a turtleneck and long sleeves as well. Her dress is also seen decorated in buckles, five in total. As stated before, everything on her dress is black, except for the buckles, which are silver.
Chlomaki's boots are fairly high, and are black, as is the rest of her apparel.
Pointy ears and a long, slim tail give her a cat-like appearance.
Chlomaki, while friendly, can be somewhat bitter and aggressive, as seen when physically beating up her familiar Lobco. She is like a cat in a way, stating she doesn't like water. She seems to be a seasoned and powerful witch, hinting several times in the game she is older than she appears.
Great Witch
As the Great Witch, Chlomaki calls her with respect and honor, as seemingly powerful, the Great Witch is Chlomaki's superior and asks favors of her throughout the game.
One of Chlomaki's familiars, and the only familiar of hers seen in the game. While Lobco tries to be sympathetic and helpful to her, Chlomaki teases her often, calling her names like "Grilled Lobster" and constantly physically beats her up. The two still seems to work together as a good team despite this, Chlomaki seeming concerned when her father Cherryblod was injured and Lobco constantly reminding Chlomaki about the task at hand when forgotten by the latter.
Memoca often teases Chlomaki, calling her "Pitch Witch" as her official nickname for her. She says she is glad she isn't one of Chlomaki's familiars, as she doesn't like seeing her beat up Lobco.
Tatsumiya has a certain sort of respect for Chlomaki, entrusting her with some of the Sea Kingdom's secrets and allowing her to assist Wadanohara whenever needed.
The only witch-friend of Chlomaki's seen in game, Wadanohara is warm and giving to Chlomaki. She receives support from Chlomaki often, receiving her forgotten ocarina from her when she left it in the witch world and tries to reciprocate her kindness it to the best of her ability.
Fungas crocodile
Chlomaki is Fungas' master. It is confirmed that the two have a love relationship
Fumus was the master to Chlomaki
- According to the Great Witch, Chlomaki is "close minded"
- She claims to have lived for a very long time
- At one point in time, there was an image of her as an angel on Mogeko's site, accompanied by the name Nadine. it is presumed this has something to do with her past.
- Chlomaki supposedly has many familiars, though we only get to see one.
- She is also a supporting character from one of Mogeko's web-comics, Obsolete Dream.
See Also
|Sea Kingdom
|Aom · Cherryblod · Creamil · Doloz · Helica · Irena · Lobco · Minero · Miyura · Princess Uomi · Pulmo · Rimorimo · Seguro · Tarako · Tatsumiya · Tomoshibi
|Tosatsu Kingdom
|Artamos · Hofuru · Princess Tosatsu
|Sea of Death
|Old · Princess Mikotsu · Sal · Sheep · Squid · Stella · Tsuribari
|Chlomaki · Great Witch · Meikai · Wadanohara
|Dolphi · Fukami · Lobco · Memoca · Old · Sal · Samekichi · Tatsumiya
|Laurentia · Vendetto · Ver Million
|Nekoyama · Orca


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In a 2014 survey, 20% of teens report they've been the victim or perpetrator of physical or sexual abuse.
60% say that psychological abuse has occurred in their relationships.
In fact, abusive relationships often start as emotionally or verbally abusive and can quickly escalate into physical or sexual violence.
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It has been a long crazy week. My dad was able to leave the hospital today. He's happy to be home with Zombri now, lol. My niece has been staying with us for a few days now which has been great. Work is stressful. And my boyfriend has been my rock. So let's look at some rainbows! Here's OPI DS Signature in all its glory.
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*It is essential for our newly registered students to attend the Orientation Programme in order to be informed about the Faculty- Department and the University.
The schedule of the University Orientation Programme for the 2017-2018 Academic Year can be accessed from the link below.
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Doing business in a foreign land can be very stressful as investors usually has to spend more time to build trust with local authorities and other offices that they require to operate smoothly. In some parts of the world, doing business as a foreigner is accompanied with more receptive feedback from local authorities.
In such an environment, investors feel at home and progress easily with ease and with the support of the city. Such harmonious environment is what awaits investors who do business in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), an emirate just closer to Dubai and blessed with all ancient Arabic landscape, cultures, and hospitality.
Although, having all ancient looks, Ras Al Khaimah has evolved to be one of the best cosmopolitans in the United Arab Emirates. It has been ranked as one of the easiest places for foreign investment, among the most affordable to live and spend in UAE, and also ranked as having a low cost of living compared to other global attractive cities.
One interesting feature of the Emirate, and an attractive call for overseas business is the Emirates Maritime City Free Zone (MCFZ). The RAK MCFZ has been developed and worked under a model which allows a diversity of businesses to survive in doing business in RAK.
The Maritime City Free Zone covers an area of about 8 million square meters and is divided into zoned plots which can accommodate businesses of varying size and across multiple industrial sectors. Its strategic position (Coordinates N25 56 32/ E056 03 00) as the nearest Free Zone makes it more advantageous in terms of fuel cost savings for tenants, and its port functionality.
More so, the Maritime City Free Zone has the best in quality and uniqueness when it comes to the entrance draft depth, deep-water berths, exclusive jetties and available quay wall.
With the harbor entrance depth of about 6.5 meters, the RAK MCFZ has a dedicated harbor covering 820,000 square meters of water and a 5 kilometers new quay wall.
The MCFZ offers a fully integrated service to give entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses the support they need to establish their business, with a choice of flexible and attractive company set-up options to choose from which gives businesses the freedom to select the optimum model for their respective requirements.
Ras Al Khaimah, is the place to do business and definitely the place to invest. Later this year, the Emirate will hold its Finance and Investment Forum (FIF) which seek to open the investment opportunities that exists in the Emirate – including infrastructural investments covering the ports, airports, and utilities. The event largely known as RAKFIF, will be a good opportunity for businesses to network and explore the rising emirate.


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The Best Hair Toner – 2018 Reviews & Top Picks
Do you know how to minimize the damages from dying? Can you boost your color? Eye-opening expert advice on how to utilize the best hair toner.
Most women know that getting their hair colored at the salon can cost a lot, and the prices skyrocket depending on which salon you go to and the stylist that does your hair.
Some celebrities may not give a second thought to shelling out money - sometimes, roughly the equivalent of a month's worth of groceries—to keep their hair color looking fresh, but for the rest of us, we'd rather find other ways to look good without spending a fortune.
This is why we opt to do DIY hair color treatments. Apart from being more affordable, a home dye job can be easily maintained with just a box or two of hair color and some time.
However, anyone who has ever experimented with hair color at home knows that it's fraught with disaster and that the creamy blonde hair that you covet on the box may turn out more like Garfield the Cat on you.
This is why it's important to know how to use a toner, as the right product may correct a bad dye job and give you the hair color that you want.
On that note, here's a rundown of our top 9 best hair toners.
Quick Overview: Our Top Picks for the Best Hair Toners
For this roundup of the best hair toners, we've decided to pick three different products for three hair colors—orange, blonde, and white.
For orange hair, our top pick is L'Oreal Paris Colorist Secrets Brass Banisher Color Balancing Gloss Treatment. This ammonia-free toner reduces the orange and yellow tones of your hair in just five minutes.
The next best hair toner for orange hair is Wella Color Charm Permanent Liquid Hair Toner in T14 Pale Ash Blonde. This toner penetrates the hair to give you healthy, vibrant color without brassiness.
Third on our list is a shampoo that tones down brassiness and may even give you very light-colored hair without the orange or yellow tones. For these reasons, we're a fan of Clairol Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo in blonde & silver.
We also selected the best hair toners for blonde hair.
Taking the top spot on the best toner for blonde hair is Wella Color Charm Toner in Lightest Ash Blonde. It neutralizes warmth without damaging hair, and it also leaves your tresses soft.
The next spot on this roundup belongs to Winsome & Wisdom #BlondeMoment Shampoo. This purple shampoo neutralizes and brightens blonde hair, and it's also paraben-free and cruelty-free.
The third spot goes to another shampoo—TIGI Bed Head Dumb Blonde Purple Toning Shampoo. Not only does it remove brassiness, but it also gently cleanses your hair.
Now, on to the best hair toners for white hair.
The number one spot goes to Pravana ChromaSilk Vivids in Silver. This hair toner enhances gray and white hair to make it look more vibrant. This product is also paraben-free and has no phthalates.
The next product on our list is Roux Fanci-Full Temporary Color Rinse in White Minx. It lightens gray hair and enhances the color of white hair without leaving any hint of brassiness.
The last hair toner on our roundup is Manic Panic AMPLIFIED Hair Color Cream Virgin Snow White Toner. This vegan product may leave you with lighter hair without a tinge of yellow.
What Is A Hair Toner?
If you've always colored your hair at home—or if you have an overly enthusiastic hairstylist—chances are you've had a few hits and misses with your hair color.
Sure, you can always have it recolored, but doing that can be damaging to your tresses and can lead to hair breakage.
You can wait for your hair to grow out, but it can be a pain to walk around with orange hair for a few months.
This is why it's a good idea to consider using a hair toner, as it may improve a bad dye job in just a few minutes.
If you've never used a hair toner before, you're probably wondering what it is and what it can do to improve your hair color.
A hair toner is a product that neutralizes the brassy yellow and orange tones on bleached or colored hair.
It can make hair with warm tones look more neutral or platinum colored, and some hair toners can even completely whiten your hair.
How white? Think Daenerys' (Emilia Clarke) hair in "Game of Thrones" or Meryl Streep's coif in "The Devil Wears Prada."
Most hair toners are violet or blue-tinted formulas, and they usually come in the form of an ammonia-based toner, a purple shampoo, and a purple or blue hair dye.
If you're worried that it might turn your tresses Smurf blue, have no fear: there's a reason why hair toners come in these vivid hues.
Professional hair stylists consult a hair color wheel to correct brassy hair or to manipulate hair color.
To neutralize unwanted tones on hair, stylists simply look at the hair color wheel to see the shade that is opposite to what you have on your hair.
Whatever color is on the opposite side will be used to neutralize your messed up hair color.
For example, if your colored hair looks orange, it's going to take a blue toned toner to neutralize it. Hair that is too yellow may be fixed with a violet-hued hair toner.
When used correctly, a hair toner may give you ash blonde, platinum blonde, or white hair.
What Type of Hair Toner Should You Use?
As mentioned earlier, the three types of hair toner are ammonia-based, shampoo, and cream or liquid dye.
You should only use an ammonia-based toner if your hair is already blonde. If it's freshly bleached, it's a good idea to wait a few days before using the hair toner to minimize damage.
If you want a gentle hair toner, choose a shampoo toner. You can use it immediately after bleaching your hair, and you can use it several times as recommended.
Only use purple hair dye if you're confident with your hair coloring skills. You can use it after bleaching, and you need to mix it with a bit of conditioner before applying it to your hair.
Things To Remember If You Decide To Use A Hair Toner
Unlike hair color, a hair toner does not deposit a permanent wash of color, so you may need to use it again to keep unwanted yellow or orange tones at bay.
Brassiness can return in as little as two weeks, and if that happens, you can use the toner to neutralize excess warmth.
Make sure to give your hair the tender loving care that it needs. Wash with a shampoo for color treated hair, and don't skimp on the conditioner.
If you don't want to use any more chemicals on your hair, you can condition it with some warmed olive oil or coconut oil, or even some mashed avocado.
You can also whip up an egg white and yogurt mixture to nourish your hair (check this article out if you're looking for more tips for your hair).
Product Reviews: Our Top Picks for the Best Hair Toners
The Best Hair Toner For Orange Hair
Our Rating
There are a lot of reasons why this product earned the top spot on our list of the best hair toners, but we're going to start with two: one, it has no ammonia, and two, it works in as little as five minutes.
Ammonia is often found in hair coloring products, and it opens up the hair cuticle so that the color formula can penetrate the hair shaft and attain the desired shade.
As useful as this ingredient may be in hair dye, it may also result in dry, brittle, and unhealthy hair.
This is why we're so happy that L'Oreal Paris Colorist Secrets Brass Banisher doesn't have ammonia.
What it does have is water, cetearyl alcohol, and hydrogen peroxide.
The cetearyl alcohol in the Anti-Brass Gloss helps to moisturize and make your hair more manageable.
Meanwhile, the hydrogen peroxide in the Developer Crème bleaches and brightens the hair.
We decided to use this after a recent dye job left our hair with an unsightly orange tinge, and we were glad that this toner could be easily mixed and applied.
All we had to do was to squeeze the contents of the Anti-Brass Gloss tube into the Developer Crème bottle before shaking it thoroughly.
We squeezed the contents of the entire bottle onto our hair, making sure that each strand was saturated with the hair toner.
After five minutes, we rinsed it off, and we were very pleased to see that our formerly brassy hair had a more neutral and ashy tone.
Because it doesn't have any ammonia in it, this hair primer can be used right after bleaching to counteract yellow or orange tones, though it would be a good idea to wait a few days to avoid unloading too many chemicals onto your hair.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
The next product on our list of the best hair toners is Wella Color Charm Permanent Liquid Hair Toner in T14 or Pale Ash Blonde.
Wella toners have been getting raves online for their ability to transform brassy hair to delicate shades of blonde such as beige and platinum.
We chose T14 Pale Ash Blonde because it turns orange hair to a bright platinum blonde in just minutes.
Apart from water, this hair toner contains oleic acid, a type of fatty acid that is derived from natural oils such as olive oil, coconut oil, and sunflower oil.
Oleic acid boosts hair growth and also moisturizes the scalp and repairs damaged follicles.
It also contains ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, which keeps hair strong and healthy.
We wanted to see if this hair toner would turn our golden blonde hair to a platinum blonde, and surprisingly enough, it came close to matching the exact color that we always wanted.
Unfortunately, this hair toner contains ammonium hydroxide, which can potentially damage hair, so it may be a good idea to use this toner sparingly.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
Our last pick for the best hair toner for orange hair is Clairol Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo in blonde and silver.
We love how easy it is to use this product—you use it as a shampoo and leave it on for a few minutes before rinsing. There's no need to use gloves or a brush with this toner.
It can be used at least once a week to keep brassiness at bay.
Apart from water, it contains sodium laureth sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate, which are both cleansers and can be commonly found in most shampoos.
It also has violet colorants, which give this toner a bright purple hue.
We used this in the shower, and we thought that it was going to smell like chemicals, but fortunately, it had a clean, floral scent that we really liked.
Our hair was beginning to get this brassy shade just three days after bleaching it, so we chose to use this toner shampoo to see if it would make a difference in the way our hair looks.
We have long and thick hair, so we used almost a third of the bottle to coat our entire hair with the toner. We decided to let it sit for about 30 minutes before rinsing it off.
While it did give our hair a cooler, more neutral tone, there were still a few strands here and there that had a slight yellow tinge.
It may take two more uses of this hair toner to get all the brassiness out of your hair completely.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
The Best Hair Toner for Blonde Hair
Our Rating
First on this list of the best hair toner for blonde hair is another Wella Color Charm product, this time in T18, or Lightest Ash Blonde.
Just like our Wella pick mentioned above, this hair toner contains oleic acid that boosts hair growth, and ascorbic acid or vitamin C which helps to strengthen hair and protect it from breakage.
If you're thinking about giving your blonde hair a boost, this product may help make your hair color brighter without any trace of brassiness.
We decided to use this toner because we were unhappy with our hair color which was done at the salon, and though it was pretty, the yellow tinge made our skin look sallow.
We washed our hair and dried it before applying this toner. We discovered that the longer the toner sits on our hair, the more purple it becomes.
We rinsed off after 30 minutes, and after drying our hair thoroughly, we were happy that our hair color was closer to being a light platinum blonde than a honey blonde.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
Our next pick for the best hair toner for blonde hair is a toner shampoo that not only cancels the hair's yellow tones but also is completely paraben-free and cruelty-free.
Winsome & Wisdom #BlondeMoment Shampoo neutralizes blonde and gray hair.
It also contains a UV protectant, titanium dioxide, to shield your tresses from the harmful rays of the sun.
This toner shampoo also contains guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, which adds volume and conditions hair without weighing it down. It may also help to smooth and defrizz hair.
We used this product to alter the color of our hair, which we dyed a caramel blonde about a week ago. We used a generous amount on our wet hair and left it on for about 20 minutes before rinsing.
We loved how it got rid of our hair's brassy color, and it gave our blonde hair a silvery tint that was more suited to our complexion than our previous hair color.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
The last spot on this list for the best hair toner for blonde hair belongs to TIGI Dumb Blonde Purple Toning Shampoo.
This product fights brassiness while making hair clean and soft.
It contains purple toning pigment, which neutralizes brassy tones to give you lighter blonde hair.
This product also has polyquaternium 10 which helps prevent and control flyaways, static, and frizz.
Moreover, this hair toner contains amodimethicone, which may add shine to brittle and dull hair.
This toner shampoo has a rich violet color, and we love that it has a pleasant scent just like regular shampoo.
We left it on for 10 minutes, and after rinsing, we were surprised to see that it did cancel out the yellow tones in our dirty blonde hair.
The only thing that we didn't like is that it left a faint purple tinge on our scalp, but it was gone after we shampooed the next day.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
The Best Hair Toner For White Hair
Our Rating
If you're looking to go full-on Khaleesi with your next hair color, then you may want to check out this product, which is our first pick for the best hair toner for silver hair.
Apart from being paraben-free, Pravana ChromaSilk Vivids in Silver contains no phthalates and is cruelty-free.
This hair toner contains silk amino acids, which act as a color carrier to help the color penetrate into the hair's cortex.
It also has keratin amino acids, which help to strengthen the hair and help the color to stick to the hair shaft.
We wanted to see if this would make our very light blonde hair almost silvery blonde, and this toner made it happen for us.
This may also work to make gray hair more vibrant, and we love how soft our hair felt after using this hair toner.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
The next product on this list is Roux Fanci-full Rinse in Ultra White Minx, and while it brightens white hair, it may also enhance gray hair.
This may work for mature people who want to embrace their white hair, as it can neutralize any tinge of yellow from the hair.
However, this product only temporarily alters color, and it can be washed away the next time you shampoo your hair, so it's a good way to road test a lighter hair color without the commitment.
We love that this hair toner doesn't contain any peroxide or ammonia to color the hair.
What it does have is water, violet coloring, and hexylene glycol. As discussed earlier, violet coloring cancels out yellow tones in the hair.
Meanwhile, hexylene glycol is a solvent that is used to thin out heavy skin care or hair products to create a thinner, more spreadable consistency.
We used this hair toner after having our hair bleached at the salon. Fearing hair damage, we asked our stylist not to process our hair too long because too much of the bleaching chemicals might cause it to break off.
Naturally, our hair had yellow tones after bleaching, so we used this rinse after shampooing our hair.
After we had saturated each strand with the toner, we used a hairdryer to dry our hair, and we were pleased with how light our hair looked with no brassiness whatsoever. It also made our hair feel silky soft.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
Our Rating
Last on our list of the best hair toner for white hair is Manic Panic AMPLIFIED Hair Color Cream Virgin Snow White Toner.
Manic Panic is known for producing rich, funky colors for those who want their hair color to be something other than brown, black, red, or blonde.
This toner is specially made for bleached hair, so if you're thinking about using this to change your natural blonde hair, you may find that it might not work as well as you hoped.
We love that this semi-permanent hair toner contains vegan ingredients, such as water and synthetic beeswax, which contains ingredients derived from coal and petroleum.
This is often added to cosmetics and hair care products to make them creamier, and therefore, easier to apply.
It also has chamomile extract which conditions the scalp and strengthens the hair follicles.
We used this hair toner on our freshly colored hair, and while it did lighten our tresses, we still saw a few yellow tinges here and there.
What We Like
What We Don't Like
The Bottom Line
We've bleached and colored our hair so many times, but when it comes to getting the neutral, ashy color that we want, we turn to the best hair toners to make our hair look great.
For orange hair, our top pick is L'Oreal Paris Colorist Secrets Brass Banisher. True to its name, it gets rid of brassiness, and it does the job in just five minutes.
To keep our blonde hair free of yellow tones, our best hair toner is Wella Color Charm Hair Toner in T18 Lightest Ash Blonde. Your hair may get closer to that much-coveted platinum tone with this product.
Lastly, our best hair toner for white hair is Pravana Chromasilk Vivids in Silver. It turns hair a beautiful silver blonde, and it may also work well for mature women who want to enhance their gray hair.
These three hair toners, as well as the other products on this list, may help you get lighter hair without a hint of brassiness.


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Adoption/Guardianship of Dependent Child
Adopting a child is a joyful event in one's life. As a guardian you become the primary person responsible for the child's needs and progress in life. Obviously you will be considering the child in this process, but you must also consider yourself, other family members, and the family environment. A review of your benefit plans is certainly in order at this time.
Plan Checklist
- Legally adopted children, foster children and children who live in your home and for whom you or your legal spouse are the legal guardian are covered by the Health & Security Plan in the same way as genetic children. You must complete a new Enrollment Card for the Health Trust and provide a copy of the legal adoption, foster or guardianship papers to Carpenters Trusts. The Plan may also require proof that you provide the child's support. This must be done within 31 days of the arrangement in order to ensure coverage.
- You will want to review your designation of beneficiary for the life insurance under the Health & Security Plan. If you are unmarried, you will also want to review the designation of beneficiary for the Pension Plan.
- Review the rules for coordination of benefits. Coordination of benefits rules govern who will have the primary coverage for your child if both you and your spouse have group health coverage.
- If you think you might be taking Family/Maternity/Paternity Leave you should review the Family and Medical Leave section of the Health & Security SPD and the Leave of Absence sections of the two pension SPDs to see how your benefits may be affected.
Also Consider...
Planning Notes:
Financial planners recommend that whenever there is an addition to your family you should update a number of personal plans and documents. Here is a checklist of some items which you may need to update, revise, or consider:
Additional Information:
Health & Security SPD
- Dependent Eligibility and Enrollment
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits
- Participant's Beneficiary
- Coordination of Benefits (COB)
Retirement SPD
Individual Account SPD


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Tag Archives: art education
Make the Christmas story unfold – literally!
When the festive decorations go up, many of you will remember all those happy hours of their childhood when they got shiny baubles and cut-out angels out of their boxes, fashioned stars out of transparent paper for the windows or … Continue reading
Favourite subjects versus relevant curriculum?
When I glanced through one of our new acquisitions – a book which analyses the success of Japan's educational system – a list of pupils' favourite subjects struck me. Both elementary and middle school students had voiced a preference for … Continue reading
Art in Education: new archive exhibition in the foyer
Take a look at the new display focussing on resources relating to art in education that can be found in the archive.
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A collection of drawings and paintings by Aboriginal children living in a settlement camp in the 1940s and 1950s were returned mid-May to Australia.
The trove of more than 100 pieces from the Mayer collection is to be formally transferred from Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York, to Curtin University in Perth.
This return is emotionally and historically important for Australia. From the 1910s to the early 1970s, as many as 100,000 mostly mixed-race Aboriginal children were taken from their families under government programs meant to assimilate them. Most children were housed in internment camps.
The children who were confined at the Carrolup River Native Settlement (a government institution in Western Australia) during the beginning of the 20 century, produced art so sophisticated that it received considerable acclaim when it toured Europe in the 1950s.
The Mayer collection encompasses 119 pieces, mostly pastels and landscapes, often in vivid shades of orange, yellow and blue. The images of native people, kangaroos and designs from Aboriginal culture reflect the rich heritage of the Noongar or Nyungar, people from southwestern Australia. Incorporating native and European elements, the art is not just a reminder of a painful past, but also an influence on modern Aboriginal artists, with its use of color and light.
– Lee, Felicia R., "Aboriginal Artworks to Return to Australia", The New York Time, 7 May 2013
– Cowling, Carole, "'Stolen Generation' artwork to transfer to Western Australia", Curtin University's website – News Section, 9 May 2013


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North Seasons have had things bubbling under the surface for a little while, so we thought we'd have a chat with the guys and see where they're at, and what we can expect soon…
Hi, North Seasons, thanks for taking the time to have a chat with us!
Hello to you too, we're really good at chatting, let's do this!
First of all, can you tell us who you are and what sort of sound you make?
We are North Seasons and we come from Newcastle, which is famous for beer and Geordie Shore and Sting. We kind of sound like a mixture of all three of those things, only heavier and totally different.
You've formed fairly recently and seem full of ambition, where do you see yourselves in five years?
We're actually pretty deceiving – we've been together for a couple of years now but spent most of that time writing and recording with no sort of publicity or advertising or anything; intentionally of course. Five years is a long way away, we'd love to think we could be playing huge shows around the world; realistically we just want to be in a financial position where we can tour steadily and release the music we want without having to worry about not being able to afford to live.
September 8th sees the release of your debut single. Silhouettes. What's influenced the track musically and lyrically?
We draw influences from a whole range of musical and non-musical sources and we all come from very different backgrounds. Usually, our lyrics are pretty autobiographical and Silhouettes is no different – Harvey knows how to pour himself into his lyrics and we all love that. Oddly enough a lot of the instrumentation for the track was written years ago before the band even started.
This'll be the first release off your debut EP. How much can you tell us about that as of yet?
Haha not so much just yet! It's all fully recorded and ready to release, we've been sitting on it for a little while waiting for the right time to get it out there which has been insanely frustrating but we know it will be worth it in the end. There are six tracks on the record and they cover a range of sounds – there's some incredibly heavy stuff on there as well as some more melodic singalong tracks and even some weird experimental stuff to spice things up a bit. We're pretty aware that we're still in the process of 'finding our sound' but we're all really happy with what we have come up with so far and we're so excited for everyone to hear it!
You've also got a UK tour coming up, what should we be prepared for?
Yeah we have some stuff in the pipeline that is in the process of being finalised right now. We want to be one of those bands that is known for their live show so we're working on it all the time trying to make it the best it possibly can be. We try to make it as passionate and energetic as possible – a real live experience that differs a bit from the average gig.
Anything else planned for this year we should know about? You seem busy enough as it is!
We like to plan ahead and we have A LOT planned for the rest of the year. We've already begun work on our debut full length; we have a whole lot of as of yet unfinished ideas that we're working on with respects to that and we couldn't be more excited about what we're working on!
And, finally, what's the best bit about being in a band so far?
North Seasons is kind of like a really close-knit family and we have real love for each other (except George, he's minging) as well as all the people we work closely with – we're lucky enough to work with a really talented, down to earth team of people who really strive to get us to where we want to be which we're hugely grateful for.
Also the girls, which there are obviously loads of…
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SUNDAY, May 13th, 5pm EDT/4 CDT G2Factor will celebrate Bryan Q. Miller's Season 8 episodes COMMITTED and BULLETPROOF. One year ago SMALLVILLE ended its 10 year run with a two-hour finale. Now we have the neverending story in digital and print comic forms. SMALLVILLE SEASON 11. If you haven't yet purchased your digital downloads or bought the print version, we encourage you to do so. Think of it as ratings for a television show, the more that watch/buy/read, the longer we'll get the story of the Smallville version of Clark Kent being Superman. The BEST Superman.
Superman did very well in April digital sales thanks to Smallville Season 11, Bryan Q. Miller and the Smallville/Superman fans. Everybody take a bow. But it's still a neverending battle. Smallville Season 11 digital returns Friday, May 18, let's make Chapter 4 of GUARDIAN way ahead of the pack right out of the gate.
Mark Friday, May 18th, May 25th and June 1st as Smallville Digital Days. June 6th is Smallville Print Wednesday. Create a pull list now at a comic shop (web or local) in order for enough books to be available for sale.
If you're interested in even more Bryan Q. Miller fare, we highly recommend his Stephanie Brown, Batgirl run (2009-2011). You might be able to find some in back issues or purchase the 3 trade paperbacks: Batgirl Rising, The Flood, and The Lesson.
We're really looking forward to this week' rewatch of Smallville Season 8, the Bryan Q. Miller version.
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The Museum owes much to Lowell Thomas and his family; his son, Lowell Jr. was one of the earliest supporters of the museum, providing the funding for the 'Lowell Thomas Theater.' Hanging on the wall is Peter McIntyre's well-known painting of Lowell among the mountains, skins over his shoulder, that also graced the cover of Lowell's 1964 Book of the High Mountains, one of the twenty-six that were presented to the library. And now Mitchell Stephens has written the first biography of America's radio superstar of the 1930s.
In the ski history world, we know of Lowell's passion for the sport; we know how he broadcast live from America's new skiing centers: Cannon Mountain and Cranmore, Stowe and Aspen; we know how he objected to the dogmatic instructors from Europe insisting on the necessity of exactness of each telemark turn and Christie, of knees bent just so, of poles correctly planted; they were turning skiing into a discipline when it really was a joy! We can understand all this much better with Mitchell Stephens' book in hand. Lowell was the man who brought us Lawrence of Arabia and, in 1949, interviewed the 14-year old Dalai Lama in Tibet. He was a story teller supreme and an indefatigable adventurer. It was his "blazing unquentionable ambition" that brought him fame and we can now understand much better the man who gave himself the 50th birthday present of skiing over the Tuckerman Headwall, of pulling out all stops to help the Marquis degli Albizzi. The book is vital for an understanding of this Pied Piper of American skiing and it is an excellent companion piece to Rick Moulton's documentary film of Lowell.
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Ever since Netflix picked up popularity a few years ago, every single person wants to own a Netflix account or at least have access to one. The reason behind this is the fact that Netflix has completely revolutionized the way people watch television of watch a movie. They have brought tv and movies to the internet at a time where every person in the world is connected to it. A few years ago people would be able to watch the tv shows that they want in one of two ways. The first thing they'd do is that they would wait for the day and time the show sis supposed to be aired and they would pay for the cable channel that would air the show and have it connected to their TV. The other way was that they would try streaming the shows or the movies on websites that would let them. However, now few websites have proper access to these shows and there is a chance that using them will infect your computer with a virus, and also people more or less stopped using televisions the way they used to as they now want instant access to their shows.
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"If there is a survivor who conquered the everlasting nightmare of schizophrenia definitely he/she capable of waving his victory flag in all the unfortunate events in the life."
Hello, am Raj. A thriving and lucrative writer in a private organization and a fruitful survivor of schizophrenia. Whenever people meet me, they will bring a common question to my table "what helped you recover from schizophrenia?"
my response will be quite simple – "I never skipped my medication whatsoever"
I strongly believe and suggest to all those suffering individuals and the family members out there – When 'I' become 'we' illness becomes wellness! right. Just blindly believe in the professionals, treatments, therapies, and most importantly self-belief.
Not all schizophrenics are violent:
Though it was diagnosed at my early age, I was too late to get the maturity to accept and get the right information to follow the conventional treatments for this so-called disorder schizophrenia.I discovered that mental illness is nothing to be worried or ashamed of, which was necessary for me to admit it.
The process of recovering transformation is not an apple in the tree that you can stroll straight away, pluck and put into the pocket, instead you need to have patience, knowledge, and courage. I was fortunate to have a bunch of companions to take care of me despite knowing the thing that I'm under. Still, a portion people in this world believe that the individuals with schizophrenia are vicious. But the fact is that they aren't.
Writing has helped me express better:
I feel very comfortable and blessed with the job what I have right now. It is like a dream come true. I got this job when my symptoms and the medication where at its peak. I love my writing because it gives the exact fuel to my happiness and makes the day belong to me. Most importantly it makes me forget all my sufferings and pains. Furthermore, it makes others see me as a normal person. I would advise everyone to engage in something creative, it helps! It can be an immeasurable way to feel better and to do something effective.
Things that gave me hope and helped me cope with schizophrenia:
- A great gift I got was 'writing'. It helped me stay balanced without losing my insight about schizophrenia.
- The respect and the ovation that the people give to my creativity, knowledge, skill, and hard work motivated me, provoking me to do better.
- I was married before being diagnosed with schizophrenia. The love and care that she gave, gave me strength through my road to restoration. I don't want to lose her at any time, at any cost.
- Last but not least is my treatments, the therapies which give all my wishlist an oxygen and getting my productive life back from schizophrenia.
It is all about endurance to the medical practice:
Treatments and therapies matter a lot. If you are still holding it up tightly inside, it's not worth it. It's ok to talk about your illnesses as said earlier nothing to be ashamed of. Reach out to a professional ASAP.


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This beautifully atmospheric print shows a tree at sunset with the sun nestling amongst its branches as it slips below the horizon.
As with all the wall prints on this site, this artwork is also available as a stretched canvas print, framed print or rolled canvas. We also offer a massive variety of sizes from extra large to small.


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RE: The Great Gatsby (by Chapter 8)
- What was unique about Daisy to Gatsby?
- What increased Daisy's value in Gatsby's eyes?
- What happened one October night?
- What did Gatsby let Daisy believe?
- How did Gatsby do in the war?
- What did Daisy do "through the twilight universe?"
- What does Gatsby say about Daisy's relationship with Tom?
- What time of year is it when Nick talks to Gatsby?
- Why didn't Nick want to leave?
- How does Nick feel about the whole crowd?
- How did Nick feel about Gatsby?
- Who calls Nick while he is at work?
- What previous incident makes Wilson suspicious?
- What had Wilson found after Myrtle's death?
- What did Wilson tell Myrtle before she died?
- What did Wilson ask someone in West Egg for directions to?
- What happens to Gatsby?
What happened one October night?
When Nick meets up with Gatsby at dawn, Gatsby tells him nothing happened outside Daisy's house all night. Gatsby's house feels strangely enormous. It's also poorly kept – dusty, unaired, and unusually dark. But he knew that he was in Daisy's house by a colossal accident. However glorious might be his future as Jay Gatsby, he was at present a penniless young man without a past, and at any moment the invisible cloak of his uniform might slip from his shoulders. So he made the most of his time. He took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously — eventually, he took Daisy one still October night, took her because he had no real right to touch her hand.


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Hernando Beach Fishing Report
Fishing is great in Hernando beach FL, the inshore and back waters along the Nature coast is filling up with red fish and trout. Reds are roaming the shallow back creeks and mangrove shorelines looking for food. Lures and live bait is working great, Top water skitter walks and spook jrs in bone and mullet colors are work great. Live bait for reds I would use a pin fish rigged with a 2/0 circle hook, trim the tail off and hook the pin fish in the tail end this will cause the bait to try and swim and flutter making the reds to eat them. Trout are in 2 to 6 feet of water target around grass flats, pot holes, oyster bars, and outer islands. Top water lures and mirr o dines 17MR in the 808 color is deadly to a trout. Popping corks rigged with a gulp shrimp or live shrimp, or small pin fish will put trout in the boat. The shallow water grouper action is off the hook in 6 to 12 feet of water. Troll deep diving plugs in the fire tiger and mullet color or anchor up and fish them with live pin fish. Book a trip ASAP fishing is very good in all depths of water.
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Imagine you need to count only the number of products in current category. By default, WooCommerce Products Filter plugin for WordPress also count all products in child categories.
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Afghan mining sector promoted in Toronto, Canada
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and the Afghan Embassy in Ottawa promoted the Afghan Mining sector at the world's leading convention and investor exchange event on mineral exploration and exploitation: theRead More
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This is normal. Almost everyone who are in your position talks to themselves. There are people who talk to themselves when they are feeling bad about their life, and will often encourage or bring themselves down in a way.
Sometimes there are people who talk to themselves because they're lonely. Often your best friend is yourself, or could be you enemy. It's how you look at it.


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Bury St Edmunds community continue fund-raising exploits for Hospice
St Nicholas Hospice Care continues to benefit from the tireless fund-raising efforts of the community as Bury St Edmunds goes 'Quackers' in an effort to boost funds.
A sea of green ducks are set to stream down the River Lark on Sunday for the Green Duck's Christmas Quackers race.
It is hoped crowds will flock to see the plastic ducks, usually found bobbing about in bathtubs, as they make their journey down the Abbey Gardens stretch of the river.
The owner of the first duck past the finish will win a special hamper while the second and third-placed ducks will win £50 and £25 vouchers.
Ducks can be bought at stnicholashospice.org.uk or on the day in the Abbey Gardens at the Christmas Fayre.
Thanks to Green Duck IT Support and Services, of Bury, for sponsorship.
It has also been announced that the hugely-popular Women on Wheels (WoW) will return for a fourth year in 2017.
This year's WoW, which was backed by locality funding from Suffolk County Councillor Sarah Stamp and councillors, Ann Williamson and Patrick Chung, raised £6142.
Registrations for WoW, which will take place on Sunday, July 9, are open and participants can choose either an 10, 25, 50 or 75 mile route.
An 50 per cent early bird discount is available until January 2. The event will be sponsored by Revel Outdoors and is organised by Abbeycroft Leisure in partnership with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Sport.
The fund-raising exploits of the West Suffolk community haven't stopped there.
Ladies from Bury St Edmunds Golf Club handed over £4,750 after section captain Joan Garrett selected it as her chosen charity of the year.
A number of events, including the Captain's Charity Day, helped raise money.
Youngsters from Beck Row Primary School have also done their bit, collecting masses of tea, coffee, sugar and biscuits at their Harvest Festival with items being donated to the Hospice and the Rainbow Ward at West Suffolk Hospital.
To find out more about the Hospice which, cares for and supports those across West Suffolk and Thetford in the final chapters of their lives, or to learn more about WoW visit: www.stnicholashospice.org.uk
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This is a very nice Roor Little Sista Pink Icemaster 3.2 that was purchased from EveryOneDoesIt. This three piece Roor has 3.2mm thick glass, and is available in both 18.8mm & 14.5mm joint sizes (The 18.8mm is $153). It weighs in at around 500 grams and is 35 centimeters or about 14 inches tall. This bong features the Roor signature logo embossed in pink along the main shaft and Ice notches molded into the sides.
The shaft fits around 7-8 normal sized ice cubes and makes the smoke much smoother and less harsh on the throat. The beaker bottom allows more filtration and more smoke to be pulled into the main chamber. This bong pulls with ease, and is very effecient. The only major upgrade this bong could use, is a Roor Diffuser / Percolator, which really is the cherry on top of this great Roor product.
For the price this is one of the better values in Roors extensive line up. Roor bongs really are the top of the line, and are truely well designed and well manufactured products. The accessories that can be added are endless. This bong is also rather durable, while not indestructable, it can sustain small drops and bangs.
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Today's bombing at the Boston Marathon not only saddens me, but it really pissed me off. I'm so sad for all those involved. I'm sad for our whole country who can't help be be effected by this whole debacle. The same as it was after Newtown, I want to help and to show support. Tomorrow, I and many of my friends will be wearing our race shirts to show solidarity with those in Boston and at the Boston Marathon. Don't have a race shirt? Wear something that shows you are thinking of Boston.
This in not my idea- Its all over Facebook in the fitness groups- and I am going to show my support.
I remember clearly the first time I put on a racing shirt and bib and stood at a starting line. It was December 2012 and I took part in our towns Run Santa Run race to benefit diabetes research. I was scared spitless. I was new to the whole fitness thing and thought there was NO WAY I could run a 5K, but I could walk it. I did. I was SO proud of myself! I went on to Color Me Rad, and more races. every race made me stronger. Tomorrow I'll be sporting my bright red shirt in support of all those in Boston who need support. I'll be sharing my strength and my gratitude for all those fitness people who took the time to support ME and tell me that I could do anything. I am giving love and support back.
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Sweden to become a Third World Country by 2030, according to UN
According to UN projections, Sweden will be a much poorer country by 2030, much worse than what anyone in the Swedish government indicates.
The UN report HDI (Human Development Index) predicts a significant decrease in Swedish prosperity, unlike their Nordic neighbors, who will retain their top positions and even strengthen them globally in the long run.
In 2010 Sweden had the 15th place in the HDI rankings but according to UN forecasts, Sweden will be #25 in 2015, and in 2030 on the 45th place.
Sweden is one of few countries with such a sharp deterioration from what it had in 2010.
Finland demonstrates one of the world's best school systems, while the Swedish school have lost competitiveness.
Fewer ends up on welfare dependency in their Nordic neighboring countries while Sweden continues to have a greater amount of family households forced to live on welfare, which are a couple factors causing the dropped global competitiveness.
Negative developments, or rather liquidations can be exemplified by Orrefors Kosta Boda, which in 1992 had 940 employees in Sweden and was a profitable industry. Today less than 100 remain in the company after further cost reductions and adaptations in order to meet global competition.
Most of today's less developed countries such as Cuba, Mexico, the Baltic countries and Bulgaria according to the 2030 UN report will be passing Sweden in prosperity.
Even Greece, which today is more or less bankrupt, but will be on 13th place by 2030.
Sweden's leftist establishment and media believe a cornerstone of their perfect society is multiculturalism: large scale immigration from some of the poorest, most backward nations on earth. Swedes who disagree with that plan risk being labeled racist, fascist, even Nazi.
"We had a perfectly good country," Ingrid Carlqvist, a journalist said. "A rich country, a nice country, and in a few years' time, that country will be gone."
The logic should be really simple to understand, yet many have difficulties grasping it: If you import the Third World, it's what you'll get.
Here is the UN report:
2010–2030 UN projections of Very High HDIs
Read: Former Swedish Minister of Finance: Sweden will become like Africa
Read: Former Swedish PM: Sweden belongs to the immigrants - not the Swedes
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For a "No Problem" Installation of Teiber and Craftmade LED Illuminated Doorbell Touch Buttons
The only time that you might encounter a "false ring" issue with these great Craftmade LED Illuminated Touch Doorbell Buttons is if they are installed incorrectly. The onboard circuitry actually contains a small computer chip (PIC) that constantly corrects for varying conditions like ice, snow and driving rain landing on the touch surface, which is actually the entire button's housing. Even if a small creature such as a lizard crawls across it, no problem. It won't ring. Now, the only way things can go haywire is if the metal touch housing is directly screwed to a metal backing surface (like aluminum siding or a metal door frame) without using the insulated anchor screws and/or insulating gasket which are both included. Direct metal to metal contact will force the onboard computer to try to make ALL of your metal backing become part of the touch area! This unintended, huge metal surface area will then overload the computer chip's ability to compensate for increased masses (like the crawling lizard which is certainly much smaller than your metal-siding clad house). Thus, the elements (direct sunlight, high heat, wind, etc.) can possibly cause a false ring. Craftmade is currently introducing a thicker gasket to help solve this rare "false ring" mounting problem on metal surfaces. In the meantime, use a temporary wood or plastic spacer shim if needed.
PROBLEM REVIEW: In total truth, there have been very few returns of the Teiber/Craftmade Doorbell Touch Buttons. And by a "few," I mean maybe three out of literally thousands and thousands being sold. Upon extensive and critical examination of the returned devices, we were not able to detect any electrical problems whatsoever. What this now becomes is a simple, but solvable, mystery and not a manufacturing or design defect: CLUE #1: One customer stated that he tried one particular model of our touch doorbell button and it worked for a few days and stopped so he again bought another thinking the unit was defective. CLUE #2: Same problem, the touch feature was not working on the second unit either. SOLUTION: More than likely, he was mounting the touch button on a metallic surface like aluminum siding or on an aluminum or metal door frame surface. What is happening is that the touch device's sensing circuitry is trying to compensate for this additional metallic mass as part of the device's metal housing and the internal computer chip cannot add in such infinite metallic mass. The remedy is to mount the touch device on an insulator of thin wood or plastic, or simply contact Craftmade for a thicker mounting gasket that is being upgraded to avoid such an occurrence from happening. ALTERNATE SOLUTION: If the installer did not use the included plastic insulating anchors when mounting to a metallic backing surface, the metal screws will contact the metal backing and again try to add that metal mass to the housing's surface. The internal computer chip cannot compensate for such infinite metal mass if that metal is conducted to the device's metal touch housing. Additionally, make sure not to forget to use the insulating gasket that goes on the backside of the device's housing.
PROBLEM #2 REVIEW: A second touch button was returned wherein the customer stated that "wind" or the "sun" hitting the Teiber/Craftmade Doorbell Touch Button would set it off from time to time. It testing, we subjected the returned device to over 150 degree hair dryer wind and heat for hours on end with absolutely no ghost false rings. Not even one! SOLUTION: What we suspect is the metal backing issue once again as explained above. If in question, allow the device to hang freely from the connecting wires as a temporary test. No false rings should occur. Just make sure the dwelling's metal backing siding or door framing is not directly in contact with the Craftmade doorbell touch button's metal housing or the metal screws either for that matter.
The patent-pending Craftmade LED Illuminated Doorbell Touch Button has been designed to compensate for temperature changes as well as changes in mass as in a situation of accumulating rain, ice, snow or even a lizard coming in contact with the device's HUMAN (only) touch sensing circuitry. NO false rings should ever occur, not even in power outages or brownouts.
Voltage issues?
Once installed, the four internal LED's should light up rather brightly. If they are not illuminated or are dim, there is most likely a deficient voltage problem coming from the house's doorbell transformer. Using a VOM multimeter, the voltage should read close to 16 volts AC at the button location. The problem could be a significant voltage drop to the button location in that the wire run is too long from the transformer or the wires are too thin from the original installation when the house was built. One solution would be to check that the transformer is indeed a 16 Volt AC transformer and not a 10 Volt one. Another solution would be to up the transformer to a larger 30 VA rated output one. (That's 30 Volt-Amps, not 30 volts!). It's also possible that you only have a 5 VA rated transformer instead of a standard 10 VA one.
*** WARNING! ELECTRICIANS ONLY: Then carefully check the transformer itself at its location. (Remember, that's 120 Volts AC input to the transformer!). If the voltage is too low or exceeds 16 volts on the output side, shut off the power to the transformer before doing any more work on the doorbell system. Replace the transformer with a new one, readily available at most home centers. ***
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Why we Arabs yearn for freedom
In the 1970s the young Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Gadaffi, was the most impatient exponent of Arab unity. In 1973 he flew to Tunisia to convince his next-door neighbour to form a union with Libya. What happened during that summit says a lot about why Tunisia is the first Arab nation to overthrow a dictator through peaceful mass protest.
The first president of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, 70-years-old by then, sat at a simple table with a microphone in front of him and a small glass of water to one side.
He wore a French suit, his grey hair was slicked back and he had on a pair of square dark glasses. He looked like Jorge Luis Borges.
But, unlike the Argentinian author, Bourguiba wasn't a gifted orator. As a public speaker, the Sorbonne graduate lacked tact and was given to excitement. "What is the point of uniting 1.5-million Libyans with five-million Tunisians?" he asked mockingly.
It became clear, as Bourguiba went on, that he had two objectives in mind: to deflate and mildly humiliate the young Nasserist Libyan and to outline his vision of the Arab world. Bourguiba's thesis was as simple as it was poignant: for the Arab people to build secure states and societies, they ought to concern themselves not with Arab unity but with education and development.
Sadly, his first motive reduced the credibility of his second. He stated his opinion that Tunisia was socially and politically superior to its North African neighbour with enthusiasm and, one couldn't help but detect, delight.
As the Tunisian crowd cheered, the Libyan leader sat to one side looking unimpressed. Gadaffi was only 31. He had all the confidence and swagger of a young man at the height of his powers. He sat in his military uniform, his shaven chin pointing up. Every now and then he would laugh or yawn theatrically.
There was little doubt about what Gadaffi made of the older man's remarks. Just as there was little doubt, among Arab observers and commentators, that Bourguiba, the seasoned politician, knew perfectly well what he was doing—that this was the best way to offend his hot-blooded guest. This fact, as well as the Tunisian's lack of enthusiasm for Arab unity, served to distract many Arabs from the valuable and pertinent recommendations the Tunisian president was offering.
A heady time
This was a heady time. The bitter taste of 1967 was still in the mouth. Every Arab state had a European former colonial power breathing down its neck. Yet winning independence was within living memory and confidence was still high.
In the middle of it all there were these two North African men, born more than 30 years apart, both dictatorial, both with prisons full of dissidents, both with egos the size of their two countries combined and each pointing towards a different path. Bourguiba favoured institutions and a robust bureaucracy, but Gadaffi distrusted institutions and sought to dismantle every union and club.
One of the main reasons Tunisians were able to rid themselves of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali—who was bequeathed to them by Bourguiba—was less because of the claim, endlessly repeated in the Western media, that Tunisia is more European in its thinking than its neighbours, and more because of the extent to which Tunisian civil society and state bureaucracy have been allowed to develop since independence.
We Libyans are just as hungry for a just and accountable government as our Tunisian brothers and sisters. The lack of resilient institutions will make our task more difficult. Yet a worried Gadaffi was the first Arab leader to give a TV address about the events in Tunisia. He obviously disapproves, but also hopes to quell the protests that have started in some Libyan towns and cities.
I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation. But seeing the Tunisian crowds in Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the familiar street throbbing like a hot vein, was one of the most glorious things I have seen in all my 40 years. From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and humiliate us, and the cynical Western powers, who would rather see us ruled by criminals loyal to them than have democratically elected leaders accountable to us.
We have been sliding towards the dark conclusion that we will forever remain trapped between these two beasts. The men and women of Tunisia took us back from the brink of that precipice.—


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Prussian Infantry Moulds 3101, 3102 & 3103
I have downloaded the parts diagrams from Prince August's website and included a description of what is in there. Where I have inserted a nationality against a part I have used the following 'coding':
- Prussian - means it is intended primarily for that nation.
- (Prussian) - means that the part is intended for use in other nations.
3101 - Prussian Officer & Musketeer Standard BearerThe parts in this are:
3101/1 - Officer (Prussian) body.
3101/2 - Sword.
3101/3 - Prussian officer head, tricorn, no moustache.
3101/4 - NCO (Prussian) to carry standard.*
3101/5 - Prussian musketeer head, tricorn & moustache.
* The standard bearer needs to have the hands drilled out to accept wire flag staffs. (This was done to allow the correct size flags to be fixed - the poles on the Karoliners are only big enough for a flag designed for a 28mm figure.)
3102 - Prussian Grenadier Drummer and Fusilier NCOThe parts in this are:
3102/1 - NCO (Prussian) body.
3102/2 - Prussian pole arm.
3102/3 - Prussian fusilier head, mitre & moustache.
3102/4 - (Prussian) drummer.
3102/5 - (Prussian) grenadier head, mitre & moustache.
3103 - Prussian Musketeer & GrenadierThe parts in this are:
3103/1 - (Prussian) rank & file body.
3103/2 - (Prussian) grenadier head, mitre & moustache.
3103/3 - Prussian musketeer head, tricorn & moustache
3103/4 - (Prussian) rank & file body.
3103/5 - (Prussian) grenadier head, mitre & moustache*
3103/6 - Prussian musketeer head, tricorn & moustache
* I have to confess to there having been a bit of a lost opportunity on this mould. It would have been better if there was only one grenadier head in the mould - the other could then have been a fusilier, this was not picked up until too late. There will shortly be another mould 3104 (I think) with fusilier heads, so it might be worth leaving them a while - unless you want a lot of NCOs.
Finished Units
I use my existing 40mm troops in 16 man units playing with 'Field of Battle' (Piquet), or 'Maurice' rulesets, which are both very good. I have cast up and painted a unit each of musketeers, grenadiers and fusiliers to show what can be achieved with just these 3 initial moulds.
|Prussian Musketeers
|Prussian Grenadiers
(Actually 3rd battalion IR No 15 as I wanted to give them a flag!)
|Prussian Fusiliers
3104 (Probably) - Prussian Fusiliers & Guard (not yet released)
- Add some more fusilier heads
- Provide a drummer with no hoops on arms (will also be used for Austrians & Russians)
- Provide a march attach figure, a pose only recently developed and seems popular.
- An officers head with the fancy lace & no moustache
- A rank and file head with fancy lace and moustache
|New march attack with guard head
|3101 Officer with new guard head
As usual feedback would be appreciated.


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From buildings to airports, Paris is looking towards greening up.
And now, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë announced last week that by the end of 2009, Parisians can expect to see about 4,000 electric cars throughout the city that will be available for rent through a sharing service called Autolib.
Similar to the city's bike* sharing service Vélib', these EVs will be available for pick-up and delivery at 700 spots around the city. Users can hop online to specify where they'll return the car, and they'll be guaranteed a parking spot in that location. The subscription service would cost about $390 a month, with a 60 mile-per-day limit – pricy but considering the cost of owning, maintaining, parking, and filling up a car with fuel in a busy city, the price and mileage both seem reasonable.
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* correctif : l'auteur (Written by Jaymi Heimbuch) indiquait ''electric bike''...
Paris to Launch Subscription Electric Car Sharing Service
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Over the past few months I've been answering some interview questions for the wonderfully talented Natasha Newton. She's written an entire feature about me on her blog, which is a very big deal for me and a huge honour.
Here's the link to Natasha's blog and the papercutting feature. Enjoy the read!
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Dr. Mary Chance loved her life. Except on the days when she didn't.
Today was proving less than enjoyable. This morning her general practice, located on the second floor of the building housing The Second Chance Grill, had been jam-packed with patients. Kids pulled from school for summer camp physicals, patients from a nursing home suffering a nasty stomach virus, a woman covered in poison ivy after planting her vegetable garden—there hadn't been a break. Bongo drums were having a go at her temples and her feet were on fire. And an afternoon of more patients awaited her.
Now this.
She'd made the short drive home for a 10-minute lunch in relative peace. Which wasn't in the cards.
She hated playing the role of truant officer. Restraining her temper, she stopped in the kitchen doorway to glare at her stepdaughter's back.
"Blossom, why aren't you in school?"
Whirling around, the mischievous preteen sent a slice of bread slathered with peanut butter spinning like a Frisbee. Instantly her golden retriever was airborne. Sweetcakes nabbed the bread before it whirled past.
Leaning against the doorjamb, Mary crossed her arms. Last year she'd married Blossom's father, Anthony Perini, and her parenting skills weren't yet up to snuff. Even so, she did her best to transmit disapproval.
"We've been over this a thousand times. You're not allowed to sneak out of school during lunch period. I can't spend half my life getting an earful from the principal. I'm a doctor. I'm busy."
Blossom ran her fingers through the corkscrew curls tumbling from her head. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "Don't you have patients?"
"Stop changing the subject. I'm waiting."
"Uh . . ."
She snapped up her wrist. "Don't keep me in suspense. I now have nine minutes to dine and get back to the office. I don't have the time for this."
"Mom, I'm sorry. Really."
The endearment filled Mary's heart with an emotion as gooey as the peanut butter on Sweetcakes' snout. Was there anything as sweet as the mother-daughter bond they'd already forged? Still, she'd never prove her mettle if she didn't keep Blossom on the straight and narrow.
"Stop snowing me," she said.
"I didn't mean to leave the school. It just happened."
"Nothing just happens."
"You don't understand. I went to the cafeteria like I promised. I got one whiff, and ran for the exit."
"Let me guess. The cafeteria manager is on another binge of Mashed Potato Medley?" The woman was on a roll with nutritious if unpalatable dishes.
"It was the worst. Mashed potatoes with fatty pieces of meat. And there were peas mixed into the glop. Peas. Kids were taking off from the cafeteria like it was the end of the world. A seventh grader tried to hide in his locker. The gym teacher pulled him out."
"He's not my problem. You are. We had a deal—no more leaving school at lunchtime." She sniffed the air much like Sweetcakes hunting for a tasty morsel. "Where's Snoops?" The girls were inseparable.
"Not a clue. Haven't seen her all day."
"Okay, okay. I give up. My compadre is heading for the hills. She saw your car coming down the street."
Mary stalked to the kitchen window. Sure enough, Snoops was hobbling across the backyard with her purple-framed glasses bobbing on her nose. It would've been the perfect escape if she weren't on crutches and her leg in a cast.
Earlier this spring, Birdie's mother Wish Kaminsky had descended upon Liberty. She'd driven Snoops' bicycle off the road during a malicious crime spree. Snoops was healing nicely, and would soon be out of the cast.
Mary retreated from the window. "Oh, for Pete's sake. Go and fetch her. I can't have a kid with a broken leg fleeing across my backyard. What if she breaks her other leg?"
Blossom darted into the yard, and Mary went to the refrigerator. She made a salad and poured a glass of iced tea. Sweetcakes ran circles around her. Shooing the dog away, she approached the table. A card was tucked beneath the napkin holder.
Valentine's Day was months past. Not that it mattered to her husband—in late February Anthony had cleared out the drugstore's sale rack. He was sweetly intent on extending the honeymoon phase of their marriage indefinitely. Love cards, tiny boxes of chocolate tucked beneath her pillow, bunches of daisies slipped into her car—every romantic gesture deepened her love for him.
She traced the hearts embossed on the card's thick paper. Marriage was everything she'd hoped for. Anthony showered her with affection. He supported her work as Liberty's only local doctor. And from the start, Blossom, whose mother had taken off when she was a toddler, had welcomed Mary into her life. Sure, they quarreled about skipping school and clothes flung around the house. The arguments were refreshingly typical—Blossom was nearly a teenager, and determined to chart her own course. Their bond, newly-formed, withstood each disagreement and came out stronger.
The squeak of the screen door announced the girls. They shuffled into the kitchen. Snoops' black bean eyes took in everything but Mary's disapproving stare. The more confident Blossom stomped to the counter to fix PB&Js. She handed one to her friend.
Mary made quick work of her salad. "You have exactly five minutes to eat." After they'd seated themselves at the table, she added, "This is the last time you're ducking out at lunchtime. Give me your word."
"Why should I?" Defiance sparked in Blossom's eyes. "You can't expect me to swear a blood oath if you never keep up your end of the bargain."
"Enough with the melodrama. Who said anything about a blood oath? All I want is a promise."
"Fine. I'll keep my promise if you'll keep yours. No offense, Mom. When it comes to important stuff, you don't keep your end of the bargain."
The comment was made lightly, but Mary detected a note of injury underneath.
Had she done something to hurt Blossom's feelings? Adolescents were thin-skinned. They took offense at the most innocuous remarks. Yesterday at breakfast Anthony made the mistake of asking his daughter if she was tired—her eyes were puffy—and Blossom reacted as if he'd called her ugly. They'd finished breakfast in a silence as frigid as the Arctic.
Needing to get to the bottom of it, she scooted her chair close. "What have I done to break a promise?" She draped her arm across the back of Blossom's chair. "Whatever it is, let's discuss it. Just because I'm angry you skipped Mashed Potato Medley doesn't mean I'm not here if you need me. What's going on?"
Snoops cleared her throat. "Blossom won't spill. She's pretty upset. For the record, I'm not peeved. It's cool you're a doctor. You should do what you want."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. What exactly am I doing?"
Snoops tore her sandwich into sloppy chunks. "You know what I mean. You're everyone's favorite doctor."
"Not much of a contest. I'm the only doctor in Liberty."
"Finney, at The Second Chance Grill? She tells everyone how you helped her bunions. And Mrs. Percible is getting better, mostly because you bug her about using her inhaler."
In April Ethel Lynn Percible had suffered smoke inhalation and serious burns during her house fire. Just released from the hospital, she was healing better than expected.
"We can all agree it's great Mrs. Percible is on the mend. She's still weak, but she's making good progress." Mary paused to run her palm across Blossom's silky curls. When the proffered affection was ignored, she asked Snoops, "What does any of this have to do with promises?"
"Blossom thinks you broke a promise to your family."
"I did? How?" Beneath the table, Sweetcakes nudged between her thighs in search of another snack. Leaning down, she went nose-to-nose. "Have I broken any promises you're aware of? Bark once for 'yes' and twice for 'no.'"
Sweetcakes lathered her cheek with licks. Mary laughed, which was enough to make Blossom toss down her sandwich. "Stop joking around," she snapped. "Snoops is trying to tell you something important."
"Why don't you tell me? You're the one who's upset."
"Fine. I will."
She drew her delicate frame upright in the chair, making her even more adorable. Blossom wasn't a big kid. What she lacked in size, she made up for in sass. "No one's saying it's not great how you help everyone in Liberty. The town needs a doctor. You do a good job."
Here it comes. "I'm glad you approve," she replied. Her stepdaughter's accusatory tone knotted her stomach but she kept her expression placid. "I do work hard. If I didn't have a practice here, elderly patients would have trouble finding wellness care. They'd put it off, or endure long drives to Jeffordsville Hospital to see a doctor. It's no different for the working families I serve. They lead busy lives. They'd put off physicals and other services they consider nonessential if there wasn't a doctor in town."
"Sure, but it doesn't change our deal. I should've made you sign a contract or something."
"Sweetie, what are you talking about?"
The kitchen phone rang, making Mary jump. She left the girls stewing at the table. She'd barely lifted the receiver when Meade said, "Why aren't you answering your cell?"
"Too busy." Blossom was slouched low in her chair. Mount Vesuvius, with lava churning inside. "Meade, this isn't a good time. Can we talk later?"
Soft laughter then, "How much time do you have left? I'm guessing forty-five seconds."
"Actually I'm three minutes off schedule."
"You need a vacation."
Or an interpreter. If Blossom thought Mary had broken a pact of some sort, maybe she also needed a contract attorney. "Meade, can I call you later? In another ten minutes, I'm late for my afternoon appointment."
"Wait. Can you fit in another appointment this afternoon? I wouldn't ask if it weren't important. I can leave work early to bring her in."
Mary snatched her iced tea from the table and glugged it down. Seeking privacy, she looped the phone's cord across the counter, allowing her to slip beside the refrigerator. Hidden from Blossom's icy stare, she asked, "I can fit you in at the end of the day. Say, five-fifteen?"
"Perfect. Thanks."
"Who's the patient?"
"A young woman—she's pregnant. I doubt she's received prenatal care. I can't even tell you how far along. Four or five months, I think."
Worry over Blossom receded beneath Mary's concern for her new patient. "I'd like more details but don't have the time." She wasn't an obstetrician. Thinking quickly, she decided to contact Jeffordsville Hospital between patients this afternoon. An expectant mother would require a referral. "Do me a favor, will you? Come in a few minutes early to fill out paperwork. I'll review it before I see her."
Hanging up, she knew better than to check her watch. Plus she still needed to discuss whatever was bothering Blossom.
The talk would have to wait. Beneath the busy doctor's nose, the girls had vanished.
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Do you want to take part of the sportsman (and sportswoman) using this model of pole?
The new Rapax grip and the news Gryphon basket will surprise you for their features, as well as the wearability glove.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3253?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Gary Tully resolved AMQ-3253. ----------------------------- Resolution: Fixed fixed in http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1213208 > Support Temporary Destinations in a network without advisories > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: AMQ-3253 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3253 > Project: ActiveMQ > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Broker > Affects Versions: 5.5.0 > Reporter: Gary Tully > Assignee: Gary Tully > Fix For: 5.6.0 > > > Typically network require advisory message to allow peer broker to know about dynamic destination and consumer creation. However the advisory overhead can be significant as the numbers of peer brokers in a network increase to double digits. > A statically configured network can exist without advisories but using request reply with temporary currently destinations fails: a) because there is no way to configure them as statically included as their generated name is dynamically created from a connectionId and does not contain a wild card separator '.'. b) it is not possible to auto create a temp destination by a replying message producer (AMQ-2571) > Some discussion at: http://email@example.com%3E -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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