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When completed the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is anticipated not only to be a game changer for Pakistan and China but also for world trade. However, the US is still looking at the CPEC as an early sign of the beginning of the end of its global hegemony on the economic front. Japan is worried that with the completion of CPEC any competitive edge that it currently has in world markets over China would simply disappear as while the physical distance between China and its markets would shorten by as much as 9,000km, its cost of producing exportable surpluses would as a consequence come down steeply.
India, on the other hand, is worried about the safety and security of its oil supplies that pass through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of which is located Gwadar, the entre-port of CPEC and where New Delhi fears in due course of time China will set up a Naval Base. India seems also concerned about the future of Chahbhar sea port that it is helping build in Iran along the Strait of Hormuz about 72 km from Gwadar for which it is contributing as much as $20 billion. It had perhaps wanted to deny Pakistan the Afghan and Central Asian markets through Chahbhar.
While the US and Japan still seem to be engaged in getting China to bog down in the South China imbroglio, India appears to have already finalized a stratagem to counter the self-perceived threats to its sovereignty and integrity emanating from CPEC. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the ball rolling from Lal Qila on August 15, 2016 by openly declaring his country's intentions to foment trouble in Balochistan believing perhaps that once an insurgency in the province heats up uncertainty that would engulf the region as a result would make it impossible for the CPEC project to take off. It is also objecting to the Corridor passing through Gilgit Baltistan which in its opinion is a disputed territory and claims that the region cannot be used for any purpose without prior permission from New Delhi. India fears that China would set up its military base in GB in collaboration with Pakistan making it doubly dangerous for India's occupation of Held Kashmir.
India also fears that once CPEC takes a final shape it would render the Chahbhar sea port redundant, its supplies of oil from Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia would become totally dependent on the good will of Pakistan and China and its plans to capture the Central Asian market would be nipped in the bud as China would be able to access in the shortest possible time the CA states through CPEC while India would be left with its round-about route going through Afghanistan which is still in the grip of a wasteful civil war.
However, some politically influential quarters in India believe that with the completion of CPEC Pakistan would be focusing its attention more on the economy which they think would create conditions conducive for those currently indulging in militancy to adjust in gainful employment which in turn would vastly lessen the threat of cross-border terrorism. These quarters also believe that India too could take advantage of CPEC by linking itself with the project which in turn would neutralize the threat it believes it would face with the Chinese Navy stationed in Gwadar and its Army massing troops in GB. Perhaps Pakistan could take the initiative in this regard by offering Afghanistan and India transit trade route through Pakistan which the two countries have been longing for decades. This move would perhaps neutralize India's plans to foment trouble in Balochistan and its objections to GB becoming a part of the CPEC.
Meanwhile, it would be advisable to keep our respective domestic objections and complaints that we have all succeeded in discovering in the fine print of the project documents from turning into unnecessary and wasteful controversies. There are immense benefits for the entire country in the CPEC. Some regions would benefit immediately and some would benefit with a lag of couple of years but in the final analysis the entire country would be the gainer.
Gwadar port, the South most point of CPEC has total traffic of 0.5 million tonnes of Cargo today. But by 2017 it is expected to handle 1.0 million tonnes of Cargo. When completed and fully functional, it will handle 300-400 million tonnes of cargo per annum as against India's total port capacity to handle 500 million tonnes of cargo. The Long Beach Port of the United States is the largest port of the US. It handles 80 million tonnes of cargo each year which is just 20% of Gwadar's future capacity.
CPEC consists of "one belt, three passages, two axes and five functional zones" in terms of its spatial layout. "One Belt" refers to the belt which consists of zone area of the CPEC and the economic cluster area of industries, population and cities. It runs from Kashgar to Karachi and Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. "Three Passages" refers to the eastern, central and western routes. Eastern Route consists of railway-highway network from Islamabad to Karachi via Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sukkur and Hyderabad and is considered as the main traffic artery of the corridor. Central Route starts from Islamabad to Karachi via Daria Khan, Jacobabad and Khuzdar through N25 or to Gwadar through M8. Western Route starts from Islamabad to Gwadar via D.I.Khan, Quetta, Basima and Hoshab. "Two Axes" refers to two east-west development axes in the corridor: Lahore – Islamabad – Peshawar" and "Karachi-Gwadar" development axes.
Once implemented CPEC has the potential of transforming Pakistan's economy from a low growth mode (3-4%) to a higher and sustainable growth economy with low inflation, removing key infrastructural bottlenecks (energy, roads, highways, railways etc.), promoting balanced regional growth and development, shaping new industry clusters, improving living standards and social stability, and promoting regional connectivity.
The Corridor is expected to fuel economic growth of Pakistan by adding 2.0 percentage point to its growth between 2016 and 2020; another 1.5 percentage point between 2020 and 2030. It is likely to create 800,000 to 1.0 million new jobs. The length of newly built or upgraded roads and railways should reach 3871 km and 1529km, respectively. Power generated by newly built sources will reach 19.785 million KW, and length of optical fiber Cable will reach 2084km.
Under CPEC, various Pakistani industries will benefit.The garment and textile industry will be developed in Kashgar Economic Development Zone through importing raw materials from Pakistan. Textile and Garment Centers or EPZ will be built in Lahore and Karachi. To enrich cotton textile varieties, investment should focus in producing top grade cotton yarn, printing and dyeing fabrics, Jean fabric and Knitted fabric. Household Appliances Industry appears to have a bright future. Living conditions of Pakistani people will be improving gradually.
Some Chinese enterprises have already established plants in Pakistan. A household appliance industrial park will be established near Lahore through joint ventures. They will move from assembling imported parts to producing them locally. The demand for cement will continue to rise because of the rising construction activity. More investment can be made in cement industry to meet the growing demand for the CPEC – related construction projects. Mineral Exploration is another area where Chinese enterprises will have interest. Industrial Park Construction along the corridor should be considered by Pakistani-Chinese investors.
For food security, agricultural modernization should be promoted along the corridor. Key target is to increase per acre yield of rice, wheat, cotton and sugarcane and the output of livestock and dairy sectors including fish and shrimp. Organic and chemical fertilizer production should be developed around Lahore and Karachi. A modern agricultural demonstration zone should be built in the Quetta and Gwadar regions to lead local agricultural development. To increase farm employment along the corridor, efforts will be made to focus on developing agricultural product processing. By introducing modern agricultural product processing equipment and facilities, an agricultural industry cluster could be built around Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. To reduce losses of fresh agricultural produce and increase local farm income, agricultural produce warehousing and logistics facilities be built in Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore and Gwadar.
Gwadar Port infrastructure will be improved for fishery production. Epidemic disease prevention and control related to agricultural produce should be developed in Faisalabad and Lahore. Coastal tourism development has enormous potential under CPEC. Coastal tour line is Keti Bundar-Karachi-Somiani-Ormara-Gwadar-Jiwani. Landmark hotels, golf courses, high-end nursing homes, race courses and a hot air balloon facility along coastal city tourism zone are mostly likely to be built.
Financial cooperation will play an important role in economic corridor construction and operation. Multi-level cooperation includes Central bank cooperation for establishing bilateral payment and settlement to ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves. Business Organization Cooperation will take place where Chinese financial institutions can lead the syndicated loans of international financial institutions. And Cooperation in Financial Markets are likely where the two countries can open their bond market.


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Thursday, May 21, 2009 I got my first "YpsiGirl on the Beat" assignment.
"Ypsigirl- you need to find the perfect venue to set up a summer-time virtual office."
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The list of criteria for this assignment included:
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My freaky cohort, Jesse Sinatra and I embarked on this convoluted mission.
The top secret file included 5 Down town Ypsilanti venues to investigate, research, and rate on the above parameters.
The Venues are:
Click on each Venue for a detailed analysis of my report.

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Foot Tattoos for Women have surely become a powerful tool for expressing oneself. With no shortage of models and formats, the best part is that individuals of all ages and interests have embraced the concept of tattooing all over the globe. It does not make a difference whether one flaunts a design on the arm or the wrist or the toes or perhaps get multiple ones. Feet tattoo designs have captured up among several and the best foot tattoo designs and ideas can perhaps help people who appear to be at a rut when the burden of picking is there. Rather than seeing tattoos in a negative way, individuals are starting to see it as a kind of self-expression.
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There are lots of various designs such as flower designs, birds, anchor, roses plus a few beautiful quotations several more designs can be made. Many stars also have tattoo designs on foot such as Rihanna, Kate Hudson, Megan Fox, and Jennifer Aniston. For females, tattoo designs on foot look very attractive when it peeks from a high heel shoe. The leg is a very noticeable part, therefore a few tattoo design lover thinks that it is a fantastic way to express them. Tattoo designs on foot can be more painful than another place like the wrist or calf. Since the skin area on the body part is less than those other parts.
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Paddle Canada Intro to White Water for Women
June 15, 2018 - June 17, 2018 - 1:00 pm (E5K 4E6 Saint John Canada Saint John Canada)
Note: there are 4 of 6 spots left for this course!
The course begins the evening of the June 15th. This time will be spent getting participants set up and familiarized with their kayaking gear; along with familiarization with the weekend itinerary and what to expect.
June 16th and 17th are full days on the water, beginning with the development of fundamentals on flatwater. This includes basic stroke concepts as well as safety on the water. Then we will move to a river and practice, developing comfort and proficiency in a moving water environment.
The final day will be spent running a long section of the river, where the participant will learn how to read water and safely negotiate rapids while practicing and further developing skills along the way.
While in kayaking there is the individual aspect of paddling our own boat; kayaking is very much a team/group activity where people will be expected to work with one another in an effort to promote and maintain safety and cooperation on the river and to aid in fostering the most positive experience possible.
The whitewater kayak community in NB is small and has very few women paddlers. We want to grow the community and are hoping to do that by bringing together a group of women to paddle, laugh and learn together. As a matter of transparency, we want you to know that the instruction and safety will be provided by men. This is in large part because the community does not have active female paddlers that are taking a leadership role in the sport. We hope that changes and that this course helps to do that.
Location will be Magaguadavic River
(subject to change based on water levels)
Cost $325 per person.
To register email Adam Tremblay: email@example.com
Include in the subject line, "Intro to WW"
Your full name, Contact info required in the e-mail
50% deposit by April 1st ( E transfers preferred or Cash)
Deposits are non-refundable and are required to secure a spot. First come first served.
Remaining 50% of payment by May 1st.
For those without gear at no additional cost kayak and essential gear can be provided for those who do not already have their own, ie Kayak, paddle, helmet, pfd, spray deck.
Transportation, accommodations, and food not provided.
An e-mail will be sent out prior with instructions and recommendations around accommodations, food for the river and what basic river clothing you will be responsible for having.


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'Everillo' sports lime green foliage that progresses to a bright, golden yellow. Sun exposure intensifies the yellow, while shade pushes foliage toward chartreuse. Everillo Sedge adds a burst of color to mixed container plantings, garden beds, and borders, especially in winter months. We find it to be the most vigorous of the series so far. 'Everillo' won a Bronze Medal at Plantarium 2010 in Boskoop, Netherlands.
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Rhyme Scheme teamed up with some West Coast legends for a new joint called "Critical Condition" that is set to drop on April 7th. His new song features Bay Area legend Spice 1, Long Beach rap veteran Bad Azz and Gwap Don Dolla Signs.
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i can't get enough.
homemade seitan?
i wouldn't be who i am without it.
homemade seitan on a soft flour tortilla??
jeez louise,
that's the power and the light and the truth for my face!
look what happened at dinnertime:
muy mucho mas for my mouth, man.
here's that seitan recipe,
for you ambitious b!tches out there in the world:
in a big ol' pot,
combine 8 cups (or more) of water;
with 1 big ol' tablespoon of better than bouillon veggie broth blops;
four shakes of liquid smoke;
3 T of soy sauce-
and bring to a boil.
while that's heating up, get yourself a medium mixing bowl, and stir together:
1 cup + 3 T vital wheat gluten;
3 T tapioca flour;
4 T garbanzo (chickpea) flour;
1 T each Garlic Powder, Onion Powder;
18 turns of your pepper grinder;
1 tsp smoked paprika.
once thoroughly blended, add:
3/4 cup broth (i'm steady using that better than bouillon, because it's great);
1 T soy sauce;
liquid smoke.
knead the mixture into a stretchy dough, roll it into a log, and let it rest for fifteen minutes.
slice it into 1/4" slabs, press flat, and rest another five minutes-
add all of the to your boiling stock,
and reduce the heat to a simmer, covered, for at least 30 minutes.
i let mine cool in the broth.
remove them, and store them in an airtight container, in broth, for use as needed,
not to exceed about a week, depending on how good a fridge you've got.
so, now you've got seitan.
what are you gonna do with it?
i actually cut some chunks out of the main log before i boiled it,
and used those to make some agave-glazed spicy tips.
oil, onion, oregano, cumin, smoked paprika, chipotle pepper, black pepper, jalapeno pepper,
GPOP, coriander, cayenne, and lime juice sauteed together,
and sweetened up at the last minute with agave.
i had a whole bunch of sweet and hot peppers, which i cut up into strips,
with onions, and made some ho'sauce activated fajita-style magic,
with steamy broccoli to turn it up a little,
and made tacos with THAT too.
tacos are just so customizable, i can't help but add little bits and bobs to 'em.
homemade salsa fresca?
you bet!
roma tomatoes, red orange and yellow sweet baby bell peppers, jalapeno, onion,
cilantro and garlic, with lime, pink salt, black pepper, and GPOP!
no proportion is wrong. just fire it up, and chill it out, and eat it with your whole face.
i had oil-toasted pepitas, with black pepper and agave as sprankles.
i had cucumber, too.
plus lettuces, and heirloom tomatoes, and cilantro.
red onion spranks?
F* yes.
little purple carrot discs and jalapeno rings completed the look.
and then there was that rice!
coconut lime cilantro red beans and jasmine jauns.
fresh AF.
and delicious.
taco time is a good time.
i'm glad i get to eat good food.
i hope you're eating something rad as well.
here's the thing-
AMPERSAND TATTOO is basically built.
the skeleton is there, and the important parts are in place.
now, all the really serious fleshing out needs to take place,
while the town takes it's time finalizing approvals and such
for all the occupancy and advertisements and so on....
which is where i really may have the opportunity to flex on y'all.
i F* with aesthetics pretty heavy in these streets,
and my design sense has purpose and a long history of luxurious references
at it's disposal.
my design styles is it's own thing, and it has it's own things,
and that's a no joke real thing.
when i was a kid,
my dad, the guru, was into some next-level anti-establishment fashions-
i'm talking ghetto hustler and 1% biker meets stormtrooper pimp.
i'm serious.
the only other real male influence in my life, my late uncle eddie-man,
was on some new york top floor penthouse apartment
publishing-house elitist upper-crust old money ivy league art history sh!t.
fortunately, and unfortunately, my impressionable young mind was warped
by the extremes of the top and bottom-most rungs of the social ladder,
and while i have no interest in any sort of middle ground,
i seem to exist at the overlap of a moebius strip of infinite high-society hoodrat hybrids.
combining things is wizard science.
and that's what i DO.
overlapping circles and spheres of influence, converging in the path of totality?
the core of what i'm on about is this concentrated congregation of stacks
and layers and heaps and piles of spirit and memory,
history and prognostication,
predisposition and conscious variance,
with all the nature and nurture and choice and chance that i can summon and direct
into the atmosphere around myself.
that's a huge undertaking, believe it or not.
and that means that i'm really finding my way along the woodsly goodsly landscape
of upscale luxury with a crash-test juggernaut of judiciously-considered purchases,
punching through the hard-styled lowest commons and savage stormswept sidestreets
of my own personal raging gypsy gentrifications!
talk about a juxtaposition of ups and downs
(i also just realized the names of several adult magazines exist in the preceding sentences)
so, it's a manly tattoo spot,
AND a sophisticated luxury social club,
AND a burly big action heavy-duty overboard exxxplosion of my personal flavor.
it's as much an extension of what i'm about as anything has ever been,
and i aim to fill it up with all the superfancy expressions of that as will fit.
it's all really happening,
and i'll be the first to admit that i'm incredibly picky
about each and every one of the accoutrements that i'm adding to the mix.
if you think the food is something,
wait until you come and get a custom, one-of-a-kind experience,
and a custom one-of-a-kind tattoo,
and a little bit of the world-weary wizened wisdom of the warrior poetry in motion
that are promised in every inch of the new hottness.
it's all really happening,
slowly, but surely,
and i hope you guys will like it even half as much as i do;
never quiet, never soft.....


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Michelle Needs Your Help!
My beautiful wife, Michelle Larsen is critically ill and she desperately needs your help. After several months of failing health and many visits to specialists and the hospital, my wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or MS, a progressive disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Multiple MRIs showed many lesions in her cervical and thoracic spinal cord, as well as a few in her brain. A spinal tap was done as well and the consensus was she has probably had MS for at least 10 years, but due to her years of physical training, the effects of it had been minimized… until last December. Over this past year, Michelle has tried many conventional medications to treat her condition. She is currently taking Copaxone injections, but her health continues to decline. Michelle experiences numbness, weakness in her left leg, worsening vision, widespread neuropathic pain, gait issues, and severe problems in her ribcage known as "MS Hug". As a result of her condition, she very rarely leaves our home, and her neurologist predicts due to how long she has clearly had this disease, she will need a wheelchair within 2 to 3 years.
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Time: Saturdays, 6-8 pm
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Jr. Saturday Halaqa started in 2012 as an extension of the established Saturday Halaqa program to cater to the elementary and junior high age groups. The main objectives of the program are to:
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Currently, we are covering the topic: The 10 Companions Promised Paradise (RA). Fun events pop up throughout the year, such as the robotics team of Sandburg High School putting on a presentation (see picture above!).
Since the start of 2016, we have seen our student body dramatically increase with well over one hundred boys and girls attending weekly! This increase is due in part to the work the Jr. Saturday Halaqa team puts into creating a space for brotherhood and sisterhood to blossom through compassion and mentorship.
Jr. Saturday Halaqa takes place Saturdays 6-8 pm for boys and girls ages 9-14. Stay updated on Jr. High programs and events via text message by sending @jhoppc to 81010. You may contact the program manager, Ali Ottman, directly at (312) 459-7176 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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It's not Khloe Kardashian's week. First, in a random act of meanness, a couple of money-hungry women felt the need to tell the world that Khloe is not, in fact, an actual Kardashian as we've been led to believe. And now, rumors of her husband, Lamar Odom, going for broke at a strip club are surfacing.
It's being reported that Odom, along with Mavericks teammates Delonte West and Shawn Marion, visited a seedy "gentleman's club" in Washington, D.C., called Stadium. An "onlooker" told RadarOnline: "Lamar looked to have about 500 one-dollar bills in his hand and he gave all of the money to the dancers throughout the night. He made sure the girls were well taken care of. He was throwing money at the women." Then they added that Lamar went into a private room with a stripper who was a "Khloe look-alike."
I'm sure the reports floating around on the Internet are exaggerated, but ... there was a barrage of Tweets that night regarding Lamar from fellow Stadium-goers ...
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If Lamar went to a strip club in D.C., which it sounds like he totally, 100 percent did, whatever. No big deal. Perhaps it was a sort of bonding experience for him with his new teammates. But if he did go into a private room ... well, that's where things get a little icky to me. But the thing is, I sort of doubt Khloe really cares all that much. She's a free-spirit; she and her husband seem to have a good relationship -- who knows, maybe they had a discussion before he went to the venue, and she gave the "okay." In fact, it would be insane if they didn't. Lamar would be a complete fool to think he wasn't going to get caught hanging out at strip club in today's instant information, Twitter-ific world. He couldn't be that dumb ... right?
Either way, stay strong, Khloe. It's Friday. The weekend's almost here.
Do you think Khloe knew about Lamar's trip to the strip club beforehand?
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...do not despair Lori713 in the face of this discouraging (and somewhat misguided) advice.
It is not useful to conclude, "He drives without a seatbelt, therefore he must be a terrible and careless driver." And it is similarly unhelpful to conclude (without seeing any code) that the code is worthless and unmaintainable on the basis of a few superficial points of dogma.
Don't get me wrong. I think that everyone learning or writing their own code from scratch should make a point of using strict and -w for everything they create. But my experience with production projects is that you should not feel stopped from proceeding if you cannot retrofit those civilities onto an existing code base. There are more important tests that you can conduct.
But go ahead guys. Keep on declaring any code that does not meet your personal standards for cleanliness or elegance to be "worthless" and watch the number of IT managers who refuse to let Perl anywhere near their shop grow. (It's already a depressingly large number of them already.) The cliche' of a consultant who leaves behind a legacy of ugly and maintainable code is a pervasive one. And part of that legend is created by weak and dogmatic programmers who know how to write things from scratch, but quiver in the face of complex code written by someone else whose thought process works differently.
And there's good reason for this. It's easier to pronounce code to be "worthless" than it is to admit, "I don't understand how this works."
So don't be discouraged Lori. And as other advice here indicates, you should simply take small parts of the problem and examine them one at a time. As you work with the system, you'll begin to see what it does, and what you can do with it in the future.
You've already identified several things that are important about your Perl parts of the problem. Use the seatbelt where you are creating new things by using -w and strict in your own code. Learn how to test your code from the command-line.
In addition, begin now to learn how your web server operates. Become familiar with the configuration files (or other configuration systems) and with the log files that are created. Sometimes those log files are going to contain the clues about what went wrong with your system.
Most of all relax. What you have to do can be done (in fact, you will do it) and you have already taken an important step by joining this community and becoming part of the conversation.
...All the world looks like -well- all the world,
when your hammer is Perl.
...All the world looks like -well- all the world,
when your hammer is Perl.
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A&E News and Events
Arts and Education Council announces new board chair, members
12 February, 2018
The Arts and Education Council (A&E) announced today that C. Brendan Johnson, partner at Bryan Cave, LLP, has been elected as the nonprofit's new board chair. Johnson previously served as A&E board vice chair since 2016. A&E also announced six new board members: Mark C. Anderson, president, MCA Consulting; Sara Burke, founder, The City Studio Dance Center; Ken Haller, M.D., professor of pediatrics, Saint Louis University; Gordon Myers, senior vice president, U.S. Bank; Kit Sundararaman, principal, Edward Jones; and Paul Ziegler, J.D., executive director, EducationPlus.
With the exception of Sundararaman, their terms of service began at the nonprofit's annual board meeting on January 18. Sundararaman's term began in November 2017 with the departure of former board member Eric Koestner. Newly-elected Young Friends of the Arts President Adam Stanley, financial advisor at Edward Jones, will also be joining the board as an ex officio member.
"We are thrilled to welcome Brendan as our new board chair. Under his leadership and with these new board members, A&E is positioned to better serve our dynamic community in the 21st century and enhance the ripple effect of the arts across the bi-state region, " said Cynthia A. Prost, A&E president and CEO.
"I am honored to serve as board chair of the Arts and Education Council, an organization that recognizes and supports the power of the arts in our community," said Brendan Johnson, A&E board chair. "As chair, I welcome these community leaders to our board. They join a dedicated group of individuals who are committed to A&E's vision of shaping a vibrant arts community for all."
Mark C. Anderson, president of MCA Consulting, is a business, technology and management consultant. He is a progressive, results-focused, senior executive that enjoys bringing people and life-changing technology together through leadership, collaboration and strong team engagement. Anderson is an active arts participant enjoying Jazz St. Louis (an A&E grantee) and other organizations supported by A&E.
Sara Burke, founder of The City Studio Dance Center, served as a commissioner of the Regional Arts Commission for 15 years. She is a longtime board member of The Diversity Awareness Partnership. Burke and her husband, Jack, founded the Katherine Dunham Fellowship, a program A&E now manages that aims to create a more diverse pipeline of arts leadership.
Ken Haller, M.D. is a pediatrician and professor at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of General Academic Pediatrics. In his spare time, he is a cabaret singer and director. Dr. Haller, a Renaissance man whose talents go beyond medicine to theater, music, teaching and activism, has created five original, critically acclaimed cabaret shows, the first of which focuses on the music of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
Gordon Myers is a senior vice president at U.S. Bank with a passion for the arts and community involvement.
Adam Stanley is a life-long musician who performed professionally for a decade prior to his career as a financial advisor at Edward Jones, where he joined the planning committee for A&E's annual workplace giving campaign. As president of A&E's Young Friends of the Arts, Stanley is committed to engaging other young professionals in the region who want to support and explore the arts.
Kit Sundararaman serves as principal of client insights and client experience strategy at Edward Jones. Previous experience includes roles at Express Scripts, Anheuser-Busch, CSC Consulting and Andersen Consulting. Sundararaman led the record-breaking 2018 Edward Jones workplace giving campaign for A&E as Partner Chair.
Paul Ziegler, J.D., executive director of EducationPlus, has more than 20 years of experience serving area public schools. His school administrative experience has been primarily in the Northwest R-1 School District and Dr. Ziegler was an assistant school principal and teacher in the Francis Howell School District. He also holds a law degree from Saint Louis University and worked for two years as a legal counselor at Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. He additionally serves on the Boards for SSM's St. Clare Hospital, Vantage Credit Union and on the MSD Rate Commission.
For a complete board listing, click here.


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By Suzanne Mahadeo
August 3, 2015
THIS IS THE FIRST in a series of blog posts for Panama Source Real Estate in the area of renewable energy, or sustainability. This topic of "greening our environment" has taken hold all around the world in the past few years (and has always been a way of life for many cultures around the globe). As more and more expats choose Panama as their final destination for retirement or raising their young families, we want to explore this topic in greater depth. Without getting too "hippy dippy," most people will agree that it's critical to do more good than harm to the planet we all share. Just like you would clean your home, do maintenance on your car, and make sure your body has the nutritious fuel it needs to get through the day, it's up to us humans to make sure we are utilising the earth in sustainable ways that minimize harm to our environment while we reach our goals of having a prosperous life. This series will explore the many ways that expats and locals in Panama are trying their best to have a badass life while protecting our planet at the same time.
An ode to Carl Sagan
This start to the series will include:
- Wind turbine farm in Panama: the largest in Central America
- Current levels of interest in sustainability in Panama
- A hopeful outlook of the green possibilities in the next 5-10 years
- Options/real estate agents who may be able to help expats find a place in Panamaif they're interested in a green lifestyle
850,000 people of the almost
4 million residents who livehere.
Just 93 miles (150km)
from Panama City, the wind
farm will have 86 wind tur-
bines and generate an annual
448 gigawatt hours of electric-
ity, or the equivalent of 5 to 10
percent of Panama's total
power demand per year.
While the country still has a
long way to go in terms of supporting the country's full needs, this wind farm is a good start as it is forecasted to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 400,000 tons each year, saving 900,000 barrels of oil, according to Reuters.
As more expats arrive in Panama looking for new possibilities, the diversity of folks will continue to increase. One young expat from Colorado I talked to, Ted Reynolds, shared his feelings: "Panama has the potential to become a world leader in…development and progress. The lands are fertile, the waters still clean, the jungle still wild. It is a place to be connected with nature and with technology." Ted and others with similar interests in green technology are excited and looking toward a future where building materials in Panama will be more sustainable, affordable, and accessible.
Panama is already green!
Everything from hempcrete (which can last hundreds of years and becomes even stronger over time, as opposed to concrete that crumbles, and wood that warps) to earthships built with the blood, sweat, and tears of DIYers, to pre-fab Mandala Homes shipped from Canada for around $90k, and shipping containers with a starting pricetag of $2k, are ex- citing possibilities to think about. As these ideas become more popular, it is only a matter of time before vendors and builders offer these and more sustainable materials so people can build or have their homes built sustainably in Panama. A quick search on the internet will lead you down a rabbit hole of inspiring options in the range of $10-$90k for build- ing a basic-to-comfortable dwelling made of renewable, sustainable materials. The limit is your imagination in this field and there is nothing wrong with that!
It's only a matter of time before more sustainable options are available as building materials in Panama…!
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to living a healthy, green lifestyle and putting your words into action to make the world a better, more sustainable place for our present and our collective futures.
As for the current homes that are available for sale or rent, please get in touch with Panama Source Real Estate to get some first-hand info on how you can live in Panama and bring your green lifestyle with you.
Charla Armstrong
Panama Source Real Estate
Panama Cell: 011 (+507) 6781-0333
Here are a few listings to get you started:
Author bio: Suzanne Mahadeo is a Panama-based writer/editor from Queens, NY.
Find her at http://www.suzannemahadeo.com


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Thanks for visiting. I hope you stick around!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Here we go!
Well, here it is...my little spot in the blogiverse. I'm not totally sure what I'm going to do with it, but I know it's going to be a lot of fun. Keep an eye out for fun projects, silly stories, and the other random happenings of our lives.
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Water Alarm at Giant Food
Monday, January 8, 2018
On Monday, 8 January 2018, at 1235 hours, your Millville Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched by Sussex EOC to an alarm at the Millville Giant Food Store. Immediately upon arriving, EMS Fire Chief John Watson discovered that a segment of overhead sprinklers actuated causing flooding in the east side of the grocery store. The store required a temporary evacuation of less than 15 minutes.
Millville VFC dedicated 2 pumpers, one under control of FF/EMT Wally Evans, second engine by Pump Operator, John Stephens. Shawn Evans manned the Brush Unit. Lt. Greg Hocker commanded this fire event. Lt. Hocker was assisted by future Junior Firefighter, Davis Watson, who arranged Accountability Tags.
MVFC Fire-Police shouldered the responsibility of diverting pedestrian and vehicular traffic throughout the congested parking lot.


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Royal Jelly is an enemy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. It is a creature encountered inside The Fairy Godmother's belly.
- Genus: Nobilia
- Resistance: Water
- Elemental Weakness: Fire
- Tricks: See Stars, Baby Shower, Bolt from the Blue
- Items Dropped: Spirit of the Storm
- Location: Inside The Fairy Godmother's belly
Save the game before going down the Tidy Slidy to exit the Fairy Godmother's backside. There, you fight a boss called the Royal Jelly. Fry it with electricity and watch for familiars weak to water. It uses See Stars (single attack) and Baby Shower (minion spawn). Don't bother defending against See Stars; it will most likely throw you into confusion regardless. Instead, if you are targeted with See Stars, restore your health immediately so you don't die while you're confused and unable to control your character. With Baby Shower, use Mite's Cut Loose to take care of those pesky little jellyfishes as they can hinder you getting to the Royal Jelly itself. Occasionally, Royal Jelly will use Bolt from the Blue; when this happens, go All-Out-Defense as this causes a great amount of damage.
A useful strategy in this battle is to keep the thumbelemur that was given to Oliver in Ding Dong Dell. When the Royal Jelly uses see stars, send out the thumbelemur, and even though you'll get some damage, the move won't be effective.


text: This is how it works! The body from inside and out Author Wänblad, Mats Illustrator illustratörer, Flera Swedish title Så funkar det! Kroppen inifrån och ut Category Children \ Non Fiction Pub Date Sep 13, 2017 Format 250 x 290 mm, 96 pages, color This is the book that tells you everything you need to know about the body. The smartest construction imaginable. Contains well-filled pages full of exciting, entertaining and exciting facts – knowledge that you won't find on Google. There are also plenty of informative cross-section illustrations as well as humour and playfulness. The body is something that's always with us, but do we really know how it works? And do we take care of it? The interesting texts describe how everything is connected in this amazing world of cells and teach us about the different bodily elements and systems, including the skeleton, muscles, blood, heart, lungs, brain, cells, genes and the digestive system. There are also chapters on different stages of life from the cradle to the grave, health and exercise, different diseases and how they are treated, and research into how bodies may be in the future.


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SEATTLE, Wash. — Frederick Arthur Gowen, 87, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at his home after a brief illness and several years of poor health.
SEATTLE, Wash. — Frederick Arthur Gowen, 87, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at his home after a brief illness and several years of poor health.
He was born July 8, 1923, in Boston, and raised on his family's farm in Stratham, N.H. He lived in Santa Barbara from 1997 to 2007 and moved to Seattle in 2007.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
He received his bachelor of science degree from the University of New Hampshire, and his doctorate in plant genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1956.
Mr. Gowen spent most of his professional career as a professor and researcher.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Florence Wen Gowen, originally of Peking, China; his daughters, Iris Gowen, of Bangkok, Thailand, Robin Tiffney of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Melody Gowen of Seattle; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mary Ellen Waugh of Riverdale, Md.
WE REMEMBER: He spent most of his career in various locations in Nigeria, arriving prior to independence in 1960. He was evacuated from what was Biafra during the civil war and returned to Nigeria when the war ended in 1975, finally to retire from university teaching and research in Nigeria in 1987.
Services will be held in Santa Barbara.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Swedish Hospice, 6100 219th Ave. SW #400, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043.


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Here is Eliot the Asparagus Beetle in the form of an adorable tiny stitchable DIY kit!
This embroidery kit is perfect for anyone from beginners to experienced stitchers, and I'd particularly recommend it for 'ambitious beginners', which is what I always was – i.e. if you don't have much experience but you want to dive in and experiment with long and short stitch, color mixing, and covering surfaces with thread, this is the kit for you!!
Basic set –
– One piece of organic hemp fabric with design printed in full color
– DMC embroidery floss in assorted colors
– Glass and crystal beads
– One wooden hoop (3 inch diameter – tiny, adorable, and manageable in size!)
– One embroidery needle (John James no. 7)
– One beading needle (John James no. 10)
– Neat instructions booklet
Fancy set –
All of the above, plus –
– Fancy embroidery scissors (stork/ crane-shaped – purple, blue, or gold)
– Round piece of felt for finishing off the back of the hoop
– Silk ribbon for hanging up your finished hoop (100% pure Japanese filament silk – lovely!)
The fancy set makes an amazing gift for someone who is just getting excited about embroidery and still doesn't have a huge pile of various tools! Or for anyone who, like me, is totally in love with these purple and blue stork scissors.
The basic set is great for those who have loads of their own stitching supplies and just want a fun and pretty new project to work on.
The design is made to be flexible and suit the needs of any stitcher:
– Beginners can use the back stitch to outline shapes, or choose small areas of the design to focus on – since the design is printed in full color, it will still look beautiful and complete even if you only embroider one section!
– Ambitious beginners (this is you if you don't have much experience but you're immediately drawn to try the most complex patterns and can't imagine yourself bothering with an 'easy' project – believe me, friend, I feel you!) can dive in and practice some color blending and mixing beading with embroidery – because the original art is a watercolor piece there are no strict lines to follow, and any slight mistakes are painlessly glossed over.
– Intermediate and advanced stitchers can practice more complex threadpainting and color blending techniques, experiment with different approaches for achieving the metallic effect on the beetle's wings, and add their own interpretations to the piece.
The finished design is tiny and adorable!!! The hoop is just 3" across, meaning it's easy to find room for it on your shelf, or on your wall. You can finish the piece using the hoop as a frame, you can frame it , or you can applique it on a piece of clothing, a cushion, a lamp shade…. Personally I think it would look amazing appliqued onto a skirt pocket.
It makes a great gift for a crafty friend while it's still in kit form, or the perfect gift-from-the-heart for a non-crafty friend, if you stitch it yourself and give it to them as your own lovingly hand-crafted work! It's an inexpensive and perfectly unique birthday or Christmas gift.
The kits come packed in a pretty kraft box with a clear window, so the cuteness is immediately apparent 🙂 The box will be safely wrapped in bubble-wrap and then inserted into a sturdy cardboard mailing box, guaranteeing safe delivery.
They're ready to go and will ship within one to three days from the date of purchase, to any part of the world. They will arrive within one to four business days if you're in North America, and within one to three weeks if you're anywhere else. (If you live outside of North America and would like your package to be shipped with tracked shipping, let me know.)
Feel free to convo me with any questions or special requests 🙂


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Last night I went to the Francine Prose lecture put on by the Lancaster Literary Guild. Francine talked about her book Reading Like a Writer. Some things I got from her lecture.
1. Good writers can be created from good readers.
2. Reading the classics is a must for writers. Well-written books that have survived centuries are around for a reason. And it is good to know the traditon that has brought us to this point.
3. Today's writers don't often read classics. They read the latest novel by whomever has scored a six-figure advance in the hopes that by dissecting the book, they too can acheive a six-figure advance.
4. MFA programs don't support reading. They are programs based on the supposition that critiquing other writers and having them critique you will make you stronger writer.
5. Francine thinks that writing non-ficition is easier. She has lots of unfinished novels sitting around. (I shouldn't be so hard on myself.)
6. Considering your audience can be a tricky thing.
7. Novel writing doesn't get easier with each novel, even though it should.
8. Copying out long passages of great literature can help make you a better writer because you get a real feel for the words and phrasing you might not otherwise get by reading. (As someone who has read lots and lots of books aloud to my kids, I think that reading passages out loud also helps. Maybe not in the same way, but I am willing to try both methods.)
Did this lecture comfort me as a writer? In some ways, I suppose. I have struggled for years with the concept of the group critique. It is the reason I am not in a writing group. I don't want too much input. Maybe that's because I have not found anybody with whom I feel has a similar sensibility. I do feel as though reading is the key to better writing. I would like to read more classics in the new year. I have been toying with this idea anyway because of the list Roger gave me. I don't really want an MFA, but at the same time, I think I would like being in an academic setting again, possibly as a professor. How would I become a professor without an advanced degree. HMM? But I do; I learn so much when I teach because I always put so much research into my lessons.
So, on the one hand, I felt alive after the lecture. On the other hand, I felt a bit sunk. I got some books signed by her. I did not tell her I was an author. Why not? I am not embarrassed by my book. I'm proud. I guess I just didn't see the reason to put that out there--especially since I'm not sure where I am going from here.