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This is the match between two Hong Kong players. It is between No.2 and No.3 players. Au was behind by 1-6 at the beginning but he was able to catch up to tie break with steady drive but Yip cashed in the game ball of match. Yip played very steadily without errors and Au had to play defensively all the time. Au was irritated by Yip’s off the timing play and was also annoyed by the referee’s judgment. Yip managed the time in rallies effectively and won this game also. In the 3rd game, the game was deadlocked and went on 6-6,8-8 and 9-9 with 4 lets. At this point, Au got the game ball whereas Yip did not cash in the match ball and Au took this game while realizing that he was cornered. In the 4th game, game went on by both winning a point alternately and both struggled in attack and defense. Yip started to make more errors at the game point of 9-8 and Au took this game. Now the decision was to be made in the final game. In the final game, the winner will be the one who played the shot steadily. Au caught up with Yip’s mediocre shot and forced him to make errors. Yip tried very hard to catch up with Au unsuccessfully.
In the 1st game, Kobayashi controlled her shot in length and course As much as Kobayashi hit the tin 3 times, Lee could not do anything and lost 2nd game. In the 3rd game, Lee’s drive got more power and exchange of rallies lasted longer but Kobayashi never gave any room for Lee to take initiative and won the game.
1st game started rather awkwardly with short shots each other but in long rallies Rehman hit tins more often and ended up losing the game, In the 2nd game, both moved around aggressively with speed but again Rehman hit the tin. The game went into tie break but Ford’s kill shots improved and Ford won this game.　In the 3rd game, Ford played better and won the game. It seems that Rehman was not at his best all the way.
Venessa,6th seed won against 4th seeded Sina and proceeded to semifinals.
2nd seed Haycocks proceeded to semifinals with 3-0 win as expected.
Watanabe who now trains herself in Malaysia,did very well against Siyori who is ranked 36th.
In the 1st game, Siyori overpowered Watanabe who was not relaxed at the beginning but from the middle of the game, her stroke started to carry power. At tie break, both committed unforced errors but Watanabe was patient and won the 1st game. Watanabe was in contention with Siyori’s speed and was able to apply pressure. The game went seesawing and Watanabe caught up from 8-10 with Siyori’s two consecutive errors but Siyori won this game with rational control. In the 3rd game, play speed was even and the score difference does not go over 2 points. Watanabe led by 9-8 by winning 3 points from 6-8 but Siyori exerted more power and Watanabe seemed to be tired as much as she was keeping up the speed. In the 4th game, Watanabe committed easy unforced errors 3 shots in succession whereas Siyori maintained steady play and won the rally.
1st game started with exchanging careful rallies mainly using driving strokes. James did not miss the chance of Matthew’s short ball and smashed accurately and took the initiative of the game gradually. Matthew’s boast and drop were rather erratic and James took advantage of it and won this game.
In the 2nd game, Matthew switched his stroke from drive to boast and drop.
This made James to move back and forth and resulted in getting the initiative of the game and won this game. In the 3rd game, front half of the game pattern was same as that of 2nd game and Matthew led the game but James persistently caught up with pick up and forced Matthew to hit the ball preemptively and resulted in more errors of boasts and drops. Lastly, James with more rallying capability, took the initiative of the game and led the game by 2-1. In the 4th game, both committed lesser errors and the score was seesawing back and forth and went into tiebreaker. Matthew tried to move James right to left and back and forth but James kept up with this and using drives, James got the ticket for the next game with lesser errors.


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Last week we attended the annual Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council Conference in Riga. For the first time we presented a sneak peak of the new portal!
The Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council (BAAC) is a non-profit organisation that aims to foster cooperation between public and private broadcasting and AV archives, libraries and museums in the worldwide Baltic diaspora. Since the Baltic States are represented both in the EUscreenXL collection and in its consortium, we were invited to take part in the yearly BAAC conference. ‘Safe versus Reusable: Ideals versus Real Life’ was this year’s theme; the venue (in many ways reflecting the theme) was Riga’s recently opened National Library of Latvia, the magnificent ‘Castle of Light’.
Maria Drabczyk (NInA), Eve-Marie Oesterlen (BUFVC) and Kamila Lewandowska (NInA) presented on ‘Going EUscreenXL’, sharing the joys/ideals and real life challenges of making European audiovisual content accessible for future re-use. While Maja spoke about the benefits for NInA of being both a content partner newbie and the lead of project dissemination, Eve-Marie offered an inside view into the challenges involved in co-ordinating the delivery of enriched and standardised quality metadata and content from over 18 European providers. The icing on this pan-European AV cake was supplied by Kamila, who presented a sneak preview of the new EUscreenXL online platform, which will officially be launched in October 2014 as part of the EUscreenXL Rome Conference. We received a warm welcome from the audience and a positive feedback regarding the project results.
Our colleague, Marco Rendina from Instituto Luce – Cinecittà (EUscreenXL partner) presented the Presto4U project which aims to foster research in digital audiovisual preservation, e.g. the use of technology by service providers and media owners, as well as to raise awareness in the area of AV preservation. Helle Bech Madsen from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), also a EUscreenXL partner, presented a range of projects conducted by DR, illustrating the benefits of adopting a user-oriented approach. Richard Ranft, Head of Sound and Vision at the British Library in London, introduced the Europeana Sounds project, which brings together major European audio archives and web innovators in order to make high-quality audio collections accessible online. This project aims to aggregate over half a million audio metadata records and 200 000 related music scores, images and videos. Jolè Stimbirytė talked about users expectations and how the archivists should try to meet them.
Overall, it was great to share ideas with such a diverse audience of experts. It was impressive to learn about the variety of initiatives undertaken on an international, national and even individual level to both safeguard audiovisual cultural heritage and to ensure its accessibility for future generations.
EUscreenXL @BAAC 2014 Annual Conference in Riga presentation is now available on EUscreen slideshare profile.

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I have listed a new property at 308 1975 MCCALLUM RD in Abbotsford.
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industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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We inspire your child to achieve more. Your child will learn with students around the world on our Global Campus, embrace music and dance in our collaboration with Juilliard, and turn ideas into reality through our innovative approach to the sciences.
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industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Most people carry a heap of confusion regarding fluorescence in diamonds, including the simple question if whether it is good or bad for bridal engagement rings, or even per se. One commonly known rule that it makes sense to follow, is that you should prefer a fluorescent diamond when buying in the lower colors, in order to avoid all-out ugliness.
If you kept researching fluorescence as a phenomenon, you would no doubt zone in on the misconceptions prevalent about it. For example, there are many people who say that medium, very strong, or strong blue fluorescence does not make a diamond appear milky. Almost as a rule, people overlook the fluorescence aspect in diamonds that have it, whereas the exceptions comprise those that are confused enough by it to easily skip to the next choice.
Diamond fluorescence actually refers to a visually apparent effect that ultraviolet light produces in a diamond. Under UV light, the white in your teeth looks brighter, sometimes so much that people think they are glowing. In the same way, some diamonds too exhibit certain effects when laid out in UV light. These diamonds give off visible light which is referred to as fluorescence.
According to GIA’s grading system for diamonds, fluorescence is technically the intensity or strength of light given off by a diamond when it is exposed to long-wave UV, which is an important element of natural daylight as well. These rays would persist until the diamond was removed from the UV light source.
As per GIA’s studies, the strength of fluorescence produces no major effect on most diamonds when they are viewed under normal lighting. Another thing the gem lab has found out in this respect is that it is not actually possible for the average individual to clearly distinguish between a diamond with and without fluorescence. That said, there may be noticeable differences between fluorescent stones with a marked difference in the degree of that property. There are also some exceptional cases where diamonds exhibiting strong fluorescence looked oily and hazy. This effect is, however, observed in less than 0.2% of fluorescent diamonds.
In standard terms, only colorless diamonds that fall in the range of D to F color grades have a chance of looking hazy, assuming they also possessed strong or medium fluorescence. The matter of haziness would only come up as you went towards the intense blue end of the spectrum.
This does not mean you should not purchase diamonds exhibiting very strong or strong fluorescence. If you did decide to buy one though, what you would need to make sure is that you first examine the stone carefully. You can either inspect the diamond with help from a reliable gemologist, or even self-examine it thoroughly before paying for it.
If the diamond exhibits only a faint fluorescence, then you may not notice any visible distinction to its appearance, especially next to diamonds falling in higher color grades like D to F. Faint fluorescence would not make a diamond of lower color grade appear whiter.
Buying a diamond with fluorescence is something which is fully. based on individual preference The main thing you would need to ensure while buying such a stone, is that it does not exhibit a haze in more than a couple of different lightings, because you do not want to end up paying thousands of dollars for something like that. However, if you are okay with the looks of the thing, you just might be able to negotiate and bring down the price substantially.
There are very many other factors than fluorescence which influence the appearance of the diamond, including the way in which the stone is cut, as well as the lighting conditions intend to place it under. Regarding the latter, you could, for example, limit openly wearing the stone to just the evenings, in which case fluorescence is something you would rarely have to deal with.
Plenty of myths surround the property of fluorescence in diamonds, with some of the interesting ones holding great influence on how the average buyer makes their purchase decision. Some people, for example, think that all diamonds have this property in significant measure. However, research shows only 25% to 35% of diamonds have any degree of fluorescence in them, and most of those had to be inspected carefully under UV lighting.
Another myth that is prevalent in this area, is that one would be able to detect fluorescence in a diamond under any lighting conditions. Fluorescence in fact only reveals itself when the stone is put under UV rays or other radiation sources, such as lasers or X-rays. You are also able to see this property when the diamond is exposed to bright sunlight.

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Dr. Chohan earned her Doctorate in Dental Medicine at University of British Columbia in 2010, and beforehand, she graduated with honors, earning her Bachelor of Science degree at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Chohan strives to keep current with the evolving field of dentistry by participating in various continuing education courses and study clubs. She is fluent in Punjabi and can comprehend Hindi, as well.
As a general dentist, Dr. Chohan has studied and become proficient in restorative dentistry, root canal therapy, simple and surgical extractions, and children’s dentistry. She also performs fixed prosthetic dentistry and provides onsite denture repairs for her patients. As for cosmetic dentistry, in addition to SpaDent whitening, porcelain veneers, and white restorations, she performs Botox® Cosmetic to improve the appearance of facial skin, making it more supple and youthful looking.
Dr. Chohan is especially excited to be serving the community of Surrey, where she was born and raised. She currently resides with her husband in South Surrey. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time outdoors, traveling, and with family.
Dr. Christine Lee graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine) and has been practicing dentistry for over 14 years. Her mission is to provide patients of all ages with high quality dental care in a comfortable and relaxing environment. When she is not at work, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and curling up with a great book.
Dr. Annum Khosla is a UBC graduate with a Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree. She also completed her Bachelor of Dental Surgery from MD University, India.
Working in the field of Dentistry since 2007, she has been constantly engaged in learning and upgrading her skills as a dentist. She is highly professional and committed to providing her patients with the best standards of dental care using the latest dental technology. Her nurturing nature and gentle touch takes away any dental anxiety in no time. She has a genuine concern for all her patients and will go through great lengths to explain dental procedures before initiating treatment.
Dr Khosla caters her treatments to each patient’s individual needs by providing a wide range of basic and advanced dental procedures including; root canal treatment, crown and bridge work, dental implants, Botox, braces, and Invisalign treatment to create the perfect smile! She also offers sedation for anxious or nervous patients.
Dr. Khosla welcomes new patients and looks forward to helping you and your families have healthy mouths and beautiful smiles.

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Members who are unable, for any reason, to attend annual or special meetings can review the meeting minutes to understand the workings of the club.
Sometimes there is a lot more work and discussion going on, and more member involvement than one might think. This can keep the clubs activities seamlessly transparent.


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My article "Environmentally Efficient Civic Center Comes to Long Beach" was published in both the print and online versions of Random Lengths.
As part of a massive downtown civic center development, Long Beach is planning to shut down its existing downtown library on Jan. 19, in favor of a more environmentally-efficient one, scheduled to open summer 2019. The current civic center, including the main library, was built in 1976 in Lincoln Park, bordered by Ocean Boulevard on the south, Pacific Avenue on the east, Broadway on the north, and Magnolia Avenue on the west. The new project preserves the general location, but the existing city hall and library are being demolished to make room for retail and residential development along with what the city is calling a “re-envisioned” four-acre Lincoln Park.
Los Angeles Unified School District has a requirement that all middle and high schools must conduct “daily random” searches of students and lockers with hand-held metal detector wands in order to detect and seize weapons brought to school unlawfully. Schools with over 1000 students enrolled must have four metal detector wands, used daily, while schools with less than 1000 students need only have two--used daily.
This policy may be the most controversial finding by a panel, convened by Los Angeles city attorney Mike Feuer earlier this year, to address the issue of gun violence in Los Angeles district schools. In the aftermath of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida in February, Feuer convened a “Blue Ribbon Panel on School Safety.” With the cooperation of the district, the panel spent several months examining district efforts to keep schools safe from gun violence. The final report and its recommendations were made public in August.


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Career-wise what will your life look like when you are 27? How will you achieve your dream job?
Students will select a career relevant to their own skill set and research strategies to create a final product. They will evaluate, analyze, and communicate information identifying different career pathways.


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Using Alipay, Ma bought a souvenir stamp from Alibaba’s e-commerce site in China. But to confirm the purchase, Ma scanned his face using the front camera on his smartphone.
Alibaba, which reigns as China’s largest e-commerce player, said Monday that the facial recognition feature was still under development.
Other online payment services have also started using biometrics to confirm user purchases. Apple Pay, for instance, relies on an iPhone’s fingerprint scanner.
It’s unclear how secure is Alibaba’s technology. But the company’s affiliated Alipay service is already hugely popular in China, where it has over 300 million registered users.
Just over a half of the transactions Alipay processes came from mobile devices last year. And although most of Alibaba’s business remains in China, the company has ambitions to expand globally.
The facial recognition feature, while still in a beta state, is called “Smile to Pay”, according to a social media post by Ant Financial Services Group, an Alibaba affiliated company which runs Alipay. The feature was developed in partnership with a Beijing company Megvii, which provides a cloud-based facial recognition service.

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one painted in a green camouflage design.
Low-cost airline kulula.com has taken its greenness one step further with the launch of its new tree-planting initiative. The airline, known for its humorous in-flight commentary and bright green livery, has embarked on Project Green, a programme that will see trees planted in communities around South Africa, and playgrounds and sports fields built in rural and township schools.
With Project Green kulula.com (kulula is a Zulu word meaning “it is light” or “it is simple”) aims to challenge global warming and help ease the load on the environment by reducing its own carbon footprint. It will also take steps to offset its carbon emissions by planting grass and trees, which purify the air by taking in carbon dioxide (CO2) and converting it to oxygen during photosynthesis. Focusing only on trees that are not listed as invaders will also help to conserve indigenous ecosystems.
Job creation is an added bonus, as horticulturalists will be required to supply young trees for planting. And tree-planting activities will offer more employment opportunities.
Kulula.com has partnered with Food and Trees for Africa, a national greening organisation that also seeks to establish food security through permaculture food gardening activities. Permaculture is a holistic approach to using natural resources, working with nature as opposed to against it and making use of elements such as ecology, organic gardening, and architecture to create a sustainable way of living.
The Food and Trees for Africa website offers companies a carbon calculator, which was developed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the first African company to receive accreditation to conduct carbon auditing. The calculator is based on the Global Greenhouse Reporting Protocols, which have now been converted into an environmental standard that deals with developing, managing and reporting greenhouse gas emissions at the company level.
Companies can check their carbon emissions and from there take steps to reduce their carbon footprint. Based on the results, companies are informed of the number of trees it will take to offset their emissions. They may then make a donation so that Food and Trees for Africa can plant the necessary number of trees on their behalf through its National Tree Distribution and Trees for Homes programmes.
Project Green got underway with the planting of 50 indigenous trees at the Monde primary school in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, in April 2008. The trees were planted around a bare patch of land with the hope that in the not-too-distant future this will become a shady play area for Monde’s 1 400 scholars.
Monde was one of three schools on the East Rand that received trees. In total, 100 trees at a cost of R70 per tree were donated. Gidon Novick, joint CEO (with Eric Venter) of Comair, which runs kulula.com, and the award-winning CEO of Food and Trees for Africa, Jeunesse Park, were in attendance at the ceremonies.
Kulula.com is inviting its passengers and the public at large to support the campaign. Since December 2007 passengers booking with kulula.com have had the opportunity to contribute to the project by adding between R10 and R200 to their booking fee. To date the airline has raised over R172 000 through online donations. Kulula.com invites anyone who wishes to work with them on this initiative to contact them via the email address on the site.
As part of its fight against global warming kulula.com has also upgraded its fleet. The last of the airline’s old McDonnell Douglas MD82 aircraft took to the skies on 29 February 2008. From the beginning of March passengers have been travelling in the more modern and fuel-efficient Boeing 737-400 craft, which cost R90-million each.
Kulula.com spent R800-million on the upgrade but considers the investment well worth it as fuel costs have been cut by 15% and maintenance costs are lower too. These savings will be passed on to passengers.
In addition to being more fuel efficient, the 737-400 aircraft are quieter and more environmentally friendly than the previous fleet. The noise reduction and low fuel consumption of the 737-400 are largely due to its superior engine.
South Africa is the biggest culprit on the African continent with regard to greenhouse gas emissions, although compared to some Western countries its emissions are modest. The latest data available from the International Energy Agency reveals that in 2005 South Africa released 330.34 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. By contrast, in the same year the US was responsible for the emission of a whopping 5 816.96 million tons of CO2.
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) says the major culprits in South Africa are energy industries such as Eskom, the country’s national power supplier, general industry, and transport.
However, the country is addressing these problems through, among other interventions, a national Climate Change Response Strategy document, which was compiled in 2004 as the government’s official response to the threat of climate change.
The document addresses issues that have been identified as priorities for dealing with climate change in South Africa. Strategies for dealing with these issues include adapting to climate change; developing a sustainable energy programme; implementing an integrated response by various relevant government departments; keeping a record of greenhouse gases; accessing and managing financial resources; and research, education, and training.
The South African government has also appointed a national committee on climate change which meets four times a year. Its primary function is to advise the minister of environmental affairs on matters relating to climate change and the way in which major national stakeholders can act against it.
There is also a government committee on climate change which advises the DEAT sub-directorate dealing with climate change and ozone layer protection. Both committees work around the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol – the chief instrument for tackling global climate change.
These are the initiatives at national and government level, while organisations such as Food and Trees for Africa and kulula.com all contribute to the fight through their own programmes.
Aircraft CO2 emissions continue to be a source of global concern. The European Union (EU) is fighting to impose quotas on airlines for CO2, proposing that these quotas be implemented from 2011. These restrictions will apply to both EU and foreign airline operators. It has also recommended that airlines operating in the EU should pay a fine should their carbon emissions rise above their current levels.
In November 2007 EU legislators voted to strengthen a plan to cap carbon emissions from aircraft flying to and from Europe. The proposal centres on an existing carbon credit trading system that is already in existence, whereby industrial companies that exceed emission limits set by governments are required to purchase credits. The EU uses this system to control its emissions target under the Kyoto Protocol. The current system gives exemption to airlines but a proposal has now been submitted to include them.
Needless to say the proposal has been shot down by the airline industry in general. But the European Parliament argues that including airlines in Europe’s carbon trading system would set an important precedent that could be emulated by other countries.

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Well, at least that’s the claim of ‘Sir’ Stuart Rose the chairman of Marks and Spencer. And he should know as I’m sure that M&S has more female employees than male. You should read the rest of the article on the BBC website, makes for interesting reading. As does the attitude that comes across as condescending and patronising.
It’s been 40 years since the Equal Pay Act was meant to close the gender pay gap and hopefully the opportunity gap. It’s been 21 years since Julie Hayward won her historic victory to cement the concept of equal pay for work of equal value.
So the difference in pay between genders, the glass ceiling and the opportunities available across the board have all been dealt with? No, not really. We still have a 23% difference in pay, we still have the glass ceiling although it’s probably shifted up a floor or two and I feel that opportunities are still limited.
Working as a man in industry I see an equality growing, or that’s been allowed to grow, and in my industry I discern what I hope would be a more level playing field.
What does need to change is the male dominated senior management. Not change exactly as there’s a few of them who will never change, but we still need to get more female representation into upper management and onto the board.
Another thing that still has to change is the testosterone fuelled atmosphere in the workplace. That’s best done by ensuring a good gender representation in employment, making sure that sexism is firmly kicked into boot and also legislating and educating women that they don’t have to become part of the ‘macho’ atmosphere that pervades much of the workplace in order to progress.
And Harriet Harman‘s latest legislation, the Equalities Bill regarding pay audits and more that’s getting the establishment squealing is most welcome although perhaps it’s being introduced too slowly.
Or so the headlines go.
The RMT has completed a secret ballot as required by law and the union is now planning 2 days of strike action which will shut the London tube system down.
As expected this has been greeted with howls of anger and indignation from media commentators and also from the general public, or at least the most vocal ones.
But is this anger justified? It’s not like the members of the RMT have been flipping their second homes or claiming for duck houses is it? I do think that we need to actually get people to look more at the issues and challenge the knee-jerk response which does nothing but denigrate the work these people do.
To see why the RMT membership has called this strike follow the link.
So let’s have a look at the typical outburst from Disgusted of Chipping Ongar and how we can best respond and educate.
So you’ve looked into what the requirements are for actually doing the job. If you did you would see that training is absolutely vital as they have the safety of up to 4 million people a day in their hands. Proper training costs money and takes time. Look at the safety record on the rail transport system, would you want to jeapordise that?
Have you actually bothered to find out what the industrial action is about? Have you looked at the work that they do? You do know that they can be expected to work every day bar Christmas day at all hours of the day and night, do you?
I expect they are also grateful that they don’t have to tug their forelock every time a toff enters the room as well. We’ve moved on a bit since the days of serfdom. Without the labour these people provide the shareholders would get nothing. The drivers are full and equal partners in the service that gets millions of people from A to B every day.
Do they? MPs look like they need to loosen their belts to accomodate the opulent misuse of expenses. The corporate barons certainly haven’t needed to tighten their belts, in fact the government has bailed them out with so much of your tax money that this dispute doesn’t even register in financial terms. Have you ever wondered why it’s the man and woman in the street that’s being asked to bail out the bankers for the biggest banking crisis in history?
No, you don’t. But go back a few decades and you see pay parity between bus drivers and train and tube drivers. What happened was that the lack of union activity within the bus companies allowed the wages and terms and conditions of bus drivers to be driven down. Which in reality shows you the benefit of a strong union to represent you.
The Socialist Party have an editorial on their website which nicely sums up some of the rage that I feel inside regarding the MPs’ expenses scandal. I’ve reproduced in its entirety as I think it’s one of the best commentaries on the situation that’s been published.
In The Great Stink of 1858 the Houses of Parliament hung lime-soaked sheets at the windows to disguise the stench of untreated sewage rising from the Thames. In the Great Stink of 2009 no such solution is available – for the stink comes from inside.
The endless revelations about MPs’ expenses have left the population disgusted and furious. Money was claimed for every imaginable frippery – from getting the moat cleaned to paying domestic servants, from massage chairs to buying champagne flutes and eighteen piece dinner sets. Outright fraud was officially sanctioned, or at least tacitly encouraged, with the Fees Office apparently telling MPs that it was fine to claim on mortgage debt that had already been repaid.
MPs tried to defend themselves by suggesting that it was their ‘low’ pay – £64,766 per year – which justified their excessive expenses! To the 90% of people who earn less than £40,000 a year this sounds obscene.
Against the background of a devastating economic recession – with millions facing unemployment and the gap between rich and poor wider than it was under Margaret Thatcher – the MPs’ expenses scandal has brought to the surface all of the accumulated anger, particularly of the working class. One BBC poll revealed, unsurprisingly, that 73% of the less skilled sections of the working class (social class DE) thought that MPs named and shamed in the newspapers over their expense claims should be forced to stand down from parliament, compared with 51% from social class AB.
Floating in their privileged Westminster bubble, MPs were completely detached from the reality of working class people’s lives, feelings and opinions. Now a blast of the hot fury of the working class has left them quaking. As Diane Abbott MP put it: “The public … want to see dead MPs hanging from lamp-posts”.
The fury is heightened because of the contrast between New Labour’s increase in repressive laws, and the MPs on the fiddle being able to walk away with no more than a slap on the wrist. In its twelve years in office New Labour has introduced 3,600 new laws. Ordinary people are hemmed in by endless petty bureaucracy from draconian parking fines, to hefty surcharges for being late paying your council tax, or the law coming down on you like a tonne of bricks if you claim slightly more benefit than you are strictly entitled to. ‘I was too busy’ is not an excuse which the courts or the councils accept.
All three establishment parties are now desperately looking for a way to appease ‘the mob’. For the first time since 1695, parliament’s Speaker, Michael Martin has been forced from office. This is blatant hypocrisy. The Speaker is in it up to his neck – but so are Cameron, Clegg, Brown and many other ministers and MPs. They hope that sacrificing the Speaker might save the rest of their sorry skins.
Even if a handful of the worst offenders are expelled from the Labour Party, it will still be ‘too little too late’. This crisis is going to rumble on. The Labour Party is suffering most – some opinion polls suggest it could even come fourth in the European Elections – behind UKIP. Desperate to cling to power, Brown will try to avoid calling a general election before next May, but he could be forced to. However, all three establishment parties have been undermined, as has British ‘parliamentary democracy’ itself. This is a profound crisis for British capitalism. Confidence in the institutions through which it rules is at an historic low.
There is a comparison to be drawn with ‘mani pulite’, the ‘clean hands’ scandal in Italy in the early 1990s. As a result of the unveiling of the all-pervading corruption in Italian politics, the whole electoral system was changed. All four of the parties in government when the crisis broke were destroyed by it, and have since disappeared.
If a mass workers’ party existed in Britain today, with elected representatives living on the average wage of a worker, it would be able to act to channel the wave of anger that is breaking over the capitalist parties and use it to push forward workers’ interests.
This crisis has revealed the contempt in which the capitalist politicians are held. Thirty years of neo-liberal policies – ceaseless attacks raining down on public services and the living conditions of the working class – have profoundly undermined and hollowed out the social base of all three capitalist parties. With New Labour now being a completely capitalist party, only the faintest echo remains of the old working class loyalty it once had. The Tories are ahead in the opinion polls, but this is based on revulsion at New Labour’s policies and not enthusiasm for those of the Tories. If the Tories are elected in the next general election, an attempt to carry out their programme – of even more brutal attacks on the working class than Labour has carried out – will face a revolt from the working class and large sections of the middle class. Their electoral support could quickly implode.
In the European elections on 4 June it is clear that, while many will stay at home in disgust, a large number of those who vote will be aiming to punish the establishment parties. Fearing where a protest vote will go, the capitalist media has consciously promoted the right wing populist party UKIP as the protest vote of choice, despite it having had an MEP jailed for corruption! The far-right racist British National Party has also received widespread coverage in the media. Their portrayal of the BNP as the ‘bogeyman’ of politics may encourage a section of working class people – furious with all MPs – to vote BNP.
The Green Party, with two MEPs, is also gaining a greater profile, with 11% in one opinion poll. The Greens are seen as standing on the left, but in reality in the European Parliament the European Greens have supported privatisation – including the Postal Services Directive, which is the law under which Royal Mail is being part-privatised.
However, there is a pro-working class slate standing in the European elections. No2EU – Yes to Democracy, has been initiated by the transport workers’ union, the RMT, and is supported by some of the most militant trade unionists in Britain today. Its candidates include leaders of the Lindsey strike, the Visteon car plant occupations, and Rob Williams – victimised convenor of Linamar car component plant. Socialist Party councillor Dave Nellist, who for nine years was a workers’ MP on a worker’s wage, is heading the list in the West Midlands.
No2EU – Yes to Democracy stands against privatisation and in defence of workers’ rights and public services. If elected, its MEPs will not take a penny from the EU gravy train. No2EU offers an alternative in the European elections. It also represents the beginning of creating a workers’ alternative to the corrupt capitalist parties.
In the next general election Dave Nellist and other Socialist Party members will be standing on the basis of becoming ‘a workers’ MP on a worker’s wage’. The Socialist Party will encourage other trade unionists and community campaigners to do the same.
I remember when Dave Nellist was expelled from the Labour Party. How ironic that those that demanded his expulsion are now mired in such sleaze and corruption.
Imagine your child is at University and takes a year out to study abroad as part of their course, something that is becoming more and more popular in UK universities.
Imagine seeing your child off at the airport, the feeling of pride in what they are achieving, but also the concern you have about them going to a foreign country.
Imagine learning that they have been arrested at gunpoint by the security forces of this other country, yet you don’t know of what they have been accused of.
Imagine that they have been locked up, you don’t know where, you don’t know how long they will be there, you don’t even know what is happening to them.
Imagine you know of this government’s involvement with extraordinary rendition and the torture that’s associated with it.
Imagine that your government does very little to help you, and refuses to put pressure on the other government.
Imagine that your letter pleading for mercy and to know what is going on is ignored and hardly picked up at all by the supposedly free press.
In the UK there has always been a strong non-conformist streak when it comes to the Christian faith, especially among those who seek to outwork it in society. I’m often amazed how those who have gone before us seem to be sidelined in the history of faith in this country.
It was with a great surprise that there is such a good record on the life of Tom Mann in places as Wikipedia, Marxists Internet Archive and Spartacus Schoolnet.
Tom Mann was born 15th April 1856 in Bell Green, a suburb of Coventry he left school at 9 years of age to work in a colliery.
Through his various jobs he became exposed to the ideas of William Morris and the principles of socialism and Christian socialism. He wrote the pamphlet, “What a Compulsory Eight-Hour Day Means to the Workers”, the first time that a call had been made to limit the working day.
After reading the Communist manifesto by Marx and Engels, Tom Mann embraced communism. He was one of the three main leaders of the successful 1889 Dock Strike. during this time he worked with organisations such as the Salvation Army and the Labour Church to provide support for the strikers. in 1893 he seriously considered becoming an Anglican minister. I do wonder why we have such a problem reconciling the Christian faith and socialist principals today?
In 1894 he was elected as Secretary of the Independant Labour Party and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament three times.
In 1901 he emigrated to Austrialia and returned to England in 1909.
Tom Mann organised the transport workers’ strike in Liverpool in 1911. During this time he was arrested and imprisoned for publishing a leaflet urging soldiers not to fire upon striking workers. Sending the troops in was a common technique used to try and end strikes. He was sentenced to 6 months but served only 7 weeks due to public pressure.
Throughout his life he continued to support the poor and dispossessed in society. In 1932 he published pamphlets criticising the cuts in poor relief and was sent to prison under the Seditious Meetings Act. Two years later he was put on trial in Cardiff for sedition but was acquitted.
His article “A Socialist’s View Of Religion And The Churches” is worth a read.
Tom Mann died in Leeds on 13th March, 1941.
Moving my regular blogging from Plans to Prosper so copying some recent content.
This is the first post in series, hopefully a long series where I blog about who is inspiring me. Inspiration is often a transient thing so who I may consider my main inspiration may be off the agenda next week!
So first up is George Lansbury, who I think is always going to be up at the top.
Born 21st February 1859 in Halesworth, Suffolk, England.
Died 7th May 1940 in London.
Christian Socialist, MP, campaigner on poverty, member of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Party.
He inspires me because of his practical concern for the poor, not letting anything get in the way of his Christian Socialist and pacifist principles, even suffering two periods in prison.
He was charged with sedition when he published leaflets in support of women’s suffrage and spent time in Pentonville prison, being released when he went on hunger strike.
In 1921 he was elected as Mayor of Poplar and together with his colleagues increased the amount of financial aid to the poor in defiance of central government diktat. George and his fellow councilors were imprisoned for four months.
I would close every recruiting station, disband the Army and disarm the Air Force. I would abolish the whole dreadful equipment of war and say to the world “do your worst”.
He was the grandfather of Angela Lansbury the actress and Oliver Postgate the animator. He also led James Keir Hardie to become a Christian.


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Already before the current crisis people with disabilities fared worse than the general population as measured by most social indicators such as income, employment, housing etc. But now the gap is widening as recent official statistics, for example in Sweden, show.
Those of us who need assistance with the activities of daily living such as getting up in the morning, with personal hygiene or getting dressed, etc. feel the austerity cuts most. In Belgium, for example, the waiting list of persons who have applied for personal assistance budgets has now increased to 50,000 which implies five to ten years waiting. In the Netherlands, by 2014 some 117,000 people are expected to lose their personal assistance budgets. In the United Kingdom, there are plans to shut down the Independent Living Fund in 2015. In Sweden, harsher needs assessment has led to an accelerating number of people who lose their direct payments for personal assistance. We could go on and on with such statistics showing the devastating effects of the austerity measures on persons with disabilities and, in particular, on people who need personal assistance. But I believe it is more useful for us today to talk about what we can do to fight back.
Earlier this month, a colloquium in Brussels convened by the Office of the High Commis-sioner on Human Rights addressed the use of the European Union’s structural funds, such as the European Social Fund, for constructing new and renovating old residential institutions. This violates Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that assures our right to “living independently and being included in the community with choices equal to others” and requires, among other conditions, access to Personal Assistance services for those who need them. At the meeting in Brussels the director of the European Association of Service Providers for Disabled People stated that smaller service providers, especially providers of community based services, are hit harder by the crisis than residential institutions. As an explanation he suggested the lobbying power of the charities running institutions. In fact, the crisis seems to lead to increasing investments in institutionalization. According to legal experts at the event, national governments and the Commission can be taken to court for this violation of the UN Convention. Thus, holding our governments accountable for using tax funds in accordance with the Convention should be high up on our national organizations’ agenda.
Compared to the standard set by Article 19 – living independently in the community with choices equal to others - most of the people who depend on other persons for everyday practical help have always been in some state of crisis: in most countries, this group either depends on family members, typically the parents, or they are warehoused in institutions. The independent Living movement, from its very beginning, has been addressing this permanent crisis by promoting direct payments for Personal Assistance services. There are no reasons to stop that effort because of the current economic crisis, On the contrary, there are several good reasons to double our efforts. In the following I attempt to show why.
First, some general comments about how services can be organized. Conceptually, services for assistance with the activities of daily living are either supply-driven or demand-driven.
A typical example for supply-driven services are residential institutions. Service providers – often local governments or private charities – have fixed budgets which imply a fixed number of staff. Since there is hardly ever enough staff for all residents, the staff must prioritize and determine whose needs are more urgent. In this way, the individual has to adapt his or her needs to the need of the institution. You might recall Procrustes in the Greek mythology who used to offer his bed to tired travelers. Those who were shorter than the bed, he would stretch with force until they fit. Those who were too long got their feet cut off. Procrustes was the first supply-driven service provider. “One size fits all” was his slogan.
Supply-driven services are often monopoly situations and typical for central planning economies. Their long-term outcome is learned lack of initiative, loss of risk-taking ability, stunted human growth, resignation and often depression.
I spent five years in an institution. That was over 50 years ago but I am still bitter about these lost years, the humiliation I felt, the scars in my psyche I received.
Another way to organize services consists of letting market forces respond to the demand for services which requires service users who have the necessary purchasing power. This can be accomplished by direct payments where eligible persons receive funds from government. With that money recipients can enter the market and either buy services from service providers or employ their own personal assistants. The purchasing power enables us to become customers who can shop around, pick and choose and in this way customize services according to our current needs and preferences. Competing service providers promote service differentiation, freedom of choice and service quality, Recipients of direct payments can move and relocate within the country since money follows the user and not the provider. Thus, users experience greater geographical and social mobility. Also, service users have an incentive to invest time and effort in shopping around, negotiating and organizing since they now have the means to directly improve service quality themselves. While freedom of choice requires informed customers and entails risk-taking, users can easily change providers, learn from their mistakes and successes.
After my five years in an institution I managed, with help from other persons, in particular, a far-sighted civil servant in a government authority, to receive direct payments from the State which enabled me to move to a student dormitory and study at a university. With the payments from the State I employed fellow students to help me with whatever I needed. I still remember the intoxicating feeling of freedom when I first realized I could go to bed, get up in the morning when I wanted and could decide who would assist me with that. I also remember the difficult situations I found myself in when an assistant called in sick and I had no back-up. But I will never forget how proud I was about myself when I discovered new ways to use Personal Assistance to expand my life such as, for example, go on larger trips.
Supply-driven services might insure our survival. But only demand-driven services, such as Personal Assistance, enable persons with extensive disabilities to have more control over their everyday life which is a precondition for taking one’s rightful place in family and society and living up to UN CRPD Article 19.
The Swedish Personal Assistance Act can serve as an example of a policy for demand-driven services. Recipients - not service providers - receive direct payments from the Social Security Fund (Försäkringskassan) for the purchase of personal assistance services as a legal entitlement that is independent on the state agency’s financial situation. Assistance need in terms of the number of assistance hours needed is assessed by case managers at the tax-funded Social Security Fund. Each month recipients get an amount that corresponds to the costs of these hours. Budgets are not dependent on recipients’ and their families’ income or property nor on whether one buys services from a provider or employs one’s assistants. The currently 16,000 recipients can purchase their services from the provider of their choice - presently over 1,000 competing public and private entities offer services - or employ their assistants themselves. Users pay white wages at going market rates for this type of work with full Social Security benefits and coverage of unsocial hours. Use of funds has to be fully accounted for by the user. Budgets contain funds for the provider’s and user’s administrative costs. Thus, private companies have an incentive because they can cover their expenses and make even profits.
The Swedish Personal Assistance Act (LASS) has been in place since 1994. Before, persons with extensive disabilities had community based services in the form of municipal homehelper services or we lived in semi-institutional cluster housing facilities. There, each had his or her own apartment and shared assistants from a nearby staff apartment. By the 1980s residential institutions had been phased out in Sweden except for group homes where 4-5 persons live together in a house or large apartment with common staff. Government studies have shown that personal assistance services are superior in perceived quality to municipal home helper services or group homes. Compared to what it would have cost to provide the same number of hours through municipal home helpers direct payments for Personal Assistance have saved the Swedish taxpayer some € 3 billion – and that at considerably higher service quality. In addition, as official government reports and independent researchers show, Personal Assistance users consume less healthcare, special transportation, in-home support services, respite care and other local government services.
Obviously, children and persons with cognitive and psychiatric disabilities might need compensatory help from others, for example, relatives, guardians or other trusted persons, in making the relevant decisions and in monitoring service quality.
With the help of personal assistants a number of assistance users themselves are able to work – currently 16% of direct payments recipients. Another 24% could work, if they had more assistance hours. To these numbers we can add the family members who are free to return to their ordinary work because they do not need to help us anymore.
Personal Assistance services are labor intensive which makes them useful for stimulating domestic consumption. In Sweden where no formal training for personal assistants is required the labor market for assistants can instantly adjust to supply and demand changes. Our assistants – often immigrants, young people in transition between school and working life, freelancers and part-time workers – would often have to rely on social welfare. if they did not work for us. Their wages go mainly to basic consumption thereby stimulating the domestic demand. Constructing and maintaining residential institutions, on the other hand, is much more capital intensive and does not benefit the national economy in such ways.
Presently, some 16,000 persons receive direct payments for Personal Assistance services. This group together employs some 50,000 personal assistants on a FTE basis. The City of Stockholm, the nation’s largest employer, employs the same number. Thus, assistance users collectively constitute one of the largest employers of the country making direct payments for Personal Assistance an important labor market policy instrument - an inexpensive one at that, since over 50% of the direct payments which Personal Assistance users receive go straight back to the state in the form of social security contributions, income and VAT taxes.
We do not have to feel as helpless victims of the crisis, we can fight back. We have the arguments, we have the legal tools: member states that do not use their resources towards promoting Article 19 of the Convention can be taken to court. Our governments might not have known what they committed themselves to when ratifying the Convention. But we and our organizations have to know what they signed and how we can use the Convention for our work.
Crisis or not - there is never an excuse for wasting human lives.


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Yesterday morning here in Beijing I awoke and, on the Christianity Today website, I first found out about the death of Nelson Mandela. I then went to the NY Times site to read more.
I had the privilege of seeing Mandela from a distance. During his 1990 visit to New York City, his motorcade began right outside the building where I was working at 1 Battery Park Plaza. This was the only time I would see him in person. Why then the profound sense of sadness that I seems to have engulfed me? I am by nature one who often ponders and, at times, broods about things. Even so, I find myself pondering, if you will, my response to Mandela’s death.
Moreover, the dignity and patience of the man is a lesson to me here in China. No, patience ought never be an excuse to delay, much less hobble, the pursuit of justice. At the same time, perhaps it is patience, combined with perspective and wisdom, that keeps the pursuit of justice from becoming hurried, and then, at times, itself unjust, certainly unfettered and unrealistic and then unrealized. What Mandela learned on Robben Island astounds me. Would that people everywhere, not only leaders, learn and emulate the same lessons, but mercifully in less arduous circumstances. Here in the Middle Kingdom how I can complain and be petulant about what in the larger picture are but daily (sometimes hourly) inconveniences. As I hope my work here will continue for a few more years as this amazing country continues to live, move and have being, I know that I must temper my strengthening desire to see things change now, with the understanding that the change, reform, call it what you will, I want now may reflect little more than my own, personal felt needs and desires, and does not reflect the longer term and the appropriate desires and hopes of others.
My hope and prayer now is that Mandela’s own country, South Africa, will move forward, peacefully and justly, magnanimously. It is a country facing difficult and uncertain times. May the life of Nelson Mandela continue to be a guiding light for its journey into the future.

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In the margin of the international tourism fair of Tananarive which took place last week, the Seychelles and Madagascar have decided to consolidate their joint action within the regional tourist organisation of Vanilla Islands *.
Eric Koller president of the Board of Directors of the National Agency of tourism of Madagascar (ONTM) and the Minister of tourism and Culture of Seychelles and former president of the Vanilla Islands, Alain Saint-Ange, thus said they want now to increase their cooperation.
The Malagasy national company, Air Madagascar, is preparing to open flight to the Seychelles archipelago a few months after the election of the President Hery Rajaonarimampianina who brought political stability in the wake of the recognition of the international community, and this, after five years of the Transition Plan.
The international Carnival in Victoria was also co-organised for the 2014 edition by Madagascar alongside Reunion and Mayotte who had joined the Seychelles and South Africa and his province of KwaZulu-Natal.
As a reminder, the vanilla Islands advocate since their inception in August 2010 the repositioning of the Indian Ocean as a tourist destination and the cohesion of these countries around this common objective.
Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte and the Maldives want to have greater visibility by bringing together diverse strengths within a same regional structure of tourist-oriented.
The tourist sector, creator of direct and indirect jobs, real perennial lever of growth, is the basis of development initiated by the vanilla Islands.

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We adore tunics here at TGR. They are extremely versatile and can therefore last for years! They can be worn a little large as a dress, then as the child grows up it can go from a tunic to a long top.


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Superstore “Wellness Fair” lets the cat out of the bag on more than one secret being kept by Cloud 9 employees. At long last the truth of whom Jeff is really seeing comes out, as does Jeff, and Glenn goes cold turkey when he learns just how unhealthy fruit juice really is.
This episode saw Amy playing hooky from work to take her daughter to see the The LEGO Batman Movie. She calls in sick and Dina decides immediately that Amy is faking her illness. The assistant manager makes it her mission to catch Amy out.
Throughout the entire episode she asks her coworkers whether Amy told them where she was the day before or what type of illness she had. Meanwhile, the store is exploding with the news that Amy saw Jeff and Mateo outside the movie theatre kissing.
Cloud 9 are having a wellness fair where customers can have certain things like blood pressure and their vision tested. However, as Garrett tells the store, they are not offering breast exams. “If we were it would not be done by a teenage boy,” Garrett says.
Glenn decides that Jonah is being a real “know-it-all” and gets angry when it appears that the Cloud 9 employee is smarter than he is. Between stressing out at Jonah’s knowledge base and trying to convince Sandra to not abort her, made-up, baby, Glenn’s blood sugar crashes and he gets dizzy.
After the entire store, including customers, watch Glenn and Jonah argue about abortion and feminism, Jeff has to turn up from corporate and talk to the staff about what not to discuss in front of paying customers.
Glenn, who is still suffering from that low blood sugar, confronts Jeff about getting Sandra pregnant and then dumping her. Jeff then reveals that he is gay, Mateo tells everyone that they have been dating for months and Sandra explains that she made the whole thing up.
Garrett and Dina also lift the veil on their sexual relationship. Amy is wildly amused at this turn of events and starts picking on Garrett. He responds by telling Dina that Amy faked being sick to see The LEGO Batman Movie.
This episode of Superstore was a brilliant breakdown of just how quickly gossip can spread through the workplace. In seconds the entire store and its staff learned of Sandra’s “pregnancy” and then that she had made the relationship up.
It also pointed out, yet again, just how inept Glenn feels when he is around Jonah. The cutest part of the entire episode was when the two boyfriends “came out” and Mateo tells the first customer they encounter that they are a couple.
Glenn, as usual, could be the poster child for how not to behave when he accuses Jeff of being too bland to be gay. It was the highlight of the episode. Superstore airs Thursdays on NBC.


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I visited London in March and from the beginning of April there’s a fantastic weekly market happening just 15 minutes walking from the hotel I was staying. And for me it’s a reason to book another ticket. Look at what they are selling: stuff young designers make and you instantly want to have for yourself. It’s a perfect place to get presents as well. Every Saturday till September 24th.
For the April issue of Marie Claire I wrote a tiny little piece about the newest spots in London. From the Zetter Townhouse till the V&A Reading Rooms. Oh and on the other page I did an interview with the lovely Taema Nahir.
If you’re a sugar craving person (like I am).
If you’re in Chiswick – an upcoming area in London with High Road House and Eco Age.
If you’re looking for the USA in London (the owners are from New York).
I love a well stocked mini bar – especially with funny items in it. At the Ace Hotel in Portland I felt like home when they offered me Stroopwafels – a Dutch delight. The Morgans Hotel Group teams up with the School of Life and if you’re staying in one of their hotels you get this Minibar for the Mind set. In it you’ll find Conversation Starters (speaks for itself), Collective Thoughts (inspiring thoughts written down by members of the School of Life), Dreams & Fears Notebook and a set of really great pencils. I love it! Oh, you can also buy the set via their website for 40 euro.
If you’re a huge fan of Tom Dixon and Oliver Peyton.
Open from lunch to high tea and from dinner to tapas.
The toilets. The most beautiful toilets I’ve ever seen in my life (first two photos). This is heaven. With handsoap and handcream at the sinks, wooden doors, a tree in it, some cool design chairs. If you take a look in the mirror the lights are just good enough (so that you’re the pretty version of yourself, not the striplight version). Upstairs it’s fantastic as well. You have several seating areas. For a simple drink, something to eat and a late night drink. At night downstairs is the place to order a cocktail. Must see!
The outside handcream and handsoap. If you’re strolling through Shoreditch, this is the place to get your hands fresh and fruity again. Inside you will find the beautiful products of Aesop.
A fresh cafe next to the Boundary hotel in the middle of Shoreditch. A good place to have breakfast or lunch before or after a shopping spree. There’s a little store next to it where you can buy all kind of delicatessen. I’ve ordered an omelett with mushrooms. Very simple. There’s also a very simple water can. Outside there’s a terrace (see picture taken in the evening).

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I was helping my brother clean out his garage when I came across this old beat up trumpet. I did some research online and learned it was made in the 1930’s as a student model. I felt bad to see it so forgotten so I had to breath some new life into it.
You’re going to have to run a power cord through the trumpet and in order to do that you need paracord and a cotton ball.
Gut a section of paracord long enough to run the length of the horn. Tie the cotton ball to the end of a strand of the inner paracord and start to feed it through the trumpet at the end where the mouth piece goes.
Use compressed air to blow the cotton ball through the horn. Once it’s through you’ll have a threaded trumpet.
In the picture you see the valves removed but leave them in when you do this.
Now tie the paracord strand onto the section of paracord you gutted. You should be working at the bell end. Take some all purpose cleaner (any soapy liquid will do) and lubricate the paracord.
Pull the gutted paracord back through the horn until it comes out the other end.
I bought this lamp brand new, with a shade, for $10. Take it apart so you can get to the cord. Make sure you use a multi-meter to identify the negative and positive wires so you put it back together right.
Take a rubber chair foot and drill a hole in it. The pack of four cost me $1. Place the drilled foot onto the shaft of the base. Trim another foot and place it at the top of the shaft so it the trumpet has two points of contact along the shaft.
Tie the paracord onto the free end of the lamp wire at the bell side of the horn. Lubricate the wires with the same soapy liquid and begin to pull it through. This will take some effort. It helped to wiggle the valves a little as I pulled the wire through.
Just make sure you use a constrictor knot when you tie off the wire. You don’t want it to slip off mid trumpet.
Drill a hole in the switch housing so that it fit’s snuggly on the mouth piece end of the trumpet. Re-assemble the lamp components and adjust the base into the horn.
Use hot glue to put the felt back on the bottom of the base.
Make sure your new trumpet lamp dries out before you plug it in or turn it on.
I would recommend using a larger base then I show. As it is right now it can be knocked over fairly easily. I’ll be adding a small wooden circle to the base to make it more stable. Update: I added a wooden base. You can see it in the pictures for the first step.
It does matter which wire is which. You want the switch to control the hot not the neutral. Otherwise the entire circuit is electrified and waiting for a completion, which could be a person if they are not careful. Which wire matters so much that new plugs all have a thicker side for the neutral to keep the polarity correct.
I like the Click very much. trumpets lamp is awesome..
I love the idea, but the music nerd in me cringes at the thought of such a beautiful antique not being restored to playing condition.
Trust me the case looks better then the horn. Someone had tried to fix it with some sort of bonding putty. Other repairs were done with a whole lot of messy solder. But you're right, I thought the same. I made sure not to alter the trumpet at all. That way I can undo the lamp and it will be just like the day I found it.
Ah that makes me happy. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
This is a great idea. I'm already thinking trombone-floorlamp. One correction though; the lamp is powered by AC, or alternating current, so it doesn't matter which wire is which. Long time subscriber, keep up the cool stuff!
Thanks for the comment. I always appreciate any advice.
You are welcome. I always look forward to what you achieve with the most common objects. Truly interesting. Obligatory safety addendum: I should clarify for those reading that this is only true for most 2-wire corded mains-powered stuff. When it comes to 3-wire, here in the US anyway, it may or may not matter. With 3-wire it is best to be safe by always keeping the two non-ground/green wires correctly oriented. Generally, 3-wire stuff has color-coded screws where the green/ground will have green near or on the screw/terminal, white will be silver/chrome/lighter in color, black will be yellow/copper/dingier/darker in color.
What keeps the valves from operating when pressed? The cord could potentially be sheared through, shorting it out.
The cord passes through the valves so the valves don't move. I had to wiggle them to help the cord through. You'd have to really try to shear the cord but I guess it's possible. An option is to replace the springs on the bottom side of the valves with stop blocks.
If you wrap electrical or other smooth/strong tape around the wires and cord to form a smooth shape around the wire-ends and cord that moves through the horn it will be much easier to pull through. Wrap from the trailing end toward the leading end so that the edges of tape don't catch as easy when pulling (but even if you wrap the wrong way it will still work far smoother than without the tape). Put soap on it also. I learned all this from pulling network wiring through walls.
Awesome! I'm gonna do this with my old broken clarinet! You've inspired me!


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This course hosts The Quicken Loans National for the first time so there is no course history to go on. Robert Trent Jones GC is located in Gainsville, Virginia and sits along Lake Manassas with the lake coming into play on nine holes. The Presidents Cup was played here a total of four times from 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2006. It features three par 5’s, four par 3’s and 11 par 4’s.
The fairways and greens are bentgrass and four of the par 4’s measure roughly over 470 yards so driving distance should be worth considering. The fairways are tee lined with some strategically placed bunkers coming into play. Most of the approach shots on the par 4’s will measure roughly 170+ so approach stats from 170-200 will be worth checking. The par 3’s also measure over 190 yards so approach stats from that distance is also worth checking. The greens are undulating and large and can play quite fast so be on the lookout for players that are putting well and have good GIR stats.
The main areas of focus for me are strokes gained putting, GIR, par 3 and par 4 scoring, strokes gained tee to green and approaches from 175-200. The weather is set to be hot and humid for the four days with winds between 6-8 mph and a slight chance of some rain on Thursday.
Walker’s form has been mixed lately but he has had a superb season overall with wins at The Sony Open in Hawaii and The Texas Open a couple of months ago. He has put together some good performances lately finishing T30 at The Open Championship and T2 at The Byron Nelson, which included an opening round 64 and a 66 in round 2 and round 4. He also played well recently at the CVS Charity Classic with partner Billy Horchel finishing T3, but that is a non-sanctioned event.
He ranks 17th in driving distance, 27th in strokes gained tee to green, first in strokes gained putting and 31st in approaches from 150-175. He also ranks 25th in approaches from 200+ and third in par 5 scoring. Although his current form is a little bit off, Walker is a class above the field and I think he could have a really good week here.
Despite a disappointing MC at The Open in St Andrews, Danny Lee has been putting together a great season so far. His good run of form began back at The Valspar, were he finished T7. He followed that with a T17 at The Arnold Palmer, T22 in New Orleans, T13 at The Wells Fargo and a T10 at Colonial. Most recently, he finished T3 at The John Deere, Won the Greenbrier in a playoff against David Hearn, Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb and had a T25 at The Travelers.
Statswise, he ranks 33rd in strokes gained putting, 13th in approaches from 150-175, 11th in approaches from 200+, 7th in approaches from 175-200 and first in par 3 scoring. With great current form and good approach stats, Danny Lee could be a big danger man here this week.
I tipped up Wilcox last week at The RBC Canadian Open but he had to pull out due to a small injury concern. With that hopefully behind him, his current form looks great with seven top 25’s in his last 11 starts. He played well at The Sanderson Farms finishing T14 and followed that with a T18 at Pebble beach. He also finished T6 in Puerto Rico, T22 at The Byron Nelson and T12 at The FedEx St Jude. Most recently, he finished T8 at The John Deere and solo second at The Barbasol finishing a couple of strokes behind the winner Scott Piercy.
Wilcox ranks 16th in driving accuracy, sixth in GIR, 15th in strokes gained tee to green and seventh in approaches from 175-200. He also ranks 15th in approaches from 200-225, fifth in approaches from 200+, first in par 3 scoring and fifth in par 4 scoring. With super form and great stats, Wilcox looks like a player that could really suit this course.
Wagner is one of those players that can be quite streaky, but he is showing some decent form over the last few weeks. He came out of nowhere a couple of months ago at The Houston Open shooting rounds of 69,68,66,69 and ended up losing in a playoff. Recently though, his form is good with three top 20’s in his last three starts. He had a good week at The John Deere finishing T5 and followed that with a T10 at The Barbasol Championship. Last week in Canada, he started very well opening with 67,66 in rounds one and two but fell off the pace shooting a 72,73 at the weekend to eventually finish in a respectable T18.
Wagner ranks 18th in GIR, 10th in approaches from 125-150, 13th in approaches from 175-200, third in approaches from 275 and sixth in par 3 scoring. He seems to be riding on the crest of a wave in terms of form over the last couple of weeks and that could easily continue here this week at a decent price.
Andy Sullivan is a proven winner on The European Tour with wins coming at The South Africa Open in January and The Joburg Open in March. He has been playing well lately finishing T30 at the Open, T6 at The French Open, T13 at The Memorial, T6 at The Irish Open in Royal County Down and 17th at The BMW PGA in Wentworth.
Sullivan is a great long iron and GIR player and ranks 26th in GIR and 16th in stroke average on The European Tour this season. He is a proven winner with two wins already tucked away in the trophy cabinet this year and could be a great each way prospect this week in Virginia.
Well we came close to winner number 12 yesterday in the final round of The Open Championship with Louis Oosthuizen giving us a run for our money getting into a playoff with Zach Johnson and Marc Leishman. Sadly he missed his birdie putt on 18 to the left and handed the Claret Jug to Zach Johnson, who played superbly well throughout the week. That’s the second playoff loss for us over the last three weeks, lets turn that around here in Canada this week.
Glen Abbey hosts the RBC Canadian Open for the 26th time this year and was designed by Jack Nicklaus. Most recently, the event took place here in 2004,2008,2009 and 2013 so it will be worth checking for players with good course history. It is located near Lake Ontario and has four par 5’s, four par 3’s and 10 par 4’s. Three of the four par 5’s are on the back nine (13,16,18) which are three of the easiest holes on the course and will offer up some birdies and possibly eagles on the way in.
The opening nine holes are quite flat and shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the players to negotiate. However the back nine could be a little bit trickier with a distinguishing feature of the Glen Abbey course are the “Valley Holes”, numbered 11 through 15. On number 11, a par 4, players tee off a cliff to a fairway that is approximately 60 feet below on the valley floor. The second shot must clear Sixteen Mile Creek to the green. Holes 12, 13 and 14 all use Sixteen Mile Creek as a hazard of one form or another. Number 15 is a short par 3 with a sharply-sloping green, after which players climb out of the valley to the 16th hole.
Key areas of focus here are GIR, scrambling, par breakers, par 4 and par 5 scoring and strokes gained putting. This course is quite short for PGA Tour standards so players with a bit of length along with good putting, scrambling and accurate iron play are worth considering here. The weather forecast is to be mixed throughout the week starting mainly dry with some showers and possibly thunderstorms forecast for Saturday and Sunday.
The two time winner of this event comes here in good form returning to a course he has played well on in the past. Furyk had a respectable T30 finish last week in St Andrews posting a six under total for the tournament. He has been playing well over the last few months and managed to get his first win in a number of years at The RBC Heritage in Hilton Head beating Kevin Kisner in a playoff. He followed that with a solo fourth at The WGC Matchplay and a T5 finish at The Memorial.
Furyk has won this event twice before, 2006 and 2007, and has also recorded two top 10’s in his last two appearances. He was T9th at this course in 2013 and followed that with a solo second last year in Montreal finishing just one stroke behind the winner Tim Clark. Statswise, Furyk ranks ninth in driving accuracy, 15th in GIR and seventh in strokes gained tee to green. He also ranks fifth in approaches from 200 yards and third in approaches from 100 yards, which are two good stats for approaches into the par 4’s and par 5’s. With good current form and a great record at this event, Furyk ticks all the boxes here and could be a big contender.
With three top 12’s in his last four events, Luke Donald seems to be back showing some solid form. He had a good week in St Andrews finishing T12 on nine under for the tournament and also played well at The Scottish Open shooting an impressive final round 66 to finish T7. He showed some great consistency at The Travelers shooting 68,68,67,66 on his way to a T7 and nine under total for the week. Donald has played well at this event in the past finishing T24 here in 2009, solo third in 2010 and T17 in 2011.
He is averaging just over 275 yards off the tee hitting around 60% of fairways so far this season and ranks 14th in approaches from 125-150, 13th in approaches from 250-275 and 11th in approaches from 100 yards, three good stats for approaches into the par 4’s and par 5’s. Donald is another player with a great record at the event and comes here this week showing some good form over the last couple of weeks.
This will be the American’s first visit to Glen Abbey and The Canadian Open and it could prove a pretty profitable one given his current form. Koepka shot an impressive final round 68 in St Andrews last week to finish T10. He also played well at The Scottish Open finishing in a respectable T22 on six under, which included a 68 in round 2 and a 66 in round 3. His form across the pond has also been decent finishing T18 at the very tricky Chambers Bay, T3 at The Fedex St Jude and T16 at the Byron Nelson.
Koepka ticks a lot of statistical boxes here ranking ninth in driving distance, 18th in GIR, ninth in strokes gained putting and fourth in approaches from 175-200 yards. He also ranks 14th in par 4 scoring and sixth in par 5 scoring. He is already a proven winner on The PGA Tour this season with a win in Phoenix and has the power to feast on these par 5’s and make a lot of birdies.
J.B. has had a pretty good season so far with a win at The Shell Houston Open and a further four top 10 finishes. He lost a playoff to Jason Day at The Farmers Insurance Open in Torrey Pines and followed that with a T10 in Pebble Beach, solo second at The WGC Cadillac and a T9 at The WGC Matchplay. Despite missing the cut at St Andrews last week, he finished in a respectable T22 at The Greenbrier the week before and T27 at Chambers Bay, so his current form is good.
He has played well here in the past finishing T16 on this course in 2009 and T15 in 2012. Holmes also looks good statistically ranking sixth in driving distance, 11th in strokes gained tee to green, third in approaches from 75-100 and 31st in approaches from 125-150, which are two good stats for approaches into the 10 par 4’s. J.B. is another huge hitter and should be another player that can dominate these par 5’s.
Owen had a great week at The Open in St Andrews shooting a final round 69 to finish T20 on seven under for the tournament. He has been showing some great form over the last few weeks finishing T6 at The Greenbrier on 11 under for the week and solo second at The FedEx St Jude, which included a superb opening round 64. Owen has played well here at Glen Abbey in the past finishing in a respectable T12 in 2013.
He ranks 25th in GIR, first in approaches from 100-125, second in approaches from 50-125 and ninth in approaches from 150-175. He also ranks 14th in par 4 scoring and 39th in scrambling and comes here this week in much better form than he did in 2013.

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Not even the scoreline tells you how ugly this match really was.
Only a cosmetic goal by Cory Burke from Ilsinho near the end stopped a dominant NYCFC performance from being a shutout.
As they did on Decision Day, NYCFC started brightly. The Union were hard-pressed to get anything going as City pressured them relentlessly and turned defense into possession quickly time after time. It didn’t take long for City to light the scoreboard like this, as Tajouri-Shradi took a pass from Max Moralez off of a turnover near the Union box and rifled a shot first-time past the helpless Andre Blake in the tenth minute. More of the same followed, and even as the Union grew into the match slightly, they still couldn’t string passes together like they had most of the season. Maybe it was the bad pitch in New York, maybe it was the New York defense, but it didn’t happen. In the 26th, City doubled their advantage through the ageless David Villa, who took a pass from Moralez and placed it where Blake couldn’t reach it at the far post. The shot didn’t have a lot of steam on it, but it knew where to go courtesy of Mr. Villa. From there, the Union started generating a little bit of offense, but not nearly what they needed. A dangerous Villa free kick at the top of the box was pushed wide at the end of the half, and the teams went in 2-0.
Jim Curtin started Warren Creavalle in the destroyer role with Bedoya up on the right wing in the hopes of slowing down City’s attack and retrieving the ball. That didn’t happen (although Curtin said in his presser after the match neither goal was Creavalle’s fault, Warren didn’t exactly cover himself in glory either) and Creavalle was subbed out at half for Ilsinho, with an eye to needing more offense. The U threatened here and there with City’s foot off of the pedal, content to counter more through Moralez and Villa. It was City who scored next as well, on long ball played into the box that Andre Blake came out for but could not reach before Moralez placed a delicate chip over the Jamaican keeper and into the net. From there, City had a singular hiccup as it allowed Ilsinho to dance into the box while drawing three defenders and then fed Cory Burke for what amounted to a gimme in the 83rd, but they saw the match out comfortably.
The City press was thoroughly disruptive, effectively shutting down the Union offense and turning defense into goals. Yes, NYCFC plays on a laughably small pitch and yes, the pitch was poor due to the fresh sod that was laid down, but both teams had to play on it. This was a poor end to what could be deemed the best season in Union history. For their efforts, they take home the memories of a 3-0 loss in the Open Cup finals to Houston, and this 3-1 shellacking in New York City. Many questions await the team and coach, and we’ll be back with more as it happens.


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Tue, 23:11: Goal for tomorrow: finally knock out a few episodes of @AudioSpackle since I've got them all on my iPod anyway.
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I have never had a low progesterone but since I have the occasional short luteal phase (af comes too soon after the IUI) I take 100mg suppositories twice a day.
My doctor said it won't increase my blood levels of progesterone but will "bathe the uterus in progesterone" making it easier for my body to sustain a pg.
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Convergence insufficiency is a condition in which you have difficulty keeping both eyes turned in to point in the same position when doing close work e.g. reading, writing, computer work.
Convergence insufficiency is not a muscle problem – it is not that either eye cannot turn inwards; rather they are unable to turn inwards together, and sustain this posture. Occasionally the problem is congenital or occurs very early in life. However, almost always it is a fatigue problem caused by close work in susceptible individuals. One of the reasons for this may be that the child had never refined this ability. With the commencement of school work and learning to read, this problem becomes more apparent. Another reason can be that the visual system may be fatiguing and allowing one eye to drift out. In other words there is a breakdown in the ability to sustain near alignment of the eyes due to visual fatigue.
Abnormal postural adaptations when trying to center on near tasks, including head tilting or holding their work very close.
The management of the case and the duration of the treatment will depend on why the child has the convergence insufficiency problem. If it is because the child has never refined this ability, then a broader optometric visual therapy program will be required, of which developing convergence skills is but one aspect. In addition, glasses may or may not be required.
Treatment of acquired convergence insufficiency will generally require the prescription of glasses. In some cases, because these lenses reduce the visual demands on the visual system this is all that is needed to be done. In other cases, however, vision therapy will also be needed to rebuild and develop the visual stamina and convergence skills. It is important that the glasses are worn in the classroom as well as for all homework, reading, computer, or any prolonged close work tasks.
In an uncomplicated acquired convergence insufficiency case, a unit of vision therapy comprising of six in-office visits spaced one week apart, may be all that is required. For the developmental convergence insufficiency case, a longer period may be required to develop and teach all the required visual skills.
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It’s the day after the unofficial Quit Facebook Day. And in the words of Tenacious D: “The sun doth shine and the moon doth glow and the grass doth grow.” In other words, there was no major catastrophe in the wake of Quit Facebook Day.
According to the Quit Facebook Day website, out of over 400 million Facebook users, only 35,000 committed to quit. Furthermore, the May 31: Quit Facebook Day Facebook Group still has nearly 7,000 users – obviously not willing to take the plunge.
I was unable to track down any official numbers, but at this point, I think it’s safe to say that Facebook is going to be OK.
Last month, when Facebook made significant changes to its privacy settings, we suggested that you don’t delete your Facebook profile. We are curious to know: did you not heed our advice and delete your account? If so, are you going through Facebook withdrawals or are you glad you kicked the habit?
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Catherine Hardwicke has a natural talent for directing sweeping tales of revered epics, as she did with The Nativity Story, a latent ability that did not seem to emerge until after writing and directing the darkly straightforward 2003 film Thirteen. With Red Riding Hood, Hardwicke takes the time-honored fairy tale of the girl who boldly ventures through the woods to grandma's house and manages to suffuse it with thematic meanings that were never present in the original.
In the village of Daggerhorn, there exists an ancient legend of a werewolf who appears during the cycle of the blood red moon, killing anyone in its peripheral vision. When the local priest, Father August (Lukas Haas), suggests inviting a maniacal man of the cloth/wolf hunter, Father Solomon (the ever unintentionally humorous Gary Oldman), to solve the problem, a pandemic of fear and paranoia spreads throughout the village as everyone is convinced that the wolf is someone he or she knows and trusts. In Valerie's case (Amanda Seyfried), her true love, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), an outcast woodcutter, lately does not seem to be who she thought he was. Even the boy Valerie will be forced to marry, Henry (Max Irons), learned in the trade of blacksmithing, is not really someone she can place faith in either.
Against this backdrop of agitation and anxiety, Valerie cannot deny her simultaneous feelings of lust and love for Peter (perhaps named such because of the whole "Peter and the Wolf" correlation). In fact, it looks as though she just about cums in her pants (or rather, corset?) when Peter asserts, "I'm wrong for you." It's almost as though he knows the secret to getting a girl to put out is acting aloof. Valerie's mother, Suzette (Virginia Madsen of Sideways fame), the primary reason for the arranged nuptials between Valerie and Henry, cautions Peter against pursuing Valerie any further, using that old cherry of a line, "If you love her, you'll let her go."
All the while, Valerie's also got the overwhelming suspicion that her dear old grandmother (played by Julie Christie--yeah, yeah she's still alive) could potentially be a candidate for being the wolf as well. All in all, Red Riding Hood is like an homage to both Clue and Nancy Drew--the former in terms of no one being inculpable of suspicion, the latter in terms of somewhat arbitrary sleuthing skills. And one other thing, you'll never guess who the wolf really is. If Hardwicke blows all the right people, she can definitely get a sequel out of this.