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The UCLA Center for World Health International Circle (IC) is a membership program where like-minded individuals caring about health issues and policies come together to improve world health. We would like to invite you to take part in these dynamic conversations – embracing medicine, education, and global politics, as well as policy, economics, law, and art. The UCLA Center for World Health welcomes your participation, both materially and intellectually, in our International Circle.
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The UCLA Center for World Health welcomes Craig Russell, chief design and project delivery executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, to its External Advisory Board.
A more than three-decade veteran of Imagineering, Craig previously served as the leader responsible for all design, engineering, production, installation and project management functions for Parks and Resorts projects around the world for nearly 10 years. Craig most recently oversaw the construction and completion of the Shanghai Disney Resort, The Walt Disney Company’s first resort in mainland China.
He also served as vice president of Environmental Design, leading the group charged with transforming creative ideas and concepts into three-dimensional immersive experiences. In this role, Craig was responsible for design disciplines that include architecture, theatrical set design, lighting, graphics and landscape architecture, as well as all facets of engineering for facilities, rides, shows, attractions and theme parks.
Craig first joined Walt Disney Imagineering in 1980 as a project coordinator for Tokyo Disneyland, Disney’s first international theme park, where he relocated to manage the show and ride installation for six major attractions and three themed lands.
During his tenure with WDI, he has led the design of some of Imagineering’s biggest, most complex and highly successful projects, from concept through opening.
During a three-year absence from Disney, Craig worked as a project manager for attractions developed for Universal Studios, Six Flags and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Committee, as well as several projects in Asia before returning to Imagineering in 1986.
Craig is an active leader in Disney’s employee volunteer program, and serves on the board for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. He also is active in the project and construction management industry, and recently sat on the board of the LEAN Construction Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering systems from University of California, Los Angeles.
In addition, Dr. Craig Cohen, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF, and Dr. Patricia Conrad, professor and associate dean for global programs at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis, will serve as the institute’s co-directors. Cohen previously served as co-director of the institute’s Center of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment and Conrad served as co-director of the Center of Expertise on One Health. In their new role, they will work closely with the director to manage the institute’s operations.
It is our great pleasure to present to you the UCLA Center for World Health (CWH) 2015-2016 annual report. CWH is actively engaged in 70 countries around the world. Faculty members of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA partner with international colleagues on over 200 educational, research, and service programs. Key CWH regional strategies include initiatives in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia; some of our successes in each region over the last year are described in detail in the report, which covers our 2015-2016 fiscal year.
This last year was a pivotal one for CWH, as we concentrated our efforts on building bridges and investing in people and partnerships that support our vision of healing humankind through shared knowledge and compassion.
Working in some of the world’s most resource-challenged settings such as Malawi and Mozambique, we focus on capacity building to improve medical education, clinical care, and scientific expertise and work to address the most pressing health challenges.
Societal demand for improved health outcomes in many countries has opened additional windows of opportunity for CWH to further collaborate with our partners in middle- and high-income countries. Such partnerships can accelerate learning and innovation, both in the U.S. and in partner countries.
Aside from these focal areas, our annual report features a Letter from the Director, a section on the expansion of our Global Surgery Initiative, and illustrates the work of some of the students and faculty of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Our international residency programs and the first annual Los Angeles Global Health Conference, hosted by CWH around the theme of “Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health” are also highlighted in this report.
Our website provides additional information on the projects of our many global faculty and partners that we weren’t able to feature in this report. The UCLA Center for World Health would like to thank you all for your continued interest and support.
The UCLA Center for World Health welcomes Minda Wilson, serial entrepreneur, business consultant, attorney, and affordable healthcare advocate, to its External Advisory Board.
After the sale of her healthcare-related business in 2012, she founded Affordable Healthcare Review, http://www.affordablehealthcarereview.com, an educational organization with the goal of providing accurate, unbiased, reliable information about the changing healthcare landscape and explaining how it will impact you, your business and your family.
Ms. Wilson is a frequent speaker on this topic, having addressed the World Congress in its forum on healthcare and having spoken at many conferences including the annual Innovations in Healthcare Conference in Washington DC, sponsored by Premier Health.
In addition to her advocacy work, Ms. Wilson continues to advise clients on legal matters and works with businesses to improve their business performance. She sits on several corporate advisory boards and is active as a board member for several national non-profit organizations.
For more than 20 years, she has worked with companies in the areas of productivity improvement, crisis management, corporate organization and structure, computerized systems development and implementation, credit and accounting control, asset disposition activities, and, of course, healthcare.
Ms. Wilson holds a Juris Doctor from U.C.L.A., an M.B.A. from N.Y.U., and a B.S. in Systems Engineering from U.C.L.A. and resides in Los Angeles, CA.


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There are almost no limits to the design and configuration possibilities of the interior. Alongside a large selection of colours and materials from BMW and BMW Individual, the ALPINA manufactory offers a wide range of personalisation options.
Small and stylish details round off the identity of every interior. This includes the door sills, metal emblems in the seat backrests and in the floor mats, and of course the exclusive production plaque with model-specific build number. In combination with a BMW upholstery there are a host of additional design possibilities and individualisation options, for example classic ALPINA diagonal rhomb applications in the seat backrests, embossings and other decorative elements.
The hand-finished ALPINA sports steering wheel is covered with the finest LAVALINA leather and features parallel stitching in traditional in Blue and Green. The ergonomic SWITCH-TRONIC shift buttons are integrated neatly into the rear side of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is easily individualised to your personal taste - the stitching can be matched to the upholstery, the rim thickened or the material changed to Alcantara.
The face of the ALPINA instrument cluster is characterised by a design whose essential features have a long tradition going back over twenty years: red needles provide a perfect contrast to the subtle blue background of the round instrument faces. The numbers on the speedometer, which go beyond the 300 km/h mark, can be easily read at any time and are supported by an additional digital speed display.
In addition to the exclusive ALPINA interior trim made of classic fine wood or modern piano lacquer and featuring a discreet logo, it is also possible to choose from a wide range of BMW alternatives. A particularly luxurious option is to cover the interior trim in finest LAVALINA or sporty carbon leather.

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I kinda geeked out a few weeks ago when visiting Calico Gals in Syracuse NY. This is the home of the one and only Row by Row Experience. Row by Row is a nation wide shop hop for quilters. Shops design a row based on the theme, Taste the Experience for 2019. Once the theme is announced shop owners can let their imaginations run wild, as one should. The shop has a warm welcoming, old barn aesthetic reminiscent of the original shop. I’ll be back there again this week and hopefully will take come pictures.
Next up: The Pin Cushion, a family owned third generation fabric/quilt shop in Vineland NJ. Walking in the counters caught my eye immediately, reminding me of fabric shops of when I was a kid and one I worked in having quilting, fashion, and home dec fabric. Yarn, patterns, and amazing notions. The notions are worth the trip.
I’m heading out tomorrow, I’ve got my boots and snow brush packed, suitcases at the ready as i’m headed to Aurora Sew & Vac and a few other shops. Have a great week!

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Government management of any trade leads to larger prices, fewer selections, opaque paperwork, and dramatically decreased innovation — however still, folks always call for higher intervention into well being care markets as though this could repair issues that government intervention created in the first place. I move from Spain to the UK, now we have been considering the US might be cool… But getting a Visa sounds really sophisticated (even when as enterprise owners we can truly create work, not compete for existing jobs). Indian financial system is, certainly, in boom and it could now be in contrast with another economic system on the planet. What a world if everybody lived this fashion, and we taught our kids, thanks, Simone, for brightening my day with that vision.
A new survey launched with this 12 months’s report, produced with Pew Internet and American Life Project in affiliation with the Knight Foundation, finds that just about half of all Americans (forty seven%) now get some form of native news on a cell device. This world of social media gives scope to everybody to express and share ideas, ideas and feelings, who need to be the a part of it.
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DigitalEd is a sequence of dwell online media trainings provided by MediaShift in partnership with top journalism and communication faculties. JAKARTA (AFP): The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) instantly freeze TVI Express enterprise activity associated to abuse of the business license.Indonesia Democracy Defenders Team (TPDI) welcomes and totally supports the firmness BKPM freezing step in the direction of foreign investment firm standing (PMA) is. This undertaking has raised many issues among the many Iraqi public and throughout the business neighborhood, and Iraqi economists are divided.
The world of LOA is so filled with opportunist marketers, but I doubt Jerry would have minded, being one for using Chemo, Abraham suggested using the very best of recent medicine and aligning your vibration to well being numerous occasions, so no contradiction. Americans need to know what is admittedly occurring in our country and the rest of the world by studying, watching and listening to a wide range of information sources, not solely the mainstream media. Economic news from Canada (Bank rate decision) created huge strikes in Canadian dollar pairs.

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Keep Dancing – Decades of experience. Endless fun.
Julie and Suzanne (sisters) have many years of teaching experience between them, both with groups and in private lessons. They create a warm, friendly environment which is supportive regardless of your own level of dancing – they teach all ages from the very young to the more mature, cater for all abilities and are especially good with very shy and nervous students. At Keep Dancing everyone is treated as an individual and a friend, the school has a strong belief that everyone can dance. Come along and join the fun! Come and try it for yourself!
I just love Suzanne and Julie’s enthusiasm as well as their vast knowledge.
Thanx so much for such a fun first lesson last night at Corfe Mullen, can’t wait for next week.
Big thank you, Suzanne and Julie, for a fun packed sequence Christmas party at the Carrington yesterday afternoon. Buffet was delicious thoroughly enjoyed the variety of dances.
I would rather go without a meal than miss my Thursday Tea Dance every week. Some weeks its the first time in days since i have spoken to someone and Suzanne and Julie always know me and make me feel welcome.
Suzanne and Julie are very friendly, inclusive and patient professional dance teachers which makes every class, lesson and social event a very enjoyable and positive experience.
Keep dancing is not just a school everyone becomes family.

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Just as we told earlier inside the modern-day internet that gets surfed pretty much likewise by means of mobile phone and desktop gadgets gaining your web pages adjusting responsively to the screen they get shown on is a condition. That is simply reasons why we possess the powerful Bootstrap system at our side in its latest 4th edition-- currently in development up to alpha 6 launched at this point.
But what is this thing below the hood which it literally works with to execute the job-- how the webpage's web content gets reordered correctly and exactly what makes the columns caring the grid tier infixes such as -sm-, -md- and more show inline down to a certain breakpoint and stack over below it? How the grid tiers actually perform? This is what we are generally planning to have a glance at in this particular one.
The responsive behaviour of some of the most famous responsive system in its own latest 4th edition can work because of the so called Bootstrap Media queries Example. Precisely what they handle is taking count of the size of the viewport-- the screen of the gadget or the size of the web browser window assuming that the webpage gets shown on desktop and utilizing different designing rules as required. So in usual words they use the straightforward logic-- is the size above or below a special value-- and respectfully trigger on or else off.
Each and every viewport dimension-- just like Small, Medium and more has its very own media query specified besides the Extra Small display dimension which in recent alpha 6 release has been actually employed universally and the -xs- infix-- cancelled so that in a moment in place of writing .col-xs-6 we simply need to type .col-6 and obtain an element dispersing half of the screen at any type of width.
The basic syntax of the Bootstrap Media queries Using Css in the Bootstrap framework is @media (min-width: ~ breakpoint in pixels here ~) ~ some CSS rules to be applied ~ which narrows the CSS rules determined down to a certain viewport dimension and yet eventually the opposite query could be utilized just like @media (max-width: ~ breakpoint in pixels here ~) ~ some CSS ~ which are going to fit up to connecting with the defined breakpoint size and no further.
Considering that Bootstrap is certainly designed to become mobile first, we employ a number of media queries to design sensible breakpoints for programs and configurations . These kinds of breakpoints are mostly built upon minimal viewport widths and also make it possible for us to adjust up factors when the viewport changes.
Bootstrap primarily utilizes the following media query varies-- or breakpoints-- in source Sass data for format, grid structure, and components.
There are also media queries and mixins for targeting a specific section of display sizes using the lowest and maximum breakpoint sizes.
Do notice one more time-- there is no -xs- infix and a @media query with regard to the Extra small-- less then 576px display screen dimension-- the rules for this one get widely utilized and handle trigger after the viewport becomes narrower than this value and the larger viewport media queries go off.
This improvement is intending to brighten both of these the Bootstrap 4's format sheets and us as web developers due to the fact that it observes the normal logic of the manner responsive content does the job stacking up right after a specific point and along with the canceling of the infix there will be much less writing for us.

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Dronedazzle is our drone flying and buying guide this holiday season.
Ryan McHugh and Andrew Achter have several recommendations for you if your special someone already has a drone.
Ideas include editing software, gear cases, filters, and camera upgrades.

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When it comes to homeowner’s insurance in Mount Erie, IL, there are quite a few different factors that can affect how much you have to pay. Understanding what these factors are can give you a better idea of how Illinois insurance companies come up with the quotes that they give you.
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Just before you even acquired a property, possibilities are you understood that they can be instead costly and they are extremely essential. The chances of an accident transpiring are fairly substantial as properly and without property owner's insurance you can be still left in the dust with nothing at all but hurt, bills, and no support to guide you by way of it.
Help save income on your homeowner's insurance policy by not acquiring products that are probably injurious. Creating a swimming pool or acquiring a trampoline can raise your once-a-year premium by as considerably as ten per cent or even much more. As an alternative, go to the neighborhood pool or playground and get the very same enjoyment for a reduce price tag.
No mortgage? Reduce insurance coverage charges! While this is not an straightforward process, most homeowner's insurance coverage organizations will decrease their rates once the house is entirely yours. Insurance policy businesses desire customers who in fact personal their home and will reward these kinds of people.
You can conserve thousands of dollars and a long time of payments by creating your home loan payment on a bi-weekly foundation, instead of monthly. Ask your mortgage loan holder about environment you up on this payment software. Since there are fifty two months in a calendar year, you will conclude up producing an added few of payments without having breaking the bank or your funds.
If you want to be positive your house and belongings are protected in the function of a flood, the time to acquire flood insurance policy is not the second it commences to rain. Most flood insurance coverage programs will not cover flood damage incurred inside of the very first thirty days of acquire, so you need to make that phone right now, instead than placing it off.
When hunting for a home owners insurance policies coverage, examine with the agent who insures your cars. A whole lot of agents will give you a low cost if you have far more than one particular coverage with them. It is possible to get a price reduction of ten% or a lot more by insuring much more than one particular issue with the very same agent.
A larger deductible on your homeowner's insurance coverage can conserve you funds on rates. Whilst a larger deductible might imply that you will be responsible for tiny fix charges this sort of as broken home windows, far more typically than not these costs are well balanced out by the personal savings you will obtain on your once-a-year rates.
Ahead of you buy a residence, locate out how much insurance policies runs in the region you are thinking about. In some places, house owners insurance policy is very higher due to a quantity of variables. For case in point, if the house is located in a flood zone or an region exactly where hurricanes are to be anticipated, higher insurance coverage charges are also to be envisioned.
It is less costly to get and maintain homeowner's insurance if you do not have harm susceptible products. Insurance coverage businesses see swimming pools, trampolines, and other related objects to be a larger risk for harm and will consequently increase the quantity of your high quality. Even though obtaining a pool might be fun, eliminating it will help save you money!
No one particular is safe permanently and the procrastinating mentality can only lead to a lot more suffering. There is no explanation to avoid spending a tiny funds each and every thirty day period to preserve by yourself from paying enormous sums in the occasion of an accident. Defending your property need to always be at the top of your record and house owner's insurance can do this.

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text: The Como bedding was designed by Laura Park for Pine Cone Hill. Printed on 100% cotton sateen, the Como is a fun and colorful bedding collection to add to your home. Inspired by Laura’s paintings, the kaleidoscope-like print uses shades of blue, green and blush to create a feminine bed.


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A drug developed to rapidly reverse the effect of new blood thinners during episodes of major bleeding has been effective in late stage trials according to an article on Reuters.com. The drug reportedly reversed the anticoagulant effect of the new blood thinners, including Xarelto, with no serious side effects being reported. This is an important development because currently there is no known antidote to blood thinners like Xarelto so serious bleeding events are difficult if not impossible to control. Portola Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the drug, was hopeful it would be able to file for approval with the FDA by the end of the year.
The Feeney Law Firm provides additional information about dangerous drugs on our Xarelto lawsuit page. Our firm is committed to seeking justice for those affected by Xarelto. Fighting to keep people safe from corporate greed and self-interest is our passion. We are here to help make that process as simple as possible for you and your family. Call us now at 1-800-809-0911 for a FREE consultation. Don’t wait; your time to file a claim may be limited.

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A new plan is afoot (or should that be ahoof!?!). I am thinking I need *ahem* to make some more triple zippy pouches, but as I want to use QAYG, a new (to me) technique, I decided I will have to start with a single zip pouch, so I can see how the seams will work. I've chosen some fabrics, a whole set of hand printed fabric scraps from 2 fabulous ladies of British printing, on the left the lovely Lu Summers, and the right is Sarah Waterhouse.
Now I just need to remove myself from the sofa, which is easier said than done, oh well, it's a hard life!
I have fabrics from both too and LOVE them - have fun making the triple zip!
I am contemplating a bit of QAYG too - never tried it but it seems a nice way to introduce myself to FMQ without the stress of a full-size quilt.
I can't quite grasp the QAYG technique. I need to try it too.
Fabulous fabrics, hope all goes well with the zip.
I'm scared of QAYG and can't see how anything other than log cabin can be done. Hoping for a class at the FQ retreat.
Lovely fabrics and great plans!
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Do you love to multibet?
Three leg multis during Spring Carnival? Or three and four leg sport multis during the AFL or NBA season?
Pros don’t bet that way. There are only two times that pro punters use multis, but before we tell you about those, we wanted to show you a bookmaker’s margin in multibets.
Once you see that you’ll understand why they incentivise multi betting with their promos.
As you know, when betting with online bookmakers, they set the price for both sides of a sporting event (or the fixed price of a horse racing market). They also determine their betting percentage, which is also their profit margin.
An example can be seen in the round 22 2018 NRL match below. Both South Sydney and Sydney are given the exact same chance to win the game.
At $1.87 for each side, Ladbrokes have set a bookmaker percentage of 106.95%. If there was no margin at all, Ladbrokes would have both selections at $2.00.
HOW DO THESE MARGINS IMPACT MULTIS?
Stick with us, we’re nearly there.
The primary way to consistently win as a punter is to place bets at fixed odds that are less than 100%. For example, if you’re backing horses at a fixed price average of $3.50 but they shorten to a starting price (odds at the time the gates open) average of $3.00 then you’re betting into 86% markets and winning at 16%. That would make you an elite punter.
To break even as a punter, you would be getting average odds of exactly 100%.
To lose as a punter, you would be taking average odds which exceed 100%. That’s not easy to do if you’re betting into 105-107% markets every week and don’t have an edge.
When you multi legs together, you effectively increase the bookmaker margin, taking you exponentially further away from 100%.
HOW DOES THE BOOKMAKER PROFIT INCREASE ON MULTIS?
Bookmaker profit increases because a multibet, as the name suggests, multiplies each leg.
Or you can choose to see a multi as 102.6% x 102.6% x 102.6% = 108.1%. We use 102.6% because each line bet has two options, with 2.6% margin each.
Whether that multi wins or not, you’ve placed a bet into an 8.1% profit margin market for the bookmaker. If you do this consistently over the long term, it’s likely you will lose money. A five leg multi at these percentages creates a 114% market with a 14% long term profit margin for the bookmaker.
How do you think that’s going to work out for you?
Avoid bookmaker margins and bet against other punters. Betfair is a low margin exchange like Airbnb and Uber.
The percentage stuff can get a little confusing. All you need to know is that online bookmakers have profit built into both sides of a market. When you multiply them, the bookie profit margin increases.
Most corporate bookmakers encourage multi betting in one form or another. It doesn’t matter if its on the NBA, NFL, NRL or tennis, most of these markets will have a promotional to ecncourage multi betting. Some examples of punters being incentivised to bet in multiples are set out below.
Why would corporate bookmakers incentive this betting method if it wasn’t lucrative? They’re not a charity. They have a responsibility to their shareholders to maximise profit. What better way to do that than incentivise a profitable product.
We know professional punters who use multis for two distinct purposes.
The first is to make their account look less intelligent. Seriously.
If you’re a sophisticated punter who beats online bookmakers with a strategy, then you may need to have other bets littered through your account history. That way you may be less likely to have your account closed or restricted if it’s reviewed.
For example, if you win on the punt by exclusively backing Spring Carnival promotions, then you may need to have other bets on your account. It will make your strike rate and average bet size numbers come down as well as filling up your account history with a variety of bets including multis.
The second example is sharp horse racing punters who have a similar intention, whilst using the multiplication factor to their advantage.
If a horse racing punter is confident that their three best bets for the day are going to shorten significantly from their current fixed odds, then they can multi them together in different combinations. The bets may look less sophisticated and the punter may get his wagers accepted to win a higher amount than he would normally be able to do.
The professional punter is multiplying his considerable advantage over the market and getting odds that are 50-100% greater than the starting price.
Whilst this is an extreme and rare example you can see what some professional punters are able to do with multiples.
The BIG thing to remember, however, is that they are beating the starting price with each betting option. You’ll find it almost impossible to achieve these returns on sports betting, where the markets are less volatile.
Online bookmakers encourage multi betting because it increases their profit margin. Bookies will even often allow you to get one out of four legs wrong and get a refund. They wouldn’t offer these generous incentives if it wasn’t in their best interest.
As noted above, some professional punters use multis in a strategic manner, seeking to make their account look less intelligent and avoid restrictions.
We recommend betting where you have an edge. That generally means focusing on one niche, betting on one event at a time and betting without bookies margins.
Betfair is a peer to peer platform for punters. It’s time you avoided bookmaker margins.

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about the limbo he finds himself in with the team that drafted him last year, telling SI TV that it's "annoying" but that he "definitely understands the situation."
Oakland Athletics slugger Khris Davis signed a contract extension Thursday that covers the 2020 and '21 seasons for a reported total of $33.5 million. Davis was scheduled to become a free agent in November.


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Carlicia - Name Meaning, What does Carlicia mean?
Carlicia as a girls' name is an Old German name, and the name Carlicia means "free man". Carlicia is an alternate form of Carla (Old German).
Suggested similar-sounding names are Aaricia, Adelicia, Alicia▼, Analicia, Belicia, Calico, Calina, Calista, Callida, Cariana, Carina▼, Carlaena, Carleena, Carleigh, Carlinda, Carline, Carling, Carlota, Carlyjo (see Carla), Carlyna, Carmelia, Carmelitia (see Carmel), Carmiela (see Carmel), Carmila, Carmina, Carmisha, Carmita, Carniela, Carrisa, Catlina, Catricia, Caylia, Cericia, Charleesa (see Charlene), Charlesina, Charlice, Charlina, Charlisa, Cilicea, Clarecia, Crecia, Darcia, Darlina, Delicia, Earlina, Erlinia, Fabricia, Falecia, Falicia, Farica, Faricka (see Farica), Felicia▼, Janicia, Jarrica, Kanticia, Karlika (see Charlotte), Karlina, Latricia, Lauricia, Lyricia, Malicia, Margisia (see Margaret), Maricia, Marlisa, Marlisha, Melicia, Patricia▼, Phalicia, Philicia, Phylicia, Salcia, Salicia, Sardinia, Talicia and Tannicia. These names tend to be more frequently used than Carlicia.


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I’m writing this week’s TWIVGB in Notepad, a couple days early, on my housemates laptop, as it’s the only one with an internet connection. This can only be only of the last TWIVGB’s for the year. Straight into it!
Cover produces bland, repetitive action and unconvincing locations. Toward the end of Mass Effect 2, Shepard and her crew are supposed to be in some the strangest, eeriest places they’ve ever encountered. But the level design always undercuts the art. Shepard and her crew might have journeyed to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, but in a very real sense they haven’t gone anywhere. It’s the same shooting gallery wearing a different skin.
When it comes to maintaining a consistent control scheme, to conveying appropriate information to the player, and making it easy to parse your character data, BioWare doesn’t get the most basic things right, not even by accident.
I’ll give very good odds to anyone still wanting to bet that ME2 gets a GoTY from Krpata then.
Oh alright, let’s get all our discussion of shooters out of the way then – Pippin Barr at XugoGaming talks about ‘Theatre of War‘ [mirror and that old bugbear of scripting dramatic failures into games. Specifically, he’s talking about a scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which makes the player fail in the ‘correct’ dramatic way, not the ordinary “oh I ran the wrong way and fell off a cliff” failure. Theatre of war, indeed.
Scaling back the scope a little now, and Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Crosshaw at The Escapist reckons that, for him at least, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood captured his imagination through ‘The Little Touches‘.
It’s not immediately obvious, but when you come out of the Animus and are given the opportunity to explore the safe house (or safe cave, whatever), Future Desmond has a little laptop set up for him, which he can use to read the email correspondence between the other three members of the Assassin Scooby Gang. Though largely mundane, the exchanges between the characters, the businesslike scheduling, the pranks, the snarks, the enquiries after lost yogurts and Ipods, gave them a great deal of humanity.
At The Border House this week, blogger ‘Pewter’ writes about the ‘Archaeology of dwarven women‘ [mirror] in World of Warcraft, uncovering the character of Moira Thaurissan and an unsettling tale in WoW lore.
After nearly 70 hrs of game play I never really cared about my character. I didn’t really care about her father. For that matter, I didn’t really care much about any of the characters in the game. Instead, I was enthralled with playing the game as a kind of future archeologist, excavating our present through traces left on these terminals and strewn about the physical landscape.
Now barbarian tribes are nothing new to the the massively popular franchise. They harken all the way back from the first Civilization. Yet I had never noticed how comfortably they fit within a somewhat unsettling discourse about civilization and modern progress.
Back to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and G. Christopher Williams at PopMatters writes this week about ‘The Indifferent Kill in ‘Assassin’s Creed’‘. Also from PopMatters, Kris Ligman informs us, somewhat confusingly, ‘I Loved ‘Loved,’ But I’m Not Sure I Love ‘Love’. Thankfully, there’s a helpful summary right at the top: “Today we look at two themed independent titles that showcase two different facets of what we now call the art game: game as system and game as anti-system.” Hmm, perhaps you’d better go read the whole thing.
At Bitmob, Layton Shumway dissects the stand-up routine of comedian Dara O’Brian [mirror] who talks about the strange behaviour of players learning the controls to a new videogame. Shumway spins it out into a tale about didactic games and the ways they teach.
At the Vorpal Bunny Ranch, Denis Farr looks at unreliable narrators in both Alpha Protocol and Dragon Age in a post titled ‘Economic Truth‘ [mirror].
The videogame community–those who make them, those who play them–encompasses a much larger, broader base than the Spike TV dudebro douchebag contingent. Really, saying the “videogame community” at this point is all but archaic, anyway.

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Bandcamp is doing a great thing today!
So Bandcamp is doing a voter rights and registration thing all day today, and to encourage participation, I wanted to post a few of my favorite albums available on Bandcamp that you can purchase now, and for a good cause.
My favorite album of the year so far is this one, a real banger from Zeal and Ardor that combines metal and gospel, and is also an album all about racism and slavery, and the lingering toxic effects thereof. Which doesn’t take away from t he fact that this album rages in every way possible.
Here’s some hard charging instrumentals from Sannhet, as I really do enjoy hard charging instrumental bands, and more may show up on this list. They’re good to write to, if you need background music!
You knew we were coming to Scottish misery before too long! It’s actually difficult for me to pick a favorite Twilight Sad album, but if I absolutely had to, I’d pick this one (No One Can Ever Know is a very close second). This is an album positively soaked with living in the aftermath of abuse, regret, sorrow, and trying to survive the shittiest circumstances imaginable. Backed up with a sonic wash of guitars and powerfully Scottish vocals that is just gorgeous.
Another impossible choice! Skelethon just squeaks past None Shall Pass as my favorite Aesop Rock album. He can rap things profound and surreal and trivial, sometimes all at once. And the beats are pretty sick.
This is a beautiful album of doom and weirdness from the queen of doom and weirdness. It’s eerie and dark and pretty, and is quite atmospheric for a writing soundtrack.
Shadow Age have a new album out that’s just aces. Has a little dark wave sheen, and is so catchy, you may not notice how dark it all is.
This is Metz’s latest album, which is just noise rock with a melodic glaze. And I do mean glaze. In some cases, you can barely hear it at all, which is just how I like it.
A concept album about space, that had a video that was nominated for a Hugo! It’s really good, guys. You should check it out.
A bright piece of pop-punk from a group I’m unfamiliar with, but I found this album irresistable and charming while being occasionally heavy.
Modern, glossy pop-punk, that manages to be happy and sad at the same time.
Emma Ruth makes some goddamn pretty and ominous albums, and this one is a favorite.
Let’s end on another hard charging instrumental album I loved, by a group I’d never heard of, that maybe just released this one album? But it’s really good, guys.

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Our Electricians are licensed understand regulations in Hartsburg, MO, but all states follow the National Electrical Code, and all recognize three basic categories: apprentice, journeyman and master. There is no national license; some municipalities require city licenses. An apprentice is a beginner or trainee who works under direct supervising of a master Electrician. A journeyman is qualified and experienced and can work on his own under the general guidance of our master. Our master originates projects and can speak to him on 888-285-2177.
Our master in Hartsburg, MO lays out wiring systems and installations and gets permits for work to be completed. The Electrician Guys prescribes the type of wiring and connections or terminations according to electrical codes. Our master will design the routing of circuits in your house, for instance, or decide the type and location of a circuit breaker panel. Our master also supervises apprentices and oversees journeymen who do the work us. Our owner here at The Electrician Guys is a master Electrician.
The Electrician Guys in Hartsburg, MO employs journeyman as licensed to work by themselves, without direct supervision, installing wiring, outlets and fixtures. Our journeyman also does service work, troubleshooting when a breaker fails or a light stops working. Our journeyman does not offer permits that must be issued by our master. Our journeyman follows our master's plans and directions. Our journeyman's responsibilities will vary based on the work that needs to be done. Our journeymen are skilled with residential, commercial and industrial installations and repairs.ust work from six years as an apprentice, under direct supervision of our master, and pass a journeyman test. This person also must have some classroom education on the National Electrical Code and fundamental electricity in a technical school a program affiliated with the National Joint Apprenticeship Training Council. Journeyman training combines hands-on work with education on basic electricity.
At The Electrician Guys in Hartsburg, MO both our journeymen and masters have work experience, based on years of service or hours of work. Both are always taking time to upgrade their skill set by taking classes in vocational and technical schools, these programs run jointly by the National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

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More businesses are moving their critical business applications to the cloud. These subscriptions are important tools. Many have chosen, and we recommend, Office 365 to manage business email. Yet there are so many apps that are included with most business level Office 365 subscriptions that most businesses are paying for, but are not even using.
With Slack gaining popularity among business users, Microsoft has been able to see what features the users like most, and incorporate them into their chat application. Teams is the result of a lot of research, and continues to offer improved features that might just leave the competition behind.
When you have a choice between paying for an additional chat app like Slack, and getting access to one that is already included in a subscription you are paying for, it’s almost a no-brainer.
While this note taking/keeping application has been around for a long time, it is still one of the best places to keep notebooks of information. The ability to organize your notes into various notebooks, groupings and pages makes it feel like a binder.
This application is a perfect place to keep training materials, documentation about various processes within the company, and even standard weekly meeting notes. Once you start using OneNote, you may not be able to stop.
Another more recent addition to Microsoft’s offering is their robust To Do list application. Much like Teams, To Do is constantly being updated with features that people have been requesting. While it had a rocky start with its lackluster feature set, the latest version has just about everything you want in a To Do list application.
You can group tasks into different topics, you can add subtasks to any To Do item, and even create recurring tasks. These tasks will automatically sync up with Outlook, so you can view your to do items from any location.
This application is another copycat of a popular business tool. This time Microsoft is going after project management applications like Trello. Much like those applications, you have the ability to organize your project with Kanban boards they call buckets. It also includes charts that help you visualize the overall progress on the project.
To take on If This Then That or Zapier, Microsoft has also developed a workflow tool, aptly named Flow. There are a ton of templates already created to browse through and choose from like automatically saving email attachments to OneDrive. You are also able to tie it into other apps that are not Microsoft products to help you become super productive.
Spending a little bit of time looking through some of the apps that are included in your Office 365 subscription could end up saving you money on some of the similar apps you are already using. Before you go canceling all of your other subscriptions though, make sure it has all of the features you use frequently. While a lot of these apps are pretty feature rich, some of them are still just getting started. You can bet that Microsoft will continue to put significant effort into developing these apps to compete with the other popular enterprise level cloud services that already exist. They want Office 365 to dominate the business space, and it looks like they are well on their way to achieving that goal.


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Say Goodbye to Mom Guilt this Working Parents Day!
Side-Hustle Series: What Does An Executive Coach Do?
Keep your Toddlers Safe in the Laundry Room with Packets Up!


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2015 green Connie = unwanted attention ???
Im looking at buying a green Concours and am wondering about such a visible bike getting too much attention. Any thoughts or stories ?
Re: 2015 green Connie = unwanted attention ???
Really don't believe the color is going to get you in trouble.
ZG had the very first green C14. I don't recall him getting to much attention other than "nice bike".
I bought my Green C14 in 2016, trading up from a black 09 C14.
It is hard to not be seen on this color.
I get friends reporting where they saw me all the time.
Everytime I pull into a gas station, my bike draws a crowd.
I just wish the green color would repel all the cage drivers while cruising through traffic.
I guess that's the price I pay for having the best color.
Im on my way to see the bike today, probably buy it . Ive had bikes with body work before and naked is so much easier. I have a small spot this gargantuan will share with a Yamaha FZ09.
Good luck. I think you would find wind protection is a very big plus compared to Nakid.
Paid for it today and will ride it home tomorrow. Just got off my FZ09 after test riding the Connie, wow, what a difference. It's bone stock with just over 10,000 miles.
Dealer said warranty expired so cant add on. I wondered if he may have reason to fib or if there is a registry. Then thought I probably wouldn't buy it. But how much? Maybe.
Yeah, I don't see dealer fibbing about it since it could have swayed your thoughts on purchase. But it was worth the thought.
My 09 got a total of nine years. Used the factory warranty for the bikes battery that died after 2 years and the extended for a leaky final drive. By the time it was all said and done it probably would have been cheaper in the long run to have paid for the leaky final drive out right and saved the $ on the two extensions. But what the heck I didn't have worry about breaking something.
I have the original TPS still in the wheels. The front died in 2015 and could of had it replaced. The original rear sensor still reads after the tire is warmed up. Not bad for being 10 years old this coming December IMHO. Plan is to pull the sensors and have the batteries replaced.
Wouldn’t hurt to pucnnyour VIN number into the My Kawasaki site and make sure warranty is gone, mater of fact I. Going to go buy a 3 year policy right now!
Just got back from a short 2nd ride on this bike and 3rd time on a Concours. I found a sweet grunty spot in the range and it is very nice on bumpy potholed city streets. Will wire it for my heated gear tomorrow and take it for a long ride. Then ride it to work on my birthday Friday.
I just joined COG and am checking to see if I lose my "Big Wheels" status and what comes next.
All ZG's C14's got attention.
True Dat. And the attention was not always LEO just because he had a green 09 for awhile.


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Finalists, sponsors and guests joined Lincolnshire Life at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln to announce the winners of this year’s County Cuisine Awards. Lincolnshire Life was delighted to be there in association with Select Lincolnshire and Tastes of Lincolnshire Partnership, who were also presenting their Food and Drink Awards 2012.
The event was sponsored by DoubleTree by Hilton and Lincolnshire Co-operative, in addition to the sponsors of the ‘Taste of Excellence’ judging categories: Tastes of Lincolnshire and Lincoln College Young Chef of the Year; Heart of Gold Best Tea room or Coffee Shop; Tastes of Lincolnshire Best Pub Food and House of Townend Best Restaurant.
Guests enjoyed a three-course meal featuring local produce and fine wines to accompany each dish. The guest speaker was Tim Nicol, champion for Taste Tideswell, from BBC One’s Village SOS.
“Fresh, locally sourced produce, efficient and considerate staff, iconic location and Stokes’ delicious teas and coffees. A menu that pleases with old favourites but also serves contemporary tastes,” was the judges’ verdict.
The competition for 2012/13 will be launched in May so if you would like to be included in our database to receive nomination forms please contact: editorial@lincolnshirelife.co.uk or call 01522 527127.

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Foul play is criminal violence or activity that results in a person's death.
The report says it suspects foul play was involved in the deaths of two journalists.
Foul play is unfair or dishonest behavior, especially during a sports game.
Players were warned twice for foul play.

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A place with a mission.
We believe that children learn and grow when they are provided with a caring and accepting environment. Our goal is to help children develop habits of observation, questioning, and listening.
Kindergarten Enrichment Registration for the 2019-2020 school year for all school districts is now open! Please complete the online registration forms.
Registration for Before and After Care for Tredyffrin- Easttown, Fellowship House, West Chester and Centennial School Districts will open May 1st.
Downingtown, and Owen J Roberts School District registration will open June 3rd.
We care about the things that count.
Serving over 3400 students and their families in the communities we serve.
contributed this year to assist families with tuition.
What do you love about A Child’s Place?
They're really like a family, because we have been with them so long that they have become a family to us!
Our family values A Child’s Place in so many ways. Both my husband and I work full time so it becomes critical to have a reliable child care provider.
A Child’s Place does many things well – the teachers are encouraging and authentically really care about the children.
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ANN ARBOR -- The Mocs are coming to Michigan.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team will visit Crisler Center Nov. 23. MLive obtained the contract for the game through a records request filed with the University of Michigan.
Chattanooga head coach Lamont Paris loses his top six scorers after going 10-23, including 3-15 in the Southern Conference, last season. It was Paris' first year as a head coach after spending the previous seven as an assistant at Wisconsin.
The Wolverines have scheduled 30 of their 31 regular-season games for next season. The final one will likely be a home game sometime in mid-December.
Michigan is 4-0 all-time against Chattanooga. The last meeting was in 1999 in Ann Arbor. Some of the earlier meetings were when Chattanooga's athletic teams went by the Moccasins. In 1997, the school abandoned that name and its offensive Native American imagery in favor of logos incorporating a train and a bird.
A listing and analysis of the Michigan men's basketball 2018-19 schedule.
The train pays homage to Chattanooga's "vast railroad history," according to the school's website. Tennessee's official state bird is the mockingbird. Moc is short for mockingbirds, "fiercely territorial creatures which protect their homes with courage, determination and skill," as noted on the school site. "Those attributes reflect the intellect, spirit and character of UTC student-athletes and alumni. A Moc is a champion on the playing surface, in the classroom and, most importantly, in life."
Chattanooga's bird mascot is named Scrappy after the school's most successful football coach, A.C. "Scrappy" Moore.
Michigan is paying Chattanooga $97,000 for the game. The Mocs will have an inexperienced roster for the second straight year. Of their players who started more than one game last season, only one returns: four transferred, one pursued a pro career, and another graduated.
Michigan, meanwhile, returns three starters from a team that went to the national championship. In a matchup that will be played the day after Thanksgiving, perhaps the Wolverines should leave some room for a cupcake.


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We give when no one else can, we help those in who need it, whether it be food for those who cannot afford it, diapers for those in need or a helping hand when needed.
We are a group of people who play pirate, we dress up and have fun and at the same time raise money for good causes when necessary. You may have seen us, we try to make our presence known as much as possible.
Each year we try and grow the festival and in return it helps us assist local groups. We bring in pirates from all over Florida to help when we need it and we bring in people from up and down the coast for the Pirate Invasion Weekend to help the local businesses during the slower season in late fall.
We are proud of Cedar Key and the people here, we epitomize what a small seaside village is and was and will always remain. We are here to help in any way that we can, if we need more pirates we shoot up a flare and they come sailing in from all ports to help in any way that they can to help us achieve our goals.
We are asking for your support in any way possible, we need lodging for some of our acts, we need sponsorships so we can make the festival happen in the first place. Donations for raffle prizes are also helpful for our auction one evening.
However you can help, help us bring more people to our beautiful community during a time when most businesses are struggling.


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On this episode I lay out a classic embodiment model – the four elements. I take listeners through an experiential test of their preferences and show uses across a wide range of domains form business training, to team building, to relationships, communication and directing your embodied practice. A very useful one for anyone who works with the body.
I’ve been engaging with this type of thing (by skirting around with inference) for some time just always groaned a bit at paying for what seemed like an ‘assessment’-thanks for noticing that response. Listening to this podcast enabled me to learn (remind) that the expression of my watery-ness : ) has often been met with fire. I can now take comfort in the knowledge that water never gives much of its air to fire (if used in appropriate quantities and directly) or keeps a Ring of Slightly Sacrificial Protection around fire if splashed environmentally (environs-mentally….love it) and could be wasteful (control) and over time ultimately destructive. Airing my earth here. Thanks.


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Oakwood Events Blog - Posts Tagged "Fairy Lights"
Our star-shaped canopy of fairy lights sits neatly above the ceremony area in Wenman's Barn at Caswell House.
The lights radiate out from a high point in the middle to lower points around the walls, making a pretty display not only for the wedding ceremony but for the whole day!
Here's something new: a sparkly fairy light canopy adorned with gorgeous hanging silk roses!
Shown here in Ufton Court's large Tithe Barn, the fairy lights look fab on their own and the design really comes to life with the addition of the roses suspended from the lights.
At the risk of stating the obvious, we love fairy lights!
What better way to highlight your wedding ceremony than by filling the entire back wall with lots of pretty, sparkly lights?
This fairy light star canopy with lit lanterns is one of our most popular designs for lighting weddings in Ufton Court's tithe barn.
Here are a couple of photos from the setup prior to a recent wedding showing how the lights transform the barn from day to night.
The fan canopy is a dramatic display of fairy lights that suits the layout of the large Tithe Barn at Ufton Court really well.
The lights fan out elegantly from a high point above the rear barn doors, where the top table is normally positioned, to a lower point on the opposite side of the barn with the vertical wooden pillars.
At Caswell House, the area at the end of the large Wenman's Barn is often used for a band or disco in the evening.
Why not add some serious sparkle for the evening with a mirror ball and disco lights?
The Monks Barn in Hurley is such brilliant blank canvas for lighting and decoration that there are lots of different combinations available to suit any taste.
This full lighting scheme included drapes, fairy lights, chandeliers and LED uplighters for a really gorgeous result.
The colour scheme for this stylish wedding at Cogges Manor Farm in Witney was peach, robin egg and dove grey.
We were asked to supply a lighting scheme to work with these colours while creating a warm and cosy atmosphere in the barn.
Here's our beautiful, huge multi-swag fairy light canopy in the tithe barn at Ufton Court!
This lovely barn at Newton Park Farm is surrounded by gorgeous countryside - an amazing spot for a wedding reception!
We added a fairy light star canopy inside the barn with a mixture of lanterns and pom poms.
Back to the gorgeous 16th century Great Barn at Micklefield Hall, this time to install a large, super sparkly widthways fairy light canopy!
Here's a new fairy light canopy design for the Wheat Barn at Cogges Manor Farm in Witney.
This large barn has seven main beams along its length, which means it's great for the gathered canopy with its central "pinch" on the middle beam.
Bartlett's barn at Caswell House serves as the reception area as the wedding guests arrive and the bar area in the evening. Here's a fantastic way of adding a touch of your own style to the barn by adding hanging lanterns to the fairy lights in the ceiling.
These paper lanterns hung on fairy lights provided a simple but effective display for a wedding in the Great Barn at Manor Farm in Ruislip.
The Wheat Barn at Cogges Manor Farm is big and beautiful - a fab space for a wedding or party.
We were excited to be asked recently to install a large ceiling canopy of fairy lights for an event in the barn.


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DCMS term of reference for the CABE review here.
No mention of DC CABE at all? The dog that didnt bark. Of course since being sloughed off government with limited transitional funding which may not continue DC CABE has not wanted to say any controversial or critical about policy matters or procurement across government. In short it has become irrelevant to anything other than matters for which it has a direct clinet role – such as strategic design review or supporting neighbourhood plans. Of course there is one thing architecture and urban design is and must be – controversial. Imagine English Heritage when consulted on proposals to knock down a listed building simply said, heres how to drive the bulldozer faster, or Natural England, heres how to gas some Badgers – woops after the Francis Maude injunction t0 shut up or lose all your funding, we are not far off that. Similarly with DC CABE, Quangos that cant say no go have no chance, and no future; they become empty bureaucracies ready for the chop and no longer serving the function that brought them into being.


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think big for your students with a disability. Your school and our future will benefit.
Too often, autistic students have especially poor educational outcomes because schools have very low expectations of autistic students. Educational outcomes will improve when autistic students are expected to have normal achievements.
This is a serious change that needs to be driven from the very top of the education system.
To help make certain that children with disabilities are held to high expectations and have meaningful access to a State’s academic content standards, we write to clarify that an individualized education program (IEP) for an eligible child with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) must be aligned with the State’s academic content standards for the grade in which the child is enrolled.
Australia would benefit substantially from federal (or state) law, regulation or at least guidance that requires, whenever possible, the same academic expectations of students with disability as there are for other students.
Please enact the best you can achieve (law, regulation, guidance) to ensure autistic students within your jurisdiction have the same academic expectations as other students unless there is a compelling reason an individual student to have a different expectation.
Following is the progress of this issue and communication with the various Education Ministers and shadow ministers.
Thank you for your email about the need for leadership to drive bigger thinking for students with autism. I will work with my colleague Stephen Dawson, our Shadow Minister for Disabilities, to ensure our policies and practice reflect this if we are elected to government in 2017.


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THE 2012 Optus Gympie Music Muster is already gearing up for a massive delivery with Early Bird Ticket Sales now on offer.
After celebrating its massive 30th birthday in 2011, the Gympie Music Muster is preparing to follow-up it's milestone delivery.
For those keen to grab a bargain and secure their place at the iconic event this August, early bird tickets are a welcome return and are on sale.
The Optus Gympie Music Muster is a nationally recognised event attracting over 60,000 to the picturesque Amamoor Creek State Forest.
Its 2012 delivery is expected to attract even more with a wide array of entertainment currently being confirmed and experiences for the young, young at heart and die-hard fans being secured.
The Early Bird ticket sale allows Muster goers to purchase and secure their place without queuing but also provides them with a discounted ticket price that is only on offer for a short time.
With the confirmed artist line-up set to be announced mid-2012, organisers are already confident with the entertainment schedule on offer and believe that it will surpass all expectations as a follow-up for such a milestone event in 2011.
"The 2011 Muster was the opportunity to recognize the significant history of the events three decade milestone while showcasing the future for the event.
"In 2012, we plan on delivering on our commitment of fostering our artists and showcasing new stars. We are working hard towards presenting an unforgettable four day experience", said Ms Vickii Cotter, CEO Gympie Music Muster Ltd.
While big name stars will be sure to take to the stage at the 2012 Optus Gympie Music Muster, event organisers are also working on developing the stars of tomorrow with the Maton Talent Search competition aspect of the event set to receive a re-engerised focus.
Organisers are looking forward to working alongside industry professionals to provide future winners with guidance and support in developing their professional careers.
There's no denying that the rain and mud took prominent place at the 2011 event, but the August 2012 Muster is hoping to deliver clear skies and warm weather based on the event's history of year on, year off.
While weather conditions are not yet forecast, its 31year history suggests (and organisers' fingers are crossed) that the 2012 Optus Gympie Music Muster will be the 'year off' with sunshine and festivities in order.
Organisers recommend 2012 Muster goers take the opportunity to secure their place at the discounted early bird ticket price now prior to the event going on general sale through a number of avenues.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.muster.com.au.
Optus is proud to return to the Gympie Music Muster for the third year as naming rights sponsor and is ensuring festival-goers are kept connected right the way through the event.
The 2012 Optus Gympie Music Muster will take place at the Amamoor Creek State Forest Thursday August 23- Sunday August 26.
Get tickets at www.muster.com.au or by phone 5482 2099.


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Pinewood, Bagshot - a Memory of Bagshot.
The house in the background is Pinewood, built by my great grandfather, Sir Howard Elphinstone, VC, KGB etc. He was one of the first soldiers in the Crimean War to win a VC. His VC is now in the Imperial War Museum. He was born near Riga, Latvia (then Livonia) in 1829. He was educated in Germany, before the family moved to Sidmouth. He joined the Royal Engineers and after the Crimean War, he was asked by Queen Victoria to become Prince Arthur (later the Duke of Connaught)'s Comptroller. A Comptroller was a person who was in lieu of parents. They lived at The Ranger's House, Greenwich. He stayed in this post until the Prince reached adulthood. He then wanted to go back into the Army, but the Queen sent 3 letters in one day asking him to stay. He managed to get back into the Army and stay on with the Prince.
He was married at 40 to Miss Annie Cole who was 19 and they had 4 daughters.
He was given the land at Bagshot by the Royal Family and built Pinewood for his family. He died in 1890, having been swept off a ship and drowned while going on holiday.
There is a memorial to him in Exeter Cathedral as well as Bagshot Church.
His widow continued to live here until the 1930's.
A book was written about him a few years ago called The Queen's Knight by Martyn Downer.
A memory shared by Sylvia Wright on Apr 28th, 2011. Send Sylvia Wright a message.


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Purple rubber "Reason to Hope" wristbands show your support for the Alzheimer Association's 2011 Walk to End Alheimers.
Official attire for the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's.
Features the Alzheimer's Association logo and is stamped with the message "a reason to hope."
Purple silicone rubber in one adult size.

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The IRRV Diploma Course is designed for both Revenues and Benefits staff who wish to gain a further professional qualification and enhance their career prospects. It leads to Diploma Membership of the IRRV.
Students must have achieved a pass in the IRRV certificate (formerly Technician Qualification) or NVQ Level 3 in their chosen discipline or they must hold a qualification at least equivalent to A-Level, Scottish Highers or any qualification at Level 3 of the national framework (England and Wales) or Level 6 (Scotland) and have had substantial workplace experience.
Classes start at 10 am and finish at 4pm. In addition to face-to-face tuition, students are expected to complete research and undertake an assignment during the course. Students are required to study four subjects. Each subject entails five days of tuition throughout the academic year.
Course Fee: £1380 plus VAT per student.
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Jackie Clark Mancuso is the author and illustrator of a picture book series about Hudson, an American dog living in Paris. The books have been praised by Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly for their humor and originality, featured in museum bookstores to introduce children to art, and singled out by librarians and teachers for their positive role models and educational value in early language learning. Like many children's classics, the books are as much appreciated by adults as by children. Visit jackiemancuso.com and @jackieclarkmancuso on Instagram.
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text: This Calendar Cling features coastal imagery that will be pleasant to look at throughout the year. It is also unique in that it does not require an envelope in order to be mailed out. We address it on the back side, send it out in the mail for you, and the recipient simply peels and sticks up this calendar wherever they choose. If they change their mind and want it on a different surface? No problem. They can easily remove the calendar and move it to a different location. No mess left behind! This material can stick to refrigerators, walls, or any other smooth surface. This super unique calendar is attractive and of course it has a 12 month shelf life. The recipient will be grateful that you thought of them and they will be reminded of you and your services throughout the year.


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League One strugglers Bury have appointed Lee Clark as their new manager after they agreed a deal with Kilmarnock to release him from his contract at the Scottish club.
The 44-year-old had been in charge of Killie since February last year, and has EFL experience having previously been at the helm at Huddersfield, Birmingham and Blackpool.
Clark now replaces Chris Brass, who was appointed the Shakers’ Head Coach in December after the club sacked previous boss David Flitcroft for a run of 11 games without victory, and the club will be hoping he can guide them to safety.
Bury’s chairman Stewart Day said: “Lee is someone who I have followed through his playing and managerial career.
“I firmly believe that Lee is the right man and he has an enthusiasm and passionate desire to take this club forward.
With the Shakers fourth bottom and just a point inside the drop-zone, Clark could well be the man to guide them through the next few months and help them escape relegation to League Two.
He observed the club’s match with Chesterfield on Saturday, and is now clearly excited to get going in his new role, telling Kilmarnock’s website after his departure: “I still have huge ambition to one day manage at the highest level in England, which is obviously the Premier League.


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The Adirondacks are home to some incredible trails for snowsports. Find spots for downhill skiing, cross-country and more below. See highlighted destinations for winter fun for more great spots!
Located in Saranac Lake, NY and owned by the Town of Harrietstown, Dewey Mountain is a cross-country ski and snowshoe center in winter and a great place to hike and mountain bike the rest of the year.


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My boy and his dad had made a deal (a few days before) pending good behavior—If my son (Warren) held up his end of the deal, showing respect and a good attitude, he’d eventually receive a mini-pocketknife from his dad’s scant collection and on the flip side: poor behavior and lack of respect and bad attitude would equal no pocketknife.
First off when this deal was initially communicated a deadline must’ve been overlooked and never discussed. Warren seemed to be failing at recognizing that patience and self-control are two very important and necessary components of respect. Both of which he was lacking as he repeatedly questioned me asking if his dad had messaged yet to give a timeframe on this deal.
In other words I believe he actually wanted to know ‘how long must I practice and display being EXTRA nice?’ (Um, for the rest of your life son)…After all he’d been holding doors open for others, using an abundance of more-than-usual verbal manners, and even helping tote things to and from the vehicle with our busy on-the-go schedule…all without being asked to do so.
So per his request, I had texted my husband (who was at work for the day) to see just when this “positive attitude for pocketknife” exchange might happen and in the meantime Warren was anxiously awaiting his father’s response.


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As promised, today Sandy Asher concludes this month’s informal chat about a subject of interest to authors and others involved in the field of children’s literature. The topic, About This Business of Internet Publishing, has been discussed on March 6 by me, March 13 by Paula Morrow, and March 20 by Michael Wilde. Now we hear from Sandy who is bringing back her book, TEDDY TEABURY’S FABULOUS FACT, as a publish-on-demand title. Read on!
There was a time, very early in my career, when I balked at editors’ detail-oriented, nit-picky thoroughness. Now I worry they may be too busy with other projects to give my work the full attention it needs. Even after many years of experience, I’m really nervous about publishing anything that hasn’t been vetted by a professional editor. We’re all far too close to our own work to see it as readers will receive it. Editors help us bridge that gap.
And so, my only experience with self-publishing has been to reissue — twice — TEDDY TEABURY’S FABULOUS FACT, an already well-edited middle grade reader. TEDDY was originally a Dell Yearling Book. It had a good going-over – or three or six – for content and style by my then editor Bebe Willoughby, as well as meticulous attention to mechanics, typos, and other details from an in-house copyeditor and proofreader at Delacorte/Dell. When the book went out of print and the rights reverted to me, I could reissue it by simply having it set up in a print-ready manner by my son Ben, a freelance, professional copyeditor and proofreader. Together, we kept a keen eye out for late-blooming typos. (See Ben’s info at http://www.beneasher.com ).
That first reprinting of 500 copies was done with a clear marketing plan, though this was long before social media began providing world-wide exposure. School visits, children’s literature festivals, and teacher and librarian conferences were the main marketing opportunities, and I was doing lots of those. With a reissued TEDDY, I could continue to go forth armed with the dramatic and amusing story behind the book’s dedication “To the children of Otterville, Missouri, who asked me to write it and made sure I did.” I already knew from experience with the Dell edition that kids loved hearing the story and immediately wanted to read the book. I was confident I could sell 500 copies. And I did.
Then I got tired of listening to myself tell the story. Five hundred copies were enough.
Time passed, and the whole self-publishing picture changed. With all the choices offered by technology and writers doing so much of their own marketing anyway, it’s become quite an attractive way to go. Plus, TEDDY has appeared a couple of times as a 19-part newspaper serial, and the illustrations commissioned by the serial licensing company were available. (The original illustrations by Bob Jones were not; my first reissue had no illustrations – not a good way to go with a middle-grade novel.) My agent mentioned that she’d checked out CreateSpace and was recommending it to her authors who wanted to reissue their own books. And there you were, David, all excited about your ebook GOOSE LAKE. So I decided to give self-publishing another try. TEDDY TEABURY’S FABULOUS FACT seemed the logical choice for my plunge, since I knew how to market it. I’m ready to tell the story behind the dedication again — not here, because it’s too long, but anywhere I’m invited to speak (hint, hint).
Wow! This has been a very different experience from my first foray into self-publication. Back then, I used a general printer who did a nice job the old-fashioned way, following my directions but offering little guidance. With CreateSpace, I’ve had a steady flow of phone calls and email messages, an on-line account, a dashboard that alerted me to when I needed to take action and now tracks my orders and royalties, and helpful directions every step of the way. I got to alter and approve the jacket and proofread everything on-line first and then in hard copy, twice. And six days a week, there were real people to talk to, attentive, competent, cheerful people with satisfying answers to my questions.
My personal “project team” at CreateSpace did an attractive design job and worked hard to get everything just right. Since my book had already been edited at Dell, I bought a simple and less costly package, but there are various options from do-it-yourself-for-free to full-service, in-depth editing. There’s a motive, of course, behind their perfectionism. CreateSpace books are automatically offered on Amazon.com and there’s a sizable cut for the company out of each copy sold. It’s to their benefit to create a superior product. I have no problem with that.
The books are print-on-demand, which means I don’t have a basement full of copies I don’t immediately need. (Will I ever forgive the long-ago cat who once used a carton as a litter box?) I can order copies wholesale for presentations as I go. I could pay a little more to have an ebook edition as well, but I don’t quite trust the time lapse between my presentation generating interest and the listener’s opportunity to order the book on-line. I’d rather have hard copies right there with me. I’m fairly confident I can earn back my investment before once again tiring of the story, but even if I don’t, there’s Amazon.com selling the book on-line for me. (See at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1467945153/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_zUgBpb0JEDDV5 ). Easy enough to email the link to family and friends and post it on Facebook. Best of all, print-on-demand guarantees that TEDDY TEABURY’S FABULOUS FACT will never go out of print again.
So, do I recommend self-publication? Under certain conditions, I do, with these caveats: Have reasonable expectations, know your market, and devise a plan for reaching that market. Self-publishing isn’t right for all books, and, no matter how they’re published, books rarely sell themselves. Last but definitely not least: Do not venture out there alone. See above for how I love editors!
I’m happy to tell you that tomorrow, March 27, Sandy Asher will add her remarks to this month’s topic — About This Business of Internet Publishing. You’re going to enjoy what she has to say about her current print on demand experiences.
We’ve enjoyed our special guests to our column this month, Paula Morrow and Michael Wilde, who brought us their wisdom and insight in the business of self-publishing via the Internet. Your readership and comments tell us that you enjoyed them too. Here’s the lineup for the month.
March 20, Michael Wilde, Why an Editor?
Wecome to our third Tuesday session of WRITERS AT WORK. This month’s topic is using technology to publish e-books and books on demand. I went first on March 6 with a telling of my first e-book experience: GOOSE LAKE. Last Tuesday we heard from editor Paula Morrow whose remarks were titled, “Independent Editors: What We Do and Why You Need Us.” Today it’s our pleasure to bring you another strong voice of experience in this field: Michael Wilde. Sandy Asher will bat cleanup on the 27th when she discusses her current experiences with publish on demand.
So here is the not-so-distant future of how a book will behave: it will reorganize itself to accommodate every digital temptation—a dark current that flows under a lot of professional conversations these days. What happened to focusing on one thing at a time? The editor in me is constantly asking, by the time you reach the end of this sentence, have you already gone to Twitter? How can a book possibly survive?
It will, and the why and how came in a query I received only yesterday, four days after the Times article had me ruing not only the demise of books but the death of meaning itself (the Times is good at that). Having surveyed the poor quality of self-published books, the writer decided to seek out an editor. “No matter what the future of the book industry is,” the person writes, “editors are still crucial.” Apart from the obvious validation (that in fact means everything to me), this brief, simple statement gives me hope and a galvanizing optimism: here is understanding, at its core, of a fundamental relationship, an age-old calculus, that determines how a book comes into being and why it acts as it does, no matter the medium or how the end result is marketed.
A writer needs an editor and vice versa; that simple. The disparate activities take place in different sections of the brain, I’m convinced, and the writer is not well served should he or she attempt to do both at once. In the same braincase, the editor inhibits the act of writing until the flow is dammed to a dribble. One of them has to be switched off for the other to function properly (i.e., disinhibited, not easy and not recommended). What does all that have to do with publishing, self or otherwise, you might ask? It turns out, everything. Now, in the e-universe, a writer needs an editor more than ever (assuming, of course, the editor knows what she or he is doing, another subject for another day’s blog)—and nowhere is this more emphatically true than in children’s books, which are deceptive if not downright treacherous from an editorial point of view.
I don’t have space to go into the particulars, but generally speaking, of all the levels and genres of writing and reading out there, children’s books come closest to poetry in style and composition—and are therefore that much harder to write. In children’s, as in poetry, every word is important, and even more, the order all the words are in, on every page, in every sentence. I can’t stress it enough. There isn’t any wiggle room at all. The text must engage at once and entertain. A first-time author—even a brilliant one—might not automatically know this. A sweat lodge worth of effort and draft after draft may yield a pile of rejections for want of an active verb, a musical phrase, choice of voice, a character’s disposition, any of a thousand factors; then, of course, it has to be somebody’s cup of tea. A grown-up first has to love it. Frustrating, I know.
I’m glad to announce that COWBOYS, my new poetry collection, will be introduced in Houston on April 17 at the Texas Library Association Conference.
http://www.amazon.com/Cowboys-Western-David-L-Harrison/dp/159078877X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332023115&sr=8-1 This is a second collaboration with artist Dan Burr. Our first was PIRATES, which was on the Texas Bluebonnet Award 2010-2011 Master List and is on the Indiana Young Hoosier Award 2011-2012 Master List. I’ll talk more about PIRATES in a day or two. Today I just want to sit here and look at COWBOYS.
I also want to announce that tomorrow’s guest on WRITERS AT WORK is Michael Wilde. Sandy Asher and I were delighted to welcome Paula Morrow to our monthly chat last Tuesday (March 13) and are equally enthusiastic to have Michael with us tomorrow. Here is a brief bio to help introduce him. Be sure to come by tomorrow!
Welcome to the second in this month’s chats on WRITERS AT WORK. We are discussing some of the issues related to self-publishing e-books and books on demand. I led off last Tuesday talking about my adventures so far with my e-book, GOOSE LAKE. Sandy Asher and I invited two special guests to join us this month — Paula Morrow and Michael Wilde. Today we hear from Paul. Next Tuesday, the 20th, it will be Michael’s turn. Sandy will finish up on the 27th. If you are enjoying this month’s topic, I hope you’ll be back on those dates to read the rest of our collective thinking.
Self-publishing, e-publishing, and self-e-publishing have rightfully been hailed for breaking down the barrier between authors and publication. We’re seeing a sea-change in the world of books and reading, and like the tide that drenched Canute, it’s not going to go away.
I’m not worried that books might disappear, any more than movies disappeared when everyone bought televisions. My concern is about the effect self-publishing and e-publishing will have on the literature of the future. Are we seeing a rise to new literary possibilities? Or a decline to the lowest common denominator?
1. Get the software for you to create an electronic book.
3. Use the software to convert your document to the electronic book format.
4. Make your ebook available from your website. Note that even if you wish to sell your Ebook, you should still have a sample of your eBook available freely to whet the appetites of your prospective customers.
What ingredient is missing from this recipe? Alas, the instructions tell you how to publish your rough draft. Too many eager authors rush to publication before their manuscript is ready.
“But I have a critique group …” That’s a good thing. Critique partners will give useful feedback during the creative process of writing your book. But how many of the group members have the time for multiple careful readings and the expertise to evaluate every aspect from voice to structure, not to mention page-by-page grammar and mechanics?
Most self-publishing companies claim to use professional copyeditors. Okay. If you’re reading this blog, you no doubt know about LinkedIn, an online site for business and professional networking. As of February 2012, LinkedIn has 824,000 users who list “editing” as a skill, marketing themselves as editors. I’m sure that most of these 824,000 souls know how to run spell-check and know something about grammar and punctuation. I’m afraid I don’t consider fixing the mechanics to be enough.
A friend of mine self-published a children’s book and paid for “professional editing” as part of the publication package. When I started reading the book, my heart sank. The interest level was junior high. The point of view was adult. The supplementary activities were just right for a five-year-old. The “editor” either didn’t know or didn’t care about giving feedback to make the book artistically satisfying (or even coherent) and marketable.
So what exactly does an independent editor do for you? That varies with the editor, of course, so be sure you understand what’s offered before you make a commitment.
My own preference is the “forest and trees” approach. The forest is the big picture: structure, language, logic, emotional content, overall quality, and marketability. I pinpoint any problems and give the author specific feedback on how they could be fixed. The trees are the details, not only mechanics but also more subtle line-editing: word choices, stylistic inconsistencies, and the like. I also point out facts that need checking (important even in fiction!), although I leave the actual research to the author unless we contract for that separately.
A book edit is a time-consuming process requiring many, many hours of intense concentration. Before taking on a new client I read the manuscript, and sometimes I return it with a note that I’m not the right editor for this project. If I feel it’s a good fit, I send a proposal and quote. I offer a choice of several levels of feedback, from a one-time critique to multiple revisions before final editing, and we contract in advance for a specific level and a specific time frame. Up to this point there’s no reading fee and no obligation to continue. If the writer and I agree to work together, I determine a flat fee depending on what that particular manuscript needs.
Before contacting a private editor, look at your manuscript yourself, have a rough idea what help you want, and decide what your final goal is. If you have no idea what you need, start by reading a good book on writing for children (such as Barbara Seuling’s How to Write a Children’s Book and Get It Published) before you spend money on an outside consultant.
Once you have an idea what you expect from the editor, look for someone with experience and expertise in that area. Find out what the person’s credentials are. In checking references, look for specifics: not “she helped me fix my story” but “she put her finger on the place where my plot went astray and gave me clear suggestions for getting back on track.” Expect the person to ask you questions before agreeing to take on your project, so that you’re both aiming for the same goal.
An author friend of mine does private manuscript critiques. Not long ago she plaintively commented that she is seeing more and more manuscripts that she describes as “trainwrecks.” New authors are completely disregarding the basic tenets of writing for children. What’s going on?
I believe what we’re seeing is fallout from self-publishing. Folks go to press without being edited, others read their stuff and think “gosh, it’s published, it must be right,” and the snowball grows.
For new authors, editing is an essential step in the self-publication process. Even established, successful authors can benefit from an external perspective. (See Sandy Asher’s book Writing It Right for lots of great examples of the creative conversation that a relationship between author and editor can spark.) Several years ago a dear friend who has published more than sixty books with traditional publishers decided to try self-publishing and asked me to edit the new manuscript. Our collaboration led to many exciting literary experiences–for both of us. But that’s another story.
Paula offers private manuscript consultations at www.paulamorrow.com.

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The London Sound Survey is a growing collection of Creative Commons-licensed sound recordings of places, events and wildlife in the capital. Historical references are also gathered to find out how London’s sounds have changed.
Why not begin with the Waterways Sound Map, a series of recordings collected along London’s canals, lesser rivers and streams and made into a pastiche of the London Underground map. Man-made noise, the calls of wildlife and the restless, changing character of water flowing through culverts, weirs and cuts.
For more detail, check out the Historical Sounds and Maps section – London history explored through its past sounds in works by Pepys, Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Orwell and others. Accounts include how loud the London Bridge cataracts were and the sales-patter of quack doctors.
There’s also a new section just added called Thames Estuary Recordings made along the Kent and Essex sides of the estuary, capturing the sounds of industry, marshland, and towns from Dartford to Canvey Island and beyond.

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John Martinez has been passionate about astronomy and space since his first view of Saturn through a childhood telescope, becoming his gateway into science and a lifelong journey of personal discovery and learning. He was a young teenager during NASA’s Apollo Moon landing missions, and they had an awe inspiring effect on his imaginings of what else might be “out there” in the Solar System and beyond, waiting to be discovered.
For many years John was the Project Manager of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network. LCOGT’s science mission focused on discovery and/or characterization of exoplanets, supernovae, and near-earth objects. To this end, he was deeply engaged with the design, fabrication, and deployment of their 1-meter class research telescopes and observatories to various mountaintop sites in the U.S. and around the globe. Currently John serves as a volunteer astronomy lab technician at the University of New Orleans, and operator of its Lakefront campus observatory and telescope.
John has participated in hundreds of astronomy engagements with school groups and the general public. There is nothing he enjoys more than sharing with others our human mission to explore, through telescope and spacecraft, this Solar System and Universe we call home.

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Friday's newspapers have interviews with Dmitry Rogozin, the new Russian representative to NATO. Also in the spotlight is the Georgian presidential election.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta has an interview with Dmitry Rogozin, who is expected in Brussels a week from now as the new Russian representative. Rogozin says it took NATO two months to accept his appointment because there are 26 member countries in the organisation and all of them had to be asked. The paper says the procedure is pure diplomatic politeness. Russia’s partners know well that the appointment of representatives is the sovereign right of every nation. Dmitry Rogozin also says Russia's relations with NATO are not only of interest to the Foreign Ministry. They touch on areas of interest to practically every member of the Russian Cabinet. So, he says, he will not be representing the Foreign Ministry alone. Rogozin, says the paper, is a talented linguist who speaks five NATO member languages: French, Spanish, English, Italian and Czech. He says: I also speak Ukrainian but I hope I will never need it in Brussels.
Trud says that Rogozin is going to buy a motorcycle to ride it to work in Brussels, leaving the official car for official occasions. The paper quotes a few experts on Rogozin's appointment. Alexander Rahr, Germany: The fact that not a diplomat but a man with a firm position was appointed means he is going to talk to NATO in non-diplomatic language. Vyacheslav Nikonov: the appointment of Rogozin, a staunch critic of NATO and its expansion, is an indirect signal to NATO that we don’t really like your policies… The paper also presents a few quotes from Dmitry Rogozin’s public speeches of the past few years, like this one: The closer the NATO bases are to us, the better. Metaphorically speaking, if yesterday we needed missiles to get them, now machineguns would suffice.
Izvestia also has an interview with Rogozin. The paper asks – so, who are you going to be now, Sir? A politician? A bureaucrat? – Rogozin answers firmly: an official of my country.

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TEXAN, 3 OTHERS KILLED IN CRASH.
New Orleans, Oct. 27. (AP) -- Three air force officers and one enlisted man were killed Friday when their navigation training plane crashed into fog-shrouded Lake Pontchartrain a few minutes after taking off.
The plane, based at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Ill., landed here Thursday night on a flight from Selma, Ala., and was returning to Selma when the crash occurred.
Lt. Col. HAROLD L. OLDENBURG, Sheboygan, Wisc.
Maj. LEON ANDREWS, the pilot, Farmersville, La.
First Lt. GEORGE R. SCHMIDT, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Staff Sgt. CLYDE A. GRESSETT, Sinton, Tex.


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