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Gowon Robbed Half Of CBN And 'Ran' To UK, Member of the British Parliament (Video)
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A former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has been accused of robbing half of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from a member of parliament in the United Kingdom.
Naija News sources that during the House deliberation on the aftermath of the EndSARS protest on Monday, November 23, the British parliament member made the accusation and potential punishments to be levied on top Nigerians over the roles they played in the killing of unarmed demonstrators at the Lekki toll gate.
"What we are seeing in Nigeria today is part of that story," the parliamentarian said. We're all watching a disaster, and we see things falling apart.
This time the issue is not the international pressure known as colonialism. Abuse and aggression and attempts at domination (of power) are the pressure instead.
We have to point out injustice, we have to use the forces we have in this country to deter and conceal those who benefit from the riches of that great nation.
Some people will now note that when General Gowon left Nigeria, he took half of the Central Bank, so it is said and went to London.
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LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a bribery, corruption and money laundering investigation into defence specialist Chemring Group Plc, one of its subsidiaries and individuals associated with the businesses.
It declined to comment further during a live investigation.
Chemring, which designs and makes products such as decoys, flares, detonators, grenades and signalling and electronic intelligence equipment, said CTSL's voluntary report related to two historic contracts.
One dated from before the CTSL business was acquired and the second from 2011, Chemring said in a statement. Neither were "considered material in the context of the group", it said.
However the company, which said it would continue to cooperate with authorities, said it was too early to predict the outcome of the investigation.


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Our unique operating model
Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), exists solely to raise the funds and awareness necessary to run St. Jude. In the years ahead, an estimated 89% of the funds necessary to sustain and grow St. Jude must be raised each year by ALSAC from generous donors who are united with us in a common goal: Finding cures. Saving children®.
We're dedicated to providing the best care for patients and research that leads to cures
To do that, we need to continue to be at the cutting edge of the latest medicine and research in fighting catastrophic pediatric diseases such as cancer and sickle cell, all while freeing families from the biggest burden in getting life-saving healthcare: the cost.
Why your support matters
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. Although we accept insurance, St. Jude is a research hospital, so many of the treatment and services we provide are not covered by insurance.
In the years ahead, an estimated 89% of the funds necessary to sustain and grow St. Jude must be raised from generous donors.
The treatments for pediatric cancer can last up to three years or more and cost on average $425,000, not including housing, travel and food but the individual cost of care can vary greatly. At St. Jude, we have children whose care can surpass more than $1 million per patient for a variety of reasons. If a family has insurance, we will bill the insurance company, but no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for care and no family is asked to pay co-pays or deductibles. More than 50 percent of our patients are under- or uninsured.
We are proud that 82 cents of every dollar received from donations, research grants, insurance recoveries and investment returns goes to support the current and future needs of St. Jude. Our donors can trust that their giving has helped save the lives of thousands of children.
Our responsibility to our patients
St. Jude is a specialty research hospital for children, not a general children's hospital. We focus on providing exceptional care to patients with pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Acceptance to St. Jude is generally based upon having a disease that we treat and study, and may be based on potential eligibility for an open clinical trial.
As one of the largest pediatric cancer research hospitals in the world, St. Jude treats more than 8,000 patients each year with 77 beds in operation and a license to go up to 80 beds. But our approach is different and has been since we opened the hospital. We believe a child should live as typical a childhood as possible, even when battling life-threatening diseases. That's why most of our patients are treated as outpatients and stay in one of our housing facilities with rooms specifically designed and managed by us for families of children with cancer and other diseases. Construction of a new housing facility is underway.
At St. Jude, we pay for all treatment; travel for a patient, a parent and another adult of the family's choosing; housing for up to four in a family with options for bigger or other accommodations in one of our four housing facilities; and a daily food credit for use in our cafeteria and a stipend for food purchased outside of our cafeteria. Our onsite school allows patients to keep up with their school program back home. We offer numerous other services for our families, including psychosocial help for caregivers and siblings coping with a child's cancer diagnosis, child life specialists, concierge services to help families with everyday tasks like delivering groceries, translation help for those who do not speak English as a first language, and much more.
Planning for the needs of today and tomorrow
Like any responsible organization, we have a reserve fund, because it now costs nearly $2 billion per year to run St. Jude and the cost is estimated to grow to approximately $2.2 billion per year by 2027.
Our pioneering research can take five to 10 years or more per project to complete and can cost millions. For instance, the St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, which is revolutionizing how cancer is treated worldwide, has been underway since 2010 and has cost more than $100 million.
July 13, 2022 marked the beginning of the largest strategic investment in our 60-year history. The Six-Year St. Jude Strategic Plan commits $12.9 billion to focus on the expansion of patient care and clinical and laboratory-based research related to pediatric catastrophic illnesses, including work in cancer, blood disorders, neurological diseases and infectious diseases. The plan calls for an additional 2,300 jobs; the expenditure of $2.3 billion in new construction, renovation and capital needs; and the development of new research areas.
The new $12.9 billion Six-Year Strategic Plan builds on the previous plan, which, at the time, was the largest expansion in the institution's history and resulted in $7 billion in investments. That plan included the Inspiration4 Advanced Research Center, a new $412 million, 625,000 square-foot facility cancer research center that opened in spring 2021. The center accommodates as many as 1,000 employees and will play a key role in the way the world understands, treats and defeats catastrophic illnesses of childhood and is a significant resource in how we treat and cure cancer. The research center has the latest technology in labs devoted to immunology, neurobiology, cell and molecular biology, gene editing, advanced microscopy, immunotherapy and other fields. We have committed to equip the brightest minds in science with the world's most sophisticated technologies and equipment so that we can continue to speed discoveries that will save children.
In addition to the new research facility, St. Jude made the initial investment of $100 million to help save more children globally when it launched St. Jude Global in 2018. The mission of St. Jude Global is to improve the survival rates of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases worldwide through the sharing of knowledge, technology and organizational skills, especially in low- and middle-income countries where 4 of 5 children who develop cancer die of their disease. The World Health Organization named St. Jude its first and only Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer in March 2018. With the designation, St. Jude supports efforts to improve detection and treatment of childhood cancer around the globe, including a multimillion-dollar investment to create the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer with a goal to improve global survival rates for six of the most common forms of childhood cancer from 20% to 60% by 2030. St. Jude is also developing a multimillion-dollar global medicine distribution platform— in collaboration with the WHO and international organizations — to distribute an uninterrupted supply of anti-cancer drugs for childhood cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
Curing catastrophic diseases in children is a multi-trillion dollar, multi-year problem and we must continue our work no matter what happens with the economy or in the event of a disaster. The public and our amazing partners make it possible for us to save children together.
What we've accomplished with your support
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall survival rate for childhood cancer from 20% when the hospital opened in 1962 to more than 80% today. In addition, St. Jude has achieved a 94% survival rate for ALL. The survival rate for ALL was only 4% when St. Jude opened in 1962. The survival rate for medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor, is 85% today for average risk disease.
Despite all that progress, one in five children in the U.S. who are diagnosed with cancer will not survive. Globally, four in five children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries will not survive. St. Jude, ALSAC and our supporters are working hard to change this.
St. Jude has increased the survival rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from 4% before opening in 1962 to 94% today.
Our donor contributions have saved the lives of thousands of children, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
Transparency is important to us
St. Jude and ALSAC are governed by a Board which is responsible for approving our strategic plans and budgets as well as reviewing our operational and financial performance. The ALSAC and St. Jude annual financial reports are prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles; reviewed annually by an audit committee made up of independent directors only; approved by our Board; and audited by an outside, independent public accounting firm, Deloitte.
Curing children with cancer is serious and difficult work. We have to pay competitive compensation to attract and retain the best doctors, scientists, nurses, health professionals and employees of all types. Compensation for our senior executives is determined by a compensation committee of our Board made up of independent directors only who are advised by an outside, independent compensation expert. Our salaries target the 60th percentile of the markets where we compete for talent whether regionally, nationally, or locally.
We are proud of the cultures of St. Jude and ALSAC. St. Jude was named on the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by Fortune magazine for seven years in a row. ALSAC was named in 2020 by Fast Company as the best workplace for innovators. The morale in our organizations and enthusiasm for our mission have never been higher.
Contact us at annual.report@stjude.org or see our financial statements for more information, and learn more about why you should support St. Jude.
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Is your child in elementary school? If so, then it's probable that he or she's learning about inferring, foreshadowing and making predictions in English/language arts class. Keep reading to find out ways that you can help your child with these aspects of elementary reading at home.
First of all, encourage your child to read for pleasure as well as for school. The more your child reads, the more his or her comprehension's likely to grow. When discussing reading and schoolwork with your child, avoid yes and no questions. Use open-ended questions to encourage your child to think critically and formulate his or her own opinions.
Sometimes a lack of comprehension is due to a lack of organization. Have your child get in the habit of using graphic organizers to arrange his or her assumptions, predictions and conclusions about a text. Your child will likely benefit from keeping track of the main events as well. You can make it fun by getting involved and writing your ideas down, too.
Inferring requires drawing conclusions based on evidence. Begin by choosing the text you want your child to read carefully. Make sure the story is open to interpretation. In the beginning, give your child visual examples in addition to text. This will help him or her draw conclusions and provide visual evidence before applying it to his or her reading.
Create a fun activity that emphasizes the differences between inferences and assumptions. For example, play a board game such as 'Clue' or 'Saboteur' with your child. Although it's against the official rules, as suspects get narrowed down, have discussions about the game. Create an understanding with your child about what's inferred by the actual information and what's based on preconceived ideas.
Foreshadowing, at it's most basic, is when an author places clues in a text indicating the direction the narrative will take. To teach your child to recognize these clues, sit down with her or him and try to spot them. For example, there might be a book where a character decides to do something wrong based on the peer pressure of a friend. Right before the main character does it, clues may be planted in the narrative that give a reader clues about the dark things that will happen as a result. In texts like this, when the main character learns a lesson at the end of a story, your child may reflect on the foreshadowing clues that were used to emphasize the moral.
The ability to theorize about what may or may not happen in a text is commonly a strong sign that your child is thinking critically about reading. Whether your child is reading for school or for pleasure, sit him or her down and ask questions about any specific text. Ask your child to try to predict what might happen generally, or in regards to any given character. The more your child is able to think about a text in this way, the more he or she's likely to have a mastery of basic reading skills.


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Marilyn A. (Reed) Spiegel
August 25, 1940 ~ November 6, 2018 (age 78)
Dr. Marilyn Reed Spiegel, Ph.D.
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Marilyn went home to be with the Lord leaving behind two children Brad (Janet) Spiegel of Bloomfield Hills, MI and Michele (Pete) Prichard of Lima, OH; five grandchildren Eric Prichard, Erin (Nick) Perrotte, Ben, Jen, and Jacki Spiegel; two great grandchildren Caleb and Emelia Perrotte; and a sister Ellen Overmyer. She was proceeded in death by her husband, parents, and parents-in-law.
Marilyn was born in 1940 to Gratten and Freda Reed. She grew up in Attica, OH graduating from Attica High School in 1958 where she excelled in academics, 4-H, music, and sports. She graduated in 1962 from Baldwin Wallace College with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education.
In 1961 she married Charles J. Spiegel a graduate of The Ohio State University and an officer in the United States Air Force. They settled near Cleveland while she completed college and he launched his career in agricultural chemicals. They had two children Brad (1962) and Michele (1965) moving to Lima just prior to her birth. Marilyn taught in the Lima Public Schools.
In 1971, the family launched an agricultural business in Liberty Center, OH and relocated outside of Napoleon where Marilyn taught at Wauseon High School. She was widowed at the age of 33.
Not content that she could provide the opportunities she wanted for the family, she returned to school earning a Master of Education from Bowling Green State University while continuing to teach full time. Upon completion of her Masters, she joined The Ohio State University Extension Service first as County Agent, Home Economics in Van Wert County and then Lucas County. Concurrent with those roles, she earned her Ph.D. at the University of Toledo in the field of Educational Administration and Supervision.
In 1990 she was promoted and relocated to Columbus becoming a member of the OSU Extension administrative cabinet ultimately climbing to head the Family and Consumer Sciences function and serving as an Associate Dean. She was the recipient of multiple state and national awards in her profession including the Greenwood Doctoral Fellowship.
In her retirement: she moved back to Lima, started a consulting firm, served as the church administrator for South Side Christian Church, and co-authored a book with Dr. Jo Jones her friend and colleague on the history of the OSU Extension Service. She relished her time with grandchildren and travelled extensively prior to debilitating health issues.
Marilyn represented the definition of tenacity. She took on every challenge trusting in the Lord, seeking excellence, setting and accomplishing big goals, and making a difference for others.
Her family will receive friends on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 9-11a.m. at South Side Christian Church, Lima, Ohio, where a funeral service will begin at 11a.m. Rev. Todd Cosart and Rev. Wanda Werking will officiate. Burial will later follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus, Ohio.
Honorariums may be made to the Marilyn Spiegel Excellence Award at The Ohio State University Extension or South Side Christian Church.


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A Brief Introduction to Chinese Visa
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A visa is an officially approved document issued by authorized bodies for the government, in accordance with the laws of the country, to foreign citizens applying to enter, leave or transit through the country.
In line with international law and practice, any sovereign state is entitled to make its own decisions as to whether to allow a foreign citizen to enter or leave its borders, and to issue or refuse to issue a visa, or to revoke an issued visa according to its own laws.
Based on Chinese laws and regulations, Chinese consular officials may decide on the type of visa, number of entries, validity period and duration of stay, and may also refuse a visa application or revoke an issued visa.
1. The necessity to apply for a Chinese visa if a foreign citizen is planning to visit China
Foreign citizens should have applied for and obtained appropriate visas before entering China unless they are visa-exempt according to certain agreements and regulations.
You are advised to ensure that your visa is valid before travel. If your visa has expired or the visa has insufficient number of entries, you need to apply for a new visa.
2. China's Visa Authorities are:
(1) Chinese diplomatic missions, consular posts, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region, and other resident organizations abroad authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are responsible for handling visa applications by foreign citizens for entry into and transit through mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
(2) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the local foreign affairs offices authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are responsible for issuance, change and extension of diplomatic and service visas and for issuance of residence permit to holders of diplomatic and service visas.
(3) The Ministry of Public Security and the local public security authorities authorized by the Ministry of Public Security are responsible for inspection on entry and exit of foreigners, issuance of visas at the port of entry, extension and change of ordinary visas, and issuance of residence permit to holders of ordinary visas, who are already in China.
(4) The Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is responsible for matters relating to foreigners'entry into and exit from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Its Website address: http://www.immd.gov.hk
(5) Macao Public Security Police Force Immigration Service. Unless visa exempted according to bilateral agreements, a foreigner may apply for a visa to enter Macao upon arrival at the Port of Entry. Website address of the Macao public security police force: http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/cht/main.html
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Cleaning up and making governments and corporations more accountable to you, and making Canada the world's leading democracy!
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Who is Democracy Watch?
Tyler Sommers
Duff Conacher
Bradford Duplisea
Josephine Grey
Lyse Blanchard
Marilou McPhedran
Tyler Sommers has worked as a researcher and community organizer focusing his efforts on understanding the motivations for political involvement and assisting Canadians in becoming active and effective community participants.
He is a founder of the Canadian Youth Assembly, an organization seeking to educate youth about community participation, to encourage community participation, and to strengthen the bonds between youth and community leaders.
He has been involved with several University of Toronto research projects covering democratic reform and motivations of political engagement and activity. Tyler will be part of the first Political Management Masters at Carleton University.
As Coordinator of Democracy Watch and Assistant Coordinator of the Democracy Education Network he hopes to continue the success of both organizations and further the involvement of Canadians through outreach and information. Tyler believes that his passion for democratic and community involvement will serve the organizations as he strives to develop the reach and networks of both organizations.
Directors are acting as individuals, not as representatives of any organization with which they may be affiliated
Duff Conacher, LL.B., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of democratic reform and government accountability. He is a former Ralph Nader's Raider and he has worked as a researcher, community organizer and educator, legal intern and consultant. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he has a long-standing interest in democratic process and corporate responsibility issues. He was the main Founder of Democracy Watch, was Coordinator from 1993 to June 2011, and is still a Board member of the organization. He is now the Coordinator of the national educational charity Your Canada, Your Constitution (YCYC), and also heads the firm GoodOrg.ca Consulting which provides advice and services to governments, businesses and citizen organizations in the areas of good governance, ethics, responsibility, communications, stakeholder and public relations. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto.
As Coordinator of Democracy Watch, he led the organization to win more changes to laws, regulations and government policies than any other citizen advocacy group in Canada (as of June 2011, more than 110 changes strengthening government accountability and corporate responsibility measures in 16 key Canadian federal laws, 6 key federal policies, and 7 provincial laws). Many of the changes are world-leading.
Through this time period, Democracy Watch obtained national Canadian media coverage on average 10 times each month, and regional and local media coverage on average 40 times each month. As well, Democracy Watch's website, with more than 1.4 million hits annually, is the #1 citizen group website in Canada when the Internet is searched using the search words "democracy" or "government ethics" or "honesty in politics" or "money in politics" or "bank accountability" or "corporate responsibility".
Duff also led Democracy Watch to win the first-ever ethics court challenge of the federal government in July 2004, and the second-ever ethics court challenge in March 2009. Among the 40 leading good government and corporate responsibility reports he has authored or co-authored, he wrote the report on Canada for Transparency International's 2004 Global Corruption Report and wrote the first three reports on Canada for the 2007 Global Integrity Report, the 2008 Global Integrity Report, and the 2010 Global Integrity Report.
He also organized Democracy Watch's many coalitions -- the Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition, (a nation-wide bank accountability coalition made up of 100 citizen groups), the Corporate Responsibility Coalition, the Government Ethics Coalition and the Open Government Coalition -- which along with the Money in Politics Coalition are coordinated by Democracy Watch and its charitable partner organization, the Democracy Education Network (DEN).
Duff has also designed and delivered dozens of civics education and organizational development workshops over the past 17 years as Assistant Coordinator of DEN.
His past work includes organizing the first chapter of Quebec PIRG (Quebec Public Interest Research Group) at McGill University in 1988, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of University of Toronto and Ontario PIRG from 1988 to 1991, and playing a key support role in organizing PIRG chapters at four other universities in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Alberta between 1988 and 2002. He is is also co-author, with Ralph Nader and Nadia Milleron, of Canada firsts: Ralph Nader's Salute to Canada and Canadian Achievement which spent six months on Canadian best-seller lists in 1993 and was the #1 best-seller for five weeks, and author of the best-selling More Canada Firsts: Another Collection of Canadian Firsts and Foremosts in the World (1999).
Bradford E. F. Duplisea, originally from beautiful Prince Edward Island, has worked as an environmental community leader, public interest researcher and advocate on a wide range of environmental and public health issues.
He is a graduate of Algonquin College's Forestry and Wildlife program where he was awarded the Canadian Institute of Forestry Gold Medal for being the top student in his program. He was also recognized with a number of awards for his efforts in P.E.I. where he worked for several years as a watershed coordinator. In his role, he worked with governments, community leaders, landowners and business operators to protect local river systems, restore lost wildlife habitat and create environmental awareness throughout the community.
Bradford is one of Canada's leading researchers on food biotechnology issues (especially the unhealthy relationship between government regulators and the biotechnology industry) and in recent years has represented the Biotechnology Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network at international negotiations of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Since moving to Ottawa in 1997, he has done consulting and research work for a number of non-governmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Council of Canadians. He is currently the Director of Research and Information Systems with Canada's public health watchdog, the Canadian Health Coalition, where he has worked since the fall of 1999, and works part-time as an e-Communications Specialist for the not-for-profit organization Prevent Cancer Now.
In February 2010, Bradford was awarded the Spirit of Tommy Douglas Award by the Douglas family in recognition of his work defending and improving public health care in Canada.
Josephine Grey is a human rights activist, a widow and mother of four who has been active in the struggle for economic and social justice for more than 20 years.
She is a founder of Low Income Families Together (LIFT) in Toronto, a resource center run by and for low income people. LIFT does community education on human rights, economic and political literacy and helps provide a voice for low income people to the media and government.
She has been involved internationally as a cofounder of the Hemispheric Social Alliance, a network of over 300 national organizations working to challenge and propose alternatives to the current free trade regime which respect human and environmental rights. She became the first international member of the U.S. National Welfare Rights Union in 1994 and continues to work with them on their Economic Human Rights campaign.
She coordinated authored and presented the Ontario People's Report to the UN committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in 1998. Josephine has served as the International Secretary for Canada Without Poverty (formerly the National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO)) and continues to work at the community level with fellow volunteers on empowering people to stand up for their rights. She now also works for an international committee on using human rights treaties to address global economic policy and trade agreements.
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Advisory Committee members are acting as individuals, not as representatives of any organization with which they may be affiliated
Dan Aykroyd, B.A., is one of North America's best known comedians and actors. Born in Ottawa and a graduate of Carleton University (where he studied psychology, political science and criminal sociology), Dan began writing comedy sketches while at university. He then went on to become a member of the well-known Second City comedy troupe in Toronto.
In 1975, Dan became one of the members of the first cast of Saturday Night Live, which has gone on to become the longest running, most highly rated late-night comedy TV show in the world. On the show until 1979, Dan created such memorable characters as Elwood Blues of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi playing brother Jake Blues until he passed away tragically), and impressed with his very accurate impressions of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. He was nominated for an Emmy three times for his work on SNL and has appeared as a guest more than 10 times.
Leaving the show in 1980, Dan went on to a successful film (and screenwriting) career, first in The Blues Brothers movie, then in more than 50 other films including Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Dragnet, Grosse Pointe Blank, Chaplin (in which he played Canadian Mack Sennett, the legendary silent film director), Sneakers, Pearl Harbour, 50 First Dates and Yogi Bear. His first straight dramatic role, in Driving Miss Daisy, earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Dan also has appeared in several TV shows, including PSI Factor and Soul Man, which he both developed and starred in, along with the 1990 Earth Day Special.
In 1992, Dan established in partnership with others the very successful House of Blues chain of live music clubs and restaurants, and he continues to perform (often at charity events) as the Blues Brothers with John Belushi's brother Jim.
Dan Aykroyd maintains strong ties to his family in Ottawa, and to Canada, including starring in the 1997 CBC TV mini-series The Arrow, about the development and scrapping of the world-leading Avro Arrow jet airplane by the federal government in the late 1950s, and assisting with the fundraising efforts of several organizations.
In 1999, Dan was named a Member of the Order of Canada.
In June 2007, Dan announced a partnership with Diamond Estates Wine & Spirits Ltd. to build the Dan Aykroyd Winery in Lincoln, Ontario with an environmentally sustainable design and production process. In 2008, Dan launched Crystal Head Vodka in partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp., and obtained the exclusive rights to distribute Patrón Tequila in Canada.
David Baker, LL.B., LL.M., was a founder of, and the Executive Director of, the Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped (ARCH) from 1980 to 1998. ARCH is a public interest law centre governed by a board of directors representing 45 disability organizations. It engages in test litigation, law reform, and public education.
David has been involved in human rights and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms litigation, as well as law reform in such areas as employment equity, advocacy and income programs for persons with disabilities, throughout his career.
He currently heads up a law firm in Toronto (bakerlaw.ca) focussing on human rights issues, and provided legal counsel to Democracy Watch in an historic money in politics court case, and an historic government ethics court case.
Lyse Blanchard has worked in the field of International Development since 1964, when she joined CUSO as a volunteer and taught in Ghana, West Africa. She has an academic background in Political Science and Public Administration, and is fluent in English and French. In addition to four years of field experience in Africa, she has worked in various sectors in Canada.
Her interest in human rights led to an active involvement on both a professional and personal level with community groups. She has also worked as a senior consultant with multilateral institutions and has been retained as an advisor on the integration of women in development by a variety of firms and organizations.
Lyse served a four-year term as the Executive Director of CUSO from 1993-1998, a non-governmental Canadian organization committed to social justice around the globe, whose goals include developing alternatives that allow all people to participate in making decisions that affect them. Since then she has worked as a consultant on gender equity, management and organizational development issues.
Recently, Lyse has been a member of the Faculty Team for the Leadership Program at The Banff Centre.
Marilou McPhedran, C.M., B.A., LL.B., LL.D., is a lawyer, consultant, and volunteer for many causes, focussing on the areas of equality and health.
She was a volunteer member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution which led to the successful campaign to change the Canadian Constitution in 1982 to include in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms the "Equal Rights Amendment" on gender equality, which she helped to draft.
Marilou is a founder and continuing volunteer Vice-Chair of METRAC (the Metro Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) and Chair of the Board of the LEAF Foundation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.
She is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, has been a Member of the Order of Canada since 1985 (awarded for her leadership on the Ad Hoc Committee on Women and the Constitution), and in 1992 was awarded an Honourary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Winnipeg, and the Canada 125 Medallion for community service.
Marilou completed a term as the Corporate Director of Healthy City Toronto for the City of Toronto in 1994, and was then the Corporate Director of the Women's Health Partnership at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, and is a former member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
She is the Founder and was the first Director of the International Women's Rights Project from 2003 to 2007 and still serves as an Advisory Partner for the Project. In 2007, she was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, a position she left in April 2008 when she was named is the first Principal of the new Global College at the University of Winnipeg.
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Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr.
Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr. took his Bachelor's degree at Columbia University, New York, majoring in Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology. His PhD work concerned the molecular characterization of aspects of the life history ecology of the thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana, and was undertaken at the University of London (Royal Holloway). Shortly after completing this work, Michael switched his focus from plant to human evolutionary and behavioural ecology and has conducted much of the research showing that average general intelligence is in decline, to the extent that this has even become known as the 'Woodley Effect' in academic circles. He has co-written the academic monograph Historical Variability in Heritable General Intelligence (Buckingham University Press, 2013). Michael has publically discussed this research in various media, including national and international newspapers (The Times, The Telegraph, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, etc.), and also in various radio, television and internet formats (e.g. BBC Radio, Al-Jazeera, The Stefan Molyneux Show etc.).
Works involving Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr.
At Our Wits' End
Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future
We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End. The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago, why that may be, and what its consequences might be for the future.
The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Arthur Balfour's Ghosts
An Edwardian Elite and the Riddle of the Cross-Correspondence Automatic Writings
Trevor Hamilton
Don't Believe What You Think
Arguments for and against SCAM
Art, Morality and Human Nature
Writings by Richard W. Beardsmore
Before Consciousness
In Search of the Fundamentals of Mind
Democracy — A Work in Progress
An Irreverent Exercise in Political Thought
Ernest Lamers
Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism
Alexander Adams
Metapsychology of the Creative Process
Continuous Novelty as the Ground of Creative Advance
Jason W. Brown
Sortition and Democracy
History, Tools, Theories
The Rupture
On Knowledge and the Sublime
Olivia Fane


Last night, a local gas station robbed me of my hard-earned dough. The loss was $62.78. And I didn't even fill my tank.
All I wanted to do was treat my family to a nice Fourth of July weekend at the beach. So I went to the gas station to refuel my vehicle for the trip. I stuck my debit card into the ATM receptacle and then I raised my hands into the air while the pump robbed me of more than 60 bucks.
Did you know that the world's first gas station for automobiles opened for business in 1905? According to sources, gas was about 7 cents a gallon at that time. Between 1905 and 1999, gas went up about 90 cents a gallon.
So how is it that in a month's time in 2008, gas went from $4 a gallon to $5 a gallon, the same dollar increase we experienced within almost 100 years time?
I'm kinda shocked I let the gas station take me for so much money for such a puny amount of fuel. And now that I have this "gold" in my car, I don't want to go to the beach. I don't want to drive anywhere. It'll cost too much in fuel.
My 4-year-old son was very upset when I said we couldn't go to the beach. I told him that for a cheaper price I could buy him his very own pet dolphin and we could build the marine mammal an aquarium in the backyard. He was happy.
I wonder: Has gasoline gone on the black market yet? I can see the dark figure now, in the shadows of a film noir-ish alleyway, the figure wearing a black overcoat, with keys to what looks like an ice cream truck, but instead of ice cream for sale the entrepreneur offers fuel at a price gas stations can't compete with.
The movie industry has a whole new set piece to utilize for its crime genre films. Instead of knocking over a bank and depleting the fortune within, masterminds will plan the heist of a lifetime at a Shell gas station. The criminals think they have the perfect plan, but while making a getaway with the fuel, two members of the four-man crew die in a firefight with armed guards who protect the precious contents within the pumps. Then the twist: The criminals get back to their hideout only to discover that the gas they stole was a mixture of one part fuel, nine parts water. No good.
Sure, gas is expensive today and on the rise. And sure, my family will be staying home for Independence Day due to high gas costs. But all is well because everyone I know is staying home for the same reasons. It's the few people at the beach who are going to be lonely.


Debutant off-spinner Will Somerville took two wickets off successive balls to bring New Zealand within sight of a series-clinching victory as Pakistan slumped to 55-5 in the third and final Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Somerville dismissed Haris Sohail (9) with the third ball of his first over and then had Asad Shafiq caught off the next to leave Pakistan tottering at lunch on the fifth day, chasing a 280-run target.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed for 22 in the last over before lunch by spinner Ajaz Patel. Babar Azam was not out on four as Pakistan were rocked.
New Zealand now need another five wickets in the remaining 58.2 overs to clinch the series, their first away series win against Pakistan since 1969.
The series is currently tied at 1-1.
Pakistan were off to another disastrous start when Mohammad Hafeez was bowled by fast bowler Tim Southee for eight, his last innings in Test cricket.
Hafeez had announced he will retire from Tests after this match.
Medium pacer Colin de Grandhomme had first-innings centurion Azhar Ali caught behind for five before Somerville's double strike pushed Pakistan to the brink. Somerville has figures of 2-4 in two overs.
Earlier, New Zealand declared their second innings on 353-7 after some 45 minutes of batting with Henry Nicholls remaining unbeaten on 126 and Kane Williamson dismissed at his overnight score of 139.
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah finished with 4-129, 29 wickets in the series.


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Title 24 Part 6 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings.
Why California Needs Title 24 Energy Standards?
Energy efficiency reduces energy costs for owners, increases reliability and availability of electricity for the State, improves building occupant comfort, and reduces environmental impact.
Reducing energy use is a benefit to all. Building owners save money, Californians have a more secure and healthy economy, the environment is less negatively impacted, electrical grid can operate in a more stable state.
We learned during the 2000/2001 California energy crisis, and the East Coast blackout in the summer of 2003, that our electric distribution network is fragile and system overloads caused by excessive demand from buildings can create unstable conditions. Resulting blackouts can disrupt business and cost the economy billions of dollars. Since the California electricity crisis, the Energy Commission has placed more emphasis on demand reduction.
Comfort is an important benefit of energy efficient buildings. Energy efficient buildings include high performance windows to reduce solar gains and heat loss, and properly designed HVAC systems, which provide improved air circulation.
For the building owner, energy efficiency helps create a more profitable operation. From a broader perspective, the less California depends on depletable resources such as natural gas, coal, and oil, the stronger and more stable the economy will remain in the face of energy cost increases.
The use of depletable energy has led to oil spills, acid rain, smog, and other forms of environmental pollution that threaten the natural beauty of our planet. California is not immune to these problems, but the Appliance Efficiency Regulations, the Energy Standards, and utility programs that promote efficiency and conservation help to maintain environmental quality.
The Title 24 Energy Standards are expected to have a significant impact on reducing greenhouse gas and other air emissions.
Source: 2016 Title 24 Residential and Nonresidential Compliance Manuals by California Energy Commission.
The Energy Commission's Title 24 energy efficiency standards have saved Californians billions in reduced electricity bills since 1977. The Title 24 Part 6 Building Energy Efficiency Standards were first adopted in 1976 and have been updated periodically since then as directed by statute.
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Webinar: Nature conservation in a changing climate
Climate is changing. Shouldn't nature conservation adapt and rise to the challenge? This new webinar series on climate change adaptation and protected area management aims to help protected area managers answer this question.
Setting the scene: Nature conservation in a changing climate
The goal of this session was to help participants understand and objectively frame the challenges that climate change adaptation represents for protected area managers. It was the first of a series of webinars dedicated to climate change, that EUROPARC is organising in the framework of the LIFE NaturAdapt project.
After an introductory presentation by Olivier de Sadeleer, the project manager of the LIFE NaturAdapt Project, two guest speakers – Jean-Baptiste Bosson from Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels Haute-Savoie and Olly Watts from RSPB – shared parts of their work and research, looking at climate change from different perspectives.
Watch the recording of the full webinar and download speaker's presentations below:
Olivier de Sadeleer (EUROPARC Federation), shared the outcomes of NaturAdapt Survey and the role of protected areas on addressing climate change. Although the survey clearly showed that climate change adaptation is a priority for many protected areas, there are still deficiencies in terms of implementation and tools available to support protected area professionals.
Therefore, the NaturAdapt Project aims to turn climate change adaptation challenge into an opportunity to innovate for nature conservation and initiate a transition towards adaptive management of protected areas while laying the foundation for a dynamic collective learning process.
If you wish to know more about the project, a brief description is available here.
Download Olivier's presentation
Climate change from the perspective of a glaciologist
Jean-Baptiste Bosson from Asters,Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels Haute-Savoie (FR), explained how particular is the current climate change in comparison with regular warming and cooling of the Earth at a geological timescale. He highlighted the unprecedented magnitude and velocity of the current changes, clarified the major consequences for glaciers, and related them to an overall impact on the global Earth ecosystems.
With the threat that by 2100 25%-50% will melt, Jean-Baptiste warned that humanity needs to have to act fast enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prevent ice melting. "Humanity is at an unprecedented point of history…either we reduce emissions and find a new equilibrium over the next centuries, or we will have a "hothouse earth" ".
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Migratory birds conservation in a changing climate
Dr Olly Watts from RSPB (UK) explained how changes in migratory birds patterns, trails and distribution are already being observed around the world. Olly gave some practical insights into the practical work RSPB is implementing: nature-based solutions for better resilience, adaptation and recovery needed in the face of climate change.
Planning at different time-scales (focused both on short and long term impacts), habitat heterogeneity, microhabitat management, land-use change, habitat connections, creation of marshalls to prevent coastal erosion, and innovative and flexible green infrastructure were some of the actions shared, that can be of good inspiration to other protected area managers.
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Other resources on climate modelling:
As a follow up the climate modelling question, here are a number of references that could help you find your way in the different climate services:
Worldwide IPPC: http://www.ipcc-data.org/
Europe: Coppernicus : https://climate.copernicus.eu/
France National : DRIAS: Drias, www.drias-climat.fr
France regional: DREAL : One website by region
UK: UKCIP : https://www.ukcip.org.uk/projects/engaging-with-climate-services-providers/
England: Natural England publication
Spain: Adaptecca: https://www.adaptecca.es/
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One of the points they made is on traffic. If they were to get popular, you would run into similar issues today as typical cars.
How very Jetson like. However I am still waiting for my personal flying jetpack. WIll this thing also fold up into a small, lightweight briefcase?
1. in a VTOL aircraft, a lot of fuel is consumed in take off, converting to flight, converting to vertical hover, and landing. I assume the same physics would apply with electric powered turbofans. So battery life is critical, not to mention redundant systems to avoid catastrophic failure.
2. Now that we are talking about flying, will you now need to be a trained, registered pilot by the FAA in instrument and VTOL flying since you would (theoretically) be flying these in nearly all weather conditions. So this may limit the number of people who can buy one/operate one to those who are FAA licensed.
Dang it, I still want my jetpack!


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Mexico, US look to strengthen energy ties prior to NAFTA talks
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited Mexico today to meet with his counterpart, Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, and talk about ways to promote cross-border electricity trade and investment.
The meeting comes as the two countries ready for a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Coldwell said his country plans two pipelines to import U.S. natural gas in addition to the 17 that already exist.
Perry said it was a top priority to ensure a North American energy strategy, develop untapped resources and diversify energy supplies.
Joaquin underscored the need to modify rules governing electricity markets to create incentives for cross-border electricity trade with the United States, and said he had agreed with Perry to foment the pacific use of nuclear energy.
There are currently 17 natural gas pipelines and two more are under construction, while the exchange of electricity between the two countries in 2016 amounted to 3,781 GW.
- Blackstone Energy Partners builds US$ 600 million power plant in Guadalajara
- TransCanada-Sempra joint venture builds 500-mile undersea pipeline


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A classical male bust sculpture piece on a black base. Excellent condition. Piece measures: 3.25 in. W x 3 in. D x 8 in. H.
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Trimming the nails or claws of your French bulldog is absolutely essential and vital for their comfort. A lot of the French bulldog owners hate doing this process because it is very delicate, requires patience and their dog hates it very much. However with the help of a few effective tips and tricks you can trim the nails or claws of your Frenchie conveniently with great ease.
In terms of trimming process for your French bulldog it is essential that you do it with proper care and gentle approach. You must be careful that you don't hurt them by going too deep while trimming their nails. The safety and well being of your pet should be the priority in this whole process of trimming the nails.
Before you begin the trimming process you must have a few treats and the trimming equipment with you. The treats go a long way in keeping your pet distracted and thus helping them remain calm and composed throughout the whole process. You must also praise them and show affection while you are trimming their nails as it eases your task of trimming. One of the ways in which you can avoid hurting the dog is by doing the trimming process little by little at a time. This will ensure that you don't accidentally clip too deep thus resulting in bleeding.
There are a number of different trimmer types available in the market for the dogs. Some of the common types of trimmer types include pliers, scissors, grinders and guillotines.
The scissor styled nail clippers are the most widely used by pet owners because of their high availability and simplistic design. These clippers look just like the scissors with the only difference being the special type of notch that is fixed on tip of blades which are supposed to clip the dog's nails.
The plier-styled nail clippers are also widely available across the stores due to their convenient design and easy features. These clippers are best for dogs that have thick nails and if you are new to the task of trimming.
The Guillotine styled nail clippers are similar to the human nail cutters. These types of clippers are ideal for those dog owners who are professionals or well versed with the grooming of the dogs. These clippers are also well suited for dogs with thinner nails and dogs having arthritis.
The electric nail grinders are another types of nail clippers that are effective. These clippers are relatively slower but also more safe as compared to some of the other types. However the nails that are trimmed by grinders can become a touch hot so you must always use these types of clippers in short intervals. These clippers are ideal for those dogs who have black nails and if you specifically want add a smooth finish to the dog's nails.
You must check out the various nail clippers available in the market and based on your requirements you should make an informed choice. Your French bulldog will be pleased.
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Lingerie Football League Players Are Very, Very Social
One might assume a woman who decides to play full on football while dressed only in football pads and lingerie would, by default, be a very social creature. After all, running around in front of thousands of people with one's boobs spilling out of a top and one's ass getting a wedgie might, by some, be considered very social.
But just is case you feel that behavior isn't very social, Adage Technologies, creator of the Lingerie Football League Fanzone, would like you to know the ladies are very social. Well, at least LFL fans are social with over 15,000 lingerie loving football fans having signed up since the site launched this summer.
"We wanted the LFL fans to feel they were part of the organization, as well as receive the most up-to-date news on teams and players," Roy Chomko, President of Adage Technologies, said. "With the Fanzone, users can create their own profile and immediately start connecting with the league through several social media tools."
Right. Come on, Roy. All the fans want to do is drool over pictures of the players. We know it. You know it. They know it.
by Steve Hall Sep-27-10 Click to Comment
Topic: Racy, Social


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This small poured painting, known as Red, Black and Silver, purportedly the last known work of Jackson Pollock, is one of the most famous – and controversial – in American art. It has never been viewed publicly, having been in the possession of Pollock's former mistress, Ruth Kligman, from the time it was painted until her death in 2010. Although its provenance is remarkable, as well as unique – Kligman claimed she watched Pollock make it for her in July 1956, on the lawn outside his house in Springs, New York, and on top of a half-finished painting of her own – the Pollock Krasner Authentication Board deferred an official authentication of the work. Given the technical and scientific evidence that corroborated Kligman's account, the motivations of the Board are largely suspected to be political. Since the dissolution of the Authentication Board in 1996, leaving no recognized authentication entity, the painting has existed in limbo.
Following Kligman's death in 2010, the co-trustees of her estate renewed efforts to establish the truth about the painting, enlisting experts in art history, paint and chemical analysis, probability mathematics – and forensic science. In 2013, trace evidence found embedded in the paint was compared to that found on the property at Springs and in Pollock's own shoes, finally and definitively proving the painting's provenance.
This case not only demonstrates the challenges currently faced in the authentication of iconic works of art, but the successful use of coordinated scientific analysis, including forensic trace analysis, offers a viable course for authentication of art more widely.
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Today, the House held a second hearing on the rogue board of Medicare spending czars created by Obamacare. This mother of all death panels is known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). My column looks at growing Democrat opposition to the entity, which would have unprecedented authority over health care spending. Seven Dems are co-sponsors of a House IPAB repeal bill On the Senate side, GOP Sen. John Cornyn is introducing an IPAB repeal bill.
Here's GOP Rep. Paul Ryan schooling HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on patient-centered Medicare reform. Here's AEI fellow Dr. Scott Gottlieb's testimony. Here's a look at the fatal effect of IPAB on medical innovation. Here's Philip Klein catching Sebelius's false assertion this morning that IPAB decisions can be challenged in court. And here's background on the Goldwater Institute's federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of IPAB.
A rising chorus of repeal-mongers, outraged at the Obama administration's federal health care power grab, took over Washington this week. Nope, it's not the tea party. It's Democrats Against the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Yes, Democrats.
What's IPAB? A Beltway acronym for subverting the deliberative process.
The 15-member panel of government-appointed bureaucrats was slipped into Section 3403 of the Obamacare law against the objection of more than 100 House members on both sides of the aisle. IPAB's experts would wield unprecedented authority over Medicare spending — and in time, over an expanding jurisdiction of private health care payment rates — behind closed doors.
Freed from the normal administrative rules process — public notice, public comment, public review — that governs every other federal commission in existence.
Without the possibility of judicial review.
And liberated from congressional oversight except through an onerous accountability procedure.
Last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted IPAB as a "key part" of Obamacare. The president himself crusaded for giving the board even more regulatory "tools" to usurp congressional power over health care allocations. And he has the audacity to blame Republicans for creating a "banana republic"? Hmph.
The conservative Arizona-based Goldwater Institute has filed suit in federal court to stop IPAB. "No possible reading of the Constitution supports the idea of an unelected, standalone federal board that's untouchable by both Congress and the courts," says the think tank's litigation director, Clint Bolick. But it's the growing opposition from members of the administration's own party that may yet doom these health care czars on steroids.
According to Politico, "New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, of the Energy and Commerce health subcommittee, has zero interest in defending the board. 'I've never supported it, and I would certainly be in favor of abolishing it.'" If that's not clear enough, Pallone added that he's "opposed to independent commissions or outside groups playing a role other than on a recommendatory basis." Period.
IPAB defenders demand an alternative, but that's why the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission already exists. And for those unsatisfied with its woeful results, there's the demonized GOP/Rep. Paul Ryan reform package that relies on individual choice and competition over bureaucratic diktats to reduce spiraling Medicare costs.
Opponents of GOP structural reforms have now resorted to decrying Ryan's choice of beverages as a way to discredit the plan. An apparently besotted Rutgers University economist and former Kerry/Edwards economic adviser, Susan Feinberg, accosted Ryan at a D.C. restaurant last week while he was dining with two financial experts over a pricy bottle of wine. "I wasn't drunk, but I was certainly emboldened to speak my mind," Feinberg told liberal blog Talking Points Memo. She gleefully described attacking Ryan for espousing government austerity while — gasp — dining out on his own dime.
It's the same unhinged and irrational sanctimony that has New York Times columnist David Brooks assailing entitlement reformers as moral degenerates; the Washington Post's Richard Cohen likening them to Jonestown cult killer Jim Jones; and Daily Beast editor Tina Brown decrying them as "suicide bombers." Ah, the days of whine and bozos.
It's not quite an under-the-bus moment, but it's certainly a nudge toward rolling back the Obamacare Republic.


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THE COOSTIE FOLK
Creative Industries Modules
Lecturers - Dave Paterson and Nick Green
The creative industries section of the course is covered by two modules, Creative Industries Infastructure and Working in the Creative Industries. Each of these modules has 3 Learning Outcomes.
Working in the Creative Industries:
LO1: Career development skills.
LO2: Company Formation, Networking, Copyright and Contracts etc.
LO3: Career development (CV, Cover letter and Mock Interviews).
Creative Industries Infrastructure:
LO1: Knowledge of what the Creative Industries include and how they work.
LO2: Identify Sources of funding, advice and support
LO3: Examine Networking Opportunities.
Working in the Creative Industries
This module really enlightened me to the intricacies of the creative industries.
To start the module, we covered how to write an outstanding CV and Covering Letter. Both of these are aimed at gaining employment at a fictional audio company called "Unity Audio" as a Live Audio Engineer. These documents can be viewed by clicking the relevant links at the bottom of this page. We also produced a SWOT Analysis and Personal Development plan,, all of which can be found at the bottom of this page.
Next up in WICI we covered the skills needed to be successful in the Creative industries. These include using Gibbs' Cycle of Reflection (can be found here) to help us evaluate our own and our team's performance at a gig. As well as this, we covered the forms of communication; Interpersonal, Non-verbal, written and oral. Through my experience of gaining work in live sound so far, I know that all of these skills are vital, as first impressions last, and as such the way you present yourself and the way you communicate with others is key to success. We also covered the importance of networking, and from experience, the skills we learned (even the basics such as business cards) have paid off to such an extent that I have been asked to work in the O2 Academy, Glasgow on the 18th May. We also looked at delegation and the mutual benefits it can have for the delegate and delegator: the delegate feels empowered, and the delegator feels a weight has been taken off of his shoulders.
Company Formation and Structure
We then proceeded to look at different types of company such as; sole trader, Private Limited Company (Ltd) (Shares are privately owned and can not be bought on the stock market), Public Limited Company (PLC) (Shares can be bought on the stock market) and co-operatives. We also delved into company structures, looking at the two main types; functional and geographical.
Legal, Copyright, Contracts and H&S
We learned that the legislation that covers Copyright is the 'Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)'. Copyright is automatic, and exists in virtually any piece of work, and allows the creator to control use of their work.
Copyright in sound recordings exists for 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was created. Restricted acts in this time-frame include; Copying the work, perform, broadcast or show the work in public and adapting the work. Primary infringement of copyright is doing any of the above. Secondary infringement includes; providing equipment for unlicensed performance of the work in public and providing the premises/equipment needed for unauthorised copying of a work.
It is important to note that the following do not count as infringement; use of material for educational purposes, libraries and use of materials for criticism and news reporting.
In the next section of this unit, we looked into Health and Safety. I have outlined some key guidelines set out by the Health and Safety Executive in the 'Health and Safety at Work Act 1974' . Key issues relating to being a Live Sound Engineer include; 'The Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005)' which ensures workers' hearing is protected, ensuring that walkways are clear of trip hazards, electrical equipment must be safe and preferably PAT tested, H&S Representatives who have suitable first aid training must be easily contactable and know what do to if a situation arises, events must comply with fire regulations and ensure appropriate staff are employed to ensure public safety. As a live engineer, I also have Public Liability Insurance up to £10m, which is vital now more than ever.
To finish WICI, we looked into sources of funding and interest groups, which include; Creative Scotland (source of funding, Government and Lottery funded) and the Musicians Union (legal advice, contract templates, Insurance and campaigns against pay-to-play).
Creative Industries Infrastructure
Perhaps key, not just to this module but the course as a whole, is an understanding that success in the Creative Industries relies on skill and talent, with the potential to create wealth through intellectual property.
Intellectual Property refers to the likes of inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, designs, names and images used in commerce.
Copyright is the right to copy. It also gives the owner the right to legal protection for original work.
The benefits of the Creative Industries to the UK
Employment; 2.8 Million people are employed in the creative industries or creative roles.
Economy; The Creative Industries account for 5.2% of the UK Economy (£84 Billion), with 108,000 Creative Businesses registered in the UK.
Culture; Positive diversionary benefits. Rights relating to creativity and culture include the freedom of expressions, free to practice of art and culture and respect for culture, for its autonomy and cultural identity.
The Benefits of the Creative Industries to the EU
Employment: 11.4m people employed (5% of the EU workforce), with Sweden having the highest percentage of its workforce employed (8.9%), and Germany having the highest number employed.
Government and the Creative Industries
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is the Government Department responsible for the Creative Industries.
Creative Scotland is the national development agency for arts, screen and creative industries. They have been know to support events and projects such as; Festival Interceltique de Lorient, XPO North and T2 Trainspotting.
Scotland and the Creative Industries
Economy; +£3.7bn
Employment; 3.8% in Highland, 6.6% in Aberdeen, 4.2% in Dundee, 19% in Edinburgh, 25% in Glasgow.
Culture; Promotes Scottish culture, providing experiences for everyone as well as supporting the creative and local economy.
Live Industry in the UK
Live music revenue has been know to be up to £662 million. There are many types of organisation involved in the live industry, some of which include; Artists, promoters, venues and PA Hire Companies. Revenue streams from live shows are mainly from ticket sales, but a lot of revenue comes from merchandise and some income from sponsors.
There are many promoters based in Scotland, perhaps the biggest of which is DF Concerts, based in Dundee and Glasgow.
Support, advice and funding can be obtained from the other engineers, as well as PLASA, AES, Creative Scotland and PRS. Advice relating to general business matters can be obtained from Business Gateway, who offer free advice, but are not creative industry specific.
Creative Industries Networking Report
William Derries CV
William Derries Cover Letter
© 2020 Will Derries.


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For Miniature Monday this week, I'm sharing a model I recently finished, a Black Orc Hero from Reaper Miniatures. Originally I painted him for my book Heroic Scale, and I love the model so much that I wanted to repaint it and see if I could do better. I used my airbrush on the skin, blocked in all the colors with a brush, and then went over the entire model with a thinned down Strong Tone wash from Army Painter to shade the recesses and tie all the colors together. The base was made out of sand and torn up cork sheet like you'd find on a bulletin board. Nice, quick, and easy!
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Jonathan Alter
Born: 1957 in Chicago
Connection to Illinois: Alter was born and raised in Chicago.
Biography: Jonathan Alter is journalist and author who was a columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine from 1983 until 2011. He was a lead columnist for Bloomberg View, a new commentary website. Currently, he is a columnist for the Daily Beast, a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and at work on a biography of Jimmy Carter and an HBO documentary on The great newspapermen Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill. Today, Alter lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Emily Lazar, a former executive producer of the Comedy Central show ''The Colbert Report''.
Primary Literary Genre(s): History; Non-Fiction
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanalter1/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanalter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Website: http://www.jonathanalter.com
Jonathan Alter on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=jonathan+alter
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State Street Press, [Brockport, N.Y.?] : ©2008.
The center holds :
A narrative thriller about the battle royale surrounding Barack Obama's quest for a second term amid widespread joblessness and one of the most poisonous political climates in American history.
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Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York : 2007.
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The promise :
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY : 2010.
Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.


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Studio Ghibli Spirited Away x Toshio Suzuki Exhibition in Tokyo at Kanda Shrine
Tokyo Culture Ghibli 2019.04.01
A number of people around the world are influenced by the Japanese animation film studio Studio Ghibli. Everyone has a Studio Ghibli classic in their hearts, "My Neighbor Totoro", "Castle in the Sky", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo", etc. Ghibli fans go to the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka when the visit Tokyo, but now they have another attraction to visit for a limited time. A new exhibition
A number of people around the world are influenced by the Japanese animation film studio Studio Ghibli. Everyone has a Studio Ghibli classic in their hearts, "My Neighbor Totoro", "Castle in the Sky", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo", etc. Ghibli fans go to the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka when the visit Tokyo, but now they have another attraction to visit for a limited time. A new exhibition has opened up in Tokyo to celebrate a former president and producer of Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki. The exhibition features calligraphy and words of wisdom from Suzuki along with many Spirited Away themed exhibits.
In the past as the master producer of Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki met Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata 40 years ago and worked together on works including "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", "Spirited Away", "The Wind Rises", and "The Tale of Princess Kaguya". The Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli Exhibition is based around "the words of Toshio Suzuki", showing a combination of Suzuki's quotes and illustrations incorporated with Ghibli. Similar exhibitions were held in Hiroshima and Nagoya in previous years, but in a way to make this exhibition different a limited collaboration was made with Kanda Myojin Shrine.
Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli x Kanda Myojin Shrine
Collaboration Goods
Given the fact that the exhibition will be held at Tokyo's Kanda Shrine, it would only make sense that the collaborative merchandise would be related to Japanese shrines and temples. To our amazement, the collaborative items are really clever and done in good taste making us want everything. Some things you can expect to see are Yubaba ema (small wooden prayer plaques), ema in the shape of a shikigami (the paper creatures that chased Haku), a Yubaba omamori amulet, and wooden tags that resemble the ones needed to operate the baths.
Themed Food at the Edocco Cafe Masu Masu
There will also be a limited theme menu during the exhibition. In conjunction with the exhibition, the coffee shop Edocco Cafe Masu Masu (located at the Edo Culture Complex on the grounds of the shrine) also announced on launching four themed light snack dishes.
Like the matcha flavored shaved ice (kakigori), "Tonari no Kakigori", referencing to My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro).
Notice the chocolate acorns and the leaf-shaped chocolate topping?
Spirited Away fans should be able to recognize the second one. The "Hakumai no Onigiri" ("Hakumai" meaning white rice, rice balls) are a take on the rice balls that Haku gave Chihiro to give her strength and to keep her from fading away. They come in a set of three, one has no filling and is only seasoned with salt, where the other two are a surprise!
Lastly, it wouldn't be a homage to Studio Ghibli if you left out the famous soot balls! The appearance may set a few off, but it is just a black sesame rice ball so don't worry! If only there were eyes on the rice ball.
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●Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli Exhibition (鈴木敏夫とジブリ展)
Venue: EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex at Kanda Myoujin Shrine
📅 April 20~May 12
⏰ 10am~6pm (last admission 5:30pm)
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Susan Kelly-DeWitt is the author of The Fortunate Islands (Marick Press) and several chapbook collections including Cassiopeia Above the Banyan Tree, "Poems About Hawaii," also known as Mudlark No. 33 (2007).
Her work also appears in a number of anthologies, most recently When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (Autumn House Press) and In Whatever Houses We May Visit: An Anthology of Poems That Have Inspired Physicians (American College of Physicians). Her poems have appeared in journals such as Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, The North American Review, Yankee, and Nimrod; her interviews, articles and reviews have appeared in The Sacramento Bee, Library Journal, Perihelion, Poetry Flash and Small Press Review, among others. She is currently a contributing editor for Poetry Flash and an instructor for the UC Davis Extension program. Also a visual artist, her paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in Northern California galleries for over twenty years.
A second full-length collection of poems, Ghostfire, is currently in search of a publisher. You can visit her website at www.susankelly-dewitt.com.
The images that, taken together, make up the cover of The Limbo Suite are all paintings done by Susan Kelly-DeWitt, the poet herself. They are: Her Parakeet (upper left), courtesy of Susan Staats; After the Stroke (upper right); Madonna with Sewn-Shut Third Eye (lower left), courtesy of Kathleen Lynch; and Night Nurse (lower right), courtesy of Janice Haag.