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Her Journey to Catholicism Was Holy Spirit's Work
The Archdiocese of New York hosted a county-wide Discovering Christ in Fall 2018. Angela Valles attended that course and experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit in a powerful way. She shares her story below.
By: John Woods
Angela Valles' journey to the Catholic Church was a long time coming, and she attributes her decision to the Holy Spirit, who worked quickly and powerfully in her life.
She grew up as the daughter of two United Methodist Church ministers and even attended seminary herself for a time. Then she was married and had a son, who is 22.
When we spoke earlier this week, Ms. Valles, 54, said she sampled other mainline Protestant branches, including Episcopalian, Presbyterian and even joined a Baptist congregation, but said she never personally experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Last year, she met a woman who suggested she visit a priest at Mount Alvernia, the Franciscan retreat center in Wappingers Falls, for spiritual direction. He told her God loved her the way she was, and if she wanted to learn about the Catholic Church she should inquire about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program at her local parish. So she went to St. Joachim-St. John the Evangelist Church in Beacon.
About that time, she saw a blurb in the parish bulletin about Discovering Christ, a seven-week program that helps Catholics learn about their faith through expert teaching, personal witness talks, music and small-group fellowship over dinner with other Catholics. Ms. Valles was one of several hundred to attend last fall's sessions at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie.
From the first gathering, Ms. Valles said she knew it was the start of a different faith experience. She paused for a moment to collect herself, as she said she often did while attending Discovering Christ. "It was an all-consuming and overwhelming feeling that I was home. I knew I was in the right place," she said.
She formed quick connections. One woman from Beacon named Kitty, who was part of her small group, made a powerful impression after only a couple weekly meetings. "She said, 'Angela, I prayed for you all week, because I thought about you all week.' I was so taken by that. I thought, 'She doesn't even know me.'"
About the same time, she met with Sister Kathleen Maire, O.S.F., a pastoral associate at St. Joachim-St. John the Evangelist, to learn more about the RCIA program. "She looks like the total embodiment of love," Ms. Valles said of Sister Kathleen.
She also was full of praise for Father Richard Smith, the parish's pastor. "Both of them together. He's so compassionate. He has such a loving spirit. They nurtured me and made me feel at home."
She completed the RCIA in time to enter full communion with the Church at the Easter Vigil when she received the sacraments of Eucharist and confirmation. Her aunt, Gloria Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, was her confirmation sponsor.
Ms. Valles, who is divorced, said participating in Discovering Christ, before she was even a Catholic, was integral to her decision to become one.
"If it wasn't for Discovering Christ, I probably wouldn't have become Catholic," she said. "It healed me. It gave me hope and unconditional love. It brought me to Jesus through Mary…It transformed my life."
The talks she heard about finding Christ and forming a relationship with Him had a lasting effect on her. During her confirmation, she said she promised Jesus that He could do "whatever He wants to do with my life."
"I went 30 years without feeling the Holy Spirit in my life," she said. "I want to share it with as many people as I can."
Last week, she had a call from Cardinal Dolan, who welcomed her to the Church. "He said I was an example to him and to the diocese, and that the Church needed me."
This weekend, Ms. Valles will finish Following Christ, the second component of the ChristLife evangelization process, at Holy Trinity Church in Poughkeepsie. In our conversation, she said some fellow participants have said they want to be deeply touched by the Spirit as she is. Ms. Valles noted everyone's faith journey is unique, and while no one's experience is exactly the same, all grow in their faith and become "like a family" by session's end.
This article was original posted in the Catholic New York.


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Llanelli is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

1999 to 2007
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Llanelli Westminster constituency. It is a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.

The other four Dyfed constituencies are Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consists of the eight constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

From 2007
The constituency includes the whole of 9 Carmarthenshire communities (Kidwelly; Llanedi; Llanelli; Llanelli Rural; Llangennech; Llannon; Pembrey and Burry Port Town; Pontyberem; and Trimsaran).

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Llanelli remained one of five Dyfed constituencies and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales region. However, boundaries within Dyfed changed, to realign them with local government ward boundaries and to reduce disparities in the sizes of constituency electorates, and the boundaries of the region changed, to align them with the boundaries of preserved counties.

The other four Dyfed constituencies were, again, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Preseli Pembrokeshire, all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consisted of the constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Llanelli, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

For Westminster purposes, the same new constituency boundaries became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

It is a marginal seat between Plaid and the Labour Party, and until the 2016 Assembly election, had never been held by the same party for more than one consecutive term.

Members of the Senedd

Results

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Regional ballots rejected: 136

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 33,742
Regional ballots rejected: 166

Elections in the 1990s

References

Senedd constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region
Llanelli
1999 establishments in Wales
Constituencies established in 1999
Politics of Carmarthenshire

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I met with all my old friends. We had fun, we talked politics, we talked experiences, we laughed, we drank, we ate, we explored, and we laughed some more. Toronto is such a beautiful city and incredibly underrated. I miss my time here.
I came to Canada for an exchange program 5 years ago, and tbh, I was extremely nervous and not excited for the semester. I had thought Canada was too far, I didn't know anyone who was headed there, and I wasn't sure if I would survive the cold. But, I still went ahead. What I thought will be a boring, non-exciting experience turned out to be one of the best times of my life! And I've always secretly made plans to go back (perhaps to stay longer). I went back recently, and felt like I was 22 again. It was refreshing, rejuvenating and an incredibly healing journey for me.


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Witold Jan Waszczykowski  (* 5. Mai 1957 in Piotrków Trybunalski) ist ein polnischer Historiker, Diplomat und Politiker. Vom 16. November 2015 bis 9. Januar 2018 war er Außenminister im Kabinett Szydło bzw. Morawiecki.

Lebenslauf
Waszczykowski beendete 1980 sein Magister-Studium an der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Łódź, danach 1991 an der Fakultät für Internationale Beziehungen an der University of Oregon. 1992 bis 1993 absolvierte er ein Aufbaustudium am Genfer Zentrum für Sicherheitspolitik. 1993 wurde er zum Doktor der Geschichtswissenschaften promoviert. 1981 bis 1987 war er als Assistent an der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Łódź tätig. Ab 1992 war er Mitarbeiter des polnischen Außenministeriums, 1996 wurde er zunächst stellvertretender Direktor der Abteilung für Europäische Institutionen und wechselte dann in die Abteilung für Sicherheitspolitik.

Im Jahre 1997 war er der amtierende Leiter des Verbindungsbüros Polens bei der NATO in Brüssel, dann bis 1999 stellvertretender Vertreter Polens bei der NATO. 1999 bis 2002 bekleidete er den Posten des Botschafters in Teheran, danach war er in der Abteilung für Strategie und Planung des Außenministeriums sowie als stellvertretender Direktor der Abteilung für Afrika und Nahost tätig.
Am 4. November 2005 wurde er zum Unterstaatssekretär im Außenministerium berufen. Er leitete die Verhandlungen mit den Vereinigten Staaten über das Raketenabwehrsystem. Am 11. August 2008 wurde er aller Ämter im Außenministerium enthoben.

Am 27. August 2008 wurde er zum Stellvertreter des Chefs des Büros für Nationale Sicherheit berufen, am 6. Juli 2010 trat er vom Amt zurück. Bei den Kommunalwahlen 2010 bewarb er sich erfolglos für das Amt des Stadtpräsidenten (Oberbürgermeister) von Łódź. In den Parlamentswahlen 2011 wurde er zum Sejm-Abgeordneten gewählt und trat der PiS-Partei (Recht und Gerechtigkeit) bei. Er bewarb sich erfolglos bei der Europawahl in Polen 2014.

Bei den Parlamentswahlen 2015 wurde er wieder zum Sejm-Abgeordneten gewählt. Nach der Vereidigung der neuen Regierung übernahm er am 16. November 2015 den Posten des Außenministers in der Regierung von Beata Szydło.

In Waszczykowskis Amtszeit fiel das zerrüttete Verhältnis mit der Europäischen Union. Kritiker bemängelten seine aggressive Rhetorik. Im Januar 2018 wurde er vom neuen Ministerpräsidenten Mateusz Morawiecki entlassen und durch Jacek Czaputowicz ersetzt. Die Personaländerungen wurden als Signal Polens gewertet, einen eher mäßigenden Kurs gegenüber der EU einzuschlagen.

Waszczykowski gab im September 2021 bekannt, dass er an Polyneuropathie leidet.

Politische Positionen

Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
Waszczykowski tritt für die Stationierung von Bodentruppen der NATO in Polen ein. Zur Begründung fügt er mit Hinweis auf die russischen Interventionen in der benachbarten Ukraine das veränderte "Sicherheitsumfeld" an.

Europapolitik
In einem Gastbeitrag für die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung nannte er die geplante Gaspipeline Nord Stream 2 einen Streitpunkt in den deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen und kritisierte sie als Projekt eines "egoistischen Partikularismus", der in der Energiepolitik der Europäischen Union überwunden werden müsse.

Medienpolitik
In Bezug auf die Reform der polnischen Medien verteidigte Waszczykowski das Vorhaben mit den Worten: "Als müsse sich die Welt nach marxistischem Vorbild automatisch in nur eine Richtung bewegen – zu einem neuen Mix von Kulturen und Rassen, eine Welt aus Radfahrern und Vegetariern, die nur noch auf erneuerbare Energien setzen und gegen jede Form der Religion kämpfen. Das hat mit traditionellen polnischen Werten nichts mehr zu tun." Ebenso sagte er, dass die Reform den Staat "von einigen Krankheiten heilen" würde.

Trivia
Internationale Medienpräsenz erfuhr der Außenminister nach einer Pressekonferenz, in der er über die Bestrebungen Polens zum Nichtständigen Mitglied des UN-Sicherheitsrates für die Periode 2018–2019 sprach. Zur Unterstützung habe er unter anderem in dem fiktiven Land "San Escobar" geworben, ließ später aber verlautbaren, es sei ihm eigentlich um St. Kitts und Nevis gegangen.

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Weblinks

 Gastbeitrag (FAZ.net 8. April 2016)

Außenminister (Polen)
Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments für Polen
Sejm-Abgeordneter (Dritte Republik)
Polnischer Botschafter im Iran
Polnischer Diplomat
PiS-Mitglied
Pole
Geboren 1957
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took me 2 goes with the trial version and off it went flawlessly.. love the app.. the other thing that i like is the low CPU overhead compared with other bots I've tried.. well done VG and thanks!
Cheers mate, I'm glad you like it! You know what they say, it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it... And TinyMiner has a strong, um, mojo! Joking aside, it's especially the very low demand on computer resources that allows it to perform remarkably well even inside virtual machines.


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My cat Sylvester does not like my singing or else maybe he was singing too! Anyway I Love this song! He Lives!


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Q: PHP: Certain elements missing from array So I've got a bug somewhere in my code that stops certain elements from being included in an array, this is the best way that I can explain it.
I've got a static file (Config.php) that contains a large array full of data, within this array there is another array with a key of "PredefinedValues", this contains values that need to be referenced by other parts of the script.
The issue: I can reference everything in the array except for 5 values that I recently added, I var_dump the array and they're not there when they're clearly in the file. I've reuploaded the files to my web server around 5/6 times, restarted php, restarted the server and it's not fixed. The issue does not occur on my local machine (Windows) but it does occur on my Linux server (Ubuntu).
The array is structured like this:
<?php

global $Configuration;

$Configuration = array(

    "PredefinedValues" => array(

        "Example" => "example",
        "123" => "test",
        "abc" => "test2",
        "asdf" => "value2",
        "val2" => "value3",

    ),

And the values I wouldn't be able to access are abc/asdf - but all of the values above/below it are fine.
Init file:
require_once("config/Config.php");

Class Lib
{

    Public $Root            =   __DIR__;
    Public $DependencyRoot;

    Public function __construct()
    {

        //error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);

        error_reporting(E_ALL);

        Global $Configuration;

        var_dump($Configuration["PredefinedValues"]);

        $this->DependencyRoot = __DIR__ . "/libs/Dependencies/";

    }

}

?>

Var_dumping the array within the __construct doesn't work, but when I var_dump it straight after the require, it works fine.
Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated.

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From the 8th century BC onwards, the ancient Greek silver stater was a coin used extensively throughout the Greek world, proving as popular as the silver drachma and Athenian tetradrachm. The weight of the stater depended on which city-state had produced it, and each was stamped with the patron god and emblem of its republic. Coins from Corinth, for instance, showed Pegasus, whilst those from Boeotia showed the Boeotian shield. The inclusion of a gold stater in ancient Greek coinage was popularised by the Macedonian rulers, such as Alexander the Great.


Walking into the Randi's bridal suite at the Wyndham Green Valley Canoa Ranch Resort we were greeted with laughter and love. Randi immediately gave me the biggest hug and I felt right at home! Randi thought of every details. Her bridesmaids all wore matching robes and even matching slippers. I had never seen matching slippers before and I LOVED it!! The guys were having just as much fun laughing and joking with each other. Instantly I knew this was going to be a great day. Oh my goodness was I right!! After the bridal party finished getting ready we moved to Agua Linda Farm. The rest of the day was filled with the same joy that filled the getting ready spaces.
Once Randi stepped into her dress the joy stayed, but you could feel the atmosphere in the room change. The laughter died down. Tears of joy started flowing. Randi's new sister kissed her cheek. Jill finished up her buttons. Then her grandma pinned on the cutest lady bug pin on the wedding dress as Randi's something borrowed. All the bridesmaids gathered around Randi. She looked at each one and thanked them for being there. It was clear that she meant it. To Randi, what mattered most to her is the people who surrounded her. What mattered to her bridesmaids was that they were present for her. They all hugged. Then to bring back the fun someone suggested they take a shot! And it was back to laughing again!!
Randi and Weston, thank you for trusting me to capture your wedding day. During your toast Wes said that when he looked around the room y'all knew everyone there. That really resonated with me. You have so many friends and family who love you and support you. That is such a testament to your character. It was such an honor to be included on your wedding day. You truly made us feel welcome and like friends. I can't wait to see where life takes the two of you!!
YOU were such a joy to work with. I loved your calm, serene demeanor throughout the otherwise sometimes stressful and hectic day. The pictures are absolutely beautiful. Thank you for being part of our very special day. We will cherish the memories you have given us with your photos forever.
Hi Jill, thank you so much! I am so glad I was able to be apart of this special day! It was amazing!


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In the same update, Nintendo reminds players that they can win a whopping $10 worth of the company's My Nintendo Gold Points by being really really good at Tetris this weekend. Anyone who has downloaded Tetris 99 can participate in the MAXIMUS CUP (I don't know why they're yelling) online event from 5am PT/8am ET on March 8th, to 11:59pm PT/2:59am ET on March 10th. During the event, give up your commitment to failure and try to come in first as many times as you can, and at the end of the event the top 999 players will be rewarded with 999 fake money.
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Democratic Iowa State Senator Nate Boulton yesterday responded to a complaint made against him to the Senate Ethics Committee. It had been filed by a Des Moines attorney who claims he grabbed her buttocks in a bar in 2015.
He argues the event did not happen (as far as he can remember), but even if it did the incident predates his election to the Senate and is therefore beyond the scope of the committee.
In May 2018, less than three weeks after announcing his bid for the Democratic nomination for Iowa governor, three women came forward with allegations that Nate Boulton had behaved inappropriately with them.
Boulton suspended his campaign for governor the following day. Iowa Democratic Senate Leader Janet Petersen called on him to resign from the state legislature as well.
But Boulton did not resign from the Iowa Senate. He did publicly admit to a previous problem with drinking – simultaneously claiming that he had already stopped drinking altogether in November 2017.
Meanwhile, Wegner proceeded to file an official complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee.
What happens in 2015 stays in 2015?
Nate Boulton's case will be an important test for the Iowa Senate's relatively new ethics rules, adopted in 2017.
Already there is confusion over one key line in the provisions: "A complaint will be considered to be timely filed if it is filed within three years of the occurrence of the alleged violation of the ethics code." Wegner's allegation took place within the three year time-limit, but before Boulton was sworn in as a senator in January 2017.
Boulton contends he should not be held accountable for violating Senate ethics rules before he became a Senator.
The Senate Ethics committee is now considering whether or not to dismiss Wegner's claim based on Boulton's response. Even if the technical argument he has put forward prevails, he is still paying a political price.
Democratic Senate Leader Janet Petersen, who previously called on Boulton to resign, has refused to name him to any committees until the ethics committee's work concludes.
"I will defer making any committee assignments for Senator Boulton until the Senate Ethics Committee completes its ongoing investigation into the complaint filed against him," Petersen said in a statement. This parallels similar moves made by Republican leaders in the Colorado State Senate to isolate Randy Baumgardner, also accused of repeatedly touching women inappropriately.
If the committee finds that Wegner's complaint has merit, things could get much trickier for Nate Boulton. He could be admonished, issued a cease-and-desist letter, recommended for censorship or a reprimand from the Senate, or become the subject of a special investigation.


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Coloring pages for all ages are free thanks to local Olympia artist Lorraine Donner
HThere is something free with no strings attached. Really. And it's fun for all ages. Olympian Lorraine Donner, painter, friend, wife, mother, grandmother and volunteer, has created an avenue to channel one of her artistic talents. Their website, LD Paint Color Plus, is full of original sketches that you can download and use as coloring pages for free! Drawing inspiration from nature, travel and life, Lorraine features things like dancing couples, a trio of owls, and irises along a country fence. There is an abundance of choice, with new offers posted regularly.
Lorraine loves to paint, but along the way she came up with the idea of providing sketches that could be colored or painted by others. As with many stories in life, this happened in a roundabout way. Shortly after the start of the pandemic, a friend asked her if she would send a weekly card to someone at an assisted living facility nearby. Everyone's sense of isolation grew and the importance of staying in touch with others was clear. The man who received Lorraine's cards and his small paintings was delighted. At the same time, she noticed that a lot of people love to color, not just elementary school students, but people of all ages and for all kinds of reasons. Colorful people for meditation or to calm overactive brains.
"I could draw pictures, ink on them and do complex and simple sketches," thought Lorraine. She could imagine people coloring her pictures. "Why, you can have your own website," said a voice in her head. "I didn't know how to do that! Laughs Lorraine, who uses a computer but doesn't know anything about building a website.
Lorraine Donner loves having time for her art and has created a website with free downloadable designs that people can color or paint. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Psaltis
With determination and a willingness to learn, Lorraine found GoDaddy and used the tech help available to her. In just over a week, the site was launched. Now her challenge is spreading the word. "My mother spent the last three years of her life in a retirement home," recalls Lorraine.
"I think she really would have liked to color." People only need an Internet connection, a printer and paper.
"I started drawing when I was in kindergarten or first grade," recalls Lorraine. "My art has never been so far from me." She was about to go to the New York Institute of Art after high school on a scholarship, but life came, and a career in art didn't seem like a reliable pursuit. Shortly after, Lorraine married and had two children.
Throughout her life course, Lorraine painted. Sometimes it was the windows of the pediatric and maternity ward of the hospital. Other times he painted holiday scenes on the windows of local businesses. "I used my art to help local churches and advertising activities," says Lorraine.
Lorraine's sketches vary in detail. Find the one that suits your mood. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Psaltis
His professional life which spanned over 40 years was in human resources and later in real estate. It wasn't until 2015, when she and her husband Bob moved to Jubilee in Olympia, that time for art would be available. Lorraine took watercolor lessons at The Lodge. She loved the smell and feel of acrylic and took to painting with it. Taking online classes and watching YouTube have helped her develop her skills. He still missed oil painting. She joined the Olympia Art League and took (pre-COVID) classes with Cal Capener. "I was a guppy in a pond of angelfish," Lorraine smiles. Progress and inspiration continued to grow.
Recently, Lorraine signed up for a year-long painting program with Randy Sexton through the Tucson Art Academy Online. "He's a great teacher," says Lorraine, who enjoyed the private Facebook connection, the comments, and the way the classes are progressing. "Art got me through COVID," she says. Class homework takes up hours of her time.
"I'll paint anything and everything," says Lorraine. On a day trip to Ocean Shores, she took a plethora of photos to use for future paintings. "I have an unlimited number of pictures to color, well over a hundred," says Lorraine. When she's not painting, there is a lot of work to be done in her fabulous garden and yard full of plants. She is also a reader and a volunteer.
Please forward the coloring pages link to your friends, family, or any person or agency who may find it useful and fun. Upload photos for your children, grandchildren, parents or for yourself. I guess there are some things in life that are free. Thank you Lorraine!
Lorraine uses nature as a source of inspiration for many of her paintings. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Psaltis
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Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) describe a country's macroeconomic, structural, and social policies and programs to promote growth and reduce poverty, as well as associated external financing needs. PRSPs are prepared by governments through a participatory process that involves civil society and development partners, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers provide the basis for World Bank and IMF assistance as well as debt relief under the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Initiative. PRSPs should be country-driven, comprehensive, partnership-oriented, and participatory. A country only needs to write a PRSP every three years; however, changes can be made to the content of a PRSP using an Annual Progress Report. Refer to the World Bank Povertynet website for more information.
In 2008, the government prepared a Strategy for Re-launching Development and Reducing Poverty, Côte d'Ivoire's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Extensive consultations were held between March 17 and April 30, 2008 across the country. Eleven regional consultation committees were created, each incorporating local government officials, religious and traditional leaders, associations of women and youth, civil society, security forces, farmers, private sector operators, and development partners. The final strategy was validated in a national workshop on January 5, 2009 and approved by the Cabinet in February 2009. From June through September 2009, the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation organized additional sector-specific workshops to prepare priority action plans for the implementation of the PRSP.
The PRSP covers the seven-year period from 2009-2015, with a mid-term review planned in 2013. It calls for an ambitious program to consolidate peace and transform Côte d'Ivoire into an emerging economy in which poverty falls from the current 49 percent to 33 percent by 2013 and to 16 percent by 2015, supported by average annual GDP growth of approximately 6 percent.
Consolidating peace and security and promoting good governance are prerequisites for economic recovery and poverty reduction, according to Côte d'Ivoire's PRSP. This will require the full resolution of the crisis through the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Accord, notably with the disarmament of ex-combatants and militias and their economic reintegration; the creation of a new, unified army; the restoration of the government's control of the entire territory; and holding of free and fair presidential elections. The PRSP also calls for actions to improve security services by strengthening the police.
To promote good governance, the PRSP calls for actions to modernize public administration. This includes implementing the decentralization agenda and improving the management and capacity of public human resources; and upgrading the quality of public services, including through the use of administrative controls and audits and by implementing public communications to better inform the citizenry of government decisions and actions. Efforts will also aim at strengthening justice services for citizens and ensuring the independence and professionalism of the judiciary, as well as an adequate penal system and prison conditions. Improved economic governance will be pursued through actions to better manage public resources, to increase transparency and accountability in how resources are used, and strengthen transparency and management of key economic sectors.
Maintaining a stable macroeconomic framework. The PRSP envisages a program of economic stabilization targeting an average growth rate of 5.8 percent over the period 2009-2013. The program will consist of improved fiscal policies; deep structural reforms in the cocoa/coffee, energy and oil sectors; and improvements in transparency and governance, which are expected to strengthen investor confidence. Given the large post-crisis reconstruction needs, the PRSP projects increasing public investments by 24 percent and strengthening the poverty focus of these investments while also attracting private investments to growth sectors. Fiscal revenues (excluding grants) are estimated to increase to 21 percent of GDP, relying mainly on oil and gas production and improvements in tax administration. The government will also pursue public financial management and procurement reforms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency in the use of public resources.
Investing in economic infrastructure as a prerequisite for growth. The PRSP focuses on the transport sector as the most critical sector to address before all others, given its fundamental importance to economic activities and regional integration. In the road sector, Government's ambition is to build 2,988 km and rehabilitate 1,625 km of paved roads; construct 24 bridges, and ensure the regular maintenance of 14,300 km of unpaved roads. For maritime transport, priority projects are to extend the Abidjan Port Infrastructure to Ile Boulay, rehabilitate and extend San Pedro port; and improve the navigation on the lagoon in Abidjan. Improvements to railway and airport infrastructure are also planned.
Creating more jobs and wealth through the private sector and agriculture. The PRSP recognizes the need for government to help create a more enabling environment for the private sector, the main source of employment and driver of growth, including through reforms to improve governance of the sector, access to credit and micro-finance, diversification and trade promotion.
In the agriculture sector, the PRSP seeks to diversify and transform commodities locally to increase the value added. In addition, the Government will support efforts to raise productivity with a view to reducing malnutrition and achieving food security, improving incomes and boosting trade and competitiveness. Here the PRSP emphasizes cocoa-coffee, cotton and cashews. Cotton and cashews are grown primarily in the northern regions of the country and investing in these commodities would help to address high levels of poverty in those regions and diminish geographic inequities.
Other important sectors to diversify the economic base are the information and telecommunications and hydrocarbon sectors, the former being an important source of employment and the latter promises to deliver revenues that will enable government to make adequate levels of public investments.
Creating employment opportunities and strengthening the labor market. The Government is particularly concerned about high unemployment rates and will work with private sector partners to promote income-generating activities, self-employment, create incentives for labor-intensive employment opportunities, and strengthen professional and vocational educational opportunities.
Improving access to and quality of education and health services. The civil war and crisis set back Côte d'Ivoire's education and health services significantly, and the PRSP recognizes the need to invest in these sectors to begin reversing the trend of declining quality and stagnating outcomes. The key issues in education are to make progress toward the MDG of universal access to education and 100 percent primary completion. Côte d'Ivoire's National Health Development Plan (PNDS 2009-2013), which provides the sector's strategy for the PRSP, seeks to: (i) improve the management and administration of the health system; (ii) improve the quality of health services and (iii) promote healthy behaviors.
Improving access to basic infrastructure. The PRSP recognizes the large unmet needs of the population in terms of access to potable water, adequate sanitation services, energy and a livable urban and rural environment. For rural electrification, the ambition of the PRSP is to extend electricity services to 200 to 300 villages per year to reach 43 percent of the population across the country by 2015. This will also contribute to the global objective of connecting 35 percent of households to the power network by 2013 and promoting economic activities to reduce poverty in rural areas. The strategic priorities for improving water services are to (i) expand the national rural water and sanitation program; (ii) establish a specific budget for this program; (iii) develop a national standard for community-run water systems and a tariff system that promotes access for all; and (iv) rehabilitate damaged urban water systems in selected cities. A second priority is to improve rural water and basic sanitation, and a third goal is to improve urban water supply for secondary cities.
Strengthening social protection and preserving the environment. Government seeks to extend social protection to the entire population with a specific focus on vulnerable populations including: treatment and support for the elderly; protection of child victims of trafficking and exploitation; reintegration of internally displaced populations through employment in reconstruction efforts; and pursuing legal and regulatory reforms to uphold the rights of women. On the environment, the objective is to increase the proportion of protected areas from 10 percent in 2008 to 20 percent by 2015. The PRSP also focuses on mainstreaming forestry into rural development and improving governance and protection of water, forest, livestock and fishery resources.
Regional and international integration. The objective is to restore regional ties and cooperation with the international community first by consolidating peace and national stability; by adhering to WAEMU convergence criteria, including maintaining inflation at 3 percent or lower; by improving exports and investing in regional infrastructure; and by normalizing financial relations with external partners.


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Edward Wolfe
Laugharne Castle c.1937–8
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Edward Wolfe (29 May 1897 – 8 July 1982) was a British artist.
He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to England during the First World War and studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and, from 1916-1918, Slade School of Art.
While at The Slade, Wolfe was invited by Nina Hamnett and Roger Fry to join the latter's Omega Workshops, a design enterprise founded by members of the Bloomsbury Group and established in July 1913 with the intention of providing graphic expression to the essence of the Bloomsbury ethos. Wolfe first exhibited with the Omega Workshops in 1918.
After his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg in 1920, Wolfe showed extensively in Britain and internationally. He provided the frontispiece to the twelfth and last of the Furnival Books (1930-32), John Collier's Green Thoughts, with a foreword by Osbert Sitwell. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1951 to 1970. He was elected an Associate Member of the Academy in 1967 and a Member in 1972.
His work is held by the Tate Gallery, the Royal Academy, the National Portrait Gallery, London and many other public and private collections. In the National Portrait Gallery collection is a portrait of South African/British writer and poet William Plomer seated on a chair, in oils, dated 1929.
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): Faith Integration and Interfaith Collaboration /
Barriers and Enablers Provided by Hindu Beliefs and Practices for People with Disabilities in India
Andrew Wilson University of Melbourne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v6i2.250
Keywords: disability, hinduism, faith-based
Background: Faith beliefs, and associated cultural beliefs, play an important role in affecting response to disability. There is no systematic review of how Hindu beliefs affect approaches to people with disabilities. The majority of the world's Hindus live in India, as do a large number of people with disabilities. Therefore, this article seeks to explore the positive and negative ways that Hindu beliefs affect people with disabilities in India.
Methods: We undertook a scoping review of the available literature aiming to explore the barriers and enablers for people with disabilities provided by Hindu beliefs and practices. The databases PubMed, Scopus and PsycInfo were systematically searched and several additional articles from other sources were included from searching the grey literature.
Results: Historically, the literature indicates that Indian Hindu karmic beliefs have advanced the view that people with disabilities are deserving of their condition. This literature suggests that this view continues into the present and can lead to stigmatisation of both people with disabilities and their families. In turn, this karmic understanding of disability can discourage people with disabilities from accessing medical treatment. Additionally, certain Hindu tribal remedies for disability may cause bodily harm and prevent the person concerned from receiving allopathic treatment. It was also documented that the attitude of Indian doctors toward people with disabilities are negatively affected by Hindu beliefs. One research study suggested karmic beliefs can benefit families of people with disabilities by providing them with a context for suffering.
Conclusion: The study shows that Hindu religious belief effects, mostly negatively, the response to disability. This is important to consider when undertaking disability and inclusive development activities in India.
Andrew Wilson, University of Melbourne
BS, MD (University of Melbourne). Intern, South-West Healthcare.
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Articles / 04/08/2016
Lego one of the frontrunners
Toy sector more sustainable
Slowly but surely, more and more (partly) biobased toys are being launched on the market. For the younger ones (age zero to six) health is an important factor. Also companies, with Lego as one of the frontrunners, are looking more into circular concepts with special focus on renewable feedstocks.
Last year, Lego announced it will spend at least 135 million euro's for research directed at renewable materials for its toys and packaging. The Danish toy giant, with a turn over of 4,8 billion euro's (2015), is one of the biggest players in the sector, which turns over 160 billion per year (source: Euromonitor, 2015). The above decision of Lego is mainly fuelled by environmental concerns. 'It is our ambition to use100 per cent sustainable materials in 2030', CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp has said. 'We have already taken steps in the field of renewable energy (wind farms to power production, ed.) and FSC-certified packaging materials. Now it is time to focus on the materials for our products.'
Currently, Lego produces its base material, the world famous Lego-blocks, from ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene). Each year, the company manufactures roughly 20 billion pieces. ABS is 100 per cent fossil, but the material has its advantages. Lego tolerates only minimal deviations (up until 0,002 millimetre), which ensures a seamless fit with the other blocks. This is not only the case with "modern" blocks, but also with the older ones, up until the "generation" of 1958.
ABS also has relative high creep resistance, making it less susceptible to deformation as a result of pulling and/or bending. ABS is relatively light-weight, but hard and with a high impact-resistance. Last but no least, ABS is relatively cheap.
'Out Lego-blocks are made of the highest quality plastics', a spokesman says to Agro&Chemistry. 'The functional properties and lifespan are good. However, there's a downside: the material is fossil-based and therefore based on scarce feedstocks. We believe we can perform better with renewable materials that have a lower environmental footprint.'
Recycling no option
The question is: which types of renewable plastics are in Lego's sight? For the time being, the company does not want to disclose anything. What's clear is that Lego, in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund, has determined criteria based on which it can determine the "sustainability factor" of each material.
'We are at the beginning of our journey', the spokesman for Lego says. 'There are several challenges: the materials have to be more sustainable and should be comparable in terms of functionalities and user safety.'
It remains to be seen whether Lego will end up with a 100 per cent renewable solution. 'We will look into several blends in which bioplastics/polymers can come into play.'
In an article. published in Wired (2015), it appears that Lego has already tested with an "impact-modified" PLA. In this test, the material initially resembled ABS very closely. However, after a number of weeks the material started to deform, the author of the article states. In short, it won't be an easy fix, hence Lego's timeline (2030).
Recycling (of fossil plastics) is not an option for Lego – or any manufacturer for that matter – because of strict regulation in this sector. Re-use, however, is definitely an option: there are several websites where consumers are able to buy and sell second-hand Lego-materials.
Bioserie: made of plants
Lego mostly is interested in the environmental aspects of its (future) materials. There are also companies that position their products as "child-friendly" alternatives for fossil plastics, more specific certain additives such as plasticizers.
One of these companies is Bioserie which launched the first generation "Made of Plants" for toddlers. Bioserie, with its head office in Hong Kong, has put in three years of R&D into the concept, which is based on Ingeo (NatureWork) and a "proprietary blend of biobased components".
According to Bioserie, its toys do not contain any potential toxic elements which can be present in fossil-based toys. 'Most of the toys for babies and toddlers are based on fossil plastics', Stephanie Trau, one of the founders of Bioserie, says. 'It is for parents very difficult to assess whether these toys contain harmful components such as heavy metals, phthalates or Bisfenol A. The information on the packaging often is inadequate or too technical for the average consumer. With our products consumers will get the guarantee that these components will not be present.'
Supertoys
As mentioned before, Lego still has to figure out which materials it will use. Italeri, the Italian manufacturer of model cars, planes, tanks et cetera, already made a choice. Together with Bio-on, it will use a PHA-blend for certain models. In the so-called Minerv PHA Supertoys Project both companies want to develop "environmental-friendly" models with the same functionalities (esthetics et cetera) as current products. From the Supertoys-project, two types of PHA-blend should emerge: a type R (rigid, strong) and a type F (soft, flexible). At the end of 2017 these plastics are scheduled to enter the market.
'Our models are very difficult to produce', Marco Astorri, CEO of Italeri says. 'Tolerance levels are minimal but if we succeed, other items in the toy sector will be suitable for these kind of materials.'
Biobased ABS
Until 1963 Lego produced its world famous blocks from cellulose acetate. After that, ABS came into the picture, a more stable plastic which has been in use for more than 50 years. It also illustrates that the bar is set high for any plastic (blend) that would replace ABS.
One option is an alternative plastic blend, the other a biobased copy of ABS. There are several initiatives which target biobased butadiene, for example ENI and Novamont of Lanzatech/Invista. The route towards biobased biobenzene is being explored by Anellotech and several companies and knowledge institutes are investigating biobased drop-in's, for example glutamic acid, for acrylonitrile.
The choice of materials is an important element in Lego's journey to 2030. Most of its parts are based on ABS. There are also other materials which are in use, such as metals. For example, the chassis of Duplo has metal axes. These have been omitted by an alternative design which allows the wheels to be clicked directly into the chassis. This design not only lowers production costs, Lego says, it also lowers the overall impact on the environment.
Playmobil Panda
Geobra Brandstätter, the manufacturer of Playmobil, is still experimenting with plastics based on renewable feedstocks, a spokesman for the German family-business says. Geobra already has put its toe into the water by designing a biobased Panda-shaped key ring for the German division of the World Wildlife Fund. 'It will be very difficult to replace all fossil-based plastics with renewable materials in our Playmobil-portfolio. This has to do with the required functionalities.'
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The Granville Melodramas
Popular fortnightly series resurrecting stage melodramas of the 19th century such as East Lynne and The Poor of New York. Hattie Jacques appeared in all seven episodes and her (then) husband John Le Mesurier also appeared. Peter Tuddenham who provided the voices of Zen and Orac on Blakes 7 made his small-screen debut and celebrated playwright Alun Owen had a bit part in one episode. The Granville Theatre in Fulham had previously seen performances by Victorian music hall stars the likes of Marie Lloyd, George Robey and Little Tich, but in recent years it had had its ups and downs.
Bernard Delfont purchased the theatre in 1947 in the hope of a resurgence, after the war, of variety theatre. But it hadn't really happened. In 1955 Associated-Rediffusion acquired it as the first operational Independent Television studio. According to author Andy Merrimen in his book Hattie - The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques "The conversion of the Granville Theatre for use as a television studio was rather primitive, and apparently the stalls floor retained its incline, creating much difficulty for the technicians, who, on occasions would lose control of their cameras!" The Granville Theatre enjoyed 15 years of broadcasting and Opportunity Knocks was also broadcast from there. The theatre was demolished in 1971.
Published on December 19th, 2018. Written by Laurence Marcus for Television Heaven.
Knock Three Times (1968)
Children's fantasy series starring Hattie Jacques as a magical aunt.
Happy Holidays (1954)
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Dad's Army (1968)
"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast...
Our House (1960)
A group of people pool their resources to purchase a house.


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jose.meneses@strategiesforwealth.com
Jose was born and raised in Venezuela where he graduated from Catholic University Andres Bello with a BA in Business and he went on to earn an Executive Global Master's in Management from the London School of Economics.
He started his professional career at the United Nations in New York, where he was the Overseas Operations Coordinator for the Economic and Social Development Agency, ECOSOC.
After the UN, José made the transition into finance, holding senior positions at both consulting firms and private investment companies. He served as Financial Analyst for a private family office managing onshore and offshore funds across a variety of strategies and funds for institutional and select private clients.
Jose has served on the Advisory Board AID FOR AID International – a non-profit organization providing free HIV medication for people in developing countries, particularly in Latin American and the Caribbean.
In his spare time, he enjoys the arts, reading non-fiction books and traveling the world.
Jose has lived in New York for the past twelve years and now resides in the city.


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Women in Design
Designer: Lucy Hammond Giles
One of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler's eight interior decorators discusses her career and her work on two rooms of a west London family house
By David Nicholls
Dean Hearne
Lucy Hammond Giles is one of those people gifted with an easy charisma that makes her a pleasure to spend time with. It also, I imagine, quickly disarms her clients, allowing Lucy to get a sense of who they are and what they want. This is not a skill that can be learnt. But Lucy has learnt plenty from her work as a decorator at the revered Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler.
It seems destined she would end up there: her mother worked as an assistant at the firm right up until she gave birth to Lucy. More than 20 years later, Lucy got in touch with her mother's old friend Wendy Nicholls, the managing director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, for a bit of career advice. By then Lucy had an MA in history of art from the University of Edinburgh, experience working in television production and some part-time interior design courses from the Chelsea College of Art & Design (now the Chelsea College of Arts) under her belt. She had also spent a few years working with a property developer. Instead of advice, Wendy gave her a job doing maternity cover as a design assistant, and Lucy ended up working in various parts of the business.
She stepped away while her two children were young and developed her own client base, but in 2016 she rejoined Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler as a decorator in her own right. 'There is so much knowledge in this building,' Lucy says of the company. 'It is a very open and sharing environment and to be able to bring that collective knowledge to my clients is incredible for me as a decorator.'
When asked to describe her own approach, she says that she cares more about how a room feels than how it looks. 'I don't decorate in order to create spaces that only look pretty on a page: they have to feel right and make people comfortable.'
Rose Uniacke's Dos and Don'ts of Decorating
Lucy's decoration of two rooms on the first floor of a west London family house (she also helped with the main bedroom and the paint colours throughout) is a good illustration of how she works. And both rooms had to work hard. The large drawing room needed space for a seating area, piano and desk, while the small study at the front of the house doubles up a snug for watching television.
'The owner has great taste and had already found some of the pieces in the drawing room, which gave me something to work with,' Lucy says. For example, one of the white sofas is a vintage piece bought from a New York dealer, while the other was commissioned to match it. The rug between them was made by Cogolin. Its texture corresponds with that of the wooden wall sculpture, which the owner bought from Rose Uniacke. The sofa in the study was also a commissioned piece, and was covered in a punchy teal wool from Kvadrat. 'The owner chose Papers and Paints' "Medici Green" for the walls, and the colour of this sofa works so well against it,' Lucy says.
Of course, Lucy came with plenty of her own ideas. When the client asked for white linen curtains in the drawing room, Lucy duly brought her several samples to choose from. 'But I snuck in some turmeric-coloured wool, too,' she says with a laugh. 'She was surprised, but she loved it. And it worked so well behind the piano.' She delivered white linen curtains in the study, although she could not resist lining them in a wonderful orange-outlined geometric fabric by Christopher Farr Cloth. 'In many ways, she was the perfect client,' Lucy says. 'Together we have created something that neither of us could have done on our own. That's always exciting – building up that sense of magic.'
Soane has beautiful things that are always full of character. For the bedroom in this project, we chose the understated and functional 'Reading Wall Light with Swivel'. soane.co.uk
Nina Hertig at Sigmar has a wonderful eye for scale, colour and texture, and mid-century furniture that works in any environment. The Robsjohn-Gibbings sofa in the drawing room was from Collection 20C in New York. sigmarlondon.com | collection20c.com
@thefineartofscience is by James Hyslop, head of travel, science and natural history at Christie's. He posts photographs of natural objects – a lovely counterbalance to a day at my desk.
This house is full of greens and blues: 'Medici Green' (Papers and Paints) in the study, 'Vert de Mer' (Edward Bulmer) in the laundry room and 'Blue Moon' (Sanderson) in the yoga room. papersandpaints.co.uk | edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk | stylelibrary.com
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One of the sofas is a vintage piece from a New York dealer, while the other was commissioned to match it; its frame was made by Christopher Bell and Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler upholsterers finished it off. The wooden wall sculpture is from Rose Uniacke and the milking stool beside a sofa is from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler.
Seen reflected In the drawing room's large mirror are the turmeric-coloured wool curtains Lucy suggested for the room. The carved head sculpture was made by the owner's mother as a girl.
Lucy Augé has produced a collection of ethereally lovely etchings from Dan Pearson's garden
By Virginia Clark
The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury's restoration of the stables at St Giles House
By Hatta Byng
Designer: Ciara Ephson
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This clutch purse is a vintage Alla and was made in Firenze, Italy.
It has a shiny black plastic lining.
The top rim, upper sides, and closure are in a multicolored cream, yellowish-bone, light gray, and white lucite (hard plastic).
On one interior side of the lucite in elevated letters is REGHI ITALY and on the other in elevated letters is PATENT 21963.
The exterior fabric feels like velvet and has a black background with flowers and leaves in olive, offwhite, light gray, red, and pumpkin.
The one top side doesn't fit as tightly as the other.
The top does make a "clicking" catch sound when you close it.
It's from an Italian model who got it from her aunt, who was also a model.


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New Program Aims to Replenish Lobster Population in Long Island Sound
LONG ISLAND SOUND - Last Friday, Darien Seafood owners Roger Frate and his son, Roger Jr., took their lobster boat out on Long Island Sound to pull up their traps. But this time, instead of bringing lobsters to shore, the Frates were putting them back in Long Island Sound. It was part of a new program that aims to protect lobsters and increase revenues for lobstermen.
The V-Notch Program has received $1 million in financing from the state of Connecticut. The funding will help give a part-time salary to participating students from aquaculture schools in Bridgeport, New Haven, and New London, and the rest of the money will be used to compensate the lobstermen.
John Roy of the Sound School of New Haven said that one year ago, the Connecticut Lobster Association announced it was looking for students to participate in the program.
"We thought it was a wonderful opportunity for the kids to get hands on experience," Roy said.
The program was scheduled to begin last November, but experienced delays because of complications with insurance requirements.
The V-Notch Program is intended to increase the number of egg-bearing female lobsters in Long Island Sound. Notching the lobster means punching a V-shaped hole in their tail before returning it to the water.
Source: DarienNews


Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) announced today the launch of Spicer Select drivetrain products, a new line of all-makes coverage for the North American commercial-vehicle aftermarket. Ideally suited for aging vehicles, the new portfolio features Dana-engineered and -tested drivetrain products manufactured by a network of carefully selected partners.
Spicer Select is available through traditional commercial-vehicle aftermarket channels, and immediately includes u-joints and center bearings with a plan to expand to yokes. Similar to the widely recognized red branding of genuine Spicer parts, the new Spicer Select products will be easily identifiable in aftermarket outlets by its unique purple packaging and brand personality.
In anticipation of the needs of the light-vehicle aftermarket, Dana plans to announce Spicer Select for light-vehicle applications with the launch of u-joints, center bearings, and yokes, beginning in early 2019. Spicer Select drivetrain products are backed by a comprehensive, competitive warranty and supported by Dana's dedicated aftermarket team. For program information, visit www.SpicerParts.com/SpicerSelect. For part numbers and availability visit www.DanaAftermarket.com.
Powered by recognized brands such as Dana, Spicer®, Victor Reinz®, Glaser®, GWB®, Thompson®, Tru-Cool®, and Transejes®, Dana delivers a broad range of aftermarket solutions – including genuine, all-makes, and value lines – servicing passenger, commercial, and off-highway vehicles around the world. Leveraged by a global network of 13 distribution centers, Dana's dedicated aftermarket team provides technical service, customer support, high fill rates, and on-time delivery to customers around the globe. For product information, visit www.SpicerParts.com. For e-catalog and parts locator, visit www.DanaAftermarket.com. To speak with a Dana customer service representative, call 1-800-621-8084.
Dana is a world leader in highly engineered solutions for improving the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery. Dana supports the passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway markets, as well as industrial and stationary equipment applications. Founded in 1904, Dana employs approximately 30,000 people in 33 countries on six continents who are committed to delivering longterm value to customers. The company reported sales of more than $7.2 billion in 2017. Based in Maumee, Ohio, the company's operations in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan were selected as a Top Workplace for the last two years by The (Toledo) Blade and its research partner, Energage. Dana is ranked among the Drucker Institute's listing of the 250 most effectively managed companies. For more information, please visit www.dana.com.


"Take action. You're in touch with your truth in this situation, and you need to trust your gut and lovingly assert yourself."
Dive right in! There's no need for more research or time. You can trust your feelings on this one. I will guide you through the actions that are necessary, considering the circumstances. Your main concern is to avoid procrastination at all costs. Break the situation down into small steps so that you don't become overwhelmed. Then, take those steps in regular intervals.
You already know what to do about this situation, and you have made up your mind to take action. I am here to validate that your decision is on the path of Light. Although there might be some temporary hard work or emotional turmoil, this will soon be replaced by a lightness of spirit akin to gently floating on a summer breeze.
Sometimes you may feel too emotional or tired to take action. That is because you're unsure of the 'correctness' of your decisions. Usually, unfounded guilt is the culprit that is draining your energy and happiness. This is when it's very important to call upon the angels to shore up your faith. Notice how the doors open smoothly witch each step you take. That is one more sign that you're taking the best course of action.


Ibstock Brick, the leading manufacture of bricks in the UK, has made a pledge to install a solar plant at its Leicestershire headquarters by the end of next year as part of the Government's Green GB Week.
The pledge, posted on the Mission Possible Pledge Wall – co-ordinated by leading environmental publisher edie.net – was made by Michael McGowan, Ibstock Brick's Quality, Environmental & Energy Manager and is part of the company's commitment to more efficient methods of manufacturing.
The Mission Possible Pledge Wall is encouraging businesses of all sizes and across all sectors to be bold and make new commitments to achieving a sustainable future. The pledges have been made as part of the Government's Green GB Week – a week-long series of content and events that showcases the benefits clean growth will bring to all parts of society.


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E.S. Randall Potomac River Line Company - West Virginia 1900
Beautiful certificate from the E.S. Randall Potomac River Line Company issued in 1900. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the capitol. This item has the signatures of the Company's President, E.S. Randall and Secretary and is over 106 years old.
The E.S. Randall Potomac River Line Company operated steamers on the Potomac River. One of the largest and most magnificent Steamer was the Estelle Randall, named after the company's founder. The 112 foot long vessel was built in 1898 at Baltimore by William E. Woodall and Company. Its machinery was furnished by the Campbell and Zell Company.
In 1909, the steamer had been bought by the Farmers' and Merchants' Line of North Carolina and was then overhauled in Norfolk for use in the Albemarle region. Soon after, on January 18, 1910, the Estelle Randall was consumed by the fire of unknown origin and was a total loss.
The Estelle Randall made stops at towns along the Albemarle Sound on its run between Elizabeth City and Norfolk, Virginia. During one of these stops at the town of Columbia in Tyrrell County, the Estelle Randall burned and sank while tied to the wharf. The ship's cook died, but the remaining fourteen crew members narrowly escaped the late evening fire.


It does not matter who you are: a fresher, a sophomore, or a junior, you must have a look at the essay prompts for the year 2018-2019 admission cycle announced last week! Before scrolling the article about the good college essay topics and prompts, look through the hints provided below. You will unequivocally find something handy!
If you believe that your application essay is incomplete without mentioning your talents, views, identity, or background, you are strongly encouraged to write about these things.
The obstacles and ordeals shape us as personalities and are vital for the future success. Share a story of the challenge you encountered and state the way it affected you. Was this first-hand experience helpful?
With the flow of time, we tend to reconsider our attitude towards the fundamental ideas or beliefs. Did you challenge an idea and what brought about such thoughts? How did it all resolve?
Is there an ethical dilemma, a research query, or something that holds its value, you would like to solve? Have you already solved one? State its importance for you and describe the actions taken to handle this problem.
Describe the special occurrence, be it an event, accomplishment, or understanding, which helped you either to understand yourself better or grow as a personality.
Is there something that grabs your rapt attention and you lose the track of time? What makes it so engaging for you?
This is another prompt from the 2017-2019 admission cycle that was included in the list of this year's prompts and, for sure, it was the right choice! With this task, each and every student can present to admission officers his or her passion and inner nerd. One might question the reason for devising such an assignment since college or other educational institutions are about obtaining knowledge. Nonetheless, it is also about broadening your horizons. The answer to the question "How much motivated are you when your curiosity and determination are used to the fullest?" will help admission officers. It would be easier for them to make a decision basing on understanding how self-motivated you are, how you pursue your dreams, and what things intrigue you.
Opt for your own topic. It might be an essay you have already compiled, an essay you have devised for another reason/ prompt, or an essay on the topic of your choice.