NDC's Executive Director, Jennifer Goold, met Mr. Sharpe in the fall of 2016 while doing field work for the East North Avenue LINCS plan. Once it became clear he had an ambitious plan for the garden to bring in more community members, NDC partnered with him to fold Duncan Street Miracle Garden into our Place Matters initiative, which works to increase the capacity, resources, and power of people oranzing around a place.
We are continuing our partnership with Duncan Street Miracle Garden this spring, and are grateful to all the volunteers who have helped with clean up, weeding, and prepping the dirt for planting. During the spring and summer, the block-size garden becomes a haven of colorful flowers and fresh vegetables for the neighborhood, but there's still plenty to do to get the space ready! On a weekly basis, you can find Mr. Sharpe and volunteers coordinated through The 6th Branch, installing wooden edging, trimming trees, clearing debris, planning out a new fence, and coordinating a new shed and picnic tables. We are in the process of gating the alleys to make the area safer for neighbors walking or biking through the space. Last spring, the muralist, GAIA, painted a large portrait of Mr. Sharpe on a building facing North Ave. Mr. Sharpe aims to continue adding public art to the garden, creating an outdoor gallery of Black history as a backdrop to this East Baltimore oasis. The ultimate vision will look more like a neighborhood-enclosed park with an overflowing garden, activity areas for families, and open green space to host community events.
Along with this vision, we are excited to announce an event in early summer, the "Day of Play", which will serve to bring more youth involvement to the Duncan Street Miracle Garden. Recently, we helped secure a BMORE Beautiful Mobilization grant to install a new wooden fence, and collaboratively plan this event. You can look forward to a celebration with music, hamburgers on the grill, live mural painting in the alley, play-oriented workshops, and a chance to welcome kids, parents, grandparents, caregivers and neighbors into the garden to make it a truly multi-generational community space.
"The Pharaoh's association started the garden in 1988 on a small plot of land behind their building on N. Collington St. I came in and asked them about getting a lot. They asked me how much I know about gardening, and I said plenty! I wish I could show everyone this garden like it was back when we started- brand new wood chips, gravel all laid out, brand new green border walls going down the lot, and flowers going all the way down both sides, it was the most beautiful thing, and I just can't believe it's been 30-some years, but we gotta put it back again.
This spring, I am lookin' forward to all kinds of fruits and vegetables, cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, tomatoes, string beans, and I may try some sweet potatoes this year, and I want to get more apple trees. I have one called a fruit cocktail tree – there's five different kind of apples on that tree, once they get ripe you can go ahead and pick it, they're all different colors.
I'm also really looking forward to getting my fence put up, all the way from one building to the other. Right where they just tore down those buildings, I want to put a pavilion there. I'd like to put a round one in that space, put some picnic tables there, with a round roof, with benches and tables underneath.
What I really want is to get some animals-not no dummies, no statues- live animals- small ones. I want some animals that will stay in the garden, like a little farm on one of these lots. The kids would love to get on a pony and ride it around. I want ducks, goats, and chickens too. That's the vision.
Illegal dumping, speeding cars, overflowing dumpsters, illegal businesses, and not one place to garden pushed one Prince George's County resident to action. For Sawa Kamara, Red Top Road was an unsightly dumping ground that made her worry for the safety of her and her child. Determined to make a change, Sawa began working with her District 2 Council Member, Deni Taveras.
Volunteers and NDC staff add more green to Sawa's Hope Circle at this fall's Clean Up, Green Up event.
Council Member Taveras requested services from the Neighborhood Design Center to create a master vision plan for the area. Residents were engaged at events, formal and informal meetings, and onsite conversations. The vision plan was distributed to County agencies, nonprofit partners, and property owners to unify efforts around a single vision that sought to foster neighborhood pride, provide assets for youth and their families, and beautify the area as well as increase safety, health, and wellbeing.
Multiple agency partners collaborated to tackle the structural problems on Red Top Road. The Department of the Environment hosted a cleanup. Department of Permitting, Inspection, and Enforcement focused inspectors on the area and provided technical support in designing some waste management solutions. DPW&T cleaned unsightly brush, installed continuous sidewalks, and has scheduled street light replacement. Residents also organized into the Takoma Branch Civic Association in August of 2018.
Residents were eager to address illegal dumping, an ongoing issue along Greenbriar Avenue.
One small, forgotten area that saw frequent illegal dumping was the "paper street"—a street that appears on maps but was never actually constructed—Greenbriar Avenue, owned by DPW&T. NDC, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, residents, other nonprofits and the councilmembers' office have been working together to turn the derelict area into a parklet for play and community socializing. The first phase, implemented during the summer and fall of 2018, was large scale infrastructure: depaving, installing stormwater management, stabilizing slopes, and pouring retaining walls. It was designed as a collaboration with NDC staff members Rachel McNamara and Marita Roos, and DPW&T staff. Upon completion of phase 1, the site was renamed Sawa's Hope Circle and an honorary street sign was installed.
NDC hosted a series of engagement events to listen to residents' needs and ideas for an improved community space.
Residents planted 40 perennials through this year's fall Clean Up Green Up program. Staff from the council member's office, NDC, the Northern Gateway CDC, and NDC board members and volunteers also supported the efforts. Housing Initiative Partnership, with NDC support, has championed a grant application to install phase 2 of the parklet. While grant review goes on, NDC is working directly with the civic association to design a plan for a playable, beautiful social space for Red Top Road residents. Several other suggested projects are being taken on by local nonprofits and we expect a lot of exciting new things to be happening around Red Top Road.
Darley Park's Gateway Park has been a labor of love undertaken by community leaders in Darley Park over a 5+year timespan. The most recent addition is a two story mural adjacent to the park.
In early November, Artist Whitney Frazier with assistant Crystal Micriotti created a mural incorporating a portrait of a young girl paired with poetry by Mr. Abdullah Moaney, whose home the mural adorns. The mural was made possible through NDC with support from Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, and a team of community members, volunteers and supporters from the Darley Park Community Association and BUILD.
Yesterday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, American Express, and Main Street America announced the winners of the 2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets campaign. The 11 winning historic sites will receive a total of $1.6 million in grants to fund their respective preservation projects. At the outset of the campaign, an additional $400,000 was allocated to the 20 Main Street communities that participated in the program to increase public awareness of the importance of these historic places and build grassroots support for the participating Main Street districts.
The Arch Social Club intends to use $118,000 to improve facade lighting and update the marquee, leading the way for Baltimore's Arts and Entertainment District. Founded in 1905, the Arch Social Club is one of the oldest, continuously operating African American men's clubs in the U.S.
This month, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that the Neighborhood Design Center is a grantee recipient of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program. The invitation-only program seeks to strengthen the organizational capacity and programming of small and mid-size cultural organizations within Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Through the $43 million multi-year initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide unrestricted general operating support as well as arts management training in areas that include fundraising, strategic planning, marketing and board development.
Since 2011, AIM has helped more than 500 small and mid-sized organizations in all creative disciplines, including theater, visual arts, music, film, literature and dance. Participating organizations reported significant improvements in board development, fundraising and overall income over the two-year program.
Watch this video for an overview of the Arts Innovation and Management program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJy8DgjRDg&feature=youtu.be.
Since moving NDC's Baltimore office to North Ave in 2015, we have been excited to dig in and be a part of our new community. We've been working with the North Avenue Stakeholder Group for the past year, assessing strengths and opportunities, developing goals, and finding resources. It's been a real-time example of how community partners, funders, and City agencies can work together to realize change on the ground.
This summer, we were awarded a Spruce Up grant, which is generously funded by Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, to plant 25 street trees in the Charles North Community. Through a block audit, our staff assessed the existing trees and streetscapes in the neighborhood to create a street tree master plan, generously supported by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, that responded to the existing tree canopy as well as the local architecture and civic spaces. The community association first reviewed the plan at their July meeting and again at their most recent September meeting. The City's Forestry Division assessed locations for new tree pits and is in the process of opening the feasible ones.
Based on our plan, the Baltimore Tree Trust will acquire and install 25 trees, and City Forestry will install the additional trees. Including a few dead trees which can be replaced right now, there will be a total of 44 new trees planted around the 18 blocks that comprise the Charles North community. It's an exciting development and one that reflects a range of exciting activity happening along the North Avenue corridor. From the TIGER Grant-supported North Avenue Rising project which will expand the area's transportation infrastructure to the streetscape improvements happening through the Front Door project, positive changes are happening.
Since 2015, NDC has been collaborating with the Arch Social Club, Baltimore's oldest African American men's club, to support the Cub's efforts to preserve and restore the historic theater that they call home.
Through Place Matters, NDC's capacity building project, we have worked alongside the Arch leadership, primarily Board President Van Anderson, to partner with the local CDC, the Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, to access two rounds of State of Maryland community development funds totaling about $125,000 to repair the roof and complete an historic structures report and estimates for full, phased, restoration.
Most recently, NDC, with support of Baltimore Main Streets and Pennsylvania Avenue Main Streets, applied for a Partners in Preservation grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We're now one of twenty finalists for a portion of $2 million in funding. The grant, if won, will fund recreation of the historic marquee and light the facade. Winners are selected by popular vote, which means you can help by visiting VoteYourMainstreet.org until October 26th.
Read the full story of NDC's work with Arch here and don't forget to vote!


Climb the Pyramid and visit the playground!
Near Woudenberg, 10 minutes from Van der Valk Hotel Leusden, is the Pyramid of Austerlitz.
The Pyramid of Austerlitz is situated at the highest point of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The monument dates back to the time of Napoleon and is over 200 years old. In 1804, general Marmont had it built by the French-Batavian army as a tribute to his friend and inspiration, Napoleon Bonaparte.
A large playground and a large terrace are available near the Pyramid.


There are all kinds of "ologies" in the field of science, from biology and psychology to archeology and pathology. Now, aspiring young scientists have a resource that explains the various jobs and interests of these researchers, allowing kids to decide which path—if any—is right for them. Sponsored in part by the National Museum of Natural History, Ology lets students learn about cloning by exploring the genetic code on its "The Gene Scene" section. Or, if astronomy is more to their liking, kids can research the planets and stars at "Our Place in Space." For life science, "Everything Counts" includes sections on biodiversity and animal classification. And a paleontology unit, appropriately entitled "The Big Dig," provides resources about historical excavations. What's more, a "Meet the Ologists" page contains profiles of several professional and student scientists, from experienced biologists to aspiring astronomers, giving kids an opportunity to explore other peoples' passions and discover new topics of interest for themselves.


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BBC Philharmonic
Thu 11 July 2019
7.30pm - 10.00pm
£5 (under 35s), £10, £20, £25, £35
Octagon, Pavilion Gardens
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Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Patrick Hadley Kinder Scout
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Grieg Holberg Suite, Op 40
Ryan Wigglesworth A First Book of Inventions
Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra visits Buxton for the first time in its history, presenting a programme which celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Festival. It is conducted by Joshua Weilerstein, Artistic Director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Stockport-born soloist Jennifer Pike played The Lark Ascending at the service of commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the First World War at Westminster Abbey.
The programme opens with Patrick Hadley's early tone-poem Kinder Scout. Its first performance took place at the Pavilion Gardens on 14 September 1922. Hadley wrote: 'I vividly remembered that old Buxton-Manchester coach road … the moment when the magical panorama opens across the Chapel Valley with Kinder Scout towering up in the far distance (you need a clear day).'
Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite Op 40 evokes the 18th-Century dances of the time of the great Norwegian-born humanist and playwright Ludvig Holberg.
Ryan Wigglesworth was born 1979 in Sheffield, was educated at Oxford University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. A First Book of Inventions was first performed in 2010.
Mozart's late Symphony No 40 in G minor is an emotionally charged masterpiece, and hints at how Mozart might have written had he survived into the 18th Century.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Orphans of Koombu
African chamber opera that puts young voices at the heart of this uplifting story of oppression and freedom.
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Joan Figuerola (segle XVII - Perpinyà?, 1676?) va ser un impressor perpinyanenc. En morir, continuà el negoci la seva vídua.

Biografia
Durant vint anys fou impressor a Perpinyà, i per bé que no se'n saben les dates de naixement i mort, la seva darrera data documentada és al peu d'impremta d'un llibre de 1672. El reemplaçà la seva vídua, que continuà l'obrador una dotzena d'anys, fins al 1685 pel cap baix. Aquesta tingué d'aprenent François Vigé, cunyat d'ambdós, que en un document oficial indicà que s'hi havia estat formant durant vuit anys. Posteriorment (1684), aquest posà  una botiga de llibreria i impremta, i el 21 de desembre del 1690, François Vigé obtingué de Lluís XIV la llicència d'impressor com a hereu i successor del seu cunyat. Joan Figuerola és considerat  el primer impressor que imprimí un llibre en francès a Perpinyà (Coppie de l'arrest du Conseil d'Estat du Roy..., 1644), un lustre després de la signatura del Tractat dels Pirineus.

Dels vint-i-cinc anys documentats d'activitat de la impremta no n'ha quedat un nombre elevat de títols referenciats, encara que seria versemblant que algunes o moltes impressions s'haguessin perdut en els tres segles llargs escolats des de l'època. Els historiadors especialitzats  atribueixen a Joan Figuerola una onzena d'obres conservades, i a la seva vídua nou més. A l'apartat d'impressions es relacionen un total de vint-i-dues obres que es poden relacionar amb els Figuerola, i que aparegueren en un total de quatre idiomes diferents; llatí (6), català (9), castellà (3) i francès (4). Es coneixen dues ubicacions per a la llibreria-impremta perpinyanenca: el carrer de la Fusteria (hi era el 1660), i la Plaça Nova (hi és documentada els anys 1680 i 1683). També a la plaça Nova hi hagué la botiga de Francesc Vigé, cosa que ajudaria a provar la continuïtat empresarial d'aquest amb els Figuerola.

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Impressions de Joan Figuerola

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Viuda de Joan Figuerola

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Down below I've linked a few really cute ideas I've found recently that I want to put in her Easter basket. Sorry, I tend to pick a lot more of the girly toys. But there are a few gender neutral toys also!


The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces. Article II of the U.S. Constitution vests the executive power of the United States in the president and charges him with the execution of federal law, alongside the responsibility of appointing federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers, and concluding treaties with foreign powers, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Since the founding of the United States, the power of the president and the federal government have substantially grown and each modern president, despite possessing no formal legislative powers beyond signing or vetoing congressionally passed bills, is largely responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of his party and the foreign and domestic policy of the United States. The president is frequently described as the most powerful person in the world. The president is elected through the Electoral College to a four-year term. Since 1951, presidents have been limited to two terms by the Twenty-second Amendment. In all, 44 individuals have served 56 four-year terms. On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump became the forty-fifth and current President.


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Students make some noise with the 35th annual The Tech Challenge
May 2, 2022, San Jose, CA — Young innovators got creative and loud with The Tech Challenge: Kinetic Commotion, presented by Amazon on April 30 and May 1. This year, the annual youth engineering design program asked teams of students to design a device that uses stored energy to create a series of sounds. Teams used materials like wind-up toys, dominoes, balloons, windchimes and xylophones to build devices they demonstrated for judges in a virtual showcase last weekend.
"The Tech Challenge gave me a better understanding of the engineering systems process by actually experiencing it," said Christine Ryu, a ninth-grader who enjoyed learning how to use a miter saw to build their project. "It's a really fun, social and active way to meet new people and get the creative juices flowing."
More than 1,000 students participated in the main program this year along with thousands more who got a taste of engineering through mini-activities and other offerings. The signature program of The Tech invites teams of students in Grades 4 to 12 to use engineering design to solve a real-world problem. It reinforces 21st-century skills including creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, perseverance and learning from failure.
"The Tech Challenge is one of the most important ways we spark STEAM interest and build the skills and confidence our next generation of leaders needs to solve our world's biggest challenges," said Katrina Stevens, The Tech's President and CEO. "It's always inspiring to see young minds work together in innovative ways."
Awards will be announced Monday, May 9, at 4 p.m. For information, visit The Tech Challenge website.
The Tech Challenge presenting sponsor is Amazon; the virtual platform partner is Zoom; with additional support from eBay; Intel; Seagate; Thermo Fisher Scientific; Accenture; Adobe; AMD; Arm; EY; Ford Motor Company; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Google; Marvell; Mayfield; Renesas Electronics; and Synaptics.
The Tech Interactive is a family-friendly science and technology center in the heart of downtown San Jose. Our hands-on activities, experimental labs and design challenge experiences empower people to innovate with creativity, curiosity and compassion. The Tech is a world leader in the creation of immersive STEAM education resources to develop the next generation of problem-solvers locally, nationally and globally. We believe that everyone is born an innovator who can change the world for the better.
Team Controlled Chaos shows their pendulum device to judges at the Final Showcase.


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Q: Angular JS: show item only if ng-repeat has members? I have json data where a series of objects have an array "options".  Some items have items in this array and some don't, as in
{
  "label": "ORDERS",
  "enabled": true,
  "selected": true,
  "options": [
    {
      "label": "Edit addresses",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Cancel orders",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Uncancel orders",
      "value": false
    }
  ]
},
{
  "label": "FOO",
  "enabled": true,
  "selected": false,
  "options": [

  ]
},

As you can see, ORDERS has options, but FOO does not.
This leads to a layout like:

I have items outside the repeater data, the Allowed header and checkbox.
I only want to show those when the options array has items.  Here's the way I laid it out: http://plnkr.co/edit/QLY9311r4nSCRUolKvLs?p=preview
I can't figure out how to hide the rows with the "Allowed" header and checkbox on the rows where there is no options array:

A: Will this work?

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Cultivate it from seedlings in spring and fall, as it doesn't grow well in heat (during summer, plant in shade and water regularly). When the plant starts to form a flower, cover with its leaves to keep the quality.
At least 45 cm (18 in) between rows and at least 45 cm (18 in) between plants in a row. You can plant bush beans or overwintering lettuce between the rows.
Three to five plants per person.
February-March for seedlings, which should be transplanted until the end of April. Later, plant in shade. To use in fall, sow from July to mid August (shade the seedlings) and transplant until mid-September. It germinates in 10 days.
Fertilize with barn manure or home compost. Grow in the first field. Till the soil regularly to enable nutrients to the plant. It grows well when planted after or beside beans, when organic mulch is used and watered with nettle and algae brew. Be moderate with nitrogen; use it only until the flowers start to develop. Lack of boron can prevent flower development.
Cauliflower is a demanding crop. Water regularly especially when transplanting and when it develops the flower, but be careful the soil doesn't get stiff.
Celery, Swiss chard, broad beans, endives, beans, peas, tomato, spinach, lettuce, calendula, mint, chamomile, thyme.
Black rot, clubroot, caterpillars of butterflies and moths, larvae of cabbage root fly, swede midge. To prevent disease, let the soil drain well, fertilize moderately, till and water with algae brew. Do not plant brassica vegetables in the same place for four years. Against pests, cover with garden fabric, intercrop with celery, lettuce or spinach, and put tomato leftovers between the plants.
Cauliflower is best if cut regularly before use, and can be kept in the fridge up to one month. It can be frozen as well: first blanch for 4 minutes and put shortly in cool water beforehand.
Use the meaty flowers. Cauliflower contains all the important vitamins (except for vitamin E) and minerals.
Because we eat its flowers, follow the days for flowers in the sowing calendar. Make shades for the plants when the flowers reach 7 cm (3 in) – bind the leaves together with elastics over the flower or break them and cover it. The earliest sorts ripen in 50 days after transplanting, the latest ones in 100.
It is the most demanding brassica vegetable.


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SEC's enforcement action against hedge fund adviser for retaliation against a whistleblower highlights challenges employers face
Bryan B. House (Partner based at Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
Pam L. Johnston (Partner based at Foley & Lardner LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Courtney Worcester (Courtney Worcester is a Partner based at Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)
Journal of Investment Compliance
To explain a recent enforcement action by the USA Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whereby the SEC brought its first enforcement action for retaliation against a whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).
Explains the SEC's recent enforcement action under Dodd-Frank, highlighting the efforts that a company undertook with respect to continuing to employ a whistleblower after potentially fraudulent activity was reported and discusses practical problems faced by such companies when trying to simultaneously investigate potential wrong-doing without being seen as retaliating against a whistleblower.
Through this enforcement action, the SEC has demonstrated a willingness to bring cases to enforce Dodd-Frank's anti-retaliation provisions even though Dodd-Frank does not expressly grant it such enforcement authority.
Companies must have a strong culture of compliance and a strong policy encouraging whistleblowers to report concerns internally if at all possible. Once the whistleblower has reported to the SEC, a company will need to maintain the status quo with respect to the whistleblower.
Practical guidance from attorneys with experience with the SEC and whistleblower actions.
© 2014 Foley & Lardner
Disclaimer. This article is intended to provide information (not advice) about important new legislation or legal developments. The great number of legal developments does not permit the issuing of an update for each one, nor does it allow the issuing of a follow-up on all subsequent developments.
B. House, B., L. Johnston, P. and Worcester, C. (2014), "SEC's enforcement action against hedge fund adviser for retaliation against a whistleblower highlights challenges employers face", Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOIC-08-2014-0031
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A comparative analysis of the post-colonial culture and democratization processes in Kenya and Zimbabwe to 2012
Gilbert Tarugarira
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Article Number - 881044346609
Vol.6(6), pp. 85-93, August 2014
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJHC2013.0164
During the past four decades, no international political phenomenon has been more significant than the worldwide call and expansion of democratic governance. Holding elections in almost all of Africa has turned out to be a norm. Clearly observable has been a gradual evolution of democratic institutions and consolidation of democratic practices. The prospects for fostering democracy in Kenya and Zimbabwe have taken domestic and foreign - induced efforts. The basis of comparison between the two countries appears evident and tempting in a number of ways. Diagnoses of the causes of Kenya and Zimbabwe's ailments might vary spectacularly but human rights activists have accused the governments of bullying opponents in the name of preventing enemies of the state from destabilizing the nations. The presidency continued to acquire too much power. The fear that an iron grip was slowly being applied to the nations led to a steady stream of criticism of the governments with intellectuals, professionals and the churches being vocal in condemning what they felt was an erosion of human rights. A political culture which encapsulates violence, intimidation and detention of the opposition, manipulation of both the constitution and electoral processes in favour of incumbents ultimately leading towards the consolidation of dictatorial tendencies emerges from analyzing the trends of these two countries. Even though the political experiences have not all been the same, commonalities have existed.
Key words: Political culture, democracy, democratization, election, constitution.
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Is making pancakes a photo worthy experience? I think so. When I think about life years from now, when my kids are grown and out of the house, and it's really quiet, you know what I will miss? All that small stuff. Making breakfast while they play around in the kitchen. Listening to them laugh and yell and make noise in the living room while I tell them not to jump on the couch. I might even miss picking up all the random legos I find everywhere in my house. The small stuff. That's the stuff that makes our house a home. That is what I will miss. This is why I love documenting a Slice of Life Session. These sessions are about the little things. The everyday beauty. Plain and simple, it's about your little slice of life.
I joined the Moog family last week for their session. I had heard about Jen through mutual friends months before, but I didn't have the opportunity to meet her till we both volunteered for a school PTO function. Jen had been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma this past Fall. I caught up with her story on her blog, Multiple Myeloma Mom, and I felt for her. As a mom, as human, as someone who has seen the toll cancer can take on a life. And as a photographer, the first thing I could think of is that she needs to document her life. Just as it is, right now. So I reached out to her and asked if she would be interested in a Slice of Life Session. I told her it wasn't a typical portrait session, but I thought that it was so much more than that. She was very excited to do it, and I was happy to be able to offer it to them. I hope when you view the images below, you will agree that capturing the little things really is important.


Dave Bautista is certain to once again be an audience favorite in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; his Drax the Destroyer has been a comic highlight of the pre-release teases. And fans of the wrestler-turned-actor have even more to look forward to from him after James Gunn's eagerly anticipated film. Bautista's got a role in this fall's Blade Runner 2049 — just don't ask him for spoilers. As he revealed in a new interview, he's so averse to them as a fan, he hasn't even read the entire script.
Bautista confessed that he'd do the same if he were offered a part in Star Wars, craving the same going-in-blind-and-being-surprised experience the rest of us get when we sit down for a big blockbuster.
While it's difficult to remember any actor ever admitting such a thing, Bautista's comments clearly mark him as a relatable movie-lover first, and a larger-than-life star second. That star will only be enhanced by his role in Vol. 2, which blasts into theaters this Friday, May 5.
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I made this bulldozer cake for my son's 3rd birthday! I love decorating cakes, and feel that I am fairly good at it. I must admit, though, when my son requested a bulldozer cake, I wasn't entirely confident that I could pull that one off, especially because I wanted the cake to be 3D. I think 3D birthday cakes are more impressive and cool. After a good amount of time spent on the internet, I found some tips and tutorials and gained some confidence that I could do it. In the end, it wasn't that difficult, and it was definitely worth the time and effort.
To make the cake, you will need two cake mixes. Per each cake, divide the batter evenly between an 8″ loaf and an 8″ square. When done, level all cakes.
The body of the bulldozer is made by stacking the two loaf pans together (wider/tops together).
Use one of the squares to construct the cab. Basically, you want it to be the same width as the loaf cakes, and about 1/3 the length. You will have excess cake.
The last square cake is used for the tires/treads.
Mini Kit Kat bars are used for the treads, although if you can't find mini Kit Kat bars, you can always cut regular sized Kit Kat bars down.
A Hershey bar is used for the blade.
Lastly, crumble up some of the extra cake (if you use chocolate cake) for the dirt and place in front of the blade for extra effect.
I can't think of a better birthday cake for a little 3 year old boy! He was absolutely in heaven. I probably didn't need to buy him any presents; he was so enamored with his cake and all the guests singing the "birthday song" to him!
Your cake is beautifull, I will try to make it and hope I can do as good as you did. Thanks for sharing.


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The Travel Channel launched Expedition Unknown to great fanfare, developing it as a flagship show to bring ancient history, mythology, and mystery to the cable channel in a bid to compete with rival History Channel and its slate of pseudohistorical programming. While Expedition Unknown and its star, Josh Gates, were more credible and less sensational than the competition, the program was not without its share of problematic episodes. The program's mandate exceeded my personal interest in ancient history, often straying into Wild West and modern history, so my reviews of the series have been spotty, but are collected here for convenience.
1. Amelia Earhart
2. Temple of Doom
3. World's Eighth Wonder
4. The Legend of Jesse James
5. City of Gold
7. Captain Morgan's Lost Gold
8. Code to Gold
9. Mayan Apocalypse
11. Secrets of the Nazca
1. The Quest for King Arthur
3. The Vanished Empire
12. The Ark of the Covenant
The Hunt for Extraterrestrials (Special)
6. Hunt for the Metal Library


Since we came back in the area, I have wanted to visit some of the older folks I have known ever since I was a child. Most of these are now very elderly, and I haven't seen them for years. But i used to see them very often, some of them daily when I was growing up. I used to go to their farm, or to help with the grape harvest. One is a widower. Things have changed, but these folks are still around.
During the holiday, we went to see an older farmer. He used to be our landlord, and next door neighbour. We used to go and get milk daily at the farm. he retired a long time ago and his son has given up farming, but he is still there. We just turned up after going for a walk. I introduced myself and he gave us a very warm welcome. It was great to see him. As we were there, some other visitors came and went.
On Friday, I went to visit another elderly couple. I was on my own this time, and did the same as I always used to do: turn up at the door, no need to warn you are coming. These people are like that. If they are around, they will stop what they are doing and offer you a cup of coffee and biscuits. We had a good time. Again, some people turned up when I was there. One was an elderly woman who was the grandmother of some school friends.
There's at least one more person I want to go and see before going back and see the other ones. The village has changed, most local folks are now diluted amongst the newcomers, but they are still there. you just need to know where to look.
The local council is organizing meetings in various parts of the town to share some of their projects, but also meet the citizens and answer some of their questions. I was able to go to the one organized in the town hall on Saturday morning. The most interesting part of the meeting was listening to the various people's concerns and questions.
Most were elderly folks. I was one of the younger ones. Their main concern was a feeling of insecurity. There are a few young people creating trouble around. Some garages and basements are regularly broken in, and they are noisy at night. It is a pain, and a very real problem, but as people talked, I realized that one reason for these is that there probably has never been any communication with these young people when they were children. If those older folks had shown interest in these young people and their families when they were children 15 or 20 years ago, maybe they could go and talk with them, and the situation would be easier.
Someone gave an interesting testimony. He had seen an older gentleman running after some young people, accusing them to have stolen his bike. He went to talk with them and explained that the man needed his bicycle, and that if they knew who had stolen the bike, they should give it back before the man goes to the police. One hour later, the bicycle was back.
But folks here are quite cold. I can say that because I am a local. People keep to themselves and a narrow circle of friends. They hardly know each other. They don't talk to strangers. They don't welcome new folks. While we were in Brittany, we felt we had a warm welcome from the local population. It took a few months, but after a while, it got easier and people were more open.
Here, the only people who have welcomed us and who have come to talk to us are 'strangers'. They come from other parts of France. We are not unique. I was sharing about this with the headmistress recently. She is also from another region. She has also found that most of the people they have come to know as a family are not locals. Strange hey? No wonder a number of young people create trouble. Nobody ever showed interest in them in the first place.
11th November is always a bank holiday in France. We remember the end of World War One. In every town and village, there is a civil ceremony at the war memorial. I never used to go to the ceremony but in recent years, I've made a point to be there with the family.
I was impressed by the number of people who had turned up in Cognin on Tuesday. There were between 200 and 300 people I would say, maybe a bit more. The ceremonies are the same everywhere, but there is one thing I noticed. A choice sang the Savoy national anthem "les Allobroges". I had never heard it before. I don't recall hearing the Bro Gozh in Brittany though. Why is that? I wonder.
Anyway, it was a good ceremony. Jean-Baptiste and Maxime took part and put candles at the feet of the monument when asked. The ceremony was followed by an aperitif. It was an opportunity to chat with the school headmistress and get to know her better.
Since we can't go to the Roudourou stadium in Guingamp anymore, I had told Jean-Baptiste we would go and see them play in Lyon and Annecy. So last Sunday, we were in Lyon for one of the big games of the year. The stadium was packed.
We found the visitors entrance fairly easily and were among the first ones to arrive. Some joined us later. There were about 100 of us, most of us had come all the way from Brittany, but a fair number were from the region. It was good fun. We lost, but we had a great time with Guingamp supporters, singing and supporting the team.
At the end of the game, it was a new experience for us. We had to stay in until the stadium was empty before we could leave the place.
We went back to the tube under the rain, queued with everyone else, but by the time we got into the tube, most people had gone. We met a few other Guingamp supporters who had made the journey especially from a village near Guingamp for the event. We arrived home safely after an uneventful train journey.
On Sunday, I was in Lyon with my two older boys. We were there for the football match: Lyon vs Guingamp. Kick off being at 2pm, we left early so that we could be in church in the morning. I wanted the closest church to the train station for easy access, but also to get to the stadium quickly at the end of the service.
We found the church easily. They meet in what was probably a shop. There is a big window and people walking past it can see what's going on inside. That is great as there was a market up the road, and some shops were open in the street. Many people walked past the church during the service.
We had a warm welcome. We were there early, and the pastor welcomed us, as well as a Korean missionary. People arrived slowly. It is a small work, but I was struck by the diversity. It is a Korean church plant by the JDM (Jesus Disciple Movement). So there were Koreans. But there were some French and Cambodians too, as well as two black men. The service was straightforward, and I enjoyed the sermon from Acts 13.
If you are looking for a church in Lyon, there is no doubt you'll be warmly welcomed there.
Most people don't like public transport. They would rather be on their own in their car, stuck in a traffic jam, rather than crushed in a smelly bus. But I like public transport. Apart from the fact that there is no need to find a parking space in town, it is a good place to observe people from all sorts of backgrounds. Some things struck me recently both in Chambéry and Aix-En-Provence.
First is that some people are willing to have a chat while waiting for the bus. I recently had a long chat with an elderly from a village near Cognin. She knew my home village very well. Her daughter lives near my mum and she knows some of my mum's neighbours. This morning also, I had a quick chat with a man while waiting for a bus in Aix-en-Provence. It didn't go far, but he was willing to chat.
What struck me also is that I noticed young and older men actually stand up to let women and elderly folks sit. Also, when you leave a French bus, you thank the driver and say goodbye aloud, even if the bus is packed and the driver can't hear you. It is probably not true everywhere, but it is true where I have been so far.


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The Association was formed at a meeting held in November 2003 as a result of a Parish Council meeting, when it was decided that the playground should have a complete makeover, rather than small individual new pieces of equipment.
The main objective was initially to explore the availability of funding. A charity registered committee was formed, which included Parish Councillors and other volunteers. Funds were eventually obtained through WREN of £34,222.00, and the work was complimented by a grant of £7000 from Nottinghamshire Community Foundation local network fund. The Parish Council also agreed to donate a lump sum of £5000.
Donations, grants and fundraising within the village, including a Scavenger Hunt, Duck Race on the Smite etc., secured a contract with HAGS and the work was completed in September 2004.
The Orston Playground Association are responsible for maintaining the playground and work with the school and Orston Parish Council to do so.
We are a friendly committee and always welcome new members. Please approach any of the committee for further information.
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