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Wait, Is A Doc Savage Film Starring The Rock Coming Soon?
Posted by Heather Mason on May 16, 2016
Speculation is the name of the game ever since Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson posted a picture on Instagram that seems to confirm he will be in a Doc Savage film directed by Shane Black. In the caption of his Instagram picture, he mentions reading a script on his iPad by Shane Black for 2017. In the past, Black has mentioned he's interested in making a Doc Savage film with The Rock. In an interview earlier this year with Thrillist, Black said "I would very much like to do Doc with a fellow named Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work. I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy. It's on the back burner while he's busy." So can we assume Dwayne's schedule is open now and we might see this actually happen soon?
Finding our anchor. When I'm shooting on location I always need a space where I can work and keep building the enterprise. Here in Georgia this has been my space for months now. Keepin' it country. Every film, TV show, partnership and project we develop gets handled from here. When I feel good about it, it goes in the pile to the left that clearly reflects my OCD. When I'm still making adjustments, it stays on the pile on the right. All contracts that need signing remain in the middle. On the iPad I'm reading an outline for a cool movie I'll make in 2017 (with director Shane Black) and when I get tired and need a lil' pick me up, the shaker cup holds a special shot of energy – Elk piss. The more complicated our lives get, the more we need simple spaces like this to anchor us. In simplistic terms, find your work space and anchor to help you keep your shit together. #AndDontTryDrinkingElkPiss #IWasKidding #ItsLionBlood ????⚓
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Doc Savage is an adventurer originally appearing in American pulp magazines beginning in the 1930s. Since then, he's also been featured in comics and even a film in 1975. Check out the trailer below:
Shane Black wrote a script for a Doc Savage film in 2009 but actually getting the film made has seemed to prove difficult. Fingers crossed it actually happens this time.
What do you want to see in a Doc Savage film? Let us know in the comments!
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A new Lompoc business will look to introduce itself to the community this weekend by sprucing up some local hairstyles while at the same time raising funds to help restore a historic Lompoc institution.
The owners of Cosmoton Academy, a barber and hair school that began operation in January at 1013 North H St., will host a "Charity Cut-A-Thon" from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20. During the event, attendees will be able to get a haircut from one of the school's students by making a $5 donation that will go to the Lompoc Theatre Project, a nonprofit organization that is working to revitalize the downtown Lompoc Theatre.
Student Alberto Gonzalez practices his shaving skills on Michael Funkhouser, a teacher at the Cosmoton Academy barber and hair school in Lompoc. The school will host a "Charity Cut-A-Thon" on Saturday, April 20, that will offer haircuts and shaves for $5 donations, which will go toward the Lompoc Theatre Project.
The academy is run by married couple Laura and Michael Funkhouser, both of whom are also instructors. Laura said they have held similar fundraisers in other communities where they've lived and worked — most recently in Santa Barbara — and that they were excited to bring the "Cut-A-Thon" concept to Lompoc.
"It's just a really fun event to give back to the community and the students really like it because they get to do lots of haircuts," she said.
Laura said she and her husband decided to have the event support the Lompoc Theatre Project after learning about that organization shortly after moving to the area.
During the "Cut-A-Thon" hours, it is expected that seven of the academy's students will be performing the cuts. Laura noted that there will likely also be a few professional hairstylists who will volunteer their time to support the event, and that a bake sale may be held to boost the fundraising.
"We really want to reach out to the community and have people of Lompoc come in and help out in the rebuilding of this great centerpiece of the Lompoc downtown landscape," Michael said.
"We love having fun in a creative atmosphere, doing hair for this very good cause and everyone who participates leaves the school feeling and looking fabulous," he added.
Although the Cosmoton Academy is already serving students and offering services, the owners are planning to host a formal grand opening celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5.
Cosmoton Academy of Hair is partnering in the revitalization of downtown Lompoc by raising money to restore the historic Lompoc Theatre, with a "Charity Cut-A-Thon" from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20.


Our new carver is Silivenusi, who grew up in Tonga and has been carving for more than 15 years in his chosen mediums paraoa (bone) and pounamu (NZ jade). He has been trained and mentored by greenstone carver Peter Akker who was taught by master greenstone carver Hepi Maxwell in the early 80's.
Silivenusi has developed a beautiful, clean, detailed style and specialises in adornment and small sculptural works.
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To avoid deception, you must be totally (that means all 360 degrees) "self-aware." You know you cannot do that. The only way to achieve that is through accountability.
I'm told that in pilot's school, they teach future pilots the danger of vertigo in clouds and to trust NOTHING but their instruments.
Accountability is what (or who) you trust in a crisis…even when your own mind is telling you that you are fine and someone else is mistaken.
How do you find and lock down this critical piece of your future success?
1. Find a person who deals with the FACTS.
• Someone I am accountable to is going to tell it to me straight. No fluff. No inflation. As cold and hard as algebra. Things have to "add up." When they don't, they are not afraid to stop the parade.
2. Find a person who is not afraid to be CONFRONTATIONAL.
• God called out to Adam, "Where are you?" Then He asked him, "What have you done?" Hard questions. Probing questions. Of course, he blamed it all on his wife (and ultimately God for giving her to him!).
• Find a person who will confront you, not give you some honey, Pooh Bear! Ask them to faithfully hold up the mirror to you. The mirror isn't BAD! It shows you who you really are and the changes that need to be made to become presentable.
3. Find a person who requires you to earn their TRUST.
• The "Better Business Bureau" is an accountability organization that gives people confidence to use a certain business. The fact that a business is transparent and open builds trust and confidence in their customers.
• TRUST MUST BE EARNED, NOT EXPECTED. To build trust in a marriage, you have to be accountable for your time and whereabouts for a lifetime. To build trust in a business, you have to be accountable for doing the right thing with a customer's money for a lifetime.
4. Find your Bible and read it every single day.
• Invite the Holy Spirit (the author of the Bible) to search the tiny crevices of your heart, thoughts, words and actions every single day. HERE is a great daily Bible reading plan if you need it.
Get in a small group relationship with three or four friends. In love, they will hold up the mirror, and perhaps the "ruler" of Scripture to keep you straight.


Chicago hip-hop artist Phenomenal One (P1) is known to have an impressive and extensive resume: event host, international producer, mentor and motivational speaker in the weekly Tell a Friend Tuesdays, award winning emcee, to the recent winner of 2018's Seven Wonders DJ Battle. Furthermore, he has always been a whiz in reinventing his artistry by creating house parties that are distinctive like No Empty Cups and Phrenchtoast to music showcases Pheature and Sic Sundays that provide a platform for independent artists to perform. His replacement of the letter 'f' for the digraph 'ph' in certain event names and album titles does not go unnoticed, making him savvy in marketing himself as a brand.
P1's latest offering Phlights (Flights) epitomizes his artistic knack. Unlike his previous album Vintage Phe that consists of introspective lyrics over vintage 90s hip-hop production, Phlights is the ground stop of a landing plane. Phanatics (fanatics) can still hear the voguish storytelling and decorous delivery of P1 that they are accustomed to but comes off as well-versed, witty, and a tad current in sound.
"PreCheck" serves euphonious but it is "Late Check-In" that is storytelling at its best. The upbeat production compliments P1's swift delivery in describing a passenger's scurrying to catch a flight before the airplane takes off. The hip-hop artist conveys this feeling of sudden rush with merit phanatics can hear the panic same time loss of breath as he tries to beat time.
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Starting the conversation, parenting through the opioid crisis
By Julia Werth
Photo: Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
Kileen Doyle never spoke to her son about drugs while he was growing up. She wasn't even aware that some of his classmates and friends in Norwalk were using.
That changed abruptly when her son's long-time friend, a boy who had been on his swimming team and in his martial arts classes, died of an overdose: heroine mixed with valium, a prescription drug.
Photo of Ian James Eaccarino
"I was completely unaware of drug use when my children were growing up, before Ian's death," said Doyle.
And, according to Ginger Katz, Ian's mother, that's not surprising at all. People – especially parents – simply didn't talk about drug use.
"When Ian died, doctors told us to tell people that he died of a heart attack or a brain aneurysm," Katz said. "But I wanted to speak out."
And she has.
Katz founded The Courage to Speak Foundation in 1996, shortly after her son died. Since then, her organization has become a leader in the drug prevention movement, bringing presentations to children, parents, educators and all types of professionals in Connecticut and across the nation.
"Parents are the number one key to prevention," Katz said. "But only one-third of parents talk to their kids about drugs."
That's why Katz, with support from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services' (DMHAS) $22 million State Opioid Response Grant, will be presenting many more "Parenting Through the Opioid Crisis and Beyond" events in the coming year.
"Ginger is part of the prevention work DMHAS does," said Mary Kate Mason, public information officer for the agency. "We have a significant number of grantees focused on prevention, prevention, prevention."
According to a study done by Yale University, the Courageous Parenting 101 program results in statistically significant increases in parents' ability to communicate with their children about drugs. It also leads to increased knowledge about their children's lives, improves their ability to recognize warning signs of substance use, and boosts their confidence so they can prevent their children from trying alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
The program has been rolled out in 13 cities and towns across the state, including Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven.
Ginger Katz at a Parenting Through the Opioid Crisis event in Hartford last October.
The two-year grant, which was awarded by the federal government, will also be used to expand access to medication-assisted treatment, increase the number of on-call recovery coaches at hospital emergency departments, provide pre- and post-release treatment and overdose prevention to inmates with opioid use disorders, and purchase 10,000 doses of Narcan.
"Right now there is a high focus on a public health approach," Mason said. "We are focusing on healthy communities."
This approach includes not only prevention presentations like Katz's, but public awareness campaigns such as Change the Script, which connects town officials, community members and health care professionals with resources to help those suffering from drug addiction.
Today, Doyle – now a grandmother – speaks regularly to her 14-year-old grandson about the realities of drug use and abuse. She is comfortable doing this, she said, because she has listened to many of Katz's presentations and has been a member of the Courage to Speak board since its inception.
"Ginger's work certainly has helped me and helped my grandson's mother be very aware of what is going on with children in schools," Doyle said. "I think that being on my grandson's side, being supportive, and being educated by courageous parenting has been invaluable."
In her programs, Katz emphasizes that drugs and addiction can affect the whole family, so the whole family should be willing to discuss the risks and consequences of drug use.
"Kids need to know it's okay to ask for help," Katz said. "They need to know they're not in this alone."
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The Courage to Speak Foundation Announces the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race to take place this summer at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. Ginger Katz, CEO and Founder of the Courage to Speak® Foundation and author of Sunny's Story, announced the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race, which will take place this summer…
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Q: How to show/hide input option based on the first input? I'm writing a command-line tool using Python Click package.
For the user input, I want to show/hide the next input option based on the first input.
Here is the sample code:
import click

@click.command()
@click.option('--user/--no-user', prompt='do you want to add user?')
@click.option('--new-user', prompt='add user')
def add_user(user, new_user):
    print(user)
    print(new_user)

add_user()

I want to show 2nd prompt('--new-user') only if the user type yes for the first input('--user/--no-user').
Any help how can I do this?
Thanks in advance.

A: You would have to use a custom callback:
import click

def prompt_user(ctx, param, user):
    new_user = None
    if user:
        new_user = click.prompt('username')
    return (user, new_user)

@click.command()
@click.option('--user/--no-user', prompt='do you want to add user?', callback=prompt_user)
def add_user(user):
    user, new_user = user
    print(user)
    print(new_user)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    add_user()

$ python3.8 user.py
do you want to add user? [y/N]: y
username: no
True
no
$ python3.8 user.py
do you want to add user? [y/N]: N
False
None

Note that prompt_user returns a tuple of two values. So the line user, new_user = user sets user equal to the first value and new_user to the second. See this link for more explanation.

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#Authenticity
Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. … The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of authenticity.'
Walter Benjamin, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'
'A desire for authenticity has emerged as a reaction to shifts with new media technologies at their core.'
Erika Balsom: 'Against the Novelty of New Media: the Resuscitation of the Authentic'
…a doubting Thomas needing to put the finger onto – or into – something. An artificially isolated entity, taken out of the surrounding chain and flow of signification (sometimes this is called an "object"), might be said to lack authenticity because it has been taken out of the chain and flow of signification (see cast). A possibly mistaken quest (see Original).
term applied to an object, artefact or utterance understood or taken to be real, genuine, original or actual in some significant way esp in relation to a particular scene, context or frame of authorship.
worth noting the 'understood or taken to be' there - one might make some substitutions:
term applied to an object, artefact or utterance felt or perceived to have qualities commonly associated with the real, genuine, original or actual in relation to a particular scene, context or frame of authorship.
(guess i think about it in performative terms.. meaning it's relative, fluid, appears and disappears in relation to viewer/context)
A desire for authenticity seems to emerge at moments marked by a seeming imposition of sameness. In the nineteenth century, amidst new processes for the mass production of images, things, and subjectivities, it became a moral value of great significance. Now, after many (deserved) assaults and critiques, it is back – in the vogue for the first-person, the thirst for the artisanal, the attachment to old media. Business writers Gilmore and Pine deem it a new consumer sensibility. What, then, could be its critical potential? Is the desire for the authentic a retrograde attachment to (false) origins? Or does its anachronism provide a necessary challenge to our present? Any answer would have to attend to particular instances, with plenty of room for ambivalence.
by Erika Balsom, Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
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The World Engagement Institute is a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA). The DESA NGO Branch is the focal point within the UN Secretariat for non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and for NGOs seeking status. The office supports NGOs by informing them in a timely fashion on events and opportunities to collaborate with the United Nations. They service the Committee on NGOs, which meets twice a year to discuss accreditation of NGOs to the UN Economic and Social Council. Through CSONet, the office facilitate participation of NGOs to most of the intergovernmental processes taking place at United Nations headquarters and beyond. Each year, some 7,000 NGO representatives participate in those events in New York alone. With the support of the UN Development Account, they carry out limited capacity-building activities with civil society organizations. The NGO branch is part of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination (OESC), a division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations.
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The World Engagement Institute is part of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development (DSD). Through various activities and consultations, the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform aims at promoting and coordinating implementation of the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which concluded on 22 June 2012, is been considered one of the largest conferences in the history of the United Nations. Governments renewed their strong political commitment to sustainable development and to promote integration and coherence of policies and the implementation of actions in the social, economic and environmental areas. The work of the Division translates into five core functions: (1) Support to UN intergovernmental processes on sustainable development; (2) Analysis and policy development; (3) Capacity development at the country level; (4) Inter-agency coordination; and (5) Knowledge management, communication and outreach. In addition, the Division houses the SIDS Unit mandated to undertake the five core functions enumerated above in support of the further implementation of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States.
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The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is a global initiative which aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations in actively supporting ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, literacy, sustainability and conflict resolution. UNAI is a United Nations initiative to align institutions of higher education, scholarship and research with the United Nations and with each other. In the words of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: "The Academic Impact aims to generate a global movement of minds to promote a new culture of intellectual social responsibility. It is animated by a commitment to certain bedrock principles. Among them: freedom of inquiry, opinion and speech; educational opportunity for all; global citizenship; sustainability; and dialogue." (Read more here). Furthermore UNAI aims to support the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) focusing on the reciprocal relationship between education and sustainable development. Academic institutions have an invaluable role to play in strengthening the work of the United Nations. The World Engagement Institute, in its academic-based identity and role as connector with numerous academic institutions worldwide aims to promote academic-based sustainable development, academic-social impact and international-global engagement.
The UNAI is an initiative formally launched on November 18, 2010 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. During the inauguration ceremony he outlined the purpose of UNAI in these words: "By sharing ideas, across borders and disciplines, we can find solutions to the interconnected problems that cause so much suffering. Climate change is not just an environmental threat; it is closely tied to poverty. Poverty is not just about jobs, it is directly related to food security. Food security has an impact on health. Health affects generations of children. Children hold the key to our future. And education can lead to progress on all these fronts." (Read more here).
Academic Impact is informed by a commitment to support and advance ten basic principles:
1. A commitment to the principles inherent in the United Nations Charter as values that education seeks to promote and help fulfill;
2. A commitment to human rights, among them freedom of inquiry, opinion, and speech;
3. A commitment to educational opportunity for all people regardless of gender, race, religion or ethnicity;
4. A commitment to the opportunity for every interested individual to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for the pursuit of higher education;
5. A commitment to building capacity in higher education systems across the world;
6. A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education;
7. A commitment to advancing peace and conflict resolution through education;
8. A commitment to addressing issues of poverty through education;
9. A commitment to promoting sustainability through education;
10. A commitment to promoting inter-cultural dialogue and understanding, and the "unlearning" of intolerance, through education.
The World Engagement Institute aims to engage a large network of academic institutions on practical and professional international initiatives promoting international sustainable development, sustainable capacity building and sustainable human security. With its identity as "virtual" university and its operations as subject matter expert, WEI works as a catalyst for human, social and institutional transformation for the greater good of society. Its academic-centered methods provide sustainable and institutional solutions to post-conflict societies and transitional societies. Academic institutions, with their primary mission of education, research and service can play a vital role in developing engaged, value-centered and competent leaders addressing the complex problems of our globalized societies.
The growing network of academic institutions partnering with WEI find inspiring and innovative international development solutions while promoting global leadership development. WEI represents the UNAI principles by promoting intellectual and academic social responsibility (ASR) not just as an ethical statement but also as a pragmatic option for world benefit. WEI serves academically-based programs and academic institutions to strategically partner in applied and policy oriented research, community and internationally engaged teaching. By formally endorsing the UNAI's ten principles, WEI makes a commitment to use education as an engine to address global problems.
The UNAI partners with numerous associations of colleges and universities who endorse the principles of the Academic Impact and actively encourage their affiliated institutions of higher education to join the Academic Impact as individual members. See a list here.
Connect and collaborate with other academic institutions linked to the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) here http://academicimpact.org and here http://outreach.un.org/unai/
Connect with the UNAI social networks here http://www.facebook.com/ImpactUN
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative primarily designed for businesses in collaboration with civil society, academic institutions and other actors that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
Overall, the Global Compact pursues two complementary objectives: (1) Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world and (2) Catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
There are seven United Nations agencies behind the UNGC and supporting its work. They are: the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
The United Nations Global Compact's ten principles are:
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor;
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labor; and
The World Engagement Institute, as an academically-based non-governmental and non-for-profit organization contributes to promoting the principles and practices inspired by the UN Global Compact. Through our research, programs, projects and international partnerships we promote a integrated approach for developing institutional and leadership capacity for human rights, labor rights, environmental rights and anti-corruption. More specifically, WEI offers a variety of tools and innovative approaches for the promotion of women rights supported by institutional protection and capacity. Other correlated areas of WEI's activities, including international crime-prevention and prosecution, combating human trafficking and sustainable partnerships for international capacity development, clearly align with the Global Compact's ten principles.
For additional information on the UN Global Compact and to get resources on specific issues see:
http://www.unglobalcompact.org
Business and Peace
Business for Development
UN-Business Partnerships
Supply Chain Sustainability
Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME)
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative is a growing network of academic-based institutions that champion the principles (and practices) for a responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally. The PRME are inspired by internationally accepted values such as the principles of the United Nations Global Compact. They seek to establish a process of continuous improvement among institutions of management education in order to develop a new generation of business leaders capable of managing the complex challenges faced by business and society in the 21st century.
The World Engagement Institute, with its mission of developing international sustainable capacity worldwide, closely aligns with the PRME. We do so by primarily centering our professional global leadership and institutional capacity development programs on academic social responsibility and community (civil society) engagement. Our vision of developing sustainable, prosperous and secure interconnected societies clearly aligns with the PRME's mission to promote new educational and practical models for ethical leadership and engaged international management development. Most government granted or contracted international development programs are delivered by business that tend to focus on a short term delivery (output) and not much on developing sustainable models and engaged leadership for a long term impact (outcomes). WEI adheres with the purpose of PRME in the attempt to break with the international business-as-usual. The top down approach that most international development corporations often employ must change into a more culturally competent, locally-driven and regionally supported approach. The ethical audit for this new approach must be centered on building on local assets and sustainable outcomes in institutional capacity and leadership engagement.
WEI recognizes that the transformation begins with new management education and practices. In the current academic environment, corporate responsibility and sustainable development have entered but not yet become embedded in the mainstream of business-related education. The PRME are therefore a timely global call for business schools and universities worldwide to gradually adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies to the new business challenges and opportunities. Taking the Six Principles as a guiding framework, any institution which is willing to integrate corporate responsibility and sustainable development in a gradual but systemic manner is welcome to join the initiative.
WEI, in accordance to its academic-based and educational approach to international development and in support of our academic partners worldwide, declare its willingness to progress in the implementation of the following Principles, starting with those that are more relevant to our capacities and mission. We will report on progress to all our stakeholders and exchange effective practices related to these principles with other academic institutions:
Principle 1 | Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.
Principle 2 | Values: We will incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.
Principle 3 | Method: We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.
Principle 4 | Research: We will engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value.
Principle 5 | Partnership: We will interact with managers of business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges.
Principle 6 | Dialogue: We will facilitate and support dialog and debate among educators, students, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.
We understand that our own organizational practices should serve as example of the values and attitudes we convey to our associates. In the specifics of the World Engagement Institute, we commit to promote these principles to our universities and academic partners worldwide in the purpose of developing sustainable, competent and engaged peoples, manager and leaders committed to make the world a better place.
Read more and get connected with the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) here:
http://www.unprme.org
World Association of Non-governmental Organizations (WANGO)
The World Engagement Institute is a supporter of the Code of Ethics and Conduct for NGOs. This is a set of fundamental principles and operational principles and standards developed by the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) to help guide nonprofit and non-governmental organizations worldwide to ethically and transparently govern their operations. It is also an international NGOs enlisted in the WANGO database.
The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) is an international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being. WANGO helps to provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner, share, inspire, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity's basic problems.
Initiated in 2000 by a handful of international NGOs and prominent visionaries, WANGO has quickly become one of the premier international bodies for non-governmental organizations that are committed to the ideals of universal peace, justice, and well being for all humanity.
Concerned with universal values shared across the barriers of politics, culture, religion, race and ethnicity, the founding organizations and individuals envisioned an organization that would enable NGOs to work in partnership across those barriers, thereby weaving a selfless social fabric essential to establishing a worldwide culture of peace. By optimizing resources and sharing vital information, WANGO provides a means for NGOs to become more effective in completing their vital tasks.
With its global network of NGOs, as well as affiliates drawn from the ranks of governmental and intergovernmental bodies, business, and universities, WANGO has become an international leader in tackling issues of serious global concern.


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GONG 2011-2015: Facts against empty phrases
When harshest critics accuse GONG of doing their job properly because they work well and transparently, we can all but agree and respond with an even greater degree of transparency to the systematic contamination of public space with false data and manipulation.
GONG: a self-indulgent spender or a Croatian exporter?
In 2003, GONG had its largest annual budget, amounting to HRK 7.1 million, whereas the average annual budget for the period from 2011 to 2015 was HRK 3.9 million.
The biggest part of GONG`s annual budget entails earmarked funds from grants approved at public tenders, with 75 to 90% of grants coming from foreign sources (see the following chart). Whether or not you choose to call GONG a successful exporter or proclaim our donors to be foreign investors who do not seek to make profit out of this investment, it must be pointed out that all of the revenues originating from these sources, except for a part of travel costs, are spent on employees' salaries, procurement of goods and services, and paying taxes and surtaxes in Croatia.
EU funds – that is, revenues coming from EU tax-payers – are successfully balanced with grants from other international and domestic donors which include public and private sources, as well as earned income from GONG's self-financing. This diversification of financial sources enables the autonomy and sustainability of the organization, and proves that GONG's work is recognised by EU bodies authorized to allocate grants to NGOs.
GONG's main domestic financial source is the National Foundation for Civil Society Development whose revenues come from games of chance – casinos, the lottery and betting offices – and not from tax-payers. These sources are allocated according to the law, as well as defined quotas and criteria for different socially beneficial purposes, which is not specific only for Croatia, but is a widespread European practice.
GONG: a budgetary parasite or responsible payer?
GONG receives earmarked revenues from the state budget through a public tender procedure, however analysis for the period from 2011-2015 reveals that those revenues amount to 840.000 kuna, while at the same time GONG's payments into the state budget total about 4.6 million kuna (income tax, surtax, pension fund, healthcare insurance, value added tax, profit tax), which is five times more in comparison to the received amount. In other words, the state profited 3.8 million kuna from GONG's work.
GONG's professionalism: a virtue or a flaw?
While some NGOs rely exclusively on the work of their volunteers, for GONG both volunteers and professional activists are necessary, because there is a constant need to carry out analyses, public advocacy, coordination of volunteers, as well as the organization of many activities. Details are available in annual reports, and until the report for 2015 is published, it is valuable to point out that today GONG has 14 employees, 12 external experts who volunteer in the Council and the Supervisory Board, and 30 volunteers, including interns.
Structure of education of employees consists of ten people with university diplomas, three people with polytechnic school diplomas, and one person with high school diploma (who is also studying). Among people with university diplomas, three of them have an MA in their field, one person is currently attending MBA, and three people are doctoral students. GONG`s team is multidisciplinary due to a wide range of academic backgrounds, including political science, journalism, social pedagogy, sociology, ethnology, linguistics, English language studies, Russian language studies, mathematics, law, accounting, economy, and agriculture. Besides, GONG often enables practice for students of final years, and professional development of its own employees through specializations in public policy analysis, policy evaluation, statistics, fundraising, independent accounting, non-profit accounting, etc.
On the basis of providing intellectual services, GONG has managed to cover 25 % of the costs of its projects and programs currently not supported by usual donors. Precisely with the aim of covering the costs of non-project activities, in 2010 GONG has launched GRIF – a specialised non-profit accounting service that provides services to 40 different NGOs, and which helped to create three new self-sustainable jobs.
11 out of 14 employees are permanently employed, but the bigger success is to have the number of employees reduced only by a fifth (from 17 to 14), in spite of decline in revenues of 37 %, during the last five years. The average salary is 6.497,00 kuna, which is 10 % more than the national average for all employments. GONG contributes to the budget all of the fees, taxes, and surtaxes regularly. This proves that human capital is highly valued in GONG.
Besides, differences in salaries are based on differences in responsibilities, which is reflected in the 1:1,8 ratio between the lowest and the highest salary, that is, between the office manager's salary and the executive director's salary. Irrespective of their functional responsibilities, all of the employees are expected to take part in the "workers' self-management" (as it was called during socialism) or "employee participation in decision-making" (as it is called in capitalist terms): members of the organization choose the governing body called the Council which also includes employees; The Council elects the Executive Board (employees also participate here through consultations), whose members elect among themselves the Executive Director. Every employee participates in operational decision-making through weekly meetings, as well as in processes of strategic planning. In that way, responsibility is shared, rigid hierarchy avoided, and an opportunity to attain management skills is given to younger and less experienced employees.
GONG's volunteer group includes interns as well. They are 5-7 students of final years in political science, law, or humanities and other social sciences, recruited through an application process. They translate, analyse, and write articles; they participate in research, and in the organization of public events, with mentoring support. According to their feedback, this gives them the opportunity to gain knowledge and develop various skills that are helpful in finding good jobs in Croatia or in the EU. In the last three years, GONG participated in the state-subsidized internship program for young professionals, thanks to which two young people found employment (one person in GONG, the other in private sector).
GONG: a pro-government NGO or a corrective to every government?
The following are just a few highlights of GONG's advocacy, as a reminder of how GONG acted in a "pro-government" or "anti-government" manner, since its founding in 1997, during different governments: the 2001 initiative Official Gazette to the People under the Račan government, when GONG hacked the official web-page of Official Gazette and hence prevented the decision to charge the public contents; the disclosure of `dead people voting´ in the 2005 election under the Sanader government; Platform 112 's monitoring of the closing of Chapter 23 during the negotiations with the EU during the term of Jadranka Kosor; and, during the Milanović government, the campaign Citizens Vote AGAINST (opposing the heteronormative constitutional definition of marriage, initiated by the neo-conservative movement In the Name of Family) and the referendum initiative WE ARE NOT GIVING AWAY OUR MOTORWAYS, which stopped the monetization of Croatian highways.
During all these years, GONG's direction has been steady, geared towards building and strengthening democratic institutions – by means of cooperation with authorities whenever they were open to it, and through confrontations with authorities whenever they obstructed or neglected GONG's invitation for dialogue. Dialogue was possible and achieved on many occasions, for example in 2006 when the Law on the State Electoral Commission was adopted (under the Sanader government); in 2011, when the Government abolished the Law on Golf (under the Kosor government); in 2013, when public protests were allowed again on St. Mark's Square, the function of the Information Commissioner established, and the Voter Register was cleared-up eventually (under the Milanović government).
As a reminder, it should be stated that, since 1997, GONG has expanded its primary purpose – citizens organised to oversee voting (which was the original name of the organisation in Croatian, abbreviated as GONG), in order to strengthen all democratic processes, institutions, and political culture. Thus, since 2000, its name has been reduced to simply – GONG. And yes, you might call GONG a pro-GOVERNment organization, if it is understood as `good GOVERNance and the rule of law´.
Published February 11, 2016 By admin
Categorized as translation_en, Uncategorized Tagged Civil society, GONG's finances?
Enough with the hatred!
CJA wrote to the Croatian EMPs because of the threat to media freedom


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West Virginia Bar Beats Allstate Over Client Advice
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left standing a finding that Allstate Insurance Co. engaged in unauthorized practice of law by telling claimants they didn't need lawyers. The panel is the highest court so far to review Allstate's policy in which adjusters contact and negotiate directly with people injured in accidents. The practice is widely attacked by the plaintiffs' bar.
By Mark Ballard | December 14, 2000 at 12:00 AM
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left standing a West Virginia finding that Allstate Insurance Co. engaged in unauthorized practice of law by telling claimants that they didn't need lawyers. The Nov. 30 action in Richmond, Va., was the first ruling by an appellate court regarding a practice widely attacked by the civil plaintiffs' bar. Allstate Insurance Co. v. The West Virginia State Bar, No. CA-97-1056-2. The panel is the highest court so far to review Allstate's "Claim Core Process Redesign," whereby adjusters contact and negotiate directly with people who have been injured in accidents. They try to persuade the claimants to deal with Allstate, not through lawyers. 'DO I NEED AN ATTORNEY?' The 4th Circuit refused to address the merits of Allstate's claim that commercial free speech rights protect the company's "Do I Need an Attorney?" brochures and "Customer Service Pledge" letters. The opinion by Judge H. Emory Widener Jr. left in place a decision by the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Unlawful Practice that the letters and policies were illegal. The attorney who filed the original complaint with the State Bar in 1995, said that the opinion is strong enough to prompt him to file a nationwide class action against Allstate. James C. Peterson, a name partner at Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler of Charleston, W.Va., said he intends to sue to seek damages for the millions of claimants who say Allstate misled them into accepting less than they were owed or cost them their chance to sue by persuading them that they didn't need attorneys. The court said that Allstate had sought a sympathetic venue in federal court, where the company has appealed at least six similar state bar decisions. "In short, Allstate attempted to preempt the West Virginia procedure by filing this federal suit in district court," wrote Judge Widener, who was joined by Senior Judge Clyde H. Hamilton of Columbia, S.C. (The third panel member, Francis D. Murnaghan of Baltimore, died after oral arguments last year.) "It is difficult to conceive a matter closer or more important to the State of West Virginia, not to mention her people, than the question of who is to practice law in that state," Judge Widener wrote. Bar committees and insurance commissioners in 26 states have filed similar efforts to halt the spread of the company's brochures and letters, according to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Individual plaintiffs in 22 states have filed 47 challenges to the anti-attorney policy, according to an Allstate report turned over in discovery during one of those suits. Trial lawyer groups in at least 12 states have held seminars — offering CLE credit — that focus on strategies to beat Allstate. Allstate has had mixed success batting back the attacks. In January, the Washington State Bar Association found it guilty of the unauthorized practice of law. That case was appealed to federal court in Seattle. In March, an Illinois federal judge turned away a proposed class action against the practice. S. Benjamin Bryant, a partner at Allen Guthrie & McHugh in Charleston, represented the West Virginia bar before the 4th Circuit. Bailey and Glasser name partner Benjamin Lee Bailey of Charleston represented Allstate. Neither Mr. Bailey nor Robert Pike of Northbrook, Ill., who heads Allstate's corporate legal office, responded to queries over a three-day period. In documents, Allstate disputed trial lawyer characterizations that the company's intent is to exclude lawyers from the process. It said that its actions grew from a January 1995 analysis showing that when attorneys were involved, injury claims had inflated medical expenses, leading to unreasonable general-damages demands. The company determined that the excess money was going to attorneys as fees, it said. THE ADJUSTERS' MANUAL Allstate's strategy was presented in a 500-page adjusters' manual with a goal of settling claims early, before a lawyer is involved. The manual was replaced in August 1999 by a 1,000-page text titled "The Unrepresented Unit of the Future." Both books give adjusters tips on how to conduct conversations that establish "immediate rapport" and "show empathy." They are to visit claimants, in the hospital if necessary, and to bring checks to most meetings. A follow-up letter includes a promise of quick and fair handling of their claim, just as if they too were insured by the company. Also enclosed is a brochure called "Do I Need An Attorney?" that includes statistics from an insurance-industry group that found claimants without lawyers receive more money than those with counsel. It asks, "Am I required to hire an attorney to handle my claim?" Allstate answers, "No. In fact, each year Allstate settles claims directly with many collision victims with no attorneys involved in the claim settlement process." Trial lawyers insist that the letter and brochure leave the impression that the Allstate adjuster works independently for the claimant. Like other bar groups, the West Virginia Bar argued that Allstate does not clearly disclose its adversarial position. West Virginia argued that Allstate essentially acted as counsel because adjusters valued cases, assessed strategies and predicted outcomes for claimants unsophisticated in the law — without mentioning that a quick and cheap settlement was best for the company. In 1997, the state bar made its finding and ordered Allstate to stop distributing the letter and brochure. Allstate sued in federal court, but lost when U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden II ruled that the issue should be addressed by state courts.


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BooksLord of the Rings
The Lure of the Darkness
By: Ainaechoiriel
Answering HASA's Things that go bump in the night Challege: In the time of the Necromancer, an Elf child goes missing. Legolas and a patrol go looking for her.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Horror - Legolas - Words: 3,133 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 7 - Published: 8/22/2003 - Status: Complete - id: 1489653
By Ainaechoiriel
Disclaimer: This story is not meant to infringe on the Tolkien estate or any copyrights, it is solely for the purposes of entertainment and I receive no profit from it. All I'm hoping for is feedback.
This story does contain adult material. No sex, but some violence, and a rather scary theme that I don't think small children should read.
Audio copy: You can listen to this story on my podcast: There Are Three of Me. It is read in Ep4 S1E4. You can find There Are Three of Me on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and .
"Do you hear that?" Anarros asked, stopping Legolas with his hand.
"Yes," Legolas answered. It did not take Elven ears to hear a call so loud and panicked. It was the sound a mother made when she could not find her child.
At that moment, someone raced up to the prince and his friend. Elf though he was, he was out of breath when he stopped. The father, Legolas guessed. "My prince," the Elf stammered through frantic gulps for air, "our daughter—she is missing."
Legolas felt a stab of pain in his chest. He had known that was coming, felt it in the mother's call, heard it in the father's breath, but still, it hurt him. He had heard such things too many times. He barely remembered now the time before the Shadow, before the Necromancer had come to the forest, before Greenwood the Great had come to be called Mirkwood. And each time he heard that someone was missing, his memories returned to the day when his own voice had been heard, calling for his mother, and the way his father had been out of breath when he finally reached them, too late. Too often, they were too late.
"She may be found yet," Anarros said, not only for the father's reassurance. He had been Legolas' friend long enough to know what Legolas was thinking.
The child in Legolas gave way at once to the warrior he had become. "Where was she last?" he asked the father.
"Lauriel is young," he said. "She wanders. Her mother is ever calling her home. She does not see the darkness. She was born too late. She has not seen the light."
The young ones were particularly vulnerable. Knowing only the shadowed forest, they perceived it as normal. They did not clearly hear the warnings of the trees, the fear, the mourning. But young as they were, they were already in love with Arda and curious, wanting to see much of her. "Where?" Legolas asked, trying to guide Lauriel's father to a place where they could be of help.
"Near the old oak," the father said, pointing to the southwest. "She was with her mother. We have looked for her, thinking she must not have gone far, but we lost her in the trees. There was webbing."
It watched. High in the tree. Silent. It could feel the danger, the strength of the Elven King. Few of its kind ever came this close. But the payment, the reward for the risk, was so sweet, that this one dared. Its belly was empty and it craved the sweet juice of a creature of light. It could have its fill of squirrels and even an occasional deer, but nothing was so sweet as taking the life of an Elf.
And here was one just waiting for it. Sweeter still, the prey was a child. A tiny morsel, not enough to slake its thirst, but a tender reward, a dessert, for the danger it faced to gain the prize.
It watched. The child came closer, still too far, too near its mother. The youngling's golden hair glinted in the tiny rays of light that filtered through the thick leaves above.
"This way, child," it whispered, quietly, no more than a breath. Elves could hear; the mother might hear. The mother would be a meal, but big Elves were hard to catch. They could cost a leg or a life. A child was a gift from the Darkness that it served. Too ignorant to fear, so lost in wonder for the leaves and trees.
It watched, and the child crept closer. "Stay near, Lauriel," the mother called.
"I will," the child answered, with its high and cheerful voice. Carefree. Careless. And the repugnant beauty of that voice fed its hunger, made it grow. It trembled as the hunger filled it like a lustful wave. It wanted the child. Needed the child.
"I will show you something beautiful," it crooned, still at a whisper, fighting its own body that wanted to race forward and snare the morsel before its mother could react. Big Elves could follow, take the child before it was empty, kill its own kind before they could escape. The child had to come, and the anticipation built up the hunger, the need, the lust, and it strained to keep still.
The child was watching, peering through the leaves, trying to find the voice. The little one's delicate hand brushed at the golden tresses that covered its small, blue eyes.
"This way," it called again, and the morsel stepped forward, still scanning the trees. "It is lovely. Come."
"Lauriel!" the big one called and the morsel turned.
No, the child could not leave. Must not leave. It had waited. It had been patient, perfectly still, waiting. It deserved the child. "It is leaving," it whispered to the girl. "You must hurry."
The golden hair twirled this way and that, trying again to find the voice.
"So lovely," it soothed, stepping slowly, silently back. "I will show you."
The child stepped forward and it had to stifle a moan. So hungry, so thirsty. "What is it?" the morsel whispered into the leaves.
"You will see," it answered, stepping back again. "It is a surprise."
"Lauriel?" the big one's voice was quieter now. Farther away.
It had an idea. "You can give it to your mother," it told the child. "A beautiful gift. But first you must see."
The child's eyes lit with wide wonder. It sucked in the air, imagining the taste of the flawless, fresh treat below it on the forest floor.
It moved faster now, drawing the child into the trees and away from the big one. And the little one followed, encouraged by the love for its mother. So innocent, so stupid, so perfect.
Legolas found the oak. Six warriors flanked him, armed with bows and blades. They fanned out, each to another tree. Legolas placed his hand on the oak's trunk and listened, asking it to tell what it knew. To the south, to the south. A child went this way but has not returned.
A spider?
Fear rippled up the trunk. No spider. No spider. Only a child. She did not return.
"It did not see a spider," Legolas relayed to his warriors.
"Only a child," Anarros agreed. "They say she went south with her mother calling. She did not return."
"South, then," Legolas ordered. "There may still be time."
"Here, my prince," Talathris the Tracker said, pointing to the ground. "Her tracks."
"Lead on, but stay alert." He scanned the trees to the south, looking past the leaves and shadows, hoping to find a web, a leg, and child-shaped bundle. "Keep silent. They can hear."
The others nodded and moved deeper into the trees, following Talathris's lead and the direction of his gestures. The child had stopped here, he said, motioning, but she went on, away from the oak. They moved slowly, studying every branch, every twig, every leaf, every blade of grass as the forest around them grew darker and darker. Deeper and deeper. Legolas could feel the shadow, like a mist that reached inside of him. But he saw no sign of the girl beyond the tracks that Talathris followed. Until they ended. The shadow laughed in his mind, wicked and malevolent. She is gone, she is gone, sang the trees. But his ears heard something different, something worse. Water.
So perfect, so perfect. It had planned for so long. The others had laughed. "You'll starve," they said, "if they do not put an arrow in you first!" But it did not listen to them. It dreamed of this, a sweet morsel coming to it, walking into its trap. They had to chase and team up. They had to share their meals. But it would not have to share. It would not have to run. Its treat would fall into its arms.
"Where is it?" the child asked, still looking to the trees.
But it was still hidden. The darkness here was a blanket to hide behind, a comfort. "The gift is there," it sang to her, "in the water. A lovely gift for your mother."
It dropped what it had held into the water. A flower. A white bloom with a golden center. It was nearly as big as the child's head, a worthy find for an Elf. A tool for one of its kind. A piece of bait for an Elf-child trap. A lure for a bit of ecstasy.
The child pulled a quick breath in as it spied the flower.
Above the river, it moved until it was waiting just above its prey. "It is leaving," it said, as the flower floated downstream. "You must catch it."
So perfect, the flower hugged the shore. The child would only have to dip its hand into the water. And so the child did. With the sickening grace of its kind, the Elf-child snatched up the flower from the water's edge and stood back up with a smile. But just that touch of water was enough. This Elf was small. Those blue eyes rolled back and the morsel swooned.
It moved quickly now, dropping down to the child before it fell into the water. It wrapped its legs around its prey, holding it up off the ground. The youngling's golden-haired head fell forward and it moaned again. The wait was nearly over. So soft was the flesh when it tasted, so sweet, but not yet. The morsel was not juice yet. With a shudder it released its venom and already it worked, sizzling and snapping. It slurped up the juice of the child where it had bitten, just a taste of what was to come.
"A present," it told the sleeping child. "A present for me. But you must be wrapped, wrapped until you are ready. It is too soon, too soon."
Legolas spied something white and raced silently through the trees to the banks of the river. There near the water's edge: a flower. So starkly alien in the darkened forest. It did not belong. Its light fragrance drowned in the sour smell of the shadow. The white bloom was already beginning to wilt from being plucked. It had been hours then. Maybe even a day. For the flower, but not for the child. She had only been missing since this morning. It might still not be too late. It might not be a spider at all. He turned his gaze downstream, hoping to see some hint of her caught along the shore. She might have fallen in the river. She might be asleep. She might be awake but not remember the way home.
The trees here were sinister, twisted and gnarled. They laughed at his efforts and taunted. Too late, too late. Carried away, carried away. Find her, Elf. Save her. You're too late, too late.
Anarros and the others caught up behind him and fanned out. They all knew the danger of the river and that of proceeding on assumption alone. Talathris saw something and touched the ground. He held his hand up for a moment and then wiped it on some leaves. Web.
Legolas jerked his head upward. There. A strand, glinting as the breeze blew on it. He followed it with his eyes. Up, and over the river. There, something white, in the branches just over the river.
Legolas put his bow behind him and started up the tree from which the strand was hanging. It screamed at him, filling his mind with a horrid, screeching noise. He ignored it and kept his eyes on the white bundle up ahead. It was the right size for a small child. There was hope. No hope! taunted the tree. No hope. The Master rules this place. He will have you! The limbs moved and twigs pulled at his leggings and ankles. But Legolas was an Elf and no tree had ever held him back. Except once. They had held him back from his mother. Saved him while she was murdered.
The tree laughed. Legolas snarled, angry with himself for letting the tree goad him. He pushed on. It was nearly within reach now, just over the river. The limbs beneath him shook, trying to throw him off.
"My prince," Anarros called, disobeying the order for silence. He was clearly worried. Legolas, however, refused to fall to the trees taunting. Or its shaking. He held on and climbed further over the river. "Legolas, be careful!"
Legolas hooked one knee over the branch he sat on and pulled out his knife. He leaned over to the bundle, ready to slice it open and free the child. But once he touched it, he knew. And the tree beneath him laughed. Too late. The sticky bundle was already open and hollow. The child was gone.
Waiting was so hard. The river below rippled and babbled its way downstream, and the spider waited, watching its bundle carefully. It trembled and tapped the bundle now and then, poking to see if its reward was ready.
The child opened its blue eyes. The spider watched the morsel, smiling, though the child would not perceive that. The eyes were all that was visible of the little Elf, and at first they were calm and sleepy, but then they widened in surprise and concern. No doubt the child felt the venom. The morsel mumbled and whimpered, and the spider giggled in glee. "Too soon, too soon," it told the child. "You are my present, my reward."
The bundle wobbled as the child struggled but the venom was strong, as was the web that encased its little body. The morsel began to cry in little smothered sobs that were lost in the trees above the river.
"Have you forgotten, little one?" the spider asked. "Have you forgotten your mother? Forgotten the warnings the big ones give? Forgotten who rules this forest? Forgotten me?"
The child's struggles became weaker, though its tears increased. The spider poked again and felt the bundle give and squish beneath its leg. "So close," it said. It could wait. It could wait until all of the prize was ready, wait until those blue eyes closed and the morsel's movements ceased. But it had waited so long already. It was hungry, so hungry, and it dreamed of ways to make this morsel more succulent, more satisfying.
Deciding then, it tore at the webbing, releasing the child, who almost fell to the water below. Almost. It caught the morsel, wrapped it up again, just enough so it could drag it through the trees. Once it crossed the river, it lowered the morsel to the forest floor and then dragged it along the ground. The Elf-child still breathed, but there was no fight left in it, just juice, sweet juice.
And when it could wait no longer, it released the child and turned its face up on the ground. It stretched its long legs over its prey, spreading over the child like a tent. It dwarfed the morsel. Unmoving as the little one now was, it could see its prize was hardly longer than one of its own legs. "Watch me, morsel," it said, and those blue, tear-stained eyes rolled languidly up to watch its face as it bent down and gorged himself on its tiny body. The child weakly moved to push it off, but it drank on without pity. Alive when it began, the Elf's life made the morsel sweeter, sweeter than anything it had ever drunk before. And as it drank, the last bits of the child were liquefying into the pulp it craved.
It stopped itself from finishing the last of the little one though. The trees grew restless and it knew the big ones would be looking for the child. They were close, but it had an idea. Taking one last slurp, it withdrew and scampered up the tree and away into the darkness.
Legolas walked slowly, carefully, straining his ears to listen past the trees, and his eyes to see past the Shadow. He had waited by the water until the others had crossed. They were far enough from his father's realm now, deep in the darkness where evil things dwelt. Spiders most of all.
He did not need Talathris to show him the tracks here. The spider had seen no need to hide them. And there was a very distinct drag mark leading into the shadow of the trees. Now, with his company watchful behind him, he concentrated on the path before him, the path of a spider dragging an Elven child. The Shadow was thick here, stifling, suffocating. It filled his sight with darkness, his nose with stench, and his mouth with the taste of something rotten. And in his ears, the jeering of the trees had grown deafening. But Legolas was not a green warrior on his first mission. He knew enough to push beyond the assault to his senses.
And he knew enough to know when to call off pursuit. There came a point when even the strongest of Elves had to turn back. Dol Guldur held sway in the south and its power was overwhelming. Its pull was so strong that whole parties of Elven warriors had become lost in the forest near it, and decimated by the inhabitants of it. Legolas was feeling that pull with each step, and he readied himself to make that decision.
Then he saw her. A vision of beauty surrounded by black ugliness. Her dress was soiled but still bright. She was sitting against a tree and looked to be sleeping. He ran to her, putting his life in the hands of the warriors who guarded him. She did not move, and fearing what he hoped not to be true, he knelt down and touched her face.
Her face gave way to his touch, crumpling inward. Legolas's stomach lurched and he froze. The girl fell over with a sickening squelch. Legolas felt a hand on his shoulder. "It's too late," Anarros whispered. "We are too late."
copyright 2003 Gabrielle Lawson


I just realized something... the two people that I've been spending most of my free time with are ex's. Recent ex's. That's just weird. Not bad... but definately weird.
I think initially it started because I was making an active effort to ensure that neither one felt I was choosing one side over the other (which SO often happens, and I despise). At least, that was the initial reason. Now it's just that I've gotten so comfortable with both of them (individually or with friends) and have grown so accustomed to us being available to each other, they're just the people I think of first when I want to do something.
Don't get me wrong... I'm not expressing discontent or uncomfortability or anything... it's not that I think I should spend less time with anyone, or that I feel like I don't have time for others. It's just that it's weird to me that the time I DO spend with friends is, more often than not lately, with two very good but mutually exclusive friends.
I've tried to hang out with my ex sometimes, too. But now that he has a new guy (with whom he's already moved in, in a condo they bought together (!) south of market), it isn't as easy.
See Clarification... totally my bad. The context of your response made me realize how my statement could be taken.
Yeah... both of them know that I'm actively maintaining my friendship with the other. I think they also realize that if one of them gave me an ultimatum, "Me or Them!".... the one forcing me to decide is the one that would lose. I don't let other people decide who I am or am not going to be friends with.


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Pacy and Wheatley completed a Healthcare Refurbishment and Construction project throughout the Midlands and North of England to remodel 110 bathrooms, shower rooms and WC's within 36 separate care facilities for a national care provider with stock across an extensive geographical area. Involving the replacement of all sanitary ware, flooring, decoration power and lighting upgrades. Working closely with our specialist bathing equipment supplier, design input was required to accommodate more efficient schemes for individual resident needs.
All works to be finished by mid December 2012 following commencement at the beginning of September 2012 giving just 15 weeks to complete the task.
To ensure the residents of the facility were as un affected as possible by the works.
To ensure the project was completed in the agreed time and to budget.
To program the fast track scheme together with sub contractors to achieve the goal.
To maintain zero incidents within the facility whilst works were carried out.
Ensure full communication with the facility and its specific requirements based on care provided.
Managing the works and team and ensuring all parties understand works to be carried out prior to commencement to achieve streamline performance.
Bringing together the best supply chain to ensure total team work.
H&S issues and procedural meetings held with entire supply chain and operatives to discuss the environment and client expectations, This was refreshed with weekly tool box talks throughout each project.
Compiling a comprehensive programme of works and monitoring throughout the scheme with updates on a regular basis.
Team meetings with supply chain to discuss any problem areas and provide timely solutions.
Carry out pre start meetings 2-3 weeks prior to commencement with each home manager to discuss H&S documentation specific to each facility. Then to consider particular requirements ensuring incident free progress.
A comprehensive site survey was completed and circulated to all supply chain members electronically sharing project information.
Our site manager held regular discussions with the facility manager to advise on daily work procedures and progress.
Confirm each area was signed off by the home manager prior to departure to ensure snag free compliance and gain comments on the works.
Completion of a significantly sized project over a large geographical area with multiple facilities on time and to budget.
The quality achieved has led to further discussions for more opportunities in bathroom roll out and various other schemes for 2013 - a repeat business goal was accomplished.
Management process with full cooperation of supply chain attained zero accidents/near misses.
Pacy & Wheatley Construction were engaged to carry out bathroom refurbishment works to 36 of our care homes. Having worked closely with them over a number of years in a variety of projects from refurbishment to newbuild within the Healthcare arena I was sure the quality would be guaranteed. The time scale of this project demanded a high degree of management within operational environments and I am pleased to say Pacy & Wheatley not only achieved the tight time frame but also exceeded expectations on quality of product and workmanship. I would have no hesitation in recommending their services to any Healthcare Provider Gordon Asher, Capital Works Manager, HC One "I am very pleased with the finish. Kevin and his team have been excellent. They have respected our residents, worked around the staff and always informed us of any changes on a daily basis. We cannot praise them too highly, they really have been excellent".
Job completed with no issues or concerns. A very professional outcome.