Kep is very close to Kampot and technically can be done as a day trip from there or vice versa. I wanted to have some beach time, before we move to Vietnam. As Stijn did put his veto on Sihanouk ville, we decided to say few nights in Kep. Our chosen accommodation was Khmer Hands guest house located close to the Kep National Park and with a view to the sea from the terrace of their restaurant. It is not only a guest house, but also a training centre for locals, who want to work in tourism. They have their own school on the same property and most of the employees are graduates of it. There are also cooperating with the local Don Bosco School for when they need handy young men.
We had our own bungalow again, but it was a serious upgrade. We had a spacious room with some shelves, a nice little terrace with a table and two comfy armchairs and a hot water in the bathroom! And lots of background noise from the wildlife of the jungle.
The staff and the owners of the place were very friendly, caring and helpful. No wonder, that at the time we visited, their rating on Booking.com was above 9. We had our meals in the restaurant of the guest house, that served a Cambodian and American fusion dishes. The menu is not extensive, but broad enough to be able to eat something different every time. We tried out the amok fish, several sandwiches, eggs, pancakes and other tasty things. The portions were more than sufficient. It was obvious that the owners have a clear vision why every item was on the menu.
For our 2 days and 3 nights in Kep we had 2 activities in mind – a hike in the Kep National park and paying a visit to the Rabbit island.
The first day we went for hiking. We could easily reach the territory from our guest house. We had to cross a private property to get on the trail, but the owners do not mind. It is path used by locals and visitors. As we crossed the yard two dogs joined us. One of them followed us for the first kilometres. When we stopped by the first viewpoint it was hot. Not only for us, but also for the thick furred dog. Stijn found a water tank and an empty bottle, we improvised a bowl from a banana leaf. We could reward our faithful follower with a sip of water.
The park has many information boards about the trails, the fauna and flora and the history of the park. We had come to a point where few other trails connected. The path we were on was very easy, wide and going around a mountain. We decided to try out another trail that would take us to an old dam: the dam trail. We started on a narrow path going through a forest with slight ups and downs. After a while we started to descend and the path got steeper and steeper. I was not so happy anymore. It was hot, we were walking through jungle, fighting with spider nets and I had to watch my every step not to fall. Not to mention all the snake stories that were building up in my mind.
When the path got very steep, we found a stick that I could use for support. As we finally got down and on the next trail, I was not in my best mood anymore. But we had come to an area full with blooming bushes and butterflies. We could see hills covered with green trees, a ravine covered with palms and blue sky with few clouds. Butterflies in blue, yellow, orange, white, black, violet were crossing our way constantly. Even though the bushes and plants were leaving scratches on my legs and some big, noisy bugs were often trying to attack us, this was much nicer walk then what we did just before (I know that Stijn has a different opinion). We found the old dam, that seemed a perfect location for star watching in the night or a romantic spot for a picnic, or even a small concert.
I refused to take the same steep trail back to get to the main path that would take us to the town centre of Kep. We did not have any water left, no snack either. We were about to get hungry. We took another road along coconut plantation. On the road we saw our second snake of the trip. Luckily for us (unfortunate for the snake), someone had driven over it. It was still a little bit alive, but it could not move anymore.
I, on the other hand loved it. For a part the dam trail did more seem to be like the 'damn'trail for Elize. Going up and down, big trees, sometimes almost crawling on hands and feet. A hike can be a little bit challenging for me to get extra pleasure out of it. And still it wasn't that bad as Elize did describe it. The nice part about the second part through the bushes and butterflies is that it was clearly visible not many people come here. First of all: there's no trash at all and secondly, the path is covered in spiderwebs and plants covering the trail.
Our goal was to reach the town centre and The Kep Coffee Cafe. Only 4 km to walk… We bravely started our walk along the newly made highway, sharing our road with few white cows in the heat of the sun. The road was wide and boring, we were baking in the sun and getting very hungry. After 2,5 km we gave up our bodies to a tuk-tuk driver to take us to the final destination.
The lunch was rewarding and tasty. We sticked around the Kep Coffee for a while. Stijn found a book to borrow for reading the next day on the island.
Like Khmer hands, Kep Coffee is run by Cambodian – American family. Moved to Cambodia just 2 years ago. In the past weeks we had heard so many stories of people moving to Cambodia and starting their business or just enjoying their retirement. Like the Austrian man, with whom we spoke Dutch, as it was one of 8 to 10 languages he had mastered in his life. So many exciting stories of people that have lived all around the world. Certainly gives a little nuge to look for opportunities in a little broader area than Europe.
We finished our day with another walk through the National park, taking the main path the other direction. Back in our guest house we enjoyed the terrace view with some good wine. It has been long time since we did that.
Getting to the Rabbit island next day was extremely easy. We were picked up from our guest house and transported to the boat. By 10 am we were on the island covered with palm trees, bamboo terraces, floating in clear blue water. We considered options walking around the island, but I first wanted to have a little beach time. We ended up spending the whole day just on the beach. For once we had a complete "do nothing day" – laying in the sun or in the shadow of palm trees, having a swim and reading a book. Nothing more, nothing less. We also had a massage, but that is really not worth mentioning. Stijn had a longer chat with a Swedish chap, who was considering business in Cambodia or Kenya. He definitely brought some interesting perspectives to business opportunities. You have to have the courage, resources and the right skill to do that. He seemed keen enough to be able to push through.
By 4 pm our boat back to main land was leaving. We did not manage to walk further than 50 or 100 m from our spot on the beach, but we learned that the nearby Snake island was no longer a tourist attraction, as it had been sold and now is a private property. How long will it take before Rabbit island is sold too?
Kep is a strange place. It is worth to visit, to clear the head and soak up some sea air. The perfect get-away-location. The sea side promenade of the town is decorated with big sculptures of a crab and a mermaid. There is also a crab market somewhere in Kep, but we did not get that far. The other side of the sea-side road is taken by huge hotel buildings, deeper in the main land one after another resorts are spreading. But it still felt very empty. Most of the locals we met were laying in hammock near the beach, or maybe they come out after dark? After another good meal in Kep Coffee we strolled on the promenade towards our stay as we experienced a very surreal sunset, or better say – one that I did not believe existed. It was not possible to catch it with a camera. It reminded one of those tacky baby colour paintings, with sky in soft pink, sun in pale orange and the sea being something between beige blue and green. I always thought that these kind of sun sets belonged to fantasy cartoon worlds, but there it was. Not on a kitsch painting, but in real life.


Involvement with and news about employment discrimination cases would seem to bear this out. Unlike ordinary corporate contract disputes, employment discrimination disputes are deeply personal to the parties involved. A supervisor who is accused of discrimination suffers an attack on his or her reputation within a company and within a community. An employee who believes that he or she has suffered discrimination feels violated for being specifically selected for less than equal treatment. Even when claims are brought in good faith, the parties and the public feel as if employment laws are being abused for personal gain.
Employment discrimination is real. The legal process for spotting and fixing employment discrimination is messy, to say the least. But too often laws prohibiting employment discrimination are mistaken for the foundation, or even the whole, of employment law. Quite the opposite is true. Discrimination lawsuits actually mark one kind of failure of U.S. employment law. By the time a discrimination lawsuit is filed, the cooperative venture of employment typically is at an end: an employer has made the decision to sacrifice investments made in a valuable human resource and an employee has lost a livelihood.
Thinking of employment law as just about employee rights or employer freedom is shortsighted. Employment law is not only for employers or employees. Employment law is also for the rest of us, who need as many members of our community as possible gainfully employed and capable of managing their affairs without state assistance. From this perspective, the larger question to ask about any employment law is whether that law increases the prospects for fair, stable employment relationships. That question is a very different one than questions about who, between a specific employer and employee, should prevail in court of after things have gone south.
Labor is something that every community needs, and which every community will somehow obtain, from a large subset of its members. Employment is the legal organization of that labor supply to meet communal demands. The most common way of legally organizing labor for employment has been force. In waterfronts of port cities in the Pacific Northwest, for example, states sanctioned the brutal practice of "shanghaiing" or "impressment." This violent collection of sailors to man merchant ships for burgeoning international trade was a direct response to labor shortages.
Enter employment discrimination, which only makes sense after a community has chosen free markets as the primary legal way to turn labor into employment. Describing slaves or impressed sailors as victims of employment discrimination is out of place, however. A better description is that those people were victims of human rights violations, not to mention a bevy of crimes and torts. The road from shanghaiing and slavery to modern "at-will" employment is a familiar one. That process involves removing population-specific barriers to employment so that everyone competes for work on fair terms.
While few Oregonians today disagree with exhortations to workplace equality, the legal rules that promote it are intrusive and cause rifts in different sectors of society. Contrary to popular belief, most employers understand the need for prohibitions on employment discrimination. Such acceptance is cold comfort, however, when unresolved immigration policies lead to labor shortages or when merely disgruntled employees threaten to use employment discrimination laws as a sword rather than a shield. Similar tensions can exist between employees of different backgrounds given their relative positions to antidiscrimination laws. White male employees do not have to be biased or bigoted to feel as though employment discrimination laws are written with everyone except them in mind (historically, that's kind of true). And employees who enjoy "protected class" status do not invite the high workplace profiles that come with the national project of stamping out workplace discrimination.
In the last 20 years or so, the number of employee workplace protections has started to weigh upon employers. The supermajority of those employers is small. According to the Small Business Association, small businesses — those with fewer than 500 employees — represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, employ over half of all private sector employees, and have generated 64 percent of net new jobs over the past 15 years. Due to size, many small employers (large enough to be covered by antidiscrimination laws) are quite sensitive to the costs of employment law compliance and can be put out of business by the right (or wrong) lawsuit. Because jobs are a precondition of any discussion of workplace fairness, it is not enough for Oregon simply to push for greater and greater employee protections. The employment equation also requires that communities support employers. Balancing employee workplace protections with active support of employers is really what employment law is all about.
…no female shall be employed in any mechanical establishment, or factory, or laundry in this state more than 10 hours during any one day. The hours of work may be so arranged as to permit the employment of females at any time so that they shall not work more than 10 hours during the 24 hours of any one day.
Violation of the statute was a criminal misdemeanor punishable by a $10 to $25 fine. Muller operated the Grand Laundry, located at 320 N. 17th St. in Portland. Muller violated the female work-hour limit by requiring some of his female employees to work more than 10 hours per day. An Oregon trial court convicted Muller and fined him $10. The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Relying on the Lochner decision, however, Muller argued that the Oregon law was an unconstitutional violation of his own and his female employees' freedom of contract rights.
Lochner (and the sexism that drove Muller) ultimately were overruled, allowing states to pass laws protecting employees in the workplace. But the Lochner philosophy remains a fundamental part of the American psyche on employment rights. The crux of the Lochner decision is that employers and employees are free to set the terms of employment. In common legal parlance, employment is "at the will" of the contracting parties. This common law default rule explains why most employees in the United States will never have a written employment contract despite working for most of their lives.
The at-will employment rule also helps to explain why workplace protection laws are so contentious politically. Given Americans' preference for freedom of contract in employment, few Oregonians would support a law that forced an employer to hire an employee against the employer's will, or vice-versa. But some employee rights, such as reinstatement and re-employment rights under Oregon's family leave and workers' compensation laws can sometimes look a lot like that. At the same time, Americans also believe that virtues such as workplace loyalty and personal honesty and diligence in the workplace should also be rewarded, perhaps with enhanced job security. Such disagreements over employee rights and employer freedoms trace directly back to Lochner, and they will always be with us.
In balancing at-will employment with workplace protection of employees, however, the costs to employers are usually overlooked. In the current economic climate, Oregon cannot afford to take employers for granted because, more so than most states, we sorely need jobs. The unemployment rate in Oregon currently is 9.4 percent. Last year's unemployment data showed unemployment for African-Americans at 12.8 percent (African-American males at 15.7 percent). Under-employment data for Oregon youth, especially for African-American youth, is catastrophic (19 percent for African-American females, 27 percent for African-American males). To that end, there are some employee workplace protections worth highlighting in virtue of their direct impact on employment opportunities. Oregonians may want to continue these policies because they accord with our values. But facing them squarely may spark us to creative solutions that will ease the unemployment woes of our state.
First, is Oregon's minimum wage. Oregon's minimum wage currently is $8.50 per hour. From the perspective of good community, $8.50 per hour is not enough and certainly isn't livable. But the pursuit of livable wages occurs alongside the pursuit of employers to headquarter in the state. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. About half of states follow the federal minimum wage. If an employer plans to start or expand a business, it's relevant that a savings of $1.25 per hour per employee is available in states other than Oregon. We cannot simply raise employee minimum wages because it is the right thing to do, but not anticipate it to have an effect on employment. But there are creative solutions. For example, to spark youth employment Oregon might consider defining a youth labor market with the minimum wage below $8.50 per hour. (Under federal law, workers under 20 can be paid as little as $4.25 for the first 90 days of employment.) Or individuals receiving unemployment benefits might be authorized to use those benefits as work vouchers to subsidize an employer's hiring costs. In the current state of Oregon employment, such sub-optimal work might be preferable to no work at all.
Second, are the federal Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and the Oregon Family Leave Act ("OFLA"). These laws protect employees who have to be away from work to care for sick family members. Employees should be protected from losing their jobs when work duties conflict with duties under another American institution — the family. But these laws also impact on employment. Employers with 50 or more employees are required to comply with FMLA. Oregon employers with 25 or more employees are required to comply with OFLA. The difference in coverage limits is important. Nationwide, employers with fewer than 50 employees think long and hard before hiring the 50th employee. The benefits of one or two more employees may be outweighed by the burdens of FMLA for all 51 or 52 employees. This problem is magnified under OFLA because OFLA obligations trigger with 25 fewer employees. This is a choice that Oregon has made and perhaps it is the right one. But, unlike Oregon employers, employers in states that follow the federal limit do not worry about hiring that 25th or 26th employees — or employees 27-49, for that matter — out of concern over the costs of family leave obligations.
Third, and finally, is the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). With youth unemployment so high in Oregon, unpaid internship programs that put young people into workplaces would bring great relief. But the Department of Labor's interpretation of "internship" under FLSA all but prohibits for-profit employers from instituting such programs. Under FLSA an employer can hire an unpaid intern and not run afoul of the law only if the work does not displace regular employees and the employer "derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern." (The law actually suggests that an employer who hires an intern should have its operations impeded by the presence of an intern.) One mark of a true internship is that the intern provides no "essential services to the employer." In practice, this means an employer can only hire interns provided that such people are genuinely useless to the employer's business. Meanwhile, the growing labor pool of high school students, college graduates and law school graduates in Oregon who would willingly work for free in exchange for training and experience are legally barred from doing so.
Fairness in employment is not static. It also is something separate from employer and employee perceptions of their circumstances. On the correct view, employment law exists to foster fair, stable employment relationships. Sometimes this project requires loosening restrictions on employers in order to increase jobs, a precondition of any discussion of workplace fairness. At other times the project requires crafting rules and restrictions needed to protect and integrate a new labor population, such as transgendered people or the growing number of immigrants who perform essential work in the United States. At all times, it is about managing the course of a dynamic institution without which communities, families and individuals fail.
The primary workplace issue facing the United States today is the growing inability of employees to earn livable wages and benefits or, to put the matter slightly differently, to achieve and maintain middle-class. This concerns what happens in and to a free market society when people can no longer achieve economic self-sufficiency through work. The harms to society of this development extend far beyond employers and employees, to families, education, investment, retirement and leisure. The ability to achieve middle class through work is a grave matter of public concern. At the same time, conflicting philosophies of government and personal responsibility among Americans, along with legislative capture by certain influential segments of our community, have stifled progressive solutions to this problem.
The United States has taken two main approaches to the issue of workplace fairness: employment law and labor law. Employment law is largely a command structure that tells employers what actions they must and mustn't do. The structure of our employment laws is ill-suited to the issue of livable wages and benefits for several reasons. First, employment law's vision of workplace fairness is one of formal rather than substantive equality. Employer workplace obligations do not include assurances of material well-being for employees, only fulfillment of contractual promises plus prohibitions on conduct that violates public policies. Second, notions of individual contract and private property that underlie the employment relationship appear to prohibit government from requiring employers to pay wages and benefits that accord with some substantive vision of workplace equality. Third, there is growing belief that the primary explanation for worker disadvantage in the United States is not employer misconduct but rather is structural disadvantage across many public institutions such as poor housing and substandard education. Americans have not reached consensus that employers should share in attempts to alleviate structural discrimination simply because they may be well-positioned to pay for it.
By contrast, labor law does contain a substantive vision of workplace equality. That vision is to be achieved by a power-sharing model of industrial governance that affords unions the political leverage needed to negotiate for decent wages and benefits. Additional attractions of the collective bargaining model are greater job security, greater participation in business decision-making, and greater room for creative problem-solving where employer and employee interests conflict. Labor law does then represent a body of law that casts the issue of livable wages and benefits as a legitimate, substantive workplace fairness issue. The obvious obstacle to labor law's vision is the dramatic decrease in union membership in the United States. First, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of unionized workers in the U. S. fell to a 70-year low of 11.9 percent (6.9 percent for private employees) in 2011. Second, the decrease in labor suffrage seems likely to continue given the current political climate and the inability to pass pro-union legislation such as President Obama's Employee Free Choice Act. Third, even at the height of union participation, only 35 percent of the American workforce was unionized. The current concern over livable wages and benefits likely affects large numbers of nonunionized workplaces.
If the concern over livable wages and benefits is about changing the way Americans think about workplace equality, then labor law has distinct doctrinal and administrative advantages over employment law but also distinct political disadvantages. But key to the substantive reform of both employment and labor law is the development of a vision of employment as a public institution that concerns employers, employees and the community at-large, instead of as a private institution that concerns only employers and employees. What is needed is a perspective on the public interest in the employment relation that to some degree is entitled to bend contract and property law toward a larger communal employment ideal. Until employment is understood as a communal project with its own distinct ends, the suggestion that private employers should share public responsibility for the social or economic disadvantages of employees will remain unintelligible.
With these more broad observations about the purposes of employment law in mind, we can all get back to representing our respective employers and employees — whom we all know to be right.
Jeffrey Jones is an associate professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School and of counsel to Barran Liebman. The research for this article was done by Nancy Alexander and Jane Chausova, second-year law students at Lewis & Clark Law School.


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Shooting Glasses – Eye Protection Against Ricocheting
Shooting Glasses – Eye Protection Against Ricocheting: Vision is one of the senses that is most significant. Thanks to it, it is possible to distinguish colors, shapes, and sizes. It also allows you to track the movement of surrounding objects, evaluate your body movements, and orient yourself in space.
Therefore, it should be specially protected. The eyes are exposed to injuries and contusions in many everyday situations.
Sport shooters, through their activity, contact with weapons and ammunition, increase the risk of eye damage. When firing firearms, pneumatic weapons, or even playing ASG, many uncontrolled situations can occur.
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The most common is a ricochet, i.e., the return of the entire projectile or its element (such as shrapnel and parts of the mantle) after bouncing off the target towards the shooter.
Ricochets do not only happen when firing firearms. Pellets fired from airguns or even the plastic balls used in the Air Soft Gun like to return to the shooter. It is a phenomenon that is very difficult to predict and even more difficult to control.
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The action of hot gunpowder gasses also causes injury to the eyes. When firing a firearm, the projectile leaving the weapon's barrel is moved by highly compressed gases resulting from the combustion of gunpowder.
It happens that these gases are directed to the face of the shooter after leaving the barrel due to a rapid shift to the wind or for other unforeseen reasons. As a result of this process, facial skin burns and eye damage may occur.
Another threat is incorrect, uncontrolled ejection of the bullet casing towards the shooter's face. When properly ejected, the case should leave the castle chamber as a result of the retraction of the slide, and, with the force of inertia, it should fall at a certain distance from the shooter.
Sometimes, however, it will jump back; sometimes, after bouncing off an obstacle, it will come back and hit the shooter. It also happens that even a correctly ejected casing hits and injures the shooter at an adjacent shooting position. The husk, apart from the fact that it moves at a very high speed, is also very hot.
Very rarely, but there are also accidents related to barrel blowing or even the explosion of the entire weapon. Here, too, the eyes are particularly vulnerable to trauma.
The shooter, while assembling the shot, holds the gun at eye level, usually at a short distance. An explosion in such a situation is almost certain to damage the organ of vision.
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There are many dangers related to firing firearms and pneumatic weapons. However, by applying the basic safety rules on the shooting range, they can be reduced to a minimum. The regulations introduced by the United States Sports Shooting Association in force at every shooting range in the USA called General safety rules in the shooting.
So, to prevent injuries and eye damage, special shooting glasses should be worn. These are glasses made of shatter-free material, most often polycarbonate specially developed for this purpose. There are many patterns of shooting glasses; each shooter can choose one that is appropriate for his anatomy.
Glasses are produced in various sizes, with adjustable nose pads and temples of various lengths. The glasses can have a traditional shape, as well as similar to sports glasses – curved, protecting the eyes also from the side.
Often such glasses have in addition to the typical colorless interchangeable lenses in different colors. For example, you can buy tinted ones for outdoor shooting in bright sunlight or yellow ones that improve visual acuity in more difficult lighting conditions.
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Shooting glasses can also be worn by people with visual impairments. There are models on the market where you can remove neutral glasses and replace them with corrective lenses made by optics. Some can be worn over or under prescription glasses that you use every day.
Many models have specially profiled temples that are adapted to be worn together with hearing protectors, which are also mandatory at a sports shooting range. There are also those whose specially profiled temples allow you to fold up for a shot from a long weapon easily.
Shooting with this type of weapon requires very firm adhesion with almost the entire face surface to the rifle stock and at the same time observing the sights. Ordinary, unshaped glasses in such conditions make it difficult to aim properly, especially by optical sights.
Remember that the eyes are an extremely delicate organ; it is worth taking care of them by using appropriate means of protection. Regardless of whether we shoot with firearms, airguns, or play ASG, putting on protective goggles should be the first thing to do after entering the shooting range.
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A Diocese de Rrëshen () é uma diocese da católica, sufragânea da Arquidiocese de Tirana-Durrës. Em 2010 havia 55.200 batizados em uma população de cerca de 240.700 habitantes. Hoje é liderada pelo bispo Dom Gjergj Meta.

Território
A diocese compreende os territórios de Dibër e Mirditë, na Prefeitura de Lezhë, na Albânia. A sede episcopal é a cidade de Rrëshen, onde fica a Catedral de Jesus, o Salvador do Mundo.

O território abrange 4000 km² e está dividido em 17 paróquias.

História
O território tornou-se uma abadia territorial através da Bula papal de Leão XIII, em 25 de outubro de 1888, pela qual o papa retirou cinco paróquias que pertenciam à diocese de Lezhë. A abadia territorial foi ampliada, em 30 de dezembro de 1890, pela retirada de três paróquias da Diocese de Sapë. Em 1917 a abadia era composta por cerca de 25.000 fiéis, distribuídos em trinta igrejas e capelas.

Durante o período comunista albanês, quando o estado declarava-se ateu, a abadia territorial estava em sede vacante entre 1946 e 1996. Em 1948 o ex-abade Frano Gjini foi condenado à morte por sua lealdade ao cristianismo.

Em 7 de dezembro de 1996, com a bula Successoris Petri, do Papa João Paulo II, a abadia territorial foi extinta e seu território cedido à Arquidiocese de Tirana-Durrës para formar a Diocese de Rrëshen, originalmente sufragânea da Arquidiocese de Shkodër (agora Arquidiocese de Shkodër-Pult).

Em 25 de janeiro de 2005, a diocese se tornou parte da província eclesiástica da Arquidiocese de Tirana-Durrës.

Líderes
 Prend Doçi (29 de dezembro de 1888 - 1919)
 Joseph Gionali (Gjonali) (28 de agosto de 1921 - 13 de junho de 1928)
 Frano Gjini (29 de junho de 1930 - 4 de janeiro de 1946)
 Sede vacante (1946-1996)
 Angelo Massafra, OFM (7 de dezembro de 1996 - 28 de março de 1998)
 Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. (5 de fevereiro de 2000 - 15 de junho de 2017)
 Gjergj Meta (15 de junho de 2017 - atual)

Estatísticas
A diocese, até o final de 2010, de uma população de 240.700 pessoas havia batizado cerca de 55.200, o que corresponde a 22,9% do total.

Fontes
 Anuário Pontifício de 2011 e no início, informou sobre www.catholic-hierarchy.org em
 Site oficial da Diocese
  Gcatholic
  Annuaire pontifical catholique 1917, p.396-397
  Bula Successoris Petri

Ver também
 Catolicismo na Albânia

Circunscrições eclesiásticas católicas da Albânia
Rreshen
Rrëshen

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Neuberger Berman Raises $1.5 Billion from Investors Worldwide for Third Global Private Equity Co-Investment Fund
Alexander Samuelson, 212 476 5392, Alexander.Samuelson@nb.com
Joanna Pope, +44 20 3214 9087, Joanna.Pope@nb.com
New York, January 20, 2016 — Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, is pleased to announce the final close of NB Strategic Co-Investment Partners III LP ("NBCIP III"), Neuberger Berman's third global private equity co-investment fund. NBCIP III was oversubscribed, closing on its hard cap of $1.5 billion and surpassing its target of $1.25 billion.
NBCIP III seeks to achieve strong risk-adjusted returns by investing directly into attractive deals alongside high-quality private equity firms in their core areas of expertise. It seeks to build a diversified portfolio of strategic co-investments primarily in buyouts and growth financings on a global basis across multiple industries.
NBCIP III is managed by six senior professionals with significant experience and a proven track record in private equity as co-investors. The team today manages a total of $4.8 billion of commitments investing in equity co-investments, since inception through January 2016.
NBCIP III's global investor base of approximately 30 institutional clients includes public pension plans, foundations, corporate pension plans, and financial companies. Investors are based globally, including Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
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Home Obits William "Tom" Gilleland Jr.
William "Tom" Gilleland Jr.
William "Tom" Gilleland Jr., 67, of Cottage Hills, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 21, 2014, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
He was born on November 20, 1946, in Wood River, the son of the late William and Harriet (Hayes) Gilleland Sr.
He married Debra L. (Tribble) on February 29, 2008, in Edwardsville. She survives.
Tom served his country for three years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He worked for the Norfolk Southern Railroad repairing track for 10 years, retiring in 1984. He was then employed at DePaul Hospital in the maintenance department. He was a member of Forest Homes First Southern Baptist Church in Cottage Hills and Cottage Hills VFW Post 7678, where he served as Commander. He enjoyed fishing, baseball, football, watching wrestling, and most of all, spending time with family and friends.
He is survived by his three children and their spouses, Vicki and Robert Heden of OR, Brandy and Matt Kotzamanis of Bethalto, and David and Alissa Gilleland of Rosewood Heights; three grandchildren, Lacy and John Kotzamanis and Ember Heden; one sister, Ruth Ellen Yanczer of White Hall, MO; and by several nieces, nephews, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Ronald "Modoc" Gilleland, and by his paternal grandmother who raised him, Allie Clark.
Services were through Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto.
Online condolence and guestbook may be found at www.eliaskallalandschaaf.com


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Del. psychiatric hospital slammed
Delaware is under fire for warehousing psychiatric patients. Federal authorities have told the Delaware Psychiatric Center to make serious changes or face legal action.
Investigators with the Department of Justice say in a report the unnecessary use of restraints and medication, and a slew of other problems contributed to the untimely death of patients and led to illness and injury.
Delaware Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Rita Landgraf says the report findings didn't come as a surprise.
"People should not come to DPC to live," she said. "People should come to DPC to be stabilized, to get treatment, and to return back to their communities."
Landgraf says she's been trying to change the hospital to allow for more out-patient services, but bureaucracy has made it slow going. She'll be looking for a more flexible budget from the state Legislature and collaborations with community-based service organizations to meet Department of Justice guidelines.
Jim Lafferty, executive director of the Mental Health Association of Delaware, agreed that money is lacking to support community-based services:
"Too many people are being kept in that hospital when they should be actually able to be transferred to the community so they can live in the community and receive appropriate treatment in the community."
Lafferty said the state and federal governments want to enable change, they're going to have to support the hospital financially.


He'll be going as a 15 month old BOY.
Now, if the temps would just drop below 90.
Exterior paint and doors post coming soon. My sister-in-law made our ghosts and dropped them off outside our door a few weeks ago! What a pleasant surprise they were! Aren't they so fun!? She made them with white felt and they are sitting on upside-down tomato cages… I added the lights for a glowing effect!
Ohh your decorations look absolutely marvelous. awesome. I love it all. I bet your children love it all. My nephew LOVES holiday decorations.
So cute! I love the wreaths and the pumpkin lights hanging from the ceiling. 🙂 Poor JM, his eye just breaks my heart! that was a rough fall!
It all looks like such fun! I cannot wait to see the exterior reveal!
Cute Halloween decorations!! We love Halloween, but I am not much of a decorator. I may have to try the ghosts. Love the candy corn banner too.
i love it! everything is super adorable!!!! your kids must love the ghosts with their names on them. cute idea!
Your front entrance is so beautiful and inviting – love it!!
While watching DIY last night I saw your orange bath! That first pic popped up and I was like, "hey, I've seen that somewhere"! Loving the holiday decor and I love those exterior lanterns, we almost bought the same ones!
Perfect combo: totally elegant yet welcoming and fun!
I'm in the Uk and am gobsmacked that your preparations for halloween are started so early ! and on such a grand scale. The churches here are beginning to offer children alternatives to Halloween such as 'Light' parties, as they don't like the children celebrating evil spirits. I think they've probably lost that battle before starting it !!
That is so cute!! That makes me wanna go out and get some things to decorate my house RIGHT NOW!! Love it!
Love it all and your house looks great!
Everything looks great! Will your sister-in-law do a mini tutorial on the ghosts…..????????? I want to make them!!
Totally agree with one of the earlier comments. Your decorations are fun, yet elegant. So many people go WAY overboard with Halloween decorations, and it just looks tacky!
Oh my goodness those are just too cute. I just called my daughter and told her we have a weekend project now to call papa at work and tell him I need some of those cages. Love the new entryway it looks great.
Those doors are making me want to RIP mine off their hinges!! So pretty, now if I could talk the hubby into it. Though I am not sure they could withstand our brutal winters!!
Love the candy corn, love it all very M.Stewartish. My son decorated his room with spiders and rats last night (they can only come out when pranking MeMa 🙂 How are those doors working for you?We have debated the 15 lite door, but people will be able to see in like were in a fish bowl. So we may plant new trees right in front. Let us know how you handle it or if you worry about that at all.
PLEASE!!!!!!! That is all so cute I can't stand it!! Love it all so much! Your doors and lights look fabulous!!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the outside of your home! I can't wait to see the whole project! BTW how do you keep your ferns so big and pretty? Mine ALWAYS seem to struggle and never grow.
I love the pumpkin lanterns!
JM can be a "Black Eye P" for Halloween!!! …Just put a "P" on his shirt!!!
So festive! Love it all!
I just love it! My twins are 15 months old and they worry me so much when they take a spill and fall down. The doors look great. Do you think you'll frost the glass or do a curtain fabric overlay?
What a shiner! Such a boy 🙂 I actually did like your old doors- but now I love your new ones!
Wow, you really are ready, well done! Looks beautiful!
Love the decorations! Where did you find the chinese lantern-ish jack-o-lanterns?
Haha, I was thinking along the same things as Melanie… the Rover can be a Black-eyed P. Although it will probably heal nicely by the 31st.
I love your new doors! I originally wanted doors like that, but decided on a solid door last minute. Seeing your home makes me wish I would have thought about that a little harder! Looks great!!
Darby it looks amazing! I reallly really like your new doors! The ghosts are too cute, also.
Very cute! The doors look great.
I love all of your decorations! The ghosts are adorable. Your house is gorgeous, too!
when my little girl was 17 months at halloween, she went as a black eyed pea for the very same reason. she fell down days before our big halloween party after i had spent hours making her an adorable (if i say so myself) peppermint costume. it just didn't "go" with the black eye. so on the way home from the ER after she fell, i decided she would be a black eyed pea. she wore black pants, a long-sleeve onesie that i put a huge P on and pigtails. she had a ball at the party, black eye and all.
whatever you decide to do, i'm sure will be so much fun!!
Everything is beautiful! Love the decorations especially the ghosts!
Where did you get your paper ball jack-o-lanterns? Love them!
Poor little guy! West gets his cast off today ( 22 months old ) . We are ready for fall also, with our decerations up but also like you it needs to cool off!
Love the renovations. Your house is gorgeous, as well as your family. Poor JM…that's a big shiner. Love the decorations. Halloween is fun! Can't wait to see what the kids are dressing up as!
Love all your decorations! I assume you made those paper lanterns by just buying orange lanterns and modifying for the season, huh? Brilliant!
My 21 month old had a shiner like that a couple of months ago and I took pictures every day to show how quickly it healed. It was like watching time lapse photography! Boys sure are fun, huh?
Your blog is such a fun place to visit!
I absolutely love your Halloween decorations!
The house looks great…..cute idea to put the lights underneath/inside the ghosts.
Everything looks terrific! I love the exterior of the house and think your Halloween decorating is really cute.
Will you share where you got the pumpkin paper lanterns?
I love the jack-o-lantern paper lanterns and have looked for them but with no luck. Where did you find them?


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The Fownes Baronetcy, of Dublin, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 26 October 1724 for William Fownes, High Sheriff of Wicklow in 1707, Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1708, and member of the Irish House of Commons for Wicklow Borough (1704–1713).

The second Baronet represented Dingle and Wicklow Borough in the Irish Parliament and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1761. The title became extinct on his death in 1778.

Fownes baronets, of Dublin (1724)
Sir William Fownes, 1st Baronet (died 1735)
Sir William Fownes, 2nd Baronet (1709–1778)

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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland


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Three Non-Native Fishes Found in Florida - Again
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Three non-native fish species have been spotted in Florida waters again this past year after not being seen for as many as 19 years. The fishes -- a panther grouper, spotted scat, and yellow tang -- were found off West Palm, Stuart and Pompano Beach.
The sightings, verified by the U.S. Geological Survey, come after a long gap in reports of these species in Florida's coastal waters. The panther grouper was last seen in 2007, the yellow tang in 2005 and the spotted scat in 1992.
"These fishes constitute a type of biological pollution. They don't belong here, and have the potential to damage the ecosystem," said USGS biologist Pam Schofield, Ph.D., who tracks the occurrence of non-native marine fishes through the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database.
The three species are among dozens of non-native marine fishes found on a "watch list" of species thought to pose a risk of invading Florida's coasts. Like one of Florida's notorious invasive species, the lionfish, all three species are native to the Indo-Pacific region.
No one knows for sure how these species found their way into Florida waters, and Schofield says more research in this area is needed. It is unlikely the fish traveled to the area without human assistance or in ship ballast water, as some species do. They may be released pets. Growing concern over pet releases has prompted the State of Florida to sponsor a series of pet amnesty days, where individuals can turn in their unwanted pets to qualified adopters without penalties or fees.
"An informed public is our best defense against invasive species," offered USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "Know what doesn't belong in your local waters and where to report unusual sightings. Most importantly, understand that it has taken eons of geologic time to bring coastal ecosystems into biological balance to provide the important services we need, such as healthy reefs, abundant seafood, and clean oceans. A poor choice to toss a foreign fish into local waters can drastically upset that balance such that it will not be regained on human timescales."
"With any non-native species released into the wild, the concern is the possibility of them reproducing and spreading," said Schofield. "So far, the only non-native marine fish to demonstrate that ability in Florida has been the lionfish…and that has become an invasive species, spreading quickly throughout the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, as well as the across the Caribbean."
"It is important to detect and remove non-native species as soon as possible, hopefully before they are able to reproduce and spread," said Schofield. "Once a species becomes established, it is nearly impossible to eradicate. We hope that our early detection and rapid response efforts will reduce the likelihood of another situation like the lionfish."
The USGS has been working with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation to rapidly detect and remove non-native marine fishes in proactive efforts to prevent establishment and adverse ecosystem impacts.
In 2009, the partnership led to a non-native damselfish being removed from Palm Beach County waters by a trained REEF response team within eight minutes of the team entering the water. It was the first and only known occurrence of that species of damselfish in Florida's waters.
The spotted scat seen this July was also successfully removed. The panther grouper and yellow tang remain at large. Sightings of these two species have now been verified from both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida, suggesting they have been introduced on multiple occasions.
The watch list of non-native marine fishes is available in the online version of the Field Guide to the Nonindigenous Marine Fishes of Florida. More information about non-native fishes and a record of reported sightings is available in the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Sightings of these or other non-native fishes can be reported to USGS online. More information about turning in unwanted pets is available at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Pet Amnesty Day website.
Scientific Names:
Spotted Scat: Scatophagus argus
Panther Grouper: Chromileptes altivelis
Yellow Tang: Zebrasoma flavescens
Damselfish: Dascyllus aruanus
Lionfish: Pterois volitans and Pterois miles
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[Alex Small/The Daily Pennsylvanian] 1992 Wharton graduate Adam Fawer speaks to a small group of students in the Penn Bookstore yesterday. Fawer recently published a mystery-thriller novel entitled 'Improbable' after quitting his business career.
Adam Fawer is not the typical novelist. He did not major in English in college and had never written professionally before his first book.
Fawer, a 1992 Wharton and College alumnus, shared the story of his first book, Improbable, last night at the bookstore.
Although he had always enjoyed writing, Fawer thought of himself more as a "numbers guy" and decided to attend Wharton.
While at Penn, Fawer found he still wanted a way to express his creative side. He applied to be a columnist for The Daily Pennsylvanian but was rejected.
"Apparently it's easier to crack in to the publishing world than The Daily Pennsylvanian," Fawer said.
However, while he was working on his MBA at Stanford, Fawer became editor-in-chief of the school's business journal. He also took a few undergraduate writing classes.
"I wanted to do something sort of business and creative, but it never worked out that way," Fawer said about his career.
After graduation, Fawer eventually worked his way into an executive position at a dot-com. He was feeling unhappy about his career when he met up with 1992 College alumna Stephanie Williams.
She was also unhappy, but for a very different reason: She had just been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.
Williams was an English major at Penn and had been working for various magazines, but her dream was to write a novel.
Inspired by Williams, Fawer quit his job, and the pair made a pact to write together every day until they each finished their own book.
Aiming for 100,000 words, Fawer came up with 150,000 for the first draft of his thriller novel, which Stephanie helped him edit. He then spent another three months writing, editing and looking for an agent.
In the end, Fawer wound up keeping only 10,000 of his original words. The novel follows a compulsive gambler who can see the past and future through an experimental drug.
His agent then tried selling the book but failed to find a publisher. Fawer felt he would not get any further and decided to return to work.
The day he started his consulting job, his agent sold the rights to his book in Holland.
"I thought I was going be the literary David Hasselhoff," Fawer said, adding that he did not think his book would be popular in the United States.
However, three days into his job, his agent sold the novel to HarperCollins.
Improbable was released in the United States in February of this year.
USA Today described the book as possibly the next Da Vinci Code -- a hit religious thriller. People magazine gave Improbable three and a half stars out of four in its review.
Williams also finished her autobiographical book, Enter Sandman, but lost her battle with cancer only two weeks after her celebratory party. However, her friends are publishing the novel for her.
"In the last three months of her life, she accomplished her greatest achievement," Fawer said.
Williams' devotion to writing despite her fatal illness inspired Fawer to live his dream.
"I was tired of living life waiting to be happy tomorrow," Fawer said.


Burton on Trent was brewing a range of pbs for a 10 mile race involving a few 100 local runners and me. Starting off at a leisure centre, taking in park paths, housing estates and more park paths, double time. Run run run.
I wasn't racing this because ultimately I am too lazy to race 'fast' and prefer to just run. Instead I was pacing my friend around the course, to a happy time. A slight tweak to the leg also meant that I was out of racing.
We started near the back of the field, although it wasn't really in a field but on a grassy bank next to the river. As a local race it wasn't chipped so off we went. Boom and they all set off.
Only a few 100 metres on the grass and then onto the park pathways, this was delightful, a bit like a 3.3 parkrun, running along the green green grass, marshals strategically placed at the corners pointing us along the path, runners streaming ahead, racing ahead fighting for a personal PB.
1 mile in, 2 miles in and the route meandered carefully around the park, taking in a delightful bridge where a photographer snapped us up. Mile 3 was against the river and then up a 'hill'. Gentle to start with but getting a little more powerful towards the top, with a drinks station perfectly placed at the brow of the hill and kind people collecting the cups. It wasn't that bad it was just a slope.
Down a road we ran, dodging a few roadworks for good measure. The down hill bit let the legs rest after the 'hill'. Becky was doing well looking strong, sounding strong, I was a little way in front chatting running, saying hi to the marshals thanking them as we passed people in all our glory.
4 miles in and the big main bridge was in sight, as was the finish but we had to do it all over again. As we passed the finsih line our names and numbers got called out and we went through with a big grin on our faces in around 48 minutes Brilliant!
Back round to the 5 miler and then 6 miles, going through 6.2 miles in under an hour which was fantastic, I knew by this point we were on for a good time, Becky's target was around 1.40 and we were going to do it.
What we just ran we had to do it all over again.
Back up the hill again, although Becky was beginning to slow down due to the incline she was still going strong, following a woman in purple at all times overtaking people on the hills and feeling the strength.
Back in the park we were still overtaking people, a look at the watch told me Becky was going to get under 1.40 with ease and quite close to 1.35. I was hoping to push her a little more and a little more and just a little tiny bit more too.
Pushing over the bridge we had overtaken most people and chasing purple woman and another person just a few paces in front. The bridge was long but the finish was noisy and very much in sight.


The program of the first classes of the capital equipment of schools with computers in 2011 completed, said the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin during a visit to secondary school N 820 in the North-West district of the capital.
After the presentation of the new season players forward of FC "Rostov" Roman Adamov has kindly agreed to answer reporters for another couple of questions.
— Of all the clubs that you are after the "Rostov" played "Terek", "Moscow", "Ruby", "Wings" — which team was more comfortable?
— I think that in the "Moscow". And to me on the team, and my attitude to the team.
— In "Moscow" has led you to play under the guidance of his first coach Leonid Slutsky. The hope is that the fate will bring back the same team?


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Our store hours during the off season are 9am to 5pm. From Memorial Day until Labor Day, the store hours are 9am to 8pm on weekends and 9am to 5pm Sunday thru Thursday.
Pool hours are 10am-Dusk during off season and 10am-10pm Memorial Day thru Labor Day. The pool opens from Noon - Dusk on Sunday, year round.
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Our beautiful pool area is open daily from 10 am - 10 pm, excluding Sunday. Sunday hours are 12:00pm - Dusk.
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By Lisa Wainwright August 5, 2015 SAIC
Photo by Helen Maria Nugent
Once again the fifty-sixth Venice Biennale, which runs from May to October this year, offered an exhilarating art world scavenger hunt across the noble canal city of Venice, Italy. From the major venues at the Giardini (a sprawling park dotted with national exhibition pavilions built from the nineteenth century onward), and the Central Pavilion and Arsenale (Venice's former ship building yards), where Biennale curator Okwui Enwezor installed a collection of work, to the churches, palazzo, storefronts, and other nooks and crannies, Venice was bedecked with art from around the world.
The Biennale delivered a barometer of what's happening in contemporary art, and by extension for this particular exhibition, what's happening beyond the narrow parameters of that elite world. This year's Venice Biennale cast a light on the complex texture of the global condition — the tragic horrors and the rapturous beauty humans have wrought past and present.
I met up with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's (SAIC) study trip to Italy headed by architect Anders Nereim, designer Helen–Maria Nugent, and art historian and critic James Yood (a terrific faculty representing the school's art/design nexus) and their 30 smart "studenti," who had just come from Milan and Rome studying the art and design of the past in order to engage with the art and design of today.
What struck me while in dialogue with the students in Venice was the breadth of SAIC's international student body against the backdrop of this major international exhibition where the curatorial thesis of the entire show was All the World's Futures. Here we were — deeply international (from Ecuador, Korea, Iran, Scotland, China, Syria, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, and the U.S.) — unpacking universal iconographies, global politics, national styles, and local traditions, together as a united nations of art student connoisseurs. It was wonderful. SAIC's international student body was foregrounded as a great asset once again.
One notable failing, however, was the absence of African or African-American students on the trip, particularly in light of the many powerful examples of contemporary African art on offer in Okwui Enwezor's curatorial project. This Biennale epiphany made it clear that if we are to build on our strength as a truly global art school, it is time to recruit in Africa, with its deep traditions of art making. Equally critical, we must continue the push to find and fund more domestic artists of color and provide them too with the opportunity to mine a global experience for their art and design education.
Okwui Enwezor's show, also titled All the World's Futures, carried the leitmotif of politics across a selection of objects and images. The central pavilion set up the thesis with an array of works addressing the ills of our time, from environmental calamity to violent racism. Karl Marx loomed large as Das Kapital was read aloud several times a day suggesting that capitalism remains the culprit in our world of excess and inequity.
The second half of Enwezor's exhibition at the Arsenale pursued the theme further, but here the works displayed more affect, more expressivity, and more pathos. There were video and photographic images of the richness of cultures around the globe and beautifully crafted objects and paintings from the able hands of artists from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the rest of the world — many unknown to me.
Representing SAIC alumni were Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tania Bruguera, and Chicago was certainly in the house with major installations by Theaster Gates and Kerry James Marshall. Works on paper dominated both venues as if to underscore the social and economic accessibility of this art form in defiance of an escalated art market (although Professor Yood was quick to point out that the artist's labels held the name, title, country of origin, and current residence, with "lives in New York," "lives in London," and "lives in Berlin" dominating. All the world's futures[u1] , it seems, ultimately leads back to a few hegemonic art centers).
Central to our progress in producing visual culture at SAIC is the role of empathy. We depict so that others might enter into our vision, a new vision, and in so doing expand their own thinking. An international student body, like the global art world, is essential to poetically building a peaceful understanding between those of different cultures, genders, races, nations, and beliefs.
In Venice we saw the beauty of Haiti, we heard the music of the Republic of the Congo, we beheld objects of wonder from China and distressed detritus from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and we witnessed the faces of Iran in exquisitely rendered paintings. Our international student body helped open up the work by sharing the stories of their own cultures and nations. And this kind of access to the Biennale was profound. SAIC will continue to educate "all the world's futures" through the many voices we have on campus and through our willingness to listen to each and every one. I was listening in Venice, and it was extraordinary.
Helen–Maria Nugent, James Yood, Okwui Enwezor, Venice Biennale
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Considerations of the Dalai Lama, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and the rest of the world
Lama-palooza III: Simple Not Simplistic
Thursday, May 27, 2010 Thursday, May 27, 2010 ~ Ben S. Pollock	~ 2 Comments
Mandala destruction at UNI on May 19, 2010. Photo by Christy Pollock
Copyright 2010 Ben S. Pollock
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The appearances in Iowa of the exiled spiritual and political leader of China-controlled Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama, had a successive feel: first a closed reception for a few dozen donors on Monday, May 17, a panel discussion the next morning, then finally a solo turn that afternoon. One wanted His Holiness to hit it out of the park, but knew he'd likely further develop thoughts he'd begun earlier, yet the overall memory is one of satisfaction. Any disappointment would disappear as days melded and faded, much like a bright mandala brushed into a heap of now pastel sand.
This wasn't summer camp, a spiritual retreat or a rock festival despite similarities. The man in the burgundy and goldenrod robes simply agreed to a couple of speeches in a state he'd not visited before. [Aspects previously covered in Lama-palooza I and Lama-palooza II.]
The title of the Dalai Lama's keynote address,"The Power of Education," indicated more a starting point for broad considerations rather than a subject, and indeed was the practiced ramble of an extraordinary mind.
First, before the 2 p.m. start, the University of Northern Iowa Wind Symphony played. As a recorder and low brass player, I'm a sucker for bands, and the group had it a little rough. The spring semester was over by a week or so yet they hung around for this. They were playing before an audience of 5,000 in the basketball arena (the lofty acoustics of such are frustrating, too) settled noisily into the bleachers.
The UNI president, Benjamin J. Allen, opened. He presented His Holiness an honorary doctorate. The academic collar-shawl kept slipping off the Venerable's shoulders.
Next, the band, accompanied by several choruses, including a children's chorale, performed Joy, composed for the visit by UNI music professor Jonathan Schwabe, a setting of a Buddhist verse. It's sung in English, and the translation also was in the program. It advises joy, peace, health, trust. It's a handsome piece performed with quiet passion. Hearing Joy again would be a pleasure; maybe a podcast was made. Schwabe presented the Dalai Lama with the handwritten original score; in return he received a khata white silk scarf and a blessing.
Leaving the arena later, MB and I found ourselves walking near a French horn player Continue reading →
Lama-palooza II: Paneling
The Dalai Lama speaking in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on May 18, 2010. His Holiness is wearing an Indiana University visor, from a previous speech. Photo by Ben Pollock.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — On this sunny late-spring morning, two lines stretch a couple of blocks from the gym. Between them was a rainbow of vendor tents, selling books, beads and other Tibetan items. All in the queues already have tickets, for reserved seats. We're going through airplane-like security, four walk-throughs inside each of two sets of doors, to see the morning session of the Dalai Lama's first visit to this state, the first minutes of which will be spent with the provost teaching him it's Iy-Oh-Wah smoothly, not his phonetic guesses that make the crowd laugh.
The scans and searches couldn't go more professionally. We're some 4,000 seekers: curiosity-, spiritual- or my kind, in-between. The McLeod Center is the basketball field house, not as big as Bud Walton Arena at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, yet year in year out this decade, the University of Northern Iowa seems to have a stronger team.
There's little doubt the Dalai Lama can fill the Walton next May (20,000 seats in a game configuration so maybe 15,000 for a speech). UNI sold out its afternoon session, 5,000 tickets. Every public appearance of His Holiness attracts Americans from hundreds of miles away. If there's any softness in attendance it's because his earlier appearances this tour were a few hours away: Madison, Wis., and Bloomington, Ind.
My notes from the morning's panel discussion are decent enough to write an article, but the local press handled that just fine, the Register and the Courier. UNI's Public Relations/Marketing crew snapped nice stills. Following are jots: I'm a visiting Arkie Jew, married to a Christian student of Tibetan Buddhism. [Two University of Arkansas faculty members helped arrange the UNI Tibetan events.]
This morning's is a panel discussion. That's such a dicey format. Continue reading →
Lama-palooza I: Rock star
The Dalai Lama arriving in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on May 17, 2010. Photo by Christy Pollock.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — I got this close to the Dalai Lama (spread hands about four feet) last week. If you can get that close, he might bless you, shake your hand, lift your khata (ritual silk scarf) from your neck and replace it or some combination. In this surprisingly small band of about 18 — not a Clintonesque rope line of hundreds — only about four received such a greeting. Some of we 14 later expressed disappointment, but most were like me, just delighted by the proximity.
I gained no instant revelation from the "almost" and, being rational most of the time, I am confident none would have come from direct contact, any more than my writing improved after Salman Rushdie the other year signed my copy of The Satanic Verses, or how last month at the local library Mel Bartholomew shook my hand and signed his revised Square Foot Gardening for me. Yesterday I saw a rabbit eye the lettuce in my raised bed, because he can't read.
Yet something electric began, outside the performance auditorium of the University of Northern Iowa, about 2:15 p.m. CDT Monday, May 17, 2010. The overall visit embedded something vital. This Brick, Lama-palooza I, along with Lama-palooza II and Lama-palooza III, will consider this roundabout couple of days only as straightforwardly as needed. [The running title refers to the Lollapalooza music fest, due to the celebrity aspects of His Holiness on a U.S. speaking tour.]
Plus, what am to do with the notes I took? The jottings could be fashioned into news articles. All would be better off reading the regional Des Moines Register's accounts of the the Dalai Lama's morning panel and afternoon speech or the robust coverage by the local Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, which even posted videos. [I'll looked at them after posting my three columns.]
My Beloved and I drove from Arkansas, combining a hometown Iowa visit for MB with two hours further to UNI, also her alma mater. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Adjunct Instructor Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk ("geshe" corresponds to Ph.D. in Tibetan education), and his sponsor, English Professor (also Fulbright Honors Program Director) Sidney Burris, every fortnight for months have traveled here to teach Buddhist religion and Tibetan culture, and advise administration and faculty on the pending holy visit. MB has gotten close to the two men and the spiritual group they lead; sometimes I tag along. Due to the duo, perhaps 20 other Northwest Arkansans carpooled to Cedar Falls as well. News that the Dalai Lama is scheduled to speak at UA next May was confirmed only recently, after everyone's travel plans were set.
Geshe advised us by phone to be outside Continue reading →


Winter is about half way through, and while spring is on the horizon, there are a group of people who are notably happier (and warmer) during the winter months. These lucky ones get to enjoy winter for picturesque backdrops and quintessential Winnipeg winter activities, like skating the river trail, without complaining about the nuisances that winter weather provides. If you see someone perpetually grinning this season, chances are they live in a new condo and get to enjoy the perks below. Here are five reasons you could also be smiling during a snowstorm.
New condos provide savings on your heating bill in two ways - shared walls offer an abundance of insulation from the cold, while energy efficient windows and new building materials and practices reduce the need for extra energy consumption in the winter. For more ways to save money on your heating bill, check out this post.
While the post-snowstorm shovel and car clear off is a great way to get a workout, it's also sure to add a good 15 to 30 minutes to your morning. Imagine spending that time cuddled up in your warm bed, enjoying your coffee, and stepping into a steamy shower before making your way down to your clean, dry vehicle, with clear terrain to get out onto the road.
Not only do you get to avoid the snow shovel, you get to stay toasty! You don't even have to step foot outdoors to get to your car, and if you're lucky enough to be headed somewhere with indoor parking, you can avoid winter wear and feeling chilly entirely.
It's not unusual for socially inclined folk to hibernate more in the winter. With the effort involved in getting out of the house in a snowstorm to clearing off a parked car, it's no wonder people are more likely to just stay home and Netflix and chill. Living in a condo makes it easier to get out, but even better, gives you a building full of friends and neighbours that are a short jaunt down the hall away. Imagine heading to game night in your slippers and cardigan and not having to worry about a designated driver. Neighbour friends for the win!
From pool tables, to lounges, to fitness rooms - StreetSide apartment-style condos offer plenty to enjoy indoors under the same roof as your unit during the winter months.
Find heated, secure underground parking at StreetSide's The Rise Condos, Metro Condos, Hudson Apartment-Style Condos and The Charles Condos, and enjoy included snow clearing of walkways at all StreetSide condo projects.
At Bluestem Condos' townhomes, you can even park in your own private garage, and enjoy snow clearing right up to your door.
Just imagine — this snow shovel could be your last!


The Trident Series 65 console offers a great many facilities in a very compact space, the uses to which the console can be put are many and in fact effectively encompass any use that can be imagined for a sound recording console. The most common of these uses include: multi-track recording, sound reinforcement, broadcast, mobile recording, and theatre sound.
Very often the console can be used for a dual purpose such as providing live sound reinforcement whilst at the same time being used to make a multi-track recording. In this example the Series 65 can also be used to perform a sophisticated master mix-down after the recording, quite comparable with that obtainable iin a major recording studio.
Because of an ingenious mechanical construction it is possible to expand the Input section of the Series 65 by the addition of 8-way expander sections up to a maximum of 56 inputs. When the console is expanded in this manner, there is no visible sign that the console has been Increased in size unless it is expanded after Its original purchase in which case the front arm rest will need to be lengthened if it is required to remain in one continuous length. If required, instead of fitting input modules to an 8-way expander section it may be fitted with a 240 point professional 'bantam' patch-bay. This greatly Increases the versatility of the system and eliminates the need to reach the back of the console in order to re-patch equipment. This patch-bay is supplied unwired by Trident as it would be impossible to stock patch-bays to cater for the wide variety of input/output configurations available with Series 65.
For portable applications, owing to its compact size the Series 65 will readily adapt to use in a flight case. Because the main inputs and outputs of the console are electronically balanced, ground loops and hum etc. can safely be eliminated when used in a portable application where the console is constantly being connected to different types of equipment. A separate power supply also ensures that stray radiated fields can be avoided in various types of buildings.
Because the Series 65 is a fully modular system, maintenance and fault finding is a very simple affair. Each module employs a high quality glass fibre printed circuit board that has clearly printed component identification. All Integrated circuits are mounted in sockets so that replacement is extremely quick and does not require a soldering iron.
Foundational text courtesy of the Trident Series 65 console operations manual.
- Trident Series 65 Console - Photo courtesy of Larry Janus.
- Trident Series 65 56X16X2 at Fiasco Bros. Recording Studios. Photos courtesy of Len Osanic of Fiasco Bros. Recording Studios.
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Not here for ShAFF 2017, don't worry. You can get a sneak preview screening of the 'Best Of The Fest' here on the eve of the event.#ShAFFThursday.
Programme of films to be announced a week or so before the event. Rest assured, they will be the best!


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Premier Fahie flags concerns about 'Constitutional Relationship' @ JMC
Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie raised concerns during the Overseas Territories Joint Minister Council (JMC) meeting regarding language of the communiqué relating to a section on the Constitutional Relationship.
Premier Fahie led a delegation to the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial held virtually from November 23 to 26, 2020.
'VI's position remains unchanged'- Hon Fahie
According to Government Information Services (GIS), in a press release on November 26, 2020, in making his final intervention during the JMC, Premier Fahie said the following:
"I am aware that the OTs (Overseas Territories) and Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials have been working tirelessly to reach joint agreement on this year's communiqué. We agree that the language needs enhancement to reflect our agreement of policy or intention. My Government had envisioned in good faith that outlining shared principles, managing competing interests and building consensus would ensure continued cooperation. Yet, despite the hard work of officials on all sides, we have been unable to reach agreement.
Throughout this process, my Government has provided workable alternatives in the hope of achieving mutually agreeable positions.
The BVI's position remains unchanged, we cannot agree with the current language of the communique relating to the Constitutional Relationship. BVI would like to openly declare a reserved position regarding the Constitutional Relationship language. Our submissions to amend the wording in this area of the communique were based on the UK commitments to OTs as outlined in the White Paper of 2012 and in Article 73 of the United Nations Charter.
The Government of the Virgin Islands is of the view that the constitutional relationship between the Overseas Territories and the United Kingdom must be allowed to evolve as the territories mature.
'Relationship between UK & OTs must be allowed to evolve'
My Government is of the view that the constitutional relationship between the OTs and the UK must be allowed to evolve as the territories mature. Each OT has changed their constitutional relationship with the UK based on their needs and circumstance over the past decades. Thus, illustrating that each territory's constitution as a living document.
The UK being a signatory to the UN Charter, specifically article 73, commits the UK to help territories whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government; to work with us to develop the political aspirations of the people of the Territory. The Virgin Islands encourages constructive and productive engagement whereby the UK listens, responds, and actively works with territories to find practicable solutions in order to advance the will of the people.
These are very uncertain times and I hope that the people and Governments of the UK and OTs will successfully get through the COVID-19 crisis and handle any fallout from Brexit. The BVI will certainly be helpful where possible."
According to GIS, Premier said that even though the constitutional relationship section was in the end removed, all OTs did not agree that the entire section should be removed as the UK was not supportive of a reservation being entered on any aspect of the Communique.
The annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting brings together political leaders from the Overseas Territories and UK ministers and is the principal forum for reviewing and implementing strategies for promoting the security and good governance of the OTs and their economic and social development.
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First-rate dumplings served in a modern but a touch sterile environment.
: Shanghai is home to six branches of this Taiwanese chain that serves up some of the best xiaolongbao in the city. You can see these soup dumplings being made in the window before you walk in. Both the pork and pork with crab roe varieties are recommended, and unlike at many other places serving xiaolongbao, these arrive, correctly, with ginger that should be mixed with vinegar that's used as a dip. (Be careful when eating the dumplings as they contain hot soup.) Most of the food is fairly basic, consisting of dishes such as fried rice, dumplings and noodles, but it is all well-executed. Try the spicy dan dan noodles. Service is professional. Décor is modern, airy and clean.


The results of this study suggest that, depending on any future carbon price and fiscal policies, there is significant potential for transport and injection of CO2 emitted from natural gas field developments in South-East Asia. A significant number of projects are likely to be viable with a carbon price up to US$20 per tonne in real terms ignoring the effects of the fiscal terms that operate across the region and up to US$60 per tonne in real terms assuming that the fiscal terms that apply to gas field developments also apply to CO2 transport and injection projects.
However, this study is based on limited high-level data and therefore the findings are only broadly indicative. More detailed project-specific studies are required. In addition, realising the potential for CO2 sequestration requires more work in establishing the economic, fiscal and regulatory environment in which such projects could be developed.
We recommend further study based on more specific data on actual gas field developments and potential storage sites, particularly depleted or depleting fields for which data is plentiful. Depending on the circumstances, this might involve a study of enhanced oil or gas recovery in addition to CO2 storage. In our view, such a study would first require obtaining the cooperation of oil and gas companies in the region and then working closely with them. The study is likely to proceed in stages. First it would involve contacting companies at a high level to gauge their level of interest in collaborating in such a study. Then it would involve negotiating agreements with interested companies to determine the terms of reference before the study begins. Finally, it would involve preparing the study with the close cooperation of the interested companies.