Le père Arthur Volel est décédé
Sat ,31/07/20100 Comments | Haiti Observateur, Jan 30-Feb 6, 2008
L’un des prtres ayant sacrifi sa vie pour les pauvres est dcd dans une maison de retraite pour religieux, Tabarre, banlieue nord-ouest de Port-au-Prince. Il tait g de 84 ans.
Le pre Arthur Volel, une figure emblmatique de l’glise catholique hatienne, qui a vcu une bonne partie de son sacerdoce Cite Soleil, est dcd le lundi 28 janvier.
Le dfunt, qui incarne l’amour du prochain et qui s’est toujours sacrifi pour les pauvres, a pass quarante ans de son ministre dans le plus grand bidonville du pays, priant, soignant et protgeant es pauvres et les humbles.
Affili l’ordre des Salsiens, le pre Volel avait, auparavant, men son oeuvre missionnaire tour tour PtionVille et La Saline o il a toujours jou le rle de pionnier dans la dispensation de services
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If I am jig,
Sat ,31/07/2010If I am jig, or texas-rigging I prefer to use an Extra-Fast tip for the sensitivity. If I am mojo-rigging I prefer a fast action because it allows the fish to load the rod before I set the hook. I very rarely use a slow action rod although they do see a lot of use. The “Noodle” type rods used by Steelhead fisherman would be considered a slow action rod. They allow the fisherman to use lighter line while fishing because the rod help cushion the load on the line. One note, however, the slower the action of the rod, the harder it is to get a good hookset because less force is applied directly to the fish.
I hope this has shed a little light on rod action and rod weight. I know the research taught me quite a bit.
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Cottage industry
Sat ,31/07/20100 Comments | Evening Post; Bristol (UK), Jul 29, 2010 | by MARK TAYLOR
It was a pregnancy craving that gave Amanda Armstrong the original idea to start her own cake business.
The Long Ashton-based mother-of-two was pregnant with her second child when she thought about baking cakes for a living and the Hill Cottage Bakery was born.
“Like a lot of mums-to-be, I spent a lot of time in cafes drinking coffee and eating cake,” laughs Amanda, who is now mum to Emma, five, and seven-year-old Michael.
“I found that when I was pregnant I was reading lots about cupcakes and baking so I just thought ‘I can bake, why don’t I have a go at this’.”
Amanda started the Hill Cottage Bakery in the summer of 2008 from her tiny kitchen in Long Ashton.
With no experience of baking outside of the family home, she made a selection of cakes and took them out on the road to see if she could drum up business.
“My husband had a day off so I baked up loads of cakes, put them in a large container and drove to Clifton.
“I walked around with my cakes and handwritten cards, and literally walked into cafes telling people what I was doing.
“From that, I got three good clients who said they had been buying in their cakes up to that point but were looking to sell locally made cakes.”
Although one of her original clients has since closed, The Mall Delicatessen in Clifton Village and the Tea Rooms at Gatcombe Farm in Long Ashton continue to be Amanda’s main customers, although she is now looking for more local businesses to stock her cakes.
As well as cupcakes, Amanda bakes celebration cakes for private customers and has recently started a gift wrapped cake service.
Mindful that cupcakes are too delicate to send nationwide through the post, she decided to diversify and move into brownies, although it was her daughter, Emma, who gave her the idea.
“I was quite wary about sending the cupcakes by post because even the special boxes I tried didn’t protect the cakes very well.
“I tried dropping them on the floor, throwing them in a bag and they were all dreadful. I thought that if they arrived in the post in that condition, that would be somebody’s celebration ruined.
“My daughter goes to Rainbows and there have been loads of celebrations this year for the 100th anniversary of girl guides and, of course, brownies.
“Emma kept reminding me that’s the Girl Guide Association’s Centenary Year so I decided to use this as my theme and offer gift wrapped ‘brownies’ by post because they travel better than cupcakes.”
Amanda now makes five different types of brownie. There is the traditional chocolate variety but also Very Berry, Chunky White Chocolate, Ginger Zinger and Walnut Whipped.
The brownies are made to a basic recipe of flour, sugar, chocolate, butter and free-range eggs, with additional ingredients such as raspberries, ginger and walnuts added.
It’s the simplicity of the products that Amanda thinks sets her brownies apart from others.
“The brownies have got about half a dozen ingredients at most and there are no preservatives so this is real home baking.
“I use the finest Callebaut Belgian chocolate, wonderful Somerset butter from Wyke Farm in Bruton and free-range eggs from the local farm.
“Most of the raspberries for the Very Berry brownies come from my garden or from the local farm shop so it doesn’t get much more local than that.
“It’s a simple recipe which has evolved over the past year or so. I had a starting point but I tweaked so many recipes and changed quantities along the way, but it’s my unique recipe now.
“My family were my chief testers and they were eating brownies for a very long time. My children still can’t get enough of them.”
By sending the boxes of brownies through the post, Amanda is hoping to break into the gift market for birthdays, special occasions and even presents for new mums.
She says: “Rather than send flowers to the mum of a new baby, why not send a box of brownies? “Everybody I talk to loves brownies – it’s the chocolate but it’s also the squidginess of them
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Listen and Talk Make contact with your
Sat ,31/07/2010Listen and Talk
Make contact with your people regularly, both formally and informally. Just listen to what they have to say, value their contribution (really, and show it!) and tell them the stuff they need to know.
6. Be a Part
Get yourself into the team. Show you are interested in the work they do – and even work with them too. Take the time and trouble to understand their work, their issues and their experiences.
7. Watch for Opportunity
Times will come when more can happen to bond your people together. They may not be obvious – so get alerted to these chances offered. Fine tune your awareness and go for it!
8. Appreciate Effort
Say ‘thank you’ and let people know they have done well – especially when they’ve gone an extra mile for you. Not only will they do it again, but you will also build your personal relationship with them and the culture.
9. Encourage
Where you have the opportunity, take the time to encourage the next phase of their growth. Make it a priority.
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You can use those profits
Thu ,29/07/2010You can use those profits to buy higher-ticket items for buying and selling on ebay and make even more money. Electronics, cell phones, and stereo equipment are all big sellers. So are designer clothing for men, women, and children.
Click Here! for ebay money making opportunities in Janiece Smith’s ebook on lessons teaching you how to easily and quickly find and sell products for a profit on ebay.
Believe it or not, children?s clothing is always a hot item on ebay. Just make sure you?re selling the proper clothing for the season. One woman buys all the children?s clothing she can at the end of a season, then goes on ebay, selling it the following season.
So always be thinking a little ahead if you?re interested in selling children?s, or any other, clothing. Use that as one of your ebay money making opportunities. It doesn?t do a lot of good to try and sell that beautiful forest green wool winter coat in the middle of July.
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Feds move to improve health insurance appeals
Thu ,29/07/2010Feds move to improve health insurance appeals
0 Comments | Charleston Daily Mail, Jul 23, 2010 | by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration took the first step Thursday to guarantee that consumers can appeal to a neutral referee if their health insurance company denies a medical claim.
However, because health insurance and President Barack Obama’s overhaul law are both complicated, the new federal safeguards will not immediately apply to most Americans with private coverage.
The regulations issued Thursday spell out a two-stage process for appeals, administration officials said.
First, consumers will appeal directly to the insurer. If they’re denied a second time, they can go to an independent reviewer whose decision is binding. Health plans must pay the cost of outside appeals, and if they’re overruled, they must cover the disputed claim in full.
Consumers can also use the appeals process if their coverage gets canceled. And the rules provide for expedited decisions in medically urgent circumstances.
Although most health plans already have a system for appeals – and 44 states provide for some form of outside review – the federal rules are more stringent with insurers and friendlier to consumers
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For example, if you want
Thu ,29/07/2010For example, if you want 60K and sense that announcing that figure ahead of time will sink you, you can tell them: ?my range starts in the upper 40s to mid 50s.? That way, you won?t be screened out for what the H.R. rep might consider an excessive salary requirement. Most importantly, it will enable you to go to the all important second interview with the person who has real hiring authority.
Your second interview is your opportunity to ?WOW? your potential employer. Tell them all the things you can and will do for them. Avoid salary negotiating and let them know they can?t live without you. Once you sell them on that point, you will be prepared to give your salary figure of 60K, but only discuss salary if they bring it up [your third interview should be their actual offer to you, however be prepared for an offer earlier than that if you WOW them and they insist on hiring you on the spot.
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Trust your instincts about people. If
Wed ,28/07/2010Trust your instincts about people.
If you feel mentally or psychically tired or drained in the presence of a specific person, be cautious in your dealings with that person. They may indeed be leeching your life energy. Make a note of your energy levels when that person isn’t around. Be conscious of your state of mind when they are present and when they are absent. Use your own judgment about whether that person is draining your life energy.
The psychic vampires will resort to all manner of deceits and manipulations in order to gain a foothold into your life. It is ironic that in the legends of these monsters there is the notion that a vampire can only enter a home if invited.
Indeed, in many cases we invite these soul stealers into our lives ourselves. Be careful of who you invite into your life, trust your own judgement when determining whether or not a new aquaintance may sho signs of being a psychic vampire.
Jeffry R. Palmer is the author of several works dealing withmetaphysical and esoteric subjects. More information about the author can be found at http://the-psychic-detective.com..
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'They had knives, they jumped me … that's the last thing I
Wed ,28/07/2010‘They had knives, they jumped me … that’s the last thing I
0 Comments | Evening Standard; London (UK), Jul 23, 2010 | by Felix Allen
A TEACHER who was almost killed in a gang knife attack near his east London school vowed today to be back in his classroom in September despite suffering horrific injuries.
Gary Smith’s face was slashed from his mouth to his neck and he was stabbed and beaten repeatedly by a group of five Asian youths — all wearing black bandanas — as he walked to work in Mile End.
The 37-year-old, a religious studies teacher at Central Foundation School for Girls in Bow, told the Standard he was lucky to be alive after being ambushed at 8.20am on July 12.
Police first treated the attack as a robbery but upgraded the investigation to attempted murder because Mr Smith was so seriously injured. He needed three operations to repair his face and was not discharged from hospital until last night.
Speaking for the first time about the savage attack, he said: “They were all armed with knives. I tried to defend myself and run away but they all jumped me and that’s the last thing I remember. I’m not sure how many times they stabbed me — I’ve got several wounds on my head, and bruises all over my face and body.
“I wouldn’t want anybody else to suffer what I went through. I survived but somebody else might not.
“If this is the kind of thing they’re doing, I hope they will be caught soon to keep people safe.”
Mr Smith, who also runs a martial arts club, said that he did not believe the youths recognised him or targeted him for any reason.
He said from his home in Chingford: “I’ve absolutely no idea what the motive could be. I was just walking to work and it seems entirely random.
“They were probably just looking for someone to hurt and I happened to be there.
“I’m very pleased to be home so I can start to recover fully. I’ve had a lot of support from my family and my friends and colleagues at school
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Market rumblings
Wed ,28/07/2010Market rumblings
0 Comments | New Straits Times, Jun 25, 2010 | by Andrew Wong
IF you keep an ear to the ground, you might hear the sound of a locomotive coming your way.
On board are people of all kinds – including local and foreign investors. As it draws closer to you, it will cause the ground to tremble more violently and perhaps make you realise that change is just around the corner. For when it arrives at your station and the passengers hop out, your town will no longer be the listless sleepy hollow it now is.
Instead, it will be filled with people with the money to spend on all sorts of things – even property – so long as it fits their criteria of being cheap but with the ability to quickly appreciate.
It’s very likely that this town is Kuala Lumpur – first stop – and that the train will be coming from Singapore, where its denizen is seeing improved government-to-government ties and is acknowledging the “modest success” we are perceived to be enjoying with our “improved” level of competitiveness.
I didn’t say that – investment bank Citi did when it suggested last month that we may soon see a “next wave of investments” by Singaporeans.
“With the proposed cross-border rapid transit system link between Johor and Singapore by 2018, this connectivity could enlarge (prospects),” it added.
But why did I say KL and not Johor Baru since it is just next door to the Lion City and is thus in a physically better position to tap the benefits? Simply because KL’s market has been tried and tested and is proven to be resilient, weathering shocks well and being the springboard to better gains, as many investors have found out.
Philippine-based real estate research website Global Property Guide thinks so too, as it recently recommended Malaysia as Asia’s top investment destination in its Property Recommendations mid-2010 report.
“Don’t buy in parts of the world which have just come out of a housing boom (except in the United States),” it said, adding that rental yield – the “amount (that) can be earned from renting out a property before expenses and taxes, expressed as a percentage of the property’s value” – is “a key number”.
On why it chose KL, GPG pointed out the city’s solid yield of 8.8 per cent and its relatively low capital gains tax” among others.
“Malaysia has long been a picture of macroeconomic stability and strong GDP growth over many years,” it said.
“Despite submerged ethnic tensions” and “the worry (of) high capital flight, which indicates that something is amiss in Malaysia’s economic environment”, GPG said “strong growth is likely to continue”, especially in KL city.
Where should astute investors put their money ahead of any price rise? Landed residential units may not be the flavour given that domestic demand has caused several parts of KL and the Klang Valley to surge to new highs, especially terraces and semi-dees in modern enclaves such as Desa ParkCity, where three-storey intermediates have changed hands for over RM1.7 million, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Taman Seputeh and Bangsar.
Rather, they may wish to revisit the Kuala Lumpur City Centre or KLCC area that suddenly went from red hot to stone cold following the worldwide economic slowdown that hit the nation early last year.
According to some estate agents, when it came, it caused prices of some luxury condominiums there to “slump by as much as 30 per cent” due to increasing supply and weakening demand as a segment of the buying market made up of foreign investors found themselves repatriating their money back to their native land to patch up the growing holes in their bank accounts.
That has led to a situation where prime class A luxury condos in KLCC – where land is worth over RM2,200psf – are being offered for almost the same value as a similar luxury project in a fringe-KL location even though the land cost there is significantly less, at perhaps only RM500psf.
Such disparity cannot go unnoticed forever. With the positive comments made by Citi and GPG, this may be the time for KL in general and the KLCC district in particular to shine once again.
Keep your ears to the ground.
Andrew Wong