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Shadows of Valor Reissue

The reissue of SHADOWS OF VALOR, by Elsie Park will be available in paperback and ebook formats March 14th, 2017 everywhere online and in select stores. (Hey, that’s today!!!)

BLURB: Something dark stirs within the peaceful walls of the prosperous town of Graywall, something only the mysterious knight-spy known as The Shadow can overcome. Torn between a sense of justice and a desire for revenge, The Shadow is the nobleman Sir Calan, who must use his skills to assist the Lord of Graywall. When Sir Calan is sent to hunt down smugglers who have run rampant after the levying of a harsh tax by King Edward, he learns of a plot against the just ruler of the town, Lord Shaufton. To thwart this plot, Calan enters a pseudo courtship with Shaufton’s daughter under the guise of Sir Calan, even as he wrestles with emotions stirred by the lovely Elsbeth, Lord Shaufton’s niece. Elsbeth may be the only person who can heal Calan’s troubled soul, but she has secrets of her own. Rife with deceit, greed, and betrayal, Shadow of Valor is a timeless tale of honor, love, and redemption.

Get it on Amazon or Barnes&Noble.

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Defiance is Back!

As of today, Defiance is back on the market! This second addition with the revamped (no pun intended. :)) cover and editing is once again available for purchase. It’s exclusively available through Amazon until the summer of 2017. Then it will be available where books are sold everywhere else. If you want to be updated of when this book will be available on other channels, please sign up for my newsletter. Click on the picture below or here to get your copy.

40 Books For Women To Read in 2017

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The makings of a true horror story: A dystopian world in which a woman’s only worth is her ability to breed. Read it before the new Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss premieres in April. Buy the book

The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis

The famed Barbizon hotel takes center stage in this novel where a present-day journalist becomes obsessed with the secrets of one of the Barbizon hotel’s oldest residents. Told in alternating chapters of present day and 1952, The Dollhouse is a coming-of-age story, mystery, and love story, all rolled into one.

The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

A Paris apartment, abandoned for years, and the young woman who closed the door on it at the dawn of World War Two. Who lived in this apartment? Why would anyone leave it shuttered for decades? Richman’s latest novel, The Velvet Hours, is a beautiful novel about two women, the choices they make, and love in its many forms. A must read for fans of The Nightingale.

Dissension – Adrienne Monson

Vampire Leisha is caught in the middle of an eternal and bloody war between her people and immortals, an undying race sworn to destroy all vampires. It’s a different life from the one she had 2,000 years ago when she led a quiet life as a devoted mother. Leisha soon finds herself captured by the government, only to be saved by a mysterious human girl. Leisha and her newfound friend run for their lives while searching for the one thing that can bring an end to this escalating conflict–the prophecy child. Buy the Book

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Based on a true story, this haunting novel follows Sethe and her daughter Denver after they escape from slavery and run to Ohio. It’s tough to read twice, but once is mandatory. Buy the book

Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart

In the long-awaited sequel to Girl Waits With Gun on, Constance has to take matters into her own hands. Lady Cop Makes Trouble, based on actual events, is another irresistible madcap adventure featuring the Kopp sisters.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

It’s perhaps the most knocked-off novel in history with material ripe for rom-coms. But you’ve gotta read the original. Buy the book

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

One kiss is all it takes to change the course of history for two families. Marriages are crumbled, families are joined, and six children will grow up with a bond based on the shared disillusionment of their parents.

Commonwealth is a smart, thoughtful novel about the ties that bind us.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

An exquisite coming-of-age tale that tackled controversial topics—sexuality, religion andclassism—way before it was cool. Initially, Brontë published the book under the male-sounding pseudonym “Currer Bell.” Buy the book

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

Nina Redmond loves being a literary matchmaker, finding the perfect book for each person. As a librarian in the city, that’s what she does all day. But when she loses her job, she heads out to the country, where she sets up a mobile bookshop, driving from town to town, sharing her love of reading.

The Bookshop on the Corner is a sweet read for all bibliophiles.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

This classic was also published under a pseudonym, but when Emily died a year later, her sister Charlotte re-edited the intense love story about a young woman and her adopted brother and included Emily as the author. Buy the book

Power Your Happy by Lisa Sugar

POPSUGAR founder Lisa Sugar writes her first book this Fall, and it’s got everything you could possibly want from the creator of a multimillion dollar media company: stellar advice, strong encouragement, and the tools you need to help you figure out what you truly want to do with your life and how to make it happen. Power Your Happy is told in Sugar’s signature style and will motivate you to figure out what’s working for you and what’s not, all designed to set you on your own course to happy.

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The account of a high-society woman planning a party unfolds over the course of a day. Although Woolf denied the connection, it’s often compared to James Joyce’s Ulysses—but a helluva lot shorter. Buy the book

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Eleven-year-old Anna O’Donnell hasn’t eaten in months and believes herself to be living off manna from heaven. When a nurse is sent to care for the child, she finds herself responsible for the child’s very survival: is she witnessing a miracle or a murder?

The Wonder is a haunting novel about good vs. evil from the author of the bestselling novel Room.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Initially rejected for its frankness about racism, the story of Janie, a black woman grappling with marriage, later became one of the most enduring works of the 20th century. Buy the book

Fractured by Catherine McKensie

Novelist Julie Prentice moves cross country with her family to get away from a stalker. She doesn’t know anyone in her new town, but then she meets a neighbor. When an accident happens on their street, she finds herself the target of unsettling harrasment once again. Fractured is a tense thrill ride that asks the question: do you ever really know your neighbors?

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

This chilling Gothic novel tells the story of a woman who marries a widower, but discovers that his late wife is still very much a part of their lives. Buy the book

Cruel, Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt

When 16-year-old Lucy runs away with her older teacher to rural Pennsylvania, she looks forward to her new life. But her decision will have far-reaching repercussions for her older sister, Charlotte, who she leaves behind, and for her, once she discovers the true nature of her relationship. Cruel Beautiful World is a mesmerizing story about love, family, and obsession.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

OK, you’ve probably read this Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age novel about racial injustice in the South. But read it again. Read it ten more times. Buy the book

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Eleanor wants to do things differently today.

Today Will Be Different. She will do better with her husband. She will do better with her son. She won’t swear, and she will shower. But then life happens. From the acclaimed author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette comes a smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoughtful novel about how we reinvent ourselves and how we need to face the truth about our lives before we can truly change.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Angelou’s screed about literature’s power to overcome racism and trauma was on TheNew York Times best-seller list for two years. It’s that good. Buy the book

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

The Wangs had it all: a cosmetics empire and a huge fortune, but the financial crisis ruined all that. Now Charles Wang is taking his family on a road trip across America so that he can get his children safely stowed away and start his life anew in China. The Wangs vs. the World is a funny and touching novel about what it means to belong in America.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

It’s an emotional read, but this courageous novel based on Plath’s own experiences made it OK to talk about depression. Buy the book

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet

“We were the Guineveres, and we could do anything we wanted.” Four girls named Guinevere, all dropped at the doorstep of The Sisters of Supreme Adoration during wartime. When four soldiers come to the convent in need of care, the Guineveres dream of getting out, falling in love, and finding their old families. The Guineveres is a beautiful debut literary novel by an author to watch.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Yes, the movie and the Broadway musical are good, too, but actually read the story of Celie and Nettie, OK? Buy the book

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

It all begins with a secret. Nadia Turner, a senior in high school, is mourning her mother’s suicide when she starts seeing the pastor’s son in secret. The Mothers, the elders from Church, weigh in on what they hear, what they see. Time passes, and we see how young love and secrets can change our lives. The Mothers is a gorgeous, layered novel that I couldn’t put down, one that you won’t want to end. Perfect for book clubs; the book everyone will be talking about this Fall.

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Consider this 1989 best seller an artful, character-driven introduction to mahjong. Buy the book

Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner

We love Jen Weiner’s fiction, and we love her op-eds for The New York Times. For the first time, Weiner releases a collection of essays, and they are just as warm and funny as you’d imagine (and want) them to be. In Hungry Heart, she takes on marriage, love, parenthood, and that one Summer that she was called “the fat Jennifer” with grace, humor, and intelligence.

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Read this heartwarming memoir about the unexpected deaths of Didion’s husband and daughter with a box of tissues. Actually, two. Buy the book

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is never afraid to take on hot topics, and in Small Great Things, she tackles race and discrimination in a way that will grab hold of you and refuse to let you go. Meet Ruth Jefferson: she’s the best nurse in the labor and delivery ward of a Connecticut hospital. Meet Turk Bauer, he’s a new father, and also a white supremacist who does not want Ruth, who is black, touching his baby. When the hospital grants his request to keep Ruth away from his child, this decision will have far-reaching implications that change both of their lives. This page-turner is perfect for book clubs.

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

We all know about Albert Einstein and his genius, but history has forgotten another great mind with the same name. In The Other Einstein, we take a look at the life of Mitza Maric, Einstein’s wife, who was a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity has been debated for years. Is there room for more than one genius in a family?

The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot

Scandal brings Reed Stewart back to his hometown, a small town he’d rather forget. But once there, he encounters the one who got away, his first love, Becky Flowers, whom he hasn’t spoken to in 10 years, since prom might. Told through emails, text messages, and journal entries, The Boy Is Back is Meg Cabot at her best — giving us her trademark humor and heart while tackling sensitive issues like aging, hoarding, and fraud.

Paris For One by Jojo Moyes

The fabulous JoJo Moyes is back, this time with the short story, Paris For One, about a woman who finds her way in the most romantic city in the world. It’s paired with a collection of sweet short stories that are sure to satisfy.

Dependent Rerelease

Today I’m thrilled to spotlight Dependent, by Brenda Corey Dunne. Brenda and I were published with the same publisher before we got our rights reverted, and this is her new and imrpoved version! The new cover for her novel is phenominal. Check it out below, along with the blurb. If you’d like to preorder Dependent, click here. It will release on December 9th!

Also, be sure to enter the Goodreads giveaway for a free copy of Dependent! (Details in the link.)

When forty-five year old Ellen Michaels looses her husband to a tragic military accident, she is left in a world of grey. For twenty-five years her life has been dictated by the ubiquitous They—the military establishment that has stolen her hopes, dreams, and innocence and now in mere months will take away her home. She is left with nothing to hold on to but memories and guilt and an awful secret that has held her in its grip since she was nineteen.

Written with honesty and grace, Dependent deals head on with real-life issues facing women in military communities today: loss, loneliness, frequent moves, the culture of rank and the specter of sexual assault. It presents a heartfelt view of the sacrifice and strength of the often invisible support behind the uniform.

Winner of the 2014 PRG Reviewers Choice Award for Best Drama Novel.

“Raw…real…heartbreaking.”—Brooke Blogs

“A must read for those studying Military Ethos.”—Chief Warrant Officer (Retired) Gino Morreti, Former Canadian Army Sargeant Major

“Fresh, contemporary and gripping.”—Marie Cotter, military spouse.

brendaBrenda Corey Dunne grew up in rural New Brunswick, Canada. She originally trained as a physiotherapist and worked several years as an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force before meeting her Air Force pilot husband and taking her release. She has two other published novels, SKIN (2016) and TREASURE IN THE FLAME (2012).

Brenda is represented by Frances Black of Literary Counsel. She currently resides in the Washington, DC area, but home is wherever the RCAF sends her hubby. When not writing, working or taxiing her three children she can be found either in the garden or on the beach with a book in one hand and a very, very large coffee in the other.

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Dissension Cover Reveal

For those of you who may not have heard, I got the rights to The Blood Inheritance trilogy reverted back to me in October. What does that mean? In a nutshell, I’m no longer a part of the Jolly Fish Press team. But this is great news! I’m now getting the books re-published through Tork Media!

My previous publisher kept all their rights to the book covers and formatting. So I had the privilege of giving the books a new makeover! I’m working with new editors to polish the books and new formatters to make it look amazing from the inside.  And of course, new book covers to complete the transformation!

So, without further adieu, I give you the new cover for Dissension! It will be re-released December of 2016.


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Taleb, the Barbell Portfolio and Safety-First Financial Planning

The “barbell” portfolio has long been considered an investment strategy. Since his fame after the 2010 publication of the book The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb has often been associated with the strategy. Recent research illustrates the critical connection between the barbell, core-satellite portfolios and safety-first financial planning – and how advisors can improve on using standard deviation as a measure of risk.

That research is in an article, “Tail Risk Constraints and Maximum Entropy,” that appeared in the journal Entropy, coauthored by Donald Geman, Hélyette Geman, and Taleb. Its thesis, approach and results are worth a closer look. The basic idea is to anchor a portfolio to a hard, downside-only risk constraint – i.e., not standard deviation – and then to split the portfolio into two elements that meet two very different objectives: a hedged element that strictly meets the downside risk constraint and an aggressive element in which you maximize the uncertainty of the result.

Don Geman was a fellow graduate student when I was a PhD student in the pure mathematics department at Northwestern University. We had not been in touch since graduate school. I had vaguely heard of his success as a mathematician, and that he was based at Johns Hopkins University and France’s École Normale Supérieure. What I was not aware of was that Don’s wife, Hélyette, also a distinguished mathematician, was the supervisor of Taleb’s PhD thesis.

The basic idea of the barbell

The basic idea of the barbell strategy is that the portfolio is divided into two parts: an extremely conservative portfolio for safety, and a highly speculative portfolio for extra rewards with extra risk. A strategy that has sometimes been placed in this category – though a bit of a bastardization – is the core-and-satellite strategy, in which the bulk of an equity market portfolio is placed in a passive index fund, or funds, while the smaller portion, the satellite, speculates in concentrated active funds or hedge funds.

In the Gemans and Taleb’s article, motivation is provided by their claim that the measure of risk in nearly all investment finance theory, standard deviation of return, is unsatisfactory because its minimization not only limits downside risk, but also curtails upside opportunity. Better, they say, to impose a risk-control criterion that only limits downside risk in a manner that accords with the specific risks that investors want to avoid.

The risk-control criterion that the authors choose is a combination of VaR and CVaR. VaR – “value at risk” – is the portfolio loss that could occur during a specified time period with a probability p. “For example,” says a CFA Institute publication, “a portfolio that is expected to lose no more than $1 million 95% of the time (or 19 of every 20 days) has a VaR of $1 million.”

Note that VaR tells you how likely it is that you will lose no more than $1 million, but it doesn’t tell you how much more than $1 million you might lose. VaR has been criticized for not providing this information. This is important, because if there is a 5% chance that $1 million will be lost during the next 20 days, but the loss will be due to a rogue trader, that loss could actually be $5 billion.

CVaR, or “conditional value at risk,” is meant to compensate for VaR’s missing information. CVaR is the expected loss given (i.e. conditional on) the fact that at least $1 million is lost. So if, for example, a portfolio has a VaR of $1 million at the 95% confidence level, but the 5% tail event consists of a loss of $5 billion, then CVaR is $5 billion, because the expected loss given that a loss greater than $1 million occurs is $5 billion.

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On August 21st many Americans witnessed the moon cast a historic but short-lived shadow across the United States. One day later, President Trump reversed his previously stated position on the 16 year old Afghan War, thereby eclipsing the possibility that the United States would finally come to its senses and rethink a failed strategy that is likely to fail for years, perhaps decades, to come. The abrupt change, in what had been a central plank in candidate Trump’s appeal to voters thirsting for change in American foreign policy, came hard after the departure of Steve Bannon from the White House. As a self-avowed nationalist, Bannon had represented a true break in interventionist Republican thinking that had entangled the United States in intractable conflicts around the globe. To put an exclamation point, Sebastian Gorka, the last remaining proponent of the Bannon perspective, was forced out of the White House. The counter-revolution appears to be complete.

In his widely-followed speech regarding Afghan policy, Trump now appears to favor a widening of the military effort to insure that the United States continues to exert an influence on a remote central Asian region, where it is often said that empires go to die.

A big part of Trump’s “drain the swamp” appeal, lay in his promise to change the politics of Washington. To many voters, such a shift would include a break from America’s “Neo-Con” agenda of foreign intervention, which has deeply enmeshed the country in foreign politics and has enriched the defense industry and its lobbyists. However, given the Administration’s failure to break the Congressional inertia with respect to healthcare and now its reversal on Afghanistan, it appears as if the swamp refuses to be drained.

Recent elections in the U.S. and Europe have exposed deep-seated public distrust, suspicion and anger at the political establishment. Most had expected that the 2016 Presidential election would be a test of established figures, but populist elements in both parties soon took center stage. Against almost all political calculations, Trump ousted Jeb Bush as the establishment Republican candidate and went on to win the Presidency. The political establishment was stunned, and has yet to come to terms with the people’s choice. Now it appears that the entire establishment is united in a common aim to destroy the duly elected President.

The fact that business as usual now appears to be remaining so is manifesting itself with growing popular frustration. The past few days have seen an increase in politically motivated street violence in America. Meanwhile, the grass roots supporters of Sanders and Trump fight in the streets and on university campuses.

It appears that Bannon was squeezed out of the White House by establishment Republicans. In other words, the swamp swamped him, and America is just as stuck in Afghanistan as she ever was. While Trump may have insisted on better tactics, including increased aggression and more realistic rules of engagement, our servicemen and women will continue fighting a sixteen-year war on ground chosen by and favoring the enemy. Normally, history illustrates that given a determined enemy, and particularly one with sanctuary neighbors like Pakistan, even the largest armies lose. Such was the case in Vietnam.


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Libyan virologist testifies at HIV trial

Libyan virologist Salem Al-Agiri testified Monday in the trial of Bulgarian medics accused of infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV that unsanitary conditions at the hospital caused the outbreak, the Bulgarian state news agency reported. Al-Agiri, of the University of Tripoli, was called as a witness for the defense of six Bulgarian medics charged in a Libyan court with deliberately infecting the children as part of a medical experiment. Al-Agiri said the infections would not have occurred had authorities at the Benghazi city children's hospital taken adequate measures to ensure proper hygiene.

The last hearing for the Bulgarians, who have spent five years in Libyan custody, is set for next Monday. It was not immediately clear when a verdict would be announced. If found guilty, the medics could be sentenced to death. All defendants have pleaded innocent and complained of police torture during interrogations, including rape and receiving electrical shocks. The European Union, with which Libya wants to mend ties, has urged the country to drop the charges.

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Approaching Johannesburg, even a hundred miles away, one can feel the electricity in the air. It is a city alive and throbbing with dynamic energy. The largest city in South Africa, it is situated on the Highveld plateau, in the wealthiest province, Gauteng. Now a major modern global city, it is the youngest, and certainly grew the fastest. It is the only city in the world not built on a waterway, port or river, but instead on a ream of gold, the Witwatersrand.

On a barren farm belonging to an Afrikaans farmer, the reef was discovered in 1886, and the gold rush started.  Within a few years 100,000 people had flocked there. Johannesburg then grew from a modest mining town to an extensive metropolis, the economic industrial centre of South Africa. The city spreads over 130 square miles, more space per person than any other city.

Johannesburg is very cosmopolitan. Once the gold rush began, people travelled there not only from Cape Town and the rest of the country, but also from England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia - the list goes on and on, and all brought a multitude of talents and skills. English is used in the workplace as the common language, and people  speak Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, and Afrikaans, which are some of the local languages.

The most powerful commercial centre in Africa and financial capital of South Africa, Johannesburg is a business city. Efficiency and speed rule here and life is lived in the fast lane.

Things to Do

Everything money can buy is available in Johannesburg. It is a city of glitz and glamour, not surprising for a city built on diamonds and gold. The shopping centres are fabulously sophisticated, and full of designer shops. Anything one could want can be found here; it is unlike anywhere else in Africa.

The city is an art, dance and music centre with a talented multi-cultural population. The Johannesburg Art Gallery is certainly worth visiting, having many important international and local works of art. There are many museums to visit, covering a wide range of interests, including Museum Africa and the Apartheid Museum.

For those wanting to do a spot of high-end shopping, then a trip to Sandton City is on order. This glorious shopping centre is home to some of the most prestigious names in both the local and International fashion industries. And once you're done with your shopping you can easily break for delectable coffees and pastries from one of the many cafes surrounding the centre before easily hopping on the Gautrain to head off home. Before you load yourself down with purchases, pay a visit to Nelson Mandela Square, a plaza just outside the front of the mall. It pays homage to the late icon in the form of a 6m statue of the beloved man.

The city's biggest entertainment centre is  Montecasino. For those over 18 years of age luck awaits in the slot machines or perhaps on the black jack table. For the "Bonds" out there, there is also a highly thrilling poker table for you to take your seat at. However, gambling is not the only activity offered here - families can enjoy the bird gardens, and catch the 'Flights of Fantasy' show; a favourite with children. If you're wanting more sophisticated productions make sure you book tickets to one of the many internationally acclaimed theatre productions performed at the theatre. From Mamma Mia to War Horse, you'll always enjoy a first class show. There is also a wide selection of restaurants and cafes scattered throughout the complex, as well as a movie house where you can just zone out and enjoy screenings of the latest films.

Pure unadulterated fun awaits kids and adults alike at the Gold Reef City amusement park. The park and its rides are based are themed to the gold rush that happened in 1886, and the park itself is situated on an old gold mine which closed in 1971. Here thrill seekers can find pure joy on the many rollercoasters, while families can enjoy the more relaxed kiddie rides.

Golfers consider the city a haven - with over 69 golf courses to choose from, several of which are award-winning championship courses. For a totally relaxed game, and inexpensive fees, visitors should swing by either the Gelnvista or Bryanston Country Club. If you're seeking more of a challenge then try your hand at the PGA standard course at the Ebotse Golf and Country Estate in Benoni.

You don't need to take to golf to enjoy the outdoors in this city. There are 17 Nature Reserves to visit in and around the city, and 80 hectares of lush indigenous flora and fauna to stroll through at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.

Ironically, considering its brief history, over 40% of the world’s human ancestor fossils, some being 3 million years old, have been found around Johannesburg. The Sterkfontein Caves, about 50 kilometers out of town, became the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in 1999, the richest hominid fossil site on earth. Excavations continue with international teams. At the Maropeng Centre there is a fascinating exhibition of fossils. One can stroll about for hours and there are some startling replicas of what the hominids looked like.

Whether you plan to visit one of the 150 heritage sites, nature reserves or entertainment and shopping complexes, you can be sure to find the experience you're craving in this vibrant, bustling city,

Where to Eat

As Johannesburg people love to eat out there are hundreds of restaurants, and superb places to eat. One can choose African, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indian, Mediterranean, Continental, Japanese, Fusion, Greek, Brazilian, Chinese, Lebanese or Thai.  It is best to make reservations. Below is a short list of some of our favourites!

Coobs is a small modern hip French brasserie in Melville.

The CNR cafe in Craighall do deli dining with simple super fresh food.

The Kong Roast have Asian fusion, Thai and Japanese, in Fourways.

Moyo in Parkview has an African theme and food, with live music.

Rodizio is a Brazilian grill in Fourways.

So Yum in Hyde Park has Chinese, health and vegetarian food.

Koi Sushi in central Sandton serves contemporary Asian fusion.

The River Cafe is an excellent bistro in Parkmore.

Isabella’s Country Cuisine is a stylish bistro in Kyalami.

Fairlawns Boutique Hotel in Morningside is an elegant restaurant for contemporary fine dining.

Bombay Blues in Rosebank do Indian food.

One of the best Italian restaurants is the family run Tortellino D’oro in Melrose.

Where to Stay

People in Johannesburg have always been known for being friendly, hospitable and generous.

There are 3 main tourist zones - central, northern and southern, the more beautiful being the leafy northern. The business centre, previously in the inner city, decentralised and moved out to Sandown, a prestigious northern suburb, in the 80’s. Sandton City, a glamorous shopping centre, was developed then and is now surrounded with business parks, office blocks and dazzling hotels.

Accommodation ranges from modern luxury hotels and elegant guest houses, to budget hotels, and everything in between. Some places are astoundingly opulent and decorated in exquisite taste. Good airport hotels are available for visitors on business trips. There is something for all requirements.

Air: Johannesburg's O.R Tambo International airport is the main point of entry to South Africa and a gateway to the rest of the country. Visitors will be easily able to fly directly into the city, as well as onto any other South African locations. Visitors can also fly into the city's second airport - Lanseria.

Car/Taxis: There are excellent motorways and ring roads around the city, and travelling by car is by far the easiest option. For short trips around town, taxis are relatively inexpensive and easy to either book, or just flag down. If you plan on driving around quite a bit then it is best to either use your own car or rent one. There are plenty of online booking agencies as well as rental agencies at both O.R Tambo and Lanseria airports.

Uber: Uber is a cashless taxi service. Once you have signed up, and downloaded the Uber app you can order an Uber taxi to fetch you where ever you are in and around the CBD. You'll be able to track your Uber taxi to make sure it's on its way to you, and it'll know exactly where you are. The trip is then paid for from your credit card details on your Uber account. It's an easy and safe way to get around the city without paying ridiculous fees and having to have cash on you!

Buses/Trains: There is the rapid rail Gautrain from the airport, which is efficient and fast. It now connects Johannesburg to Sandton and Pretoria, and some underground stations have been built, quite an engineering feat. The Gautrain has modern new trains and is also developing a feeder bus service system.

Did You Know

Johannesburg city has been rebuilt 4 times. It began as a sea of tents below Bez Valley, then became a town of tin shanties. Thereafter it was Edwardian 4 story buildings, and is now modern skyscrapers.

 A somewhat daunting attitude prevails; practical functionality takes precedence over sentiment or history. Beautiful old mansions and buildings are ruthlessly demolished for efficient new motorways, office parks and shopping malls. The upside is that things are modern, organised and very clean.

It has the tallest skyscrapers in Africa, including the 50 storey Carlton Centre.

The climate is perfect, one of the best in the world, never too hot or too cold. The winters are sunny and dry; summers pleasantly warm with short evening showers. There is year round sunshine with clear blue skies.

Johannesburg has several names, such as Joburg, Jozi, Jo’burg, Joeys or eGoli (meaning City of Gold in Zulu).  Sometimes shortened to Jhb, It can also be misspelt as Johaanesburg, Who Johannes was is a mystery.

The economy, originally based on the diamond and gold trade, has moved away from mining now to industry, manufacturing and financial services. Johannesburg has an outstanding reputation for reliability, quality and affordability.

The many gigantic mine dumps dotted about the city from the early mines are at last being cleared away and the land reclaimed.

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For those who are a little adventurous and enjoy the company of other travellers, you can decide to stay at a Backpackers. Often having to share a room with others as well as costs, it is incredibly inexpensive. Often the best choice for those who may be just passing through or will be occupied for the majority of their day. It comes with the most basic amenities and is often formed as part of a bar or similar establishment. Not recommended for those who want privacy, this is best suited for those who wouldn’t mind meeting various other interesting travellers.


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Fred Woodward

2004 AIGA Medal

1953, Louisville, Mississippi

The visual language Woodward developed for Rolling Stone between 1987 and 2001 was expressive and eclectic, containing elements both of cool modernism and of American vernacular such as fat ornamental wood-block display faces, composition deriving from 19th-century handbills, and a weathered color palette.

Fred Woodward's illustrious career in publishing design began tentatively. At Mississippi State and then Memphis State, he switched majors from journalism to physical education to political science before settling on graphic design. Two semesters into his new major, he got a job at a local design studio that led to his appointment as art director of a regional magazine, Memphis. In succession he worked for D Magazine in Dallas, Westward, the Sunday magazine of the Dallas Times Herald, Texas Monthly, and Regardie's in Washington DC. Finally, in 1987, Woodward was made art director of the bi-weekly rock 'n' roll bible Rolling Stone. It was the job he'd wanted for more than a decade.

Respectful of the magazine's design legacy—begun by Robert Kingsbury in the late 1960's and continuing with the work of Roger Black and Mike Salisbury—Woodward reintroduced some original features such as the Oxford border. This framing device helped clarify the relationship between editorial and advertising, and it gave Woodward a defined space in which to let loose the dramatically choreographed couplings of typography and photography that have become the magazine's visual signature.

Amongst Woodward's memorable spreads, in which he makes a typographic response to a photograph, is the one for an Arnold Schwarznegger profile in which he positioned the headline across a photograph of the actor sitting in a giant inner tube so that the tube becomes the “O” in the title “Big Shot.”

Sometimes, however, Woodward let the photography do all the talking. In the case of the “Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young” headline, no text is used. Instead readers are treated to the visual joke of a sequence of full-bleed black and white photographs of the band members in the appropriate order, punctuated by a page-sized ampersand.

The energy and innovation necessary to keeping a magazine fresh through almost 400 issues did not go unnoticed. In 1996 when Woodward was inducted to the Art Directors Hall of Fame he was the youngest inductee to date.

In 2001 Woodward became design director at GQ magazine. Within a year his elegant redesign had scooped the Society of Publication Designers' Magazine of the Year award.

“Woodward and his talented staff have set a new standard for what editorial design can be, in what must be one of the longer hot streaks in magazine design history. Surveying his work, one is struck not just by its formal beauty and appropriateness, but by the sheer virtuosity of its design responses.”

—Michael Bierut, The New Edition of Design Exchange


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Daniel Shea

Daniel Shea is an artist based in Chicago working primarily in the mediums of photography, installation and sculpture. He is scheduled to receive an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2013. He recently published his first monograph, Blisner, Ill. in conjunction with a long-term residency at Columbia College Chicago and a book release at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. He has exhibited recently at The DePaul Art Museum, The Museo de Arte Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela, MDW Art Fair, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Asia Society in Beijing, and LVL3 Gallery, among others. In the summer of 2013 he will be moving to New York City and begin working as an adjunct professor of photography at The Maryland Institute College of Art.

Blisner, Ill. provides an account of what happened in and what remains of a single Rust Belt town during the process of deindustrialization. Beginning with an early history of the discovery of bituminous coal in Southern Illinois, moving through the last century of mine disasters and factory closures, and ending with the fallout of deindustrialization, Blisner represents a narrative that is both distantly dystopic and familiar to discourses on American industry and Main Street. The Blisner that exists today provides the surface that renders these histories photographically possible.

The visual component to the project is comprised of original photographs made on site, images sourced in studio constructions, and material pulled from historical documents. The formal visual works are presented together with anecdotes and fragments pulled from various moments in Blisner’s history. Booster club pamphlets boasting industrial prowess contrast with original microfilm documentation from the local papers of a 1951 mining disaster that claimed the lives of over 100 men. The written text is rounded out with oral histories and a curatorial essay by artist and programmer John Friel, which explores basic cognitive strategies for understanding information presented to us across multiple simulated landscapes.

As a strategy, the book conflates both the artist monograph and research document. This approach is reflected in the formal presentation of images and text in the exhibited works. This ungrounding or “unframing” of points of reference is also employed in the actual construction of the narrative – Blisner is not a real place, but rather a fictitious one based on the conflations of multiple towns’ respective histories in both Southern Illinois and South Chicago. The act of fiction is employed as a device from which the viewer can attempt to understand how exactly the titan mythology of American industrial might came to be.

The creation of a given mythology, such as the one surrounding the post-industrial ruin ubiquitous with towns and cities across the country, suggests an interesting dialectic. In the act of mythologization, politics and specificity are lost to the myth, undoubtedly a social problem. However, mythology also allows us to exist in the lush fiction of the circumstances that create this myth, a fiction that Blisner Ill.’s retold unhistory projects with dread.

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Inmates perception of the living conditions in a medium security prison in North Central Nigeria

Audu Onyemocho, Aondoaseer Alexis Ugande, Don Omale, Gabriel Ofikwu Ogbeyi, Yusuf Ikwuobe

Background: The United Nations in her quest for the humane treatment of all human beings, had created and adopted a number of International legal instruments to protect and guarantee human rights to all persons including those who are incarcerated in the prisons. However, the application of these instruments in practice falls short of prescribed standards in many prisons and reformation centers in Nigeria. This study empirically assessed the prison inmate's perception of living conditions in Makurdi Medium Security Prisons, North-Central Nigeria.

Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out on 132 inmates, selected by simple random sampling technique. Data analysis was done with Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0 and presented as tables.

Results: The mean age of the respondents was 25.±6.5 years. The male inmates formed the majority with ratio of 17.6:1. The mean duration of stay in prison custody was 3.2±2.6 years with culpable homicide being the commonest reason for imprisonment in 31.1% of cases. The majority of inmates were not satisfied with the quality and quantity of food provided for them (90.9% and 94.7% respectively), where they sleep (87.9%), water they drink (60.6%), methods of refuse and sewage disposal (81.1%), recreational facilities (80.3%) and the nature of the health care services provided (80.3%).

Conclusion: The inmates perceive that the standard of living was generally below the minimum international standards. Hence it is recommended that Nigerian prison service should implement relevant policies aimed at improving the living standard of inmates in Nigeria prisons.

Keywords: Perception, Living Conditions, Inmates, Prison, Nigeria

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Pink Brain, Blue Brain – Beware the Myths

pinkblue_sm“We talk to them differently. We dress them differently. We have very different role models for them and of course the toys are different.” In her book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps – And What We Can Do About it neuroscientist Dr. Lise Eliot warns that culturally promoted gender differences are having negative effects on the brain development of our young girls and boys. This week on Addressing Alaskans, listen to Dr. Eliot’s talk hosted by Best Beginnings at the Wilda Marston Theater in Anchorage.

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Clio Gray

Clio Gray was born in Yorkshire, brought up in Devon and now lives in Scotland where she works in her local library, as she has done for many years. She has won prizes for many of her short stories, including the prestigious 2006 Scotsman & Orange Short Story Award for 'I Should Have Listened Harder'. Her first novel, GUARDIANS OF THE KEY, was the winning recipient of the Harry Bowling Prize.


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The brother of actress Linden Travers, Bill Travers began his own stage career in 1947; three years later he was seen in his first film, The Wooden Horse. Travers became a star in the role of the physical-culturalist title character in Wee Geordie (1955), an assignment that required him to "beef up" right along with his character. The husband of actress Virginia McKenna, Travers co-starred with his wife on several occasions, notably in the 1966 box-office success Born Free. Bill Travers both wrote and acted in Ring of Bright Water (1969) and An Elephant Called Slowly (1973), and served as director on the Born Free-like Christian the Lion (1976).

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State Treasurer Francisco Borges announced late Tuesday that, with a budget surplus confirmed for fiscal 1993, Connecticut will call over $110 million of notes issued last year under its economic recovery note program.

Benson R. Cohn, assistant treasurer for debt management, said the early redemption of the notes is a result of the state's improving economy.

In 1991, Connecticut was forced to issue a total of $965.7 million in economic recovery notes to close its growing deficit. Their maturities span from June 1992 to December 1996.

According to the assistant treasurer, $50 million of the notes matured this June, and $805.6 million will remain outstanding after the early redemption.

Mr. Borges decided to call the notes after the state comptroller confirmed an "unexpected surplus" in the state's general fund.

According to the state law under which the economic recovery notes were issued, the treasurer's office must begin calling them as soon as a surplus is available. The surplus' size is still undetermined, Mr. Cohn said.

Mr. Cohn said that at the beginning of 1992, the treasurer's office had decided it would be possible to call in as many as $200 million of the notes. The office decided to call that amount, but also to reissue $100 million of notes originally slated to mature in 1995.

"When the notes were sold [in 1991], most came due in year two, three, and five of the program," Mr. Cohn said. "By reissuing the $100 million for 1994, we were spreading out the state's debt service."

Mr. Cohn also said $100 million of notes maturing in year two were moved to mature in year four.

The notes that will be called in this round consist of $50 million of variable-rate notes due Dec. 1, 1993; $50 million of variable-rate notes due on June 1, 1994; and $10. 1 million of variable-rate notes maturing on June 1, 1993.

According to Mr. Cohn, this leaves the state with $225 million of variable-rate notes and $645.7 million of fixed-rate notes outstanding.

"The call of the bonds is a good sign for us." Mr. Cohn said. "But we must continue to present balanced budgets with no gimmicks if we want to stay on the right track.

"Part of the reason for this surplus." he added, "was due to the new state corporate tax and more federal disbursements combined with some difficult, and sometimes painful, cutbacks."

Mr. Cohn said one fund, the state pension fund, should begin to reap the rewards from Connecticut's ability to pay off its notes.

"The governor has made a real pledge to improve the size of the pension fund," Mr. Cohn said. "The sooner we can pay off these notes, the more money can go into the fund."

He said the pension fund has suffered in the last two years from the state's budgetary crisis.

Chip Ward, consultant for the state pension fund, said contributions have decreased because of that crisis.

"In 1989, the state contribution to the pension fund was $402 mil- lion," he said. "In 1992, the state will dedicate $273 million."

He added that because of the state's inability to support the fund, the total amount decreased $215 million in 1991 and $150 million this year.

The fund is also partially supported by worker contributions.

But, Mr. Ward said, the state's ability to pay off the economic recovery notes was "an encouraging sign.

In the press release from the treasurer's office announcing the redemption. Mr. Borges said that on Sept. 15 he will assess the progress of the repurchase of the notes and make any adjustments necessary. The final call for the bonds will take place on Oct. 1.

The deputy press spokesman for Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Arthur Henick, said the governor is aware of the importance of paying off the notes as quickly as possible and is "very happy" about the surplus.

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Carrie Dolan
Chief Financial Officer, Lending Club
No. 11 on the 2015 Most Powerful Women in Finance list

When Carrie Dolan told her friends and colleagues that she was quitting her job as Charles Schwab's corporate treasurer to join a money-losing startup occupying a shared office space in the San Francisco suburbs, the news was received with a degree of skepticism and puzzlement.

"Most people thought I was nuts," Dolan says.

She wasn't entirely sure, when a headhunter first called to recruit her for the Lending Club job, precisely what peer-to-peer lending was. But she did her research, met with the chief executive, Renaud Laplanche, and was sold. "My gut feeling was that this business model would change financial services," she says. "So I decided to take a risk."

Five years and a $1 billion initial public offering later, Dolan's decision to take the job as chief financial officer looks like a pretty good call. The staff of 40 she joined has grown to nearly 1,000, revenue has increased from about $5 million a year to nearly $100 million last quarter, and the company has long since become profitable.

Best of all, Lending Club ditched its Redwood City office space — and a commute that was Dolan's only real misgiving about taking the job — for San Francisco proper.

Dolan doesn't linger on the achievement of the IPO, focusing instead on all that is left to be done. "The IPO was a great milestone for the company, but we're still in the first or second inning," she says. "We're not just about unsecured lending and credit card refinance, we want to take on all credits."

Figuring out how to expand into other loan types is a big part of Dolan's job, and Lending Club plans to announce its entry into a new type of consumer lending later this year. It began this past year to make small-business loans and bought a company that offers loans for education and medical procedures.

A key challenge with shifting to a startup like Lending Club is learning to improvise and make mistakes — a major change in mentality, Dolan says.

"In a small company you have to iterate, because you're testing and learning," she says. "In a bigger company when you make mistakes, it can cost you your career."

However, Dolan sees more resemblances than differences between her roles at Lending Club and at huge corporations earlier in her career. "Even though I was working for big companies, a lot of my experience was about starting and growing," she says. The difference is that now "there's no mothership."

Dolan's first mothership was Chevron, where she spent more than a decade after getting her undergraduate degree in finance at the University of California at Berkeley.

In the mid-'90s, Dolan was recruited by Patricia Yarrington to help the energy company start a bank, as a way to simplify the regulatory regime for Chevron's credit card company. They managed to secure a de novo license and launch Chevron Credit Bank. Dolan loved the work, and describes Yarrington, now Chevron's CEO, as her first mentor.

But two years later Dolan was shifted to a managerial role dealing with oil-and-gas finance. So she took a risk to stay in financial services, making what she called "a lateral step, or almost a step back," by joining Charles Schwab, in a job working to securitize margin loans.

Schwab also gave her a second taste of de novo banking, when she helped set up Charles Schwab Bank. In 2007, she was promoted to treasurer of Charles Schwab, the parent company, but her ambitions lay elsewhere. "I wanted to be a CFO," she says.

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Shares of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) have received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the eight ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $192.40.

MKTX has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reissued a “buy” rating and set a $205.00 price objective on shares of MarketAxess Holdings in a report on Thursday, July 6th. Zacks Investment Research lowered MarketAxess Holdings from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 5th. BidaskClub raised MarketAxess Holdings from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 31st. Finally, Raymond James Financial, Inc. upped their target price on MarketAxess Holdings from $216.00 to $219.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th.

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Shares of MarketAxess Holdings (NASDAQ MKTX) opened at 174.00 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $184.01 and a 200-day moving average of $191.18. MarketAxess Holdings has a 1-year low of $145.10 and a 1-year high of $211.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.77 and a beta of 0.71.

MarketAxess Holdings (NASDAQ:MKTX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.90. MarketAxess Holdings had a return on equity of 30.12% and a net margin of 37.67%. The company had revenue of $96.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $96.35 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.82 earnings per share. MarketAxess Holdings’s revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that MarketAxess Holdings will post $3.96 earnings per share for the current year.

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 22nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 8th will be paid a $0.33 dividend. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 7th. MarketAxess Holdings’s dividend payout ratio is currently 33.93%.

MarketAxess Holdings announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 25th that permits the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the financial services provider to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

In other news, CEO Richard M. Mcvey sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $198.63, for a total transaction of $3,972,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,108,142 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $220,110,245.46. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 4.02% of the company’s stock.

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Joshua Spector practices with the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, firm of Perlman, Yevoli & Albright, P.L. and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Section of the Dade County Bar Association.Gisela M. Munoz is an associate with the Miami, Florida, firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Dade County Bar Association.
The Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (DCBA/YLS) invites all local affiliates of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD) to join in “Service Juris America” during Law Week 2009 and in years to come! Service Juris is a half-day of service to the community performed by volunteers who are members of the legal profession. The DCBA/YLS inaugurated the first Service Juris Miami, together with Hands On Miami and other local bar associations, in 2006. The Young Lawyers have since held the event as a component of its Law Week activities and would like to see legal professionals from around the country come together for a morning of volunteer service to local communities across the nation on Saturday, May 2, 2009.
In the early months of 2005, Patrick Morris, the Executive Director of Hands On Miami, searched for a project to foster interest and involvement on the part of the legal community in Miami. Hands On Miami is a nonprofit that works in partnership with the United Way of Miami-Dade, conducting over 1,000 service projects per year. Morris did not have to search long before meeting Maria DiGiorgio, a DCBA/YLS member active in the Pro Bono Services Committee looking for a non-legal service project to organize for lawyers. DiGiorgio and Morris soon pitched the idea of replicating the great program started by Hands On Atlanta: Service Juris.
Initially, Hands On Miami and the DCBA/YLS selected sites with some legal significance or connection to partner with for community service. In 2008, the organizers decided to beautify Miami-Dade County’s Juvenile Justice Center. Volunteers planted thousands of plants outside the dependency courthouse and detention facility and painted murals designed by Miami artist, attorney, and children’s advocate, Xavier Cortada. The efforts of Hands On Miami, the DCBA/YLS, the Cuban-American Bar Association, and sponsoring firms like Bilzin Sumberg resulted in a dramatic transformation of the Juvenile Justice Center.
During the program’s first three years, Hands On Miami, the DCBA/YLS, and other voluntary bar associations and sponsors have grown this program steadily. Service Juris Miami started with less than 150 volunteers, and in three years has doubled to more than 300 volunteers from the legal community in 2008, including twenty judges—the equivalent of more than 1,200 volunteer hours. A video of the event is available on, at .
The comments of the judges and participants from Service Juris Miami 2008 that can be seen in the above-referenced video are a testament to the profound effect the event has had on volunteers and on communities. Although there is simply no substitute for providing pro bono legal services, the notion of a hands-on service project presents a unique opportunity for the legal community to give something back to the community at large, while also providing meaningful interactions with fellow lawyers, legal professionals, and judges. In addition to providing a sustained venue for interaction, participants enjoy a relaxed atmosphere that is even more conducive to dialogue than the sometimes forced and staid setting of a cocktail mixer, the most common nexus of practitioners and jurists. Moreover, the project has an incredible impact. After spending a half-day on a beautification project, a participant leaves with new relationships and the sustained satisfaction of having helped transform a site and left an indelible, positive mark on the community.
Service Juris Miami gains steam every year, aspiring to replicate the success of Service Juris Atlanta, which grew to 800 volunteers in 2008. Without the professionals with the skills, contacts, and resources of Morris’s team at Hands On Miami, there simply could be no Service Juris Miami as it exists today. When such an able partner is not available, however, opportunities still abound for this form of project. Other community organizations may prove to be able partners or organizers for such events, or in certain locales, the affiliate bar association may be able to organize the entire event.
For that reason and because the impact of Service Juris is so significant, the DCBA/YLS has decided to spread the word about the project in the hopes that bar associations across the nation will organize a Service Juris Day in their local communities on Saturday, May 2, 2009, as part of Law Week activities. There are bound to be many needs in each local community that we, the members of the legal profession, can help fill by providing a few hours of hands-on service in our respective communities, whether provided to a law-related organization or otherwise.


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What is TPMS? The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS for short) is a factory installed safety feature on all 2007 and newer Ford Mustangs that alerts you when your tire pressure drops to an unsafe limit.

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Manufacturer: AmericanMuscle Wheels Style: 2015 Magnetic Style
Size: 19x8.5
Finish: Black Machined
Placement: Front
Centercap Size: Large (2-1/2")
Back Spacing: 5.9" (150mm)
7.4" (188mm)
Offset: +30mm (1.2")
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Bolt Pattern: 5x4.5" (5x114.3mm) Weight: N/A
Material: Aluminum Lip Size : N/A
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Hello.. Could you tell me, please, if you can use the factory lug nuts with this rim/tire package, or do you need to buy the new ones? thanks

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Yesterday I had one of those moments of uncanny coincidence -- one that makes you go 'wow' because the exact person or thing that you happen to be thinking about appears right there in front of you. Only in my case it was the thing that I was just reading about that hit my nose.

I was sitting on the bus, lost in this great article in the latest (Dec 07) issue of Arthur magazine (the one with the Amoeba Records ad on p27) about the dangers of household chemicals when this strong chemical odor hit my nose. The source of this overpowering toxic stank was the fresh nail varnish that the young mother directly behind me was applying with precision to her long fingernails. Meanwhile, the article in Arthur titled "Kick Out The Chemicals" that I had just started reading tackles this exact same topic: the toxicity dangers of everyday household products such as nail polish, hair dye, air freshener, window-glass cleaner, etc.

Equally important, this wonderful article, written by regular magazine columnist Molly Frances, also offers many safe non-toxic alternatives to these dangerous products that so many of us use daily or are exposed to daily. This list's cheaper and a million times safer alternative cleaning tools include white vinegar, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, borax, tea tree oil, cheap vodka, lavender oil (for scent), cut up rags (to avoid wasting paper towels), and an empty spray bottle.

That's all you need to clean the bathroom or kitchen floor. More than you need, in fact. Frances suggests for natural, non-toxic floor mopping to get a bucket of hot water and simply add vinegar and a drop of Bronner's (vegetable-based) soap."

And speaking of soap, she confirms something that I had heard many times. "Stay away from those anti-bacterial soaps. Hot water and old-fashioned soap does the same job without growing antibiotic resistant super germs," she writes, adding that all you need is one good soap and it will both go a long way and also cover just about all your needs; washing yourself, your dishes, your floors, and your clothes.

The article lists many of the toxic dangers that inhabit the typical household including oven cleaner, mothballs, drain cleaner, and air freshener. Ironically, this aerosol product that goes by such brand names as Fresh Aire and Air Wick and that is meant to simulate the fresh air of the countryside in every scent thinkable, including kiwi and vanilla, is actually a toxic time bomb packed with an array of dangerous cancer-causing chemicals whose other side effects include causing reproductive problems and developmental disorders, not to mention triggering asthma attacks.

But most interesting for me to learn was just how dangerous most beds, mattresses specifically, are. Yep, because of government regulations that insist that beds be flame retardant, the chemicals used to achieve this can be most damaging to your health as you sleep. In most states, to buy a bed without chemicals requires a prescription from your doctor. And apparently Ikea and some other stores have begun to sell beds without toxic flame retardants.

And what about the woman behind me on the bus applying the nail polish? How dangerous is that for her or for her baby or for me and everyone else in close range ingesting the fumes? Frances places nail polish in a danger group of other products that include hair dye, shampoo, and lotion and writes that they "all commonly contain pthalates, glycol ethers, acetone, triclosan, formaldehyde, nonylphenols -- chemicals known to cause cancer, liver damage, birth defects, and a variety of other unpleasant problems." Yikes!

To read this recommended article, pick up the current issue of Arthur (avail for free at spots including Amoeba) or go to Arthur's website where you can buy copies of the mag ($6 inc S&H) or download the entire issue for free in three PDF files. And you can also do your own research, including visiting for data on the safety of everyday beauty products and reading such books as The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Perseus) by Devra Davis.

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