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This beautiful tree requires some parent involvement but the results come out beautiful!
Supplies: various fabric scraps, burlap, scissors, modge podge, brown fabric or felt.
Step 1: cover a piece of cardboard or wood with burlap. We used staples to attach to the back of cardboard. Hot glue would work also.
Step 2: trace child's hand, up to elbow, on the brown fabric/felt. Cut this out as the trunk of the tree.
Step 3: begin cutting different sized leaves out of various fabrics. Put modge podge on the back of leaves and lay onto burlap in tree design.
Step 4: once you have enough leaves, add the hand trunk. You can add thin layer of modge podge over entire project once it's done.
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Kangana to direct again?Sep 7, 2013 IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Actress Kangana Ranaut says she has plans to direct a foreign film which will cater to the international as well as Indian audience. However, she is in no hurry.
The actress had earlier directed a short film, written in collaboration with an Australian writer, which was shot in the US.
Talking about her new project as a director, Kangana told IANS: "I want to make a film, but for direction I will have to leave this country for a year and at this point of time when I have so many films I don't think its the right time."
"The film that I will be directing is not a Bollywood film but it will also release in India. It's an international film meant for the international and the Indian audience as well.
"But I don't want to make a film just for the heck of it. When the right time comes I will talk more about it," added the 26-year-old who has recently launched her own website.
The actress has featured in films like "Raaz - The Mystery Continues", "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai", "Fashion" and "Tanu Weds Manu". Her forthcoming film is the much awaited "Krrish 3".
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10 Easy Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities for Kids
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Calling all Pilgrims and Natives! Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and everyone's favorite feasting holiday is also a joy for families who enjoy Thanksgiving activities like crafting and home decor. These adorable turkey crafts projects will keep your kids busy and brighten up your Thanksgiving decorations. Check out our easy, kid-friendly Thanksgiving craft ideas and art projects with supplies from Michaels, Amazon and Paper Source. Time to Plymouth Rock-out with some paper and scissors!
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- Cut off the bottom of a cup. Cut two slits with the tip of your scissors at the center edge of the cup. Place the cup, bottom side up, into the center of a cup holder.
- Cut two paper rectangles per boat to make sails. Cut two tiny slits at the center of each sail at the top and bottom. Push stirrers through the slits.
- Add a paper flag to the top of each mast. Push the sticks into the slits in the cup.
Shapenty Disposable Blank Paper Coffee Cup Sleeves ($8.50; amazon.com)
9 oz. Orange Paper Cups, 14 count ($2; michaels.com)
Creatology 9″ x 12″ Construction Paper, White ($2; michaels.com)
Birch Wood Coffee Stirrers 7″ 1000 pack ($13; michaels.com)
Tabletop Turkey Craft
- Paint a paper cup brown. Turn the cup upside down and glue a pom-pom to the top of the cup for the head.
- Cut nine 4-inch leaf shapes from different colors of construction paper. Fold a 1-inch-square piece of orange construction paper in half; cut a triangle shape out of the folded paper for the beak. Using a 2-inch square of red paper folded in half, cut a heart shape to create the turkey's wattle.
- Glue the beak and wattle to the pom-pom. Add googly eyes. Glue on the "feathers."
1″ Pom Poms by Creatology ($1; michaels.com)
Creatology 9″ x 12″ Construction Paper, Assorted Colors ($3; michaels.com)
Creatology Assorted Wiggle Eyes Pack ($10; michaels.com)
Feather Place Mats
- Trace the largest plate you'll be using on pieces of scrapbook paper. Cut out circles.
- Glue feathers along edges, leaving paper centers blank (they'll be covered by the plates).
Foundations Smooth Orange Cardstock ($7.25 for 25; michaels.com)
Neutral Feathers Pack by Creatology ($5.50; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Hunt for Turkey Feathers
Buy a bunch of colorful quill feathers at a crafts store and hide them around the yard or house, then do a T-Day version of an Easter-egg hunt. Kids can use the feathers they collect to design a Native American headdress.
Creatology Feathers Value Pack, Quills ($5.50; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Mini Maracas Nature Craft
- Cut out a section (top and bottom) of an egg carton and fill one side with dried beans.
- Glue the sides together, with an ice-pop stick coming out of the middle.
- Paint with orange paint, let dry and push a green pipe cleaner into the top as a stem; slip on a green construction-paper "leaf" and bend pipe cleaner over in a loop.
Natural Wood Craft Sticks, 3.75″ ($8 for 6-pack of 60; michaels.com)
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint 4oz. ($5; michaels.com)
Chenille Stems Value Pack by Creatology ($7; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Easy Nature Place Card Crafts for Kids
- Scout the backyard for a round or oval leaf.
- Lightly paint one side with orange poster paint. Press onto the bottom half of a sheet of notecard stock.
- With a small paintbrush add a stem. Let dry. Fold paper in half, and use as a place card.
- Make place cards for everyone who will be attending your feast. Then ask your child to think of one reason she's thankful for each person and write it on the back. Guests can read them aloud!
Eco White Card Stock 8.5″ x 11″, set of 10 ($5; papersource.com)
Liquitex BASICS® Acrylic Paint 4oz. ($5; michaels.com)
Princeton Select Artiste Series 3750 Round Brush ($5; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Make Your Own Mats
The weekend before (or anytime really!), have your kids create collages of all the things they're thankful for on sheets of construction paper. Laminate their masterpieces at a copy store and use them as place mats. This is one of our favorite kids Thanksgiving crafts.
Duck Brand Peel & Stick Clear Adhesive Laminate, 12 sheets ($81; michaels.com)
Fun idea for Preschoolers or Toddlers: Go Classic
Hand turkeys are an oldie but goodie and a perfect Thanksgiving craft for toddlers or preschoolers. Tell everyone in the family to trace one of their hands on a piece of paper and color in their gobbler with crayons. Trot to it!
Creatology 9″ x 12″ Construction Paper, 50 Sheets ($3; michaels.com)
Crayola® Boxed Crayons, 96 Count ($5; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Cool Painted Pumpkin Designs
- Press stick-on dots (or cut shapes out of masking tape) onto a pumpkin in any pattern you like.
- Paint the entire surface with black acrylic paint. Let dry.
- Carefully remove the tape, and behold your graphic art!
Circle Label Stickers by Recollections ($2; michaels.com)
Tape It Masking Tape ($2; michaels.com)
Liquitex BASICS® Acrylic Paint 4oz. ($5; michaels.com)
Fun Idea: Easy Pinecone Turkey Craft for Kids
- Cut a small diamond out of yellow construction paper and fold in half to create the beak.
- Cut a wattle (rectangle with a heart shape at one end) out of red construction paper.
- Glue beak, wattle and googly eyes to pinecone.
- Twist dark pipe cleaner around pinecone base and poke into orange.
- Glue fall leaves to opposite side of orange to create tail feathers. (Or trace your child's hand on two different color sheets of construction paper. Cut out and glue them together, overlapping.)
- Glue two acorn caps to bottom for feet.
Creatology 9″ x 12″ Construction Paper, Assorted Colors ($3; michaels.com)
Creatology Assorted Wiggle Eyes Pack ($10; michaels.com)
Chenille Stems Value Pack by Creatology ($7; michaels.com)


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She is of course referring to her revamping of the cult classic Les Miserables which received a momentous amount of attention at artistic director Moriarty's Dallas Theater Center this past summer. The reviews lauded, an in some cases raged against, Tommy in particular for her courage and singular interpretation of a classic piece of musical theatre. The actors wore modern-dress, but more importantly, the dreams of the characters were re-envisioned and re-personalized in a revolutionary, modern and timeless manner.
And speaking of "dreaming a dream," Tommy's career has certainly turned into just that for many up-and-coming directors on the American theater scene. An associate director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, an Obie award winner for the best new American play Appropriate at the Signature Theater in New York and a lauded captain of several productions at the nation's most acclaimed regional theatres, Tommy has moved from new work to American classics to musicals in unprecendented fashion during her still blossoming career – and the momentum behind and around her is certainly not stopping any time soon.
Playbill.com caught up with Tommy while in tech for her second iteration of Party People at her homebase at the acclaimed Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, helmed by artistic director Tony Taccone.
Tommy has seen the development of the innovative musical, which chronicles the history of the Black Panthers and Young Lords, from its commissioning by Oregon Shakespeare Festival to workshops and a production there and now its new incarnation on her home turf.
Berkeley's production of Party People officially opened Oct. 24 and will run through Nov. 30. Tommy and a creative team including cast member/writer/theatre-making team UNIVERSES - Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and William Ruiz aka Ninja, lead a large cast in a daring sociopolitical musical whirlwind.
According to Berkeley Rep, audiences should, "get ready for a hyperkinetic mix of live video, hip hop, jazz, rock, gospel, blues, Latin rhythms and spoken word as the explosive theatre ensemble UNIVERSES rocks and unlocks the radical and complicated legacy of the Black Panthers and Young Lords."
Having opened to reviews using words like "riveting" and "rebirth" and "revolution," Party People's story brings to life, "these seminal activists [who] fought injustice, provided free food and medical care for their communities—and struggled against a government determined to suppress them. Based on dozens of interviews, Party People imagines the Black Panthers and Young Lords reuniting today at an art opening curated by a couple of young counterculturists, where old wounds open and generations collide. What is the price of being a revolutionary, and what happens to those who come after?"
Outside of the press blurb for the production, Tommy talked about Party People as real life historical events that merge into artistic memory – a fusion of music, movement and memory, in fact – with a first musical and dance number that lasts for almost 15 minutes of full-out singing and dancing. On the first ten-out-of-twelve technical rehearsal, Tommy cites the incredible determination, professionalism and bravery of her ensemble who "danced and sang full out for the whole first day." Ten hours were entirely devoted to only the initial 20 pages of the play.
"I push actors very hard," Tommy confessed, but, "every now and then, I take an acting class to remind myself what actors do and to upset the balance of power."
And indeed, power, class, race and passion harken back to Tommy's own upbringing in Apartheid South Africa. Of her intensely personal work on both Party People at Berkeley and Les Miserables in Dallas, Tommy said that both stories spoke to that history because they were about not only civil rights, but about, "people taking to the streets and drawing a line in the sand to build a civil society that reflects their principles." A truly elegant allusion.
In regards to Party People in particular, she reminds audiences that right now is also a, "political time for people of color in this country, exactly like the 50s when the Panthers formed." Listening to her compare both Les Mis and Party People, it is clear and pressing that Tommy is not interested in only making theatre that tells interesting stories, but theatre that tell stories to "feel immediate, and not like a history play."
Of course, directing only musicals this season is a distinct turning point in Tommy's career which has moved from Hamlet at California Shakespeare where she worked with frequent collaborators Zainab Jah and LeRoy McClain, to new straight play development with visionary Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Appropriate, to the "beginning of a long-term relationship with Nehal Joshi," her Jean Valjean at Dallas.
"We all have people we connect with profoundly as artists," Tommy said, and no matter if she's running an audition room for a musical, new play or classic she is interested in, above all, "tapping into the soul of the artist."
In fact, she even spoke about getting stopped on the street in New York after all the press from her Les Mis by extremely, "well-trained performers who don't see themselves in the public face of this industry," who were inspired by her work and moved to tears - much to her humble shock. But it is all-too-clear, perhaps to everyone but Tommy, that her connection to the art is not intellectual, commercial or ideological, but intensely personal, truthful and visceral. Tears are a part of that. When asked about the energy in her audition rooms, she says, frankly, "I want to see the real thing."
So when actors get nervous, or forget to do what's actually required of them in a scene, "I always make sure to put my hand on their shoulder and to have a little breath with them. I ground them and I treat them like they're auditioning for Hamlet or Ophelia," no matter what the project. And in regards to musicals, her new forte, she says, there are, "a million actors with beautiful voices," but sometimes she doesn't even audition them. She'd rather meet them for coffee, and in the words of one of her unnamed cast members, she is using this time, "just waiting for [you] to reveal your soul." She trusts that if you're meeting with her, that when it comes to being in the audition room, "Your technique will be there," and knowingly reminds you to, "engage your core, or nerves will take over." Did we also mention that Tommy trained as an actor at the acclaimed Trinity Repertory Conservatory, now the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA programs?
What's it like then, to work with writers, actors, designers and musicians in a world where boundaries and duties shift with something like Party People?
"It's really hard to take yourself out of it," Tommy said, but working on a new play and especially a new musical, "changes everything." And Party People is about, "unsung American heroes whose stories need to be heard and seen."
So in the rehearsal hall, though the process may be exhausting and intricate, it doesn't seem to weigh on her. Her tone of voice is light and confident. "I feel like I'm so inspired all the time. If I feel exhaustion it goes away immediately because of who's in the room," she laughed into the phone.
Sounds like a party to us.
Party People plays Tuesdays through Sundays through Nov. 30 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage (2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA).
Tickets range from $35-87.
Visit berkeleyrep.org for more information.


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Tel: 6291-1936
Open for lunch and dinner Tues to Sun: 12pm to 2.30pm; 6.30pm to 10.30pm. Closed on Mon and public holidays.
IF Aladdin ever wanted to do some re-decorating and called on Toulouse- Lautrec to "Dude, pimp my cave", the result might look very similar to 5th Quarter. Hard-core minimalists, hold your breath as Loh Lik Peng's latest eatery in Hotel Vagabond replaces understatement with a life-sized bronze elephant and rhino frolicking in a red velvet jungle filled with golden trees and walls of French art. And this being Singapore with its manpower crunch, the rhino will also check you in if you need a room - he doubles as the hotel's front desk. Literally.
Loh's co-venture with Vagabond's owner Satinder Garcha is a stone's throw from Sungei Road Laksa, in a neighbourhood that's probably not accustomed to having its own petting zoo or Andrew Nocente's Aussie-inspired menu of home-cured meats. The key selling point here is that he brines, ferments and smokes his own charcuterie, pickles and meats, but we like how he uses all ends of the animal and turns them into tasty morsels.
Already open for a few months, 5th Quarter seems to have ironed out most of its kinks with a different menu than what it started with. Flavours are confident and balanced, and chef Nocente has a strong grasp of texture and mouth feel. The beef tongue (S$12) is overly salty but the pile of meaty shavings is tender with just enough bite. Risk onion breath and eat the tongue with the charred pickled baby onions and radish slices which add crunch and distract you from the saltiness.
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From the lunch menu (a small selection of "sharing" plates costing S$10 each - a great deal as two or three make a full meal for one person), a risotto of buckwheat cooked in a creamy seafood bisque has a chewy-tender bite that's just right. We would be happy to pay more for fresh peeled crabmeat instead of the packaged version here, although the dollop of uni butter gives it that jolt of umami richness that completes the dish.
We also can't get enough of the Japanese corn - almost sugary-sweet cobs slathered with spiced cream cheese that melts like savoury chilli butter over the hot kernels with chopped chives. Idiot-proof simple but deliciously so.
The less-is-more principle extends to the home-made pappardelle - fat sheets of al dente pasta that has a spring in every bite, so simply dressed in olive oil infused with rosemary, bits of crispy pork jowl bacon, or guanciale, and a sprinkle of toasted bread crumbs. The Aussie-Italian puts his heritage to good use here in this uncomplicated treat.
Speaking of animal odd bits, pork jowl is cooked sous vide and served wobbly and quivering in its own fat - pull-apart tender with basil and kohlrabi purée, the richness countered by pickled shaved kohlrabi. But we find more flavour in the steak-like slices of smoked and sous vide wagyu knuckle, with its fleeting aroma and tender, gelatinous texture. The creamy polenta it sits on hasn't got that baby food texture to it - a pleasant graininess makes you thankful for your ability to chew. And the cheesy wasabi butter on top nails it.
Duck is a tough meat to deal with but chef Nocente beats (or sous vides) it almost into submission with his version of duck, figs and hearts (S$28). The pieces of meat are thick and pink with a good bit of chew left but not the fibrous kind. The meat jus reduction looks tinged with beetroot for a burgundy hue while kale crisps bring up the healthy quotient, only to be brought down to earth by deep fried bites of duck tongue and tender cured hearts.
Dessert (both S$10 each from the lunch menu) is where he goes a little off key, with a deconstructed pumpkin pecan pie manifested as a spiced cookie dough layer topped with balls of frozen pumpkin mousse, pecans and a pulled sugar sheet. Give us a crisp sable cookie and pumpkin ice cream and all will be forgiven. Mild goat's cheese ice cream with wedges of blood orange jelly and cream offers a more likeable contrast.
Indian-Arabian-French opulence and laid back unpretentious fare are as awkward a personality match as having an elephant and rhino as colleagues (who gets the bigger share of tips?). Visual heart attack aside, it's good to know you have chef Nocente's cooking to bring you down to earth.
Rating: 7.5
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Week 4: The Fall Tune-up Test concludes!4 min readReading Time: 3 minutes
This is it: the last week of the Reliance Fall Home Tune-Up!
Can I assume that you've all been busy? Hopefully after this week each of you can answer every one of our original Tune-Up Test 10 questions with a resounding "YES!". Not to put too much pressure on, but as you know…winter is fast approaching, so it's best to get things completed and put your mind at ease before it's too late. In this week's follow-up, we're going back inside the home to provide a little more info and advice to help you through items 8, 9 and 10 on our checklist.
8: Insulating Water Pipes
- Preparing and insulating your plumbing pipes is a quick and easy task that any homeowner can tackle – you don't need to be a DIY expert, believe me. Many people neglect the importance of insulation and overlook that it not only helps protect pipes from freezing in winter, but it also helps reduce condensation on cold water pipes in the summer. Hot water pipes also benefit from insulation year round as loss of heat is dramatically reduced. The bottom line here is that this quick task will reduce the risk of damage, and better yet, save you money along the way. Click here for a short video walking you through the process, step-by-step.
9: Carbon Monoxide/Smoke Detectors
- Carbon monoxide is a gas that you can't see, smell or taste. It is produced by every household appliance that runs on fossil fuels, such as wood, gas, oil or coal. Because you cannot see, smell or taste this deadly gas, poisoning can happen to anyone, any time, anywhere. Everyone is at risk, especially pregnant women, children, the elderly and people with heart and lung problems. If your home is not well ventilated, the levels of carbon monoxide in the air can quickly rise to dangerous levels which is why carbon monoxide detectors are so important. Click here for a short video that will give you more info about carbon monoxide and how to protect your family from exposure.
- When it comes to protecting your family from the dangers of smoke and fire, nothing provides more protection or peace of mind than smoke detectors. And in the province of Ontario, having smoke detectors is not an option: it's the law. Fire is the greatest concern when it comes to home safety so take the time this fall to ensure that you replace the batteries in each smoke detector and test them regularly to ensure that they are in working order. Better safe than sorry! Click here for a short video to provide you with more information about fire safety.
10: Programmable Thermostat
- If you haven't invested in a programmable thermostat yet, you are sacrificing not only your comfort level in the home but you are also throwing money away. Programmable thermostats allow you to pre-set temperature settings to maximize your energy dollar and prevent waste. In our home, we have been able to reduce our heating and cooling costs by more than 15% and as any home owner will tell you….that equates to hundreds of dollars in savings each year. Programmable thermostats are inexpensive, easy to install and will go a long way in helping you save money as well as reducing your carbon footprint year round. Take this opportunity to install one (if you haven't already) in order to prepare for what is sure to be a long, cold winter! It's a very wise investment! Click here to check out our quick How To video for more info on programmable thermostats.
And that wraps up our Fall Home Tune Up! We've highlighted 10 key tasks that are sure to reduce your energy costs, protect your home from damage and most importantly, keep your family safe and comfortable this winter. If you've completed this list, CONGRATULATIONS! You certainly get a passing grade. If you haven't, time is running out….so get back to work and put the finishing touches on your checklist! Any other tips that you'd like to share? We'd love to hear what other steps you've taken to prepare your home for the season!


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As more entrepreneurs and startups join the healthcare industry and larger companies begin to digitize on a large scale, cloud computing services that tailor to the specific needs of healthcare companies are becoming more in demand.
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Tutorial – First TRIMM Groovy project (standalone)
This is the simplest TRIMM Groovy project possible. It doesn't require any project dependencies.
- Java 6 or later must be installed (we recommend installing Java 7)
- TRIMM Groovy standalone
- Enterprise Architect 10.x
Step 1 – Create an Enterprise Architect Model
See Trimm Java tutorial (standalone)
Step 2 – Configure the TRIMM Groovy code generator
TRIMM Groovy's default configuration format is YAML, which is a very simple file format (like XML but without all the noisy brackets < >)
We create a configuration file e.g. called
GroovyModel.yml (the name and extension can be anything you like) and place it in
You can use NotePad, Edit, NotePad++ or what ever you like to create the file.
The first thing we need to tell TRIMM is where our XMI file is placed:
xmiModelPath: mysimplemodel.xml
Next we need to tell TRIMM which UML tool we used. Since we used Enterprise Architect we will use the value
umlTool: EA
Note: Other possible values are
MagicDraw17 or the
FQCN (Fully Qualified Class Name) for a Java class on the classpath that implements the XmiReader interface. Alternative you can specify a
.groovy script (that also implements the XmiReader interface)
Finally we need to specify where TRIMM should output its files (relative to the directory from which it is run)
We do this using the
generateBaseClassesToPath setting:
generateBaseClassesToPath: output
Note: The TRIMM code generator automatically cleans up files in its output folder that wasn't part of the code generation phase. It's therefore necessary that you specify
generateBaseClassesToPath to be something different than an empty value, otherwise you will loose all the contents in your project folder!
The complete configuration file looks like this:
xmiModelPath: mysimplemodel.xml umlTool: EA generateBaseClassesToPath: output
That's it for this simple model.
Step 3 – Generate code using TRIMM Groovy standalone
Open a Command Prompt (or Terminal on Unix/OSX)
For this example I'm assuming that you have extracted TRIMM Groovy standalone to
C:\TRIMM-examples\SimplestGroovyModel\ so that this folder now contains a
bin and
repo folder:
We want the generated code to be placed in a subfolder called
Run the following command from the command prompt (on Windows):
bin\GroovyYamlGenerator -yaml GroovyModel.yml
This will yield a lot of console output which ends with the following:
If we do a listing of the files in the output then we will see that it contains subfolders matching the
dk.tigerteam.examples.simplestgroovymodel we added to the UML model.
It also contains two files
ContactInfo.groovy and
Customer.groovy which are generated based on the two UML classes in the model.
package dk.tigerteam.examples.simplegroovymodel import java.util.Date import dk.tigerteam.examples.simplegroovymodel.ContactInfo class Customer { /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in Customer<p/> */ int age /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in Customer<p/> */ java.util.Date created /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in Customer<p/> */ String firstName /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in Customer<p/> */ String lastName ContactInfo contactInfo }
package dk.tigerteam.examples.simplegroovymodel class ContactInfo { /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in ContactInfo<p/> */ String email /** * No documentation<p/> * Defined in ContactInfo<p/> */ String mobilePhone }


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Here are a couple of videos that might help students participating in Tai Chi classes at the Jones Center. The first video consists of warm-up QiGong movements. The second video is the Paul Lam Tai Chi for Arthritis Form #1. Practice every day.
Thanks to BeachSide QiGong for posting these on YouTube.
See you in class!


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Armidale Montessori Preschool has two classrooms, both set up using Montessori principals and suited to the age ranges of the children in each room. We are adding to our collection of materials all the time, and it is wonderful to watch the children enthusiastically engage with all the activities in the classroom.
The Montessori approach places great emphasis on a learning environment that looks beautiful, as well as one that suits the purpose of educating children. Montessori materials are hand crafted and displayed on open shelves. Classrooms have large windows and lots of natural light, with easy access to the outdoors.
Armidale Montessori Preschool classrooms are wonderful spaces to be in. Browse through the images in our gallery to get more of an idea of what our rooms are like. To see a room in action, watch the video – not of our school – giving you a glimpse into what a classroom is like for the children.
We do encourage you to make a time to come in and see for yourself – the photos and video are lovely – but real life is even better!


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You previously have met Miss Dior and Lady Dior. Now it's time for you to meet Monsieur Dior!
Though the exhibition was four months ago, I still remember how beautiful it was. Wish they could have turned it into a permanent space, updated with everything Dior!
The video below is a short recap on the exhibition and you can read the full article on Aquila Style with all pictures included.
ZINAH at Dior Exhibition from ZINAH on Vimeo.
Love and Peace


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Waste water from Beijing hospitals is replete with anti-psychotics, antidepressants and sedatives.
Source: Chemosphere.
Many Chinese people with depression have chronic back pain or neck pain.
Source: Psychiatric Research
Concern about drug resistant malaria from Plasmodium vivax in Central China.
Source: Korean Journal of Parasitology.
Almost 60% of prostitutes on China-Vietnam border have herpes, 5% have HIV.
Source: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Backyard duck breeders in Beijing at risk of avian flu.
Source: PLOS One.


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Egg in Bread with Turkey Bacon (2 slices)
|Estimated Calories
|Estimated Fat
|Estimated Carbs
Instructions and Ingredients for Egg in Bread:
Take a slice of wheat bread and twist a small cup or glass on a flat surface to make a hole in the middle of the bread. Lightly butter the bread, begin frying and crack open an egg into the middle. Make sure egg is cooked, flipping as necessary. Melt a slice of cheese over one side when cooking is nearly done.
1 Egg Egg (Large) (x 1)
1 Slice (.9 oz) (25 g) Bread, Wheat (Incl Wheat Berry) (x 0.75)
1 Pat Butter, Pat (x 1)
1 Slice Kraft Deli Deluxe American Cheese (x 1)
Instructions and Ingredients for Turkey Bacon (2 slices):
Microwave or pan-fry.
1 SLICE Jennie-O Bacon Turkey 95% Fat Free (x 2)
We consider a low calorie meal to be a meal or recipe that is under 600 calories. To be considered low fat, it must have less than 30% of its calories coming from fat. Same with low carb, it must have less than 30% of its calories coming from carbs. We consider a breakfast of egg in bread with turkey bacon (2 slices) to be low calorie and low carb.


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Collection Facts
Extent:5 items
Dates of Original:c. 2010-2015
NYH Topic Area(s):
- Business & Industry
Additional Information
Creator Attribution:Quinnones, Manny (Interviewee);Labarr, Lynn (Interviewee);Erlacher, Roland, 1933- (Interviewee);Cassetti, Robert K. (Interviewee);Shaw, Stephen (Interviewee);
Publisher of Digital:Corning Museum of Glass - Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library
Time Period:
Collection Owner:Corning Museum of Glass - Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library
Historical Context
These oral histories focuses on the impact of glass in Corning, NY, and around the world. The recordings in our collection explore a wide range of topics and professions, including glass artists and technicians, glass factory employees, Corning Museum of Glass institutional history,and topics unique to Corning, like the flood of 1972.
Scope of Collection
This collection includes oral histories conducted by staff at the Rakow Library.
We are always interested in adding to our oral history collection. If you would like to contribute your story or recommend someone, please contact email@example.com.


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Quarles Testifies on the Need for Toxic Substances Act
[EPA press release - July 10, 1975]
Legislation to prevent the proliferation of dangerous chemicals throughout the environment is "one of our most urgently needed environmental laws," John R. Quarles, Deputy Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, said today.
Testifying before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance, which is currently considering legislation to control toxic substances, Quarles cited vinyl chloride as one chemical that should not have been allowed to enter the environment without proper testing for human health and environmental effects. Vinyl chloride, which is used extensively in the plastics industry, has been found to cause a rare form of liver cancer (angiosarcoma) in humans and has already caused the deaths of at least 15 Americans.
In addition to vinyl chloride, Quarles cited fluorocarbons (Freons), bischloromethylether (BCME), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as chemicals now present in the environment that "point to the inadequacy of our present approach to controlling toxic substances."
"Existing Federal laws fail to deal evenly and comprehensively with toxic substances problems," Quarles said.
"While some authority exists to control the production of certain categories of toxic substances, such as pesticides, drugs, and food additives, most existing Federal authorities are designed to prevent harmful exposure only after the substances have been introduced into production.
"The Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act," Quarles said, "deal with toxic substances at the point at which they become emissions or effluents. Even the recently enacted Safe Drinking Water Act, while providing long-needed protection against contaminants in drinking water, deals with the problem at a point where the contaminants are very difficult to control."
Only by requiring premarketing notification for all chemicals and testing for selected chemicals would EPA be able to assess adequately the risks that new chemicals pose to human health and the environment, Quarles said.
About 600 new chemical compounds are introduced in the United States annually for commercial use.
Countering predictions that premarket notification and testing requirements in the proposed legislation wold pose undue costs to industry, Quarles said that "a comprehensive premarket notification approach should be economically preferable to industry. By examining the potential dangers associated with the production and use of a product before investing considerable capital," Quarles said, "the chemical industry can avoid the serious disruption and losses attendant to remedial action after the fact."
Fluorocarbons are an example of chemicals once considered safe for widespread use which may now pose a threat to health and the environment, Quarles said. "The scientific community has become increasingly concerned about fluorocarbons in the stratosphere, where their photo-disintegration has been alleged to result in a depletion of the ozone layer which protects the earth from excessive amounts of ultraviolet radiation," Quarles said.
Quarles said that "while it is highly speculative that scientists could have predicted the problem of fluorocarbons in the stratosphere when they were first marketed for refrigerants or aerosols, the magnitude of their potential harm may warrant regulatory control."
Quarles said that the discovery that long-term occupational exposure to vinyl chloride causes a rarer liver cancer illustrates the need to evaluate new chemicals carefully before they are produced in billions of pounds.
Quarles testified that the benefits of toxic substance legislation would greatly outweigh the costs. Answering charges that the cost to industry of premarket notification and testing would prove to be excessive, Quarles said that "when placed in perspective with the sales and profits of the chemical industry, these costs are relatively modest."
Quarles said that a preliminary EPA estimate of the costs to industry associated with implementation of proposed legislation would be on the order of $80 to $140 million annually. "In 1974, the sector of the industry most directly affected by the legislation (chemical and allied products less food additives, cosmetics, drugs, and pesticides) had sales of about $72 billion, profits after taxes exceeding $5.5 billion, and research and development expenditures of about $2 billion," Quarles said.


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Understanding your Design Needs
Designers are people; they are not mind readers. They have a skill which requires time and talent to execute as well as clear communication and understanding on any particular project. I realize this is not Earth-shattering news, but based on some things I have seen that others have asked designers to do, a little reminder can't hurt.
Here's how a request typically goes:
Client: "I need a brochure for my company."
Designer: "Great, I can help with that. What are you thinking?"
Client: "I just need the info on the website put into a brochure that I can have printed and give to people at trade shows."
Designer: "Ok, are you thinking a bi-fold, tri-fold, or rack card?"
Client: "I don't know. I just need something that will fit in a folder and look nice."
At this point, a savvy designer will drill deeper to get the answers she needs to move forward. And yet, there are so many different directions this project could turn. If you want to be effective with your interactions and frugal with your time and money, read these tips on how to work best with graphic designers.
Come to the table with ideas
In the example above, the client knew he wanted to use copy from his website. Great start. In the event you're building a new website, share links to other sites that inspire you. You may like certain aspects of the home page at one site, the blog page of another, and the products page of a third. Collect information and explain what it is about the sites that you like or dislike.
Here is a perfect example. When I worked with designer Valerie Ward to create the Snowbird Creatives logo, I was very specific with what I wanted based on inspiration I dug up from my interweb travels.
This specific direction cut down on the amount of guesswork that Val had to do. Investing that time up front got me closer to what I really wanted more quickly.
Provide specific feedback
One of the worst things you can say to a designer is, "I'm not sure why, but I just don't like it." And so it bears repeating … designers are not mind readers. I feel sorry for some of my designer friends and the interactions they have experienced over the years.
Instead, say things like, "I don't like this because … I really wanted a flying pig instead of a bird." Or, "I love the blue but the hue of the yellow makes me cringe. Can we find a softer yellow?"
Copy always comes first. Always.
Never ever, ever, ever go to design without final copy. That is bad news. A good designer will insist but sometimes can get overruled. This is one of the biggest time wasters to ask of a designer. Because once the copy is laid out, depending on the format and program she used, it may not be easy to copy/paste and repaginate the copy into a new layout. It has the potential to be a source of project delay, added mistakes and overall frustration.
Design to the end game
Disclose your budget or other resource parameters. If unwilling to be that candid, ask for a quote before going to layout. In the sample of a print piece, the format will determine how much content will fit and it's really critical to have this defined up front and design to it, rather than the other way around. Otherwise, it will lead to re-work and if you're paying by the hour, extra charges.
Also, if you know you want a brochure but will also want an ebook, PowerPoint presentation and posters, let the designer know. This could affect image licensing and/or the programs used to design in.
Allow time for your project to be completed
It does require time to quite literally "think." In the creative world, it is also called "ideation" and this requires time and effort. It's not easy to flip a switch and simply "be creative." Many times the ideas come at those in-between moments … in the shower, on the morning walk or in line at a coffee shop. Ideation is an important part of the creative process and time must be allotted for it to take place. In many cases, planting the idea several days or weeks in advance will allow the designer to marinate the idea in the in between time and develop an amazeball design.
Understand that a first round/comp/draft are initial stages not meant to be perfect
You may see things like blurry images ("For Placement Only" AKA "FPO") or images with watermarks over them. This is because if you end up liking that particular image, the designer will download the hi-res (high resolution) image and in some cases, pay for it. This brings us to our next point.
Understand license usage
Some images must be purchased as in the case of some stock photography. Your designer can tell you where the images will be licensed from and the parameters of the license. Knowing where the deliverable(s) will be distributed is important because some licenses cap distribution and you can't go over without suffering consequences.
Things to avoid
Whatever you do, don't ask the designer to design in Word. (This is an inside joke. Not really.) Don't say things like, "Can you make it pop" or "Can I see 10 versions?" I have to give props to Canva because this is spot on. Check out this great post on what not to say to designers.
With a little forethought on the client's part and a stellar designer who knows how to ask the right questions, you'll be well on your way to making things pop in no time.


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Bowman County Courthouse
104 1st St NW
Bowman, ND 58623
New Bowman airport opens for business
May 29, 2015
news Dickinson, 58602
Dickinson North Dakota 1815 1st Street West 58602
BOWMAN — A new airport east of Bowman that has been nearly a decade in the making is officially open for business.
The Bowman County Municipal Airport, which sits about four miles east of Bowman, spans 400 acres and has a 5,700-foot runway, making it the longest small general aviation runway in North Dakota.
Overall, the airport is triple the size of the one it replaced three miles west of the town.
A ribbon cutting dedication Thursday featured Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley, who spoke on the airport's importance in the region.
"The opening of the Bowman County Municipal Airport is a critically important milestone in our efforts to address the impacts of rapid growth in our state," Wrigley said. "This new airport will attract and facilitate business, and provide a safe operating environment for medical personnel, agricultural operators, flight training and aircraft maintenance."
Bowman Mayor Lyn James, Mark Holzen of the Federal Aeronautics Administration, and other local leaders associated with the project attended the event.
Rod Schaaf, a member of the Bowman County Airport Authority who was also at the dedication, said the airport has been a long time coming. The first dirt moved on the project in October 2012.
"It was a good day," he said. "It was a relief."
Schaaf said that plans for the new airport began almost 10 years ago when the county did a study to see if the original airport could handle an increase in air traffic from the growing energy industry. They found that, at the runway's current length, corporate jets from destinations like Oklahoma and Texas could only take off from Bowman's airport with half-filled fuel tanks and had to refuel at another location.
After finding that surrounding conditions prevented the original airport from expanding, the county looked around and eventually designated a spot four miles east of town to create a new one. Schaaf said that in addition to being longer, the runway was designed to be more durable and capable of receiving larger or heavier aircraft. It is also made with grooved cement, he said, which makes the runway more effective at draining rainwater and creates less potential for hazards.
Schaaf also said the airport is equipped with twin 10,000-gallon fuel tanks, more than double the capacity of the old airport's two 4,000-gallon fuel tanks. It also has the most up-to-date technology, he said, including LED runway lighting and GPS.
"That's the pluses we have going into the future here," Schaaf said.
Funding for $16 million project was came from federal, state and local sources. This included more than $2.9 million in state Energy Impact Grant funding, which are used to support various municipal projects across North Dakota.
The airport is already set to be used. Schaaf said that 10 hangars each hold an aircraft, with a crop-dusting facility being built. He also said that Valley Med Flight—an air ambulance service based in Grand Forks with helicopter and fixed-wing units in Dickinson—has said it plans to use the airport, and oil companies have called to make sure it will supply fuel and other services for their jets.
"We're up and running, open for business," Schaaf said.
Like Wrigley, he said he sees the airport as a positive step for the community.
"It'll be a good asset here," he said.


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Request for Proposals: Statewide Organizing Director
Front and Centered is a statewide, community-driven coalition working to achieve environmental justice by asserting policy solutions that center equity. Our members are the leadership of communities first and worst hit by environmental and climate impacts – communities of color and indigenous communities. Together, we are working to build the power and capacity of a statewide movement for racial, economic, and environmental justice. We do this by growing our member's leadership and power to change laws, reverse destruction of the environment and our communities, rebalance the economy and political power, and build up healthy communities
We envision a future where our communities and the earth are healed and thriving, our people have dignified work and the building blocks of opportunity and prosperity, and our government values, respects, and represents us. We are working for sovereignty, resilience, and self-sufficiency for our communities so that future generations can thrive. We strive to make racial inequities on all issues a thing of the past and to ensure that people of color and indigenous people are at the forefront of building equitable, democratic systems and policies that work for their communities.
We believe that fundamental changes are required to achieve environmental justice and healthy, thriving, equitable futures for communities of color and indigenous communities in Washington State. We believe that sustainable, meaningful solutions to environmental and climate issues threatening everyone in Washington State cannot be created without maximizing the wisdom of indigenous communities and communities of color. We believe that our future depends on solutions created by communities who have been historically marginalized and most impacted by environmental and climate hazards.
Front and Centered seeks an experienced community organizer to complete the following scope of work:
Scope of Work
- Develop and execute a statewide organizing strategy to support collaboration and greater engagement, action, and momentum across the state for environmental justice, including a likely ballot measure in 2018.
- Convene members in statewide gatherings, organize monthly planning meetings and weekly strategic calls with other contractors of Front & Centered and as needed.
- Assess and provide strategic recommendations for engaging communities of color in key parts of Washington state, and execute a plan to build the membership of Front & Centered and to increase the overall participation and level of action toward forwarding the priorities of the coalition.
- Grow, organize and convene Front and Centered Members
- Organize member groups and prospective member groups to identify ways that they want to get involved and understand and communicate their priorities to the policy leads and steering committee.
- Engage Front and Centered members through regular communication channels as most appropriate to participate in Front and Centered campaigns, programs, workgroups, etc.
- Coordinate the annual meeting of all the members and routine committee meetings.
- Develop and implement the statewide field strategy for Front & Centered members participation in the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy.
- Routinely inform, convene and represent Front and Centred groups and communities around the climate campaign. Ensuring clear, transparent communication, that builds trust and accountability toward the interests of Front and Centered groups and communities most impacted.
- Build a coordinated field strategy to educate and mobilize voters of color pass a ballot measure.
- Develop and manage assessment methods to evaluate progress and outcome to share with members, funders as well as to inform and shape future efforts.
- Continually assess and leverage our capacity to engage people of color in collective action toward Front & Centered policy priorities and campaigns.
- Organize regional assemblies to get input and engagement on the priorities, and an annual statewide meeting.
- Utilize input from members along with people of color data/research, identify key/core geographic areas, building out our collaboration and engagement levels, with a particular eye toward areas of the state that are under-represented.
- Lead implementation and administration of our work plan in the Public Participation Grant on engaging toxic communities.
- Communicate and collaborate with external stakeholders, such as organizers from allied organizations; promote the Front and Centered agenda through the management of our social media accounts and newsletters, leveraging best practices in digital organizing.
- Create and manage systems to track engagement, progress, and outcomes
- Provide routine progress reports to the Steering Committee of Front & Centered.
- Other tasks as assigned
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of experience in community organizing.
- Experience working in coalition campaigns and structures.
- Experience working in diverse communities namely with people of color and indigenous peoples as well as disenfranchised communities.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- Experience working on legislative or ballot measure campaigns
- Experience in organizing statewide across geographies
- Experience using digital organizing techniques leveraging social media
- Written and verbal communication skills in English and an additional language prevalent in Washington State or demonstrated experience working with multilingual communities
- Team player capable of working both collaboratively and independently
- Highly organized and resourceful with a strong attention to detail
- Problem solving, project management
- Deep knowledge and passion for social movements, environmental justice and racial justice
- Ability to travel and attend meetings on weekends and evenings.
This is an independent contract scope of work anticipated to be 40 hours a week. Currently, the scope of work is funded from October 1, 2017 – December 1, 2018, with the possibility of extending the work beyond this time period. Compensation range $75,000 to $95,000 for term of the contract. All additional travel and operational costs incurred will be covered by Front and Centered. The contractor will cover their own taxes, benefits, healthcare, etc. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage people of color, women, and LGBTQ individuals to apply. Front and Centered is fiscally sponsored for this work through the Latino Community Fund.
Interested individuals should send an email to [email protected] with a subject line, "Statewide Organizing Director" and attach a letter of interest, resume and 3 references from former or current clients or employers by October 6, 2017. Interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The position will remain open until filled.


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By Amy E. Feldman
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – How do you know if the guy who's working for you is your employee or your independent contractor?
Strippers have sued the Penthouse Club because it treated them like…independent contractors. Although the women could earn $1600 a day in tips (geez, I'm in the wrong profession), they were charged to give part of their tip to the dj, valet, and "house mom" – not sure what that is. So, they said they should have been paid as employees under Pennsylvania wage laws, and a judge in Philadelphia is allowing their suit against the club.
So? How do you pay your stripper? Ok, even if you deny you have a stripper, how about how you pay your house cleaner? Or lawn service? How should you? That will depend, as it did in the stripper case, on a couple of factors including how much direct control you have over how the worker performs the tasks; on the financial control you have: do you pay for all the worker's expenses like cleaning products for your home and decide how the worker is paid? And whether the person gets vacation, sick pay and benefits.
To make sure you're classifying all the people you pay properly, visit the IRS website – even if you don't pay your people in single dollar bills.


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Find out more about this financial product that could give you the golden years you deserve.
Equity Release continues to soar in popularity across the nation, as more and more over-55 homeowners are turning to their property wealth to boost their later life finances. Already in the first half of 2018, we have seen a 64% annual increase in the amount released, and helped customers unlock an average of £78,580 from their homes.1
However, despite this growth, confusion still surrounds this industry. Recent research has indicated that as little as 11% of homeowners aged 55 or over fully understand how it works.2
At Responsible Equity Release, we believe that Equity Release can provide important financial security and opportunity to some of the UK's later life homeowners. That's why we're keen on spreading as much knowledge about the industry as possible. Below, we've busted 5 of the biggest myths that still surround equity release.
Myth 1: You no longer own your own home
Contrary to popular belief, taking out a lifetime mortgage does not affect the ownership of your home. Your home remains your own for life. The mortgage, plus the interest accrued, only gets repaid once the property stops serving as your primary residence – when you move into long term care for example.
Myth 2: The money you release is subject to tax
Despite what as many as 55% of respondents in the above report believed, the money you release from your home is tax-free. It can be spent however you see fit, from providing an early inheritance to your family to travelling the world.
Myth 3: You can end up owing more than the value of your home
This is completely untrue. The 'No Negative Equity Guarantee' ensures that your estate will never owe more than the value of your property when it is sold. Once the property ceases to be your primary residence and is sold, the sale proceeds are used to pay off the lifetime mortgage and any interest that has accrued. Once the loan has been repaid, any remaining funds will be paid to you or your estate.
In the unlikely event that the property sells for less than the amount of the loan, the remaining balance will be written off.
Myth 4: You can't release equity from your home if you have an outstanding mortgage
False. You can still release equity from your home if you have an outstanding mortgage, provided that the tax-free funds you release or other savings you have are used to pay off the outstanding mortgage balance. In fact, clearing an existing mortgage balance is one of the most popular uses of a lifetime mortgage.
Myth 5: You must make monthly repayments with a lifetime mortgage
Despite the name, a lifetime mortgage features no required monthly payments. As with any other borrowing, an interest rate is charged. Any interest you choose not to pay is simply added to the total and paid when you or your heirs eventually sell the property. However, should you wish, some plans allow you to make voluntary, penalty-free payments of up to 10pc per year of the amount you borrowed.
It is important to consider that a lifetime mortgage may reduce the value of your estate, and the tax-free cash you receive may affect your entitlement to means-tested benefits. Your advisor will provide you with a personalised illustration of the features and risks to you.
If you think that your golden years could be given a shine with a tax-free cash boost, then why not use our free online calculator to see how much you could release from your home?
Find it here: http://www.responsibleequityrelease.co.uk/equity-release-calculator/
Could equity release help you? Call us now and speak to one of our expert team who will give you all the information you need.
0800 652 2955
2 Mortgage Strategy, 'Confusion reigns over equity release', 25/07/18


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HIN Winter Update – August 2015
|Fruit Growers Victoria - Pome and Stonefruit - Goulburn Valley and Gippsland
Market conditions for the fruit being packed in storage is moving along steadily for both pears and apples but the former has struggled all season to establish market prices that will deliver sustainable returns back to the growers.
The stone fruit season was also a great one in terms of quality but due to the lack of options at the market level it did not return the true value of investment back to the grower.
Hopefully the remaining pome fruit in storage price will bounce back strong and stone fruit's next crop has more marketing options.
Processing and Canning
It is still too early to declare pricing at this stage but SPC has already stated that they are likely to commit to the same volume intake for next season and pricing should also be at least the same as last year and possibly better. More information will come to light prior to the harvest season and the prospects look positive for growers
Pests and Disease
Queensland Fruit Fly will be the focus moving into the spring and temperatures begin to climb as this is the time for positioning traps where over wintering flies are likely to be.
Installing and and/or recharging Codling Moth, Oriental Fruit Moth and LBAM traps will need to be carried out by the end of august so as activity can be monitored so biofix dates can be confidently established and control options and timing can be implemented.
The FGV Growfruit App will be available to any grower that wishes to use this program for establishing spray timing based on moth biofix activity. Contact FGV for further details.
Full oil spray applications to suppress mealy bug, and any pockets of San Jose scale can now only be considered on any varieties before bud swell presence.
|Conditions have been much more extreme in terms of frosts for the winter period and there is a high expectation of Stonefruit bloom being high and pomefruit being very much the same.
Many growers are basing much of their pruning strategies around doing bud number counts to try and balance the oncoming crop load from the outset to avoid setting too much early fruit on the trees.
Due to the cooler conditions growers will also focus on the length of any potential protracted flowering and the frost events during this period, which growers need to be preparing to minimise the impact via cultural practices such as a bare orchard floor and spray applications to minimise fruitlet blemish.
Since this time the industry has seen the formation of a subsidiary body Stonefruit Export Development Association (SEDA) to Summer Fruit Australia that is focused on opening up export markets. Growers have registered their orchards in anticipation that access to China for this oncoming season is certified by AQSIQ and DoA.


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Job Description
A market leading B2B financial services business Public Sector Bodies and global organisations is recruiting a number of Telesales Executives with a variety of experience.
With revenues exceeding £50m our client operates across Europe and the Sales Executive will form part of an exciting period of growth. The company offers and excellent initial and ongoing training and development program designed to ensure your success within the business.
Candidates who have been successful in the position have come from various backgrounds and industries with job titles such as; Market Research, Lead Generator, Sales Executive, Sales Advisor, B2B Customer Advisor and Recruitment Consultant.
There business has 4 x teams within its internal sales function as follows and is recruiting multiple roles into each:
Lead Profiler £19,000 basic, £23,500 OTE
Lead Generators £21,000 basic, £30,000 OTE Uncapped
Telesales Executive £22,000 basic, £30,000 OTE Uncapped
Internal Account Managers £24,000 basic, £30,000 OTE Uncapped
Candidates will be considered for each team depending on experience and all candidates should have a minimum of 6 months outbound telephone experience.
We have been working with this client for over 12 months, they run a very fast recruitment process and can turnaround candidate submission - offer within a week and there are a number of immediate starts available.
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Today many customers are facing the problem of default activation of value added services on there mobile phone. So to cater the concern of activation of VAS without the consent of customer, TRAI has come up with new norms. As per the new norms of TRAI, mobile phone service providers have to take written consent from the customers before activating any value added service on there mobile phone.
Caller Tunes, Cricket Updates, GPRS, Horoscope, Games, Ringtones etc. are some popular value added services which customers demand on there mobile phone as per there need. Service providers charge monthly rental for each service you activate on your mobile phone. So now if you need any paid value added service on your mobile phone you have to give written consent to your service provider.
Service providers can take written consent either through email, SMS, Fax or in writing to activate any paid VAS on customers mobile number. The telcos has been asked to follow the new norms by February 2.
To tighten the norms for new mobile connection or the connections which are not in use, TRAI will come up with some new guidelines by march 2013. As currently service providers are arbitrary discontinuing mobile connections which are not in use for more than 2 months. This is affecting a lot of mobile users who were not using there mobile for some time and now when they want to use the same the connection is discontinued by the service provider.
TRAI issued a notification in July 2011 which ordered mobile operators to seek consent from subscribers before activating any value added service on there mobile phone. Operators were supposed to take the confirmation from the customers within 24 hours of the activation of the VAS. Apart from consent from the customer for activation of VAS, service provider had to ask the customer at least 3 days before the date of renewal of VAS. But these guidelines are not been implemented by the service providers which resulted lot of complaints from the customers.
We will bring you the latest updates on the same as they happen. Stay tuned to Fingyan by following Fingyan Official Facebook Page and sign up for our free newsletter.


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Like its sister circuit, the Selden SailJuice Winter Series, season #2 of the Great British Sailing Challenge offers handicap racing for dinghies and small craft of pretty much all shapes and sizes...
19 December 2019
The Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash took place in November, marking not only the first event of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series but also the 2019/2020 edition of the Great British Sailing Challenge (GBSC).
Competitors in the Selden SailJuice Winter Series are automatically entered into the inaugural season of the GBSC, which concludes next autumn at a100-boat invitation-only Grand Final.
The dates are now out for the events and clubs that have signed up to the 2020 spring/ summer season of the GBSC. If you're interested in hosting an event at your club, whether for 2020 or even 2021, please get in touch...
Dates for the GBSC 2020 events already agreed are as follows, with a couple more awaiting confirmation:
Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club
4th-5th April 2020
Weston Grand Slam, Weston Sailing Club
11th-12th April 2020
Paignton Open for Single Handers (P.O.S.H.), Paignton Sailing Club
9th-10th May 2020
Grafham Sailing Club
23rd-24th May 2020
Rutland Sailing Club
13th-14th June 2020
Wilsonian River Challenge, Wilsonian Sailing Club
20th-21st June 2020
Bala Long Distance, Bala Sailing Club
20th-21st June 2020
The Ullswater Ultimate, Ullswater Yacht Club
15-16 August 2020
Grand Finals, Venue To be Confirmed
September/ October 2020
Want your Club to host a GBSC event?
We're always open to hearing from clubs that want to host a multi-class handicap open meeting. We're also looking for more bids for next year'sGrand Final. Contact Andy Rice at firstname.lastname@example.com
Note that this season's GBSC is already underway as the events in the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series 2019/20 also serve as the early part of the GBSC season:
Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, Draycote Water Sailing Club
23 & 24 November 2019
Datchet Flyer, Datchet Water Sailing Club
7 & 8 December 2019
Brass Monkey, Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club
27 December 2019
Grafham Grand Prix, Grafham Water Sailing Club
29 December 2019
Bloody Mary, Queen Mary Sailing Club
11 January 2020
King George Gallop, King George Sailing Club
26 January 2020
John Merricks Tiger Trophy, Rutland Sailing Club
1 & 2 February 2020
Oxford Blue, Oxford Sailing Club
15 February 2020
How do I get to the Grand Finals?
The Grand Finals of the GBSC are designed to celebrate the best of everything in small-boat racing in Great Britain. So there are many ways to qualify....
Finish in the top 10 of the travellers' series (based on your best three results)
Top qualifiers in a number of boat categories:
Fast Asymmetric
Fast Other (ie, not an asymmetric!)
Slow Asymmetric
Slow Other (ie. not asymmetric)
Best Improver
Most attended
Any boat valued at less than £1000
Top qualifiers in a number of age and other categories, for example:
Youth (Under 19)
Master (Over 60)
Two Generations (two people sailing together, minimum age gap of 18 years - could be parent/child but not necessarily)
There will also be a number of 'wild card' invites available based on various criteria.
Hang on, but what even IS the Great British Sailing Challenge?
It's a series of handicap racing events that take place throughout the year, and it's open to pretty much any sail-powered craft. The Challenge will involve events throughout the whole year, with the target of around 100 boats taking part in each event on larger waters, and running events close to capacity on smaller lakes and reservoirs. Competing sailors will earn ranking points from each event they compete in, with the top 100 sailors invited to a winner-takes-all-final in Autumn 2019 to award the best sailors of the year.
Who came up with the idea?
The idea comes from the organisers of the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series which has been one of the big success stories of the past decade. Organised by Andy Rice of SailJuice.com (sailing journalist and marketer) and Simon Lovesey of SailRacer (event organiser and GPS tracking expert) is about to enter its 10th season and this year is sponsored by mast maker Seldén. If you're familiar with the SailJuice Winter Series, then this will give you an idea of what's on offer, except with a few key differences.....
All Year Round
The Seldén SailJuice Winter Series takes place in the cold months. The GBSC takes place throughout the year and will incorporate some of the events in the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series as well as a number of other existing events, along with some brand new ones too.
Great Lakes and Dynamic Handicapping
One of the key reasons for the success of the SailJuice Winter Series is the introduction of the Great Lakes handicap numbers, a refined version of the standard RYA PY numbers. We're taking the proven formula of the Great Lakes numbers for the jump-off point for the Great British Sailing Challenge, and then we're using GPS trackers on the competing boats to start analysing the numbers in greater detail. We call this 'Dynamic Handicapping'. Whereas the numbers in the Great Lakes are analysed and altered once a year, GPS-based Dynamic Handicapping enables much faster and more frequent analysis of the relative performance of different types of boat. Like Strava, the mobile app which has revolutionised the cycling world, or Park Run and what it has done to popularise running, the organisers are taking a 'Big Data' approach to the sailing world.
Over time, this will make it possible to produce accurate handicaps for:
- different wind strengths
- older, less competitive boats
- sailors of different abilities, from virtual beginners to world-class athletes.
The sailing calendar's already busy, do we really need more events?
It's true, we've got loads of sailing events taking place almost every weekend of the year, especially during the summer months. But the majority of those events are not very well attended, especially some of the single-class open meetings where some of the less popular classes sometimes struggle to attract more than 10 boats. We don't think that's a sustainable way of running an event, either from the class's point of view, or the club's. With a multiclass approach to open meetings, we can create the scale for events that are more fun, and that a club really wants to host.


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The human touch: Jared Kizer, Buckingham Asset Management's chief investment officer, described his recommended portfolio as "not overly complicated" and stressed that he would go over potential behavioral pitfalls with the client, such as avoiding the tendency to bail out at the worst possible times. He said his firm is "generally not that concerned" about competition from robo advisers, because much of a human adviser's value comes from personal interactions and helping clients respond to events. "There's not as much overlap as people think," Kizer told MarketWatch.
Fees: A 35-year-old with $40,000 might end up working with St. Louis–based Buckingham Asset Management through a wealthier family member who is an existing client. Or he or she might go for Buckingham's "Asset Management Offering," which charges either a minimum annual fee of $1,200 or 1.25% of assets


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Fancy taking a penalty against Manuel Neuer at Wembley?
Well now you can! Sort of.
Inspired by World Cup fever, the Mirror is offering you the chance to experience the pressure, excitement and agony of representing England at penalties, by taking a 'Penalty Click' against the top two keepers in the Mirror's vote - Germany's Manuel Neuer and Thibaut Courtois of Belgium. Sort of.
At Wembley! Sort of.
In fact, the goalkeepers are actually semi-professionals who have changed their names by deed poll to the names of their more famous counterparts, and the event will be taking place at Wembley FC - the club which stands in the shadow of the famous arch.
The best news is, you can take a penalty agains, ahem, Neuer, right from the comfort of your very own computer screen, tablet or mobile phone, using our amazing penalty machine. Think Bob Monkhouse and the Golden Shot and you'll get the idea.
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