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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Mini Notes
I made these mini notes some time back for a friend. The idea is not original with me, but came from my friend when I visited her the beginning of this month. (
are her post about the ones she made).
These are very fast and easy to make since they use the small pictures off the backs of calendars.
Supplies used:
Red/Green/Tan/Black Cardstock
Textile/Swiss Dots Embossing Folders
Kitty Stamps (Studio G)
Black/White Embossing Powder
MS Heart Border punch
Fleur De Lis border punch
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
I Challenge You -- Fancy Corners Mini Embossing Folders
For the challenge this week I chose using the Fancy Corners Mini Embossing Folders. I'm not sure I've used them but once. Since they're small they have always been harder for me to know what to do with them. I thought the challenge would be good for me, and also give me some new ideas for them if I challenged my friend as well. Without further ado --- here are my creations for this week.
Supplies: Tall Watercolor Flower (Hampton Art Stamps), Purple Ribbon, Chalks, Pink/Green/Yellow Crayola Markers, Butterfly stickers, and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
The inspiration for this card came from
Supplies: Flower petals, dew drop, glitter,
paper piercer, felt tip pen, and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
Supplies: White/Green cardstock, Wide black/white checked ribbon, Swiss Dots embossing folder, blue/purple ribbon, two gold flower charms, Crayola marker,
Organic Flourish Embossing Borders,
and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
Supplies: White/Purple cardstock, flower punch, hole punch, butterfly punch, butterfly pattern, crochet flower, heart button, purple fiber, wire, scallop scissors,
and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
The inspiration for this card came from
Supplies: Butterfly Stamp (Impression Obsession), Pearlustre Saphire Embossing powder, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Organic Flourish Embossing Borders,
and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
Supplies: White/pink/green cardstock, hat stamp (Unfortunately I don't know any details -- it's not on the stamp), dew drops, organic flourish embossing borders, sentiment printed on computer,
and of course Fancy Corners Embossing Folder
It's almost impossible for me to pick a favorite this time. The only one I'm not overly fond of is the first one - seems something is still missing. I enjoyed myself doing these cards, though several of them went through quite a few revisions (i.e. I put one thing on and ripped it off -- tried another -- ripped that off too etc. etc.) before they were complete. I think I used all four of the mini folders at least once, and along the way figured out what to do with that beautiful butterfly stamp. (It comes on a block with three others and they almost never looked right just inked. When I hit upon the idea of embossing them -- that did the trick. Have a feeling I'll be using that simple/easy card pattern quite a bit in the future!)
Now you can go over to my
friend's blog
and check out her creations. Be sure to leave a nice comment for her while your there.
Till next week -- ta ta!
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Turtle Birthday
A simple birthday card I made for my nephew, Jeffrey. (Side note: it will be a little late getting to him, so the turtle is extra appropriate!)
Supplies used:
Clip art from
Dew Drops
Metallic Bic Mark Its (colored dew drops)
Crayola Markers
Sentiment from
??? Embossing Folder
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
Misc. Paper Scraps
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Cat Card
This card was created for a cat and book lover. I've had this stamp(Kitty tiles - Hampton Art) for quite some time (one of those $1 at Big lots deals), but have never been quite sure what to do with it. Inspiration finally struck and I used my versa mark and chalks to color it. The right side of the card is a detachable bookmark (image from the back of a calendar).
The card is for my husband who turns the BIG 30 today!
Thought I'd share the giant chocolate chip cookie I made him as well (he's not a cake lover so I usually do either pie or a big cookie).
Happy Birthday to the Sweetest Man Alive!
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Cards from Friends
Since I've used up all of my previously created (before this week) projects on this weeks posts, and since I'm
having a major battle with my TMJ (you know it's bad when you spend more time holding your head than your scissors and can't even manage to color an image without pain shooting up your arm!)-- this post will not be about what I have created, but rather what some of my friends have created and sent me!
One thing I love about cardmaking is that there are so many different styles and each person has their own unique style. I love all the different styles and have tried my hand at a lot of them. If I were to define my style it would probably be "pile it on" as I never know when to quit adding things!
That being said ...... here are three different cards created by three different people in the last three (or five) years. Though I'm known to clean things out and pitch anything not used in the last year, one thing I NEVER throw away is a homemade card from a friend. I enjoyed browsing through my collection to find these, and enjoyed re-reading the sweet notes inside just as much. Here's to three great ladies who made three sweet cards!
Hopefully today will be better (TMJ wise) and I'll be able to share something of my own by tomorrow!
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I Challenge You - Butterflies
My friend, Christa, picked the theme for this week. As you can already tell it was Butterflies!
Here are my butterfly creations:
Trying to get the "gears" turning, so I started out simple. This was the first card I made...a quilled butterfly
Blue/Pink/Yellow/White cardstock
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
Stylized Flowers Embossing Folder
Quilling Tool
Another quilled card -- this time the flowers are quilled and the butterflies punched.
Green/White/Pink/Blue/Yellow Cardstock
Quilling tool
Mini Sewing Machine
Butterfly punch
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
???? Embossing Folder
White Fibers
An extra simple shape card. I was still in "getting started" mode here.
Pattern from an old Paper Crafts Magazine
1/2 Sheet Amplified Monster Ballad (American Crafts) -- Who comes up with these names???
Spread your wings stamp - Studio G
Black Embossing Powder
Felt tip pen
I made this card around the sentiment
Purple/White/Black/Green cardstock
Circle/Scallop/Blossom Nestabilities
Script Embossing Folder
Patterned Bugs Clear Stamp Set (Inkadinkadoo)
Dew Drops
Pink Embossing Powder
I saved my two favorite for last (as usual!). This was such a fun card to make. Everything on it is freehand cut, save for the flowers/butterflies which were punches. It was so fun to design and make this cute little garden gate -- the entrance to the "Butterfly Garden." Here's the inside of the gate:
Last, but not least......my favorite card....
Another very fun card to make. I started with the black butterfly base (cut from a pattern) and added a dictionary page to that. Traced around the edges with a pink marker, added a scallop "flower" to the center, crochet flower on top of that, and heart button (with pink fiber tied in it) on top of that.
The card base is a piece of white cardstock brayered over with pink and green ink. Then covered with versa mark and Kaleidoscope embossing powder added to the top.
Wide lace, pink gingham ribbon, green polka-dot ribbon across the bottom and a little spring tag (Craft smart stamp) popped up with dimensionals -- edged with dew drops.
To make the faux stitching I used a paper piercing tool and pierced holes around the tag, then I traced around it with a fine tip felt pen. So much fun!!!
I really think this theme could be revisited sometime as I ran out of steam before I ran out of ideas!
Now you can visit
Christa's blog
and see her Butterfly creations for this "I Challenge You" Wednesday.....enjoy!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Birthday Purse
Another Birthday Purse I made for a friend's daughter. I love this paper --- brown and pink is one of my favorite combos. Did that same lace/crimper thing along the edge of the purse flap....love how it makes it look girly/lacy.
Supplies used:
1 Sheep Romance Love Fool (American Crafts)
Pink Cardstock
Paper Crimper
MS Border Lace punch
Scallop Nestabilities
Dew Drop
Polka Dot Ribbon
Magnets (to hold the flap down)
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Monday, February 15, 2010
A Valentine Gift
I made this pocket up as a hostess gift for my good friend who hosted our homeschool Valentine party last Friday. She's a fellow stamper, so what better gift could I give her than a new set of stamps? (I actually got her the Lanterns Inkadinkado set, but I put one of my sets in to photograph the pocket.)
Thought I'd include a little photo tutorial on those heart flowers for one of my readers that learns best by visuals!
I started out with four punched hearts
Folded those in half
Glued them together (back to back) like this
The finished "flower"
Supplies used:
White cardstock 5 1/4 x 11 scored and folded at 4 1/4
Green Cardstock (Grass free-hand cut)
Stem/Leaves - Cuttlekids die
Small Butterfly Punch
Sparkle Flouish (Scrappy Cat)
Versa Mark
Green/Blue Chalks
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Last Two Valentines
Two last Valentines Cards before the actual day --- The first is for MY Valentine!
It's not a hard task
to shop for a gift for my husband -- he loves history/books/music and other audio presentations -- his love of learning makes the list of books he'd like endless and his love of music equals that.
It's not a hard task
for me to find 10 things I love about my sweetheart -- there are many more than that!
The hard task
is making my card masculine enough. I know I've said it 100 times, but masculine cards are NOT easy for me. I finally decided on a pocket card and am pleased with the results.
Happy Valentines Day Stamp (Studio G)
Lip Stamp (misc. kids stamp - no details on it)
Mini Sewing Machine
Dew Drops (colored with nail polish)
Pocket Template
Scrip Embossing Folder
Misc. Paper Scraps
Sentiment printed on computer
The second is a valentine for the sunshine of our home -- our seven year old daughter! I made it like her daddy's and included 10 things I love about her. The list could go on and on, but I included my top 10.
Here's the girl version:
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Card Making Gift Set
Another one of these sets --- with a new twist. Open it up to find.... a card making set.
I really like these boxes and how they open up so "big," but the contents are what leave me stumped at times. You see, I like to give gifts that won't just look pretty, but also serve a purpose to the person I plan to give them too. What to put in all those little pockets to fit each gift recipient? Well, this time I decided to make it a card-making kit for my sweet sister-in-law, Pam (whose birthday is today!). Since I know she likes to scrapbook (and I think she'd enjoy card-making if she ever gave it a try), but doesn't get time to enjoy this hobby much --- I thought she might enjoy a taste of it with a kit that gives you everything you need, and lets you decide how to use it.
I embossed six cards with different embossing folders...
included six different "bands"to use on the cards in various ways (more on that on down this post)
Some sentiments and flowers
Here are a few ideas of how to use the bands and flowers -- my seven year old came up with two of them -- she's very creative!
So there you have it -- a different way to use those fold-out stationary boxes! Happy Birthday Pam, Hope you like it!!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Masculine Birthday
I made this card for my Alaskan b-i-l who has a birthday later this month. Masculine cards don't come easy, and I'm rarely 100% satisfied with them when I'm finished. This one was an exception to that -- it was both easy and I'm pleased with the way it's turned out.
The Amazing Changing Forest Stamp Set (The Nature Co.)
Tree Stamp (Studio G)
Random Enjoy Stamp (Stampendous)
Black Embossing Powder
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I Challenge You -- Bird Theme
Welcome to week #2 of "I Challenge You." I chose birds as our theme for this week's challenge. Here are my creations...
Card # 1
Not sure if anyone else has this problem....but when I first start a "challenge" I feel a bit paralyzed. So many ideas running through my head --- where do I start --- what do I use first --- will I have time to get them all done --- etc. etc. etc. Well this card was a product of my "brain freeze" and I'm still not sure if I should keep it or pitch it in the trash can. My daughter likes it, and can't understand why I'm not sure what to do with it. It's my least favorite of all the ones I made -- but I was in "trying to get started" mode.
Old Music
Provo Craft Flower Die Cuts
Martha Stewart Bird Stamp
Martha Stewart Lace punch
Crayola markers
Misc. ink and cardstock
Card #2
This one doesn't exactly have a bird in the picture (unless you count the little ones on the embossed background)--- just it's nest and eggs.
Birds and Blooms embossing folder
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
Crayola markers
Clip art from
Sentiment from
Card #3
This card is very simple and went together in minutes
Digital image from
Mo's Digital Pencil -here
Crayola Markers
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
Wide fabric ribbon
Textile embossing folder
Card # 4
These last three cards are my favorites! This one shouts "SPRING" to me -- it'll be here before I know it!
Owl Garden Clear Stamps Set
Circle/Scallop Nestabilites
Birds/Blooms Embossing Folder
Organic Borders Embossing Borders
Dew Drops
Paper Piercer
Scallop Scissors
Card #5
This card is for a very good friend of ours who had a birthday this month. He likes eagles (decorates his study in them) -- I searched around till I found an eagle image I liked and created the card around that.
Image from
(the eagle is cut out and popped with dimensionals)
Crayola Markers
Circle/Scallop Nestabilities
Sentiment printed on my computer
The Amazing Changing Forest Stamp Set -- (The Nature Company)
Misc. Inks/Cardstock
Card #6 -- My favorite one of all -- I really like how it turned out with the bird/sentiment popped up, and the butterflies wings folded to look like they are really flying.
Flights of Fancy Stamps (Tim Holtz)
Small Butterfly Stamp (Stamp Craft)
Black Embossing Powder
Versa Mark
Now go to my friends blog
to see what she has created in the Bird Theme.
As always -- feel free to join the fun by leaving a comment on either of our blogs with a link to your bird creations!
Come back next Wednesday to see a new challenge.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Two For Tuesday Cards
I had the privileged of being a guest designer over at
Two for Tuesday
this week. Here are the cards I created with the images Cora sent me. (I'm sure you can tell which one was my favorite!)
White/Pink Cardstock
Crayola markers
Circle Nestabilities
Petite Scallop Nestabilities
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Inked over the dots with navy ink
Small snowflakes punch
Gauzy ribbon
Hat pin done up with misc. beads
Stone Sticker
Pink fiber
Blue/White/Pink Cardstock
Crayola markers
Textile embossing folder
Paper crimper
1/2 of paper doily
Rose from
- printed four times and layered
Transparent embossing powder (on rose)
Tag - Provo Craft die cut
My Friend stamp - Studio G
Crayola markers
Blue/Yellow/Green/White Cardstock
Flower - Provo Craft die cut
Leaves - Cuttlekids die cut
Swiss Dots embossing folder
Directions for yellow "lace" around picture:
Cut two or three strips of yellow cardstock 11 inches long x 1 inch wide
Punch with Martha Stewart lace border punch
Run through paper crimper
Attach around the image to form a frame of sorts - folding and "pinching" along the way
White/Red Cardstock
Coastal Clear Stamp Set - (Inkadinkadoo)
Versa Mark
Embossed w/Swirls Embossing Folder
Crayola markers
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Scottish rockers BLEED FROM WITHIN headline Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on April 17. ANDY HOWELLS chats with guitarist CRAIG GOWANS
How did you all come together as a band?
Wemet at a youth club in the town we're from. A few of us went to school together too so we've always been good friends.Weused to go to the music night at the youth club every Tuesday night and jam Lamb of God songs. We decided to start a band and start writing our own songs.Wenever meant for it to go anywhere at the time, we've always done it because we love it and that's still true today.
Can you tell us a bit about your new album Uprising and what inspired it?
Uprising is about the struggle the band went through over the last couple of years trying to get this albumwritten and released, and about how we overcame everything and came out on top.
We had a lot of problems surrounding us after Empire came out, we weren't sure if we were even going to be able to release a third album Luckily everything worked out and through sheer determination and help frompeople like Century Media Records, our management Raw Power, and of course our fans, we managed to get to where we are nowand we're stronger than ever.
Lyrically, it is a very angry album at times, but overall it has a message of positivity, about howgood things can come froma bad situation.
Are you looking forward to going out on tour with your new songs?
The songs were always written with the live showin mind – writing specific parts because we knew they'd be killer live. We'll be playing these songs for who knows howmany years to come so we need to make sure they work in a live environment.
So yes, we can't wait to get out and play these songs to people.
What can fans expect from your gigs?
Welike to get the crowd involved, they are of course the whole reason we're there. We'll always throw in some older songs to keep everyone happy but we're itching to try out some of the newsongs live too.
What have you got planned after the tour?
After the Testament tour in Europe, we have a headline tour of the UK, with Heart of a Coward and Silent Screams supporting. This is our first headline tour in the UK for four years now, so it's a really important one for us, our UK audience was our first audience, so they're like our first love!
The album will be out by then so hopefully we can play a lot of new songs for everyone. After that, it's summer festivals, then hopefully touring as much as possible all over the world.
● Bleed From Within will appear at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff on April 17, visit clwb.net for ticket information

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Deduction of tax: payments other than interest and annual payments
Deduction of tax
The rules in ITA07 Part 15 on deduction of tax at source also apply to payments other than bank and building society interest, and yearly interest and annual payments. These include the following.
Building society securities
Deduction of tax at the basic rate may be required in respect of certain building society shares or securities which are listed or capable of being listed on a recognised stock exchange (ITA07/S889). Permanent Interest Bearing Shares will be exempt in practice because they normally satisfy the Quoted Eurobond exemption in ITA07/S987.
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- unauthorised unit trusts - Chapter 13 (SAIM6050)
- payments that are subject to tax avoidance directions - Chapter 14
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For tax year 2008-09 onwards, tax is deducted at the basic rate. For years up to and including 2007-08, in most cases the rules in Part 15 required the deduction of tax at the savings rate in force for the year in which the payment was made. In the following cases the requirement was to deduct tax at the basic rate in force for the year in which the payment is made


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BARBERTON, Ohio — "No blisters yet, but I've got a darned shin splint," said Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola as he walked into this rustbelt city near Akron last week. "The wonderful folks I've met on this walk have kept me so up, emotionally, that I don't even feel it any more."
Rugola has walked about 200 miles across Ohio, stopping at plants in each community that have closed up shop since the Bush regime came to power in 2002. At each closed plant he's met with local workers and townsfolk, generated media coverage, if possible, and planted a large sign that states: "180,000 jobs lost — Bush/McCain legacy!"
Early in his walk, which the Ohio AFL-CIO is calling the "Road To Recovery," Rugola was joined by German and Japanese reporters along with local media. "Most local newspapers in the smaller communities have covered us," he said. "But it's really about letting the working people in these hard-hit areas know that organized labor is still fighting for them, that there is still hope and that we can turn things around if they get out and vote for change and elect Obama!"
At his first Barberton stop, the former J & R Tire, Rugola was greeted by a crowd that included many unionists, former J & R workers and retiree activists, as well as Bob Genet, IBEW member and newly elected mayor of Barberton. A traveling van from the Alliance of Retired Americans was also there to support Rugola's effort.
"There were 1,800 good manufacturing jobs here," said Genet. "That's 1,800 families that have lost jobs and a huge blow to our local tax base. But it's more than that. That is where all of our fathers worked. They used to hire family members. It was a good union shop, part of our family here. Now it's just an old rusty building, thanks to the policies of this administration."
After a short rally and planting the sign, the crowd walked two miles to the padlocked and rusting shell that used to be Midwest Rubber, where another 400 jobs were lost.
"My brother worked there for over 25 years," said AFL-CIO Retiree Council leader Charlie Lemon. "Now the damned thing just looks like an old, haunted prison or something."
The group walked with Rugola from there to the former shops at Five Star Mold, where 140 Ohio jobs were lost. They finished up at Reiter Dairy, where 400 Barberton workers used to make a good living.
"Economists speak of somewhere between 8 and 11 secondary jobs being lost for every manufacturing job that is lost," said John Wagner, president of the Summit County AFL-CIO. "That's 25,000-30,000 jobs stolen away from this city by the trade, tax and manufacturing policies of Bush and his corporate friends."
Wagner continued, "The bankers yell and they get to raid the public treasury. It's here and places like Barberton that really need bailing out."
Next on Rugola's walking tour is Dayton, a city hard-hit by plant closures and home foreclosures. The big Morain Auto plant there is scheduled to close its doors this month and local housing activists estimate over 9,000 homes are now in foreclosure and boarded up.
Rugola's "Road To Recovery" will finish up Nov. 3 in Columbus, where large crowds are expected to welcome him. "On Tuesday I get to vote, and we all hope to celebrate on Wednesday," Rugola said.


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Porretta Day three
Saturday night at the Porretta Soul Festival is always rather special, with some major soul names taking part. This time the show featured a true legend on the shape of Carla Thomas, who was there right at the beginning of the Memphis sound in 1961. She is someone who, for various reasons, I had never seen live so this was really something to look forward to.
First up, however, was a touch of classic New Orleans piano artistry with Davell Crawford, who showed what an excellent piano player he is with an hour long set. Beginning with his grandad Sugar Boy's Jockomo, he included excellent versions of Something You Got, Tore Down, Don't Play That Song, Let Them Talk, N'Awlins favourites It's Raining and Blueberry Hill and Louisiana 1927, among others, plus a duet with guitarist Vasti Jackson on Georgia On My Mind. The Anthony Paule band took the stage and there were numbers by Loralee Christensen and Sue McCracklin, followed by an excellent version of Drown In My Own Tears by Oakland singer Terrie Odabi. Vasti Jackson then hit the stage wearing a white suit and tore the place up with a tribute to Johnnie Taylor. Who's Making Love was followed by Take Care Of Your Homework, Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone, Dogging Me Around, Cheaper To Keep Her and Last Two Dollars. Great stuff, rounded off with drummer D-Mar leaping over his drums again.
Goldwax artist Wee Willie Walker came next, making a quick return visit, and was smoothness itself on numbers such as the bluesy After A While, I Don't Want To Take A Chance, Hate Take A Holiday, Romance In The Dark and Is That It?, a new song I guess as he was reading the lyrics as he sang. Your Good Thing Is About To End was good, as was a lively duet with Terrie Odabi on Lovey Dovey (she towered over him) but enjoyable though he was he didn't quite hit the heights (difficult when you're only five foot tall I suppose) as he has limited stage presence. Solomon Burke's son Selassie - in town to mark the naming of the river bridge in Porretta after his dad, who appeared here four times - appeared next and was pretty good on Try A Little Tenderness and a duet on Everybody Needs Somebody with Rob Paparozzi. And then it was the turn of not one but two of Rufus Thomas's daughters in a tribute to their dad. Vaneese was fine on Saturday Night At The River, John Fogerty's Down The Road and Wang Dang Doodle, but it was older sister Carla, now 74, who stole the show. She began with a great version of B-A-B-Y and followed with Little Red Rooster and Something Good before Vaneese joined her on stage for duets on two of Rufus's hits, Memphis Train and Walking The Dog.
Final act of the night was a new name to me, Ricky Fante. He had a soul hit a few years ago with It Ain't Easy and showed more than a hint of Otis Redding on These Arms Of Mine. Other numbers were Love Don't Live Here No More and, I think, Wrong To Let You Go. He's a genuine soul singer and didn't disappoint, especially when he was joined on stage by Carla Thomas for a brilliant and word perfect duet on Tramp. This was a very good evening, with no weak links, and Graziano must be pleased both with his choice of acts and the brilliant band. Porretta has been a triumph once again. The final evening features short sets by many of the acts. I will post something about it soon, plus the first batch of photos.


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14th January 2011 - Abstract Worlds creates Maze Racing Robots game for new Samsung Internet@TV App platform
It has been a long time coming, but we have finally started our comeback in games development, with a new game called Maze Racing Robots, for the Samsung Internet@TV Apps platform.
Maze Racing Robots was submitted to Samsung to start both the QA (Quality Assurance) process for submitting Samsung Apps, and also as part of our entry to the Samsung Smart TV Challenge, a European developer competition to develop apps for the Samsung Internet@TV platform.
This seemed like the ideal time to revisit this market. We originally left the market to focus on web development, but with new app platforms such as the Samsung Internet@TV platform, it is now standard web development tools which are driving development for apps. So as a company, we have actually benefitted from being away from games in the last few years, because the different skills we have have developed in the web area - like Javascript, HTML, CSS - are now applicable to game app development!
Paul Ireland, Director, Abstract Worlds Ltd.
1st January 2006 - Abstract Worlds moves focus from 3D games to web
When Abstract Worlds Ltd was formed back in 1998, our original intention was to design and develop great 3D games for the global market. To this end we have already achieved our goals with a number of world firsts in the 3D PC and Java phone gaming fields. Close Approach was the world's first 3D accelerated action game to be developed in VB. StrangeMaze 3D was the world's first 3D first person action game using a Doom/Wolfenstein 3D style 3D raycasting engine to be available across all Java mobile phones.
We knew this would be a risky uphill struggle financially, which is why we hedged our bets and also undertook less risky and more steady work in designing and developing websites for UK clients. Over the past few years our web design and development work has easily overtaken our gaming work, yet it has remained the unsung hero of our repertoire whilst we officially promoted ourselves as a gaming company. The demand for our web work has grown through client referrals, whilst at the same time the game market has declined. Even Eidos, the UK creators of Lara Croft and Tomb Raider, said in 2004 that they were 'too small' to make any money in the game industry!
We have therefore decided to refocus on web design and development, and fully exploit in the web field the special technical and artistic skills we originally gained in the gaming field. Later in 2006, we will launch our awebapart.com an exciting new do-it-yourself web design sitebuilder and webhosting service aimed at UK businesses. Once the sitebuilder is ready, we will also move this website over to it, and restructure this website to reflect our new focus.
This does not mean that we are abandoning games. We will continue to sell our games in the shareware market and our other distribution channels. In the future we will also introduce new games as freeware and free games to act as viral marketing and sticky content tools for websites. We will still continue to adapt our 3D engine technology to other uses apart from games, including 3D interface components for websites, which may be incorporated into our website services or sold separately as software products.
Paul Ireland, Director, Abstract Worlds Ltd.
1st March 2005 - StrangeMaze 3D goes live in India
StrangeMaze 3D - our 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game for Java mobile phones - has now gone live in India with mobile network operators Airtel, BPL Mobile, and Hutchinson-Essar.
"In a world economy which sees ever increasing service and manufacturing outsourcing to India and China, and a UK which is importing more than exporting, we take pride in being different, and designing and developing products here in the UK for export to the global market, including India and China." - said Paul Ireland, director of Abstract Worlds Ltd.
9th June 2004 - StrangeMaze 3D goes live with Thailand's largest operator AIS
StrangeMaze 3D - our 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game for Java mobile phones - has now gone live with Thailand's largest mobile operator AIS.
The game is available at iiLCorp's newly launched J2ME game service "Amusement Arcade" at the AIS mobileLife portal.
With over 60% market share, AIS is the largest operator in Thailand. With 14 million mobile subscribers, AIS is also the largest operator in Asia outside China, Japan & Korea.
1st May 2004 - StrangeMaze 3D goes live with China Mobile
StrangeMaze 3D - our 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game for Java mobile phones - has now gone live with China's largest mobile operator China Mobile.
The Simplified Chinese version of StrangeMaze 3D was used for this release. The launch of StrangeMaze 3D in China demonstrates how a simple yet innovative 3D game can appeal to different cultures on a global scale.
China Mobile, CMCC (China Mobile Communications Corporation), is the largest operator in China with over 138 million customers.
5th December 2003 - Close Approach 3D asteroids shooter PC release
The latest version of Close Approach, our 3D first person asteroids shooter for Windows PCs, has been released and is available to buy directly from us.
Close Approach v2.03 has improved graphics and is a smaller size (1.3Mb) ideal for downloading. A free 2 level demo is also available.
18th September 2003 - StrangeMaze 3D gets multi-lingual
StrangeMaze 3D - our 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game for Java mobile phones - now has versions available in Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, as well as the original English version.
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StrangeMaze 3D is now fully localisation-ready, allowing translations for titles, menus, all on-screen text, and even logo images within the game. StrangeMaze's localisation engine supports single byte character sets (e.g. for English, Italian) and multi-byte Unicode character sets (e.g. for Simplified Chinese). This allows us to introduce different language and corporate branded versions of the game when asked to do so by our regional partners and clients around the world.
18th August 2003 - StrangeMaze 3D goes live with Vodafone in Italy
Abstract Worlds' first Java mobile phone game StrangeMaze 3D - a 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game - is now available with Vodafone Live in Italy. StrangeMaze 3D, published by AnfyMobile in Italy, is the world's first Java phone game to sport a smooth realtime 3D engine like the Wolfenstein 3D engine and be available for most Java phones.
"By having faith in our content, providing game language translations and securing distribution via operators, AnfyMobile have delivered our games to completely new audiences" - said Paul Ireland, director of Abstract Worlds Ltd (UK).
"Vodafone required us to provide innovative 3D games, something different from the same common arcade clones found everywhere, so we secured the exclusive italian distribution of Blazers and Strangemaze3D. Vodafone chose to launch our games, trashing hundreds of common games offered by others." - said Fabio Ciucci, CEO of AnfyMobile (Italy).
27th June 2003 - StrangeMaze 3D goes live with Nextel in the US
Abstract Worlds' first Java mobile phone game StrangeMaze 3D - a 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game - is now available with Nextel in the US. StrangeMaze 3D, published by MicroDevNet in the US, is the world's first Java phone game to sport a smooth realtime 3D engine like the Wolfenstein 3D engine and be available for most Java phones.
30th April 2003 - Abstract Worlds delivers 3D mobile gaming to Asia and Europe
Abstract Worlds' first Java mobile phone game StrangeMaze 3D - a 3D first person, maze puzzle, racing game - is now available with operators in Asia and with web portals in Europe. StrangeMaze 3D is the world's first Java phone game to sport a smooth realtime 3D engine like the Wolfenstein 3D engine and be available for most Java phones.
Working with iiLCorp has allowed Abstract Worlds to launch the game with CSL (formerly HK Telecom), and Macau's operator CTM.
StrangeMaze 3D has also gone live with Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, distributed by iaSolution.
Closer to home, through Abstract Worlds' agreement with Macrospace, StrangeMaze 3D is now live on Macrospace's ProvisionX platform, and thus available via ProvisionX clients such as Swiss operator Sunrise and midlet.com. StrangeMaze 3D has also gone live at Partymob, UK-based InfoMedia Service's consumer brand, which advertises J2ME games in national newspapers and magazines alongside their portfolio of ringtones, logos and other mobile entertainment products.
"April 2003 has been a busy month in terms of going live dates for us" said Paul Ireland, director of Abstract Worlds. "We still have a lot of distribution channels to open up using the traditional regional distributer / operator / portal business model. Which is why ever since StrangeMaze 3D was launched by us in February 2003, we have offered global gamers the option to download a trial version and buy the full game directly from our website at www.abstractworlds.com, rather than wait for the normal local distribution channels to open up."
10th April 2003 - Abstract Worlds at Mobile Entertainment 2003
Abstract Worlds Ltd. exhibited at Mobile Entertainment 2003, Business Design Centre, London, 8-9 Apr 2003. The following photographs were taken during a rare quiet moment at the stand... Tracey Lawman (pictured below) was playing StrangeMaze 3D of course:
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Mobile Entertainment is the worlds largest mobile entertainment event. Although the exhibition was small compared to other gaming exhibitions, the fact that it only focuses on mobile entertainment meant that we were extremely busy and generated a lot of interest. With 2003 being the year when Java phone gaming really starts to take off on a global scale, we felt that our attendance this year was crucial. It is very important to make people aware that we have been there right from the start of this new exciting industry, and demonstrate the innovative 3D technology and content for Java phones which we have been quietly working on for the past 2 years in preparation for 2003 - the year when Java phone gaming really starts to happen.
At the show we demonstrated StrangeMaze 3D - the world's first Java phone game to sport a smooth realtime 3D engine like the Wolfenstein 3D engine and be available for most Java phones. This is our first Java mobile phone game, as we have invested a lot of time and effort into creating the 3D engine first and getting it to work on the whole range of slow and fast Java phones. Now that the 3D engine is ready, and our first game has gone live, it will be easier for us to deliver a new 3D engine-based game every one or two months. Some visitors to our stand were treated to sneak previews of an early beta of our next game AltShooter 3D, a 3D first person shooter set in a colourful surreal world.
5th February 2003 - StrangeMaze 3D Java phone game released
StrangeMaze 3D is now officially launched. We have a free 2 level try before you buy version which you can download now OTA (over the air) via your Java phone's WAP browser (if your WAP service provider supports Java downloads). If you like the game you can unlock it into the full 100 level version by purchasing an unlock registration code directly from us, either by phoning a premium rate number for UK gamers, or by making a secure online credit card payment from our e-commerce store for global gamers.
7th November 2002
New animated screenshots of StrangeMaze are now available.
23rd September 2002
Video footage of StrangeMaze, our 3D first person maze racing game for Java mobile phones, is now available. The video clip shows the game running on the Nokia 3410, 6310i, Motorola T720, and Siemens MT50 Java mobile phones:
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Higher quality video clip (3.5MB)
19th September 2002
The following photographs were taken of the Abstract Worlds stand over the 3 day ECTS games industry exhibition, Earls Court, London, 29-31 Aug 2002:
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Visitors to our stand were treated to a sneak preview of the latest version 3 beta of Close Approach for the PC and demos of StrangeMaze running on Nokia 3410, Nokia 6310i, Siemens MT50 and Motorola T720 Java mobile phones. If you weren't one of the lucky few then don't despair since we have prepared Windows wallpaper of the new artwork for Close Approach v3 and a StrangeMaze video clip (lower quality 1.7MB or higher quality 3.5MB) for your viewing pleasure.
On the whole we came away from the exhibition feeling very positive. ECTS 2002 was the first exhibition we have attended as exhibitors. It was a last minute opportunity for us, we only found out we were exhibiting a week before the show was about to start. There was a frantic rush to get everything prepared, but it was worth it. We got to show off our wares and get direct feedback, we made contact with companies interested in publishing and distributing our products, and we also made some surprise contacts which might lead to opportunities in other areas not typically associated with mainstream gaming. Watch this space for more details in the coming months...
28th August 2002
Abstract Worlds will be exhibiting at the ECTS games industry exhibition, Earls Court, London, 29-31 Aug 2002. At the show we will be demonstrating StrangeMaze, our 3D first person maze racing game for Java mobiles phones, and previewing an early beta version of Close Approach v3, the latest version of our 3D accelerated first person asteroids shooter for the PC. At the show we will be demonstrate StrangeMaze running on currently available Java mobile phones (Nokia 3410, Nokia 6310i, Siemens MT50) and the new colour Motorola T720 - a Java mobile phone which hasn't even been released in the UK yet.
30th July 2002
Close Approach v3 announced. Close Approach v3 will be launched in the second half of 2002. As yet unpublished, the game will be available to purchase online from this website.
1st June 2002
An early beta version of StrangeMaze, our 3D first person maze racing game for Java mobile phones, is now available on a private beta release for potential publishers.
22nd February 2002
Close Approach v2 available in CompUSA stores. Although our publishing contract with Crystal Interactive expired in July 2001, Close Approach v2 has finally made it onto shelves at CompUSA stores across America for $9.99. CompUSA is the leading retailer and reseller of personal computer-related products and services in the US.
1st December 2001
The design and development of Abstract World's first 3D Java mobile phone game has commenced. Tentatively called StrangeMaze, it will be a 3D first person maze racing game. The game will make use of our low-end multi-platform 3D raycasting engine.
1st August 2001
The design and development of Abstract World's low-end multi-platform 3D raycasting engine has started. This will be an ongoing research and development project for Abstract Worlds. The engine will originally be designed, prototyped and developed in Visual Basic for the Windows platform. Later, the engine will be ported to Java and J2ME for use in Java mobile phones.
1st July 2001
Close Approach publishing contract with Crystal Interactive Ends. 2 years ago, after realising that direct internet sales alone were not a viable means to fund future development, Abstract Worlds entered into an exclusive worldwide publishing contract with Dutch publisher Crystal Interactive, with the intention of getting Close Approach sold in retail channels. Unfortunately the publisher was experiencing problems of its own and failed to deliver a single copy of Close Approach to retail shelves. The original Dutch company Crystal Interactive headed by Alex de Vries has now been sold to an American company headed by Riza Rahman, and we are now considering non-exclusive retail distribution deals.
16th May 2001
Abstract Worlds signs a licensing deal for its high-end 3D engine technology with Eurosoft Systems (ESL). With this deal, ESL will use our high-end 3D engine to drive the web-based virtual reality viewer component of ESL's theatre booking system VRTicket. The virtual reality view will give customers an idea of the different views of the stage available from different seats in the theatre. The same 3D high-end engine we use in our game Close Approach will now be applied to a more business oriented application.
28th November 2000
Close Approach v2 demo released.
9th August 2000
A lot can happen in a year in the world of computing... unfortunately this is not also the situation in the world of retail publishing. Our publisher has failed to get a distribution deal with Close Approach v1. Despite this, we have been improving the game ready for a v2 release. The good news is that the front and back CD cases have now been designed and our publisher Crystal Interactive has informed us that Close Approach v2 will hit the retail shelves by the end of this year. Rest assured, Abstract Worlds has been improving the game during the last year, so watch this space in the coming months for more details and a free demo of Close Approach v2.
29th June 1999
Abstract Worlds signs a 2 year publishing deal with Dutch publisher Crystal Interactive to bring Close Approach to your local games retailer. Due to the exclusive nature of our publishing contract, we can no longer sell the game directly over the internet. As such the full version of Close Approach, which could be purchased directly from our website, has now been removed whilst we work towards a retail version. In the meantime the demo of Close Approach v1.1 is still available for download.
7th Feb 1998
Close Approach v1.1 is released and is available as shareware which can be downloaded and purchased over the internet.
23rd November 1998
Close Approach v1 is launched and is available as shareware which can be downloaded and purchased over the internet.
1st July 1998
The design and development of Abstract World's first 3D accelerated PC game has commenced. Tentatively called Close Approach, it will be a 3D accelerated first person asteroids shooter. The game will make use of our high-end 3D accelerated engine for the PC and will be developed in conjunction with the 3D engine.
14th May 1998
Abstract Worlds Ltd. is officially formed. As an independent software company based in the UK, we will specialise in the development of software that delivers the 3D experience. Initially we will commence work on designing and developing a high-end 3D accelerated engine for the PC based on DirectX and Direct3D which can be used with Visual Basic (VB). We can then use this engine to develop 3D applications for both the business and the home markets.


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Motorhoming in Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth is at the eastern end of the Garden Route, so for visitors with a motorhome rental or campervan hire vehicle this is probably a starting or finishing point, and what a great place it is. There are lots of good restaurants and bars, there are also game parks for those who prefer not to travel as far as Kruger, and there are some wonderful beaches too. Here are just a few of the best things to se and do in the area.
Services for Motorhome Rental vehicles.
There are over 38 campsites in and around the Port Elizabeth area, so you'll be spoilt for choice! There are even sites located within the game reserves such as sea view game and lion reserve, where you can enjoy the sounds of the jungle from your motorhome rental or campervan hire vehicle. Theses are perfectly safe to walk around at night, but if you don't like the idea of camping with lions, there are plenty of sites down by the beach.
Top things to see and do
Visit the Addo Elephant National Park where you can get the opportunity to see elephants, there are over 450 here, black rhino, as well as the flightless dung beetle, which is exclusive to the park. You can also learn about the park's successful conservation programme.
Let the train take the strain, the steam train known as the Apple Express from Port Elizabeth to Thornhill, the route has some wonderful views. For those without a head for heights close your eyes when you travel over the narrow gauge bridge, it's the highest in the world!
One for the girls. Visit the wild flower reserve of Van Stadens. The reserve is 35 kilometres from Port Elizabeth and over 500 hectares of local flora and fauna. There are two lovely walks from the visitors' centre, the forest walk, and the river walk, lovely on a hot day.
One for the boys (or three) There are lots of things for those who love excitement, you can dive with sharks at the oceanarium at Bayworld, if you're a diver there are opportunities for wreck diving, or if you like cycling there are two excellent circular routes of just over 20 kilometres through the Swartkops Valley Nature Reserve.
Just for fun…After dark take a Port Elizabeth ghost tour. The city centre, with its gothic architecture, is where you will hear tales of the unhappy policeman, visit a row of terraced houses where a people have been seen to walk through walls, and hear about the phantom hitchhiker of Target Kloof. Bring a torch!
Port Elizabeth is a lovely city to visit. It's not just a stop off, or starting point for the Garden Route, it has lots of things to see and do in its own right, and for visitors with a motorhome rental or campervan hire there are some really good places to stay as well.


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Discover the Effective Ways on How to Get Rid of Bruises
To cure or eliminate the dark-colored presence of bruises in your skin, you will have to be informed on what forms them as they are. One relevant thing you have to know about bruises is that they are broken blood vessels on your skin's surface. When blood vessels lose the essence of a freshly-pumped element, it loses grip of oxygen within it.
Since the blood vessels, without a doubt, are the major causes of skin colorization. As a direct result, we always tend to see the immediate discoloration when the blood vessels break, die out or clot. The clotting of the damaged vessels occurs when the vessels lose of oxygen. Now, even when clots fade away, the dark colors remain attached to the skin. These dark colors are now the bruises.
How to get rid of bruises with the four basic methods:
- Cold Compress. Applying cold compress on the deadened portion of the body helps alleviate the pain brought about by bruises. Nevertheless, it also removes the dark coloration in no time. If you immediately apply cold sensation to the portion, you quicken the process of healing. With the damaged veins all eased out, you will get the result of a clean and spot-free skin without much hassle.
- Skin Concealer. Concealers come in many types. There are what we call the light shades and dark shades concealer. The light concealers are for those who have fair skin and the dark concealers are for those who have shady complexions. All you have to do is to apply a generous portion of the concealer to the affected area. Whilst, you ought to keep in mind that the concealer does not, in any way, alleviate or cure the effects of bruises to your skin. Hence, it only serves as a temporary cover for unwanted spots.
- Protective Clothing. This kind of method is the most practical of the four. It does not require you to spend for another healing periphery. Suppose you have doubts in applying any ointments for the anticipation of adverse effects. All you have to do is look back into your old drawers and rummage whatever long sleeve types of clothing you can find. For the best fashion blend, you can choose the darker shades of sleeves to emphasize your white complexion and vice versa. You may not have to worry about not sufficiently covering your spots since the cloth per se, whether dark or light, is a solid visual blockage.
- Avoid Aspirins. The mealy aspirins, particularly, lessen your red blood count when taken frequently. When you're red blood count lessens, you are now more vulnerable to bruises and skin discoloration. If you have fever-related pains, you can have tea as an alternative medicine. Alternative medicines nowadays have helped a lot of people in surprising ways. That is one reason why many are already shifting their sites to herb medication all together.
Having bruises in the body is a very uncomfortable sight. It does not only raise concerns from the people around you, it also covers your real beauty. The effects of bruises can be deterring both mentally and physically. (source: http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Get-Rid-of-Bruises—4-Ways-to-Get-Rid-of-Bruises&id=1044811)
As part of the genuine discussion of bruises, let us look into the internal presuppositions that are found within the two most fundamental stress points for having bruises:
- Mental Stress
- Social Unease. To better explain this, let us show you a scenario. Suppose you are a healthy person and suddenly you become stunned by the grisly image of large black spots on your skin. Presuming that your only knowledge of the cause of the bruises is the sole contact of strong force/blow into your body. Thus, you will tend to take it for granted since you could not piece the puzzle together.
However, your friends and family will start to notice the bruises on your skin and, under normal circumstances, will speculate scenarios for you. With the growing commotion at hand, stress will now start to manifest in your and your friends'/families' aura. Henceforth, the drama is pushed through by stress which serves as the weaver of a sinister plot, subduing your body towards an unthinkable doom. These circumstances apply so very well to the discovery of lumps in the body.
With the same weight of worry and stress eventually manifesting in the body, there is no doubt that cancer and death becomes the ultimate result. And so, do you know see the effects of social unease to your body? To avoid such bitter fate, consult doctors immediately every time you notice bruises in your body and, never ever overanalyze the situation.
- Energy Field Decomposition. As what expert Buddhists say- "You are what you think", there is more to life than what you know of. The logical implications of the famous quote are that worries and stress eventually causes to degrade your higher chakra. Seeing lots of bruises in the body can be very stressing, especially when you are not aware of the potent agents. Like the usual outputs of negative manifestations, your energy field weakens leading to physical weakening of the body.
- Physical Stress
Physical stress is any effects or illnesses that can be seen and felt. The diseases and illnesses caused by your overanalyzing of the bruises are the intricate consequence of the mind. Moreover, physical stress can either be the cause of the consequence. No matter how much we hide it, the bruises will always tend to appear. Needless to say, you cannot just keep on covering the bruises in your skin. The best way to do is to deal with it and get rid of it for good.
After going through this article, you ought to stop thinking and start doing. With the four main methods of getting rid of bruises, you are good to go. Discover what you can do to better your lifestyle while you totally remove all bruises in your body. With related phenomena like blood clotting, anemia and other discoloration factors, you ought to hope for the best on applying the recommended solutions at hand.
Do you think this information is helpful? You can post your comments below. We would gladly wait for messages.


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The Cataloochee Group Camp is located in the Cataloochee area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and approximately 35 miles from Asheville, NC.The nearest convenience store and fuel are approx. 10 miles away.
MORE INFORMATION: Information is available at the park website at www.nps.gov/grsm. For recorded information on park facilities, programs, local lodging and to request information by mail, call 865-436-1200. Books and guides are available on-line at www.smokiesstore.org. The park mailing address is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738.
Exit I-40 at exit 20, 25 miles west of Asheville, NC (87 miles east of Knoxville, TN). Turn right onto Cove Creek road 1/10 mile from I-40. Follow Cove Creek Road to the Park boundary. The road goes from pavement to gravel to pavement. Upon reaching the pavement the second time, turn left. Go 2.5 miles and turn right onto a dirt road after crossing a bridge. Go 1 mile to group camp gate..


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November 22, 2016
Dominic Gyngell
General Counsel, Joint Company Secretary
Dominic joined Speedcast in 2016 as General Counsel and was appointed Joint Company Secretary in 2018. He has been leading the Company's global legal, governance, compliance and regulatory functions.
Prior to Speedcast, Dominic was with BT for 13 years, most recently serving as their General Counsel for Asia, Middle East and Africa. Dominic originally joined BT in London where he was the head of BT's Major Transactions team, focusing on large scale, complex commercial and corporate transactions around the globe.
Dominic received his BA/LLB (Honours) degree from the Australian National University and completed his legal training at Minter Ellison in Sydney.
Clive Cuthell
Chief Financial Officer, Joint Company Secretary
Clive joined Speedcast as Chief Financial Officer in April 2018 and was appointed Joint Company Secretary in June 2018. He is responsible for the group's finance activities, contributing to ongoing growth and ensuring robust financial disciplines and governance are maintained.
He has over 25 years of experience in finance with extensive expertise in M&A, integrations and change management.
Prior to Speedcast, Clive was global CFO role at Nuplex Industries, a global company dual-listed in New Zealand and Australia, and at Holcim, a global cement major.
Clive graduated from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. He is a member of both The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, as well as a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company directors.
Andrew Metcalfe
Company Secretary
Andrew is a qualified chartered secretary and experienced governance adviser.
He is a CPA, Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and Member of the Australian Institute of Directors.
Andrew has acted as Company Secretary for a range of ASX-listed companies across a broad range of industries.
Andrew is located in Melbourne and advises Speedcast on company secretarial practice and procedures and governance matters.
Edward Sippel
Non-Executive Director
Edward is a Managing Director of TA Associates and Co-Head of TA Associates in Asia. Edward focuseson investments in companies in the Asia Pacific Region.
Edward has been a Director of Speedcast since its acquisition by the TA Associates Funds in 2012. On behalf of TA Associates he also serves on the board of Nintex in Australia, Yeepay in China and was formerly a
Director of Forgame in China.
Prior to joining TA Associates, Edward was a partner at two private equity funds, Quadrangle Capital Partners and TVG Capital. In this capacity Edwards served on the Board of Directors of many public and private companies globally, including several in Australia such as Request Broadband and Power
Tel, an ASX-listed entity which was later acquired by Telecom New Zealand/AAPT.
Edward holds a BA from Georgetown University.
Michael Malone
Independent Non-Executive Director
Michael Malone was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Speedcast in May 2014.
Michael is the founder and former CEO of ASX-listed internet provider iiNet, a position he held from 1999 to 2013.
Michael served as the President of the Western Australian Internet Association from 1996 to 2002.
Michael is also the former Deputy Chairman of Autism West.
Michael was a winner of the Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications awards lifetime achievement award in 2005, and in 2006 was awarded the Business News Award for the most outstanding business leader in Western Australia under 40 and the Young Leader of the Year
award for the JML Australia Human Capital Leadership Awards.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Science and a Diploma of Education from the University of Western Australia.
Peter Jackson
Non-Executive Director
Peter was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Speedcast in 2012 and is also currently the Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Peter has over 40 years of experience in the satellite and telecommunications sectors. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of AsiaSat, where until 2012 he was Executive Chairman, having joined as CEO
where he led the company through its 1996 listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Peter is also a former Director of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia.
Prior to joining AsiaSat, Peter spent 20 years with Cable and Wireless.
Peter is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Thuraya Telecommunications, a mobile satellite operator in Dubai, a consultant to CITIC and a member of the investment committee of a private equity firm.
Peter has previously held the role as Director and Chairman at Daum, a public company that is a large internet provider in South Korea.
Grant Ferguson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Grant was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Speedcast in 2013. Grant is also Chair of the Audit, Business Risk and Compliance Committee. He has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Previously, Grant was the CEO of Astro Overseas Ltd, where he was responsible for the development and management of the Astro Group's international business and was concurrently the CFO of Astro All Asia Network Plc, one of Asia's leading integrated multimedia groups.
Prior to that role, Grant was a Managing Director at sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, where he was responsible for overseeing the development of the fund's telecommunications and media investments. He has also held the roles of CFO of Total Access Communications in Thailand and Treasurer for the First Pacific Group in Hong Kong.
In 2014, Grant was appointed to the board of Italian football club Inter Milan and he currently also serves as an advisor to and Non-Executive Director of a number of businesses across Asia covering a variety of industry sectors.
Grant commenced his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong where he held a series of senior management positions. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Caroline van Scheltinga
Independent Non-Executive Director
Caroline was appointed to the Speedcast Board in 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Caroline has over 23 years of investment banking experience at top global firms including Jefferies & Company, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse in New York.
Caroline is currently the Chairman and CEO at Waterloo Investment Holdings (WIHL), a BSX-listed holding company operating across a number of sectors with assets in the Caribbean and Latin America
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Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Joined Speedcast in 2000 as Head of Sales and Marketing. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Speedcast in 2004. PJ has been instrumental to the success of Speedcast, having managed the transition to its current technology platform and guided the development of Speedcast's strategic focus.
Has over 20 years of experience in international sales and marketing across Black and Decker in France, and at Rhodia, a French manufacturer of specialised industrial chemicals where he held a number of roles including export sales manager for one of the divisions, responsible for Southern and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and then managed key e-business projects in the Group.
Graduated from Lyon School of Management and received a MBA from the University of Southern California.
John Mackay, AM
Independent Non-Executive Director / Chairman
John was appointed to the Speedcast Board in 2013 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and appointed as Chairman in 2014.
John has over 15 years of experience as a Chairman and Director of major companies across the communications, utilities, health, construction and education sectors.
John is currently a Director of ASX-listed property developer CIC Australia and Chairman of the audit and remuneration committees and a Director of data centre manufacturer Datapod.
Previously, John held the role of Chairman of TransACT Communications, a regional integrated telecommunications and subscription TV operator. John was the Chairman and CEO of ACTEW Corporation and CEO, Chairman and founder of its joint venture with AGL. Earlier in his career, John held a number of senior roles in the Australian federal public service.
John has been a Chairman or Director of several charitable, arts and sporting boards. He was Chancellor of the University of Canberra and Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board of the National Arboretum Canberra.
John was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2004, and was named as Canberra Citizen of the Year in 2008. John holds Bachelors of Arts (Administration) and Economics and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Canberra.


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Archive for June, 2010
I think I'll just headlinize right here
From the Language Studies Dept: There's a special place in the hereafter for those who deliberately and with malice aforethought murderize the English language. I don't mean someone who splits an infinitive or fails to have parallel subject and predicate. I mean someone who speechifies crazily to falsely impressivate or to shroud the truth. I don't expect clergy to engage in such behavior, but then, again, why not?
Such was the case at a terrific concert (concertation?) put on last month by six cantors and a highly accomplished accompanist. While the music was beautiful, I was distressed to read that the New Jersey Cantors Concert Ensemble (ready?) "concertizes to promote education." Concertizes? We should educationize the members about the English language.
When are people going to stop thinking that using "ize" sophisticateizes words? These attempts to make language more flowery or important (importantize?) are not that unusual. A writer's attempt to sound smart and sophisticated usually winds up obfuscating or completely changing the meaning of a sentence and, perhaps, a document.
What are the craziest words you've seen lately?


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When I saw this beautiful blue package in person, I was really excited! LOL
I had been using the one from Eva Rosenstand, and it's really fine, but my mom has just started doing cross stitch, so I gave it to her, then have got this instead of it!
But! This is of course fine and nice, but the Old one is better for me to use at the moment...
It's more sharper and small.
Hhmmm, I may buy the new Eva one for myself again! LOL


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It has been a very busy time at Florida ARECS! First, we welcomed a brand new REC to our coalition. The Historic Coast Real Estate Council will serve real estate attorneys located in St. Johns and Flagler counties. In mid-January we hosted a Leadership Luncheon for the First Coast Real Estate Council in Jacksonville to help them identify new leaders to grow their board. We were joined by Fund President & CEO Jimmy Jones, along with Melissa Murphy, The Fund's Sr. Vice President and General Counsel.
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Strong leadership is the cornerstone of every organization. Author John Maxwell said, "People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."
One of Florida ARECS' Strategic Priorities is to help RECs develop the leaders of tomorrow and to meet that objective we will be hosting a Leadership Forum at the 2016 Fund Assembly on Thursday morning. Each local REC will be asked to nominate two of their leaders to attend this interactive workshop.
Florida ARECS would like to congratulate the following leaders recently elected President of their respective RECs. We appreciate their contributions to our profession and look forward to helping them build the future.
Michael Boutzoukas, Becker & Poliakoff - Bay Area Real Estate Council (BAREC)
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St. Jude Prayer Book. A site with a hymn and several different prayers to Saint Jude. The site lists another 9-day Novena that has a separate meditation on some aspect of St. Jude's life and works for each day. There is also a prayer for the sick and another for those near death. The site is maintained by the Dominican friars at the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Chicago, Illinois. Also check out their interesting page dedicated to St. Dominic's Nine Ways of Prayer, which even offers music for meditation! (a RealAudio plug-in is needed).
St. Jude, Patron Saint of Desperate Causes. This site offers yet another 9-day Novena to Saint Jude with separate prayers for each day. This is a page within a larger religious site that you might enjoy exploring, mostly devoted to Mary, the "Immaculate Heart," and contains extensive virtual galleries of pictures and paintings (pick one and make your own electronic prayer card!).
Saint Jude Novena. This U.K. site offers another place to obtain the text for a nine day Novena to Saint Jude that contains a different prayer for each day.
Profile of St. Jude Thaddeus. A brief profile of Saint Jude, who some call the "Forgotten" saint. Hey, even I didn't know St. Jude's feast day is October 28th! This web page is just one entry in a larger work, known as Saints On-Line. Do you have another favorite saint? If so, he or she is probably listed in here.Biography of St. Jude. A short biography of the saint, maintained by a Catholic parish in Blackwood, New Jersey. Can you guess the name of the parish's church?
Epistle of Saint Jude. Thanks to the electronic text project at the University of Virginia, you can read on-line the one epistle credited to St. Jude. What's your pleasure? You have a choice, though -- read the King James or Revised Standard version? You can read either one, or both side-by-side and compare the text.The Power of Jude. This site is a bit unusual. It offers a book on-line that sermonizes about devotion to St. Jude and that allegedly contains revelations about Saint Jude's life as written down by an Italian "visionary," Maria Valtorta (1897-1961). Go judge for yourself. (The type was so large I got tired of scrolling in order to read it all, but I suppose it's a benefit to those with poor eyesight.)
Dominican Shrine of Saint Jude. This site, also from the Dominican friars, is connected with a shrine in New York City. The site boasts an archive of audio recordings of sermons given by the friars that you can download or playback. The site also has a place to send in prayer requests.
Prayer to Saint Jude. A simple one page site with a prayer.St. Jude Web Shrine. A simple site with one prayer to Saint Jude.
Prayer to Saint Jude. A personal web page site with a prayer to St. Jude and a page with many testimonials to the Divine intervention and blessings bestowed by God.St. Jude Devotion. Another personal web page that lists a somewhat different Novena to Saint Jude
Catholic Community.
A Place for Prayer.
- The Vatican Web Site. This is the official site of the Vatican. It is heavy on the documents and there are not many graphics, but it is still interesting to visit.
- Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour. If you can't get to Rome, then this is an easy way to tour the famous chapel. Several good pictures of Michelangelo's famous ceiling frescos are here.
- Eternal Word Television Network. The web site of the Catholic cable channel EWTN is chock full of interesting things to see and read. A very well done site.
- The Catholic Pages. A fun place to visit, this site offers a "Catholic Start Page" for web browsing, along with jokes, book reviews and tidbits on church history. Who says Catholics can't have fun?
- Catholic Community. A well organized site, chock full of resources for prayer, devotion, inspiration, cathecism and learning. Easily navigated.
- Catholicity. A "virtual" Catholic community with personal home pages, shopping and more.
On-Line Catholic History & Information.
- Monks of Adoration Live Chapel Web Cam. Need a place to pray? Some computer-savy monks have set up an on-line chapel you can visit for prayer or quiet contemplation.
- Reflections on Ouselves. This site offers spitiual food for thought.
- Soul Surfing. This site updates weekly and provides some personal spiritual musings from its author, such as where God can be found in the midst of simple universal human experiences as well as times of crisis.
Devotion to Mary.
- Catholic Encyclopedia. A group is working to electronically transcribe and upload the entire text of this encyclopedia. A handy reference.
- Catechism. If you want to know Church doctrine on what it means to be Catholic, surf here.
- Catholic Online Saints and Angels. If you are searching for information on a saint, go here.
- Fertility and Catholicism. This site deals in a gentle way with the delicate issues of fertility, natural family planning and alternatives to contraception.
Still more links.
- How to Pray the Rosary. A site maintained by a group a Catholic parishioners in Wyoming, has every thing you need to learn this devotion to Mary.
- How to Pray the Rosary. This site, maintained by the Dominican Fathers at the Rosary Center, offers another place to learn to pray the rosary.
- Virtual Rosary. Looking for a multimedia way to pray the rosary? Check out this site, which offers free software for download. I haven't tried this myself (yet), so I can't vouch for it, but the site describes this Windows-based program "leading you step by step through every prayer, while displaying illustrations and Scripture verses corresponding with the current mystery." It may be worth a look.
- Our Lady of Medjugorje. The Vatican is investigating but has not confirmed these latest apparitions of Mary to children over several years in this small town in the former Yugoslavia. This site provides information about these apparitions.
- Tripod's Catholic Links. The people at tripod.com have provided space free of charge for this web site and others like it. Go to this page for links to other Catholic-related pages maintained at Tripod.
- Roman Catholic Network. RCNet's mission is to provide Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools and institutions an opportunity to have a home page on the Internet. RCNet provides this service free-of-charge to qualified Catholic entities. This site also has some good content on Catholic liturgy and prayer.
- If the sites above aren't enough for you, check out the many other links listed at The Catholic Files, Immaculate Heart, Catholic Goldmine, or Catholic Links,
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If you are using public transport then the easiest thing to do is to get a bus to Salobreña from Granada bus station. There are about 9 buses per day, the return bus fare costs 11.50. Most of the trips take around 1 hour. You can buy ticket on this site http://www.alsa.es It is also possible to get a bus to Nerja or Almuñecar but Salobreña is the nearest good beach.
In your own car you have a lot more possibilities. There is a fast highway down towards Motril and it takes about 50 minutes to get to the sea. Motril is not particularly interesting and it is better to go to one of the towns on the Costa Tropical such as Salobreña, Almuñecar, La Herradura or Nerja.
As an alternative to the fast motorway there is a very beautiful winding mountain road called the cabra (the goat) which goes down to Almuñecar. To get onto the road you have to follow the signpost to Otivar or Jete a few minutes out of Granada on the motorway.
If you want a nudist beach the best one is Cantarrijan which is between Almuñecar and Nerja on the N340 it also has two good beach bars.
In the old part of town near to the castle there is a restaurant called "El Peseta" it has a rooftop teraza with good views, simple Spanish food at a good price. The old part of town is an interesting place to wander around.
RESTAURANTE AVENIDA Lute y Jesús
An outside restaurant that does excellent fried fish and salad. It is very popular with the locals. In Avenida Europa. In the same stretch of road there is a good Pizza restaurant and some other eating places which look interesting.
As in most of the Spanish coast there are many places run by British people where you don't even have to order in Spanish. Examples of these are:
Lots of cheap lunchtime menus and British food. Not particularly high quality but good value for money nevertheless. Here you can see British football matches on Sky
Plaza de los Magnolios
If you want a friendly drinking bar where most people speak English try the RAGGED ROCK which is next to the big white cross on the headland in the middle of Almueñecar.
Beach bar (chiringito) Typical beach bar with good fish, pleasant waiters and good views of the sea.
Playa Burillana.
This restaurant serves Paella and cooks the Paella in massive pans using wood as fuel.
They tried to overchange me once, I think it was an accident. The sand quality on this beach is good.
There are between 2500 3000 fish in total, with over 200 different species. There is also a very big tank which has a glass tunnel for viewing sharks etc at close range.
The Almuñécar Aquarium is at the Plaza de Kuwait, 300 metres from the Town Hall and Majuelo Park. At 14 euros a shot many people think it is too expensive, I had a very pleasant couple of hours there, it would he a good place to take kids.
(Cuevas de Nerja) Large underground cavern with stalegtites and stalegnites.


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Silikon® 1000
Silikon® 1000, a highly purified form of silicone, is FDA-approved for the treatment of retinal detachment. Dr. Hevia is considered an expert in the "off-label" use of this product as a facial filler. He has lectured extensively on its use, and in fact, published the first paper on the use of Silikon® 1000 in nearly one thousand patients. It is a very versatile, permanent filler. Many patients choose this product to minimize the need for frequent, recurring treatments with a non-permanent filler or as a cost-effective alternative to non-permanent fillers. Because this filler is "permanent" and cannot be removed, it requires a very experienced and skilled injector, like Dr. Hevia. Treatments are usually done monthly in "layers", depending on the amount of correction necessary.


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Featured Vehicle – 1999 Honda Accord
Remove the part at home before hitting the yard – this way you'll know what tools to bring.
- Pry off the plastic cover hiding the seat fasteners with the screwdriver on the front of the seat.
- Remove the fasteners with a 14 mm socket.
- Slide the seat to its most forward position to reveal the rear fasteners.
- If they are power seats, you will have to apply power to the seats to move them.
- Remove the rear fasteners with the same steps as the front.
- Lift the seat up slightly and disconnect any electrical connects such as that for a seat belt.
- Pull the seat from the car once all the connections are disconnected
- Flathead screwdriver
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There, I stayed up just so I could post this at the exact right moment. At 1:17 am mountain time, just a little more than 3 decades ago, I was born into the world. Mind you, I came folded in half and butt first (good thing I was always skinny), but I survived and here I am now.
So what has changed since Nov. 11, 2014? I graduated college, which I suppose is a big achievement. My wife, Jessica, is pregnant with TWINS. I'm very excited about that, but I kinda just squeezed that one in at the end of my year deadline and was mostly unintentional (I mean, it's TWINS! How cool is that?), so I don't know if I can give myself too much credit. I got back into gymnastics via the route of Georgia's competitive job market, and it has made me feel really good. Oh, I now live in Georgia, though it still hasn't quite grown on me as a "home" yet, though I suspect it eventually will.
I'm still not a published author yet, but that's largely my fault for being too distracted during my "free" time. It takes a lot of work to get one's first novel published, and I really need to train myself to make it more like a job, which will kinda bite because that pushes it out of the Hobby zone. Still worth it. I think. I also haven't started my Biology career, but I blame that on no one from any of the companies ever calling me back. I think it must be a Georgia thing. If I did the math, I bet I'd find less than 5% of my messages or inquiries ever returned. Guess who did call me back? The gymnastics team. Yeah.
I miss doing the animal rescue. I miss Rexburg, Idaho and my alma mater. I am surprisingly fine with sharing a house with my in-laws. I think a lot more people could find themselves in a better financial place if they just swallow some pride and share property with their nuclear families when feasible, and go into huge debt just to "have some space." Besides, all you have to do is out live them and you get a free house! Lol, just playing. Love you Wallace Mom and Wallace Dad!
Ok, it's 3:17 am (Georgia time). Gotta post! Happy Birthday to me!


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'Housewives' Judge Declares Mistrial
It appears as though the jury deciding Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful-termination suit didn't have enough evidence to conclude being pushed out of the popular show Desperate Housewives. Following the jury's announcement on Friday that it was "hopelessly deadlocked," and two subsequent days of deliberating, a judge declared a mistrial on Monday. The jury had ruled 8-4 in favor of Sheridan, one vote shy of a verdict. Sheridan was seeking $5.7 million from creator Marc Cherry, whom she had feuded with on set and accused of killing off her character because of their personal differences.


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The telluric forces have raised the chain of the Alps, which continues to grow in altitude.
Original painting on canvas, handmade.
This paint is ready to hang with the cord on the back.
Certificate of authenticity signed and indicating the catalog number.
Excellent quality paint (Rembrandt)
Varnish to protect against light and dust.
Thank you for your interest in my work that I do with joy and love.
This semi-abstract composition wants to make us feel this extraordinary phenomenon and the power of nature.
The image in situ might not be to scale and serve for illustration purposes only.
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Vers les etoiles (2015)
Oil painting by Danielle ARNAL
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- Style: Geometric
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
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EL CAJON, Calif. – Ten years after the United States invaded Iraq, San Diego County is still feeling the effects of the war.
Nawar Abdulrasoul left Iraq three years ago and is one of nearly 50,000 Iraqi war refugees that have made El Cajon their new home. The East County city holds the second largest population of Iraqis in the U.S.
Abdulrasoul said the U.S. military's invasion did a lot of good, but living conditions for Iraqi civilians didn't improve, instead they got worse.
"I still remember when Saddam Hussein's oppressive regime was brought down by US troops," said Abdulrasoul, but acknowledged that the invasion also brought on massive loss of life.
The total count of civilian deaths is officially unknown, some estimates point to well over 100,000 deaths.
"I lost three cousins to bombings," said Abdulrasoul.
The invasion also cost the lives of more than 4,000 US military men and women, 33 of them from San Diego, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Chula Vista native Dan Rhamy considers himself lucky. He served in Iraq as a U.S. Navy pilot in 2004.
"I count everyday as a gift," said Rhamy.
Rhamy said looking back, he believes mistakes were made, but stressed the good that's been done.
"We helped a lot of people and every Iraqi we worked with was grateful we were there," said Rhamy.
Since the invasion, the U.S. military has pulled out of Iraq completely.
These days insurgence violence continues to take lives almost daily.


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Micronesia is a loose, geographic term used to describe several Pacific Ocean island groups that stretch in a chain from Asia to Hawaii.
For divers, the three most visited destinations are the Republic of Palau and, in the Federated States of Micronesia, Yap and Truk – more properly know as Chuuk. Combined, these three islands provide the most varied diving holiday you could ever wish for with reefs, wrecks and plenty of big animal encounters.
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