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Having a children's birthday party in Chelmsford? Below are a list of prices. Full details of the different party options can be found here.
|Party Option 1
|1 hour
|Magic Show and Balloon Modelling
|Party Option 2
|2 hours*
|Games, Magic Show, Balloons, Music and Prizes
|Party Option 3
|2 hours*
|Games, Magic Show, Music and Prizes
|Party Option 4
|1½ hours
|Games, Magic Show, Balloons, Music and Prizes
|Party Option 5
|45 mins
|Magic show (Monday to Friday only)
|Pirate Party
|2 hours*
|Captain Quicksilver Pirate Party
Address: 12 Springfield Green, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7HR
Telephone: 01245 287137
Address: 116 Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2DU
Telephone: 01245 354256
Website: http://blessedsacramentchelmsford.org/
Google+: https://plus.google.com/105407443572380883076/about?gl=uk&hl=en
Address: 158 Main Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7AH
Telephone: 01245 443902
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/broomfield/broomfield-village-hall-forme/
Or: http://www.essexrcc.org.uk/Community_Buildings/Find_a_Village_Hall/Districts.aspx?vh=240
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Broomfield-Village-Hall/156422511089530
Address: Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1LN
Telephone: 01245 264163
Website: https://www.centralbaptistchelmsford.org/lettings/
Address: Maltese Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2PB
Telephone: 01245 601818
Website: http://www.ascensionchelmsford.org.uk/
Address: The Street, High Easter, Essex, CM1 4QS
Telephone: 01245 231081
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/higheasterparishcouncil/
Address: Highwood Road, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3QG
Telephone: 01245 248519
Website: http://highwoodvillagehall.org/
Address: Redwood Drive, Writtle, Essex, CM1 3LY
Telephone: 01245 420676
Website: http://writtlecommunityassociation.weebly.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Longmeads-Community-Centre-Writtle/358021644208994
Address: 127 Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2DT
Telephone number: 01245 496722
Website: http://www.st-andrewschurch.co.uk/
Address: Beardsley Drive, North Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6GX
Telephone: 01245 460783
Website: http://staugustinespringfield.org.uk/
Address: St Augustine's Way, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6GX
Telephone: 01245 464583
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/springfield-parish-council/
Address: North Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2AL
Website: http://www.urcchelmsford.info/NorthAvenueURC.htm
Address: Forest Drive, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2TS
Telephone: 01245 355989
Website: http://www.widfordparish.com/
Address: Church Lane, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3EN
Telephone: 01245 422846
Website: https://www.allsaintswrittle.co.uk/christian-centre.html
Address: Village Square, Chelmer Village, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6RF
Telephone: 07716 790510
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/chelmer-village-hall/
Address: Ashton Place, Chelmer Village, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6ST
Telephone: 01245 463193
Website: http://churchoos.org.uk/about/hire
Address: St Margarets Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6DT
Telephone: 01245 491491
Website: https://www.essex.police.uk/contact-us/headquarters/
Address: The Common, Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8TR
Telephone: 01245 357700
Website: http://www.galleywoodheritagecentre.org.uk/
Google+: https://plus.google.com/117315093279539129104/about?hl=en
Address: Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9RL
Telephone number: 01245 478088
Website: http://www.greatbaddowca.co.uk/
Address: 19 Maldon Road, Greast Baddow, Essex, CM2 7DW
Telephone: 01245 472937
Website: http://www.greatbaddowparishcouncil.co.uk/
Address: Chelwater, Baddow Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7RA
Telephone: 01245 266798
Website: http://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/essex
Address: Watchhouse Road, Galleywood, Chelmsford,CM2 8PT
Telephone: 01245 268961
Website: http://www.keenehall.com/
Email: email@example.com
Address: Hall Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0HG
Telephone: 01245 358855
Website: http://www.lifechurchchelmsford.com/
Google+: https://plus.google.com/113953520361864250586/about?hl=en
Address: Vicarage Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9PH
Telephone: 01245 357893 or 01245 609619
Website: http://www.stjohnsmoulsham.org.uk/index.php/facilities
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Address: Gloucester Avenue, Moulsham Lodge, Chelmsford, CM2 9DT
Telephone: 01245 354479
Website: http://stlukemoulsham.co.uk/halls.html
Address: Loftin Way, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 9SH, Essex
Telephone: 01245 269026
Website: https://www.stpaulsgreatbaddow.org/
Address: 58 Widford Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8SY
Telephone: 01245 265084
Address: Woodhill Road, Sandon, Essex, CM2 7SQ
Telephone: 01245 472386 or 01245 471756 or 01245 471575
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/sandonvillagehallessex/
Google+: https://plus.google.com/104511089662521790503/about?gl=uk&hl=en
Address: Main Road, Bicknacre, Essex, CM3 4ES
Telephone: 07999 536751
Website: https://www.wfandbpc.org.uk/our-village-halls/
Address: Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5LJ
Telephone: 01245 321817
Website: http://www.southwoodhamferrerstc.gov.uk/champions-manor-hall
Address: The Tye, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8AE
Telephone: 01245 400965
Website: https://www.essexinfo.net/easthanningfieldparishcouncil/village-hall/
Address: Church Road, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, CM3 2UB
Telephone: 01245 380630
Website: http://www.hpscoutandguidehq.org.uk/
Address: Maldon Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 2HP
Telephone: 07741 140732 / 01245 380529
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/hatfieldpeverel/
Large hall and small hall
Address: Main Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3JD
Telephone: 07733 135653
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/boreham-village-hall/
Address: Main Road, Rettendon, Essex, CM3 8DP
Telephone: 01268 765329 (Mrs Joan Sankey)
Website: http://www.rettendonandbattlesbridge.org.uk/village-hall/
Address: Dawson's Field, Main Road, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4NQ
Telephone: 01245 224515
Website: http://www.danburysportscentre.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DANBURYSPORTSANDSOCIALCENTRE?fref=ts
Address: 2 Main Road, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4NQ
Telephone: 07867 009701
Website: http://www.danburyvillagehall.co.uk/
Address: Little Baddow, Chelsmford, Essex, CM3 4TA
Telephone: 01245 632194
Website: http://www.littlebaddowmemorialhall.org.uk/
Address: Little Baddow Road, Danbury, Essex, CM3 4NS
Telephone: 01245 225379
Website: http://www.urcchelmsford.info/DanburyURC.htm
Address: Boreham Road, Great Leighs, Chelsmford, Essex, CM3 1NH
Telephone: 01245 361323
Website: http://www.leighsvillagehall.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Leighs-Village-Hall/122010407897621
Address: Ferry Road, North Fambridge, Essex, CM3 6LS
Telephone: 07905 214731
Website: https://www.essexinfo.net/northfambridgeparishcouncil-2/village-organisations/village-hall/
Address: Vicarage, Church Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 3EG
Telephone: 01245 451087
Website: http://www.borehamchurch.org.uk/
Address: Imperial Avenue, Maylandsea, Essex, CM3 6AH
Telephone: 01621 744349
Address: Back Lane, Pleshey, Essex, CM3 1HJ
Telephone: 01245 237530
Website: http://www.plesheyvillagehall.co.uk
Address: Imperial Avenue, Mayland, Essex, CM3 6AH
Telephone: 01621 741770
Website: http://themaylandsmayl.com/churches/mayland-baptists-church/
Address: Church Lane, Stow Maries, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6SL
Telephone: 01621 828536
Website: http://www.essexinfo.net/stow-maries/hall-hire/
Address: 36 Chelmer Avenue, Little Waltham, Essex, CM3 3PB
Telephone: 01371 821986
Website: http://www.littlewalthamurc.org.uk/
Address: South Street, Great Waltham, Essex, CM3 1DF
Telephone: 01245 360789 or 07411 724287
Website: https://www.essexrcc.org.uk/Community_Buildings/Find_a_Village_Hall/Districts.aspx?vh=212
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatwalthamvillagehall/
Address: The Street, Little Waltham, Essex, CM3 3NY
Telephone: 01245 360867
Website: http://www.littlewaltham.org.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lwssc47/
Address: Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, Chelsmford, Essex, CM3 8RN
Website: http://www.wfvh.org.uk/
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Natasha Jackson Thomas Talks Raise It Up and Investing in Flint's Future – Black History Month
Natasha Thomas Jackson stopped by the #2TO6FIX with LV to talk about Raise It Up and Flint's future. If you're unfamiliar with Natasha, take a listen to her interview and see why she's making Flint a better place.
Natasha has been working with youth in our area for over 10 years. Her dedication and consistency has allowed kids from our area to express themselves artistically. In expressing themselves, they have become leaders and innovators.
Remember our youth are the future and Natasha is investing in them today. Take a listen below.


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Red Oak Youth, also known as ROY, meets at 6:30 on Wednesday evenings at the house of Matt Jones. Led by Brody and Little, students dig deeper into passages of Scripture with the freedom to ask questions, learn to study, and to develop accountability with youth leaders and peers.
Red Oak Youth is open to anyone between the age range of 6th grade to 12th grade. We hope you will come and join us for fellowship, good food, and the Word!
On Wednesday nights, students gather together to study the Word together. After eating a meal together, students split by gender and age group to dive deeper into the passage taught as a large group. Here are the current ROY leaders!
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Event Horizons, 2016
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
This stop motion video captured the installation process 8am-5pm March 1-12 in the Indiana State Museum as Event Horizons was being created on site for the exhibition 200 Years of Indiana Art: A Cultural Legacy .
For this exhibition, I designed and created a site-specific installation for the museum entryway. The installation is comprised of approximately 12,000 used CD's and DVD's and it covers 15 ft H x 60 ft L of the west wall on the first floor.


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Helping Hands A self-described "nail doctor," Jessica Vartoughian has catered to the hands of Nancy Reagan, Morgan Fairchild, Barbra Streisand, Linda Gray and other celebrities since 1969 from her Sunset Boulevard nail clinic. Vartoughian does not recommend acrylic or porcelain nails and is adamantly opposed to wrapping and sculpturing. "These procedures do not allow nails to breathe," she explains. "They cause dehydration, and you can get a fungus that completely destroys the nails." These days her favorite look is the natural nail, also called the French manicure, in which the nails are painted transparent pink and the tips in white.
Let the Chips Fall Perhaps the most unusual item in modern manicuring is the nail polish pen. A handful of companies including Avon, Aziza and Cutex are offering the pens, which work like Magic Markers to apply a measured coat of color with minimum risk of drips and spills. The pens are touted as an alternative to conventional, bottled polish for at-home nail care, but many on-the-go women prefer to stash a few in a desk drawer to touch up chips.
The Best and the Brightest For those who signal thumbs down to natural-looking nails, there will be an abundance of bold colors and unconventional looks for spring. Revlon's L.A. collection offers vivid shades with names like Magenta del Rey and Valley Violet. Andrea's Mod line includes bright, psychedelic colors such as Rock N Rose, Heavy Metal Flashes and Black to the Max. And the Brights in Soft Focus line by Max Factor has enamels in Startling Pink and Arresting Orchid. For more punk in your polish, Revlon suggests a "halfand-half" paint job, in which one color is applied to the top of the nail with a contrasting color on the bottom.


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The Collaboration Equation
I got off the phone the other afternoon with a long-time publishing colleague. We worked together for three years on the cusp of the Random House empire's creation and years later we continue to compare notes around changes in the industry. We talk about:
- What's "clicking" and what's not (for authors, readers, booksellers, the media).
- What we're trying to make happen for the books and ideas we're most excited about.
- What our authors and clients are missing…and how they're going to get it!
It can be a high-wire act to talk about the push-me-pull-me of publishing success. It's easy to point fingers when things aren't working as planned. It's easy to pop open the champagne when they are. It's easy to "expect" and "assume" that the author does "this" and the publisher does "that." But it's not a this-or-that relationship. It's a COLLABORATION!
Whether you self-publish or traditionally publish, the concept of collaboration is getting lost on the proverbial editing room floor. In my conversations with my friend, we didn't call it a "collaboration equation," but that's what I believe it is. It's what has worked for me and my authors for my entire career as an acquisitions editor, an imprint director, and as an editorial and publishing strategist today:Read More


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Welcome to Ellesmere, North Shropshire
Ellesmere has always been an important settlement ever since those clever ancient Britons found that the magnificent glacial Mere was an ideal place for some genuine rest and relaxation. You know the sort of thing - a spot of fishing, gentle boating and gazing at the views and wildlife.
Ellesmere still draws people in today for exactly the same reasons, although there's much more to do today than simply standing and staring at the Mere, spectacular though it is; For a start there are formal gardens and woodland walks with art and sculpture trails to take in and there's the motte and bailey of the castle grounds - good place for a picnic and what's more you can buy all you need to eat from any one of the delicatessens in the town.
The wildlife and Heron Watch has always been synonymous with Ellesmere so you can get back to nature from the comfort of the indoor viewing area.
However it's hard to imagine that this pretty little market town in the heart of the Shropshire countryside was actually the catalyst for one of the greatest canal networks in the country and subsequent feats of breathtaking engineering that challenged the great Thomas Telford but it's true. The town even gave its name (very generously) to Ellesmere Port to confirm the fact - more of this later on.


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Sweden's Victoria and Daniel mark a year since engagement with intimate dinner
And ahead of the giant party planned for their June nuptials, the couple chose to celebrate in intimate style.
According to Swedish magazine Svensk Damtidning, the pair gathered their closest friends for a secret dinner in Stockholm restaurant Operakällaren.
There, over a meal cooked by chef Stefano Catenacci, who will also provide the food at Victoria and Daniels' wedding, the party toasted the future happiness of the couple.
Meanwhile, Daniel has started preparing for his future royal duties by going back to school, the Swedish Court has announced.
The 36-year-old businessman has just started a programme to learn more about "the ceremonies and culture inheritance that is linked to the history of the monarchy".
Running for a year and a half, the course includes studies in political science, history, Swedish culture, as well as visits to organisations.
Once married, he will be known as Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, and will be expected to maintain a special public connection with the province.


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Microsoft Multiple IIS 6.0 Web Admin Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the web admin interface that is included in Microsoft IIS 6.0. This includes multiple instances of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Additionally, it is reported that the web admin interface could expose valid session IDs or permit unauthorized access to areas that do not require session IDs.
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AutoSave Me (12.8 KB) Download
AutoSave Me is a scripted solution that saves your Maya scene after a specified amount of time has elapsed. Built before Maya integrated their own auto save feature but still relevant. Time tested on a large development team over multiple years.
- Elapsed time is checked after selection changes via scriptJob.
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- Utilizes Maya's built-in incremental save and limits which you can enable/disable within Maya or ASM Options.
- Settings are saved between sessions via OptionVars.
Copy autoSaveMe.py to your Maya scripts directory, usually – documents\maya\version\scripts\
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An agency of the CJP
Jewish family education is the process of ongoing development of Jewish family life aimed towards families taking responsibility for achieving and integrating Jewish practice, ritual, knowledge and values into the fabric of their home life. Through Jewish family education, parents become empowered to realize their own strengths and skills as educators, while serving as inspiring role models for their children. Such families come together to create Jewish communities.
The development of Jewish family education came about as a result of changes in American Jewish communal and family life. The first Jewish immigrants to the United States created neighborhoods that were distinctly Jewish, complete with Jewish stores, restaurants, shuls, schools, and businesses. People in the neighborhoods came from the same "old countries," often spoke Yiddish, and followed the pattern of the Jewish calendar.
In the last half century, we have witnessed the disappearance of traditional Jewish neighborhoods. Without a Jewish neighborhood, new generations of Jews grew up outside of an encompassing Jewish cultural environment. As adults, this group of "culturally deprived" Jews felt insecure in their Jewish knowledge and uncomfortable in Jewish settings. As parents, they lost the ability to convey practice and meaning of Judaism to their children, and Jewish schools had to assume this responsibility.
However, without the active support of parents and the surrounding neighborhood, what these children learned in school was disconnected from community and home. Rabbis, Jewish educators, and community layleaders and professionals soon recognized this challenge and wanted parents to become active partners in their children's education. Small programs for families began to grow in synagogues and JCCs across the country.
Around the same time and as a result of the impact of racial integration and poverty on schooling, a similar trend occurred in public education. In the 1970s, schools began to involve parents in school and classroom activities and to motivate them to work with their children at home. Educational research validated that parental involvement was a critical factor in the educational success of children.
The scene was set for Jewish family education.
In 1989, CJP and the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts formed the Commission on Jewish Continuity to address the future of the Greater Boston Jewish Community. The Commission chose "strengthening the Jewish family" as a major focus. Seeing synagogues as gateway institutions for Jewish life, the Commission was charged with forging a special partnership with synagogues in support of Jewish education. Some educators and institutions were already offering programs for families through Combined Jewish Philanthropies' (CJP) Task Force on Supplemental Schools, which supported these programs with grants that reached a cumulative total of $256,000 over five years. The community was ready to undertake a major venture in Jewish family education, and Sh'arim – The Jewish Family Educator Initiative – became the Commission's first major project.
Since 1993, 42 institutions have joined the Sh'arim initiative. Over 49 professionals have received their certificates in Family Edcuation from Hebrew College.
We are proud of the strong partnership among our agencies—the BJE and Hebrew College, in particular—the participating congregations, day schools, and Jewish community centers, and the federation which have invested the human and financial capital to keep alive the focus on family education. Our sixteen years of achievement in family education in Boston have given us the experience and knowledge to expand the dream. We have changed the continuity paradigm of Jewish education in Boston from being child centered to one of lifelong learning. Engagement in Jewish education throughout one's lifespan has become an accepted norm in the community.
Original Program Grants Brandeis Jewish Education Program (BJEP) Russian Jewish Community School Temple Beth Zion, Brookline
Planning Grant: Year Two JCCGB, ECLC, ActonJCCGB, ECLC, BrooklineJCCGB, ECLC, Wayland
Expansion Grants Congregation B'nai Torah, Sudbury Congregation Beth Elohim, Acton JCCGB, Gan Yeladim, Newton Kesher, CambridgeKesher, Newton MetroWest Jewish Day School, FraminghamTemple Beth David, Westwood Temple Beth Sholom, FraminghamTemple Shalom Emeth, Burlington Temple Sinai, Brookline
Sh'arim Grants Beth El Temple Center, Belmont Chabad Torah Center, Sharon Congregation Kehillath Israel, BrooklineCongregation Kerem Shalom, Concord JCCGB, Leventhal-Sidman JCC, NewtonSouth Area Solomon Schechter Day School, NorwoodJCCGB, Striar JCC, Stoughton Temple Beth Abraham, CantonTemple Beth Elohim, Wellesley Temple Beth Emunah, Brockton Temple Emanuel, Newton Temple Emunah, Lexington Temple Isaiah, Lexington Temple Israel, Boston Temple Israel, Natick Temple israel, SharonTemple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland Temple Shir Tikvah, Winchester
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EXETER — Larry Foss admits he doesn't think a lot about the seismic shifts that took place in the domestic industry two years ago.
EXETER — Larry Foss admits he doesn't think a lot about the seismic shifts that took place in the domestic industry two years ago.
It was during the spring of 2009 in which historical manufacturing icons Chrysler and General Motors, two of the Big Three automakers, filed for bankruptcy protection. They also received billions of dollars in bailout funds from and surrendered equity shares to the federal government in return for their survival.
"It's been a long uphill climb since then," said Foss, owner of Foss Motors Inc., a Chrysler Dodge and Jeep dealer in Exeter. The GM and Chrysler bankruptcies led to the closing of 11 Chrysler and Jeep dealerships in the state, including Gil's Jeep in Stratham.
But in a sign of the strengthening domestic auto industry last week, Chrysler announced it was paying back taxpayers in the United States and Canada more than $7 billion it was loaned in 2008 and 2009 some six years ahead of time through a financing plan the company negotiated with private banks.
"I think it's commendable for Chrysler and it's a great thing for taxpayers," said Foss, whose family has been selling Chrysler autos in the region since 1961.
Foss understands why the government bailout was so unpopular, but the alternative of letting two major manufacturers collapse would have been unthinkable, and last year Chrysler turned a profit for the first time since 2007.
"A lot of jobs were saved across the country because it would have had a significant trickle-down effect to every community including ours," Foss said.
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the government bailout has hurt the auto maker's image with consumers. President George W. Bush and then his successor, President Barack Obama, were criticized for the unpopular loan and restructuring plans that began in 2008.
"Supporting the American auto industry required making some tough decisions, but I was not willing to walk away from the workers at Chrysler and the communities that rely on this iconic American company," Obama said last week. "I said if Chrysler and all its stakeholders were willing to take the difficult steps necessary to become more competitive, America would stand by them, and we did."
The dealership had dealt with Chrysler's financial woes (and an unpopular government loan) in the early 1980s and its decade-long rocky marriage with the German automaker Daimler that ended in 2007.
Changes in the past two years for Chrysler and its dealers have been significant and not always easy.
"In all fairness, a lot of sacrifices were made," Foss said.
In particular, Foss got the former Gil's Jeep dealership. Foss said Chrysler made him "jump through hoops," but he said his dealership has benefited by a broadening of its customer base.
In early 2010, Foss became the first dealership in the nation to display the new package of Chrysler, Dodge and Ram truck logos.
"Our business is slowly coming back," Foss said. "We haven't reached the sales volume of 2000 to 2004, but we have doubled our new sales volume from a few years ago."
He added that Chrysler, which now has the Italian automaker Fiat as its majority stakeholder, "is building the finest autos and trucks they've ever built" and is backing it with one of the company's most ambitious advertising campaigns.
Peter McNamara, president of New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, said there were positive and negative aspects to what happened.
"Government assistance to financially help the manufacturers was absolutely necessary," he said. "Clearly, they (GM and Chrysler) are back on their feet and doing pretty well."
The auto industry also learned how vulnerable it was to credit market freezes.
The negative, McNamara said, was how GM and Chrysler used the bankruptcy to break contracts with hundreds of dealers across the country, including 11 in New Hampshire.
The NHADA estimates as many as 400 jobs were lost due to dealership consolidation in the state. McNamara believes the jobs were lost for no good reason because the economic benefits haven't been and may never be realized — in part because the surrendered "sales points" that haven't been replaced.
"Consolidation was necessary in the industry, but everyone would agree that controlled consolidation would have been a better," McNamara said "Eleven dealerships was too much to absorb at one time."
— Material from the Associated Press was used in this story.


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Perfect morning in the skies
Posted Friday, May 9th, 2014
Flights do not get any better than this.
Great passengers, fantastic weather and the ground below us looked as beautiful as ever. Drifting overt the tops of the trees in Hope Estate to 2500ft above the vines of Kevin Sobel Wines, this mornings flight was a cracker in anyone's books. Just 4 passengers on board is great fun and a nice small balloon makes the pack up easy as well. The highlight of the flight for me was 50ft above the dam in Hope Estate watching all the wildlife below'with lots of small water birds, a couple of Herons and as always..lots of Kangaroos.
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Book Table: 5 New Books
We will have the following 5 new books for sale at our book table starting this Sunday (remember that all books are sold at the price that we got them for [many times cheaper than the list price] and are all approved by the church leadership and, we pray, are for you to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ):
Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions by John Piper
Draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach.
John Piper offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions. He examines whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and issues a passionate plea for God-centeredness in the missionary enterprise, seeking to define the scope of the task and the means for reaching "all nations." The third edition has been revised and expanded throughout and includes new material on the prosperity gospel. The book is essential reading for those involved in or preparing for missions work. It also offers enlightenment for college and seminary students, pastors, youth workers, campus ministers, and all who want to connect their labors to God's global purposes.
Long Story Short by Marty Machowski
Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God
Christian parents know the importance of passing the gospel story on to their children, yet we live in a busy world filled with distractions. Schedules collide, there is homework and yard work and dishes and laundry, the car's oil should be changed, there are phone calls to make…and before you know it, everyone is getting to bed late again.
The Bible can seem like a long story for an active family to read, but when you break it down into short sections, as Marty Machowski does, family devotions are easy to do. Long Story Short will help busy parents share with their children how every story in the Old Testament points forward to God's story of salvation through Jesus Christ. You won't find a more important focus for a family devotional than a daily highlighting of the gospel of grace. Clever stories and good moral lessons may entertain and even help children, but the gospel will transform children. The gospel is deep enough to keep the oldest and wisest parents learning and growing all their lives, yet simple enough to transform the heart of the first grader who has just begun to read.
Ten minutes a day, five days a week is enough time to pass on the most valuable treasure the world has ever known. Long Story Short is a family devotional program designed to explain God's plan of salvation through the Old Testament and is suitable for children from preschool through high school.
Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will by Kevin DeYoung
or "How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc."
Hyper-spiritual approaches to finding God's will just don't work. It's time to try something new: give up.
Pastor and author Kevin DeYoung counsels Christians to settle down, make choices, and do the hard work of seeing those choices through.
Too often, he writes, God's people jump from church to church, workplace to workplace, relational circle to relational circle, worrying that they haven't found God's perfect will for their lives.
But God doesn't need to tell us what to do at each fork in the road. He's already revealed His plan for our lives: to love Him with our whole hearts, to obey His Word, and after that, to do what we like.
No need for hocus-pocus. No reason to be directionally challenged. Just do something.
Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
…how to speak to the heart of your child.
The things your child does and says flows from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way, ". . . out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." (NIV) Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child's heart into the paths of life.
Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know by Wayne A. Grudem
Christian Essentials Made Plain and Simple
God doesn't call every Christian to go off to seminary, but there are certain matters of doctrine—that is, the church's teaching—that every Christian simply must know. Theology is important because what we believe affects how we live. If you're a relatively new believer in Jesus, or if you're a more mature Christian looking for a quick brush-up on basics of the faith, Christian Beliefs is for you.
This readable guide to twenty basic Christian beliefs is a condensation of Wayne Grudem's award-winning book on systematic theology.


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Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Field Trip to the Grove
We had a fantastic time on our field trip yesterday to the Grove. While we were there, we learned so much about the Native American culture in the past 200 years. We even got to go inside a smaller version of a longhouse. It was interesting to learn some of the rituals, chores, and daily activities that every member of the family participated in. No matter the age or gender, everyone had important responsibilities to make sure that they had food to eat, a safe place to sleep, and clothing to wear.
What did you enjoy most about our trip to the Grove? Did you find any of the chores/activities to be challenging? Were there any facts you learned that you found to be surprising? Below you can share more about your field trip experience.


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Facebook Patents Social Search (Courtsey Of Friendster)
Has Facebook patented social search? It appears so, according to a patent awarded earlier this year by the USPTO. The patent, written the same year Facebook was founded, has been previously discussed but escaped our notice until now.
Originally filed in October 2004 and awarded this past February, the patent is for a system that uses social connections and clicks within the network to determine search-ranking relevance. A piece in BNet calls the Facebook patent "curated search." However we might as well call it a patent on "social search." (See update below.)
Here's what the abstract says:
Search results, including sponsored links and algorithmic search results, are generated in response to a query, and are marked based on frequency of clicks on the search results by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query. The markers are visual tags and comprise either a text string or an image.
Sure, the patent system is totally screwed up and patents are mostly used defensively against litigants. But let's take this seriously for a moment.
The confusing name of patent 7,890,501 is "Visual tags for search results generated from social network information." The BNet article argues the implications are "quite broad" and I agree.
Patents are often impossible to read let alone understand. However another excerpt from the patent filing seems to lay it all out pretty clearly. First here's Facebook's description of the way search is ranked now:
A key metric in evaluating the performance of search engines is relevance of the search results. Search engine developers are always striving to deliver search results that are relevant to the search query being processed. Consistent with this goal, there have been attempts to rank search results based on a number of different factors. One of the more popular ways to rank search results involves analyzing the location and frequency of keywords on a web page. Another frequently used technique is analyzing how web pages link to each other. A web page gets a ranking boost based on the number of other web pages that are linked to it. Click-through rates of search results are analyzed in some search engines. The general rule is: the higher the click-through rate, the higher the ranking.
Now here's Facebook's social search ranking methodology (partly repeating the excerpt above):
The invention provides still another technique to improve the relevance of search results. According to an embodiment of the invention, search results, including sponsored links and algorithmic search results, are generated in response to a query, and are ranked based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query. The predetermined degree of separation is equal to one if the click activities of only the friends of the member who submitted the query are to be examined.
A search result may also be marked based on its click history. In one embodiment, a search result is marked with an image or a text string if there was a single click on the search result by a friend of the member who submitted the query. In other embodiments, the frequency of clicks by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query is examined. If such frequency exceeds a minimum value, the associated search result is marked with an image or a text string.
Accordingly, Facebook's patent factors in clicks and degrees of connection within the network to determine relevance.
Facebook was launched in February 2004. As mentioned, this patent was filed in October of that year. It would thus appear that Facebook has been thinking about search from the very beginning.
(Image from Facebook patent application)
Postscript: What's not entirely clear, upon second thought, is whether activity "off SERP" (e.g., Twitter referrals or Facebook Likes) would fall within the coverage of this patent. This patent might implicate that sort of data — clearly the network exists outside the search engine — but Facebook may have been more narrowly contemplating activity ("clicks") happening on or within the SERP. Facebook as a "platform" and the Like button were probably unforeseeable in October 2004.
Postscript2: Bill Slawski points out below in the comments, and I've since independently found this too, that the patent originated with Friendster and Facebook acquired it in an estimated $40 million deal last August when Friendster was sold. There were a wide range of patents in Friendster's IP portfolio including, apparently, this one.
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Watch Grizzly Bear Perform "Speak in Rounds" on "Leno"
Grizzly Bear continue the late-night television circuit in support of their excellent new album Shields. This time they dropped by "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and offered their rendition of "Speak in Rounds". Watch below, via the Audio Perv.
Just a reminder: Grizzly Bear will play the imminent Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, some tickets for which are still available here.
Watch the band's performance on "Leno" last night:
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Saturday, March 8th 2008
The Contemporary Art Society and ArtInsight are pleased to invite you to a one-day Workshop to coincide with ARTfutures 2008.
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Date: Saturday, March 8th 2008
Time: 10:30am - 6:00pm
Location: UBS, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PP
Fee: £295 incl VAT (10% discount for CAS members)
Executive lunch, refreshments & champagne reception included.
Two In-depth Interactive Discussion Panels with ARTfutures Artists
Panel Discussion on Artists' Networks & Collecting
Key Speakers will include:
- Sir Christopher Mallaby (UBS Senior Art Advisor)
- Paulette Terry Brien & Laurence Lane (Directors of The International 3)
- Valeria Napoleone (Private Collector) - Zineb Sedira (Artist)
- Uriel Orlow (Artist)
- Nicky Hirst (Artist / Co-Curator ARTfutures 2008)
- Jeni Walwin (Independent Curator and Writer / Co-Curator ARTfutures 2008)
- Paul Hobson (Director of the Contemporary Art Society)
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An Invitation for two to the Chairman's VIP Champagne Reception & Artists' Party at ARTfutures 2008 on Monday, March 10th
An intimate curator-led tour of ARTfutures 2008 with highlights of the art on show
Gratis copies of the newly published 'Life is More Important than Art', edited by Gilane Tawadros with an introduction by Paul Hobson
Complimentary copies of Art World magazine
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ARTfutures (photo © Matthew Blaney)
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Garbed in a velvety maroon dress and embroidered with glittering gold flourishes, the dark-skinned Poong Itim na Nazareno of Quiapo is currently making its rounds across the streets of the country's capital, Manila. Surrounding the caroza where the venerated icon with its black cross is precariously perched, is a roiling sea of devotees in maroons and yellows chanting Viva Senor! Viva! Viva!
The morning was just starting as I arrived at Quiapo Church in the heart of Manila. The historic Plaza Miranda was already filled by people from all walks of life; barefooted devotees, street vendors hawking shirts and white towels, media outfits covering the event, religious cults and the usual bystanders curious about the biggest religious festival this side of the Philippines.
The veneration to the Black Nazarene of Quiapo's St. John the Baptist Church began with Pope Innocent X's blessing in 1650. The original statue, made by an unknown sculptor from wood, came all the way from Mexico more than 400 years ago; a gift from the Recollect priests.
The body of the one making rounds across Manila is still the original one that came from Acapulco, but its head is only a replica. The original head of the Nazareno is housed inside the Basilica, sitting over another replica.
There are debates as to why the Nazarene has a dark-toned skin. There are a few who says that it was due to a fire in the galleon that transported the icon, and there are those that claim that its skin simply darkened from a lighter complexion over time due to unknown reasons.
The annual translacion of the Black Nazarene occur every ninth of January.
It used to be that the statue is led around the nearby streets and avenues of Manila starting from the Basilica Minore of Quiapo, with the procession also ending at the same church. But in recent years, the starting point has been changed to Rizal Park's Quirino Grandstand where an overnight vigil is usually held before the day of the translacion.
It took a while for me to locate the Black Nazarene. Passing through Quezon Bridge, I saw people massing at the nearby overpass in Lawton. I asked a passing fishball vendor to confirm if the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno will pass through it. He obligingly said it will.
I quickly looked for a good vantage to witness the actual passing of the Black Nazarene. This is my first time to attend the feast and my heart was thumping. I've heard hundreds of horror stories from the festival; injuries from trampling, asphyxiation and dehydration among other things.
Loud cheers and shrill whistles spread through the crowds as the Nazareno started to move its slow way across the once wide avenue. The crowd was packed so tight you can't see anything else but people. The stories are real, the streets of Manila indeed turns into an ocean of humanity every January.
White towels and handkerchiefs twirled through the air as the andas, the Black Nazarene's carriage started to pass through. The devotees grew wild with religious fervor; everyone pushing to get close and touch the venerated icon, or even just the fifty-meter abaca rope preceding the caroza.
Towels were thrown across the slow-moving Nazarene, to be caught by mamamasans—the guardians of the statue. The hankies were then wiped across the body or cross of the black statue before being thrown back into the feverish crowd. Many devotees, the Hijos del Senor Nazareno, believe that this will bring them good luck and fortune.
Support team from various groups stand by for untoward incidences which usually plague the procession of the Black Nazarene. Bottled waters thrown to the crowd is a usual scene, one can easily lose consciousness while trailing the translacion due to heat and congestion.
I can hardly see the Black Nazarene as it passed right in front of me with the crowds and its guardians blocking the icon from view.
So I beefed up all the courage I have and decided to have a closer look.
Swimming with the waves of barefooted crowd, I was able to come as close as I can to the carriage and have a glimpse of the Nazareno before being turned back by the people. I was wearing shoes.
The crowd was so packed that it was a no-no to wear any kind of footwear to avoid injuries to fellow devotees. It was only then that it dawned on me why the faithful of the Nazareno are barefooted.
The sky transformed from blues to oranges as the day wore on and twilight started to peek around the billboards of Quiapo. It has been hours since the Black Nazarene left the grandstand, weaving slowly through Manila. But this is not extraordinary; a few years ago, it has taken twenty two hours for the statue to reach the Basilica.
The sun departed and evening took over, but still, the devotees of the Black Nazarene stood patient at Plaza Miranda, hearing the mass being held every hour until their beloved Poon arrives back to its home. The street was still filed with people but they're calm, a calmness that usually occurs before a massive storm.
The Feast of the Black Nazarene
Location: Quiapo, Manila
Schedule: Celebrated every January 9
Quiapo Church: (02) 733-4434
Manila Tourism Office: (02) 528-1134 to 36
GPS Coordinates: +14° 35' 54.46", +120° 59' 1.85"
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I stared at his pale, bony hand on my shoulder. He removed it when he acknowledged my scowl.
"I never gave you one," I stated, replying to his question. "What do you want?"
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"And why would I tell you that?" I inquired cautiously.
"You would tell me," he started slowly, "because you can see me."
So what do you think? Of course, some of this might end up being taken out, or rewritten, but so far, personally, I'm loving it! Over the next few months, I'll try to post up some teasers to see what you think along the way, but don't count on anything!
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Location: The Saints
After a couple of classes in the morning, most went to shore for one last time in the Saints to enjoy French baguettes, cheap phone calls and wonderful ice cream. Everyone was back on board by 2:30pm, and we moved the boats to the Pain de Sucre, the site for our night dive. We prepared for the dive, had good dinner of burgers on the grill, and jumped in the water for our first night dive of the trip. Beaker and Chantale's groups slowly swam along the reef looking for cool night critters while Boomer's group turned their lights off and tried to swim by undetected. Boomer successfully snuck up on Katie and yanked on her fins in the dark. The bioluminescence and moon light made the dive especially nice. We finished the evening with late-night showers and a rave with the glow sticks from the dive.
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Dorasan Station is a modern day ghost town. From Wikipedia (link),
On December 11, 2007, freight trains began traveling north past Dorasan Station into North Korea, taking materials to the Kaesong Industrial Region, and returning with finished goods.
However, on December 1, 2008, the North Korean government closed the border crossing, after accusing South Korea of a confrontational policy. The station is currently served by four trains from Seoul per day for tourists.
We purchased a commemorative "ticket" for 500 won (50 cents), walked out to the platform, and greeted the incoming tourists.
Our guide pointed out the poster of President Bush's visit to Dora Station ...
... and suggested we have fun!
Should he shake from the right ...
... or the left?
How about a pat on the back?
I chuckled at the sign because there is no other way to go.
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Balco Properties is seeking: "B- to B+" Office in all 9 county metro's, medical office in commercial areas, and industrial assets at acquisition costs of between $5,000,000 and $20,000,000. Properties in the $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 range can be purchased "all-cash".
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We view ourselves as an "opportunistic purchaser." Properties are acquired when there is a "value added" component available through repositioning, re-leasing, re-configuring and/or refinancing. The typical holding period is long for good assets. Some of our assets have been owned for over thirty years.
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The best assets in the right location consistently attract the best tenants, get the highest rent, maintain higher occupancy levels and garner the best interest rates. It is important that we acquire our properties at or below replacement costs.
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Our target assets are located in large or small (Lafayette, Orinda, Marin) dynamic markets with transportation advantages (such as freeway access, an airport or port). We especially like assets, where our tenants are able, take public transportation and are able to walk for goods and services.
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After a short flight back from Decatur, Eddie Green had just landed and was taxiing to his hangar at Bridgeport Municipal Airport Saturday evening when the single engine to his Military T-41 sputtered and died. As Green tried to restart the engine, he noticed flames out the right window.
"It was short flight. I dropped some friends off and literally got off the runway and taxied to right here," Green explained. "It started sputtering and the engine quit. I knew I had plenty of fuel, so I cranked it. When I cranked it, I looked out the right window and flames started coming out. I jumped out and grabbed a fire hose."
Fire spread from the engine to the interior of the plane causing extensive damage.
Green, 68, of Bridgeport was uninjured. The retired Air Force and airline captain has owned the plane since 1995.
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At Larchmont Pediatrics, our team consists of Dr. Neville Anderson, Dr Alexandra McCollum, Valerie Jespersen-Wheat (our lactation consultant), and our friendly staff who are dedicated to helping you and your child feel at home from the moment you walk through the door.
We consider it a great joy and responsibility to care for your children. We strive to treat each and every patient as we would want our own children to be treated. We look forward to working with you to provide the highest level of care for your child's health and well-being.
Dr. Neville Anderson
Dr. Neville Anderson grew up in the Windsor Square area. She attended St. James' Episcopal School (where in 5th grade she decided she wanted to be a pediatrician) and Marlborough School. While at Marlborough, she volunteered at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. After 10th grade, she left Marlborough to go to boarding school for 11th and 12th grade at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut. She received a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University. After graduating from college, she was a teacher at Stanford's Bing Nursery School where she gained extensive experience in child development. She then left California to go to medical school at the University of Rochester in upstate New York. She quickly returned to sunny Southern California to do her internship and residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. There she won the Victor E. Stork Award for Continued Excellence and Future Promise in the Care of Children. After finishing her residency, she was a beloved pediatrician at Descanso Pediatrics in La Canada-Flintridge. She was named a Top Doctor in Pasadena magazine in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In Los Angeles magazine, she was named a Top Rising Super Doctor in 2013, 2014, and 2015, and a Super Doctor in 2017. After 7 years practicing in La Canada, she decided in 2014 to open her own practice on Larchmont Blvd in her "hometown" in the middle of Los Angeles. Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has been a board member of the Los Angeles Pediatric Society since 2016 where she currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer. In addition, she sits on the Board of Managers of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Health Network, serves as Chair of the Finance Committee of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Health Network, and is a member of the Network Committee of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Health Network. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, going to the beach, reading, playing tennis and "taking advantage of all the cultural activities in Los Angeles." The Hollywood Bowl and the beach are her 2 favorite places in Los Angeles. Each December, she co-chairs her church's Project Angel Tree program which purchases Christmas gifts for children who have a parent in prison. Dr. Anderson is excited to be your child's pediatrician!
Dr. Anderson is featured in the Larchmont Chronicle in their March 2014 issue and in the Larchmont Buzz.
Dr Alexandra McCollum
Dr. Alexandra Dawn McCollum has recently joined Larchmont Pediatrics. 'Dr. Alex' was born and raised in Chico, California. She completed her undergraduate training at UC Santa Barbara and graduated from St. George's University, School of Medicine in 2005. She then completed her pediatric residency training at Cohen's Children's Medical Center, in New York and later went onto complete a one year post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric dermatology at Rady Children's hospital in San Diego. Dr. Alex was most recently practicing at Heights Pediatrics and New York Methodist Hospital while living right in the heart of Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband and two little boys. Hoping to one day relocate back to sunny California, Dr. Alex's prayers were finally answered when her husband took a job in the pediatric emergency department at Children's Los Angeles. Her life long dream of joining a small practice in California has finally been realized at Larchmont Pediatrics. Dr. Alex practices general pediatrics and has a special interest and expertise in pediatric dermatology. In her free time she enjoys taking advantage of living in Los Angeles, going to the beach, swimming with her boys, cooking and travelling to visit family.
Dr McCollum is featured in the Larchmont Chronicle in their November 2015 issue.
Valerie Jespersen-Wheat, ILCBC (Lactation Consultant)
Valerie Jespersen-Wheat, IBCLC is the newest person to join Larchmont Pediatrics. Valerie was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent most of her childhood growing up in Southern California. She earned her undergraduate degree in Developmental Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, then moved to the east coast to earn her Master of Science degree in Occupational Therapy at Boston University. She worked for a number of years as an occupational therapist, treating school-aged children with learning disorders. After taking time off for the birth of her first daughter, she decided it was time for a career change. She enrolled in the UCLA Lactation Consultant training program and began her career as a board certified Lactation Consultant. Her experiences as a first-time mom made her realize that breastfeeding a baby can be a challenge and that women need expert support in reaching their goals. She became an expert in breastfeeding hoping to help other moms and babies be successful. After a number of years working as a community-based Lactation Consultant, Valerie moved to Cedars-Sinai to serve as the Program Coordinator for Lactation Services in the NICU, where she worked for 16 years. In the NICU, she learned to help very small, premature and sick infants learn to breastfeed. Moms in the NICU know that they have a very important role in providing breast milk for their baby. It is a critical part of a baby's medical plan and something only their mom can do. By joining Larchmont Pediatrics, Valerie is excited to return to her community roots, helping both NICU graduates and healthy term babies to be successful with breastfeeding. In her free time, Valerie enjoys cooking, gardening, exploring Los Angeles's countless culinary offerings and spending time with her husband and two daughters.
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Last year, legendary football coach Joe Gibbs returned to the helm of the Washington Redskins after an absence of more than a decade. In his first stint, he led the Redskins to three championships. He was able to do this without many star players because he populated his squads with players of outstanding character — guys like Mark Rypien, Brian Mitchell, Jeff Bostic, Mark May, Donnie Warren, Earnest Byner, Tim Johnson, and Monte Coleman, just to name a few.
Gibbs is struggling to find "character guys" this time around, though he has no shortage of characters. The strangest of the lot seems to Sean Taylor, a safety of enormous talent. Hand-picked by Gibbs in last year's draft, Taylor managed in one year to make a strong bid for the knuckle-head hall of fame. This spring, to Gibbs' stated dismay, Taylor has refused to attend team practices because already he wants a new contract. He has been joined in his boycott by newly acquired wide-receiver Santana Moss. Both attended the University of Miami.
So did Clinton Portis. Gibbs acquired Portis in a huge trade last year. Portis is attending the spring practices and, according to this report from David Elfin of the Washington Times, Gibbs wants him to become a team leader. Portis is auditionig for the role by supporting the boycott of his buddies, Taylor and Moss. He cites two reasons: (1) it's a long season (but not that long for the Redskins; our season ended three and half months ago) and (2) the spring sessions are worthless. In fact, Portis says he has told his mates "You're not missing nothing."
I still think that Gibbs will turn the Redskins around. But, at an advanced age, his character is being tested as never before.
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text: DigitalThe Password Protection Act of 2012: Latest Attempt To Protect Facebook UsersThe latest attempt to push through legislation aimed at protecting the passwords of Facebook users came in the form of The Password Protection Act of 2012, which was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), with an identical companion bill brought to the House of Representatives by Reps. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.).By David Cohen|May 10, 2012 ShareBy David Cohen|May 10, 2012 Share The latest attempt to push through legislation aimed at protecting the passwords of Facebook users came in the form of The Password Protection Act of 2012, which was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), with an identical companion bill brought to the House of Representatives by Reps. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.).A Facebook user protection amendment submitted by Perlmutter did not pass the House in March. That same month, Blumenthal and Schumer asked the U.S. Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate whether U.S. law already prohibits employers to force job applicants to surrender their Facebook passwords.A .PDF uploaded by Heinrich described The Password Protection Act of 2012 as follows:The Password Protection Act would make it illegal for an employer to compel or coerce access to any online information stored anywhere on the Internet if that information is secured against general public access by the user.This is accomplished by prohibiting employers from compelling or coercing access to, and subsequently retrieving information from, the online servers where private user information is stored. (These servers are referred to as "protected computers" in the legislation.) This broad approach mirrors the approach of the existing federal anti-hacking statutes and has several key benefits:Builds on existing law: The Password Protection Act's focus on where information is stored, rather than how it is accessed, reflects the approach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the federal government's primary anti-hacking tool. This tool has been used for years by federal prosecutors and private individuals and companies to protect the integrity of internet systems against hackers, including protecting online email accounts and Facebook accounts against the stealing of passwords.Technology-neutral: By focusing on the servers where information is ultimately stored, the Password Protection Act avoids the tricky business of identifying and defining particular types of Internet services (e.g., social networking websites, email accounts, networked gaming services, cloud computing services, online storage lockers, etc.).Designed to adapt to new Internet innovations: The Internet is constantly changing and evolving, challenging our ability to create privacy protections that can grow alongside the Internet itself. Fortunately, every innovative website, social networking, storage, or communication technology is still ultimately supported by physical computer servers. By focusing on where a person's private information is stored, instead of how it is accessed, the Password Protection Act ensures that personal, private online information will be protected the eyes of prying employers even as new online technologies emerge.Protects employer systems, not employer actions: The Password Protection Act preserves the rights of employers to control access to their own hardware, as well as any Internet software operated on behalf of the employer for work purposes (e.g., third-party sales data software or websites that facilitate collaborative work online). However, the Password Protection Act does not allow employers to access private employee data under any circumstances, even if the employer uses its own computers to access that data.Blumenthal said in a statement:Employers seeking access to passwords or confidential information on social networks, e-mail accounts, or other protected Internet services is an unreasonable and intolerable invasion of privacy. With few exceptions, employers do not have the need or the right to demand access to applicants' private, password-protected information.Heinrich added in a statement of his own:Employers demanding Facebook passwords or confidential information on other social networks is an egregious privacy violation and should be against the law. Personal information like race, religion, age, and sexual orientation is often accessible on social networking profiles, and by having access to this information, employers could discriminate against an applicant who would otherwise be qualified for a job.Readers: Do you think The Password Protection Act of 2012 stands a chance of becoming law, or will it suffer the fate of previous attempts to protect the passwords of Facebook users?Image courtesy of Shutterstock. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2jGqAPE copy Adweek Adweek


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OSWEGO — Oswego County families, educators and service providers will meet to explore how to better understand how to work effectively with children's challenging behavior using collaborative problem solving at 6 p.m. today (June 11) in the New Haven Elementary School library.
The training is free through a grant funded by Family Support Services in the state Office of People with Developmental Disabilities.
SUNY Oswego has collaborated with Mexico Academy and Central Schools to provide this training to all of those interested in learning more about how to better support children with behavior challenges in and outside of school.
The presenter will be Tammy Elowsky of SUNY Oswego's Office of Business and Community Relations.
"Having learned this CPS model years ago, it has been a guiding force for me in providing the proper supports and teaching the skills needed to help mitigate challenging behavior," she said.
The training to be provided was selected through a survey sent to families in the Mexico Academy and Central Schools. The district is providing the space, and SUNY Oswego, via the Family Support Services grant, is providing instruction, snacks, refreshments, materials and $5 for the first 25 attendees to help families with travel expenses.
To help plan for sufficient materials and food, attendees are asked to register for the training at www.oswego.edu/obcr/events.
Those who have questions regarding the training, or Oswego County school districts interested in hosting a free training session on this or a selection of other topics, can call Elowsky at 315-312-3084 at SUNY Oswego's Office of Business and Community Relations.
Funding of this grant was determined by the Oswego County Family Support Services Advisory Council. Each Office of People with Developmental Disabilities regional office has such a council to represent the interests of family members and people with developmental disabilities.
The councils work in partnership with the regional offices to make decisions supporting families and loved ones.
To learn about how to become a member of the Oswego County Family Support Services Advisory Council, contact Michelle Riolo at [email protected]


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The busy and technology filled world that we live in today is a real challenge to childhood imagination. Did you know that two thirds of NZ infants watch up to 3 hours of TV a day... And by the age of 3-5, more children are able to navigate a smartphone (58%) than tie their own shoes (8%) – NZ Herald, 2014
For healthy development young kids need to be active, using their imaginations, playing together and practicing core skills such as balance and coordination to help them build confidence. Our objective is to provide toys that make learning and development fun!
The new generation of bouncy hoppers is here!
Introducing... Bouncing Buddies. A clever redesign of the much loved moon-hoppers of the 1970's into a herd of amazingly cute inflatable bouncy animals for toddlers and preschoolers to keep them active and using their imaginations. We help them learn balance and coordination, develop strength and confidence and have fun playing together. Each Buddy has been specially designed with child ergonomics in mind: long ears or horns for a strong grip, a contoured body for good balance and robust feet to steady the bounce.
We are New Zealands original animal hoppers, 100% NZ owned and operated.
Our Vision is for Bouncing Buddies to become an iconic childhood toy that helps develop more active and imaginative children.
We encourage parents to take our "fun challenge" which comes with a promise: invest in your child's healthy development and we guarantee that you'll end up having as much fun as them!
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John McGrath: Mariners fail to drive in runs with players who likely won't be here next season
Early in a game of self-evident playoff implications, the Seattle Mariners put two runners on base with one out Sunday for cleanup hitter Kendrys Morales.
The Oakland A's had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Morales — the Mariners' top RBI producer last season — surely was capable of driving in Austin Jackson from third with a fly ball in the home half.
But Morales didn't hit a fly ball. He hit a grounder that shortstop Jed Lowrie converted into an inning-ending double play.
The Mariners had runners in scoring position five times in six innings against A's starter Jon Lester, and five times they allowed Lester to escape.
"We had a lot of opportunities, that's the good part," manager Lloyd McClendon said of 4-0 defeat that endangered his team's wild-card chances. "The bad part is, we didn't drive anybody in."
The absence of punch wasn't a mystery. When the Mariners needed a fly ball to tie the score in the first, Morales responded by hitting into a double play. When they needed a two-out hit in the third ining to drive home Chris Denorfia from third base, Corey Hart grounded out to first.
When the Mariners faced a similar situation in the fifth — two outs, tying run on second — Morales struck out. Still another chance was wasted in the seventh, when pinch hitters Endy Chavez and Logan Morrison led off with base hits off reliever Dan Otero, whose wild pitch seemed to auger a breakthrough inning.
But Otero got two quick outs and then intentionally walked Robinson Cano, which put the threat into the hands of Morales. He then hit the fly ball the Mariners wished he had hit in the first inning.
By the time the A's pushed two more runs across the plate in the eighth, Safeco Field had the vibe of a place that likely won't be home to another meaningful game until the 2015 opener. If the Mariners don't turn things around on an 11-game road trip that begins Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, their season-ending weekend against the Angels will be moot.
"We lost two out of three, I'm not happy," McClendon said. "So we'll get on a plane, go to Anaheim and try to take three out of four against them."
That's not happening if McClendon puts together a lineup as tepid as the one that took the field Sunday. Here was a game the Mariners desperately needed to win after the fiasco Saturday night when closer Fernando Rodney was required to pitch in a non-save situation, and the batting order resembled that of a split-squad spring training game.
It had Denorfia (.209) batting second, Morales (.221) batting cleanup, Hart (.197) batting fifth and Justin Smoak (.201) batting seventh. I'm leaving No. 9 hitter Mike Zunino out of this discussion, even though the catcher's batting average has dropped to .195. Zunino compensates with power and solid defense at a position predicated on defense.
Besides, it's certain that Zunino will return to the Mariners next season. Denorfia, Morales and Hart won't be back, and nobody will be surprised if the Mariners finally give up on their four-year long project of trying to turn Smoak into an everyday player.
In the meantime, McClendon is focusing on the short-term challenge of trying to earn a playoff bid with guys who aren't part of the long-term future at Safeco Field, which has not been a fit for his team.
The 2-4 homestand did nothing to change those perceptions.
"I've always believed you don't argue for your limitations," McClendon said. "We have not been good at home and this was not a good homestand. What the hell are you gonna do? We've got to go on the road and try to win.
"We haven't been good, but the good part is, we're going on the road, where we've been real good. You want to talk about improbable, that's as improbable as you can get."
As he was winding up his remarks in the postgame interview room, McClendon offered a smile that suggested the rest of us were overreacting to the back-to-back games that revived the slumping A's while deflating the Mariners.
"We'll be OK, guys," McClendon said. "I promise. Trust me."
Gotcha, skip. But that's one terrible lineup you wrote Sunday, and the suspicion we won't see half of it in 2015 is not an overreaction.


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Having Windsor Cancer Centre patients endure lengthy waits to park and have their blood drawn I hope will be considered by all unacceptable.
Reader Letter: Don't make cancer patients wait to park and get blood work
I went to the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre recently at 9:15 a.m. for a six-month appointment with my oncologist, related to the results of my molecular diagnostic blood work. I have chronic myelogenous leukemia and am a cancer survivor who has been in remission for the past three years.
The cancer centre's parking lot is small. I and others have to wait in line as parking security directs cars to spots that become available, often due to patients leaving because of a backlog of people waiting to have blood drawn prior to their chemotherapy or future cancer evaluations.
Windsor Regional Hospital has an operating budget of $480 million and a staff of 4,000, but apparently CEO David Musyj has found it difficult to keep the hospital from going over budget, resulting in staff reductions.
Where blood is drawn by a phlebotomist, the staff has been reduced from two to one. There is no receptionist. Patients often must wait for long periods for blood work.
If you're a cancer survivor, you'll know the hell one goes through mentally after diagnosis and during chemo treatment. Having cancer patients endure lengthy waits to park and have their blood drawn I hope will be considered by all as unacceptable.
The fact that millions of dollars are donated annually in the Windsor area for cancer research and to purchase new types of equipment is just wonderful. But I ask that those who make decisions about how this money is used consider alleviating some of the anxiety of the very people it was collected for by reducing the waits for blood work and parking.
Peter J Middlemore Sr., Windsor
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Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, was acquitted on Tuesday of orchestrating a campaign to hack into phones and bribe officials in a case that has shaken the British political establishment.
A jury at London's Old Bailey court cleared Brooks unanimously. She was found not guilty of being part of a conspiracy to hack into phones to find exclusive stories, of authorizing illegal payments to public officials and of trying to hinder the police investigation.
Brooks' lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw had argued the prosecution failed to produce a "smoking gun" during her 14 days of intense questioning on the stand. He likened the authorities' decision to take her to court to a medieval witch hunt.
Brooks, known for her distinctive long red hair, walked from the court clutching the hand of her husband, Charlie, who was also cleared of attempting to hinder the probe.
"YEEEEESSSSSS Rebekah Brooks CLEARED take that," Louise Mensch, a former UK Conservative lawmaker, said in a series of Twitter postings after the verdict. "I cannot wait to work with Rebekah Brooks
I hope I get the opportunity very soon. Literally could not be happier."
Two other current and former News Corp officials were also acquitted.
Brooks, 46, who had edited both the News of the World and News Corp's daily Sun tabloid, resigned her position at the company's London unit at the height of the scandal in 2011.
The jury's decision to clear Brooks and her husband of all charges will be a boost for Murdoch, who largely stood by her and in July 2011 called her his top priority. Murdoch's News Corp also owns The Post.
Brooks is "free to resume her career and she should go back to being treated as a highly experienced media executive," said Alex DeGroote, a media analyst at Peel Hunt in London.
"Murdoch talent-spotted her from an early age so why not go back to a senior role there?" DeGroote said.
Stuart Kuttner, 74, the former managing editor of the News of the World, was found not guilty of phone hacking. Mark Hanna, a News Corp security guard, was also cleared of hiding evidence.
"The dedication, and perhaps above all the passion of my lawyers over the last three years has been extraordinary, most remarkable," Kuttner said outside the court. "It is to them that I owe the huge and enduring thanks for the result, the unanimous verdict of the jury."
Andy Coulson, her former lover and Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief, was found guilty of conspiring to intercept messages to break news about royalty, celebrities and victims of crime.
News Corp has settled more than 700 civil claims related to phone hacking. Previous civil trials were canceled as the company reached deals with celebrities, politicians and athletes who said their voicemail messages were intercepted by the News of the World.


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The infamous browser-based jailbreak service, JailbreakMe.com has officially returned in its full glory. The jailbreak, which was leaked this past weekend, promises to hack any iOS 4.3.3 (iPad 2 included!) device with the touch of a button in iOS Safari. Head to www.jailbreakme.com to try it out. As with all methods of jailbreaking, you are at your own risk.
Update: Video, courtesy of iPhone Download Blog, of the jailbreak process is after the break; check it!


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A member of the public has contacted us and gave a link to an STV news story dated the day after the council meeting of the 22nd of November 2012, we were not aware of this report till today we wish to thank the persons for informing us of this.
In this STV report they stated a number of alleged quotes from Mr P O'Connor from inchgarth CC, these were as follows;
"We've created something special here, and it could all just vanish, which would be a tragedy for the thousands of people who use Inchgarth Community Centre and other places like us.
"I could walk away next week, with a decent pay-off and I would be okay. But what about those who aren't so fortunate? I got an MBE, but it was just my face on the stamp."
We reported this 2 weeks ago that insiders at inchgarth was letting it be known that O'Connor and others were planning an exit strategy if things went pear-shaped we were yet again called liars and now this 23rd of November STV proves yet again we were reporting the truth.
This idea of taking an redundancy payment from the centre does not add up, Mr O'Connor is a paid member of staff the only one at over £27,000 pa he claimed in council chambers that inchgarth only has an annual income of between £30,000-£40,000 per Annam how can this be true if inchgarth can afford to pay him a "decent pay off" if they only have limited funds and if inchgarth generates huge sums which this admin team is getting more and more detailed information every day since this figure was quoted it proves inchgarth was in better shape than most of the other centres to repair the building the lease from the council after all!
The council should use their new powers that leased centres have now formally undertaken to allow auditors in to investigate how much money actually inchgarth has at its disposal.
If Inchgarth can pay off its manager and afford to do this than the people of Aberdeen must have huge respect for the Rev, Cowie and Alex Mess who will walk away from the job they have been doing for more years than the janitor from garthdee with nothing how can this be just and proper, this must be the unfortunates O'Connor must be referring to?
The council needs to do this urgently because the STV report also sites the inchgarth manny saying they have 2500 members which grew 300 members in the space of 18 hours as the janitor told the councillors they had 2200 members the day before, how can this be the case, or is it a case of we can tell them what ever we like, who cares well if each member of the centre pays £5 each that's £1500 of a difference straight off for this reason alone the council must investigate?


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Bandhavgarh national park
Bandhavgarh National Park (190km from Jabalpur; 237 km from Khajuraho): is one place where you can be almost certain of seeing a tiger in its natural habitat. Stretching over 448 sq km. Bandhavgarh National Park is rich in other forms of wildlife like deer, leopard, sambar and wild boar. It is equally rich in bird life, home to over 200 species. Dominating Bandhavgarh National Park area is the Bandhavgarh Fort. Scattered throughout the park and particularly around the fort, are numerous caves containing shrines and ancient Sanskrit inscriptions.
Nearest Airport: Jabalpur 165km- ( is connect with Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal)
Nearest Railway Station- Umaria-35km (1hr drive); Katni-100km (2hr drive)
Best time to visit: Nov to June
Closing of the National Park:- July- Oct.
Entry Point : Tala Gate
Booking of safari: on line booking open 120 days in advance.
Safari By: open hued maruti jeep with jungle guide ( Mandatory; provide by forest department at the entrance gate- chargeable)// maximum no. of Guests per safari jeep-6 pax ( excluding driver and Jungle guide)
Accommodation: eco resorts and eco tent with luxury accommodation also near Tala gate
Due to limited accommodation to avoid the rush please book in advance.
Suggested Tour:
Tour Code: 506/ BNPS
Duration of tour: 2 Night/ 3Days
Day1-Upon arrival Jabalpur transfer by road (3hr drive) -Bandhavgarh National Park (Jabalpur is well connected by air with Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal and other major cities) check in a nice resort and afternoon 1st open jeep safari to explore the experience of wildlife in the core area.
Day2- Bandhavgarh National Park – Morning and afternoon open jeep safari/ meet the wild tiger on nature with lots of herbivorous.
Day3- morning 4th safari and after breakfast then drive to Jabalpur board the evening flight or train to your onward destination.
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Note: our tour price includes four safari, 2night accommodation, all food (2breakfast, 2lunch & 2dinner) with mineral bottled water for drink, taxi with fuel from arrival till departure and naturalist during safari.
|Keep mineral water while hiking
|Walk or drive night time in core area
|Keep mosquito repellent
|Take any arms and weapons
|Keep silence
|Take Crackles and music system
|Use green or grey color cloth and cap while hiking.
|Feed the wild animal, birds and reptile
|Keep binocular and camera
|Disturb the animal, birds and reptile
|Keep proper permit and entry document
|Use plastic polythin
|Keep blanket while safari in winter
|Mimicries the animal and birds


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A midfield reshuffle is the only change to the Hurricanes starting XV named to play the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday.
Ngani Laumape has been promoted from the bench to start at inside centre with Willis Halaholo shifting out one spot to wear the number 13 jersey for the final round of Super Rugby's regular season.
The Hurricanes rejig comes after regular centre Matt Proctor was ruled out with the hamstring strain that forced him off the field early in last weekend's win over the Waratahs in Sydney. Proctor's regular midfield partner Vince Aso remains sidelined with a calf strain.
It will be Laumape's first start since running out against the Sharks five weeks ago, while Halaholo will make his twelfth appearance and fourth start of the campaign.
The two Tongans have previously started together twice in the midfield this season, against the Kings and Jaguares, and played the majority of last weekend's 28-17 win over the Waratahs.
Hurricanes head coach Chris Boyd was more than comfortable the combination would perform well against the Crusaders.
"They haven't had a huge amount of time together as a midfield pairing, but they have both been heavily involved all season, so I don't think they will have any problems coming together this week," he said.
"Willis has been in good form for us all season, he's got good footwork and a good passing game and Ngani is very powerful, so it's potentially an exciting duo."
The only other change to the squad is on the replacements bench where Wes Goosen takes Laumape's place as midfield cover. It will be Goosen's first appearance since he scored a try with his first touch in Super Rugby against the Reds two months ago.
The Hurricanes have already qualified for the Super Rugby play-offs and with a bonus point win over the Crusaders could still win the New Zealand Conference and earn a home quarter-final at Westpac Stadium next weekend.
However, win or lose, Boyd won't immediately know where his team are heading for the play-offs, or whom they are playing, with their fate dependent on other results.
The final play-off schedule won't be known until after the Lions play the Jaguares on Sunday in the final match of the Super Rugby regular season.
Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Willis Halaholo, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Juilan Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Michael Fatialofa, 4 Vaea Fifita, 3 Chris Eves, 2 Dane Coles (c), 1 Reg Goodes
Replacements: 16 Ricky Riccitelli, 17 Ben May, 18 Loni Uhila, 19 Mark Abbott, 20 Callum Gibbins, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Wes Goosen, 23 Jason Woodward
Date: Saturday, July 16
Venue: AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Kick-off: 17:15 local (05:15 GMT)
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)