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Sunday Afternoon Teas
. SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS come to an end this weekend. There has been a wonderful selection of home baking which has been enjoyed by all who have supported us. Quite apart from the social value of these functions we have raised just on 0ne thousand pounds. Thank you to all who have giving of their time and talents.

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World ATM Congress 2017
The SESAR Exchange Theatre
The SESAR stand and theatre (#889) will feature a wide variety of sessions, which will illustrate with concrete examples how SESAR works with these partners and with the air navigation service providers (ANSPs), airports, airspace users, industry, the scientific community and staff associations represented through the SESAR JU and SESAR DM partnerships. The featured activities will demonstrate the benefits that this coordinated approach are bringing to airspace users and passengers, and the overall European economy. Learn MORE.
DAY 1: 7 March 2017, Tuesday
10.30 – 11.00 Official Opening of the SESAR Stand
European Commissioner for Transport,Violeta Bulc will officially open the stand with SESAR and partners. She will reflect on the importance of the SESAR project and global collaboration for meeting the challenges outlined in the EU Aviation Strategy.
11.00 – 12.00 Setting the Scene: Partnering for Excellence in Aviation
SESAR and its support of the Single European Sky (SES) is recognised in the EU Aviation Strategy as key to boosting Europe's economy and securing its leading role in international aviation. In this respect, the successful delivery and implementation of new globally interoperable and innovative solutions by SESAR relies on strong collaboration between all aviation stakeholders and the different mechanisms and bodies of the Single European Sky. This session will hear from SESAR partners on they practically contribute to achieving excellence in global aviation.
SESAR 2020 is an innovative programme for researching the future of air traffic management. Building on the results of its predecessor (SESAR 1), SESAR 2020 brings together the entire ATM community to develop and deliver solutions that will increase the performance of aviation across Europe and beyond. This panel session will hear from SESAR 2020 members on their expectations for the programme, priority areas that will be addressed and how the programme can answer the needs of the end-customers, both airspace users and passengers. The session will also discuss how SESAR 2020 will deliver an innovation pipeline, with ideas flowing out of exploratory research into the industry and demonstration activities.
13.45 – 15.00 Towards Global Interoperability
Ensuring that new ATM systems around the world are harmonised and interoperable is essential if the full benefits of ATM modernisation are to be realised to the benefit of airspace users and the travelling public. This session will take stock of the progress being made and discuss the key opportunities and challenges in moving our collected efforts towards achieving globally interoperable and harmonised ATM modernisation solutions. It will be set in the context of the international dimension of the EU's aviation strategy. It will highlight in particular the cooperation between the EU and US and present the new edition of the NextGen/SESAR State of Harmonisation document, focusing on the priority areas for future harmonisation efforts. It will also look at the broader global context and look forward to the next update of ICAO's Global Air Navigation Plan in 2019, and discuss whether there is a shift in priorities and how this will be reflected in the new GANP.
16.00 – 17.00 Single European Sky (SES) Awards Ceremony
The European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) aims to reward, encourage and give visibility to those who implement components of the SES or who contribute to the SES performance objectives. The Awards serve both to inspire others to carry out SES implementation initiatives and to raise public awareness. This ceremony will announce the winners of the 2017 award and will be an opportunity to hear from key European officials on the strategic importance of the SES in building a sustainable future for Europe's air transport.
17.00 – 18.00 SES Awards Networking Drink
DAY 2: 8 March 2017, Wednesday
10.30 – 11.30 Information Sharing
Better and more accurate information data exchange is critical for delivering high performing ATM and aviation worldwide. System wide information management (SWIM) is a key enabler in this endeavour, establishing the framework to allow seamless information sharing between the right stakeholders at the right time. SWIM represents a seismic shift in how information management is done in ATM, moving away from custom-built point-to-point systems to solutions that support system-wide interoperability, information access and exchange. SWIM consists of standards, infrastructure and governance enabling the management of ATM related information and its exchange between qualified parties via interoperable services. This session will touch on SWIM services developed in SESAR 1, cover current deployment, governance and standardisation activities, as well as further SESAR 2020 research on the air-ground datalink. A link will also be made with the European cyber security approach. Through a series of introductory remarks, speakers will offer different perspectives on the topic, after which a panel discussion will take place based on questions from the audience.
11.45 – 12.45 SESAR Deployment
SESAR is a reality today, bringing benefits to EU passengers. Over 26 ATM modernisation projects are already implemented and hundreds are being coordinated all over Europe. The updated Deployment Programme sets out the guidelines on what has to be implemented where, why and by when to reach the goals of the Single European Sky. Involving all aviation stakeholders is key.
13.00 – 13.45 Advanced Flexible Use of Airspace and Free Routing
Free routing aims to provide flight efficiency benefits in terms of improved operational efficiency as well as reduced fuel burn and emissions. It aims to deliver optimised trajectories to airspace users, thereby reducing track miles which can lead to reduced fuel consumption and cost. Key themes for the session include: promoting a close collaboration between the different ATM actors; enhanced civil/military cooperation; and dynamic airspace management. The session will touch on important SESAR 1 and SESAR 2020 developments like flexible use of airspace, free route in low and high density operations. The session will begin with a series of short presentations, and will end with some time for questions and answers.
13.45 – 14.30 Cooperative Traffic Management
Cooperative traffic management aims to provide flight efficiency benefits in terms of reduced fuel burn and emissions. It aims to smooth out randomised traffic peaks, thus alleviating the demand on peak resources, which can lead indirectly to reduced costs. Key themes for the session include: promoting a close collaboration between the different ATM actors; using local knowledge to the benefit of local and network operations; and maximising the use of fine-tuned, targeted measures as an alternative to broader, more penalising regulations. The session will touch on important SESAR 1 and SESAR 2020 developments like airport operations plan - network operations plan (AOP-NOP) integration, target-time management, arrival-management, short-term air traffic flow control management (ATFCM) measures and the user driven prioritisation process. The session will begin with a series of short presentations, and will end with some time for questions and answers.
14.45 – 16.00 Integration of All Vehicles
The session will demonstrate how SESAR 2020 now encompasses all vehicle types in the programme as important airspace-user stakeholders, from the big to the very small. In this session, which comes from an operational standpoint, speakers will demonstrate the all-inclusive nature of the new programme, showing how airspace users inside and outside controlled airspace will benefit, as well as how ANSPs can improve safety inside controlled airspace by knowing more about what is going on outside. Following a keynote speech by Matthew Baldwin of the European Commission, speakers will represent business aviation, rotorcraft operators, military agencies, general aviation and the new and growing drone stakeholder group, which may challenge our viewpoint about how airspace is managed. The aviation world is changing, and SESAR 2020 will ensure that all stakeholder groups can benefit from the programme, and operate together safely and efficiently.
16.15 – 17.15 CNS and Avionics: Challenges and Priorities
The Single European Sky is fostering changes to the aviation infrastructure including moving towards rationalisation, cost reduction and more efficiency. In support of this vision, SESAR is defining the future CNS environment and the level of ambition for the European ATM Master Plan. Key themes of the session include a comprehensive description of communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS), Spectrum and Avionics Strategy, views from involved stakeholders: regulators, ANSPs, military, Airframers, and a briefing on key SESAR 1 and SESAR2020 developments (e.g. initial 4D (i4D) trajectory management, L-band digital aeronautical communication system (LDACS), etc). The session will open with short presentations followed by a panel discussion.
17.30 – 18.15 Standardisation: Connecting Development, Deployment, and Regulation
Building an efficient, sustainable and safe SES requires the modernisation of the European ATM infrastructure. To ensure a coordinated and harmonised implementation of the required ATM-related functionalities, it is essential to ensure that the necessary standards are available, in a timely fashion. The European ATM Standards Coordination Group (EASCG) has become an essential platform building the bridge between R&D and deployment by coordinating standardisation and regulatory activities throughout the development process.
18.15 – 19.15 Networking Drink
DAY 3: 09 March 2016, Thursday
10.30 – 11.15 Automation
The European ATM Master Plan recognises human actors are integral to the overall ATM system, and the most critical source to its performance, safety and resilience. This session will demonstrate how advances in automation support will allow air traffic controllers to be more productive and deliver a better service to airspace users by reducing their participation in routine tasks, being thus allowed to concentrate on tasks that require higher cognitive skills. The session will present the ATM-specific levels of automation (LOAT) scale developed in SESAR. The theme will then be explored through the discussion of multiple examples of automation developments within SESAR research projects. A particular focus will be made on the operational challenges posed by the interconnection of air traffic control systems and flight-deck systems that are required to implement the SESAR trajectory management concepts, and on the development of automation to support coordination between controllers.
11.30 – 12.30 Exploring Future Solutions
SESAR exploratory research drives the development and evolution of the next generation of innovative ideas, concepts and technologies that define the performance of the future European ATM system, and contribute to its successful evolution. The SESAR programme portfolio includes specific projects devoted to such exploration of new operational and technological approaches. Based on the example of three very different SESAR exploratory projects, this session aims at showing how such projects pave the way for future SESAR solutions, by moving R&D activities through the first level of maturity.
12.45 – 13.30 SESAR Calls


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How blogging alters social network theories - March 6, 2004—
I've been doing a lot of thinking over the past several months about network theory as I prepared to market Jyte and a few other products we're working on. One theory, from books like The Tipping Point, holds that trends and news and technologies start with the "Innovators" or the "Mavens", then travel to the "Connectors" who know everyone; the Connectors introduce the ideas to the "Salesmen" or "Influentials"; the Influentials convince the masses through their newspaper columns, positions of political power, radio talk shows, or whatever methods they utilize.
Here's where it gets interesting, I think: blogging can consolidate all three network roles into one individual, or small group of individuals posting on a single blog. Bloggers are Innovators by nature: they are the very definition of early adopters. They also are Influentials due to their blogs (which are often extensions of their work as reporters, venture capitalists, PR professionals, or whatever). And lastly, as Marc Canter and Joi Ito have proved to the nth degree on Orkut, they are Connectors.
So can we really influence the masses with one individual? Or are the masses not paying any attention to the blogs? Does it even matter when most of the most influential bloggers have non-blog influence, anyway?
My theory is that this small window of history will allow any truly great technology, trend, joke, or idea to be adopted by a huge number of people vastly more quickly than it would have a few years ago. I'll be the first to say "I told you so" if my theory works... ;)


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Those of you who follow me on twitter will have seen me tweeting about Seb being poorly this week. The poor little monkey has had a stomach bug followed by a nasty cold which has meant he's ended up in our bed 4 nights this week. He's usually so good at night that i know when he cries or wakes there is something wrong and as his bedroom is downstairs and ours upstairs i like to have him close to me so i can comfort him if he isn't well.
Its been a long time since he's slept in with us, i love co sleeping but these days he is not so accomodating. He decided sleeping horizontally rather then vertically was the way forward and is such a wriggler! I love this shot of him face down, arms out sprawled across our bed.
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2015 Infiniti QX50
New vehicle for next year has been announced from Infiniti. SUV called EX37 until 2013 from now on is 2015 Infiniti QX50. Not only name, but many more things will be changed. New concept of the crossover will differ it from predecessor and also should add some more performance numbers. Similarities are excellent handling and spacious cabin, but main difference is visual – 2015 QX50 will be taller than EX37.
2015 Infiniti QX50 redesign
The 2015 Infiniti QX50 will be redesigned. That means many changes will be included, on the both ends, performance and styling. Outside, new Infiniti QX50 will have more aggressive look which will make him different from other crossovers on the market. Also, car will be dotted with many details outside and inside the cabin. Also, exterior proportions will be ideal for one crossover. Inside the cabin, many new features will be included. Also, interior look will be new and different from competitors. Overall opinion is that new Infiniti QX50 cabin is sportier. Some features installed are big LCD screen on the center of the dashboard, many buttons will be placed there also with Bose audio system. Top quality materials will be used for upholstery, front seat heating is installed, moon roof and navigation will make ride with 2015 Infiniti QX50 more pleasurable and enjoyable. For many other options, company has prepared optional packages in these trim levels: QX50, QX50 AWD, QX50 Journey and the QX50 Journey AWD.
2015 Infiniti QX50 engine
The 2015 QX50 will have just one drivetrain installed under the hood. It will be 3.7-l V6 engine which is capable to produce 325 hp and 267 lb-ft of torque. It makes this car very powerful. Transmission installed for this powertrain will be 7-speed automatic, and fast gear changes are available with steering wheel paddles. These will be improvements comparing to its predecessor Infiniti EX37.
2015 Infiniti QX50 release date and price
There is no official statement from company when will 2015 Infiniti QX50 debut. It is certain that will come as 2015 year model. However, since premiere date is still unknown, price is also unavailable at the moment.


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Top 10 Kingdom Hearts Bosses
Last week, I did a post on my top 5 bosses in the Legend of Zelda franchise. That list can be found here. This inspired to make a list of my top 5 bosses in Kingdom Hearts, another one of my favorite series. As I started building the list, I realized I needed to go bigger. Thus, I put together my top 10, and it was still a challenge having to cut some bosses out. Without further ado, I bestow my list upon you.
10. Darkside
Out of all the games, the first still carries the title for best opening in my book. There you are, trodding along the tutorial, breaking crates and answering personal questions (sidenote: although I know the outcome of how you answer the questions, I still feel strangely compelled to answer them honestly). Then, you're hit with a fifty foot, wild-haired monster being spawned from your shadow and attacking you. This isn't necessarily a hard battle, but one is not generally expected to throw down with such a creation within the first fifteen minutes of starting a game. Darkside has appeared in every Kingdom Hearts entry, but his debut stands out the most. A close follow up would be the second time you fight him, when he appears in Destiny Islands.
9. Cloud & Leon
Serving as the 20th Seed in the Hades, comes the dynamic duo, Cloud & Leon. Cloud, by himself, isn't much of a threat. He attacks pretty often, but they are easy to dodge. So, if keep an eye on him and time your attacks, you can fare rather well. Pair him up with Leon, and you're in for a vain-popper. Keeping an eye on both is impossible, unless you battle from a corner (doesn't end well). Regardless, I still find this to be a fun fight. Defeating them is quite satisfying, despite having to go through nineteen more battles.
8. Xemnas
Xemnas makes for a tough opponent and definitely lives to being the final boss of Kingdom Hearts II. His first battle isn't all that much, but his final form is worth noting. The final battle kept me on edge for the whole ride. Xemnas even merits being a secret boss in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (I promise a riot if 1.5 isn't brought to the U.S.). I can't speak for that battle, having never played Final Mix, but I've heard he's even harder. In his final form, he also rocks one of my favorite attires (as depicted in the picture to the right).
7. Terra-Xehanort
Seeing the story unravel in Birth By Sleep can be pretty depressing, assuming you feel a connection with its characters. It's debatable, but I'd say Terra faces the saddest end, as he has to face his own possessed body while being reduced to nothing more than a spirit in a suit of armor. As far as fights go, its well done. Maybe not the hardest on this list, but it provides a tough challenge. The music is good, and I love the backdrop. The battle mainly makes it on this list due to my love for BBS (my second favorite entry in the series), and for the fact that even after Terra succumbs to darkness and lose his body, he is able regain enough will to keep fighting.
6. Ansem/World of Chaos
I melded this into one battle, because it essentially is all one battle. Ansem may not be as difficult as his counterpart, Xemnas, but his fight left more of a mark on my mind. Maybe, it was because it was the first game. Maybe, it was because I was twelve and his guardian trying to grab me caused my heart to stop. I was also a fan of them adding Darkside in there. It made the game feel full circle. Defeating Ansem/World of Chaos marked a milestone for me. Although, I consider II to be superior in game play and quality, beating the first game hit me with a much stronger feeling of accomplishment.
5. Riku
For being one of the series protagonists, Riku pops up as a boss battle more than a mole pops up in whack-a-mole. Of course, he did wander down the path of darkness in the first game, causing much grief for Sora and much aggravation for the player. Even walking in path of light, he was still the final boss of 358/2 Days. Despite the fact that he only gets stronger throughout the series (and gets a badass sword, Soul Eater), I still find that the hardest and most rewarding fight from him is in Destiny Islands when you challenge him to a friendly spar. I'm too ashamed to admit what my score was against him in my first run through of Kingdom Hearts, but I will say I have never been more proud than the first time I took him down. Then, I made the mistake of trying to even our score.
4. Phantom
The Phantom has quite the spooky entrance. Not horror movie spooky; more of a "real life" spooky. I imagine if I was flying around London, I'd be pretty spooked if this flew up next to me. Anyway, the Phantom is hard, but if you know the technique, he's manageable. He mainly ranks so high on this list because of the mechanics of the fight, and for the fact that I love phantoms (see Legend of Zelda list). Not only does the orb below his cloak dictate what you can attack him with, but he casts Doom. This version of Doom not kills your party member, it negates the ability to revive them. Cleverly, they made it so that Doom can be stopped by casting "stop" on Big Ben. Clever, indeed.
3. Sephiroth
Some of you might be saying "WHAAT?!?!?! How is Sephiroth only number 3 on this list?!" and to those people I say, "I dunno." Putting him number 3 doesn't mean I don't think the fight is amazing. It is! Going into the Coliseum to fight you mystery opponent, seeing Sephiroth come down from the sky and fighting him with the company of "One Winged Angel" is breathtaking. It's an incredible feeling the first time you beat him. Anything I could say to describe the fight is depicted in the picture to the left.
2. Vanitas Remnant
This is, arguably, the hardest fight in the series. Sephiroth is up there, but there is a strategy to working your way around his moves. Vanitas Remnant provides an onslaught of attacks, leaving no breathing room between. I've found moves that work better on him than others, but no set technique. You may need to brush up on your dodging skills before attempting to face him, and stock up on some Megapotions. On top of his insane strength, speed and ability to teleport, VR can copy you when you use Cure. Fortunately, he is an optional boss, only appearing after clearing the Final Episode. But if you're like me, and you want to take on every aspect of the game, then there is no option.
1. Chernabog
Perhaps its the cinematic aspect, but for some reason, I've always adored this battle. I remember it catching me completely off-guard (as do most battle in Kingdom Hearts) and putting me in awe. From the moment "Night on Bald Mountain" kicked in, I had chills running down my spine. Seeing Chernabog open his eyes and rise is intense, and the battle that follows is intimidating. You can feel that the team behind Kingdom Hearts put a lot into this battle, as I'm sure they do with most. There's just something about this one that sends it slightly above the rest for me. I don't know. Maybe it's the sense of doom you feel when you see an eighty foot gargoyle shooting flames out of its mouth.
Honorable mentions:
Kurt Zisa
1000 Heartless (not really a boss I guess, but still one of my favories)
There you have it. I hope you enjoyed reading, and I hope you wish to partake in commenting with your top 10.


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I remember the first car journey with my first baby. Mr C drove, and I sat in the back, unprepared to take my eyes off my newborn for even a few minutes. The journey home was a slow one. We probably didn't make it much over 20mph. That is how determined we were to protect this new life that we had created. I'm sure we probably Googled, tips for safe car journeys with a baby, in advance!
Of course as time went on we became less nervous. I returned to sitting in the front, and speed limits once again became something to be adhered to as opposed to something only to be reached by complete idiots!


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The Lord impressed upon the heart of leadership and the church to take the gospel to the streets.
Mark 6:37 is God's heartbeat that we take care of the needy and underprivileged.
With the resources the Lord has blessed the church, Mark 6:37 that started as a feeding project has now expanded into a wider territory.
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Effect of ground surface layr on bending strength of structural ceramics (Al_2O_3, SiC,Si_3N_4, and ZrO_2) was investigated. The main results were as follows.(1) Plastic deformation causing the compressive residual stress was mainly generated by the burnishing action of abrasive grains. The effect of burnishing diminished with an increase in the magnitude of fracture during the material removal ; the compressive residual stress was larger in the ceramics with higher bending strength but smaller in those with higher hardness under conventional grinding conditions.(2) The depth of the compressive residual stress can be estimated from the plastic deformation zone obtained by the sphere indentation which gives an analogous effect to the the burnishing action of abrasive grains.(3) The compressive residual stress of ceramics measured by X-ray is estimated to be considerably smaller than the peak stress realy existing in the surface layr even if the characteristic X-ray of shallower penetrat
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ion depth is used. This is because the effective penetration depth of the X-ray is not sufficiently shallow in comparison with the depth where compressive stress exists.(4) Deterioration of bending strength of ground ceramics varied depending upon fracture toughness and phase transformability : the deterioration was higher in Si_3N_4 but lower in ZrO_2.(5) The bending strength deteriorated was considerably recovered by annealing in Si_3N_4. This implied that crack healing effect overcame the disadvantage of elimination of compressive residual stress. On the other hand, the annealing of ZrO_2 rather deteriorated strength of ground specimen.(6) The finite element method analysis of elasto-plastic stress field in a spherical indentation and the fracture analysis of pre-existing crack in its stress field showed that plastic deformation could be caused without any crack extension. This implied that grinding could be carried out without strength deterioration.(7) Grain depth of cut which was statistically evaluated by newly developed method could be applied to estimate crack extension length and residual stress caused by grinding. Less
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I mentioned a while back that I might post some more stuff about the San Juan Islands, a little group of islands in Washington state that captured my heart on my first solo trip.
In that vein, here's a blog I posted on September 29th, 2009, about a day trip to Orcas Island. My total walking distance (shortened slightly by some hitchhiking I forgot to mention) was 12 miles— a distance that became pretty routine later on in my traveling. Oh well. I had to start somewhere.
"Can you walk 1.3 miles?" I asked myself, staring at the trail ahead.
"Of course," I answered myself. "That's like walking to the depot. No problem." But still I balked, staring up at the trail that meandered through the pine trees at a gradual slope. Sure, I could walk 1.3 miles. Never mind that it had taken me five-and-a-half-mile walk to get to this point. None of that mattered now. I could walk 1.3 miles.
There's a reason people make analogies about life being a road. The trail immediately got harder, sloping up to a 45º angle as it wound between rocks bound up in lichen and feathery moss. I trudged onward, sometimes collapsing in exhaustion, but always moving upward, always asking myself, "Can you walk 1.3 miles?" How many miles I'd walked before didn't matter, and how many miles I'd have to walk afterward didn't matter. I only had to walk 1.3.
I did indeed reach the top of Ship Peak and took in the scenery. I didn't stay there long; the view was breathtaking, but I only felt the need to take it in for ten minutes or so. I sat in the shade of a pine and listened to scores of tiny birds making all manner of chirps, whirs, cackles and twitters, like a musical box. Then I headed down for the long walk back. After the initial slopes, which taxed my knees and back, the ground leveled out and my feet knew how to walk again. It was an easy walk back, as I constantly asked myself, "Can you walk until you reach the harbor?"
Orcas Island is like a dozen islands in one, for the landscape changes quickly even at a walking pace. I walked through dark evergreen forests, where silence was a sentient presence so thick that no birds sang. I hiked past woodland pastures with small run-down farms and cream or brown sheep grazing, rather like West Virginia. I passed West Bay, which boasts a marina and several ranch houses, and I explored the beach for a bit, feet crunching on the pebbles and shells. I found several tide pools with limpets and barnacles, and discovered three dead jellyfish, each one's umbrella the color of grape or strawberry jam. The bay stayed constant on my left for much of the walk, and I marveled at the Pacific madrone trees: tall for beach growth, with the twisted thick tangle of twigs common of ocean trees. Their bark is thin as crepe paper and brittle as parchment. The wood beneath the peeling layers is skin colored, but the bark nearly glows in the sunlight: a shocking burnt orange-red.
I felt like I was receiving a lesson in the various habitats of the northern pacific islands— and all this in a three-hour hike.


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Provide storage facilities to reduce post-harvest losses – Barry Callebaut MD
Ghana can reduce post-harvest losses by providing smallholder post-harvest storage facilities close to farms to help farmers securely store their products, Charity Naa Anima Sackitey, Managing Director, Barry Callebaut Ghana has said.
"It is imperative to provide training to farmers in drying, pest control and basic preservation techniques," she said in an interview with Oxford Business Group (OBG), a global publishing, research and consultancy firm, which deals in the publications of market economic intelligence.
The country, Mrs. Sackitey said, should encourage investments in cottage industries for small-scale agro-processing, and these businesses could be owned by smaller farm groups, with farming output becoming a source of their input.
"Finally, agro-processors and farms need to be encouraged to enter service-level agreements to assure farmers of ready markets for their produce," she said.
Infrastructure investment
Talking about priorities for infrastructure investment in the upstream sector, Mrs. Sackitey stressed on the importance of the link between farming communities and markets.
She said easy access to transport was the key to quickly moving perishable farm produce with a short shelf life to markets, while minimising any loss in produce quality.
"Road infrastructure linking the farming communities to the major road networks should be a priority for the government. This will enable smooth delivery of inputs to the farms and the movement of produce to market centres and ports for export," she said.
At the same time, MD said, a solid road network would provide access to schools and hospitals and improve the general well-being of the farmer, adding that, "This should motivate farmers to increase output."
She said another priority was the provision of an appropriate rail network to transport agriculture products to towns and cities.
Mrs. Sackitey said rehabilitation and upgrade of defunct rail lines should greatly benefit, for example, the cocoa sector in the speedy evacuation of cocoa beans from farms to take over centres for export or sale to local processors.
Sustainable development
She said providing reliable internet and mobile phone networks were vital so that farmers could access real-time market information and interact with other stakeholders in the food supply chain.
Mrs. Sackitey said farm extension services could be expanded via the use of mobile technology, while the extension of electricity to rural areas would promote and support agro-based industries.
She said the sustainable development of agriculture required the availability of an adequate water supply throughout the year, as Ghana's farmland is mostly rain fed.
"The government needs to invest in irrigation facilities to ensure year-round farming activities. These facilities could range from smallholder systems, such as dams and canals, to large-scale systems. Illegal mining is taking a huge toll on existing bodies of water, which are necessary for sustainable irrigation activities," she said.
Talking about ways Ghana could use to expand both its secondary and tertiary processing activities, the MD said the first thing to address was the tough business environment for agro-processing companies with respect to macroeconomic stability, inflation and exchange rates.
"There are also issues related to the availability and price of utilities, taxes and regulatory bottlenecks. Second, difficult access to credit and high interest rates are negatively impacting the competitiveness of local production," she said.
Finally, she said both technological and knowledge-based capacity building was necessary to overcome productivity, efficiency and quality issues, adding that, "this affects access and competitiveness in both domestic and international markets".
Mid-crop harvest
On what factors affect the mid-crop harvest, and how has it performed in recent years, Mrs. Sackitey said the 2015-16 harvest season was particularly difficult for cocoa growers in Ghana due to the extremely dry and dusty conditions of the harmattan season.
"The 2016-17 season has started relatively well, though. So far we have seen better rainfall during both the major and minor seasons, and it is hoped that a less-severe dry period will translate into a good start of the season and better output of cocoa overall," she said.
Agriculture is fundamental to Ghana's economy and employs almost 50 per cent of the population. Although its share of GDP has decreased in recent years, it continues to be vital to growth.


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JAMES ISLAND, SC (WCSC) - The Charleston Parks Conservancy and community members were in James Island Tuesday morning to officially dedicate the city's newly renovated tennis center.
The dedication took place Tuesday morning at the Maybank Tennis Center after renovations were completed in October 2012. Officials say the original courts were roughly 40-year-old and in desperate need of repairs.
The City of Charleston, along with the Charleston Parks Conservancy and community members, came together to raise money for the project, which included six hard courts and three clay courts. Six of the eight original courts at the Maybank Tennis Center were demolished and rebuilt.
In addition to rebuilding the courts, crews also worked to raise the elevation of the courts and installed two detention ponds to reduce flooding. New lighting, sidewalks, drinking fountains, and a 49 spot parking area were also built.
All of the James Island schools tennis teams use the court. It is also used for league play and for lessons.
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Jeb Bush visits Louisville
Jeb Bush visits Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is visiting Louisville Thursday.
The former Florida governor will attend a fundraising reception for the Republican Party of Kentucky.
It will reportedly be held at a private home.
Once considered an easy bet for front-runner status, Bush is trailing in recent polls.


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METTAWA, Ill. Nov. 06, 2017 - Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) will host an investor event in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the New York Stock Exchange. The event's main purpose is to update the investment community on the progress that Brunswick has made since communicating its three-year strategic plan (2016 - 2018) in November 2015. In addition, the Company will provide a fresh, three-year outlook through 2020 and articulate its plans to continue to increase shareholder value.
The event, which will begin at 9 a.m. (EST), will include a presentation by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Schwabero as well as the following Brunswick executives:
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At the Irish CREST Science Awards we met President Mary McAleese. We were honoured to present her with a LEGO Shamrock on behalf of Galway Education Centre. We made it ourselves and we put a plaque on it to explain all about it!
We got a bronze CREST Award for our work on heart disease during the FIRST LEGO League. It was amazing to meet the President.
Afterwards we all got a photo with Matthew Parkes and Simon Davenport from LEGO Education. We were very excited to meet them again. The ceremony was on in St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra. This is where the Roboshow was last year. It was great to see all the schools getting their awards.
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DENIS FLORENCE MACCARTHY (1817-1882), Irish poet, was born in Dublin on the 26th of May 1817, and educated there and at Maynooth. His earlier verses appeared in The Dublin Satirist, and in 1843 he became a regular contributor of political verse to the recently founded Nation. He also took an active part in the Irish political associations. In 1846 he edited The Poets and Dramatists of Ireland and the Book of Irish Ballads. His collected Ballads, Poems and Lyrics (185o), including translations from nearly all the modern languages, took immensely with his countrymen on account of their patriotic ring. This was followed by The Bellfounder (1857), Under-glimpses and other poems (1857) and The Early Life of Shelley (1871). In 1853 he began a number of translations from the Spanish of Calderon's dramas, which won for him a medal from the Royal Spanish Academy. He had already been granted a civil list pension for his literary services. He died in Ireland on the 7th of April 1882. M'CARTHY, JUSTIN (183o- ), Irish politician, historian and novelist, was born in Cork on the 22nd of November 183o, and was educated at a school in that town. He began his career as a journalist, at the age of eighteen, in Cork. From 1853 to 1859 he was in Liverpool, on the staff of the Northern Daily Times, during which period he married (in March 1855) Miss Charlotte Allman. In 186o he removed to London, as parliamentary reporter to the Morning Star, of which he became editor in 1864. He gave up his post in 1868, and, after a lecturing tour in the United States, joined the staff of the Daily News as leader-writer in 1870. In this capacity he became one of the most useful and respected upholders of the Liberal politics of the time. He lectured again in America in 1870-1871, and again in 1886-1887. He represented Co. Longford in Parliament as a Liberal and Home Ruler from 1879 to 1885; North Longford, 1885-1886; Londonderry, 1886-1892; and North Longford from 1892 to 1900. He was chairman of the Anti-Parnellites from the fall of C. S. Parnell in 1890 until January 1896; but his Nationalism was of a temperate and orderly kind, and though his personal distinction singled him out for the chairmanship during the party dissensions of this period, he was in no active sense the political leader. His real bent was towards literature. His earliest publications were novels, some of which, such as A Fair Saxon (1873), Dear Lady Disdain (1875), Miss Misanthrope (1878), Donna Quixote (1879), attained considerable popularity. His most important work is his History of Our Own Times (vols. i.-iv., 1899-188o; vol. v., 1897),which treats of the period between Queen Victoria's accession and her diamond jubilee. Easily and delightfully written, and on the whole eminently sane and moderate, these volumes form a brilliant piece of narrative from a Liberal standpoint. He also began a History of the Four Georges (1884-1901), of which the latter half was written by his son, Justin Huntly M'Carthy (b. 1860), himself the author of various clever novels, plays, poetical pieces and short histories. Justin M'Carthy, amongst other works, wrote biographies of Sir Robert Peel (1891), Pope Leo XIII. (1896) and W. E. Gladstone (1898); Modern England (1898); The Reign of Queen Anne (1902) and Reminiscences (2 vols., 1899). McCHEYNE, ROBERT MURRAY (1813-1843), Scottish divine, was born at Edinburgh on the 21st of May 1813, was educated at the University and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and held pastorates at Larbert, near Falkirk, and Dundee. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on the 25th of March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remark-able influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his Memoirs and Remains, edited by Andrew Bonar, which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns, e.g. " When this passing world is done," are well known. See his Life, by J. C. Smith (1910). McCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON (1826-1885), American soldier, was born in Philadelphia on the 3rd of December 1826. After passing two years (1840-1842) in the university of Pennsylvania, he entered the United States military academy, from which he graduated with high honours in July 1846. Sent as a lieutenant of engineers to the Mexican War, he took part in the battles under General Scott, and by his gallantry won the brevets of first-lieutenant at Contreras-Churubusco and captain at Chapultepec; he was afterwards detailed as assistant-instructor at Nest Point, and employed in explorations in the South-West and in Oregon. Promoted in 1855 captain of cavalry, he served on a military commission sent to Europe to study European armies and especially the war in the Crimea. On his return he furnished an able and interesting report, republished (1861) under the title of Armies of Europe. In 1856 he designed a saddle, which was afterwards well known as the McClellan. Resigning his commission in 18J7, McClellan became successively chief engineer and vice-president of the Illinois Central railroad (1857-186o), general superintendent of the Mississippi & Ohio railroad, and, a little later, president of the eastern branch of the same, with his residence in Cincinnati. When the Civil War broke out he was, in April 1861, made major-general of three months' militia by the governor of Ohio; but General Scott's favour at Washington promoted him rapidly (May 14) to the rank of major-general, U.S.A., in command of the department of the Ohio. Pursuant to orders, on the 26th of May, McClellan sent a small force across the Ohio river to Philippi, dispersed the Confederates there early in June, and immensely aided the Unioncause in that region by rapid and brilliant military successes, gained in the short space of eight days. These operations, though comparatively trivial as the Civil War developed, brought great results, in permanently dividing old Virginia by the creation of the state of West Virginia, and in presenting the first sharp, short and wholly successful campaign of the war. Soon after the first Bull Run disaster he was summoned to Washington, and the Union hailed him as chieftain and preserver. Only thirty-four years old, and with military fame and promotion premature and quite in excess of positive experience, he reached the capital late in July and assumed command there. At first all was deference and compliance with his wishes. In November Scott retired that the young general might control the operations of the whole Union army. McClellan proved himself extra-ordinarily able as an organizer and trainer of soldiers. During the autumn, winter and spring he created the famous Army of the Potomac, which in victory and defeat retained to the end the impress of McClellan's work. But he soon showed petulance towards the civil authorities, from whom he came to differ concerning the political ends in view; and he now found severe critics, who doubted his capacity for directing an offensive war; but the government yielded to his plans for an oblique, instead of a direct, movement upon Richmond and the opposing army. At the .moment of starting he was relieved as general-inchief. By the 5th of April a great army was safely transported to Fortress Monroe, and other troops were sent later, though a large force was (much against his will) retained to cover Washington. McClellan laid slow siege to Yorktown, not breaking the thin line first opposed to him, but giving Johnston full time to reinforce and then evacuate the position. McClellan followed up the Confederate rearguard and approached Richmond, using White House on the Pamunkey as a base of supplies; this entailed a division of his forces on either bank of the Chickahominy. At Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) was fought on the 31st of May a bloody battle, ending the following day in a Confederate repulse. Johnston being severely wounded, Lee came to command on the Southern side. After a pause in the operations McClellan felt himself ready to attack at the moment when Lee, leaving a bare handful of men in the Richmond lines, despatched two-thirds of his entire force to the north of the Chickahominy to strike McClellan's isolated right wing. McClellan himself made little progress, and the troops beyond the Chickahominy were defeated after a strenuous defence; whereupon McClellan planned, and during the celebrated Seven Days' Battle triumphantly executed, a change of base to the James river. But the result was strategically a failure, and General Halleck, who was now general-in-chief, ordered the army to reinforce General Pope in central Virginia. The order was obeyed reluctantly. Pope's disastrous defeats brought McClellan a new opportunity to retrieve his fame. Again in command of the Army of the Potomac, he was sent with all available forces to oppose Lee, who had crossed the Potomac into Maryland early in September. McClellan advanced slowly and carefully, reorganizing his army as he went. The battle of South Mountain placed him in a position to attack Lee, and a few days later was fought the great battle of Antietam, in which Lee was worsted. But the Con-federates safely recrossed the Potomac, and McClellan showed his former faults in a tardy pursuit. On the eve of an aggressive movement, which he was at last about to make, he was superseded by Burnside (Nov. 7). McClellan was never again ordered to active command, and the political elements opposed to the general policy of Lincoln's administration chose him as presidential candidate in 1864, on a platform which denounced the war as a failure and proposed negotiating with the South for peace. McClellan, while accepting his candidacy, repudiated the platform, like a soldier and patriot. At the polls on the 8th of November Lincoln was triumphantly re-elected president. McClellan had previously resigned his commission in the army, and soon afterwards went to Europe, where he remained until 1868. Upon his return he took up his residence in New York City, where (1868-1869) he was engaged in superintending the construction of an experimental floating battery. In 1870-1872 he was engineer-in-chief of the city's department of docks. With Orange, N.J., as his next principal residence, he became governor of New Jersey (1878-1881). During his term he effected great reforms in the administration of the state and in the militia. He was offered, but declined, a second nomination. During his last years he made several tours of Europe, visited the East, and wrote much for the magazines. He also prepared monographs upon the Civil War, defending his own action. He died suddenly of heart-disease on the 29th of October 1885 at Orange. McClellan was a clear and able writer and effective speaker; and his Own Story, edited by a friend and published soon after his death, discloses an honourable character, sensitive to reproach, and conscientious, even morbidly so; in his patriotism. He carried himself well in civil life and was of irreproachable private conduct. During the Civil War, however, he was promoted too early and rapidly for his own good, and the strong personal magnetism he inspired while so young developed qualities injurious to a full measure of success and usefulness, despite his great opportunities. The reasons for his final displacement in 1862 were both civil and military, and the president had been forbearing with him. As a soldier he possessed to an extra-ordinary degree the enthusiastic affection of his men. With the army that he had created the mere rumour of his presence was often a spur to the greatest exertions. That he was slow, and perhaps too tender-hearted, in handling armed masses for action may be admitted, and though admirable for defensive war and a safe strategist, he showed himself unfitted to take the highly essential initiative, both because of temperament and his habitual exaggeration of obstacles and opposing numbers. But he met and checked the armies of the Confederacy when they were at their best and strongest, and his work laid the foundations of ultimate success. His son, GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN (b. 1865), graduated in 1886 at Princeton (from which he received the degree of LL.D. in 1905), and became a newspaper reporter and editor in New York City. He identified himself with the Tammany Hall organization, and in 1889-1892 was treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge under the city government. In 1892 he was admitted to the bar, and was elected to the board of aldermen, of which he was president in 1893 and 1894. In 1895-1903 he was a Democratic representative in Congress; in 1903 he was elected mayor of New York City on the Tammany ticket, defeating mayor Seth Low, the "Fusion" candidate; and in 1905 he was re-elected for a four-year term, defeating William M. Ivins (Republican) and William R. Hearst (Independence League). He published The Oligarchy of Venice (1904). Besides the report mentioned above, General McClellan 'wrote a Bayonet Exercise (1852) ; Report on Pacific Railroad Surveys (1854) ; Report on the Organizalion,.&c., of the Army of the Potomac (1864), a government publication which he himself republished with the addition of a memoir of the West Virginian campaign. He also wrote a series of articles on the Russo-Turkish War for The North American Review. See memoir prefaced to McClellan's Own Story, and Michie, General McClellan (" Great Commanders " series).End of Article: DENIS FLORENCE MACCARTHY (1817-1882)
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By Dr. Bob McCauley
A shower filter. I never go anywhere without one. I don't. The first thing I do when I get
into a hotel room is take out my pliers, take off the shower head and put on the shower filter I bring with me on every trip I take, whether I am staying in a hotel or a rented apartment.
I take the shower filter out, the filter and my pliers and put them through airport security screening so my luggage doesn't get searched. The pliers must be under 7″ (17.5cm) to be allowed on a plane these days. No problem. 5″ pliers work just fine.
The reason I started doing this is that several years ago I stopped in Kentucky overnight at a Days Inn and the water was so full of chlorine that my skin turned lobster red, and itched so bad that I had to run out and buy some cream in the middle of the night, which helped a little. I vowed to NEVER be without a shower filter again and I have yet to find a hotel shower head that I could not take off and put my shower filter on. The difference between showering in chlorinated and de-chlorianted water is amazing.
Chlorine is an unstable molecule that wants to bind with anything it can get its hands on. When it comes in contact with bacteria or viruses, it destroys them in seconds. However, when it comes in contact with your skin it damages it. And in a hot shower your skin will absorb up to 12 times any substance, including chlorine, if it is present. In a hot shower, the steam becomes a carrier for the chlorine which essentially turns it into a form of chlorine gas that is breathed directly into your lungs. Chlorine is terrible for you on every level. It's a known carcinogen – cancer causing element.
KDF removes free chlorine from the water by converting it into an environmentally safe and harmless soluble known as zinc chloride. That's why we sell the Aquanator Shower Filter with a replaceable filter cartridge. The Aquanator Shower Filter will typically remove more than 90% of the free chlorine. Don't go anywhere without one!
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