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In an access network which supports a mobile IP protocol, a packet data protocol context is opened at support node and a gateway node in order to establish a connection between a mobile node and a mobile IP foreign agent located at the gateway node. A mobile IP registration over the connection is initiated. The gateway node monitors whether the registration is successful or fails. The PDP context is deleted, if the registration irrecoverably fails. If the registration was unsuccessful but a retry could be successful, the PDP context may not deleted, but the registration is retried.
1. A method of managing access network protocol context in an access system comprising a plurality of mobile nodes, access nodes serving said mobile nodes, a first gateway node for interfacing a first part of the access system with external networks, and a first mobility entity which is associated with said first gateway node and arranged to provide macro mobility management services to the mobile nodes while registered to a respective part of the access system, said method comprising:
opening at least one access network protocol context at a first access node to activate a packet data address and make the packet data address known to the first gateway node in order to establish a connection between one of said plurality of mobile nodes and said first gateway node,
initiating a macro mobility registration over said access network connection between the mobile node and the first mobility entity,
monitoring at the first gateway node the macro mobility registration,
determining on the basis of the result of the registration that at least one access network protocol context is no longer necessary, including determining at the first gateway node, in response to detecting a failure in said macro mobility registration, whether it is possible to retry the macro mobility registration or whether the registration has irrecoverably failed,
triggering a deletion of the unnecessary access network protocol context.
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deleting at the first access node the PDP context to the first gateway node in response to receiving said context deletion message.
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deleting at the first access node the PDP context to the mobile node in response to receiving said deletion message.
5. A method as claimed in
deciding at the first access node, in response to receiving a context deletion message from the first gateway node, whether to maintain or recreate an old PDP context to an old gateway node, or to delete the PDP context to the old gateway node and/or to the mobile node.
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said decision is based on a cause value in said context deletion message, said cause value indicating a cause for sending the context deletion message.
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10. An access system, comprising
a plurality of mobile nodes,
access nodes,
a first gateway node for interfacing said access system with external networks,
a first mobility entity which is associated with said first gateway node and arranged to provide macro mobility management services to the mobile nodes while registered to a respective part of the access system,
each mobile node being able to perform a macro mobility registration to the first mobility entity over a respective dedicated access network connection established by opening an access network protocol context at a first access node and the first gateway node,
the first gateway node being arranged to monitor the macro mobility registration, to determine in response to detecting a failure in said macro mobility registration whether it is possible to retry the macro mobility registration or whether the registration has irrecoverably failed and to trigger a deletion of any access network protocol context which is no longer necessary on the basis of the result of the registration.
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16. An access system comprises a plurality of mobile nodes, access nodes and a first mobility entity which is associated with a first gateway node and arranged to provide macro mobility management services to the mobile nodes, each mobile node being able to perform a macro mobility registration to the first mobility entity over a respective dedicated access network connection established by opening an access network protocol context at a first access node and the first gateway node, said first gateway node for monitoring the macro mobility registration, to determine in response to detecting a failure in said macro mobility registration whether it is possible to retry the macro mobility registration or whether the registration has irrecoverably failed and to trigger a deletion of any access network protocol context which is no longer necessary on the basis of the result of the registration.
17. A gateway node as claimed in
18. An access system comprises a plurality of mobile nodes, access nodes and a first mobility entity which is associated with a first gateway node and arranged to provide macro mobility management services to the mobile nodes, each mobile node being able to perform a macro mobility registration to the first mobility entity over a respective dedicated access network connection established by opening an access network protocol context at a first access node and the first gateway node, said first gateway node being arranged to monitor the macro mobility registration and to send a context deletion message to the first access node to trigger a deletion of any access network protocol context which is no longer necessary, when the macro mobility registration irrecoverably fails.
This is the U.S. National Stage of PCT/FI00/00640, which was filed on Jul. 11, 2000 in the English language.
The invention relates to the management of access context in an access network, in connection with a macro-level mobility management registration, such as a Mobile IP registration.
A mobile communications system refers generally to any telecommunications system which enables wireless communication when users are moving within the service area of the system. A typical mobile communications system is a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). Often the mobile communications network is an access network providing a user with wireless access to external networks, hosts, or services offered by specific service providers.
The general packet radio service GPRS is a new service in the GSM system (Global System for Mobile communication). A sub network comprises a number of packet data service nodes SN, which in this application will be referred to as serving GPRS support nodes SGSN. Each SGSN is connected to the GSM mobile communication network (typically to a base station controller BSC or a base transceiver station BTS in a base station system) so that the SGSN can provide a packet service for mobile data terminals via several base stations, i.e. cells. An intermediate mobile communications network provides radio access and packet-switched data transmission between the SGSN and mobile data terminals. Different sub networks are in turn connected to an external data network, e.g. to a public switched data network PSPDN, via GPRS gateway support nodes GGSN. The GPRS service thus allows the provision of packet data transmission between mobile data terminals and external data networks when the GSM network functions as a radio access network RAN.
Third-generation mobile systems, such as Universal Mobile Communications system (UMTS) and Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications system (FPLMTS), later renamed as IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000), are being developed. In the UMTS architecture a UMTS terrestrial radio access network, UTRAN, consists of a set of radio access networks RAN (also called radio network subsystem RNS) connected to the core network (CN). Each RAN is responsible for the resources of its set of cells. For each connection between a mobile station MS and the UTRAN, one RAN is a serving RAN. A RAN consists of a radio network controller RNC and a multiplicity of base stations BS. One core network which will use the UMTS radio access network is the GPRS.
One of the main targets in the development of mobile communications networks is to provide an IP (Internet Protocol) service with a standard IP backbone which would use a combination of mobile network mobility management in the mobile networks and Mobile IP. The basic IP concept does not support the mobility of the user: the IP addresses are assigned to network interfaces depending on their physical location. In fact, the first field of an IP address (the NETID) is common to all interfaces that are linked to the same Internet subnet. This scheme prevents the user (the mobile host) from keeping its address while moving over different Internet subnets, i.e. while changing the physical interface.
In order to enhance mobility in the Internet, a Mobile IP protocol for IP version 4 has been introduced by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in the standard RFC2002. A mobile IP enables the routing of IP datagrams to mobile hosts, independently of the point of attachment in the sub network. The mobile IP protocol introduces the following new functional or architectural entities.
'A Mobile Node (MN)' (also called Mobile Host MH) refers to a host that changes its point of attachment from one network or sub network to another. A mobile node may change its location without changing its IP address; it may continue to communicate with other Internet nodes at any location using its (constant) IP address. 'A Mobile Station (MS)' is a mobile node having a radio interface to the network. A 'Tunnel' is the path followed by a datagram when it is encapsulated. The model is that, while it is encapsulated, a datagram is routed to a known decapsulation agent which decapsulates the datagram and then correctly delivers it to its ultimate destination. Each mobile node is connected to a home agent over a unique tunnel, identified by a tunnel identifier which is unique to a given Foreign Agent/Home Agent pair.
'A Home Network' is the IP network to which a user logically belongs. Physically, it can be e.g. a local area network (LAN) connected via a router to the Internet. 'A Home Address' is an address that is assigned to a mobile node for an extended period of time. It may remain unchanged regardless of where the MN is attached to the Internet. Alternatively, it could be assigned from a pool of addresses.
'A Mobility Agent' is either a home agent or a foreign agent. 'A Home Agent (HA)' is a routing entity on a mobile node's home network, which tunnels packets for delivery to the mobile node when it is away from home, and maintains current location information for the mobile node. It tunnels datagrams for delivery to, and, optionally, detunnels datagrams from, a mobile node when the mobile node is away from home. 'A Foreign Agent (FA)' refers to a routing entity in a mobile node's visited network which provides routing services to the mobile node while registered, thus allowing a mobile node to utilize its home network address. The foreign agent detunnels and delivers to the mobile node packets that were tunneled by the mobile node's home agent. For datagrams sent by a mobile node, the foreign agent may serve as a default router for registered mobile nodes.
RFC2002 defines 'Care-of Address (COA)' as the termination point of a tunnel toward a mobile node for datagrams forwarded to the mobile node while it is away from home. The protocol can use two different types of a care-of address: 'a foreign agent care-of address' is an address announced by a foreign agent with which the mobile node is registered, and 'a co-located care-of address' is an externally obtained local address which the mobile node has acquired in the network. An MN may have several COAs at the same time. An MN's COA is registered with its HA. The list of COAs is updated when the mobile node receives advertisements from foreign agents. If an advertisement expires, its entry or entries should be deleted from the list. One foreign agent can provide more than one COA in its advertisements. 'Mobility Binding' is the association of a home address with a care-of address, along with the remaining lifetime of that association. An MN registers its COA with its HA by sending a Registration Request. The HA replies with a Registration Reply and retains a binding for the MN.
A single generic mobility handling mechanism that allows roaming between all types of access networks would allow the user to conveniently move between fixed and mobile networks, between public and private networks as well as between PLMN's with different access technologies. Therefore, mechanisms supporting the Mobile IP functionality are also being developed in mobile communication systems, such as UMTS and GPRS.
The aim is to implement the Mobile IP as an overlay of the UMTS/GPRS network while maintaining backwards compatibility with present systems, assuming minimal modifications in the GPRS standards and on networks whose operators do not want to support MIP.
The MS may have the same care-of address COA during a session, i.e. as long as a PDP context is activated. A very mobile MS might perform several inter-SGSN HOs during a long session, which may cause an inefficient routing. As an initial improvement, a streamlining procedure with a temporary anchoring point in the GGSN could be introduced: If the MN is not transferring data or is possibly even in the active state while moving from one SGSN to another, a new PDP context can be setup between the new SGSN and its associated GGSN at the handover. The MN will get a new care-of address. If the MN is transferring data, e.g. being involved in a TCP session, the MN will move from the old SGSN to the new one while keeping the PDP Context in the old (anchor) GGSN for the duration of the data transfer. Once the data transfer is terminated, the PDP Context can be moved to the GGSN associated with the new SGSN. In other words, a new virtual connection to a new GGSN and an associated FA is established. A typical feature of the mobility agent in the mobile IP is that it periodically transmits agent advertisement messages to the mobile nodes in order to advertise its services. The mobile nodes use these advertisements to determine the current point of attachment to the Internet. Because of the new connection established by the access node to the new mobility agent, the agent advertisement messages sent by the new mobility agent can be received by the mobile node, and thereby the mobile node is able to detect the change of the attachment point (i.e. mobility agent) and to initiate a standard mobile IP registration.
More generally, in any Mobile IP agent registration, a PDP context is first opened. Then the agent registration is made over the open PDP context.
The problem is that because the mobile IP signaling is transferred on the user plane, the underlying access network nodes, such as the RNC and the SGSN, have no possibility to know whether the registration was successful or not. Thus, if the agent registration procedure fails, the underlying infrastructure is totally ignorant of the failure. This causes the unused PDP context to remain open and to use the resources unnecessarily. In the inter-GGSN (or inter-FA) handover described above, an additional problem arises. When the handover is performed, the SGSN controlling the handover has no possibility of knowing when to close the connection (PDP context) to the old GGSN/FA.
Similar problems may be encountered in any mobility management on a system level overlaying the access network. These various overlaying mobility managements are commonly referred to herein as a macro mobility management.
An object of the present invention is to overcome or alleviate the problems described above.
The object is achieved by a method and a system which are characterized by what is disclosed in the attached independent claims. Preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the attached dependent claims.
In the present invention the gateway node having the associated (integrated) mobility entity is arranged to monitor the macro mobility registration during an initial registration or during a handover, and to trigger a deletion of any access network protocol context which is no longer necessary on the basis of the result of the registration. For example, the access network protocol context may be deleted, if the registration irrecoverably fails. If the registration was unsuccessful but a retry could be successful (the first failure was due to a load situation, for example), the PDP context may not deleted, but the registration is retried. A mobility entity may be any entity which provides a point of attachment on the macro mobility level, such as a mobility agent in mobile IP-type mobility management. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the macro mobility management is mobile IP-type mobility management.
The present invention avoids the unnecessary use of access network resources after a failed macro mobility registration. It also has the advantage of reduced signaling in comparison with a case where a mobile node/station first deletes the mobile IP entities and then the PDP contexts some time after the failed registration.
In the following, the invention will be described in greater detail by means of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
The present invention can be applied to any communications requiring macro mobility management which overlays the mobility management of an access network. The invention is especially well suited for supporting mobile IP-type mobility management in an access network. The access network may be any access network, such as a radio access network. The invention is preferably used for providing a general packet radio service GPRS in the pan-European digital mobile communications system GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) or in corresponding mobile communications systems, such as DCS1800 and PCS (Personal Communication System), or in third generation (3G) mobile systems, such as UMTS, implementing a GPRS-type packet radio. In the following, the preferred embodiments of the invention will be described by means of a GPRS packet radio network formed by the GPRS service and the 3G or GSM system without limiting the invention to this particular access system.
A GPRS architecture utilizing a 3G radio access (such as UMTS) or a 2G radio access (such as GSM) is illustrated in
The main functions of the SGSN are to detect new GPRS mobile stations in its service area, handle the process of registering the new MSs along with the GPRS registers, send/receive data packets to/from the GPRS MS, and keep a record of the location of the MSs inside its service area. The subscription information is stored in a GPRS register (HLR) where the mapping between a mobile's identity (such as MS-ISDN or IMSI) and the PSPDN address is stored. The GPRS register acts as a database from which the SGSNs can ask whether a new MS in its area is allowed to join the GPRS network.
The GPRS gateway support nodes GGSN connect an operator's GPRS network to external systems, such as other operators' GPRS systems, data networks 11, such as an IP network (Internet) or an X.25 network, and service centres. Fixed hosts 14 can be connected to the data network 11 e.g. by means of a local area network LAN and a router 15. A border gateway BG provides access to an inter-operator GPRS backbone network 12. The GGSN may also be connected directly to a private corporate network or a host. The GGSN includes GPRS subscribers' PDP addresses and routing information, i.e. SGSN addresses. Routing information is used for tunneling protocol data units PDU from the data network 11 to the current switching point of the MS, i.e. to the serving SGSN. The functionalities of the SGSN and GGSN can be connected to the same physical node (SGSN+GGSN).
The home location register HLR of the GSM network contains GPRS subscriber data and routing information and it maps the subscriber's IMSI into one or more pairs of the PDP type and PDP address. The HLR also maps each PDP type and PDP address pair into a GGSN node. The SGSN has a Gr interface to the HLR (a direct signaling connection or via an internal backbone network 13). The HLR of a roaming MS and its serving SGSN may be in different mobile communication networks.
The intra-operator backbone network 13 which interconnects an operator's SGSN and GGSN equipment can be implemented, for example, by means of a local network, such as an IP network. It should be noted that an operator's GPRS network can also be implemented without the intra-operator backbone network, e.g. by providing all features in one computer.
Network access is the means by which a user is connected to a telecommunications network in order to use the services and/or facilities of that network. An access protocol is a defined set of procedures that enables the user to employ the services and/or facilities of the network. The SGSN, which is at the same hierarchical level as the mobile switching centre MSC, keeps track of the individual MS's location and performs security functions and access control. The GPRS security functionality is equivalent to the existing GSM security. The SGSN performs authentication and cipher setting procedures based on the same algorithms, keys, and criteria as in the existing GSM. The GPRS uses a ciphering algorithm optimized for packet data transmission.
In order to access the GPRS services, an MS shall first make its presence known to the network by performing a GPRS attach. This operation establishes a logical link between the MS and the SGSN, and makes the MS available for SMS over the GPRS, paging via the SGSN, and notification of incoming GPRS data. More particularly, when the MS attaches to the GPRS network, i.e. in a GPRS attach procedure, the SGSN creates a mobility management context (MM context), and a logical link LLC (Logical Link Control) is established between the MS and the SGSN on a protocol layer. MM contexts are stored in the SGSN and MS. The MM context of the SGSN may contain subscriber data, such as the subscriber's IMSI, TLLI and location and routing information.
In order to send and receive GPRS data, the MS shall activate the packet data address that it wants to use, by requesting a PDP activation procedure. This operation makes the MS known in the corresponding GGSN, and interworking with external data networks can commence. More particularly, one or more PDP context is created in the MS and the GGSN and the SGSN, and stored in the serving SGSN with the MM context. The PDP context defines different data transmission parameters, such as the PDP type (e.g. X.25 or IP), PDP address (e.g. IP address), quality of service QoS and NSAPI (Network Service Access Point Identifier). The MS activates the PDU context with a specific message, Activate PDP Context Request, in which it gives information on the TLLI, PDP type, PDP address, required QoS and NSAPI, and optionally the access point name APN. The SGSN sends a create PDP context message to the GGSN which creates the PDP context and sends it to the SGSN. The SGSN sends the PDP context to the MS in an Activate PDP Context Response message, and a virtual connection or link between the MS and the GGSN is established. As a result, the SGSN forwards all the data packets from the MS to the GGSN, and the GGSN forwards the SGSN all data packets received from the external network and addressed to the MS. The PDP context is stored in the MS, the SGSN and the GGSN. When the MS roams to the area of a new SGSN, the new SGSN requests the MM and PDP contexts from the old SGSN.
The MS can be a laptop computer PC connected to a packet radio-enabled cellular telephone. Alternatively, the MS can be an integrated combination of a small computer and a packet radio telephone, similar in appearance to the Nokia Communicator 9000 series. Yet further embodiments of the MS are various pagers, remote-control, surveillance and/or data-acquisition devices, etc. The user of a mobile station MS subscribes to a special Mobile IP service. The subscription information is stored in the Home Location Register HLR together with the user's home IP address.
An example of inter-GGSN handover will be now described with reference to
Reference is now made to
Let us now assume that the MS/MN moves to the service area of another GPRS/3G network 2 which is served by a support node SGSN2. When the MS/MN arrives at a new RAN2, the MS part listens to radio broadcast messages, which contain information about radio parameters, network and cell identity, etc. as well as information about available core network, service providers, service capabilities, etc. On the basis of the broadcast, the MS determines that the network and/or the routing area has changed. Upon detecting a change of routing area, the MS/MN sends a routing area update request to the new SGSN, namely SGSN2, as shown in
In step 4, the new SGSN2 may, in certain situations, execute authentication/security functions which may involve an interrogation of the HLR of the MS/MN. If the user has at least one activated PDP context, the new SGSN2 sends a SGSN context acknowledge message to the old SGSN1. The old SGSN1 may now start forwarding of buffered data packets belonging to the activated PDP context, if any, to the new SGSN2. The new SGSN2 now detects that the new foreign agent FA2 should preferably be used instead of FA1, in step 6. The SGSN2 deletes the PDP context from the old GGSN/FA1 by sending a delete PDP context request to the old GGSN/FA1. As a result, any active PDP context in the GGSN/FA1 is deactivated, and the GGSN/FA1 acknowledges by sending a delete PDP context response to the new SGSN2 (step 8 in
All the previous procedures have been executed on the GPRS/3G layer only. Due to the newly established connection to the GGSN/FA2, the MN is able to hear the agent advertisement messages broadcasted by the new FA2 in accordance with the mobile IP protocol. Upon receiving an agent advertisement from the new FA2, the MN is able to detect a change in the point of attachment, i.e. a change of the FA, in accordance with the MIP standard. The agent advertisement message may also include the care-of address COA, or the MN may acquire the COA in accordance with the MIP standard. Then the mobile node MN registers its COA with its home agent HA in accordance with the MIP standard (step 14 in
As the mobile IP signaling is transferred on the user plane, the underlying access network nodes, such as the RNC and the SGSN, have no possibility of knowing whether the registration was successful or not.
According to the present invention, the GGSN2 monitors (step 15) whether the Mobile IP registration is successful or fails. This is possible since the FA2 is located at the GGSN2, and, therefore, the GGSN2 also knows the status of the FA2. When the GGSN2 detects that the registration was successful, no further measures are required except that the old connection between the GGSN1 and SGSN2 must be deleted. However, if the GGSN2 detects that the registration fails, the GGSN2 can determine the severity of the failure and decide whether to allow the mobile node MN to try to register again or to terminate the registration procedure and delete the PDP context. If the GGSN decides that the registration can be tried again, the PDP context is maintained. If the GGSN2 decides that the failure is so severe that no repetition of the registration procedure can be allowed in order to complete the registration, the GGSN2 deletes the associated PDP context at the GGSN2 (step 16) and sends to the SGSN2 a Delete PDP message (step 17). The message may also include a cause value which indicates why the deletion was made, i.e. failure in the MIP registration. The SGSN2 receives the message and deletes the PDP context to the GGSN2 (step 18). The SGSN2 may also use the cause value in the message in deciding (step 19) whether the other PDP context open to the old GGSN1 (assuming steps 7 and 8 have not yet been performed) should be maintained or deleted, or should the Air PDP context to the MS/MN be also deleted. If the PDP context to the old GGSN1 is maintained, the MS/MN is able to reregister to the FA1 and/or to continue communication. To enable this alternative, the deletion of the old PDP context, i.e. steps 7 and 8, is delayed long enough that a possible Delete PDP message from the GGSN2 due to a failed registration will be received before the deletion. In step 20, the SGSN2 sends Delete PDP Request messages to the MS and GGSN1, upon deciding that the PDP contexts are to be deleted both from the MS and GGSN1.
The principles described above are applicable to any situation in which an MIP registration is attempted. In the GPRS attach procedure, the MS requests a PDP activation for a mobile IP by an Activate PDP Context Request message. The SGSN2 sends a Create PDP Context message to the GGSN2 which creates the PDP context and sends it to the SGSN2. The SGSN2 sends the PDP context to the MS in a Activate PDP Context Response message. Thus, a PDP context is created in the MS and the GGSN2 and the SGSN2 and a virtual connection or link between the MS and the GGSN2/FA2 is established. As a result, an MIP registration can now be performed over the virtual connection. As described above with respect to
If it is determined, however, in step 34 that the registration failed, it is then determined whether it is possible to retry the registration (step 35). If yes, the registration is retried (step 36) and the procedure returns to step 33. If retry is not possible, the PDP context is deleted at the GGSN and a deleted PDP context message with a cause value is sent to the SGSN (step 37). The SGSN determines whether there are other PDP contexts for the same MN (step 38). If not, the connection between the MN and the old GGSN/FA is deleted (step 41). If any other PDP contexts exist in step 38, it is checked whether a fallback to this old PDP context is possible (step 39). If not, the procedure proceeds to step 41. If a fallback is possible in step 39, the old PDP context to the old FA and the old FA is used (step 40).
The description only illustrates preferred embodiments of the invention. The invention is not, however, limited to these examples, but it may vary within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.
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The interior, from Morris Selvatico, is inspired by old Canton fused with modern elements, seen in a mix of aged timbers and industrial furniture. Decoration and greenery soften the polished concrete floor, and open shelves display Asian pottery and bamboo steamers. The feature wall next to the kitchen has Chinoiserie wallpaper over the concrete-look panels that envelop the rest of the interior, giving a warm contemporary rawness with an essence of old Canton.
posted in: Convention Centre, Function Space, Hotel, Local, Resort on April 30, 2015
Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains
1 Sublime Point Rd, Leura NSW 2780
(02) 4785 0000 or fairmontresort.com.au
The MGallery Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains has unveiled a new conference space, The Club Room. It boasts a classic fireplace, natural lighting, three chesterfield sofas, a 2.4 metre drop-down data projector screen and a private adjoining kitchenette.
Catering for event styles including theatre, boardroom and cabaret, The Club Room can accommodate small to medium-sized meetings from 36 to 100 delegates.
posted in: Bar on April 22, 2015
Oh, you're gonna love this. It was inevitable really. Meet Makr Shakr, the world's first robotic bartending system – designed by architect, engineer and inventor, Carlo Ratti. Just as inevitably, it made its debut as the Bionic Bar onboard on Royal Caribbean's new 'smart' cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas.
posted in: Uncategorized on April 15, 2015
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1300 727 637 or bseatedglobal.com.au
Selecting the right furniture can be a minefield. If you have no budget or no imagination then things are perhaps a little 'easier' — either spec the $50 aluminium nightmare you can afford or order the same replica chair everyone else has.
posted in: Hotel on April 15, 2015
Five star suburban luxury with a twist.
Story: Christopher Holder
Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay
33 Cross Street, Double Bay, NSW 2028
To understand the new Intercontinental Double Bay is to understand the village of Double Bay itself.
Double Bay inhabits a special place in fabric of Sydney. Opulent, classy and authentic, it's an uncommonly pleasant place to eat, drink, shop and socialise. It may only be 15 minutes to the city or 5 minutes to Kings Cross but in many ways you could be in Noosa — such is the feeling of away-from-it-all comfort.
posted in: Pub on April 15, 2015
Urban Purveyor Group takes its beer hall concept to Melbourne. Skol!
Story: Christopher Holder
Munich Brauhaus:
45 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC
1300 686 424 or munichbrauhaus.com
Urban Purveyor Group is the big dog of Aussie beer barns. After a hotly contested beginning, where beer cafés hit the Australian scene with a vengeance, the Urban Purveyor Group's blend of fun and serious Euro beer has arguably won the day.
LUVVLY Jubbly
posted in: Restaurant on April 15, 2015
Superstar chef Jamie Oliver's growing Jamie's Italian empire has a new outlet in Brisbane's city centre.
Story: Lucie Robson
Jamie's Italian Brisbane:
237 Edward St, Brisbane QLD
Like its siblings in Adelaide and Perth, the long-awaited Brisbane restaurant is housed in a historic location: the heritage-listed Rowes Arcade building. Opened in November last year, Brisbane is the biggest of the family of five (which also includes Canberra and Sydney), with a proper two-level layout and capacity of 240.
posted in: Bar, Restaurant on April 15, 2015
Modesto Marini brings a new level of sophistication to KL… and a decent cocktail.
Story: James Dampney
The Marini's Group: www.marinisgroup.com
Since relocating from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur late last year, I've taken the time to explore many of the varied hospitality offerings available. Good food is everywhere; from the famous Jalan Alor, packed with its outdoor vendors open until the small hours, to the polished western-style cafes in the shopping centres littered across the sprawling city. But one element that's proven much harder to locate is a decent cocktail. Far too often, care and attention to detail is replaced by the desire to mass produce, with quality suffering significantly as a result.


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"I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman!"
― C. JoyBell C.
― C. JoyBell C.
"By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. But if it was bad, the emptiness filled up by itself. If it was good you could only fill it by finding something better."
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
"Perhaps we all have a face behind a face…Good and the bad, happy and sad, sane and insane. We all have an angel and the stranger and we all have the choice!"
― Nino Varsimashvili
― Nino Varsimashvili
"Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster."
― Kohta Hirano
― Kohta Hirano
"There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't knock the guys on death row. Maybe they know something you don't."
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
"People are not totally good or bad, black or white - unless we are talking of evil psychos.
We, human beings, are somewhere between angels and demons. That is what makes us, human beings, lovely imperfect."
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: Pandora's Box
We, human beings, are somewhere between angels and demons. That is what makes us, human beings, lovely imperfect."
― Cristiane Serruya, Trust: Pandora's Box
"..we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad."
― E. Lockhart, The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver
― E. Lockhart, The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver
"You only know me as an ordinary human being, with flesh, blood and bones, but there is something about me too hard for you to decipher, for if i let you, you will ever regret knowing me."
― Michael Bassey Johnson
― Michael Bassey Johnson
"Leave me alone", is not a good news! "Let's be together" is not a bad news. We were made to be each others keepers. Let love lead"
― Israelmore Ayivor
― Israelmore Ayivor
"Was it always to be like this? she wondered. A moment of joy followed by a new sorrow?"
― Soheir Khashoggi, Nadia's Song
― Soheir Khashoggi, Nadia's Song
"I have never tried to be a good person, or to appear to be a good person. What I do and what I have done is merely a side effect of my desire to become me. I have only wanted to be me; if people think I'm good, then so be it. If people think I'm bad, then so be it. But if anything, my greatest struggle is to not come across as so good. I always find myself asking, "Why do I keep on giving off this immense impression of goodness?" Can I ask the world, am I not simply allowed to be me; without needing to be classified as either good or bad? Being known as good has its own prison just as much as being bad has its jail bars. I am so tired of the need to classify people. I am me."
― C. JoyBell C.
― C. JoyBell C.
"At the end of every light, is a tunnel of darkness."
― Anthony Liccione
― Anthony Liccione
"Let us dedicate this new era to mothers around the world, and also to the mother of all mothers -- Mother Earth. It is up to us to keep building bridges to bring the world closer together, and not destroy them to divide us further apart. We can pave new roads towards peace simply by understanding other cultures. This can be achieved through traveling, learning other languages, and interacting with others from outside our borders. Only then will one truly discover how we are more alike than different. Never allow language or cultural traditions to come between brothers and sisters. The same way one brother may not like his sister's choice of fashion or hairstyle, he will never hate her for her personal style or music preference. If you judge a man, judge only his heart. And if you should do so, make sure you use the truth in your conscience when weighing one's character. Do not measure anybody strictly based on the bad you see in them and ignore all the good."
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"No matter how great you 'think' you are or how successful you've become. Never forget those who have lifted you up. Never forget life's experiences, both good and bad which have shaped you as a person. You've had help climbing the rungs of life's ladder. And, those rungs can break at anytime, sending you back down to a place of humility, to remind you of where you came from and how you rose to the top…."
― James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
― James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
"Your true love for God is demonstrated through your ability to hold onto your faithfulness in the midst of Prosperity and Poverty, Happiness and Hardships, Sickness and Success; in whatever is Appealing or Appalling!"
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
"But suppose you struggle through to the good and find that it is also dreadful?"
― C.S. Lewis, Perelandra
― C.S. Lewis, Perelandra
"You have to take the good with the bad."
― American proverb.
― American proverb.
"Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you profess to believe in; it doesn't matter how rich you are or how poor you are, what church you go to or what church you don't go to; the only measure of character is empathy. Do you have empathy? You are a person of valuable character. Do you not have empathy for your fellow man? None of your rules and opinions, dogma and preferences, are going to save your soul. So I say it's empathy. Empathy is the new universal measurement of a man."
― C. JoyBell C.
― C. JoyBell C.
"Good and bad are illusions. What exists is either the presence of empathy or the lack of it. I think this should become the new, clear definition of how we see people. No more "good" and no more "bad". Those terms are highly subjective."
― C. JoyBell C.
― C. JoyBell C.
"For every bad, there is a good."
― Venessa Zepeda
― Venessa Zepeda
"All causes are good,' Yallin told her calmly. 'And those exact same causes are all bad, depending on which side a body's on. Regent Pettibone and his followers certainly thought your mother's cause was a bad one. To my mind, causes aren't about good or bad, in the end. They're about power. That's what makes them so dangerous."
― Hilari Bell, The Sword of Waters
― Hilari Bell, The Sword of Waters
"Everything a Good Person Says or Does is not necessary to be Good"
― Venkat Gandhi
― Venkat Gandhi
"God always knows our conscious, if it's bad He will stricken it, if it's good He will keep it clear, if you have no conscious then you're dead to God."
― Anthony Liccione
― Anthony Liccione
"A beam or pillar can be used to batter down a city wall, but it is no good for stopping up a little hole - this refers to a difference in function. Thoroughbreds like Qiji and Hualiu could gallop a thousand li in one day, but when it came to catching rats they were no match for the wildcat or the weasel - this refers to a difference in skill. The horned owl catches fleas at night and can spot the tip of a hair, but when daylight comes, no matter how wide it opens its eyes, it cannot see a mound or a hill - this refers to a difference in nature. Now do you say, that you are going to make Right your master and do away with Wrong, or make Order your master and do away with Disorder? If you do, then you have not understood the principle of heaven and earth or the nature of the ten thousand things. This is like saying that you are going to make Heaven your master and do away with Earth, or make Yin your master and do away with Yang. Obviously it is impossible."
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
"I believe - I daily find it proved - that we can get nothing in this world worth keeping, not so much as a principle or a conviction, except out of purifying flame, or through strengthening peril. We err; we fall; we are humbled - then we walk more carefully. We greedily eat and drink poison out of the gilded cup of vice, or from the beggar's wallet of avarice; we are sickened, degraded; everything good in us rebels against us; our souls rise bitterly indignant against our bodies; there is a period of civil war; if the soul has strength, it conquers and rules thereafter."
― Charlotte Brontë
― Charlotte Brontë
"The fundamental difference between an instinctive response and an emotion is this: An instinctive response is the body's direct response to some external situation. An emotion, on the other hand, is the body's response to thought. Indirectly, an emotion can also be a response to an actual situation or event, but it will be a response to the event seen through the filter of a mental interpretation, the future of thought, that is to say, through the mental concepts of good and bad, like and dislike, me and mine."
― Eckhart Tolle
― Eckhart Tolle
"Mr. Ellison is that unreasonable man that possesses the ostranenie effect-- he has a keen eye to see the simplest things and make them profound, and make simple minded people see deeply into mundane topics- bringing a philosophical charm to even politics.
No man, not even a semi-god lived an entire life without making a mistake and the fact that Mr. Ellison has lived a life so grandiose with such few errors, is a testament and a plaque to the big person he is."
― Avra Amar Filion
No man, not even a semi-god lived an entire life without making a mistake and the fact that Mr. Ellison has lived a life so grandiose with such few errors, is a testament and a plaque to the big person he is."
― Avra Amar Filion
"There are billions of different faces in the world; but there are only two different characters: Good and bad! And here is a vital mission for the world: To convert the bad into the good!"
― Mehmet Murat ildan
― Mehmet Murat ildan
"A stable weather is a gift, you can enjoy the pink life; a stormy weather is a gift, you can learn the real life! Both the good and the bad are gifts!"
― Mehmet Murat ildan
― Mehmet Murat ildan
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Five things to watch for this 2013 baseball season:
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Humbug: The Five Worst Christmas Movies
If you've already had your fill of seasonal good cheer, you might be ready for some Chinese water torture, in cinematic form. With that somewhat perverse alternative in mind, here are bestmoviesbyfarr.com Editor John Farr's picks for the five worst holiday movies ever.
1) Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
The worst of all Yuletide features could well have been directed by Ed Wood, which admittedly gives it a certain camp value. It seems the Martians (dressed in outfits that would have wowed 'em at Studio 54) are distressed that their kids are stuck on the earthly TV programs beamed in by their satellites. In particular, they envy our holiday traditions. Solution: kidnap Santa Claus and establish Christmas on Mars. The cute premise is undermined from the outset by a deadly combination of idiotic script, amateurish acting, and ultra-cheapo sets and effects. Mind-numbingly dreadful.
2) Deck The Halls (2006)
In this pitiful waste of celluloid, an obnoxious new neighbor named Buddy Hall (Danny De Vito) moves across the street from Christmas enthusiast Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) and treads on Steve's yuletide turf when he decides to put enough Christmas lights on his house to be seen from space. This torturously unfunny clinker will drain all your holiday spirit and leave you in a state of mute disbelief, with only one question on your mind: how could these talented, well-established actors have said "yes" to this dreck?
3) Silent Night, Deadly Night Parts 1& 2 (1984/1987)
Seamy, shamelessly exploitative double-header exposes the depths to which Hollywood will sink to make hay out of the holidays. In the first, a boy named Billy witnesses his parents' murder by a deranged intruder dressed as Santa and, in adulthood, ends up modeling the intruder's behavior by going on an extended slashing spree. Ho, ho, ho! In the execrable sequel, we learn Billy actually has a brother (who knew?) intent on carrying on the family tradition.
4) The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966)
In Rosanno Brazzi's astoundingly cheesy children's film from Italy, a cranky old miser named Prune (a scenery-chomping Brazzi) buys the North Pole and decides to evict Santa because of his lifelong antipathy towards children and Christmas. Santa enlists the help of do-gooder lawyer Sam Whipple (a creepily saccharine Paul Tripp) to foil Prune's dastardly plan. Ineptly mounted and punctuated with some laughably bad songs (sample lyric from Prune: "I'm glad you're mad I'm bad!"), The Christmas That Almost Wasn't thus becomes the movie that should never have been.
5) Jack Frost (1998)
Full disclosure: I am no Michael Keaton fan. But watching this strange, corny mess was not a total waste of time—at least I discovered my gag reflex still works. The pitch meeting for this misfire must have been memorable: a pre-occupied dad (Keaton) gets killed in a car accident one Christmas Eve, and comes back as a talking snowman, planted on his family's lawn, to make amends for the past neglect of his son. The nail in the coffin for this hokey outing may be the snowman figure itself (created by the Jim Henson people), who looked more ghoulish than cuddly. Though hardly in the holiday spirit, I must confess I couldn't wait for Keaton's Jack Frost to speak his piece and melt.
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Footsteps is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's seventeenth original album, released in 2008. This album includes two songs penned by de Burgh and cover versions of thirteen other songs.[1] In 2011, De Burgh released a follow-up album, Footsteps 2.
Track listing[edit]
- "First Steps" (Chris de Burgh) – 1:09
- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (Pete Seeger) – 3:29
- "The Long And Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:34
- "Africa" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) – 4:15
- "Without You" (Peter Ham, Thomas Evans) – 3:21
- "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger) – 3:43
- "Sealed with a Kiss" (Gary Geld) – 2:36
- "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:24
- "We Can Work It Out" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:12
- "All Along The Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:18
- "Corrina Corrina" (Bo Chatmon, J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish) – 2:47
- "Rhythm of the Rain/Crying in the Rain" (John Gummoe, Howard Greenfield) – 3:08 (UK version only)
- "Polly Von" (Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers) – 3:12
- "American Pie" (Don McLean) – 4:22
- "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) – 3:27
- "The Bells of Christmas" (Chris de Burgh) – 2:52 (Special Edition only)
- "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:49 (Special Edition only)
- "Footsteps" (Chris de Burgh) – 3:01
This album was released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Russia & Ukraine on the November 21, 2008, and in the UK in April 2009.[2]
Charts & Certifications[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
|Chart (2009)
|German Albums Chart [3]
|Platinum [5]
- Chris de Burgh: Vocals, guitar
- Geoff Dugmore: Drums and percussion
- Jerry Meehan: Bass guitar
- Phil Palmer: Guitars
- Neil Taylor: Guitars
- Pete Gordeno: Keyboards and backing vocals
- Jakko Jakszyk: Backing vocals
- Geoffrey Richardson: String quartet on "Polly Von"
- Hubie Davison: Additional guitars on "Blackbird"
- Orchestral recordings: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Chris Cameron
- Producer: Chris Porter, Chris de Burgh
- Mixed and Engineered: Chris Porter
- Additional Engineer at British Grove Studios: Joe Kearns
- Orchestral and band recordings at British Grove Studios
- Additional recording and mixing at Stanley House Studios
- Art direction: Alex Hutchinson
- Sleeve design: Chris de Burgh, Kenny Thomson, SJ Johnson
- Photography: David Morley
- Front cover photographer: Russell Kord


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Our classes are for all levels of dancers, and all bodies! If you are curious about belly dance, some of the benefits include exercise, emotional and spiritual wellness, cultural awareness, self expression, creativity and costuming. It is a great way to take time for yourself and join a welcoming community of women. If you already have dance experience and are looking for performance venues, troupe dancing opportunities, and instruction that will polish the experienced dancer, we have classes ranging in all levels of technique and performance preparation. Whether you want to get fit in one of our Bellydance! Fitness classes or take a technique class in this beautiful and ancient artform, this is the place for you.
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The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density Paper by: John Holmes Discussant: Brett Wendling Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the discussant and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Trade Commission or any individual Commissioner. Paper Summary Economic Question: – How do the competing effects of "cannibalization" and "density economies" affect store location choice? – Provides a lower bound for size of density effects. Data: 1962-2005 Wal-Mart store location, distributor location, and store profits. Estimation: Structural choice model with endogenous location. – Profits key explained variable – Store location (distance) and population density key explanatory variables Paper Summary (cont.) Results: – Store Density: Density is Important – Store-specific cost savings of $220K with a regional distribution center 100 miles closer Discussion Tie this paper to urban literature – Many analogies in city formation literature: choice explains variable of interest Location "Agglomeration Economies" vs. "Rents"/"Cannibal" – Contextual Justification: Why location choice is important in other literatures – Model Assumptions: Similarmathematical techniques Previous experimentation with specific functions Location Choice not Exhaustive Only observe 2 of 4 Wal-Mart types – Do not observe "Sam's Club" – Do not observe "Neighborhood Stores" May believe location choice will depend on the location of these stores – Unobserved store types may affect both "cannibalization" and "density economies" Very little discussion in paper about how the omission of these decisions affect estimates Product Heterogeneity Wal-Mart offers numerous products – Product availability is endogenous Related to location choice – Minnesota vs. Florida Could potentially affect profits May lead to biased estimates – Products may depend on unobserved competition – Product mix could have changed over time "Chow" test of results before 1980 and after 1980 – Product prices vary dramatically CD: $7.88 ; Power Generator: $547.47 Better data choices Wal-Mart unnecessary for question – Not asking why Wal-Mart is a profitable firm Inter-firm distribution could be important Price negotiations could be important – Question only needs retail firms making location choices that affect profits Many retail firms face similar problems – Distribution is important part of cost structure for nearly every retail firm – Population density affects sales – Proximate locations cannibalize sales Better Data (cont.) Otherfirms can address identical problem and offer relatively homogenous products – Fast food firms RaphaelThomadsen has paper using fast food data – Starbucks – Bookstores Conclusion Size and effect of agglomeration economies are important in many contexts Model provides a reasonable exposition for how firm-specific agglomeration economies are formed Choice of Wal-Mart data unnecessarily introduces heterogeneity bias into analysis
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S DofE - Expeditions Item Code FS120304 Dec/09 Edition no 5 0845 300 1818 This factsheet explains the Expeditions section of 2 Training – The team need to make sure they are The DofE; and puts it into a Scouting context. trained in the mode of travel and have completed the Expedition Training Framework. 3 Practice Expedition – At each level the team must The Aim of the Expedition Section. do enough practice to ensure they can travel To inspire young people to develop imitative and a safely and complete their qualifying expedition. sprit of adventure and discovery, by planning, Silver and Gold practice expeditions must include training for and completing an adventurous at least 2 consecutive nights away. 4 Qualifying expedition, debrief and presentation – journey as part of a Team. the best bit – actually doing it! The team must go on their journey, observed by an accredited DofE Outline Conditions Assessor. The Assessor will debrief the team Expeditions – are a combination of journeying and and the team will need to prepare and give a project work, with journeying as their principle presentation on their aims and experiences. component. The length of the expedition varies 5 Assessment – To complete their DofE programme the team must meet their Assessor to talk about depending on the level of award. These can be in what they have done and make sure they sign it the UK or Overseas off. Methods of Travel The Venture At each level the journey may take place on land Participants must undertake sufficient practice by foot, cycle or horse; or on water by canoe, sail journeys to enable them to complete their planned or rowing boat. Motorised travel is not permitted. qualifying venture.These should both be after the training has been completed. The Process The Team's Supervisor must continually assess The expedition consists of many parts; training, the competence and confidence of the team and, team building, preparation and presentation if necessary help them to undertake additional should hold equal importance in the section. training and practices. After an initial briefing, participants must Please note, that within an Expedition Team – you undertake appropriate training (guidance can be cannot have a mixture of Young People who are found in the DofE Handbook and the Expedition carrying out a Practice Expedition and a Guide). The Common Training Syllabus for each Qualifying Venture. You may have people in a level of Award is set out on the DofE website. Team undertaking a Qualifying Venture who are The DofE have five steps to the Expedition not under assessment but they must have process, which are: completed all the required training and practice 1 Preparation – The team need to research what expedition and be at the same level. (this may they want to do, who they are going to do it with, happen for example of you have an Young Person how they are going to travel and what they are who only wants to carryout only their Scouting going to study or achieve on route, then agree it Awards). with a Leader. At each level the environment they visit gets tougher and there are few other conditions your journey should match. The Scout Information Centre Gilwell Park Chingford London E4 7QW Tel + 44 (0)20 8433 7100 Fax + 44 (0)20 8433 7103 email email@example.com www.scoutbase.org.uk page 2 of 2 You cannot also have someone in a Qualifying You must have completed the required training Expedition who has already completed the and practice expeditions. You must undertake at least one practice expedition section of the same level or higher. expedition at each level of the programme. You The qualifying venture must have an aim (other should do this in the same mode of travel and in a similar environment to the qualifying expedition. than to walk a DofE expedition) and be You and your team must plan and organise your undertaken in a group numbering between four expedition. and seven (eight for ventures using tandem You must be assessed be by an approved modes of travel). accredited Assessor to the DofE. There must be between four and seven people in All participants must complete a report or your team (eight people may be in a team for presentation related to the purpose of the venture modes of travel which are tandem). and the aim of the Section. You must be within the qualifying age of the DofE programme level. All the people in your team must be at the same Summary of requirements level of assessment. For all ventures, the environment should present Your team must not include anyone who has an appropriate challenge based on the experience completed the same or higher level DofE and ability of the participants. expedition. Your overnight accommodation should be Bronze – Two day / one night expedition with at camping. least six hours planned activity every day, in Your expedition must be the minimum number of normal rural countryside or on appropriate water. days required for your DofE level. Silver – Three day / two night expedition with at Your expedition should normally take place least seven hours planned activity each day in between the end of March and the end of normal rural or open country or on appropriate October. water. Your expedition should be in the recommended Gold – Four day / three night expedition with at environment for your DofE level. least eight hours each day planned activity in wild Your must do the minimum hours of planned daily or open country or on appropriate water. activity for your DofE level. At least half the amount of planned activity must You should cook and eat a substantial meal each be spent journeying! day. You must create and deliver a presentation after Planned activity includes a combination of your expedition to complete the section. journeying and exploring, but excludes overnight Practice journeys for all ventures accommodation (pitching and striking Camp) and In order that the leader or instructor has the catering i.e Lunch break. Please note that opportunity to judge the participants' experience although distances are suggested ,it is the and competence, at least one practice journey planned activity that is the main DofE requirement must be undertaken at each level of the award. as part of the assessment. This practice journey must not be over the same In addition to the requirements there are 20 route or in a similar vicinity to the route to be used conditions that an assessor checks as part of the during the qualifying venture. The conditions assessment: should be as similar as possible to those Your expedition must be by your own physical anticipated for the qualifying venture and effort, without any motorised or outside undertaken in terrain which is equally demanding. assistance. Your expedition must be unaccompanied and self- For qualifying ventures in wild country, this reliant. practice journey must be in a recognised Wild Your expeditions must be supervised by an adult Country Area. Unaccompanied practice journeys who is able to accept responsibility for the safety must be supervised, and if in wild country, the of you and your team. appropriate DofE Assessor Network informed Your expedition must have an aim. You must be properly equipped for your using the standard notification form (DofE Green expedition. Form). page 3 of 4 Notification weeks in advance using the Notification Form for Before all ventures in wild country it is important Expeditions Abroad (Blue Form). to complete a 'Green' Notification of Venture in In addition to this, as a Scouting expedition you Wild Country form as early as possible. The will also be required to obtain a Visits Abroad reason for this is to notify the appro-priate DofE Pack from your Assistant County / Area Wild Country Assessor Network of where you will Commissioner (International) and complete and be and when you will be there. This helps the return the Travel Abroad Form for your expedition. Assessor Network to monitor the usage of the wild A copy of the Travel Abroad form should country area by DofE groups and also to advise accompany the Blue Form being sent to Scout you of any potential issues in the area you will be Headquarters. . operating. For Qualifying Ventures, DofE Wild Country Variations in the conditions Assessor Networks will usually provide Assessors Where participants have individual needs that if the notification process is followed (A fee will be mean one or more of the 20 conditions cannot be payable see individual Services / networks). met, it is possible to apply for a variation to enable Panels may also be able to provide assessors for the young person to complete their DofE Bronze and Silver ventures. expedition section. Forms for this are available at www.dofe.org/expedition . At Bronze and Silver Please remember that if the venture is being they must be approved by the Scout Association under-taken through The Scout Association as an as Operating Authority, for Gold the variation must Operating Authority, the Supervisor or a member be approved by National Office via Gilwell Park. A of the team must hold a relevant Adventurous copy of the approval for variation should be Activity Permit for the activity taking place; and a attached to any expedition notification forms Nights Away Permit. submitted. All variation request forms should be Assessment Requirements sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. All Qualifying Ventures should be assessed by Links either a member of the appropriate DofE Wild It is possible and desirable to fulfil requirements Country Assessor Network (if in Wild Country) or for sections of Chief Scout and Queen's Scout by an adult who has been approved by the Awards at the same time as for young persons Operating Authority (The Scout Association) and DofE Award. The Queen's Scout Award has completed the DofE Assessor accreditation Expedition is very similar to the Expedition section scheme, who will have an Acredited Assessor ID at Gold, The Chief Scouts Diamond Award to the and Number issued. Silver and the Chief Scouts Platinum Award to the Please Note; Bronze. However, when trying to do this it is At Bronze and Silver level, Assessors should not essential to check beforehand and ensure that have been involved in any training or instruction of you are meeting all of the criteria for both Awards. the Team. At Gold level, the Assessor must be independent It is also possible to combine the DofE Gold of your DofE Group and not associated with the expedition with the Explorer Belt expedition. This team in any way. is only recommended if it is in the best interests of Expeditions Abroad the young person. However the DofE expedition The requirements of the expedition are the same conditions must still be met and the trip should be whether conducted abroad or within the United planned to meet both sets of criteria, a tricky Kingdom. If the expedition takes place outside of balancing act for some trips and one which makes the United Kingdom The Operating Authority (The some trips more suited to only one award. Scout Association) should be notified at least 12 page 4 of 2 Further Information For more detailed information it is important that you consult the DofE Leader Handbook and the Expedition Guide. If you do not have copies of these, talk to your County DofE Adviser (England), or Country Office; (Wales, Scotland/Northern Ireland); or order from ASL (see DofE Web site for Details) The DofE also have a training and information software package called EX2. More details are available on the DofE website. It is vital you make sure you are fulfilling all the detailed requirements of both awards to avoid disappointment later. Expedition Training Framework Full details of the Common Training Framework and Extra Details for Expedition on Horse and by Paddle can be found at: http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/Doing_your_ DofE/Your_DofE_programme/Sections/Expedition /Expedition_training/Expedition_training.aspx Resources The DofE has produced a number of Resources to help you as a Leader with the Expedition Section; They are a Expedition Section session planning sheet – to help you introduce the Expedition section of the DofE and also a Programme Planner for you to work with and get the Young Person to plan the Expedition section of their DofE Programme. These can be downloaded from http://www.dofe.org/go/downloads Publications Cross Reference DofE Handbook for Leaders, Sixth Edition (Duke of Edinburgh's Award, 2008) Expedition Guide (The Duke of Edinburgh's Award) www.dofe.org www.scouts.org.uk/dofe
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Tomato Salsa Verde
From EatingWell: March/April 2007, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook (2008)
This Italian-style fresh tomato-and-herb sauce, not to be confused with spicy Mexican salsa, is a nice alternative to a rich pan sauce. Although it's the perfect partner for Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Porcini Mushrooms, it works well with any roasted pork, chicken or grilled steak. For the best flavor and texture, serve it shortly after it's made.
Makes: 1 cup, for 8 servings
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Low calorie | Low carbohydrate | Low cholesterol | Healthy weight | Gluten free |View Our Nutrition Guidelines »
- 3 anchovy fillets, rinsed and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped celery leaves
- 2 tablespoons packed chopped fresh basil
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup diced seeded tomatoes
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
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- Place anchovies, garlic, parsley, celery leaves and basil in a food processor. Add oil and vinegar; pulse until blended. Transfer to a bowl and stir in tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
Per serving: 73 calories; 7 g fat (1 g sat, 5 g mono); 1 mg cholesterol; 1 g carbohydrates; 1 g protein; 0 g fiber; 94 mg sodium; 74 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (15% daily value).
Exchanges: 1 fat
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i made this for ~aud2odd for her b-day awhile ago
i may make one for myslef XD
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i may make one for myslef XD
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Temptations..Sitting in front of me
tempting me and staring right back at me
starting at me with that glint on your sharp blade
I'm trying so hard to not reach over and grab you
I promised people that I wouldn't do that again
but you know me too well sometimes
You know how to make me feel again
you show me that I am in fact alive
showing the flowing blood as proof
You shouldn't have the same job as what my friends are supposed to have
you're supposed to just be in the background, rusting away to nothing.
And my need for you fades away... never to come back again
yet the thought of using you keeps coming back...
And I'm not sure how to stop it...
Dear Heart...My heart urns for the feeling of love..
Sometimes it confuses me with which one it wants..
After someone has been in my heart for a while, it starts to think he's might not be the one
But after he has been gone for a while it starts to want him back..
Dear heart, please stop messing with me and make up your mind
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The rest of the day went by pretty fast. I ended up falling asleep in English class, most likely failed my math test that I completely forgot we had today, and finishing the day with zoning out in chemistry.
The drive to work seemed to take forever. Every idiot and their brother and sister seemed to be on the roads.
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