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UK storms: Live coverage of St Jude in East Anglia
Posted: October 28, 2013|
Storm St Jude has arrived in East Anglia after battering parts of south west England overnight.
Forecasters say the storm, with winds of more than 70mph and heavy rain, has tracked across the south towards Essex, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Trains in the region are cancelled until at least 9am following Network Rail advice yesterday, with revised timetables expected after that time, while police are asking motorists to only make essential journeys once the high winds arrive.
The storm has already resulted in the loss of power for 2,000 properties in the south west, where the Environment Agency has also issued 19 flood warnings.
Meanwhile, 130 flights have been cancelled at Heathrow airport after the Met Office confirmed a gust of 99mph was recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, at 5am.
4am – fire crews from St Neots and Kimbolton were called to Great Staughton in Cambridgeshire where a tree had fallen on a car. The driver was trapped and firefighter freed the casualty by 4.40am and left them in the care of the ambulance stories.
7.30am – a lorry was blown over on the M11 just south of Stansted, partially blocking the southbound carriageway between junctions 8 and 7. It was later closed entirely southbound.
7.45am – reports started reaching the news of fallen trees affecting commuters across the region. Residents were blocked in at Chesterton Road, Cambridge, while further falls happened in Royston Road, Harston, and Cambourne.
8am – three trees partially blocking the road from Balsham to the A11 just outside the village. The A505 in Thriplow was also blocked at Gravel Pit Hill by a fallen tree.
8.20am – Greater Anglia now say they aren't running any trains until 10am due to the deteriorating weather. In Stansted Mountfitchet, hundreds of residents claim to have been without power for an hour.
8.25am – London Road, Newport, blocked by a fallen tree, while Uttlesford District Council say the B1383 north of Stansted is littered with trees and debris. There is traffic queuing north of Quendon. In Huntingdon, the ring road was partly flooded. Cambridgeshire County Council's traffic management team reported that Hartford Road had been partially blocked by surface water near the junction with Riverside Road. Drivers faced delays of around half an hour.
8.30am – Stansted Airport announce flights operating as normal currently but passengers advised to check latest flight information with airlines and allow extra time for journeys to the airport.
8.45am – Linton has also been hit. A fallen trees bring traffic to a crawl on the A1307 Cambridge Road.
9am – Motorists also facing long delays on the A505 to the east of Royston after an accident in Newmarket Road, Melbourn. A police spokeswoman said: "We were called at 7.30am to a tree in the road which a vehicle had collided with. Two people suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. Fire and ambulance services attended." The A505 was closed in both directions to allow emergency access, causing tailbacks back to the M11.
9.30am – Greater Anglia are now not running any trains in the region until at least noon.
10.30am – forecasters say storm now dying away and leaving Britain. However, disruption on the region's roads and rail links continue. Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect have both advised hopeful passengers not to travel at all today. Read more here.
2.45pm - First Capital Connect said it hoped to resume services between Peterborough and London Kings Cross, via St Neots, later this afternoon on a limited timetable.
6.00pm - First Capital Connect will be running a "very limited service" between Cambridge and King's Lynn. Between Hitchin and Cambridge, a buses only service is running but service may resume soon.


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Indonesia will not need to cut its palm oil export tax system, if it agrees a rice import deal with India, the state procurement agency Bulog and trade ministry in the Southeast Asia country said on Thursday.
After meeting Indonesian officials in New Delhi on Wednesday, India said it was willing to sell 500,000 tonnes of rice to Indonesia but wanted Jakarta to cut its export tax on crude palm oil which has threatened India's domestic refining industry.
"We have not signed any contract on rice import with India so far," Bulog CEO Sutarto Alimoeso said via phone from the Indian capital. "There is no such requirement proposed by the Indian side."
"We can import rice from India without any requirement to lower our palm oil export tax."
He added that the three rice import options for 250,000 tonnes to meet Indonesia's short-term needs, were government to government, business to business and a grant.
"If the rice import is done on the B-to-B scheme like Indian government said so far, and they let Bulog negotiate with Indian rice exporters, they could not relate the rice import with our policy on palm oil," added Deddy Saleh, director general of foreign trade at the Indonesian trade ministry.

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New Pre-Med Study Abroad option on the Approved List!
The University College Dublin Pre-Medical Programme is a highly selective program which is intended for juniors and seniors who plan to enter a health profession upon graduation. The programme offers students opportunities for a clinical experience as well as high-level academic study, while immersing themselves in the largest Science and Medical programs in Ireland.
The program comprises courses from both Medicine and Science and has been designed to cater for US students who wish to experience the opportunity of studying and living abroad while continuing to prepare for graduate school admission in the health profession fields. Students will enjoy direct engagement with our academic staff who are experts in their fields and are at the cutting edge of teaching and research.
The UCD pre-medical study abroad programme has two primary objectives:
· to provide students with the opportunity to supplement their basic course requirements for entry to Medical School while in a uniquely Irish academic and cultural context.
· to provide all the necessary supports so that students can successfully face the challenges of living and studying in a new environment; and to ensure that all participants derive maximum benefit from the academic and intercultural opportunities of their year abroad.
Minimum GPA requirement is 3.00
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All modules (courses) are taught by a series of formal lectures/classes together with a strong emphasis on course work outside of class, encompassing individual project work, group project work, computer skills, library work and class presentations. Usually, each module involves two-three hours of formal classes per week for the Semester.
With appropriate academic advice from the home institution students may select up to 6 modules in a semester and up to 2 of these modules may be available from other areas within the University. A sample of popular non-science modules that could be scheduled with the science modules is presented below:
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It's cold and rainy, and, the kids have been especially whiny and argumentative today.
I've been working around the house doing some major cleaning of things that need cleaning while they try their best to kill me.
In my travels in and out of the kitchen, I sort of noted the time on the wall clock, and, marveled how early it was.
I'm still having trouble with this time change thing, and, it seems like it ought to be midnight right now.
The last time I went in the kitchen to referee yet another fight, I again noted the time and lamented, "It's like time is standing still. Will this day never end? It's been 5:10 forever!!
And. indeed it had been 5:10 for quite a while.
The clock had stopped.
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Must be one of those at my job.
I went the opposite way today, where I seemed to at one point have lost an hour... or so I thought. As it turns out, when we moved back the clocks, neither TheWIfe or I moved back the one clock on the Thermostat. Glancing at that, I became panicked that we were running "late" for Sunday School. Only to get there and realize that the building was still closed (we are only next door fortunately) because as I now looked at the clock on my phone to realize we were 50 minutes EARLY! Sheez.
I seriously laughed out loud at this! Soooo something that would have happened to me. I would of course think it's just been the same time forever instead of thinking that there was something wrong with the clock! I hope tomorrow goes faster for you!
I am so relieved to know that I am not the only one who is constantly monitoring fights, time standing still or not.
"While they try their best to kill you!" They are relentless aren't they.
It's 5:10 o'clock somewhere doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...but it has implications you might consider :)
The clock on my desk has read 6:35 for almost a year now. It's right twice a day at least.
I feel the same way today!! Mom's especially working mom's are just never stopping!
My clock doesn't actually stop at 10:30 a.m., it just seems that way.
I have been doing some major cleaning at my house too!
This is so funny, I also laughed out loud...and let me just tell you that I really needed that today, so thank you!
LOL I had that happen to me on Sunday! I thought my eyes were that bad because I knew I wasn't seeing the time correctly, but my husband let me know that indeed my eyes WERE that bad because the clock had died some days ago.
I have a similar story that is funny now but at the time had me in tears.
I was online one day and looked up at the clock to notice that it was like 3:50. Well I continued what I was doing thinking that I had plenty of time until I had to pick up my hubby from work. Well the cable box had not updated the time due to a blown transformer. When it came back up I noticed it was 6pm (he gets off at 5!) I rushed my barefoot son and I to the car and headed towards his work. I found him walking up the street from his work trying to get home. I felt so bad that when I pulled up to pick him up I was in tears.
Lesson Learned: Never trust the cable box clock, it can be wrong!


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Who is Phelps' new girlfriend?
Who is Michael Phelps' girlfriend?
LONDON - The 18-time Olympic gold medalist has been quietly seeing 25-year-old model and actress Megan Rossee for five months.
The couple showed up at a Speedo event in London on the red carpet together last night. Also, she's been posting pictures of them on her Instagram account.
She also reportedly flew to the Olympic trials and the actual London Games to be with him.


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Tylenol Liver Failure Lawsuits Provide Compensation for Victims
Tylenol is the Leading Cause of Acute Liver Failure in the United States
Acetaminophen, the active ingredient of Tylenol products, can cause acute liver failure when too much is taken. Such acetaminophen overdoses have occurred to people who have never taken more than the recommended dosage, especially when Extra Strength Tylenol was taken. Although most people think of Tylenol as a harmless painkiller; indeed, more Americans take Tylenol than any other similar drug for pain relief, fever reduction and to remedy symptoms of the flu and the common cold. Far from harmless, Tylenol can cause liver damage and liver failure, leading to lifelong health problems and death. A Tylenol liver lawsuit, for diagnosed liver damage or liver failure, can provide compensation for those who have been harmed by this over the counter medication through no fault of their own.
University of North Carolina Study Confirms Taking Extra Strength Tylenol As Directed Increases Risk of Liver Damage
A 2006 research study conducted at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill demonstrated that high levels of a liver enzyme indicating liver failure was present in more than a third of the test subjects taking the maximum recommended dosage of Extra Strength Tylenol after just four days. This is the same amount as instructions on the bottle directed users to take.
Tylenol liver failure risks were detected as early as the late 1970s. The Advisory Review Panel of the FDA recommended in 1977 that a warning be added to the product's label, notifying consumers that taking Tylenol introduced a risk for liver damage. It was not until 2006, when the FDA ordered that such a warning be added, that a Tylenol liver failure warning was included on the packaging as a potential side effect.
Tylenol Lowers Maximum Recommended Dosage Due to Liver Damage Risk
In 2011, the manufacturer of Tylenol lowered the recommended maximum daily dosage by 25%, from 4000 mg to 3000 mg in a single day. Prior to this reduction the maximum recommended daily dosage was 8 Extra Strength Tylenol pills. Extra Strength Tylenol contains 500mg of acetaminophen; while the regular strength Tylenol contains just 325mg. Research has shown the overwhelming majority of all Tylenol users receive pain relief with just a 325mg dose. The maximum daily recommended dosage of Extra Strength Tylenol has now been reduced to just 6 pills, but it still contains 500mg of acetaminophen in each Extra Strength Tylenol pill.
Tylenol Liver Failure Lawsuits Provide Compensation for Persons Suffering Acute Liver Failure After Taking Tylenol
If you or a loved one experienced liver damage or liver failure and have a history of taking Tylenol, regular of Extra Strength Tylenol, The Onder Law Firm will provide you with a no-cost, no-obligation Tylenol liver lawsuit case review. We are currently investigating claims of Tylenol and representing clients in Tylenol liver failure lawsuits on a contingency basis, meaning there are never any fees if we aren't able to collect for you. Tylenol liver lawsuits may be filed by those, or their families, who have suffered severe liver damage or acute liver failure and have used any Tylenol or other acetaminophen-based pain relief products.
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Thousands of people suffer orthopedic injuries. Saint Peter's University Hospital provides innovative medical and surgical care for patients of all ages, from adolescents to seniors.
We were the first to pioneer–and remain one of the few hospitals in the metropolitan area to offer–endoscopic laser diskectomy, an outpatient procedure performed to remove herniated disc material. This procedure differs from open lumbar disc surgery in that it eliminates traumatic back muscle dissection, bone removal and the need for a large skin incision.
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Traditional total hip replacement surgery is also available for patients who will benefit more from that type of procedure.
This type of minimally invasive back surgery is performed on patients who have suffered vertebral fractures, usually as a result of osteoporosis. While the patient is under a local or general anesthetic, a small incision is made in the back. A cementlike material is injected into the vertebral area via an inflated balloon. Patients usually return home the day of the procedure.
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Children's Ministry
At Rock Springs Church, our Children's Ministry team is on a mission! It is our intention to provide a safe, fun and effective learning environment for all children. Our ministry is constantly evolving to provide opportunities for growth in the following important areas:
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A Wonderful Hobby Preview of a Flare Fox
Yesterday, the one-day event WonFes occurred. With it, lots and lots of announcements of awesome and cute figures from various makers. :3c
Aside from the usual OMG-want Figma and Nendo from Good Smile Company, one particular figure caught my eyes…
Oh yes! Finally another commercial release of CastKitsune!
Wishing for more, the lack of her figures for past years really disappoints me.
Culture Japan Night after AFA14
AFA14 may have come and gone, but my pilgrimage continued.
The day after the end of the event, Danny Choo held an after-event gathering, this time at the Jurong East Regional Library. w
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珍しいな~ What are we going to play, Tama-chan?
Day 24th of the 12th Moon, otherwise known as
the KFC Day Christmas Eve, is a sacred night for them love birds and families.
And of course rori and shota anticipating gifts from the ho-ho-ho-old fat man in red :3c
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Stoke City: Woodgate backs Crouch for England duty
Posted: September 03, 2011|
PETER Crouch is being hotly tipped for a rapid return to international action – and become the first Stoke City player to pull on an England shirt in 27 years.
City defender Jonathan Woodgate reckons the 30-year-old striker should be back in England's colours well before next summer's Euro 2012 finals.
Crouch, pictured below, is out of the current England set-up after being cold-shouldered by manager Fabio Capello at the end of last season.
But Woodgate, Crouch's team-mate at Tottenham for the past two seasons, is adamant that the sky-scraping striker will be playing at the highest level again to become the first Stoke player since Mark Chamberlain in 1984 to play for England.
"He's only been left out of one squad, so it's not about what happens to him in the future, but what happens to him now. He'll probably be in the next squad."
Woodgate is certain Stoke have invested well after splashing out a club record £10m - which could rise to £12m – for his old-team-mate on Wednesday's deadline day.
But he played down his own part in the transfer after Crouch claimed he was ringing him every hour for two days to convince him to make the switch to the Britannia Stadium.
"No, I just spoke to him and said how good it was here and that he would be welcome," said Woodgate, who joined City earlier in the summer.
"Peter's a top player – and you want good players to improve your squad. He can only enhance us.
"You're getting an England international whose played at the top level and in the Champions League.
"His international goalscoring (22 in 42 appearances) speaks for itself. And he's played for top teams throughout his career.
"Everybody knows he's top-notch in the air, but he's also great on the floor and a good hold-up player.
"He's a target man with great ability."
He says the deadline-day arrivals of Crouch and Birmingham City striker Cameron Jerome have given Stoke a strong four-man stable of forwards alongside Kenwyne Jones and Jon Walters.
"It's about the four forwards we've got in the squad," said Woodgate.
"There is a competition for places and it's up to the manager who plays.
"It's getting really good now (in attack) and it's really good how the club has come on so much in the last three years."
He added: "Crouchy's also a genuinely nice lad. There's no airs or graces. There isn't a big-time bone in his body.
"He'll fit right in here because there is a really good team spirit."
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The Color-Rite strands are full wave rectified by a capacitor in the plug which allows the different colored LEDs to be interchanged in line. These strands are very versatile and can be used for a wide variety of creative projects. Since the strands use a capacitor to regulate the power, they will not perform well in animated displays using a dimming sequence.
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Video: Michelle Knight returns to watch Seymour demolition
CLEVELAND -- The home that became a prison for three Cleveland women is gone now, nothing but a fence to remind neighbors of Ariel Castro.
Independence Excavating donated its services to level the property Wednesday morning.
A family member of Gina DeJesus represented her, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight from the driver's seat as the house was stripped away.
Ownership of 2207 Seymour Avenue was obtained by prosecutors in a plea deal to save Castro's life.
The Cuyahoga County Land Bank owns the property now, until the city figures out a future use for it.
Starting at about 7 a.m., the FBI Evidence Response Teams oversaw the process to make sure everything was removed from the property.
The demolition took only about an hour, but carting more than two dozen truckloads of material lasted into the evening.
Everything from the address was carried off to be ground up and taken to an undisclosed landfill to be sure none of it can be turned in to "murderabelia," morbid souvenirs that can be worth big bucks.
The most incredible moment for most Wednesday was not watching the house fall, but watching Michelle Knight stand up for those who are missing.
"Why it was important to be here today is because nobody was there for me when I was missing," she said, speaking directly to reporters for the first time. "And I want the people out there to know, including the mothers, that they can have strength. They can have hope."
Michelle Knight watched from across Seymour Avenue as the walls came down.
She shared this prayer with cameras: "Dear Lord, give the missing people strength and power to know that they are loved. We hear their cries. They are never forgotten in my heart. They are caterpillars waiting to turn into a butterfly."
Knight handed out yellow balloons, organizing a release to give neighbors a bright reminder.
"It represents all the millions of children that are never found. And the ones that passed away that were never heard," she said.
Prosecutors planned to use Castro's own money for demolition, but instead the money will be available for other, undetermined uses.
Castro is serving his sentence of life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years.
He was taken to the Lorain Correctional Institution Friday, where he's being evaluated before he's placed permanently.
"We're so glad that this house, it comes down. Because it wasn't a house no more," said Jovita Marti, who grew up on Seymour. "It was a house of horror."
"Like Michelle said, we can forgive, but we don't forget," said Loren Gafthoff, who traveled from Akron to see the demolition.
Neighbors and onlookers alike look forward to a new face of Seymour Avenue.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty says the county is purchasing two vacant homes and two open lots to the west.
Cleveland City Councilman Matt Zone is in charge of organizing a community process to find a new use for this land.
While the future for the property is still unknown, Knight says she knows her future is that is as a motivational speaker, sharing hope around the country.
"I feel very liberated that people think of me as a hero and a role model," she said. "And I would love to continue being that. And let everybody know that they are heard, that they are loved, and there is hope for everyone."


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Website: www.buckinghamprimary.ik.org
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584 pupils
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540 pupils capacity: 108% full
290 boys 50%
295 girls 51%
Last updated: Oct. 3, 2014
Primary — Community School
- 110329
- Education phase
- Primary
- Establishment type
- Community School
- Establishment #
- 2245
- OSGB coordinates
- Easting: 470150, Northing: 234632
- GPS coordinates
- Latitude: 52.006, Longitude: -0.97946
- Accepting pupils
- 3—11 years old
- Census date
- Jan. 16, 2014
- Ofsted last inspection
- March 5, 2014
- Region › Const. › Ward
- South East › Buckingham › Buckingham North
- Area
- Urban > 10k - less sparse
- Investor in People
- Committed IiP Status
- Free school meals %
- 8.20
Schools nearby
- 0.1 miles Page Hill Infant School MK181PN
- 0.4 miles Maids Moreton Church of England School MK181QA (61 pupils)
- 0.6 miles Buckingham County First School MK181EN
- 0.7 miles Grenville Combined School MK181AP (107 pupils)
- 0.7 miles Bourton Meadow School MK187HX
- 0.7 miles Chandos County Middle School MK181AP
- 0.7 miles Bourton Meadow Academy MK187HX (662 pupils)
- 0.7 miles Grenville Combined School MK181AP
- 0.8 miles Buckingham School MK181AT (1047 pupils)
- 0.9 miles Royal Latin School MK181AX
- 0.9 miles University of Buckingham MK181EG
- 0.9 miles Royal Latin School MK181AX (1274 pupils)
- 1.1 mile New Provision Buckinghamshire 17
- 1.2 mile St James and St John CofE Primary School MK185JE (131 pupils)
- 1.9 mile Akeley Wood Senior School MK185AE (647 pupils)
- 2 miles Saint James Church of England School, Akeley MK185HP
- 2.2 miles Roundwood Primary School MK184HY (169 pupils)
- 2.4 miles Stowe School MK185EH (759 pupils)
- 2.7 miles Thornborough Infant School MK182DF (37 pupils)
- 2.8 miles Padbury Church of England School MK182AP (49 pupils)
- 2.9 miles Charmandean School MK185AN
- 2.9 miles Akeley Wood Lower School MK185AN
- 2.9 miles The Charmandean Dyslexia Centre MK185AN
- 2.9 miles The Woodlands Education Trust Tutorial Centre MK184WE
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Buckingham Primary School
Inspection Report
|Unique Reference Number
|Local Authority
|Inspection number
|Inspection date
|1 April 2009
|Reporting inspector
|Alison Grainger
This inspection of the school was carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.
The registered childcare, managed by the governing body, was inspected under section 49 of the Childcare Act 2006.
|Type of school
|School category
|Age range of pupils
|Gender of pupils
|Number on roll
|School (total)
|Appropriate authority
|The governing body
|Mr Ian Morris
|Mrs Jan Jones
|Date of previous school inspection
|12 October 2005
Date of previous funded early education
|12 October 2005
|Date of previous childcare inspection
|12 October 2005
|School address
|Foscot Way
|Page Hill
|Buckingham MK18 1TT
|Telephone number
|01280 812864
|Fax number
|01280 812806
|Age group
|Inspection date
|1 April 2009
|Inspection number
Inspection report Buckingham Primary School, 1 April 2009
© Crown copyright 2009
Website: ofsted.gov.uk
The inspection was carried out by two Additional Inspectors. Inspectors evaluated the overall effectiveness of the school and investigated the following issues:
- the quality of the start given to children in the Early Years Foundation Stage
- how well the school promotes achievement in writing and mathematics
- pupils' personal development and well-being
- the impact on pupils' progress of leaders and managers at all levels.
Evidence was gathered from: the school's data on pupils' progress; visits to lessons and scrutiny of pupils' work; observation of an assembly; discussions with staff, governors, parents and pupils; and analysis of responses to the parents' questionnaire. Other aspects of the school's work were not investigated in detail but inspectors found no evidence to suggest that the school's own assessments of these areas, as given in its self-evaluation, were not justified, and these have been included where appropriate in this report.
Description of the school
Most pupils in this large primary school are of White British heritage and speak English as their first language. The proportion of pupils who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities is a little below average. These difficulties cover a wide range and include speech, language and communication difficulties, physical disabilities and moderate learning difficulties. In Year 3, pupils who have attended a separate infant school join this school. Formerly, several other infant and first schools fed into the school and some of the pupils in the older year groups are from these schools.
The school's Early Years Foundation Stage provision includes a Nursery for children from the age of two years. Two-year-olds are privately funded. When children reach their third birthday, they have funded sessions which many parents supplement by buying additional sessions. Children move into the school's Reception-age provision at the start of the school year in which they are five years old and almost all attend full-time. The school also offers care before and after school in term times and full day care during school holidays. Childcare is provided for 51 weeks of each year.
Key for inspection grades
|Grade 1
|Grade 2
|Grade 3
|Grade 4
Overall effectiveness of the school
Grade: 2
This is a good school. Some aspects of its work are outstanding. Particularly notable are the excellent curriculum, care, guidance and support and their impact on pupils' personal development and well-being. These strengths in provision contribute hugely to pupils' tremendous enjoyment of school. It is no wonder that the attendance rate is above average. Parents are very pleased with the school. Many told inspectors that they are delighted with the extremely broad and stimulating range of opportunities available to their children. As one observed, reflecting the views of many, 'I continue to be amazed by what the school has to offer and the wonderful scope of new learning opportunities and activities.'
Pupils' achievement is good. From starting points that are collectively a little above the level expected for their age, pupils make good progress. By the end of Year 6, standards are consistently well above average in English, mathematics and science. Within the picture of pupils' good progress overall, there is some variation. The school is focusing on raising standards further by taking effective action to improve the progress of groups of pupils who have done relatively less well than others. There are some pupils who make exceptional gains, but there are also some who move on relatively less well. This is indicated, for example, in pupil performance being less good in mathematics than in reading and writing at the end of Year 2. Between the start of Year 3 and the end of Year 6, not all pupils with previously low attainment in mathematics catch up as well as they should.
The school has reorganised how it supports low-attaining pupils and those who have learning difficulties. These changes are helping to accelerate pupils' progress in both English and mathematics. There has been successful intervention this year to speed up the progress in writing of the more able pupils and boys. Approaches to this have been particularly innovative, including opportunities for pupils to tell stories through digital film-making. Pupils' achievements in this project were recognised at an awards ceremony and pupils describe this experience as 'amazing'. The school is continually seeking ways of providing meaningful contexts for writing. As a result, the promotion of writing across the curriculum is good.
Teaching has a good influence on pupils' progress. Across the school, lessons are well organised and teachers tell pupils clearly the purpose of the lesson and each activity. Expectations of pupils are usually very high. However, some parts of lessons, particularly when the class is taught all together, do not focus strongly enough on the next steps different groups need to take in their learning. On occasions, this results in pupils not being fully engaged and attentive. Although teachers are very conscientious in marking pupils' work, there is some inconsistency in the quality of feedback that teachers provide for pupils. Some feedback is of very high quality, guiding pupils to make fast progress, for example in Year 6 in writing, but not all marking is good.
The many and diverse range of activities that make up the curriculum help pupils to develop into sensible and pleasant young people, equipping them very well for their future lives. Pupils learn to work very effectively in teams and to solve problems together through the performing arts and sports. High-quality provision for information and communication technology ensures that pupils become confident and competent in this area. Many visitors, clubs, themed days and weeks, and visits, including opportunities for residential experiences, broaden pupils' knowledge and understanding of the world.
As a result of the significant emphasis the school gives to the development of healthy lifestyles, pupils have a very well-developed understanding of the importance of a good diet. Many opportunities are provided in lessons and outside the school day for pupils to take part in regular exercise and their participation rates are high. Pupils not only feel very safe at school because of the very high-quality pastoral care, but they also know how to stay safe both in school and outside. Arrangements for safeguarding pupils are very thorough. An extremely high priority is given to pupils' welfare in school and in the childcare provision. Pupils who have transferred to this school from other schools comment on the very warm welcome provided by pupils and staff. The school works extremely closely with outside agencies to support pupils, including those who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Pupils contribute a great deal to the school. They undertake responsibilities diligently, such as those of school councillors, and older pupils support younger ones extremely well. Pupils are aware of the needs of those less fortunate than themselves and do a huge amount to raise funds for charities. Behaviour is excellent in lessons and around the school, contributing much to the school's calm and purposeful atmosphere. Relationships among pupils and between pupils and adults are very good. Pupils know that their views matter to the school. Pupils respect and value diversity. The school promotes community cohesion well. It works very closely with families to meet their needs. This is evident, for example, in family learning opportunities launched this term, in the flexibility of the childcare provision, and the various options available to parents regarding children's Nursery attendance. Parents are very strongly involved in the school.
The school is well led and managed. Many parents comment very positively on the commitment and hard work of the headteacher and staff. There are exceptionally good aspects of leadership and management, as seen in the school's pioneering development of the curriculum and the maintenance of highly effective care for pupils. Self-evaluation is largely accurate. However, there is not rigorous enough analysis of how well the school meets the needs of all groups of pupils in all classes. This means that not all aspects of provision needing improvement are picked up quickly. For example, there are variations in the quality of teaching and in the effectiveness with which high standards in mathematics are promoted in all years and for all groups of pupils. Even so, the school's many strengths, together with the strong teamwork of staff and governors, show that there is good capacity for improvement.
Effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage
Grade: 2
Children get off to a good start in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The two-year-olds are extremely well cared for. Adults continually support, motivate and stimulate them. As a result, children's understanding and use of language, awareness of the world around them, and physical skills all develop at a rapid pace. Exceptional care is maintained throughout the Nursery and Reception provision. Children are settled, happy and confident. They know exactly what is expected of them and understand the routines very well. Behaviour is of a very high standard. Reception children work and play together very well. By the end of Reception, children have made excellent progress in their personal development.
Children aged three to five make good progress in their learning. Some individual children make excellent progress in particular aspects of their work in Reception, such as in their writing. In the present Reception Year, almost all children are on course to reach the level expected for their age across the areas of learning and a good proportion are on track to exceed the expected levels. Children do well because teaching and the curriculum are good. Particularly good use is made of the outdoor area.
Leadership and management of the Early Years Foundation Stage are good. There are effective systems for ongoing checking of children's progress. Staff recognise, however, that they do not currently have sufficiently accurate assessment information regarding children's attainment at key points, such as on entry to Reception. Significant development of the provision, particularly the curriculum, has taken place this school year, both in the Nursery and in Reception, and standards now are higher than in recent years.
What the school should do to improve further
- Ensure that all teaching, including feedback to pupils through marking, focuses strongly on next steps in learning and engages pupils fully.
- More rigorously analyse how well the needs of all groups of pupils are met in each class in order to identify aspects of provision requiring improvement.
|Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance 'Complaining about inspections', which is available from Ofsted's website: ofsted.gov.uk.
Annex A
Inspection judgements
|Key to judgements: grade 1 is outstanding, grade 2 good, grade 3 satisfactory, and grade 4 inadequate.
|School Overall
Overall effectiveness
|How effective,efficient and inclusive is the provision of education,integrated care and any extended services in meeting the needs of learners?
|Effective steps have been taken to promote improvement since the last inspection
|How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being?
|The capacity to make any necessary improvements
Effectiveness of the Early Years Foundation Stage
|How effective is the provision in meeting the needs of children in the EYFS?
|How well do children in the EYFS achieve?
|How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the children?
|How effectively are children in the EYFS helped to learn and develop?
|How effectively is the welfare of children in the EYFS promoted?
|How effectively is provision in the EYFS led and managed?
Achievement and standards
|How well do learners achieve?
|The standards¹ reached by learners
|How well learners make progress, taking account of any significant variations between groups of learners
|How well learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities make progress
Personal development and well-being
|How good are the overall personal development and well-being of the learners?
|The extent of learners' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
|The extent to which learners adopt healthy lifestyles
|The extent to which learners adopt safe practices
|The extent to which learners enjoy their education
|The attendance of learners
|The behaviour of learners
|The extent to which learners make a positive contribution to the community
|How well learners develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
The quality of provision
|How effective are teaching and learning in meeting the full range of learners' needs?
|How well do the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners?
|How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?
Leadership and management
|How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?
|How effectively leaders and managers at all levels set clear direction leading to improvement and promote high quality of care and education
|How effectively leaders and managers use challenging targets to raise standards
|The effectiveness of the school's self-evaluation
|How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination eliminated
|How well does the school contribute to community cohesion?
|How effectively and efficiently resources, including staff, are deployed to achieve value for money
|The extent to which governors and other supervisory boards discharge their responsibilities
|Do procedures for safeguarding learners meet current government requirements?
|Does this school require special measures?
|Does this school require a notice to improve?
1 Grade 1 - Exceptionally and consistently high; Grade 2 - Generally above average with none significantly below average; Grade 3 - Broadly average to below average; Grade 4 - Exceptionally low.
Annex B
Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection
24 April 2009
Dear Pupils
Inspection of Buckingham Primary School,Buckingham,MK18 1TT
Thank you for helping us when we visited your school. We enjoyed talking with you, watching your lessons and looking at your work. We found out that yours is a good school and that some of the things it does are outstanding.
Your behaviour is excellent in lessons and around the school. You are very caring of others, particularly in the way those of you who are older look after and help the younger children. You do a good deal to raise money for charities. You get on extremely well with each other and with the adults in school.
You told us that you feel very safe in school. We saw that you are very well looked after. This begins with the two-year-olds in the Nursery and extends throughout the school. You know an incredible amount about how to stay fit and healthy. You are very lucky to have so many opportunities to keep fit and healthy through sports, gymnastics and dance.
You have many more activities in addition to your daily lessons than most primary schools do. You are so fortunate to have three opportunities to go on residential visits, as well as having many other visits, visitors and special days and weeks. The film-making and the awards ceremony sound fantastic.
You make good progress with your work because teaching is good. To help the adults to make the school even better, we have asked them to do these two things.
- Make sure that teaching in all parts of lessons and all marking helps all of you to learn at a good pace and keeps you interested. Sometimes these things are done fantastically well but there are occasions when they could be better.
- Check up more carefully on how well you are being helped to learn in all classes. This should help the school to act even more quickly when some things need improving.
You can help by always doing your best. Thank you once again.
Yours faithfully
Alison Grainger
Lead Inspector


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"This is very simple to make, varying slightly from typical chicken on skewers served with satay sauce. Absolutely fantastic when used to make sandwiches as well. Serve with a crisp green salad, or in buns, slathered with mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomatoes."
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Easy and fast; marinated it for 4 hours.
I like all the ingredients, but we just didn't care for the flavor.
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yummy and yummy! easy and tasty
As is.. not nearly enough marinade and the chicken didn't seem to pick up enough flavor... Double the marinade and then make some extra to use as sauce on the side. It was moist and easy to make
Good flavor, but a little bland. I cooked it in the crock pot with the marinade. I only used 18 oz chicken, but there didn't seem to be enough marinade, so I will increase it next time.
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Amount Per Serving
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** Calories from Fat: 46
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WILLIAMSON — An accident that occurred Friday morning on 2nd Ave. in Williamson resulted in a SUV colliding with the side of the Community Trust Bank, close to the area where the drive-thru lanes are located.
The accident was investigated by Williamson Police Department Patrolman D. Paige and J. Taylor, who told the Daily News the report has yet to be finalized. The information released at this point states that the driver of the 2011 Kia SUV was Darrell Rakes, and his single passenger was identified as Stephen Maynard. The vehicle sustained moderate to severe front end damage. The bank building was also damaged but the cost of repairs is not known at this time, according to a Community Trust employee.
The passenger is said to have suffered injuries to his neck, back and shoulder area. He was transported to the Williamson Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released.


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Nurse Cherry Aimless's first vacation from her hectic career in a big-city hospital takes her to visit her spinster Aunt Gertrude in thrilling San Francisco. Wistfully trading her starched white cap and dress for a bright yellow poplin frock with a flared skirt, young Cherry takes to the highway, never imagining the gay adventures that await her. Imagine her surprise to learn that Aunt Gertrude has been kidnapped!
Armed only with the contents of her purse, and with the help of new chums Midge, Velma, and a dashing female police officer named Jackie, the plucky but innocent Cherry must save her aunt, find a gaggle of missing nuns, and stop an illegal land grab - all under the warm gaze of her hero, girl detective Nancy Clue. And when the queer caper has ended, will there be a chance for Nancy and Cherry?
Mabel Maney's camp classic The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse has been beloved by readers since it was first published in 1993. This sparkling parody of 1950s girl adventure stories will make you laugh out loud and long for a lemon Jell-O mold. Golly, it's a good time!
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"Gloriasly funny"
Very funny, very campy. Very unseriously. Nancy is a very nice nurse.
We should be so lucky to have one as competent and naive as her
When Nancy so unpretentiously decides that she likes her detective idol.
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Nancy and her detective girlfriend
I hope audible gets more of this serious and I intend to buy everyone or them. It is a very light hearted read.
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this book was such a kick. now i keep wanting to use the word "queer" in it's original meaning just to amuse myself. the narration was great, except that once in a while she made the butchier characters sound all high pitched and squealy which just didn't seem right.
awful writing aside - the narrator was just the most terrible thing ive come across.
do you need to use the same adjective over and over and over.... and over again? also - whats with the long descriptive of totally useless elements. okay stop describing the out fits.. "yellow dress" will do just fine.
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meh.. not really. I love a gay girls romp through lala land but the writer and narrator just destroyed it for me. couldnt finish
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I am a huge fan of lesbian pulp novels so when I saw this one I was very happy, that stopped the moment I started listening ,the narrator makes the lead lass speak like a game show host's assistant selling a brand new set of steak knifes ,the high pitch enthusiasm killed the hole thing for me,if you can get past that (good luck) the story from what I can tell is not authentic it feels fake to me ,but as I say I'm a fan of these kinds of novels ,someone reading this for the sake of reading it may have a different experience, If your into lesbian Pulp novels give this one a wide birth.
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East Timor said yesterday it plans to present a proposal for a 3.8 billion US dollar oil and gas hub on its coast, despite objections from the project's joint venture partners.
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The announcement comes as East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta takes part in an official visit to Australia.
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- Morphosyntactic predication : a functional-operational approach (1986)
- As a traditional notion of fundamental importance in linguistics and philosophy (logic), "predication" is fraught with controversial issues. It is thus difficult to delimit the scope of this paper without becoming involved in some major issue. The following distinctions seem to me to be plausible on an intuitive basis. Evidence for why they are useful and legitimate will be found in the body of the paper. The discussion will focus on morphosyntactic predication […].
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- Towards a typology of valency : ein Beitrag zu den Techniken Valenz und Orientierung (1984)
- Grammatical relations, particularly the notions of transitivity, case marking, ergativity, passive and antipassive have been a favourite subject of typological research during the last decade, but surprisingly, the notion of valency has been of marginal interest in cross-linguistic studies, though the syntactic and semantic status of participants is, to a great extent, determined by the relational properties of the verb. Valency is the property of the verb which determines the obligatory and optional number of its participants, their morphosyntactic form, their semantic class membership (e.g. ± animate, ± human) ,and their semantic role (e.g. agent, patient, recipient). The valency inherently gives information on the nature of the semantic and syntactic relations that hold between the verb and its participants. If a verb is combined with more participants than allowed or less than required, or if the participants do not show the required morphosyntactic form or class membership, the clause is ungrammatical. In other words, it is not sufficient to consider only the number of actants as a matter of valency, but it is only acceptable if all semantic and morphosyntactic properties of the relation between a verb and its participants that are predictable from the verb are included. The predictability of these properties results from their inherent givenness, and it does not seem reasonable to count some inherently given relational properties as a matter of valency, but not others (compare Helbig (1971:38f) and Heidolph et ale (1981:479) who distinguish between the quantitative, syntactic and semantic aspect of valency).


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"Spanish crullers."
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1/4 teaspoon
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I made this for a party/meeting and they were a hit. Everyone loved them. I will definitely make them again. I did make sure to use a cloth-type pastry bag and it worked great. I had to pinch each one off into the oil as they didn't just break off, which was totally fine. They did cook pretty fast, so I was getting behind on coating them with the cinnamon/sugar. So, I figured out a quick (and much easier) way to do it. I would scoop them out of the oil with a large flat slotted spoon onto paper towels just long enough to put the next batch into the skillet. I would then dump the hot churros into a ziploc bag with the cinnamon and sugar, shake it up and then just took them out with my hands and placed them on the serving plate. That worked great and they were perfectly coated.
I would not recommend this recipe at all. The dough you end up creating is very plain and the only flavouring at all comes from the cinnamon and sugar. Really a very tasteless dessert that is not worth the effort
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This is a very good recipe. Hint: Only beat the eggs enough to blend in, otherwise it will make the texture too doughy.
At 7pm my son told me he needed churros for his Spanish class the next day. Once the recipe was prepared, frying and rolling-in-the cinnamon was quick. These tasted soooo good. Lots of raves from his Spanish class and teacher. I lived in L.A. and I can tell you, these taste great!
I didn't have a pastry cloth or a deep fryer but I made do. Take a ziploc bag and cut a hole in the bottom and squeeze out the dough. For the frying, just use a huge pan and put in a ton of oil.
My only problems were how quickly they cooked. I had to call into my boyfriend to help me remove the oil and coat them, there was no time for one person! Also, they looked kinda like big pieces of poo. Mind you they tasted delicious so who cares how they look?
I have not had a Churro for four months because I moved.I made this recipe and I thought I was in heaven, they are really good. The ones I used to buy had a cream in the middle I am going to try them again soon I have got a cream recipe now. I will let you know how it turned out!!!!!!!
yum yum yum!!! These were great and my kids loved them. They are very easy to make, just make sure the oil is verry hot. When putting the mixture into the oil I used a pair of scissors to cut the right lenght. Also using a ziplock beg is a good idea but make sure they have cooled enough or they will melt the bag.
Delicious and so easy to make. Didn't have a pastry bag so I used a ziplock bag and cut a star shape out of the corner. works just as well.
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Longer, more powerful battery for iPhone 5 purportedly gets sneak-peeked
If the new iPhone is going to do more than all iPhones before it, including LTE 4G networking and a bigger 4-inch, 16:9 screen, and not run out of juice faster, it's going to need a more powerful battery. And a more powerful battery is just what the latest round of parts leaks purport to show off. 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman and Sonny Dickson presented the pictures, and peg the details at 1430 mAh, 3.8v, and 5.45 wHr.
If this battery turns out to be what Apple's going with in the iPhone 5, it would make it 10 mAh, 0.1v, and 0.1 wHr higher than the current iPhone 4S battery.
When Apple switched from the 3G iPad 2 to the LTE iPad (3), they managed to keep the same battery rating, though not without making the new iPad 0.6mm thicker, and chocking the frame full of as many battery molecules as possible. The iPhone 5 might get a better, less power-hungry LTE chipset in Qualcomm's 28nm MDM9615, however.
With the new iPad, the battery also had to support a monstrous, demanding new Retina display. The iPhone made the jump to Retina back in 2010 with the iPhone 4, but if rumors of that 4-inch, 16:9 screen prove be true, Apple will also need to light up 1136x640 pixels, up from 960x640 in the previous two models. That's only an 18.33% increase, nowhere near as big a jump as the new iPad's 2048x1536 upgrade from 1024x736, and newer, more power-efficient panel technologies may help, but every bit of additional battery drain will add up.
Speaking of which, if Apple gives the iPhone 5 a variation on the new iPad's Apple A5X system-on-a-chip, which includes a quad-core graphics processor, the battery will have to account for that as well. It's possible an iPhone A5X would have better power efficiency than than the iPad A5X, but like it won't require less power than last year's Apple A5 in the iPhone 4S.
The iPhone 5 is also rumored to include a new, much smaller Dock connector, a new, much smaller nano-SIM card holder, and a new, thinner in-cell screen technology.
A taller iPhone, even if slightly thinner, with other components shrunk down as much as possible, could ultimately provide for a bigger and slightly more advanced battery, and do it in such a way that Apple can provide LTE 4G networking and a bigger Retina display, and still maintain battery life.
We'll likely only know for sure on September 12, just over a month away. In the meantime, hit the link below for all the details on this latest part leak...
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Longer, more powerful battery for iPhone 5 purportedly gets sneak-peeked
Only 10mAh more than the 4S battery? That's not particularly impressive in and of itself but If that amounts to better actual battery performance than the 4S, that would be impressive. The different color renders are cute, but is Apple really going to do that? Where's the pink one? Georgia will probably get the pink one. :-)
I sure hope that my screen color is correct. I want that orange one. And a chartreuse for my wife.
I'll take this with a my pole of salt, It's a leak for something, but it could be for the new iPod touch for all we know. The device really doesn't need that much energy. Either way, there is always a reasoning for what Apple puts on the devices. And to be honest, I always found that when it comes to battery, Apple doesn't try to improve the capacity to the maximum but instead to the bare minimum, taking design above usability. We'll totally see what will be the final verdict when its release and... and then taken apart again Lol
What's the 4S battery life like these days? I have one which will just about go 2 days without a recharge. Is that the norm? Should i send it back?
2 days? Are you constantly on airplane mode? For me it depends a lot on quality of cell signal... if I have a signal that jumps from 2/3g my battery dies very fast.
Typically I have to charge my phone once during the day before going home. I don't let the battery get in the red before charging. I'm paranoid about having my phone die... plus I watch videos on my commute home
I bought a Mophie battery case for when I know I'm not going to be near a charger. I never have to worry about this with my BlackBerry.
A better battery or just better battery life management is very welcome in my eyes.
it looks like the iPhone 5 battery life is going to be worse than the 4S. The 4S battery life was worse than the 4.
I have an iPhone 3GS, and this morning I charged it all night to a full 100% of battery and I was just sitting on the bus on my way to school in the morning and it died. I wasn't even using the internet, I quit all my apps, and none of the apps were using my location. I made sure of it. I have replaced the battery before but it did nothing. At this point 10mAh doesn't seem like a lot to some people, but for people like me, who's phones run out of battery faster than the speed of light, we are very grateful for the effort. I am sticking with this iPhone until September 21 when I can finally get my hands on the 5, and I don't think some people know how excited I will be!


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Matthew Fletcher admitted being desperate to make the most of playing first-team football after making his Cambridge United debut in Saturday's goalless draw at home to Grimsby.
The former Australia under-20 international went close to scoring twice in the first half as United held the Blue Square Bet Premier table-toppers.
It was also Fletcher's maiden senior match as he is yet to break into the first team at Sheffield Wednesday, from where he moved to the R Costings Abbey on loan on the eve of the game. But Fletcher, 20, said he was determined to make his mark during his month with United.
He said: "I only found out about coming to Cambridge on Friday morning, but I knew straight away it was the right thing to do.
"It's a good club and it's a chance to get some games under my belt, so I'm buzzing.
"I was at Oxford, but I didn't really get a chance there, so this was my first real taste of first-team football."
The Antipodean striker is a regular in the Owls' development squad, but said he could feel the difference in intensity.
He said: "It was fast and physical and I was cramping after about 60 minutes, but I loved it.
"I've got high expectations in myself and I know after a few games I'll get better and better.
"I thought I did all right. I made a couple of sloppy passes, but that's just down to match fitness and I've still got a lot to give to the club."
Fletcher said he had had little chance to get to know his team-mates before the game, but had been made to feel at home.
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Well, it took me a while to get it finished, but here is clog number one. I've included a before and after shot, both with the remote control (which just happened to be handy!) for perspective. I really liked making this and can't wait to start the other. Especially after the magic of the felting project. This one took about 14 minutes of agitation to get to this point. I decided to follow the instructions for a different felting project...the main differences being that I didn't put the clog in a zippered bag or anything, and I threw a pair of jeans in with it to
And was so careful to write July instead of June. Crap!!!
It must be this backward thinkin' See that's why all you Yankees have jobs!
Well guys, gryphon00, the whiney little girl that he is, has been complaining to me that I promised him a scheduled clog chat and haven't done it yet. (wah, wah, wah) So here goes:
That should give you Yankees on the east coast enough time to get home from work. (Please note I am not talking about my southern brothers here, we don't have jobs and if we do we don't work at them) And we'll chat until we get sick of each other or the conversation turns to sex. (I know Parrot fell off his perch reading that... he'll be there at 6!).
Well, after hot days, Portland now feels positively autumnal in the morning....Fall, when I dream of the perfect sweater to wear while riding my big bright-chestnut gelding through the woods, golden leaves spiraling down about me. Of course, someone should be there with me....but as I've never met him....his face is obscured. All I know is that he isn't allergic to wool.
My sash-shawl is coming along beautifully, and I plan to take some time today to work on it. I will also work on getting the kilt finished for Vancouver, BC pride next week.
I'm getting some pictures taken tonight, so y'all get to see some of the goodies I've been working on. Such fun.
good morning fellas! I found a sweet deal on organic colorgrown cotton on 12 oz. cones (845) yards but was a little bit leary of ordering it without some input. I am sure there are some great rescources out there for buying coned yarn but it is a laungage I don't speak. it is 2/2 which the seller says is a worsted weight. WEBS has a sweet deal on some tweedy wool colors (http://yarn.com/webs/0/0/0/0-1300-1308-1317/0/15/1311/) and it sells for 12$per pound for 992 yrds per pound. 4-4.5 stitches per inch. I have never bought yarn this way so i don't know anything about washing it to remove the oils, drying it, or if this is just a bad idea but you could whip up a sweater for cheap with it! if anybody has a good resource for buying yarn this way, or has bought it and wants to shed some insight on the washing process, by all means, please throw some help this way! thanks!
Here are a couple of things I've made recently. The first is a 4x2 ribbed beanie made without a pattern. My first attempt was slightly too big, so I frogged it & reduced the # of stitches. It's now my favourite.
Last weekend I embarked on my first attempt at illusion knitting. I think it turned out great for a first try. I'll probably turn it into a cushion or somesuch. I love this picture of Scruff, he looks like he's planning to take over the world with an army of knit-bots.
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Here is the first knitted clog from Australia, well at least on MWK! This was an experiment as I substituted the yarn and needle size and must say it has turned out well with only a few minor hiccups!! Even managed to watch TV while knitting them. The felting process was much easier than I expected, even with a front load washer. Took just 25 mins of wash cycle to get the right size. Not much fun getting the door to open when the machine is full of hot water and trying to stop the suds from spewing all over the floor though. I used one end of blue and one of white as they are the favourite colors of my partner, Keith. We have all manner of plates and kitchen stuff in blue & white so we have christened them 'willow clogs'!!


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FOXBORO -- Stevan Ridley declined to speak with members of the media in the Patriots locker room on Thursday. Seconds after he did, his teammate and fellow running back Shane Vereen picked him up, turning and talking in front of the cameras Ridley left behind.
"Stevan is a great player," Vereen said. "We're there when he needs us, but he knows what he has to do and we fully expect him to do that."
Ridley was inactive Sunday against the Texans after losing fumbles in New England's three previous games. In his absence, Patriots running backs chipped in in a variety of ways to help them earn a 34-31 win.
Vereen finished with 10 carries for 38 yards and five catches for 37 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter. LeGarrette Blount ran for 44 yards and a touchdown, and fullback James Develin also had a score.
It wasn't a bad day for Patriots running backs, but as a positional group, they're hoping Ridley solves his fumbling woes and regains faith in himself to carry the ball securely.
"Everybody goes through ups and downs," Vereen said. "That's part of the game. When you're down, you need teammates, you need friends to bring you back to where you should be and help you start playing with confidence again."
Getting Ridley back to where he needs to be has been a team effort, Vereen explained.
"As a running back group we're pretty close," he said. "For that reason alone, no one's too far down nobody's too high up. Everybody helps each other and keeps each other going."
In his last three games since returning from short-term injured reserve, Vereen has had 21 catches for 162 yards and 21 carries for 76 yards. He said the wrist injury that kept him out for over two months hasn't slowed him at all in his return.
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AMSTERDAM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted of crimes against humanity in a retrial on Thursday, a decision that could stir tensions between Serbia and its former province and clear the path for his return to mainstream politics.
The judges ruled that there was no evidence that Haradinaj, then a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and two accomplices had taken part in a criminal plan to drive ethnic Serbs out of the province by mistreating them.
"On the contrary, the evidence establishes that, when he heard about the mistreatment of individuals, Haradinaj said no such thing should happen because this is damaging of our cause," the presiding judge, Bakone Justice Moloto, said.
Haradinaj was first acquitted in 2008, but appeal judges ordered a partial retrial, saying the prosecution should have been given more time to make its case.
Idriz Balaj, a former commander of a special KLA unit known as the Black Eagles, and Lahi Brahimaj, Haradinaj's uncle and a a member of the KLA's general staff, were also acquitted in the retrial. Brahimaj has already served the six-year sentence he was given for torture at his first trial.
Judges ruled on Thursday that ethnic Serbs and Albanians had been mistreated in camps controlled by the KLA, but found that nothing linked Haradinaj to these incidents.
On one occasion, Moloto said, Haradinaj had "offered food and accommodation" to an escaped detainee before returning him to his family.
There were gasps and cheers in the courtroom when Haradinaj's acquittal was announced. Fireworks were set off in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, where several hundred people stood in the rain watching the verdict live on a big screen in front of the government building.
Haradinaj, a former nightclub bouncer, was prime minister for only a few months before he resigned in 2005 after being indicted by the U.N. tribunal. (Additional reporting by Radosa Milutinovic in The Hague and Fatos Bytyci in Pristina; Editing by Kevin Liffey)


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The 500,000th Opel Insignia is exit chain of assembly plant in Rüsselsheim, in Germany, at a ceremony chaired by the Director of the factory Axel Scheiben. The vehicle in question is an Insignia Sports Tourer equipped white of the new engine recently launched the 2.0 CDTI BiTurbo (power 143 kW/195 HP, torque 400 Nm).
"We are all in this plant, very proud to live this event. Since the launch of the Insignia in October 2008, our teams are an excellent job. From the beginning, we knew that the Opel Insignia would be a real success. I am delighted that the 500.000th Insignia with the 2. 0 l BiTurbo Diesel engine. which was launched recently and has already received very positive feedback." explained Axel Scheiben.
Insignia 2.0 CDTI BiTurbo: dual sequential turbo and double exchanger.
In addition to its system of sequential turbo with two turbos of different sizes, the Opel Insignia 2.0 CDTI BiTurbo is the first vehicle to be equipped with a system of double intercooler with two completely separate cooling circuits. Through its sequential double system turbo two-stage supercharger, the Insignia has an engine offering both power, revivals and consistency when accelerating. This is particularly true on the Insignia Sports Tourer front-wheel drive when it is equipped with the manual six-speed and the Start/Stop, which can cross the 0 to 100 km/h in 8.9 seconds and a top speed of 228 km/h. If performance are high, the fuel consumption remains reasonable to 5.4 l / 100 km with 134 g/km CO2 emissions.
Outside the block 2.0 BiTurbo CDTI, Insignia family offers three other Diesel engines that can be declined in several combinations of transmissions. The gas blocks, the new 1.4 Turbo ecoFLEX (103 kW/140 HP) was one of the more sober of the segment with a consumption of just 5.7 l / 100 km and 134 g/km of CO2 emissions.
The success story of the Insignia
Since its launch in 2008, the Insignia has won more than 50 national and international awards including the prestigious title of "Car of the year 2009". In terms of reliability, the Opel Insignia recently ranked the best of the cars on the segment of the range vehicles average (September 2011) by the technical control of vehicles of occasion GTU body. In addition, the Opel Insignia has won a great victory in the Dekra 2012 survey of vehicles of occasion, and for the second time in a row. The car ranks first place in its segment by showing the lowest failure rate. Praise from automotive specialists are reflected in the demand of the customers. It is the Russia which is currently the highest score. In 2011, about 150,000 Insignia sold in Europe. The United Kingdom and the Germany are always the most important markets, with respectively 46,000 and 26,000 units.
On all in Rüsselsheim, about 40% are the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer, 40% of sedans five doors and the other 20% of the sedans four doors.
Rüsselsheim: State of the art plant
The State of the art plant in Rüsselsheim came into production in January 2002. It is home to the only plant General Motors of Europe able to assemble vehicles from two different categories on a single assembly line: in this case, compact vehicles and sedans average range.
Rüsselsheim produced 60 vehicles per hour or 860 per day, which include both Insignia body shop five door hatchback, four-door or break Sports Tourer as the five Astra doors. The Assembly line requires therefore a high degree of flexibility. 770 Fully automated robots of the line have been programmed to distinguish between different models. They are able to treat some 9,000 different parts used to build the Opel Insignia. About 3,000 workers in two shifts work in this factory that is one of the automobile plants of the world.sources: OPEL Inc.


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