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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building, London, seen from Whitehall
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|FCO Main Building, King Charles Street, London
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|£1.5 billion (current) & £100 million (capital) in 2011-12 [1]
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), commonly called the Foreign Office, is a department of Her Majesty's Government It is responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide. It was created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.
The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly abbreviated to "Foreign Secretary" (currently Philip Hammond). This position is regarded as one of the four most prestigious appointments in the Cabinet, alongside those of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Together with the Prime Minister, these are the Great Offices of State.
The FCO is managed from day-to-day by a civil servant, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who also acts as the Head of the Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. This position is held by Sir Simon McDonald, who took office on 1 September 2015.
- 1 Responsibilities
- 2 Ministers
- 3 History of the department
- 4 History of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office main building
- 5 Devolution
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
- Safeguarding the UK's national security by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, and working to reduce conflict.
- Building the UK's prosperity by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources, and promoting sustainable global growth.
- Supporting British nationals around the world through modern and efficient consular services.
The FCO Ministers are as follows:[2]
|The Rt Hon Phillip Hammond MP
|Secretary of State
|Overall responsibility
|The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
|Minister of State
|Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh; Central Asia; Human Rights; UN, International Organisations and ICC; All of FCO business in the Lords[3]
|The Rt Hon David Lidington MP
|Minister of State
Minister for Europe
|European Union (including Gibraltar and SBAs); Europe, including Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova; Russia, South Caucasus,NATO and European Security; OSCE and Council of Europe; FCO relations with Parliament; Communications; FCO Finance; Estates and Security; Information and Technology[4]
|The Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP
|Minister of State
|Far East and South East Asia; India and Nepal; Latin America (including: Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba); Falklands; Australasia and Pacific; Commonwealth[5]
|The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham
|Minister of State
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
|Commercial and Economic Diplomacy Department; Economics Unit; UK Trade & Investment; UK Export Finance (Export Credits Guarantee Department); spokesman for the government on trade and investment issues in the House of Lords; core member of the FCO and BIS Ministerial teams providing advice on business policy; chairman of the Council of Business Ambassadors
|Position vacant[6]
|Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
|James Duddridge MP
|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
|Africa; Overseas Territories (not Falklands, SBAs or Gibraltar); Conflict Issues; Climate Change; International Energy; Consular; Protocol; Ministerial Oversight for FCO Services; The Caribbean (not including Dominican Republic, Haiti or Cuba)
|Tobias Ellwood MP
|Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
|Middle East and North Africa, North America, Counter Terrorism, Defence and International Security, Human Resources and Diversity, Olympic and Paralympic Legacy
History of the department[edit]
The Foreign Office[edit]
- Eighteenth century
The Foreign Office was formed in March 1782 by combining the Southern and Northern Departments of the Secretary of State, each of which covered both foreign and domestic affairs in their parts of the Kingdom. The two departments' foreign affairs responsibilities became the Foreign Office, whilst their domestic affairs responsibilities were assigned to the Home Office. The Home Office is technically the senior.[7]
- Nineteenth century
During the 19th century, it was not infrequent for the Foreign Office to approach The Times newspaper and ask for continental intelligence, which was often superior to that conveyed by official sources.[8]
- Twentieth century
During World War I, the Arab Bureau was set up within the British Foreign Office as a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office[edit]
The FCO was formed in 1968, from the merger of the short-lived Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office. The Commonwealth Office had been created only in 1966, by the merger of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Colonial Office, and the Commonwealth Relations Office had been formed by the merger of the Dominions Office and the India Office in 1947—with the Dominions Office having been split from the Colonial Office in 1925.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office held responsibility for international development issues between 1970 and 1974, and again between 1979 and 1997. From 1997, this became the responsibility of the separate Department for International Development.
The National Archives website contains a Government timeline to show the departments responsible for Foreign Affairs from 1945.[9]
When David Miliband took over as Foreign Secretary in June 2007, he set in hand a review of the FCO's strategic priorities. One of the key messages of these discussions was the conclusion that the existing framework of ten international strategic priorities, dating from 2003, was no longer appropriate. Although the framework had been useful in helping the FCO plan its work and allocate its resources, there was agreement that it needed a new framework to drive its work forward.
The new strategic framework consists of three core elements:
- A flexible global network of staff and offices, serving the whole of the UK Government.
- Three essential services that support the British economy, British nationals abroad and managed migration for Britain. These services are delivered through UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), consular teams in Britain and overseas, and UK Visas and Immigration.
- Four policy goals:
- countering terrorism and weapons proliferation and their causes
- preventing and resolving conflict
- promoting a low carbon, high-growth, global economy
- developing effective international institutions, in particular the United Nations and the European Union.
In August 2005, a report by management consultant group Collinson Grant was made public by Andrew Mackinlay. The report severely criticised the FCO's management structure, noting:
- The Foreign Office could be "slow to act".
- Delegation is lacking within the management structure.
- Accountability was poor.
- The FCO could feasibly cut 1200 jobs.
- At least £48 million could be saved annually.
The Foreign Office commissioned the report to highlight areas which would help it achieve its pledge to reduce spending by £87 million over three years. In response to the report being made public, the Foreign Office stated it had already implemented the report's recommendations. [1]
In April 2006 a new executive agency was established, FCO Services, to provide corporate service functions. In April 2008 it moved to Trading Fund status so it had the ability to provide similar services which it already offers to the FCO, to other government departments and even outside businesses.
In 2009, Gordon Brown created the position of chief scientific adviser (CSA) to the FCO. The first science adviser was David C. Clary.[10]
On 25 April 2010, the department apologised after The Sunday Telegraph obtained a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of Pope Benedict XVI to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" condoms, the opening of an abortion clinic and the blessing of a same-sex marriage.[11]
In 2012, the Foreign Office was criticised by Gerald Steinberg, of the Jerusalem-based research institute, NGO Monitor, saying that the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development to Palestinian NGOs provided more than £500,000 in funding to Palestinian NGOs which he says "promote political attacks on Israel." In response, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said, "we are very careful about who and what we fund. The objective of our funding is to support efforts to achieve a two-state solution. Funding a particular project for a limited period of time does not mean that we endorse every single action or public comment made by an NGO or by its employees."[12]
In September 2012, the FCO and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding on diplomatic cooperation, which promotes the co-location of embassies, the joint provision of consular services, and common crisis response. The project has been criticised for further diminishing the UK's influence in Europe.[13]
History of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office main building[edit]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office occupies a building which originally provided premises for four separate government departments: the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office, and the Home Office. Construction on the building began in 1861 and finished in 1868, and it was designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott.[14] Its architecture is in the Italianate style; Scott had initially envisaged a Gothic design, but Lord Palmerston, then Prime Minister, insisted on a classical style.[14] English sculptors Henry Hugh Armstead and John Birnie Philip produced a number of allegorical figures ('Art', 'Law', 'Commerce', etc.) for the exterior.
In 1925, the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite.[15] During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.[15]
Due to increasing numbers of staff, the offices became increasingly cramped and much of the fine Victorian interior was covered over—especially after World War II. In the 1960s, demolition was proposed, as part of major redevelopment plan for the area drawn up by architect Sir Leslie Martin.[14] A subsequent public outcry prevented these proposals from ever being implemented. Instead, the Foreign Office became a Grade 1 listed building in 1970.[14] In 1978, the Home office moved to a new building, easing overcrowding.
With a new sense of the building's historical value, it underwent a 17-year, £100 million restoration process, completed in 1997.[14] The Locarno Suite, used as offices and storage since the Second World War, was fully restored for use in international conferences. The building is now open to the public each year over Open House Weekend.
In 2014 refurbishment to accommodate all Foreign and Commonwealth Office employees into one building was started by Mace.[16]
List of Foreign and Commonwealth Office home properties[edit]
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building, Whitehall, King Charles St, London (abbreviated to KCS by FCO staff)
- Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London (abbreviated to OAB by FCO staff)
- Hanslope Park, Hanslope, Milton Keynes (abbreviated to HSP by FCO staff). Location of FCO Services, HMGCC and Technical Security Department of the UK Secret Intelligence Service)
International relations are handled centrally from Westminster on behalf of the whole of Britain and its dependencies. However, the devolved administrations also maintain an overseas presence in the European Union, the USA and China alongside British diplomatic missions. These offices aim to promote their regional economies and ensure that devolved interests are taken into account in British foreign policy. Ministers from devolved administrations can attend international negotiations when permitted by the British Government e.g. EU fisheries negotiations.[17]
UK and devolved administration ministers meet at approximately quarterly intervals through the Joint Ministerial Committee (Europe), chaired by the Foreign Secretary to "discuss matters bearing on devolved responsibilities that are under discussion within the European Union."[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Department for International Development
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office migrated archives
- Stabilisation Unit
- ^ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Our ministers". GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE". gov.uk.
- ^ "The Rt Hon David Lidington MP". fco.gov.uk.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP". fco.gov.uk.
- ^ "Grant Shapps quits amid Tory bullying claims". Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ A brief history of the FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- ^ Weller, Toni (June 2010). "The Victorian information age: nineteenth century answers to today's information policy questions?". History & Policy. United Kingdom: History & Policy. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Clary, David (2013-09-16). "A Scientist in the Foreign Office". Science & Diplomacy 2 (3).
- ^ "Apology over Pope 'condom' memo". BBC News. 25 April 2010.
- ^ "'Investigate UK funding of Palestinian NGOs'". thejc.com.
- ^ Gaspers, Jan (November 2012). "At the Helm of a New Commonwealth Diplomatic Network: In the United Kingdom's Interest?". Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e Foreign & Commonwealth Office History Archived 24 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Route" (PDF). fco.gov.uk.
- ^ "Mace wins £20m Whitehall Foreign Office refit". http://www.constructionenquirer.com/.
- ^ Scottish gains at Euro fish talks, Scottish Government, 16 December 2009
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|Dr Ian Hardy's research interests include social theory in education, sociology of education, educational policy, politics and practice, Pierre Bourdieu and education, professional practice, teacher professional development, teacher education, and higher education. Ian draws heavily upon qualitative research methods, and his research is heavily informed by various social theoretical (and philosophical) approaches.
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DENVER (AP) - Arron Afflalo hit a 21-foot baseline jumper with 18.4 seconds left in overtime, and the Denver Nuggets, down by 17 points in the third quarter, rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 112-109 Monday night.
Kenyon Martin had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Chauncey Billups
had 23 points for the Nuggets, who improved to 3-0 in overtime this
season and averted being swept in their three-game season series
with the Kings.
The Nuggets, playing a fifth straight game without All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony (ankle) also got 15 points from Ty Lawson, 14 points from Nene and Afflalo had six of his 12 points in the extra period.
Spencer Hawes had 23 points and Kevin Martin had 22 for Sacramento, which lost for the third time in four OT games. The Kings lost their 10th road game in a row.
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J. Crew is trying to capitalize on Michelle Obama's comment this week on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she purchased her outfit on the retailer's Web site. (View the interview.)
J. Crew has added both "Michelle" and "Obama" as search terms on its site, which takes shoppers to skirt she wore that night (Pembridge-dot skirt, $105).
The apparel retailer also purchased Google ads offering "the look Michelle Obama wore on the Tonight Show." The ad appears as a sponsored-result in a Google search for "Michelle Obama Jay Leno."
Earlier this year, the White House/Black Market unit of Chico's FAS touted the fact that Mrs. Obama had announced on ABC's "The View" that she was wearing a $148 dress she had bought at one of its stores.
Would you buy clothes you saw worn on TV by a talk show guest? — Elva Ramirez


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The ability to order something online and pick it up is very appealing to consumers, even though doing so apparently doesn't save us any time. Now Kohl's, another retailer that had been testing this delivery method in fewer than 10% of their stores, is rolling it out nationwide. [More]
Kohl's Rolls Out Buy Online, Pick Up In Store Nationwide
Walmart Entices Shoppers To Try Online Grocery Pickup With Discounts
Does the idea of placing an online grocery order at Walmart and then simply visiting the store to pick it up appeal to you? Walmart is now experimenting with a few pilot stores where you can do just that, and now they're experimenting with special discounts to get customers to try it out. [More]
Walmart Testing Online Grocery Ordering And Pickup In Denver
Ordering stuff online for in-store pickup is convenient and saves on delivery fees, but would you do it with groceries? Would you do it with groceries at Walmart? That's what the mega-retailer hopes to find out by testing "Walmart To Go" service in Colorado. They've combined their grocery delivery and in-store pickup business models, which just might be the logical coc [More]
Sears Messes Up, I Have To Face Life Without A Light-Up Skiing Santa Pig
Mike had a simple desire. He wanted a lighted skiing pig Christmas decoration. He wanted several of them, actually. Sears had them available, so he placed an online order, choosing in-store pickup. Sears e-mailed him that his order was ready, and he happily drove 40 miles to Sears in winter weather to pick it up. If you've ever placed an online order with Sears, you know what happened next. [More]
Barnes & Noble's Online Price Match Policy Still Confuses Customers, Drives Them Away
"Barnes and Noble apparently hates money," Travis wrote in the subject line while e-mailing us about his most recent shopping experience there. Well, that can't be: we thought that all stores liked more business and more money, unless they're massive anti-capitalist pranks like Sears or Lenovo. He stopped by his local Barnes & Noble to use a coupon while getting human interaction. That's when he collided with Barnes & Noble's price matching policy. [More]
New On eBay: In-Store Pickup, For Toys 'R' Us And Best Buy
Exciting news from eBay! The site now lets sellers offer in-store pickup or ship-to-store, just like shopping on the sites of national retail chains. That should be no surprise, though: the first sellers to launch the new option are Best Buy and Toy 'R' Us. Wait, Best Buy and Toys 'R' Us sell on eBay? [More]
Why Finish Line Can't Sell Me The Shoes That Are 2 Miles Away, Ships Them From Opposite Coast
"How hard could it be?" Tom asked himself when he set out to use an online-only Finish Line coupon to buy some sneakers. He could stop by his local store and pick the shoes up on his way home from work. Simple! Only not all that simple. It seems like the online and in-store inventory systems of national chain retailers should be integrated, but things are, as they always seem to be in the real world, not that simple. [More]
Why In-Store Pickup Is Kind Of Weird
Jeremy blames the strangeness of his recent electrical cord reel puchase on Sears, but nothing about it was peculiar to that retailer. There was a $20 discrepancy in price for the same item online rather than in the store. Now, few stores price-match online retailers or price-match themselves. What they do offer is in-store pickup for your online order. Jeremy took this to its ridiculous but logical conclusion and purchased his item online, then carried it to the pickup area and out the door. [More]
Toys R Us Takes Holiday Toy Orders, Then Ignores Customers
Yesterday, we shared JC's sad story about the Little Tikes pizza oven he ordered from Toys R Us that is stuck in the bowels of the Toys R Us ordering apparatus with no explanation. He ordered that kitchen much earlier than most customers, but he's not alone in wondering where his order went. In Jen's case, she just went ahead and ordered the same item cheaper from another vendor, but couldn't get through to TRU to cancel her original order. [More]
Demanding A Refund From Toys 'R' Us Leads To Infighting, Tears
Cami ordered some car seats online for in-store pickup at a local Toys 'R' Us store. When the order came, the seats were the wrong model. No problem: she just refused the order, which would put the seats back in store inventory and trigger a refund to the card used for the purchase. Right? Er, no. Ordering from the online presence of your favorite local retailer and picking up in the store isn't as seamless as it might appear. You're really dealing with two separate stores, and two separate retail operations. In Cami's case, this meant that two different departments of the same company were effectively arguing over who owed her a refund. [More]
At Least I Tried To Buy A Vacuum From Best Buy
Gregg ordered a new Dyson vacuum this past weekend, and used a Best Buy gift card toward the purchase. When he arrived at the store, his order wasn't ready, even though the exact item he had ordered wasn't on the sales floor. They couldn't rush the online order process, couldn't give him back the $30 from the gift card for his in-store purchase, and couldn't do much of anything useful. So he waited for a refund and bought the same item from Lowe's. The notification e-mail never did come through. [More]
Sears In-Store Pickup: Not Fast, Not In Stock, Not Helpful
Sears is trying to coax actual customers into its stores with great sales, but don't be fooled. They're still Sears. Donald ordered some tools for in-store pickup in order to save on shipping, but the store didn't actually have the items they promised. Not "didn't have them waiting for him," but "didn't have them at all." While he waited for forty-five minutes, he couldn't help but feel insulted when he saw a sign touting in-store pickup as "fast, in stock, and helpful." Zero for three, really. [More]
Sears Actually Has No Idea When Your Item Showed Up At The Store
This holiday season, Sears continues its mission as an elaborate anti-capitalist prank, mocking the feeble attempts that shoppers make to obtain useful information from customer service representatives, and preventing consumers from exchanging money for merchandise. LouAnn, a longtime Sears customer, was left so frustrated after a recent encounter with the retailer that the vented to Consumerist, "I am tired of giving MY money to companies who CLEARLY don't understand that I have a choice of where and how to spend my money." That could be a mission statement for this site. [More]
How 'Convenient' In-Store Pickup Became Four Inconvenient Trips To Best Buy
Oliver thought that ordering online from Best Buy and then picking his purchase up from his local store would be the fastest and most convenient way to get his purchase from the retailer. Normally it would be, except for one key detail: he had Best Buy gift cards to use up, but had forgotten to use them when he placed the order online. Best Buy's computers couldn't cop with this mistake, and he was punished by having to make four 80-mile round trips to the nearest Best Buy store to get his purchase. [More]
Check Your Best Buy Receipt Carefully Before Signing For In-Store Pickup Purchases
Best Buy's in-store pickup for online purchases is a handy option, but beware. You could be the victim of a sudden price increase. After Kevin's wallet fell victim to a price adjustment after the fact, he wrote in to warn other consumers. [More]
It's Cheaper To Order Online While Standing In Sears Than To Shop At Sears
In a perfect consumer world, perhaps brick-and-mortar stores would price-match their own websites. Perhaps front-line employees would be permitted to use their own judgment once in a while. In this perfect world, it definitely would not be cheaper and easier to purchase an item for in-store pickup on your smartphone while standing in the store. [More]
Even Sears Doesn't Know What It Sells Anymore
Sears might be doing an okay job with adjusting to doing business in the 21st century if they weren't stuck with a pesky brick-and-mortar store network. Maybe. When John returned a malfunctioning dehumidifier to his local store, he wanted to exchange it for a working one. He couldn't, though, because the item was out of stock. Logical enough: dehumidifiers are popular in the summer. Yet he was able to go home, order the item online, and pick it up at the very store he had just been told was out of the item. [More]
Best Buy Store Won't Price-Match Website, Still Does In-Store Pickup
Reader B. is a Best Buy employee, and has a moral problem with a new policy. This policy may just be at B.'s store or in that district, but it's still annoying. Employees have been told that they can no longer price-match BestBuy.com. They can, however, help the customer place an order online for in-store pickup from inside the store, then wait around for up to half an hour. This seems inefficient at best to B, but sounds familiar to us. [More]


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General Admission Requirements
You must have a high school diploma/its equivalent
be 18 years of age or older, and be able to benefit from a program of study at BRCC.
Information for non-native English speakers
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Students Planning to Work Towards a Degree, Diploma, or Certificate
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Ways to Show Proficiency
- Take the Virginia Placement Test (VPT) in mathematics and/or English OR
- Submit Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of 500/Critical Reading, 500/Writing and 520/Math OR
- Submit ACT scores of 18/Reading, 18/English, and 22/Math OR
- Submit transcripts showing completion of developmental or college-level English or mathematics classes from another college or university.
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Suffolk County Day Camps
Here are the camps that match your search inquiry. If you would like help narrowing your list of camps or figuring out which camp is right for your child, contact Renee Flax, Director of Camper Placement at 212.391.5208/1.800.777-CAMP or by email email@example.com. You may also register on our site to receive a free, customized list of camps based on your needs and those that best fit your child.
If you would like to see detailed camp pages and add camps to your camp list, you must register. If you have previously registered, please log in.
Huntington Township YMCA Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Holtsville, NY
YMCA Youth Camp is the place for a summer of fun, healthy and safe outdoor activities. Youngsters participate in traditional camp activities, exciting special events, life skills programming and outside entertainment. The camp experience is designed to help youngsters develop new friendships, experience independence and acquire new skills. Campers are organized by grade in coed groups. They receive swim lessons 3 days a week, followed by recreational swim. Our 4th and 5th graders will take local trips once a week. Kindergarten through 3rd graders attend movies at the Cinema Arts Center!
Hidden Pond Day Camp at The Rinx
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Western Suffolk County, Hauppauge, New York
Hidden Pond has comprehnsive Athletic and Creative Arts Programs with beautiful nature trails and activities on our 97 acre site; Daily Lunch and Afternoon Snack are served; AM Red Cross Swim Instruction, PM Recreactional Swim in heated pools is provided, Everyone ice Skates on 1 of our 2 professional size ice Rinks; Everyday has a theme with Special Event throughout the summer; We have mature and experienced Instructors, Coaches, and Counselor staff; There is a Nurse and EMT on site all day; Early drop off (7 am)and late pick up (up to 6 pm) is available.
Samuel Field Y
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Suffolk County, Wheatley Heights, New York
Welcome to The Samuel Field Y - a not-for-profit organization created and maintained in the tradition of community service - stretching out a helping hand to all of our neighbors, regardless of race, religion or economic circumstances. For over 50 years, the Samuel Field Y has been a strong, vital presence within the communities of Northeast Queens and Western Nassau County providing high quality programs and services for people of all ages and stages of life. Our multi-faceted agency has two main locations, in Little Neck and in Bay Terrace, as well as 17 off-site locations. The diverse array of outstanding programs offered by the Samuel Field Y include camping, educational and recreational activities and resources, mental health, Jewish culture, as well as services that support individuals with disabilities and families beset by difficult life challenges. For the young, we offer nursery school, full day childcare, after-school programs, summer day camp and sleep-away camp, special services for children with developmental disabilities and a long list of dynamic teen programs.
YPDC of Suffolk
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Smithtown, NY
We're ready to give your children an unforgettable summer. Consider these benefits of sending your children to Young People's Day Camp of Suffolk. Licensed by the NYS Health Dept. and accredited by the ACA for your child's safety. Daily door-to-door transportation to eliminate hassles and worry. Activities supervised by licensed teachers/administrators. We are professionals. Superior camper/counselor ratio to cater to your children's individual needs. We are your best dollar value
Crestwood Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Long Island, Melville, New York
Since 1956, Crestwood has been giving children the best gift of all: a Fun, Creative and Joyful experience that will last a lifetime. The skills and values mastered with us, whether it be in our summer recreational program or Nursery school, will likely never be forgotten and always cherished. The confidence and self-esteem that is enhanced at Crestwood will give your child a far better chance of succeeding in this fast-changing and challenging era.
Camp Edey
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Bayport , NY
Camp Edey, located on 95 acres of wetland preserve in Bayport serves girls entering 1st through 9th grade. A typical day runs from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Before and after camp care is available. Camp Edey day camp provides a wide variety of activities to meet the needs of every girl.
Camp Kehilla Special Needs
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
75 Colonel Springs Road Wheatley Heights, NY
Over the last 20 years, Camp Kehilla has continued to initiate new opportunities and experiences for Special Needs campers while maintaining our trademark integrity and passion.
Camp Alvernia
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Centerport, New York
Recreational Day Camp, offering activities including field and court games, arts and crafts, and boating. Providing lunch daily.
Kenwal Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Melville, NY
Kenwal Day Camp is located in Melville, New York on 20 acres of greenery accented by the finest summer day camp facilities and equipment to ensure every camper ages 3 to 15, hours of enjoyment.
Hampton Country Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
The Hamptons, East Hampton, NY
Hampton Country Day Camp is a full summer day camp located in East Hampton, NY. Offering team and individual sports, aquatics, tennis, crafts, performing arts, art, and nature. H.C.D.C. is the premier summer camp experience in the Hamptons.
Brookhaven Roe YMCA Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Suffolk County, Holtsville, New York
The Brookhaven Roe YMCA is dedicated to providing programs and services that promote character development-specifically respect, responsibility, honesty and caring. Our goal is to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. At the YMCA Day Camp, you never have to worry about your child's safety. All programs are carefully planned and supervised by YMCA professionals. Camp is available for children 3 thru 15 years of age.
Camp Sobaco
Day Camp for Girls
Bayport, NY
Camp Sobaco in Yaphank is a 42-acre stretch of pine barrens on the Carmans River. Co-ed camping is available during the summer, and seasonal weekend troop camping during other times of the year. Camp Sobaco also offers a year-round Environmental Education Center and is the home of "In Katie's Care," the Council's year-round respite center. Girl Scouts of Suffolk County publishes a camp guide each February. It is mailed to the household of every Girl Scout in Suffolk County.
Great South Bay YMCA Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Bay Shore, NY
Our YMCA Youth Camp encourages campers to have fun while participating in group activities, events and trips which develop creativity, independence, and a sense of teamwork. Campers will partake in art/crafts, dance instruction, music, theatre, karate, sports, cooking, ga-ga, swimming, inflatable moonbounce, rock climbing, waterslides, trips and a whole lot more! Youth Camp is designed to give campers a wide variety of activities, make friends, and build character
Gan Israel Day Camps
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Suffolk County, NY, East Northport, NY
Gan Israel Day Camps of Suffolk County is a summer camp dedicated to enriching the lives of all children from diverse Jewish backgrounds and/or affiliations. Under the supervision of loving and caring staff that are carefully chosen from all over the country, Gan Israel offers a stimulating camping experience. Gan Israel gives the children a great camp experience, while at the same time, instilling a healthy dose of Jewish pride!
Park Shore Country Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Suffolk County, Dix Hills, New York
We pride ourselves on being diversified and offering a variety of programs to meet the needs of the many families we serve. Each program is planned with the utmost of care, so that our campers thoroughly enjoy their Park Shore experience.
Ivy League Day Camp
Day Camp for Boys and Girls
Suffolk County, Smithtown, New York
Ivy League is celebrating our 50th year in serving children. Originally opened as a one room schoolhouse, Ivy League has grown into a children's services center that includes our Nursery School, Elementary School and Middle School and of course our Day Camp. Ivy League is a nationally recognized day camp that plays a leading role in the American Camping Association.


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November 26, 2015
Investigators say a dispute over money apparently led a man to set fire to his father's mobile home.
Dallas County sheriff's investigators said 19-year-old Christopher Kinard was booked on a second-degree arson charge Tuesday.
Authorities said the camper trailer, located off U.S. Highway 80, went up in flames Tuesday and was heavily damaged. There were no injuries.
Kinard reportedly confessed to starting the fire because his father would not allow him to retrieve his monthly check.
He was placed in the Dallas County Jail under $20,000 bond.
Under Alabama law, 2nd degree arson is a Class B felony.
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Phillip Friend
Two days after Russell and Rebecca Porter were reported missing from their Willard home, Phillip Friend was taken into police custody.
It was not until Wednesday more than a year and a half later that Friend became the third man indicted by a Taney County grand jury in the deaths of the Porters, and arrested anew.
It isnt clear if the earlier arrest was linked to the couples disappearance. Prosecutors believe the Porters, though reported missing April 20, were killed April 18, 2011.
Court documents say Willard police arrested Friend on April 22, 2011, based on evidence he possibly possessed stolen property. After multiple Willard residents reported burglaries in mid-April, police served a search warrant at an Everton home where they found a flat-screen TV, laptops, a bag of video games, a shotgun and other items. The homeowner told police that Friend and another man had arrived in a silver truck and unloaded the items.
When the homeowner asked where all the items came from, the homeowner said he was told that Friend got kicked out and the less he knew the better.
Willard police questioned Friend but released him, and charges were not filed.
Authorities have kept mostly mum about the investigation that has led to charges in the death of the Porters, including any information about motive. Documents filed in Friends arrest accuse him of murder but do not contain many other details. They do not mention the 2011 arrest.
Information about that arrest, and others over the last five years, are detailed in court records filed at the Greene County Circuit Clerks office. The file on Friend stems from a 2007 methamphetamine possession charge for which he received probation as part of a plea agreement. The April 22 arrest was one of three probation violations noted in Friends file.
Friend was scheduled to finish his probation on Thursday but was indicted and arrested Wednesday in Kansas City.
Another probation violation stemmed from a 2010 allegation from Friends ex-wife, who said Friend destroyed her windshield by striking it with his fist. The third violation came when Friend was arrested on Aug. 14, 2011, for driving while his license was revoked.
Taney County Prosecutor Jeff Merrell confirmed that Friend is the son of Tony Friend, who was charged with the Porters deaths on Oct. 3, along with Dusty Hicks. Merrell said Hicks is also related to Tony Friend.
All three are charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and two counts of felonious restraint. Hicks and Tony Friend have pleaded not guilty.
Other filings show that Phillip Friend is the father of three young daughters. He was born in Arkansas and had lived in Kansas and Nebraska before moving to Missouri. He earned a General Education Development certificate in 2009, according to the filings.


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My "job" (that word just doesn't cover it!)
looks different every hour, every day.
My caseload this year is SO interesting...with the appropriate supports, the students are academic dynamos! I am barely differentiating content from the first grade curriculum and instead focusing on presentation. BIG areas of concern are speech and language, PT, and OT. We are also working with unique hearing and vision impairments. I've been spending a majority of my time parallel teaching in small groups to offer more visual, hands-on experiences, as well as extended time and practice. It's been loads of fun, except....SCHEDULING. No me gusta.
I have individual students with up to three service hours per day AND they also have pull-out related services (OT, PT, SPL). This makes scheduling
impossible challenging.
The latest interims indicate that my students' enrichments are suffering as a result. The enrichments our first graders participate in are: Music, Science, Art, Spanish, and Health & Wellness (physical education).
At an IEP meeting last week, there was a lot of discussion about students being scheduled for related services during these enrichments in order to avoid missing the crucial math and literacy content in the classroom. It's such a tricky area...how do you decide what a student should miss? I don't want them to miss a single thing!
At my school, we are still tackling this issue. In the meantime, I'm collaborating with the Spanish teacher (who is WONDERFUL!!) to create support materials for both the students and their families to review at home. Despite taking FIVE years of Espanol, I am completely clueless (& this is just first grade!). We are currently working on Las Frutas. I put together this simple picture/text file...hope you find it useful!
Graphics: Tammy Ferrell
Font: Rowdy in Room 300
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A Dulce man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2011 car crash that killed a resident of the Jicarilla Apache reservation.
Prosecutors say 32-year-old Jeremiah Burns entered his plea Friday.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Burns will be sentenced to 20 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Burns' sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled.
He was arrested in August in connection with the fatal crash that occurred on the Jicarilla Apache Nation on Oct. 22, 2011.
Prosecutors say Burns was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana which rendered him incapable of exercising clear judgment and a steady hand in handling a vehicle.


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Archive for the 'tech' tag
The Week in Social Analytics #86
It's Friday, so that means it's time for This Week in Social Analytics and our favorite posts of the past week in the world of measurement, analytics, and social media. See a great piece we missed? Link to it in the comments, or tell us about it on Twitter or Facebook.
2014 Edelman Trust Barometer [from Edelman]
"The technology industry continues to lead as the most trusted sector."
3 Scientific Studies With Real Insight Into Social Media [from Convince and Convert; written by Pratik Dholakiya]
"As marketers, we can't always wait for the data to catch up to our hunches, but we are foolish if we ignore it once it arrives, and the data is telling a fairly consistent story. Audience retention and interaction are key: reach is secondary." (Emphasis original.)
If you read one piece today, make it this one.
Instagram Is The Fastest-Growing Social Site Globally, Mobile Devices Rule Over PCs For Access [from TechCrunch; written by Ingrid Lunden]
"According to research published today by the GlobalWebIndex, Instagram is growing the fastest of all social media sites worldwide, increasing its active user base by 23% in the last six months."
8 Ways to Stand Out on Instagram [from Social Media Today; written by Stephanie Clegg]
"Your images are the most important thing on Instagram. You want to make sure they fit in with the feel and vibe of your brand but more importantly they have to fit in with the vibe of the Instagram community. Instagram is a thriving community and like on any social network, if you want to survive and succeed you are going to have to play by their rules."
How Social Media Influences Purchase Decisions – Statistics And Trends | Infographic [from Invesp Blog; written by Khalid Saleh]
"4 in 10 Social Media users have purchased an item online or in-store after sharing it or marking it as a Favorite on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest. 71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals."
Click through for full infographic.
The Rise of Visual Storytelling [from B2B Marketing Insider; written by Michael Brenner]
"All this available information and data is creating a battle for customer attention between brands, publishers, and each one of us who creates content. But more importantly, it's forcing businesses to think and act like publishers."
The answer to gaining some of this precious attention? Visual content.
Is Tumblr Right for my Business? [from Intuit Small Business Blog; written by Brenda Barron]
"Just because you don't offer a visual product doesn't mean you should avoid Tumblr. Your use of the site just might not be as intuitive at first.
In lieu of posting product photos, consider posting photos related to your products. For instance, eyeglass maker Warby Parker doesn't merely offer photos of its high-end frames. . .The company promotes a lifestyle — what people who wear its glasses do — and sells indirectly by posting compelling content that goes beyond its products."
And here's a bonus video to check out from this week's Digital-Life-Design conference: A conversation on creativity and tech, featuring David Karp, Georg Petschnigg, and Felix Salmon [DLD14 - On Creating Tech]
Tech blogs rule CES. Tech brands don't.
Last week, we tracked tweets about CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, which ran from January 6 – January 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 140,000 people from around the world attended this enormous technology and electronics event.
And when we say enormous, we really do mean enormous. We used the TweetReach Tracker to monitor tweets for one week around CES (the two days leading up to the event, the four days of the event, and the day after the event). And during that week, we tracked:
443,290 tweets
from 136,738 contributors
generating 1,112,409,883 impressions
reaching 42,200,045 people
That's more than 1.1 billion impressions delivered to a potential unique audience of more than 42 million people. Nearly half a million tweets were posted about CES, from more than 135 thousand different Twitter accounts. That's pretty enormous.
The number of tweets about CES reached a high point on January 7, the second day of the event, resulting in more than 130,000 tweets posted that day.
During the main hours of the event on January 7 (from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST), an average of 7,162 tweets were posted every hour, with a maximum of 8,429 between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. During the four days of the trade show, an average of 3,700 tweets were posted every hour, with generally higher volumes in the afternoons.
We expected to see a lot of tweets from – and retweets of – major tech and electronics brands. And while there were definitely plenty of tweets about CES from accounts like @BlackBerry (and @BlackBerryHelp), @SamsungTweets, @kodakCB, and @Sony, most high-impact tweets came from other sources. The most influential contributors in this Tracker were mostly mainstream media outlets, tech blogs, and geeky celebrities, with only a couple tech companies making a big impact. Here's a list of the top 12 most influential contributors to the CES Tracker. These 12 accounts contributed the top 50 tweets by overall exposure (our impressions metric) and accounted for 148 million of those 1.1 billion total impressions.
This was definitely one of the biggest events we've ever tracked tweets about, especially in terms of overall impressions generated. We're curious what will top it. Maybe the Academy Awards? Guess we'll see next month.
PS – If you're interested in how we calculate reach, exposure and our metrics, we explain it all here. Also, we've been tracking tweets about the Verizon iPhone and wrote up an analysis of those tweets here. If you think this CES data is impressive, check out the iPhone data.


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These three civilizations were known as the greatest and most advanced tribes in the world.
The Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans were the one of the first people to start a civilization on America. These tribes started a great civilization in Central, and South America. Mayan the Aztec, Inca, and Mayan civilization had characteristics that were similar and different to each other. These empires controlled the valleys of America for hundreds of years.
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|Retinal vascular findings and penile cavernosal artery blood flow.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 14632859 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: To assess the correlation between retinal vascular findings and penile cavernosal arterial blood flow, as it is probable that systemic atherosclerotic vascular disease is important in male erectile dysfunction (ED), and being systemic, it might be possible to evaluate the extent of atherosclerosis from retinal vascular findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 75 patients with ED; any with a history of pelvic injury, pelvic surgery, or diabetes mellitus were excluded. All patients gave fully informed consent. Ocular fundus photographs were taken with an automatic-focus fundus camera under amydriatic conditions. Three ophthalmologists, unaware of the patients' detailed data, evaluated the photographs using Hyman's classification to evaluate retinal vascular findings. Blood flow in the penile cavernosal artery was measured with colour Doppler ultrasonography, and the peak systolic velocity used as a haemodynamic variable. Correlations among the peak systolic velocity, retinal vascular findings and vascular risk factors (including hypertension, age, cigarette smoking, and hyperlipidaemia) were investigated using multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Of the 75 patients, 72 (96%) had both right and left retinal vascular images of sufficient quality for evaluation; 37 were classified as normal and 35 as Grade I, while no patient was Grade II. From a logistic regression multivariate analysis, the peak systolic velocity was the only significant factor correlating with retinal vascular findings, with an odds ratio of 3.34. In contrast, hypertension, age, cigarette smoking and hyperlipidaemia did not correlate significantly with the retinal vascular findings. Similarly, the retinal vascular finding was the only significant factor correlating with the peak systolic velocity of cavernosal blood flow (odds ratio 3.28) and again hypertension, age, cigarette smoking and hyperlipidaemia were not significant factors. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the assumption that penile erectile function is one of the diseases of atherosclerosis, and emerges nearly simultaneously with retinal vascular disease. It is possible to predict penile arterial conditions in patients with ED from their retinal vascular findings. Thus, amydriatic fundoscopy, a simple practical examination, may be helpful for primary physicians in diagnosing and treating ED.
|Y Kawanishi; K Kimura; R Nakanishi; A Numata; H Taguchi
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|Title: BJU international Volume: 92 ISSN: 1464-4096 ISO Abbreviation: BJU Int. Publication Date: 2003 Dec
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|Created Date: 2003-11-24 Completed Date: 2004-01-29 Revised Date: 2006-07-18
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Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
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Impotence, Vasculogenic / etiology*, physiopathology
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Although a similar white-supremacy demonstration occurred four years ago without incident, Gettysburg National Military Park officials charged with policing the Aryan Nations rally say they're not taking any chances.
"We'll be looking at that (2006) plan and tweaking it a bit," said park spokesman Katie Lawhon, when a permit was approved for the Aryan Nations to hold the June 19 rally. "In general, the event went smoothly in 2006 and there was a lot of coordination and we had a lot of excellent assistance from other law enforcement agencies."
Despite the success, there remain differences between the 2006 demonstration by the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the rally planned by the Aryan Nations.
Particularly, Aryan Nations members will be allowed to carry firearms on park grounds, under a new federal law that took effect in February. As a result, Aryan Nations Maryland State Leader Gordon Young has said the group intends to bring two rifles to "protect" the group's national director Paul Mullet.
It is unlikely that members of the group will carry additional firearms, Young said. But, he added, if he hears of opposition groups attending the rally armed, then he will encourage Aryan Nations members to respond accordingly.
"I'm not going into a gun fight with a knife," he said.
Furthermore, Young said members from the Aryan Nations may attend a vigil planned to showcase diversity and acceptance by the Adams Unity Coalition, which is comprised of representatives from local organizations including the YWCA Gettysburg and Adams County.
Young said it would be "interesting" to "stir the pot" by attending the vigil, but he admitted the group would only be able to attend if the battlefield rally ended early. That's because the vigil will take place from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, while the battlefield rally is will occur from 1 to 3 p.m. on the park's lawn west of the Cyclorama Center.
"The 'unity vigil' is open to everyone and I'm not going to say I don't want them there," said YWCA Missions Director Ashley Andyshak Hayes. "We just hope anyone who attends these unity events will be respectful, use respectful language and have an attitude of unity."
Pfc. Christopher Folster of the Gettysburg Police Department said if Aryan Nations members were to attend the vigil, the department will respond to any incidents as called.
"There's a possibility of (security) concerns, but it would depend upon their plans when they got there," he said. "All I can say is that if an incident occurred and someone called us than we will respond accordingly."
Young has said Aryan Nations in no way condones violence and he complimented the Park Service for their efforts in 2006 saying, "It went great and the law enforcement did a really good job."
Although park officials have said they do not support the views of the Aryan Nations, they're still obligated to accommodate those exercising their First Amendment rights, Lawhon has said.


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First the Leu was aligned to the Ruble and this happened right after the World War II. In 1975 Romania intensified its economic relations with countries outside the capitalist regime and thus – various exchange rates were introduced and adjusted.
During the period from 1968 to 1990, there were 3 major exchange rates in Romania and those were – the basic rate which acted as basis for premium calculations, the commercial rate and the noncommercial/tourist rate for residents traveling to other countries. Major thing happened in 1990 because the above 2 and 3 exchanges were merged at a weekly adjusted Effective Rate, which is being linked to trade basket.
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As for the level of inflation in Romania, it used to be really high because of the foreign aids which aimed at removing the exchange control. This actually lead to the replacement of the Effective rate by an Interbank rate which was daily determined at a special fixing in the interbank foreign exchange market. Ever since then, the interbank rate is determined via daily auctions which are conducted by the NBR.
The National Bank of Romania is the main regulator of the country and every forex trader should be aware of this fact. Its main target is to keep the local currency stable and avoid higher level of inflations. However, the current situation of the country is more or less better than the old one because the GDPGross Domestic Product. Generally measures how big an economy is. It represents the market value of all products and services produced by an economy for a certain period - monthly, quarterly and annual. GDP per capita generally represents a country's standard of living. is higher than previous years.
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Remember those "Drill, baby, drill!" chants at the Republican convention? I hate to bring back such vile memories, but it appears that President Bush was listening. Late on November 4th, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a Dec. 19 auction of more than 360,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of Arches National Park and two other redrock national parks in Utah. Needless to say, environmentalists and parks officials are outraged.
Robert Redford appeared on last night's Rachel Maddow Show to talk about the issue and why it's just another display of cynicism on the part of the administration.
"Bush's environmental policies have been a disaster, but that's no surprise when you look at the history of what he's done since he came in," Redford said. "So, I think he's serious, but whether it's going to work or not I think depends on if the public wakes up to what's going on and how it's going to affect their own personal interests. If you look at the Bush Administration's cynicism — and it's also been devious — whenever they couldn't get a bill passed legitimately, they would go behind our backs. And when you stop and think about 30 years — 30 years of hard work to get certain protections –protections like clean water, clean air, the environmental policy act; those were acts to protect the public and the land that we claim we cherish. Well, he's tried in his 8 years to undo just about every one of those laws."
Redford then went on to talk about how drilling is not the solution for the future of this country. Renewable energy is now a viable alternative and even though we voted for change on November 4th, the Bush Administration is still dragging us in the opposite direction. Check out the video after the jump or read up on Redford's blogging on the issue over on the Huffington Post.
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The latest news from light aviation
Re-branded 'PFA Rally' dates
First Posted: Fri 17 Sep 2004
The dates for next year's 'Flying for Fun' (the event which is to replace the PFA Rally) have been announced.
They are July 1st - 3rd, 2005. As in the past couple of years, the event will take place at Kemble Airfield in Gloucestershire.
The new concept, says the PFA, "will attract pilots and enthusiasts from all aspects of recreational flying. Exhibitors and traders will be there, dealing in everything from a pair of gloves to a complete aircraft. There will be displays, forums, entertainment and everything for the flyer and their family."
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