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Entrepreneur Visas
The UK Entrepreneur Visa
Our Entrepreneur Visa teams consist of commercially aware lawyers who specialise in obtaining entrepreneur visas for our business clients.
Whether you are looking to relocate to the United Kingdom or to extend your stay, contact our entrepreneur lawyers today for a full professional service, tailored to your needs.
Please watch our informative Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa video.
For the entire management of your application, contact our Entrepreneur visa lawyers now on 0207 118 4546.
What is the Entrepreneur Visa?
The Entrepreneur visa is essentially a business visa, as it presents an opportunity to relocate to the UK for the purpose of business.
If you have a business idea that you would like to implement in the UK, then the Entrepreneur visa is the one for you.
Unlike other routes, the Entrepreneur visa allows you to work while in the UK and leads to Indefinite Leave to Remain and British citizenship.
Who Should Apply?
The visa is designed for foreign nationals who would like to play an active role in the UK's economy, either by setting up or taking over an existing business.
If you are an EU national you will not need to apply for the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa. Commonwealth Citizens with UK ancestry and British Overseas Territories citizens are also exempt from the Visa requirement.
The Requirements:
To qualify for the Entrepreneur Visa, you must fulfil certain requirements:
- Access to £200,000 – This can be your own funds or from a third party,
- English language requirement,
- Financial Maintenance for yourself and any family members,
- Genuine entrepreneur- You must show that you genuinely seek to set up a viable business in the UK. This is subjective; the home office will take into account, previous experience, qualifications and examine your credentials.
There are specific conditions and extensive documentation needed to satisfy each requirement.
Extensive documentation is needed to prove each requirement; applications made with insufficient or wrong documentation will be refused.
With Westkin you can be fully confident that you will receive highest quality service, you can be assured that we will handle all documentation required and assist in compiling an impeccable business plan to secure the visa.
Your initial visa is then granted for 3 years.
Our Entrepreneur UK Service
At Westkin Associates we provide a specialised entrepreneur service for our business clients, which we always deliver to the highest standard.
We are unique, in that we also endeavour to deliver the highest in client care. This means from the point you instruct us, you can be assured that we will take responsibility and manage your entire application for you.
This shall include:
- Initial consultation with an expert lawyer to discuss the process, procedure and develop an action plan moving forwards,
- Client care letter within 24 hours,
- Checklist of documents tailored to your application,
- Completion of all application forms on your behalf,
- Full legal representations,
- Templates required for the application,
- Full Business Plan, including market research,
- Correspondence through the application process,
- Project management of the entire application.
This is a complete service where we handle everything for you from start to finish.
We are aware that this may be only the beginning of your stay in the UK. Therefore we always plan ahead your future options, should you wish to extend, settle or eventually naturalise as a British Citizen.
We handle our cases on a fixed fee basis, so you are aware from the outset the total cost of the application, with no hidden fees.
Contact our lawyers on 0207 118 7868.
Additional Services
Have an idea but unsure of how to present your business plan to the UK authorities?
We understand that as entrepreneurs you may need assistance in pitching your business idea to have it accepted by the Home Office.
At Westkin Associates we are unique in that we will be able to refer you to our trusted business partners to assist you with additional services required by the terms of the visa.
This includes:
(a) Company Formation,
(b) Drawing up a viable Business Plan, with market research,
(c) Sourcing the correct accountant,
(d) Assessing your business ideas against the Entrepreneur Visa rules,
(e) Introducing you to business advisors who can assist with Entrepreneur Visa compliant business sourcing.
We have obtained Entrepreneur visas for a substantial number of clients across a number of industry sectors, from many different countries. We pride ourselves on having commercially aware business immigration lawyers in our Entrepreneur Visa teams who take the time to understand your business and advise accordingly.
This comprehensive service provided by Westkin is all included in one fee, offering you the smoothest process in obtaining your visa.
Extend your visa
At Westkin we are aware this will be the beginning of your stay in the UK.
Therefore we always plan ahead for your future options, should you wish to extend, settle or eventually naturalise as a British Citizen.
You may extend your visa for another 2 years providing the following conditions are met:
a) The £200,000 has been invested in the company,
b) The company has been registered within 6 months,
c) 2 full-time positions have been created for settled workers.
These conditions are accompanied by complex exceptions and rules, around which evidence is acceptable. Westkin will of course prepare the entirety of the application to meet these criteria.
Fast-Track/ Accelerated Settlement
There is also an option to 'accelerate' your settlement or Indefinite Leave to Remain. This can be granted 2 years early, after your initial visa if:
a) The business employs 10 settled workers, or;
b) Has a turnover of £5 million per annum.
You must however still fulfil the residential requirement to be eligible.
Indefinite Leave to Remain
After extending your Entrepreneur visa and having lived a total of 5 years in the UK. You will be eligible to settle in the UK, also known as Indefinite Leave to Remain.
You must meet:
– The Residential requirement: You must have lawfully resided in the UK on this visa for 5 years.
You can have no more than 450 days absence in total for the 5 year period, with no more than 180 days absence in each of these years.
– You must also display that you are of Good character.
Again this is a brief summary, but our specialist lawyers can assist you in every aspect on attaining your settlement here in the UK.
Click on the link below for further details on your Indefinite Leave to Remain.
British Citizenship
After attaining ILR you will now have a route to British Citizenship available to you, known as Naturalisation.
Click on the link below for further details of how Westkin Associates can help you become a British Citizen.
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They basically sorted out the papers I needed - they arranged my English exam and then helped me with my business plan and then arranged all the translations I needed.
It all got sorted and the visa was granted!


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Two ways to drink water in the street here in Aswan.
fantastic colours!!!
beatiful composition!
beatiful composition!
Wonderful tones!!! I love the colours!!!
Looks like a painting..........
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cheerful , and very colourful , makes u want to drink directly from the nile it self , wow !!
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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, or PED, is having a significant impact on the U.S. pork industry.
According to the Agriculture Department, PED is common in Asia and the virus does NOT pose a threat to human health.
Nevertheless, PED has killed 7 million U.S. piglets over the past year and the number of market-ready hogs could decline by more than 10 percent this summer.
At the world's largest pork-specific trade show this week, USDA announced updated reporting protocols and earmarked millions of dollars in new funding to fight the disease.
Hog producers, dealing with both great market prices and a disease with no known cure, took center stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds this week for the World Pork Expo.
The annual celebration of food, policy and product attracts visitors from around the world to the state that's the largest producer of pork in the world.
Sec. Tom Vilsack/USDA: "We're looking at an increase of 150-200 operations a week. So this is obviously an expanding issue."
Nearly every conversation though, came back to a lethal disease besieging the industry; the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus or PED.
Late this week, USDA chief Tom Vilsack announced $26 million in funding to help combat the diseases of PEDv and deltacoronvavirus.
Sec. Tom Vilsack/USDA "We recognize it is important to focus on creating a better understanding of these virus, a better understanding of how they came into this country, a better understanding on how to deal with them once they are here, and ultimately how to deal with the eradication and elimination of them."
Pork producers say it's an interesting time for the industry, as record high prices offer some consolation for losses to PED.
Dale Norton/National Pork Board president: "For some people, it's been a positive impact on price because of supply has diminished. For those producers that had no pigs contracted and didn't get hit with PED, they are doing very well."
The export market has been especially good for U.S. pork producers. Normally, the old saying goes the cure prices is high prices, but a noted economist says that may not be the case this time.
Steve Meyer/Paragon Economics: "This one is a little different. It is a supply shock and a productivity shock and at some point we have to make a decision are we going to be able to solve the productivity problem, or do we have to overcome it with more production capacity."
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Recommendation 320 (2012)1
Local democracy in Germany
1. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe refers to:
a. Article 2, paragraph 1.b of Statutory Resolution of the Committee of Ministers CM/Res(2011)2 relating to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, which provides that one of the aims of the Congress shall be "to submit proposals to the Committee of Ministers in order to promote local and regional democracy";
b. Article 2, paragraph 3 of the above-mentioned Statutory Resolution CM/Res(2011)2 , stipulating that "The Congress shall prepare on a regular basis country-by-country reports on the situation of local and regional democracy in all member states and in states which have applied to join the Council of Europe, and shall ensure, in particular, that the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government are implemented'';
c. its Resolution 307 (2010) REV on the "Procedures for monitoring the obligations and commitments entered into by the Council of Europe member states in respect of their ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (ETS No. 122)";
d. its Resolution 299 (2010) on the follow-up by the Congress of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government (Utrecht, Netherlands, 16-17 November 2009), which provides that the Congress will use the Council of Europe Reference Framework for Regional Democracy in its monitoring activities, as well as the reply given by the Committee of Ministers to Congress Recommendation 282 (2010) [CM/Cong(2011)Rec282final] encouraging the governments of member states to take account of the aforementioned Reference Framework in their policies and reforms;
e. the explanatory memorandum on local and regional democracy in Germany drawn up by the Rapporteurs, Britt-Marie Lövgren and Ignacio Sanchez Amor2, following the official visits to Germany in June and September 2011.
2. The Congress recalls that:
a. Germany signed the European Charter of Local Self-Government on 15 October 1985 and ratified it on 17 May 1988 with entry into force on 1 September 1988, declaring that the scope of Article 9, paragraph 3 did not apply to municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände) and counties (Kreise) in the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate, while in all other Länder, the same paragraph did not apply to the Kreise. None of these exceptions, made in 1988, have been removed since then;
b. Germany did not sign the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority (CETS No. 207);
c. the Congress Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Monitoring Committee) decided on 23 March 2011 to carry out the first general monitoring of the situation of local and regional self-government in Germany and its compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government. It instructed Ms Lövgren and Mr Sanchez Amor to prepare and submit to the Congress, as Rapporteurs, a report on local and regional democracy in Germany;
d. the Congress delegation carried out a monitoring visit to Germany from 27 to 29 June 2011 visiting Berlin, Potsdam and Frankfurt (Oder) and on 27 and 28 September 2011 visiting Düsseldorf, Langenfeld (North-Rhine Westphalia), Wiesbaden (Hesse), Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg (Baden-Württemberg).
3. The Congress wishes to thank the Permanent Representation of Germany to the Council of Europe and the German authorities at central, regional and local levels, the associations of local and regional local authorities, and experts as well as other interlocutors for their valuable cooperation at different stages of the monitoring procedure and the information conveyed to the delegation.
4. The Congress notes with satisfaction:
a. that Germany recognises, both in its federal and regional (Länder) constitutions, the right to self-government of municipalities, setting a high standard for the protection of local authorities;
b. that Germany has made considerable progress in accepting and complying with the recommendations adopted by the Congress after its monitoring of local government finances in 1999;
c. that the principle of concomitant financing has been inserted in all regional constitutions;
d. the efforts made by some Länder to establish special funds and to launch subject-specific programmes to help local authorities in need to tackle their liquidity problems and to prevent further indebtedness;
e. that the mode of consultation with local government associations is formally recognised in the procedural rules of the federal government.
5. The Congress expresses some concern that:
a. although the financial situation of local authorities, already evaluated as "critical" in 1999, has seen some improvement due to a positive tax yield at local level, the situation of local authorities remain preoccupying due to the rise in social welfare spending, structural deficits of the financing of local authorities and an increasing imbalance between them;
b. in addition, the principle of concomitant financing must be observed more strictly. One of the main reasons for the structural underfunding of local authorities lies in the fact that they do not receive sufficient funding from the central government in return for responsibilities assigned to them;
c. the participatory rights of associations of local authorities need strengthening since, although the mode of consultation with such associations is formally recognised in the procedural rules of the federal government, it is not covered in those of the Bundesrat, nor is it institutionally enshrined in the constitution. The right of associations of local authorities to be consulted at federal and Land level should therefore be set out in the Basic Law and in the constitutions of the Länder. The consultation rights in the rules of procedure of the federal government and the Bundestag must be strengthened in practice.
6. In the light of this, the Congress requests that the Committee of Ministers invite German authorities to:
a. fully respect the constitutional guarantees for local finances, ensuring that local authorities can be associated to the decision-making process regarding the structure and the yield of taxes at local level, in spite of the prevalent negative economic trends and that, given the high level of indebtedness of local and Land governments, local authorities be provided with adequate financial means that allow them discretion in how to use these resources;
b. establish standards and criteria for concomitant financing of local authorities providing transparency in the whole financial calculation and planning process thereby providing practical guarantees and reinforcing the framework of this principle with real planning mechanisms involving local government interests;
c. institutionalise the participatory rights of associations of local authorities by enshrining them in the rules of procedure of the Bundesrat and in the constitution and strengthen them at federal and Land level.
d. sign and ratify, in the near future, the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority.
1. Debated and adopted by the Congress on 21 March 2012, 2nd sitting (see Document CG(22)7, explanatory memorandum), Rapporteur: B.-M. Lövgren, Sweden (L, ILDG).
2. Since December 2011, Mr. Ignacio Sanchez Amor is no longer Member of the Congress.


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Jack Miller earned his first real taste of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry Friday night. Matched up with Buckeye commitment Kenny Hayes, Miller did not allow a sack and recorded two pancake blocks while notching three tackles for loss defensively. Miller won the battle, but his team lost the war, however
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Day One Apps: The first apps we install on every new Android (Volume 5)
I frequently change Android devices and there are some apps that I must install on every device. Changing devices is a great way to clear the old apps I stopped
WSJ: Google and HTC collaborating on Nexus tablet
Rumors about a HTC made Nexus 9 tablet have originated all the way back to earlier this summer, and perhaps before. Recently, NVIDIA accidentally leaked/confirmed its existence through legal documents; last week we heard
The Wall Street Journal App Shows Android Phones Some Love
Tablet-less Android users may remember the Wall Street Journal's puzzling decision to release their app exclusively for tablets back in November, and thus alienate the majority of mobile users who
FCC Offical – "There is no way deal gets rubber stamped" in regards to AT&T/T-Mo Acquisition
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an un-named FCC official commented off the record that there is "no way that they chairman's office rubber-stamps this transaction." The source goes
Download This! Wall Street Journal Tablet Edition
Engadget.com is reporting that the Wall Street Journal has been very smart with the release of their new Android application. With the Samsung Galaxy Tab being released as really the first viable Android tablet, the financial newspaper has created a tablet only application to allow you to read their content on the go.
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Tom Yasumi (born Tokyo, 1966) is a Japanese-born American television producer and director best known for his work on the Nicktoons Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants, ].[1]
Yasumi was an animation director on SpongeBob SquarePants since the show began, but he left during the ninth season and began working on one other Nicktoon, Sanjay and Craig. He is currently a director of the episodes.
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Super 8 Windsor/Madison North
Super 8 Windsor/Madison North
Hotel Guest Rating: 4.9/10
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Windsor, WI 53598
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Super 8 Windsor/Madison North
Enjoy dependable value at the Super 8 Windsor/Madison North, conveniently located off Interstate 90, just 8 miles from the Dane County Regional Airport, 1 mile from Bouncy Town USA, and near Lake Windsor Golf Club and Henry Vilas Zoo. Enjoy close proximity to many local businesses including Old Dominion Freight Line and Alliant Energy Corporation. Walk to Mousehouse Cheesehaus for award winning Wisconsin cheese and sausage. Wake up to a complimentary SuperStart Breakfast with waffles, and enjoy the convenience of complimentary wireless Internet throughout the hotel, complimentary outdoor car and truck parking, laundry and dry-cleaning service, and onsite bar/lounge. Stay productive in the business center with copy, print and fax services. Relax in your guest room with flat-screen TV with HBO, self-controlled heating and cooling, hairdryer, and wake-up calls. Suites and handicapped-accessible rooms are available. Pets are welcome at this smoke-free lodging. ...read more
Super 8 Windsor/Madison North Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
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- Desk with lamp
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- Free local calls
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- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
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March 18, 2015
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Friendly desk staff, good location.
They did not have my reservation because their fax machine had been turned off! But they took care of me with no problem. Also, the hot & cold water was reversed--wasn't sure if there was hot water for a shower until I called the desk.
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Poor service and hotel was not well maintained.
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It was the only hotel available.
Was rather old and dirty.
Decent hotel, served its purpose. Just needed a bed.
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Although somewhat dated, it did have charm for those of us who enjoy 50's decor. The local A&W and truckers beer hall enhanced the visit.
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Absolutely nothing.
The missing fire alarm, I should have called the authorities.
Do not stay here, even if there is no other place to stay. You would be better off in your car! Very unsafe place and not in the least bit secure. The maids leave your door open while they clean down the hall and the staff tries to put you in already occupied rooms then tells you, OH the maid just has not cleaned it yet they only have the maids come when many rooms are no longer occupied.
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Jean-Claude Picard is made associate conductor at RSNO
10 August 2015
Jean-Claude Picard, the young Canadian conductor in charge of the education programmes run by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), has been promoted.
Picard, who was previously assistant conductor with the RSNO on a two-year contract, has been made associate conductor and had his contract extended for a third year.
The orchestra said the change of title reflected his developing relationship with the ensemble and his central involvement in high-profile events over the past two years.
As well leading the RSNO's learning and engagement activities and Children's Classic Concerts, Picard has conducted performances at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games cultural celebrations and the Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony.
The extension of his contract will mean he can take part in the RSNO's 125th anniversary celebrations, which begin in October.
Picard said: 'Being promoted to the position of associate conductor of the RSNO means a great deal to me.
'There is the undeniable aspect of being recognised by my fellow colleagues for all of the hard work I have put in over the last two years, but there is something crucial about the aspect of knowing that I will be able to share another year of extraordinary musical and human moments with everyone at the RSNO, especially with my mentors Peter Oundjian and Thomas Søndergård.'
Peter Oundjian, music director of the RSNO, said: 'I'm delighted that Jean-Claude has accepted the post of associate conductor.
'What he has so far achieved with the RSNO has been remarkable and far beyond what we had expected of an assistant conductor.
'It therefore seems only right and proper that we recognise his contribution in this way. I very much look forward to working with him in celebrating the orchestra's 125th anniversary.'
Lloyd Webber kicks off work on Birmingham Conservatoire's new home
7 August 2015
New study links musical training with accelerated brain development
6 August 2015, Katy Wright
A new study has revealed that musical training helps children to develop fine motor skills and aids their emotional and behavioural maturation.
Researchers at the University of Vermont College of Medicine analysed the brain scans of 232 healthy children aged between six and 18, looking at brain development in those who played musical instruments. As these children continued their musical training, it accelerated their cortical development in areas involved in coordination, anxiety management and emotional control.
James Hudziak, professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont and director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families said: I wanted to look at positive things, what we believe benefits child development. What I was surprised by was the emotional regulatory regions.'
'Everyone in our culture knows if I lift 5-pound, 10-pound, 15-pound weights, my biceps will get bigger. The same is true for the brain. We shouldn't be surprised we can train the brain.'
Since the study's participants were all mentally healthy, Hudziak predicts that the positive effect of music training could be significant for those who are not.
Yamaha piano selection sessions extended
4 August 2015, Katy Wright
Yamaha has extended its piano selection sessions at the Southbank Centre, London due to popular demand. Following the success of the 2014 edition, this year's event has been extended to three days, and will take place 16-18 October.
Individuals or representatives of institutions will be able to book 45-minute slots to view and evaluate Yamaha's professional series pianos in privacy, with a concert technician and a team of piano specialists at hand to provide advice.
The event will feature over 45 Yamaha pianos, including a wide range of CX and CF series instruments and, for the first time, a full range of the TransAcoustic models. There will be several public events, including demonstrations of the TransAcoustic instruments featuring Bert Smoernburg.
Yamaha's Leanne Barrell said: 'The selection sessions provide people who are serious about their pianos and music with an exclusive opportunity to play a wide range of Yamaha professional pianos in one place. The intimate and tranquil environment allows them to discuss their requirements with some of the UK's foremost technicians and specialists. They provide the most comprehensive range of Yamaha pianos in the UK and are a rare opportunity for pianists to try multiple variations of the same models.'
To book a private appointment, email email@example.com or call 01908 369224. The slots are between Friday 09:00-20:30, Saturday 09:00 – 19:55 and Sunday 09:00 – 17:25.
Save the bassoon, plead virtuoso players
4 August 2015, Katy Wright
Virtuoso bassoonists Bram van Sambeek and Laurence Perkins are highlighting the scarcity of their instrument as part of a new campaign.
Launched by Van Sambeek as part of the Holland Festival, 'Save the Bassoon' aims to increase awareness of the instrument through high-profile concerts and new works.
In an interview with the Guardian, Van Sambeek said: 'The name of the campaign is deliberately quite dramatic because we want people to think about whether the bassoonist could be as endangered as the panda. There is a danger to the future of the orchestra as a result.
'At the moment, only about 1% of people on the street can even recognise this instrument, I am always prepared for the fact that people won't know what it is.
Van Sambeek will soon embark on a seven-week celebration of the instrument at Berlin's Konzerthaus, and is currently looking to the future: 'We have big plans for bassoon events of the kind that cannot necessarily be performed in a normal concert hall. I expect to have news soon of how we will link up with musicians and orchestras in other countries. The most important thing is to have more international events under the label of Save the Bassoon.'
Manchester Camerata principal bassoonist Laurence Perkins is organising the world's first International Bassoon Day, which will take place 11 October 2015. The event will comprise a mass performance on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall, a solo recital by Perkins himself, and a presentation called 'Bear-Faced Bassoonery' for young people. The event will launch a two-month project featuring more than50 free events at around 35 universities, music colleges, music hubs and schools around the UK to encourage young people to take up the instrument.
Perkins said: 'The bassoon is one of the most versatile and characterful instruments in the orchestra, yet young people are not being given the chance to find that out. This is beginning to have an impact on UK orchestras as music colleges no longer have the applicants to study bassoon in sufficient numbers.'
Ten years ago, the bassoon featured in the Endangered Species campaign, which also highlighted the plight of the oboe, horn, trombone, tuba and double bass. With fewer young people taking up the instrument, many musicians fear there will be shortages in bassoonists in the years to come.
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26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!"
So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, 27 and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way."
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
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Connecticut should have one of the best perimeter groups in the country next season, and the Huskies added another weapon on Tuesday.
George Washington transfer Lasan Kromah is headed to Storrs, a source confirmed to CBSSports.com. Kromah played for current UConn assistant Karl Hobbs for two seasons at GW, although he missed his sophomore campaign with a foot sprain. Hobbs was the head coach of the Colonials from 2001-2011.
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Have you all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? I'm sure you have, but it basically says that you can find a way to link any actor or actress back to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. Well, just about every time I make a recipe from another food blogger, this game comes to my mind. And I think it's mostly because when a recipe is good, the food blogging community is going to get a hold of it and pass it right around. There are some recipes that I have seen on multiple blogs. So whenever I see that a food blogger has made a dish from another food blogger, I know it's going to be good. Like this pasta dish. I got it from a food blogger who got it from a food blogger who got it from a food blogger. Now wouldn't it be fun if another food blogger made this and posted it – pretty soon this simple peas and carrots dish will take over the food blogging world!
I can see why it's been so popular. First, they are all ingredients that I pretty much always have on hand. In fact, this dish was on my weekly menu for 3 weeks until I finally got to it. Not because I didn't want to make it, but because the ingredients could all wait, while I had other recipes that I had to make before other ingredients went bad. Second, this is a very budget friendly meal. Pasta – cheap. Carrots – cheap. Frozen peas – cheap. The only ingredients that aren't super cheap are the cream and cheese, but there is so little of it that they both also become cheap. And third – this is just plain delicious! Roasting any veggie takes it to a whole new level, and I love the sauce made from roasted, pureed carrots.
This one will definitely make it's way back to our table!
Peas and Carrots Pasta
from A Good Appetite (who got it from The Cooking Photographer who got it from Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice)
serves 2
total time: about 1 hour 20 minutes
8 oz carrots (about 3), peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled
1 T fresh thyme leaves, chopped
1 T olive oil
salt & pepper
6 oz pasta
1/3 c heavy cream
3 T grated Parmesan
1/8 – 1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes
3/4 c frozen peas, thawed
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Place the carrots, garlic & thyme in a small roasting pan. Drizzle with the olive oil & stir to coat. Season with salt & pepper then stir again. Roast in the oven for 45 – 50 minutes brown & caramelized.
Cook pasta according to directions.
While the pasta is cooking, put the roasted carrots & garlic into a food processor or blender. Add the cream, parmesan & red pepper. Blend until smooth.
When the pasta is cooked set aside 1/3 – 1/2 cup off the cooking water. Drain the pasta & return to the hot pan. Stir in the blended carrot sauce and the peas. Add some of the reserved cooking water if the sauce is too thick. Serve with more grated Parmesan.
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I love adding veggies to stuff! This looks highly tasty!
Deborah, this really sounds great! My husband loves carrots so I must give this a try! Thanks!
I saw Giada make something like this recently and though it would be such a great idea to get kids to eat their veggies! (And grown-ups too!)
I like the addition of thyme, an herb I really like and don't use often enough.
I love that about food blogging, there is a recipe for Chinese Short Ribs that has gone around like that too
I bet this is a great way to get the little ones to eat their vegetables! Sounds and looks very yummy!
We have a whole bag of carrots just begging to be used. Thanks for this great recipe!
I kind of love the idea of playing six degrees of separation with food blogging. I feel like we all run in such close-knit circles! I love this pasta dish…healthy, creamy and delicious!
I make a peas and carrots vegetable dish that I grew up with and this sounds almost like it. I like the addition of the pasta and the Parmesan which sounds great!
six degrees of food bloggers–i like it. i don't think i'd seen this dish until now but it does look mighty appealing! i love peas in pasta.
Just made this for dinner and we loved it!
Ooo yum I love that the roasted carrots are pureed into a sauce!
I tried this tonight! I am completely amateur so I think I did not puree the carrots enough. It was more chunky than saucy! Next time I need to follow your instructions better! I have a picture on my site if you have any suggestions for me


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I keep returning to this issue and this time I think I might have cracked it. Here's my problem:
I have an existing Windows 7 install on a 160GB SSD drive. From time to time I'd like to create a "branch" to install software that either [a] I will only need for a short space of time [b] might interfere with software already on my machine.
I have an existing Windows 7 install on a 160GB SSD drive. From time to time I'd like to create a "branch" to install software that either [a] I will only need for a short space of time [b] might interfere with software already on my machine.
Let's take [a]. As an example, I'm doing a webcast next week that involves installing some specific software. It's a one-off. I don't expect to do it again. I already have Live Meeting installed. Ideally I'd like to install the additional webcast software, do the webcast and the then roll-back to my original installation.
For [b], let's imagine that from time to time I get my hands on pre-release software that may either be unstable, wont side-by-side with an existing install or I simply want to make sure it isn't inadvertently shown in a public forum (a webcast for example). I want to isolate this install from my "day to day" OS install.
My proposed solution was to take my existing OS install (about 50GB), create a VHD from it using Disk2vhd, wipe my existing drive, copy on the VHD and create the relevant boot entries to native boot the VHD (ignoring the scary warning about disk signatures – yeah call me crazy).
At this point, I should warn that this is fairly advanced stuff and I know little about it. That should give you a good impression that following my advice is at your own risk. If you stumble and fall, don't come crying to me. Okay?
Back to my solution. Unfortunately that doesn't work too well. You'll probably find you get a nasty BSOD with a message about a lack of disk space. This is because Disk2vhd creates a dynamic disk with a maximum size set to the capacity of the captured disk. When you native boot a VHD, the boot process expands the disk to its maximum size – and it still wants some free space for a pagefile too. You simply can't shoehorn all that into the space on the physical drive. A BSOD is the result.
My next tack was to adjust the maximum size of the VHD created by Disk2vhd. There are utilities out there to do this. I set the maximum to 80GB thinking that I could then create a series of differencing disks and boot from those. I planned this sort of layout:
My expectation was that those differencing disks would be very small. They inherit their maximum size from their parent (so in my case they all have a maximum of 80GB). Unfortunately, they are also expanded to their maximum size during boot (I'm making an assumption here – I've not found any documentation on this – but I again encountered the BSOD and can only assume it's because both parent and child are expanded).
Thus I had to revisit my drawing board and come up with plan C. There is space for two drives in my W510 and, though not ideal, I started to toy with the idea of using Disk2vhd to image my SSD to a VHD on another (larger) drive and booting from that as an alternative.
There is one major gotcha with this – disk signatures. As it says on the Disk2vhd site:
Note: do not attach to VHDs on the same system on which you created them if you plan on booting from them. If you do so, Windows will assign the VHD a new disk signature to avoid a collision with the signature of the VHD's source disk. Windows references disks in the boot configuration database (BCD) by disk signature, so when that happens Windows booted in a VM will fail to locate the boot disk.
Note: do not attach to VHDs on the same system on which you created them if you plan on booting from them. If you do so, Windows will assign the VHD a new disk signature to avoid a collision with the signature of the VHD's source disk. Windows references disks in the boot configuration database (BCD) by disk signature, so when that happens Windows booted in a VM will fail to locate the boot disk.
And sure enough, when I tried to boot the VHD created by Disk2VHD with the original disk still attached I ran into all sort of problems. Easy solution – remove the original disk and all worked well. Not very practical every day though so I changed the disk signature on the native boot VHD and it all works just lovely.
Here's what I've ended up with.
Each drive has its own boot configuration data so I can switch between them by selecting the boot device on startup. I see no reason why you couldn't simply add the VHD native boot to the boot configuration on the original drive but I liked the idea of being able to operate each independently (and in fact had to do so during my testing and to change the disk signature).
Once you have this setup (the boot configuration etc) it's a simple case of running Disk2vhd again to capture a new image of the original OS install at a point in time and rebooting into it. Perfect.
A refinement of this – which I may get to one day – is to convert my existing install to a native VHD boot and then I would just have to copy the VHD file to the other drive and I could remove the need for Disk2vhd altogether.
It took a lot of experimentation to get to this point but as this post is already quite length, I'll write up the distilled "step by step" howto version in another post.
you must be really scrimping on space for Plan A not to work.
have done just that, and 8 months on still no problems!
Not scrimping on space. It simply doesn't fit in a 160GB SSD. If I want two differencing disks the max size would be about 45GB for each and my OS partition is 50GB so it just wont work. Mike
In fact Plan A *cannot* work AFAIK because Disk2vhd created an image the same size as the imaged disk. You simply can't boot the result. You must have done something slightly different? Mike
I recently tried to virtualize an old system I was replacing but never could get VirtualPC to accept the result. Even after shrinking the partition down to under 100GB, disk2vhd would always use the physical size rather than the partition size. In the end I had to use vmware to create an image and use their player to make use of it. Luckily it was a developer machine so it didn't matter that much that we used vmware instead of virtualpc. Had it been a server though, it would have been more of an issue. Given that most hard drives these days are much larger than the 120GB limit, something is going to have to be changed, especially when the competitor's product does it without issue.
Hi Jason. Well, this isn't a post about VirtualPC but native boot so you need something to create VHD files. Disk2vhd is a great utility, it's free, and you can resize the results if you need to. Mike


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Wow! This is perfect!
oh my gosh. Is this real? You're bloody talented!
terrific job,man!hey,i'm new around.could you check my rdj art too sk8erteo1997.deviantart.com/ar…
have a nice day,and your artwork goes straight to my favorites!
Amazing drawings! What do you use to blending ?
удивительные рисунки! Что вы используете, чтобы размазать?
yess I am really really Jealous D: when I see your work it seems my work is nothing
Awesome I love itt
Aww, he pouting...
I love this picture he looks cute, like he's sad because they broke his shiny new toys.
I love this picture he looks cute, like he's sad because they broke his shiny new toys.
simply amazing drawing, your're contrast is supurb, a little critique, his likeness seems off just a tad, but amazingly done, very nice choice of screenshot.
Great! What pencil You use for dark?
Just... WOW! Amazing Perfect technique and interesting pose and whole capture
Just perfect ! good job
wow this is amazing, I really love the details and the look he has on his face, amazing!
Wow, beautiful, especially textures and the misty lighting!
Holy smokes! I pulled up the image from the preview thought this was a photograph. Amazing work!!!
woow!! amazing work!!
Amazing!!! Love it!
Freaking amazing!
I absolutely love this piece! Keep up the good work!
love the way you've drawn the focus of this piece to tony stark, with the background out of focus.
captured downey juniors likeness magnificently, brilliant piece
captured downey juniors likeness magnificently, brilliant piece
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this looks like a photograph~ I can't believe how perfect this is ^^ outstanding job!
I normally just look at photography on this website, but I have to say, you did an amazing job.
Oh my.... Breathtaking!...
impressive!!! all those details are perfect!!!! btw nice nails i watched video
Wonderful work! I do have to say the older Rob gets the more handsome.
Congratulations! This portrait has been included in #CelebrityPortraits's 'Best Of' feature for the month of October! You can see the feature here!
Did you DRAW that? Holy SHIT... like.... with fucking pencil?
It looks like a photo! Amazing work! I love his clothes!
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This is an excellent plugin!
Since there aren't that many actively supported MODs for phpBB, I have to do certain things through WordPress such as adding a calendar with the possibility for users to add their events.
Thankfully this plugin lets me synchronise phpBB accounts with WordPress so that users that register on my forum can make use of the aforementioned WordPress features without having to make a separate account for that.
I hope you will continue to update and support this plugin as this is a must-have for any decent site built on WordPress with a phpBB forum! :)
Very nicely done work. As a developer with experience I would say that this is quite complicated implementation. It is not easy to integrate phpBB forum into WordPress template. Unfortunately not a lot of people understand the level of complexity. They do not understand the fact that website is hard work and expecting to have everything for granted.
jhong thank you for this plugin. I successfully implemented it on our website http://wpaam.com. Works great with minor issues which I hope you'll help me to resolve. But this is another conversation.
Keep working on it and think about payed either version or support.
I love this plugin so much, it really helps me connect wordpress to phpBB and vice-versa.
One thing I am having problems with is the dragging the "strings" in the User Mapping options, they seem to get stuck in Chrome but I am going to try some other browsers and see if that improves anything.
Thank you so much for developing this!
For what this plugin does it is really user friendly all you need to do is read.I had it setup , looking great , custom & work in about two hours.
"Some one that knows what they are doing could have it done in 15min"
List of what you need for the users having install issue
2)automod & wp-united mod.
3)have the ability to read.
Thank you for the plugin! never thought I could have the forum I wanted in WP being I am a newbie to all this.
I'm rating as a developer who has been working on the code in this plugin. It is one of the best coded plugins I've found on WordPress. A wider use of PHP functions and more innovative procedures than many premium plugins that exist.
I can see a secure and safe plugin. That matters a lot in a plugin of this nature but despite this it is often less considered by many WordPress users. Even if there are bugs in this plugin, it is still one of or possibly the best place to start with WP phpBB integration.
I'll be adapting some functions for our own WP e-Customers plugin which has a modular/section approach. I looked at all bridge plugins through research as WP e-Customers is to have WP to phpBB (not phpBB to WP) functionality. So we're not making a rival but a different tool catering to a different approach. I've already mentioned WP United in my source comments.
Ryan Bayne
Does full functional that is described in features.
Very straightforward step-by-step instructions and it does what it says. I have a client whose 10-year-old phpBB forum could NOT be imported into any other system compatible with WordPress and dude wanted to keep EVERY. SINGLE. POST. WP United made it easy to integrate subscribers/paid users between the WP site and phpBB. Once it's working, set it and forget it.
A couple of caveats:
1) This integration is NOT for WordPress or PHP beginners. Not because of the plugin or because of WP, but because phpBB itself is not for beginners when it comes to adding MODs. You have to be able to follow directions in editing PHP code when using phpBB. There's no way around it.
2) This plugin works best with very sleek, minimal themes (if you're going for full theme integration.) The aforementioned client has a graphics-heavy theme with e-commerce, paid member management, and other special features out the wazzoo. So I turned off theme integration and it works beautifully to post elements of the phpBB forum in WordPress and integrate users.
Again, you have to know how to follow directions and edit code and upload individual files to make the plugin work in your system. If you're using phpBB, you should already have this skill.
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http://144000.net - The power struggle between Justinian, the Roman emperor and the non-Roman churches of Egypt, Greece and Asia, led to the Council of Constantinople's banning of both the doctrines of reincarnation and the pre-existence of the spirit, doctrines which were strong beliefs of the early original Christian churches. Origenes was their main scholar and theologian and was the political target of Justinian and allies.
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If you are interested in helping preserve the Harada House and developing an interpretation center in which this important story is told, you can donate to a separate trust account for the National Historic Landmark Harada House to be used for the Robinson House acquisition/Interpretation Center and the Harada House Capitol Campaign. The account is tax deductible as called out specifically in the language below.
You can make your check out to: City of Riverside Trust Acct: 0000721-225468
Send your check to:
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Attn: Sarah Suverkrup Mundy, Director
3580 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Account Number for City of Riverside Harada/Robinson Trust 0000721-225468
The City of Riverside (Federal Employer Identification Number 95-6000769), as a municipal government, is a political sub-division of the State of California. As such, the City qualifies as a charitable organization as defined by §170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code(IRC). Donations made to the City of Riverside exclusively for public purposes are considered to be tax deductible in accordance with IRC §170(c)(1).
Harada House is a National Historic Landmark
Known informally as "The House on Lemon Street" – the house is the only other National Historic Landmark designated in Riverside. The National Historic Landmark Harada House is among the most significant and powerful civil rights landmarks in California. Currently the Harada House does not have a designated group of RMA volunteers as it is only in the early stages of structural stabilization and refurbishment.
The house represents the struggle of one immigrant family to achieve the American promise of freedom, citizenship and a better life for their children. It was purchased in 1915 by Jukichi Harada; the deed was placed in the names of his American-born children at a time when Japanese nationals were prohibited from owning land. Though challenged in their purchase in the courts, the Haradas legally kept their home and raised a family in Riverside. Later, during WWII the family was forced to leave their home when the U.S. government ordered the internment of all people of Japanese descent regardless of their citizenship status. This house and stories within create a powerful symbol of the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
It is additionally worth mentioning in the context of the RMA because of its importance to the history of Riverside and the connection the house and its owners had with Riversiders and other notables of the time. The RMA is taking a leadership role in raising funds for the Harada House restoration through the establishment of the RMA Harada House Stewardship Fund. This will involve active participation of volunteers to raise funds to implement the highest priority preservation projects for the site.
This site and the story of the Harada Family embody local, state, national, and international issues of civil and individual rights, democracy, immigration, assimilation, and citizenship. Preservation of the site, collections, and stories ensures that these pivotal lessons of history will continue to be accessible for all peoples.


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Fortaleza (Brazil), June 22 : Miroslav Klose equalled Brazilian great Ronaldo's FIFA World Cup all-time scoring record and helped Germany draw 2-2 against Ghana in a Group G match here Saturday.
Both teams remained scoreless after a plain first half before Germany broke the deadlock 51 minutes into the match, reports Xinhua.
Mario Gotze met a cross ball whipped in from the right flank and the Bayern Munich midfielder nodded home after the ball deflected off his left knee and past Ghana's goalkeeper Fatau Dauda.
The jubilant German fans in the Castelao Stadium only had celebrated for three minutes before Ghana's Andre Ayew equalised.
Ayew's header was more powerful as it flew into the bottom left of the goal.
Asamoah Gyan gave the "Black Stars" the lead nine minutes later after he ran into the box and beat German keeper Manuel Neuer with a brilliant finish into the side netting.
The Germans were struggling to even the score and brought in their seasoned centre forward Klose in the 69th minute.
The 36-year-old only needed two minutes to fulfill the mission.
German defender Benedikt Howedes flicked on a corner kick and the ball sneaked past everyone else in the box.
Klose touched home in the far post and scored his 15th goal in World Cup to level with Brazil's Ronaldo as the all-time top scorer in the tournament.
The goal also made Klose one of only three players to have scored in four World Cups after Brazil's legend Pele and Uwe Seeler of Germany.
Germany maintained the same line-up they used in the 4-0 win against Portugal in their opening match with Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller, who scored a hat-trick Monday, still playing as the solo forward.
Ghana made two changes in their starters as Harrison Afful replaced Daniel Opare in the right full-back position and Kevin-Prince Boateng replaced Jordan Ayew in the attacking line to meet with his half-brother Jerome Boateng from the German side.
The 31-year-old Michael Essien, the veteran midfielder of the "Black Stars", was again left on bench by coach Kwesi Appiah.
After the draw Ghana managed to keep their last-16 hope alive with one point from two matches while Germany still need to be cautious since the four points they pocketed can guarantee nothing in the group which also includes the United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina.


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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in particular, increasingly appears to have developed a belief that "Turkey can and will produce all its arms systems by itself."
This policy runs contrary not only to a long time global trend that no single nation can be self-sufficient in meeting its arms requirements, but also to the current relatively poor capabilities of the Turkish defense industry base which has long been neglected due to ill-conceived policies. This policy, which used to be formulated by the military alone most of the time instead of the civilian decision makers, promoted off the shelf arms purchases instead of manufacturing critical technologies domestically. Since 2004, however, the Turkish government has shifted from the direct purchase of arms systems abroad to concentrating on creating the resources to build military technologies inside the country. That has helped boost the Turkish defense industry base to a certain extent, but the $600 million earmarked in the national budget primarily for defense research and development projects (R&D) for 2013 is a pittance when taking into consideration the considerable financial resources required for the domestic production of critical military technologies.
Though it is the right policy that Turkey should strengthen its defense industry base, the emphasis on this "producing everything by itself" policy, carries risks. Among other things, there is a risk that the Turkish military could be weakened by acquiring poorly manufactured local products, and simultaneously, those weapons would not find buyers abroad, further affecting the Turkish economy.
Added to the problem is Turkey's highly controversial policy of preparing a shopping list that includes items such as aircraft carriers that Ankara does not in need since its methods of projecting power do not typically require such costly vessels.
There is neither parliamentary nor government oversight of Turkish arms purchases.
When the Turkish intention of acquiring an aircraft carrier was raised again by senior Turkish generals back in 2007, a website called wow.Turkey.com was critical of the plan, stating that investing in such a giant vessel would not strengthen, but if fact, would weaken Turkey.
"Do we have to acquire an aircraft carrier whose cost could be as much as $100 million only for it to sail on a patrol mission? If Turkey does not have a plan to invade Argentina or the Philippines, or somewhere else far away, the Turkish navy does not need to buy that vessel," wrote an unnamed naval officer on the site.
Despite mounting criticism, Turkey has already advanced this project, now called a Landing Platform Dock (LPD), with an undeclared intention of extending it to a full aircraft carrier program at a cost of nearly $3 billion or more.
During a meeting on January 3, it was announced that Turkey's top decision-making body for arms procurement projects, the Defense Industry Implementation Committee (SSİK), will continue talks with local bidders in hopes of improving their offers. Local RMK Marine, Desan and Sedef Shipyard are competing for the LPD project.
At the same meeting, decisions were made for the local production of several arms systems. But in reality, the winning companies get technical support from foreign producers for the manufacture of those local systems and they hide this fact from the public. Likewise, the government misleads the public on the real strength of the Turkish defense industry base.
The Turkish defense industry will prove itself when it is able to produce critical military technologies that we currently buy from abroad. Turkish civilian decision-makers should have an army of civilian defense and threat analysts who advise them what to buy according to real threat perceptions, rather than perceptions influenced by the military that turn out to be exaggerated and prompt the purchase of unnecessary arms.
Overall, Turkey needs to design realistic policies while strengthening its defense industry base and should avoid pursuing anachronistic policies such as promoting the notion that it can produce everything all its defense industry needs for itself.