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Partners Council
Current Members:
Chairman's Circle
ExxonMobil Foundation
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Johnson & Johnson
Sanofi Pasteur
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Nancy Birdsall
Edward W. Scott Jr.
Smita Singh & Tim Westergren
Lawrence H. Summers
Maureen White & Steve Rattner
President's Circle
Deloitte LLP
GE Foundation
Nestlé S.A.
United Health Group
Hon. Henrietta Fore
C. Boyden Gray
Susan Levine
Miller-Wehrle Family Foundation
Robert Mosbacher, Jr.
Rachel Pritzker
Leadership Circle
Munir Alam & Samira Rahmatullah
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Tony & Judy Fratto
Thomas Gibian & Christina Grady
Brad Horwitz
Kassy Kebede
Ruth Levine
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown
Robert McCarthy
Jonathan & Jennifer Oppenheimer
Amit J. & Vicky L. Patel Foundation
Karl & Kirsten Pfleger
BJ & Alicia Pittman
Development Circle
Timothy & Jennifer Adams
Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
David & Deborah Douglas
John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz
Ed & Monique McNally
Daniel & Felicia Morrow
Moisés Naím
Dina Habib Powell
Thomas Powell
Nancy Truitt
Frank Vogl
Updated July 27, 2016
The Center for Global Development's community of investors plays a crucial role in our efforts to discover and promote practical ways to reduce global poverty and inequality. CGD benefits from those who join in our deliberations and support our work.
This is where the Partners Council comes in. The Partners Council is a forum where CGD convenes highly-respected actors committed to making the world a more prosperous, just, and safe place for us all. Business and civic leaders benefit from our well-informed, independent, and data-driven analysis. And CGD in turn learns from our Partners Council colleagues as the private sector plays an increasingly significant role in development.
As part of a non-governing body of the Center, Partners Council members are able to engage directly with CGD experts and our network through private breakfasts, preferred access to briefings and events, tailored communications, and more. Through these benefits, they gain insight on issues that are relevant to their businesses and exchange valuable perspectives on shared global challenges.
Center for Global Development Partners' Council members appreciate CGD's governing principles of transparency and independence: They understand we do not accept funding that seeks to impose limits or restrictions on CGD's independence in research, findings, conclusions or resulting publications.
Membership Benefits
Members of the Partners Council enjoy frequent opportunities to engage with CGD experts and networks at private events in Washington, reserved seating at public events, and participation in our annual Summit.
Chairman's Circle ($50,000+) - corporations, institutions, or individuals
- Opportunity to collaborate on two customized activities on issues of shared priority: one-two private meetings/roundtables and/or one public event (in consultation)
- Up to three formal briefings and ideas exchange with CGD experts throughout the year (in consultation)
- Ability to rent CGD's state-of-the-art facilities to host company-related events (in consultation)
- All benefits below
President's Circle ($25,000+) - corporations, institutions, or individuals
- Opportunity to co-host a private meeting/roundtable on issues of shared priority (in consultation)
- One formal briefing with CGD experts per year (in consultation)
- A private meeting/conference call between member representatives and CGD experts to create a focused business engagement strategy at the start of each year
- A dedicated relationship manager and senior fellow who serve as points of contact to help navigate members through CGD's programs, networks, and resources
- Company-wide invitations to CGD's policy breakfasts, private roundtables, and public events
- All benefits below
Leadership Circle ($10,000+) - individuals only
- Invitation to participate the day-long Annual Partners Council Summit
- Priority invitation to the annual Sabot Memorial Lecture series
- Priority invitation to the Fall and Spring Private Dinner with CGD's Board, fellow Partners Council members, CGD experts, and supporters
- All benefits below
Development Circle ($5,000+) - individuals only
- Invitation to private Partners Council breakfasts with key national and international policy influencers
- Quarterly insider update on CGD's research, events, and timely development issues in The Partnership newsletter
- Prominent recognition in CGD's Commitment to Development Acknowledgment Wall of donors
- Priority invitations and reserved seating to events held or hosted by CGD
- Complimentary copies of CGD publications
- Acknowledgment on CGD's website
Other Partnership Opportunities
There are several additional exclusive ways for companies to partner with CGD. For further information on further engagement opportunities, please direct inquiries to: Ben Leo or Anna Moran at firstname.lastname@example.com or 202.416.4049.
Please note that reservations of CGD's event spaces and meetings with CGD scholars will be scheduled for President's Circle and Chairman's Circle members based on staff availability and discretion.


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July 2016
Looking beyond Cape Disappointment
In February 2016, NSIDC researcher Ted Scambos traveled to Antarctica with a small group of scientists and a slew of instruments, all in hopes of catching the remainder of the Larsen B Ice Shelf complete its collapse. What they found may have been less spectuclar, but it was equally thrilling—as science is concerned.
February 2016
The sad tale of the St. Patrick Bay ice caps
As a young graduate student, Mark Serreze spent the summers of 1982 and 1983 studying two ice caps near St. Patrick Bay on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. These ice caps have dramatically shrunk over the past fifty years and and are likely to soon disappear entirely. Their imminent demise has hit Serreze, now NSIDC…
December 2015
A sharper view of the ice edge
In the waters north of Alaska, ships can go for weeks without seeing another vessel. Fog frequently blankets the region in the spring and summer when the sea ice melts and recedes towards the North Pole. This season of melt has attracted more oil-seeking rigs and vessels over the last five years, taxing the U.S. Coast Guard ships that patrol these waters.
November 2015
Seeing sea ice, more or less
Observing sea ice from space can be tricky. Beyond clouds, the atmosphere makes seawater look like ice and coastlines can be difficult to pick up. How do scientists fix these issues?

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Martin Sheen
Actor + Activist
Born Aug 3, 1940
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979), Wall Street (1987), The Departed (2006), and in the television series… Read More
View newly released photos of Martin Sheen.
News + Updates
Browse recent news and stories about Martin Sheen.
Former Fake President Martin Sheen Blasts Donald Trump As 'empty Headed Moron'Huffington Post - Aug 12, 2016
Martin Sheen: Donald Trump Is An 'empty Headed Moron' With 'no Chance' Of Winning The ElectionFox News - Aug 10, 2016
Oscar Watch: Why 'the Revenant' Has Been Winning Almost Everything LatelyLATimes - Feb 15, 2016
Netflix Just Announced The Premiere Dates For All Your FavesHuffington Post - Jan 17, 2016
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Martin Sheen.
1940 Birth Born on August 3, 1940.
1961 20 Years Old Sheen married Janet Templeton on December 23, 1961, and they have four children, three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors: Emilio, Ramón, Carlos, and Renée. … Read More
1963 22 Years Old Sheen has said he was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean. He developed a theatre company with other actors in hopes that a production would earn him recognition. In 1963, he made an appearance in Nightmare, an episode of the television science fiction series The Outer Limits.
1968 27 Years Old The following year, he starred in the Broadway play The Subject Was Roses, reprising his role in the 1968 film of the same name. … Read More
1972 31 Years Old Sheen was then a co-star in the controversial Emmy Award-winning 1972 television movie That Certain Summer, said to be the first television movie in America to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light.
1973 32 Years Old 1 More Event
His next important feature film role was in 1973, when he starred with Sissy Spacek in the crime drama Badlands. … Read More
1974 33 Years Old In 1974, Sheen portrayed a hot rod driver in the television movie The California Kid, and that same year received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of Pvt. … Read More
1976 35 Years Old Filming in the Philippine jungle in the typhoon season of 1976, Sheen admitted he was not in the greatest shape and was drinking heavily. … Read More
1989 48 Years Old In the spring of 1989, Sheen was named honorary mayor of Malibu, California. … Read More
1995 54 Years Old On May 16, 1995, Martin Sheen and Paul Watson from the non-profit environmental organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, were confronted by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over Sea Shepherd's history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships. … Read More
2000 59 Years Old In 2000, Sheen got involved in support of gun control after the National Shooting Sports Foundation hired his politically conservative brother, actor Joe Estevez who sounds like Sheen, to do a voice over for a pro-gunmaker commercial earlier in the year.
2006 65 Years Old 2 More Events
Sheen also stated that he participated in the large-scale immigration marches in Los Angeles in 2006 and 2007.
2008 67 Years Old 1 More Event
Sheen has appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington State residents to vote 'no' on Initiative 1000, a proposed assisted suicide law before voters in the 2008 election.
2010 69 Years Old Sheen recently travelled to Mexico City to star in Chamaco with Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Gustavo Sanchez Parra and Michael Madsen. In November 2010 he filmed Stella Days in County Tipperary, Ireland, near the birthplace of his mother. … Read More
2011 70 Years Old 3 More Events
2012 71 Years Old He stated in 2012 that he supports same-sex marriage, unlike the Catholic Church's position on the matter.
2015 74 Years Old On May 3, 2015 Sheen received an honorary degree Doctor of Human Letters from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace, social justice and human rights exemplifying the Catholic, Marianist university's missions. … Read More
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Quiet Room Near Lake
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı2
Yatak odası1
Boyut25 metrekare
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Havlu
- İnternet/Kablosuz ağ
- Binada asansör
|Långholmsgatan, 11733 Stockholm, İsveç
|Mülkiyet türü
|Özel oda
|Referans kodu
|Acceptance rate
|< 50%
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|3 days ago
The well-furnished room includes a comfortable double bed, a mirror and a lamp. The tiled bathroom contains a tub. Guests are welcome to make use of the living area, and can enjoy the convenience of free Wi-Fi.
Hornstull Subway Station (T-bana) is just 100 metres away, and provides access to lines 13 and 14. A number of bus services also operate from this station.
The historic centre of Stockholm boasts popular attractions such as the Royal Palace, the Nobel Museum and Stockholm Cathedral. Guests will also find many great restaurants and cafes to enjoy.
No smoking.
|Check-in Saati (Sonrası)
|Check-in before
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***So Lovely***
We stayed at Barbro's apartement for four nights and it was a great time. Barbro and also her flat are very, very nice. From the appartement you only have to walk a few meters and you're at the "tunnelbahna station - hornstull" - from here its very easy to go to the old town. Also from Arlanda airport its easy to go with the flybussarna to Barbro.
Stockholm is really worth seeing, Barbro is lovely and also a great baker and her appartement is nice, too.
I would recommend to my friends.
We have very happy day's with Barbro.
It was very good rooms and a very nice place.
I will certainly go to meet you again.
Thank you!
I directly felt familiar with Barbo, I was a pleasure to meet her and we had many things in common we could talk about.
Barbo is a wonderful ans welcoming host. She is very friendly and carefull to whatever could make your stay comfortable.
The flat has a very nice artistic cozy atmosphere and is very comfortable.
There are a lot of nice places by the water not far away and it is perfect to discover Söldermalm by city-bike. I liked this hip and lively district very much.
I would be very happy to come again.
We had a wonderful time in Stockholm in Barbros apartment. It was very cosy and we had freshly baked cake!! The apartment is in a perfect location with bars just around the corner and the metro and bus station just across the street. We hope it was not our last trip to this wonderful town...and the always friendly swedish people - like Barbro! Thanks a lot!
We had some nice days in Barbro's beautiful and spacious flat - and could even see the German Nationalmannschaft win the World Championship on her enormous TV-screen. Barbro is a kind and friedly lady who helped with advice and even baked a cake for us! Thank you for everything, Barbro, we hope to come again one day.
The flat, the position and Barbro.. everything was perfect!:) We could use the bathroom, the living room and of course our bedroom on our own. It was like having the whole flat just for us. The rooms are big and clean. The furniture and everything is very nice. There is a good spirit in the flat. You directly feel at home. In the flat you cannot hear noises of the street although the house is very central and near to the metro which comes very often, so you can be in other places in few minutes. Stockholm is a very nice, special and not that much big city. If we will come back, we will go again into Barbros flat. We can just recommend Barbros flat and want to say thank you for everything to lovely Barbro :)
The room is very cosy, Barbro is really friendly and made us feel like being in our own home. Good location to discover Stochkolm (20 m from the metro).
We enjoy a lot our stay at Barbro's.
Dear Barbro,
It was a pleasure to know you and to stay in your apartment for 10 days. We felt as if we were home. And I will never forget how it smells good.
We are waiting for you in Brazil!!!
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Finally my WIP is ready, i've named here the Prinses Nikki (Nikki is my daughter's name, she's just 3 years old)
She started as the Red Whale, here's the WIP Thread; The Red Whale
Some statistics;
Waterline lenght; 62 cm
Overall lenght; 78 cm
Width; 17 cm at the waterline
Hight; 78 cm
About 80 m1 of string rigging.
36 Guns
Weighs about 4,62 kg
Took me about 3 months to build (at 4 times a week 3 to 4 hours building)
I used several techniques from CGH; the tumblehome (although i used roofs from cars instead of hinges), the rigging and the sails, thanks for all the tutorials!!, before i was on this forum my ships were boxed, not any use of tumblehome or that sort of things , this forum helped me a lot to improve my ship building .
I also used the building plans from the russian ship the Priediestinacja, i used it for measurements and rigging.
The flags are from the Dutch VOC and in the top of the main mast is the Admirals flag (the Dutch used it to point out that the admirality is on board).
I've made no interiour because of all the special techniques i used it became a mess inside.
The hatches are a bit bigger than mostly used in this forum, it was because i don't have enough hatches so i came up to this (and it looks quite nice IMO )
Well hope you like it;
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Challenging the World First. Story of Development of Riding Simulators
In 1988, study started on the world's first riding simulator for motorcycles. At that time, large simulators existed in the world for automobiles. However, no information was available at all on simulators for motorcycles. Development started in Asaka R&D Center with participation of experts on images, sound, kinetic theory and system control, from the Safe Driving Spread Headquarters in Head Office having the know-how on safe driving education of motorcycles and Honda Engineering having an established reputation on robot control.
|Aims of Riding Simulators
|The aims of riding simulators were in the "experience of hazardous
situations" and "training including driving skills". The large
goals for that purpose were to simulate and mimic the experience
of the basic function of the movements of motorcycles, "drive",
"turn" and "stop". Those in charge of drive analysis pushed
forward the analysis centering round riding feelings while those
in charge of technological computations converted the movements
of motorcycles into numerical formulas. Those in charge of sound
studied methods to reproduce engine sound unique to motorcycles.
And those in charge of images, anticipating the progress of
future computers, selected CGI method, in which computers as
image generating device will create images real time. Several
months later, a riding section was assembled on top of a movable
unit and the unit began to move as directed by the computer.
From the sound division, digitized engine sounds were reproduced
and the image division succeeded in displaying images at the
rate of 30 frames per second. The kinetic computation division
began to produce results of computation highly correlated to
actual drive as against input values of operation by actual
|Prototype No. 1
|Prototype No. 1 was assembled in 1989. This simulator
was made up of a structure with its entirety movable, putting
the major parts of the riding unit and image displaying unit
on a huge cradle. With the tuning of details finished, a test
run was started by motorcycle experts. However, the results
were terrible; all of them tumbled. It was disclosed that the
cause of failure lay in the fundamental issue of demanding manipulation
of motorcycles while no G (acceleration) was felt on the simulator,
i.e., riders could not feel the posture of the motorcycle body.
After repeated changes in the program, they returned to the
starting point of "being able to safely experience hazards".
The program was changed from that "demanding manipulation of
motorcycles", targeting on "anybody can easily ride" and "let
them have the feeling of riding on motorcycles".
Episode "Experiencing hazardous Situations"
Simulation was pushed forward for "experiencing hazardous situations" in Prototype No. 1. A program, in which to mix vehicles furnished with intelligence and characteristics of hazards on computers and those with general characteristics. However, one encountered no hazardous situations despite continuing to drive. On the contrary, driving vehicles decrease in number. The puzzle was solved at last after driving around the course. At one intersection of the course, an accident was caused between the vehicle turning to the right presenting a hazard and one driving straight ahead, and vehicles behind were thrown into congestion. All vehicles were concentrated there. Learning from that case, giving intelligence to vehicles was stopped. And programming technique to produce "experience of hazardous situations" was further refined.
|Prototype No. 2
|The next step for full utilization in the actual
scene of education was the examination in 1990. The development
of prototype No. 2 was started, aiming at the improvement of
educational functions and making the device compact in size.
In No.2, a scoring system was adopted and the screen was enlarged
from 52 to 120 inches. Furthermore, function was upgraded to
enable to practically feel the wind during driving. The prototype
No. 2 was announced at Welcome Plaza of Honda at Aoyama and
installed in the Traffic Education Center, Suzuka, in 1991.
As the world's first riding simulator for educational purposes,
its education effects were verified, together with instructors,
for two years. Based on the achievement of a total of 3,500
riders including actual trainees, effective methods of education
using the riding simulators were established.
|Prototype No. 3
|The major goal of developing prototype No. 3 was
to cut down the cost of No. 2 to one tenth and yet surpass in
the performance. It has become feasible to cut down the costs
by substantial improvement in the performance of personal computers,
redesign of systems, refinement of control programs and simplification
of movable units. In the sector of image generators, which account
for more than a half of the entire costs, however, equipment
capable of satisfying requirements could not be found anywhere.
The team, therefore, approached Evans & Sutherland Corporation
of the U.S., having high technology and experience in image
generators for simulators on the possibility of development.
As the consequence, an image generator meeting with spec requirements
of Honda has come into existence.
|From Prototype to Mass Production Machines
|With prototype No. 3 at last, the study of a riding
simulator brought down the curtain in 1994. Having no plan for
mass production then, the development team lasted for six years
was disbanded. Just about the time when everybody started thinking
the riding simulator project stopped, the motorcycle licensing
system was revised and a training course using simulators was
added to the requirements for the acquisition of a license for
large motorcycles in driving schools. The team was reorganized
and development was started for mass production. Development
was pushed forward while making efforts for the reduction of
costs and working out standards for new designs and test. Furthermore,
the acquisition of form authorization from the Public Safety
Commission has become necessary. On June 19, 1996, the 1st mass-produced
unit came off the line. Obtaining high evaluation from a number
of training schools about drive feeling like on actual vehicles,
traffic environment and functions, the simulators could contribute
to the establishment of safer and more comfortable traffic environments.


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5 Things Google Says You Can Do To Show up on Google.com
USA Today recently took a play from the Reachd Playbook and interview the head of web spam at Google, Matt Cutts, to find out what you can do to get your website to appear higher in the search engine results pages. Read the USA Today article here and the Reachd interview with Matt here
Matt mentioned 5 things you can do.
1. Spotlight your search term. What would people search for on Google to find your business or product? It is important in this step to think like a customer. Get into their head - often times people search in a very unique way.
2. Fill in Your Tags - Your 2 most important tags for the search engines are you Title tag and your meta description
3. Get other sits to link to you. - This one is extremely important. A good place to start is with directory submissions. Go here first http://www.dmoz.org. They are tons of directories to submit to - so are good, some not so good.
4. Creat a Blog and Post Often - If you are just getting started blogging, consider using Wordpress.org it is the best platform for SEO. If you have and Ubertor site, your blog is built in to your website.
5. Register for free tools - Google.com/webmasters/tools is a must if you are committed to search engine optimization. Some would refer to this as an "Advanced" item - in my book it is critical.
Learn more about SEO / Video / Blogging / Google Adwords and Social Media http://www.reachd.com/training


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Children's Medicine - Get it Right!
When it comes to taking medicines, kids aren't just small adults. When using nonprescription medicines, here are 10 ways to be sure you're giving your children the right medicine and the right amount.
For additional information about OTC and prescription drugs, please visit the following MedicineNet.com areas:
The above information was provided, in part, with the kind permission of the Council on Family Health (www.cfhinfo.org)
Last Editorial Review: 8/16/2002


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Definition of smocking in English:
Decoration on a garment created by gathering a section of the material into tight pleats and holding them together with parallel stitches in an ornamental pattern.
Example sentences
- The latest fad in the world of fashion is to go in for fusion wears, which is an intricate mix of conventional patterns with contemporary smocking.
- The stitchers display dazzling skill and finesse, creating textured surfaces of petit point, needlepoint, beading, embroidery, appliqué, smocking and macramé.
- Scallop-edged eyelet and smocking provide a summery look, regardless of the season.
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Senior Accountant, with 3 years experience, required.
At times, organization decisions can affect the hiring speed of the position you applied for. So you need to remain positive and wait patiently for their decision. If you are shortlisted, the employer will update your application status at www.jobsnama.com, or contact you directly to arrange for an interview. Therefore, check your email regularly and make sure your contact details are up-to-date.
To Apply:
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Definition of ruling planet in English:
ruling planet
A planet which is held to have a particular influence over a specific sign of the zodiac, house, aspect of life, etc. the Sun, your ruling planet, changes sign on the 19th
More example sentences
- In your case, with your Leo Ascendant, your ruling planet is the Sun.
- While your ruling planet Mercury in the sign of practical Capricorn isn't brilliant for imaginative work, it's excellent for spotting profitable business opportunities.
- Very communicative thanks to their ruling planet Mercury, Virgo children love to talk, and are lively in arguments and debates.
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The Founder's Teaching Ability
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Nicholas Eschenbruch
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 315
Re: The Founder's Teaching Ability
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Now I believe this pattern, expressing the results of a passionate search process and being confronted with the requirement to "teach" as a result while not having a body of knowledge to pass on, is actually quite common in highly creative people involved in similar processes. From some cursory reading it seems to me something similar was the case for Moshe Feldenkrais; in his case, the insight that he taught a "method of no-method" was somehow preserved, but is still at odds with the fact that there is now the "Feldenkrais method". It would be interesting to know whether there are other examples.
Another one just came to mind: JL Moreno, creator of psychodrama, at his time influential in psychotherapy, theater, and sociology: apparently a wildly creative and charismatic character, and very effective therapist (also: an obsessive womanizer with megalomaniac streaks...), to whom the "method", that was created from what he did (though great in itself), somehow does not seem to do full justice - especially the aspect that students try to this day to extract a "theory", which he supposedly developped, from his often unsystematic and idiosyncratic writing in order to make him fit socially acceptable notions of therapy. Or so I take it...
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> Has anyone done any experiments on which is preferable -- putting your
> buffering at the BufferedInputStream level or the BufferedReader level
> when you have a Reader?
Buffer as low / as early in the chain as possible. That way there is
more code on top of the buffer that might profit from it. Might, but
need not. That depends on what code you have on top of the buffer.
For example, an InputStreamReader decoding some multi-byte char
encoding (UTF ...) needs of course to read more than one byte to
decode one char. How it does that is implementation dependent. It
could do that with a sequence of one-byte reads. In that case a buffer
below could speed up things. Another InputStreamReader could buffer on
its own. In this case a buffer below would not help (but not hurt
much), but a buffer above maybe also not help.


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By Robert J. Rogers
Not many would think of Canning Town when ever the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Intuition) is mentioned but in fact over 200 lifeboats were built at the Thames Iron Works.
When talking of Lifeboats, most peoples memories go back to the seaside and the sight of a large orange Lifeboat racing down a slipway, her brave crew off to face the perils of the sea, the danger captured in Phil Coulter famous song "Home from the Sea", but not many would think of Canning Town and the River Thames!
Canning Town was the home of the TIW (Thames Iron Works), which played an important part in the Development of Lifeboats and built over 200 of them for the RNLI. They were amongst the shipyards on the River Thames who built Pulling and Sailing Lifeboats of the early 20th Century, other included Edwards & Symes (Millwall), Forrestt (Limehouse) and Wolffe & Son (Shadwell). The last two also built boats for the H.S.B (French Volunteer Lifeboat Service).The Pulling and Sailing boats had Oars to drive the boat from the beach and to carryout rescues, and Sails to speed the boat along.
Four main types were built by TIW, Norfolk & Suffolk (N&S) (see Drawing), Liverpool (Liv), Watson (Wat) and Self Righter (S/R), amongst them were the following 30 by Order Number and Date Built, Length (in Feet), Number of Oars, Class and Name.
407-1897-37-12-S/R-Micheal Henry
431-1899-40-12-N&S-Covent Garden
435-1899-37-12-S/R-James Stevens No.10
440-1900-35-10-S/R-Licensed Victualler
455-1900-34-10-S/R-Forester (Reserve Boat)
456-1901-43-10-Wat-John Wesley
463-1901-43-12-Wat-Albert Edward
471-1901-37-12-S/R-54th West Norfolk Regiment
482-1902-46-12-N&S-City of Winchester
495-1902-38-10-Wat-John Wesley
506-1903-35-12-N&S-Nancy Lucy
516-1903-38-10-Liv-Charles Decre James
517-1904-43-10-Wat-Ann Fawcett
520-1903-35-10-S/R-Horatio Brand
521-1904-38-12-Wat-James & Mary Walker
526-1903-35-14-Liv-Charles Burton
536-1904-41-16-Liv-J C Madge
541-1905-35-10-Wat-James Finlayson
545-1905-38-14-Liv-Edward Z Dresden
550-1905-43-10-Wat-Ann Miles
570-1907-43-10-S/R-Hollan the Third
580-1907-34-10-S/R-Jacob & Rachel Valentine
589-1909-44-12-N&S-Eleanor Brown
607-1910-42-12-N&S-James Leach
629-1912-34-12-N&S-Hugh Taylor
Many East coast Lifeboats Stations at one time had a Thames Iron Works built boat, and these included, Aldeburgh, Casiter, Clacton, Cromer, Harwich and Sheringham. One can still be seen, ON432, James Stevens No.14, which was a Norfolk and Suffolk Class built in 1900, and is being preserved at RNLI Walton and Frinton in Essex.
This was a rare Pulling and Sailing Lifeboat as it later had a Motor fitted to it which gave a speed of about 7 knots. This was one of three N&S converted by the TIW, the others (which were not orignally built by the TIW) were ON350 "Bradford" a 42 ft S/R built in 1893 and ON407 "Micheal Henry" a 37ft S/R built in 1897.
As well as Local stations, some Lifeboats from the TIW ended up in stations all around the country.
So next time you are at the seaside, look for the Lifeboat station, you may find a Canning Town built Boat amongst the stations Roll of Honour. Another connection with the area was at Poplar, where from 1882-1933, the RNLI had its Headquarters at Broomfield Road. Today the RNLI carryout rescues on River Thames using the E-Class `Tiger` inshore Lifeboats, with the nearest Lifeboat Station being `Tower`. It was originally at the Tower of London, but now based further upriver at the Embankment, it may surprise you to know it is one of the busiest station in the country.
Illustration of Suffolk & Norfolk type lifeboat built at the Thames Iron Works by R.J.Rogers, Governor Member RNLI


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After tonight, David Letterman will be the longest-serving host in late-night TV history. He is responsible for expanding our understanding of what late night television could be. He is also, in a funny way, responsible for the complete destruction of late night TV. He started out in the hour after Johnny Carson, and you could argue that – especially in the early years – Letterman's show represented a complete deconstruction of the whole Carson model. A sketch like "Stupid Pet Tricks" was a knowing mockery of an animals-being-cute late-night segment. Letterman's Late Night was a subversion of the traditional nightly talk show, as surely as The Simpsons was a subversion of the family sitcom or The Wire was a subversion of the cop drama. Letterman's deconstruction opened the floodgates – if Letterman was making fun of the idea of a talk show, then Conan O'Brien was making fun of the idea of making fun of a talk show. The whole voice-of-god notion of the Johnny Carson host was a thing of the past.
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The funny thing is, as much as Letterman tends to be pegged as an influence on the current generation of late night hosts, the Letterman model of hosting feels like a dying animal. For all his snark and self-satire, Letterman's show was always incredibly personal. When he had heart surgery, he proudly trotted out the medical staff that operated on him. No other late-night host was as moving after 9/11 – as willing to speak freely. Even if other late-night hosts sleep with members of their staff, it's doubtful that they'd announce that fact on national television. Conan O'Brien turned the closing moments of his Tonight Show into a moving bit of personal revelation; Letterman has done that sort of thing regularly, and without cancellation looming over his head.
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- Off the beaten track trekking in the footsteps of pilgrims
- Hike through the stunning Koprulu Canyon and Taurus mountains
- Explore wonderful Roman ruins, historical sites and walled Antalya
- Stay in a traditional pension overlooking stunning Lake Egridir
The St Paul Trail is Turkey's second long distance footpath after the Lycian Way offering stunning scenery, contrasting trails, spectacular historical sites and a variety of traditional accommodation. Slightly easier but wilder and more varied than the Lycian Way, this is an excellent moderately-paced walking holiday following in the footsteps of St Paul. We start from the atmospheric ancient city of Aspendos before trekking over historical sections of Roman road and onto the Roman ruins and cities of Selge, Kesme and Adada, before crossing the rugged Taurus mountains to beautiful Lake Egridir in central Turkey. Staying in small comfortable pensions and simple village houses we experience continuously varied walking, from tracks through forests of cedar and oak to the spectacular Koprulu canyon eventually ending our trek in the pastoral beauty of the Egridir - Turkey's Lake District. This is an off the beaten track walking holiday, offering the opportunity to get away from it all in the Mediterranean sunshine and mountains.
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The St Paul Trail is a recently established, waymarked path, which follows a mix of forest trails, dirt roads, rocky footpaths and even Roman paving. Underfoot conditions are generally very good on established tracks and footpaths but as to be expected from a trail through a karst landscape, there are several rocky sections requiring good footwear. On the section of the trail through the Koprulu Canyon some scrambling is required which is technically very easy but will involve some large steps where you use your hands for balance. We have opted to walk the Saint Paul Trail in this direction so that we climb up these rocky sections rather than down, which would be more difficult. This holiday picks out the best sections of the Saint Paul Trail so there are transfers on some days. Mostly these are at the beginning or end of the day but sometimes a short transfer in the middle of the day is required. All transfers are by private minibus. Generally we hike for 5 or 6 hours each day with stops to visit the various historical sites and other points of interest en route. There are no hotels along the route of the St Paul's Way and we stay throughout in small pensions and on one night we are guests in a village house. Our main luggage is transported each day between overnight stops during the holiday which means that group members will carry just a small day-sack during the walking. This holiday is suitable for anyone of average fitness who enjoys walking holidays
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- Meet at the group hotel in Antalya. A single transfer from Antalya Airport is provided.
- Transfer to Aspendos. Explore the Roman theatre and walk to Eurymedon Bridge. Transfer to Beskonsk.
- Walk on shepherd's trails to ancient Selge via Koprulu Canyon. Transfer to Beskonsk.
- Transfer to Selge. Walk through Koprulu National Park to the simple village of Caltepe.
- Transfer to Kesme. Walk across meadows and follow farm trails to the village of Kasimlar.
- Drive to Tota Yaylasi. Walk to Yenikoy via the flanks of Sarp Dagi (1025m). Transfer to Lake Egirdir.
- Drive to ancient Sagalassos and explore the superb ruins. Transfer to Antalya, free time to explore.
- Departure Day. A single timed transfer to Antalya Airport is provided.
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Map & Itinerary
The Route
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Holiday Itinerary
Meet at the group hotel in Antalya. A single transfer from Antalya Airport is provided.
We rendezvous in the evening at the group hotel in Antalya – a comfortable tourist class hotel with air-conditioned rooms. A single group transfer (30 minutes) will be arranged to meet clients arriving at Antalya Airport. KE Land Only package services begin with this transfer. Our accommodation is located in the historic and picturesque 'Old Town' where buses are not allowed to enter and so we will walk the final few hundred metres (5 - 10 minutes) while our baggage is taken by taxi. We stay overnight at the group hotel. The majority of clients will arrive at the hotel in the late evening and therefore meals are not provided on this day. For anyone arriving on earlier flights, dinner can be taken either at the hotel or in one of the many nearby restaurants.
Accommodation Hotel
Transfer to Aspendos. Explore the Roman theatre and walk to Eurymedon Bridge. Transfer to Beskonsk.
We meet our guide and over breakfast at the hotel have our first briefing. We then set off, driving for approximately 1 hour 15 ninutes to the ancient city of Aspendos which is thought to have been founded over 2000 years ago. What is known is that by the 5th century BC, Aspendos was a highly influential city in the Mediterranean and by the time Paul arrived here during his first great missionary journey in the middle of the first century AD, it would have been a thriving Roman city. Today Aspendos is mostly known for its impressive Roman theatre, almost 100 metres in diameter. One of the best preserved theatres of antiquity in Asia Minor, it would have originally provided seating for 7000 people. We will spend some time exploring the fascinating ruins of Aspendos which also include a basilica, agora, nymphaeum and 15 kilometres of a Roman aqueduct. Aspendos is the official start of the Saint Paul Trail and we will stretch our legs with a short walk of 2.5km taking approximately 1 hour 30 minutes along the trail. After lunch we visit the Eurymedon Bridge, originally built by the Romans and reconstructed in the 13th century. We then continue our journey, driving for a further hour to the tiny village of Beskonak where we stay overnight in a simple pension.
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Walk on shepherd's trails to ancient Selge via Koprulu Canyon. Transfer to Beskonsk.
We leave the village and climb up into the Taurus mountains on small shepherd's paths and the occasional section of Roman road. The southern flanks of the Taurus are surprisingly green, covered in forest of cypress, cedar, oak and pine. We more or less follow the course of the Kopru River (in ancient times known as the Eurymedon). After an undulating 5kms or so, we climb up through the sensational Koprulu Canyon where the rock walls rise up to 100 metres above the river. The path is rocky throughout, with short sections that involve some large rock steps where you need to use your hands for balance. Today's walk ends at the ancient City of Selge. Originally a Greek colony, Selge's location in the mountains and defended by the deep moat of the Koprulu Canyon, allowed it to maintain a measure of autonomy through all the changes of ownership of the region and Selge became a powerful and thriving city making large profits from olive oil and wine produced in its fertile fields. Today only a few traces of its former glory survive. There are no pensions in Selge so here we will meet our tour vehicle and drive for approximately 45 minutes on a rough track to meet the road back to Beskonsk where we spend a second night.
Accommodation Guesthouse
Ascent 1055m
Distance 9km
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Descent 305m
Time 9 hs walking
Transfer to Selge. Walk through Koprulu National Park to the simple village of Caltepe.
After our breakfast we transfer back to Selge to continue along the St Paul Trail. We follow a mixture of trails today including farm tracks and old Roman roads. The area we are walking through is part of the Koprulu National Park which is renown for its mature forests, particularly of cypress trees. We pass several small villages namely Oren, Delisarnic and Kestanelik (Kestane means chestnuts) and during the last part of today's walk we have a long descent on small rocky shepherds' paths to reach our rendezvous with the tour vehicle. We then have a transfer of approximately 15 minutes to our accommodation in in a simple village guest house across the river from the village of Caltepe. This is very simple but clean accommodation overlooking a pretty garden. There is no alternative to this accommodation on the Saint Paul Trail and the warm and hearty welcome from our hosts will more than make up for any lack of modern convenience.
Accommodation Guesthouse
Ascent 620m
Distance 12km
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Descent 1085m
Time 7 - 9 hrs walking
Transfer to Kesme. Walk across meadows and follow farm trails to the village of Kasimlar.
We start the day with a transfer of approximately 1 hour 30 minutes to reach Kesme village, driving through the National Park with sensational views into the Koprulu Canyon which is 400 metres deep in places. After arriving in Kesme we start our walk and follow field tracks and farm roads and across meadows to a small pass at Belsarnic. From the pass we walk down a zig-zag trail through a rocky landscape to reach the village of Kasimlar where we spend the night in a simple pension.
Accommodation Guesthouse
Ascent 565m
Distance 11km
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Descent 875m
Time 6 hrs walking
Drive to Tota Yaylasi. Walk to Yenikoy via the flanks of Sarp Dagi (1025m). Transfer to Lake Egirdir.
We begin with a 30 minute transfer to Tota Yaylasi where we pick up the St Paul Trail and walk through the Tota Yaylasi Forrest Park. Our route crosses the flanks of Sarp Dagi (1025 metres) to a spring on a large plateau area. From here we follow an old village road to Yenikoy where we can enjoy a traditional cup of Turkish tea, known as 'cay'. From Yenikoy we drive (10 minutes) to the Roman ruins of Adada, which the local people call Adada 'Baulo' or sometimes 'Karabaolu' (it is believed that this name is derived from 'Paul' who would have preached here on his first missionary journey). Situated between the two hills of Erikli and Aktepe the city commanded the local area and grew in importance and prosperity during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The ruins are extensive and we will spend some time here looking round the main attractions such as the acropolis, the Hellenistic towers, the basilica and the theatre. From
Adada we follow a dry riverbed and later a spectacular bit of old Roman road, a great way to finish the hiking part of the holiday. Just below the village of Sagrak we meet the road and our bus and then drive for 1 hour to Egirdir town on the shores of Egirdir Lake. We will spend the night here at a comfortable pension.
Accommodation Guesthouse
Ascent 530m
Distance 11km
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Descent 825m
Time 7 - 8 hrs walking
Drive to ancient Sagalassos and explore the superb ruins. Transfer to Antalya, free time to explore.
After breakfast we leave Egirdir and drive on mountain roads for 72 km (approximately 1 hour 30 minutes) to the ancient City of Sagalassos. Situated on a terraced hillside in the Taurus Mountains and spread between elevations of 1450 - 1700 metres, this is one of the most import archaeological sites in Turkey. Once the foremost city in ancient Pisidia, Sagalassos was abandoned following an earthquake and subsequent plague in the 6th century. Due no doubt to its extreme location, the city escaped the fate of other abandoned cities and no large scale looting of its buildings took place so that today a feast of Roman architecture has been and is continuously being, excavated. Since work began in 1990 a large number of buildings, monuments and other archaeological remains have been exposed and we will probably want to spend a couple of hours walking around the site to do it justice. After lunch we will continue our drive for approximately 2 hours to Antalya. After check in at the hotel, the evening is free to explore Antalya and to take dinner in one of the many excellent restaurants.
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Departure Day. A single timed transfer to Antalya Airport is provided.
The day is free to explore the old walled city (known as Kaleci) with its picturesque harbour where you can wander along narrow, winding lanes to discover architectural gems, or to enjoy Antalya's famous beaches. There is a tourist tram that runs from the old town to Antalya Museum which is well worth a visit. In the evening a group transfer is provided to Antalya Airport where KE Land Only package services end.
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Holiday Information
Holiday Information
What's included
- An experienced English-speaking local guide
- Single group transfers from / to Antalya Airport
- All land transport required by the itinerary in a private vehicle
- All accommodation as described in the trip dossier
- Meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
- Vehicle support throughout the trip
What's not included
- Travel insurance
- Airport transfers (other than with the group)
- Some meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
- Entrance fees into tourist attractions and archeological sites
- Any optional activities
- Tips for local staff
- Miscellaneous personal expenses
Breakfasts in the pensions will usually consist of fresh baked bread, butter, jam and/or honey, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, yogurt, preserved meat, fruit juice, eggs, and tea or coffee. Dinner will normally be a three course meal starting with soup and a main course ranging from simple grilled meats to elaborately baked fish and meat casseroles. There will also be a vegetarian option. Desserts are also important in Turkey, including the famous baklava, which is layered filo pastry, stuffed with almond paste or pistachios steeped in syrup. Packed lunches are provided during the walking days. In Antalya there is a wide range of restaurants, cafes and snack bars for you to choose from serving both local and international cuisine.
Meal plan
Joining Arrangements & Transfers
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A Typical Day
After breakfast at our pension, we set off on our day's walk on the St Paul Trail, sometimes after a short transfer in the support vehicle. During the walk, we will carry a daypack which is large enough to pack a lightweight fleece, rain jacket, water bottle cameras etc. We usually make a fairly early start to make the best of the cool morning air. We will walk for approximately 6 - 8 hours a day, stopping off en-route to eat our packed lunch. Along the way, there are often sites of great antiquity which we shall visit. At the end of the day, we will arrive at our overnight accommodation or meet our transport for a short transfer. After freshenning up (on most days there will be the opportunity to take a hot shower) we can enjoy a drink in the warm evening before sitting down to dinner where the guide will brief us on the following day. This is a the perfect time of day for socialising with the group and reliving the events of the day.
Group Leader & Support Staff
Spending Money
We estimate that £150 - £200 (or equivalent in US dollars, Euros etc.) changed into local currency (Turkish Lira), should be sufficient to cover your incidental expenditure including the above mentioned meals, tips to local staff, entrance charges to archaeological sites (allow a total of £10), drinks and souvenirs. If you expect to buy considerable quantities of soft drinks, wine or beer, or if you intend to buy expensive souvenirs you should make an allowance for this. Credit cards can be used in Antalya and cash can be drawn from ATM's in the town using a credit or debit card.
Guidance on Tipping
Tips do not form part of the wages of local staff but they are very much appreciated. It is important to remember that tipping is voluntary and should be dependent on good service. We recommend that tips to your local guide and driver are given at the end of the trip by the group as a whole. The actual amount of the tip is up to you but again this is best decided by the group as a whole and as a rough guide, a contribution from each group member of around £10 – 15 (in local currency equivalent) should provide a suitable pool for tips.
Baggage Allowance
There is no weight limit as such since your main bag will be carried between overnight stops in the tour bus. However we do ask you to restrict your luggage to one main bag (your KE trek bag) and a small daypack. Please bear in mind that you will need to be able to carry your bag up to rooms which may involve climbing flights of narrow stairs.
KE Trek Bag
All KE clients will receive a FREE KE trek bag. These have been specially made to stand up to the rigours of adventure travel. Your KE bag will be posted to you when your trip is guaranteed to run or on receipt of your booking if the trip is already guaranteed. If you have travelled with us before and already have a KE trek bag you can select an alternative free gift in the booking process.
Equipment List
The following checklist should help you with your packing. As a general rule, you should always try to keep the weight of your equipment to a minimum.
You must bring the following items:
Hiking boots
Trainers or sandals
Trekking trousers
Waterproof overtrousers
Waterproof jacket
T-shirts and/or casual shirts
Fleece jacket or warm jumper
Warm hat
Small padlock (to lock trek bag)
Daypack 30 litres
Headtorch and spare batteries
Sun protection (including for lips)
Water bottles 1 Litre (x2)
Washbag and toiletries
Antibacterial hand wash
Basic First Aid Kit including the following: Insect repellent; antiseptic cream; throat lozenges; diarrhoea treatment (Diocalm or Immodium); painkillers; plasters and blister treatment; and re-hydration salts (Dioralite). Glucose sweets and vitamin tablets are a useful addition.
The following items are optional:
Spare laces
Sheet sleeping bag
Trekking poles
Pen-knife (remember to put all sharp objects in hold baggage)
Travel clothes
Group Size and Holiday Status
For each holiday there is a minimum number of participants required to enable it to go ahead. Once the minimum number is reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to run'. You can check the trip status for each departure in 'Dates and Prices' table. Other than in exceptional circumstances, we will not cancel a trip once it has achieved this guaranteed to run status and so you are free to proceed with your international flight booking and other travel arrangements.
Passport & Visas
A passport with 6 months remaining validity at the end of your stay is generally required. The information that we provide is for UK passport holders. Please check the relevant embassy or consulate for other nationalities. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct travel documents and visas for your holiday. Visa requirements and charges are subject to change without notice. If you are travelling outside the EU you should have at least 2 blank pages in your passport for each country that you visit.
Visa Turkey
All nationalities require a visa. The visa fee is $20 and you need to apply for this online prior to departure at www.evisa.gov.tr. Please download the detailed information document: Visa PDF Turkey.
Health & Vaccinations
You should contact your doctor or travel clinic to check whether you require any specific vaccinations or other preventive measures. You should be up to date with routine courses and boosters as recommended in the UK e.g. diphtheria-tetanus-polio and measles-mumps-rubella, along with hepatitis A and typhoid. A good online resource is Travel Health Pro.
The unit of currency in Turkey is the Turkish Lira.
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Preparing For Your Trip
It makes a lot of sense to spend some time before coming on an active holiday getting some additional exercise. While regular hiking in hill or back country is the best preparation, running, cycling and swimming are also good for developing better cardiovascular fitness and stamina. Before departure, we suggest that you try to fit in a number of long walks in hilly country.
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KE treat the safety and security of all clients as the most important aspect of any trip we organise. We would not run any trip that we did not consider reasonably safe. Should the FCO advise against travel for any reason, we will contact everyone booked to travel to discuss the situation. We receive regular updates direct from the FCO and are in constant touch with our contacts on the ground. If you have any questions about government travel advice, please call our office.
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Peace, quiet and tranquillity await in Gilling Old Mill, a charming hamlet sandwiched between Yorkshire's Dales and Moors. The settlement remains one of Yorkshire's hidden gems, a nostalgic hodgepodge of stone cottages bordered by acres of glorious scenic countryside. Rent a cottage in Gilling Old Mill with Sykes Cottages, and you'll understand what I'm talking about.
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Should you book a Yorkshire break near Gilling Mill, expect outdoorsy activities at every turn. From hiking and cycling, to climbing, kayaking and dry stone walling, lovers of the great outdoors will have plenty to keep them occupied. Head west in search of adventure, and you'll find the Yorkshire Dales National Park, 1700 sq kilometres of protected wilderness waiting to be explored. Head east, and you'll come to the North York Moors National Park, where ancient abbeys, evocative heaths and the inspiring north sea coast await.
Although you won't find much by way of amenities in Gilling Old Mill, the historic town of Richmond is just over three miles away, providing the perfect place to wine, dine, or simply stock up on local produce for your cottage kitchen. There's plenty to see in Richmond too, including Richmond Castle, the Church of the Holy Trinity, and the Obelisk, which rises out of the cobbles of England's largest market place.
With so much to see and do in North Yorkshire and beyond, our Gilling Old Mill cottages provide a great place for a variety of different Yorkshire breaks. Whether you're longing for some peace and quiet, or want to get to know North Yorkshire a little better, our Gilling Old Mill holiday rentals are a great place to start- choose your favourite today.
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As he watched insurance adjustors and fire inspectors sift through the fire-ravaged ruins of Brennan's on Monday, Alex Brennan-Martin had two things on his mind: rebuilding and the fate of Brennan's "wine guy" James Koonce and Koonce's 4-year-old daughter, Katherine, who were severely burned in the fire.
"The building is just a thing," Brennan-Martin said. "Things can be fixed. People, they can't. … It's going to take a lot of support for these people."
He has been working with Amegy Bank to create a fund to help Koonce and his family. Koonce was in critical condition Monday. The daughter's condition was not available.
Brennan-Martin said that contrary to some reports, the cause of the fire that began Friday night in the venerable restaurant's map room has not been determined.
"We're going to build it back. I've already started working on it," he said.
"I'm already in the process. I don't have an opening day. But, yes, we'll be back."
In the meantime, Brennan-Martin is counting on business interruption insurance to carry the business through. And he has already begun placing staff with other restaurants around the city.
"We've got good insurance," he said. "But I guess you don't know how good until I finish with the adjustors."


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Breathing is something many of us take for granted. Now imagine not being able to do that without help from a machine. That is how one local woman lives day to day as she waits for a lung transplant. Her name is
Amy Schmidt. "I have Cystic Fibrosis," says Schmidt.
At home she is connected to an air filter in her bedroom. She plans her trips away from home by how much oxygen she needs for the day. "I base my whole life schedule around this little machine," says, Schmidt as she lifts her portable air tank.
Schmidt was born with cystic fibrosis and now needs two new lungs. Schmidt says without it the predictions are not good. "They told me if I didn't have the transplant that probably within two to three years I would probably... wouldn't last much longer than that."
She's been on the donor list for almost a year now. "I know I am at the very top of the list so I pray about it, hope it happens soon." Last December Schmidt got the call that the transplant was a go, only to be dissappointed. "Had all my stuff packed and loaded and on the plane ready to go and right at the last second they called me and cancelled it," says Schmidt. Now she is waiting again. "It's kinda like my life's on hold right now."
But she's not alone, Schmidt says her boyfriend scott is always by her side. "He's been really good he's really supportive he drives back and forth to Denver to see me when I go to the university for my check ups and stuff."
Her parents are also there for her. Her dad sometimes working seven days a week to raise money for the transplant. Both parents using their life savings to help their daughter.
Schmidt says the first thing she would do after the transplant is to take a trip without her oxygen tank. Schmidt says, "I want to go to the beach somewhere, lay on the beach."
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The state meet is being held at the Hearnes Center on the campus of the University of Missouri Feb. 20-22.
The Bulldogs' six qualifiers, Adam Miller, Kyle Weeks, Lance Berry, Scotty Keenan, Andy Croxford and Joe Johnson, is the most Sikeston has had since 1991.
While Sikeston has been able to qualify wrestlers in the past, head coach Chris Hodgkiss is looking to take the next step and get some state placers.
"Obviously they're happy to be there, but as soon as that last round of sectionals got over, we had a little team meeting and we talked about making an impact at state," said Hodgkiss. "They still realize that there is work to be done. We've talked about it as a group and our team goal now is to finish in the top 20."
Sikeston hasn't placed in the top 20 since 1994 when Jerry Winberry, Kenny Hodgkiss and Nathan Askew all placed. The Bulldogs haven't had a wrestler place at state since Kenny Hodgkiss did in 1996.
The Bulldogs have three returning qualifiers in Miller (119 pounds), Weeks (130 pounds) and Johnson (heavyweight).
Miller, a senior, is back after qualifying as a sophomore. Weeks is a junior and Johnson is a sophomore.
"It'll help having three of them with some state experience," said Hodgkiss. "As six individuals, they've really gelled in the last week. I think that will help them a lot."
Much of the time, success in the state meet depends on the luck of the draw.
Sikeston has a couple of wrestlers with tough draws, but a couple others got good draws.
Keenan (171 pounds) will face one of the state's best when he takes on St. Charles' Mark Debrecht, with a 28-4 record.
Croxford (215) also got a tough draw as he will take on 38-3 Drew Marriott of Excelsior Springs.
Miller will take on 29-7 Shawn Werberger of Carl Junction, while Weeks will wrestle 30-15 Heath Perkey of Nevada.
Berry has a tough assignment as he will take on 29-6 Steven Nichols of Carthage.
Johnson's draw appears favorable as he will take on 10-11 freshman Ryan Hemme from Hannibal.
Here is Coach Hodgkiss' thoughts on his six qualifiers. (Individual record in parenthesis).
"He's had a great four-year career for us. I'm pretty proud of Adam just because he's the first kid I've had in my program. He was a freshman the first year I started, so I'm pretty proud of Adam's accomplishments just because he's kind of been mine these four years."
"He's not the strongest kid that you're going to find on the wrestling mat, but he's a got a mean streak to him. He's real aggressive and he's an all-around smart wrestler. He really started picking it up about halfway through his sophomore year last year. He's improved tremendously since that point and he's been getting better and better every match."
"This is Lance's first year at Sikeston, he was at Jackson the last couple of years and he transferred down. So it was good getting to know Lance over the summer and meeting him. Lance has provided a big fire for our team. He's a pretty high intense guy. He started out really well and then he went into a lull in the middle of the season. And now he's picked it up the last month, so he's picked a good time to be wrestling his best."
* Scotty Keenan, Jr. (27-13)
"Scotty didn't wrestle his freshman year because of an injury. So really he's only been back into it for the last two years. He's in a pretty tough weight class at 171, he's a pretty light 171 too. He gives up a lot of weight to some of these kids. Scotty's got a really good shot. He's real aggressive on his feet. He's done well for us the last two years after missing an entire year."
"He was a JV wrestler his freshman and sophomore year. He had some success on that level, but that doesn't automatically translate into success on the varsity level. Andy started out the year probably not wrestling as well as he would've liked to. But the more he won, the more confidence he gained. When he's got confidence, he can be dangerous, and right now he's got a lot of it. I'd say Andy's probably improved more than any kid on our team."
"Joe is a kid that brings a smile to your face. He's the kind of kid that if he sets his mind to do something, he'll just go out and do it. He's always begging me to stay after practice and lift more. He stays after practice and runs to get in shape, because he knows being a heavyweight that would be a good advantage for him. He is so strong and quick for a heavyweight. Once he gets the little bitty things down in wrestling, he's going to be very dangerous."


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Remembering The Beatles
September 21, 2009 - Jim Bartholow
The recent hubbub over the release of The Beatles music and video game got me thinking back to when the Fab Four led the first wave of The British Invasion of music to the United States. I was 12 at the time and just discovering music. Transistor radios were just coming into mass marketing so we had the music wherever we wanted to take it. The Beatles were a fresh sound with lyrics about the usual topics (girls, love, breaking up). And that hair, really radical for the times and our parents were repulsed both by their music and their looks. That was a perfect combination for America's young people who were listening to the sounds of The Beach Boys, Frankie Avalon and the Supremes. The Beatles made a big point of how much they enjoyed the music of America's blues artists such as Chuck Berry and the Isley Brothers. But, growing up in Cleveland, we didn't hear much of Chuck, or James Brown, or any other black performer. Their music was largely limited to the R&B stations based downtown with signals that were too weak to get into the suburbs. To say that The Beatles were huge would be an understatement. I remember that at one time they had a majority of the Top Ten tunes for quite a few weeks at the peak of their popularity. We couldn't get enough of them. I remember "The Beatles Hour" every Sunday night on Cleveland's top rock and roll radio station. It was 60 minutes of solid Beatles music, played by request. I loved it. And when Cleveland's top-rated rock radio staton, which wasn't even in the Cleveland area ("The Giant" CKLW in Hamilton, Ontario) discovered The Beatles it was wall-to-wall Fab Four. That's right, Cleveland's top rock radio voice wasn't even in Cleveland at the time. CKLW played lots of music with little commercial or DJ interruptions. And it played the most popular music over and over and over. Eventually, the fervor died down, but the world of music and my interest in rock and roll changed forever. I was hooked on those sounds.
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If you're planning to sign up for health insurance through the affordable care act, you must begin the process by Monday, March 31. WMTW News 8's Paul Merrill reports.Video Transcript
IF YOU'RE STILL PLANNING TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT... LISTEN UP. YOU MUST BEGIN THE PROCESS BY MONDAY IF YOU WANT COVERAGE IN 20-14. W-M-T-W NEWS EIGHT'S PAUL MERRILL JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM OUR NEWSROOM WITH MORE. LIVE NOW FROM OUR NEWSROOM WITH MORE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING A GRACE PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS, BUT THE CAVEAT IS YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST BEGUN THE PROCESS BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY. TODAY, WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW MANY MAINERS HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SIGNING UP. -NATS- ANN CAVANAUGH CAME TO THE CONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE OFFICE IN AUGUSTA TODAY TO GET HELP NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE-DOT- GOV WEBSITE. "You know, when you first started out, you couldn't get online, couldn't talk to anybody. It was just ridiculous, so I just put it out of my mind for a few months and then when I heard the deadline was coming up, I knew I had to do something." THAT DEADLINE IS MONDAY. CITIZENS WHO DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND HAVEN'T AT LEAST STARTED THE PROCESS BY MONDAY WILL FACE PENALTIES. "I don't like the word 'penalty' and I needed insurance so it brought me here last-minute but it did bring me here." TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELIGIBLE MAINERS STILL HAVEN'T SIGNED UP. EMILY BROSTEK IS THE CONSUMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANAGER HERE. "There's some people who wanted to see how it went, maybe didn't quite trust it or didn't understand how it worked. I think in Maine especially we've had great success and great numbers." AS OF MARCH 1ST, 25,000 MAINERS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE A-C-A. A JANUARY KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION ESTIMATE PUTS THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED NON- ELDERLY MAINERS AT 130,000. "I think three or four years down the road, certainly, we'll look back and we're going to find that there's probably been some successes and some failures." REPUBLICAN STATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEN FREDETTE SAYS THE MATH ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LAW WON'T WORK OUT IF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP FOR COVERAGE ARE OLDER ADULTS WITH MORE MEDICAL NEEDS. "These insurance exchanges need the younger people to provide for the lower rates, and so I think what you're actually probably going to see a year or two out is significantly rising rates for people buying insurance under the exchanges." ANN CAVANAUGH'S FOCUS TODAY IS THAT, FOR $200 A MONTH, SHE'LL HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST TWO YEARS. "It's kind of comforting to know I'll have something." THE FOLKS AT CONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE WILL BE WORKING THIS WEEKEND TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. FIND THEIR PHONE NUMBER AND WEEKEND HOURS IN THE STORY ON OUR WEB SITE: W-M-T-W- DOT-COM. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, PAUL MERRILL, W-M-T-W
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Troubled music retailer HMV caused a stir on Twitter yesterday as employees used the brand's official Twitter feed to live-blog mass redundancies taking place at the high street chain. Using the hashtag #hmvXFactorFiring, @HMVtweets claimed that staff were being fired by the HR department. The news was then confirmed by the administrator. Deloitte said that 190 people have been made redundant at the brand's head office and distribution centres.
The Tweets were quickly deleted, but not before they were widely shared. The feed also claimed that the "marketing director" was asking "How do I shut down Twitter?".
The person who sent the tweets was a former intern who took over responsibility for the account. So she didn't hijack the account, but was running it as part of her social media duties. It is the old story of the (ex) intern doing it again (don't tell me that you don't remember Habitat). She tweeted that she hoped it would finally show the management the power of social media. Well they are certainly paying attention now.
Just to set something straight, I did not 'hijack' the hmv twitter account. I actually assumed sole responsibility of Twitter & Facebook –
— Poppy Rose (@poppy_powers) January 31, 2013
– over two years ago, as an intern.When asked (this afternoon), I gladly provided the password to head office. I also set another member of
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staff up as a manager on Facebook, and removed myself from the admin list. I didn't resist any requests to cooperate.
— Poppy Rose (@poppy_powers) January 31, 2013
I hoped that today's actions would finally show them the true power and importance of Social Media, and I hope they're finally listening.
— Poppy Rose (@poppy_powers) January 31, 2013
The idea of closing down the Twitter feed (if true) was almost certainly a knee jerk reaction and one that would be a terrible mistake (horses and barn doors et cetera). It might have been for the wrong reasons, but it has made people notice the HMV Twitter account. Anyone with an ounce of digital sense would build on that moment and turn it around. This could be a positive social media moment.
Hopefully whoever buys the brand can ensure that a future HMV has a strategy that makes good use of social media to drive the brand onwards.
That's something that Jason Woodford, CEO of digital marketing agency, SiteVisibility agrees with. He says closing down the Twitter feed would be huge mistake.
The brand has to keep that feed running and whoever buys HMV needs a cogent digital strategy. Woodford says that the Twitter faux pas has seriously put a black mark against its social media ethics and general know-how.
"Firstly let's hope whoever buys the business, if someone does of course, that they have a stringent digital strategy in place. A brand as recognisable and as large as HMV shouldn't be getting blind-sided by their employees on the internet, even if they are set to be made redundant. The world of eCommerce is tightly knit and well connected, so I hope people aren't tempted to inadvertently burn their bridges as they share their momentary misfortune.
"We are talking about one of the largest high street brands here. And whilst we were all fully aware that the organisation would likely be making a round of redundancies in the not too distant future, this Twitter faux pas has seriously put a black mark against its social media ethics and general know-how. It's been noted that its senior marketing management are asking how to close down their own Twitter account; it shouldn't be a question asked at that level. If they need it done then they should just do it. It's clear that too many people along the chain have got hold of the Twitter account details and have exploited HMV's vulnerable position. This has led to a brand new dilemma in which ultimately ends in them closing their Twitter account. Unhappy staff, unhappy customers and it all publicised over the internet, senior management there must be wondering – can get any worse right now?
"However, by shutting the account down now would make for a poor and ill-advised PR move. What people will appreciate now is honesty and transparency it's just a shame that via their now former employees have provided a bit too much of the latter already."
HMV, which has 239 stores in the UK, went into administration two weeks ago. The 92-year-old company has struggled against online rivals such as Amazon.


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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet Marriage Quotes
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Quote #1
My child is yet a stranger in the world.
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.
Let two more summers wither in their pride
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.
Younger than she are happy mothers made.
And too soon marred are those so early made.
All right, ladies, admit it: you're all just waiting for the day that Prince Charming comes to… broker a marriage deal with your dad before even meeting you. Right? Right?? It's the stuff Disney movies are made of.
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Marry, that 'marry' is the very theme
I came to talk of.—Tell me, daughter Juliet,
How stands your disposition to be married?
It is an honor that I dream not of.
Juliet at the beginning of the play is still at the age where she's putting pictures of Justin Bieber up on her wall. We're pretty sure the only actual men she's talked to in her life are either related to her or sworn to celibacy.
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What say you? Can you like the gentleman?
I'll look to like, if looking liking move.
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.
(1.3.85; 103-105)
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Johnstone, Rooney lead #Seawolves past Vermont
April 5, 2014
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Freshman Hayden Johnstone (Toronto, Ontario) made a career-high 19 saves and junior Mike Rooney (East Islip, N.Y.) led seven different goal scorers with three goals in Stony Brook's 10-7 victory over Vermont Saturday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
Johnstone stopped 12 shots in the second half as the seven Vermont goals were the fewest by a Stony Brook opponent this season.
Rooney's hat trick was the 10th of his career for Stony Brook (5-7, 1-1 America East). Sophomore Brody Eastwood (Victoria, British Columbia) added two goals and his first assist of the season.
Sophomore Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) recorded a goal and two assists. Senior George Benitez (Darien, Conn.) and freshman Mark Ellis (Garden City, N.Y.) each scored their first career goals.
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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But before I begin relating what happened, you must know something about me as I was in the year 1832- when these events transpired. At the time my name was Charlotte Doyle. And though I have kept the name, I am not – for reasons you will soon discover – the same Charlotte Doyle. (Preface.2)
Shakespeare once asked, "What's in a name?" Our protagonist weighs in on the issue by telling us that, though she still goes by the name of "Charlotte Doyle," time has fundamentally changed who she actually is. (She is writing retrospectively, many years after the original composition of her journal.) As an adult, Charlotte defines herself not by a simple title or by her family name, but by her life experiences.
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Not even the same lowering mist I'd observed when I first came from my cabin could dampen my soaring spirits. Captain Jaggery was a brilliant sun and I, a Juno moon, basked in reflected glory. (6.2)
Charlotte imagines herself as a reflection of the captain; that is, she sees herself as the moon to his oh-so-glorious sun. Does this imagery suggest that Charlotte regards herself as merely a reflector for the captain's grandeur? Can Charlotte only see herself in relation to someone else in general?
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This time I did not cry. I was too numb, too much in a state of shock. Instead, I simply stood immobile – rather like the moment when I'd first cast eyes upon the Seahawk – trying confusedly to think out what I could do.
I tried, desperately, to imagine what my father, even what my mother or Miss Weed, might want me to do, but I could find no answer. (12.38-12.39)
In the aftermath of Mr. Cranick's death, Charlotte finds herself with a lack of guidance. No one – not her father nor her mother nor boarding school mistress – can help her decide what action to take. She must now decide what to do all on her own. She must learn to think of herself as an independent person.


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Whoops, probably shouldn't have gone into the sea with shoes on. Either that, or maybe when you hear your doorbell ring and someone says "Dolphin," you just shouldn't answer. This Man Eating Shark Costume will make a hilarious addition to the Halloween party!Complete with legs sticking out of a shark's mouth (the opening to see is just below the top set of teeth); there's no question what this Adult sized costume is about! When its shark versus man, the shark always wins! Take the Adult Man Eating Shark Costume and show off that humorous side!
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