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UKIP will hold an open meeting for residents in Southampton.
On May 18 the party will host the event in the private function room of the Frog and Parrot pub in Above Bar.
Starting at 4pm, it will feature a talk by Hampshire county councillor Andy Moore on UKIP and local government.
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Thanks and kind regards.
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We are looking for exceptional and ambitious Python developers who would love an opportunity to learn more and become full stack developers. This role is ideal for somebody who is passionate about building great online apps and wants to use their skills to have a real impact on a product used by over 320,000 users from 190 different countries. We are looking for a developer who loves being part of a team but is also self-motivated and likes the idea of working remotely.
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As a developer in the Hotjar tech team, you will be working on developing and improving features built primarily in JavaScript, AngularJS, Python and PostgreSQL. You will be creating production grade Python code and will have the opportunity to implement solutions designed to handle incredibly high levels of traffic. Besides Python, you will also be given training on front-end languages and frameworks (such as AngularJS) allowing you to become a full-stack developer. You will need to be highly process driven and eager to learn new technologies and programming languages. You will also be communicating directly with our users on a regular basis to investigate issues and truly understand how your work is being used.
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- Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Terms of the deal, which has received board approval from both companies and is expected to close in Dell's fiscal second quarter, were not disclosed. Wall Street analysts pegged the pact's value at anywhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
Dell officials said customers are looking for ways to centrally management a wide range of disparate security technologies, such as antivirus and antimalware software, intrusion and prevention detection, content filtering, and VPNs, and that SonicWall's appliance firewalls provide that.
UTM "brings simplicity to what can be a very disjointed and very complex issue," said Dell Software president John Swainson, on a conference call with reporters.
SonicWall has traditionally focused on providing security systems for small and mid-sized businesses, but began pursuing the enterprise market with its introduction of the SuperMassive E10000 series last year. The E100000 systems are designed to monitor traffic across large, corporate networks. "SonicWall aligns well with Dell's midmarket focus, and this transaction will allow us to accelerate the growth of our SuperMassive product line into Dell's large enterprise customers," said SonicWall CEO Matt Madeiros.
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Brazil's PMI shows expansion, though inflation poses threat
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Purchasing Manager's Indices (PMIs) are widely used leading indicators to gauge the performance of a sector in an economy. The indices are based on surveys of business managers and are usually composed of questions with relative answers. For example, a typical key question may be "Comparing against last month, is the level of business activity higher, lower or the same?". By aggregating a large number of responses, the overall sentiment towards the sector can be quantified.
The HSBC PMIs are a series of PMI indices focused on emerging markets, compiled by HSBC and Markit. As with most indices of this type, the scale ranges from 0 to 100, with any value below 50 meaning contraction and above 50, indicating expansion. Most of HSBC PMIs focus on the manufacturing sector, though HSBC has developed both manufacturing and services sector PMIs for the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
In the case of Brazil, the December values for the manufacturing PMI show a slightly lower value than in November, but still remains in expansion territory. In fact, the output of the manufacturing sector increased for the fourth consecutive month in December. New order volume increased, at a reduced pace, and new export orders posted the first increase in 21 months. The data indicates that the Brazilian manufacturing sector is indeed expanding, though perhaps not as fast as in previous months.
Inflation showed a troubling trend; both input and output prices increased, though the rate of inflation for inputs was higher and at an 18-month high. Inflation is usually a byproduct of fast growth and higher inflation may trigger higher rates by the Brazilian Central Bank to curve inflation and slow down growth. Additionally, if costs continue to rise faster than consumer prices, margins will get squeezed and corporate earnings will fall along with Brazilian equities.
Investors in iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) or other small cap versions, such as those by iShares (EWZS) and VanEck Vectors (BRF), should watch the PMIs closely to understand whether or not Brazil will once again return to strong growth or continue to be outpaced by its Latin American neighbors. This is also important for investors in Latam ETFs, which are generally heavy on Brazilian exposure, e.g. iShares Latin America 40 Index Fund (ILF) and SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America ETF (GML). The data so far implies that Brazil is definitely growing, though perhaps not accelerating, and inflation may throw a wrench in its growth engine. It will be important to complement the view of this manufacturing PMI with the services PMI to get a more complete view of the economic health of Brazil.


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YOUNGSTERS are all set for the next step of their education after leaving nursery school earlier this month.
Kids from Kiddikins nursery, which is based in the Childrens' Centre in Hindpool Close, went out in style when they reached the ened of term earlier this month.
Bosses at the nursery organise a Graduation Ceremony each year, kitting out the youngsters in gowns and caps to send them on their way to 'big' school.
Lisa Race, from Kiddikins, said the annual event always has the parents reaching for their hankies.
Lisa said: "This event marks the end of their nursery era, and it is all part of the transition for them to move into school.
"It is always an enjoyable event, and we invite the parents in for a performance where all of the kids sing some songs.
"It's actually quite emotional, because we have had some of the children from being as young as six months old so we have really watched them develop.
"Throughout their time with us we take pictures which date right back to the day they started so it's a story of their learning journey.
"We hand them over to the parents when they leave as a nice little keepsake and give them a framed photo of the children in their cap and gown..
"It's a bit like This Is Your Life, and there are always a few tears."
A total of nine youngsters from Kiddikins are now getting ready for the move into primary schools in September.
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Deep-Sea Fisheries and Vulnerable Ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic
A new European Commission proposal to overhaul the regulation of deep-sea fisheries in the northeast Atlantic Ocean is a promising step toward transforming the area into a sustainable fishery. The proposal would repeal Council Regulation (EC) 2347/2002 (the 'deep-sea access regime') and establish new conditions for EU vessels fishing for deep-sea species in the northeast Atlantic.
The proposal builds upon key scientific findings showing that many deep-sea stocks are highly vulnerable to overfishing and that deep-sea fishing threatens biodiversity by damaging vulnerable marine ecosystems. The proposal contains positive elements, including a phase out of destructive bottom trawls and bottom gillnets to target deepsea species. But it must be strengthened to ensure the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fisheries and preserve many of the last unexplored habitats in the world.
The Pew Environment Group calls for the following elements in a new deep-sea access regime:
- End destructive fishing practices through a phase out of bottom trawling and bottom gillnet fishing in the deep sea.
- Require impact assessments for all deep-sea fisheries.
- Ensure that fishing is permitted only if the catch, including any bycatch, is scientifically proven to be sustainable and if fishing practices include science-based protections for vulnerable, threatened, and endangered species.
- Ensure that deep-sea fisheries are managed to prevent adverse impacts on deep-sea ecosystems, including deep-sea corals, sponges, and seamounts.
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Media Contact: John Briley
Topics: Oceans, Environment
Project: Protecting the Deep Sea


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A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who allegedly stabbed a fellow student in the arm at a secondary school in Melbourne's southeast this morning will spend the weekend in custody after a brief appearance in court this afternoon.
The teenager was charged with intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury, assault with a weapon and possessing a controlled weapon this afternoon.
The Children's Court heard the teen would not apply for bail today, but would do so on Monday, and there were no custody management issues.
A 15-year-old boy received serious but non life-threatening injuries during the incident and is recovering at the Royal Children's Hospital.
The schoolyard attack allegedly occurred shortly before 9am, just two days after classes resumed for the year.
The teen was remanded in custody until Monday.
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On the occasion of Women's Day, the contestants dedicate the episode to all the women they respect and admire.
Abhishek dedicates his performance to his mother and performs a stunning dance on the song O nadan pareindey'. Later, Abhishek surprises his mother by humming few lines of the song Maa from the movie Taare Zameen Par'.
Aryan's performance on Sari raat dedicated to the contestant coordinator wins everyone's heart and compels the judges to give him a BOO ring. Mumtaz's aerial performance on a Sugarcane stick took everyone by surprise. His stupendous performance earned him a BOO ring and a standing ovation as well. Later, Rakshit and Mumtaz have a ganna eating competition where Sachin jumps in to help Rakshit while Abhishek lends his support to Mumtaz. Finally, Rakshit's team emerges as the winner.
After weeks of chasing, Sagar finally gets Mathura ka Petha for all the judges. He dedicates his performance to lord Ram and later mimics all the kids which leaves everyone in splits. Sachin's dance on Signal pyar ka signal on the trampoline earns him two BOO rings. After the performance, Sargun and Rakshit too try their hand on the trampoline and amuse everyone.
Lastly, Priyanka's special performance on the song Pani da dedicated to the dancing diva Madhuri Dixit impresses one and all. In the end, judges Ravi Bahl, Javed Jaffrey and Naved Jaffrey wish Sargun, Smrity and Priyanka a very Happy Women's Day by gifting them a bouquet.


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OGDEN, Utah – Weber State University will join with the community and nation in remembering the events of September 11, 2001 by hosting "A Patriotic Celebration of Freedom," at 6:30 p.m. on September 11, 2002.
The evening will begin with a two-mile freedom walk around campus, sponsored by student activities. The walk will start at the Stewart Bell Tower. Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Northern Utah will be handing out water and assisting participants. The Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Band will lead walkers around the course with musical selections reflecting the nature of the day.
At the conclusion of the walk, a concert will be held at the Val A. Browning Performing Arts Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Under the direction of Thomas Root, a selection of patriotic music will be performed by the combined WSU and Ogden Concert bands.
The evening will conclude with a candlelight vigil at the Ada Lindquist Plaza. A moment of silence will be observed for those who lost their lives, followed by a remembrance of Mary Alice Wahlstrom of Kaysville and her daughter Carolyn Beug, who were on board the first plane to strike the World Trade Center.
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Chapter 1 : Defeating Pottie
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Dedicated to my friend Pheonix, (rebornpheonix, go look at her account) who gave me the idea.
Assume NOT what I had made you assume in the earlier stories, but assume a new assumption which I shall make you assume.
Assume that our dear Lord Voldie went surfing the web in some Muggle house. ASSUME THAT.
Do not question the assumption, and do not ask how he got there.
Just assume it.
So I shall assume that you have assumed that, meaning that I will assume that you have assumed what I told you to assume.
Therefore, you must assume what I assume you have assumed, and I will assume you have assumed what I have assumed you have assumed, which is what you should assume.
~*Defeating Pottie*~
Lord Voldie was on the web. (A/N: This is what I told you to assume.)
He had, in a gesture of brilliance, Googled Harry Potter. He found ta-da!...www.harrypotterfanfiction.com!! What a co-inky-dink!!
Lord Voldie is not stupid. In fact, he came up with an idea. (lightbulb!!)
He clicked on Search and in the keyword box, typed How to Defeat Harry Potter.
Ooh. Twenty-eight matches. Voldie clicked on the first one, How Voldie Shall Defeat Pottie. Voldie was a little bit insulted at the way fanficcers were always calling him Voldie, (wink-wink) but he decided to let it go. They were, after all, letting him in on the secret of (drumroll please!) HOW TO DEFEAT POTTIE.
Voldie skipped all the dramatic romancy chapters and went straight to the last one: Pottie Defeated At Last. He read avidly.
Harry apparated in front of Voldie. I shall defeat you!! he cried.
Voldie ducked as Harry threw avocadoes at him. One avocado narrowly missed the entrance to Voldies _____. (I shall let you finish this sentence on your own. For all you innocents, I was merely talking about Voldies nasal passageways.)
You think you can defeat me with mere avocadoes? Voldie thundered. Well, I have COCONUTS!!
Oh, no! Harry squeaked in fright. Not coconuts!! Anything but coconuts!! Here, take a couple avocadoes!
No, thank you, Voldie said politely. I am allergic to avocadoes. They make me throw up. What were we talking about? Oh, yes! I HAVE COCONUTS!!
No! Harrys protested. Im sorry, but I dont think coconuts taste good! I dont even like coconut cream pie!
Voldie gasped.
You you you dont like coconut cream pie? he repeated, shocked. Harry hung his head.
Im sorry, Voldie, he apologized.
Well, thats okay, Voldie soothed. I wont make you eat them, then. Ill just throw them at you.
Whew! Harry said, relieved.
Harry fell down after the coconut hit his head. Voldie scratched his head in confusion.
Hmm that sounded pretty hollow to me, he puzzled. You cant be that stupid, can you? Oh yeah, you are! You do, after all, dislike coconuts!!
Harry sat up feebly. You shall never defeat me! he gasped. Voldie smiled.
Oh, yes I will! he said.
No you wont!
Yes I will!
Voldie took Harry by the arm and dragged him to the nearest bathroom. He led Harry to the toilet. He stuck the top of Harrys head in it and pulled the lever.
Nooooooooo! Harry cried in an anguished voice.
Haha! Voldie laughed his evil laugh and pulled the lever again.
Please! No! Harry protested. It took me THREE HOURS this morning to get all that gel in!!
Say goodbye to your perfectly gelled hair, then, Voldie cackled. He pulled the lever again.
The more Voldie pulled the lever, the more Harry felt his power draining away. His last thoughts:
How dare he ruin my hairgel! It cost me fifteen Sickles!!
Voldie finished reading.
Hmm .
(A/N): HAHAHAHA. I had a lotta fun writing this. =P
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I went into this movie with high expectations. I was very excited when
I seen the trailer, I actually thought that it was going to be scarier
than the original. I have to say it is nowhere near as scary as the
original, and it is definitely not "The Most Terrifying Film You Will
Ever Experience." Another reason why I was so disappointed, the "Where
Gunna Get you" song is not featured in the film.
The only thing that I actually liked is the acting. The actors in this film are actually very talented and have a lot of potential. They are very convincing in certain sequences in the film.
Despite the fact that the movie was awful I also have to say that the make-up effects were awesome I liked how they used practical make-up effects rather than CGI.
The only good elements that the movie has is good acting and good make-up. Other than that it is kind of boring, and not at all scary, so don't waste you time getting excited because it is only going to let you down.
I have to say I am very pleased with The Dark Knight Rises. Christopher
Nolan really pulled off another great film. The plot is brilliant, the
cast of actors are very talented and convincing.
The plot takes place eight years after the previous film, where the citizens of Gotham consider Batman the enemy. But when a new ruthless villain by the name of Bane terrorizes the city and Batman is forced to rise again, and Batman really meets his match in this film because Bane is an absolute monster with lightening fast speed and power. The plot is also packed with action and mind-blowing special effects that will leave you with a smile on your face.
The actors are also mind-blowing. Tom Hardy did a fantastic job at playing Bane. His character is very ominous and even scary at times. Without a doubt Bane has to be my favourite villain yet because Christopher Nolan really made him realistic, it actually felt like Bane just could be a modern day terrorist. Another actor that did a phenomenal job is Michael Cain. I always love watching that guy act, he has so much talent and there is always something soothing about him when I see him act, he always puts on a fantastic performance. And Anne Hathaway who plays Selena Kyle and Catwoman really pulled off a great Catwoman, her character was very entertaining to watch. And Christian Bale once again does not disappoint with his portrayal of Batman and Bruce Wayne.
The only reason why I didn't give this film the full 10 stars is because Batman didn't have as much screen time as he should have, there is like a big 45 minute gap where Batman is not in it. The film is brilliant don't get me wrong, but there was a few times during the movie where it didn't feel like a Batman movie. But don't worry it makes up for it in the climax. But still Batman should have had more screen time.
This film is an absolute must-see. It has stunning, mind-blowing action with great actors and a phenomenal plot. And yes the movie is almost 3 hours but you really don't even notice because the plot and the action just sucks you in. Don't miss out on this movie, it is absolutely phenomenal
This film is absolutely gut-busting funny, even though it has its
emotional and sad moments, it is always broken with the comedy.
Seth MacFarlane did a fantastic job with this film. He really proved that not only can he make hilarious adult cartoons, but also make very funny movies that actually have a good message to it.
I'm pretty sure that a lot of people went into this movie thinking that it would only be filled with sexual and inappropriate jokes(Which it does have a lot of), but the film actually has a very good message. It shows you how complicated life can be at times, and how hard it can be when your in a relationship. Also it shows you how sometimes friends can hold you back from moving on with your life, and that everyone needs to grow up and not act immature all the time.
Even though it has a good message, the movie is extremely funny. I came out of the theatre saying: "finally a comedy that is actually funny" i'm not going to give away any of the scenes because I really don't want to spoil it. This film really does not disappoint. But if you are easily offended I wouldn't watch this movie, because there are a few jokes in this film that may offend people. But if you have a great sense of humour you won't take it to heart.
The film is also narrated by Patrick Stewart, and I must say he did a good job. He has a great narration voice, and even the narration is hilarious because Patrick Steward even says funny things that will have you in knots laughing.
I can't express enough how funny this movie is. All I can say is go see this movie, you will not be disappointed this film will actually make you laugh.
I can't express enough how incredible this film is. The special effects
are top notch, the acting is phenomenal, the story is extremely
creative, it has its suspenseful moments, and it is absolutely
beautiful to look at.
The story shows a great level of creativity, it is Ridley Scott at his best. The film is about a group of scientists going to an alien planet on a quest to find out about the creation of man. I personally loved that idea, and while you are watching the film it actually makes you think how we were engineered. It really puts your mind to work, and pretty much any movie that can do that is a great film in my eyes.
Another element that makes this movie so amazing is the special effects. The effects in this movie are very well done, this movie shows that there should be no excuses for bad special effects in movies anymore. Another reason why the effects make the film work is because the movie is so beautiful to look at, the scenery in this film is fantastic, especially during the opening scene. I could not help but say: "Wow, that is absolutely beautiful." Trust me the special effects in this film will not disappoint. Especially during the scene where a storm roles in on the planet that they are on, the storm is really wild to look at and it keeps your eyes glued to the screen.
Also, the acting in this film is at its best. Noomi Rapace really proved herself in this film. She did a phenomenal performance, I think she is an incredible actress, she has so much talent and always puts on an entertaining performance. Also, Charlize Theron almost plays a villain, not really a villain but almost like a very mean boss. I personally loved that idea and she really pulled it off. I could go on all day about all the other actors in the film, but its better if you just watch the movie, because the acting is phenomenal.
This film is also very intense. There are a few moments where you might catch yourself clenching your fist with your heart pounding. It happened to me. The sequences where they come in contact with the alien species is very intense and wild. Some of the creatures are kind of frightening and very cool to look at. I'm not going to go into two much details about the creatures because I don't want to spoil anything, but all I can say is that you won't be disappointed.
I don't know how anyone can hate this film, it is by far the greatest movie I have seen in years. Do not listen to the negativity about this film, this is a must see. Don't miss out, this film really delivers.
After viewing this film I couldn't have been more impressed. It has all
the elements of a great horror film. It has lots of jumpy scenes, lots
of bizarre imagery and it even has a little bit of gore. When I checked
the ratings for this movie I was completely disgusted. I honestly don't
know why people hated it so much, its a great supernatural horror film
with great actors.
The film follows a doctor played by Halle Berry, who works at a mental hospital. When she encounters a women and she touches her face and she wakes up in the hospital where she works. But she is a patient because she is accused of killing her husband.
This film really freaked me out. There are many bizarre images, its one of those movies that left a strange feeling in my stomach when the movie was over. The shower scene is the best example for this imagery, this is the scene when Halle Berry's character hallucinates in the shower and they show you what she is seeing, and what she is hearing, this scene puts up through her point of view and how she is feeling, which is brilliant because it really puts you in the state of mind that she is in and really creeps you out.
Also, if you love supernatural horror films like I do, the jump scenes in this film are absolutely phenomenal. There is one particular scene that I loved and that is one of the scenes when Halle Berry's character is locked up in her cell during the night and she bends over and the ghost women is standing behind her. what I loved about that was that there was no loud music to make you jump it was dead silent and I still almost jumped off the couch.
Another element that makes this a great horror film if the acting. The fact that they got talented actors is a bonus because everything in this film actually seems convincing because the actors are phenomenal, Halle Berry for example, she is a very talented actress, she can pull off pretty much any role she wants. Also, how can you not love Robert Downy Jr, I love watching that guy act, he is loaded with talent and i'm a big fan of his work.
This film ranks high on my list of movies, I highly recommend this film. It has all the elements that make a great horror film, also the actors in this film is fantastic. Don't listen to the negativity, this film is brilliant.
The fact that there was so many negative ratings and reviews for this
movie angered me. I never usually get mad with reviews because everyone
has an opinion on what they think. But with this film, I can't help but
think they must have been watching another movie, because this is by
far the best Slasher film i've ever seen.
This film has great character development. You really get to know the characters before anyone in the film is killed, which is good for a Slasher film, because with a slasher film there is always characters that you want to live and die. Also with the killer that is played by Kane, was also developed very good as well. We don't know much about him when in the beginning, but as the film proceeds, there are flashbacks of his childhood that show why he is a bloodthirsty maniac.
Another thing that I really loved about this film is that its actually realistic. Most slasher films you can tell are fake, because in most slasher films the killer is usually skinny with super human strength that no human being can do. With this film there is no guy going around in a mask or hunting you down in your dreams. Its a giant guy that looks incredibly scary and kills people in very brutal gruesome ways, that it actually made it look like it could actually happen. Now don't don't get me wrong I love all the Friday the 13th and nightmare movies except for the remakes, but this film really made them look like puppy dogs.
The violence in this film is absolutely brutal and super gruesome, which is another reason why this is a great slasher film, because you can't have a slasher film without the gore. There are some scenes in this film that actually made me cringe. I don't usually cringe watching slasher films, but this one really did the job. Especially with all the eye gouging, broken bones and giant fishhooks being thrown, I was very impressed. And some of the killings in this movie actually make you go WAOH!! especially in the opening scene, trust me you will be impressed, I know I was.
The film is also very beautifully shot. The lighting is phenomenal, its not too dark and not to bright. Also I loved when they would show the killers point of view at times, because he has impaired vision because of a gunshot wound in his head, so they show how he views the world, I personally loved that idea.
Although the movie got a 10 out 10 for me I wasn't very fussy on the acting(Except for Kane of course). The acting isn't the greatest. But it really don't matter because it is such a good slasher film. Kane did a great job at portraying a serial killer. He was perfectly fit for this role because he is scary even when he is not on screen.
Honestly I don't know why people hated this movie so much. It's realistic, suspenseful and gory. I highly recommend this film, especially to all the slasher movie fans like myself to view this film.
I have been wanting to see this for a long time. Two days before I
actually watched the movie I found out that it was based on the short
story by Clive Barker. Once I heard that I had to see it as soon as
possible, I have not read the short story yet, but I will in the near
future. After viewing the film I was very happy with the story line,
suspense and the gore. But at the same time there was a few things that
I was disappointed with.
The film has a great story line it follows a photographer played by Bradley Cooper who is taking pictures around New York and eventually comes across a man named Mahogony played by Vinnie Jones who he suspects is the subway train butcher, and finds out that he is right and tries to stop him.
What I really liked was that during a few occasions when Mahogony is killing someone, it is shown through the victims point of view, that kind of made my heart pound because you can almost feel what the person is feeling. Even though some of the killings are really brutal and gory, I was really disappointed at a few points because a lot of the blood that was used in the film was CGI and you can tell that some of the killings were fake, but at the same time there were a lot of killings that looked realistic and really grossed me out.
Another thing that I really loved was that Vinnie Jones did a fantastic acting job in this film, even though he had no dialogue, he really proved that you don't need to say big long monologues to pull off a good acting job.
In my opinion this film is good but not great, I think there could have been a few things that could have made it a lot better, i'm not going to go into the plot to much because you really need to sit down and watch it. It's one of those movies that you either like it or you don't, but its worth to sit down and watch, especially if you love movies with lots of gore.
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When I first seen this film I was very young and never really
understood it because I was just a kid. But I still loved it because I
still found it funny, now that I am an adult an fully understand it, I
love it even more.
The film follows a young, lazy stoner guy played by Devon Sawa, whose hand ends up getting possessed and goes on a killing spree. The fact that the guys hand gets possessed just cracks me up, like the stuff that he does had me in knots laughing, like when he grabs his cat by the tail and starts spinning it around and trows it out the window, that particular scene had me almost falling off the couch.
The film also has its scary moments too, it has a fair bit of gore, but it always finds a way to be funny, this film really knows how to balance the horror and the comedy, and the comedy always breaks the tension when it gets suspenseful, especially during the final scenes when Jessica Alba's character is about to get crushed by a car, and when you at the edge of you seat, you start to crack up laughing because when they are suppose to be saving her they stop to take a hit out of a bong.
This film is a great horror comedy with lots of laughs and gore, I highly recommend this movie, if you want to be grossed out and busting a gut laughing at the same time.
I really liked this movie, but it is by far the most disturbing movie I
have ever seen, this film is not for anyone with a weak stomach, but
the acting in this film is phenomenal and very realistic which is
another reason why this movie is so disturbing.
The film starts off with a sweet and beautiful woman going to an isolated cabin to write a novel when these sick and twisted guys come in and brutally rape and torment her and leave her for dead, but she does not die and starts killing and torturing the men.
This film is so realistic that it is extremely hard to watch, the rape scenes really shook me up, it felt like I was there and there was nothing I could do to help her, its that realistic, Sarah Butler did a brilliant acting job she is super talented and I can tell after viewing this film that she must have gone through hell while making this movie.
After she is brutally raped and beaten, the once beautiful and sweet woman turns into a savage killing machine, inflamed with rage and revenge. Once she starts killing and torturing the men that did terrible things to her you start to cheer for her because what she does to these guys is extremely brutal, and while you watching her do these things even though at times you might want to look away you can't help but say they deserved it.
Also, the sick twisted men in this film also did a great acting job, they were very convincing when they were acting sick, sadistic and disturbed, and while they were being tortured by Sarah Butler's character they did a great job at acting like they were in pain and pleading for their lives they really pulled off a good acting job.
This is a good film with very talented actors, however I don't recommend anyone with a weak stomach to watch this.
After a long time of waiting to see this movie, that time finally came
to an end today, and I must say I am quiet impressed by what I saw,
this film is creepy, twisted, and brilliant.
The film is quiet creepy, like there are scenes in this movie that will really flip you out at times, it is very well done considering CGI wasn't used a lot in this time era. Although I must say I was expecting a lot more out of it, it wasn't as scary as I was expecting it to be but at the same time it still found a way to creep me out, Tim Robbins put on a Phenomenal acting Job, you can almost feel what he is going through.
The images of the demons that are seen in this movie is absolutely wild, the way that they are portrayed in this film is like a seizure, because a lot of the demons that are shown have fast head movements and in one particular scene there is the use of strobe lights when some of the demons are visible and I don't recommend anyone with epilepsy to view that scene.
The atmosphere of this film is dark and depressing which is another trait that makes this movie so fantastic because you can almost feel the way Jacob(Tim Robbins) is feeling. Its also one of those movies that really confuses you at times but in the end it all comes together.
This film is not for everyone but it ranks high on my movie list.
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Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to see the Republican Leadership in the House has decided to relent on its ideological objections to renewing the landmark protections and support services for women who are victims of violence or domestic abuse.
Until just days ago, it appeared the House was again preparing to stand in the way of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which was supported by a majority of Republican Senators when the bill passed that chamber on a stronger, more bipartisan vote than it did in the 112th Congress. I am proud to cosponsor the House companion, which now has 200 cosponsors.
Far too many of us have been touched by domestic violence in one way or another. Maybe it was a mother, a sister, a college roommate, or co-worker, who was forced to suffer in silence following an attack. Domestic violence is a real and troubling problem in our communities, and the need for these protections continues to grow. In my district, Turning Points, the only domestic violence intervention program in Prince William County served 6,000 clients last year. In neighboring Fairfax County, there were more than 8,000 cases of domestic violence reported, and we have seen a 40% increase in homelessness due to domestic violence.
This vital legislation will renew our successful partnerships with local nonprofits and law enforcement agencies. It will improve protections for underserved communities, particularly immigrants and victims of human trafficking. It will expand housing assistance for victims and provide support regardless of sexual orientation.
Since these victim protections were first adopted in a bipartisan fashion 19 years ago, reporting of domestic violence has increased as much as 51% as more victims are coming forward. Today's legislation will ensure more women, children and families receive this lifesaving assistance so they can finally move from a situation of crisis to one of stability.
Again, I commend my Republican colleagues for compromising on this important legislation. This is yet another example of the tremendous work we can achieve for our constituents when we work together, and I hope we continue in that spirit as we turn to address the devastating cuts of sequestration and the budget for the rest of this fiscal year, which will affect these new victim protections among our many other priorities.
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LED light tradeshow
I went to the LED light trade show a couple weeks ago. It was way cool. They are making real progress for residential LED lighting.
One technology that I especially liked was phosphorescent lenses that convert blue LED into visible light like a normal bulb. This varies from normal LED lights that combine the three colors to make white.
The good thing about the phosphorescent lenses is that you can use the cheapest LED which is blue. You also don't have to worry about getting the color mix accurate since you are only dealing with one color.
The phosphorescent lense looks really cool. It literally starts to glow when you put it near the blue LED.
I think this is going to be a viable solution for greening Brooklyn brownstones. I'm talking with Lightolier and Sony to see if we can put show case lights into the green show house.
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Gotta Feed Everybody "I'm Farming And I Grow It" LMFAO Spoofed [VIDEO/POLL]
The next time you're shopping in the grocery store and you pick up some fruit and vegetables you might imagine all the hard work that went into gathering up all the food we eat at the dinner table. But you probably can't imagine farm boys making the statement 'I'm Farming And I Know It' a parody song taken from LMFAO's 'Sexy And I Know it.'
They're the Peterson Farm Bros., who work for Peterson Farm and Livestock in Assaria, Kansas. Listen to the boys as they rap about the agricultural lifestyle in 'I'm Farming and I Grow It.' Now that's what I call Party til the cows come home.
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I. Call to Order Michael (9:04)
II. Roll Call/Prayer Michael prayed
Present: Michael Spory, Benjamin Bergey, Sarah Beck, Janelle Freed, Will Morris, Nels Akerson, James Souder, Katie Landis, Darian Harnish, Peyton Erb, Todd Hooley, Dan Sigmans, Gabe Brunk, Matt Dean, Mariah Elliott, Heidi Bauman, Hannah Wenger, Amy Springer, Vi Dutcher, Ken L. Nafziger
Absent: Amin Laboriel,
III. Approval of Minutes
Motion 27102010-1 to approve the minutes: Nels
Second: Dan
Motion approved
IV. Announcements
a. Senator Info sheet: Michael passed around a sheet with senator information that will go on the SGA board. We checked our information to make sure it's correct.
b. Power of the People Exhibit signup: Michael shared that this photography exhibit is
coming to Common Grounds and focus on four issues in the social justice realm. There are a lot of photos and the SGA would like to help hang these photos. A sign-up sheet was passed around for senators to sign up for a two-hour shift to help.
c. Fitness Center update: Ben shared that the tax we discussed last week applies to both
faculty and staff. Ken shared that EMU would have to not allow community members to use the fitness center in order for this benefit to legally be tax-free. There is a lot of gray area here because community members use the center frequently and we also offer discounts to EMHS students and employees. They are going to look at ways to not tax faculty and staff while still allowing community members to use the fitness center.
V. Committee Reporting:
a. CAC: Joel DeWald shared that about 1/3 of the EMU community responded to the survey on artists they would like to see in concert at EMU. The top response was Mumford and Sons, who due to recent success are now out of our price range, which were followed by The Wailin' Jennies and Ingrid Michaelson. Another popular choice was Joshua Radin. CAC will continue to look at which of these artists will be touring on the East Coast (specifically in VA) in the spring semester and will work on finalizing a choice that works ASAP.
VI. Old Business
a. Committee switch: Katie has a Safety Committee meeting at 10:00 tomorrow morning and she has class during that time. Michael offered to take her spot tomorrow.
VII. New Business – Funding Requests
a. Josh Kanagy – Peace Fellowship: Josh Kanagy shared that there are six EMU students wanting to attend the four-day MCC conference in New York this year. The topic this year is on mining justice and how to address this issue. These students will also get a tour of the U.N. building. When they return from the conference, they are planning on writing an article in the WeatherVane to share their experience with the students. They are requesting $600.00 to help cover transportation, conference registration, food, and lodging for six EMU students. This $600.00 will not cover the entire trip but will greatly help fund the trip. Senators discussed that this amount was a lot of money; essentially we are giving $100 per person which is a lot of money to allocate. There was discussion on how they would present this experience back to EMU; while a WeatherVane article has been done in the past we would like to see more based on the amount of money we are now giving. We believe it is acceptable for us to request that they have some type of forum (perhaps a CG event) in addition to an article.
Motion 27102010-2 to approve the request of $600 to Peace Fellowship with the stipulation that they will have a forum to present their experience back to the EMU community: Darian
Second: James
Motion passed unanimously
b. Joe Hochstetler – Cycling Club: Joe shared that the Cycling Club is trying to promote
bike safety on EMU's campus by encouraging students to wear helmets and use bike lights. They would like to subsidize the cost of buying lights to sell to EMU students at a reduced price to encourage students to bike safely. In addition, they are hosting an alleycat on November 5. An alleycat is a bike scavenger hunt done at night so bike lights are essential. The most important thing is safety on a day-to-day basis and bike lights can help that! They're requesting $300 to cover half of the cost of the 20 bike lights. Senators thought that this is a great idea since we have a lot of bikers on campus and many people bike when it is dark.
Motion 27102010-3 to approve $300 to Cycling Club to subsidize the cost of buying bike lights for EMU students: Janelle
Second: Hannah
Motion passed
c. Will Morris – Res Judicata: Will shared that Res Judicata is renting a bus to take
students to the Rally to Restore Sanity held in Washington D.C. on Saturday, October 30. They have rented a bus which cost $860 and want to charge students $10 per person to ride up to the rally. Right now, there are 45 students signed up and if SGA does not subsidize the cost, they will all have to pay $15. Res Judicata is paying $250 to help with this as well, so SGA is kind of the "third" partner in this venture. If any money is left over, it will come back to SGA first.
Motion 27102010-4 to approve $250 for Res Judicata to subsidize the cost of a bus to take students to the Rally to Restore Sanity: Gabe
Second: James
Motion passed 16-0-1
VIII. Open Floor
-Will noted that with tonight's funding requests we have used about 20% of our yearly budget so we are still in good shape!
-James shared that his mom, who works in Alumni Office, said that our card was much appreciated by the office. J
-Mariah shared that Take Back the Night is starting on Monday. Todd is playing and will sound awesome so come out to hear him! Thanks to Katie for helping design the posters!
-Janelle wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween!
-Ben affirmed the senators for all their hardwork and creativity this semester. It's been a lot of fun so far! *claps*
-Michael shared that the EMU board meeting is happening in December and on Friday, November 12 they have a lunch with student leaders at noon. Come out and enjoy!
IX. Adjournment
Motion 27102010-5 to adjourn: Janelle
Second: Peyton
Motion passed
Meeting adjourned (9:55)
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Without your micro-fiction, we're like a flightless bird, sauceless noodles, or decarbonated LaCroix. We loved the response to our last contest so much that, naturally, we're having another one.
Without your micro-fiction, we're like a flightless bird, sauceless noodles, or decarbonated LaCroix. We loved the response to our last contest so much that, naturally, we're having another one.
Lesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer living in Minneapolis. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, GRANTA, and other publications. What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky, her debut collection of stories, was published in April by Riverhead Books.
"Please," your father says once we're aboard, wrapping my hand over his. "Call me Hugh. Or, hey, call me Captain de Chaumareys." When I withdraw, the palm of my left hand is indented with the shapes of his rings: a hexagon with a diamond within it, an egg, and a five-pointed star.
Esmé Weijun Wang wants you to write 200 spotless words on the theme of cleanliness for an award of $100.
Esmé is the author of THE BORDER OF PARADISE: A NOVEL, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, and is the recipient of the 2016 Graywolf Nonfiction Prize for her forthcoming essay collection, THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS. Born in the Midwest to Taiwanese parents, Esmé lives in San Francisco.
A team of women from flyover country created this bag of tricks out of imaginary money and never enough time. Because we also feel the deep urge to grasp onto another human's experience of the world, even for just a small moment, even for just a small story.
To train for Volume Six, we've been running up and down the digital stairs of Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram. We've sucked in all the design porn we possibly can. We've also littered our apartments with the most artful magazines and zines around, hoping their sophistication and beauty might rub off on us a bit. You'll find eleven of those real, live magazines here—eleven pretty printed things for you to buy, read, and love on.
Our feeble protective spells go haywire. The rain comes. And comes. Dogs and cats slap down into the streets below and bury them to the first-story windows. We move to the upper floors. It's strange to be back in the old building where so much happened, where so much ended, like returning to a childhood home still stocked with your old possessions, each of them charged with emotional memory, unexpected resonance. I rescue what I can—I carry up the stairs the remains of the plants, boxes of books and supplies, an old ice chest, the smaller canvases—but there's too much of it, there's not enough room for the stuff and the three of us.
The funny thing about Leventhal is that she makes the unfunny, the upsetting, the annoying, and the unremarkable funny. Leventhal explores the subtle shades of meaning in her characters, many of which are women, and picks at the awkward hilarity that makes up our lives. It is funny to be judged for picking up a pregnancy test. It is awkward to encounter a rapist at a dinner party. In Leventhal's stories these things happen, as they do in the lived lives of women, woven into the fabric of days. Leventhal evoked such a visceral reaction from me that I laughed out loud on a plane surrounded by strangers, because it is truly funny when someone's fictional musings feel more real than your own life.
The logic of Book Twitter is: Books are inherently good. Therefore, if we'd all just read more books, Donald Trump wouldn't have been elected. If you believe that books have the power to do good, you also have to believe that they can do just as much harm.
Most humanoids seem to be in agreement: 2016 was a twisty, turn-y rollercoaster ride of a year. So, in order to cap it off in the most joyful fashion possible, we're counting down some of the loveliest, weirdest, and most innovative stories we published this year. Listed in no particular order, we hope these ten stories will bring a little bit of light into your life and into the New Year.
Halloween calls for a celebration of the weird and creepy—an event designed just for us! In honor this spooky day, we've gathered some of our favorite stories, all ranging from bizarre to spine-chilling, so that you can start the day off (f)right.
Email is making a comeback. Or maybe it's just e-newsletters. Or, at the very least, maybe it's just our own e-newsletter. To celebrate our dedicated return to your email inbox (sign up here), we put together a list of some of our other favorite literary e-newsletters. With newsletters like these, who needs Twitter? (Just kidding. We love Twitter.)
Simon Jacobs had an idea for a recurring series: flash fiction pieces in which the characters reenact famous works of art. Being a home for art and lit to meet and clash and mix, Paper Darts couldn't say no.
Welcome to MASTERWORKS. This serialized content is delivered exclusively to Paper Darts e-news subscribers each month. If you don't want to miss out on the next one, sign up for the Paper Darts e-news.
The Paper Darts Short Fiction Contest is extended until April 25th.
You now have seven days to figure your shit out.
We were totally floored when Roxane Gay agreed to judge this year's Paper Darts Short Fiction Award. Over the last decade, her writing and editing of PANK inspired countless literary ambitions. There is not a more perfect judge in all the land of literature.
The Paper Darts Short Fiction Award is back and, boy, do we have a surprise. This time, the venerable Roxane Gay has agreed to judge you/r stories.
[chorus of excited cheers and gasps]
Damn right. But let's cut to the chase. Here's all the juicy details you need to know before submitting:
Sonya Vatomsky is a Moscow-born, Seattle-raised ghost and the author of poetry collection Salt is for Curing (Sator Press) and chapbook My Heart in Aspic (Porkbelly Press). They are an assistant editor at Fruita Pulp, where they also review poetry. Find them by saying their name five times in front of a bathroom mirror or at sonyavatomsky.tumblr.com.
I became interested in astrology in my late 20s. More specifically, a friend of mine encouraged me to order a birth chart book right before my 29th birthday. It was a cold January in Minnesota and I was single for the first time in eight years. I wanted make sense of the path my life was taking, a path that many people in my life reflected back to me as wrong, as somehow out of sequence.
People seek out celestial meaning for many reasons. When I turned to astrology, I was looking for a story.
Many of us are asking the same question: How on earth is the lit world going to support people of marginalized identities in a society that has shown itself time and time again to be incapable of the same task?


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Hey guys! Back again with yet another free pallet wood project. This time we built a set of shelves that are actually more like storage bins. I based the project off of Cassity's rustic wall storage bins over at Remodelaholic. Since I was using free pallet wood rather than pine boards from the hardware store I did modify her build plans just a … [Read more...]
Modern U-Shaped Desk
April from Uncookie Cutter wanted to give her husband a more workable work space. His desk before was large, but not totally functional and lent itself to a mess. He also wanted to switch from an L-shaped desk to a U-shape. April took this as a challenge and built a beautiful, modern desk with interior shelves but no drawers or cabinets to hide … [Read more...]
Gold Desk Organizer from Upcycled Materials
Would you believe you could make a glitzy gold desk organizer just like one from Anthropologie for only $3? That what Katie at View from the Fridge did! She scrounged up a glass jar and a couple of tins from around the house and Goodwill, glued them to a piece of scrap wood, let it dry, and painted it a shiny metallic gold. There's a good chance … [Read more...]
Stacking Wood Storage Trays for the Office
I have said before that I love hidden storage, and it's a double whammy if it's cute to boot! Check out these wooden storage trays Tasha from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer's Body made from unfinished wood boxes from Michael's. This is a great way to organize office supplies, and I love the idea of adding dividers to corral smaller items like paper … [Read more...]
Revamped Wood and Metal Office Shelves
Bridget from Windgate Lane needed to maximize the storage space in her office, yet the small bookshelves she currently had were simply not cutting it. After being inspired by wood and metal shelves from West Elm, Bridget decided to revamp her existing shelves for a cleaner look and larger size. She was able to reuse the metal supports so it only … [Read more...]
Best of PB #10: Cubby Storage Organizer (and Christmas Advent)
Michelle from Chalkboard Blue built this cubby system inspired by a hotel front desk organizer that is perfect for storage and display. The original inspiration came from a cubby organizer from Pottery Barn, but Michelle put her own spin on the design. This is so cute for the holidays. I love how Michelle used the cubbies as an advent this past … [Read more...]
Colorfully Coiled Art Supply Cups
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Welcome to Holme Valley Parish Council
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 that a casual vacancy has occurred in the Wooldale Ward of the Holme Valley Parish Council, as a result of the resignation of Councillor Rodney Bowles.
An election to fill the vacancy will be held in accordance with the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986, if notice in writing of a request for the Election is received by the Returning Officer not later than the 27th day of November 2017.
The notice should be signed by ten electors from the Wooldale Ward, giving their names and addresses, and should be sent to The Returning Officer, Electoral Services, 3-5 Albion Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2NG by the above date.
Dated this 7th day of November 2017
Sally Barber
Clerk to the Council
Holme Valley Parish Council
Holmfirth Civic Hall
Huddersfield Road
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Results Published
The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group has now completed its analysis of the results of the 475 consultation questionnaires and is pleased to be able to publish the results. We are now working with our planning consultant to produce a draft Neighbourhood Plan containing planning policies which reflect what our community wants to see. Please click here for the Neighbourhood Plan page to access the summary results document.
New Councillor – Honley Central & East Ward
Following the Honley Central & East Ward By-Election on 27 April 2017, the Council can now announce that the winning candidate was Elena Rose Bunbury. Elena has now signed her Declaration of Acceptance of Office and will attend her first meeting on 15 May 2017.
The results of the By-Election can be accessed here.
Dog Waste Management Strategy
At the Service Provision Committee meeting held on 6 March 2017 a Dog Waste Management Strategy was agreed. Details can be found here.
Holme Valley Parish Council Vote to Take on Holmfirth Civic Hall
After the decision by Kirklees Cabinet to allow Holme Valley Parish Council to own the freehold of Holmfirth Civic Hall, the Parish Council has formally agreed to proceed with the asset transfer and legal negotiations are now being pursued.
The Parish Council has also set in motion the process of setting up and supporting a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) to manage the business and day to day running of the asset. The Parish Council will be responsible for the building and any initial cost implications, until the CIO is a functioning body that can apply for its own grants.
The Parish Council's Community Asset Safeguarding Committee recently surveyed residents within the Valley to ask if they would be willing to pay more precept than previously, to save the Civic Hall from closing. The surveys came back with a very positive approach to this, with some even suggesting £25 per household as being acceptable.
At a recent meeting, and after much debate, agreement was reached to increase the precept by a small amount per household (£10 per year for a Council Tax Band D property). This will secure monies for the initial costs for the community to run the Civic Hall and to carry out any immediate repairs, but it will also allow the Parish Council to support other groups and organisations which may be considering asset transfers of community buildings in the Valley.
Depending on the success of the community in running these assets and any other devolved services the Parish Council and its community agree to take on, the Parish Council hopes to be in a position, in years to come, to reduce the precept again.
The Parish Council's vision is for the Civic Hall to become a successful community hub; it will continue to support the community, to help these buildings to become self-sustainable, run by the community, for the community.
What is the Council?
Holme Valley Parish Council is the first tier of local government covering the administrative area of the Holme Valley. It serves a population of nearly 30,000 in the towns and villages of Holmfirth, Honley, Brockholes, Cinderhills, Hade Edge, Hepworth, Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, Holme, Jackson Bridge, Netherthong, New Mill, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Upperthong and Wooldale.
For a map of the Civil Parish area, click here
As Holme Valley Parish Council covers quite a large civil parish, it is divided into parish wards, with separate elections for each ward. Councillors are elected representatives, often living in the village or locality they represent.
The Council's main aim is to improve the quality of life of the residents of the Holme Valley. It works in partnership with many organisations to promote the Valley to make it a thriving place to live, work and play in, as well as an attractive area to visit.
For details of the current councillors and the committees on which they serve, please click here
The Council strives to:
♦ Represent and consult the residents of the Holme Valley on developments in the Valley including the formulation of a Neighbourhood Plan and the district authority's Local Plan.
♦ Support and encourage local events and community organisations through providing financial grants and assistance.
♦ Manage and sustain community facilities, including the minibus service, the public toilets in the centre of Holmfirth, red phone box libraries/information points, public seats and stone bus shelters, a closed churchyard and allotments.
Contact Us
The Council is committed to engaging with the community and we welcome your views on issues affecting the Valley. If you have a specific concern, please either contact your Ward Councillor or the Clerk who is available (by appointment) in person in the Council Chamber in Holmfirth from 10am to 3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For further details on how to contact us click here
Holme Valley Land Charity
Holme Valley Parish Council is the sole corporate Trustee of the Holme Valley Land Charity, so the councillors are all part of the Land Charity, as Members of the Trustee. However, the Land Charity is a separate charitable organisation and totally independent from the Parish Council. For further details and contact information for the Land Charity, please click here to visit the Land Charity's website


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Interactive's total customer Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) hiked 7% from Mar 2012 but declined 8% from Feb 2013 to 448,000. Further, total customer accounts climbed 12% from the prior-year month and 1% from the prior month to 217,100.
Interactive recorded Cleared Customer DARTs of 407,000, increasing 6% from Mar 2012 but decreasing 9% from Feb 2013. Moreover, on an annualized basis, Cleared Average DART per customer account of 473,000 fell 5% from the comparable month last year and 10% from the previous month.
Additionally, Interactive's total option contracts fell 10% from the prior-year month and were almost in line with the prior month level to 19,432 in the month under review. Yet, future contracts surged 24% from Mar 2012 and 4% from Feb 2013 to 8,488.
Interactive also reported period-end statistics for customer equity, customer credit balances and customer margin loan balances. For the period ended Mar 2013, customer equity stood at $35.6 billion, augmenting 23% year over year and 3% from the prior month.
Further, Interactive recorded customer credit balances of $22.8 billion in the month, increasing 21% from the Mar 2012 level and 2% from the Feb 2013 level. Also, the company's customer margin loan balances of $11.3 billion at the end of Mar 2013 surged 35% from $8.4 billion at the end of Mar 2012, and inched up 1% from $11.2 billion at the end of Feb 2013.
Overall brokerage metrics improved but lower trading activities and fluctuating interest rates are expected to mar the company's financials in the near term. In addition, Interactive's dependence on IBG LLC and its extensive international exposure makes us apprehensive.
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The drum paddle circulates your clothes inside your washing machine to get the most effective cleaning results. Make sure you keep your washer working like new by changing your old and worn-out drum lifters. You'll soon be controlling your laundry build up.
This is a genuine spare part for select Candy and Hoover washing machines.
Please check the suitable model fit list to ensure that this is the correct part for your appliance.
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can you show me how to replace this paddle, cant find any instructions
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Please view our advice centre page which will give you more information on this matter, http://www.espares.co.uk/advice/7/1528 The model in this video may be different to yours, however the process should be similar for other makes and models.
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Diablo 3: Christian, Jew, Gay Banned as Player Names From Fast-Selling Game
Diablo 3 is turning heads in the gaming world by selling 3.5 million copies in 24 hours and becoming the fastest-selling PC game ever. It's also raising a few eyebrows among gamers because it bans religious terms like "Christian" and "Jew" as player names but allows others like "Muhammad" and "Scientology."
Gamer Jim Sterling tested which religious-themed character names were blocked by Diablo 3 and reported the findings yesterday on his Destructoid blog.
He discovered that he could not name his player "Christian" or "Islam" but could use "Muhammad."
"Catholic" wasn't accepted but "Protestant" was.
The people at Blizzard Entertainment also made sure anything with "Mormon" and "Hindu" were shot down but "Buddhism" and "Scientology" were okay.
Sterling commented, "Clearly, Blizzard is picking sides."
The gaming blogger said he was first alerted to the player name restriction by a fellow Destructoid coordinator, who found out that Diablo 3 characters couldn't be named "Atheist."
Sterling also challenged his readers to experiment on what other names were banned.
Posting in the comments below, his readers also discovered they couldn't use the words "Jew," "Gay," or "Osama" in their player names.
In Diablo 3, players storm the world of Sanctuary to save it from the Lord of Terror and forces of the Burning Hells. They can take on one of five characters – barbarian, witch doctor, wizard, monk, or demon hunter. More than 6.3 million gamers have played Diablo 3 in the first week of its release date, according to Blizzard.


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This is a story that starts with a brilliant idealist and a great deal of money, so you may already guess it ends in recrimination and abject failure. But the interesting thing about the implosion of the one laptop per child (OLPC) project is that it teaches an important lesson to grownups, if not to the children who were meant to be its beneficiaries.
The OLPC scheme, originally known as the $100 laptop plan, was a project to build a small, simple, robust and cheap laptop that would revolutionise life for the poor by educating their children - or, in the most idealistic version, allowing them to educate themselves by playing with the software.
It was conceived by one of the great masters of technological hype, Nicholas Negroponte of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) media lab, endorsed by Kofi Annan, Rupert Murdoch, President Lula of Brazil, President Obasanjo of Nigeria and 20 or more countries that announced their intention to buy. Several hundred thousand of the machines have actually been delivered, mostly in Peru. The trouble is, no one knows exactly where.
According to Nicholas Negroponte, in an interview with MIT's Technology Review last month, "[Peru] is doing everything right ... They are doing remote schools, they are doing it with constructionism, they are doing it at scale. The only thing they have going against them, if you will, is that they are first, and we will be debugging things as we go. But it is absolutely critical to the future of OLPC."
There were criticisms of the OLPC from the beginning. Most notably, the Indian government declined to have anything to do with the project, on the grounds that it was an expensive gimmick. In places that can hardly afford pens and pencils for their schools, it is not obvious that a $100 laptop (which actually costs $188) for every child is the answer to mass illiteracy.
But the most devastating criticism has come from the third senior executive to quit this year, Ivan Krsti, who was sent out to Peru to oversee the distribution of the laptops there.
Actually, he wasn't sent out to supervise anything, since there was no distribution effort to speak of; he was it. In an excoriating blog post, he describes finding "40,000 laptops, to be deployed in about 570 schools across jungles, mountains, plains, and with total variance in electrical availability and uniformly no existing network infrastructure. A number of the target schools are in places requiring multiple modes of transportation to reach, and that are so remote that they're not even serviced by the postal service. Laptop delivery was going to be performed by untrusted vendors who are in a position to steal the machines en masse. There is no easy way to collect manifests of what actually got delivered, where, and to whom."
Of course, even if the laptops reach the schools they are supposed to reach, there is no evidence at all that they will actually help children to learn.
It is an article of faith among technology boosters that children learn better through computers than books; and it is widely believed among OLPC evangelists that the real purpose of getting a computer is to learn about computers, and especially computer programming, as if these were the most important skills in the world.
There has been far more outrage online over the news that the OLPC may switch to Windows from its version of the free Linux operating system than over the discovery that hardly any of the laptops, originally to be deployed in no quantities smaller than 1m a country, will ever reach the poorest children.
The collapse of the scheme illuminates the utter falsity of the hope that technology alone can lift people out of poverty. Knowledge may, but the technology that spreads knowledge best is literacy, not laptops.
And there is another, deeper lesson: if you are going to deploy technology in education, don't try to bypass the adult world, as OLPC did.
Without adult support and encouragement, children will use all technology to play with. If you give them paper, they will make paper aeroplanes; if you give them laptops, they will play solitaire.
There is an enormous amount of technological ingenuity in the OLPC, and some of that will end up back in the mainstream computer industry. We in the rich world will benefit from the availability of small, dirt-cheap laptops, costing no more than the annual income of a really poor family, that are an indirect outcome of the project. And in the poor world? Well, these valuable chunks of silicon will end up in the hands of the people who can use them, who will soon be facing the most cybernetically sophisticated criminal gangs in history.


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Milpitas, CA--February 27, 1997--LSI Logic Corp. (Milpitas, CA) filed suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court against two former employees and their corporation for trade secret misappropriation related to LSI Logic's ATMizer product.
LSI's ATMizer device is a programmable ATM network controller, which performs segmentation and reassemble (SAR) of the ATM layer functions and incorporates a 32-bit CPU.
The defendants, Paul V. Bergantino and William N. Giudice, are both former employees of LSI Logic Corp. The third defendant, Maker Communications Equipment Corp., is a corporation founded by Bergantino and Giudice to sell a competing ATM network controller.
LSI believes that its trade secrets were misappropriated by Bergantino and Giudice and used in a new product just introduced by Maker Communications, the MXT3010. LSI Logic is seeking injunctive relief and damages.
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DEFINITION of 'Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board - OTPPB'
An organization that oversees the pension plan for public school teachers in Ontario, Canada. The organization was established in 1989 and is responsible for investing approximately $100 billion CAD, making it one of the biggest investment organizations in Canada.
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Scotland's preparations for Saturday's meeting with Canada in Toronto suffered a double blow yesterday when it was confirmed that the Saracens duo Jim Hamilton and Duncan Taylor have been ruled out of the game with ankle and calf injuries respectively.
However, there was better news for the Scots when it emerged that Euan Murray, the 59-times-capped Lions prop who ruled himself out of the summer tour for personal reasons, could yet figure in one or both of the later games against Argentina and South Africa.
Murray's situation was outlined at the team hotel by the scrum coach Massimo Cuttitta, who said he was generally happy with the way his players had performed in the set-piece in their 24-6 win against the USA last weekend.
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Scotland capped two new loosehead props, Gordon Reid and Alex Allan, during the course of that game. Their experience could be vital in the forthcoming autumn Tests, for it has also been confirmed that Ryan Grant will be out of action for up to six months following shoulder surgery. The hooker Dougie Hall has also been under the knife, having an operation on his arm that will also sideline him for a lengthy period.
Hamilton and Taylor will be replaced by the Glasgow Warriors duo Tim Swinson and Peter Horne. Swinson and Horne were scheduled to join the tour for the Argentina and South Africa legs anyway, so their arrivals have effectively been brought forward by one week.
Vern Cotter, the Scotland head coach, said: "This is obviously disappointing news for both these players [Hamilton and Taylor] who were keen to impress in the short time they had on this tour. Everyone in the squad wishes them well and a quick recovery. It's now up to Peter and Tim to continue the hard work put in by Duncan and Jim, and take advantage of this opportunity, as we prepare for another Test match."
Geoff Cross, whose father passed away a few days before the USA game - the Scottish players wore black armbands as a mark of respect - is to remain with the squad for the rest of the tour. It had been expected that the prop would fly home, but Cuttitta revealed that the 31-year-old had expressed a wish to stay with his team-mates.
"There was no pressure from us," said Cuttitta. "Absolutely no pressure from the management, the coaches or anybody. We were all surprised [that he stayed]. I think it is probably his attachment to the team.
"I think it is probably what his dad would have wanted from him, but that's just my opinion. It is a delicate thing. It is his dad: an important thing in his life. He is showing a lot of affection to the national team, sacrificing something. It is a big thing."
Cuttitta refused to go into the details of Murray's situation, but said he was delighted that the player, who is currently without a club after his contract at Worcester Warriors expired, could soon be back on the pitch for Scotland again.
"He might be available, he might be coming. If we need him I think he could come out," said Cuttitta. "He had valid reasons to stay home, family reasons. I hope he is part of this group because he has a lot to offer. Every time he has gone on the field he has offered us a lot."
Mike Catt admits that England's coaching team faces the toughest of selection meetings as they finalise plans for the second Test against New Zealand. With so many players making compelling cases for their retention in Saturday's agonising 20-15 loss at Eden Park, myriad permutations have opened up as the Aviva Premiership finalists come into contention for the first time.
The identity of England's hooker, lock, blindside flanker, scrum-half, wing and inside centre will be causing Stuart Lancaster and his coaches headaches.
"We performed particularly well on the weekend," said Catt, the attacking skills coach. "It will be a tough selection because a lot of them performed admirably. Some people will be very happy and some won't because we have competition in all these positions now.
"That's the beauty of this team at the moment. It's starting to have that level of competition for places, so no-one wants to give up their shirts."


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By Richard Griffiths
Published in the Aug. 24 issue of The Blood-Horse
The decision to keep a filly in training is one that is laced with tension. You can never be sure how it will work out. It had certainly looked as if it wasn't working out for Banks Hill, until she roared back to form in the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois (Fr-I) at Deauville on Aug. 18.Now we can start talking about a bid to win another Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) after the daughter of Danehill justified trainer Andre Fabre's view that she is indeed "exceptional."Two defeats preceded Banks Hill's Marois run, although Fabre felt there were excuses both times, be they fitness, the going, or the distance.Back to a mile and with the ground riding fast, there could be no such excuses at Deauville--none were needed. Starting the 17-10 favourite, Banks Hill was settled early by her jockey Olivier Peslier before finishing strongly to take the race by 1 1/2 lengths from Domedriver with Godolphin's Best of the Bests finishing third.Banks Hill capped a memorable 24 hours for owner Khalid Abdullah as the Chicago successes of Beat Hollow and Chiselling had help him to three group/grade 1 wins, all of them with home-breds.Abdullah runs a model enterprise at Juddmonte, developing his families and mating them to the right stallions in a way the other Arab studs have so far failed to match. It is testament also to Abdullah and his advisers that they rarely feel the need to enter the public market, so sound is the succession of their own nurseries."It doesn't get much better than this," said Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Beckett. "When you spend time with older horses, you begin to love them and that is the case with Banks Hill. She was magnificent and this was a day to remember."A more dispassionate view came from Fabre, who stressed the need for quick ground. "Her action is so good on a good surface. That's when she gives her best," he said.
Tregoning Beckons It says much for the contempt for staying horses among British and Irish breeders that Marcus Tregoning is wary of running his progressive 5-year-old Mubtaker in the Irish St. Leger (Ire-I) on Sept. 14. Mubtaker won his first group race, the Stan James Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Eng-II) over 13 furlongs at Newbury Aug. 17, but fears the Irish St. Leger could damage his value as a potential stallion. Tregoning took out his license in 1997, succeeding the late Dick Hern, for whom he had been assistant for 14 years. Hern, a master trainer, could be an abrupt man--very much part of the "old school" in British racing, who thought racehorses were nobody else's business but his and the owner's. Tregoning has already out-pointed Hern in one respect, by dealing with inquiries about his horses with charm and grace. He can produce the horses, too, as witnessed by his handling of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (Eng-I) runner-up Nayef, who he put away for much of last season after a disappointing start, yet was still able to ease him back to group I success in the Dubai Champion Stakes at Newmarket. He is also steadily reminding everyone that while his landlord may be Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, and the majority of the horses he trains are owned by the sheikh, Tregoning's yard is by no means private. Highdown provided ample reminder of that when winning a group race on his first attempt, the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (Fr-II) at Deauville Aug. 15. b Bits and Bobs
A live candidate for next year's classics emerged at Newbury Aug. 16 when Muqbil made a winning debut in a listed race. He is a first winner for Swain, a top-class horse in Europe and narrowly beaten after a poor ride from Frankie Dettori in the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I)... Another juvenile to make an impression was Commission, a $250,000 yearling by Gulch, bred by Gainesway Thoroughbreds. Trained by Gerard Butler, a former assistant to D. Wayne Lukas, Commission made a half-length winning debut in a seven-furlong conditioned race at Sandown Aug. 14...At Deauville, Snipewalk, a son of Nureyev trained by Criquette Head-Maarek, was impressive when winning the Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage.