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Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks, Aviva Premiership, November 27
Exeter target another home win
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November 26, 2010
Mark Foster is Exeter's top scorer this season but he has been dropped for this weekend's game © Getty Images
Exeter Chiefs will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Sale Sharks at Sandy Park as the newly-promoted outfit look to maintain their impressive start to the season on Saturday afternoon.
Exeter currently sit seventh in the table and have their home form to thank for their lofty position, with Rob Baxter's men having been beaten just once at Sandy Park, 12-9 by London Irish, in round six. In addition, they are coming into this game unbeaten in four games in all competitions.
The Sharks, meanwhile, have won just once in their last five Premiership outings and are now just two places off the bottom. However, they showed decent fighting spirit in losing to Northampton at Edgeley Park last weekend and will be hoping that a similarly sterling effort this weekend will yield a far more favourable outcome.
Exeter Chiefs - Player to Watch: Baxter has surprisingly dropped top try-scorer Mark Foster for the visit of the Sharks, explaining that the winger did not perform in last weekend's clash with Leeds. As a result, there will be a huge amount of pressure on Foster's replacement, Frenchman Nic Sestaret, to vindicate his coach's bold decision.
Exeter Chiefs - Team News: The omission of Foster aside, the only other change to the side that defeated Leeds last weekend sees centre Jason Shoemark handed a first Premiership start for Exeter at the expense of Bryan Rennie.
Sale Sharks - Player to Watch: Nick Macleod has been the most influential player in the Sale side for some time now so it is no surprise that the goal-kicking fullback has been entrusted with the captain's armband this weekend due to the injury-enforced absence of Neil Briggs.
Sale Sharks - Team News: The Sharks are able to include England centre Mathew Tait in their starting line-up for the first time this season after he made a successful return from injury in the closing stages of last weekend's clash with Northampton.
Key Battle: The midfield battle is intriguing and entirely unpredictable given that two of the four players involved, Tait and Shoemark, will be making their first starts of the season. In addition, Tait's partner, Iain Thornley, is a 19-year-old novice with just one previous Premiership outing under his belt. Both sides could prove very vulnerable in midfield.
Trivia: These two clubs have never met before in any tournament.
Stats: Sale have won three of their last four away games in all competitions.
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"We're very aware we don't want to run before we can walk. We've got 18 points now and that's a nice stepping stone for us, but the reality is there's a hell of a lot of points still to play for." - Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is not getting carried away after his side's encouraging start to the season
"Exeter are a solid side and their set-piece is good, their defence is good and what we've got to try and do is dominate their pack. If we do that we've got a chance of winning the game. If we don't achieve that they will beat us. It's as simple as that." - Sale Sharks head coach Mike Brewer says it like it is
Fantasy: Sale's Nick Macleod has scored more points (51) than any other outside back in ESPNscrum Fantasy Rugby so far this season.
Prediction: Exeter may be taking things step by step but they've proved tough to beat on their home track. Chiefs win.
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House prices hit record high: Average property value soars to £193k
HOUSE prices have hit a record high this month with the property market set for another bumper summer.
House prices are set to rise this summer
The value of the average home has gone through the £190,000 threshold for the first time to stand at £193,048 – the highest ever recorded by Britain's biggest building society.
And in another sign that the market's momentum is growing, prices rose at their fastest monthly rate since June last year, found the Nationwide.
The mortgage lender's monthly snapshot shows house prices were up one per cent in April, compared with just 0.1 per cent in March. On an annual basis, house prices rose 5.2 per cent.
The figures back up a recent report from Halifax bank, which showed house price growth accelerating in the three months to March.
Property analysts Rightmove also reported asking prices at an all-time high in England and Wales.
Mortgage rates are obscenely low, and may go even lower, inflation is at zero and the jobs market and economy are strengthening.
Jonathan Hopper at Garrington Property Finders, said: "Mortgage rates are obscenely low, and may go even lower, inflation is at zero and the jobs market and economy are strengthening.
People feel better off and being better off can only boost the property market."
And he predicted: "We expect to see buyer activity pick up considerably after the General Election."
However, the figures offer little encouragement for first-time buyers struggling to get on the property ladder and finding it hard to secure sufficient funds from stringent mortgage lenders.

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MASTERS champion Mike Weir revealed yesterday how he learned an important lesson from the man who presented him with his green jacket.
Weir claimed his first major title on Sunday at Augusta with victory on the first play-off hole against Len Mattiace after the pair had finished tied on seven under par.
The Canadian left-hander's only previous top-10 finish in a major championship was at the 1999 USPGA championship, but that was not a happy experience for the 32-year-old from Ontario.
Playing with Tiger Woods in the last group in the final round, Weir crashed to a closing 80 and a share of 10th place, and was reduced to the role of a mere spectator as Woods and a 19-year-old Sergio Garcia fought out a thrilling battle for the title.
However, while battling with his own game at Medinah that Sunday, Weir was still paying close attention to the way his playing partner coped with the pressure of trying to win a major title.
"It was a very difficult day for me then but, at the same time, I did observe how Tiger managed his victory there," said Weir, who carded a flawless final-round 68 to catch clubhouse leader Mattiace before a bogey five was good enough to win the play-off.
"I remember the clutch putt he made on 17 and how he really stayed with his game. I took a lot in that day, even though it was a tough day for
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me, I still took a lot of positives out of there.
"I'm a much different player now than I was back then. I'm much more experienced and my game's a lot different, I think it's more well-rounded.
"Back then I was coming out of the qualifying school the year before and I was in the final group of a major. I was probably a little out of my element. I wasn't prepared to handle it.
"A lot of hard work has gone in since then. I worked a lot on my swing to tighten that up and make it more consistent. And I worked very hard on my putting and that was the difference on Sunday. I made literally all my putts inside eight feet, and at the PGA that year I don't think I made one of them."
A few days after that final round at Medinah, Weir also received a phone call from Canadian ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who offered his support and the two have
Ice hockey remains the national sport in Canada, and may have claimed Weir instead of golf if he had been taller than 5ft 9in, but Weir hopes becoming the first Canadian to win a major will do wonders for the game in his native country.
"This is a win for me and my family, but it is a big win for Canadian golf and the fans," added Weir.
"Hopefully, some of the younger kids in Canada will take a passion for the game and I take pride in that.
"I think the programmes and development of golf in Canada are getting better. Hopefully I have a little influence on that.
"I was really just a summer golfer until I went to Brigham Young University. I would play hockey through the winter and spring and then play golf in the summer.
"It was just a seasonal sport and I didn't work too hard in the off season."
Weir is only the second left-handed golfer to win a major after Bob Charles' Open victory in 1963, but ironically is right-handed in most other areas and as a 13-year-old wrote to Jack Nicklaus asking him if he should change to playing golf right-handed.
"I'm mixed up," admitted Weir. "I write with my right hand, play racket sports with my right, but I throw with my left and serve tennis with my left, but play with my right.
"I did write to Jack at 13 and he wrote back and said stick to your natural swing."


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The Bioregional Forest School is a blended learning opportunity for K-7 students in Victoria. Students spend two days a week outdoors in the beautiful forest of Mount Douglas Park and three days a week learning at home. This new program will run Thursdays and Fridays rain or shine throughout the school year as part of our Hands-On Home-Learning program. Students will have weekly opportunities to connect deeply with nature and learn and practice bushcraft skills, while meeting BC curriculum standards through experiential learning, inquiry and nature games.
Food harvesting, both wild and cultivated
Shelter building
Stalking and Awareness
Art and crafting - Making things from the environment
Art - Dancing, Making things from the environment
Sharing knowledge and experiences
High energy play, more unstructured than fall and winter
Planting, nurturing new growth
Explanation of the life cycle, how death and regression in the fall makes the spring renewal possible
Gathering berries
High energy play, more unstructured than fall and winter
Bioregional Education
Create an understanding of the contrast between active and passive relationships with the natural world, and model how an active relationship can be beneficial.
Encourage an appreciation for all life and educate students on the interconnectedness of all things.
Build a knowledge and awareness of different environments (Ocean, Forest, Riparian, Meadow), while building a skill-set to interact with those different environments and encourage responsible action.
Embed natural teachings in the seasonal changes that affect the environment and our relationship with it.
Learn about the local First nations' relationships with the land and the history of local places.
Develop a relationship with a specific place.
Community Focused Learning
Students learn together as a community of their peers and teachers, building self respect and confidence in communal situations, and respect and strong working relationships with their peers.
Introduce students to members of the larger community that have skills and experience living close to nature.
Build a relationship with the natural world in a way that the students see non human life as part of their community.
Build a relationship with local First Nations and learn about their traditional ways of living in community.
Imaginative Education
Find ways to engage student's own excitement and enthusiasm for different topics in ways that encourage them to take ownership of their own learning.
Encourage students' imaginations in learning and teachers' imaginations in teaching to make knowledge in the curriculum vivid and meaningful.
Use different modes of expression including storytelling, dancing, singing, and roleplay to expose student to multiple creative ways of sharing knowledge and expressing oneself.
Diverse students are active participants in developing their own projects and curriculum.
The program is inclusive of knowledge from many different cultures and times.
Knowledge, opinions, and ideas of students, parents, and teachers are all encouraged and respected.
Play - Learning through social and imaginative play and exploration
Learn - Exploring place and finding out what each day brings
Know - Natural history, community heritage, aboriginal awareness, and science of place
Share - Hearing, seeing and experiencing each other's interests and passions
Discover - Traditional skills and survival skills, discovering what we can do and what we cannot
Tinker - Creating with natural materials, which are returned to the land with minimal impact
Come Together - Building our own community
Give - Helping the wider community, through invasive species removal, clean-ups, and planting native species
Visit - Field trips to learn about our local places
- features and adaptations of living things in the local environment
- common objects and local patterns in events that occur on Earth and in the sky
- water sources, the water cycle, and local watersheds
- biodiversity in the local environment
- observable changes in the local environment
- how organisms in ecosystems sense and respond to their environment
Social Studies
- diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives within the local and other communities
- key events and developments in the local community, and in local First Peoples communities
- natural and human-made features of the local environment and the relationships between a community and its environment
how people's needs and wants are met in communities
Aboriginal Studies
- cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples
- aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures
- interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples
- governance and social organization in local and global indigenous societies
- oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures
- the history of the local community and of local First Peoples communities
- Aboriginal knowledge of the sky and landscape, life cycles, and ecosystems
- traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and arts-making processes
Physical and Health Education
- proper technique for fundamental movement skills and different types of physical activities
- relationships between food, hydration, and health and effects of different activities on the body
- practices that promote health and well-being, including those relating to physical activity, nutrition, and illness prevention
- caring behaviours in groups and families. emotions and their causes and effects, and managing and expressing emotions
- ways to monitor physical exertion levels and benefits of physical activity and exercise
- hazards and potentially unsafe situations, and strategies and skills to use in potentially hazardous, unsafe, or abusive situations
Career Education
- risk taking and its role in self-exploration
- cultural and social awareness
- roles and responsibilities at home, at school, and in the local community
Arts Education
- elements in the arts, including dance, drama, music and visual arts
- processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques to support arts activities
- symbolism as a means of expressing specific meaning
- personal and collective responsibility associated with creating, experiencing, and performing in a safe learning environment
Fees are paid in 3 instalments throughout the year, September, December and March.
While we understand that this is a significant cost for a family, it is necessary in order to provide quality programming with a low student-teacher ratio.


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The Griffon Vulture panicked and attempted to take to the skies but struggled to leave the ground.
The pair circled each other, with the fox trying desperately to land a killer blow until the mighty bird eventually managed to take off.
The duel was captured on camera by wildlife photographer Mladen Vasilev, 30, from Bulgaria.
Mladen, who also works as a tour guide for the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, was checking on what is the only colony of Griffon Vultures in the country when he saw the duel.
He said the bird had been feeding on a carcass close to a BSPB nature conservation centre in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.
"One of our main activities is to support the only colony of Griffon Vultures in Bulgaria," he said. "So we regularly put out carcasses to feed them and we have a special hide to monitor and photograph the process.
"One day I was in that hide photographing the vultures when suddenly all of them panicked and started to take off. Because I was inside I couldn't see what was going on.
"But then I saw this male red fox attacking one of the vultures and I started shooting. Of course, despite the size of the vulture, as a mammal the fox is much stronger so the bird was trying to escape.
"The vulture was quite heavy so he couldn't take off immediately and I had about ten seconds to take a few shots of him defending himself and the fox trying to bite him.
"After the vulture was in the air the fox marked his territory and ran away."


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1 Cup (8 oz) cottage cheese
1 medium tomato, chopped
1/2 Cup chopped cucumber
1/3 Cup chopped green pepper
2 Tbsp mayo
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In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. Serve immediately.
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Alta at K Station Luxury Apartments
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A new level of urban living emerges from one of Chicago's most sought after locations -- welcome to Alta at K Station. Centrally located between River North and the West Loop with convenient access to everything, these two modern towers soar just steps from the city's best location -- the Loop. Inside this walk-to-work location, you'll find stylish eco-friendly rental residences that include studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes designed for the dynamic lifestyle of the modern urban dweller.
Our rental residences offer exceptional features making Alta at K Station the perfect place to enjoy the urban experience and a place to call home. Thoughtfully designed open kitchens offer full granite kitchens with wood paneled cabinetry and porcelain ceramic floors as well as stainless steel appliances that include:
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text: An opportunity for Lewisham residents to apply for one of 33 affordable new homes within the borough has been announced. Expressions of interest are now being sought from those wishing to become residents of the new development planned by the Rural urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) in Church Grove, Ladywell, south London. Successful applicants will work with RUSS' project team to agree proposed building plans to be submitted for approval by Lewisham Council. RUSS has now announced the ballot and eligibility criteria that will lead to the selection of the future residents. Applicants must have lived or worked in Lewisham for an eligible amount of time, or have a family connection to the borough. The applications deadline is Monday 29thFebruary, with the ballot scheduled for 20th March. Expression of interest forms, together with the eligibility criteria, are available on the RUSS website (www.theruss.org). To apply for a home it is necessary to become a member of RUSS. Membership starts at £1. A launch eventwill be held on the 30th January at The Field, 385 Queens Road, SE14 5HD from 12pm – 3pm. Further Drop-in sessions will be held on the 3rd and 17th February @ Ladywell Tavern, Gallery Space, SE13 7HS from 7pm – 8.30pm Community group RUSS has been negotiating with Lewisham Council to purchase land in Church Grove. It plans to lead the development of an ambitious scheme to construct a community of self-build homes that will meet the needs of a diverse range of people who live or work in Lewisham. In October last year RUSS was named the preferred bidder for the scheme. RUSS is a volunteer-led community land trust that aims to provide homes for those priced out of the housing market. The group's vision for Church Grove is to build high quality, sustainable homes providing a combination of one bedroom to four bedroom homes with a range of purchasing and renting options based on the needs of the residents who come forward for the scheme. This will include social rent, affordable rent, shared equity and shared ownership. The scheme will also provide the opportunity for people wishing to be involved with building the homes to learn and develop a range of building and management skills.


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User experience is the new black: Netflix in Asia
Asian fans of Orange is the New Black rejoiced as Netflix launched across almost all markets in Asia in January this year. Netflix has reshaped the entertainment industry, with its global user base streaming a total of 42.5 billion hours of video content in 2015. And local players are eyeing this opportunity.
Asia presents unique challenges to Netflix
One of the biggest obstacles for Netflix in Asia is the sheer size of the region and its social, economic and technological diversity. Challenges unique to Asia include the development of local and vernacular content, hitting the sweet spot with pricing model and different regulatory models.
A number of local competitors are eyeing Netflix's estimated 6.1 million new international viewers in Q1 2016[1]. And each one is more than capable of giving Netflix – whose shows are only selectively available across Asian markets – a run for its money. Hooq, iflix, StarHub Go, LeTV and even new free-to-air channel ViuTV in Hong Kong present attractive choices with local programming.
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Netflix and its competitors will win or lose customer eyeballs based on the quality of experience they provide. Viewers, whether in Hong Kong or India, are extremely sensitive to quality of connection. With good network speeds Netflix can offer a great user experience and retain customers as it develops over 600 hours of local and vernacular shows.
Unlike cable TV, Netflix delivers its services through the internet, contributing over 37% of internet traffic during peak evening hours in North America during the first half of 2015[2]. Major shows are being remastered in high dynamic range technology (HDR), offering an improved viewing experience[3], meaning bigger files and longer download times. New video encoding technologies and other initiatives will help address this issue but internet service providers (ISPs) must brace for a terabit tsunami.
Netflix uses the cloud and ISP networks to deliver its content to subscribers. As it grows in popularity, today's networks, which have evolved over the years with disparate technology from multiple vendors, may not be fit for purpose. When millions download the latest episode of Jessica Jones at 8pm, it is only high performance "direct" connections from content owners like Netflix to the ISP networks that can avoid delays and bothersome buffering.
Optical technology will deliver crystal clear viewing
ISPs are already evolving their networks to meet the requirements of the Netflix era, improving network agility and removing technology hurdles to smooth streaming video. They should consider new models such as programmable optical networks that are more efficient at storing video content, as well as transporting, delivering and managing it. Technology is available today that allows ISPs to pack terabits of data down the same pipes, even over long distances.
In addition, advances in network management software can allow networks to automatically 'reconfigure' their capacity during peak viewing times and divert idle resources to areas where they are in demand. As an example, between 9am and 6pm, around 80% of network capacity in a city or town is allocated to offices, but between 6pm and midnight, it is diverted to households. This wasn't possible with the 'dumb pipes' of a few years ago but today's networks and technology make it possible.
ISPs should see Netflix and its competitors as a huge opportunity to improve their own ties with their customers by enabling top quality of service. With more and more entertainment being delivered via the internet, many more innovations are on the horizon. By creating a network optimized for video, ISPs can achieve long term customer satisfaction and retention. The future of entertainment is coming and it is online... so the time to act is now!
Anthony McLachlan is vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific at Ciena.


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We have been working on a utility to help our affiliates quickly review and pick banners that match the style, color, and dimension requirements for their site. I would like to show what we have developed, and ask for ideas on what would make this more useful. We have added a few of the 88x31 banners to help test the page.
Features of This version
- Color wheel to dial in a background color and experiment with variations
- Entry of the hex code of a specific color to evaluate
- Select a subset of banners to review side by side
- Select all banners to browse the entire inventory
- Select and change background color for site compatibility testing.
For example, one of the things we quickly learned with this utility was that the transparent gifs worked great on light colored backgrounds, but have an ugly halo on some dark backgrounds. Also, the transparent chrome does not work well on most background colors. If you were experimenting for your site, you would be able to quickly see what works, and to either pick an alternative banner or an alternative location on your site for banners that have display problems.
Next features under development
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- Add descriptions to the names of the ads
- Add the ability to select certain resolutions
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I'm back for Christmas Eve! I've been so poorly its ridiculous, while still suffering from an ear infection (at Christmas!!) I'm back to review my new favourite hair asset - the HK Hair Exensions by Dirty Looks. Dirty Looks are a hair extension brand based in the UK which cater for all different shades and lengths of hair desired. So, lets see how I got on...
The team at Dirty Looks were absolutely amazing to work with, as I've recently had my hair highlighted a lot blonder its been difficult to find the perfect match as only a couple of the shades have highlights within them. At first, I was recommended the shade 'Ice Coffee Brown Highlighted' which I tried but was way too dark for my hair. Dirty Looks were kind enough to exchange the extensions for the shade 'Tanned Blonde Medium Blonde' which were a pretty much ideal match. As my hair isn't too long but below shoulder length, I opted for the second to longest length of 20-22 inches, which was a heeeeellll of a lot longer than I imagined! But as the set came with so many different pieces, it was great as I could chose to trim some and not others - adding different layers and textures to my hair when wearing the extensions.
The hair extensions are made with Remy Human Hair which is great because it means you can style them (curl, straighten) and it will look as if it is your own hair. Everyone at my birthday meal a few weeks ago thought the set was my own hair, even though they're the people who know me the most! I'll attach some photos later on in the post!..
I do find it is difficult to wear the whole set at once as it is fairly heavy and quite thick, this would be absolutely fine for those with thicker locks but my hair is on the thin side and therefore looks a bit odd and weighted with all of the locks in.
And you know me, as for the packaging its fabulous. The team were so sweet and sign everything with 'xoxo' which adds a personal touch to it, and they also send me a cute lollipop to enjoy which was very kind of them.
I'm so pleased with my HK Full Head Hair extensions from Dirty Looks, there's such a variety on their website so you can try out loads of their products which are such high quality.
Here's me wearing the HK Full Head Hair Extensions on my 'birthday' with my lovely boyfriend, Tom. I say birthday, my birthday is actually on Christmas day which is tomorrow but we always celebrate it a few weeks before.
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas, sorry I haven't been around recently! But have a lovely day tomorrow & I will be back to blogging frequently again. Its my blogs first birthday soon too! You can also visit the Dirty Looks website here.
What is your favourite brand of hair extensions? Have you tried Dirty Looks?
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This prestigious luxury apartment is located on the sought after northern executive district of Hamilton Island, home to 'qualia' five-star resort.
Recently renovated, this waterfront luxury apartment looks out across amazing manicured gardens to Fitzallan Passage and Whitsunday Island, the largest in the Whitsunday group of 74 islands.
Step straight onto your private balcony and lawn and only meters away is Bella Vista's lagoon pool and spa set in lush, tropical, landscaped gardens
Situated on the ground floor, this two bedroom, fully self contained, luxurious and sophisticated apartment, is perfect for couples or small families. With its ground floor convenience, for easy access and spectacular panoramic views, this apartment offers the best of both worlds.
The kitchen has been fully equipped with premium quality glassware, crockery and equipment. The entire apartment has a fresh, clean crisp feel.
Both of the enourmous bedrooms open out onto generous north facing balconies capturing fantastic views. The master bedroom is generously appointed with a king size bed, generous built-walk in-robes,and ensuite. The 2nd bedroom gives you a choice of either a king size bed or two king singles, perfect depending on whether you are travelling with family or friends.
All linen, bath towels and beach towels are supplied and the kitchen is well stocked with crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils. You will also be provided with a basic hospitality pack with the housekeeping essentials to start your holiday about 1 to 2 days supply.
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You will also have exclusive use of a complimentary 4 seater electric buggy during your stay, a perfect way to see get around to the islands many pools, shops and restaurants Note: a valid drivers licence is required.
Your stay entitles you to full access to all resort activities, including the golf course, golf club, day spa, pools, daily activities, water sports, kids club, wildlife park, tennis, squash, mini golf, go karts, golf driving range, and rifle range, plus there are may other specialised activities and tours available some activities are at a cost.
The island also offers over 20 boutique and specialty stores and over 10 restaurants, plus takeaways, bakery, medical center and a small supermarket on the island. An ATM is located outside the Westpac Bank on the harbour side of the island.
The Whitsunday Islands and Barrier Reef are so close. Many tours and cruises operate from Hamilton Island. Fantasea Cruises, Sunsail and Cruise Indigo Cruises can be booked from the island. The resort offers Jet Ski adventures, Sea Kayaking, 4WD and Quad Bike Safaris. Boat and Fishing Charters are offered by Renegade Charters. Snorkelling & Dive Tours to the reef, islands and beaches in the area can be organised by the local dive shop H2O Sportz and the Cruise contacts. Whitehaven Beach is a must You can even take a joy flight by helicopter or sea plane out to the reefs and beaches with Avita on the island.
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- Two spacious bedrooms - sleeps 4
- Bedroom 1 has King Size bed
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CIH welcomes the government's announcement that there will be a package of investment to build new houses but stresses making sure homes of all types are built will be crucial to meet demand.
Gavin Smart, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, said:
"The government's announcement that it will invest a substantial amount of money in new housing is very welcome.
"It is encouraging to see both the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government recognise that we need to build far more homes to meet housing need.
"The key now will be in the detail and the biggest challenge will be making sure that the investment supports new, affordable homes of all types.
"Though boosting home ownership is something we support, many people are unable to get onto the property market and are left with no option but to rent in the private sector.
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A YOUNG engineer is celebrating after a double achievement in the world of engineering.
Hartlepool teenager Ellie Dunnington, 18, has secured a job and a competed in a prestigious competition within a week.
Originally from York, Ellie moved to Hartlepool at the age of seven and has developed a passion for engineering.
She said: "I like the hands-on side of it, I like bringing everything together, rather than just looking at it."
Ellie has secured a four-year apprenticeship with Wilton Engineering Services and said: "I only got told earlier this week.
"I feel very lucky to secure an apprenticeship with Wilton. My ultimate ambition is to be a welder or a plater and I could do either route with them."
As well as securing the post at Wilton Engineering Services, she has competed in the regional heats of the WorldSkills UK Engineering Construction Metalwork competition.
The competition is hosted at Hartlepool College of Further Education and is run by Semta. She was competing against six boys and their task was to construct and fabricate the base of a crane.
The competition was one of 13 engineering contests run by Semta, which is responsible for engineering skills for the future.
Ellie will find out in July whether she has won through to the national final at the Skills Show in Birmingham. A medal there could see her selected for the UK squad for the World Skills finals in Abu Dhabi in 2017.
She said: "I would be very proud if I was able to win a place at The Skills Show. It is quite a rare thing for a girl to do so in the engineering competitions."
Joanne Iceton, head of communications and public affairs at Semta, said: "Ellie has done well to get this far and it would be great to see her in the national final and the international squad - but most importantly she has secured an apprenticeship and a career and is a role model for other girls to follow."
Ellie added: "My mam is really proud of me and thinks it's great that I am doing engineering."
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A comprehensive guide for entrepreneurs from one of the most successful business creators in recent years, The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Turning Dreams into Profits addresses the fears and misconceptions that many people have about starting their own businesses, walking prospective owners through the necessary decisions they need to make before even putting a business plan in place.
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Had the author, or another talent read the work, I imagine I would have been able to stay tuned in for far longer. I assume that Stephen Dexter was contracted to read the book in a certain manner; however, the processing of his voice, the tone, and the speed of delivery contribute to the impression of a speak-and-spell toy from the 1980s.
The content is still relevant. Ready, Fire, Aim echoes in this work (kind of a lot), but I feel that I would have personally enjoyed the author presenting this in his own voice.
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As CDS market shrinks, CVA questions grow
Sometime in mid-2006, the outstanding notional of the single-name credit default swap (CDS) market passed the $15 trillion mark, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). It was on a steep upward trajectory that reached a $33.4 trillion summit two years later. Since then, it has been shrinking and, as of the first half of 2012, the BIS estimates it was, once again, worth around $15 trillion in notional terms.
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The filmmaker behind Precious digs into the evolution of race relations in the United States through the true story of one African-American butler who worked in the White House for 34 years, under the likes of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey star; Robin Williams, Melissa Leo, James Marsden, John Cusack, Alan Rickman and many, many more co-star. Daniels directs. (Read our full review here.)
It's an incredibly ambitious goal to attempt to capture the complicated history of race relations in the U.S. within a single film, but sometimes a narrative movie or TV series is an incredible tool to investigate a particular era. For a look back on some of America's dark but defining moments, check out these three titles. One centers on the greatest feud the nation ever knew. Another follows the story of one soldier that speaks for many. And the last unravels the mystery of a serial killer who wrought terror and infected the popular culture.
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) The Civil War was famously a conflict that turned brother against brother, but the legendary feud of neighbors Hatfield and McCoy began after their patriarchs returned from the battle field. The History Channel unfurled the beginnings of this gruesome feud that stretched from the Hatfield's West Virginian home across the river to the Kentucky land of the McCoys with this heralded mini-series. Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star.
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) This twice Academy Award-nominated drama unfolds the story of Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, finding inspiration in his best-selling autobiography of the same name. Tom Cruise stars as Kovic, playing him from an idealistic youth who willfully enlists in the Marine Corps, to a proud soldier on the front lines, to a wounded vet and activist who spoke out against the war whatever the cost. Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Berenger, and Frank Whaley co-star; Oliver Stone directs.
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Williams & Ree
Laughter, at anyone's expense, is one of the main elements of a Williams & Ree show.
The two, known as "The Indian & The White Guy," have been spreading their own brand of music and mirth for over three decades.
Terry Ree, aka "The Indian," and Bruce Williams, aka "The White Guy," have entertained audiences in nightclubs, casinos, and on concert stages, opening for such acts as the Oak Ridge Boys, Randy Travis and Garth Brooks.
They have also frequently appeared on television, beginning most notably with the Nashville Now talk/variety show in the mid-80s. A stint as comedic co-hosts on Florence Henderson's Country Kitchen, as well as the Charlie Daniels Talent Roundup, followed, with all three programs on The Nashville Network (TNN).
The pair were also seen during the final seasons of the venerable syndicated country music/comedy program, Hee Haw, in the early 90s.
Ree, of Pierre, South Dakota, and Williams, of Mountain Home, Idaho, first met while both were college students in the late 60s. They began to play together in a band, although they quickly learned that their between-song humor and song parodies were more popular with audiences, and they became a comedy duo, arriving in Los Angeles by the mid-70s, performing frequently at the famed Comedy Store.
The TNN appearances began later, and the two recorded a series of independently-released albums, such as Taking Reservations and Feed And Mingle With Live Indians. Their latest CD, released by Sonic Sorbet Productions, is Indian Casino Royale, a collection of original songs.
The two have also released several videos, primarily taken from their nightclub act.
The following interview took place after a performance at the Choctaw Indian Fair near Philadelphia, Mississippi, in July of 1995. With these two, the best thing for the interviewer to do is begin the conversation - and get out of the way.
How long have the two of you been together?
Ree: Actually, say, we started 27 years ago.
Williams: And, I knew he was gonna get a government grant, so I'm hanging in there with him.
Ree: That's right.
(Laughs) Twenty-seven years?
Ree: Yes. 1968. Actually, the fall of 1968, (in announcer's voice) as they attended Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota.
Williams: I was walking to class one day, he was hiding behind a bush. (He) jumped out and tomahawked me.
Ree: Tomahawked him. Gave him the "tomahawk chop," and, mind you, this was 27 years ago, long before these people in Atlanta (Braves baseball fans) ever heard of it.
Williams: That's right. And it wasn't even the "tomahawk chop," it was a hawk, named Bonnie.
Ree: That's right.
You actually started as musicians, and then the comedy came after that?
Ree: Exactly. How would you have ever guessed that?
Williams: He also said the musicianship has never developed, either.
Ree: (Laughs) Yes, he did. Yes, we started singin' and playin', and, actually, I'll tell you how we started the comedy. We never knew any songs. In fact, we've been together 27 years, we probably know five songs.
Williams: Sort of the Jason D. Williams of comedy.(NOTE: Jason D. Williams is a pianist/singer often compared to the young Jerry Lee Lewis. -- T.W.)
Ree: Exactly.
(Laughs) So, that's it.
Ree: We never finish a song, and we talk about why we didn't, and why we should have. And that's how the comedy started.
How did the act develop into what it is now?
Ree: Exactly.
Williams: We don't know.
Ree: Exactly that way. We've started ... I've always been proud of my Indian heritage, and he, of course, has always chided me, and that's how the act began and that's what we've been doing for 27 years. Dammit!
Williams: (Laughs) It's that much fun.
Do you have any parameters as to ...
Ree: Absolutely no parameters.
Williams: We have parameters when it comes to ...
Ree: Alright, anything that has more than four chords in a song and we can't play it.
Williams: Yeah, and what we wear must be specifically made for us.
Ree: Yeah. Tent and awning, usually.
There are no limits, as to, "No, we can't do that; that goes too far."
Ree: Oh, no.
Williams: Oh, well ... Oh, no, John, (whiney voice) Nooooo, John. We wouldn't do anything offensive.
Ree: No. We don't offend anyone.
Williams: There are people who don't like us, sure, but that's gonna happen with comedy.
Ree: Some people find what we do distasteful, but we certainly don't.
Williams: We don't really care what the wives think.
How did the association with TNN start?
Williams: We just basically went down there, begged and groveled, and said, (mock crying) "Put us on the air!"
Ree: That's exactly what we did. We went down there and we auditioned for the Ralph Emery show, the Nashville Now show, and they said, "Oh, come on; we can use you." So, they thought they would just use us once or twice, but, no, we moved to Nashville. And sucked up like they've never been ...
Williams: (Laughs) That was 35 years ago.
Ree: No.
Williams: Three to five years ago.
Ree: (Laughs) It was maybe, ten or eleven years ago, and ...
Williams: Eleven years ago. Ralph was, like, twelve.
Ree: That's right.
And then the cooking show came along.
Williams: The cooking show was a fluke.
Ree: Fell out of the blue.
Williams: We had a week, out of the height of the summer that we couldn't book, and during that week we got a phone call saying, "Come on to Nashville, we want you to be on a cooking show." So, it just fell right out of the sky.
Ree: It's just that simple; that's how it happened. And it worked for eight years.
Williams: And to this day, Florence Henderston ... Henderston ...
Ree: Yeah. Not Florence Henderson, Florence Henderston.
Williams: Yes. She visits the Indian regularly, on occasion, and brings a truckload of Wesson oil.
Ree: I mean, I gave her all I had, several times.
Williams: Yes.
Ree: In the way of cooking tips.
Williams: Yes. Cooking tips.
Do either one of you actually cook?
Ree: Absolutely!
Williams: Oh, we ... he is a gourmet chef, and I'm a ...
Ree: I'm a gourmet.
Williams: He's a gourmet.
Ree: I make a mean Caesar's salad, that's my favorite. And I can grill steak, and that's about it.
Williams: Unusual Caesar's salad, too. It has squirrel pelts in it.
Ree: Yes. (Laughs)
Williams: You can floss while you're eating.
Ree: Yes, and it's not Romaine, it's Rogaine lettuce.
Williams: (Laughter) Rogaine lettuce.
Ree: Rogaine lettuce.
How can you two stay such close friends when you spend so much time together? Does the act ever interfere with the friendship?
Ree: We're not close friends.
Williams: We're not close friends. Oh, sure, we live across the street from each other.
Ree: It's a bad marriage; it's purely financial. If I could dump the fat bastard, I'd get rid of him.
Williams: (Laughs)
Ree: (Laughs)
Williams: How many times have I put out those fires from those darn arrows?
Ree: It's a job, and we enjoy it.
Well, when you're not working, do you hang around together?
Williams: No.
Ree: Oh, occasionally we show up and the same bar and fall on the floor ...
Williams: (Laughs)
Ree: (Laughs)
I guess, primarily, you work a lot of fairs and package tours with a lot of country artists?
Ree: We do. We do lots of those, and we also do lots of things on our own. And we do ... (someone opened the door to the room) Dammit! We're doing an interview here! What the hell ...
Williams: Boy, these reservation cops are tough.
Ree: That was a white guy.
Williams: I know. He slipped through. Had real high cheekbones.
Ree: I know. What was the question?
Working with country acts.
Ree: Oh, yes. We do a lot of these, but we also do a lot on our own. In fact, what, probably 60 percent is on our own. The greatest thing that happened to us is Indian casinos.
Williams: They're all over the nation. It really helps to have an Indian in the group.
Ree: (Laughs) Yes, and we go there. (Mock cough) John, would you like another cigarette?
I didn't take my sinus medicine today.
Ree: Ah, the old sinus problem.
By the way, who's John?
Ree: I don't know; he called you John.
Williams: I thought your name was John. What is your name?
Ree: Tom.
Williams: Tom.
Both: Tom, Tom, farmer's son
Stole a pig and away he run
He'll be miserable the rest of his life
'Cause the pig he stole was my ex-wife.
Ree: Tom.
Williams: It's good to be here, Tom. I thought it was John.
Ree: No, you were wrong.
Williams: Well, I first met him near the john, that's what happened.
Ree: (Laughs)
Where does the material come from?
Ree: Just like this, Tom. You mention a name and we've got a limerick. And that's what we do.
Williams: It's a lot of ad-libbing. AD-LIBBING.
Ree: It's probably 2 percent ad-libbing and 98 percent, we've done it before.
Williams: Right. For 27 years.
Ree: We remember everything we've ever heard.
Who was your inspiration, as comedians?
Ree: Rowan and Martin and the Smothers Brothers.
Williams: And if you say something creative, we'll remember that, too.
Ree: You're damn right we will. Tom.
Williams: That will be part of the show, John.
Ree: (Laughs) It's Tom.
Williams: Tom.
Williams: Mmm-hmm. And, of course, U2, and Michael and Janet Jackson.
Ree: And the Beatles, and Elvis.
Williams: And Johnny Cash.
Ree: Johnny Cash.
Williams: (in British accent) Johnny Cash, actually, and ...
Ree: Buck Owens.
Williams: Mel Tillis. George Jones.
Who was your inspiration, as comedians?
Ree: Rowan and Martin and the Smothers Brothers.
Well, you met (former Nashville producer/songwriter) Bob Ferguson tonight; I think he worked with Cash, at some time or other.
Williams: He worked with John?
Ree: He also wrote,
Both: (singing) On the wings of a snow white dove
He sends his pure sweet love
A sign from above, on the wings of a dove.
Ree: (in Johnny Cash voice) Sing it, June.
Williams: (in female voice, singing) When troubles attack me ...
Ree: (in Cash voice) Shut up, June (laughs).
You ever worked with him?
Ree: Yes. Yes, we've had that pleasure. He lives just down the street from me. But he seldom stops by (laughs).
Williams: Once in a while, you'll hear a limo put up, and you'll hear, (in Cash voice) (coughs) "Indian, you want a ride?"
So, you live out at Hendersonville?
Ree: Yes.
Williams: Yes.
Ree: We live just around the corner. He lives just down the river, and I live just across the street from him.
Willliams: He has the highest house. Indian able to overlook all residents ...
Ree: I'm able to look down on all the white people.
Williams: Even Johnny has to look up to Indian.
Ree: That's right.
Have you ever gotten any flak from Native Americans over the humor?
Williams: Not flak, no.
Ree: Very little; very little. In fact, the only time we had any problem was back in '73, '74 with the AIM movement ...
Williams: I was stabbed a couple of times.
Ree: And, of course, they usually are out of line themselves. (Laughs) A little too much party, but, really, we've never had any problem. Indians are the first to laugh, and laugh the hardest, and the longest. Mainly at the white guy 'cause he's a funny boy.
Williams: A couple of the Choctaw guys tied me up backstage and gave me a hot Mylanta enema.
Doesn't look like it helped much.
Ree: (Laughs)
Williams: (Laughs)
Do you have any ultimate plans, like would you like to do a movie?
Ree: We'd love to do a movie.
Williams: Yeah.
Ree: We'd love to have a natural hit song, played on the radio. We do our own independent labels and we've had many ... How many have we done, ten or 12?
Williams: Eleven.
Ree: We've done 11 albums, and we just sell 'em where we go, and nothing has ever been charted. But, that would be cool. We got nominated, you know, as Vocal Duo of the Year, and we're not in the finals yet, but it was just a thrill to be in there with all those big guys.
Williams: Yeah.
Ree: And a movie would be nice, but, basically I'm just tryin' to get a little cash together, and play golf the rest of my life.
Williams: Maybe we can do the sequel to Indian In The Cupboard.
Ree: What would that be called?
Williams: Called Brave In The Closet.
Ree: (Laughs) There's too many white guys in the closet now.
Williams: (Laughs) Yes, that's why you gotta be brave.
Does the humor seem to work better in certain parts of the country, or is the response pretty much the same?
Ree: You know, it really is pretty much the same, wherever we go. Because, truly, Tom, we have done the same act for 27 years. I mean, that's what we do. And we don't change it for the people in New Jersey or Connecticut or ... They get the same show that you get in Mississippi or California. That's what we do. Funny is funny.
Williams: Some of it varies from tribe to tribe. We told a couple of Sioux jokes tonight that didn't go over well. The Sioux are not that well known around here. This is the Choctaw habit.
I saw some people tonight that might be Siouxish.
Williams: Funny, they didn't look Siouxish.
Tom, John, whatever. Thanks, guys.
Ree: Thank you, Tom.
John, this has been great.
Ree: Tom.
Williams: Tom.
Williams: Tom.
I saw some people tonight that might be Siouxish.
Williams: Funny, they didn't look Siouxish.
Tom, John, whatever. Thanks, guys.
Ree: Thank you, Tom.
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How cloud based mobile technology supports the digitisation of agri value chains in East Africa
May 10, 2017 | mAgri | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kenya | Uganda | Guest Blogger
This is a guest blog by Jenny Rafanomezana, CEO, TruTrade Africa, and Ronald Rwakigumba, Agri-Fin Mobile Uganda Country Coordinator, Mercy Corps
If you are an agricultural produce trader and are seeking to maximise value, it's tempting to dismiss digital technology as an added cost. For most off-takers, sourcing produce means sending a buying agent with cash for immediate exchange and loading of produce. Alternatively, traders might speculatively source produce, buying low and selling high in the hope that they will make a profit in the end.
This is the context in which TruTrade, a social enterprise, engages, brokering on behalf of farmers to get the best prices possible. TruTrade is operational in Kenya and Uganda. In 2015, TruTrade's network facilitated the movement of 645 metric tonnes of produce – worth just over $225,000 – from smallholder farmers, enabling TruTrade to supply a wide range of buyers from breweries and exporters to urban vendors. During 2016, TruTrade more than doubled this trading value, sourcing produce worth just under $430,000. So far TruTrade has provided a market for over 6,000 farmer transactions; farmers together received over $480,000, earning on average 19 per cent more than they would have earned through traditional farm-gate traders. TruTrade has facilitated the trading of 21 different commodities over this period (2015 and 2016). The business is now focusing on strategic value chains where they can have the greatest impact on farmers and which provide a path to commercial viability for TruTrade itself. This includes staple crops – cassava, soyabean, maize and high value crops – avocados, honey, cashew nut.
TruTrade uses ICT to formalise and bring fair trade to the predominantly informal local and regional markets in staple crops as well as expanding opportunities in agricultural exports. Their business is driven by cloud technology – which they use to provide visibility on trading transactions, to inform decisions and optimise logistics. TruTrade's Trade Transparency Platform (TTS) has been developed based on their practical experience in managing aggregation across the business. The platform is available on the web (browser based) and mobile (Android) with both online and offline capabilities. It provides a management information system for sustainable sourcing which is at the core of the franchise offer. A directory allows for tracking of traders, farmers and buyers and facilitates the creation of a dashboard for analytics by value chain, season or suppliers. The platform integrates digital payments promoting the use of mobile money payments to farmers or directly to their bank accounts. TruTrade has always encouraged digital payments, but following recent challenges, it is testing a 100 per cent cashless payment policy. To achieve this, TruTrade is seeing how it can use its sourcing agent network to increase acceptance of mobile money. There is some resistance in the rural areas of Northern Uganda in particular, however mobile payments reduce the risks of diversion of resources at the same time as enabling real-time traceability. TruTrade has been working to improve access to cash-out services by getting sourcing agents to also provide mobile money services through a sub-agency agreement for both MTN and Airtel.
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- Farmers have a direct link to markets, enabling them to get better prices, more reliable access to markets and benefit from value addition opportunities. TruTrade's value proposition is based on enabling farmers to retain ownership of produce to the final buyer. This means that farmers receive any additional revenue remaining after all costs are deducted. Using mobile money makes it easy to send out these 'bonus' payments.
- Buyers can access a sustainable sourcing service, thus purchasing produce that satisfies their requirements for quality and volume, reliability and traceability.
- Produce sourcing aggregators are able to grow their businesses, earning commission, toll processing fees and building relationships as trusted service providers. Sourcing agents are exposed to less risk as they are not carrying cash, but utilising mobile money services. The same agents also have the opportunity to become mobile money agents themselves which is a complementary business opportunity and expands the reach of mobile money into rural areas. Empowering produce sourcing agents to also become mobile money agents has increased confidence in mobile wallets and fills a rural mobile money service gap.
- TruTrade is using its business model to incentivise the uptake of mobile money in rural areas. First, by increasing the numbers of farmers registering for mobile money; second by injecting capital into the mobile money ecosystem in rural areas opening opportunities for other services to be taken up e.g. mobile savings or remote payments for farm inputs.
- Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) experience mobile money revenue growth through produce buying operations, in addition to other mobile money subscribers making use of agents. In 2016, 31 produce sourcing agents with TruTrade franchise AgriNet became sub-agents after MNO training for both MTN and Airtel who saw an opportunity to support their mobile money business.
Looking ahead TruTrade has plans to further develop the current integration of the app with its online management information system in collaboration with Digital Natives and Mercy Corps Uganda's Agri-Fin Mobile Program. This will improve farmer registration through the mobile application and tracking of unique users will bring new features to push messages to farmers and for inventory management.
TruTrade will also be licensing the TTS software to larger off-takers to use in their own operations. The interoperability and potential for customisation is attracting interest from sourcing companies and financial service providers. Revenue from licensing will drive further investment in the technology, to be able to shine a light on what was a very opaque business and make it work better for everyone.
TruTrade is a Kenyan company that provides market linkage and commodity sourcing services to help businesses build sustainable supply chains. They have strategic investment from Self Help Africa, who are the majority shareholder.
TruTrade partnered with Mercy Corps' Agri-Fin Mobile Program to develop the mobile app and integrate it into the online web portal. Agri-Fin Mobile is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Mobile app development has taken place in collaboration with Ugandan IT company Digital Natives. Having a fully integrated platform means that TruTrade can improve efficiency and enables scale up of the service. TruTrade has lots more ideas for developing its systems to meet user demand and make the most of emerging opportunities in a rapidly evolving space.
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City's Premier League 2 side face Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium on Friday night but where will the match be decided?
With 10 points from their first five matches in the Premier League 2 competition, Simon Davies' side are full of confidence ahead of the Foxes' trip to Manchester.
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