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Mobile Shelving & Roller Racking
Mobile Shelving Storage Benefits
The example below showcases how even small spaces can benefit from mobile shelving.
For this project we replaced old static shelving and provided the customer with a huge increase in storage capacity.
Customised Design
Professional Installation
Storage and Financial Benefits
The ideal storage system for office filing, archive storage and the storage of products.
Completely Bespoke
Our mobile shelving system can be tailored to your individual requirements to offer you the most cost effective and flexible storage solution and with our six step design process it really could not be simpler.
Ideal for...
- General office filing and archiving
- Surgery and hospital records
- Library and museum archives
- Schools, collages and universities
- Solicitors / legal Practices
- Retail stockroom storage
Minimum Disruption
Our most popular Mobile shelving system is surface mounted requiring no additional building works or fixing to the floor. Installation is noise and dust free and quicker than most other systems. Grouted and cemented systems are also available.
Removable for relocation
Our modular system is 100% relocatable. The design ensures that if the system needs to be relocated, there is no need for any additional parts and no additional building works. Being 100% relocatable means the system is cost efficient and minimises environmental impact.
Manufactured in the U.K.
We're proud that our mobile shelving systems are manufactured in the U.K. to the highest standards, it's how we offer an industry leading warranty & service contract.
Steel 'C' section track supports the infill floor to provide a level and trip free system. The mobile shelving system also features anti-tilt devices and safety lock handles to ensure safe operation at all times – complying with all health & safety legislation.
Hand Push / Pull
Up to two bays deep and a total load of no more than 3 tonnes. Pull required is approximately 4.5kg per tonnes of load.
Mechanically Assisted
A drive shaft is connected by a chain and sprocket to a manually operated hand wheel. The standard drive gives a mechanical advantage of 4:1. A force of 0.4kg is required to move each tonne of load.
Electric Mobile Shelving
With a 24vDC motor which can be operated by pressing a key or linked to a computer system.
New Electric Powered Mobile Shelving System / Roller Racking
Our new electric mobile shelving system is ideal for office environments with a host of features including safety stop, automatic object sensing and reverse and security built in. It's the perfect file storage solution for the modern office.
Shelving & Racking Options
Hand Push / Pull
Single & Double Skin
Heavy Duty Racking
Mobile Shelving Track Options
There are several different track options available depending on the product stored, its weight and the floor the system will be installed on. The most common track used is our System R Track, this is fully demountable and makes relocation and expansion simple as nothing is fixed to the fabric of the building. For example we often relocate mobile shelving on top of one of our industrial mezzanine floors.
Low Profile Track
Mounts directly on the floor, ideal for level raised/computer floors. Requires the floor to have no more than 2mm deflection in any one metre direction.
Low Profile Carpet Tile Track
Mounts directly on the floor for lightweight installations, carpet tiles installed between tracks. Requires the floor to have no more than 2mm deflection in any one metre direction.
System R Demountable Track
Our standard track system is fully demountable, levelled and includes false floor (carpet tiles can be installed). Ramps are included to avoid trip hazards.
Grouted Track
Ideal for uneven floors, these tracks are levelled and grouted directly onto the existing floor. Then a false floor is added between the tracks, ramps are included to avoid trip hazards.
Screeded Track
Tracks are installed into a solid screeded floor, this provides a seamless finish, greater weight bearing and is a permanent installation.
Server Room Track
Designed specifically for raised server and data centre environments.
Mobile Shelving Accessories
Our range of mobile shelving accessories are ideal for the creation of a custom designed solution.
Accessories can be easily retro fitted.
Single Skin Shelving
Pull Out Drawers
Part Height Dividers
Double Skin Shelving
Pull Out Suspension Filing Cradle
Full Height Dividers
Deco Panels
Pull Out Shelves
Garment Rails
Case Study
The world renowned auction house Christies in London, needed to update their existing storage system in several areas. This was to house a growing number of bound catalogues, dating back to 1766.
The mobile shelving system was designed to maximise storage in each room, while still allowing easy access to the archives and main routes through the building.
"The new system is exactly what we needed at a time when space was becoming increasingly scarce. Despite some unique challenges around stock and space, the Oracle team delivered a system that works with the space and for those using it on a day to day basis"
Why not contact Oracle Storage to see how we can help you take control of your storage.
I'm interested, now what?
We have a simple 6 step process to guide you from showing initial interest in mobile shelving right through to the final installation.
Call, live chat or email so we can listen to your requirements and understand your storage goals.
Whilst we can work from drawings we always like to survey in person. This enables us to review the products that need to be stored & consider all storage options.
Once surveyed we can discuss and show you the different options available along with accessories if required, to help with your storage needs.
We'll come back to you with a full detailed and itemised quotation including possible installation timescales.
From placing your order we will begin to manufacture the mobile shelving system and schedule installation dates to suit your programme.
Our SEIRS and CSCS carded installation team will install the system to the highest standard.
Mobile Shelving Warranty + Service & Maintenance Contract
Standard 12 month Warranty
All of our mobile shelving systems come with a 12 month warranty as standard.
Service & Maintenance Contract
Beyond the initial 12 months we highly recommend a service & maintenance contract (to PUWER standards) is taken out on your system. This provides a number of services each year to keep your solution running smoothly. It also provides you with a emergency call out facility, if for any reason the system doesn't operate as intended.
We can also offer this service to mobile shelving systems that weren't purchased directly with Oracle Storage.
Mobile Shelving Brochure
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Synopsis: Now you know us at VT, we have a strict don't screw the crew policy, I guess Jo and Abbie Cat never got the memo
More? A lot more of these two enthusiastic delicacies. Yum-Yum
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We all seem to be rushing around doing our holiday shopping, making lists and checking them twice. Naturally, as an author, I would love for you to buy my books — or work by another indie author. I highly recommend books by Jaimey Grant for the Regency romance lover in your life, and T. E. MacArthur for the steampunk lover.
However, there are a lot of people out there in desperate need. Your local food bank could use a donation, for example. Ditto your local animal shelter.
I am still running my charity drive via Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an organization that helps people living with this illness in all 50 states.
I am also donating ducks again via World Vision. So many people in developing nations have lost their livestock and livelihoods due to flooding. Ducks help solve that problem. They provide eggs for food (and sales) and ducklings can also be sold for extra income.
Perhaps instead of rushing around to big box stores and standing in insane lines for the latest electronic gizmo or game, a smaller sum can be used to provide help to those in need. Just a little food for thought during this season of giving.
About this author
Books by internationally published author Sharon E. Cathcart provide discerning readers of essays, fiction and non-fiction with a powerful, truthful literary experience.
A former journalist and newspaper editor, Sharon has been writing for as long as she can remember and generally has at least one work in progress.
Sharon lives with her husband and an assortment of pets in the Silicon Valley,California.
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I found this fabulous article on Lynne Klippel's Business Building Bookssite and just had to share it.
Written on October 13, 2011 by admin in Author Inspiration, Writing
Kathleen Ragan, a stay-at-home mother, loved reading stories to her young daughters. She took them to the local library every week to pick out fresh books and made story time an important part of every day.
Kathleen began to notice a disturbing trend. All the books she was reading featured male heroes. As she began to study childhood classics by Dr. Seuss, she noticed the only female characters were negative ones – lazy mothers, gossipy women, or colorless sisters who had no dialog. She then started to study fairy tales and other popular children's books. There were few featuring girls who were brave, intelligent, or leaders. Instead, the books featured princesses who required rescuing, were evil step mothers, and were wicked witches.
These were not the role models Kathleen wanted for her daughters. She began an exhaustive search for folktales from around the world featuring female heroines. It took several years of exhaustive research including reviewing more than 30,000 stories.
This research led to her book Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters, published in 1998. The book features 100 stories from around the world with female heroines and are ideal for reading aloud to children.
Why is this story important to you?
Writing a book is a big job. It requires an investment of time, energy, and effort. In order to finish a book, you must have a passionate reason WHY you are writing that book. That passionate Why will pull you forward and give you the energy you need to complete your book.
Kathleen was passionate about providing inspiring stories for her daughters. Her passion propelled her to do whatever it took to create her book and share it with the world.
What about you?
Use these questions to measure your passion for your current writing project:
1.Do you enjoy learning about the topic of your book?
2.When you have extra time, does it feel like a treat to work on your book?
3.When you share your book idea with others, do you feel excited and exhilarated?
4.Have you clearly identified WHY you are writing this book?
If you notice that you are not feeling passionate about your book, don't give up right away. You have two options. You can decide to select another topic which feels more exciting. Or, you can make your current topic more enjoyable to write by adding stories, fresh research, or taking a bolder stand.
One of the quickest ways to increase your passion for your book is to have some conversations with your ideal readers. Discover their needs and determine how your book can serve them. Reconnect with your passionate heart for helping others and you'll find you've
Darlene Foster is a Self-employed writer from Delta BritishColumbia. In her words:
"I am a writer, traveler, and dreamer. I am lucky to have a great family and wonderful friends. I believe "a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet."
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Writer's block is generally recognized as a serious condition among professional writers. Not just novelists, but journalists, performers, songwriters, copy writers and others who write creatively all fall victim from time to time.
First recognized in 1947 by psychoanalyst Edmund Bergler, the term refers to a "condition" that can range from a complete lack of ability to write for years on end to a temporary inability to be creative to one's satisfaction.
Writer's block has been described in screenplays, novels, the news and in blogs.
Novelist Stephen King used it as a lynchpin in "The Shining." Main character Jack Torrance was paralyzed by writer's block, which eventually led to madness. Or did it?
Was it the lack of ability to write or was the sheer isolation of the Overlook Hotel that led Mr. Torrance to kill? Or, was writer's block just another bit of fiction employed by King?
I feel that writers too often use writer's block as an excuse for not doing what, at that moment, does not come easily. Sometimes, it's just a matter of putting down one word at a time and allowing yourself the freedom to write badly until your muse comes to the rescue. At least this way, you have some material to build upon.
Yes it's true, finances, family and spousal relationships, the wrong environment and other factors can affect your ability to stay focused on your work as a writer. But if every writer waited for inspiration before putting pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard – there would be little in the world to read. (And a lot of us would be very hungry!)
When I posted my opinion about writer's block on Facebook and LinkedIn, I received a lot of feedback. Here's some of what other writers had to say about it.
"If inspiration doesn't come to me, I chase it with a stick"
"I think writer's block is a genuine experience. Although given such a label makes it sound like some kind of affliction. I have it myself from time to time … usually when I am stuck on the direction my plot should take. It doesn't last long. I never stress about it. I write around the problem and return to it later.
"I write full time, everyday, but there was period where I would go to my studio and literally just couldn't find the words, or a plot to put down. The more I tried the harder it got. I didn't believe in the existence of writer's block until then. It ended the same way it began. I went to my studio and just started writing and completed my usual two-thousand words per day."
"Neurology has proven that when an individual is stressed or threatened, a part of the brain stem called the Reticular Activating System will shift control from the cerebral cortex to the limbic system. Without significant input from the cerebral cortex, the individual is temporarily deprived of the ability to perform nuanced analyses and creative thought. Moreover, the individual is rarely aware of this shift and often attributes the resulting inability to perform her or his usual creative thinking as lack of willpower, character or ability."
"There is definitely a thing called writers block, but I believe that something in your life causes it. I have writers block, and mine is caused from someone close to me, offering his opinion on my grammar, and English – Over and Over again."
"I was full of creative ideas and was writing so good. I slowly began to think about my grammar, and correcting it, and finally, all I could think about was my English and Grammar so much, that I had no room in my mind to create a new novel. I now have writers block. "
"Discipline makes me write – sans the mood. Pen to paper and everything turns out alright."
While I do not claim to have all the answers, I believe that those who stop writing because of "writer's block" are left with only blank pages, rather than material to improve upon. Some of my best wok has occurred when I have forced myself to pluck out one word at a time. When I find my writing not up to my standards, I rewrite and rewrite until I am satisfied. Giving in to any temptation or excuse not to continue will only leave me with nowhere to go when I return.
For those who suffer from writer's block, I sincerely wish you all the best. I encourage you to persevere and not give in. Imagine all those who go through life each and every day with physical and mental disabilities. They often overcome their handicaps, and I wish you Godspeed in overcoming yours.
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11 4th Ave SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Aramendi is Professor at the Francisco Escudero Conservatoire and Senior Organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Basilique of Santa María del Coro, San Sebastián, Spain. Her recital will include works by Louis Vierne, Franz Liszt, J.S. Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré and Charles Tournemire.
Listen to exquisite music in magnificent surroundings! Freewill offering accepted at the concert.


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The foregoing pages complete the Series of Poems, &c., published under the name of Thomas Ingoldsby; of these, 'The Legend of Languedoc,' 'The Buccaneer's Curse,' 'The House-warming,' 'The Lay of St. Romwold,' and 'The Brothers of Birchington,' appeared in the 'New Monthly Magazine,' the remainder in 'Bentley's Miscellany.'
The following articles, which are added for reasons stated elsewhere, though prior in point of date, are by the same author, and, with few exceptions, of a similar character with his better known effusions. The first three are versions of dramas produced: 'Hermann,' at the English Opera House; 'William Rufus,' we believe, at Drury Lane; and 'Marie Mignot,' at the Haymarket Theatre. The concluding lines are those alluded to in the Memoir, as having been the last that fell from Mr. Barham's pen, and which were written during one of those weary nights of watchfulness occasioned by his disease.
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Researching buy here pay here dealerships in New York? If you think your only option is in house financing, we encourage you to apply online for the New York bad credit auto loan you need.
These dealers go by many names:
- Your Job is Your Credit Car Lots
- In House Financing Car Lots
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To some people, getting their New York car loan without any credit check seems fantastic.
Sadly, there are a few major drawbacks:
- Expensive Annual Percentage Rates
- Deceptive Financing Tactics
- Hefty Down Payments
- Cars With Lots of Miles
But don't fret, you may be able to get approved for an auto loan at better interest rates than you could expect at a your job is your credit car dealership. Unsure what kind of car to buy? Check out this article regarding cheap cars here.


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This is Millie Mackintosh.
You may already know her from reality TV show 'Made In Chelsea', but for those of you who are now
only being introduced, Millie is a London-based "make-up artist, beauty fanatic and fashion junkie".
I have admired her perfectly styled, super classy, head to toe chic looks since season 1, episode 1 of Made In Chelsea.
Her fur collection being the main focus all the way through, and now, more so than ever.
Her wardrobe has certainly evolved over the past few seasons; experimenting with different trends and pieces,
but she always seems to pull everything off so flawlessly.
Millie on her style right now...
"It's a bit of a mix. One day can be completely different to the next. I dress according to how I feel.
I think in the last year it's gotten a little harder rather than really girly. It's probably a bit grungier because I've been hanging out at festivals and stuff.
I always like to have a slight boho feel aswell - lots of floppy hats and gillets and tassels. I love tassels."
Oh, and she totally loves Aussie style and fashion.
Take a peek at Millie's 'Style Diary' and watch her make up tutorials for some extra tips.
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Microsoft Azure MVP, Author (see http://bit.ly/chefazure) — based in London, United Kingdom. Working at @Chef.
As I announced in my talk at Config Management Camp in Ghent this year, something you may not have noticed is that the Test Kitchen driver for Azure Resource Manager has moved to the Test Kitchen organization on GitHub!


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Sales at Pafilia's Aurai Residences, overlooking Limassol from the hills of Germasoyia continue to increase.
With each 3 and 4-bedroom villa boasting its own pool, the project utilises the natural grid of the area to offer residents panoramic views spanning the entire width of the coastline.
"The Aurai Residences are yet another gem in our wide portfolio of impressive property developments that create exceptionally luxurious living environments with the most discerning clients in mind," said Evangelia Eliadou, Executive Director of Pafilia Property Developers.
Each villa fuses natural materials, including wood, marble and stone, with high-quality fixtures and fittings. The open-plan living areas add to the overall appeal, seamlessly merging indoor and outdoor spaces to offer a balanced lifestyle in absolute harmony with nature and the breathtaking rural surroundings.
For information visit www.pafilia.com
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Cruising the Island at 30 miles an hour was Police Chief Jim Read's idea, not Codger's.
At a recent Town Board meeting, after the chief presented the results of 14 years of traffic studies on New York Avenue and St. Mary's Road, Councilwoman Chris Lewis asked about lowering speed limits.
Chief Read suggested that concerned residents might "drive around at 30, get a feel for it." (more…)


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Mini Cloud Light
A perfect light for your little one's room. This cute cloud has a soft white glow and is great as a nightlight for little ones, or for evening feeds.
The cloud nightlight has an LED lightbuld which does not get warm, an on/off switch and is battery powered.
Please note this is not a toy, please keep out of reach of your child.
product details
product code: LC04
- dimensions: 15.5x9.2x8.3cm
- durable, non-toxic, and cleanable with a damp cloth
- powered by 3 x LR44/AG13 batteries (included)
- body is PE, light unit is ABS plastic
- dimensions: 15.5x9.2x8.3cm
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"Logic will get you from A to Z, imagination will get you everywhere." - Albert Einstein
Toys for the imagination... imaginative play is a crucial part of early childhood development. Our toys are well made and have some educational or imaginative component, as we believe a few, lasting toys with a multitude of uses and possibilities are much better for a child than a huge, and potentially overwhelming selection of toys.read more


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In the state of Texas, the debate is upon us once again. HB 1263 - Patient Access To Physical Therapy - is to be heard in the House Public Health Committee on April 7, 2015.
It is time to push aside the fear-driven dialogue and logical fallacies that have clouded this issue for two decades.
Here are just a few reasons why this bill is so important to the health - and liberties - of all Texans.
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Running has a way of bringing some of the simple things in life back into focus.
Last month, I finished my 11th 3M Half Marathon. It was a beautiful day to experience the joy of reaching another finish line. Far more important, however, are the lessons learned along the way to those finisher's medals. You never know when those lessons will make an appearance or provide you with an epiphany of sorts.
I vividly remember one day in December, a day on which I had scheduled a routine long run in preparation for this event. I awoke to a temperature of 40 degrees and rain.
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Allan Besselink, PT, Dip.MDT has a unique voice in the world of sport and health care, one that has been defined by his experiences as physiotherapist, mentor, McKenzie practitioner, coach, innovator, author, educator, patient, and athlete. Read more about Allan, contact him, get updates via email, or connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.


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Lovely Bedrooms
Located on the ground floor of the chateau and with its own separate entrance and kitchen facilities, it is ideal for disabled guests and those with young children. In its normal configuration, it is offers one double-bedroom with ensuite bathroom, and a separate twin room with its own dedicated ensuite with shower. In the height of summer, these bedrooms tend to remain the coolest – especially the north-facing double.
Communal Rooms
It has it's own kitchen / breakfast room which guests often use as a separate study / quiet room for those that need some peace and quiet with a good wi-fi connection. The kitchen has French doors that open on to its own shady terrace overlooking the rear lawn.
Guests in the apartment also enjoy use of the impressive Drawing Room – that acts as a buffer from the rest of the chateau.
Off-season Lets
The apartment is always let with the rest of the property in high season but is available by itself over the winter months on medium-term lets and is ideal for house-hunters, explorers and those enjoying a sabbatical.
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- Double-bedroom with king size bed, ensuite bathroom with roll top bath and hand shower attachment.
- Twin bedroom, dedicated shower room / loo (best room for small kids)
- Kitchen / breakfast room (or a study) – with good wifi, and tucked at the end of the property for peace and quiet
- Impressive Drawing Room
- Centrally heated
- Separate entrance from the front
- Private terrace overlooking rear lawn


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Limited Access to One Leaf Drop-Off Site in Sioux Falls
Access to one of the leaf drop-off sites in Sioux Falls will be restricted for two weeks.
The City says that from the 15th through the 29th of this month, construction crews will work on Lyon Boulevard between West Madison Street and West 12th Street, so Lyon Boulevard will be closed to through traffic.
During that time, you will still be able to get to the leaf drop-off site near the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds from 12th Street, but the Public Works Department says you should consider using one of the other sites, at 1015 East Chambers Street or at the Sanitary Landfill west of the city.
The construction work is expected to be finished by the 29th.


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By Anna Marie Periquet, Go Negosyo mentor
My post as chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Asia Pacific (YEGAP) gives me the distinct opportunity of meeting very inspiring entrepreneurs from the region. In the following interview, Mr. Wilson Jacob of India shares his ideas, experiences, and advice on entrepreneurship, who his mentors and sources of inspirations are, and what lessons he has learned from his initial ventures, among others. The 45-year-old Wilson is the Chairman and Managing Director of Kottayam Port and Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd., an export promotion infrastructure development project with 49% equity from the government of India located at Kottayam, Kerala. He is also the recipient of the 2nd Young Entrepreneur Award of Asia Pacific.
What was your first "business venture" and what was the biggest lesson you learned from it?
An animal feed factory. It closed down in the 3rd year. I then learned how to do a business.
Who is your business mentor, or who had the greatest influence in your business life?
My father. He was not a business man. He was an engineer in government services, but he has had lots of business visions while he was working.
What advice would you give someone starting out a business today?
Do not copy a business, try to find out and do a different business from others, and do it differently.
What principle of entrepreneurship do you wish you knew when you were first starting out?
When I put up my first business, I only knew how to start it. I didn't know any principles. I've learned them from my personal experience.
What has been the most satisfying decision you have made as a businessman?
Making a decision to start a business/industry and while running the business itself is very challenging. I've started four businesses. I cannot distinguish which ones among my decisions are satisfying and which ones are not. But I think all of them are good.
What was the toughest decision you had to make? How do you go about making tough decisions?
I think I am too good at making decisions at very crucial time and very fast, too. I think it's the grace of the God that makes me make the right decisions at the right time. The toughest decision was to start an ICD and Minor Port utilizing inland water way at my home town Kottayam in India.
Would you recommend to someone starting out a business to attend a business school, or skip the degree and learn along the way?
I believe the degrees and education have nothing to do with the business and entrepreneurship. One has to be an evergreen student in the business field. But a good education is always helpful for communication, marketing and other planning. But this expertise you can always hire or buy, but you cannot buy or hire entrepreneurship.
Is there any difference between India and the rest of the world in the nature of your industry?
Yes, very much. I believe India is the best country to start the business or an industry because of the availability of human resources and consumerism. Also, the business management theory of the US or other countries will not work in India. India has got its own business theories and principles especially in labor issues.
What changes have you seen as a result of your business venture?
My recent venture of setting up a minor port and an Inland container depot (customs notified area for exports and imports) in my home town Kottayam has changed the region itself a lot. Two export promotion industrial parks are being set up by the government. Some of the social benefits resulting from my business venture include the generation of employment for nearly 5000 people;
Increase in the export and import activity of the neighboring four districts; diversion of nearly 7,200 containers from road to water transport from the first year itself; promotion of smart waterways; lower maintenance for roads and vehicles, fuel economy; earning of carbon credit; minimizing the road congestion; development of tourism; earning of foreign currency, and the development of an export promotion industrial park connected to this port is underway. Precisely this project has been instrumental for this development, which is beneficial to the entire central Kerala.
What were the challenges you faced in setting up your business and how did you manage them?
The challenges were many. Some of them are: Breaking the mindset of the people – it was a big challenge for us to break the mindset of the people for undertaking such a project and galvanizing their support. Raising the fund – the people believed me because of my style of performance. After seeing my passion for the project, various agencies and individuals came forward to invest in this project. Preparation of detailed Project report – there was no previous standard set for this kind of project. Hence we had to start from scratch. We ourselves prepared the project report by collecting data from layman to experts. It is said that 50 % of the project is over if you make a good project report. And finally we did it successfully.
Other challenges we faced included:
Development of waterway – Even though we had an existing waterway, it had to be developed and maintained for a vessel movement.
Development of road to the Port – The existing road to the facility was not sufficient for the container movement; hence we had to acquire the adjacent land belonging to the Education and Industries Department of Kerala for the widening of the road.
Land development – The land was water logged areas which had to be converted into a useful land. That was also a big challenge. Virtually we were constructing the building and business over water.
Construction of Barge was a big challenge – We had to use our ingenuity to design and construct a fully hydraulic propulsion container barge with 37 meter length, 7 meter width with 1.25 meter draft which can contain 10Nos of 20 feet containers and which would pass through this bund. This challenge also we took up.
Introduction of RO-RO (Roll on– Roll Off) to avoid two handlings –The question arose from the exporters, importers and Custom House Clearing agents whether the two crane handling was feasible. So in order to avoid two crane operations at port of origin and transit port, it was necessary to implement the Ro-Ro concept. Hence we had to design and construct the low bedded container trolleys with 25 tons capacity. The trolley mounted containers would be loaded and rolled on to the barge and rolled out for unloading. The handling made easy.
What do you think are the most important attributes of a good and successful businessman?
When you are planning to start business/ industry, try to learn as much as possible about the business. Of course you can hire highly technical manpower to run the business. But one should try to know anything and everything about that particular business. Ultimately, you are the leader and you are the one to make the decisions at a crucial time, to make the right decisions at the right time.
Are entrepreneurs born or made?
I think majority are born entrepreneurs, but some become entrepreneurs by circumstances.
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This past weekend saw the cable TV premiere of a movie about animal behavior expert and autism advocate Temple Grandin. WVFC contributor Tamar Bihari writes about watching the film with her son, who had been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum.
Whenever I watch or read an account of someone with autism, I have one of two default reactions. If it rings false to me, I feel angry. Betrayed. I threw a bestselling novel across the room a few years ago because the depiction of a boy with Asperger's Syndrome felt hollow and contrived, all tics with no sense of what it would actually be like to be that boy, to wrap yourself in his skin.
If, on the other hand, it rings true, I cry. I'm not even sure why. Tears of recognition, maybe. A feeling that the creators get it. This is the way it is.
I suspect most parents who have nurtured a child on the autistic spectrum feel similarly. There's autism from the outside, what the mass media usually portrays: strangeness, awkwardness, a sometimes otherworldly quality. A sense that people with the condition are other, not like us. That's wrong. People with autism are very much people like the rest of us, but with some neurological quirks, some hyper-sensitivities, some processing difficulties and some unusual strengths. But very much human. Not other.
The fact is, we're all on a broader spectrum of normalcy. Some of us can't handle loud sounds, some tap our pens incessantly or chew our cuticles to the quick, seeking that sensory input, trying to self-regulate. People on the spectrum do so with more intensity, and in more situations. A great many autistic traits are simply reactions to an overwhelming world.
When a movie or book hits that right, shows what it's like from the inside, well, I cry. Because it's rare. Because it's important to get it right, to show everyone else what some of us — like me, with a son who's come so far—have seen up close.
On Saturday, a few minutes after starting to watch Temple Grandin, the new HBO movie starring Claire Danes, I had tears running down my face.
Yeah. They got it right. A few beats felt inauthentic, pushed for sentiment, but mostly? They got it.
I'm not going to talk about the storyline; you can go elsewhere for that. I already felt the deepest respect for Temple Grandin as a person, and this movie enhanced that feeling. She's done remarkable things with her life. But beyond that, back to the autism piece of it, I felt deeply satisfied because so many moments felt right.
I loved how they depicted the moments of sensory overwhelm, with a cascade of sounds layering on top of each other in a not-quite-cacophony. And Grandin's acute visual perception, cataloging details in a room that most people don't observe. The way she saw turns of phrase as the images the words represented (animal husbandry = a man marrying a cow). And the way her autistic traits (lack of eye contact, need to be squeezed, loud rushed voice) waxed and waned according to how stressed she felt.
It all captured how it would feel to be her. Her responses — overreaction, under-reaction, unexpected reaction — make sense once you see the world from her point of view. Her fear of sliding glass doors, seen from the outside, looks bizarre. But once you see what she sees, the guillotine slicing down, you get it. I loved that the movie showed the world the way she sees it. Beautifully done. Truly.
About fifteen minutes in, my son Damian sat down beside me to watch. He seemed entranced, and also, more important to me, comfortable with what he was seeing. We watched for about half an hour together, then it was time for him to go to bed.
When I turned the TV off, I asked him what he thought, whether any of what he saw seemed like him. He considered it, and said, "Not now, but maybe how I used to be, when I was younger." Which made sense. He's no longer exactly on the autistic spectrum, so most of the descriptions don't fit anymore. As he mused Saturday night, he still has some traits, but the diagnosis isn't him anymore.
But the movie triggered a memory, he said, of sitting with a speech therapist in her office. She was offering him M&Ms, but he could only get one if he said, "please." I know exactly what he was talking about; he was just barely three years old at the time. He was tickled that he remembers that far back. For me, it's almost surprising to hear that he does. Back, then, it was so hard to get him to communicate, to be fully in the world. But he was obviously acutely aware the whole time, just in his own way.
When he went to bed, Damian seemed fine with the Grandin movie. But an hour later, he was still awake. Movie-induced insomnia. I went into his room, sat down on his bed, and talked it through with him. The movie was a little too real, it seemed. He told me he found some parts scary. What parts? The times Grandin felt overwhelmed, as in the school cafeteria, or at a party. When the world became too loud and too frantic, and she needed to retreat. The depiction was vivid, immediate. Real.
For me, it was a positive thing: see, this is what it feels like. For him, it was harder: yes, this is what I go through when I want to curl up in a ball and shut out the world.
Late on Saturday night, he talked to me about an incident just two weeks ago, when we went to an open house for a program at the local college for gifted children. Too many people, too much noise, too much going on. He shut down. I brought him to the lobby, where he relaxed and regrouped before going back inside the main room. Last night, we talked about that, and about other coping mechanisms, like Grandin's hugging machine. The sensitivities will always be with him, a legacy of the autism, but Damian, like Temple Grandin, can learn and grow and be part of the world. And in so doing, maybe he, like Temple Grandin, can show the rest of us what it is to be human, just a slightly different flavor. As Grandin and her mother say in the movie, "Different. Not less." Never less.
Tamar Bihari graduated from Harvard University with a cum laude in History & Literature. A native New Yorker, she lived in Los Angeles for several years before returning east, and edited low-budget features and high-profile TV shows, including Northern Exposure and LA Law, before turning to writing full time. She wrote for WVFC her story of sharing her brilliant and talented son, Damian, with her Harvard reunion; she's also written about her family for Autism Speaks and has published articles and personal essays in various other venues. As a screenwriter, Bihari was a quarter-finalist in the prestigious Nicholl and Austin screenwriting competitions and had three screenplays optioned by producers. She, Damian, and her husband Dan Valverde now live with their two cats in a picturesque carriage house in Northern New Jersey.
I just saw the movie, which I thought was fantastic, and did feel like they'd gotten it right. Great to hear your take on it since of course you have a better sense than I of what right would be. Also quite interesting to hear about how you and Damian interacted about the movie.
Thank you for sharing. I had a similar situation with my eldest son, who is HFA. We, too, had a talk about the depiction of sensory over stimulation and how it was a bit too "real" for him and yet he did draw some comfort knowing that others are like him. He related mostly with the auditory over stimulation that Temple sometime had, hearing the ceiling fan, the marker, hearing whispering of others, the noisy cafeteria, and for my son especially, picking up on the different kinds of "mooing" from the cattle. He got that. He too, like Temple, has said that he understands animals more than humans.
He also took interest in the part of the movie when Temple and her Mother attend the autism convention and the line that Claire Danes said, which I've heard Temple say, about not being "cured" and that she is still autistic. He perked up during that scene and even though he couldn't fully explain why, he just knew that that line was something that he understood to be true. That HE is autistic and that he's okay with that. And so am I.
Beautifully written. It's so important, as Tamar says, to see the human qualities in every kind of human manifestation.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thailand photos up on Facebook
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Home from Chiang Mai
Friday, July 24, 2009
Review: Diana Butler Bass, A People's History of Christianity
What kind of book is this? (I'll indicate below that I think the title is misleading.) It isn't a typical church history, a record of doctrinal disputes, church councils, popes, and the like. Rather, two things really mark what Bass is about here.
- It's a book about practices. The author is a leading voice in the ongoing movement to define Christianity in terms of practicing the faith rather than doctrinal correctness. While Bass takes a chronological approach, her emphasis lies on how Christians have lived their faith: caring for the sick, creating songs, praying the rosary, and so forth.
- It's inspirational. By "inspirational," I mean that at times readers will feel inspired to follow the examples Bass provides. I also means that Bass intends to inspire. Almost every section begins with a vignette from contemporary life.
At the same time, I'm getting a little tired of books that have misleading or spectacular titles. A People's History suggests that the book will devote itself to the little people. And the subtitle, The Other Side of the Story suggests a book that counters the dominant narrative by taking the side of the little people over against the big people. (Bass cites Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, which does precisely that, as an inspiration.) But for every discussion of caring for the sick or Perpetua's martyrdom, we encounter the familiar "big" names: Irenaeus, Origen, Augustine, Francis, Luther, Calvin. Things grow more populist as we enter the modern age because more sources are available to Bass. I think she intends to do what the title suggests, but the book isn't quite the "alternative" its title suggests.
Perhaps a different title would make the point? Something along the lines of Living the Faith: A History of Christian Practice? Any suggestion from me will sound a little hokey. What I'm saying is, people could easily pick up this book expecting to find a liberationist or counter-cultural narrative. Just the same, this is a valuable, inspirational, relevant history, one that will help ordinary Christians discover their heritage in empowering ways.
An additional thought. The arrangement of People's History revolves around a couple of dozen Christian practices. Study groups might use this format for an extended engagement with the book, which would profitably take several months.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Chiang Mai 23 July 2009
Internet access has been spotty lately, but a couple of highlights from the trip so far....
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves on Elephant Day. That included hand feeding the elephants; an elephant show that included how elephants perform labor, how elephants relate to their trainers, and even elephant painting (no kidding, with a brush and with precision); an elephant ride through forest and river; and a raft ride down the river. Huge fun. One of our hosts, the fabulous Dada, taught us "Chang, Chang, Chang," the traditional children's song about elephants.
Yesterday was an extremely full day. We received a tour of Payap University, our host institution, complete with a presentation by the president. Payap is a private Christian university, and its primary aim is to educate whole people.
We also enjoyed a presentation by Laurie Maund. Laurie is an Australian Buddhist who has lived and studied in Thailand for almost 40 years. He's developed innovative international work with Buddhist monks throughout South Asia to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. Their distinctive Buddhist approach has even been welcomed in closed societies like Vietnam and Burma. Laurie really connected with our kids with the work he does to organize novice monks, basically high school age books, to work as peer educators and mentors for other youth.
Finally we experienced Monk Chat with Phra (meaning Monk) Saneh at the Buddhist university here. Phra Saneh explained how Buddhism frees people to be happy, in large part by clearing their minds and simplifying their lives. For example, he asked why we wear shoes. To protect our feet. Well, if shoes are to protect our feet, why do we need more than one pair? Why suffer over shoes? Phra Saneh also provided a powerful experience with meditation. Some of the students found themselves experiencing a profound new level of peacefulness. I bet I'll set lots of us, myself included, using our meditation beads on the flight home.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Greetings from Chiang Mai
Our hosts are amazing people. Having made the trip in 2008, I've found real joy in reuniting with John Butt (Rhodes class of 1960), the founder of the IRCP, and Mark Tamthai, now its director, along with their staff.
Today we begin "work" -- a couple of class sessions this morning, followed by a tour of Doi Suthep, a famous mountain temple this afternoon. The temple features twelve scenese from the life of the Buddha, and John Butt shines in using that series to introduce Buddhism through the Buddha's life. Should be a great day!
Monday, July 13, 2009
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And by the way, the trip is part of Lancaster Seminary's Leadership Now. If you know any promising young people, especially around 14-16, take a look at our Summer Leadership Academy for 2010.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Alan Segal on the Afterlife
They're also surprised when I mention that it's a "new" idea in the time of Jesus.
Just this week I came across a contribution on the topic by Alan Segal on Loren Rosson's blog. I admire Alan a great deal. He is the author of Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion. If you're interested, take a moment to read Alan's entry. Then if you're really interested, go ahead and buy the book.
For an alternative take on the history of resurrection hope in Israel, see Jon D. Levenson's Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Fabian Udoh on the Unrighteous Manager in Luke 16:1-8
More to the point, the parable of the Dishonest Manager is among the most challenging passages in the New Testament. The problem? What are we to make of a parable in which the hero is also a scoundrel? As C. H. Dodd famously observed, it looks as if even the author of Luke struggled with this one, tacking on multiple -- and conflicting -- "sermon notes" to the end of the story.
Fabian is making me think about this parable differently. He brings forth massive evidence that agricultural managers (oikonomoi) were nearly always slaves in the ancient world. Thus, the manager is also a slave -- or possibly, a freedperson (a manumitted slave). When the master threatens to remove the manager from his position, the threat implies the possibility of demotion to deadly manual labor: "I'm not strong enough to dig," the manager reflects.
I would assign this essay to students just for the wealth of information on slavery in the ancient world. Unfortunately, the essay is pretty technical.
Anyway, in Udoh's reading the slave remains dishonest throughout the story. And it's that behavior that (Udoh says we'll never know the basis for this) he wins the master's approval: he acts "prudently" in his own interests.
But Fabian's reading hits a snag. If the manager is indeed a slave -- and Fabian's historical evidence is compelling -- why does he think (a) that he might be forced to beg and (b) that he might receive a welcome from the master's debtors? A slave will not have to beg, and free people will not accept someone else's slave into their homes.
At this point Fabian backs up a little and says, Maybe the manager is a freedperson. Unfortunately, the article devotes little space to the condition of freedpersons in the ancient world (see the brief discussion on 333-34). We should avoid the hasty assumption that a freedperson would have been "free" in a modern sense, as in without obligation to the master. In a footnote on pp. 324-25, Udoh gives the impression that the distinction between slave and freedman is immaterial to this question, since even the freedman manager would be acting in a servile role. (On p. 333 n. 128 he calls the distinction "insignificant.") It seems to me, however, that the distinction is very important for understanding the manager's deliberations and actions. So my question: Would the options presenting a freedperson differ significantly from those of a slave in the ancient world?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Neglected Passages #4: Mark 15:21
The verse reads, "And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene as he was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross."
"The father of Alexander and Rufus." Every once in awhile, a biblical passage offers just a little window into history. You can imagine Mark's first audience (audiences?) hearing this verse performed, with people looking around the room at one another. Alexander and Rufus? Really? Perhaps Alexander and Rufus were even in the room at the moment.
At a minimum, the author of Mark expects the audience to know who Alexander and Rufus were. That's all we know. Beyond that, one wonders what effect carrying the cross had on Simon, such that his two sons were prominent believers a generation later. And beyond that, one wonders so much more....
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Facing the Giants Review
Quick synopsis: A football coach at a little Christian school struggles with common life issues and with football. His faith and the faith of others play a huge role in the outcome.
Now, the good stuff. From time to time I found myself deeply moved, moved to weeping, by this film. Why? I wondered. I don't know.
- I watched with my two daughters, and I deeply desire that they participate in the kinds of profound faith experiences that sustained me in high school.
- The movie took me back to tender places in my high school years, especially in integrating faith with football and the rest of life. I could quickly relate to how renewed (or new) faith could change a kid's whole outlook on life. My Christian peers played a huge role in my life then, and I could strongly relate to how faith actually contributed to my finding the best in myself as an athlete. We shouldn't mock that part of the movie.
- Some of the plot devices, including kids and their parents, were genuinely moving.
Theologically, the movie maintains that faith makes an impact on your life in positive ways. You see your relationships differently. You find a different meaning in your ordinary responsibilities. You find spiritual empowerment for the most important things you face. You see the good things that come to you as blessings. Prayer matters -- and so do people who pray. In many ways, this film hit those topics at just the right note.
With this movie, my evangelical piety shares a longing for revival. I really long for and pray for spiritual awakening.
I'll add that I wish mainline Christian kids had the same language I had as an evangelical youth for understanding how faith relates to our identity and our lifestyles. We're working on that in Lancaster Seminary's Leadership Now program, but I wish that. (For a critical reflection on that same ethos, see below.)
Technically, I generally dislike football films because the football action is so unrealistic. The football action in this cheaply produced movie is fairly impressive.
The movie also has significant theological shortcomings, and they need reflection.
- The main thing is that the movie suggests that faith solves all of life's problems. Money, personal matters, football, you name it. Loving Jesus might help a football player (or team) play with passion and courage. It won't take a cruddy team and turn them into all-stars. The movie nods toward the outlook that living faithfully might not lead to success, but the whole plot undermines a healthier outlook.
- Faith in this movie is still too small. Our little Christian academy has one black coach, complete with weak racial humor. It apparently includes an African American player -- we know this not because he ever speaks but because he appears in a game scene. In other words, faith is all about personal issues and one to one relationships. It doesn't bear on the social realities that so shape our lives. Why is it, by the way, that Southern Christian schools are so white? (And why were so many of them founded just when public schools integrated?)
- The movie is socially conservative to a fault. The coach and his wife have money problems and no kids. So why does this talented woman keep just a part-time job that makes almost no difference in their financial picture? (I have a sneaking hunch.) Several times the movie insists that following Jesus means submitting to authority. I'm all for that, but you know what? Sometimes authorities, even parents, are unjust and abusive. It's not sufficient to tell somebody to obey authority and leave it at that.
- I just don't share the theology that God determines everything that happens. This movie assumes that theology. If I win a football game, I thank God for the experience and the ability -- but I would never interpret the win as God's will. Even back in the day, we knew better than that.
Bottom line? I was genuinely touched by this movie. My daughter was inspired. It raises important questions. I just have some serious reservations too.


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I can not believe that it is Friday already and even though it has been only a four day week it does seem to have been longer in some ways.
Well the title of this post refers to a big event that is taking place this weekend and I mean all weekend..
It is my second year A level practical exam which is 12 hours long and spread over two days. I have been working on this course for nearly two years and I had an exam this time last year at the end of the first year, but not as long.
I started preparing for the exam approx a week before I injured my finger (February) and it was looking like I might have to pull out but sheer determination and a bit of stubbornness and I have got there. I am not allowed to show you anything but I thought that after the weekend I would show you work from last year as I do not appear to have blogged about it.
Since getting home I have dyed some scrim using onion skins, laid out everything that I might need on the kitchen table, and I have managed to fill it!
I have been drawing, cutting, sticking, painting, stitching.....well....you get the idea,for weeks which is why not much other crafting has been happening and many of my OPAM projects have been quite small. I have really enjoyed this course but it will be nice to have some of my free time back.
Having said that I am looking at doing a much shorter printing class in September without the added commitment of an exam but I wanted the qualification for future career possibilities.
I need to now start loading the car and I do still have a few things to stick in my sketchbook and then an early night is in order as I will need to get up as if it is a work day so that I get there in plenty of time to set up.
My poorly finger will be put to the test but I have packed some pain killers and I am in fact looking foreword to a blissful day of being creative with out any interruptions.
Have a good evening and I shall let you know how I got on.


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The Morphagene is a next generation tape and microsound music module that uses Reels, Splices and Genes to create new sounds from those that already exist. Search between the notes to find the unfound sounds.
A few of the Morphagene's most basic uses: Splice recorded audio and jumble it using ORGANIZE. Manipulate playback speed and direction with Vari-Speed. Granularize with Gene-Size and Slide. Layer or Stagger Genes using MORPH. Undertake iterative music processes by recording manipulations and overdubs into new Splices, like having two machines (one for Playback and modulations, one for Record). Process sound in real time using Time Lag Accumulation. Utilize envelope following CV OUT and EOSG Trigger to engage Morphagene in conversation with the rest of your modular system. Stretch and squash sound with Clock input.
Width: 20hp
Max Depth: 30mm
Power: 165mA @ +12V, 20mA @ -12V
***MG137 Firmware Update:
Change Log
1. Improves Vari-Speed response for slow modulation rates.
2. Improves SD Card file format for more compatibility with software .wav file formats.
3. Doubles total record time per Reel.
Upgraded memory performance offers an increase from 1.45 minutes to 2.9 minutes of record time.
If you are using Splices that are over 1 minute long the SLIDE parameter will be scanning across a massive amount of material and therefore the longer the Splice the longer it will take to get to where you are Sliding toward. Imagine a tape machine shuttling forward or backward to get to your desired destination. No we cannot change this, the MG is scanning as fast as possible. This new double record time firmware will make this even more of a factor.
Read and Write times will be MUCH longer when you have a Full 2.9 minute reel. So for example, if you decided to erase a 5 second Splice in the middle of a 2.9 minute reel it will take twice as long as before because the MG must re-write the entire 2.9 minute reel. Of course all of this is happening in the background and should not cause too much hassle. Still when that SHIFT button is flashing it is best to not perform more SD Card actions.
For most granular processing Splices of 10 seconds or less are recommended.
So why even bother increasing record time to 2.9 minutes? Well it allows for storing even more Splices on a Reel and it also makes it possible to record long portions of a patch for later arranging within your DAW. You could potentially capture a patch, including modulations of a shorter Splice (say 10 seconds), retrieve the sound from the SD Card and compile into a larger work using your DAW.
4. Increased max number of Splices to 300.
|Dimensions (mm)
|100 x 45 x 128
|Weight (g)
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Summer is one of the most-awaited seasons anywhere in the world. This is also a perfect opportunity for business owners to start a profitable small business. There are various opportunities to generate extra income during summer. With just a few bucks and hard work, you can start-up your own business.
During summer there are a lot of ways to earn money, so here are 5 best small business ideas for summer season 2017.
1. Cold Beverages Business
What better way to cool down than to drink cold beverage. Lemonade stands to famous cold desserts like ice creams, ice candies, smoothies, and halo-halo are sure to make a lot of profit because no one can resist a chill treat during this hot weather.
2. Organize Workshops
In most countries, summer is usually the season when students take their vacation. You can seize this opportunity to share your knowledge and help them hone their skills. You can organize workshops about arts, music, singing, dancing, acting, communication or sports; and you can charge fees at reasonable prices.
3. Care for Other People's Yard
Earn a good amount of money during summer by offering people help to care for their yard. This kind of service is hard to ignore since a lot of people would be uninterested to trim or mow their lawn because of the scalding temperature.
4. Be a Pet Care Taker
If you love animals and want to make a living out of it, summer is the perfect season for you. You can offer your services to pet owners who have plans to travel during this season. You can charge per hour, or per day if they will be gone for a long time.
5. Sell Swimming Paraphernalia
Summer is the perfect time when families usually go out-of-town to go swimming. This is also an amazing opportunity for you to sell swimming gear. Put up your business and offer different swimming products that are sure to generate a generous amount of money.
You can also take advantage of software that will help you get your business' financial data faster. QuickBooks Online, SAP, and Payroll Pro are some of the tools that you can use to streamline your enterprise's operations. These programs can help you handle your accounts, manpower, and cash flow.


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Lucy Powis
Staff Writer
When QuipTake presented The Art of Building a Bunker at the 2013 SummerWorks Festival, it was met with accolades. After selling out houses and being featured on Best of Fest lists from Torontoist.com, The Grid, BlogTO, and Artsvox.ca, Bunker is back to open the 2014/2015 season at Factory Theatre.
The impetus to start working on Bunker came from when Adam Lazarus, performer and co-writer of the show, was part of the Cahoots Theatre Writers Unit. He wrote a draft of a play called I, Racist, and presented it to Guillermo Verdecchia, who became the co-writer and director for the project. Whereas the main character in I, Racist was "post-racist," Verdecchia and Lazarus felt that there was a more immediate way to explore the themes presented in the piece. "What happens if you're like the guy on stage, and he isn't post-anything, but is working through a problem?" says Lazarus, explaining how the main character of Elvis in the current piece was discovered. Bunker sees Elvis undergoing mandatory workplace sensitivity training and confronting some of his thoughts that are absolutely insensitive.
Lazarus and Verdecchia went into the SummerWorks Festival intending for the piece to be seen as a work-in-progress. "This was not about being picked up, this was not about slicking up a show. This was about Guillermo and I exploring a play we find very interesting and topical," says Lazarus.
What's different this time around? Lazarus explains that there is now a moment when each of the characters in the sensitivity training room gets to express their own fears and anxieties. "We've gone a little deeper into some issues and the problem that we're presenting (is): how do we exist in this world together, when the world is seemingly falling apart? How do we interact? How do we create a better world? Can we, is it possible, or do we all have to hide in our basements because Ebola is coming?"
The Art of Building a Bunker opens at Factory Theatre on Oct.16 and runs until Nov. 2. For more information, visit www.factorytheatre.ca.


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September 2015 Anchor Newsletter
Late Summer (September) 2015
Friends in Christ,
It's unbelievable how quickly this past summer has flown by! Again!
While summer has been flying by, a lot has actually been happening with the CLCC! For one of those things, we have been approved as a Recognized Service Organization (RSO) of the LCMS. This means our organization has been vetted by the LCMS and found to be trustworthy. We hope that even if it doesn't actually open doors for us, at least the lock that was on them will have come off. We realize many LCMS congregations only include organizations that are RSOs in their congregation's ministry. We respect that. If your congregation is one of those, the opportunity may now have been opened for you to invite us to come and teach a seminar at your church, or for your circuit forum. We are here to assist you.
Another big change within our organization is the resignation of Gene and Deanna White. We thank the Whites for all the very hard work and dedicated service they have given to the CLCC since it began. In fact, CLCC was Gene's idea. We wouldn't be here without their diligent efforts. We hope they are enjoying having more free time, and are sure they will remain active in their community and church. God speed to them both!
The Executive Director is seeking nominations of both pastors and lay men for the upcoming election of men to the Board of Directors and Executive Director positions. Click here for more details. If you nominate someone it would be good if you check with him first. You can also nominate yourself. Nominations need to be submitted to the Executive Director by clicking here NO later than October 30, 2015. We ask you to prayerfully consider being nominated or nominating people you think would be good for the positions to be filled.
Thank you.
Evangelism, Outreach and Affirmation was conducted recently in Indiana by our newest instructor, Mr. Mike Hawkins. Mr. A.C. Schwark, our Education Director, also attended the seminar. He received a nice email from Rev. Dannie Mackey, which we have permission to share:
Dear A.C.:
I did indeed find the seminar worth the long drive from Muncie! Thank you and
thank Mike for presenting some excellent information. I hope to implement a
number of things you suggested and also to teach quite a bit of it in conjunction
with my upcoming Bible study on John's Gospel.
I am very impressed with the CLCC's work. I will remember your organization
as a valuable resource in the future.
In Christ,
Pastor Mackey
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Muncie, IN
Fall is coming; so it is definitely time to get more seminars scheduled for the winter and next spring. We hope you might consider inviting us in. Please visit our NEW website, theclcc.org, if you haven't already. We have a list of the seminars we offer there.
Ordaining Women: Why We Don't is coming up February 20, 2016, in Garfield, MN, at St John's Lutheran Church. It will be taught again this year by the Rev. Dr. Karl Weber from Ottertail, MN. This will be a great opportunity to learn more clearly why we don't have women pastors and, hopefully, how to better explain it to your family and friends. We know in the age we are living in it seems we are in the minority. I know this will be an excellent conference and we will all learn a lot! I hope you can attend! Watch for more information to come out shortly.
Plans are also beginning for a CLCC convention to be held in Bloomington, MN again this year in conjunction with the ACL/Luther Academy Conference which is held each year at the Ramada, Mall of America. Again, watch for more information coming out soon.
I hope you have a wonderful fall. We know more church activities will be starting up again. Things seem to get more back in a routine. Summer is wonderful, but God blesses us with all the seasons and I think we can learn and grow during all of them.
I ( Kari Anderson) have returned as the publicity director for the CLCC after a break. Please contact me with any ideas or concerns. We'd love to have you become involved and are always looking for new members. Members are crucial for organizations like ours. We really believe having lay people better educated in what we believe, teach and confess is important in this day and age (and always has been) for us to better defend our faith and to remain faithful to the Word.
1 Peter 3:15
Farewell for now. God's blessing to you always!
Kari Anderson, Publicity Director for CLCC
September 2015


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Archive for April, 2009
You are invited to our "Online" 3rd Birthday Event
When: Wednesday 29 April
Time: 8pm – 9pm (Sydney time)
Where: ONLINE
All you need to do is register NOW and then log in on the night, and you will receive an email with all the details upon registration. We will take you on a personal tour of our new website, show you some of our process and possibilities, plus by attending you will be in the running to win a gorgeous Dichoric glass pendant necklace (donated by Marakye).
What's New
Our logo and website!
March last year saw the beginning of our planning for a new logo and website. Our logo was finalised in August, and we began the process of trade marking in September. With our new website far from a reality at that stage, we decided to hold off and launch the 2 together, which we now proudly present.
Take a look now or take a guided tour with us at our online event, this Wednesday evening (29 April).
9ct Gold Pendants
We have increased the range of our 9ct gold pendants, now bringing you 3 smaller sized options. The smaller 9ct pendants come in a Heart (22x19mm), Square (20x20mm) and a Circle (20x20mm).
In addition to the solid yellow gold that we currently offer, all our pendants are now also available in solid White Gold.
As always, if we don't have what you are looking for, please contact us. As all our premium pendants are made to order, we are more than happy to quote for your requirements!
Mothers Day
Due to popular demand of the gorgeous little "Charlie" Bear, we are offering him again in a fantastic gift package, specially for Mother's Day.
Show mum how much you love and appreciate her with this thoughtful gift.
The package includes: "Charlie", a medium size pendant of your choice* complete with photo engraving on the front and text engraving on the back. All beautifully gift boxed and delivered (via Australia Post).
* Choice of standard (Rhodium or IPG) pendant from the list provided.


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I was hesitant to write this blog post - to capture the same angles of my garden that I did in my post from October last year. To pause and reflect on how much a garden changes in two and half months - when your tank runs dry, and you have one the hottest, driest and shortest Spring's on record, when a plague of grasshoppers descends and consumes most green in sight! But then I thought, no, I want this record made - it is real life trying to grow a garden, trying to work out the seasons, to live on land. You just have to keep going as best you can... And remarkably our garden is not all dried and brown. There are patches of green, petunia blooms and tomatoes forming. There are a little herbs (that the grasshoppers are not eating) like chives and mint we can pick and toss through our salad. There are lettuce leaves to be picked from a pot, zucchinis and dainty green squashes that mysteriously appear overnight.
There was a point when we just had to choose which plants we wanted to survive the most - and spend our scant and precious rain and household "grey" water on them. So it's become our nighttime ritual, after we put the boys to bed and it's still light - we cart out the cold water from our showers, baby bath and kitchen sink - we fill up watering cans from the garden tank - to pour out on the infant trees, vegetables and flowers we planted here.
This summer we are learning the absolute joy a spot of living green brings... we are also taking note of which plants are truly hardy, how an organic soap-based spray is fairly effective deterrent for grasshoppers, what difference enough mulch makes. I am especially amazed that some plants have survived in the heat of the polytunnel - that these grasshoppers just don't seem keen on eating my tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, squash or watermelons (but the corn and sunflowers, oh my, they are devouring that) and they are actually thriving and producing good things for us to eat.
Last week we had an idea to install one of our many farmyard bath tubs into the polytunnel so I could finally have a much wished-for soak every now and again. And a day or two later I filled it with pots of rain water heated on the stove, adding epsom salts and a few drops of lavender and bergamot oil and lay there luxuriating as night fell, with our cats padding around and grasshoppers jumping, I listening to rustling trees and the crow of birds, and looking up spied a faint sparkle of stars... the next day I scooped out the water onto the plants. Bliss indeed.


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|Sighting Report
|Occurred : 10/1/1994 11:30 (Entered as : Oct 1994 11:30 pm)
Reported: 4/9/1999 08:37
Posted: 4/26/1999
Location: Pawnee, OK
Shape: Triangle
Duration:20 min
|It was triangle shape with white lights at each corner of it and a large red one in the middle.
I was taking my two friends home who live in the country between Pawnee and Glencoe.
When we saw it hovering about 30 feet of the ground. It was heading straight up the road toward us.
I stopped my moms car and we got out and look at it.
It was only about 50 foot northwest of us and still hovering just of the ground.
We could hear no sounds coming from the craft. We jumped back into the car and hauled ((one word deleted)) out of there.


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If you wish to donate to ADSS, we have a variety of different methods of payment that you can use, please feel free to choose the method that best suits you. Every donation, large or small, will directly benefit people with dementia and their carers. Your donations are appreciated; they help ADSS continue its valuable work and develop services.
If you wish to donate to us online, we have our own charity page through BT MyDonate, where you can secure pay using either your debit or credit card. To do this please follow the link below.
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Donating over the Phone
If you wish to donate to us over the phone, please give the office a call on 01474 533990 and speak with our accounts department.
To donate by Cheque please make payable to ADSS and post to us at:
Alzheimers & Dementia Support Services, Safeharbour, Coldharbour Road, Northfleet, Kent DA11 8AE.
If you would like to donate regularly, we can set up a standing order to receive a set amount from you each month. You may also be interested in our annual membership scheme. If you would like to set up regular payments, please give our office a call on 01474 533990 or alternatively visit BT MyDonate where you can set up regular donations every month.
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Get Your Fresh On at UMD Market Day in the Plaza
It's the best time of year to get your fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers, baked goods, and enjoy great art and entertainment when the farmers markets pop up around the region. If you're looking for a Wednesday afternoon market stop, you can check out UMD Market Day in the Plaza on the UMD campus.
UMD Market Day in the Plaza happens every Wednesday through September 25th (rain or shine!) from 1:30 - 4:30 pm at the UMD Kirby Plaza Bus Hub. In case of inclement weather, they can be found right inside the doors at the Kirby Plaza Bus Hub.
Keep up to date with vendors and entertainment with UMD Market Day on their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter.