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Riots erupt as soldiers from haredi battalion enter refugee camp to arrest top Islamic Jihad terrorist who was released by Israel a few months ago
Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy
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A young Palestinian
was killed and two IDF
soldiers were lightly injured overnight Tuesday during riots that erupted in a refugee camp in the West Bank
city of Jenin.
According to the Palestinians, Majd Lahlouh was killed after he was shot in the chest during clashes with Israeli
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The incident began at 3 am when soldiers from the haredi battalion Netzah Yehuda entered the refugee camp to arrest a wanted Palestinian who was released from an Israeli prison just a few months ago. According to the Palestinians, the wanted man is Basam a-Asadi, a senior Islamic Jihad
Palestinian's body at hospital (Video: Reuters)
The IDF said that during a search of his home, residents opened fire at the soldiers and hurled Molotov cocktails in their direction. The Palestinians claim the locals threw rocks at the ultra-Orthodox troops. The clashes continued for a few hours, and the injured Palestinians were evacuated to a local hospital.
A-Sadi and another Palestinian were eventually arrested and taken in for questioning.
In March a Palestinian was killed and two others were wounded - one of them seriously – during clashes with IDF soldiers in the Al-Fawar refugee camp south of Hebron. The Palestinians said the Palestinian was killed by IDF fire. The incident took place one week before US President Barack Obama arrived in the region.
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First, we need be clear, who we are facing? The developmental characteristics, cognitively, socially, and emotionally, of kids at this stage can be traced in our textbooks. Here, it is not necessary to repeat those stuff. But it is very important to keep those characteristics in mind when we think about strategies as teachers, which we focus on below.
Second, we need be aware that, more than other stages of schooling, teaching at this stage involves more work dealing with parents. Therefore, you will see both strategies used in classrooms and strategies to get parents into prepareing their kids for school. Do think that preparing parents should be part of your work.
First Day of School Activities for Kindergarten
First Day of School Tips for Teachers: Successful Ideas for Kindergarten Teachers Dealing with Parents
Strategies for Starting School - Preparation, First Day of School and What to Expect
Best Tips for a Smooth First Day of School (Parents' View)
First Day of School Activities for Kindergarten
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Summary: The first day of school activities for kindergarten students should include reading a book that makes the students feel comfortable, activities that introduce the students to their new surroundings and the setting of ground rules. Give kindergarten students a tour of the classroom, and introduce them to areas that they will need to know about with advice from a writing instructor and former classroom teacher in this free video on kindergarten.
First Day of School Tips for Teachers: Successful Ideas for Kindergarten Teachers Dealing with Parents
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Parents are very involved in a kindergarten student's education. The first meeting that a kindergarten teacher has with the parents is essential to a successful year.
The first day of kindergarten is typically difficult for three people involved, the child, the parent, and the teacher. How a teacher conducts him or herself on the first day of school creates a great impact on the outlook and attitude of the child and parent for the entire school year. There are several tips for kindergarten teachers that help make the first day of school a success with parents.
What New Parents Expect on the First Day of School
Most parents new to school expect the first day of school to be a very big deal. They take off from or go in late to work. They get up early to prepare for the day. They do not expect to simply drop off their child and be rushed out of the building. They expect to gain information and have personal interaction with the teacher. They want to see that their children are settled and adjusted before leaving. They expect to feel confident that the class is organized and that their children are in good hands.
How Parents Feel on the First Day of Kindergarten
On their child's first day of school, most parents are nervous, sad, and excited. They are as nervous as the children about meeting the other students, parents, and teachers. The parents are sad that the child is growing old enough to enter a new milestone in his or her life. They are excited about the new adventure.
Kindergarten Teachers Dealing with Parent Nervousness
Most teachers are quick to assure the children that the day will be fun and wonderful. As this is a good practice, parents also often need reassurance. As teachers talk with the parents, it is important that they assure him or her that the child will have a great day. It helps to explain to the parents of crying children that the reaction is normal. Reassure them that the child will calm as the day progresses and the parents are out of sight.
Teachers Dealing with Parent Sadness
In most cases, an understanding of sad emotions is enough to connect with parents. The display of this understanding is easily shown through written poems, sayings, phrases, and book readings that deal with the difficulty in leaving a child at school or watching a child grow.
Strategies for Starting School - Preparation, First Day of School and What to Expect
Several times this month, Fiona Brill and her five year old son have walked to the nearby Primary School. There they play on the monkey-bars, eat a picnic lunch and try out all the drinking taps to discover which ones work - and which ones spray water everywhere. Fiona points out the classroom Nicky will be in this year and the bench she will sit on, when it is time to collect him. In just a few weeks, Nicky will go to school for the first time. Fiona is already working to make the transition as easy and as happy as possible.
It need not be tears and traumas at the school gate at the start of the year. Given preparation and a positive attitude to school, the first day - and all the other days too - can be a time to look forward to and enjoy.
The Weeks Before
* Many schools arrange orientation days where children are shown around and perhaps have a story read to them by a 'real' teacher. These are a terrific introduction.
* Talk about school often, in casual conversation. ('Yes, you can read "cat". You'll learn to read lots of words at school.') Be positive and enthusiastic in your attitude, but on the other hand, don't build it up too much -school can't live up to the reputation of Circus Maximus.
Education Departments often have excellent booklets to offer ideas. Ask for them.
* Visit the school grounds several times so your child has a concrete picture of where they will be spending their time. Like Fiona, show them the classroom, the toilets, try out the drinking taps and play some chasey on the oval.
* Point out where you will sit and wait to meet your child after school. Knowing you will be at a set place at a set time makes them feel much more secure.
* Get kids involved in a fashion parade of trying on uniforms. They can write their names on painting smocks, lunch boxes and school bag in texta.
* Have picnics where you practice undoing drink lids and unravelling dried fruit and sandwiches from plastic wrap. (Or try using waxed paper instead, it's easier for small fingers.)
* Talk often about how long the school day will be in simple terms - 'After lunch, you'll have some more games and stories and then I'll be waiting to take you home.'
* Gather uniforms, art smocks and school bags well in advance. This avoids the terrible night before finding frenzy!
* Make sure everyone gets an early night!
The First Day.
* Help your child get ready in a calm and relaxed manner. Even if you have to get up earlier to avoid panics and last minute rush.
* Arrange to meet up with one of your children's friends and their parents. That way you can all walk together and support each other.
* Don't forget to leave extra time for a photo or two. It's something to really treasure later.
* Understand that there will be little time for the teacher to chat to you. This can happen later, on other days. Teachers need to concentrate just on the children during those first few chaotic days!
* In the classroom, get your child involved in an activity (just like at kinder), but don't stay too long.
* Always tell your child you are leaving, but keep it casual - five act farewells are a terrible strain on both parents and children. When you leave, do so quickly and firmly - even if tears start. Teachers are experts in comforting and distracting children - but they can only do so when parents (always the child's first choice!) are no longer there.
* Keep reminding yourself (often) that most children who cry on the first day when parents leave are happily involved in drawing elephants and making friends before the parent has even made it home.
* Be there waiting when school ends. Even two minutes late can feel like two hours to a Prep kid.
The First Few Weeks
* Expect some deterioration in behaviour in those early days, because of tiredness. Answering back, rudeness, fighting and even bed-wetting are all signs of tension. You don't have to accept it, but you don't have to go racing back to the child rearing manuals just yet either. Cuddles, kindness and quiet times should see the problem out.
* Have a small snack and some quiet activity ready for when you both get home. Unwind gently, chat about the day, even get some favourite videos to watch, until energy levels return. Don't ask five friends over to play - no matter how much they beg you!
* Don't talk much about what you did during the day, especially if it was exciting. Imply it was business as usual at home or at work. Children hate to miss out.
* However, do actually plan something special for yourself - especially on that first day alone. Even if you have two toddlers and a baby still underfoot, a child going to school for the first time leaves a huge gap in your life. Fill it with something special. It's a new beginning for all of you.
'No, you can't jump on those squares,' Nicky Brill is telling his mother. 'This is my school. I make the rules.' He has already made the transition. The first day of school is something to look forward to for both of them.
Best Tips for a Smooth First Day of School (Parents' View)
Starting early in the summer, before going back to school is even a thought about, can make the first day of school go smoother. These tips for the first day of school can help the parent and the child as well, so going back to school is a happy time for all.
Busy times in the summer seem to push the first day of school out of everyones minds until the day arrives and then many emotional feelings, of going back to school, surface for both child and adult. The family unity is broken with the one leaving to go back to school. Once at school the changed environment seems to be acceptable for the well adjusted school age sibling.
Some of my personal tips for a smooth first day of school come from learning from each of my children.
1. The things I experienced were from separation from my offspring. We had been together all summer so I knew where they were and what they were doing each day. Now the first day back to school took that child away to an unknown place for my emotional heart to be comfortable experiencing. The remedy for this separation symptom to be better; was to realize I taught them well enough for them to be on their own.
2. For the first day of school to go smoother for me, meant for me to plan on doing some beneficial activity outside the home soon after the child left for school. Cell phones keep a parent connected no matter where they travel. If the school needs to contact a parent for any reason, there are many ways that is done.
3. Another back to school tip for me was to keep busy throughout the day so time went by quickly and the child was again home.
4. The first day of school, I began thinking of all the good experiences they were building for their future. All that happens to us makes us who we become in the future.
My first day of school tips for children come from an experienced mother too.
1. The first day of school requires the child to be alert, so a good nights sleep many days before school actually starts is a solid way to get that routine in place.
2. A nourishing meal for the first day back to school is just as important as all the other healthy meals you plan for your child. Make it an easy one by planning what you will be serving your child as they go back to school. My recipe was
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a fruit smoothie in the blender so it was accepted well by my child and easy for me too. I have added the out of the world fruit smoothie recipe I used at the end, so you can use that if you would like to for the first day of school.
3. My attitude of a joyful time when the child goes to school gives everyone a happy start. Quiet tone to my voice, pleasant words of encouragement will make the first day of school smoother.
4. Children can put out the clothes the night before school begins. There is no stress of what to wear and where it is located. If there are differences of opinions of what to wear, those can be compromised before the day arrives. This can eliminate any ill feelings for both the parent and child on the morning of the first day of school.
5. Talking about the education a child will be acquiring at school can be talked about with the child for many days before school actually starts. This conversation can set the first day of school in a very good light for the child.
Out of this world fruit smoothie given for a tip for a smooth first day of school.
You can use a blender or a mixer.
In a blender or glass bowl if no blender is available; place 1/2 cup of milk in the bottom. Use 1%, 2% or whole milk.
Wash or peel fruit that you will use.
Add berries, banana, apple, mango or any fruit your child likes. I use a 1/2 banana, 1/2 apple or a handful of berries. You can use less if you think it best for your child's taste.
Add 1/4 teaspoon honey
Add a pinch of cinnamon
Add less than a pinch of nutmeg
Add several tablespoons of crushed ice.
Mix well and serve with a straw.
This recipe can be made the night before( omit ice if this is done) and then just mixed in the morning of the first day of school.

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Zora Street, which is in fact a narrow flight of steps, leads up Džambaz tepe, "Acrobats' Hill", climbing a steep rocky slope on the way. It is lined with several interesting buildings, including "Mrazlijata" School, dating from the 19C and a group of small early-19C houses. You will also find here the tiny St-Petka's Church. It seems to be rising from a rocky peak and its tower is one of the lankmarks of the town. Affectionately known as the "old church", this sanctuary (1830) boasts fine wooden ceilings.
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Eric Moore?
Eric Moore?
posted at 10/5/2011 4:49 AM EDTIs he still available? I thought with a few injuries we might have seen him back - can't understand why he is not back in at New England.
Re: Eric Moore?
posted at 10/5/2011 7:32 AM EDTHe's a tweener DE/OLB. They still have Anderson, Carter, Nink, and Cunnigham playing that role. The guys that have been injured, Haynesworth, Wright, & Pryor, are DT's so Moore wouldn't really have been a replacement for them.
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posted at 10/5/2011 7:40 AM EDTAnderson, carter, ellis and cunninham are d ends...ninkovic is a linebacker...
only so many spots to go around
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posted at 10/5/2011 7:59 AM EDTIf he was so good...why hasn't anyone else picked him up?
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posted at 10/5/2011 8:15 AM EDTAlways thought Moore was a shoe in for the roster this year. He stepped on the field late in the season last year and immediately started making impact plays.
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posted at 10/5/2011 8:40 AM EDTyeah i was sad to see him go but with the 6th week coming up we will have to make further cuts/IR decisions so it doesn't look like he is coming back this season.
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Not only does he have the best first name in the world but he played well much better than Ellis has. I like Moore and would rather have him than Ellis. Not sure why he was let go, maybe he was too close to what Anderson and Cunniham are and anderson is faster and cunninham still has a year or two before he's sent packing.
Hope he can be brought in but I doubt it, with a couple of guys coming back after week 6 the roster spots are far and few between.
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The national park Jasmund lies on the peninsula Jasmund in the northeast of the island in the Land of the Federal Republic Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and exists since 12 September 1990. It is approximately 3,000 hectars largely and is thereby of Germany smallest national park.
Its area covers the elevator back of the Stubnitz bestockte with original beech forest north the port Sassnitz with the chalk lime steep bank and 500 m far a Wasserstreifen handing into the Baltic Sea inside.
The chalk rock of the island are exposed to a constant erosion. With each storm large pieces from rock break and tear occasionally also trees and bushes also in the sea. Thereby also fossils are extracted: Here petrified remainders of sea-hedgehogs are to discover sponges and oysters. The erosion of the coast increased, since then in 19. and 20. Century larger Findlinge before the coast was inferred, in order to use it in the port development of the island ports. The Findlinge worked before chalk rock as natural breakwaters; since its evacuation the water of the Baltic Sea by unbroken force penetrates to the
The most salient point of the national park is the 119 m high chalk rock king chair, in whose proximity today the visitor center is. The platform on the point king chair entered on average annually 500,000 humans, in order to be able to look from there out on from the Baltic Sea the washed around chalk rock.
When has also the Wissower handles world fame attained special feature, which however since 24 February 2005 after one chalk-slip to a large extent were destroyed. Erroneous way is often maintained that these by Caspar David Friedrich in its painting chalk rock on were perpetuated. Friedrich painted however a romantic picture of a chalk rock, at all the existed and did not consult for it land sheep sketches from the island among other things from a rock formation northwest the
The national park Jasmund offers numerous rare plants and animals homeland due to its special geological conditions.
In the forests of the Stubnitz numerous with water filled are to find dischargeless lowering and hollows usually as ice-age dead ice holes developed. Where these water surfaces land, so-called boiler moorlands develop. Numerous Schwarzerlen is to be found to boiler moorlands to this lowering and. In drier places game pear, game apple, is to find Elsbeere and Eiben. Among the Orchideenarten occurring here also the lady's-slipper ranks.
In the clear brooks, which pull the through, an unusual inhabitant with the alpine vortex worm, that occurs otherwise only in the mountains, is. At these clear brooks also the Eisvogel is to be admired. In cliff the chalk rock the nisten flour swallows and the chalk owl, a creme moth, has its only occurrence in Germany on the Jasmund.
Due to the high visitor pressure however moving falcon and sea-eagles in the national park no more are not to be observed
Since its emergence 1990 the national park Jasmund tightens annually millions of visitors. One of the substantial tasks of the national park administration consists therefore also of steering these host of visitors in order to ensure and for the visitors possible views of the fascinating nature of the national park make nevertheless a to a large extent unimpaired development of the various habitats of the national park.
To 18. March 2004 was inaugurated the information center at the Naturdenkmal king chair under the slogan "we to make invisible visibly ". The visitors can convince themselves of it with a multi-vision cinema and a one over 2000 square meter large experience exhibition and make familiar with "the natural "conditions (chalk rock, Viktoria view, Herthasee). The exhibition offers descriptive pictures, tones, something for touching and trying out as well as something to ranges of topics such as Baltic Sea, beech forest, glacier or chalk for reading.
The natural chalk occurrence on the peninsula Jasmund was for a long time diminished in chalk breaks. When the reopening of a chalk break already shut down threatened 1926, one proved the coast north of Sassnitz as protected area. On 12 September 1990 this coast region was explained as the national park. Since March 2004 a visitor center is to the visitors at the king chair at disposal.
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Hyderabad, Apr 10 (TruthDive): Settai, a remake of the 2011 Bollywood comedy, Delhi Belly, has collected 16 crore in four days, reports Superwoods.
Settai is directed by R Kannan who has earlier directed hit comedy movies like 'Kanden Kadhalai', 'Jeyam Kondan' and 'Vandhaan Vendraan'. The movie stars Arya, Hansika Motwani, Anjali, Santhanam and Premji Ameran in essential roles. Settai was released on April 5 worldwide.
The basic plot of Settai is retained as in its original film, but 'Settai' does have minor changes in the script. While Delhi Belly had some adult content, Settai had been modified to suit the audiences and decent dialogues have been made in the Tamil version. The story revolves around three room-mates, JK (Arya), a journalist, a graphic artist played by Premgi and a reporter Nadupakkam Nakki (Santhanam).
Veteran actor, Nasser appears in a negative role. According to sources, Arya, who had earlier worked with UTV for 'Vettai', took personal interest in 'Delhi Belly's' Tamil remake.
Settai opened to a great response at the box office in Tamil Nadu as well as at worldwide collection centres. The comedy movie took a head start on Friday as the film opened to decent occupancy across the theatres. The movie collected 4.15 crores on its opening day.
The breakup of Settai's collections is as follows:
1st Day Collections is 4.15 Crores
2nd Day Collections is 4.60 Crores
3rd Day Collections is 4.03 Crores
4th Day Collections is 3.29 Crores
Total Collections is 16.07 Crores
Settai bagged mixed reviews from the critics but word of mouth is positive. The movie opened to occupancy rate of around 50-60% in the morning and noon shows and picked up in the evening and night shows. The film is relatively strong at multiplexes in cities while it is a little weak in single screens.
The film has got good response at overseas box office too where it has done good business in USA. The worldwide box office collection of Settai in its 3 days should be around Rs 15 cr.


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Power to the peers: authority of source effects for a voice-based agricultural information service in rural India. ICTD 2012: 169-178
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An asymmetric communications platform for knowledge sharing with low-end mobile phones. UIST (Adjunct Volume) 2011: 87-88
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Not your average farmer: designing for lead users in ICT4D research. Interactions 17(5): 50-52 (2010)
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Avaaj Otalo: a field study of an interactive voice forum for small farmers in rural India. CHI 2010: 733-742
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Designing and evaluating voice-based virtual communities. CHI Extended Abstracts 2010: 2963-2966
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The emergence of a networking primitive in wireless sensor networks. Commun. ACM 51(7): 99-106 (2008)
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Experiences designing a voice interface for rural India. SLT 2008: 21-24
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My Whitton High Street Schools Competition
Date posted: Tuesday 13th March 2012
The Whitton Business Association (WBA) and Richmond Council are working on a number of Outer London Fund initiatives to encourage the local community to engage in and make greater use of their local Whitton High Street businesses.
One of the projects has been to encourage local children to take a greater interest in their High Street and the shops, cafes and restaurants they use.
Back in January of this year the WBA town centre manager, the Library manager and a local volunteer organised a competition for children aged between 7 and 11.
Working with the four local junior schools (St Edmund's RC Primary school, Nelson primary school, Heathfield Junior and Bishop Perrin CE Primary school, Chase Bridge Primary) children aged between 7-11 were invited to name their favourite shop, café or restaurant on Whitton High Street. They were asked to draw a picture of it and write about what they liked about it. Local children not attending the local junior schools were also invited to join in via the library.
The winners received a £5.00 voucher to spend in the High Street.
There were 225 entrants across the range of age groups. There were four main judges, Bridget Clements Town centre manager and Lucy Hawkins library staff member and two ward councillors; Liz Jaeger and Gareth Elliott.
The standard of entries was so high that the judges have awarded 42 prizes across the different age groups, and in four categories: words, pictures, words and pictures and branding. They have also awarded 19 highly commended entries. There was an overall 'outstanding art' commendation for 3 entrants, judged by a local artist and lecturer in fine art George Murray.
The prizes were awarded by the judges at Whitton Library on Saturday 10 March.
Bridget Clements, the Town Centre Manager said:"The response has been fantastic. It was fascinating to see what the children liked about their favourite shop, in Whitton High Street, and great to see so many wonderful visual and written expressions of their creativity.
"It was also interesting to see the wide range of shops, restaurants and cafes they chose. It shows what a lot we have to offer in Whitton High Street!
"We had a great turn out on Saturday for the awards ceremony and we thank the library, the teachers and children involved. " All entries are on display at Whitton Library until the end of March when they will be displayed in the High Street.
Whitton Wednesdays
Date posted: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Whitton Wednesdays is a promotion scheme for WBA member independent shops, restaurants and cafes on Whitton High Street.
There is a 10% discount on selected items every Wednesday.
Participating shops will have a yellow sticker in their window.
Come and find out what special 10% discounts there are in your independent shops, restaurants and cafes.
History of Whitton
Date posted: Monday 9th April 2012
Whitton as a settlement was first documented in 1219. Sir John Suckling, the cavalier poet and inventor of cribbage, was born here in 1609. His house was sold in 1671 to Lord Belasyse who leased land to the King's army for a hospital in the Powder Mill Lane area. In 1689 Belasyse built a new house close to the first of three large mansions to occupy the site of Kneller Hall, named after the baroque portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller.
In the 18th century the Third Duke of Argyll chose Whitton as his country estate where he grew rare and exotic trees. Only Murray Park and the Old Latymerians sports ground survive as reminders. By the 19th century most of Whitton was market gardens, nurseries and orchards with gunpowder manufacturing along the banks of the River Crane (now Crane Park) the only industry until its closure in 1924.
The parish of Whitton was created in 1862 when the church of St Philip and St James was built. Until 1931 Old Whitton remained much as we see it today with its Edwardian streets, former shops and cottages. By 1935, Percy Road from Whitton station to the Admiral Nelson had become the High Street and with all of the land south of Warren Road and Nelson Road given over to housing. In 1951 the district attaching St Augustine's church took Heathfield out of the parish of St. Philip and St. James.
Ed Harris, Local Historian, March 2012.
Whitton Schools Competition Winners now online
Date posted: Friday 20th April 2012
St George's Day Parade "a great success"
Date posted: Tuesday 24th April 2012
This year's St George's Day event was a great success with paraders of all age groups represented; with children from the local junior schools, through to the Chelsea Pensioners. The parade was led by the Royal British Legion Youth Marching band with St George and his dragon close behind, as were the Pearly King and Queen and Town Cryer.
As usual the Whitton Business Association events team worked really hard organising the parade, the stalls and the entertainment for our Annual St George's Day event. So it was great to see so many people of all ages having such a good time. Bridget Clements, Town Centre Manager, Whitton Business Association.
Representatives of the Guiders, Boys Brigade, Police Cadets, and Horse rangers were also parading, as were the Whitton Lions RFC and Edmondian players. The Co-op dray horses and landau accompanied Military vehicles, Classic Motorbikes, Scooters and Cars.
There was lots to do throughout the day for people of all ages, with interesting market stalls, childrens rides and slides, street performers as well as live music for all tastes.
Bridget Clements
Town Centre Manager
Parking in the High Street - new arrangements in place
Date posted: Saturday 2nd June 2012
The new parking arrangements along the High Street (ie. 2hr free parking with parking bays and signs) will have come into force.
Jubilee Event in Richmond Park Tuesday 15 May
Date posted: Friday 25th May 2012
Richmond Council provided the WBA the opportunity to promote Whitton High Street to borough residents with a free exhibition stand at the Jubilee Wild Event in Richmond Park (15 May).
We were alongside the other Traders Associations from across Richmond Borough (Richmond, Twickenham, Hampton, Barnes etc), and the big attractions such as Kew Gardens, Hampton Court etc.
We had very good feedback about our stand from the residents and Councillors/ Officers who attended.
Photo: Angela Ivey
Whitton Lights Up Fun Run
Date posted: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Following the start of the popular Community market at 10am, there was a great 'Lights Up' Fun Run with 300 local people of all ages (from 200 junior footballers from Whitton Wanderers, to a number of dog walkers) either running or walking the course.
Whitton Wanderers raised a huge £1,000 for their efforts and overall this event raised a fantastic £1,400.
The prize winners were:
Overall winner – Jamie Finnagan
1st Man – Edward Brown
1st Woman – Emily Haberfield
1st boy – Joint win – Keiran Hickey and Michael Blake
1st Girl – Kaia Haberfield
1st Dog – Alfie
The Whitton Business Association would like to thank all of the participants for this great contribution to our Christmas Lights. In addition thanks to Foundry Fitness personal training of Teddington and all of the marshalls and helpers who made this such a successful event.
Christmas Lights Switch On 2012
Date posted: Monday 26th November 2012
The Whitton Business Association's Christmas Lights Switch On event brought a great buzz to Whitton High Street on Sunday.
The High Street was busy throughout the day, with people enjoying the great variety of entertainment, market stalls and festive food on offer.
Following the start of the popular Community market at 10am, there was a great Fun Run with 300 local people of all ages (from 200 junior footballers from Whitton Wanderers, to a number of dog walkers) either running or walking the course.
Father Christmas was serenaded by a local jazz band as he glided along the High street in his donkey drawn cart. We had people of all ages dancing in the street to the great local 1950's rockabilly band and many young children enjoying the ever-popular large teacup rides.
Young and old alike gathered to see Mary and Joseph walk along the street with their two donkeys. The day was rounded off with a wonderful performance of carols by the Kneller Hall Royal Military School of Music before the Lights were switched on at 4.30pm.
Please click on to this link for photos of the event taken by Jim Templeton-Cross.
Proceeds from the event will go to help fund the annual cost of £10,000 for the Christmas Lights currently paid for by the local independent business members of the Whitton Business Association and kind donations from Richmond Council and the Rugby Football Union.
Bridget Clements, Town Centre Manager 26.11.12
Special German Christmas Community Market
Date posted: Sunday 23rd December 2012
Many people braved the elements to be tempted by the Christmas goodies, and fresh foods for Christmas from our regular market stallholders.
Unfortunately a couple of stallholders weren't able to get here because of the rain affecting so many parts of the country, but there were still plenty of good things to enjoy:
* All Christmas Fresh Fruit, Nuts and Veg needs, including sprouts on stalks
* Fresh Fish and Seafood
* Meat and Poultry
* British and Continental Cheeses & British Goats Cheeses - please click for a full list
* Organic breads
* Olives and Olive Oils
* Home-made Cakes and Sweets
* Hand made Chocolate
* Fruit Flans and Tarts
* Plum puddings
* Mince pies
* Crêpes
* Handmade bread-boards made by a local carpenter
Highly appreciated was the serving of Mulled wine and Spiced cider to get people in the festive spirit.
As always with the Community Market, proceeds go towards the cost of the High Street Christmas lights.
The First Whitton High Street Community Market
Date posted: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Thank you to the many people who came to the Whitton Business Association's First Sunday Monthly High Street Community Market on 30 September.
Our market was very well attended. After a fairly slow start at 10am, the market was buzzing by 11am and this continued until about 2.30pm.
People said they were really enjoying themselves. They liked the variety and quality of the stalls and produce on offer, the great stallholders, and the event in general. Some of the comments in the feedback survey about the market included: 'lovely quality stalls' 'fantastic. The market sellers are superb' 'makes the high street better', 'brings the local community together' 'very nice music, good fun' 'great atmosphere' 'great event look forward to the next one' 'it was great to be able to sample produce before I bought it'
Please click on to this link for photos of the event. You may be in one of the photos!!! All the photos were taken by Jim Templeton-Cross.
We certainly captured Pano of Pano Hair Design at both the Organic bread stall and olive oil stall, probably enjoying speaking Italian with Igor and Dani Signori.
Just a reminder of the stalls we had:
Freshly caught Fish (plaice, sole, skate) and Seafood (crab and lobster and prawns) from Salcombe,
Fresh Fruit and Veg, Meat and Poultry from Ellis our local butcher who as you may know rears his own pigs on his farm
A variety of British and continental cheeses including the popular Lancashire bomb
Organic breads from the finalist in London's Best Loaf competition
Home-made Brownies, Olives and Olive Oils
Locally produced organic Chutneys, Sauces and Condiments
A great selection of Organic British goats Cheeses
Many different varieties of handmade Chocolates from around the World which you could sample as chocolate buttons
Delicious Hog Roast, home-made meat pies and pork scratchings
Raclette from the Cheese stall
Crêpes made by a local French chef
For beer lovers there was a Real Ale Stall where you could sample and buy a wide range of British and International micro-brewed beers
For young children there was a Children's Fairie Dance stall and many children have signed up to the dance classes
We also had songs from Sam our local guitar player to entertained young children, including his own
Based on the great welcome and support you gave our stallholders we are pleased to say that the same stall holders will be coming back in October.
Some people said they wanted more stalls, but more of the same types of stalls and of the same quality. These food, drink and confectionary stallholders have been handpicked and we have to be careful not to duplicate stalls. If there were two of the same stalls then they would not do as well and they would not come back!!
We are however going to have a dedicated fruit and veg stall and a fancy cake stall at our next market. We will also have some quality craft stalls and more children's activity too.
Please email us any further comments to firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks again for your support and look forward to seeing you at future markets.
AGM Election Results
Date posted: Tuesday 27th November 2012
The Whitton Business Association held its AGM on 7th November 2012.
WBA members elected the following committee members:
* Chairman: Tony Yerby, Action Bikes, 54/56 Whitton High Street,
* Vice Chairman: Nick Futter, Milestone Residential, 128 Whitton High Street
* Treasurer: Mark Blackwell, MHR Consulting, 122 Whitton high Street
* Committee Member: Paul Dudley, Kneller Furnishings, 34/36 Whitton High Street
* Committee Member: Nicola Paterson, Nix Flower Studio, 91 Whitton High Street
* Committee Member: Kate Turner, Kathryn Turner Trust, 16/18 Whitton High Street
2012 - a good year for Whitton
Date posted: Monday 31st December 2012
Thank you to the many people who have been supporting the local monthly Community Market on Whitton High Street, not least our fourth and Christmas Special on 23 December when you braved the rainy weather.
Bucking the trend in high streets generally, we have been quite lucky, with a reduction in the empty units to under 9%. This compares favourably to other 'villages' in Richmond Borough.
This year we have had some positive changes:
• We have four new shops, including the popular Toy Shop, Gear4Gears and Greggs.
• The start of the Monthly Community Market in September.
• Council commitment to upgrading the High Street pavements and private forecourts (with Landlord's consent) in 2013/14. Further details on timings to follow.
However it is still a difficult time for our High Street shops, cafes restaurants and other local businesses, so we look forward to your support in 2013.
Please note that there will be no Whitton High Street community market in January, so the first one of the year will be Sunday 24 February, same time, same place.
Bridget Clements, Town Centre Manager
St George's Day a great success
Date posted: Wednesday 15th May 2013
This year's Annual St Georges Day celebration in Whitton High Street on Saturday April 20th was a joy to be seen. We were very fortunate with the sunny weather and the High Street was alive with people of all ages enjoying themselves throughout the day. Approximately 6,000 local residents and visitors came and joined in the fun!
The parade was wonderful, led by the Kneller Hall band, with George and his dragon and the Chelsea pensioners, representatives of local groups and local schools, accompanied by Bob and Builder and friends. They were followed by the Coop dray horses and carriage, London Fire Brigade, military vehicles, scooters and motorbikes
There was plenty of entertainment and fun for all of the family with children's rides and slides, traditional games such as 'hook the duck' and many tombolas for different local causes.
There was a wide range of stalls catering for all tastes, with fresh foods, crafts and toys as well as a beer and pimms tent. Many of the shops had their own stalls too.
Throughout the day there were street performers and lots of music for all age groups, with disco and also live performances from Kneller Hall Band, Big Jim Soul and the Monkeys.
Whitton was lucky enough to have the parade presided over by two Mayors from two countries: the Mayor of Richmond and the Mayor of Fontainebleau, the latter visiting Richmond as part of the town twinning exchange.
Please click on to this link for photos of the event taken by Jim Templeton-Cross.
Proceeds from the day go towards the cost of the WBA funded Christmas lights and local charities.
Thanks go to everyone who came and participated in this Whitton annual community event.
Thanks also go to the WBA events team , other volunteers, the Council for the road closure and Rugby Football Union for their generous sponsorship.
New Greengrocer for Whitton
Date posted: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Tony who lives in Whitton Dean has been working in the fruit and veg business since he was 12 years old, starting off as a Saturday boy at Richmond Market. He has always in lived in the area but not always worked locally, more recently as a greengrocer in High Wycombe.
Says Tony "I wanted to work closer to home so have been looking for a unit in the Whitton area. By taking a stall at the Whitton Community Market I got to know what was going on and luckily I have found a great unit in the centre of the High Street".
Tony has been a regular at the newly created 'Whitton Sunday Monthly Community Market' on the High Street and will continue with his stall.
According to the Whitton Town Centre Manager, residents of Whitton have been saying they want a greengrocer in their High Street for sometime. When Tony applied for a pitch at our Community Market but said was also looking for a unit in the High Street if the right one came available, this was very good news indeed. The market has given Tony a chance to try out the area and the residents the chance to try out his offering.
Community Market 30th June
Date posted: Monday 15th July 2013
At the market on 30 June we introduced some new stalls and undertook a survey to find out your views on the market and obtain new ideas.
The market had the regulars inclugin Fresh Fruit and Veg (who now has a shop in the High Street) , Meat and Poultry, Norbiton British and Continental Cheeses Cheeses (click here for a full list), Rubens Organic breads (visit website), Plants and Flowers, Locally produced Chutneys, Anila's Sauces and Condiments (visit website)(new stall)
We had cakes baked by local resident including Debbies Cakes and Lola's cup cakes plus crêpes made by our local French chef.
Our craft stalls include a children's pottery painting stal, hand-made baby gifts and Threadbare Designs (photo on Home page).
We also have some other stalls: a local chiropractor who checked your posture for free, the Whitton Lions rugby club selling their rugby shirts as well as their club shop accessories.
In addition, Richmond Council had a stall so you could come talk to Council officers. The cafes were open including the newly refurbished Coffee Bean, Coffeeways and La Parisienne. Café Venice and Golden Grill restaurants were also open too.
Many of the shops were open including Action Bikes, Gear4Gears, Whitton Pet Centre, Nix Flower Studio, Cumbers and Bargain House.
General information about the community market Proceeds from the market go towards the annual costs of the Christmas Lights.
If you would like to submit your views on the Community market and or are interested in more information about market (including pitch costs and stall details) and the Annual High Street events please contact: Bridget Clements, Town Centre Manager, WBA on 07599 910111 email@example.com
Community Market pitch costs are £25 for local and £40 for non-local stallholders. Food stall holders require a Food Hygiene certificate and all stall holders require indemnity insurance. Applications have to be submitted to the Council 28 days before the date of the market. Application forms are supplied upon expression of interest.
Bridget Clements, Whitton Town Centre Manager 11.7.13
Whitton High Street Community Market
Date posted: Monday 15th July 2013
There have now been nine Sunday Community markets since it was established in September 2012 ie every month except January. The market has been very successful in bringing the High Street to life on Sunday mornings. It has also successfully showcased potential new businesses. Tony who has been our regular fruit and veg stallholder has now opened up a popular greengrocers shop next to Coffeeways - click here to read the full story
The High Street improvement works are in full swing. It is anticipated that the York Stone pavement installation and tree works will be completed by March 2014.
Council Works - Pavement and Trees - update
Date posted: Thursday 3rd October 2013
New Artisan Bakery – Your Whitton Bakery – opens in High Street
Date posted: Thursday 15th August 2013
It is great to see another quality independent shop opening in Whitton, an artisan bakers called Your Whitton Bakery.
Stefano Paccinno and Helen Cox, both local residents are following their dream of opening up a local artisan bakery. It opened on Wednesday 7 August and has an excellent range of breads and patisseries.
Stefano is Italian and a Swiss trained patisserie and bakery chef. He has worked in Italy, Switzerland and more recently Richmond, where three years ago he opened up the Kitchen on Richmond Hill, where he has been working ever since.
Stefano decided it was time to go it alone but was so popular in Richmond that he has been asked to continue making and supplying their bread.
Empty Shop Renovation
Date posted: Thursday 15th August 2013
1 High St Whitton has been in a run-down state of repair for some time, local residents often complaining about the state of it.
After a lengthy period of negotiation the Whitton Business Association gained permission from the landlord to carry out the remedial works. Organised and funded by the WBA, thanks go out to Five Fish Graphic Design, Twickenham Museum, Nelson Heating & Plumbing and Whitton Village Facebook for their input / sponsorship.
Click on the video above to watch the transformation.
"Tidying up this shop front has been a focus of our attention for sometime now. I am delighted that the project has now been completed and has been so well received. The images of the Odeon Cinema that once stood on the site have proved very popular. We are looking for additional sponsors to carry out similar projects in the High St." Tony Yerby Chairman WBA.
Anyone interested in leasing the property should contact David Keats - Martin Campbell 020 8940 2266
New WBA Members
Date posted: Saturday 5th October 2013
Welcome to the new owners of the Coffee Bean in Whitton High Street who have just joined the WBA.
The local husband and wife team benefit from years of experience as head chef in 5 star hotel catering as well as home baking.
High Street Community Market News
Date posted: Thursday 3rd October 2013
There have now been nine Sunday Community markets since it was established in September 2012.
The next community Community Market will be in 2014, as new sites are being considered by the Council as the market is affected by the pavement works.
Whitton Christmas Lights Switch On 2013
Date posted: Sunday 24th November 2013
Thank you to all who joined us at this year's Whitton Christmas Lights Switch On 2013. A good time was had by all, despite the rather wintry weather.
140 local people of all ages entered the very successful 'Christmas Lights up Fun Run' in aid of the Christmas Lights and local charities this year.
Children were able to meet Santa in his new outdoor Santa's Grotto, kindly donated by Tony of Golden Grill. They also enjoyed the children's rides and slides, traditional games and face painting.
Santa's little helper opens up the Grotto to let in his next customer. Photo by Jim Templeton Cross
There was plenty of food and drink on offer from the local businesses and the 30 market stalls, mostly run by local residents, charity groups and also Bishops Perrin school. The stalls were also selling a range of handmade local crafts and accessories and running tombolas for local causes.
People of all ages enjoying Christmas Lights Up event 2013. Photo by Jim Templeton Cross
Following music supplied by Abracadabra, the Kneller Hall Military Band played Christmas Carols before the Christmas Lights were officially turned on by Dusty Dog.
Whitton's wonderful Christmas lamp column and tree lights are now on. Photo by Jim Templeton Cross
Any proceeds from the day go to help fund the WBA funded Christmas Lights and local charities.
Thanks go to Richmond Council and the Rugby Football Union for their generous sponsorship.
Pop Up Whitton - shop
Date posted: Friday 20th December 2013
The Whitton Business Association, with support from Richmond Council has set up a Pop Up shop in Whitton High Street. The first tenants to move are Whitton Artists Co-Operative (WACO) arts and craft shop.
Whitton Artists Co-Operative (WACO) is a new venture set up by Sylvie Freullet, a local artist with her own studio Artbox and who works in a group with other local artists. They are setting up the Art and Craft Shop so they can both exhibit and sell their work. The pieces are all originals including abstract and landscape paintings in various media such as wax and acrylics, photography, stamp based posters, fabric designs, porcelain and ceramics work and gestational art. They are also running art and craft workshops for adults and teenagers to help with the rental costs.
The venture is great for all involved. Whitton Business Association Chairman, Tony Yerby said "This has been a long term project for us, we are proud to see the first POP UP WHITTON shop open for business. Empty shops are such a blight on the High Street, some remaining unoccupied for many months, if not years. With the support of Richmond Council we have managed to bring an empty unit back into use and give a local business a chance to set up on the High Street. We wish our first tenants Artbox and WACO all the very best in their new venture."
Sylvie Freullet is a longstanding Whitton Resident, artist and an experienced teacher in Arts and Crafts. To quote Sylvie:
'It has been my ambition to have a gallery and Art & Craft shop where artists can showcase and sell their work and inspire others to participate in workshops on the premises'
'I contacted the WBA who loved the idea and have been amazing. They have supported us so much during these first weeks and would really like to thank them for making the idea come alive'.
Councillor Gareth Evans, Strategic Cabinet Member for Community, Business and Culture, responsible for working with the town centres within Richmond Borough knows of many businesses wishing to trial their ideas in Pop Up Shops but has found the main obstacle has been getting landlords to engage in the idea.
'Getting the landlord's consent to secure a unit on a short-term basis is not easy, despite some real benefits, and we are very impressed that the WBA have managed to do this as well as find a local business which is interested in setting up a shop and willing to pay the rent to do so'.
Anyone interested in becoming a POP UP WHITTON tenant should email the Whitton Town Centre Manager : email@example.com.
Further information Pop Up Whitton is at 15 High Street Whitton
WACO is born --(Whitton Artists Co-Operative)
It is where artists and crafts-people can showcase and sell their work.
The co-operative will only work with a group of people, one person alone, even 2 or 3 won't make it work, so It has to be beneficial for all the group. We will be having 2-hourly Art and Craft workshops for Adults and teenagers 13+ in the back of the shop. There is enough space for 6-8 people. (Minimum size of 4/5).
It is hoped that this will inspire others to participate and exhibit their work and it will also help with the shop rental costs.
PRESS CONTACT Bridget Clements Whitton Town Centre Manager Whitton Business Association email@example.com 07599 910111
Whitton Town Centre retail audit
Date posted: Wednesday 12th February 2014
There has been a fair amount of activity in the town centre over the past 2 years.
The recent audit (Feb 2014) of Whitton Town Centre retail businesses (the High Street and the nearby units in Nelson Road and Percy Road) is very positive for Whitton.
In 2012, of the 133 units in the town centre 14 were vacant. Since then 8 of the 14 empty units have been occupied with new retail businesses. For example Your Whitton Bakery, Toy Shop, Beany Boos, Aura Jewellers.
In addition there have been 7 changes in business owners. For example Five Fish Designers have gone into ex-Sweet Success and the Whitton Fruit Market has gone into ex-Shoe Stop.
Of the current vacant units 3 of them are soon to be occupied.
For example, the building site at no 53-55 is categorised as an empty unit, but it will be a Sainsbury's and fully operational by October 2014, if not before.
Boris 'comes to Whitton town'….
Date posted: Thursday 13th March 2014
Boris Johnson's whistle-stop tour of Whitton High Street on Wednesday afternoon (12 March) created great excitement amongst traders and local residents alike! Even the local youngsters were keen to get their photos taken with him.
It was also a chance for Boris to see how well used his Outer London Funding has been in the High Street and also to thank him for the funding. (You may recall that we at the WBA successfully applied for funding for a series of projects to enhance and promote the High Street and were heavily involved in implementing the work during 2012/2013).
Bridget Clements Whitton Town Centre Manager 13 March
St George's Day 2014
Date posted: Thursday 1st May 2014
This year's Annual St Georges Day celebration in Whitton High Street on Saturday April 26th was a joy to be seen. The High Street was alive with people of all ages enjoying themselves throughout the day. We were very lucky with the weather, bringing out about 6,000 residents and visitors to join in the fun!
This year the Motorbikes and Scooters provided a dramatic start as the forward party to the parade in the High Street. They were followed by the Royal British Legion Youth Marching band and many other parade groups who were all acknowledged by the Mayor of Richmond and Vince Cable as they marched down the High Street.
Along with St George and his Dragon, the parade also included the RNLI standard bearer, Whitton Day Nursery, Whitton Rainbow Guides, Whitton Brownies, Whitton Lions, Whitton Baptist Church and the St Philips and St James Church. They were accompanied by Dusty Does Disco, Dansicality, The Edmundian Players and the Police Cadets. Following up the rear were the Coop dray horse and carriage, London Fire Brigade, Military vehicles and Classic cars.
There was plenty of entertainment and fun for all of the family throughout the day with children's rides and slides; traditional games such as bows and arrows and 'hook the duck' and a new very popular ride 'the bucking bronco''.
We had a great variety of stalls from the Scouts with their bows and arrows and tombolas for local causes to Bishops Perrin School with their home made cakes, and some of the Community Market Stallholders with plants, cheeses, wines, and oils. In addition were crafts, clothes, accessories and toys. Many of the shops had their own stalls too. The Pop Up Whitton shop was very busy with its facepainting, hand casting, clay modeling and taster craft workshops.
There was a variety of street food including burgers, German sausages, Turkish Mezze, crepes and candy floss, as well as the highly popular WBA Pimms and beer tent (and soft drinks).
Throughout the day there was live music from local groups and bands catering for all tastes and age groups.
Proceeds from the day go towards the cost of the WBA funded Christmas lights and local charities. Thanks go to everyone who came and participated in this Whitton annual community event and also to our volunteers.
Click here to see photos taken by Jim Templeton-Cross
Thanks also go to the Council for the road closure and Rugby Football Union for their generous sponsorship as well as Whitton Day Nursery, the Leander Group, Milestone Residential and Fullers Brewery.
Bridget Clements, Town Centre Manager Whitton Business Association
WW1 - The Greater Game
Date posted: Thursday 7th August 2014
Local Whitton resident, Historian and playwright Ed Harris has been extremely busy over the past year writing and producing a play called The Greater Game is based on the story of his wife's grandfather, local rifleman Frank Edwards and his involvement in the First World War.
The Greater Game stage play surrounds the 1914 Christmas Truce that inspired Frank to kick a football ahead of the Battle of Loos in 1915. It will be performed at the Hampton Hill Playhouse from June 2015.
Susan Harris Ed's wife remembers her grandfather Frank very well, visiting The Prince Albert every day and bringing a pint home to share with his budgie, Joey, who managed to escape his cage only once, the day in 1964 when Frank died peacefully in his armchair.
'The Greater Game' is part of a Football at the Front Project which has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund's HLF's First World War: Then and Now programme. Ed Harris is currently looking for cast and crew so if you are interested please contact Ed. (details below).
In 1915, inspired by the 1914 Christmas truce, and ahead of the Battle of Loos, Frank Edwards and his fellow London Irish rifleman, against orders, dribbled a football as they crossed No Man's land towards the German line at Loos.
Rifleman Frank Edwards was gassed, shot in the hand and thigh and failed to reach the enemy line. He survived the war and lived Twickenham where he worked as a swimming instructor, an office manager and at a local bakery, and was a batman at Kneller Hall.
When his wife died in the early 1950s he moved to live with his daughter, Daphne, and her family in Colonial Avenue, Whitton.
The Twickenham Museum has received £9,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its Football at the Front Project. Awarded through HLF's First World War: Then and Now programme, the project surrounds the 1914 Christmas Truce that inspired local rifleman Frank Edwards to kick a football ahead of the Battle of Loos in 1915. His audacious act stirred Twickenham Captain Wilfred 'Billie' Nevill to do likewise on the first day of The Somme in July 1916.
The project looks to involve people of all ages and abilities through local study and craft workshops, action tableau exhibitions, digital technology, re-enactment and community performance in a distinctive window on Twickenham's contribution to the First Word War.
On 4th December 2014, The Twickenham Museum partners the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall in a re-enactment of the 1914 Christmas Truce involving British and German schoolchildren and serving soldiers.
Subsequent exhibitions at The Twickenham Museum in September 2015 and July 2016 will record the lives of Frank Edwards and Billie Nevill respectively. Twickenham museum is always looking for volunteers so you would like to get involved in any way please contact Ed.
For more details contact Ed Harris, Trustee of The Twickenham Museum. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Tel: 0208 894 5136 www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/
Commemorative window display
Date posted: Thursday 7th August 2014
Alan Buck, of Bucks the popular hairdressers on 150 Nelson Road in Whitton Town Centre and member of the Whitton Business Association, commemorates the centenary of the start of the First World War in August 2014, with his eye-catching and poignant window display.
Says Alan…'We usually like to have window displays to support local events. This display is to commemorate and show our respect for the sacrifices made by so many soldiers and civilians in the First World War, an event so huge it affected all of our families'.
Saturday Monthly Community Market given 'in principle' Council approval
Date posted: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Thank you for all of your comments about and interest in the proposed new venue and day for the monthly market/event (Tranmere Rd and last Saturday in the month) which now has Council approval for a trial period.
We had interesting and many positive comments back from yourselves and the residents in Tranmere and Mayfair Avenue.
The consultation documents, with comments from both residents and businesses and WBA feedback to these comments were submitted to Richmond Council on August 12th. The Council has given 'in principle' feedback for a 'trial period'. The WBA will launch the new look market early in 2015.
Whitton Christmas Lights Switch On 2014
Date posted: Tuesday 25th November 2014
The Whitton Business Association would like to thank all of the people who braved the weather and came out to support our Christmas Lights Up and Fun Day on Sunday 23 November.
The rain was relentless all morning as we set up the road closures, stage, stalls and rides and also when the event started with the Fun Run at Midday.
Impressively our runners still look part, Freddie was there with his rides and our 40 stallholders all turned up doubting whether they would make any money. We had many new and interesting stalls, including a new vintage clothing stall which created a lot of interest.
It was with great relief that during the afternoon, despite the weather the hardy more and more people began to arrive in the High Street.
Luckily by about 4pm the rain eased off so that we could watch Kneller Hall Band performing Carols and see the Christmas Lights being switched on in the dry.
It was now time for residents to enjoy the High Street and the excellent Christmas lights and make the most of the many open shops, stalls and rides up and down the High Street before the road re-opened at 6pm.
Crowds enjoying the event with the Christmas lights switched on Crowds enjoying the event with the Christmas lights switched on
In the end we had about 5,000 people coming to our Christmas Lights Switch on and Fun Day which is about the same as last year.
Sunday's event demonstrates Whitton's great community spirit and support for Whitton High Street, which makes all of the effort worthwhile.
The Whitton Business Association owns and manages the Christmas lamp column Light installation and manages and funds the Whitton High Street Lights switch on event.
We do have some sponsors to thank for this event as follows: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Rugby Football Union, Golden Grill, Whitton Day Nursery, the Leander Group, EML Installations, Five Fish and Sainsburys Local.
For more photos of our Christmas Lights Switch on please visit Jim Templeton-Cross's gallery
Work on Whitton Station starts January 2015
Date posted: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Osbournes, on behalf of Network Rail are demolishing the existing station and rebuilding it. The works are due to start at the end of January 2015 with completion due prior to this year's Rugby World Cup which starts in September 2015.
The station will remain open throughout the work. However the parking bays directly outside the station will be suspended throughout the duration of the works.
Any major deliveries will take place out of hours and will be supported by manual 'stop and go' boards with pedestrians being marshalled through when required.
New Street Traders Licence Form
Date posted: Tuesday 10th November 2015
If you'd like to apply to the council for a Street Traders Licence, please click here for the PDF.


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- Whitney was the first "plus sized" contestant to win America's Next Top Model!
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The idea of improvisation in an Electronic context seems slightly counterintuitive, as samples and beats loaded into computers and synths to be activated by a keystroke hardly seems like the domain of musicians who are making it up as they go along. Multi-instrumentalists Michael Travis and Jason Hann, drummer and percussionist respectively for String Cheese Incident, have created EOTO with an obvious love of Dance and Trance but with a singular vision as to how to achieve that end; Travis and Hann do everything, live and in the studio, in one take, with nothing composed and nothing prerecorded.
The EOTO project began four years ago when SCI decided to take a hiatus. Travis and Hann originally christened their collaboration End of Time Observatory but have since changed it to EOTO, which they learned is the Japanese word for "good sound." The duo's three studio albums — 2006's Elephants Only Talk Occasionally, 2008's Razed, last year's Fire the Lazers!!! — and their live presentations have all been formed with the same nebulous and non-preconceived methodology.
Travis utilizes two laptops loaded with Ableton Live and Reason software to loop live guitar, bass, keyboard and vocal input, as well as preset keyboard and bass sounds, and Hann provides live beats while looping vocals and percussion through his laptop, all of which are MIDI synched by way of an Ethernet hub.
Even more astonishingly, all the music that Travis and Hann create is composed and executed in the moment, meaning no two performances — from the isolation of a studio to standing in front of an audience — are alike. EOTO is a fascinating blend of Electronic rigidity and Pop/Rock fluidity, and Travis and Hann are absolute magicians of technological improvisation, an improbable yet dizzying new form of musical expression.
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Fraud Alert
Please Note: Dishonest agencies in Phnom Penh have been extorting money from winners of the Diversity Visa Lottery (DV) program. These companies have assisted Cambodians to apply for the DV programs and later charged the winners outrageous fees. Winners DO NOT have to pay money to receive their case number and are warned not to pay high fees to brokers.
People and organizations that claim they can help procure a U.S. visa in exchange for a high fee are dishonest; only a U.S. consular officer at the Embassy can adjudicate a visa application. Applicants are also warned not to enter into fake marriages or use fake documents when applying for a visa: those who do so will be disqualified and be permanently ineligible for a visa to the United States. Please contact the U.S. Embassy at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are being extorted by a local broker or to report visa scams, fraud, malfeasance, and other illegal activity involving nonimmigrant and immigrant visas.
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The Diversity Visa (DV) 2017 program will begin October 1 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)(GMT-4), and will conclude November 3 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)(GMT-4). Entries for the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program must be submitted electronically at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Do not wait until the last week of the registration period to enter, as heavy demand may result in website delays. No late entries or paper entries will be accepted. The law allows only one entry by or for each person during each registration period and individuals with more than one entry will be disqualified. There is no cost to register for the DV program.
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"Ghulam is a taxi driver who lives in Blackburn, a once-booming textile town in Lancashire. He has a terrace house near his local mosque (one of 53 in the area), a silver Nissan car and a very complex private life.
For he has so many children that he struggles to remember their names, and five wives from various countries, including Yemen, Egypt, Turkey and his own birthplace, Pakistan.
Ghulam's latest bride is a shy 20-year-old called Hafeza. He brought her to Britain from Morocco, soon after his 45th birthday earlier this year. They married in an Islamic wedding ceremony called 'the Nikah' in her village, with Hafeza's pleased parents among the guests."
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For backup, I'm thinking of using a 4TB Hitachi hard drive (£180) in a Voyager Q dock (£70) - connected to a Mac mini with FW800.
I'm backing up an archive of just over 2TB (and growing) that resides on a Promise Pegasus (RAID 5) connected to the mini with Thunderbolt.
Has anyone done this? - 4TB drives seems much less common that 2TB and 3TB drives.
(Newer Tech have told me that my old Voyager Q won't address hard drives bigger than 2TB, so I'll have to buy their latest version for 3 or 4TB drives.)
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|Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections
|Ellsworth, Lewis
|Lewis Ellsworth Photographs, 1949 - 2003
|Language of Material:
|Material in English
|For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections.
|This collection contains ten (10) color photographic slides taken by Lewis Ellsworth, featuring the vicinity of Sylva, in Jackson County, North Carolina. Slides range in date from 1949 to 2003.
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Collection is open for research during Hunter Library's Special Collections business hours, or by appointment.
Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.
[Identification of item], Lewis Ellsworth Photographs, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.
Processed by George Frizzell, 2004 October
Encoded by Anna R. Craft, 2008 August
Historical Note
The Sylva Paperboard Company, later known as the Mead Corporation, began operations in Sylva, North Carolina, in 1928 and produced paper board. It was a major employer in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the 1940s. Sylva was incorporated in 1889. In 1913 Jackson County voters approved a measure to move the county seat from the nearby town of Webster to Sylva. By 1950 the town of Sylva had a population of about 1400, and would grow to over 2400 by the 2000 federal census.
Content and Scope
Ten (10) color photographic slides taken by Lewis Ellsworth, featuring the vicinity of Sylva, in Jackson County, North Carolina. Six slides date from circa 1949, one from circa 1969, and three from 2003. Scenes include Sylva's Main Street, views of Sylva from a distance, and the town's former Mead Corporation paper manufacturing plant (later the Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company).
The collection is in single-folder arrangement.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Ellsworth, Lewis.
Jackson County (N.C.)--History--Photographs.
Mead Corporation. Sylva Division.
Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company.
Slides (Photography).
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Last evening, Rev. Dr. Crawford called upon us, with a copy of the Kansas Herald
of Freedom for June 27, 1857, which has a lengthy account of the funeral of
David Starr Hoyt, the Deerfield martyr. Mr. Hoyt was murdered by the "border
ruffians," about a year previous to that time, and hastily buried by his
friends, near Rock Creek, eight miles from Lawrence was disinterred on June
23, of the next year, and buried at Lawrence, with military honors. Dr. C. requests
us to finish an article upon Mr. Hoyt for your paper. We readily comply, for
two reasons. First, we were on intimate terms with David Starr Hoyt. Second,
we never feel like saying no- fair argument upon disputed questions excepted-
to the good "Doctor."
Early in 1856, Mr. Hoyt started for Kansas, with several thousand rifles. He
was selected as a proper agent for that work. At that time we were editing the
Chicopee Journal, and "Kansas" was conspicuous in every column of
the paper. Well it might be, for never was there a sublimer fight between right
and wrong that was waged upon that virgin soil. A very few days previous to
his departure, he called upon us, stated his case, and requested us to accompany
him upon what afterward proved an ill-starred mission. Our impulse told us to
go, but we found it impossible to "pull stakes" as suddenly as the
occasion demanded. That was the last time we saw Mr. Hoyt. We received a letter
from him a few days after the rifles he had in charged were seized by pro-slavery
Missourians. In that letter, he stated that he should remain in Kansas, to aid
in her defense.
Mr. Hoyt was an officer in the Mexican war, connected with Col. Hager's famous
battery, and was in every battle from San Juan d' Ullan to the city of Mexico.
He there acquired a good knowledge of the Spanish language, and his inquiring
mind caused him to thoroughly examine many of the peculiarities of Mexican civilization.
We have derived more real knowledge from him concerning Mexico- the nature of
her people, her civil polity and geological formations, her vast undeveloped
natural resources, and many things beside - than from any other source. That
is, his way of stating things, and faculty of illustration, caused those matters
to seem more clear and intelligible than all previous reading concerning them.
He was one of the small parties which planted the American flag upon the summit
of Popocatepetl, and such was the severity of the weather, in that region above
the clouds, it seems a wonder a single man was able to return, to tell the tale
of daring.
While in the city of Mexico, Mr. Hoyt collected and afterward brought to Deerfield,
many Mexican curiosities. Some of the military implements in the collection
were curious enough to have been used in the days of Cortez. We think Mr. Hoyt's
father has now a portion of those curiosities in his possession, while the remainder,
we have been informed, are with the daughter who resides at the West.
In 1852, Mr. H. was with Stevens' party, in surveying a route for the northern
Pacific railroad, from Oregon to Wisconsin. After his return he gave two lectures
to the Deerfield lyceum, upon his experience in that portion of our western
domain. Then, very little was known concerning that wild section, and our friend's
statements were listened to with much interest.
Very often we think of the last visit made us by the subject of this notice.
All of his thoughts were upon the dedication of Kansas to freedom, and he well
knew he was about to enter upon no holiday tournament. He told us the struggle
would be long and bloody, but had not the slightest doubt of the final triumph
of freedom over the vilest tyranny that degraded man. In a few months, a pro-slavery
bullet laid him loss. There could have been no pain, no struggle, for the fatal
missile pierced the brain. We do not mourn for David Starr Hoyt, but, on the
contrary, rather envy his heroic efforts for freedom, and his painless death.
All men must die, but great principles live through the never ending hereafter;
their onward sweep, constantly increasing in potency, has been from battle-field
to battle-field, stake to stake, and scaffold to scaffold. While remembering
that the "blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church," let us
more firmly impressed with our duties and responsibilities.
There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: "Bleeding Kansas" was a term used by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune to describe the violent hostilities between pro and anti-slavery forces in the Kansas territory during the mid to late 1850s. The Kansas Territory had been established by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, with the intent that Nebraska would be a free state, and Kansas would be a slave state. Northern abolitionists organized and funded several thousand settlers who, it was hoped, would vote to make Kansas a free state. The votes in 1854 and 1855 were pro-slavery, due in large part to the "border ruffians"- men who were pro-slavery and came over the border from Missouri. David Starr Hoyt, from Deerfield, Massachusetts, was an officer in the Mexican War, and in 1856, led several thousand men to the fighting in Kansas. He was killed near Lawrence, Kansas, by "border ruffians" on August 12, 1856. Lawrence had been the site of a raid by the "border ruffians" on May 21, 1856 which made national headlines and is often regarded as one of the first shots of the Civil War. The Gazette & Courier was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from July 20, 1841 until June 24, 1932. Before 1841 the newspaper's name changed quite frequently, with Gazette a frequent part of the title.
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The Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1), the main coordinating body in the area of road safety, works in conjunction with other working parties such as SC.1, WP.6, WP.15 and WP.29 to offer a platform that enables cooperation and the exchange of information and best practices among governments.
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I just came across this page that deals with the bizarre idea of running two chains on a bike, when I read the following nugget at the end of the page:
However it got me thinking about another bike I'd seen with a similar set-up but this one made a lot of sense. In 1982 Canadian rider Jocelyn Lovell rode the kilometre time trial at the World Championships in Leicester, England using a bike with two transmissions. His arrangement gave him two gear ratios, a lower gear to get away from the line and a higher gear that kicked in after about seventy metres. His ride in Leicester wasn't as good as he hoped for but the transmission worked well and it could not be faulted by the UCI commisaires.
Jocelyn's bike had a freewheel sprocket on the normal right hand side and a fixed sprocket on the left hand side. As he moved away from the line he drove through the RH sprocket and the left hand fixed sprocket began to unscrew from the hub. It being of smaller diameter it turned at a slower rate than the RH sprocket and being on the "wrong side" of the hub it would naturally unscrew. After about seventy metres the LH fixed sprocket came up against the lockring and at that point drive was through the LH side and the RH sprocket freewheeled. The distance traveled before the higher gear engaged could be adjusted by setting the position of the lockring. The bigger the space between lockring and sprocket at the start the longer the distance before the higher gear engaged.
Jocelyn experimented for some considerable time to come up with a combination of sprockets and chainrings that would not only give two suitable ratios but that would need chain lengths that would be at the correct tension. He settled on a low gear of 42x13 (87.2") and a high gear of 53x15 (95.4")
Wow, that is incredibly clever and a very elegant working around (or within?) the UCI rules. Lovell was a genius. I'm almost tempted to try it myself to see what it feels like
(There's just a small misunderstanding of how the system worked in the above explanation: the LH sprocket unscrews because it is smaller and thus spins *faster* than the wheel in the first 70m, not slower)


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