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Great job Mary Ann. Looks so fresh and pretty with your updates.ReplyDelete
Beautifully done! I love the beadboard, the mirror and that painting.
Wow, I can't believe the difference. I love the colour of the walls.ReplyDelete
That is the perfect transformation. Taking down the wallpaper makes it feel larger. I have not noticed that mirror on Wisteria....love that.ReplyDelete
Great change. It was time for an update. Love the light.ReplyDelete
I love corner sinks and Jersey girls! Seriously, what a fresh makeover. Beaded board is timeless. I used to have a corner sink in one of my baths in my 20's bachelorette pad, so vintage & fun! Happy New Year to you and yours.ReplyDelete
Well done! Love the paint color and it looks so fresh and clean and crisp after its makeover, great job. Hope your Christmas was merry!ReplyDelete
Beautiful update! And her husband was quite the trooper taking pictures. I am sure my husband would say, "Oh just wait till you get home and you take the pictures!" Tell that Jersey girl to expect snow tomorrow! We are expecting 2-5 inches where we live! Happy New Year to you!
Cheers! - Shelley
Mary Anne....Love the color...so pretty. You did a fabulous job!ReplyDelete
The space is completely transformed!!! Love it!ReplyDelete
Mary Anne, you did a fabulous job! I love your style and reading your blog. My husband & I will be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary in 2013 and are planning to visit Paris, London and Italy. Can you recommend places to stay in Paris. We love small boutique hotels. When is the best time to go? We are thinking June or July. You can contact me at email@example.com. Thank you for any recommendations!ReplyDelete
Lovely job! It looks great and love the paint!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful difference! That paint color is so gorgeous! I could practically drink it. I do stuff like that, you know!
Happy new year!, Barbara
Wow....what an amazing transformation from frumpy to fabulous! I love the Venetian mirror and the bead board and wall color are perfect! But that painting from Paris is the icing on the cake! Again.....Great job Mary Ann! Do you know where she got the little glass shelf that holds the guest paper towels? I need that for my powder room! Suppose my talented husband could rig something up like it!ReplyDelete
Very crisp and fresh. Also loving that floating shelf for hand towels.ReplyDelete
Beautiful transformation. I love the silver sage color and the mirror is fabulous. Thanks for sharing, GingerReplyDelete
What a wonderful makeover!!! I love the wall color and the bead board -- and the ceiling light fixture is beautiful. I'm sorry to see the original corner sink gone, as it looked very charming, but the new sink is lovely too. Nice job!
mary ann I would say it is MUCH improved, I would imagine they are delighted with the new fresh look. I love silver sage, it is a hard color to read right, but it reads very well in this room. So pretty and soft and true to its soft grey/green.
Happy weekend,
Mary Ann,
Wonderful! I love the tiny sink and the mirror...the light fixture. Beautiful.
So very pretty! The light is beautiful, bet they are loving it.
Happy New year.
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I love this color. It makes me feel so good. My powder room looks similar to the before photo. While nice at one time it is showing its age. I too have been wanting to do something, but I am a little overwhelmed by it all. This seems so perfect.
I did not understand KathySue's comment "hard to read right" She said you did a good job so I know it was not a negative, but not sure what she means by that comment. I would like to know before I run out and commit myself to this color.
BTW, Roger's Garden is a wonderful place to just walk through. Any troubles you may have had just float away.
Perhaps Kathysue meant that the color isn't coming across well in my photos. I have it in my laundry room, too, if you want to check it out. It is a nice greenish blue.Delete
Thanks. Looking at this makes me want to start stripping the wallpaper.Delete
Good job,the powder room looks much better than before. Love it. JuliaReplyDelete
Perfection! Great job, and I know they are thrilled! Happy New Year to you and have a great weekend,
xo Nancy
Just lovely Maryann.
You do simple and classic so well!
I love all the projects you did in 2012... You should be so proud!!!
Happy New Year!
Great update Mary Ann...love the light fixture!
Linda in San Diego
From old-fashioned to WOW with just a few changes! The room is now so very pretty and modern. Happy New Year to you, Mary Ann! ~ SueReplyDelete
Mary Ann,
I love before and after posts and this one is especially fun since the change is so amazing.
Hope you are having fun this holiday.
What a beautiful makeover Mary Ann!! It looks so fresh and bright and that mirror is just stunning. Happy New Year to you!
Such a pretty update that will last them for years to come as it's so classic. And love that Jim was such a good sport at taking the before photos.ReplyDelete
Mary Ann,
You have one beautiful makeover...full of CHARM!!
Wish you could have left the old sink. It was so cool; perfect full of personality with the chubbiness of it and the backsplash built in.
What a lovely makeover. Would you mind telling me what the height of your chair rail is? We are looking to do the same and your height looks perfect!ReplyDelete
It was about 38" high...to be under the window.ReplyDelete
What were the actual dimensions of the powder room? We are thinking of converting a hall closet in our 1906 house to a powder room and do not want to have to tear down walls to make it larger, especially since the walls border the dining room and formal foyer area. What are the dimensions of the sink and toilet? thank you!!ReplyDelete
The décor of tiny powder room before and after shown by you is excellent. Thanks for sharing
Keep up the good work, it does look great! Especially the orchid flower there! Construction CRMReplyDelete


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Spacious one-room apartment (50 sq.m) with a small kitchen and shower bath is located on a ground floor in a building on Chaikovskogo str. (walking distance from Chernishevskogo metro station). Ground floor of ancient building.
Front door with marble stairs. Light room. There are: one euro-standard double bed, cable satellite TV-set, functional furniture and a wardrobe. Soft cosy sofa can be transformed in the additional place for sleep.
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The town of Smithfield was founded in 1848 when Sir Harry Smith was the governor of the Cape.
In 2002, South African columnist Carmel Rickard decided to find somewhere new to live, somewhere rural, interesting and close to an airport, and where she could walk in the veld with her dogs.
She found Smithfield in the Free State province.
Just 135km from Bloemfontein, it's a walking, birding and cycling hotspot, and an inviting stopover for people heading to the Eastern Cape, or from Johannesburg or Durban to Cape Town.
For cycling enthusiasts, Smithfield is an ideal destination. Resident Gus Uys has laid out several excellent mountain-bike trails through the surrounding hills and kloofs.
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Smithfield attracts artistic and eccentric people, and you'll hear tales of romance and ruin if you linger a while.
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The story goes that Smith met his future wife as a young man in the peninsula wars in Spain.
After the British ransacked the town and convent where Juana and her sister attended school, she presented herself at Smith's tent and demanded proper treatment for ladies such as themselves.
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King Moshoeshoe's time in Smithfield was not quite so romantic, as he arrived in the mid-1800s to try to improve the relationship between the local Sotho people and the Boer farmers.
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Relics from this time can still be found in the veld where the sweet-smelling Massonia jasminiflora, a member of the hyacinth family, flowers in winter.
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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Thoms on Children and Armed Conflict
Mr President,
Please allow me to express my appreciation to you not only for organizing today's open debate, but also for Luxemburg's active chairmanship of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and her office for the work in keeping this significant issue at the top of our agenda and very present in the public discourse. Germany aligns itself with the statement made by the European Union.
Mr President,
The Council's instruments on Children and Armed Conflict are among the most developed and innovative mechanisms at our disposal at the United Nations. They demonstrate the potential of multilateral cooperation and renew our faith in the effectiveness of the Security Council on thematic issues.
In this regard we very much welcome resolution 2143 which has been adopted today. It is another important building block in forming a solid framework for the protection of children in armed conflict. We especially welcome the focus on the importance of protecting schools and hospitals in armed conflict which builds on resolution 1998 adopted during the German Presidency of the Security Council 2011.
Groups which recruit and use children in armed conflict violate the most basic principles of international law, irrespective of whether they are State or non-State actors. They violate the promise that each generation makes to the next: That the world should be left as a more secure and more prosperous place for those who succeed us. That promise is broken every time a child is raped, maimed or killed in an armed conflict.
We are horrified about reports of recruitment and use of children, targeted attacks on schools and hospitals and other grave violations against children in Syria and the Central African Republic. All children in these conflicts need to be protected and perpetrators need to be held accountable.
Mr President,
Iwould like to highlight the following three points:
First, we must resolutely support the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign of the Special Representative and UNICEF, which was launched just yesterday: Ending the recruitment and use of children by Government armed forces in conflict by 2016 is a realistic goal. We need to seize upon the existing political will of the concerned governments to realize this objective. Furthermore, the Working Group should continue to request specific briefings from the Special Representative in order to lend nuance to the progress made by Governments in implementing their action plans. Germany stands ready to support those Governments that have committed themselves to ending such recruitment and use of children in conflict by 2016.
Second, Germany strongly advocates for the continued and comprehensive inclusion of child protection advisors in peacekeeping operations, peacebuilding missions and special political missions. We wholeheartedly support the commitment that the Council made in the resolution adopted today. In this regard, the Council should remain in close contact with child protection advisors in order to provide greater clarity on the training and resource needs for the protection of children in each situation.
And third, the international community must finally seek innovative solutions on how armed non-State actors can be compelled to cease the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. It is important that the Special Representative is also allowed to reach out to non-state actors in order to set up action plans to end violence against children in armed conflict. Such action plans have proven a very effective tool to ensure protection of and a better life for children in conflict situations.
Mr President,
We have established a system which is good and effective. We should gather all our efforts to ensure that all provisions for the protection of children in armed conflict are implemented fully.
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One of the most definite features of a housewife's character is the ease with which she takes offense. These women harbor many subconscious fears, and are afraid of being neglected, abandoned or deceived. Recognizing that members of the society of ignorance are not trustworthy, they are in constant fear of betrayal. So, they interpret every thing that happens, and every word they hear, in this perspective.
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Last week, I learned if I ever sit down with a police artist to describe a suspect, the resulting sketch will show a stick figure with a balloon head.
Wednesday night, my husband and I were driving downtown to a Winnipeg Jazz Festival concert. We'd watched two cars hotdogging down Pembina Highway and onto Donald Street. One driver stepped on the brakes just as the other moved in swiftly and too close behind him. "Idiots," I said to my husband.
Minutes later, we were all at a red light at Broadway and Smith Street. The driver of the second car decided to resolve their differences. He jumped out of his Hyundai and strode over to the Lincoln. Seconds later, two young men were throwing punches.
Blood and testosterone spilled on the pavement.
My husband stepped out of our car, wanting to break it up before someone was seriously injured. I called 911. He spoke to the combatants using what the kids and I call his "teacher voice."
"Now guys, you really don't want to be doing this," he said calmly. I expected him to add "What would your mothers think?" He's tall and broad-shouldered and they recognized the voice of authority, pausing briefly before getting back to kicking and scratching.
Other cars stopped and another driver stepped out to try to break things up. Meanwhile, the 911 operator was telling me to get my husband back in the car before he got hurt. I told her I'd already made that suggestion. Twice. Fairly loudly both times.
I offered licence-plate numbers and physical descriptions to the operator.
The attacker was about 25, dark-haired and shorter than my husband, maybe 5-10. The driver of the Lincoln was also around 25 (the age I give anyone old enough to shave and too young to worry about RRSPs). He was dark-haired, slimmer than the first guy and also shorter than my husband. I was describing Mr. Average.
We left the scene after the Lincoln drove away with the Hyundai driver horking on his window for one last, classless gesture.
Five minutes later, the 911 operator called me back. What was the Lincoln driver wearing, she asked.
A blue zip-up jacket, I said. It had a logo on it, not a team logo. Maybe a work shirt? Dark blue. My husband broke in gently. He was wearing a T-shirt, he said. Five minutes had passed and I'd already forgotten. I remembered his cheek was scratched and bleeding and he was shouting that he'd been attacked.
I'm a trained observer and I'd pick Krusty the Clown out of a police lineup.
Winnipeg police spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen says the police depend upon the memories of public witnesses. They know it's difficult.
"Short-term memory is just that, short," says Michalyshen. "Sometimes even the stress of the incident and the adrenalin can make it even more difficult to recall."
I asked if he had any tips for being a better witness.
"A good witness is a co-operative witness who can help ensure that an individual is apprehended. First and foremost we want people to work with us."
He says it's less important to note what a person is wearing than details that can't easily be altered.
"A really good thing to try to recall are physical characteristics that are not likely to change. Look at height, weight, eye colour, scars, tattoos, birth marks and piercings. There are personal identifiers like someone with a particular accent, the way they speak, the manner in which they speak."
Michalyshen says it's important to note what someone is wearing on his feet, because a distinctive footprint is almost as valuable as a fingerprint.
So officer, the perp was shorter than my husband, younger and really skinny, with limbs like twigs. His face was round and attached to his body with a piece of string. He wasn't wearing shoes.
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Additional EPDs have been scheduled for release in the coming weeks, and will eventually encompass 95 percent of the company's U.S. products
Additional EPDs will be issued in the coming weeks, and will eventually encompass 95 percent of the company's U.S. products.
DALTON, Ga.—Tandus Flooring is the first in its industry to publish Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its ethos Modular and Powerbond® ethos Cushion under the new Product Category Rules (PCRs) for flooring recently issued by NSF International.
Tandus Flooring currently is working on additional EPDs that could launch within coming weeks resulting in approximately 95 percent of the company's U.S. products having EPDs.
An EPD provides Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results and other relevant product information in a fact-based, comprehensive report. LCA evaluates a product's environmental impacts throughout its various life stages from raw material sourcing and extraction through end-of-life disposal or recycling, and provides a comprehensive picture of the amount of energy, water and materials consumed in the production and use of a product. EPDs provide manufacturers with a standard method and reporting format for product life cycle data and specifiers with clear, accurate, verified product information to assist them in making informed purchasing decisions.
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"We were the first in the industry to acquire third-party certification for our environmental claims," says Lynn Preston, technical environmental manager, Tandus Flooring. "Publishing the EPDs was the natural next step in the process of ensuring complete transparency in our environmentally responsible practices."
To begin the process of acquiring the EPD, Tandus Flooring had cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessments conducted for its products. The assessments accounted for production at Tandus Flooring facilities in the United States and use of the flooring products in the United States (for U.S. customers) and in Europe (for customers in Europe). PE International, Inc. performed an external peer review of the LCA results.
EPDs generated by Tandus Flooring were reviewed, verified and registered by UL Environment, an EPD Program Operator. Additionally, a Transparency Brief for the EPD and results was produced which can be found on both the UL Environment Sustainable Product Database and Tandus Flooring's website.
"In today's competitive marketplace for environmentally sustainable solutions, EPDs benefit both manufacturers and buyers," said Paul Firth, UL Environment EPD Program Manager. "Manufacturers who offer EPD-backed products can gain important competitive advantages against producers who lack transparent documentation of their products' environmental impacts."
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The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Pilot Credit 61 Material Disclosure and Assessment rewards products with EPDs. To obtain credit, 20 percent by cost of either structural or non-structural products must meet the specified criteria. Third-party certified, product specific EPDs, such as Tandus Flooring's ethos, contribute toward Pilot Credit 61 at twice their cost value.
"This pilot credit rewards manufacturers for providing accurate and transparent product information which in turn, will assist specifiers with product selection," adds Preston. "Through our Infinity Initiative, we have acknowledged the importance of third-party certification of environmental claims and the life cycle assessment of products."


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Foreign ownership of Canadian resources, crime prevention, climate change, farming, northern development and the health of Lake Winnipeg are just a few of the topics being discussed today during the Liberal leadership debate in Winnipeg.
The event, being held at the recently reopened Metropolitan Theatre in downtown Winnipeg, is more like a fireside chit-chat with each of the nine candidates than a knuckle-duster debate.
Each candidate has a chance to speak one-on-one with moderator Harvey Locke on a number of set topics.
The debate was only minutes old when two Idle No More activists, one pounding on a drum, interrupted candidate Karen McCrimmon, drowning out the proceedings and shouting, "When are we going to be first on the agenda?"
A few moments later they were escorted from the building.
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Truck route from Egremont to the North West upgrader in Sturgeon County:
� The trucks then turn right onto Highway 644, which takes them into Redwater.
� Once in Redwater, the trucks will turn south onto Highway 38 (which becomes Highway 643).
� From there they�ll proceed to the upgrader site, which is right next to the Agrium fertilizer plant.
County residents will see some wide loads on the road this month as some of the biggest bits of the North West upgrader come to town.
Starting next week, the North West Redwater Partnership will be hauling 12 huge steel components from Egremont to the partnership�s lands west of the Agrium fertilizer plant in Sturgeon County. Each component is about 21 metres long and five metres wide, and weighs up to a million pounds (about 76 elephants).
These cylindrical components are part of the upcoming North West Sturgeon Refinery (or upgrader), said Doug Bertsch, vice-president of regulatory and stakeholders affairs for the partnership.
�They look like a giant sausage,� he said.
Once assembled, the components will serve as the three reactors the refinery will use to transform bitumen into diesel, each of which will be up to 19-storeys tall and weigh 1,000 tonnes, Bertsch said.
�They�re worth tens of millions,� he said.
It�s a move that�s been in the works since 2008, said Ed Clarke, logistics co-ordinator for the partnership.
�It�s taken months of planning to get everything in order.�
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The North West refinery will use high heat and pressure to combine hydrogen and bitumen, creating diesel and other products. These reactions are so intense that the reaction chambers have to be composed of special alloys made in only a few places in the world, such as Japan, Bertsch said.
North West had Japan�s Kobe Steel make the reactors in pieces since they were too big to ship whole, Bertsch said. The pieces sailed to Hawaii, through the Panama Canal and up the east coast before being unloaded at Duluth, Minn. in 2008 � a journey of roughly 22,000 kilometres.
Rail lines on the west side of North America weren�t strong enough to handle the weight of these pieces, said Bertsch when asked why they took this roundabout route.
�Basically, we had to come the other way around the world.�
The 2008 global recession put the refinery on hold at that point, so the pieces spent the next five years sitting in storage.
The components shipped out from Duluth (which is at the western-most tip of Lake Superior) on Dec. 20, Clarke said.
�We had 22 inches of snow,� he recalled, and it was around -20 C outside. �I tell you, it was cold.�
The components, each on a beefed-up rail car able to support their weight, crawled across the border on Dec. 23 and reached Winnipeg by Boxing Day, Clarke said.
Crews had to add large weights to each car to keep the centre of gravity low and remove those weights whenever they crossed a bridge. Last week the components arrived in Egremont (about 10 kilometres north of Redwater.)
Wide load ahead
Mammoet Canada will haul the 12 components from Egremont to the refinery site in Sturgeon County starting next week, Bertsch said. Expect 12 shipments every one to two days between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Crews will use a four-legged hydraulic gantry to lift each component about 10 centimetres off the rail car, then slide the car out and replace it with a Scheuerle trailer � a heavy-duty steerable trailer with 24 sets of wheels. Each trailer will then be pulled by one truck, pushed by two others, and accompanied by numerous escorts, Bertsch said.
The convoy will turn east onto Highway 28, south onto Highway 829, and then drive west along Highway 644 to Redwater � all at about 16 kilometres an hour, Clarke said.
As the trailer is about 43 metres long (about three Greyhound buses) and six wide, Clarke said, crews will temporarily expand some intersections along the route with gravel to give the convoy enough space to turn. RCMP may also close parts of roads along the route for about 10 minutes as the convoy passes. The convoys have been scheduled to avoid school bus runs.
From Redwater, the convoy will head south on Highways 38 and 643 to the refinery site. There, the components will be dropped in a building the size of about seven basketball courts (3,060 square metres) where they will be welded together over several months.
These won�t be the last giant items to arrive at the refinery site, Bertsch said. It will be getting some refinery modules next year that will be even bigger (but lighter) than these reactors.
Questions on the move should go to Bertsch at 403-451-4171.


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Bellerbys College has been helping ambitious students gain entry into Britain's finest universities for over half a century. The College's dedication to providing excellent university preparation courses means it has established an outstanding reputation amongst universities in the UK.
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Bellerbys College has been helping ambitious students gain entry into Britain's finest universities for over half a century. The College's dedication to providing excellent university preparation courses means it has established an outstanding reputation amongst universities in the UK.
Teaching Quality
Bellerbys is renowned for providing quality learning experiences with exceptional learning outcomes.
- Bellerbys provides students with the opportunity to study at some of Britain's finest academic institutions. The College has specific courses dedicated to preparing students for entry into British Medical Schools and Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge Universities).
- Year-on-year the College achieves outstanding examination results and has high ratings of student and parent satisfaction, making the effectiveness of its teaching unquestionable.
- Many Bellerbys students have gone on to study at some of the best universities in the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge.
- Bellerbys constantly invests in developing state-of-the-art teaching and residential facilities. The College has purpose-built campuses which provide students and staff with a stimulating work and study environment.
Bellerbys provides a unique experience for international students due to its exclusive partnerships with a range of leading academic institutions.
- Bellerbys is committed to providing a warm and friendly atmosphere to its students. There are currently students from over 120 countries studying at its four campuses across Britain.
- Over the past 20 years, the College has developed unique partnerships with a range of leading institutions to provide students the best progression routes possible. British universities are aware that year-after-year students from Bellerbys are among the best prepared and most likely to succeed.
- Bellerbys long-standing commitment to meet the specific needs of international students, alongside its close collaboration with its UK university partners and a dedication to responsible recruitment enables it to attain the highest rates of degree entry success.
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Bellerbys enjoys high student and parent satisfaction ratings because it consistently produces international students who go on to study at Britain's most prestigious universities.
- 75% of Bellerbys A-Level students in 2010 progressed onto degrees at the top 20 universities in the UK.
- Almost 40% of students achieved grades AAA or better at A-Level.
- Bellerbys Brighton is currently ranked first for A-Levels, in a league table which assessed schools across the city of Brighton and Hove. This is an extremely impressive score for a school where the majority of students speak English as a second language.
- Students are extremely pleased with the support they receive from the College. Bellerbys regular visits to top UK universities such as Oxford and Cambridge give students the chance to network and gain more knowledge about the institutions.
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From traditional A-levels to a Pre-Masters programme, Bellerbys College is committed to providing the best.
- Bellerbys recruits students three times a year; in September, January and April. Its courses are very distinctive and tailored to fit each student's requirement.
- The College offers a unique five-term A-Level course which means students can obtain a place at university in just 15 months.
- Bellerbys also offer an intensive foundation year programme, which is a one year course that is a fast-track route to a university place. In 2015 554 Bellerbys students progressed to a top 30 UK University
- The College offers foundation courses in: Law, Humanities, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, I.T, Art and Design, Media, Business as well as other core subjects.
- Bellerbys also organise a number of preliminary courses such as Pre-GCSEs and Summer Camps, which are ideal for students looking to develop their English skills or gain an insight into the culture of university life in the UK.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Ask Saint Leo University men's lacrosse head coach Brad Jorgensen if he's focused on his 100th career victory that looms on the horizon, and he wouldn't be able to provide you with an answer. But ask him about his thoughts on spending half of his career at Saint Leo, and the response is one filled with passion and enthusiasm.
Of course, if anyone were to ask Jorgensen 15 years ago, at the beginning of his career as a head coach, if he ever envisioned himself coaching collegiate lacrosse in the state of Florida, the answer would have been no.
"I would have said I was crazy," admits Jorgensen. "I never thought I was going to leave the New England area when I first started coaching."
But when the opportunity arose in 2005 to become the head coach of the inaugural men's lacrosse team at Saint Leo University, marking the first ever NCAA varsity lacrosse program in the entire state of Florida at any division, Jorgensen instantly saw the true potential that Saint Leo, and the budding program, possessed. He immediately knew that the future of lacrosse was quickly expanding out of the northeast region hotbeds where the sport was most popular.
"I thought the university offered the great opportunity to build a program from scratch, and the fact that we were going to be the first program in Florida was a big benefit," Jorgensen continued. "I looked at some of the successful schools at the Division II level, and felt that Saint Leo offered a lot in comparison. It immediately felt like a very attractive option for talented players from not only the northeast, but local talent from Florida as well. It was the perfect opportunity."
With his hiring officially announced on January 28, 2005, Jorgensen took to the direct task of building an empire. Now in his eighth season at Saint Leo, he finds himself on the cusp of his 100th career victory after a win at Rollins College on Thursday, February 28th brought him to career victory No. 99.
"I don't like to concentrate too much on the fact that I'm about to get my 100th win," he points out. "I earned half of those at the previous school I coached at. What I focus on is how successful this team has become in such a short amount of time. It's that milestone that truly makes me happy at the end of the day."
The road to respect wasn't an easy one, but Jorgensen was determined to harness the power of the potential Saint Leo held. After arriving on campus back in 2005, Jorgensen had very little time to recruit a team for the inaugural 2006 season. The first meeting he had on campus when he got to campus had only one potential player show up. But with the shared vision of University President Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., as well as the Saint Leo Director of Athletics Fran Reidy, Jorgensen knew the program was not going to be overlooked.
Despite the initial worries, the Lions found themselves instantly making an impact, and in just their second year the Green and Gold had a player recognized as the Deep South Conference Freshman of the Year, and appeared in the Conference Tournament semifinal game.
The following year, the Lions picked up another DSC Freshman of the Year honor, and made it to the tournament finals where they were narrowly bounced out of making it to the final four by Mars Hill with a score of 9-7. In spite of their success, the Lions still weren't getting recognized as a contender within the world of college lacrosse.
In a video interview from 2009, Coach Jorgensen stated, "There does tend to be a little bit of a northern bias, and part of it is our fault here down south. We've got to beat some of the better teams from the north if we're going to get the respect that we think we deserve."
And win their respect they did. In 2009, just the team's fourth year, the Lions won the Deep South Conference Tournament. A year later, the Green and Gold secured their second straight conference tournament title, and added it to the regular season championship title, as well.
Add on the team's first ever All-American selections in 2010, as well as multiple All-Conference selections, two straight years with a combined record of 23-6, and weekly recognition on the USILA Division II Coaches' Poll, and the Lions were finally getting the respect they deserved.
The immediate success of the sport at Saint Leo brought some attention to surrounding schools in the state. From the time the Lions introduced men's lacrosse to the Sunshine State with their inaugural season in 2006, the state of Florida has seen the addition of four men's programs at the Division II level, and five women's squads, comprised of two Division I programs, and three DII teams including the women's program at Saint Leo. And even more are on the way with announcements of impending inaugural seasons coming fast and furious as more collegiate schools try to get in on the action.
"It's amazing to think we were the ones who got the ball rolling," Jorgensen adds. "The rate at which the sport has grown here in Florida is incredible. It's nice to know we were the beginning of the movement, and provided the foundation for the sport to expand further in the south. And to be able to say that we were successful while doing so is even more of an accomplishment. I'm very proud to say I have been a part of this team from the beginning."
With 99 career victories, Jorgensen's landmark 100th win is just a game away. But a milestone victory won't divert his focus from the most important victory of all, and that is the continued growth and development of Saint Leo lacrosse as they strive to be better than they were the day before.
The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team returns to action on Wednesday, March 6, when they host Catawba College in Deep South Conference action. Game time against the Indians is slated for 7 p.m. at University Turf Stadium. Fans who cannot make it to the game will be able to catch the action live on the Saint Leo Sports Network at SaintLeoLions.com. For the latest news, updates, and information on the men's lacrosse program, fans can 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.


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A matter/antimatter reaction assembly (often known simply as an M/ARA) was a type of energy reactor which was fueled by injectors of matter and antimatter into a central reaction element, creating large amounts of energy when those two materials mutually annihilate each other. Matter and antimatter were injected into the M/ARA at an intermix ratio. (TNG: "Coming of Age") The dilithium crystal is used to moderate this reaction. These types of powerplants were a commonly used as warp cores.
The dilithium articulation frame was housed inside the M/ARA, (TNG: "Skin of Evil") behind the dilithium chamber hatch. (TNG: "The Drumhead")
On monitors it was also displayed as matter/antimatter input system. (ENT: "The Catwalk")
The prototype Jem'Hadar battleship had a fatal design flaw; the braces holding together the ship's M/ARA were vulnerable to a specific type of radiation. The crew of the USS Valiant believed they could use this flaw to their advantage when they were plotting the ship's destruction in 2374. (DS9: "Valiant")


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The voice to whom we've all expressed a multitude of practical, outlandish, and - at times- humorously inappropriate questions for our own amusement, is now more than just a voice.
Today, we got a glimpse of the face behind the voice of Siri.
Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant debuted two years ago. But today, Siri is making another debut. The original voice of Siri is a voiceover actor who provided recordings for a client eight years ago, only to become "Siri" on a device (the iPhone) that wasn't even invented when she made the initial recordings.
The voice actor is Susan Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia. Apple hasn't confirmed that Bennett is the voice of Siri, but Bennett says she is Siri and she sure sounds like the voice we've all toted around on our mobile devices for the last few years.
An audio-forensics expert with 30 years of experience has studied both voices and says he is "100%" certain the two are the same.
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This article was published 26/2/2013 (1638 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO) have thrown another wrench into the proceedings of the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry, further delaying the beleaguered look into the circumstances surrounding the five-year-old's murder.
The two organizations oppose a publication ban on the names of Karl Wesley McKay's ex-wife and three children, expected to testify at the inquiry.
McKay, along with Phoenix's mother Samantha Kematch, tortured and eventually killed the child in 2005. Her body was found in 2006.
The inquiry was supposed to start hearing evidence again on Monday. That's been pushed back a week.
The Free Press is not opposing the publication ban.
McKay's ex-wife also wants to be designated a Source of Referral (SOR), further protecting her identity. A number of individuals have already testified as SORs.
In her affidavit, she says she was bullied and harassed after McKay was arrested for killing Phoenix. She was worried she'd face retribution for her testimony at the criminal trial.
"I have serious concerns that I may suffer physical harm if my identity is disclosed by virtue of my testimony at the inquiry,' she said.
"I am currently employed. No one at my place of employment is aware of my relationship to Wes McKay. I have serious concerns that if my co-workers and supervisors became aware of my relationship to Wes McKay, that I would suffer serious consequences ranging from verbal harassment to possible physical harassment to the loss of my employment."
Commission chairman Ted Hughes reluctantly granted the delay, making it clear he wants every effort made to get the inquiry back on schedule. He was unhappy with AMC and SCO lawyer Jay Funke's request for a delay because Funke and his associate are on holiday.
Intertribal CFS lawyer Hafeez Khan filed a motion to allow him to cross-examine McKay's former partner in person. That request was denied Tuesday morning. Khan spoke to her by telephone Tuesday night.
So why are the AMC and SCO eager to have the names of the four made public? AMC communications officer Sheila North Wilson said in an email that "AMC will not be providing a statement on the publication ban as this matter is currently under litigation."
There is no litigation and it's tough to know why the AMC perceives itself to have a horse in this race.
Some believe the battle to name the former partner and McKay's children is linked to the fight to name social workers and others connected with Phoenix's CFS dealings. The fears the four have expressed of potential threats to personal safety and their reputation echo those of CFS workers who didn't want to be identified. The MGEU went to court to prevent the names of social workers from being made public. They failed.
If one side was forced to testify in full glare, shouldn't the other?
But this isn't a trial and, in theory, there aren't sides. Bill Gange, the foursome's lawyer, argues the former partner should be protected under the Child and Family Services Act because she was an informant under the act. If she isn't protected, he argues, other people will be discouraged from following the act's edict to report suspected child abuse.
She is expected to testify she called Intertribal CFS worker Randy Murdock in March 2006 to report Phoenix Sinclair was being abused. If she hadn't, it's impossible to know when (or if) the child's slaying would have been uncovered.
Her evidence is expected to be incendiary. The phone call to Intertribal is on the record. What hasn't been heard is why she felt threatened by McKay after that call was made.
If this wrangling is an effort to bully the witness into not testifying, it seems doomed to fail. She and her sons found the strength to report the assaults and murder and to testify at the criminal trial. No one can blame them for not wanting to be publicly identified as the kin of Karl McKay. None carries his last name.
Trying to force them into the spotlight, knowing they are the only reason McKay and Kematch faced justice for their hideous crime, is appalling.


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Adana CRT TV, September 30th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: WE ARE ALL SERVANTS OF ALLAH, WE ARE ALL BROTHERS, REGARDLESS OF rightist or leftist, ALAWI, KURDISH, LAZ, CIRCASSIAN, SUNNI, it does not matter. Allah showed us the path. We will respect everyone's opinion, but unity and solidarity are essential.
Irak An Anbar TV, September 21st, 2008
Adnan Oktar: These will make us tight-knit. We are moving towards a joyful, beautiful wedding that will strengthen our bonds of brotherhood, insha'Allah. These are signs that Mahdi's appearance is a matter of time. The return of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is also a matter of time. It will be a beautiful collaboration. My Sunni and Shi'a brothers should strengthen their brotherhood and form a very beautiful bond. Jaffaris are very devoted people. Sunnis are very devoted. Alawis are very devoted. Arabs are our dear brothers and sisters. They are the lineage of the Prophet (saas). The Kurds are our brothers.
Ekin TV, February 16th, 2009
Adnan Oktar: We stopped those who wanted to cause a conflict and corruption among Alawis and Sunnis. We clapped their tongues and they are now silent; they cannot speak from now on. Alawis and Sunnis are brothers. Kurds and Turks are brothers. THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION OF RACE OR SECTS AMONG US. WE WILL COMPLETE THE BUILDING OF THE TURKISH -ISLAMIC UNION TOGETHER LIKE A WELL-BUILT WALL, INSHA'ALLAH. This is faith. No one can stop this.
5 February 2013, Enson Haber
Following Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's explanation, "Turkey is the cause of all problems in the region", Foreign Minister Davudoglu responded as such:
"We would like to remind Mr. Maliki of this; Eastern Turkey is actually very valuable. It is for his benefit that he comprehends this. But no matter what he says, he cannot hurt our friendship with the Iraqi people. From Erbil to Basra, from Musul to Diyala, from Anbar to Necef, the suffering of our brothers in every corner is our suffering. No one can come between us. Turkey has never discriminated regarding Sunni, Shiah, Kurd or Arab."


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parenting expert Jane Evans's first book will be published next week.
The mum from Sutton Benger, pictured right, has written How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear? especially for pre school children who've seen violence in the home.
It's written so that children can read it with adults and professionals to explore issues around aggression and violence.
Jane said: "In the UK at least 750,000 children a year are known to witness domestic violence, many of them are very young and see and hear things no child should.
"But it can be next to impossible to help a traumatised child recover if they cannot understand or speak about what they have witnessed."
Jane has worked with families and children across the country who've been affected by domestic violence.
Details can be found at http://bit.ly/LUpxY9 and the book is published on Friday February 28 by Jessica Kingsley Publishing.


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Resurgent concerns about emerging drought over major crop-growing areas of Southern Brazil and Argentina powered the grain and soybean complexes sharply higher Wednesday. Technicians were probably buying corn as well after the nearby March future seemed to use its 10-day moving average (MA) as a springboard to higher levels. Traders may have had second thoughts overnight, since a South Korean buyer snubbed the U.S. and bought European origin corn. On the other hand, the early-Thursday slippage may simply have represented general profit-taking ahead of the weekly Export Sales data to be released later this morning. March corn edged 3/4 cent lower, to $7.39 1/2 in pre-dawn activity, whereas December fell 2 1/2 cents to $5.90 1/2 per bushel.
The possibility that large areas of Argentina and Southern Brazil could experience hot, dry weather through early February drove the Wednesday soybean futures surge, with technical factors also seeming to encourage bullish interests. However, we have to wonder if the fact that the nearby March contract could not sustain its early move above its 100-day MA Wednesday afternoon and again in overnight trading played a role in the subsequent decline. We suspect that development caused much more long liquidation in the bean complex than in corn and wheat markets this morning. It will be very interesting to see how the market reacts to the weekly Export Sales report to be released later in the morning. March beans dropped 9 cents to $14.69 3/4 per bushel in early morning activity, while March soyoil slipped 0.05 cents to 52.55 cents/pound and March meal slumped $3.6 to $429.1/ton.
The persistent drought over the winter wheat fields of the U.S. Southern Plains dominated the wheat pits again Wednesday. The buoyant leadership provided by the corn and soybean markets certainly didn't hurt the bullish cause either. Thus, few traders arriving at their desks this morning will be terribly surprised to see wheat futures also declined overnight. As with their counterparts in the corn and soybean pits, wheat market participants were probably taking profits on previously established longs ahead of the Thursday morning release of the weekly Export Sales reports. March CBOT wheat futures had declined 2 1/2 cents to $7.84 1/2 per bushel early Thursday morning, while March KCBT wheat dipped 1 1/2 cents to $8.39 1/4; March MGE futures matched that drop, seeming set to begin the Thursday pit session at $8.67 1/2.
Fed cattle traded actively across the Great Plains Wednesday, with most steers reportedly changing hands around 125 cents/pound, which represented a 3.0-cent weekly surge. In many circumstances live cattle futures would probably have spiked upward on the news, especially in the wake of losses similar to those suffered earlier this month. The fact that the nearby contracts are already trading at significant premiums to the latest cash quotes probably limited the Chicago reaction. Still, bulls could not have been happy with the lower close posted by February and April futures. We place much of the blame upon the persistent weakness exhibited by the wholesale market in recent weeks. Nevertheless, veteran traders view a futures market that cannot rally on bullish news as being vulnerable to fresh losses. Futures did rise modestly overnight, but one has to wonder if they can be sustained. February cattle climbed 0.37 cents to 128.37 cents/pound in pre-dawn trading; April matched that gain and seems set to begin the Thursday pit session at 133.30.
After declining rather substantially over the week prior, country hog prices apparently posted a strong upside reversal Wednesday. That news, along with the Tuesday afternoon wholesale report indicating pork loin values had boosted carcass values substantially, might easily have been viewed as the trigger for a fresh hog futures rally. Chicago prices did rise moderately as a consequence. However, the pork cutout gave back its Tuesday gain yesterday afternoon, with a quick reversal in loin values apparently undercutting the wholesale market once again. We have to wonder if the recent decline in beef cutout is pushing pork values downward as well. If so, that might bode ill for the late winter-early spring hog and pork outlook. Still, hog futures advanced moderately in overnight electronic activity, thereby implying there are still lots of optimists around. February hogs inched 0.07 cents higher, to 87.17 cents/pound, in the early morning hours, while June futures gained 0.40 cents to 98.47.
Bulls continued their stampeded through the cotton market Wednesday, with the March futures actually posting the highest close for a nearby contract since last June. The Chinese government program designed to support its cotton farmers, which has reportedly absorbed 85% of its 2012 domestic production is playing a major role in the bull market, especially traders doubt that product will return to the open market in the foreseeable future. One side effect of the current situation is apparently having traders ignore developments that might normally undercut prices. As a consequence, we have to wonder if overnight news that a Chinese trade association expects its 2013 plantings to fall 4.5% below those from 2012 (due to spiraling labor costs). We are inclined to expect a short-term technical setback, but the results of the results of the weekly Export Sales report will very likely set the tone for trading through the balance of the ICE session. March cotton slipped 0.31 cents to 82.65 overnight price action, while new-crop December skidded 0.26 cents to 80.85.


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We all know what Johan Santana has done this season, I trust. The dominant start to his season, punctuated by a no-hitter. That was a 2.38 ERA through 11 starts, if you were wondering.
Then, the significant fall, a 7.98 ERA since. Time on the disabled list, questions about his ability to even help the team, let alone dominate.
His start last Saturday night was disastrous. And if he has many more like that, the Mets are probably going to shut him down.
But think about how important a start like tonight is, in context of the team as a whole.
Proving he can still provide a viable option in 2013, considering he'll make $25.5 million, is important itself. Add in the likelihood that the Mets can't add much salary this winter, and his importance increases exponentially, as a person who will be under contract for certain, and one who has at least a past track record of monumental success.
But wait, there's more. Shutting him down doesn't mean that Santana is ruled out for 2013. But it does mean the Mets need some kind of backup plan, if at all possible. The other returning starters, as of now, are Jonathon Niese, R.A. Dickey, Dillon Gee and Matt Harvey. Chris Young is a free agent, and there's just no way to know what Gee will be capable of, with that blood clot likely caused by repeated use, the very thing that pitching is.
Obviously, there's epic levels of excitement for Harvey, and justifiably so. How consistently good he'll be over a full season remains to be seen. But let's be optimistic, and call him as a plus in the rotation a given. Let's even call Niese a given, though he still needs to finish a season strong for the first time in 2012. And Dickey is about as much a given as there is, with the caveats that he's 38 and has no real comps in his past.
That still leaves the Mets to fill two rotation holes with Santana, Gee, perhaps a Young return, Jeremy Hefner, and Zack Wheeler, a large talent who is currently struggling at Triple-A.
If Santana is Santana, that's a potentially very good rotation. If he is merely serviceable, that leaves the Mets Gee/Hefner to use in the fifth spot. If he's not available for large portions of 2012, then it is hoping Gee can be the fourth starter, with inventory pretty thin at Hefner and beyond. Maybe they give Jenrry Mejia a shot, though by playing games with him again, he would be pitching many more innings as a starter than he ever has. Collin McHugh? Consider me a skeptic on his transition for now.
Point is, a Santana shutdown means a sensible organization will need to plan as if he isn't part of the rotation, and hope for a pleasant surprise. That's what they should have done this season, had finances been stable. But a healthy Santana, finishing strong, cures a lot of ills.
So there's a lot riding on tonight for Johan Santana and the Mets. Good to see meaningful games in August, I suppose.