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The Residences at Hacienda Encantada
Looking out from your private villa to where the Sea of Cortez meets the mighty Pacific, you will feel as if you have found an oceanfront paradise at the world's end. The location is made even more appealing with vibrant downtown Cabo San Lucas just a short drive away. The Residences at Hacienda Encantada is the ultimate in privacy and tranquility. This Four Diamond AAA resort provides secluded accommodations combining Mexican architecture with beautiful hacienda-style contemporary interiors, as well as a clifftop pool terrace which is perfectly positioned to showcase the legendary Los Cabos sunset.
- Be inspired by spectacular sea views from one of 51 villas and private residences
- Soak up the sun by one of the resort's three luxury pools, or on the secluded private beach
- Share memorable moments in a 18,298-sq-ft garden, complete with pool bar, Jacuzzi, barbecue grills, and fire pits
- Be pampered with a Swedish massage or hot-stone treatment at the holistic spa
- Take advantage of private butler service and let the concierge team plan your adventures
- Play a round of golf at two courses, with eight holes of Punta Espada Golf Club directly along the ocean
On a rugged cliff on the serene Baja coast, The Residences at Hacienda Encantada are well-appointed, from the gorgeous interiors to the premium services. Take in exceptional views from the outdoor space of your villa, or sit out under the stars.
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The resort's 51 inviting private residences have been tastefully designed to invoke Mexican heritage, and have expansive living areas, statement furnishing, and exquisite amenities. The opulent interiors are decorated in warm, earthy tones, with hand-carved furnishings, marble floors, vibrant paintings, and hand-crafted textiles.
As well as a fully equipped kitchen, each residence comes with a private terrace or access to an 18,298-sq-ft shared garden. For extra space and luxury, book the 2,200-sq-ft Three Bedroom Private Residence. The plush bedrooms each have their own sitting areas and balconies, and the living area has a guest bathroom, and laundry area.
The resort's restaurants provide professional catering services, or you can take advantage of 24-hour room service through your private butler. Valet parking and an expert concierge team make it easy to explore the area, while meeting spaces allow you to host memorable occasions for up to 100 guests.
Get the very best features of a luxury hotel within the comforts of a residential setting.
Discover the bold flavors of Baja with heavenly ocean views and impeccable service at The Residences at Hacienda Encantada's impressive selection of restaurants and bars. Choose from Mexican specialties, fresh seafood, and international cuisine.
Los Riscos – Golden globe lights illuminate the terrace at Los Riscos, where a menu of Mexican specialties ranges from fresh seafood and mesquite-grilled steaks to vibrant salads. Order the famous Surf & Turf Lobster Tail, with butter and rib eye steak, served with asparagus, garlic butter, and red wine sauce.
Las Marias – Set on top of the rugged Baja cliffs, spectacular sea views come with authentic Mexican breakfast dishes. Start the day with Mexican-style eggs, quesadillas, or a simple bagel.
La Trajinera – Head here for the Bajan cuisine, and colonial-inspired décor. Sample the roasted duck breast with mole sauce, or coconut breaded shrimp, served with passionfruit sauce.
La Pergola – Poolside dining at its finest, La Pergola is open daily for lunch, and serves up a selection of casual Mexican and American fare, from fresh salads to shrimp baskets, and tacos.
El Edén – Savor the classic taste of Mexico at the resort's famous tequila bar. Expert chefs serve up authentic Mexican fare, while you sip smooth, hand-crafted tequila.
Barolo– Allow yourself to be swept away by live piano music and incredible ocean views over some of the finest Italian and Mediterranean cuisine in Cabo San Lucas.
Il Forno – Italian chef Roberto Macciadris serves timeless Italian fare for lunch, and dinner, all made with fresh local ingredients in a stylish bistro setting.
Additional dining options include El Patio.
Work out at the fully equipped fitness center, before making the most of the impressive spa facilities, with everything from revitalizing facials to purifying skin treatments available. Cool off in one of three outdoor pools, read quietly in the sun on your private balcony or patio, or prepare a home-cooked meal using fresh, local ingredients.
The Residences at Hacienda Encantada offers a range of activities and tours to help you explore Los Cabos and Baja. Chase the sunset on a relaxed cruise over the Pacific Ocean, join the Jazz & Wine Tour on a 65-ft sailing catamaran, or go swimming with the Cabo dolphins. Play a round at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Punta Espada Golf Club — considered one of the best courses in Mexico and the Caribbean — or take a dune buggy tour into Cabo's rugged interior. At the end of the day, enjoy a sunset cocktail on the pool terrace, and ask the concierge team to arrange a car into downtown Cabo San Lucas for a taste of the legendary local nightlife.
The Residences at Hacienda Encantada
The Residences at Hacienda Encantada is in Cabo San Lucas, in a secluded clifftop location under 20 minutes' drive from downtown Cabo and the Golden Zone District. Nearby attractions include Cabo del Sol Golf Course and Medano Beach
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The 15th season of mini rugby at Copley starts on Sunday 2nd September with signing on and new player registration throughout September. Fitness and skill training sessions run each Sunday in September and the first competitive game is on 30th September at home to Bradford Salem. Check with your coaches to see when your age group are playing at home or away. Lets hope we have another great season of fun and enjoyable rugby.
This season the mini section are running Under 5/6's, under 7's, under 8's, under 9's, under 10's, under 11 and under 12's sides. We still need more players to a build all our squads. If you have a friend who is interested in playing bring them along for some taster sessions
Any new players from under 5 through to under 12 who would like to play mini rugby are very welcome to come down to Copley on a Sunday morning 10am-Noon when they are at home or you can contact
Dave Butler on 01422 371672 or 07767 128 414 e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Next Games Sunday 4th November
Minis home Training
Under 5s and 6s
Meet at club 10am for a training session
Minis u7s u8s No training this Sunday
Coaches are away on half term break
Minis u9 u10 u11 u12s at home training
Meet at club 10am for a training session
All parents please call into the clubhouse while the training session/games are running to complete signing on your child for the 2018-19 season.
Parents of new pleyers also call in to complete new player forms.
Pitch allocations
Copley 1 u15s
Copley 2 u9s u11s
Copley 3 u5/6s u7s u8s
Hollas Lane 1 u14s
Hollas Lane 2
Clothing and dirty kit
If the weather turns cool and wet bring plenty of clothes for your children
Idealy you need a woolly hat and rugby mits plus woollen gloves over your mits while not playing.
A T shirt under your rugby shirt and a track suit top or fleece over your shirt when not playing.
Track suit bottoms or black leggings/tights to keep your legs warm
We stock hats gloves track suit tops and bottoms
Parents please bring a drinks bottle for your child. Use water or a flavoured cordial drink. Please no fizzy drinks.
Also PLEASE bring some clean/dry clothing to change into or put over your dirty kit when coming into the clubhouse after a game. We have a new clubhouse used by others for functions lets keep it clean for them.
If your child is old enough to have a shower on their own make sure they bring a towel and change of clothes we have now increased number of changing rooms from 4 to 9.
If you have not signed on for 2017-18 membership as an existing player please see your coach, parent co-ordinator or Dave Butler to sign on for the season. This is a simple process. You need to check if the details on your membership form for last season have changed, record any changes on line with Dave Butler. Membership fees will be due for those who pay by cash or cheque and not on standing ordedr
Any new players/parents need to come into the clubhouse and complete a registration process. Ask for Dave Butler.
BOOT and KIT EXCHANGE BANK
We have introduced a boot and kit exchange facility on Sunday mornings.
It operates by bringing your old boots (please clean them )and kit in a polythene bag a and hand them to Warren who will arrange for you to swap for a larger pair if available.
Any donations are gratefully accepted for the swap and go into the junior development coffers
Directions to Rishworth Sports Hall
If the weather turns very cold or the pitches are frozen or waterlogged we use the Rishworth School Sports Hall for the under 5s and under 6s)
From the Copley clubhouse drive up to the main road
Left at the Volunteer Arms traffic lights
Follow road into Sowerby Bridge
At end of Wakefield Road left at the junction and drive through Sowerby Bridge
Stay on the A58 into Ripponden
In Ripponden Keep left at the fork in road controlled by traffic lights taking the A672 Oldham Road
In just under a mile you come to Rishworth School on your right
Park on main road or turn right up Shaw Lane although its narrow for parking.
Sports Hall is on Shaw Lane just before main school entrance
Directions to Hollas Lane.
If your walking from the club to Hollas Lane its best follow the canal tow path in wet weather.
If you do not fancy walking to Hollas Lane here are the directions if you prefer to drive there
From clubhouse turn left at lights by Volunteer Arms.
Continue along Wakefield Rd for approx 1 mile to next set of lights.
Turn left at the lights onto Hollas Lane.
Go over the canal bridge and turn immediate left down a slope into a parking area.
Access to the pitch is down a track by the canal tow path.
When the weather turns cold please make sure your child has plenty of warm clothing. We suggest
a T shirt under the club shirt
a track suit top, showerproof top or fleece.(from club shop)
Track suit bottoms (from club shop)
or black tights/leggings
A woolly bobble hat (from club shop) or a protective headguard
Rugby mitts from club shop. Plus a pair of wool gloves over mitts when not playing
A towel and clean clothes to change into
See Dave Butler in the clubhouse on Sundays if you need any of the above kit items
If your child is interested in playing rugby or you as a parent would like to introduce your child to the game of rugby click on the following link for all the information on joining Rishworthians mini rugby.
How do I Join
Age Grade Rugby is the structured progression to cover the introduction, teaching, playing, coaching and refereeing of the Game in stages from U6 to U18. An Age Grade Player means all male and female players participating in Age Grade Rugby from U6s to U18s. In legal terms, a child is anyone under the age of 18; for the purposes of this Guidance, Age Grade Players include 18 & 19 year olds playing for U18s teams. Throughout this document the term "child" and "children" is used to refer to these players as well as "children and young people"; these terms are used to refer to the same group of individuals and are not mutually exclusive.
RFU Regulation 15 applies to schools and colleges as well as clubs. Every effort should be made to ensure that boys and girls get the best possible experience from being in a Rugby squad. Clubs, schools and colleges running Age Grade Rugby should formulate policies upon which good planning and sound team management can be based.
Regulation 151, Regulation 9 and this supporting Guidance have been devised to assist in developing Age Grade Players safely. This Guidance aims to expand on these areas for greater understanding.
Age Gtade Guidance
Once players are recruited and committed to rugby at Rishworthians we must ensure they develop individually and as a squad through the RFU development pathway. This pathway guides players through a development path from mini non contact tag rugby under 6-8, to mini contact under 9-10, midi rugby under 11-12 then junior rugby under 13 -16. This development programme prepares them for colts rugby and ultimately senior rugby.
The RFU Continuum had been in place for 20 years and was considered to be forward thinking and innovative in 1990. However needs change and rugby is no different. The New Rules of Play , (NROP) sees a gradual introduction of new rules and small sided games whereby children are more involved with the ball and the rules are simplified producing more continuity and less start/stop.
The NROP starts at under 7 with 4 a side tag rugby and progresses to 6 a side tag rugby at under 8. Contact rugby is introduced at under 9 with a 7 a side game and under 10 introduces the scrum and mini maul/ruck in an 8 a side game. Under 11s rugby allows the ball to be kicked and is an under 9 game.
The rules for u12 - u16 are at present the same but there are plans to simplify these rules in the near future.
For more detail on the New rules of play click on the following links.
Introduction leaflet
Micro rugby under 6's
Under 7s
Under 8s
Under 9s
Under 10s
Under 11s
Under 12s
Regulation 15 relates to youth rugby known as Age Grade rugby from the Under 6 (U6) to Under 18 (U18) age groups. This Regulation 15 applies to both genders up to and including U11s, from which point there are specific regulations applicable to girls' rugby for the U12 to U18 age grades. Regulation 15 relates to playing, training and all variations of rugby permitted within the relevant age grade.
Regulation 15
Even though we have 30 coaches we still need to enlist help on the day during the training session, running touch and so on. But as the numbers in the mini/junior section continues to grow we need more parents to help on the day.
If you'd like to help on a more formal basis let us know. We will also provide courses for you if you would like to become a coach or a referee.
In addition we are always looking for more people to help with the administration of the section. This could be writing match reports, helping with registration or helping to run the club shop. If you can help follow his link for more information or contact Dave Butler.
Get involved
We always like to publish a match report and photographs on the website and the local paper, its a good source for player recruitment and the players like to see their name in the paper or on the website.
We need additional volunteers to help write up a match report for each age group. Ideally we require one person for each age group and a couple of additional people to cover for weeks when people are away or to work a rota system.
All we require are the try scorers, match award winners plus the squad list so everyone gets a mention in the local paper and on the web site. If you wish to add extra comments about the game so much the better. The reports can then be e-mailed to email@example.com
If you are coming along for the first time, you will need:
A T-shirt (warm weather)or T shirt and rugby shirts (for cold weather).
shorts and/or track suit bottoms.
a track suit top or fleece.
trainers or rugby/football boots.
a drink bottle with your name on it.
The following kit is optional. Some wear it, some don't.
shoulder pads or body armour.
The Club Shop is open on Sunday mornings.
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Taos' newest liquor store has quickly become its most popular. The Cellar features a vast selection of craft beers, wines and spirits with a very well-versed staff to help in the decision-making. The Cellar is curated and owned by Angelica Robinson and her husband Lee Backer.
They were surprised to have been voted "Best Liquor Store" in this year's Best of Taos poll considering their first year anniversary was May 19. Lee Backer is the son of Cid's Food Market owner Cid Backer. Cid is their landlord. They lease the building from him, but this is their project.
Lee has been working at his father's successful market practically his whole life, having been store manager for 15 years. Angelica is an accountant by trade. She did a lot of work for restaurants; that's how she learned about liquor offerings and sales. Both are born and bred Taoseños. While Lee enjoyed working at the family business, he saw an unclaimed niche in town that created an itch he had to scratch.
"I felt like since Bravo closed in like 2009 that there was a real void in town that never got filled," he explained, "and so, kind of ever since then I was always like, 'we should do this.' "
"It's been a lot of work trying to get the liquor license and where are we going to put (the liquor store)," Angelica added. "Ideally, it needed to be around the vicinity of Cid's because of the one-stop shopping."
That was an important aspect in their planning for The Cellar. For many years, they tried to procure the property next door where A La Carte: World Street Food is currently located. That plan didn't come to fruition, but once they secured the property behind Cid's, it took about two years to handle all of the paperwork and get the building erected.
"It's a labor of love," Angelica grinned. "Every employee here has something to offer that helps keep expanding our selection."
The goal all along was to offer selections that weren't found all over town. "Some of the stuff we have here can be found elsewhere in town, but a lot of it, especially on the wine side, you can't really get anywhere else in Taos. Let's do something different and offer products that you can't find in the grocery store or the gas station or other liquor stores," Lee added. At The Cellar, you won't find 30 packs of Budweiser or 40-ounce liquor bottles on the well-stocked, easy-to-navigate shelves and floor displays in the uncluttered space. Sometimes someone comes in looking for a more obscure liquor. If you can't find it at The Cellar, they can special order it so long as it's available in New Mexico.
More than half of the wine at The Cellar is organic or biodynamic. They have many beers that are non-GMO and a lot of spirits that are both organic and non-GMO.
Another goal is to facilitate with local restaurants and offer the same great wine at The Cellar that you had while dining out in Taos. Finding more quality products is an ongoing aim and challenge.
They admit they stop at Kokoman Fine Wines and Liquor in Santa Fe every chance they get and, "for the most part," Angelica said, The Cellar's prices are right in line.
And while The Cellar has a comparable selection to Kokoman, what it doesn't have in common are tall stacks of beer cases and lots of signage inside and all over windows. Angelica humorously admits it's her "OCD" that's showing in the clean, contemporary and minimal decor of The Cellar.
"I really wanted to change the culture around alcohol," she explained. "A liquor store doesn't have to be dark and dingy. It doesn't have to have case stacks everywhere. It can be really clean and bright and open and have a positive feel."
What makes changing the culture around alcohol exciting to them is that it opens up the mentality of drinking by encouraging the mindset of "let's enjoy this by trying something new and reach outside of our box."
In that vein, every Friday and Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m., The Cellar hosts a free "informal" beer and wine tasting.
The Cellar
623 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos (behind Cid's Food Market)
(575) 758-7445
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Denying access to public education to any child because of his or her actual or perceived legal status is illegal–and the Departments of Justice and Education want to make sure school districts understand this. Today the departments jointly issued a "Dear Colleague" letter informing school districts that they have become aware of enrollment practices that may chill enrollment. Several school districts around the country have added requirements that parents present birth certificates or provide Social Security numbers for children when enrolling. The letter makes clear that such practices are illegal, both under the 1982 Supreme Court ruling in Plyler v. Doe and under lower court rulings blocking some provisions in Arizona and Alabama anti-illegal immigration laws passed more recently. Districts may still require proof of residency in the district, which might include utility bills or other proof that the family actually lives within the attendance zone for the school.
While anti-immigration groups will complain about this new effort by the feds, in fact it is nothing new and will ensure that children–many if not most of whom are US citizens–receive the education they need to become fully participating members of their communities. In most states, property taxes provide the bulk of funding for education. All persons–renters as well as home owners–pay real estate taxes that fund schools, so the argument that the children of illegal immigrants are free loaders is inaccurate.


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2019 Technical projects
By the very nature of its activity, the Marine Ingredients Industry is rooted in local areas. As well as an environmental stewardship, it has a responsibility to contribute to their economic development and social cohesion. While new and undergoing technical projects will help gather data, they will also serve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
To be always ahead of the curve, IFFO keeps an eye on any emerging issues in the marine ingredients industry, keeping members up to date and responding when needed. Work is underway to deliver 7 technical projects approved by the Board earlier in 2017–18.
Fishmeal quality parameters and their relation to the nutritional requirements of fed aquatic and terrestrial species
IFFO commissioned Prof. Brett Glencross to look at the quality parameters in the global fishmeal products, investigating the factors that supply nutritional, health and welfare benefits to a range of farmed aquatic and terrestrial species. This work is equally important to IFFO in establishing the true value of the contributions supplied by marine ingredients in aquafeed and animal feed, crucial information that feeds into bioeconomic models and the marine ingredients industry's sustainability.
The project started in 2018 but the 2019 aspect of it is to look at how different fishmeals perform nutritionally with farmed salmon.
Find more information here.
Strategies for reducing/delaying oxidation in fishmeal and fish oil
This project work is a long-running priority for IFFO. The objectives of the study are to detail options and strategies for controlling oxidation in fishmeal and fish oil and propose to the IFFO members some alternative strategies for oxidation reduction/delay to meet modern consumer and regulatory requirements. It will look at novel antioxidants and their application to fishmeal.
Plastics and their relevance in Fishmeal and Fish Oil production
The aim of the project is to provide information and data to help understanding of the issue of risk associated with plastics and fishmeal and fish oil production.
More information is available here.
Feeding the World Whilst Protecting Biodiversity: investigating the different environmental impacts of marine vs terrestrial protein production
A team of international experts in the field of fisheries and agriculture environmental impacts is working on a project work which will outline how much the production of the different proteins impacts biodiversity. In particular this will be a comparison of marine protein production with terrestrial vegetable protein.
More information can be accessed here.
A more sophisticated way of looking at Fish-In:Fish Out ratios: New methodology for scoring hierarchies for fish-out options in FIFO calculations
IFFO commissioned Richard Newton (Aqua Horizons Consultancy) to look at the Fish In: Fish Out paradigm in a more sophisticated manner, one that shall take into account the true value of fishmeal and fish oil and their nutritional benefit in aquafeed. This project started in 2018 and a Phase II will be delivered by the end of 2019.
Find more information here.
Fishmeal production in West Africa
This study will look at the issues relating to West African fishmeal production from the perspective of social, economic and environmental sustainability with the aim of identifying where improvements can be prioritised and targeted to enable increasingly responsible supplies of fishmeal. Through this study which is co-funded with IFFO by the Global Aquaculture Alliance, IFFO wants to fill in information gaps in order to support positive change in the industry on the long-run, where that is required.
More information can be accessed here.
Screening fishmeals for performance in aquafeed – salmon
Prof. Brett Glencross of the University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture, was commissioned to take forward the results of the work delivered in project on fishmeal quality to look specifically at fishmeal performance in farmed Atlantic salmon, enhancing those results to provide a database with real world application. Farmed salmon models will be used to specifically evaluate the nutritional performance of select fishmeals on this species.
More information is available here.
IFFO members can expect more information to be reported on these projects in the Annual Conference, as well as next year's Annual Report.


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Each spring, hundreds of millions of northbound vireos, flycatchers, warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks, orioles and other neotropical songbirds course directly over Louisiana, traveling from their tropical wintering grounds to their temperate nesting grounds to our north. A substantial number of these birds will also settle into various breeding habitats throughout our own state. The cypress-tupelo swamps and bottomland hardwood forests of the vast Atchafalaya Basin (pronounced, "Uh-CHAFF-uh-lie-uh" by us locals) in south-central Louisiana is one of Louisiana's best places to witness this wondrous event.
Rain and northerly wind-shifts during these occasional spring cool fronts often temporarily halts this great airborne stream of migrating birds and puts them down at the first available forested sites, where they find shelter, rest, food and water. Once the front passes and the winds shift back to the south, most of the birds will again take to the air, en route to points north, but many will linger and others will stay. When frontal passages do occur, as is the case this morning, we can almost be assured of an excellent day of birding. On these occasions, day lists almost always total over 100 species and can include over 20 species of warblers alone.
6:17 a.m.
One-third of the way across the 20-mile-wide Atchafalaya Basin, I've just taken the Whiskey Bay exit on I-10, and have headed north on LA 975, a 15-mile gravel road that parallels the east bank of the Whiskey Bay Pilot Channel northward through its confluence with the old Atchafalaya River. The wet woodlands on both sides of these waterways have been preserved and are split into three distinct management areas: the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries – and along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River – the Indian Bayou Natural Area, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
My first stop is unsigned, and known by local birders as "the water hole," a rather small and inconspicuous spot of permanent water adjoining the east side of the road, and located exactly one-quarter of a mile north of LA 975's juncture with Interstate 10. Traffic noise from the nearby freeway is high, but even it cannot drown out the breeding songs of dozens of songbird species. From where I'm standing, I can hear the loud, "Purdy-Purdy-Purdy...tweet-tweet-tweet-TWEET-tweet" songs of at least three dozen northern cardinals, along with the equally strident, piercing, "sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-SWEET!" songs of a half-dozen male prothonotary warblers. Three separate vireo species are also making their presence known, including the sing-song, monotonous calls of dozens of white-eyed and red-eyed vireos emanating from the forest mid-story, as well as the quieter, distinctly hoarser, "reaoo-reeyee?" calls of several yellow-throated vireos from higher up in the canopy.
All around the little water hole itself, several wood thrushes, blue-gray gnatcatchers, Carolina chickadees, and a lone Louisiana waterthrush are flitting in and out for their first drinks of the day. Up above, squadrons of great egrets, little blue herons, white ibis, along with "singles" of yellow-crowned night-herons, green herons and snowy egrets are making their morning commutes from local nesting rookeries to foraging areas deep in the swamp.
9:44 a.m.
I've just made it past Des Ourses Swamp at Sherburne (French for "Swamp of the Bears"), no more than three miles north of "the water hole." Bird traffic has been so heavy that I've been forced to make extended stops every half-mile or so–—a fairly normal pace here along LA 975, especially during the spring and early summer months—out of fear of missing something. The temperature's been heating up right along with the bird action, moving from a balmy 72 degrees at dawn, to a current reading of about 88 degrees. Overhead, eastbound clouds are quickly breaking up to reveal a pastel blue sky.
About a mile back, I watched an adult red-shouldered hawk hauling a three-foot, still-struggling, banded water snake to one of two fledgling hawklets, both perched patiently within the understory of a mixed grove of green ash and American sycamore. Predictably, at the tops of the sycamores, two or three American redstarts were scouting for appropriate nest locations. Sometimes referred to as "the butterflies of the warbler family," redstarts have a habit of continuously flicking the feathers of their wings and tails outward, similar to the habit of a displaying butterfly. The robin-like song of a male summer tanager floated softly out from the top of a nearby ash. Within the short span of just under three miles, I've heard at least nine singing summer tanagers—amazing density for such a loner of a species.
Speaking of density, my daily total for prothonotary warbler is already up to 22, along with 26 red-eyed vireos, and 36 white-eyed vireos. I'm not sure if the heavy bead of sweat leaking right down between my eyes is due to the fast-heating swamp air or from the excitement of the chase.
11:15 a.m.
Right on time, I've made it as far north as the intersection of LA 975 and Happy Town Road (actually a dirt lane that plunges due east off of LA 975 and through the swamp before it terminates at a boat landing just past Alabama Bayou). I say, right on time, because during the spring and summer months here, 11:30 a.m. is hands-down the best time of day and the juncture of LA 975 and Happy Town Road is the best place to see the elusive swallow-tailed kite, by far the most elegant—and most rare—of the Basin bird community. On the endangered species list in South Carolina, and listed as "threatened" in Texas, this graceful southeastern U.S. raptor seems to be holding its own in Louisiana.
Sure enough, not one but three kites are presently wheeling high above me, apparently engaged in some sort of acrobatic courtship ritual. With gentle dove-like faces and pure white bodies accented by jet-black wingtips and tails, these two-foot birds soar effortlessly on pointed four-foot wings just over the forest canopy for hours at a time, hunting for lizards, small arboreal snakes, cicadas, katydids and the like.
Wow. Barely half of the day has passed, and my day list is already pushing 80 species. Best birds have included three least bitterns, a bald eagle, 15 Mississippi kites, a merlin, and three ospreys – all headed north along the Atchafalaya – along with several each of Baltimore oriole, wood thrush, veery, and 10 additional warbler species: yellow-throated, American redstart, Swainson's, Tennessee, magnolia, hooded, Kentucky, yellow-breasted chat, common yellow-throat and worm-eating. In addition to prothonotary warbler, white and red-eyed vireo, other species seen in numbers of at least 75 individuals have included: great egret, snowy egret, white ibis, little blue heron, yellow-crowned night-heron, wood duck, blue-winged teal, red-bellied woodpecker and northern parula.
All in all, just another incredibly average day on the "Whiskey Trail."


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Effects of Clearcutting with Whole Tree Harvesting on Woody and Herbaceous Plant Diversity After 17-Years of Regrowth in a Southern Appalachian Forest
Wright, David Kenyon
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This study examines the effects of clearcut regeneration with whole-tree harvesting on plant diversity. Three approaches were used to study changes in species composition and structure: (1) forest level, (2) stand level, and (3) diversity indices. Within each approach the forest was stratified into three horizontal vegetative regions based upon height: herb (< 1 m), shrub (between 1 and 5 m), and tree (> 5 m). Between the pre-harvest and 17-year-old forest, the relative percent cover of 3 out of 45 herbaceous and 2 out of 34 woody species were found to be significantly different (df = 3; a = 0.10) in the herb stratum; the importance value (average of relative basal area and stem density) of 2 out of 25 woody species in the shrub stratum; and 1 out of 21 woody species in the tree stratum. Within stands, the three lower quality, 17-year-old stands (SI50 = 12.2, 15.2, and 18.3 m) most resembled their pre-harvest composition; however, increases in ericaceous species were observed in the herb and shrub strata potentially inhibit the future regeneration of tree species. The SI50 = 21.3 m stand incurred the greatest changes in composition potentially due to the lack of fire as a disturbance mechanism. The major mechanism that has caused the shifts in species composition and structure is the change in the microenvironment due to the removal of the overstory, which has shifted the competitive advantages from one species to another. In all cases, diversity indices were not found to be significantly different between the 17-year-old and pre-harvest forests. Diversity indices were therefore determined to have limited use if a manager wants to know specific compositions and/or abundance of species.
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It will be the words that matter, but this being a subject connected to wine, we have established a 100-point rating system. Unlike the other 100-point system, the one of incomparable accuracy, this system works in reverse. The news that we select each week is the kind of information that leans toward the absurd, the incredible, the comical, the truly stupid. Our rating system of a news item starts with 100 points just for being selected--each 5 points below 100 symbolizes our attempt at trying to be nice.
And so...to borrow from Murrow: here now, the news.
The Reviewer Card.
Few words can describe this one.
We won't give his name or his Web site address, because we don't want to give this fellow any traffic, but last week, a 35-year-old sharpie was reported to have come up with what in his mind is a brilliant idea: shakedown restaurants and retailers for wine (and food) freebies.
The idea came from the fact that people with more time on their hands than is probably good for the world can use that time on Yelp to do some good--for themselves. (Yelp is the most important social media happening since the Lascaux Caves.)
Now Yelp reviewers can show their blatant self-importance with the flash of REVIEWERCARD. We heard a rumor that the card comes with a supply of toilet paper so that the reviewer can offer some to the restaurant or retail manager to wipe up what he or she is supposed to do at the sight of the card.
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Drunks don't kill--cars do. Right?
The National Rifle Association (NRA) unveiled a two-step approach toward protecting our Second Amendment rights.
The first step in the NRA plan is to establish a relationship with one of those wine clubs that offers exclusive wine deals to everyone capable of believing that the deals are exclusive, which apparently counts as an awful lot of people.
Learning from Mother's Against Drunk Driving, the NRA's second step is to sell stickers sporting the slogan "Don't Drink and Shoot" intended to slap on all weapons large enough to kill groups of people within seconds. The sticker will be printed in blurry script, so that everyone who drinks will be able to read it.
According to NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, purchases from the NRA wine club will directly benefit support of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and "...the other basic freedoms of the American Culture."
95 because we cannot figure out what LaPierre is talking about.
Rather than being in a row, ducks on each coast are having a row
Napa Valley's Duckhorn Vineyards claims that by not putting Duck Walk Vineyard's geographic location on the front label of Duck Walk wines, use of the word "duck" by the Long Island winery is in violation of an earlier settlement when Duckhorn sued Duck Walk over a perceived duck-centric trademark infringement.
According to Duck Walk's attorney, Duckhorn does not have a trademark on the word "duck" and therefore has a quack case.
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What the world needs: another Southern Wine and Spirits distribution facility
The Miami-based octopus known as Southern Wine and Spirits will open a 2,500 square foot facility in Salisbury, Maryland (a 2.5 hour drive from Monkton, Maryland, and rightly so).
This new plant marks just another regional location for the tiny family business that today spans 35 states, but we are certain is eying the remaining 15. Southern gives new meaning to the idea that Repeal of Prohibition removed questionable control over alcohol sales and distribution in the U.S.
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This upright or Fastigiate hornbeam makes a superb specimen tree with its tidy upright head, it requires clipping once a year in mid- to late summer to keep it looking tidy. Although it is deciduous, it retains its coppery dead leaves throughout the winter so it remains an effective screen. Green catkins appear in spring and winged nuts develop in autumn. This mature specimen is 25-30cm girth and clear stemmed up to 2m in height and then its upright head breaks.
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Thieves in northern California made off with millions of dollars in gold from a local courthouse, and a Los Angeles gold buyer said their timing was impeccable.
"It's the best time someone could've stolen a lot of gold, I guess," Matt Carmody, owner of the Diamond and Gold Exchange in Santa Monica, said, referring to the sky-rocketing value of gold.
When Carmody started his business in 2008, gold was selling at just under $800 per ounce. Four years later, the commodity rakes in more than twice that much – selling at about $1,750 per ounce.
Local news from across Southern California
Two suspects, described only as white men in their 30s, reportedly broke into the gold case housed in the Siskiyou County Courthouse lobby around 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, according to county sheriffs.
Surveillance video showed the men using a metal bar on what was supposed to be unbreakable glass. Yreka authories have posted a $15,000 reward in the case.
The total value of what was taken was still being calculated, but initial estimates quoted the loot at about $3 million, according to Siskiyou County Treasurer Wayne Hammer.
Gold have always been an expensive commodity, but it's sale has never been as lucrative as it now, Carmody said. Gold reached an all-time high of about $1,900 per ounce in August 2011.
The dwindling dollar is to thank for the modern-day gold rush, he said. As the price of the dollar goes down, the value of gold, called a safe haven for investors, rises.
"Gold is suddenly more attractive," Carmody said. "It sounds like the ultimate robbery where someone was thinking big."
But the Yreka thieves will have their work cut out for them.
Strict rules require gold buyers to wait 35 days before their sell a piece. In the meantime, the seller's personal information and thumb print are sent to the local police to check and file.
Gold nuggets are a rare sight to see at gold-buying stores, Carmody said. Usually pure gold is in the form of a bar, and the largest nuggets he's seen have been the size of a fingertip.
Selling $3 million of gold nuggets would require breaking up the pot and selling it piecemeal, he said.
But even then, red flags would go up.
"We do have our radars up, because if we accidently bought something stolen, we have to return it to police," Carmody said. "So, we would still loose."
As the poor economy leaves more Americans hard-pressed for cash, the gold business is booming.
"A little gold goes a long way," Carmody said.
Siskiyou sheriffs reprimanded the suspects in a press release, claiming they "stole a piece of our Siskyou County history."
Gold was first discovered in the Yreka area in 1851, and shortly thereafter more than 2,000 miners were combing the area, according to county documents. Millions of dollars in gold have been retrieved from the rocky rivers and streams that flow through the county.
Officials promises to "not rest until the perpetrators are identified and held to answer for their crimes," and said they were developing promising leads.


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In a case reversed and remanded by the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Court in Connecticut again held that a General Electric subsidiary could treat Dutch banks' interests as partnership equity rather than debt. In so doing, the district court in the long-running TIFD III-E case again sided with the taxpayer in its transaction with two foreign banks that the Second Circuit had labeled a tax avoidance "fiction." For earlier "Tax Matters" coverage, see "IRS Scores Victory Over Alleged Tax Shelter," April 07, page 78, and "A Winning Tax Shelter Case," June 05, page 93.
General Electric Capital Corp. (GECC) purchased and then leased commercial airplanes to airline companies. When the commercial airlines encountered financial difficulties in the early 1990s, GECC began searching for ways to reduce its risks. Accordingly, three subsidiaries of GECC (TIFD III-E Inc., TIFD III-M Inc., and General Electric Capital AG) formed Castle Harbour-I LLC in 1993. Later, the GECC subsidiaries sold $50 million worth of their interests to two Dutch banks, ING and Rabo Merchant Bank, which then contributed an additional $67.5 million in cash to Castle Harbour. The GECC subsidiaries contributed cash, receivables and leased airplanes. The bank's partnership interests were self-liquidating; that is, they would be bought out in eight years in a complex system of allocating income, gains and losses. In 2001, the IRS reclassified the banks as creditors rather than equity partners, increasing the tax liability of TIFD III-E Inc., Castle Harbour's tax matters partner, by $62.2 million for tax years 1993 through 1998. TIFD III-E paid the amount and sued for a refund.
The district court ruled (342 F. Supp. 2d 94 (11/10/2004)) that tax avoidance may have been a principal but not sole consideration, that the transaction was undertaken to at least some extent for a nontax business purpose, and that it created a true partnership with valid partnership interests. Furthermore, it did not, as the IRS argued, violate partnership allocation rules of IRC § 704(b), the court said. The IRS appealed.
The Second Circuit reversed and remanded (459 F.3d 220 (8/3/2006)), holding that the Dutch banks were not bona fide equity partners in Castle Harbour under the test of U.S. v. Culbertson (337 U.S. 733 (1949)), that courts should determine by facts and circumstances the true nature of a purported business interest irrespective of its label. In a footnote, the Second Circuit left for consideration by the district court what it said was the taxpayer's argument that the arrangement constituted a family partnership under section 704(e).
On remand, the district court found in that footnote a rationale to reassert its original holding. It cited Evans v. Commissioner (54 TC 40, aff'd, 477 F.2d 547 (7th Cir., 1971)) and Carriage Square Inc. v. Commissioner (69 TC 119) as holding that the language of section 704(e) is sufficiently broad to apply to non-family partnerships. Section 704(e)(1) provides that a purchaser or donee of a partnership interest is recognized as a partner where that person owns and exercises dominion and control over a capital interest in a partnership in which capital is a material income-producing factor. The banks could exercise dominion and control because they had the right to force liquidation of the partnership, the court said. The court also applied tests of Treas. Regs. §§ 1.704-1(e)(2)(iv) through (vi): The banks participated in the management of the partnership and received distributions, and the partnership conducted its business consistent with the understanding that the banks owned their interests.
In determining that the Dutch banks were capital interest holders, the district court looked at the outcome of hypothetically liquidating their interests as well as their actual liquidation. The court stated, "Because, upon liquidation, the Dutch Banks were paid out of their capital accounts, which reflected their stake in Castle Harbour's capital, and were not instead limited to sharing in the profits and losses of the partnership, the Banks' interests in Castle Harbour were capital interests." Although it was not the case, the court noted that under this arrangement the capital accounts of the Dutch banks could have been negative upon dissolution.
Finally, the Service contended that the Dutch banks' capital contributions were not income-producing because of the additional constraints set forth on the use of cash after the contributions. However, the district court rejected this argument and emphasized that consideration should focus on whether a substantial portion of gross income was produced by the capital of the business, which it said had occurred in this case, rather than focusing on a particular partner's capital contribution.
TIFD III-E Inc. v. U.S. , docket nos. 3:01cv1839 and 3:01cv1840 (Conn. 10/23/2009)
By Wei-Chih Chiang, DBA, assistant professor of accounting, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas.


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The summer of 2018 has been a momentous one for media merger mania. Although this sounds like a topic for a high-level economics course, the approved and proposed media mergers involve a number of name-brand companies, and will have a significant effect on media culture, journalism, and what we'll be watching and streaming on phones and other screens in the coming years.
Among the proposed mergers:
- AT&T's takeover of TimeWarner
- Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox
- Sinclair Broadcasting's acquisition of Tribune Media,
- a Sprint and T-Mobile merger
- a re-merger of CBS and Viacom
The most recent wave of mergers waited upon the decision of a lawsuit between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and AT&T over its planned purchase of TimeWarner, which would signal whether the Department of Justice would prevail in enforcing antitrust law. A federal judge approved the merger on June 15, which put Warner Bros. studios, HBO, and Turner under the corporate umbrella of AT&T, one of the two major mobile phone companies. The DOJ decided to appeal the decision, but AT&T still proceeded with its work, renaming its new subsidiary "Warner Media."
AT&T's reason for the acquisition was to control a huge flow of media content to stream on its mobile phone network so it could compete with other digital giants like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Netflix. AT&T's CEO says they want to deliver a "mobile-first entertainment experience." AT&T has a head start with HBO, which is already streaming premium content, but it will need to continue to produce hits like "Game of Thrones" in the coming years to compete with all of the other digital media companies that have the same idea.
Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox (including its movie studio, but not Fox News FS1 sports, or Fox Broadcasting Network), approved in July, was proposed for the same reason. Disney now adds to its roster films like Avatar, Titanic, and the X-Men franchise, along with shows like "The Simpsons" and "This is Us" (broadcast on NBC, but produced by 20th Century Fox Television), along with cable channels FX and National Geographic, and majority ownership of Hulu. Disney reportedly will roll out three streaming offerings: 1) an entertainment channel (with Disney animation, Marvel films, Pixar Films, Star Wars, and everything else in the Disney and Fox film libraries) – people are already dubbing this Disneyflix, 2) a sports stream (Disney owns ESPN), and 3) Hulu, of which Disney now has controlling ownership, for streaming television shows. Disney looks to be a formidable challenger to Netflix.
Still awaiting approval are a Sprint and T-Mobile merger. There are only four main mobile phone companies in the U.S, and these two are the third and fourth largest, after AT&T and Verizon. A&T tried to buy T-Mobile in 2011, but it was rejected by the Antitrust Division of the DOJ on the basis that it would have hurt competition in the business. Will this merger survive the same standard?
After splitting in 2006, CBS and Viacom may re-merge, too, although that story has become complicated by the bad blood between Viacom's leadership and CBS's Chairman and CEO Les Moonves, who also became subject to a sexual misconduct investigation this summer after another blockbuster report of a #MeToo case by Ronan Farrow for The New Yorker magazine.
Sinclair, already the largest local TV station owner in the U.S., would have become even larger with the TV station properties of Tribune Media, reaching about 70 percent of U.S. TV households. Of particular concern is that the Sinclair, which has a history of imposing right-wing politics on its local stations' newscasts, would have created a broadcast version of Fox News. As the FCC began to make regulatory approval more difficult, the deal fell apart in August.
Historically, half of all mergers and acquisitions are failures, and the planned synergies across the various subsidies are never realized. Consider, for example, the disastrous AOL–Time Warner merger of 2001 or News Corp.'s expensive bad bet on the success of Myspace in 2005. Time will tell with the mergers of 2018. Did AT&T and Disney invest billions to create even better (and more profitable) media experiences for the post-cable world, or did they waste their money by misreading the path consumers would be taking in the future? Like with earlier mergers, we should know in a few years.


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Bouchon has been one of Asheville's premier restaurants for many years. Not only are their french fries famous, but their mussels are so delicious, and those are just the starter plates to get ready for the main courses. Their crepes were made perfectly, and tasted as if we were dining in France once …READ MORE
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Of course in Asheville, you have plenty of Mexican food choices from Papas & Beer to Mamas & Beer, but this is one that does not have a person affiliated with it, only a nacho. Nachos & Beer has been our go-to spot lately for Mexican food. If you don't know where it is, you head …READ MORE
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I thought I knew what Chinese food was my whole life. I mean I grew up in New York City and there was a little Chinese food takeout spot every couple of blocks. It was great because we could grab a pint of Pork Fried Rice, just like we did a Slice of Pizza, and …READ MORE
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Tacos are taking over Asheville North Carolina. It all started out years ago when a few burrito and taco shops opened. Then a couple of food trucks came on the scene with some tasty tacos. After that, several restaurants started offering craft cuisine style tacos as entrees. Then White Duck came and sort of perfected …READ MORE
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The Noodle Shop in downtown Asheville is one of those few places in the area that serves real Chinese cuisine. And believe me, we have been to them all at one time or another. The restaurant is small, tight and cozy; reminding me of the little hole-in-the-wall Chinese food takeout spots in New York City …READ MORE
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Since we live in Asheville, we find ourselves complaining sometimes that there is no place to eat. Of course we live in a land of plentiful eateries, but after living here for awhile, we are always on the lookout for new places to try. And that is sometimes a gamble. When you visit a new restaurant, you …READ MORE


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Tan Renga November Challenge: Day 6. Yes, I am one day behind schedule. *Steph from Restraint Unfettered is the featured haiku writer today. Her beautiful haiku comes first followed with my two, seven-syllable line ending.
the eucalyptus
captures the iridescence
in the morning fog*
a flash of lustrous colors
fuse with first sip of chai tea
…And how did your morning flash on today?
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Getting divorced does not mean that you have to go to court. There is no one size fits all approach to divorce. The best approach for you to resolve your concerns will depend on your own circumstances. We will discuss your aims and objectives with you so that we understand what it is you want to achieve.
We will help you decide what is the best way for you to resolve your particular family law issue whether that might be:
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- respond to requests from you;
- manage those services we provide to you;
- train and manage the employment of our workers who deliver those services;
- help investigate any worries or complaints you have about your services;
- keep track of spending on services;
- check the quality of services; and
- to help with research and planning of new services.
Legal basis for using your personal data
Each of the privacy notices from the links below explain for each department which legal reason is being used.
Generally the legal basis for processing your information is where: -
- you, have given consent
- you have entered into a contract with us
- it is necessary to perform our statutory duties
- it is necessary to protect someone in an emergency
- it is required by law
- it is necessary for employment purposes
- it is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims
- you have made your information publicly available
- it is to the benefit of society as a whole
- it is necessary to protect public health
- it is necessary for archiving, research, or statistical purposes
- it is in the public interest to do so
- legitimate purpose
- It amounts to a substantial public interest
- It concerns social security law or employment law
Please note where we are relying on consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
How we store your data
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
When and why we share your information
We may need to share your information within the Council between departments and with external agencies such as other public bodies and companies that carry out activities on the Councils behalf. Each of the privacy notices from the links below explain for each department who your information may be shared with and the reasons why.
We may also share your personal information when we feel there's a good reason that's more important than protecting your privacy.
In order to find and stop crime and fraud; or if there are serious risks to the public, our staff or to
- other professionals;
- to protect a child; or
- to protect adults who are thought to be at risk, for example if they are frail, confused or cannot understand what is happening to them.
For all of these reasons the risk must be serious before we can override your right to privacy.
If we're worried about your physical safety or feel we need to take action to protect you from being harmed in other ways, we'll discuss this with you and, if possible, get your permission to tell others about your situation before doing so.
We may still share your information if we believe the risk to others is serious enough to do so.
There may also be rare occasions when the risk to others is so great that we need to share information straight away. If this is the case, we'll make sure that we record what information we share and our reasons for doing so. We'll let you know what we've done and why if we think it is safe to do so.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
This authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for; auditing, or administering public funds, or where undertaking a public function, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Cabinet Office is responsible for carrying out data matching exercises.
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where a match is found it may indicate that there is an inconsistency which requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.
We participate in the Cabinet Office's National Fraud Initiative: a data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Minister for the Cabinet Office for matching for each exercise, as detailed here.
The use of data by the Cabinet Office in a data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned.
Data matching by the Cabinet Office is subject to a Code of Practice.
View further information on the Cabinet Office's legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular information.
International transfers
Where personal data is to be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, measures will be taken to ensure that an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects is in place in relation to the processing of personal data.
Data retention
How long will you use my personal data for?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
The Council will hold your personal data based on the following criteria.
- For as long as we have reasonable business needs;
- For as long as we provide goods and /or services to you and then for as long as someone could bring a legal claim against the Council;
- Retention periods in line with legal and regulatory requirements or guidance
Where your personal data is included within Council, Cabinet or Committee documentation this will be retained in perpetuity.
Each of the privacy notices from the links below explain for each department the relevant retention period that is used.
Your legal rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the following rights:
- Request access to your personal data.
- Request correction of your personal data.
- Request erasure of your personal data.
- Object to processing of your personal data
- Request restriction of processing your personal data.
- Request transfer of your personal data.
- Right to withdraw consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact the DPO at email@example.com.
For more information regarding the rights set out above, please refer to the Council's Information Rights Policy http://www.newforest.gov.uk/article/18215/GDPR.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may refuse to comply with your request if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive.
Law Enforcement Privacy Notice
- Purpose and legal basis for processing
- What we need
- Why we need it
- What we do with it
- How long we keep it
- What are your rights?
- Do we use any data processors?
Purpose and legal basis for processing
Our purpose is to investigate and take regulatory action in line with our statutory duties.
We rely on Schedule 8 1(a) and (b) of the Data Protection Act 2018 to process your personal data. This relates to processing 'necessary for the exercise of a function conferred on a person by an enactment or rule of law, and is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest'. This is part of our regulatory function.
What we need
When we investigate an alleged criminal offence, we'll compile information and evidence about it.
Why we need it
In our role as a local authority, we need to establish whether the legislation we oversee has been breached, so that we can take legal action if appropriate. So we'll gather relevant information about you to do this.
What we do with it
We will only use your personal information to see whether the legislation has been breached, and for prosecution purposes if we have evidence of a breach.
In some circumstances we may share your personal information with law enforcement and other agencies during an investigation.
If we proceed to take legal action, we'll share this information with our legal counsel, the courts and any co-defendants and their legal representatives.
When we take enforcement action against someone, we may publish the defendant's identity in the media. Usually we do not identify any complainants unless the details have already been made public.
How long we keep it
We will normally keep your data for 6 years.
What are your rights?
Personal data about criminal convictions and offences falls under Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for 'law enforcement purposes'. There are specific rights for this type of personal data.
The law enforcement purposes are stated in the legislation as 'the purposes for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security.'
You have a right to access your personal data held by or for us. You also have a right to get inaccurate data rectified and incomplete data completed, and for your personal data to be erased in certain circumstances.
Do we use any data processors?
Yes - we may use external legal counsel for court proceedings


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Last year at the Spelthorne in Bloom awards I listened to the High Sherriff talking about the power of bringing a community together through joint enterprise and effort. The blooming High Streets, local pub gardens and monuments gave our hearts a lift when we passed by and we know it is down to the joint toils of so many.
There are a couple of projects you can get involved in and make a difference.
Laleham Park, so enjoyed by so many, is watched over by local volunteer group, Laleham Park Watch. You may have heard of it. They are part of Spelthorne Neighbourhood Watch. Local coordinator for the scheme is Rowena Smith and she is keen to spread the word and engage with users of the park and to get more volunteers to get involved. "Sometimes", she says,
"engaging the park users can be a challenge, I have to try and engage with them whilst they are walking in the park, not easy especially when they are trying to walk their dogs or entertain their children or even harder the runners!"
The group has been going for about two years. Membership is governed by use of the park and not where people live. The aim is to keep people safe, improve the facilities and report the activities of those who maybe using the park illegally or anti-socially.
There is NO cost involved to members. An email address is useful but information can be sent via the post. If you want to know more or get involved contact Rowena on 01784 243541 or email Rowena.smith1052 @btinternet.com.
If you want to get your hands dirty, you can make a difference to the first impression many get of Shepperton. The corner of Renfree Way and the High Street by The Three Horseshoes has long been a bit of lost vegetation (we do like the boat though!). The plan is to cut back the vegetation, create a lawned area, flower beds and a live willow hedge.
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So rather than having a lie in on the morning on Sunday 23rd February why not get some jeans and wellies on and come and make a difference. This is a Community Event and several local groups are involved in it. You will be able to enjoy making a difference and take pride in what you have done when it blooms and thrives later in the season.
If you are interested please give Peter Routley a call on 01932 232344.
If you like the outdoors, but more from the warmth then why not join the Spelthorne Natural History Society at one of their evening talks. On Wednesday February 12th 8.00pm at The Greeno Centre, Aljos Farjon from Kew will give a talk on 'The Ancient Oaks of Britain', or you can get out and see the snowdrops on Sunday 16th by joining Gordon Freeman at Ankerwyke Priory.
Meet in Magna Carta Lane, Wraysbury, off B376 Staines Road.
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Our sustainable practices are aligned with the quality of the shoes we produce. Our shoes are made from 100% ecological leather, giving the shoes a wonderful and enjoyable touch.
MOMOC shoes are intended for the daily lives of women who want to be fashionable and comfortable at the same time. We know how important this is, so we try to make your life easier!
The lasts we use have been tested and chosen for their comfort and style. The high quality of our materials creates timeless shoes.
Made in Spain, for real. By this we mean that not only are our shoes made in Spain, also most of our materials are sourced from within Spain. From the origins of most of our materials to the shoes' final production, we are a Made in Spain brand.
Supporting local production also entails our regular visiting the shoe factory, which helps us create long-term relationships with our suppliers that are closer and based on trust. In turn, this closeness promotes transparency throughout the shoe-manufacturing process and assures quality standards.
We are followers of the #fashionrevolution and #whomademyclothes movement. We believe "green is the new black".
As sustainability is a core value of our company, we are continually searching for new sustainable materials with the aim to reduce our environmental impact while matching or surpassing the quality of other non-sustainable materials.
Reducing our CO2 footprint and water usage is our main concern. By using ecological chrome-free and metal-free tanned leather, we minimize the environmental impact, reduce water consumption and chemical charge in the effluents and the recycling thereof. This is in addition to our reusing solid wastes as fertilizers, naturally drying the leather at room temperatures and reducing volatile compounds emissions.
Our shoes bags are made with 100% organic cotton.
The circular business model is the future.
Our soles are made from recycled natural rubber, providing your feet with flexibility and comfort. The insoles are made from recycled leather with a wonderful silky touch and our packaging uses recycled cardboard. Our sustainable methods will not stop here and we will continue to search for ways to use recycled materials as much as possible, while staying chic!
Social & Environmental Responsibility
"Giving back is among the most important and valuable things an entrepreneur can do."
We donate 2% of our profits to non-profit organisations (NPOs) that are mainly engaged in reforestation and the reintegration of animals in their natural habitat and/or the conservation of animals that cannot be reintegrated. We collaborate with the following:
Reforestum is a new start-up that measures the carbon footprint of your daily activities, offering you the possibility to become carbon neutral by planning and developing your own forests. Please visit their web site for more information: https://reforestum.com/
Animal Sanctuaries. Sanctuaries are "paradises" and the best alternative for animals that have suffered terrible torture/mistreatment by humans and have been rescued by these sanctuaries where they can retire and live peacefully and, if possible, work on their reintegration into wildlife. Before choosing the sanctuaries with which we collaborate, we research them to ensure they comply with standards. It is clear for us that the animals should be respected and not treated as props or objects.
Please note that MOMOC is a new start-up and we still need to generate profits. We will keep you posted when we give our first donation, which we hope will be soon!
In addition, through MOMOC we want to raise awareness and consciousness of the World that surrounds us, not only with regard to sustainable fashion but also to key issues of our day-to-day lives, such as the food industry and environmental pollution. In this respect, we have created #planetblog, where we regularly post interesting information on related issues as well as "must-see" documentaries.
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"Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things." – Peace Pilgrim
"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners." – Laurence Sterne
Our shoes are made with love and respect for everyone: our planet, our customers, our workers and ourselves.