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Alexander Carlyle
Portrait of Rev. Alexander Carlyle, 1796, by Sir Henry Raeburn.
|26 January 1722
Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire
|28 August 1805(aged 83)
|minister at Inveresk
|Alma mater
|University of Edinburgh;
University of Glasgow;
University of Leiden
Very Reverend Alexander Carlyle DD FRSE (26 January 1722—28 August 1805) was a Scottish church leader, and autobiographer.
He was born in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, the son of Rev Willam Carlyle, the local minister and brought up in Prestonpans, East Lothian.
He was a witness to the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 where he was part of the government Edinburgh militia. He missed the battle as he had been sent to lodge in nearby houses. Carlyle was educated at the University of Edinburgh (M.A. 1743), University of Glasgow and University of Leiden.[1]
From 1748, until his death he was minister at Inveresk in Midlothian (just west of Prestonpans), and during this long career rose to high eminence in the Church of Scotland not only as leader of the moderate or "broad" Church section, but as Moderator of the General Assembly 1770 and Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1789. He was associated with Principal Robertson as an ecclesiastical leader.[2]
His strikingly ruddy complexion earned him the nickname of Jupiter Carlyle. His autobiography, which was edited by Hill Burton, and published 1860, though written in his closing years and not extending beyond the year 1770, is interesting as a picture of Scottish life, social and ecclesiastical, in the 18th century. Carlyle's autobiography recalled the Porteous Riots of 1736, and his friendship with Adam Smith, David Hume, Charles Townshend and John Home, the dramatist, for witnessing the performance of whose tragedy Douglas he was censured in 1757. [3] He was also a member of The Select Society and of The Poker Club.[4]
He was a founder member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in November 1783.
He is buried in Inveresk churchyard.[5]
Alexander married Mary Roddan (d.1804) in 1760.[6]
The majority of their children died young. On death he bequeathed his belongings to his nephew, Carlyle Bell.[7]
See also
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- ^ Cousin 1910. Harv error: no target: CITEREFCousin1910 (help)
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ http://www.jamesboswell.info/Misc/The_Poker_Club.php
- ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?1085
- Espinasse, Francis (1887). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carlyle, Alexander". Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). "Carlyle, Alexander". A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.


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Caitlin Margaret Kelly
Power Plant Gallery
Caitlin Margaret Kelly is an artist, runner, and devout coffee drinker. She is director of the Power Plant Gallery, where her work creates conversations between artist, art, and audience. Kelly conceived and developed the new PPG Artist-in-residence public studio program in the gallery. She is currently working on two upcoming exhibitions: 'Transgender USA: Photographs by Mariette Pathy Allen' opening in October, and 'Soundings: Protest|Politics|Dissent' a sound-only exhibition opening in January 2017.


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Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (pronounced /ˈɑrmi/; born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former professor. After his congressional career he worked as a consultant and advisor.
Armey grew up in rural North Dakota, living in the farming town of Cando. He graduated from Jamestown College with a B.A. and then received an M.A. from the University of North Dakota and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma. Armey is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Armey was an economics professor at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in Denton and was first elected to the House in 1984 in the 26th District of Texas, defeating freshman congressman Tom Vandergriff in what is still considered a huge upset (Vandergriff is well-known in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, most notably for bringing Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers to the area). Armey was one of six freshmen Republican Party congressmen elected from Texas in 1984 that were known as the Texas Six Pack. Due to the increasingly Republican tilt of the Metroplex, Armey would never face another tough race and was reelected eight times.


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The text only version may be available in large print, Braille or audio CD. For further information call emc accessibility on 0800 198 5000. The product code(s) for this leaflet are: PL 16950/0099, PL16950/0150, PL16950/0139 , PL16950/0140, PL 16950/0098, PL 16950/0097, PL 16950/0123, PL16950/0141.
OxyContin 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg and 120 mg prolonged release tablets
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OxyContin® 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg and 120 mg prolonged release tablets
Oxycodone hydrochloride
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
In this leaflet:
1. What OxyContin tablets are and what they are used for
2. What you need to know before you take OxyContin tablets
3. How to take OxyContin tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store OxyContin tablets
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What OxyContin tablets are and what they are used for
These tablets have been prescribed for you by your doctor to relieve moderate to severe pain over a period of 12 hours. They contain the active ingredient oxycodone which belongs to a group of medicines called strong analgesics or 'painkillers'.
2. What you need to know before you take OxyContin tablets
Do not take OxyContin tablets if you:
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking these tablets if you:
If you are going to have an operation, please tell the doctor at the hospital that you are taking these tablets.
You may experience hormonal changes while taking these tablets. Your doctor may want to monitor these changes.
Other medicines and OxyContin
Concomitant use of opioids and benzodiazepines increases the risk of drowsiness, difficulties in breathing (respiratory depression), coma and may be life-threatening. Because of this, concomitant use should only be considered when other treatment options are not possible.
However, if your doctor does prescribe benzodiazepines or related drugs with opioids the dosage and duration of concomitant treatment should be limited by your doctor.
The risk of side effects increases, if you use antidepressants (such as citalopram, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, venlafaxine). These medicines may interact with oxycodone and you may experience symptoms such as involuntary, rhythmic contractions of muscles, including the muscles that control movement of the eye, agitation, excessive sweating, tremor, exaggeration of reflexes, increased muscle tension, body temperature above 38°C. Contact your doctor when experiencing such symptoms.
Please follow your doctor's dosage recommendation closely. It could be helpful to inform friends or relatives to be aware of sign and symptoms stated above. Contact your doctor when experiencing such symptoms.
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription. If you take these tablets with some other medicines, the effect of these tablets or the other medicine may be changed.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking:
Also tell your doctor if you have recently been given an anaesthetic.
Taking OxyContin tablets with food, drink and alcohol
Drinking alcohol whilst taking OxyContin tablets may make you feel more sleepy or increase the risk of serious side effects such as shallow breathing with a risk of stopping breathing, and loss of consciousness. It is recommended not to drink alcohol while you're taking OxyContin tablets.
You should avoid drinking grapefruit juice during your treatment with this medicine.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Do not take these tablets if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Driving and using machines
These tablets may cause a number of side effects such as drowsiness which could affect your ability to drive or use machinery (see section 4 for a full list of side effects). These are usually most noticeable when you first start taking the tablets, or when changing to a higher dose. If you are affected you should not drive or use machinery.
This medicine can affect your ability to drive as it may make you sleepy or dizzy.
Details regarding a new driving offence concerning driving after drugs have been taken in the UK may be found here: https://www.gov.uk/drug-driving-law.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure whether it is safe for you to drive while taking this medicine.
OxyContin tablets contain lactose
These tablets contain lactose which is a form of sugar. If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking these tablets.
3. How to take OxyContin tablets
Always take these tablets exactly as your doctor has told you. The label on your medicine will tell you how many tablets to take and how often.
Adults (over 18 years of age)
The usual starting dose is one 10 mg tablet every 12 hours. However, your doctor will prescribe the dose required to treat your pain. If you find that you are still in pain whilst taking these tablets, discuss this with your doctor.
Do not exceed the dose recommended by your doctor. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Swallow your tablets whole with water. Do not crush, dissolve or chew them.
OxyContin tablets are designed to work properly over 12 hours when swallowed whole. If a tablet is broken, crushed, dissolved or chewed, the entire 12-hour dose may be absorbed rapidly into your body. This can be dangerous, causing serious problems such as an overdose, which may be fatal.
You should take your tablets every 12 hours. For instance, if you take a tablet at 8 o'clock in the morning, you should take your next tablet at 8 o'clock in the evening.
You must only take the tablets by mouth. The tablets should never be crushed or injected as this may lead to serious side effects, which may be fatal.
Children and adolescents under 18 years of age should not take the tablets.
Patients with kidney or liver problems
Please tell your doctor if you suffer from kidney or liver problems as they may prescribe a lower dose depending on your condition.
If you take more OxyContin tablets than you should or if someone accidentally swallows your tablets
Call your doctor or hospital straight away. People who have taken an overdose may feel very sleepy, sick or dizzy, or have hallucinations. They may also have breathing difficulties leading to unconsciousness or even death and may need emergency treatment in hospital. When seeking medical attention make sure that you take this leaflet and any remaining tablets with you to show to the doctor.
If you forget to take your OxyContin tablets
If you remember within 4 hours of the time your tablet was due, take your tablet straight away. Take your next tablet at your normal time. If you are more than 4 hours late, please call your doctor or pharmacist for advice. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten tablet.
If you stop taking OxyContin tablets
You should not suddenly stop taking these tablets unless your doctor tells you to. If you want to stop taking your tablets, discuss this with your doctor first. They will tell you how to do this, usually by reducing the dose gradually so you do not experience unpleasant effects. Withdrawal symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, palpitations, shaking or sweating may occur if you suddenly stop taking these tablets.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, these tablets can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
All medicines can cause allergic reactions, although serious allergic reactions are rare. Tell your doctor immediately if you get any sudden wheeziness, difficulties in breathing, swelling of the eyelids, face or lips, rash or itching especially those covering your whole body.
The most serious side effect is a condition where you breathe more slowly or weakly than expected (respiratory depression). Tell your doctor immediately if this happens to you
As with all strong painkillers, there is a risk that you may become addicted or reliant on these tablets.
Very common side effects
(May affect more than 1 in 10 people)
Common side effects
(May affect up to 1 in 10 people)
Uncommon side effects
(May affect up to 1 in 100 people)
Rare side effects
(May affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
Frequency not known
(Frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
You may see the remains of the tablets in your faeces. This should not affect how the tablets work.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store OxyContin tablets
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Accidental overdose by a child is dangerous and may be fatal.
Do not use any tablets after the expiry date which is stated on the blister and carton. EXP 08 2020 means that you should not take the tablets after the last day of that month i.e. August 2020.
Do not store your tablets above 25°C.
Do not take your tablets if they are broken or crushed as this can be dangerous and can cause serious problems such as overdose.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help to protect the environment.
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What OxyContin tablets contain
The active ingredient is oxycodone hydrochloride. Each tablet contains 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg, 80 mg or 120 mg of oxycodone hydrochloride.
The other ingredients are:
In addition, the tablet coatings contain the following:
5 mg - brilliant blue (E133)
10 mg – hydroxypropylcellulose
15 mg – iron oxide (E172)
20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg and 120 mg - polysorbate 80 (E433), and iron oxide (E172)
80 mg - hydroxypropylcellulose, iron oxide (E172), and indigo carmine (E132)
What OxyContin tablets look like and the contents of the pack
The tablets are marked OC on one side and the strength on the other (5, 10, etc). All strengths are round, bi-convex, film coated tablets.
The tablets are all film coated in the following colours: 5 mg - light blue, 10 mg - white, 15 mg – grey, 20 mg - pink, 30 mg – brown, 40 mg - yellow, 60 mg – red, 80 mg – green, 120 mg – purple.
In each box there are 28 or 56 tablets.
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The Committee for Excellent Burlingame Schools 2016 is a volunteer organization of parents, teachers and community members. We are committed to providing a quality education to our elementary and middle school students.
Vote Yes on Measure M on November 8th
Ensure that Burlingame students have the safe, modern classrooms needed to reach their full potential. Measure M provides funds for critical repairs & upgrades to classrooms, labs and school facilities.
Prepare Students for the Future
Repair aging classrooms and labs so that Burlingame students will be prepared for the modern world. Burlingame School District provides an exceptional education for elementary and middle school students. But many school facilities are outdated— some are over 100 years old — and are in serious need of repair.
Locally Controlled Funding
Measure M provides dedicated, locally controlled funding to support a safe and modern learning environment for our students. Vote Yes on M to fund replacement of deteriorating classrooms and old portables, so that teachers can focus on providing students with excellent instruction in core academics like math, science, reading and writing. Measure M will help prepare our students for success in high school, college and beyond. Updated computers and classroom technology will ensure our students take the next step ready to compete for high-demand jobs in science, technology and engineering.
Repairs, Maintenance and Upgrades
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- Repairs, maintenance and upgrades to classrooms
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Goals for the Home this week
Clean our storage room
Prepare for our oldest sons birthday coming up
Keeping up with the Basics as I am still working outside the home
Goals for the Budget this week
Make another budget that is more solid without my pay since I only have 1 check left before I am finished on my job.
Here are some snapshots of the work we accomplished this past Saturday in the yard. I am very pleased.
Goals for the Family
Date Night with Hubs
Plan Summer outings and learning fun
Goals for My Health
Drink daily suggestion of water
Drink Lemon water in the AM
Walk at least 3 times this week for 15 Minutes (small goal but attainable for me)
I plan to do a wild flower garden later and my husband plans to do a raised bed for some basic gardening. Due to our mission trip to the Solomon Islands this July we aren't going to be able keep up with a big garden.
Have a Blissful Blessed Day!


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"If you're planning to do The Vancouver Sun Run, here's a word of caution: You may enjoy it so much that you'll soon be running marathons, and then ultra-marathons.
"That's what happened to Margaret Paxton of Squamish, who began walking for fitness and relaxation about 20 years ago. She slowly added in stretches of running, and it wasn't long before her walks turned into runs. Then her brother encouraged her to enter the Sun Run. Paxton hasn't looked back.


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Now that school has started, we at College Info Geek will be reviewing some of the gear we use in order to help students optimize the flow of how they work. Today I'll be reviewing the Synergy backpack from Swiss Gear, which has become hands-down my favorite way to carry my stuff.
The first thing I noticed after a few days of using this backpack is that a ton of people have it. It's $60 on Amazon, which is a little pricey, but apparently it's worth it! All these people have must have good sense, because this backpack is stellar. Firstly, it's from Swiss Gear. The name alone should tell you something about the durability and functionality. These are the two main things I'll get to in this review, and I'll also talk about what I carry around during my day.
Durability is a huge factor to consider when buying a backpack, particularly one that's going to be used to carry books. After loading the Synergy up and carrying around for a few days, I can safely say that it will be able to take all my abuse without much trouble. The straps are sewn to the pack very well, and the carrying handle is supported by a rubber-coated steel cable which is bolted and sewn to the top. The zippers are large and seem to be very well made. Even the mesh pockets on the side are padded and exude quality.
The Synergy backpack's most striking feature, however, is the number and sheer usefulness of its pockets. There is the standard large back compartment, which contains a laptop pocket for up to 15.4″ laptops, as well as a small mesh pocket for small items. One thing I like about this back compartment is that Swiss decided to put the laptop pocket against the front side instead of on the back side. This allows me to put in my accordion folder at the back, which keeps my Macbook Pro safely in the middle.
The backpack has another pocket nearer the front that is almost as large as the back compartment. Luckily, Swiss included two layers of fabric and a large amount of padding between these two pockets. Many backpacks I've owned in the past have separated their two large pockets will a single layer of fabric, which my books would promptly tear apart. This isn't an issue with the Synergy. In this second large pocket, I keep my iPad, my refillable notebook, and the workbook for my speech class. All of my other books are either in Kindle or PDF format and I access them on my iPad.
In between the two large pockets is my favorite feature of the backpack; a small, well-padded pocket that's only about 8 inches deep. It includes a cell phone pocket of its own, and is an awesome place to store small items. I usually put my iPod, iPod charger cable, pocket knife, and a few USB drives in it. This pocket saves me the time I used to spend digging to the bottom of my past backpacks for these items.
The Synergy includes three more front-facing pockets of decreasing size; I keep my Mac charger in one, my pens, pencils, and calculator in another, and some OS installation CD's and gum in the smallest one. There are also two long, narrow pockets on the sides that zip up, and a mesh pocket over each. I use the mesh pockets for water bottles.
Swiss also took care to make this backpack very comfortable. The back is well padded and includes quality lumbar support. The straps are also very comfortable and supportive. Swiss also elected to do away with the waist strap on this model of the backpack, which is a welcome omission in my book. I wanted a pack with the least straps and clips hanging off of it as possible.
All in all, the Synergy backpack is my definite best-buy in the backpack department. I challenge you to find one that tops it!


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Training program prepares firefighters to battle wildfires
By Kim Buckley, NewsNetNebraska
When battling wildfires, it's not as simple as stop, drop and roll.
And more than 500 firefighters since January have found out through Nebraska Forest Service Wildland Fire Training Program classes that help state firefighters become nationally certified and provide additional local training.
Terry Spoor, director of the fire science technology at Southeast Community College, said these classes provide a broader understanding of the wildland side of fighting fires for the students.
"Wildland fire fighting is an integral part of firefighting services in Nebraska, especially those in the Western part," he said.
Casey McCoy, a wildland fire training manager for the Nebraska Forest Service, has helped trained firefighters battle wildfires for the past six years. He said the classes put a "Nebraska spin" on the training and help firefighters with large incidents, like fires on the Niobrara River.
Firefighters are required to take an annual refresher course, complete with course studies. This year, McCoy's "letting the student become the teacher," he said. He is using student stories from battling wildfires last year to reinforce what the firefighters learn in training.
Last year, firefighters saw the worst fire year on record. More than 1,500 wildfires burned nearly 500,000 acres of land in Nebraska in 2012. The drought helped wildfires spread faster and their numbers increased.
McCoy said the program has received several photographs of 2012 wildfires to use in the classes, taken by a mix of students, the service and members of the public.
"Instead of seeing photos of a fire on a hill in Boise, Idaho, it's a photo of a fire on a hill on the Niobrara," he said, "It brings it home so much more."
More than 500 students have taken training classes since January. McCoy said he expects at least 200 more students will participate before training classes end in May. The classes include a two-week, academy-style training course at Fort Robinson and the Nebraska State Fire School.
"We haven't really slowed down much since training last fall," he said. "When you have a fire season like you did last year, you expect a busy year."
McCoy said that if history holds true, there will be an above-average number of wildfires this year, but not as bad as last year. After a big wildfire season, McCoy said its expected to see an elevated season the next summer.
"The overall take-home is that the instances of big fire seasons … seem to be shortening and the spikes are getting taller," he said. "They're coming closer together."
These classes help students the most when they face fast and unexpected wildfires in western Nebraska. McCoy said students have told him that the training came back to them and made sense after fighting big wildfires.
The training also helps students find summer jobs. Both McCoy and Spoor said the classes help the students get certified, which helps them get employment.
But wildfire training also helps the firefighters limit damage to places in western Nebraska. Wildfires can cause a large amount damage and hurt tourism in those parts.
A wildfire in Crowford, where McCoy grew up, destroyed a pine ridge last year. It will take about 100 years for it to grow back.
"No one alive today is going to see the pine ridge as it was ten months ago," he said.


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Geo Park: Life on the Brink. This tour takes us to the south of Langkawi where we take a boat and explore some of the most beautiful seascapes Malaysia has to offer. Join our Geopark guide on this most memorable outing of the best Langkawi has to offer and take home lasting impressions of this magical place.
Our guide will take us on board to explore the Kubang Badak river. We may have chances to observe the White-bellied Sea Eagles, Brahminy Kites, Kingfishers, Herons, Mudskippers, Fiddler Crabs and Monitor Lizards and if we are lucky the resident otter family. We will then join a local family for a delightful home cooked lunch. Next we head to a nearby jungle trail for a short 450m trek leads to a quite jungle pool for a refreshing swim before returning to the resort.
Next proceed to Kampung Kuantan – the highlight of the tour. Row upstream in a small unmotorised boat (tongkang) in the quiet darkness to witness the blinking trees. This scintillating display of fireflies portrays an image of a flashing Christmas tree.
On arrival at Pulau Ketam, take a leisurely stroll to see how an entire fishing community lives in a village where even the roads are build on stilts. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch, catch the ferry for return trip to Port Klang. Drive up to view the fabulous palace of the Selangor Sultan.
Explore estuarine/tidal forests and mangrove waterways, quaint fishing villages and unique mangrove flora and fauna; sample freshly caught seafood cooked in fresh ingredients
Visit fireflies sanctuary by the riverside. Mangrove swamp are along both side of the river, see display trees Sonneratia caseolaris (Berembang). Paddle with sampan (boat) and witness one of the nature's wonders fireflies staring their light and developed striking synchronous flash pattern.
Shahbandar river taxi jetty, Cruise to the picturesque Pulau Duyung (Mermaid Island) fishing village, dot with brightly paint fishing boat. Visit a unique boat building at the fishing village of Duyung Island, beautifully squeeze in the middle of Terengganu River mouth
River Cruise has become an increasingly popular way of exploring and appreciating a fascinating aspect of the beauty of Sabah nature, especially the wildlife in the biodiversity-rich mangrove ecosystems and also the very rare species Proboscis Monkeys which can be found only in Borneo
Just an hour from Kota Kinabalu, cruising along the Tempasuk River will give you a glimpse of one of Sabah's icons, the Proboscis Monkey! Along the cruise, you can observe the life of the local villagers there. A dramatic view of the sunset also awaits you at the end. Then, end the day with an unforgettable sight of the riverbanks glowing in the dark, lit up by hundreds of fireflies.
The Irrawaddy or snubfin dolphin inhabits rivers, estuaries and shallow coastal areas. The Santubong area is one of the best places in Sarawak to view this unusual looking marine mammal.
The Kuching Wetlands National Park a designated RAMSAR site (www.ramsar.org) is one of the most bio-diverse national parks in Sarawak. Cruise the picturesque Santubong and Pasir Pandak coastlines and try to spot the resident pods of rare Irrawaddy Dolphins barrel rolling in the surf. Then go in search of Proboscis Monkeys, Silver Leaf Monkeys, Macaques and be intrigued by the strange mudskippers at low tide.
Loagan Bunut National Park , that takes about two and a half hours from Miri City. Visit includes a stop at a small town Beluru, and the Berawan's longhouse. Upon arrival at Loagan Bunut National Park, we take a boat trip to explore the lake and the surrounding forest to appreciate the magnificent scenery.
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With California's top cop calling legalization 'inevitable' in the Golden State, the question remains: how big would a legal market be?
Marijuana's federal illegality obscures the market's dimensions, but with legalization in other states, researchers can begin to estimate the scale of the business on the West Coast. Colorado's legal cannabis market grossed $700 million in 2014, on its way to $1 billion by 2016, the Washington Post reports.
California NORML executive director Dale Gieringer estimates this week that the Golden State's market could be ten times that size. The total adult-use demand for marijuana in California is estimated at 1,000 tons, or 2 million pounds per year.
The size of California's retail market will depend on the price of marijuana. At today's retail price of about $320/oz, the total California market comes to $10 billion.
The main caveat is that legal pot would likely be dramatically cheaper, because 90 percent of cannabis' price consists of a risk premium, and black market inefficiencies. "At the current Israeli retail price of $64 per ounce, the market would come to just $2 billion," Gieringer states.


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This week's guest is David Acklin from Hawaiian Airlines. David explained how they improved their interline baggage process, including how they got other airlines involved. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.
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- David's background (2:05)
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- The resistance they experienced (14:58)
- The countermeasures they implemented (19:17)
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- What David would do differently (23:39)
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Important Things To Remember When Taking Your Newborn To A Photo Shoot
Having a cute baby in your house brings a lot of joy to the rest of the family members and most parents have the tendency to get really too excited to witness and document all the "first times" of their little ones. This behavior is perfectly normal because its our way of showing our kids how much we love them and we are really appreciate their presence in our lives.A lot of parents would like to let their kid experience having their pictures taken by a professional photographer because they have the capability to create artistic and captivating photos that can really last for a lifetime. As the years go by the demand for newborn photographer Illawarra services has dramatically increased and a lot of photographers have started to venture into this kind of service as well. Having your kid pose for pictures is not that easy as you think it would be. You always have to keep in mind that they are sensitive to a lot of things and must be handled with care. You must remember the following things before deciding to bring your newborn to his or her first ever baby photography session. 1.)Choose a clean and safe place where your baby can have its pictures taken. Have a discussion with the photographer about choosing the best venue. Babies are very sensitive to a lot of things and they are easy susceptible to airborne viruses. If you are not comfortable bringing your kid at the studio then you can probably have the photo shoot at your house instead.
Its okay to discuss these options with your photographer before pushing through with the session. 2.)Bring or use your own beddings or blankets and drape it over the props or furniture that you will be using for the photo shoot. It's okay to be extra careful by doing things with caution. Babies have sensitive skin and they are prone to allergies and rashes. 3.)Be present at all times during the entire photo shoot. The photographer would be needing the help of the parents to move or position the baby in order to get more favorable shots. Since babies have soft bones and skull they must be handled and moved with extra care to prevent them from getting hurt or injured. 4.)Last but not the least do not forget to clean and sanitize the area where the photo shoot will be held. Just to be on the safe side make sure that all the equipments are disinfected with wipes and alcohol. All costumes or clothing that will be used during the photo shoot must be washed and ironed before use.


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Remembering Allen Toussaint
Remembering Allen Toussaint: 10 Essential Recordings
11/10/2015 by Gary Graff
When Allen Toussaint was 17 he subbed for Huey "Piano" Smith with Earl King's band for a show in Prichard, Ala., and he never looked back after that. Years and countless classics later, following a Nov. 9 concert in Madrid, the New Orleans legend passed away at the age of 77.
For 60 years he ruled New Orleans as a player, songwriter, producer, arranger and recording artist. Toussaint's impact stretched beyond his hometown to the rest of the country and even across the pond, where artists recorded his songs and -- in the cases of Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello -- collaborated with him. "Of course I love to just sit and play the piano, but I like producing because 'cause that comes with arranging and making the whole thing work," Toussaint told Billboard during a 2008 interview. "There's a certain kind of magic that happens whenever you work with someone, so I consider the whole process just a marvelous undertaking. I appreciate everyone I work with."
Allen Toussaint Passes Away at 77
Like many who work primarily behind the scenes, however, Toussaint is know by name more than by deed, and his death on Tuesday at the age of 77 will undoubtedly send the curious scrambling to find out -- or recall-- what his genius was all about. Here are 10 recordings that provide a good starting point:
"Mother-In-Law," Ernie K-Doe (1961): Toussaint hit the top of the Hot 100 as the writer and producer of this good-humored Ernie K-Doe single. Toussaint and Doe almost gave up on it after it proved difficult to nail down in the studio, but backup singer Willie Hopper famously prevailed upon them to try it again. The Kingsmen, Herman's Hermits and even Jello Biafra recorded subsequent versions of the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EN5eJf5h_k
"Ya Ya," Lee Dorsey (1961): Toussaint was a producer and player on the New Orleans singer Lee Dorsey's first big hit, which began a long and fruitful association between the two. "Oh, he was a wonderful artist," Toussaint remembered. "He was a very spirited guy. He had such a degree of humor. His voice sounds like a smile. You could write things for him that were not so mature that a child wouldn't like it, too." The song was an R&B Songs chart No. 1 hit and was later covered by John Lennon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LnpErE6f4
"Fortune Teller," Benny Spellman (1962): Toussaint wrote (under the pseudonym Naomi Neville) and produced this frequently covered track, first recorded by Benny Spellman and then taken on by the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, the Who and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on the Grammy Award-winning Raising Sand album -- among many others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2k_3pquWI
"Ruler of My Heart," Irma Thomas (1963): Toussaint penned and produced this Imperial Records single for Irma Thomas, one of many tunes they worked on together; this one had the notoriety of being revised by Otis Redding as "Pain in My Heart." Thomas was, in fact, Toussaint's best-known muse during the early '60s. "She's a queen, definitely," he said. "I hear her voice in my head many, many times, just walking down the street -- still. She was my first female source of inspiration." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFTG0W6a6VI
"Working In The Coal Mine," Lee Dorsey (1966): Lee Dorsey scored the first hit with Toussaint's ode to the working man, taking it to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Fifteen years later Devo brought new life to the song by covering it for the Heavy Metal film soundtrack. "It was very surprising, but I loved it dearly that they took it to their world and introduced it to their world," Toussaint said. "I just through it was great, just right on." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3Royf9_zM
Rock of Ages, The Band (1972): There's possibly no finer example of Toussaint's arranging acumen than this live album, recorded during August of 1972 and featuring rich horn charts by Toussaint that elevated the material to another level entirely. "They knew about me before I knew about them -- of course, it didn't take me long to find out they were quite notable," said Toussaint, who also worked on The Band's 1971 album Cahoots. "Robbie Robertson... first called me to do the (horn) arrangement on the single 'Life is a Carnival.' Later on, when it was time for the Rock of Ages album, they gave me a call and said they would like me to arrange horns on the whole album, and the rest is history, of course." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Rmdogd6IM
"Lady Marmalade," LaBelle (1974): Toussaint produced the vocal trio's 1975 album Nightbirds, which featured this provocative, Hot 100-topping single. He recalled that, "I knew the name LaBelle was out there, but I hadn't kept up with the ladies from record to record," Toussaint said. "The record company commissioned me to produce that (album), and I said yes right away. They brought such spirit and such flight to the studio; every performance they did, even the outtakes, were just wonderful -- even when we were learning the songs, when they'd sit beside me on the piano stool, softly singing their lines, everything sounded suitable for framing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LWIP7SAjY
Southern Nights (1975): Having resumed his own recording career four years earlier, Toussaint was in prime form on this 10-song set, recorded in Miami with the Meters and others and featuring the title track, which Glen Campbell turned into a chart-topping hit two years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-rcIp7Wmk
Venus and Mars, Wings (1975): When Paul McCartney came to New Orleans to record Wings' fourth album, he called Toussaint to play keyboards and help with horn arrangements. "He knows a lot about New Orleans music, and if he was gonna do something with some of that feel he wanted to come down here where it all was," Toussaint recalled. "I must say he did it in very fine form and was just a wonderful human being as well as a superb musician and producer. He had his whole schedule mapped out very well, and where he thought I was applicable he used me. I was glad he did it that way; there was no extra thing for me to do at all!"
The River in Reverse, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint (2006): Toussaint worked with Costello several times before this masterful collaboration comprised primarily of Toussaint favorites, along with three new co-writes, the Costello-penned title track and a revised treatment of Professor Longhair's "Ascension Day." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ_aOk2NY_k
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But as time went by, a younger me found the game to slow and so the interest died with it...
Today, I made another determined attempt to crack the mechanics of this game and once and for all conquer what I failed to do so many years ago. Reasons why I had a spur of the moment to pick the game up:
1. Both my parents play the game, which means I had heaps of golf sets lying around for me to pick and choose
2. Both my parents play the game, therefore I am sick of their friends asking "yang ni bila lagi nak main..."
3. At a young age of 26, I suddenly realized that my body can no longer endure the fatigue of other, more fast
paced sports as well as I used to
4. At a young age of 26, my other classmates are ALSO realizing the same time mentioned above, so more kaki to play with
5. My best friend is a single handicapper = free coaching!
6. Good opportunity to start a sports column on this blog!
And so, with the reasons above, I venture to a sport which I was left behind, hoping to catch a new light on how to tackle this game.My first task was to actually get a set for me to use so I scrummage the house rumpus room and managed to collect an unused, entire set of golf clubs
a set to call my own...
I know that many are not too sure what "golf club" is what and I do understand the confusion one would get for each golf club. To explain all that, it would take a whole blog to explain the clubs, so I would leave that for the next post...
So headed off to the nearest driving range, which for me would be for Bukit Jelutong Driving Range, Shah Alam. For those non-golfer readers out there, a driving range would be a place where u pick a spot with fake grass, rent a certain number of golf balls and whack the living daylights of the balls until you are satisfied with your practice for the day. Fortunately, as mentioned above, I do have a golf veteran as a best friend, whom from now on would serve as my trainer as well.
Mr Megat Hafiz, the Golf trainer
Rented Golf Balls
Naturally, each driving range would have their own price for rental of the balls. Usually (as we were charged) would cost around RM10 for a hundred balls and RM5 for fifty. Being its my first time in years, I figured I should take 100 balls. Overachiever...
As I set myself up for my first practice shot, I had to run a few drills as instructed to warm up, as well as getting used to the swing and motion. Lined up my first shot, made a few practice rounds and whacked the first hit of the day. With my limited knowledge of the game, I figured my first shot was pretty decent, so I double checked with Megat
Me: Dude, think I hit pretty well on that one. Is that a good place to be for my ball?
Megat: It is, if you had to take a sh*t in the course...
Thanks bro, a simple "no" would suffice....
So I learned the hard way that every technical aspect of the game is just as important to make the "Perfect Shot", as illustrated below
Lining up the shot - To determine the direction and accuracy of the shot
Upswing - To determine the form of our golf swing
Follow Through - To determine the power of each shot
Of course, this was only one of the aspect that a golfer should consider in their individual game, which makes the game even more technical and specific. One advice that was given to me on a golf swing would be the exact same advice that I was given for Latin dance class...
Its all in the hips...
And so, I look forward for more training sessions on the games. With hope, I would be able to master this game in no time but from the looks of the pictures, there is still a lot of work to do. Therefore, I'll leave you with MoaTTD's Guide to Scores in Golf. One of the things I am sure that most people don't understand at all. As said earlier, your objective is to hit as lesser shots into the hole, per course. Therefore, one would calculate how many shots does it take for a golfer to put the ball in the hole and obviously, each shot has it's name:
MoaTTD's Guide to Scores in Golf
1 shot - Hole in One aka. The Legendary, Godlike Shot
2 shots - Eagle
3 shots - Birdie
4/5shots (depending on the course) - Par
6 shots - Bogey
7 shots- Double Bogey
8 shots - Triple Bogey
9 Shots - Jesus
10 Shots - Jesus, Mary and Joesph
11 Shots - Oh my God...what am I doing?
12 Shots - I quit this stupid game
13 Shots - Do you want to buy my clubs?
14 Shots - Damn, I'll give you my clubs!!!
15 Shots - Arm...starting...to...hurt...
16 Shots - Hospital...please...
17 Shots - ---------------------------------- (flatline)
For those golfers out there would enjoy this better...


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Mediation is an effective way of resolving disputes without the need to go to court. It involves an independent third party - a mediator - who helps both sides come to an agreement.
Mediation is a flexible process that can be used to settle disputes in a whole range of situations such as:
The mediator helps the parties reach a solution to their problem and achieve an outcome that both parties are happy to accept. Mediators avoid taking sides, making judgements or giving guidance. They are simply responsible for developing effective communications and building consensus between the parties. The focus of a mediation meeting is to reach a common sense settlement agreeable to both parties in a case.
Mediation is a voluntary process and will only take place if both parties agree. It is a confidential process where the terms of discussion are not disclosed to any party outside the mediation hearing.
If parties are unable to reach agreement, they can still go to court. Details about what went on at the mediation will not be disclosed or used at a court hearing.
Both parties share the cost of mediation, which will depend on the value and complexity of the claim.
Mediation is often an afterthought or even when it is considered it is done so on a tactical basis rather than a realistic basis.
The Courts as well as CPR insist that mediation be considered and offered from the outset of any claim and they do this with good reason.
We provide a professional and cost effective approach to resolving commercial disputes as an alternative to what can only be considered to be a very slow and expensive litigation process.
Working independently but jointly, we move quickly to resolve deadlock and find a practical solution that allows the parties to be free of litigation.
Whilst mediation has developed to be a very effective and speedy alternative to substantive litigation its use to resolve costs disputes is novel.
The lack of use of costs mediation leaves the parties who have concluded a costs effective settlement still facing the spectre of lengthy and expensive costs litigation. Costs Mediation solves all these problems at a stroke with a high speed and low price conclusion to these issues.
This fast growing practice area presents unique costs problems that many parties fail to appreciate until it is too late.
We offer advice on the timing and content of costs mediation offers and the response to them as well as help with preparation for and attendance at these meetings.
Whether you are embroiled in a costs dispute as a Litigant in Person or a Legal Representative we offer our mediation services at competitive fixed prices therefore giving certainty in an area which is found wanting.
Mediation and collaborative law are efficient, cost-effective ways of settling family law disputes. You get the opportunity to take control of events instead of passing the responsibility for decisions that are central to your future happiness to a judge.
Chris Dolton, who conducts this work, is a member of the Law Society Family Panel, a trained and qualified collaborative family lawyer and trained family mediator. As a firm, we are committed to following the Resolution code of conduct, which requires us to resolve family disputes in a constructive and non-confrontational way.
Mediation essentially helps people resolve disputes without recourse to court proceedings.
Like mediation, collaborative law provides an alternative way to resolve family disputes. Key decisions you make about your future are yours — they are not made by a stranger in a courtroom.


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The Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation (also known as the Sacrament of Penance, or Penance and Confession) has three elements: Conversion, Confession and Celebration. In it we find God's unconditional forgiveness, and as a result we are called to forgive others.
Saturday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment
Contact: Parish Office at (510) 522-0181
Preparing a child for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist is part of a two-year sacrament preparation program generally starting in first grade, through either St. Joseph Elementary School or the Children's Faith Formation program.
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Ovalhouse Theatre moving to a new home at Somerleyton Road
Ovalhouse Theatre is relocating from its historic site in Stockwell to Lambeth Council's Somerleyton Road regeneration scheme in Brixton. Ovalhouse will anchor the scheme at its northern end and occupy its most prominent position on the corner of Somerleyton Road and Coldharbour Lane, opposite Brixton Village and adjacent to the existing, locally listed Carlton Mansions.
The 30,000 sq ft theatre will be physically linked to Carlton Mansions, which will be sensitively restored and refurbished as a cultural and creative workspace.
The new Ovalhouse theatre has been designed by specialist theatre architect Foster Wilson and will be development managed by igloo, which was appointed by Lambeth Council in 2014 to lead on the delivery of the major Somerleyton Road mixed-use project.
The new theatre will be a fully accessible, fit-for-purpose and sustainable modern theatre including two purpose-built theatre spaces (120 seats and 70 seats), a public foyer and café bar, production and rehearsal spaces, new box office, educational archive space for learning, creative and cultural industries space, offices and an external multi-purpose yard for outdoor events.
As well as the theatre and cultural and community facilities, the wider Somerleyton Road project will provide over 300 homes as part of the vision.
Acting as retained development manager to Lambeth Council and its community partners, Ovalhouse and Brixton Green, igloo will have a long-term interest in the project, providing development management services to see it through from initial concept to completion.
Peter Connolly, chief executive at igloo, said: "This is a fantastic milestone for a project that is very close to all of our hearts. We have been working closely with Lambeth Council and the theatre to facilitate the relocation of Ovalhouse in particular and we are delighted that this is now becoming a reality. We look forward to continuing to work with our partners in Brixton to bring this fantastic community regeneration scheme to life."
For the past 50 years, Ovalhouse has been part of the London fringe, providing development and performance space to experimental, radical and overlooked artists. Today Ovalhouse is known for theatre, performance and participation that speaks to a world beyond the mainstream, as well as for its tremendous work with local young people and the community.
Ovalhouse is a leader in its field for organisations involved in creative participatory work with children and young people, and continues to be a vital home for boundary-pushing art, artists and audiences with an eye on the future.


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The photos at bitterlemons Flickr account is anything but bitter, it's dreamy, delicate and sweet.
I've been at my new Cambridge home for three days now, the room itself is lovely & Cambridge is so pretty. Met some lovely people on the course today and best of all, I have internet in my room! Still lots of things to sort out but I should be able to blog daily now I have internet connection :)
(photos from bitterlemons)


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This is one of a series of notes to support our policy positions as summarised in the RSS Data Manifesto. It was first published in April 2015, and was updated in May 2017. You can download the PDF version at this link. To discuss the policies we are advocating, please contact the policy team at firstname.lastname@example.com
End the practice of pre-release access whereby some people in government see statistics before the public.
The RSS Data Manifesto calls on government to help build public trust in statistics. Statistics are one of the key building blocks to create the evidence base for science and research, for government policy making, and for public and media use. Impartial, independent and high quality statistics are therefore essential for a high-quality democratic debate. Government ministers should not be the arbiters of whether data are accepted as an official statistic: the independent UK Statistics Authority should continue to fulfil that role, and should be the prime guardian of the correct use of official statistics.
One of our key requests in this regard is for the government to end the practice of pre-release access to official statistics, whereby ministers and their officials have access to official statistics before they are released to the public. In the latest (2016) survey of public confidence in official statistics, although the majority (78%) of the public agreed that official statistics are generally accurate, only 26% agreed that the government presents official figures honestly when talking about its policies [1]. Internationally comparative surveys suggest that in the UK, official statistics are not as widely trusted as is the case in many other countries [2]. The public needs to be reassured that statistics are not being misused to suit political or media agendas, and decisive action against pre-release access is one of the actions needed to respect the impartial nature of official statistics, and that all should have equal access to them.
The UK also needs to work hard to ensure that it sets and fulfils global standards for public trust in new uses of data. Algorithms, big data, data science, machine learning, the internet of things and smart cities are changing our data, our public policy, businesses, and daily life. Legislative changes should empower the independent Information Commissioner to audit compliance with data protection law and punish bad practices. To strengthen governance of wide ranging public concerns in this area, we have also recommended the establishment of national Council for Data Ethics. Such a body would advise government, the private sector and the public on issues of data governance, transparency, and fairness, and would help industry to innovate more safely by building consensus.
Legislation should be changed to empower the UK Statistics Authority to keep pre-release access to a minimum across all four UK administrations.
Currently, ministers and key officials responsible for a policy area have access to statistical releases and publications in that area 24 hours before they are made available to Parliament or the general public. This is in direct contravention of the principle of equal access which is enshrined in international good practice [3]. It also has implications for public confidence in statistics. The most recent (2016) report on Public Confidence in Official Statistics notes (at p.21) that "the proportion [of the public] who felt that specific statistics are free from political interference ranged from just 46% for employment figures to 76% for the Census." A majority (67%) in this survey supported official statistics being made available to everyone at the same time, with no pre-release access [4].
It is sometimes argued that access to statistics at the earliest opportunity is necessary for ministers to manage the affairs of their department. It is however the case that where statistics are derived from administrative data and management information, managers and ministers can access those data directly. There is no justification, in our view, for pre-release access to the statistical outputs of government.
The arguments for pre-release access (as attested, for example, in the Cabinet Office review of the arrangements) also rest on the alleged necessity for ministerial comment or a departmental press release being issued at or around the same time as the statistics [5, 6]. In our view the practice of issuing such commentary to coincide with statistical releases is pernicious. It skews debate over the figures and perpetuates the impression that ministers control the data. Evidence from surveys of public attitudes toward official statistics suggests that lack of confidence in statistics is in large part due to perceptions of political control or misrepresentation [7]. Pre-release access is likely to strengthen that perception, so is a major obstacle to improving public confidence. Straightforward abuse of statistics to exert political control is rare, but access 24 hours in advance of release (as is the case in England and Northern Ireland) allows the possibility for media management, and the suspicion that this could be taking place. The situation in Scotland and Wales is worse in that up to five days of pre-release access is allowed.
Additional to this, we have witnessed growing concerns about the extent of pre-release access in the UK to market sensitive (potentially market-moving) data. To provide an example of the extent of this: according to the ONS, 114 people had pre-release access to labour market data in April 2017, with their job titles being published in the Pre-release access list for UK labour market statistics [8]. On this matter we note that the greater the pre-release access we have in the UK, the greater the likelihood that such data may be leaked [9].
The latest round of peer reviews of statistical standards across Europe has highlighted pre-release access as "an area of weakness" in the UK. Reviewers concluded that the current situation of pre-release in the UK is "excessive" and recommended that it ultimately be abolished [10]. The key principle underlying this position is that of equal access to statistics for all users, as defined in the United Nations Principles Governing International Statistical Activities. These principles also state that good practice involves impartial compilation and dissemination of international statistics, and requires there to be a clear distinction, in statistical publications, between statistical and analytical comments on one hand and policy-prescriptive and advocacy comments on the other [11].
To address public trust in this area of weakness, the relevant legislation should be changed at the earliest opportunity to empower the UK Statistics Authority to keep pre-release access to an absolute minimum in line with international best practice, across all four UK administrations.
All too often statistics are being misrepresented in the public debate. Ministers, MPs and other public officials are guided by the Ministerial Code to follow the UK Statistics Authority's Code of Practice [12]. The Code states that at all stages in the production, management and dissemination of official statistics, the public interest should prevail over organisational, political or personal interests, and that no statement or comment is issued to the press or published ahead of the publication of the statistics [13]. In recent years there has been a much closer scrutiny of the misuse of statistics in public debate by the UK Statistics Authority and by fact-checking organisations such as Full Fact. The Authority in 2008 highlighted the need for their Code of Practice to apply much more widely, following the production of a Home Office fact sheet on knife crime which published administrative 'hospital episode statistics' data that had been accessed before ONS processing and official release [14, 15]. Subsequent interventions have addressed issues such as misreporting by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron and others of new jobs figures in relation to foreign workers, which is an issue that Full Fact has also campaigned on [16, 17]. Examples such as these continue to show that good practice in official statistics must be applied more widely in future.
Ministers should not be the arbiters of whether data are accepted as an official statistic.
Since its inception in 2007, the UK Statistics Authority has established itself as a key independent player in the UK statistical landscape. Its statutory role is to be the prime guardian of the correct use of statistics in public debate, and its interventions, we believe, have informed both politicians and the media. We would encourage the government and other policy makers to continue to seek the Authority's advice, and to follow its guidance to prevent recurrent cases of misuse. The government should be widely committed to improving how information, as a basis for policy making, is communicated in public. Standards in the communication of statistics, adjudicated by the Authority, have a major part in this. It is also the case that a great many statistics are produced, of variable quality, some providing a better standard of evidence than others. We are of the view that ministers should not be the arbiters of whether data are accepted as an official statistic and their categorisation as such. That responsibility should be transferred in law to the UK Statistics Authority.
The Information Commissioner's Office should have greater powers to audit compliance and punish bad practices.
In addition to addressing ministers' use of statistics, one of the key ways of building trust in statistics among the general public is to have strong safeguards in place to protect individuals' personal data. Research commissioned by the RSS and others has shown the public lack trust in the use of data by organisations across the public and private sectors. There are a range of safeguards that, when applied and discussed, help to reassure the public [18, 19, 20]. Sufficient privacy safeguards should therefore be built into any sharing of personal data at the outset. We would also like to emphasise that there is a need for independent oversight and governance to better assure the safeguarding of information and to improve trust. The Data Protection Act provides for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to have certain powers, such as monetary penalty notices and prosecutions. However we believe the ICO should have greater powers to audit compliance and punish bad practices. Data protection provisions should also be written in to the government's contractual arrangements, and penalties for data theft should be strengthened, to encourage greater attention to the ICO's remit. Alongside these data protection concerns, new questions have also emerged, such as how we can hold algorithms to account for automated (or semi-automated) decisions – for example, who is responsible when a driverless car crashes? In light of major dilemmas about the ethics of new data science, we have recommended that a national Council for Data Ethics should be established to advise government, the private sector and the public on issues of data governance, transparency, and fairness [21]. Such a body would help industry to innovate more safely by building consensus around standards and ethics [22].
[1] Simpson, I. (2017) Public Confidence in Official Statistics - 2016 [PDF]. London: NatCEN social research. Available from:https://natcen.ac.uk/media/1361381/natcen_public-confidence-in-official-statistics_web_v2.pdf
[2] P. 13 in European Commission (2007) Special Eurobarometer: Europeans knowledge on economical indicators [PDF]. Available from: https://www.oecd.org/site/worldforum06/39562127.pdf
[3] United Nations Statistics Division (2006) Principles governing international statistical activities [html]. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/statorg/Principles_stat_activities/principles_stat_activities.htm
[4] Simpson, I. (2017) Public Confidence in Official Statistics - 2016, ibid. as above.
[5]UK Statistics Authority (2010) Pre-release access to official statistics: a review of the statutory arrangements, March 2010. London: Crown Copyright
[6] Cabinet Office (2010) Pre-release access to official statistics policy [PDF]. London: Cabinet Office. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62084/pre-release-stats.pdf
[7] Bailey, R. Rofique, J. & Humphrey, A. (2010) Public Confidence in Official Statistics 2009 [PDF]. London: NatCen Social Research. Available at: http://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/25384/public-confidence-official-statistics-2009.pdf
[8] ONS (2017) 'UK labour market statistics: Apr 2017' > 'pre-release access list'. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/uklabourmarketstatisticsapr2017#prereleaseaccesslist
[9] Bird, M. 'New Data Suggest U.K. Government Figures are Getting Released Early', The Wall Street Journal, 13 March 2017. Available at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/market-drift-suggests-some-investors-may-be-trading-on-u-k-economic-data-ahead-of-release-1489397403
[10] Snorrason, H. Byfuglien, J. & Vihavainen, H. (2015) Peer review report on compliance with the Code of Practice and the coordination role of the National Statistical Institute: United Kingdom [PDF]. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/64157/4372828/2015-UK-report/d44f7d3f-64c1-4450-8a37-bfadb8542607
[11] United Nations Statistics Division (2006) Principles governing international statistical activities [html]. Available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/statorg/Principles_stat_activities/principles_stat_activities.htm
[12] Cabinet Office (2016) Ministerial Code [pdf]. London: Cabinet Office. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579752/ministerial_code_december_2016.pdf
[13] UK Statistics Authority (2009) Code of Practice for Official Statistics: Edition 1.0 [PDF]. London: UK Statistics Authority, Available at: http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-official-statistics.pdf
[14] House of Commons (2009) 'Minutes of evidence taken before public administration committee: Official Statistics; publication of statistics relating to knife crime' [html], 5 February 2009. Available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubadm/c229-i/c22902.htm
[15] 'Publication of statistics related to knife crime' [PDF], Letter from Sir Gus O'Donnell to Tony Wright MP, 16 January 2009. Available from: http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/correspondence/publication-of-statistics-relating-to-knife-crime.pdf
[16] 'Statistics on new jobs' [PDF], Letter from Sir Andrew Dilnot to Jonathan Portes, 18 August 2014. Available from: http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/correspondence/letter-from-sir-andrew-dilnot-to-jonathan-portes-18082014.pdf
[17] 'ONS moves to end misreporting of foreign worker job statistics' [online article], Full Fact, 12 July 2011. Available at: https://fullfact.org/blog/foreign_worker_statistics_ons_clarification-2815
[18] Cameron, D. Pope, S. & Clemence, M. (2014) Dialogue on Data: Exploring the public's views on using linked administrative data for research purposes [PDF]. London: Ipsos MORI. Available from: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/files/public-engagement/public-dialogues/dialogue-on-data-exploring-the-public-s-views-on-using-linked-administrative-data-for-research-purposes/
[19] RSS (2014). Research on trust in data and attitudes toward data use / data sharing [PDF]. London: Royal Statistical Society. Available from: http://www.statslife.org.uk/images/pdf/rss-data-trust-data-sharing-attitudes-research-note.pdf
[20] Sciencewise (2014) Big Data: Public views on the collection, sharing and use of personal data by government and companies [PDF]. Didcot: Sciencewise. Available at: http://www.sciencewise-erc.org.uk/cms/assets/Uploads/SocialIntelligenceBigData.pdf
[21] RSS (2015) The Opportunities and Ethics of Big Data: Workshop report [PDF]. Available from: http://www.rss.org.uk/Images/PDF/influencing-change/2016/rss-report-opps-and-ethics-of-big-data-feb-2016.pdf
[22] 'Science and Technology Committee (Commons)' > 'Algorithms in decision-making inquiry – publications' > Written evidence submitted by The Royal Statistical Society (ALG0071) [PDF] available from: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/algorithms-in-decisionmaking/written/69144.pdf


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11 Essential Things Every Guy Should Carry
Women seem like they are always prepared for life's daily obstacles. Maybe they seem more prepared than men do because they carry a multitude of essentials in their handbags. Anything from toiletries to tech and make-up. Guys need to think about the essential things we should have with us at all times. This is where the right bag or backpack comes into play.
It has become more common over the last few years to see dudes stepping up their bag game. Man bags, man-purses, or simply known as "murses". The discerning man has come to realize that not everything can be stuffed into his pockets or wallet.
We'll cover the best bags for a guy to tote around in another post. For now, here are a few items that every man should carry at all times:
- Smartphone or Tablet – These devices have become essential to our everyday lives. From using Google Maps to get you from place to place to having an eBook on your Kindle app during lulls in activity, a smart device is the essential to the man on the go.
- Earbuds or headphones – when in transit, keep a pair of headphones on hand so that you can drown out the busy city sounds.
- Small first-aid kit – You never know when you might have to tussle with a bear or wrangle an alligator. It's comforting to know that you have the basics to properly treat those scrapes and bruises.
- An Umbrella – Be prepared for unpredictable weather and for keeping that pretty girl you just met in SoHo covered from the rain or rays. Should be small and compact as well as neutral in color.
- A water bottle – If you're ever in a pinch and can't find a place to hydrate, a bottle of water is literally a life-saver. Be sure to periodically switch out the bottle with a fresh one.
- Pocket knife or Multi-tool – A pocket knife has many uses and a multi-tool with scissors, a screwdriver, and a file could also come in handy.
- Portable charger – This is a necessary item to keep with you. You don't need for your laptop, tablet, or smartphone to run out of juice. Especially if you are using your phone as a flashlight.
- Keys – You won't get very far without them.
- Self-defense item – Self-explanatory and whatever your local laws will allow.
- Cash and Identification – Carry enough cash as you feel comfortable with, but enough to get you out of trouble.
- Emergency gift for the wife or girlfriend – Did you forget that birthday or anniversary? This one doesn't have to go in your bag, but its good to keep one on hand. Avoid the backlash by being prepared.
These are just a few items and many more could be added to the list. You have to know your needs and lifestyle to determine what you personally have to have with you at all times.


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It isn't often that you see a priest breaking into a car, but on Friday afternoon that is exactly what the families of our Grandparents as Parents Support Group were watching as they assembled near the Parish Hall in our car park waiting for their Christmas outing. Car keys are very useful, except when they are locked in a bag on the back seat of a car! I had not realised before that I had the skills to break into other people's vehicles, but now a whole new world of petty crime is opening up as a possibility before me having successfully achieved what I previously thought to be impossible.
We all know the importance of keys, to help us to keep things securely and to be able to unlock what we need at the right time. If ever we lose our keys, or lock them in the wrong place, we become particularly aware of how vital they are for us.
For many centuries in the life of the Church men were ordained to the order of door keeper, one of the four minor orders, to show the significance given to those who were responsible for being the keepers of the keys. Whilst the Church no longer ordains door keepers today, it did do so from the Third Century until less than a hundred years ago. When Luisa and I and our family arrived in the Rectory we were handed a whole box of keys, and we are still in the process (a year later) of working out what some of them are for. We have not yet found a door that we cannot open, but we do have plenty of keys that don't fit into any of the locks which is intriguing!
In this second weekend of Advent, as we light our second Advent candle, we remember the Prophets of the Old Testament – those men and women who looked for and anticipated and kept alive the hope that one day a Messiah would come to bring in the reign of the Kingdom of God, and who called people in their own day to live lives that reflected God's priorities of faithfulness and justice.
This weekend, as we continue to look forward ourselves in anticipation to the celebration of the first Advent (the first coming) of Christ amongst us two thousand years ago in Bethlehem on that first Christmas night, and as we looking forward as well to his second Advent (his second coming) one day as the righteous judge of all, we also look back in time to those who lived before Jesus and who waited as we do now, for him to come amongst them.
The most important thing to say about the prophets of the Old Testament, as we remember their waiting for the coming of the Kingdom, just as we wait too in this Advent season, is that the Prophets act like a key for us to understanding the life and ministry of Jesus, so long anticipated, and the Kingdom which he inaugurated and which we are a living sign of today.
In our first reading today we heard from the Prophet Isaiah. We (like the first Christians who read through the Old Testament texts to find anticipations of the coming of Jesus) find resonances I am sure, between the hope that we have in Jesus, and the picture image that the Prophet Isaiah paints for us.
Isaiah the Prophet who had served four kings in Judea, looks at the world around him, in which there has been great disappointment because of the leadership of those kings, and he offers a new vision for the people, of a world in which, from the same family of David (the stump of Jesse) will come a king who – unlike the ones that he has experienced – will not only rule fairly and with justice, but who will even bring about a change in the whole natural order in which even the wolf and the lamb, the bear and the cow, the snake and the child (all natural enemies of each other) will live together in harmony.
It is an extraordinarily beautiful image, that has been turned from words into art work all over the world. When the first Christians heard this description of the ideal Jewish King, a righteous ruler who would bring peace to the world, because he possessed the wisdom and power of God's Spirit, this resonated powerfully with their experience of Jesus of Nazareth. They began to presume, as we probably do, when we hear it, that that was what Isaiah was intending.
But I think that most Biblical scholars would want to caution that we hold on a moment before going too far down that track. They might say to us, "it is really easy to see why the Early Church grasped this and other writings of the Prophets like it and used them to point to Jesus and to confirm the faith that they had in him, and there's nothing wrong in them doing that then, and us doing it today – just as long as we remember that that would have been news to Isaiah himself."
Those same scholars would want to say to us, "just remember that the Prophets were chiefly concerned, not with events that might happen hundreds of years later, but with what was going on around them, in their time, in response to which they sought to give people a vision that would bring them back from their wanderings to the faithful service of God."
In other words, as Isaiah paints a vision of a world in which people live lives of equity, justice, service, righteousness and faithfulness – he is primarily calling the people of his own day to repentance, to change their ways, rather than acting as a fortune teller about what might happen in the future. He is saying look, we need a king right now who can help us to live the lives that we should be living before the God who has created and who sustains us.
The word 'Prophet' means 'someone who tells forth' or 'someone who proclaims'. So to see the Prophets as people who were primarily interested in predicting future events is to miss what they were primarily on about, which was to speak for God – to proclaim God's words as they understood them – to their contemporaries, as we affirm in the Creed when we say, "he has spoken by the Prophets."For many of us, that is quite a different way of understanding how we approach the Prophets of the Old Testament. Although we hear excerpts from the writings of the Prophets as we gather together throughout the year, in our first reading from the Old Testament, weekend by weekend, if we are honest we often don't take much time to consider the message that they bring to us.
When we think about the Prophets the first thought for many of us is that their main concern was trying to predict when the Messiah would arrive. We probably have that idea in our minds particularly because at Christmas it is the words of the Prophets that are quoted to confirm to us that the one who was so long awaited has arrived; and there is a good reason why we expect the Prophets to be talking about the coming of Jesus.
We need to remember that when the first Christians, who were also Jews, tried to reflect together on what they had experienced in Jesus, they did not have the New Testament as we do today to help them in this task. They had to work hard to try and sort out in their collective minds and to start to piece together exactly who Jesus was, and how the Church should act, without the kinds of guidance and the accumulated learning of 2,000 years of experience of being the Church which we have today.
The New Testament was itself generated from these reflections, but the books of the New Testament and a systematic approach to understanding Jesus had not yet been formulated when they were thinking through these things. The first Christians turned to the books that they did have to help them, and as good Jews, these were the books that we now call the Old Testament. They studied those texts to find any similarities, and indicators that would help them to explain their experience of life with Jesus. It was texts like the one that we heard in our first reading today that encouraged them, because they found in that vision of a new world, the kind of Kingdom that they believed that Jesus had inaugurated.
I say all of this today, because this year in our cycle of readings we too will be reflecting on our life as the Body of Christ, through the lense of the Gospel of Matthew, and it is the Gospel of Matthew more than any of the others, that seeks to justify and explain the ministry of Jesus with reference to the texts of the Old Testament and particularly the Prophets. Yet only 2% of the whole of the writings and sayings of the Prophets found in the Old Testament say anything at all about when the Messiah would come for the first time, and less than 1% concern the events of when he will come again in glory. But the reality is that it is those small amount of texts that we hear in our great Christmas festivals, and of the course the danger is that if we think that the purpose of the Prophets was to foretell the coming of Jesus, then we will allow the other 97% of what they had to say, to simply pass us by.
The Prophets of the Old Testament were, in the main not trying to act as soothsayers for people who would hear their message a long time after them. Isaiah the Prophet looks out on the world around him, and declares that a better world is needed: a king who will act justly, people who will repent and turn from what they are doing in order to be faithful, so that a new and better world can be created, not in the future but there and then: where the widows and the orphans and the poor will be cared for.
Our own Anglican Communion defines the mission of the Church in five ways, through what are called the 'Five Marks of Mission'. One of those marks of mission affirms that we Anglicans (that's all of us) are called "to seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation". To do these things is to continue the ministry of Prophets in our own time: to be people who point to God's vision for his world. The Prophets act as a key for us in not only understanding Jesus and his prophetic ministry, but understanding the life and agenda of the Church.
On this Second Weekend in Advent we light a candle for the Prophets and we wait for the coming of Jesus, as they did before us. To wait with the Prophets is not a project in spiritual navel gazing. It requires of us the bravery to put forward a vision for our local community of what life can be like now, if we order our lives according to God's rule of love.
As we wait with the Prophets, we pray for imagination and creativity to speak the word of God, about his vision for his world, to those who live around us.


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My Ego 07 Paintball Gun Review: I am a paintball gun collector. I have or have had every top gun made including DM9, luxe, Bob long vice and Russian Legion Marq, Shocker NXT, Mini, Dangerous power fusions, Proto 09 Rail....but the one gun I bring....especially if I can only bring one, is an Ego. I now have 3; an 07, 08 and SL8R. I have never had any of the three stop working in or out of a game, break a single ball or any other issue. You can shoot at least 6 pods and a hopper on a 48/4500 tank and still have some air to spare.
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Why You Should Promote Your Business with Custom Logo Balloons.
Rarely will you find monopolies any more which is why every venture is scrambling to put their business across. Doing the same old things is not going to create an edge in your business which is why you ought to make sure you are doing something very different from what the competition is doing. In matters to do with advertisement, people are now going for customized balloons and they are doing much better.
Balloons come in all colors which means they will catch the attention of people very fast. Being instant attention catchers, the people who are looking at them will also be interesting to know why they have been put up as well. You may succeed in winning the attention of the population you are targeting but it will be a different case if they forget about your business once they move away from the balloons.
Creating lasting impressions should be at the top of your list when you think about the advertisement media. When something is unique, a lot of people will remember it for a long time and this is something you are sure of when you decide to go with customized balloons. However, make sure the design you have chosen as well as the colors are in line with the company profile so that the clients can make such a ling even when it takes a long time for them to come back.
There is a lot of hype about marketing and advertising a brand but if you do this without thinking about the expenditure, you can run down the firm. Therefore, you need to go for the cost-effective and highly effective strategies. Depending on how many balloons you want, you should not have budget more than 100 dollars and this covers the cost of inflating them as well as putting them up. Once you are done with the advertisement, there is no need to get rid of them but you can keep them deflated and reused them at a later date.
Balloons do not need any maintenance unless a few of them have popped and they will have to be replaced. The same cannot be said about other channels which need maintenance. In deciding the marketing channel to use, make sure that you do not ignore maintenance costs because they might even end up being more than initial budget of the process and this is not good news at all.
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So I have to start off by saying, that my best friend from high school and I love to send things in the mail to each other, and many of the things she sends me will probably make an appearance in this blog.
This little beauty is what I received from her today!
Don't you love it? And to quote the message inside... "I made it. Well sorta. I put the ribbon on it."
I just have to say, good job Liz, I love your card, I think it is so pretty, and wonderful that you added your little touch. I always look forward to see what you are going to send!
Don't you just love to send things in the mail though? I mean, I always know to look out for something, but when you find it there in your box, then you just feel so loved for that little moment. That someone would take the time to send you something that they probably have handwritten, or spent some time writing. I just love that feeling. So suspenseful and romantic.
That is why, even though we text and talk on Facebook, Liz and I continue to send each other mail.