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The day after Josh and Erin left us the wind was finally at more acceptable levels so we sailed off back to Rhinia, our favourite of the islands round here. We had a good sail round to the west side and anchored in a beautiful cove – Ormos Miso.
We had a lovely couple of days here exploring the island and dodging flying shot gun bullets, as the farmers were constantly out hunting birds.
We managed another impressive beach clean-up here: Collecting something like 200lts of plastic debris. The most unusual finds were, curtain hooks, tile spacers, an intact huge electric light bulb.
Most prolific finds; plastic straws, glow bands, balloons, plastic bottle lids, fisherman's twine and netting.
Good job done; we sailed across to Syros in yet more fruity winds and parked on the quay with the help of Thannasis, the lovely, stylish, colour-coordinated and helpful harbourmaster.
Further exploration inland revealed a beautiful town, marbled paved square and streets, Venetian style Neo-Classical buildings, bulging wrought iron balconies, tall shuttered windows and a charming elegance we have not seen elsewhere. The bay is huge. At its heart is the newly bankrupt shipyard and dry docks. Once providing employment for 2500 people it has just stopped operating some 5 months ago.
In the south part of the bay is a newish mariner which is not properly managed or maintained since it seems no one can agree who should have the contract. So, it is left un-cared for and defunct before it has even been completed. Boat owners use it regardless…for free but it is a shambles.
Ian carried out his daily engine check and discovered that seawater was getting into the saildrive: Another potentially costly repair.
We organised for an engineer, Stamatis and his son Georgios, to check it and he confirmed what we suspected. We would have to be hauled out for the repairs to the saildrive. We agreed to come back in on Friday morning after having dropped Keira in Mykonos.
We had a lovely few days in Ermoupolis, and had the added bonus of meeting up with a Clipper chum of Ian's called Mike Stephenson who was out on a charter yacht with his wife Amanda and friends. We had a pleasant evening with them and waved them off in the morning.
We headed back to our favourite place on Rhinia, shocked to see a HUGE rock across the entrance to the cove that we had not spotted on our first stay. We took a bearing on the GPS so that we could add it to our chart.
We enjoyed sunbathing, swimming, back gammoning, eating and watching a couple of films. (A fish called Wanda – helping to complete Keira's film education) and then, all too soon, it was time to head back to Mykonos to say goodbye to Keira as she heads back to the UK after her year abroad.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump gave him a direct order to allow a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes to retire without losing his SEAL status.
Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that Trump's order was the reason he announced Sunday that Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher would be allowed to retire with his Trident Pin, retaining his status as a SEAL.
Last week Trump had tweeted that he wanted Gallagher to be allowed to retire as a SEAL, but Esper's comments Monday revealed that Trump had given the defense secretary a direct order to make this happen.
Gallagher was acquitted of murder in the stabbing death of an Islamic State militant captive but convicted of posing with the corpse while in Iraq in 2017.
In his remarks, Esper also accused Navy Secretary Richard Spencer of secretly offering to the White House to rig the Navy disciplinary process to ensure that Gallagher not lose his Trident.
Esper fired Spencer on Sunday, saying he had lost trust in him. Spencer has not responded to requests for comment on Esper's accusation. However, in a resignation letter Sunday he gave a different version of his thinking.
Spencer said he could not in good conscience follow an order that he believed would undermine the principle of good order and discipline in the military – suggesting that he had been ordered to stop the peer-review process for Gallagher.
In announcing Sunday that he had dismissed Spencer, Esper said he acted after learning of Spencer's secret plan to guarantee the outcome of the Navy SEAL peer-review board that was scheduled to convene Dec. 2 with the goal of recommending whether Gallagher should be allowed to retain his Trident.
Spencer had "proposed a deal whereby if the president allowed the Navy to handle the case, he would guarantee that Eddie Gallagher would be restored to rank, allowed to retain his Trident and permitted to retire," Esper said.
This was "completely contrary" to what Esper and the rest of the Pentagon leadership had agreed to, he said, and contrary to Spencer's public position that the Navy disciplinary process should be allowed to play out with no interference.
Esper said he had previously advocated for allowing the Navy peer-review board go forward Dec. 2. But when Trump gave him a "verbal instruction" Sunday to stop the process, he did so.
"The commander in chief has certain constitutional rights and powers which he is free to exercise, as many presidents have done in the past," Esper said. "Again, these are constitutional powers."
Esper did not say explicitly that he disagreed with Trump's order.
Once Trump gave the order, Esper said he responded, "Roger. I got it."
"I can control what I can control," he told reporters. The president, he said, "has every right" to issue such an order.
Esper said he had been "flabbergasted" when he learned at the White House on Friday that Spencer had gone behind his back to propose a secret deal.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Esper said that when he called the Navy secretary, "he was completely forthright in admitting what had been going on."
The next day, Saturday, Esper called Trump to tell him that he intended to fire Spencer and Trump supported the decision.
On Sunday afternoon Esper called Spencer and told him he was being fired. Spencer "took it in stride" and said he would have a resignation letter to him within 30 minutes – "and he did."
In that letter, Spencer made no mention of what Esper called Spencer's secret deal with the White House.
Esper said it was best, under the extraordinary circumstances set in motion last week, that the Gallagher review board not proceed as planned. He said he believes in the military justice system, but in this case it had become untenable.
"As professional as they are," he said of the board members, "no matter what they would decide, they would be criticized from many sides, which would further drag this issue on, dividing the institution. I want the SEALs and the Navy to move beyond this now, fully focused on their warfighting mission."
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Good Morning Everyone!
I hope everyone is starting their week off on a good note. For me its so far been so good.
I woke up and did a 42 minute strength training work out thanks to my ExerciseTV on demand. I think it was part of the Body by Jake Series. It was a great circuit training session where you do a move for 45 seconds, rest for 15 and then move on to the next. The constant change kept things at a fast pace and interesting.
The best part of the morning was getting dressed in one of my new outfits from yesterday's shopping adventures. I LOVE starting the week in a new outfit. Something about wearing something new, just makes the day feel that much better.
And of course I had to celebrate my newly annointed weekly holiday of Cereal Monday.
- 1/2 cup GraduateMeghann's Mix
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter Puffins
- 1/2 cup Heartland Raisin Granola
- 1/2 Peach
- Raspberries
- Plain Oikos
I was so happy to finally see raspberries on sale at Publix this week. They still weren't cheap (2/$5) but it's better then the price I have been seeing. Raspberries are one of my fave berries and its a shamed they haven't been fairly priced this summer.
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It was about 09:00 am when Juan Jose Fierros Haro, coordinator of municipal courts of the City of Tlaquepaque addressed a truck Hummer in color white, not plate, accompanied by another lawyer , was at that time that armed men fired at them.
The incident occurred in the streets of colonial San Pedrito, part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, reports say the officer to be attacked with gunfire lost control of his truck and crashed into a fence.
Jalisco state authorities moved immediately to the scene after receiving calls from neighbors who warned what happened and the officer found dead aged 31, who had been brutally gunned down, while his companion identified as Alfredo López Aguilar was rushed to hospital the town and presenting several gunshot wounds.
In the scene found at least 10 shell casings, as reported by experts from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences.
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There are many things that people remember about the wedding, how beautiful the bride was, how delicious the food was, how charming the ceremony was; but very rarely people remember the wedding parties. With a little effort and creativity, people can be made to remember how exhilarating the wedding party was.
Here are some interesting ideas to make your wedding a standout celebration.
Arrange a Reception Lounge
During the wedding celebration; especially after the dance people would be exhausted and spent. Give guests a place sit back and recharge, to mingle between dance breaks and to grab bites of snacks or drinks by creating a lounge area at your reception. Arrange the space with some snuggly décor and fill couches or chairs with plush cushions and plenty of pillows to sink into.
It is the perfect way to keep everyone at the party comfortable and happy. Reception lounges make sure that the guests attending the party are enjoying even when they are resting. To make the setting more interesting and cozy close off some portions of the lounge with curtains to create a VIP vibe.
Also See – 7 best ideas to make your own wedding invitations
Reception Ushers
Ushers are very important at a wedding as they perform many roles and duties like escorting guests to their seats before the ceremony, rolling out the aisle runner, and acting as general guest guides. They always make the execution of plans at a wedding party glitch free. If you have many cousins and friends to be the groomsmen and bridesmaids you can designate the extra members as ushers. This always helps you to include more people in your wedding day fun without overdosing on bridesmaids or groomsmen.
The reception ushers can escort guests to their seats, help them with directions and supervise other activities going on during a party. Error-free execution of a wedding party sure makes it fun and memorable.
Guest Transportation
You can not only make the wedding party enjoyable and fun; the journey to the wedding venue can be made cheerful thereby making the whole event delightful. This idea can be incorporated only if your party venue is away from the wedding ceremony location and if you are planning on shuttling your guests from the ceremony to the reception. You can augment the excitement of the guests and make them party ready by rendering the transport amusing. You can decorate the vehicles in novelty designs like a float or you can rent cool vehicles and if your budget is not strapped something astounding like a limousine can be rented.
You can even lift the wedding transportation to new heights with a hot air balloon ride. Or, if it will suit your wedding style, get nostalgic with some charming yellow school buses.
Pre-Ceremony Cocktails
Pre-ceremony cocktails are not as trivial as it sounds. Pre-ceremony cocktails or welcome drinks are the portion of your feast that the guests taste first. After the ceremony, all the standing during the proceedings and if the reception is far, all the commute make the guest tired and yearning for something refreshing. The cocktail should refresh the guest and make them hold over till the feast is served. It should be welcoming and should set the tone of the remaining feast.
Your guests will not expect any drinks until the reception. Serve them some luscious pre ceremony to surprise and please them. It is ideal to set up a table of light beverages on the way into the ceremony than to serve them personally. Rather than serving familiar flavors, discuss with your caterer and ideate a unique and delectable drink.
Standout Escort Cards
Nowadays escort cards are indispensable at a wedding and they can be made more than just a white paper with names printed on it. Some brides are not able to wrap their head around the concept or at least a little confused about the difference between them and place cards. Even though escort cards and place cards are both used to help the guests find their spots, they are, in fact, very different things.
Escort cards can be upgraded and made creative and memorable. Instead of paper cards that gets crumbled and thrown away; ameliorate your escort cards to something worth keeping or even worth eating! Try handmade cards or metal engraved or edible cards. Make them so alluring that the guests are forced to save as a souvenir of your wedding.
Welcome Bags
Your wedding day is the day when your friends and relatives shower you with goodies and gifts. Reciprocate the love by gifting something to the guests as well. Make your guests feel like special and loved by presenting welcome bags that go beyond a map and a few snacks.
You can assemble an assortment of goodies like cards, gift cards, welcome notes, small bottles of wine, perfumes, chocolates and what not. You can stuff the gifts into a wooden or paper boxes or even a tote bag and adorn it with a bow or beautiful message.
A DIY Flower Station
Do you wish to make your wedding party activity based and fun-filled? Let your female guests stand out with their own corsage or boutonniere and let them know that their beautiful presence at the party is important and special to you. You can set up a DIY flower station at each desk so that the guests can indulge in some activity while sitting at the table. Consult your florist about setting up the parts of flower station. You can provide some sturdy blooms like roses, tulips or mums, colorful ribbons, pins, scissors, tapes and easy-to-follow instructions.
Selfie Booths
If you are looking for ways to entertain your guests and to make the party livelier; install selfie booths. The wedding is an event where everybody clicks pictures, so give the guests a space to click selfies, as much as they want without any hindrance. Set up a spot at the entrance or away from the crowd and install a good light source for the photos, also add some posters, twinkling lights, statues or elements of your wedding theme in the background. You can add the couple's picture or the date of the wedding so that every picture getting in the selfie booth becomes a memory.
Convenient Child Care
We want everyone at our wedding to witness the ceremony without any hindrance and to enjoy the party to the fullest. But that is always a distant dream for parents of small kids. Out of the hundreds of guests that grace the occasion, it is possible that a few of the guest would be bringing kids. Kids are always difficult to handle; they not only trouble the parents but also the people around. Kids can throw tantrums right in the middle of the ceremony or party. You can set up a kid's room at the party venue where kids can be safe and hang out together. If possible hire a babysitter and so that she can handle your youngest guests; so that their parents can enjoy the event tension-free. Try to set up the room close to the venue that parents can stop by to check in on the kids often and then rejoin the party easily.
Stock the room with games, snacks, a portable DVD player, and coloring books to keep them entertained, and make sure there are soft sofas and blankets for those inevitable naps.
A Bubbly Bar
The toast time can be made fun by providing an assortment of flavors to the guests to personalize their champagne. We try many new things and a wedding and incorporate many ideas to existing traditions, but toasts have always remained the same. It is always just champagne and talking. You can discuss with the bartender and make a list of things that would complement the champagne or wine. Make toast time delicious by letting guests customize their drinks with fruit purees, citrus twists, lavender sprigs, and flavored ice cubes. Arrange them tidily on a table and provide enough spoons or other cutlery so that the flavors can be easily transferred to glasses of bubbling champagnes.
A Memorable Guest Book
Just like a photograph or a wedding video; a guest book too serves as a wonderful memorabilia of the wedding. It will be an absolute delight to read the thoughtful notes that the guests have written about you and your wedding.
If you are planning to set up a guest book; think beyond the typical guest book. You can make your guest book more visually compelling by providing a Polaroid camera. Guest and write and click a picture at your wedding and affix it to the guest book. Another cool idea is to ask guided questions in your guest book. Some people might struggle to put their feelings into words; such people can also thus contribute to the guest book. Ask questions like where will you be 10 years, your first pet's name or the places you are visiting for the honeymoon. Another creative option is to create a jigsaw puzzle of your photo and let guests sign each piece.
A Family Tree Seating Chart
A hell lot of effort has to be put into crafting a seating chart but it will be still a boring list of seating information. Seating charts can be made interesting and efficient by following a family tree style. Make a family tree and hang it somewhere at the seating area and if possible add the pictures of each guest; we might not recognize all our relatives with just a name.
This will help the guest to know all the relatives and bond with them. You can show the guests how they're connected and get the dinner conversation started. You can also include friends chart, like school friends, college friends, and friends from work, so that they will also feel special. Also, place a sign at each table showing relationship the between people sitting next to each other; it will help break the ice for those who haven't already met.
A First-Dance Confetti Drop
Let the dance floor be filled with confetti showers when the couple takes their first steps as husband and wife. The couple taking the dance floor is one of the highlights of every wedding. After long hours of standing and maintaining the posture, they can be themselves and start having fun from the dance floor. Confetti adds a special touch to your dance performance, makes it entertaining and the pictures of it are bound to look stunning. Select the material of your confetti according to your dance style and songs. Use glittering and funky confetti for speedy music like a rock and roll. Use fresh flowers or petals for songs that are slow and romantic, like a slow jazz number or if you plan to waltz. Notify your venue managers and florist and make prior arrangements, to allot cleaning staff to clean the confetti after and to procure the flowers. Also, make sure that the confetti you use does not stick to the skin and make skin irritations.
A Video Confessional Booth
Bring a fresh twist to photo booth by upgrading it to video booth. Install a video camera, a light source, and some props so that guest can record easily record quick meaningful, fun messages for the couple. You can archive all the messages and you can also ask the videographer to include some snippets of all these messages into your wedding video. You can also paste questions in the photo booth that you want your guests to answer.
Make sure the booth is well lighted and the camera is rightly focused. You will not get time to check all these in between the party, if you miss any of these checks you will end up getting poorly-lit or badly- focused pictures.
A Hip After-Party
After the ceremony and the reception, arrange for a hip after party. Deviate from the tradition of hitting the bar with your friends for some drinks; plan a post-wedding bash for you and your party-freak friends. Arrange for the party within the premises of your wedding reception venue.
But make sure that the space has completely different ambiance from your reception. Hire a DJ and if possible a karaoke bar, smoke machines and lasers if your budget is not strapped.
Allover Lighting
Lights are the biggest decorators of any venue. It improves the visibility of a venue and livens up the place. Use lights according to the event, bright lights and DJ lights can be used for the party whereas for the ceremony or reception go for mood lighting. Always include twinkling lights on the walls, so the pictures clicked that background would look magical with spots of bokeh in the backdrop.
Another idea to be creative with light is to project models of snowflakes or falling leaves to add dramatic shadows to a boring, beige wall. You can also add illuminated funky geometric patterns on the walls or floor and also a monogram to the dance floor; this will instantly upgrade the venue. You can also use illuminated words or small messages to add to the fun.
A Decked-Out Entryway
After the ceremony make your walk out as husband and wife festive. Decking all the exit way with flowers or other adornments will drain your budget and will take a lot of time and effort to arrange. But this plan cannot be fully avoided as the entrance and exit way would look plain and boring without any fandangle. You don't have to stack a million flowers or 20-foot tall decoration piece all across the way to make this plan work. The same grandeur can be achieved using fewer flowers and less money.
Avoid thick piling of flowers and tinsel; keep a space between them as fewer looks better. Using ribbons along with flowers would enhance the outlook of adornments and minimizes the requirement of flowers.
Surprise Wedding Music
Weddings are incomplete with music, but we all know that is going to be played at a wedding ceremony. We know the ceremonial music, wedding march music and all the other music that are repeatedly played at a venue.
Hire a jazz trio or a Spanish guitar player to surprise the guests, when they only expect a string quartet. Blow your guests away by bringing some classical jazz performances, which everyone loves. Try to hire a mariachi band, a barbershop quartet or even a bluegrass group to get the party going during the cocktail hour. You can also surprise your partner by making the band play any of her favorite music. If possible make arrangements for the guests to request song or to dedicate songs to the couple. A DJ is absolutely indispensable during the party time. Consult your musicians and set the songs beforehand to make sure that things flow like a melody.
A Wedding Dress Change
Once the wedding ceremony is over every couple, especially the bride would be dying to get out the hefty gown. But wedding outfits are always heavy and difficult to manage because nobody wants to look plain and dull in simple outfits. But you can have a wedding outfit change after the ceremony. That way the bride gets to wear a humongous gown when she walks down the aisle and enjoys the party comfortable. You can go from a classic wedding dress for the ceremony to a shorter, party-friendly dress at the reception. If you wear a sparkly, white dress it will be in-sync with your wedding gown and will suit the dance floor as well. You can also wear a cocktail dress or you can design your gown with detachable train and flairs so that you can remove the extra layers and make it short. Chance you high-heels and heavy jewelry while you change and you are ready to rock the party.
Cocktails Served with a Twist
Serve your cocktails in an unconventional way. There are many ways to do this. You can have drinks and hors d'oeuvres displayed on colorful trays and delight the guests'. You can also arrange the cocktails on shelves of a makeshift bookcase-turned-bar. You can grab the guests' attention by serving the cocktails in metal or even wood container rather than glass-cocktail glasses. Set up a cocktail bar at the entrance when the guests arrive so that the party begins the moment they arrive.
Surprise Dance Performance
Don't limit your dance performance to waltz, take a few dance lessons before your wedding. Hire a choreographer and learn the steps for group dance along with your bridesmaids and groomsmen. This would be a delightful surprise for everyone gathered at the venue. Make your dance steps simple so that everyone can join and repeat the steps. You can also try your hands at some new dance forms like learning a high-energy swing routine or a sultry tango and surprise everyone during your first dance.
For an unexpected surprise, you can arrange a dance of old couple in the family or even your dad or grandpa in on the act.
Social Media Integration
Make your wedding a social media savvy event. Set up a website for your wedding and keep it updated. Assign someone to handle the site and to regularly upload details and updates. That way your wedding will be witnessed by the whole world.
You can also set up a computer or tab in the venue where the guests can upload Instagram feeds or live tweets about the wedding. If you have vloggers among your guests, you can request them to vlog the highlights of the wedding.
Killer Midnight Snacks
Liven up the party with late-night nibble and snacks just when everyone thinks the feast is over and fun is winding down. Delectable snacks like crinkle French fries, potato chips, chocolate chip cookies, muffins, milk shooters, a fully loaded taco bar, scones or even a waffle truck!
Plan Surprise Entertainment
Plan a surprise performance for the wedding, where everyone one can sit back and get some entertainment. The couple can get the attention shifted from them for some time and relax for a while. The performance will be more enjoyable when people don't see it coming.
Surprise your loved ones with unexpected entertainment like a salsa dancer, magician, mariachi band or even an acrobat performance.
Also See –How to find the perfect wedding venue


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A man withdrew a large sum of money only to become a victim of a home invasion on Monday, police allege.
A bank teller has since been arrested by Bel Air, Md., police in connection to the alleged attempted robbery.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office shared a mugshot of the man arrested, writing that officials responded to a call around 8:30 p.m. in reference to a burglary.
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The report states that the alleged criminal rang the bank client's doorbell and forced his way inside. The 78-year-old victim was assaulted until another resident, a 57-year-old woman, intervened.
"At that time, the suspect ran upstairs, and the second resident ran to a nearby home to call police. The suspect fled the area prior to deputies' arrival," the statement continues.
Emergency responders tended to the needs of the woman, while the man was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview after suffering what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The man is reportedly being treated for a broken leg, a bruised orbital area, two loose teeth and heart issues following the assault.
Officials canvassed the area with a K9 Unit without any luck of finding the reported perpetrator.
Police officers were unable to locate the suspect until they connected the large-sum withdrawal to a specific bank teller.
Their suspect was identified as 19-year-old Nathan Michael Newell. He was arrested at the bank on Nov. 13 and charged with home invasion, robbery, first and third-degree burglary, and first- and second-degree assault.
Charging documents obtained by the publication reportedly state that Newell told police he was tired of working two jobs and wanted to get his own apartment.
Michael MacPherson, president and CEO of Freedom Federal Credit Union, released a statement to The Baltimore Sun regarding their former employee, Newell.
"We are shocked and appalled to hear of the events that led to the assault and injury of a longtime member of our credit union," the statement began. "I can confirm that Nathan Newell, an employee of the credit union, was arrested at our Fountain Green branch, and charged for his involvement in this case."
READ MORE: Kingston police investigating armed bank robbery in city's west end
"The employee was with the credit union for less than nine months. Once charges were filed, the employee was immediately terminated … Our procedures met all federal and state regulations, including rigorous background checks, credit checks, state, federal and national criminal records checks, and previous employment verification."
Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler called the situation "a reverse bank robbery."
According to District Court of Maryland documents, Newell is currently being held at Harford County Detention Center without bail.
Past court documents show the man had a history of traffic violations, from speeding to driving with a suspended licence.


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In the Press: Building study: PAD studio's tennis pavilion in Southsea
PAD studio's first public building, a tennis pavilion in Southsea, Portsmouth, provides a versatile and airy community leisure facility that sits lightly in its parkland context, says Rob Wilson.
Engineer's view
The project was first conceived as a load-bearing blockwork structure, supporting exposed precast planks at first floor level, with a lightweight steel frame pavilion on top. The essence of these early design decisions remains in the finished building.
On the ground floor we have used the blockwork walls to provide vertical support. The tight plan means that the wall positions are fixed and there is limited need for future flexibility in terms of their position. The linear nature of the walls facilitates simple strip foundations below a beam-and-block ground floor.
A concrete soffit was desired at first floor level for services, thermal mass and aesthetic reasons. The first floor was initially planned as high-quality lattice girder precast planks, an approach that also enabled us to use void-formers in the slabs to reduce weight and cope with the long spans of 9.4m.
Procurement of these planks proved to be difficult due to the scale of the project and we made the decision to switch the first floor construction to in-situ concrete, poured as a flat slab with the void-formers cast into the concrete. Reinforcement bar prevented the void-formers from floating during the wet concrete stage. It was a tricky pour on a small scale but was achieved well on site.
The roof of the pavilion has a thin edge profile and is supported by columns at that thin edge, rather than cantilevering beyond the supports, which would be the more typical arrangement.
There are some carefully designed steel details in the roof structure that enable the steel beams to reduce mid-span to accommodate this edge and to allow the central gutter to pass through the steelwork.
Toby Ronalds, director, Eckersley O'Callaghan
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TORONTO, July 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve provided details about the phasing out of its monetary stimulus program and gave more clarity about its plans to raise U.S. interest rates, helping lift investor sentiment. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 78.01 points, or 0.52 percent, at 15,215.19. Nine of the 10 main sectors on the index were higher. (Reporting by John Tilak; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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Commercial Director
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- Berwick Partners
- Location
- UK - Flexible
- Salary
- £Attractive Base; Bonus; Car and Blue-Chip Benefits Scheme
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- 10 Sep 2019
- Closes
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- Sector
- Manufacturing, Sales
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Commercial Director
£Attractive Base; Bonus; Car and Blue-Chip Benefits Scheme.
Location - Flexible
Sales-led leadership role – with additional P&L operational responsibility – industrial process industry group
The Company
• With annual sales of over £100m, and a strong EBITDA performance, this organisation partners with a broad range of blue-chip customers in the industrial process industry markets, such as chemicals, oil & gas and pharmaceutical, providing technologically-driven solutions and products.
• Part of an international group, with operating plants throughout Europe, the company has grown rapidly over recent years through acquisition. It has a flat management structure that enables it to make decisions quickly, creating an entrepreneurial capability with a family business-like culture.
• Led by a highly credible UK senior leadership team, the business is undergoing an exciting phase of transformation, and now requires a Commercial Director to develop its sales capability.
The Role
• Accountable for the UK sales function, the role will be responsible for developing a more structured and professional commercial approach. The aim is to create a solutions-led sales team that is supported and driven by an effective performance management culture.
• The role will also have P&L responsibility for one of the company's specialist industry divisions.
• This is a vitally important role for the future growth aspirations of the organisation, and success will position the individual well for further progression within the UK or across the group. It is the intention of the business that, subject to performance, the role will become part of the UK's board of directors.
The Candidate
• You will be a proven and highly ambitious commercial leader, who has demonstrated your track record within an industrial manufacturing, distribution or processing environment. You will have had the benefit of having worked in a structured and driven sales environment, with the ability to apply your experience effectively across different organisations.
• Importantly, you will be excited by the opportunity to contribute to an organisation that is going through a significant transformation – across its leadership team, processes, and operations. It is essential that you possess the capability to build relationships, and have a positive commercial impact on the business, within a relatively short period of time. As such, the ability to be both hands-on and strategic will be imperative.
• Likely to be from a process manufacturing industry sector, such as chemicals, oil & gas, plastics or polymers, you will be well-educated – with a relevant first degree and ideally a further qualification in business management.
For an informal and confidential discussion, please speak with our advisors at Berwick Partners; Catherine Osman on 0121 654 5902.


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Internet of Things Comic Book
The comic book that you can download below describes various applications and business use cases of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and their important challenges. The IoT Comic Book is a result of the Internet of Things Initiative.
The idea of the IoT comic book is to have an easy to read and understandable publication about the Internet of Things. The aim is to be serious and fun at the same time. So there is a mix of interviews with illustrations to explain what the Internet of Things is about and showcase some applications and services of the IoT as experienced by end users.
Srdjan Krco, Tobias Kowatsch, Stefan Fischer, Wolfgang Maas, Sebastian Lange, Francois Carrez, Bernard Hunt, Richard Egan, Jan Höller, Alessandro Bassi, Stephan Haller, Gunter Woysch, "Inspiring the Internet of Things"
PDF download: Inspiring the Internet of Things (25 MB)
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Transfer Whatsapp data to New Phone
Transferring via local backup
Quick steps
Back up your WhatsApp chats on your old phone.
·Go to WhatsApp >Menu Button >Settings Chats and calls > Back up chats.
Now transfer your external SD card to your new phone if your WhatsApp/Database folder is located in your external SD card.
·Make sure to check the detailed steps section below if your WhatsApp folder is located in your device's internal memory.
- Install WhatsApp on your new phone.
- Verify the phone number in WhatsApp that you had when you backed up your chats.
- Now click Restore when prompted to restore your message history.
Detailed steps
To transfer local Backup from one Android phone to another, please follow these steps:
To start, manually back up your most recent chats.
Go to WhatsApp > Menu Button > Settings > Chats and calls > Back up chats.
Next, transfer this backup to your new Android phone.
- 1. If your phone has an external SD card, take the SD card out of your old phone, and put it into your new one.
- 2. For phones that have an internal memory or internal SD card (like most Samsung devices), you will need to transfer the/sd card/WhatsApp/folder from your old phone to the same folder on your new phone. There are a couple of ways you can do this. You can use a file explorer or even transfer the backup files to your computer.
- 3. Please note that it is possible to be missing some files during the transfer. Please double check to make sure all the files you wish to transfer over to your new phone are included in the backup.
- 4. If you are unsure about what kind of SD card you have, we recommend checking your phone's specifications on your phone manufacturer's website.
Once you have safely transferred your backup, you can install WhatsApp on your new Android phone.
During the installation process, WhatsApp will automatically find your backup and ask you if you would like to restore it. Once restored, your old chats will appear on your new phone.


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Altova website: Data mapping tool
MapForce is a Windows-based, multi-purpose IDE (integrated development environment) that enables you to transform data from one format to another, or from one schema to another, by means of a visual, "drag-and-drop" -style graphical user interface that does not require writing any program code. In fact, MapForce generates for you the program code which performs the actual data transformation (or data mapping). When you prefer not to generate program code, you can just run the transformation using the MapForce built-in transformation language (available in the MapForce Professional or Enterprise Editions).
Any data mapping designed for the built-in transformation language qualifies for automation with MapForce Server. With MapForce Server, you can run mappings on Windows, Linux, and macOS not only from the command-line, but also through API calls (.NET, Java, COM), or as scheduled or recurring jobs under the management of FlowForce Server. For more information, see Automation with MapForce Server.
Mappings designed with MapForce enable you to conveniently convert and transform data from and to a variety of file-based and other formats. Regardless of the technology you work with, MapForce typically determines automatically the structure of your data, or gives you the option to supply a schema for your data. MapForce can also generate schemas from a sample instance file. For example, if you have an XML instance file but no schema definition, MapForce can generate it for you, thus making the data inside the XML file available for mapping to other files or formats.
The technologies supported as mapping sources or targets are as follows.
MapForce Basic Edition
MapForce Professional Edition
MapForce Enterprise Edition
•XML and XML schema
•XML and XML schema
•Flat files, including comma-separated values (CSV) and fixed-length field (FLF) format
•Databases (all major relational databases, including Microsoft Access and SQLite databases)
•Binary files (raw BLOB content)
•XML and XML schema
•Flat files, including comma-separated values (CSV) and fixed-length field (FLF) format
•Data from legacy text files can be mapped and converted to other formats with MapForce FlexText
•Databases (all major relational databases, including Microsoft Access and SQLite databases)
•EDI family of formats (including UN/EDIFACT, ANSI X12, HL7, IATA PADIS, SAP IDoc, TRADACOMS)
•JSON files
•Microsoft Excel 2007 and later files
•XBRL instance files and taxonomies
•Protocol Buffers
•Binary files (raw BLOB content)
Based on the MapForce edition, you can choose the preferred language for your data transformation as follows.
MapForce Basic Edition
MapForce Professional Edition
MapForce Enterprise Edition
•MapForce built-In transformation language
•MapForce built-In transformation language
You can preview the result of all transformations, as well as the generated XSLT or XQuery code without leaving the graphical user interface. Note that, as you design or preview mappings, MapForce validates the integrity of your schemas or transformations and displays any validation errors in a dedicated window, so that you can immediately review and address them.
When you choose Java, C#, or C++ as transformation language, MapForce generates the required projects and solutions so that you can open them directly in Visual Studio or Eclipse, and run the generated data mapping program. For advanced data integration scenarios, you can also extend the generated program with your own code, using Altova libraries and the MapForce API.
When you change the transformation language of a MapForce mapping, certain features may not be supported for that specific language, see Support Notes.
In MapForce, you design all mapping transformations visually. For example, in case of XML, you can connect any element, attribute, or comment in an XML file to an element or attribute of another XML file, thus instructing MapForce to read data from the source element (or attribute), and write it to the target element (or attribute).
Sample data transformation between two XML files
Likewise, when working with databases in MapForce Professional or Enterprise Editions, you can see any database column in the MapForce mapping area and map data to or from it by making visual connections. As with other Altova MissionKit products, when setting up a database connection from MapForce, you can flexibly choose the database driver and the connection type (ADO, ADO.NET, ODBC, or JDBC) according to your existing infrastructure and data mapping needs. Additionally, you can visually build SQL queries, use stored procedures, or query a database directly (support varies by database type, edition and driver).
Sample data transformation between a database and an XML file
In a very simple scenario, a mapping design created with MapForce could be resumed as "read data from X and write it to Y". However, you can easily design MapForce scenarios such as "read data from X and write it to Y, and then read data from Y and write it to Z". These are known as "pass-through", or "chained" mappings, and enable you to access your data at an intermediary stage in the transformation process (in order to save it to a file, for example).
Note that the data mappings you can create in MapForce are not limited to single, predefined files. In the same transformation, you can process dynamically multiple input files from a directory and generate multiple output files. Therefore, you can have scenarios such as "read data from multiple X files and write it to a single Y file", or "read file X and generate multiple files Y", and so on.
Importantly, in the same transformation, you can mix multiple sources and multiple targets, which can be of any type supported by your MapForce edition. For example, in case of MapForce Professional or Enterprise, this makes it possible to merge data from two different databases into a single XML file. Or, you can merge data from multiple XML files, and write some of the data to one database, and some of the data to another database. You can preview the SQL statements before committing them to the database.
Direct conversion of data from a source to a target is not typically the only thing you want to achieve. In many cases, you might want to process your data in a particular way (for example, sort, group or filter it) before it reaches the destination. For this reason, MapForce includes, on one hand, miscellaneous functional components that are simplified programming language constructs (such as constants, variables, SQL-WHERE conditions, Filter and Sort components). On the other hand, MapForce includes rich and extensible function libraries which can assist you with virtually any kind of data manipulation.
If necessary, you can extend the built-in library either with functions you design in MapForce directly (the so-called User-Defined Functions, or UDF), or with functions or libraries created externally in XSLT, XQuery, Java, or C# languages.
Libraries window
When your data mapping design files become too many, you can organize them into mapping projects (available in MapForce Professional and Enterprise edition). This allows for easier access and management. Importantly, you can generate program code from entire projects, in addition to generating code for individual mappings within the project.
For advanced data processing needs (such as when running mapping transformations with the MapForce Server API), you can design a mapping so that you can pass values to it at run-time, or get a simple string value from it at run-time. This feature also enables you to quickly test the output of functions or entire mappings that produce a simple string value. The Professional and Enterprise editions of MapForce also include components that enable you to perform run-time string parsing and serialization, similar to how this works in many other programming languages.
With MapForce Enterprise Edition, you can visually design SOAP 1.0 and SOAP 2.0 Web services based on Web Service Language Definition (WSDL) files. You can also call WSDL-style or REST-style Web services from within a mapping.
With MapForce Professional and Enterprise Editions, you can generate detailed documentation of your mapping design files, in HTML, Word, and RTF formats. Documentation design can be customized (for example, you can choose to include or exclude specific components from the documentation).
If you are using MapForce alongside other Altova MissionKit products, MapForce integrates with them as well as with the Altova server-based products, as shown in the following table.
MapForce Basic Edition
MapForce Professional Edition
MapForce Enterprise Edition
You can choose to run the generated XSLT directly in MapForce and preview the data transformation result immediately. When you need increased performance, you can process the mapping using RaptorXML Server, an ultra-fast XML transformation engine.
If XMLSpy is installed on the same machine, you can conveniently open and edit any supported file types, by opening XMLSpy directly from the relevant MapForce contexts (for example, the Component | Edit Schema Definition in XMLSpy menu command is available when you click an XML component).
You can run data transformations either directly in MapForce, or deploy them to a different machine and even operating system for command-line or automated execution. More specifically, you can design mappings on Windows, and run them on a Windows, Linux, or Mac server machine which runs MapForce Server (either standalone or under FlowForce Server management).
If StyleVision is installed on the same machine, you can design or reuse existing StyleVision Power Stylesheets and preview the result of the mapping transformations as HTML, RTF, PDF, or Word 2007+ documents.
MapForce Professional and Enterprise edition can be installed as a plug-in of Visual Studio and Eclipse integrated development environments. This way, you can design mappings and get access to MapForce functionality without leaving your preferred development environment.
In MapForce, you can completely customize not only the look and feel of the development environment (graphical user interface), but also various other settings pertaining to each technology and to each mapping component type, for example:
•When mapping to or from XML, you can choose whether to include a schema reference, or whether the XML declaration must be suppressed in the output XML files. You can also choose the encoding of the generated files (for example, UTF-8).
•When mapping to or from databases, you can define settings such as the time-out period for executing database statements, whether MapForce should use database transactions, or whether it should strip the database schema name from table names when generating code.
•In case of XBRL, you can select the structure views MapForce should display (such as the "Presentation and definition linkbases" view, the "Table Linkbase" View, or the "All concepts" view).
All editions of MapForce are available as a 32-bit application. The MapForce Professional and Enterprise editions are additionally available as a 64-bit application.


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A 36-year-old man will appear in court today charged in connection with the murder of a prison officer in Northern Ireland.
David Black, 52, was shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove to work on a motorway in Co Armagh on November 1.
The suspect, who was detained in Co Tyrone yesterday, has been charged with terrorism charges and is will appear at Lisburn Magistrates Court this morning.
Mr Black, a father of two, worked at the high-security Maghaberry jail in Co Antrim where dissident republicans had been on a no-wash protest over strip searches.
He was the first prison officer murdered in Northern Ireland for 20 years.
Two other people, a man aged 44 and a woman aged 31 were also detained by gardai in Dublin yesterday.
The pair were being held under section 30 of the Offences of the State Act 1939 at Ballymun Garda station.
A dissident paramilitary group calling itself the new IRA claimed responsibility for Mr Black's murder.
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To our motorcycling community:
Although our aim has been to keep things lighthearted during this trying time, we want our valued customers to know that the team at Hideout Harley-Davidson fully understands the severity of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and we are taking company-wide best practices very seriously to keep our riders and employees as safe and healthy as possible. We are closely following guidelines and recommendations from the local, state, and national government, as well as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to maintain a clean dealership and prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
Along with staff members practicing consistent hand-washing throughout the day, they are regularly disinfecting their workstations and highly trafficked areas within the store, including grips, handlebars, and contact areas on our inventory. This also includes any external and internal door handles, hangers, display cases, pin pads, etc. Our employees have also been urged to stay home and seek medical guidance if they feel or show any symptoms.
We are open and grateful for anyone who chooses to shop with us in-store, online, or over the phone. We do offer the option of bike delivery and pick-up for services, as well as delivery on pre-owned purchases based on scheduling and employee availability. We also offer the option of video-chatting with our team to accommodate your motorcycle needs.
We will continue to monitor the situation and provide quality customer service throughout the coming weeks. Stay in touch with us via social media for the most up-to-date information. Our love for the open road still remains, and we'll continue to persevere alongside our riders to further instill the Harley-Davidson dream.


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So far, 2013 has been Nintendo's annus horribilis. While the rest of the games industry has been working itself into a frenzy about the Christmas arrival of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One, gamers have shunned Nintendo's flagship console, the Wii U and as a result, Nintendo's recent quarterly results have been well below target – which is a very big deal for a Japanese company. So, are Nintendo's wheels falling off, or does the company have a plan to stop the slide?
Who better to ask than the man who runs the company, president and CEO Satoru Iwata? We sat down with him for an interview at the E3 Show, in a room on the upstairs floor of Nintendo's stand. The interview was conducted via an interpreter – Iwata understands English perfectly, but isn't quite so confident about speaking it himself (although he came out with the odd English phrase). For such a captain of industry, he's surprisingly smiley, patient and approachable.
Understandably, Iwata is keen to talk up the Wii U games Nintendo has lined up for the latter half of 2013 – the likes of Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Pikmin 3 and Bayonetta 2 were well received, and Nintendo broke from tradition at the show by eschewing a press conference in favour of a hands-on session.
But will they be enough to turn the Wii U around? Iwata thinks so, but at least he is under no illusions about the console's poor performance to date: "I'm very happy about the reactions from the visitors: they looked very happy about being able to play those games. And especially because Nintendo could not supply the market with strong software titles, one after the other, in the first half of 2013 and as a result, since we launched the Wii U, we haven't been able to provide any strong titles."
But will those translate to decent Wii U hardware sales this Christmas? "That's what we are intending, and that will be the case by the end of this year. Now we are able to demonstrate so many strong software titles which will launch by the end of this year, starting from this summer and, after all, we really needed to energise the momentum of the Wii U, and that's what we are doing. Software sells hardware."
Getting third parties on board
But a console can't survive on first-party titles alone, and third-party publishers have been abandoning the Wii U in droves. What is Nintendo doing to get them back on board? "Now that Wii U has lost momentum in the first half of this year, it must be true that some of the third-party publishers and developers have made a weaker decision in terms of supporting it. However, now that we are offering to the world a strong software line-up, we are expecting Wii U hardware to regain its momentum. And regaining the Wii U's momentum must be the really big factor for us to encourage third-party publishers and developers to support it. At the same time, even though some of the developers and publishers are thinking twice about supporting the Wii U, it isn't everybody. The fact of the matter is that some of the third-party groups are strongly supporting it. And in addition to regaining the momentum of the Wii U hardware itself, what we really need to do is to establish successful examples of third-party Wii U titles."
He won't, though, speculate about how many third-party Wii U titles will be in the shops this Christmas: "I actually do not see the point of trying to boast about the number of third-party titles available this year, but at least I can say that it's more than a few. At the heart of the matter is that there are third-party publishers who have not announced their software titles for the Wii U. So once again, we really need to make an effort to create the conditions and the circumstances in which the third-party publishers feel like supporting the Wii U, so that they can volunteer to announce which software will be launched at what time."
Communicating the Wii U's appeal
He does, though, agree that Nintendo hasn't made a decent fist of getting the Wii U's appeal across to the general public: "Yes, exactly, just as you said. In the case of the Wii, for example, just by bundling Wii Sports, it was easily conveyed to the consumers that the Wii was a very unique and different system. But in the case of the Wii U, we have not come to that stage yet. We hoped that Nintendo Land would have been able to execute that kind of responsibility, but for those people who have only seen how other people are playing with the Wii U and Nintendo Land, they could not know how uniquely different the Wii U is from the Wii. As a result, Wii U is a machine for which the evaluation differs greatly depending on whether you own it at home or not. So, what we really need to do now is to launch software titles for the Wii U that can take advantage of its unique aspects, one after the other. So much so that a great number of people are able to touch the Wii U and feel how unique it is. We need to expand the number of such people. And once the number of people has reached critical mass, I think the public view of Nintendo will be changed."
The Nintendo faithful are also clamouring for a new, Wii U-specific Zelda game and on that front, Iwata has encouraging news: "It is true that Mr Aonuma's team has been working on a new Zelda title for the Wii U. But the only announcement we have at this time of software which will soon become available is WindWaker HD. But they are actually working on an exclusive new Wii U title in the Zelda franchise and I hope in the not-too-distant future, we will be able to make the relevant announcement."
3DS: a quiet hit
Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the Wii U, Nintendo can at least draw consolation from the success (little remarked upon) of the 3DS handheld – achieved despite dire predictions at its launch that handheld games consoles would no longer be able to cope with the rise of mobile phones as gaming platforms: "Some indie developers have told us that when they offer the same software on iOS and Android, and in the eShop on Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS eShop version sells most. There are various theories that people often talk about, because there has been such an expansion of mobile devices, that handheld videogame devices won't sell any more. But the fact is, last year in Japan, approximately 5.5m unit sales were made for the Nintendo 3DS, and as you might expect in Japan, 2012 was a phenomenal year for smart devices. But when we look at any hit, popular handheld game devices, the only hardware which managed to sell more than 5m units in one year was the 3DS – that took the DS three years."
Globally, Iwata says that the 3DS is on track to sell 18m units this year, which is even more impressive – and one in the eye for those who contend that Nintendo's day is done, even if the Wii U remains something of a passenger. With Nintendo missing recent targets, there has been some speculation that Iwata might be in line for the sack. But he's confident that Nintendo will get back on track financially, and even jokes about his future prospects: "That's our goal – by regaining the Wii U momentum and reproducing what is happening in the Japanese market with the 3DS, into the rest of the world, including the US and Europe, we really want to make it happen. After seeing that kind of result, I'm hoping to be able to see you again next year."


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The Common Independent Trucking Contractor Test, Key Cases and LegislationDownload Webinar Slides
Attorney Gregory Feary – Guest Speaker
Join Cline Wood University for this complimentary webinar as expert guest speaker, Attorney Gregory M. Feary (Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary), reviews the common test applied to determine Independent Contractor (IC) status of truck drivers/owner operators. This webinar will also touch upon key court cases and recent legislation affecting the IC status of truck drivers/owner-operators. Attendees will learn some practical tips on motor carriers assisting contractors, discussing what is acceptable and what might be considered beyond acceptable parameters. Topics Include:
- Common Independent Contractor Test
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Graham Watson's Tour De France Travel Guide
"Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide" contains everything you need to watch, follow, and enjoy the Tour de France in style. Each July hundreds of thousands of fans head to France to watch its great annual bike race. But unless they've planned carefully, they'll arrive to find full hotels, blocked routes, overpriced food, chaotic roads, and endless frustration as they try to get close to the race they've come to see. "Graham Watson's Tour de France Travel Guide" provides the ultimate insider's access from one of the Tour's most experienced old hands. In his 31 years of following and photographing the race, Watson has mastered the Tour's daily challenges - where to eat, where to sleep, how to get around, how to see and photograph the race, and most of all, how to enjoy the greatest show on two wheels. Now Graham shares it all in his beautifully illustrated guidebook. Featuring hundreds of Graham's award-winning photographs along with full-colour maps, travel tips, checklists, and travel resources, this book presents a fresh and unique strategy for getting around the Tour's many daily obstacles to find a front-row seat for all the action.


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You may remember my Mineralshack foundation review from a few weeks ago. Well this time I'm back with another brand Lily Lolo. I've heard about this brand online on the mumsnet boards so I decided to go ahead and order a couple of sample pots. Read on to find out how I got on as part of my ongoing search for a budget mineral foundation.
Lily Lolo foundation review
Not as cheap as the previous foundation I tried but still reasonable compared to brand like Bare Minerals. I also decided to purchase a new Kabuki brush which they had on sale at a reduced £8.00. It costs £15 for a full size which is a massive 10g of product, or you can buy sample sizes for £1.50 for a small 0.75g pot. The packaging is lovely even on the sample sizes!
Colour matching
Well you are certainly spoilt for choice with Lily Lolo, much like the other budget brand i tried there's more options available than Bare Minerals. 18 options are available with really good descriptions to help you narrow down your choice. I decided to order just three colours. I purchased porcelain, china doll and blondie to try. Porcelain made me resemble a vampire and blonde was just a bit too yellow against my skin. China doll however was a pretty damn close match.
The usual tap, buff, swirl application applies for this mineral foundation much like all the others on the market. The product went on as more of a powder than compared to the powder to cream concept of Bare Minerals, but it didn't feel too powdery on my skin.
I did found however it took me a bit longer to build up to the coverage that I wanted. I also found my usual trick of simply using a concealer brush with the foundation didn't work as well to cover up any imperfections on my skin. Eventually though I did manage to get a good level of coverage it just took a bit more time.
The finish
The colour match was really good and the finish is more of a matt finish compared to my usual Bare Minerals and the previous budget foundation I have tried. I do realise though for some people this is a desirable effect. I really love a glowing finish on my foundation but I'm pretty sure with the addition of a finishing veil I would be able to achieve this. Looking at the pictures though once I had contoured and added some highlighter I really liked the overall finish. There is definitely some glow to it, just not as much as the previous foundations I have tested.
Foundation only
Foundation, contouring and blush
Finished full face (minus eyelashes though due to a sensitive eyes day!)
Final thoughts
The staying power of this foundation compared to my other bargain foundation was phenomenal. It took a lot longer to get the coverage but when I had it the coverage stayed all day. This is a big improvement on the other foundation I tried last week and is also even on Bare Minerals. What I especially loved about this brand was that it was bismuth free and still allowed my skin to breathe even with a full coverage. It's also vegan friendly and has SPF15 built in. This is a really good purchase at an excellent price with amazing staying power and I shall be purchasing this again soon.


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Fox Glacier is a little village on the doorstep of the so-called Fox Glacier, one of the two glaciers in New Zealand that are accessible to tourists. The village was founded during the gold rush in New Zealand. It offers enough accommodation to host visitors, a few bars and cafes and a general store, where you can get the basics. No ATMs except for New Zealand debit cards, but you can pay by credit card if cash is running low.
Things to do in and around Fox Glacier can easily fill three to four days, if the weather is fine that is. A glacier tour is a must and there are several options for different fitness levels and also depending on hoe much cash you have in your pocket. The tours all start from the base of the glacier, which conveniently has a parking lot for cars right next to it.
You can take it easy with a half-day trip to the glacier, which is not that recommended, as you could walk half of it yourself and you barely reach the blue ice. So chip in a bit extra and spend the whole day on the glacier. You will wear boots with spikes and feel like a real explorer! - Even more so if you close your eyes and try to forget the hundreds of tourists that are around you doing the same thing. To tell the truth, it is very touristy. There are only two glaciers where you can get to very easily, and everybody who travels down the West Coast is coming past. But in the end, tourist destinations are always the most popular or breathtaking or prettiest ones, so can you blame the others for having the same idea? Not really.
So, back to the trips, there is also Ice Climbing, or fancy stuff like Heli Hiking, where you fly all the way up and walk around bits that you could not possibly reach by only walking. If you do want to get away from the masses and have a bit of extra cash to spare, you can take the Helicopter right up and go for a full day walk, or even stay overnight in one of the backcountry huts.
Back down in Fox Glacier, some of the hotels and hostels have hot spas or saunas to heat up chilled bones. If you feel like going out at night, walk back towards the glacier and see hundreds of glowworms hanging out! Bring your torch!
If the weather is good, Lake Matheson is another spot not to be missed. When the water is calm and the sun is shining, you can have fantastic views of New Zealands highest mountains, Mount Cook and Mount Tasman, that even reflect in the Lake. Not far from there you can stroll along Gillespie Beach and maybe spot some seals or dolphins.
The best highlight in Fox Glacier is the Copeland Track. The starting point is about 30km south of Fox, so you can use the village as your base for the walk. You can walk to the Welcome Flat Hut in one day, and return on the next, or if you are keen and well experienced you can make your way through the high Alpine area of Mount Cook up to the village in three days. If you only stay at the Welcome Flat Hut, your hours of walking will be rewarded with a soaking bath in the natural Hot Springs, surrounded by breathtaking views of the snowy peaks that surround you!


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Probably the most desirable benefit of personal training is the fact that you're guaranteed to see positive results due to their unique knowledge of effective workouts and their years of experience working with clients just like you.
For those of us who strive to work out regularly but have trouble staying consistent, working with a personal trainer gives you the accountability you need. Our trainers will never let you sell yourself short and potential miss out on the amazing results you could achieve.
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Sure, there are countless online resources, magazines and books that can provide you with great health and exercise tips to assist your workouts. However, none of those resources come anywhere close to what it's like to work directly with a personal trainer whose years of practice, experience, and unique knowledge ensures that every one of your workouts is as effective and fulfilling as possible.
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Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock group Radiohead. As a singer, Yorke is recognisable by his distinctive tenor voice, vibrato, frequent use of falsetto and ability to reach, and sustain, notes over a wide vocal range. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac sessions). In July 2006, he released his debut solo album, The Eraser.
Yorke is frequently cited among the greatest singers in popular music; in 2005, Blender magazine named Yorke the 18th greatest singer of all time,[6] and in 2008 he was ranked #66 in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of all Time."
Yorke was born on 7 October, 1968, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. At birth, his left eye was fixed shut; the doctors determined that the eye was paralyzed and that the condition was permanent. Yorke's parents took him to an eye specialist, who suggested a muscle graft. Yorke underwent five eye operations before he was six years old.[8] Yorke's father, a chemical equipment salesman, was hired by a firm in Scotland shortly after his son's birth and the family lived there until Yorke was seven. During this time Yorke had to wear a patch over his eye.[9] He has stated that the last surgery was "botched," giving him a drooping eyelid.[10]
Yorke's family moved frequently; Yorke would move from school to school, where classmates teased him because of his eye problems.[11] The family finally settled in Oxfordshire in 1978.[12] Yorke received his first guitar when he was seven, inspired by guitarist Brian May in a live performance with his band Queen.[10] By age eleven he had joined his first band and written his first song.[13] He attended the all boys public school Abingdon where he met future band members Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Colin's younger brother, Jonny Greenwood.[14] Yorke and his friends formed a band named On A Friday, as Friday was the only day on which the members were allowed to rehearse.[10] Yorke, in this early line up, played guitar and provided vocals, and was already developing his songwriting and lyrical skills. Yorke, speaking about music's influence on him as a schoolboy, said, "School was bearable for me because the music department was separate from the rest of the school. It had pianos in tiny booths, and I used to spend a lot of time hanging around there after school."[15]
After leaving school, Yorke postponed going to university for a year. During that time he worked a few jobs and was involved in a car accident that made him wary of any kind of mechanized transport.[16] Yorke left Oxford to study at the University of Exeter in late 1988, which as a result put On a Friday on hiatus aside from holiday break rehearsals.[17] Whilst at Exeter, Yorke worked as a DJ at Guild nights in the Lemon Grove and played briefly with the band Headless Chickens.[18] Yorke also met Rachel Owen, whom he began dating.
On A Friday resumed activity in 1991 as the members were finishing their degree courses. Now relocated to Oxford, they signed to Parlophone and changed their name to Radiohead. Around this time, Yorke said he "hit the self-destruct button pretty quickly"; he would drink alcohol heavily, which resulted in him randomly cutting his hair off and being unable to perform onstage due to intoxication.[20] Radiohead first gained notice with the worldwide hit single "Creep," which later appeared on the band's 1993 debut album Pablo Honey. Yorke admitted later that the success had enlarged his ego; he tried to project himself as a rock star, which included bleaching his hair and wearing extensions. He said, "When I got back to Oxford I was unbearable . . . [A]s soon as you get any success you disappear up your own arse and lost it forever."[21]
By the time of their second album, The Bends (1995), the band, through frequent touring and greater attention to detail in the recording studio, had picked up a large cult fan base and had begun to receive wider critical acclaim. After the album's release, the American group R.E.M picked Radiohead as its opening act for the European leg of their tour.[22] Whilst on tour Yorke and R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe became close friends; in particular, Stipe gave him advice on how to deal with the demands of being in a rock band.[23] During the production of the band's third album, OK Computer (1997), all five members had differing opinions and equal production roles, with Yorke having "the loudest voice," according to guitarist Ed O'Brien.[24] After the album was finished, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack along with other musicians under the moniker Venus in Furs.[25] Upon release, OK Computer was heralded as a landmark album by nearly every publication that reviewed it, establishing Radiohead as one of the leading alternative rock acts of the 1990s. But Yorke was ambivalent about this success. Some of these concerns were voiced in the documentary film Meeting People Is Easy, which focused on the period. Yorke has explained in various interviews that he dislikes the "mythology" within the rock genre, and hates the media's obsession with celebrities.[26]
Yorke and the band adopted a more radical approach on 2000's Kid A and 2001's Amnesiac, processing vocals, obscuring lyrics, and departing from rock for a more varied musical landscape including electronic, jazz and avant-garde classical influences. Expanding Radiohead's sales whilst earning acclaim for experimentation, the albums also divided fans and critics. In 2003, Radiohead released their sixth album, Hail to the Thief, a blend of rock and electronica that Yorke described as a reaction to the events of the early 2000s and newfound fears for his children's future, though he denied a specific political intent. The band has continued to tour, and in 2005 they undertook recording sessions for a seventh album, In Rainbows, released as a digital DRM-free download in October 2007.
Yorke released his solo album The Eraser in 2006. Produced by Nigel Godrich and featuring cover art by Stanley Donwood, it was released on the independent label XL Recordings. Yorke described the album as "more beats and electronics" and denied that it meant he was leaving Radiohead, saying, "I want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah... this was all done with their blessing."[27] The Eraser reached number 3 in the UK in its first week and number 2 in the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as number 9 on the Irish charts. The album was on the prestigious Mercury Prize shortlist and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
Yorke rarely plays as a solo act, having never embarked on a solo tour. He has sometimes played short acoustic sets of Radiohead songs in the band's webcasts and television appearances, and occasionally on his own at rallies. In 2006 he performed stripped-down versions of several songs from The Eraser ("Analyse," "The Clock, " "Skip Divided" and "Cymbal Rush") on radio and TV programmes, and since then he has played and sung "Cymbal Rush" as an encore at some Radiohead concerts. In July 2009, Yorke played a rare solo gig at the Latitude Festival in England.
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More solid for solidarity?
Forget diets. Maybe it's time to show our solidarity with Paris by eating french fries? Lots of french fries.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins would have popped champagne tonight if they had actually realized the Bengals had still been undefeated.
The Indianapolis Colts, at 4-5 and 1-4 outside their division, are in line to host an NFL playoff game. Even NBA teams are thinking that's crazy.
New prime minister Justin Trudeau has issued a directive to Canada's justice minister to "create a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana."
Is there any way we can do a trade with our neighbors to the north. We want Trudeau, and we'll send them Justin Bieber AND Ted Cruz?
The Dallas Cowboys, who signed Greg Hardy in the off-season despite him being unrepentant about a domestic violence conviction, are tied for the fewest victories in the NFL. Three words to that mean bitch Karma "You go girl!"
So what happens in these Red States if the Syrian refugees start saying they are fleeing Europe because of draconian gun regulations?
Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois have all said now they won't accept Syrian refugees. Because in those states, Americans already do a good enough job of killing each other?
President Obama has just ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff until Thursday at sunset. Waiting for the GOP Presidential candidates to tell us why this is wrong.
I understand the urge to do something, anything, after senseless killings. But why are the same people who are demanding immediate changes after all the deaths in Paris so completely laissez-faire about mass shootings here in the U.S?
Open note to those saying now U.S. should only take Christian Syrian refugees. Uh, how exactly do you prove someone is or isn't Christian?
To be fair, USA should know dangers of allowing foreign refugees. Had we just refused Cubans entry in 50s we wouldn't have #TedCruz & #MarcoRubio
Really, Bobby Jindal says he wants to refuse Syrian refugees? Stupid. Just send them all to New Orleans, a city with a well-deserved reputation for corrupting the devout. Give even potential terrorists a few weeks and they'll be down in the French Quarter wearing beads and praying for Allah to help the Saints.
If you need any more proof of what a mess American politics has become, I give you this quote from John Boehner, talking about having to sneak into meetings with Obama. "Because if I went to the White House to see the president, the right would get all worked up, wondering what I was up to. The left gets all worked up, wondering what the president is up to. 'What are these two going to do now?"
Sarah Palin, saying she "can't wait" for her daughter Bristol to have her second baby, expressing "enormous admiration" for single parents, and adding "the cool thing about putting your faith in God, is he certainly is a God of second chances and third and fourth and fifth chances."
So exactly how many out-of-wedlock children is Bristol going to have?
Americans have notoriously short attention spans. But even so, hope the horrific events in Paris don't get knocked from the front page by Charlie Sheen's HIV status.
There is precedent for the sort of xenophobia we're getting from some Americans today. Why when the IRA was doing horrible things to British civilians for decades U.S. naturally stopped immigration from Ireland…. Oh wait, never, mind.
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text: Detective Bonz and his student helpers keep investigating all over the school. New clues are found. A gum wrapper? Wheel tracks on the playground? The price tag from a shovel? Puzzling! Detective Bonz's student helpers promise their teacher they will be "accessing information" from the small computer to help all 3rd graders study for the big state-wide test...and they do. Except the way they're "accessing information " is to actually TIME TRAVEL to visit by-gone days and learn about South Carolina history...first hand! This time, they push the green button again and ZIP! Off they go, traveling back through time to the first Spanish explorers at Winyah Bay. Later, they meet explorer Ribault from France, English settlers and Lords Proprietors. As the computer transports them to early Charlestown, they learn about the prosperity and importance of the state's largest port city and actually meet some of the treacherous pirates that sailed on SC's coast.


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Adaptation of the Skeletal System During Long-Duration Spaceflight
Sibonga, JeanD, et al. (2007). "Adaptation of the Skeletal System During Long-Duration Spaceflight." Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism 5 4: 249-261
This review will highlight evidence from crew members flown on space missions >90 days to suggest that the adaptations of the skeletal system to mechanical unloading may predispose crew members to an accelerated onset of osteoporosis after return to Earth. By definition, osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder—characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD) and structural deterioration—that reduces the ability of bones to resist fracture under the loading of normal daily activities. "Involutional" or age-related osteoporosis is readily recognized as a syndrome afflicting the elderly population because of the insipid and asymptomatic nature of bone loss that does not typically manifest as fractures until after age ∼60. It is not the thesis of this review to suggest that spaceflight-induced bone loss is similar to bone loss induced by metabolic bone disease; rather this review draws parallels between the rapid and earlier loss in females that occurs with menopause and the rapid bone loss in middle-aged crew members that occurs with spaceflight unloading and how the cumulative effects of spaceflight and ageing could be detrimental, particularly if skeletal effects are totally or partially irreversible. In brief, this report will provide detailed evidence that long-duration crew members, exposed to the weightlessness of space for the typical long-duration (4–6 months) mission on Mir or the International Space Station, (1) display bone resorption that is aggressive, that targets normally weight-bearing skeletal sites, that is uncoupled to bone formation, and that results in areal BMD deficits that can range between 6 and 20% of preflight BMD; (2) display compartment-specific declines in volumetric BMD in the proximal femur (a skeletal site of clinical interest) that significantly reduces its compressive and bending strength and may account for the loss in hip bone strength (i.e., force to failure); (3) recover BMD over a post-flight time period that exceeds spaceflight exposure but for which the restoration of whole bone strength remains an open issue and may involve structural alteration; and (4) display risk factors for bone loss—such as the negative calcium balance and down-regulated calcium-regulating hormones in response to bone atrophy—that can be compounded by the constraints of conducting mission operations (inability to provide essential nutrients and vitamins). The full characterization of the skeletal response to mechanical unloading in space is not complete. In particular, countermeasures used to date have been inadequate, and it is not yet known whether more appropriate countermeasures can prevent the changes in bone that have been found in previous flights. Knowledge gaps related to the effects of prolonged (≥6 months) space exposure and to partial gravity environments are substantial, and longitudinal measurements on crew members after spaceflight are required to assess the full impact on skeletal recovery.
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Friday, January 6, 2017
A Monster Calls
Reminiscent of other movies about a kid losing himself in his imagination rather than deal with the difficulties of his life, A Monster Calls is a visually impressive adaptation of the book of the same name. The story may not offer a darkness as palpable as "The Nothing" (points for all who get that reference), but there's plenty of real emotion beyond Conor's (Lewis MacDougall) struggle to hide from both the constant bullying at school and his mother's (Felicity Jones) deteriorating health.
Conor's fantasy comes in the form of a giant walking tree who returns night after night to share stories with the boy while demanding Conor reveal the truth concerning his own dark nightmares. Once played out the plot plays a bit too much like a bizarre therapy session, but the film's message certainly rings true.
Toby Kebbell), who has moved on to a new family, and his grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), who is just oblivious and strict enough not to understand Conor's struggle but never mean enough to come off as evil.
Along with Weaver's simplistic take (which I can almost forgive as a mother caring more for her ailing daughter than her grandson cracking up), I also have some qualms about Conor's principal and teachers who, like his grandmother, are just oblivious enough to serve the plot. It's an easy for a movie to make those characters caring yet blind, but given the amount of torture Conor suffers at school, and the numbers of scrapes and bruises these attacks would inflict, I find it hard to believe no one ever noticed or remarked on the situation.
The most impressive piece of the film is the unnamed tree creature itself (completely CGI and voiced by Liam Neeson) and the tales he shares which are animated on-screen. Of course there are problems with these as the creature shares stories too complicated for Conor to understand yet we're never given any reason to believe the monster could be anything more than a figment of a child's imagination. If that's the case, where do these stories come from?
While her starring role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story certainly got her more publicity, Jones is well-cast as the loving mother struggling with both her illness and how to do right by her son. By necessity her role is limited, but the scenes between mother and son are certainly a highlight which is important because it's that mother/son dynamic which is central to the film's message.
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