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Mothercare could be the next high-street chain to close stores in a CVA
PUBLISHED: 10:00 13 May 2018 | UPDATED: 16:21 13 May 2018
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The new Mothercare chief executive is set to update the market on the troubled retailer's store closure plans next week, with the group also tipped to report a sharp fall in profits.
David Wood, who was parachuted in to replace Mark Newton-Jones just weeks ago, will lay bare the challenge the chain faces at Mothercare's annual results on Thursday.
A consensus of City analysts forecast the group will post a 95% fall in underlying pre-tax profits to just £1m in the year to March. The figure compares with a profit of £19.7m last year.
It will come alongside an update on Mothercare's refinancing progress, with the group having mandated KPMG to help it secure additional cash from its lenders HSBC and Barclays.
Rothschild is also working with the group to secure outside funding.
Since taking the helm in April Mr Wood – who joined from US grocery and pharmaceuticals giant Kmart – has said his "immediate priority" is to ensure Mothercare returns to firmer financial ground.
To this end, he is expected to announce an acceleration of its store closure programme, with speculation rife that this will be carried out through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) – a move which would allow it to close loss-making shops and secure rental discounts.
Despite its travails Clive Black, analyst at Shore Capital, struck an upbeat tone.
"Mothercare clearly faces a number of challenges at this time but retains an excellent and still relevant brand in our view," he said.
"The new senior management team is now focused upon the previously announced refinancing initiatives whilst also seeing through the ongoing business transformation."
Mothercare also recently announced the departure of its chairman Alan Parker, who "retired from his position" after six years.
He has been replaced by Clive Whiley as its interim executive chairman with immediate effect.
Retailers across the board have been battered by weak consumer confidence off the back of soaring Brexit-fuelled inflation.
They have also had to contend with surging wage costs and eye-watering business rate hikes.
Since January, Toys R Us and Maplin have filed for administration, while fashion retailers such as New Look and Select have embarked on radical store closure programmes.
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In this video, I'll break down the differences between "Legacy" data vendors and "Modern" data platforms. The primary differences between the two are in the types of data they provide and the methods they use to collect data.
Legacy data providers deliver firmographic data including location, number of employees, revenue and contacts. Since this data is collected by people in call centers it is static, delivering a past-state of the business since it's unclear when this data was collected.
Modern data providers deliver the same firmographic data but because the data is consistently updated using artificial intelligence, it represents a present-state of the business. Modern data providers also deliver future-state business data by using machine learning to create indicators that look at a variety of factors to determine a company's propensity to grow, shrink, require funding etc. as well as intent data to understand when they are preparing to buy a solution.
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"Hey everybody, Matt Amundson here with another Modern Data tip.
So there's two types of data companies out there. There's legacy and modern data providers.
Legacy data providers are giving you firmographic data, contact data, but their data is static because they use call centers and it's not updated very frequently.
A modern data provider's giving you the same firmographics and contacts but also new data types like technographics, using data science to create signals that are specific to your business, giving you intent data to tell you when your prospects are in market for a product or service like what you sell, and the data is live because it's using AI to essentially evolve as companies evolve and inform you with what those changes are updated into your CRM.
So when you're thinking about what data provider to go with, make a T-chart and decide whether that provider is a legacy or a modern data provider."
Related: See how the best revenue teams use the world's best account data.


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Teenage pop superstar Justin Bieber will face the cameras - and his girlfriend - when he appears at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards just days after denying allegations he fathered a child in a backstage bathroom.
He is set to perform at the event at Belfast's Odyssey Arena tomorrow alongside acts including Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Coldplay and Jessie J.
His girlfriend, actress and singer Selena Gomez, is presenting the ceremony.
Bieber went on American television this week to speak out after Mariah Yeater said she gave birth to a boy after she and Bieber, then 16, had a brief sexual encounter after one of his concerts.
The singer told NBC's 'Today' show he had "never met the woman", adding: "I know I'm going to be a target, but I'm never going to be a victim."
The music channel is taking over the city tomorrow for its annual ceremony which will be held in three different locations for the first time with performances in the Ulster Hall and City Hall as well as the main arena.
Gaga leads the way with six nominations, while Mars and Katy Perry have four each.
Adele will be hoping to make up for the disappointment of losing out on the Mercury Prize after being nominated for the best female award and best video and best song for her hit 'Rolling In The Deep'.
The singer, who lost out to PJ Harvey for the Mercury, also gets a nod for the best UK and Ireland act.
The awards have a massive worldwide audience. More than 22 million tuned in last year to watch acts including Rihanna, Plan B and Bon Jovi.
Writing on his blog, the Lord Mayor of Belfast councillor Niall O Donnghaile said the city was "in full party mode".
He said: "This is our chance to shine with footage being beamed to an audience of 600 million across the world. What an amazing opportunity for us to put our wee part of the world under a global spotlight."
The awards, which were set up in 1994, have previously featured performances by stars including U2, Take That, Beyonce and Jay-Z.


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Christopher Neame played Jerec in Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Most depictions of Jerec are based on his appearance. The only source that depicts Jerec as somewhat thin—at least thinner than Neame—is the New Essential Guide to Characters. NEGtC also depicts Jerec as completely bald although Neame was only partially so.
A young Christopher Neame appeared opposite Star Wars notables Christopher Lee (Count Dooku) and Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) in the Hammer horror film Dracula A.D. 1972. In that movie, Neame played "Johnny Alucard", a young man who plotted to resurrect Dracula. Neame also played a Nazi general in the two part episode "Stormfront" of Star Trek: Enterprise. He returned to Star Wars in 2011 when he provided the voices for Darth Ikoral, Ortan Cela and Hadro in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Outside of Star Wars, Neame played the villain Skagra in the science-fiction series Doctor Who in the unbroadcasted serial Shada. He also appeared in the 1989 Bond film License to Kill as Fallon, an agent sent to stop Bond's agenda against the drug lord Sanchez.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Christopher Neame on Wikipedia
- Christopher Neame at the Internet Movie Database


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Lord Davies, the former business minister investigating male dominance of the corporate world, appears to be stepping back from a recommendation that companies be forced to recruit women to their boards.
Writing for the Guardian's Comment is Free website, Davies makes it clear that while he has not ruled out using quotas entirely, he is yet to be convinced they will help to tackle the under-representation of women in senior business roles.
Vince Cable, the business secretary, has asked Davies to look for ways to foster gender equality in Britain's boardrooms, as just 12.5% of directors in FTSE 100 companies are women.
Davies, who will make recommendations to Cable in February, says: "There is no hard evidence of a lack of female talent, whilst I have heard some old-fashioned chairmen suggest this."
He raises the idea of an academy to train and mentor female executives, as well as creating a group of 35 to 40 executives to help women gain the skills needed to hold boardroom posts.
Previous governments have also tried to address the problem. The late Sir Derek Higgs, in a 2003 review of corporate practice, highlighted the "pale and male" constituents of British boardrooms. He recommended drawing up a list of 100 possible women candidates for boards, but Laura D'Andrea Tyson, the former adviser to US president Bill Clinton charged with finding candidates, decided it was unnecessary.
Davies had told a newspaper in November that he was considering quotas that might require companies to ensure 40% of their directors were women. In Norway, for instance, 40% of directors of listed companies are required to be female.
But he acknowledges today that he is yet to be convinced. "Quotas have proved successful in some countries but many of the women I have spoken with are against these. I have not ruled them out as a recommendation but at the moment I am not convinced that they are the right method to encourage progress," Davies writes.
.Davies, who resigned as chairman of Standard Chartered to become a trade minister in the last Labour government, has received more than 2,600 responses to his review, which has been looking at ways to broaden the way that companies hire staff. The Higgs report found that only 4% of non-executive directors had ever had formal interviews.
Davies says he has been focusing on how to bring more women into the recruitment process, and to broaden the selection process: "One possibility is to create a best practice code for headhunters tasked with board-level and other senior appointments; [we] also debated how to increase the transparency of board appointments made via a nomination committee." .
Another idea is to make companies provide internships for senior women, to give them an idea of what is required of a board member.
"We have recently discussed establishing a group of about 35-40 board executives to play a counselling role for new and potential female board appointees," Davies says. "I have also thought about the merits of setting up an academy for female executives. Tasked with identifying successful businesswomen, the academy would train potential female candidates and match them with a current company chair to mentor them."
The Confederation of British Industry has used its submission to the Davies review to call for listed companies to report on diversity through a corporate governance code.


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It's official: There are more billionaires than ever spread across the globe: This year's FORBES list of the 2,043 richest spans six continents, 71 countries and territories and hundreds of cities.
You're most likely to have a 10-digit neighbor if you live in the United States, China or India, but which are the cities where the most billionaires reside?
We've combed through the ranks to find the top 20.
#1 New York
Billionaire population: 82
Combined net worth: $397.9 billion
Richest individual: David Koch ($48.3 billion)
New York City continues to boast more billionaires than any other city in the world. David Koch is the city's richest resident, followed closely by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
That's a flip-flop from the Forbes 400 List of richest Americans in September 2016, when Bloomberg was richer than Koch.
#2 Hong Kong
Billionaire population: 75
Combined net worth: $297.8 billion
Richest individual: Li Ka-shing ($31.2 billion)
In a city that's home to more than seven million people, it's easy to see how real estate has made the fortunes of so many. Some 25 of those billionaires get the bulk of their fortune from real estate. One of the more colorful ones is Joseph Lau (net worth: $15 billion), who bought space in Hong Kong newspapers in November to announce that he was no longer with his longtime lover and mother of two of his children and was planning to marry former journalist Kimbee Chan. He then appointed Chan executive director of his real estate firm, Chinese Estates Holdings.
#3 Moscow
Billionaire population: 73
Combined net worth: $297 billion
Richest individual: Leonid Mikhelson ($18.4 billion)
Russia's largest city is home to many billionaires who have made their fortunes from industries ranging from steel, metals, oil, coal and natural gas -- including all ten of Moscow's richest people.
Vladimir Lisin, the country's biggest gainer, saw his fortune climb $6.8 billion in one year (to $16.1 billion) thanks in part to rallying steel prices and a stronger Russian ruble. He chairs NLMK Group, one of the world's largest steel producers, whose shares rose 69% in a year.
#4 Beijing
Billionaire population: 54
Combined net worth: $161.3 billion
Richest individual: Wang Jianlin ($31.3 billion)
Beijing's richest individual, Wang Jianlin, has been expanding his real estate empire.
His Dalian Wanda Group opened Wanda City, a $3 billion theme park complex last May in Nanchang, in the southeastern Jiangxi Province, in an attempt to compete with Walt Disney's theme parks.
#5 London
Billionaire population: 50
Combined net worth: $217.3 billion
Richest individual: Len Blavatnik ($20 billion)
Philip and Cristina Green (net worth: $4.8 billion) made news this year, mostly because they are perhaps among London's least popular residents.
Since their home retailer, BHS, collapsed, 19,000 British workers' pensions have been at risk. In October 2016, the parliament voted to strip Philip Green of his knighthood. In late February, he agreed to pay about $450 million to cover the pension deficit.
#6 Mumbai
Billionaire population: 41
Combined net worth: $149.1 billion
Richest individual: Mukesh Ambani ($23.2 billion)
Since first making the FORBES billionaires list in 2003, Ambani has been Mumbai's richest resident every year.
His Reliance Industries is locked in a legal battle with the government over developing a gas field. The company's 4G phone service Jio, which launched last September, has secured 100 million subscribers to date.
#7 Shanghai
Billionaire population: 40
Combined net worth: $91.9 billion
Richest individual: Liu Yongxing ($6.6 billion)
China's largest city remains in the seventh spot on our list despite adding 14 new billionaire residents since last year.
Among them is Yu Huijiao (net worth: $3.6 billion), who took his delivery business YTO Express public via a reverse merger on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in October 2016.
#8 Seoul
Billionaire population: 37
Combined net worth: $91.4 billion
Richest individual: Kun-Hee Lee ($15.1 billion)
Seoul is home to Korea's biggest and best known conglomerate, Samsung, and the city's richest man remains Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee, whose wealth rose $5.5 billion in the past year to $15.1 billion. In February 2017, his only son and heir to the Samsung empire, Jay Y. Lee, was arrested, indicted and jailed on bribery charges. He is accused of paying around $38 million to a longtime confidante of impeached President Park Geun-hye to secure a controversial merger, which prosecutors say was key to consolidate control of the company. Jay Y. Lee denied wrongdoing.
#9 Shenzhen
Billionaire population: 35
Combined net worth: $129.4 billion
Richest individual: Ma Huateng ($24.9 billion)
Of this Chinese city's 35 billionaires, six are new this year, including Zhang Fan ($2.9 billion), chairman of biometrics company Shenzhen Huiding Technology; and Wu Lanlan ($2 billion), vice chairman of Shenzhen Yuto Packaging.
Robotics, real estate and electronics helped mint many of the resident billionaires, including the world's first drone billionaire, Frank Wang ($3.6 billion). Wang is the founder and CEO of drone maker SZ Dajiang Innovation Technology.
#10 San Francisco
Billionaire population: 32
Combined net worth: $86.6 billion
Richest individual: Dustin Moskovitz ($10.7 billion)
All 32 of San Francisco's wealthiest, including three new billionaires, saw their fortunes remain the same or rise over the last year, indicating the continued strength of the tech hub.
Companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest and Twitter all have founders or executives in our ranks.
#11 Singapore
Billionaire population: 25
Combined net worth: $67.8 billion
Richest individuals: Robert & Philip Ng ($8.7 billion)
Singapore's richest father-son pair, Raj Kumar and Kishin RK ($2.4 billion), are celebrating the 70th anniversary of their Royal Holdings/RB Capital property empire with a flurry of new launches.
Their 300-room Park Hotel Farrer Park and Farrer Square Medical Suites, both in Singapore's Little India district, and the 226-room InterContinental Hotel at Robertson Quay are due to open in mid-2017.
#12 Hangzhou
Billionaire population: 24
Combined net worth: $86.6 billion
Richest individual: Jack Ma ($28.3 billion)
E-commerce giant Alibaba is responsible for the fortune of three of Hangzhou's resident billionaires.
They are Jonathan Lu ($1.1 billion), Lucy Peng ($1.1 billion) and the city's richest person Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma ($28.3 billion).
#13 (Tie) Istanbul
Billionaire population: 23
Combined net worth: $39.3 billion
Richest individual: Murat Ulker ($3.7 billion)
Mehmet Nazif Gunal ($1.6 billion), who made his fortune thanks to his construction and tourism company MNG Holding, saw his net worth rise 45% over the past year, more than any other Istanbul billionaire.
He owns 5-star hotel brand World of Wonders, which operates ten such hotels across Turkey. His hotels are concentrated in Turkey's most important tourism regions, including Antalya, Bodrum and Istanbul.
#13 (Tie) Taipei
Billionaire population: 23
Combined net worth: $57.1 billion
Richest individual: Terry Gou ($7.5 billion)
Of Taipei's 23 billionaires, 15 trace their wealth to the finance, real estate or electronics sectors.
Taipei's wealthiest man, Terry Gou ($7.5 billion), is $1.9 billion richer than last year thanks to shares of his Hon Hai Precision Industry climbing 30% in 12 months. The company, better known as Foxconn, is the world's biggest maker of smartphones.
#13 (Tie) Tokyo
Billionaire population: 23
Combined net worth: $81.4 billion
Richest individual: Masayoshi Son ($21.2 billion)
Tokyo's richest resident, who is also the country's richest, Masayoshi Son has seen his net worth increase by $9.5 billion over the last year and has been bulking up his mobile telecom firm Softbank.
In July 2016, the company announced it would acquire British semiconductor design firm ARM Holdings for $31 billion in cash. In late March Softbank said it would invest $300 million in office rental firm WeWork.
#16 Sao Paulo
Billionaire population: 22
Combined net worth: $82.3 billion
Richest individual: Joseph Safra ($20.5 billion)
Aside from being the most populous city in the southern hemisphere, Sao Paulo is also a key financial center.
Eight of the city's billionaires owe their fortune to banks, including Brazil's second richest man, Joseph Safra ($20.5 billion), who owns three banks.
#17 Los Angeles
Billionaire population: 21
Combined net worth: $74.5 billion
Richest individual: Elon Musk ($13.9 billion)
Los Angeles, known for its entertainment culture, is home to a group of billionaires as diverse as the city.
Among them are 26-year old Evan Spiegel ($4 billion), who cofounded Snap Inc. (formerly called Snapchat).
#18 (Tie) Paris
Billionaire population: 18
Combined net worth: $155.4 billion
Richest individual: Bernard Arnault ($41.5 billion)
Paris is home to two of the 14 richest people in the world: Bernard Arnault (net worth: $41.5 billion) and Liliane Bettencourt (net worth: $39.5 billion). Bettencourt, also the richest woman in the world, is the principal shareholder of cosmetics giants L'Oréal, and Arnault is the CEO of LVMH, a luxury goods conglomerate which owns brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Hennessy.
They have switched spots in the past year, with Arnault passing Bettencourt in the ranks.
Billionaire population: 18
Combined net worth: $60.7 billion
Richest individual: Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi ($15.8 billion)
The city's wealthiest person, Charoen, is $5 billion richer thanks to shares of his Thai Beverage.
It rose 41% over the last year amidst a flurry of new deals and acquisitions.
#20 (Tie) Delhi
Billionaire population: 17
Combined net worth: $54.7 billion
Richest individual: Shiv Nadar ($12.3 billion)
Three new billionaires and one returnee helped bump the Indian capital's billionaire count to 17 this year. Newcomers include Vijay Shekhar Sharma ($1.3 billion), who controls Paytm, which runs India's largest mobile payment service, Paytm Wallet; Mahendra Prasad ($1.2 billion), a longstanding member of parliament and the founder of Indian generics maker Aristo Pharmaceuticals; and Analjit Singh ($1.2 billion) who owns Max Group, with interests in healthcare, insurance and specialty packaging film.
#20 (Tie) Guangzhou
Billionaire population: 17
Combined net worth: $56.3 billion
Richest individual: William Ding ($17.3 billion)
Ding has surpassed Hui Ka Yan ($10.2 billion) as Guangzhou's richest resident, thanks to the continued success of his NASDAQ-listed NetEase, a mobile games company. Of all the Guangzhou billionaires, only he and Xu Bo ($4.1 billion) have made their fortunes from videogames.
The industry responsible for the most billionaires in Guangzhou? Real estate.


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2. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerRogerCrawford Aug 20, 2018 11:43 AM (in response to LukeDC)Thanks. And par for the course there's already a 220.127.116.11 patch :-)
3. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerLukeDC Aug 20, 2018 12:24 PM (in response to LukeDC)I installed it this weekend from 9.2.3 to 9.6 Didn't do the patch though. Pretty seamless. A couple little bugs, nothing unusual. Admin roles getting messed up as usual.
4. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerCodyDirrigle Aug 21, 2018 6:16 AM (in response to LukeDC)If I'm on 9.4 do I need to sql 9.5 and then 9.6?
5. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerThomasCheng Aug 21, 2018 6:38 AM (in response to LukeDC)Damn it! I spent hours downloading the 9.5 installer and guides just a few days ago in preparation of upgrade from 9.1.1.
Luke, what admin roles get messed up after the upgrade? I did customize a few of the default roles. Would the changes not carried over after the upgrade?
6. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerLukeDC Aug 21, 2018 6:54 AM (in response to LukeDC)Cody: Not technically necessary to step through, but I did anyways.
Tom: I have some custom roles that lost some options. Custom roles always seem to get busted along the way. Best to document them prior to your upgrade. I was going to go to 9.5 and 9.6 appeared on Friday :)
7. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerCodyDirrigle Aug 21, 2018 6:59 AM (in response to LukeDC)What I love is yesterday on with support I asked if 9.6 for onprem was out and was told, no it will be another week or two
8. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerThomasCheng Aug 21, 2018 6:59 AM (in response to LukeDC)This is why we hardly upgrade when a new version is released as it's so frequent. Well, if I'm dedicated to managing Workspace ONE like you, I'm sure this wouldn't be an excuse at all!
9. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerThomasCheng Aug 21, 2018 7:02 AM (in response to LukeDC)For DB, I still only need to perform incremental upgrade from 9.1 to 9.2 to 9.3. Then I can jump directly to 9.5 with the 9.6 installer. Correct?
Will I need to download SEG v2 installer from the website? Or should I download from my console once it's upgraded to 9.6?
10. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerLukeDC Aug 21, 2018 7:02 AM (in response to LukeDC)I was on 9.2.3 for awhile. 9.6 was worth it I felt.
Cody, I didn't see any official notification. I wonder if someone released it without knowing .
11. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerLukeDC Aug 21, 2018 7:42 AM (in response to LukeDC)Yes, you'll have to step through till your DB is at 9.3 then you can use the 9.6 DB installer after that. The SEG has a link to the installer in the console, it will direct to this site to download. They are no longer including installers in the console etc. Your biggest change will be reporting. The last SSRS install was for 9.2 and still works but there are no updates for it.
12. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerThomasCheng Aug 21, 2018 7:50 AM (in response to LukeDC)Thanks Luke. I already downloaded the SEG installers from VMware. Did you experience any issue with upgrading SEG from classic to v2? I understand only v2 is available starting with version 9.5 anyway.
Reporting has been integrated with the current version so separate SSRS is no longer needed, correct? If so, I'm totally ok with that as it's one less server to manage.
13. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerLukeDC Aug 21, 2018 8:14 AM (in response to LukeDC)I still use the SSRS reporting because the intelligence portal kinda stinks IMO. I haven't switched to V2 yet, separate change for me. Need to plan that a bit more, or even if I need it since I've mainly migrated to Office365 by now and am not using SEG's there.
14. Re: 9.6 On Prem InstallerThomasCheng Aug 21, 2018 9:23 AM (in response to LukeDC)Wait, I thought you must upgrade SEG to v2 after version say 9.3? I'm getting mixed messages now. But I do know support for classic SEG will end soon.


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Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
|Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
|Kheops Studio
|The Adventure Company Coladia Games
|Status Missing
|Release date
|July 5, 2005
|Single player
|Age rating(s)
|Windows Mac OS X
|Arcade system
|Arcade System Missing
Mac OS X:
|Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough
Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern is a computer adventure game released in 2005. It was developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company. It is very similar to previous Kheops Studio games; the interface and gameplay are almost identical to Return to Mysterious Island. The player takes the role of Arok, a 15 year old European Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic period.
Story[edit | edit source]
Secret of the Lost Cavern takes the player back into the Palaeolithic period in prehistoric time, 15000 BC. At this time, our ancestors where able to communicate with one another, create fire, cook meat, cut flint, and make spears for hunting.
During this Stone Age adventure, the life of a young hunter, Arok, is revealed. While on a fruitless hunt, Arok discovers a cavern marked with a strange symbol. It reminds him of a charismatic traveler, Klem, who ventured through the lands of his clan a few years before. Klem is a painter and sorcerer with the gift of speaking with the spirits of the world through the gorgeous paintings he creates on the walls of the caverns he passes. Arok spent many days with this shaman artist, fascinated by his creations and his stories. After noticing the painter's talent in the cavern, Arok decides not to return to his clan, but rather follow the path of his mentor...
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
During this adventure, Arok will need to collect many items and survive the wilderness that lies ahead of him. He must learn how to build a spear thrower, lure a ferocious bear away from his lair, harpoon salmon, traverse raging rivers, and overcome many more obstacles.
Characters[edit | edit source]
Arok is a 15 year old European homo sapien from the Paleolithic period. This young hunter became an adventurer after his chance meeting with a charismatic traveler back in his childhood.
Klem is a genius painter, the Michelangelo of his time. Possessing shamanistic powers and knowledge of sorcery, he enjoys an outstanding presence and charisma. He inspired Arok with a deep appreciation for art and adventure.
Tika is Klem's daughter. She lives in a troglodyte shelter by a river, next to the Lascaux cave where her father works. She guides the novice along with other talented painters to the famous lair. In spite of her young age, she has already acquired great knowledge of painting and tests Arok's ability with the tablet's riddle.
The Flintnapper is a straightforward and cheerful man who exudes a quiet strength. He gives Arok invaluable advice on how best to choose and cut flint. Through him, Arok also learns more about the lifestyle of Klem and his people.
Features[edit | edit source]
- Puzzles - innovative inventory system allows you to combine and create new tools and items necessary to solve an array of thought provoking puzzles.
- Exploration - photo-realistic environments of pristine landscapes and rugged wilderness.
- Survival - hunt, fish, and fend off predators that threaten your quest.
- Create Masterful Works of Art - they will come to life and their stories will help you along your journey.
- In-game Encyclopaedia - filled with historically accurate data on the Palaeolithic period.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Homepage
- Secret of the Lost Cavern Macintosh and iPhone versions by Coladia
- Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern at MobyGames
- obsolete: Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern at The Adventure Company
- Technical Support at Kheops Studio


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Plants are concerned about their health….just like us!
Plants are bombarded by bugs and ailments too. There are some specific remedies available to them but there are many fewer garden chemicals than previously. So as with us we should try and keep them in the pink with a good diet, lots to drink and not too much stress!
Many of the questions I get are about plant health. Particularly at this time of the year when a lot of plants look a bit ragged with chewed and blotchy leaves. In most cases there is nothing to worry about. Most plants are visited regularly by insects and slugs (they seem to get everywhere these days) and get bits of fungal disease due to both dry and wet weather.
But this is nothing new to them…They would get this sort of treatment in the wild and will obviously shake it off. But there is one big difference. In the wild plants thrive because they naturally grow where they are happiest.
In the garden we have to create those conditions as closely as we can and if we do we will have healthy plants which will cope with most problems.
So here are some simple guidelines on establishing "happy" plants.
1) Take advice. If you would like to have a particular plant in the garden, check the label or ask the garden centre staff if it is suitable. If it is an Acer, for example, it will need an acid soil (or ericaceous soil in a pot );half shade and above all a sheltered position away from cold or hot dry winds which will scorch and shrivel the tender foliage. If you are looking for plants for a particular spot …shady or exposed, again ask for advice.
2) Plant well. Above all plants need a good start in the garden. If the soil is poor –add some planting compost or even some topsoil. If the soil is heavy add a bit of course grit to help drainage. If the soil around the plant is not inviting, it 's roots may decide not to venture out!
3) Water well when planting and when growing. Lack of water is the most common cause of plant failure. And remember rain is not reliable as we know this summer. When it comes it may be too heavy and run off or it may not get through the foliage "umbrella".
4) Food is good. Again get advice on the best feed for planting and to maintain growth. In pots and baskets there is only enough food for 4 to 6 weeks.
5) Good housekeeping helps. Ragged leaves on deciduous shrubs and trees will deteriorate as they approach autumn. Any leaves which look diseased should be picked up after they have fallen to prevent the spread of the disease next year.
So very simply stress-free conditions, food and drink are essential to good plant health!
Don't forget, if you are struggling with plant health, or any other garden issues our team will be happy to talk with you. We also have a Plymouth Garden Centre Facebook Group, PLANT DOCTOR, where you can post photos of the problem and a member of staff, or a member of our growing community will be able to help! Visit the group by clicking on the image below:
Happy Gardening!
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Things to do in January
1) Rose bushes can be pruned now and bare root roses can be planted.
2) Cut back ornamental grasses now to just a couple of inches from the ground.
3) Deadhead your pansies and violas
4) Protect plants from frost with a Cloche or mulch
5) Start chitting early potatoes now
Plant of the month
Hedera (Ivy)
Helix varieties are a good choice for the wildlife garden because they attract a large range of insects.
The leaves give shelter to overwintering butterflies and food for emerging caterpillars. The plant provides nesting sites for wrens, sparrows and blackbirds. The berries are eaten by resident birds and winter visitors. Autumn flowers supply nectar for hoverflies, holly blue and tortoiseshell butterflies.


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Lashon Amado is the National Coordinator of Community Action Teams for Opportunity Youth United, a national grassroots movement of opportunity youth and their adult allies seeking to alleviate poverty in their community through civic engagement.
After being "pushed out" of high school, Lashon received a second-chance to get back on track by attending his local YouthBuild program. After completing the program, Lashon went on to receive his master's degree from Northeastern University. He is now an emerging social entrepreneur, with a vision to empower young people across the globe to be change agents in their community.
Amado is also the founder of an international project, Projecto Mas Um Chance (Project One More Chance), an emerging social enterprise seeking to address the youth unemployment crisis in Cabo Verde, an archipelago on the west coast of Africa. After volunteering for many years providing ESL instruction at a local NGO in Cabo Verde, he decided he wanted to do more. He is now working with government leaders there to develop a successful strategy for the project.


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Pokémon Go has taken over the world, including The Mount. After some investigation, it seems we're the site of 3 Pokemon gyms and 5 poke stops! Stop by and catch Pidgey and Magikarp (hint: head towards the gardens). And let us know if you find any others by tagging your pictures #PokeMount or share on our Facebook page: WhartonMountLenox.
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Whether it's telephone, email, SMS fraud or other types of scams we've got lots of guidance
Whether you've been the victim of fraud, or you're looking to learn more about avoiding it, this page should give you everything you need.
We've seen an increase in criminals exploiting the coronavirus and using this as part of their scam tactics.
Don't fall victim by looking out for the following:
Impersonation scams and emails offering health updates or cures
Scammers are sending out emails that look like they come from trusted organisations, like the World Health Organisation (WHO). An attachment in the email claims to provide safety measures to combat coronavirus but opening it actually infects your device with malware that monitors your online activity and captures your information.
Claims you are due to receive a tax refund
Criminals are bombarding mailboxes with emails saying you're entitled to a tax refund due to coronavirus – but it's a trick. HMRC will never contact you by email to discuss tax refunds, so don't click or respond. Report emails like this to email@example.com
Purchase scams
Watch out for emails, ads, posts, texts or phone calls advertising anything to do with coronavirus – whether it's for facemasks, vaccines or access to testing kits – any deals that look too good to be true usually are. These approaches are very likely to be a scammer trying to get their hands on your money or personal details – make sure you don't give them what they want.
Offers to make quick money
There has been a huge increase in criminals trying to lure people into becoming money mules through 'get rich quick' job offers during these uncertain times. If a job ad looks too good to be true – it probably is and the personal consequences of allowing criminals to pay money through your account can be life-changing. Reject any offers of cash to let someone else use your bank account, it's simply not worth it!
Always remember:
Stay alert to suspicious phone calls, texts or emails from anyone claiming to be from the bank or other trusted organisations. We'll never ask you to share your full PIN, password, card reader code, one time passcode or to move money from your account.
Never download attachments, software or let anyone remotely log into your computer following a call or email you've received out of the blue
If you are ever asked to do any of these things, refuse and contact us immediately using the number on the back of your card or a number you trust. If possible, call us back from a different phone or mobile.
For all the latest fraud and scam insights including real life examples so you know what to watch out for, follow us on social media
Take Five To Stop Fraud is a national campaign from Financial Fraud Action UK and the UK Government, backed by the banking industry coming together to tackle fraud.
Criminals are experts at impersonating people, organisations and the police.
They spend hours researching you for their scams, hoping you'll let your guard down for just a moment.
Fraudsters are turning to more sophisticated ways to take your money, whether through online offers, emails or telephone calls. Can you outsmart them? Put your ability to spot a scam to the test with the Take 5 quick quiz.
Stop: Taking a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information could keep you safe.
Challenge: Could it be fake? It's ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.
Protect: Contact your bank immediately if you think you've fallen for a scam and report it to Action Fraud.
My money? My info? I don't think so!
Whether you're paying a company, a friend or your dog walker, you want to be confident the payment you're making is sent to the right person.
That's why we're introducing Confirmation of Payee (CoP); a name checking service that checks the name of the account holder you intend to pay - along with the sort code, account number and account type (Personal or Business) - against the details held for that account, giving you greater confidence you're paying the right person. While many UK banks will be introducing CoP, they may launch this service at different times. So it's also really important anyone who needs to pay money into your account knows your first and last name as it appears on your bank account.
Why are we doing this?
Our priority is to keep your money safe and secure. We're introducing this name checking service to help protect you from so called "authorised push payment" scams. These are scams where people are tricked into sending money to criminals, who often pretend to be people they are not. It will also help avoid simple mistakes like mis-typing account details when you set up a new payment
How does this work?
When you set up a new payment using online banking or the mobile app, the account holder's name will be checked against the account details held with their bank. We'll then tell you if the details you've entered match, giving you more confidence you're paying the right person
Top tips to protect yourself:
We're committed to helping you stay safe and secure online and are continuously investing in new fraud prevention tools and the latest security technology to keep you protected online.
That's why we're offering Malwarebytes Premium to our customers free of charge (it's worth £49.99) until at least June 2022. Malwarebytes Premium is an anti-virus security software solution that protects your PC tablet and phone from malicious software. It's available for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Chrome OS devices and you can protect up to 10 of your devices.
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Keeping your money safe and secure is at the heart of everything we do so we'll be checking it's really you more often – and not someone pretending to be you.
What does this mean? When you buy something online or use Digital Banking you'll sometimes be asked to provide a one time passcode (OTP). This passcode is sent to your mobile phone by text and you'll need it to complete your transaction. All banks must do this as part of new regulations designed to improve the security of your purchases and reduce fraud. It is sometimes referred to as Strong Customer Authentication (SCA).
Remember that you should never disclose your OTP to anyone, even someone who claims to be calling from the bank – we will never ask you disclose these codes to us over the phone.
If you think you've been the victim of fraud, or received a suspicious email, call or text, we will try our best to help.
Checked your account and seen a card payment go out that you don't recognise? Before reporting it as fraud, there's a few things you can do which may help.
There's lots of help on offer, to protect yourself or your business. Below you can get to a range of our guides, including those that are business specific.
Whether it's telephone, email, SMS fraud or other types of scams we've got lots of guidance
Learn how to avoid those dodgy emails and keep your information safe
Telephone fraud (or Vishing) is one of the most popular methods of fraud. Here's some help to stop you being a victim
There are some scams and types of fraud that are unique to businesses and individuals who run them. Make sure you know what they are and how to avoid them.
The new Authorised Push Payment (APP) Scam Code has been launched to help those who have lost money due to a scam.
Friends Against Scams aims to prevent people becoming victims of scams. Joining equips you with the knowledge you need to protect yourself from the emotional and financial impact.
You'll learn how to:
Spot a potential scam and report it
Avoid becoming a target for scammers
Find out about new scams so you can take steps to protect yourself
Have conversations with friends, family and community to share your knowledge and raise your collective awareness
Security is a real concern in Scotland – almost half of respondents to a recent Scottish Crime and Justice Survey said they were worried they'd be victims of banking fraud or identity theft in the next 12 months.
Our own research tells us that customers are looking for a human touch, when our technology and people work in harmony to give our customers peace of mind.
Here are a few tips for protecting yourself:
Don't tell anyone your security details
Don't assume the person who contacted you is genuine
Don't let them rush you
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Ah, the infamous mobile game starring the meaning-looking birds seems destined to make the transition from the small screen of your smartphone to your TV set. Well, developer Rovio just announced at the Social Gaming Summit that the game is soon to arrive on Xbox Live, Playstation Network, and WiiWare but they haven't given an official price or release date yet, though.
Nonetheless, this game has been very popular on iOS, Android, and webOS in the meantime. Hopefully, the game will also find success on the three main gaming console systems, leading to a decent sequel. Perhaps then, Angry Birds will actually become a full-fledged gaming franchise in the near future.


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CD-adapco's STAR Global Conference 2012 to Host Over 50 Commercial Engineering Specialists and Expert Panel
Mar 01, 2012, 05:06 ET
On March 19-21, CD-adapco will host its STAR Global Conference 2012 in Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin.
NEW YORK and LONDON, March 1, 2012 /CNW/ - With three weeks left for registrations, this year's event has already attracted a record breaking attendance, attracted by an agenda that includes over 50 presentations from industrial leaders in engineering simulation, each of whom will reveal the secrets of their engineering successes. The conference will include an open discussion with a specially selected panel of experts including analysts, media and innovative industrial users.
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The keynote speaker for this year's conference will be Phil White, co-founder of Cervelo. "I am delighted that Phil has agreed to deliver our keynote this year. Cervelo's journey from the university lab to the front of the professional peleton was fueled largely by engineering simulation; their story is the perfect embodiment of our 'a World of Engineering Success' conference theme," said Bill Clark, Senior VP of Operations, CD-adapco."With a presentation titled, 'The Importance of Innovation in a Competitive World,' Phil will share the company's comprehensive approach to design, simulation, and analysis and how it can put you in front of the competition."
Participating companies at this year's event include, but are not limited to, Airbus Military, Lockheed Martin, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Nissan, Atkins, MSi Kenny, Tetra Pak, Wartsila, Behr, Ford, Magna Powertrain. Also in attendance will be over 20 industrial technology partners and sponsors. CD-adapco's engineering simulation specialists, developers and management will also be on hand to meet and network with attendees.
The full agenda can be viewed on the conference website: http://www.cd-adapco.com/downloads/newsletters/2012/conference/index2.html.
In addition to the conference, attendees may choose from a selection of training events and workshops, including STAR-CCM+ v7 Orientation Training, Best Practices in Turbulence and Heat Transfer Modeling, and Meshing and Surface Preparation. There will also be dedicated workshops for ICE (Internal Combustion Engines), Chemical, Battery Design, and Electric Motors.
Attendees will learn the secret of how to use CAE more effectively in their organization, perform more simulations for less effort, and begin exploring the whole design space rather than a few points. They will leave the event with a complete understanding of the business benefits of simulation and realistic implementation strategies for their organization.
To register or learn more about the STAR Global Conference 2012, please visit http://www.cd-adapco.com/minisites/global12.
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Puzzlers -- Answering the Economic Crisis
Hi Guys:
I have a suggestion about how you can solve the worldeconomic crisis by increasing the number of Puzzlers. Here is howit works.
1. Have more Puzzlers.2. Have more winners.3. Give away more $25 gift certificates to winners.4. Make sure nothing in the Shameless Commerce Division sells forexactly $25.5. Allow winners to contribute unused gift certificates to Clickand Clack's "Solve the World Economic Crisis" Fund.6. Save up the money and give it to all the countries in economictrouble.
If we assume that you give away only one gift certificate eachweek and that winners spend, on average, $23, you couldcontribute $104 per year to solving this problem. If we alsoassume that we need to save up $100 billion to solve thisproblem, it would take roughly 1 billion years to save up enoughmoney.
However, if you started having two Puzzlers per week, you couldsave the world in 500 million years--500 million years soonerthan with only one Puzzler per week. Wow!
Some might say that 500 million years is too long to wait tosolve this problem, but I would argue that at least you are doingsomething, which is more than most can say.
What do you think?
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text: Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-12 Juliana Claassens | 1 CommentFacebook-twitter-g+-LinkedIN-EmailPrint It would certainly be easy to preach this week's lectionary text as offering contemporary believers a model of faithful prayer.Indeed King Solomon, who when God offers him the opportunity to have any wish fulfilled asks not for glory and worldly success but for wisdom, is often held up as an example of a faithful believer who recognizes the importance of putting God's kingdom first (cf. Matt 6:33). The request for a "listening heart" (cf. the NRSV's translation of an "understanding mind" that draws on the Hebrew meaning of "heart" as the center of thought and will), suggests that the pious king intends to be truly receptive to the needs of the community. The portrayal of the "ideal king" in this text offers a close parallel to the ideal king held up in Psalm 72--a king who will rule in justice and righteousness, paying special attention to the poor and needy. Moreover, if one reads the story immediately following the lectionary text in vv. 16-28, the picture of King Solomon as the wise king receives further validation. In the story of the two women before the king, the king's "listening heart" is demonstrated, showing how the plight of the most vulnerable members in the community does not go unnoticed. Even though this would be a valid interpretative option to pursue, 1 Kings 3, as in life, is more complicated. In order to do justice to this week's lectionary text, one has to recognize the ambiguities and complexities associated with this text. First, the choice of the lectionary reading to only focus on vv. 5-12 is interesting. The lectionary reading chooses to omit vv. 13-14, abruptly breaking off in the middle of Solomon's dream. It is indeed a question why the lectionary reading would decide to ignore the verses that refer to Solomon also receiving riches and a long life in addition to the wisdom that he requested from God. After all, this link between prosperity and obedience is very much at the heart of the deuteronomistic as well as wisdom traditions (cf. Prov 3:13-18 that maintains that wisdom is followed by all the other gifts initially offered by God). May it be that the promise of wealth counters the image of the faithful pious king who is not interested in worldly goods or fame? Or did the compilers of the lectionary feel uncomfortable with the connection between wealth and faithfulness that is very much proclaimed as gospel in recent strands of prosperity theology? Even though increasingly popular, the uncritical application of these traditions may be harmful and even dangerous to contemporary believers. Reading the lectionary text in terms of its larger context would offer a good opportunity to identify the inherent problems with such a position, referring to other biblical texts that constitute an important countervoice--texts that challenge the act/consequence or punishment/reward schema prevalent in much of the biblical tradition (cf. in particular the book of Job). Second, limiting one's attention to the verses suggested by the lectionary reading, which incidentally only focus on the positive aspects of Solomon's rule, misses the theological tensions inherent in this text. Immediately preceding Solomon's dream in vv. 5-14, one finds allusions that hint at some of the negative aspects of Solomon's reign. So the reference to Solomon worshiping at high places such as Gibeon (vv. 2-5) hints at Solomon's future problems with high places, namely, worshiping at the local sanctuaries rather than heeding the deuteronomistic tradition's commitment to centralized worship (1 Kgs 9:6-9; 11:7-13). Moreover, the reference to Solomon's marriage alliance with the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh foreshadows the deuteronomistic concern that foreign wives were responsible for leading the kings astray (1 Kgs 11:1-8). This other side of King Solomon's reign is a good reminder that the leaders in the biblical tradition, as in life, more often than not are a mix of complex motives. So, one should not romanticize political power, seeing that any leader has the potential to be corrupt and to abuse power. For instance, Solomon's assertion in v. 7, that literally translated would read: "I do not know how to go out or come in," is typically used in a military context to denote the king's participation in war. This reference serves as a sobering reminder that it is within the power of kings to destroy innocent lives. Moreover, in subsequent chapters, King Solomon will be remembered as the one who built the temple for God (1Kgs 3:1; 7:51; 9:1). Nevertheless, this act of piety is accompanied by the reality that forced labor is used in all of the building projects of the kings (1Kgs 5:13-14; 9:15). Once again one should not forget that numerous innocent people are harmed in political leaders' attempts at greatness. Reading the lectionary text in terms of its larger context, not shying away from the complexities associated with this text, may help us to develop theological perspectives that are sensitive to the very real challenges presented by the context in which we proclaim God's word. Two perspectives come to mind: First, we know that most people are a mix of good and bad motives or intentions. People have the potential to do good, but also much harm. Solomon's request for a "listening heart" may encourage its hearers to do what is right--as in the case of the two women before the king--to listen to the voice of the voiceless, and to do what one can to preserve life. Second, it is significant to note that it is exactly within the unresolved tensions of this text, which mirror the messiness of life that God acts. It is significant that it is God who approaches Solomon, regardless of his failures and frailties as a human being. God's initiative suggests that God's grace breaks into the midst of the everyday realities of life and politics that are by no means straightforward or uncomplicated--a message we with confidence can proclaim as the good news of the Gospel.Juliana Claassens | 1 CommentFacebook-twitter-g+-LinkedIN-EmailPrint


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Lisbon gets all the attention in Portugal, but flickr user StrudelMonkey shows us a slice of Portugal's lesser-known Second City of Porto. The town (pop. 240,000) is famous as the home of Port wine and the town's center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site back in 1996– two more reasons Portugal is a can't-miss destination for anyone traveling around Europe.
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"You shall have a coronaproof restaurant experience at a star level."
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"You shall have a coronaproof restaurant experience at a star level."
The discovery of the yearr.
The real Catalan cuisine
Natural wines and warm conviviality.
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Cuines, 33 combines the original Portuguese Parus White with lacquered streaky bacon and lobster
"Unique monocépage of the Antão Vaz grape brings elegance to the dish"
Herdade da Comporta is a beautiful farm on the southwest coast of Portugal. This magnificent nature area is surrounded by sea, island and rice fields creates, among other things, beautiful wines. The wines of Herdade da Comporta are produced in the wild beauty of nature and the tranquility of the estate. The sandy soil and the unique climate of the region, tempered by the proximity of the ocean, form the perfect environment for the cultivation of wine grapes. The grape varieties - such as Aragonez and Trincadeira for red wine and Arinto and Antão Vaz for white wine - are grown on around 35 hectares and treated with the utmost respect. Dolce presented one of the wines to restaurant Cuines, 33 from Knokke, namely Parus White: an elegant and unique wine, but with sufficient body.
A first for Antwerp: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will hold the naming ceremony for its second expedition ship, the HANSEATIC inspiration, on 13 October 2019
· Maiden voyage to start on 14 October 2019
· New ships underline the TUI Group's growth strategy for the cruise segment
Last year, Martini brought the vermouth bar concept to Belgium with Caffè Torino. Modern Italian-style aperitifs are clearly on the rise in this country as well. One big winner in this respect is the classic Italian Negroni cocktail. That is why Caffè Torino will be the very first Negroni bar in Belgium this year.
With the festive season slowly approaching, we are turning the spotlight on our combi subscription. Subscribe to DOLCE WORLD today and receive a free DOLCE apron.
The biggest, most important food fair in the world is being held from 16 to 20 October this year. SIAL PARIS offers 270,000 m2 of more than 400,000 local and global products. With about 6,500 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, it is the ultimate meeting place for professionals.
Once again, the most prestigious of European cooking contests – and the one that has led the most winners to the final podium – will encourage its contestants to promote their culinary heritage and the gastronomic signature of their respective countries.
A petanque competition for the culinary world. Yes, you read that right. On Monday, August 10th, DOLCE, together with The Master Chefs of Belgium and Siesta Beach, will organize a sports network day which will be attended by the cream of the gourmet industry. Are you a DOLCE Partner and might this culinary workout be something for you?
Fruit de vie is the newest creation of Ludovic Bouckaert, a Belgian, qualified oenologist and specialized in exclusive fruit wines. The Fruit de vie collection includes a selection of beautiful and very exclusive fruit wines, each of which are made with passion and pure craftsmanship.
On May 24, 2020, the College of Mayor and Aldermen approved the marketing plan for this summer.
If the city council agrees next week,
the coastal municipality is ready to keep its inhabitants and visitors in safe conditions even after the corona crisis
offer the top quality they are used to from the resort.
The film for the WGS Best Video Challenge is finally online which means that the challenge is now over.
EUROPA's Best 2018: 21 stars perform at the extra-special festival of food and drink
· Popular gourmet highlight on board the 5-stars-plus rated* EUROPA
· Festival in Antwerp on 24 June 2018
The internet has made the life of a number of sectors a lot easier. And digitalisation is also doing the same for the catering sector. New platforms such as Growzer simplify time-consuming administration and day-to-day processes. Catering establishments gain time, their costs go down and they obtain more insights.
"Call on our year-long expertise and turn your business into a real success"
Bring an economist/marketing specialist and a hospitality expert together and you'll have the perfect mix to transform a starting business or established enterprise into a successful concept. Top level consultancy in the world of catering, that is what Jan De Kimpe and Ilse Duponcheel are good at. Because in addition to publishing Dolce Magazine, organising culinary trips and events, Dolce World also stands for turning your business into a success.
The result of the Native Cooking Award 2016.
The winner is Sweden
The no 2 is BELGIUM and won also the press Award
The no 3 is Norway
Belizean Luxury Property Offers Financing for 'Solar Cottage' and Announces 27 New Listings Itz'ana Resort & Residences in Belize is pleased to announce the release of its second and final phase of waterfront cottages and villas.
On Monday, November 2, 2015, Sam Van Houcke, chef of the restaurant 'Onder de Toren' in Hansbeke, won the third edition of the cooking competition 'The Star of the Belgian Cuisine'. The young chef was assisted by Olivier Saey (Hertog Jan), sommelier Sam Govaert (Entrepôt du Vin) and coach Lieven Lootens ('t Aards Paradijs).
In the South-French village of Puimisson, at a stone's throw from the historic town of Béziers, lies La Maison de Chemins de Bassac. The villa, built in 1780, was recently restored completely by the leading Belgian architect Vittorio Simoni.
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In 2018, nearly twenty years after he sold his honor and integrity to a media company for cheap money and entertainment for kids, a middle aged author decided that he wanted to make one final book in his career that would tell the truth of the adventure he had when he was young.
An au of seasons 1-4 of digimon that takes place in the united states
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MassMEP Trains CNC Operators to Meet Manufacturing Demand for Technically Skilled Employees; 675 Students Graduated to Date
- On March 20, 2015
On Friday, MassMEP graduated a new class in Advanced CNC Skills, part of the Applied Manufacturing Technology Pathway Certification. The graduation was the eighth area training funded by the Massachusetts More Skilled Workers Program. Eleven graduates spent eight weeks in an intensive curriculum of classroom and hands-on work to prepare for jobs as CNC (computer numerical control) operators. Representative John Fernandes presented each graduate with a citation from the Commonwealth recognizing the importance of the course and their dedication to improving their skills. Advanced CNC Skills training, designed by MassMEP to meet the demands of Massachusetts manufacturers, has graduated over 675 students since the program began. The total job placement rate is 90% with an average starting wage of $17.11 per hour.
Figure 1. Certificates handed out to Advanced CNC Skills graduates by Rep. John Fernandes; Torbjorn Bergstrom, Operations Manger, Haas Manufacturing Labs, WPI; and Matt Healy, MassMEP Instructor.
"MassMEP's training model combines classroom, simulation, and hands-on training to build job ready skills," said Ted Bauer, MassMEP's Workforce Strategies Director. "Additionally, students are provided work readiness skills that are critical to securing employment in today's manufacturing environment."
The Advanced CNC Skills course is a 280 hour program. That includes 80 hours of foundational manufacturing skills, 100 hours of advanced CNC skills training at WPI, 40 hours of MasterCAM, 10 hours of OSHA training, 30 hours of career readiness, and 20 hours of Math Bootcamp. Upon graduation, the students receive a 10-hour OSHA general industry card, Massachusetts Pre-Apprentice certificate, Florida Institute of Technology Lean certificate, and WPI CNC Certificate of Completion. This prepares them to sit for the MACWIC Level 3 Certificate test.
Figure 2. MACWIC Applied Manufacturing Technology Pathway Certification
Advanced CNC Skills course graduates travel over an hour to attend this comprehensive training that starts as early as 6am. In addition to the technical training, the students are evaluated on their work readiness; showing up for classes every day is a key component of the course work evaluation.
"We created this training based on the demand we heard from employers," stated Bauer. "The program is rigorous and expectations of the participants mirror those of an employer. This way MassMEP supplies manufacturing companies with work-ready employees."
Job Fair
Part of the training program includes a job fair the week prior to graduation. Each employer meets with the job candidates for about 10 minutes, to determine if they would like to pursue a more in-depth interview. This month's job fair included 22 companies from across Massachusetts, including 9 that had participated in the past.
The Massachusetts More Skilled Workers Program is a training strategy to prepare and place individuals in a paid job and position them along a career pathway that can culminate in certificate/degrees as Technicians and/or Engineers. The program is funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
About Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP), part of the national NIST MEP system, is a leading resource for manufacturers. Committed to success in manufacturing, MassMEP transforms companies through solutions focused on innovative growth, operational excellence, and workforce development. The organization cultivates a sustainable community built on supportive relationships, idea sharing, achievement, and next generation manufacturing. For more information, visit www.massmep.org.


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Is it cheaper to live in Italy than the US?
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. It is also home to important archaeological and ancient sites, such as the Necropolis of Pantalica, the Valley of the Temples, and Selinunte. There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites on Sicily. By the order of inscription: Valle dei Templi, Villa Romana del Casale, Aeolian Islands, Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto, Necropolis of Pantalica, Mount Etna and Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalù and Monreale.
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Does anyone have a contact telephone or email address for a Mr Giovanni Caruso who is a an olive trees expert using a polyconic vase pruning system to revive olive trees? I have seen online he runs workshops in Sicily but cannot find any contact details.
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SOS...I am an American, living in Germany, currently in Trapani without a flight back until April 5. I do not speak Italian, currently learning German. I was supposed to travel back on March 15th, my boyfriend left on March 8th. My flight was cancelled so I made a new flight on March 19th.


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With the whole world going gaga over the crypto-currency trading for past few months, one person who is yet to change his views is Warren Buffett. American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Warren Buffett, while talking to CNBC about Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies, mentioned,
"I get into enough trouble with things I think I know something about. Why in the world should I take a long or short position in something I don't know anything about,"
He has been critical about the whole crypto-currency bubble ever since 2014, when it was still in its infancy. Back then, he had stated that Bitcoin was a mirage. He had mentioned,
"It's a method of transmitting money. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money, too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? Are money orders? You can transmit money by money orders. People do it. I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it, but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways and it will be. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view."
Buffett, The Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, added in a recent interview with CNBC that,
"In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say with almost certainty that they will come to a bad ending."
He further added,
"When it happens or how or anything else, I don't know. If I could buy a five-year put on every one of the cryptocurrencies, I'd be glad to do it but I would never short a dime's worth. We don't own any, we're not short any, we'll never have a position in them."
Warren Buffett's investing track is unparalleled and his advice mostly unquestionable. But it needs to be remembered that Buffett has mostly shied away from new technology. While talking about the Tech- Moguls, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stated that he wants to explore the power the cryptocurrency, as a technology and also as an important means to empower decentralisation. During the past week, PayPal founder and one of Facebook's early-stage investor, Peter Thiel has reportedly bought Bitcoin worth USD 20 million. , Kodak became the latest addition to companies which are piling into cryptocurrencies. This week, Kodak announced that it would launch its own cryptocurrency, KodakCoin, a move that doubled the struggling company's share price.
With Bitcoin and Crypto-currency value touching new heights each day, it is for time to tell who among the above mentioned big-wigs is right in their assessment. However, if this is not just a bubble, it will remain etched in the history of technical advancements a big leap for mankind.


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Silver Plated Wine CoolerStylish three-handled silver plated ice bucket/wine cooler with ball feet. The design follows that of a Tyg; a 15th century dinking vessel. The base has English marks for electro plating and a maker's stamp.Enquire
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RIP Old Twitter: Will You Miss It? [POLL]
Old Twitter, the information network's interface from a simpler time, has passed away after nearly a year of being on its death bed.
In its place, the multimedia-enhanced and fresh-faced New Twitter offspring will reign supreme for all.
"New Twitter rollout: complete! All users now have the same Twitter.com experience & can access our latest features. http://t.co/8dfSGdV," the company tweeted Monday.
Twitter has been preparing the holdouts for several months now, warning them that Old Twitter was not long for this world. Still, the loss of Old Twitter will be mourned by those who appreciated its uncomplicated nature and single-column style.
Are you grieving the loss of Old Twitter? Take our poll and let us know your thoughts in the comments.


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Recipe: Greg Lewis's moules marinière with a twist
This summer, the Telegraph has partnered with the Madrid's number-one beer brand Mahou to explore delicious new dishes created by expert chefs.
Michelin-starred chef and presenter Mark Sargeant asked four of the UK's top tapas talents to come up with perfect pairings.
In the second of our challenges, they incorporate an international element to create fusion tapas suited to Mahou Cinco Estrellas.
Greg Lewis is head chef at Pintura restaurant and bar, a modern, brick-walled tapas and pintxos hotspot in Leeds. Spread over an impressive four floors, Pintura's walls are lined with bright, beautiful examples of Spanish and Basque art. The menu shows a strong Basque influence and the beer of choice is, naturally, Mahou Cinco Estrellas.
"'I wanted Mahou to be part of my dish as it guarantees all the flavours work in harmony," Greg explains. "I've reworked the classic moules marinière and use Mahou instead of white wine with the mussels and clams."
Our presenter Mark Sargeant loves this recipe both for its flavours and historic relevance. "It harks back to the early days of Mahou beer in Madrid when it was all the rage to serve it with shellfish. The sweetness, particularly of the clams, contrasts with the tang of the beer and the subtle flavours of Mahou bind it all together beautifully."
Mahou mussels and clams
Serves 4
- 500g mussels, washed and de-bearded
- 500g clams, rinsed thoroughly
- 2 banana shallots, finely diced
- 100ml Mahou beer
- 50ml double cream
- 50ml olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
To serve
- Handful chopped flat parsley
- Crusty bread, to serve
- Heat a large pan with a lid until smoking hot. Add the shellfish, shallots and Mahou and cover with the lid. Steam the shellfish for one minute covered, then remove the lid. Steam uncovered until mussels are fully open.
- Pour in the cream and bring to boil. When boiling, move your pan in a circular motion whilst slowly adding the olive oil to form a glossy sauce.
- Finish your mussels with finely chopped garlic and parsley. Serve immediately alongside crusty bread.
To make the dish for yourself, get your ingredients at ocado.com #perfectpairing #mahou


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Fixing IPv6 issues caused by applications
A good friend of mine from Colombia is a great IT Enthusiast. Like me, he loves trying out all all different kinds of technologies and sometimes things go wrong.
In this case he was using the Checkpoint SecureClient and it damaged the IPv6 configuration of his machine.
Instead of fixing it and leaving the problem behind he did the right thing, created a tool that integrates with the windows troubleshooting engine to fix the problem and shared it on codeplex.
His name is Ricardo Polo and he deserves al the credit!
Download the IPv6 reset tool on codeplex.


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Collection: The Scorpion's Stinger
For those who are looking for the most powerful, painful, and flavorful Trinidadian peppers, this collection meets their needs. We are putting together 6 of the most wanted scorpions, top row: Moruga Scorpion Brown, red, yellow. Bottom row, from left, yellow scorpion, red scorpion, yellow butch T, and red butch T.


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The Lee Family. Once upon a time Noel and Rena got married and had 2 kids - Doris and Donald. Then one day, Doris got married to Jeremy and had her own 2 kids - Vince and Edda. We all live far apart, and keep moving around. It's hard to keep tabs on each other. Welcome to our blog.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Sleepover, Florence, football ice cream cake.
How is it Sunday evening at 8:00 pm already? (Now it's 10 pm. I got distracted.) Friday nights seem so luxurious - the whole weekend ahead of us, like an unending savannah of time. But it all gets filled up somehow and now it's all over. Jeremy spent some time this weekend trying to get Edda's photo for our annual pancake breakfast.
Friday night, Edda wrestled Jeremy as she fell asleep.
While Vince hosted a sleepover.
I went out into the woods to orienteer where I gave up about 3/4 of the way through and felt defeated. I ate a lot of cookies. Every time I go to these events I get mistaken for Florence. Hi Florence! Umm, I'm not Florence. Of course, it didn't take me too long to figure out who this mysterious Florence person was. I should have taken a selfie with her.
Sat. night we watched "Tonight's Special" on Netflix.
Sunday Football ice cream cake!
Small act: Donated $ to rescue.org in Silver Spring.
By Doris at February 05, 2017
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Oooooh that cake looks so good. Tell Jeremy to keep fighting the good fight. I think that that man in the President's chair and his cronies think they will wear us out but enthusiasm in Austin doesn't seem to be waning. I like your parents pussy hats too!
- February 06, 2017 4:29 PM
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Visual Art Exhibition . Freedom? . Special Projects
A co-curated video program titled "Freedom?" extending the exhibition is conceived by a group of curators:
Charles Esche on Chto Delat? (What is to be done?)
Bernard Marcadé on Alice Anderson
Mark Nash on Christina Norman
Mark Nash on Pere Portabella
José Roca on François Bucher
Rasha Salti on Sobhi al-Zobaidi
Anne Szefer Karlsen on Hisham Zaman
John Zarobell on Bani Abidi
This program will be the starting point for the curatorial dialogues in Marrakech the day after the opening of the 3rd AiM International Biennale Festival's Exhibition, and continuing on R22 art radio. "Freedom?" questions the meaning of artistic and curatorial work in our times, when the rights of expressions are often seen as secondary and security brought to to the top of the human priorities!
Extension of the 3rd AiM Biennale Festival Exhibition at ESAV (film school in Marrakech).


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Employment problems and talk about restructuring or redundancy is stressful but it is not necessary to just accept it. Employees need the legal, emotional and financial consequences of their crisis to be dealt with quickly. Employers who behave badly should be held to account under New Zealand's employment law. If you are in a situation like this, seeking employment law advice is your best option. Contact me today for experienced employment advocacy services.
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Chase outshined by other series
The best laid plans of mice and men -- and now NASCAR -- often go awry. That's the situation this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where NASCAR's three national series close out their seasons.
NASCAR created the Chase to build drama in the Sprint Cup championship over the last 10 races and take it down to a grand, Super Bowl-type finale. On balance, compared to the old system, it's worked well in its initial four seasons, but Jimmie Johnson, with his 141-point lead over Carl Edwards going into Sunday's Ford 400, has turned it into a lackluster conclusion. Johnson only needs to finish 36th to clinch his third straight title. NASCAR has lost a chunk of the television audience, and perhaps some of the fans in the stands, before the green flag waves.
Now comes the embarrassing part for NASCAR: Without the Chase, the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck series both have real, live, down-to-the wire runs for the championships. With 34 races in the books, Edwards trails Clint Bowyer by 56 points going into Saturday's Nationwide race. The NCTS' Ford 200 on Friday is a virtual match race between Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday Jr. with 34 other trucks on the track. Benson leads Hornaday by three points after 24 races. It's the closest ever in the Truck series and only the 1979 Sprint Cup championship, in which Darrell Waltrip led Richard Petty by two points going into the finale, has been tighter in NASCAR history.
Edwards, going for his second straight Nationwide title, has chopped 140 points off Bowyer's lead in the past three races with two victories (including last weekend at Phoenix) and a second.
"If we run like we've been running and we perform as well as we have and [crew chief] Drew [Blickensderfer] makes the decisions that he's been making, we can close 56 points without Clint [Bowyer] having trouble," Edwards said following the Phoenix race. "They just have to have a little bit of an off day. We needed to win this race. We needed to lead the most laps [which Edwards did]."
Bowyer has been 16th, sixth and fourth in the last three races. The Richard Childress Racing driver was caught up in a crash with 122 laps to go at Phoenix that damaged his Chevrolet's nose. Bowyer restarted 30th and made a remarkable run to fourth to maintain the points lead.
"It was a roller coaster, for sure," Bowyer said. "But I'm really proud of our guys. They didn't give up. I thought the championship was done right there."
Edwards has the momentum, Bowyer a decent lead in the points going into a classic Ford vs. Chevrolet battle.
"If someone would have come to me at the beginning of the year and said, 'You'll have a 56-point lead [going into Homestead-Miami],' I'd have been pumped," Bowyer said. "If we go out there and do exactly what we did [at Phoenix], then we'll be champions."
Kyle Busch has 10 wins and 17 top-fives in 29 races and would also be in the thick of the championship if he had decided to run the full Nationwide schedule. Busch would be the leader if he had averaged an eighth-place finish in the five races he missed.
Hornaday exemplifies the Truck series reputation as the Old Timers Tour. He'd become the first 50-plus driver to win a NASCAR national series championship. He's also become the first to win back-to-back titles and the first four-time NCTS champion.
In a Truck, Hornaday is as good as anybody. Busch has driven in 17 of the 24 NCTS races and has three wins. Hornaday has six and is the all-time leader in the series with 39.
The 45-year-old Benson has plenty left, too. He has five wins this season and 14 in the past three years. Benson can also make some history. He'd become the second driver, joining Greg Biffle, to win both the Truck and Nationwide championships.
Benson and Hornaday have exchanged the points lead five times this season. They've combined to hold it since the ninth race.
The Truck series has some controversy, too. NASCAR changed the engine rules for the Toyota engines prior to the 17th race of the season at Gateway in St. Louis, reducing their power by an estimated 15 to 20 horsepower through the use of a different carburetor restrictor. Benson, who drives a Toyota for Bill Davis Racing, had a 119-point lead over Hornaday, who drives a Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc.
"It's hurt us," Benson said. "[With] the rule change, I knew they [Hornaday] were going to gain points. That part was going to be pretty obvious. But, we're doing everything we can to hold them off."
When the change was announced, Benson predicted the Chevrolet and Ford drivers would make their biggest gains on the 1.5-mile tracks and that appears to be the case. Hornaday has been second at Atlanta and won at Texas in the two races on 1.5-mile tracks since then. Benson was seventh at Atlanta and third at Texas.
Miami-Homestead is a 1.5-mile track, but Hornaday doesn't see that has a guarantee he can finish in front of Benson.
"Nobody has the advantage anymore in this point battle," Hornaday said. "I think this championship is going to go to the guy that has the least amount of bad luck. I've been saying for the past tew weeks this thing is going to come down to Homestead and here we are."
It will be Benson's final race with Davis and, perhaps, in the Truck series. He's announced he's leaving, but says he hasn't decided where he's going.
The race will also conclude Craftsman's 14-season run as title sponsor. Camping World begins its seven-year agreement next year.
The Nationwide and Truck series don't carry the prestige of Sprint Cup, but it's good, hard racing with championships going down to the last lap of the season. It isn't what NASCAR had hoped for, but two out of three ain't bad.


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Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi
Mass market paperback – Angry Robot – Jul2016 – 444 pages
When eighteen year old Keiko Yamada's father dies unexpectedly, he leaves behind a one way ticket to Japan, an unintelligible death poem about powerful Japanese spirits and their gigantic, beast-like Guardians, and the cryptic words: "Go to Japan in my place. Find the Gate. My camera will show you the way."
Alone and afraid, Keiko travels to Tokyo, determined to fulfill her father's dying wish. There, beneath glittering neon signs, her father's death poem comes to life.


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Thread: Putting controls in arrays?
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[Resolved] Putting controls in arrays?
Hello all, I couldn't find anything under "control array(s)", so I hope you can answer this for me.
Is it possible to put controls in arrays (ie,
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public static [i]someSortOfDataType[/i][] myArray = {jLabel1,jLabel2,etc};
I am aware of a fairly long winded bit of code that creates the controls at runtime (which would be a little annoying to use), but I was wondering if there was another way.
Thanks in advance.
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the easiest way is to declare Object[] array if you have different kinds of controls (if all are JLabel there is no problem ,simply declase JLabel[] ), and each time you need to use a method, you first check if current element is of the class you wish to use like:
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if(myArray[i].getClass().equals(JLabel.getClass()) ) //do what you want
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Thanks. Before I start doing a test program (tomorrow, as it happens), is there a way of using JLabel[] for existing jLabels, or must they be added at runtime?
Indeed if you do not know the precise number of JLabels, you can use the java.util.ArrrayList class, which allow you to add an object at runtime, each time you want:
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ArrayList<JLabel> array = new ArrayList<JLabel>(); . . . array.add(jLabel1); array.add(jLabel2); array.add(jLabel3);
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Thanks very much again, and it seems that I can do that.
However, if I try something like this, attatched to a button:
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for (int i = 0 ; i < 3 ; i++){ labRay[i].setText("This label is in the array"); }
EDIT: Aha! Got it. I had to use labRay.get(i).setText instead. Thanks again for your help.
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Choice of care
Springfield House is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide nursing care for 26 residents over the age of 65 years:
- long-term nursing care;
- palliative care;
- respite or short-term care;
- day care.
We can also accommodate residents with mild dementia.
Our staffing ratios ensure that individual nursing needs are carefully identified and personal care programmes developed by our Registered Nurses. During this process, we fully involve client and relative participation.
A comprehensive training programme and our skilled multi-disciplinary team maintains our high standards of care.
Fees vary depending on the type of accommodation required and level of care needed.
Residents may be entitled to a contribution to their fees from the NHS. An assessment of their needs is carried out by a registered nurse and if approved by the NHS, the contribution is paid directly to the home and offset against the monthly fees. The level of this contribution is currently (until 31/3/21) £183.92 per week.