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National Interpretation of RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production
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1 Indonesian Nati Indonesian National Interpretation Working Group (INA-NIWG) National Interpretation of RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production Republic of Indonesia Final Document Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Indonesian National Interpretation Working Group (RSPO INA-NIWG) May 2008
2 Preamble The Indonesian National Interpretation is based on the generic document on Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO - P&C), which will be used as guideline for Sustainable Palm Oil and thereby attaining certification. This National Interpretation has conformed to the National Laws and Regulations of the Republic of Indonesia and has been compiled based on the consensus of participating stakeholders from the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia. The development process of this National Interpretation refers to the RSPO Certification System Final Document version approved by the RSPO Executive Board (EB) on 26th June This process has involved stakeholder participation and completed with major and minor indicators, the process of field testing and also public consultation which involved even more stakeholders. The major and minor indicators in the National Interpretation are determined in accordance with the requirement of Annex 3 RSPO Certification System: Nonconformities against the RSPO Principles and Criteria definition of compulsory indicators. The National Interpretation is compiled in 2 (two) languages; Indonesian and English Languages. In case, there is any difference in meaning between Indonesian and English version, the final reference should be the National Interpretation in Indonesia language version. After submitted on November 2007, the National Interpretation had been reviewed by EB and then revised by INANIWG to meet EB Recommendation. The revised document also opened for 14 days public comment as required by EB. The National Interpretation will be revised periodically in accordance with any changes to the generic Principles and Criteria determined by RSPO. Finally, RSPO INA-NIWG expresses gratitude to all parties who have given their contribution and assistance in the development and completion of this document.
3 Principle 1: Commitment to transparency 1.1 Oil palm growers and millers provide adequate information to other stakeholders on environmental, social and legal issues relevant to RSPO Criteria, in appropriate languages & forms to allow for effective participation in decision making. 1.2 Management documents are publicly available, except where this is prevented by commercial confidentiality or where disclosure of information would result in negative environmental or social outcomes. 1. Records of information requests. 2. Records of responses to information requests. 3. The records mentioned in 1 and 2 must be maintained for a period of time determined by the company, taking into account their relative importance. 1. Information and responses must include any relevant or required documentation, in accordance with applicable national laws, such as: Legal: Land titles/user rights (Site Permit (Izin Lokasi), Plantation Operation Permit (Izin Usaha Perkebunan), Land Use Title (Hak Guna Usaha) or other documentation relating to application for Land Use Title in accordance with relevant procedures) Environmental: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (AMDAL / Growers and millers should respond constructively and promptly to requests for information from stakeholders. See criterion 1.2 for requirements relating to publicly available documentation. See also criterion 6.2 relating to consultation. Examples of commercially confidential information include financial data such as costs and income, and details relating to customers and/or suppliers. Data that affects personal privacy should also be confidential. Examples of information where disclosure could result in potential negative environmental or social outcomes include information on sites of rare species where disclosure could increase the risk of hunting or capture for trade, or sacred sites which a community wishes to maintain as private. Page 3 of 44
4 UKL-UPL) and environmental management and monitoring reports (Laporan RKL-RPL) Social: Documentation of social activities and community programs. Health and Safety Plan Continuous improvement plan 2. The records must be maintained for a period of time determined by the company, taking into account their relative importance. Page 4 of 44
5 Principle 2: Compliance with applicable laws and regulations 2.1 There is compliance with all applicable local, national and ratified international laws and regulations.. 1. Evidence of compliance with relevant legal requirements. 2. Evidence of efforts made to comply with changes in the regulations. 1. A documented system, which includes written information on legal requirements that the palm oil company should comply with. 2. A mechanism for ensuring that compliance with relevant legal requirements is implemented. Identifying inconsistencies between national, regional and local regulations. Implementing all legal requirements is an essential baseline requirement for all growers whatever their location or size. Relevant legislation includes, but is not limited to, regulations governing land tenure and land-use rights (including customary rights), labour, agricultural practices (e.g. chemical use), environment (e.g. wildlife laws, pollution, environmental management and forestry laws), storage, transportation and processing practices. It also includes laws made pursuant to a country s obligations under international laws or conventions (e.g. the Convention on Biodiversity, CBD). Furthermore, where countries have provisions to respect customary law, these must be taken into account. For small-scale producers the focus should be on the grower having adequate knowledge of the main legal requirements and implementing them. Key international laws and conventions are set out in Annex List of Related Laws & Regulations. Page 5 of 44
6 2.2 The right to use the land can be demonstrated, and is not legitimately contested by local communities with demonstrable rights. 2.3 Use of land for oil palm does not diminish the legal rights, or customary rights, of other users, without their free, prior and informed consent. 1. Documents showing ownership or lease of the land in accordance with relevant laws. 2. Evidence that legal boundaries are clearly demarcated and visibly maintained. 3. Where there are, or have been, disputes, proof of resolution or progress towards resolution by conflict resolution processes acceptable to all parties are implemented. 1. Records of any negotiated agreements between traditional owners of land and plantation companies (if any), supplemented with maps in appropriate scale. 2. Maps of an appropriate scale showing extent of recognised customary rights. 3. Copies of negotiated agreements detailing process of consent. 1. Evidence of land acquisition resolution with free prior and informed consent. 2. A mechanism to resolve conflict which is accepted by all parties. Where there is a conflict on the condition of land use as per land title, growers should show evidence that necessary action has been taken to resolve the conflict with relevant parties. For any conflict or dispute over the land, the extent of the disputed area should be mapped out in a participatory way. Ensure a mechanism to solve the conflict (Criteria 6.3 and 6.4) All operations should cease on land planted beyond the legal boundary. Any customary land use rights or disputes which are likely to be relevant should be identified. Where lands are encumbered by legal or customary rights, the grower must demonstrate that these rights are understood and are not being threatened or reduced. This criterion should be considered in conjunction with criteria 6.4, 7.5 and 7.6. Where customary rights areas are unclear these are best established through participatory mapping exercises involving affected and neighbouring communities. This criterion allows for sales and Page 6 of 44
7 negotiated agreements to compensate other users for lost benefits and/or relinquished rights. Negotiated agreements should be non-coercive and entered into voluntarily, carried out prior to new investments or operations and based on an open sharing of all relevant information in appropriate forms and languages, including assessments of impacts, proposed benefit sharing and legal arrangements. Communities must be permitted to seek legal counsel if they so choose. Communities must be represented through institutions or representatives of their own choosing, operating transparently and in open communication with other community members. Adequate time must be given for customary decision-making and iterative negotiations allowed for, where requested. Negotiated agreements should be binding on all parties and enforceable in the courts. Establishing certainty in land negotiations is of long-term benefit for all parties. For definition of customary rights, see definitions. Page 7 of 44
8 Principle 3: Commitment to long-term economic and financial viability 3.1 There is an implemented management plan that aims to achieve long-term economic and financial viability. 1. A documented working plan of the company for a minimum of 3 years period. 1. Annual replanting programme, where applicable, projected for a minimum of 5 years with yearly review. Whilst it is recognised that long-term profitability is also affected by factors outside their direct control, top management must be able to demonstrate attention to economic and financial viability through long-term management planning. The business or management plan may contain: Attention to quality of planting materials. Crop projection = FFB yield trends. Mill extraction rates = OER trends. Cost of Production = cost per tonne of CPO trends. Forecast prices. Financial indicators. Suggested calculation trends in 3-year running mean over the last decade (FFB trends may need to allow for low yield during major replanting programmes). Growers should have a system to improve practices in line with new information and techniques. Page 8 of 44
9 Principle 4: Use of appropriate best practices by growers and millers 4.1 Operating procedures are appropriately documented and consistently implemented and monitored. 1. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for estates, from land clearing to harvesting. 2. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for mills, from reception of FFB to dispatch of Crude Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil. 1. Records of checking or monitoring of operations. Minimum requirement: once a year. 2. Records of operational results. 4.2 Practices maintain soil fertility at, or where possible improve soil fertility to, a level that ensures optimal and sustained yield. 4.3 Practices minimise and control erosion and degradation of soils. 1. Records of regular soil, leaf, and visual analysis. 2. Records of efforts to maintain and increase soil fertility (e.g. the use of fertilizer, legume cover crops, compost, and land applications of POME or EFB) based on the results of analysis carried out as in Point 1 above. 1. Maps of fragile soils must be available. 2. A management strategy should exist for plantings on slopes above a certain limit (needs to be soil and climate specific). 3. Presence of a road maintenance program. 4. Subsidence of peat soils should be minimised under an effective and documented water management programme. Long-term fertility depends on maintaining the structure, organic matter content, nutrient status and microbiological health of the soil. Managers should ensure that best agricultural practice is followed. Nutrient efficiency must take account of the age of plantations and soil conditions. Techniques that minimise soil erosion are well-known and should be adopted, wherever appropriate. This may include practices such as ground cover management, biomass recycling, terracing, and natural regeneration or restoration instead of replanting. For existing plantings on peat, water table should be maintained at a mean of 60cm (within a range of 50-75cm) below ground surface through a Page 9 of 44
10 5. A management strategy should be in place for other fragile and problem soils (e.g. sandy, low organic matter, acid sulphate soils) network of appropriate water control structures e.g. weirs, sandbags, etc. in fields, and Watergates at the discharge points of main drains (see also 4.4 and 7.4). 4.4 Practices maintain the quality and availability of surface and ground water. 1. Protection of watercourses and wetlands, including maintaining and restoring appropriate riparian buffer zones at or before replanting. 1. An implemented water management plan. 2. Monitoring of effluent BOD. 3. Monitoring of mill water use per tonne of FFB. Growers and millers should address the effects of their use of water and the effects of their activities on local water resources. The Water Management Plan may include: Taking account of the efficiency of use and renewability of sources. Ensuring that the use of water does not result in adverse impacts on other users. Avoiding contamination of surface and ground water through run-off of soil, nutrients or chemicals, or as a result of inadequate disposal of waste including POME. Appropriate treatment of mill effluent and regular monitoring of discharge quality, which should be in compliance with national regulations. 4.5 Pests, diseases, weeds and invasive introduced species are effectively managed using appropriate Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques. 1. An IPM plan is documented and current. 1. Monitoring extent of IPM implementation including training. 2. Monitoring of pesticide toxicity units (a.i. /LD 50 per tonne of FFB or per hectare). Growers should apply recognised IPM techniques, incorporating cultural, biological, mechanical or physical methods to minimize use of chemicals. Native species should be used in biological control wherever possible. Page 10 of 44
11 4.6 Agrochemicals are used in a way that does not endanger health or the environment. There is no prophylactic use of pesticides, except in specific situations identified in national Best Practice guidelines. Where agrochemicals are used that are categorised as World Health Organisation Type 1A or 1B, or are listed by the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions, growers are actively seeking to identify alternatives, and this is documented. 1. Evidence of use of only approved and registered agrochemicals permitted by the relevant authorities. 2. Records of pesticide use (including active ingredients used, area treated, amount applied per ha and number of applications). 3. Documentary evidence that usage of agrochemicals is appropriate for the target species, given at correct dosage and applied by trained personnel in accordance with the product label and storage instructions. 4. Waste material from agrochemicals including pesticides containers are properly disposed in accordance with laws and regulations. 1. Documentary evidence that use of chemicals categorised as World Health Organisation Type 1A or 1B, or listed by the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions, and paraquat, is reduced and/or eliminated. 2. Records of the results of health check-up for those who apply agrochemicals. 3. Records showing that no work with pesticides for pregnant and breastfeeding women. 4.7 An occupational health and safety plan is documented, effectively communicated and implemented. 1. Evidence of a documented occupational safety and health (OSH) policy and its implementation. 2. Responsible person for health and safety programmes are to be identified and records of regular meetings to discuss health, safety and welfare issues must be kept. 1. Provision for accident insurance for workers. 2. Regular health examination by a doctor for workers in station or exposed to high risk work. 3. A documented risk assessment for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). 4. Record of OHS Training. 5. Accident and emergency preparedness procedure. 6. Evidence of OHS and first aid Growers and millers should ensure that the workplaces, machinery, equipment, transport and processes under their control are safe and without undue risk to health. Growers and millers should ensure that the chemical, physical and biological substances and agents under their control are without undue risk to health when appropriate measures are taken. A safe and healthy working environment should be provided for all Page 11 of 44
12 equipments available at worksites. 7. Workers trained in first aid should be present in both field and mill operations. 8. Records of the occurrence of any work accidents are maintained and regularly reviewed. workers whether they are employees or contractors The health and safety plan should also reflect guidance in ILO Convention 184 (see Annex List of Related Laws & Regulations). 4.8 All staff, workers, smallholders and contractors are appropriately trained. 1. A documented training programme for staff, employee and scheme smallholders in accordance with workers positions and competences. 2. Records of training for each employee are kept. 3. Evidence that the company uses experienced or trained contractors. Training should be given to all staffs and workers by growers and millers to enable them to fulfil their jobs and responsibilities in accordance with documented procedures, and in compliance with the requirements of these principles, criteria and guidance. Contractors should be selected for their ability to fulfil their jobs and responsibilities in accordance with documented procedures, and in compliance with the requirements of these principles, criteria and guidance. Workers on smallholder plots also need adequate training and skills and this can be achieved through extension activities of growers or mills that purchase fruit from them, by smallholders organisations, or through collaboration with other institutions and organisations. For smallholders training records should not be required but anyone working on the farm should be adequately trained for the job they are doing. Page 12 of 44
13 Principle 5: Environmental responsibility and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity 5.1 Aspects of plantation and mill management, including replanting, that have environmental impacts are identified, and plans to mitigate the negative impacts and promote the positive ones are made, implemented and monitored, to demonstrate continuous improvement. 1. Documented impact assessment. 2. Records of regular report on environmental management in accordance with relevant regulations. 1. Revisions to environmental management document if there are changes in companies operating areas or activities. Documented impact asessment is AMDAL for plantation area > 3000 Ha and UKL/UPL for plantation area < 3000Ha. In view of the fact that development activities in general will alter the environment, it is important to pay due attention to environmental components having the following characteristics: 1. Environmental components for which the functions must be maintained, safeguarded and preserved, such as: protection forests, conservation forests, and biosphere reserves water resources biological diversity air quality natural and cultural heritage environment quality environmentally-oriented cultural values 2. Environmental components which may undergo fundamental change(s), along with such change(s) as are considered important by the community in the area of the proposed business or activity, for instance: land ownership and control employment and business Page 13 of 44
14 opportunities living standards of the community public health AMDAL is Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan Hidup consisting of 3 (three) main documents; 1) Environmental Impact Assessment, 2) Environmental Management Plan, and 3) Environmental Monitoring Plan. The company must report periodically to related institution on environmental management and monitoring plan implementation. It is the responsibility of the companies to provide sufficient objective evidence to the audit team that the full requirements of an EIA are met for all aspects of plantation and mill operations, and captures all changes over time. Environmental impact assessment should cover the following activities where they are undertaken: Building new roads, processing mills or other infrastructure. Putting in drainage or irrigation systems. Replanting or expansion of planting area. Disposal of mill effluents (see criterion 4.4); Clearing of remaining natural vegetation. Page 14 of 44
15 Impact assessment may be a nonrestrictive format e.g. ISO EMS and/or EIA report incorporating elements spelt out in this criterion and raised through stakeholder consultation. Documented management action plans addressing issues raised from the above impact assessment, which is monitored annually. Effects on the environment can be identified on soil and water resources, air quality (see criterion 5.6), biodiversity and ecosystems, and people s amenities (see criterion 6.1 for social impacts), both on and offsite. Stakeholder consultation has a key role in identifying environmental impacts. The inclusion of consultation should result in improved processes to identify impacts and to develop any required mitigation measures. It is important that where activities, techniques or operations change over time, identifications of impacts, and any required mitigation, are updated as necessary. 5.2 The status of rare, threatened or endangered species and high conservation value habitats, if any, that exist in the plantation or that could be affected by plantation or mill 1. Records of results of identification of any protected, rare, threatened or endangered species, and HCV habitat. 2. If, rare, threatened or endangered 1. Posters and signs warning of the presence of protected species are to be produced, distributed, and made visible to all workers and the community, including guidelines in This information gathering should include checking available biological records and consultation with relevant government departments, research institutes and interested NGOs if Page 15 of 44
16 management, shall be identified and their conservation taken into account in management plans and operations. 5.3 Waste is reduced, recycled, re-used and disposed of in an environmentally and socially responsible manner species, or high conservation value habitats are present, appropriate measures to preserve them are to be taken. 3. Measures taken for protecting species and their habitats must be in accordance with relevant laws and included actions to control any illegal or inappropriate hunting fishing or collecting activities. 1. All waste and pollutions sources are identified and documented. 2. Estates and mills waste management and disposal are implemented to avoid or reduce pollution. handling them. 2. Companies are to appoint dedicated and trained officers to monitor any plans and activities as above. 1. Management plan of hazardous waste and instruction of disposal of agrochemicals and their containers waste in accordance with the product label and existing regulations. 2. Records of waste monitoring/analysis. appropriate. Depending on the biodiversity values that are present, and the level of available information, some additional field survey work may be required. The waste management and disposal plan should include measures for: Identifying and monitoring sources of waste and pollution. Improving the efficiency of resource utilisation and recycling potential wastes as nutrients or converting them into value added products (e.g. through animal feeding programmes). Appropriate disposal of hazardous chemicals and their containers. Surplus chemical containers should be disposed of or cleaned in an environmentally and socially responsible way (e.g. returned to the vendor or cleaned using a triple rinse method), such that there is no risk of contamination of water sources or to human health. The disposal instructions on manufacturer s labels should be adhered to. Page 16 of 44
17 5.4 Efficiency of energy use and use of renewable energy is maximized. 1. Records of monitoring renewable energy use and its efficiency analysis (energy/ton CPO, or energy/ton palm product). 2. Records of monitoring of fossil fuels use for operational reason and its efficiency analysis. Growers and mills should assess the direct energy use of their operations, including fuel and electricity, and energy efficiency of their operations. This should include estimation of fuel use by contractors, including all transport and machinery operations. The feasibility of collecting and using biogas should be studied if possible. 5.5 Use of fire for waste disposal and for preparing land for replanting is avoided except in specific situations, as identified in the ASEAN guidelines or other regional best practice. 1. Documented assessment where fire has been used for preparing land for replanting. 2. Records of implementation of zero burning policy. 3. Procedures and records of emergency responses to land burning (Tanggap Darurat Kebakaran Lahan) 1. Presence of appropriate fire extinguishers and facilities, depending on the risks assessment. Fire should be used only where an assessment has demonstrated that it is the most effective and least environmentally damaging option for minimising the risk of severe pest and disease outbreaks, and with evidence that fire-use is carefully controlled. Use of fire on peat soils should be prohibited. 5.6 Plans to reduce pollution and emissions, including greenhouse gases, are developed, implemented and monitored. 1. Evidence of identification of pollution and emissions sources at mills. 2. Monitoring of pollution and emission quality of the sources identified. 1. Records of efforts and strategies employed to reduce pollution and emissions. 2. Records of identification, monitoring, and treatment methodology for POME. Page 17 of 44
18 Principle 6: Responsible consideration of employees and of individuals and communities affected by growers and mills 6.1 Aspects of plantation and mill management including replanting that have social impacts are identified in a participatory way, and plans to mitigate the negative impacts and promote the positive ones are made, implemented and monitored, to demonstrate continuous improvement. 1. Documented environmental and social impact assessment, including details of positive and negative social effects that may be caused by plantations and mills, and documented participation of affected parties and local communities. 1. Regular monitoring and management of social impact, with the participation of local communities. 2. Results of revisions to the environmental management document that encompasses social impact assessments in the event there are changes to company s operational scope, in accordance with existing regulations. 3. A regular and scheduled environmental management and monitoring Report. 4. Particular attention paid to the impacts of outgrower schemes (where the plantation includes such a scheme). The identification of social impacts can use AMDAL as a part of the process but it is the responsibility of the companies to provide sufficient objective evidence to the audit team that the full requirements of an SEIA are met for all aspects of plantation and mill operations, and captures all changes over time. Identification of social impacts should be carried out by the grower with the participation of affected parties as appropriate to the situation. The involvement of independent experts should be sought where this is considered necessary to ensure that all impacts (both positive and negative) are identified. Potential social impacts may result from activities such as: building new roads, processing mills or other infrastructure; replanting with different crops or expansion of planting area; disposal of mill effluents; clearing of remaining natural vegetation; changes in employee numbers or employment terms. Plantation and mill management may have social impacts (positive or negative) on factors such as: Access and use rights. Economic livelihoods (e.g. paid Page 18 of 44
19 6.2 There are open and transparent methods for communication and consultation between growers and/or millers, local communities and other affected or interested parties. 1. Documented procedures and records of communication and consultation with the communities. 1. Maintenance of a list of stakeholders. 2. Records of local communities aspiration and responses or followup actions by companies to these requirements 3. A dedicated person responsible for consulting and communicating with local communities. employment) and working conditions. Subsistence activities. Cultural and religious values. Health and education facilities. Other community values, resulting from changes such as improved transport /communication or arrival of substantial migrant labour force. Decisions that the growers or mills are planning to make should be made clear, so that local communities and other interested parties understand the purpose of the communication and/or consultation. Communication and consultation mechanisms should be designed in collaboration with local communities and other affected or interested parties. These should consider the use of existing local mechanisms and languages. Consideration should be given to the existence/formation of a multi-stakeholder forum. Communications should take into account differential access to information of women as compared to men, village leaders as compared to day labourers, new versus established community groups, and different ethnic groups. Consideration should be given to involving third parties, such as disinterested community groups, Page 19 of 44
20 NGOs, or government (or a combination of these), to facilitate smallholder schemes and communities, and others as appropriate, in these communications. 6.3 There is a mutually agreed and documented system for dealing with complaints and grievances, which is implemented and accepted by all parties. 1. An open system, which is accepted by affected parties, to receive complaints and to resolve dispute in an effective, timely and appropriate manner. 1. Records of handling of the complaints. 2. Procedures for the identification and calculation of fair compensation for the loss of legal or customary right of the land, with the involvement of local community representatives and relevant agencies and made publicly available. Dispute resolution mechanisms should be established through open and consensual agreements with relevant affected parties. Complaints may be dealt with by mechanisms such as Joint Consultative Committees (JCC). Grievances may be internal (employees) or external. 6.4 Any negotiations concerning compensation for loss of legal or customary rights are dealt with through a documented system that enables indigenous peoples, local communities and other stakeholders to express their views through their own representative institutions. 1. Procedures for the identification, calculation and compensation for the loss of legal or customary rights of the land, with the involvement of local community representatives and relevant agencies. 1. Records of identification of people entitled to receive compensation. 2. Records of negotiations processes and/or the details of compensation settlements. 3. Records of the implementation of compensation payment. This criterion should be considered in conjunction with 2.3 and the associated guidance. Local communities have right to appoint their own representatives and this processes and results must be documented. 6.5 Pay and conditions for employees and for employees of contractors always meet at least legal or industry minimum standards and are sufficient to provide decent living wages. 1. Documentation of employees pay rates. 2. A company working regulations and work contracts, in accordance with existing regulations. 1. Growers and millers provide adequate housing, water supplies, medical, educational, and other facilities for employees where such facilities are not available or Where temporary or migrant workers are employed, a special labour policy should be established. This labour policy would state the non discriminatory practices; no contract Page 20 of 44
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text: Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is the second game to be released in the Splatterhouse video game series. Unlike the other games in the series, Wanpaku Graffiti was released only on the Family Computer and is Japanese exclusive. It is also the first Splatterhouse game to be released for a home console. The game itself differs from the other Splatterhouse games, in that its characters are "super deformed". It also takes a comical approach to its presentation, parodying horror movies and by incorporating other pop-culture references related with the genre into itself. ... more on Wikipedia


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Zac Efron shows off his buff bod while going shirtless on a boat with his girlfriend Sami Miro in this Instagram photo posted on Saturday (January 2).
The 28-year-old actor is seen holding Sami's left hand in the photo, which of course is raising many questions as to whether the couple might have gotten engaged or not.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Zac Efron
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Build a Model Solar System
This activity is like sliding ground spinach into your kids' hamburgers when they aren't looking. It's good for them, but they unknowingly enjoy it. Just remember, without Pluto, it's no longer "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas." It's "My Very Evil Mother Just Served Us Nothing."
Others have gone before you, so no need to reinvent the wheel. Here are five different projects to take your pick from:
1. This solar system is part sculpture, part educational model, and all amazing-ness from Pinta La Lluna.
2. This miniature solar system, courtesy of Instructables, actually revolves.
3. A solar system made out of buttons! It's deceptively educational.
4. It's a very Montessori solar system.
5. Styrofoam balls make up this 3D model, via Crafts for Kids.
Have fun and happy building!
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I didn't think much of it at the time other than how ugly that orange was. Of course after leaving there and coming home – that little dog bed kept creeping up in my mind. It was unique and different! Then I started thinking about what I could do with it…paint it? fluffy pillow?
That said, I went back for it a few days ago and brought it home. Using my left over Annie Sloan Chalk paint from the Table I recently transformed, I repainted it.
Definitely feeling the love of this new piece of furniture for the Guest Suite.


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usability grades: checking the flight status on an airlineApril 24th, 2011 by Jeanne Boyarsky
I've tried checking the flight status from a mobile device for a number of different airlines this year. Both flights I was taking to check they are leaving on time and for flights arriving with friends/family. I then tried a few others for the purposes of this blog entry. Care to guess which of these […]
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"head first" style ariaSeptember 2nd, 2009 by Jeanne Boyarsky
I attempted to give a Head First style speech at the Toastmasters humorous speech competition. As a moderator at JavaRanch, it seemed fitting to put a transcript of one iteration online. While it changes a bit each time I give it, this is the idea.. Shown here with a bit of organization. This was given […]
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javaranch – the web based pick winners programMay 25th, 2009 by Jeanne Boyarsky
JavaRanch uses a Java program to pick the weekly winners for book promotions. It previously used a serious of classes that went the URLs, parsed the data, went to more URLs, picked some random winners and then output them to a file. These contortions were done because the old software was hard to change. With […]
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Lea Michele: Dominick's Dinner Date with Theo Stockman!
Lea Michele and her boyfriend Theo Stockman enjoy a dinner date at Dominick's with a group of their friends on Thursday (August 4) in West Hollywood, Calif.
"Just had a delicious dinner with some good friends from NYC:) Now it's tee shirt time!!!!!! Jersey Shore premiere!!! Can't wait!!" the 24-year-old Glee actress tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Lea attended the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2011 Installation Luncheon, where she got to meet Taylor Lautner.
"I was shaking," Lea told E! about meeting Taylor. "I was so nervous. I was just shaking and shaking."
"I told him it was going to be our wedding picture," she added. "He is going to think I'm crazy."


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China's annual consumer inflation crept up to a seven-month high of 3.1 percent in September from 2.6 percent in August, official data showed on Monday, limiting the scope for the central bank to manoeuvre to support the economy.
The inflation rate was higher than a median forecast of 2.9 percent in a Reuters poll, but was still below the official target of 3.5 percent target for 2013.
(Read more: China's September exports in surprise slump)
Month-on-month, consumer prices rose 0.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said, bigger than a rise of 0.5 percent expected by economists.
"We expect CPI inflation to rise further in Q4 and see rising risks that it may rise above 3.5 percent for some months in 2014," said Zhiwei Zhang, China economist at Nomura in Hong Kong.


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BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Rarely does an F2 tornado hit New Hampshire the way one ripped through the state last week, wreaking havoc in 11 towns and displacing hundreds of families.
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Rarely does an F2 tornado hit New Hampshire the way one ripped through the state last week, wreaking havoc in 11 towns and displacing hundreds of families.
Bears cornerback Corey Graham, a conscientious University of New Hampshire graduate, was asked a couple of days ago how friends at his alma mater had coped with the tornado's aftermath.
"What tornado?" Graham answered.
Told of the details after practice, Graham went back to the dorm to call people from the state he called home for four years. He happily reported back a day later that, besides some minor damage to a former coach's home, nobody he knew had felt the twister's wrath.
Forgive Graham for falling behind on current events, even catastrophic ones. He's been too busy taking Bears training camp by storm.
"You look back last year to this year, Corey's like a totally different player, and it's because he's so focused each day coming into the meetings," defensive backs coach Steven Wilks said.
Training camp always includes a small group of players considered pleasant surprises. This summer Graham tops that list for the Bears. The fifth-round pick from 2007 has been playing left cornerback with the No. 1 defense, replacing starter Charles Tillman as the Bears allow Tillman time and space to address personal issues.
At 6 feet and 193 pounds, Graham fits the prototype of the ideal Cover-2 cornerback and has improved the way he uses his hands to impede a wide receiver's release. Graham is over the ankle injury that nagged him last year and his speed has been obvious as he stays in step with speedy receivers on deep patterns. His field awareness no longer looks like a weakness. And he has good hands.
At a position where veteran Ricky Manning Jr. likely will be waived before the end of camp, Graham's rapid development has pulled him even with Trumaine McBride, Nathan Vasher's backup, and ahead of impressive rookie Zack Bowman.
"When he lines up with the (starters), he feels like he deserves to be out there," Wilks said. "That's the key thing right now. You want someone out there who has confidence. We trust Corey."
No question Tillman remains entrenched at left cornerback whenever he returns. But NFL teams never have enough good cornerbacks — especially in a division full of big, physical wide receivers.
"Charles is gone and hopefully everything will go well with his family and he'll come back and still be the best guy to step back into his spot," Graham said.
"He's the starter. I just want to win and have the best 11 guys on the field. But I feel like I can play, definitely, and when it's my turn, take advantage of the opportunity."
Finally, the Bears might agree.
Graham finished second on the Bears in special-teams tackles last season and has been penciled in again on the punt, punt-return, kickoff and kickoff-return teams.
But defensive coaches buried Graham so far on the depth chart in 2007 that he was never a true cornerback option even when starters Tillman and Vasher missed the Sept. 30 Lions game with injuries.
Rather than thrust Graham into the lineup, they shifted Danieal Manning to cornerback and used another rookie, Kevin Payne, at safety.
"That was tough," Graham said. "I would have loved for it to be me, but I wasn't ready. I had that ankle injury that I tried to tough it out and play through, but it bothered me. I wasn't healthy. I knew I wasn't 100 percent, and they didn't see the real me last year."
It wasn't the first time Graham had been overlooked. At UNH, he says he accepted spending four years in the shadow of Division I-AA All-America wide receiver David Ball, who broke Jerry Rice's records.
Graham kidded that so little was made of his exploits in college that he still hasn't met former Bear Jerry Azumah, one of UNH's most famous football alums.
"He was always talking to Ball whenever he came to campus," Graham said, smiling. "I guess I wasn't big enough for (Azumah). Maybe one day I'll see him and we'll introduce ourselves."
Through one full week of practice for Graham, it's been hello, consistency, goodbye, doubt.


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On Some Head Scratchers
1. How do snakes make holes?
2. Who is R.A.B.?
Update: The identity of R.A.B. was announced on the news today. It is Regulus Arcturus Black.
3. What does the air do to bread that makes it turn hard so fast if left out?
4. When women live together their menstrual cycles become in sync. How the heck does this happen? My husband's answer is "hormones", but I still don't really understand.
5. Why does metal spark in the microwave?
6. Are mosquitos good for anything?
7. How come cottage cheese doesn't make you sick?
8. Why do frogs go limp when you rub their bellies?
9. What is the appeal of starting smoking? I can understand continuing to smoke, but why start?
10. Will I feel like a grown up if I buy a new couch?


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Join us for our beer festival of two halves and enjoy a fantastic selection of real ale and beer inspired food.
Our Favourite Things To Do In Cornwall
A list of unmissable places to visit whilst staying in Cornwall.
Father's Day Menu 2015 (21st June)
Treat Dad this Father's Day! We're serving our delicious Father's Day Menu all day in both our modern sea view restaurant and our cosy bars.
The Sausage & Ale Festival 2015
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July 4th
Can you believe we have reached the mid-way point of 2012? It is at this time of year that we annually turn our attention to our next holiday, the July 4th celebration. Many have family traditions that will be observed such as meeting at the beach with family, or simply meeting at the park to enjoy good food, time with family and friends, watermelon, and possibly a round o...Keep Reading


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- Virginia Lu said...
Hi Barb, your card is quite a treasure piece! Love the image on the ornament and the dry embossing! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
- July 27, 2014 at 9:47 PM
- cre8nart said...
Hi, Barbara!
Your card is absolutely lovely. I think your use of the image with the ornament die-cuts is very creative and it definitely says Christmas! Great job!
Thank you for playing in the CHF challenge! We hope that you'll participate in more.
- July 28, 2014 at 10:33 PM
- Shelly Schmidt said...
I love this beautiful tag! Sorry I have not stopped by- been running around with my daughter- who is home from China- she is headed back in three weeks...then I will get back to my commenting : ) LOVE the Thomas Kinkade image in the ornament shape- beautiful tag. Oh= Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stamps for our tag challenge!
- July 28, 2014 at 11:29 PM
- Lisa's Creative Niche said...
This is so pretty! i love the coloring of the stamped image! Thanks for joining us at SweetStamps.com!
- July 29, 2014 at 9:48 PM
- Cathymac said...
So beautiful, Barbara! Love your winter scene inside the ornament! Thanks so much for joining the SNSS Friday Feature challenge this week!
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text: 2 full days with it now, and the difference between power saving modes is significant: Highest setting, fans run like beasts. Automatic setting, fans ebb and flow (but mostly flow). Reduced setting, fans are hardly noticeable. I thought I might be able to throw something together in Automator, so I could hit a series of 3 buttons to switch power saving modes (depending on what I was working on). No such luck. I don't have time to learn how to make my own plug-ins for Automator, so I guess that's a dead end for me. I wonder if there's an existing plug-in for that, or if there's a widget floating around that makes it quicker to switch than going through Preferences? I'll have to google a little more.... Any one else switch modes to dampen fan noise?


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Poet, author, post-marketer
Robin Houghton's work appears in many magazines including Agenda, Bare Fiction, Envoi, Magma, Poetry News and The Rialto, and in numerous anthologies. Also in The Best New British and Irish Poets 2017 (Eyewear). She won the Hamish Canham Prize in 2013, the Stanza Poetry Competition in 2014 (and was runner-up in the same competition in 2016) and the New Writer Competition in 2012. Her pamphlet The Great Vowel Shift was published by Telltale Press, the poets' collective she co-founded in 2014. In 2017 she self-published a handmade limited edition mini-pamphlet Foot Wear. After winning the Cinnamon Press Poetry Pamphlet competition in 2017, Robin's third pamphlet, All the Relevant Gods is out from Cinnamon in February 2018. She blogs at robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk
After 30+ years of trying to write poetry, I decided to stop mucking about and to set myself the goal of getting a poem published in a reputable magazine. I needed a sign, if you like, that I had some modicum of talent worth working on.
The Gods of Poetry (in the shape of Michael Mackmin at The Rialto) gave me that sign in 2010, and it made me serious about writing and reading poetry.
Since then I've had quite a few poems published, and my third pamphlet (short collection) All the Relevant Gods is published by Cinnamon Press in February 2018.
In 2014 I got together with Peter Kenny to form Telltale Press, a poets' publishing collective. We now have five members, and as well as publishing members' pamphlets we also hold regular readings and events. It's fun and inspirational to work alongside other poets, encouraging and promoting each other and the Telltale ethos. I've learnt a lot from the experience.
Until recently I lived in Lewes, a town with a vibrant community of fine poets from whom I've learned masses, among them Clare Best, Charlotte Gann, Jeremy Page, Catherine Smith & Janet Sutherland. I've also benefited greatly from workshops & courses led by Mimi Khalvati, Anne-Marie Fyfe, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Jack Underwood, and John McCullough for New Writing South, an organisation that has supported me in many ways, for which I am grateful.
For a year or so I was the Brighton Stanza Rep, and now I'm a member of the Hastings Stanza, a fine and supportive workshopping group run by Antony Mair.
When I think about it, I've written for a living for over 20 years – but the kind of writing that pays isn't poetry! As a marketer and copywriter it's been words all the way, and since getting an MA in Digital Media in 2000 I've worked in online communications and latterly social media. (I was what they used to call an 'early adopter'.) In recent years I've written five 'how to' books, three of which were commissioned and are still selling well in good bookshops. My agent is Charlotte Howard at Fox & Howard.
The story so far: where published, competitions, awards etc. Plus links to reviews & interviews.
All the relevant gods, Cinnamon, February 2018
The Great Vowel Shift, Telltale Press, March 2014
Foot Wear (a handmade limited edition pamphlet) 2017
Cannon Poets 'Sonnet or Not' Competition 2017, Highly Commended. Judged by Liz Berry.
Anne Born Prize 2017, Commended. Judged by Rachael Boast.
Cinnamon Pamphlet Competition 2017, winner. Judged by Ian Gregson.
Poetry Society Stanza Competition 2016, Runner-up, for 'Performance'. Judged by Ros Barber.
Poetry Society Stanza Poetry Competition 2014, 1st prize, for 'Searching for the Police Tower, Orford Ness'. Judged by Les Robinson.
Hamish Canham Prize 2013 for 'Ellipsis'. Judges Carole Satyamurti, Paul McGrane, Kate White and Mike Sims. Poem first published in 2012 in Poetry News. Selected by Stephen Knight from members' poems on the theme of 'Absent'.
The Plough Poetry Prize 2014, 2nd place, for 'Gifted'. Judged by Liz Lochhead.
The New Writer poetry competition 2012, single poem category, 1st prize, for 'Midnight Pickup'. Judged by Pascale Petit.
Poetry Society Stanza Competition 2012: 'Handmade in Guangzhou' – commended. Judged by John Siddique.
Obsessed with Pipework 86 (May 2019) 'Statistics', 'Seeing the Small Picture', 'The Metallurgy of Eddie van Halen'
The North 60 (August 2018) 'Runner', 'Under Hammersmith Bridge, 2016'
The Interpreter's House 68 (June 2018) 'The Beauty Forecast'
The Frogmore Papers 91 (March 2018) 'And there was that time'
The Cannon's Mouth (March 2018) 'Hat for Earrings'
Coast to Coast to Coast 2 (December 2017) 'Faux'
The Rialto 89 (September 2017) '1 Poultry', 'The summer we went to funerals'
Brittle Star 40 (June 2017) 'Office'
Magma 68 (July 2017) 'Outtakes'
Obsessed with Pipework 79 (August 2017) 'Orientation', 'Dream | Job' & 'Reorganisation'
Prole 23 (August 2017) 'Before the splicing'
Envoi 176 (June 2017) 'First Salsa in Cusco'
The Bees' Breakfast (anthology, Beautiful Dragons Collaborations, May 2017) 'Far from Noise and Smoke of Town'
Best New British & Irish Poets 2017 (Eyewear Publishing, March 2017) 'She discovered the Internet'. Selected by Luke Kennard.
Under the Radar 18 (Autumn 2016) 'Thoughts my own'
The Interpreter's House 62 (June 2016) 'Long haul'
Brittle Star 38 (Summer 2016) 'Not Found'
Bare Fiction 7 (April 16) 'Alchemnesia', 'Four Star', '#WakeUpPhilae'
Live Canon, Project 154 – Anthology to celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary (April 2016) – 'A Suggestion from the Rival Poet'
Prole 19 (April 2016) 'Two Honeymoons'
Poetry News (April 2016) 'The houses are coming' (Selected by Richard Price from poems on the theme of 'Territory')
Obsessed with Pipework 74 (Feb 2016) 'She discovered the Internet' and 'Sometimes you bring me your poesy'
The Chronicles of Eve (anthology, Paper Swans Press) 'Calamity'
Envoi 171 (Autumn 2015) 'Eltham'
Elemental (Anthology, Beautiful Dragons Collaborations, Autumn 2015) 'Sleeping Partner'
Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Anthology (October 2015) 'Taken'
Brittle Star 36 (May 2015) 'To turn a perfect cartwheel'
Prole 16 (April 2015) 'I ask Don Paterson to read at my funeral'
The Needlewriters Anthology (March 2015) 'Interval'
BlueGate Poets Anthology (December 2014) 'Hydrangea', 'Blue Willow'
The Rialto 81 (October 2014) 'The long-haired girls'
South 50 (October 2014) 'Hydrangea', 'Lunch in Brighton?'
Heavenly Bodies (Anthology, Beautiful Dragons Collaborations, April 2014) 'Small Horse'
The Interpreter's House 55 (March 2014) 'East from Seahouses'
Envoi 166 (January 2014) 'Closure', 'Fermata', 'Interval', 'Caretaker', 'Map Reading'
Brighton Stanza Poets Anthology (Bramley Press, Nov 2013) 'Poem starting with a line by Emily Dickinson', 'Sports photography in the 1970s'
The Rialto 78 (October 2013) 'The Great Vowel Shift'
The Frogmore Papers (Aug 2013) 'On Wiley's Bridge'
The New Writer (July 2013) 'Midnight Pickup'
Obsessed with Pipework 62 (April 2013): 'Calamity'
Poetry News (Winter 2012): 'Ellipsis'
The North 49 (December 2012): 'Geography Lesson'
Iota 91 (October 2012): 'The Return', 'Container', 'Commute'
The Rialto 75 (July 2012): 'The Last'
Poems from the Old Hill (anthology, Frogmore Press October 2012): 'Invasion', 'River Ouse, Rodmell, 1941'
Mslexia 53 (March 2012): 'At the plastic bag museum'
The Interpreter's House 49 (Feb 2012): 'Invasion'
Obsessed with Pipework 56 (Autumn 2011): 'The Last Word', 'My life as an alien'
South 44 (October 2011): 'All out at Peak Frean's'
Agenda 46/2 (Autumn 2011): 'River Ouse, Rodmell, 1941'
Iota 89 (Spring 2011): 'Prussia Cove', 'I was once the Pope'
The Rialto 70 (Autumn 2010): 'Second Sight'
Mary Evans Picture Library (September 2017), 'Ladies' Hour'
Proletarian Poetry, (Sept 2017), 'Teatime in the Seventies'
Mary Evans Picture Library (March 2017), 'London Bridge to Waterloo East'
Poetry Society website (October 2016), 'Performance'
Poetry Society website (April 2016), 'The houses are coming'
Ink, Sweat & Tears (Feb 2016) 'Tying the Bowline'
Abigail Morley's The Poetry Shed (December 2015) 'Father Reindeer'
Ink, Sweat & Tears (Spring 2015) 'Small Horse'
The Needlewriters Companion (anthology, March 2015) 'Interval'
Plough Prize website (March 2015) 'Gifted'
Poetry Society website (October 2014) 'Searching for the Police Tower, Orford Ness'
Rebecca Gethin's blog, (May 2014) 'Small Horse'
PoetsOnline (April 2014) 'Poem beginning with a line by Emily Dickinson'
Morphrog (Issue 8, Jan 14) 'The Old Days', 'Still Life'
Antiphon (Issue 9, Dec 13) 'Willow Pattern'
BlueGate Anthology (September 2013) 'At the plastic bag museum', 'I was once the Pope'
Abegail Morley's The Poetry Shed (April 2013) 'Geography Lesson'
Ink, Sweat & Tears (March 2013) 'Left'
Poetry News (Winter 2012): 'Ellipsis'
And Other Poems: (Dec 2012) 'Container'
Agenda Online Edition Retrospectives (April 2012): 'When my sister is old'
Ink, Sweat & Tears (Jan 2012) 'Night Visitors'
True Tales from the Old Hill (contribution to memoir anthology, Frogmore Press 2015)
Poetry News, Spring 2015 'A small stake in cyberspace' – feature on poets who blog
Reviews of All the Relevant Gods:
Review by Becky Varley-Winter at Sabotage Reviews
Review by Rachel Playforth at Sphinx
Review by Pam Thompson at London Grip
Review by Emma Lee on her blog
Reviews of The Great Vowel Shift:
Review by Steve McQueen in The Interpreter's House 62
Review by Jan Fortune in Envoi 172
Review by Martin Noutch at London Grip
Review by Afric McGlinchey at Sabotage Reviews
Review by Rebecca Gethin on her blog
Review at Sphinx by Josephine Corcoran
Review by Clare Best in The Frogmore Papers.
Interviews (Audio)
July 22, 2105 – Creative Warriors podcast
April 11, 2015 – A Playful Day podcast
March 2, 2015 – The Author Biz podcast
Once she's cut her rope from the spool
it has a job to do: it may tie a boat to a cleat,
secure a headsail in fair wind, bind a spell
to teach her standing from her working end.
The line is her friend. She's witnessed time
and again the trouble caused by a heckled
lay, how hard to untwist, unmake the same –
worked so many nights, twined and reeled,
shaped-shifting coiled sisal and greyed hemp,
she's whipped up frays and braided edges.
So why does she fear the heat of the lamp
and the slipping loose of a thousand fastenings?
She will dig out the core, feed a new line through,
strong for the passing and the coming-to.
First published in Prole 23, 2017
Shoot up in the fast lift,
poke the faux grass with toothpick heels.
Late lunch at the Coq d'Argent –
accept a drink, plan your exit.
After two pm the old religion can be smelt –
some urban Plague myth – even here,
halfway to the holding stacks
of City-bound planes.
Look out to where domes are clouds,
black antennas stricken trees, people
blips fading from someone's radar.
A good place to fail.
Tender is the man-made view.
Look down where a scrawl of red tail-lights
sings stop in the name of love
and windows laugh open.
Two sips of Sauvignon Blanc and all London
is under you, your parapet bends
eye-level with skinny cranes,
arms turning in a show of listening.
First published in The Rialto 89, 2017
My latest pamphlet All the Relevant Gods was published in February 2018 by Cinnamon Press.
In November 2017 I self-published a limited edition, hand-stitched, illustrated and numbered mini-pamphlet called Foot Wear. Some copies still available directly from me.
My first pamphlet The Great Vowel Shift was published by Telltale Press in 2014.
All the Relevant Gods
"…persistently compelling" – Becky Varley-Winter in Sabotage Reviews
"…an impressive range of reference… it deploys the specific to hint evoactively at larger concerns" – Ian Gregson
" Confidently playful as well as seriously clever, these are poems that lodge in the memory and under the skin." – Catherine Smith
"Robin Houghton's All the Relevant Gods bears the confident hallmarks of an accomplished poet ready for a first full collection. […] There is a nicely insinuated examination of mutability throughout this book, as well as a wry critique of globalisation and the contemporary mores….[…] what lends her critique moral strength is the fact that Houghton implicates herself in the million sins of expediency that we all commit while deploring their aggregate results. Her own experience of the corporate world yields an authenticity to poems like 'Handmade in Guangzhou' '1 Poultry' and 'She discovered the internet'. – Martin Malone in The Interpreter's House
"It's refreshing to read a pamphlet willing to experiment with voice and style instead of tightly winding poems to a theme or restricting form to give poems a uniform feel." – Emma Lee
"Robin Houghton is a subtle poet: we recognise the places and circumstances of her poems yet, at the same time, she draws our attention consistently to what might be in 'the unreachable corner of the room.'" – Pam Thompson in London Grip
"the strength of good writing […] when a phrase or stanza unpeels itself weeks later, somewhere deep in your skull without you even remembering it was there in the first place" – Abigail Morley at The Poetry Shed
February 2018, ISBN 978-1-910836-95-8
All the Relevant Gods – £4.99 to buy on the Cinnamon Press website.
The Great Vowel Shift
This debut pamphlet brings together poems published in a range of magazines including The Rialto, The North, Poetry News and Obsessed with Pipework.
"a perfect little book full of powerful, subtle poems" – Hugh Dunkerley
"… equally at home in poignancy and exuberance"– John McCullough
"… an admirable balance of tenderness and terseness" – Hamish Canham Award judges on 'Ellipsis'
"… a sense of the oceanic is achieved with the minimum of words and props" – Pascale Petit on 'Midnight Pickup'
"… there is cleverness here, playfulness and personality" – Martin Noutch at London Grip. Read the full review.
"… a beautifully balanced short pamphlet collection… each (poem) absolutely earns its place"– from Clare Best's review in The Frogmore Papers 84
March 2014, ISBN 978-09928555-0-5
The Great Vowel Shift, £4 plus 60p postage (UK)
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11 January 2019 – Poets Cafe, South Street Arts Centre, Reading
28 November 2018 – Open Mic Poetry, Chichester
5 October 2018 – Poetry Swindon Festival
25 April 2018 – launch of Telltale Press Anthology, Lewes
5 April 2018 – Needlewriters, Lewes
20 March 2018 – Kent & Sussex Poetry Society, Tunbridge Wells
22 February 2018 – launch of new pamphlet All the Relevant Gods (Cinnamon Press) at the Printers Playhouse, Eastbourne. Reading with Stephen Bone who is launching his Indigo Dreams pamphlet Plainsong, and special guests Antony Mair and Sarah Barnsley.
19 December 2017 – launch of Coast to Coast to Coast 2 at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
13 November 2017 – Loose Muse, Discovery Centre, Winchester
1 November 2017 – Telltale Press & Friends, The Poetry Cafe, London
10 October 2017 – InWords, West Greenwich Library, London SE10 – with contributors to the 'Pictures & Poems' blog of the Mary Evans Picture Library
27 September 2017 – Eastbourne Poetry Cafe, the Underground Theatre, Eastbourne, with Hastings Stanza poets
28 July 2017 – reading at launch of Magma 68, The London Review Bookshop
30 June 2017 – Hastings Stanza reading at The Bookkeeper, St Leonard's on Sea
2 April 2017 – launch of 'Best New British & Irish Poets 2017' (Eyewear)
29 November 2016 – reading at The Troubadour, London
5 October 2016 – reading at the launch of Jess Mookherjee's The Swell (Telltale Press) at the Pitcher and Piano, Tunbridge Wells
29 July – reading at the St Anne's Festival, Lewes
9 July – reading at St Leonard's Festival event with members of Hastings Stanza
8 July – reading at The Writers' Place, Jew Street, Brighton, for New Writing South
29 June – reading at the launch of Abegail Morley's The Skin Diary (Nine Arches Press) at the Pitcher and Piano, Tunbridge Wells
20 April – reading at Poetry at the Underground Theatre Cafe, Eastbourne, event includes open mic
13 April – reading at Telltale Press & Friends, The Lewes Arms, Lewes with Abegail Morley, Sarah Barnsley and Rebecca White
23 March – reading at Word on Wednesday with members of the Needlewriters collective – Jeremy Page, Janet Sutherland & Clare Best, at the Nineveh Art Gallery in Havant
7 March 2016 – reading a poem at Coffee House Poetry at The Troubadour, 'Sea' themed night
23 November – reading for the Brighton Stanza at Stanza Bonanza with Kent & Sussex, Poetry Cafe, London
29 October – reading at Words & Ears, Bradford-on-Avon
16 October – reading at Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, at the launch of Martin Malone's new collection Cur
14 October – reading at launch of South 52, Cluny Hall, Lewes
22 June – reading at Camberwell Arts Festival, with Richard Skinner, Roy Marshall and Josephine Corcoran
18 June – reading at Telltale Poets & Friends, Poetry Cafe, London
14 June – reading at St Anne's, Lewes, with Ann Segrave, Jeremy Page and Mandy Pannett
20 May – reading at the launch of Brittle Star issue 36, Barbican Library, London
3 May – reading alongside Patricia McCarthy & Jill Munro at Mayfield Fringe Festival
30 April – reading alongside Andreea Stan at Pighog/Red Hen Poetry Night, Brighton
25 April – on the expert panel at New Writing South Publishing Industry Day, Brighton
22 April – Poetry in the House, reading at Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, London. Hosted by Shanta Acharya
15 April – Telltale Poets & Friends (hosting), The Lewes Arms, Lewes
26 March – reading at the Needlewriters Anthology launch, Lewes
9 March – reading at Troubadour themed night Big Yellow Taxi!
22 January 2015 – Needlewriters, Lewes – reading alongside Kerry Evans and Bethan Roberts 7 January
2015 – Telltale Poets & Friends, Poetry Cafe, London – reading alongside Catherine Smith, Rhona McAdam, Siegfried Baber & Peter Kenny
8 December 2014 – Brighton Stanza Seasonal event, reading
26 November 2014 – Reading at the Poetry Society Annual General Meeting, Keats House, London, alongside Daljit Nagra and Susannah Fitzpatrick
1 October 2014 – London, Poetry Cafe, Telltale Press public launch
24 September 2014 – Lewes, Telltale Press private launch event
17 September 2014 – Lewes, Telltale Press private launch event
25 June, Stanza Bonanza (poets from Brighton and Palmers Green) at the Poetry Cafe, London – reading and sharing the MC
5 June 2014, Special poetry evening in memory of Jo Grigg, Brighton
2 June 2014, Lamb Festival, All Saints Church, Edmonton
6 March 2014 – Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford – launch of The Interpreter's House 55
28 November 2013 – Tunbridge Wells Library, reading with Abegail Morley & friends
8 August 2013 – Bluegate Poets, Swindon
17 January 2013 – Ten Voice Stanza, Brighton
2009 and 2012 – Pecha Kucha Nights, Brighton: poetry inspired by and performed to photographs by Simon Dale
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