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Put Your Best Foot Forward
I just came into the living room where I thought Katie was watching a DVD. She had it paused and was hopping. I said my usual, "If you're not gonna watch that, may I turn it off?"
Unusually, she didn't rush back to the sofa, but kept hopping. She said something like, "I just have to see..."
I asked what she meant, but she just kept hopping. I asked again and she collapsed on the sofa and complained, "I just lost track!" So, I asked again what on earth she was doing.
Katie explained, "On there [the DVD] they said, 'put your best foot forward', but I didn't know what that meant. So I'm counting to see which foot is better, so I can know which is my best foot!"
Atta girl!
By Regan at 31 Oct 2008 - 9:07am | Mostly Katie | Regan's blog | login to post comments
Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses
My mom just sent me this:
How bitterly appropriate to our day with Buffy. It was a wonderful day, full of family, good food and laughter. And then there was the ride home. I should say here, it was not my ride home, because Katie and I dashed off to another party. It was Andrew and my mother's ride home with Buffy. During the ride Andrew found himself telling Buffy to stop licking the train. It would be frustrating enough to have to tell your three-year-old to stop licking something so obviously disgusting. It would also be frustrating enough had we told her repeatedly not to lick disgusting things. Imagine our frustration in having told her on at least four separate occassions, specificially to STOP LICKING THE TRAIN!
Oh, and she peed on herself today when we got home. The way she recounted it to Gramma was, "I came home and I changed all of my clothes then I decided to pee in the corner and then Daddy got cross and I had to have a bath."
Yeah, pretty frigging special!
By Regan at 18 Oct 2008 - 8:02pm | Mostly Buffy | Regan's blog | 1 comment
She Looks Like You, Miss
Today I team-taught my second-ever French lesson to a lovely, boisterous group of 11yos. They were up for it and pleased to see us. I guess they didn't mind our ridiculous songs, and were ready for more. And we had more to give!
Today our goal was to teach them their numbers 21-31, the months and then how to say, "Mon anniversaire est le _____ ________." We couldn't work out how to do it without writing the sentence on the board, but that always destroys their pronunciation. Oh well, we only had 45 minutes, so we had to plow through.
I think it went well. I'm not sure they all could go home and tell their parents their birthday in French, but they all gave it a go. They are not a shy class.
They were absolutely brilliant with the songs. What a musical group! At one point they were all clapping and slapping their desks in an awesome rhythm. If I were their form teacher, I'd just teach them everything in song. They were incredible. We'll have to use more music in our next/final lesson.
I thought it would be fun to play them a short video, so I indentured my six-year-old servant into recording a video. I didn't tell the class the kid in the video was my daughter, but I think a few guessed anyway. See Katie's French lesson here.
Pondering the Nature of Friendship
It's been several weeks since my birthday. It was, in the words of one friend, the birthday that kept giving. I celebrated the day with my wonderful family, had cake with the ILs at the weekend, lunch out with Jean, had dinner at a anotehr friend's house the following week, and finally went to the London Fashion Weekend event with a group of friends. My birthday gave and gave and gave until it could give no more!
The actual day of my birthday was rotten. I got into a tangle with a teacher at school for dropping Buffy off too early. I understand, she can't be expected to look after thirty children on her own. It's not even legal. I promised to stay whenever I could, but for right then, I had to dash off. I caught my train in the nick of time. Except I didn't. I caught the train before my train. The fast train that doesn't stop at New Cross. It doesn't even stop at Lewisham. I had to stay on that blooming train all the way to London Bridge where I had to run across the platforms to head back out of London.
By the time I hobbled into the lecture theatre, it was teeming with students and the lecturer stopped to let me sit down. The lesson progressed as normal (a very interesting lesson about learning Luxembourgish), but finished with a lengthy and tetchy speech on lateness and rudeness. Dangit!
So, my birthday itself did not start out well. Ah, but the truth of my birthday is in the length. I celebrated in so many ways with so many people, it was a bit overwhelming. At lunch after the Fashion Weekend it hit me: I have never had so many friends as I do right now. My heart felt so full it could burst - of course it could have also been the four courses of Chinese food sitting in my stomach. I prefer to think I was feeling the love.
It stands to reason that, following the Girl Scouts' sage advice, if you keep your old friends and make new ones, every year should mean more friends than the one before. Makes sense, but it still feels great. I started my course feeling like my address book was closed, no more spaces. I met a few people I found interesting and thought I'd skip the rest. Then the people I'd initially found interesting turned out to be pretty bland, all thesaurus and no solid prose. And, wouldn'tcha know it, the others have turned out pretty great. Ones I'd written off as too young or too different are becoming fast friends.
Two groups are forming in our seminar group, and it feels pretty divisive. I hope I am old enough not to get sucked into it, but I am seeing some hurt feelings particularly on behalf of the younger ones. I know so well how that feels. It sucks. I don't know how to fix it, except to get older, change priorities and get some new friends. Seriously, the friends thing rocks. I'd recommend them to anyone!
Rather obviously, I am keenly interested in how my girls' friendships develop. This weekend Katie played with a neighbourhood boy for hours and had an absolute ball. Despite keeping primarily to her own crowd of friends, she is expanding her circle. These girls have been together for three years now, so I was afraid the friendship groups were fixed. They're not. Katie has known one girl since Nursery, and has only just now started playing with her.
It's lovely to reflect on Katie's Nursery friendships and how they have grown while watching Buffy form her first friendships without me. She is taking a very different route to Katie's. Katie has had a few firm friends for years. Buffy has at least two new best friends every day. Some names seem to pop up more than others, but I like the variety. I know Buffy needs that. Katie's way can be both more rewarding and more disasterous. Those intense, tight, in-love friendships can explode and leave decades of hurt in their wake.
My only advice to that is to hang in there, keep the faith, and remember what you loved about that person. Because someday you may find yourself idly joining Facebook and finding your friends again. It's a great big giant circle, that can take ages to go around, but it is a full circle. Most of all, keep your heart open to new friends. You really never can have too many.
By Regan at 7 Oct 2008 - 7:09pm | Mostly Me | Regan's blog | login to post comments
Pushy Parents
We are not pushy parents. Really, we're not. Sure, Katie has gymnastics, German, dance and piano during the week, but that's just because she wants to do those activities. They're all in school, and except for piano, all take place outside of class time. So, we're not pushy parents.
Okay, okay, so we like to visit her classroom and get to know her teachers. Only one of her former teachers is in my phone, though. See? Not pushy at all.
And does it really matter that we're a month into school and we've already met with her teacher AND the headmistress? Of course not! Just displaying a normal, healthy interest in the progress of our child.
Whether our interests are healthy or normal or not is frankly beside the point. We are entitled to be interested in our child's progress at school. If she says she's bored, we have to look into it. I don't think anyone should take the opportunity to portray us as pushy parents. Because we're not. Not really.
By Regan at 1 Oct 2008 - 4:00pm | Mostly Katie | Regan's blog | login to post comments
Tonight in the bath.
Buffy: Look, Mommie. It's Herb!
Me: (confused) Wha?
Buffy: (grabbing shampoo bottle) See? Herb!
Me: (a bit slow on the uptake) Oh! Wow. Yes, that's Herbal Essences. Honey! Did you hear what Buffy just did?
Andrew: (a bit quicker on the uptake than I) Wow, Buffy! That's great!
Buffy: (ever patient) It's like my book. H-e-r-d!
Andrew & Me: (thinking) Dang. For a second there, we thought we had a genius.
By Regan at 19 Sep 2008 - 8:09pm | Mostly Buffy | Regan's blog | login to post comments
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We found out that signing up for emails is like agreeing to go on a blind date; you never really know what is about to happen. Will they be charming? What if they just lead me on? And the worst feeling of all, am I going to be stood up?
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Publicare Marketing Communications Inc., a digital marketing and consulting firm, has attempted to subscribe to receive emails from 6,757 e-commerce websites – collecting a wealth of data along the way. As their research reveals an enormous array of data, they will deliver this study in five parts. The Publicare Email Marketing Benchmark: Part 1 focuses on email subscriber acquisition - how online shops charm contacts they have never met before.
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13.2% of the websites Publicare surveyed that do offer a subscription for marketing emails don't actually send any emails out.
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David Cameron claims the recent remarks by Theresa May on immigration are not the Conservative Party tipping towards UKIP but "taking the common ground".
With Labour moving hard left and the Conservatives increasingly taking up position on the right, it seems to be a common refrain that the "centre" is wide open ground for UKIP to take.
The question one might ask is: what exactly is the common ground?
I suggest it is not the middle, not some contrived alternative on every issue; that way leads to spineless and sycophantic politics as ably demonstrated by the Liberal Democrats and for which they have rightly been punished.
I suggest to you that the common ground is actually "Common Sense" as advocated by UKIP; it is the selection of what is the right thing to do, by means of principle and pragmatism.
The UKIP manifesto at the general election was rightly lauded as the best of all the parties; it invited people to join a party that spoke to them on the issues that concerned them, with real solutions to their problems.
It first and foremost recognised the issues, then showed the fiscal discipline to develop that strong and robust economy and the caring heart to make sure we look after everyone in society.
UKIP did not lose the election on our policies or manifesto; it is just that the election came around too soon for us to effectively communicate them.
It is tempting to suggest that the party should try to accelerate the process, however I believe that slow and steady wins the race, and it will be the constant adherence to the right policies that will see the party through in the end.
The general public are already beginning to see UKIP for what it really is. They will begin to understand and appreciate the party's core values, and it seems as if the opposition is beginning to realise it too.
In the Matrix film, there is the line: "Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead… only try to realise the truth."
UKIP has consistently managed to tell the truth, in this way, the centre will bend towards it.
As I heard Nigel Farage say in a recent interview: "When you are on the right side of the argument; you usually win."
UKIP is on the right side of the argument when it comes to the referendum, but take note of that word above: "usually"!
It is clear the party has a fight on its hands, so with Conservatives to the "right" of them, Labour to the left of them, Liberals in no-mans-land, into the valley of the EU, let the purple brigade ride.
To deliver the dream, we must exit the EU and go global.


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Stewardship and sustainable forestry are the foundation of the graphics and wayfinding system for Weyerhaeuser's new headquarters in Seattle.
The company, which is currently celebrating its 116th year in operation, is an important part of the history of the Pacific Northwest. The new headquarters building and location mark a new chapter for the Weyerhaeuser team.
At the heart of the program are two stairwell murals: A Douglas-fir tree in the North stairwell and a Loblolly pine tree in the South by artist Olivia Knapp. Spanning the entire height of the building, the detailed botanical illustrations depict natural tree growth. For each level, interpretive graphics feature scientific information about the tree based on its age at the corresponding height of the mural.
The murals extend down into the parking garage, where one can see the roots and soil grounding each tree. At the ground floor a person is shown planting a sapling – making an investment for the future.
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The Rejected (Mad Men)
|"The Rejected"
|Mad Men episode
Peggy goes to a beatnik party
with her new friend Joyce.
|Episode no.
|Season 4
Episode 4
|Directed by
|John Slattery
|Written by
|Keith Huff
Matthew Weiner
|Original air date
|August 15, 2010
|Guest actors
"The Rejected" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Mad Men, and the 43rd overall episode of the series. It was written by Keith Huff and series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner, and directed by John Slattery, who portrays Roger Sterling on the show. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 15, 2010. Reviews of the episode were generally positive, emphasizing particularly the emotional tension between Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss).
In February 1965,[1] reformed alcoholic Freddy Rumsen (Joel Murray) has returned to Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce after a several year absence, working freelance and primarily trying to help Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss). He has delivered Ponds Cold Cream to the agency but does not want Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) - who previously got Freddy fired when Pete informed Roger Sterling (John Slattery) that Freddy peed his pants years before - to work on the account. Ponds complains to Roger that they feel Clearasil is their main competition (even though Clearasil is an acne cream aimed at teens and Ponds is a cold cream aimed at women). Roger orders Pete to tell his father-in-law Tom (a high-level executive at the Vicks Chemical Company) that SCDP needs to drop the Clearasil account because it represents a conflict of interest, and Ponds bills more. Pete is worried this will affect his already-rocky relationship with Tom.
Pete telephones Tom and tells him he has something to tell him, arranging to meet at a bar. They both show up early, and a very nervous Pete is afraid to tell him they are dropping Clearasil. As Pete starts to speak, Tom says, "You crazy kids!" Pete is confused, and then stunned, when Tom informs him Trudy is pregnant, only realizing afterward that Pete didn't know. Pete is so shocked that he tells Tom they are changing the creative on the Clearasil account. When Pete arrives home, a worried Trudy is sorry he heard the news from her father first and says she wanted to wait a few more days [until their (fifth) wedding anniversary] to surprise Pete. Despite Pete's being angry over Trudy's desire to adopt - and largely indifferent about her infertility for several years - he is overjoyed at the news.
Dr. Faye Miller (Cara Buono) is conducting interviews with single women about their beauty regimens and what products they use to keep beautiful. However, the discussion quickly turns to men treating them badly. In this group is Don's secretary Allison (Alexa Alemanni). Weeks earlier, a drunken Don seduced Allison at his apartment; since then, he has acted brusquely and dismissively toward her. Allison feels hurt and used by Don and grows angry and depressed during the meeting. Don, Peggy, and Freddy are watching the women through a two-way mirror and Allison, knowing Don is behind it, looks directly at him, making him uneasy. She soon runs out of the meeting in tears. Peggy, who was also once Don's secretary, tries to comfort Allison, who is angry that men always take what they want and get away with it; she insinuates that she thinks Peggy also slept with Don and used this as leverage to get herself promoted to copywriter. Peggy, offended, tells Allison: "your problem is not my problem", and, she needs to "get over it!"
Pete and Harry Crane have lunch with Ken Cosgrove (Aaron Staton), who is engaged to the daughter of Corning's CFO. When Harry leaves to take a call, Ken says his fiancée knows Trudy from a garden club and demands that Pete stop bad-mouthing him behind his back. Pete denies the accusation, telling him it is the sort of thing Harry would do. Ken has been shifting from firm to firm since the collapse of Sterling Cooper but expresses dissatisfaction with where he is now. Pete subtly insinuates he might do well to hire on with Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
Allison informs Don that what happened between them was a mistake, and she is leaving. She asks for a letter of recommendation so she can find a job elsewhere. Don tries to dissuade her, but she wants a change. He offers to let Allison type her own letter on his stationery, and he will sign it. Allison takes this as indifference on Don's part and throws a brass cigarette dispenser at him, smashing some framed prints on the wall. The noise startles several employees, who lean into the hall to see Allison storm off. Peggy even stands on her desk to peek through the shared glass partition into Don's office. Don tells Joan to get him a new secretary, then immediately starts to get drunk and doesn't leave the office until late. The next day, he finds that Allison has been replaced by Bert Cooper's former secretary, the aged Miss Ida Blankenship (Randee Heller).
Peggy makes friends with a young lesbian photo editor at Life magazine named Joyce Ramsay (Zosia Mamet), who also works in the Time-Life Building. She invites Peggy to a party at a sweatshop converted into a loft; despite agreeing with receptionist Megan Calvet (Jessica Paré) that Joyce is a bit pretentious (which Megan seems to dislike and Peggy to admire), Peggy decides to attend. Joyce introduces Peggy to her friends, who are a group of marijuana-smoking bohemian artists. Peggy fields a pass by Joyce and finds herself attracted to Abe Drexler (Charlie Hofheimer), an abrasive yet charming underground newspaper writer, whom she eventually kisses. Police launch a raid on the converted loft and Peggy and Joyce run down the street, laughing.
Pete decides to "force Tom's hand" and wants his father-in-law to give him the entire Vick's Chemical account, worth over $6 million in advertising billings. Tom would also have to transfer Clearasil to another agency so it wouldn't conflict with Pond's. Tom is angry, yet impressed, at what he considers blackmail. While Trudy and Tom's wife are looking at the future nursery room in Pete's apartment, Tom mumbles "son-of-a-bitch" at Pete's back, which is turned while Pete pours drinks. Pete just shrugs. He later informs Lane Pryce that they will be handling Vicks, and so can drop Clearasil.
A secretary comes into a break room where Peggy and Joey Baird (Matt Long) are sitting. She wants them to sign a greeting card, and Peggy thinks it is for Pete's bringing in such a big and prestigious account. Peggy is shocked when she sees the card has a stork on it and realizes it is for Trudy's pregnancy. The rest of the staff is unaware that Pete impregnated Peggy the night before his wedding, exactly five years previously. Peggy does not sign the card and instead goes into Pete's office. Pete thinks she's there to congratulate him on Vicks Chemicals. Instead she says, "Congratulations about the baby." Pete thanks her before remembering that Peggy had given up their son a few years earlier; her awkward statements render Pete at a loss for words. Peggy walks back to her office, trying to catch her breath, and bangs her head on her desk several times.
Dr. Miller enters Don's office and announces the results of the Pond's focus group. She reports that the best strategy for marketing Pond's is to tap into young women's desire to get married - essentially, to imply Pond's will improve their marriageability. Don rejects this strategy as old-fashioned. His skepticism about Dr. Miller's psychological approach, hinted at in previous episodes, boils over, and he dismisses her role in the creative process as useless and intrusive. He says that his job is not to pander to emotions but to make people experience new emotions they did not realize they had. Dr. Miller leaves, offended.
Peggy is lying on her couch when Joyce telephones Peggy to meet her and her beatnik friends in the lobby for lunch. Meanwhile, Pete is waiting in the lobby with Roger and important executives from Vicks Chemicals for a lunch meeting. Peggy, while waiting outside SCDP's glass doors with her young, artsy friends looks through the glass at Pete, with the older, suited men. Pete catches her looking at him, and the two share a moment, subtly smiling at each other.
John Slattery, who portrays Roger Sterling on the show, directed this episode. This is Slattery's first work as a director.[2]
On its original American broadcast on August 15, 2010, on AMC, the episode was viewed by 2.05 million people.[3]
The episode received positive reviews from critics. David Zurawik of The Baltimore Sun emphasized the "moment of poignancy that didn't seem forced" between Peggy and Pete towards the end of the episode, after she found out about his wife's pregnancy. Zurawik found this a welcome relief from the "Don Draper TV-phony existentialism" that had dominated the season so far.[4] Noel Murray, reviewing the episode for The A.V. Club, gave it a grade "A−". Murray liked the episode "a lot", and pointed to the scene with Peggy and Pete as the episode's highlight. At the same time he also voiced concerns that "Weiner's stubborn insistence on keeping Don a lost soul could lead to creative stagnation".[5] Mark Dawidziak, of the Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer, also highlighted the "poignant and telling glances" exchanged between Peggy and Pete, providing an "emotional payoff punch" to the episode.[6]
- ↑ Bradley, William (August 20, 2010). "Mad Men Review: "The Rejected" Is a Routine Episode, But Betty Draper Has Joined The X-Men!". Huffington Post.
- ↑ "John Slattery (I)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ Seidman, Robert (August 17, 2010). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood, Kourtney & Khloe, Hasslehoff Roast;' + 'The Glades' Slips & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ↑ Zurawik, David (August 15, 2010). "'Mad Men' -- The Pete-Peggy moments were worth it". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ Murray, Noel (August 15, 2010). "The Rejected". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ Dawidziak, Mark (August 16, 2010). "Pete and Peggy take bold steps on 'Mad Men'". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved August 16, 2010.


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June 2, 2017 – Castelfidardo, Italy – National Instruments once again selected Efore SpA as the "Supplier of the Year" for 2016. Efore's Rolling Year Average Score for 4 quarters of 2016 was 95 out of 100, resulting in the highest total score ever for a 12 month period. Efore previously achieved this high honor in 2014, making this the first time a supplier has achieved this recognition in multiple years.
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9.) Do you sell a ready-made brine cure or dry cure?
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13.) What is PDV salt?
14.) What type of wood should I use to smoke with?
15.) Should I be using sawdust, pellets, chips, chunks or logs?
16.) What is cold smoking?
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18.) Can I smoke in a standard gas BBQ?
19.) Can I smoke indoors in my kitchen?
20.) What equipment do I need to make Jerky?
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22.) Do I need to cure Jerky?
Sausage and Salami making
23.) What equipment do I need to make sausages and salami?
24.) What are the main differences between collagen and natural casings?
25.) Do have any handy tips for making salami?
26.) Do I have to use curing salt #2 when making salami?
27.) Do I have to use a starter culture when making salami?
28.) Do you sell sausage and salami seasonings and kits?
Misty Gully Banquet Bags
29.) What are Banquet Bags and how do they work?
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31.) What equipment do I need to use Banquet Bags?
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7.) Can I buy Misty Gully, Hi Mountain, Charcrust, Camerons, JD Bacon Salts and Masterbuilt products in a retail store?
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8.) Which cure do I use?
Please note our curing salt is died slightly pink so that you don't mistake it for normal salt in your kitchen. Curing salt can be poisonous in high enough quantities so please keep it safely out of reach of children and animals. Please note that curing salt is also known as Instacure, Prague Powder, Pink Salt amongst others. We call our curing salt either #1 or #2, and we offer two types of #1 curing salt (they have different amounts of sodium nitrite).
Only a very small amount of curing salt is required as per your recipe, and this amount will differ slightly, but please remember for a typical brine or dry cure you will be adding a lot more salt and sugar compared to curing salt. This is why the curing salt has been cut with normal salt, as only a very small amount of sodium nitrite is required – it makes it easier to measure and it's safer for the home user as well.
Cure #1 2% - Cure #1 2% contains 2% sodium nitrite and 98% salt. We offer this product to customers who want to cure their own Jerky or semi dried sausages like Kransky or Kabana etc. Basically anything that is cured for 48hours or less can use this product effectively. Note you can still use Cure #1 6.25% for Jerky etc. but the extra sodium nitrite is not really necessary.
Cure #1 6.25% - Cure #1 6.25% contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% salt. This is the industry standard curing salt, used for curing ham, bacon and just about anything. It's the salt referred to most in recipe books, as pink salt, curing salt, instacure or prague powder. We recommend this curing salt to be used for all brine and dry cure recipes.
Cure #2 – Cure #2 contains 6.255 sodium nitrite and 4% sodium nitrate. It is used for salami making, when the drying time is greater than 4 weeks. Sodium nitrate becomes nitrite over time during the dry curing process and essentially keeps the curing process going for longer. It is often referred to as pink salt #2, instacure #2, prague powder #2.
9.) Do you sell a ready-made brine cure or dry cure?
Yes, we sell many ready-made dry cures and brines where you don't have to add any extra salt, sugar or other spices. Simple to use, great flavours. Please checkout our Brines & Cures page to view these ready-made brines.
10.) How do I cure ham?
Curing ham is a lot easier than many people think. The most popular meat to use is pork, shoulder (picnic ham) or hind leg (leg of ham). Ham can be made with the bone in or out. Basically, you need to pump the ham with a certain % of brine (between 10 – 30% of it's weight as per your recipe). Pump/inject in areas close to the bone and 3 inches from the surface.
You then need to submerge your ham in the brine and leave in the fridge for 7-10 days, depending on the size of your ham and how salty you would like the finished product to be. We also advise to turn the ham in the brine every couple of days or so.
After it's cured, you will need to rinse it, then bring it up to an internal temperature of 65C in either and oven or a smoker. Obviously, a smoker is ideal as the flavour of smoked ham is impossible to beat!
11.) How do I cure bacon?
Curing bacon can be done the same way as ham or it can also be dry cured as it generally is not very thick (cuts: shoulder for buckboard bacon, belly for streaky bacon or belly with loin for our Aussie style bacon). Generally speaking, no injection is necessary. The easiest way is to dry cure bacon, using a recipe or a ready-made cure like our Maple Bacon Cure . Leave it to cure in the refrigerator for 7-10 days, afterwards soak it in water for an hour and rinse of the cure thoroughly. We recommend to turn your meat every couple of days or so and to keep it in a sealed plastic tub or large zip lock bag. Don't drain the juices that are created during the curing process.
You can leave the bacon to dry in the air naturally and develop a pellicle (a shinny skin that absorbs more smoke) before smoking it. Either hot or cold smoke. If you're hot smoking your bacon bring it up to 65C internal temperature then allow to cool. Once you've tried your own home-made smoked bacon, you will never go back to store-bought again!
12.) Do you sell ham, bacon and salami kits?
We are currently working on producing some great starter kits which will make an ideal gift for someone you know who would be interested in making their own ham, bacon or salami. In the meantime though we have ready-made cures and brines which are easy to use, also an American style cooked salami kit from Hi Mountain which is delicious and easy to use.
13.) What is PDV salt?
PDV is a high purity, fine cubic-crystal salt, especially manufactured to remove all the residual chemicals and impurities found in salt. A vital requirement in cheese production and the secret ingredient in many a traditional curing recipe, Misty Gully PDV is unsurpassed in purity, quality and performance.
Available in 1kg Retail Packaging.
14.) What type of wood should I use to smoke with?
There are so many different types of wood flavours to smoke with, and each of them have distinctive tastes and aromas. As such some flavours do go better with some types of woods. Click here our flavour guide for the woods we currently sell. We're constantly looking to source more wood flavours and promote local varieties as well.
Please note some of our woods such as Maple, Bourbon Oak and Hickory are imported from the US as they're not available from local suppliers.
15.) Should I be using sawdust, pellets, chips, chunks or logs?
It all depends on the type of smoker you're using. Traditional fish smokers and the Camerons Stovetop smoker work best with sawdust and pellets. Charcoal smokers use chips, chunks and in some cases logs. The Masterbuilt Electric smoker runs of any type of sawdust, pellet or woodchips.
16.) What is cold smoking?
Cold smoking is when you smoke food while ideally maintaining a temperature of 20C or less. You can cold smoke many types of food such as salmon, cheese and salami and other small goods. Cold smoking food won't cook the food, but will dry it out and allow the smoke flavour to permeate completely through the food. Many people prefer to cold smoke bacon and ham for the fact that they will get a much smokier product throughout.
Smoked and Cured has many different types of cold smoking devices available, check them out here.
17.) What is hot smoking?
Hot smoking is smoking food at a temperature (generally above 80C) whereby you are both cooking and smoking at the same time. There are heaps of different hot smokers available today – gas, charcoal, pellet and electric powered and they come in all shapes and sizes. We recommend the use of a Masterbuilt Electric Smoker for hot smoking, it definitely has many advantages over the competition and is the number one Smoker in America for a reason.
18.) Can I smoke in a standard gas BBQ?
Yes, but the end product will likely not be as smokey compared to if you used a Masterbuilt Smoker or any charcoal smoker for that matter. To smoke in a standard gas BBQ, you can use woodchips or pellets in a BBQ Smoker Box.
19.) Can I smoke indoors in my kitchen?
Yes, but only with a Camerons Stovetop Smoker and a decent rangehood. We also have the brilliant one time use Savu bags, which allow you to smoke on your stovetop without any smoke being released at all. These bags make great gifts for anybody who appreciates smoked food but doesn't have a smoker.
20.) What equipment do I need to make Jerky?
Making Jerky is fun and easy, plus you get to eat the results and it turns out being a lot cheaper and tastier than the store bought versions. You can make Jerky in either an Oven, Smoker or Dehydrator, the finished product is definitely different depending on which equipment you used. We recommend 1 hr in the smoker and finishing it off in the dehydrator.
All you need is meat and cure. The world famous Hi Mountain Jerky Kits contain everything you need to get started with nothing but an oven....!
21.) What is the best cut of meat to use for making Jerky?
The leaner the better! Venison is perfect for Jerky, top side beef is a close second. Ideally cut your meat with the grain and 5mm thick.
22.) Do I need to cure Jerky?
We recommend curing Jerky, it protects you from certain bugs like listeria, but it also give you a saltier flavour throughout the meat. Cure #1 2% is what you want to use.
Sausage and Salami making
23.) What equipment do I need to make sausages and salami?
If you want to mince your own meat, you'll need a mincer. A mincer can also come with basic sausage stuffing attachments which is good for fresh sausages but not great for Salami making as it smears the fat into the mince and heats it up too much.
A sausage stuffer can be used to fill sausages much easier and quicker and is essential to salami making as it keeps your mix cold and doesn't smear the fat.
We have a selection of mincers and sausages stuffers which you can find here.
24.) What are the main differences between collagen and natural casings?
Collagen casings are easy to use and don't have a certain smell to them. However they don't have as much give as a natural casing and are more prone to popping when cooking.
Natural casings are a bit hard to use as they require soaking and cleaning with water, and they have a certain smell which can be off putting for some people. We recommend the use of natural casings over collagen casings if you don't mind the extra work or the slight smell.
25.) Do have any handy tips for making salami?
Keeping your mix as cold as possible is essential. Stick the meat in the freezer for a couple of hours before processing. Use a manual meat mixer to be able to mix everything easily without your hands going numb.
Mix your meat until it becomes tacky, but not too much that the fat will begin to melt. This will ensure your salami bonds together well.
Be sure to remove all air pockets out of your salami - using a good sausage stuffer can help. You can also use a salami pricker to remove air pockets at the surface. If air pockets aren't attended too then your salami may go off from the inside.
Hang your salamis in the right conditions. Relative humidity must be higher than 60%, and temperatures ideally between 12 and 16C. Not too much air flow as that may cause case hardening as well as the air being too dry.
Control foreign moulds by wiping down with a 1:1 vinegar water solution. Alternatively introduce good moulds like Bactoferm MOLD-600.
Weigh your salamis once per week until you achieve your desired dryness, usually ~35% weight reduction, but this can vary due to personal tastes and recipes.
26.) Do I have to use curing salt #2 when making salami?
We recommend the use of curing salt #2. Professional manufacturers are required to it, the main reason is to prevent botulism poisoning but it also enhances the colour of your salamis (pinkiness). Of course you can still make salami without cure #2, but you do so at your own risk.
27.) Do I have to use a starter culture when making salami?
Again, you don't have to, however, we recommend using a starter culture to ensure fermentation is successful and the salamis taste great!. We have a selection of Bactoferm starter cultures which you can find out more about here.
28.) Do you sell sausage and salami seasonings and kits?
We have a large range of fresh sausage, semi dried and salami seasonings available here . Our ingredients are either imported from the US or Germany and are much tastier than your usual butcher sausage meals. Watch this space, as we plan to create some beginner and intermediate sausage and salami starter kits soon.
Misty Gully Banquet Bags
29.) What are Banquet Bags and how do they work?
Misty Gully Banquet Bags are a special product manufactured in Denmark and distributed in Australia under the name of Banquet Bags by Misty Gully. They are the exact same product as uAMI dry bags which are available in the US.
There are two types of Banquet Bags; dry aged steak bags, which can be used to dry age beef in a standard refrigerator and charcuterie bags, which can be used to dry age whole muscles (particularly pork, for e.g Coppa, Prosciutto, Pancetta etc.) Also note, the charcuterie bags are thin enough that smoke can pass through.
The Banquet Bags are designed to be vacuumed down onto the meat's surface and they are designed to work in standard refrigerator conditions. The Banquet Bags form a bond with the meat over a few days in the fridge and act essentially like a membrane which allow moisture out and oxygen to interact with the meat as if you were actually dry curing it in high humidity, low temperature conditions. Please note there are a lot of videos on youtube if you search under uAMI bags.
30.) How do I use Banquet Bag Salami Casings?
The Banquet Bag salami casings are 50mm diameter when filled and are very easy to use. You don't need to vacuum seal the banquet bag casings, just tie off one end, fill and tie off the other end. Then you just need to hand the final products in a standard refrigerator as these bags are designed to work at low humidity and low temperatures.
Banquet Bags are a safe alternative to collagen or natural casings, and don'tt attract mould. It allows you to make salami all year round in a normal fridge at home... brilliant!
31.) What equipment do I need to use Banquet Bags?
For the banquet bag salami casings, only a sausage stuffer is required. For the bags themselves, a vacuum sealer is required, either a chamber or domestic channel vacuum sealer can be used. We recommend the use of a Sunbeam Vac 780.
32.) Do I need to use a vacuum channel helper if I have a channel vacuum sealer?
Yes, it's essential to use a vacuum channel helper if you are using a standard channel vacuum sealer. Otherwise, you won't be able to pull a successful vacuum and the Banquet Bags won't be able to work. The vacuum channel helper comes with a large sheet of vacuum helper, that you can cut and reuse if you want. It will last for approximately 20 bags.
33.) Do you have any starter kits available?
Not at the moment, but please watch this space as we are will be creating starter kits and relaunching the Banquet Bags brand very soon!
34.) Do you have any other handy tips or information on how to use Banquet Bags?
Don't pat down your meat before putting it in the bag, the more moist/blood there is the easier the bond between the bag and meat will form.
When sealing the Banquet Bags using a domestic channel vac sealer you may have to seal it more than once, sometimes 3x in the same spot, and wait 30s before lifting the seaker up. This is too ensure you have a good seal as the power of the heat strips can vary greatly between vac sealers.
The vacuum doesn't have to be as tight as a standard vacuum bags, don't worry if it appears lose after a few days because the meat and bag will form a bond soon. In fact, as long as 70% of the surface of the meat is touching the bag, the bag will form the bond successfully and work as per normal.
Further Reading: How to use them & How to get the perfect
Youtube currently has a lot of helpful information regarding the uAMI bags, which are the same thing. However we plan to create our own content very soon, so please stay tuned. Feel free to email us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any specific questions regarding the use of the bags, otherwise, feel free to call our friendly team on 03 8592 8307.
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Hi everyone! I am guilty of not writing a post for around 2 weeks and letting this blog slide again, so my apologies. I have my full-time career and things have been very busy on that front the past few weeks (again). I had a pretty bad cold last weekend so I couldn't use that time to write either… thankfully I was feeling quite well this weekend, so I was able to attend to some errands, take our daughter to the hair salon, and spend quality time with the family. I even had time to write a post today – so here I am with my latest blog post, a Bag Feature on the Longchamp Miaou. Enjoy!
Longchamp typically releases a limited edition bag each season which is whimsical or can be considered a novelty bag. This is on top of the seasonal collaboration Longchamp has with Jeremy Scott. For Spring/Summer 2015, it was the Cage aux Oiseaux. For this Fall 2015, it's the Miaou.
As its name suggests, the bag has a feline theme. I was "cutified" (a term used by the youth of today… I learned it from our daughter 🙂 ) by the bag when I first saw pictures of it so I knew I definitely wanted it… what I didn't realize though, was how adorable the bag was in person. The yellow eyes really pop out! I daresay my medium Miaou in Navy could easily become my favorite Longchamp bag. And that's saying a lot, considering how much I love my other Longchamp bags.
What adds to the charm of the bag is the fact the word "MIAOU" is seen on the back. Too cute!
The Miaou also comes in the color Malabar Pink, but I chose the Navy since the color made the eyes pop out more. The Miaou comes in small, medium and large – the small and large come with long handles, while the medium comes with short handles.
The Miaou in medium is perfect for my needs – big enough to fit my essentials and then some, but not too big that it will overwhelm my rather small frame.
It's a great bag, versatile and very cute, but not too outlandish. I recommend you grab one if you get the chance!
In closing – many (or all) of my bags have some sort of story or sentimental value attached to them… this one reminds me of our daughter. My husband and I agreed that the big cat eyes on the bag reminded us of our daughter's wide eyes when she was a baby… our daughter was also born on the year of the rabbit, which in other East Asian calendars is the year of the cat. Finally – when she used to cry, there were times she really sounded like a cat! Hee hee! 😁
Thanks for reading! May the coming week be kind to all of us. 🙂


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Ocean currents take pollutants far from the site of the initial contamination.
Shipping pollution can have devastating effects on the marine environment. These effects include:
Marine pollution occurs when hazardous materials enter the ocean. These materials can come from:
Because of the vastness and complexity of marine ecosystems, we may not always know the extent of marine pollution's effects.
© 2013 The Seamen's Church Institute
Some provisions of these laws may have changed since publication.
The following summary of portions of U.S. laws and regulations does not replace
either the full text of the laws or the advice of qualified counsel.


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The Great Art Heist is now open, with dozens of pieces available for sale at prices so low, it's almost criminal. Stop by The Arts Colony Gallery and grab your favorites before they're gone!
To view the pieces currently for sale and the pieces that will be auctioned on December 5, check out our Great Art Heist page. Make sure you pre-register for the Auction and get 5 bonus raffle tickets. We have some amazing pieces of artwork set aside for our raffle, as well as gift certificates and donations from local businesses.
We would like to thank all the amazingly talented and generous artists who entered our show and donated pieces for our charity auction. The money raised during the show and auction will directly support The Arts Colony and our gallery. We appreciate all your support!


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A good friend of mine who is the mum of one of the young women I mentor asked me to write this piece after she had witnessed another parent of an autistic teen post negative things about their child on social media without the teen's consent. The content was something I can imagine the young person would have found monumentally embarrassing.
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London, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 10 January 2013
NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, and Larmer Brown, a certified reseller for NetDimensions' award-winning learning and talent management products, has announced that Thames Water, the UK's largest water and wastewater services provider, has chosen NetDimensions Learning to support the upgrade of its SCADA systems.
Thames Water has chosen NetDimensions Learning as the learning management portal for the 2,000 users utilising the new SCADA systems, with Larmer Brown providing the installation, configuration, training and technical support. The utilities company needed a solution that will not only serve as a delivery platform for the project's training content but also provide the ability to track and report.
SCADA – supervisory control and data acquisition – is the name for the systems that monitor and control Thames Water's operational assets and their performance. Thames Water's five-year SCADA programme is replacing the site systems on over 60 sites, as well as more than 7,000 pieces of equipment.
Janice Brown, managing director of Larmer Brown, said: "We are very pleased Thames Water has selected the NetDimensions platform to help roll out their SCADA programme. We are impressed with the solutions offered by NetDimensions and feel their eLearning capabilities can bring considerable benefits to Thames Water, not only in terms of time and cost savings but also in delivering a solution that will enable them to publish and structure all of their SCORM content from any source, no matter what content development tool they use."
Kathryn Moore of Thames Water, senior manager on the SCADA programme, said: "We have great confidence in Larmer Brown's abilities having used them on previous projects. NetDimensions Learning was chosen because it is an cost-effective solution that meets all of our requirements in terms of functionality as well as offering a flexible look and feel so that, with the support of Larmer Brown, we can create a truly intuitive and easy to use learning environment for the crucial training we are doing with more than 2,000 employees across Thames Water."
Liam Butler, General Manager at NetDimensions (UK) Limited said, "We are very excited to have Larmer Brown as part of NetDimensions' global reseller network and to begin our partnership by jointly delivering a very successful implementation for Thames Water's SCADA programme."
About Thames Water
With 4,500 employees, the UK's largest water and sewerage company serves 14 million customers across London and the Thames Valley in the United Kingdom. Thames Water supplies an average of 2,600 million litres of drinking water per day, operating and maintaining 100 water treatment works, 30 raw water reservoirs, 288 pumping stations and 235 underground service reservoirs. The company is owned by Kemble Water Limited, a consortium of institutional investors managed by the Macquarie Capital Funds (Europe) Limited.
For more information visit: http://www.thameswater.co.uk
About Larmer Brown
Located in North Hampshire, Larmer Brown Consulting offers the NetDimensions Learning and NetDimensions eLearning solutions to clients as part of its business transformation, content development and training services.
Larmer Brown has provided change management and learning solutions to corporate clients since 1984. Previously a classroom training company with five regional offices, they have evolved into a services organisation closely associated with large ERP projects. Larmer Brown's primary objective is to help organisations realise the desired business benefit from their software applications, through successful User Adoption Programmes.
For more information visit: http://www.larmerbrown.com
About NetDimensions
Established in 1999, NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD) is a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems.
NetDimensions provides companies, government agencies and other organizations with talent management solutions to personalize learning, share knowledge, enhance performance, foster collaboration, and manage compliance programs for employees, customers, partners and suppliers.
Recognized as one of the talent management industry's top-rated technology suppliers in overall customer satisfaction, NetDimensions has been chosen by leading organizations worldwide including ING, Cathay Pacific, Hunter Douglas, Chicago Police Department, Delphi Automotive, and Travelex.
NetDimensions is ISO 9001 certified and NetDimensions hosted services are ISO 27001 certified.
For more information visit: http://www.NetDimensions.com


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The business is based in Horsham, West Sussex but operates nationally. Our staff have in excess of 230 years collective financial services experience between them and our professionally qualified advisers average 25 years a piece. Their experience ranging through building societies, banks, insurance companies and estate agency giving a comprehensive perspective and understanding of the market place (3 of the team can even remember the recession of 1972!). AToM is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to give independent and impartial advice on mortgages.
Whether your client's are first time buyers, self employed, retired and need capital or income (equity release), ex-patriate, have poor credit, or are just simply looking for a better rate of interest, we can help them find the right mortgage. As every case is unique and personal and we are used to dealing with the straightforward as well as the complex prime. We are mortgage specialists.
Our motto is Mortgages Made Easy.
AToM is an independent company.
AToM is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
We have a number of services which we can offer you:
- AToM Sales/Placement
- RDI proposition
- Complex Prime
- Secured Loans
- Bridging Loans
- Commercial Finance
- and more!
Each product offering though AToM will carry a different proc fee, some products will carry a fixed rate whereas others will be based upon loan size. However these will always be expressed as a percentage, and we will pay procuration fees as soon as a case reaches legal completion, subject to confirmation from the lender and solicitor and the lender has paid AToM.
Have you seen our COMPLEX PRIME proposition?
Here is an indication of the types of cases we have successfully placed;
- Key worker scheme required, applicant had adverse credit and was short term self employed.
- Foreign National, UK taxpayers / applicant did not have permanent rights to reside.
AToM Sales- the fast track processing arm of AToM for all directly authorised and approved Intermediaries who have pre-sourced their client's application, submit applications via our website, post, sourcing systems or who require assistance in researching cases.
We have a team of experienced Mortgage Sales Consultants available every day to assist you, whatever your clients circumstances.
Refer Direct Introducers – For those who are undecided about their preferred status in the mortgage market post regulation, but who still want to operate and conduct mortgage business. AToM will deal with the client directly and cover all compliance and regulatory needs. In return a % payment of the lenders normal recommended procuration fee will be paid to the introducer.
Why AToM does not have an AR offering?
You may have noticed that AToM do not have an AR offering. This decision is a deliberate one as we believe that there are other companies better placed to provide the infrastructure and resources to satisfy regulatory requirements. This decision will allow AToM to build on the core competencies it has developed since its inception, in providing a rounded service proposition to the mortgage industry, but without the considerable distraction of running and supervising a network.
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text: Models Evandro Soldati and Edward Wilding are the protagonists of the newly released spring/summer 2016 campaign of Beymen Club. Photographed by Koray Birand, the models play the roles of charming tourists, while stylists Murat Turkili and Asil Abbasoglu are in charge of the wardrobe department, pulling together an array of looks that go from functional casual styles to more refined formal numbers. /Hair by Ali Yilanci. Makeup by Helene Vasnier.


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Total Nerd 30 Actors Who Could Make a Great Carnage
List Rules Vote up actors you think would nail the role of Carnage.
Sony Studios owns the rights to the Spider-Man universe, and they have every intention of keeping it separate from Marvel. However, the disappointments of The Amazing Spider-Man movies, which starred Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, opened the doors for Marvel to step in and help them out, even featuring a new Spidey in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War.
In July 2017, fans will finally get to see Spider-Man: Homecoming, the newest webhead movie starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, and Michael Keaton as Vulture.
In June 2017, Sony announced that Carnage will be the main villain in the upcoming Venom movie. With Tom Hardy starring as Eddie Brock, who should play Carnage?
This means we will finally, at long last, get fan-favorite Carnage on the big screen. So who should play Cletus Kasady, psychopath, lunatic, serial killer, madman?
We breakdown the best Carnage casting choices below. Vote up the actors you'd most like to see in the role.For other characters that deserve their time on the silver screen check out this list of comic book characters we'd love to see on film.
Jackie Earle Haley
He may already be associated with a comic property, but he was in the mask, for the most part (Rorschach in Watchmen). This guy is terrifying, has the look, and a great voice for the character.
Also Ranked
#64 on The Best Short Actors
#20 on The Best Actors from DC Movies
#7 on The Best Actors in Live-Action Comic Book TV Shows
Joe Gilgun
Watch Lockout. This guy nails the whole Cletus vibe. Plus, he's an unknown who looks positively crazy, which is perfect.
Ben Foster
The shrill voice, the intensity, the build, the hair color, the sheer talent! This guy was made to play Carnage. He may be X-Men's Angel, but there's no telling if they're planning on using the character anytime soon. Also, let's throw down the Ben Affleck Daredevil/Batman card.
Michael C. Hall
It might be a bit of typecasting here, but Hall is the right age, hair color, and has the look. He has that distinct voice, a fan following, and yes, is no stranger to playing serial killers.
Also Ranked
#49 on Celebrities Who Should Be A-Listers
#34 on The Best TV Actors of All Time
#13 on The Greatest Actors Who Have Never Won an Emmy (For Acting)
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Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his TV host wife Sharon are on the hook for roughly $1.7 million in back taxes and the IRS has placed a lien on their Los Angeles home.
According to the LA County Recorder's Office, the Osbournes owe $718,948 from 2008, and $1.024 million from 2009.
On her Twitter page, Sharon Osbourne admitted the tax troubles saying that you "can't rely on anyone else. You have to be on top of your own business affairs. My fault...lesson learned."
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Manufacturing may be about to pick up new steam based on the ISM's new orders index which, after three straight of months of marginal contraction, moved to the plus column with a nearly three point gain to 52.4, a reading that's over 50 to show month-to-month expansion. With new orders up, manufacturers worked down their backlogs to an easing degree with the index up six points to 47.5. Employment is little changed at 53.5 to indicate moderate hiring in the sample. Production is steady as are supplier deliveries. New export orders show no change.A big plus in the report is sharp contraction in prices paid, down 15 points to 41.0 which is the lowest reading in 2-1/2 years. Lower costs reflect slowing demand but they will give manufacturers more leeway to invest in their businesses and workforces. The headline composite index of 50.8 is below the Econoday consensus of 52.0 but the new orders gain is an offsetting plus. Stocks are little changed in early reaction to today's report which may however limit losses through the session.
Consensus Outlook
The composite index from the ISM manufacturing survey in September rose 1.0 point to 51.6, largely on production and employment. The production index gained 2.6 points to 51.2. And factories were hiring as the employment index rose further into positive territory, moving to 53.8 from 51.8 in August. But the new orders index was under 50 for a third month in a row, though just barely at 49.6.


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For more information about our gym and bookings please call 020 8390 0148
Class Descriptions
Healthy heart, healthy mind
Insanity Live: A revolutionary cardio-based total body conditioning programme based on the principles of MAX Interval Training. This class pushes you to new training heights, resulting in more calories burned, faster results, and a more efficient metabolism.
Indoor Cycling: A fun-filled workout designed to bring outdoor cycling techniques indoors, under controlled conditions with a great soundtrack to motivate you.
Step: A great fat-burning aerobic workout that's easy to follow, designed to shape and tone bottoms & thighs.
Circuits: A combination of strength, cardio and stamina work using different exercise stations in the studio or gym.
Les Mills™
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BODYPUMP™: The original LES MILLS™ barbell class – it will sculpt, tone and strengthen your entire body, fast!
BODYBALANCE™: A mix of yoga, tai chi & pilates that'll leave you feeling strong, centred & calm.
BODYCOMBAT™: Non-contact movements combine the dynamic punching and kicking of martial arts with western boxing. The ultimate aerobic workout.
CXWORX™: Hones in on the torso and sling muscles that connect your upper body to your lower body. Ideal for tightening your tummy and butt, while also improving functional strength and assisting in injury prevention.
Change your body shape
Legs, Bums and Tums: An aerobic warm-up followed by lower body conditioning exercises to target your hips, thighs and buttocks to great music.
Abs Blast: Traditional abdominal exercises and new integrated core training to work and strengthen the lower, mid, upper and oblique abdominal muscles.
Fit & Functional: Provides a functional and adaptable workout for body conditioning/toning. Based on currently popular exercises that challenge the muscular endurance of the core and also maintain a low-level cardiovascular workout.
Mind & Body
Relax, re-focus, re-energise
Pilates: The Pilates method is a conditioning programme that improves muscle control, flexibility, coordination.
Yoga: Hatha style yoga based on a series of poses to promote flexibility, good posture, mental well being and calm.
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Zumba: A dance exercise routine that involves dancing to Latin American and international music creating a dynamic, exciting and effective workout.
FitSteps: The first dance fusion of its kind which blends the elegant movements of Ballroom and the up-tempo pace of Latin dances, with a series of tried and tested fitness methods into a simple, easy-to-follow class that works, tones and sculpts the whole body.
Jazz Dancing: A fun way to learn the routines from the West End with great choreography whilst keeping fit.
Tap Dancing: If you love show tunes, you'll love this. Let us take you to 42nd Street for a fun-filled hour that just happens to be good exercise.
Martial Arts
Combat Fit: Non-contact movements combine the dynamic punching and kicking of martial arts with western boxing. The ultimate aerobic workout.
Zumba Gold: This class takes the Zumba formula and modifies the moves and pacing to suit the needs of the active older participant, as well as those just starting their journey to a fit and healthy lifestyle.
Gentle Exercise: This is a gentle class for those who want to improve stamina and mobility through light aerobics, toning and relaxation.
Fit4Life: A gentle class designed to improve stamina, mobility and co-ordination through light aerobics, toning and exercise.
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Compact Parallel Plotter Weems and Plath
The 8" x 2" plotter, mounted on a marine aluminium roller assembly, contains a semi-circular protractor, distance scales of 1:20,000 and 1:40,000, as well as an inch scale. Dims: 2" x 8".
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Super functional and cute all in the same!
IHLE rain bag will save you on those "chance of rain" days. We all may have an umbrella, but it's never with us when we need it. Either we carry it around by hand, or we leave it in our car; but then we walk out of the store and it's pouring, where's your umbrella?... In your car!!
Well, we've solved that, and we solved the problem of having to put a wet umbrella into your handbag. IHLE Rain Bag comes with a matching mini umbrella that stores right on the outside of the handbag in its convenient sleeve, leaving you always prepared for a chance of rain.
Enjoy the superb comfort and convenience of the detachable cross-body scarf strap. It's SO nice!


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Profiling SMBs by "Personas"
SMBs have more advertising options than ever before to reach their target customers. This fragmentation has put a tremendous amount of pressure on traditional marketing service providers. These providers face more competition, reduced revenue streams, and the daunting challenge of trying to quickly transform their business to capitalize on digital forms of media. While things look bleak for some of these traditional providers they do have a strategic advantage. In many cases they have access to thousands of SMBs where other start-up digital providers do not. So the question is how can these companies take advantage of this? In our recent Local Pulse Survey, 78% of SMBs stated they would prefer to work with one trusted source for all their advertising needs, however current providers are falling short for a variety of reasons. We wanted to expand on this notion to gain some additional insights, so we followed up with respondents to get a clearer picture on what they want from their current marketing service providers. We took a look at 6 key areas that embody the total customer experience with current providers. The results are documented in our new report "Profiling SMBs by Personas". What we identified was there are typically three different types of SMB personas, based on digital expertise, each with distinct needs and behaviors.
This report dives into the details of each persona, their specific needs by touch point and provides an organizational checklist to help providers address gaps in their current processes and potentially transform their business to be more customer-centric.
The report is available to Thrive Analytic's clients, and is also available for purchase ($299 for the report). More information about the report and how to purchase it is available HERE.


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Tikal Ruins
Located in El Peten, Tikal is the crown jewel of Mayan ruins in Guatemala. Though it has many of the same beautiful temples as its well-known counterparts in Mexico, Tikal stands apart because of its location deep in the jungle. Trekking like Indiana Jones is not necessary, but the jungle setting is evident as you walk under a thick canopy to explore the plazas, pyramids, and temples of Tikal. Settled around 700 BC, Tikal flourished during the Classic Period, between 200 and 900 AD. As the capital of a conquest state, it served as a center for trade and economy, growing to a population of almost 100,000 before its decline. Some of its more noteworthy characters include Jasaw Chan K'awiil I, also known as Au Cacao (Lord Chocolate!), who conquered the chief rival Mayan state of Calakmul around 695 AD.


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JVC is a company well established for their earphones, especially with the JVC marshmallows. Now JVC is experimenting with carbon nanotube drivers instead of the traditional neodymium magnets. Headfi has gone near crazy with the JVC Hafx40 as it supposedly defeats earphones 4 to 5 times their price of $20. There has been a recent trend of bang for buck products but can the Hafx40s rise to the top? The first thing you will notice once the...Read More
JVC HAFx40 review: Burn them in , Love them.
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Meelectronics M9 Review: Drop the Bass
Posted by Hydro Ninja on May 19, 2013
Most audiophiles want the clearest and purest of sounds, a ruler flat sound that mimics how the music would sound in real life. The M9s are the exact opposite of this. What's interesting is a "mainstream-oriented" earphone such as the M9 grew extremely popular within the near entirely audiophile community due to its bang for buck qualities. Many years passed and the once great king has now succumbed to other bang for buck earphones,...Read More


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packaging+web design
Pasteleion begun as a single 50 gram bar made of pieces of almonds mixed with thyme honey and melted dried fruits, rolled on sesame seeds. After a successful five years period and with growing sales in Greece and many other European Countries, its owner and producer decided to create a series of healthy bars out of the numerous different recipes he had been experimenting with all these years keeping their pure materials philosophy intact. We developed a modern visual language that retains the playful character of the owner and at the same time creates a clear and concise colour code for the consumer.