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We are extremely impressed with the service Soinspired have provided, they gave valuable advice on how to maximise the use of our website, www.gbubb.co.uk. The advice they gave improved the layout and design of the website to ensure it will meet the needs of our customers. They advised us on a design that will be responsive to the media and technology our customers use. Ensuring we have high quality images of our products and services is important to us, therefore Soinspired helped us specify the correct resolution of videos and images for our website. They have also helped us develop an idea of relevant content that appeals to our target audience and helped us make sure content from our suppliers is used correctly for copyright purposes. Overall we found their advice valuable in helping our kitchen and bathroom business move forward and progress. We highly recommend Soinspired to any business seeking IT advice and guidance. Thank you Soinspired!
Carole BubbDirectorG.Bubb (Kitchens & Interior Decorating) Ltd
I'm really happy with the service given to me by SoInspired through the Growth Voucher Scheme. They spent a lot of time working with me to analyse areas of my website where I could improve SEO and content, and provided invaluable advice on how to improve the layout and design of www.websitefilm.co.uk, so that customers who access the site via tablets and mobile phones can really appreciate the work I produce for clients.
I've found them friendly and very clear when explaining technical issues, and not only have they delivered the contract brief, they've gone beyond, as I've found when following up some time later with queries. Definitely a five star service. Thank you SoInspired!
David WrightOwnerWebsite Film
Our first meeting was very constructive and came up with many ideas I had not even thought possible. At the second meeting these ideas were displayed and amendments made. Nothing seemed impossible, consequently by the time the website went LIVE we had a website that was beyond anything I could have dreamt of.
Not only is the website very user friendly from our customers' point of view, the feedback we are getting is extremely positive. We are able to make most alterations to the site ourselves which we were unable to do previously. The software is so easy to use from our perspective, even though we are not that computer literate. We can make the adjustments with confidence, and when we get something wrong it is easy to rectify.
Keith and Hilary have been so professional as well as friendly and approachable in all our dealings with them. The support we have had, and continue to have, is second to none. I cannot praise them enough for the diligence.
Berni CoffinOwnerBC Photographic
Having worked on my website with Hilary from Soinspired, I can recommend her, and the service she offers, unreservedly. Hilary is insightful, creative, knowledgeable, efficient, helpful and reliable. My website, advertising my services as a hypnotherapist, has been transformed into a platform that now holds a prime position in the Google rankings and one which attracts customers. My clients have described it as 'professional' and I am delighted with the results.
Sonia ChamulewiczOwnerHypnotherapy Wiltshire
Having shopped around it was very clear that their impeccable customer service and friendly approach wouldn't be found elsewhere. The advice they have given us on how to maximise our website productivity and integrate our other IT systems has helped us streamline our business. Even though they are far away, training isn't a problem as we do it all via Skype! couldn't recommend them high enough!!!!
Sarah GagenOffice ManagerEngage Technical Solutions
For years our website had just been a way for our existing customers to find our details, we never got new work from it. So we started working with the team at Soinspired and a year on we have a new website that is generating work and interest.
By using their monthly SEO service our site is constantly changing and adapting which keeps it moving on up with all the search engines. We know this as we are contacted once a month with the latest reports and to discuss ideas for strategy moving forward. We find this proactive approach by Soinspired invaluable as it prompts us to prioritise our web presence for a while, which is vital for anyone running a busy business.
Alex HiscockDirector of OperationsThe Fire Alarm Consultancy Ltd
We are delighted with the website that Soinspired have developed for us. It is without doubt the best site we have ever had. Hilary and Keith listened to what we needed to achieve and involved us fully in designing the site from day one. It was a very important requirement for us to be able to easily manage our own site. In this regard, they have continued to be friendly, reliable and very patient in responding to requests for help and in helping us learn how to use SEEEMS.
A major aim for our new site was to generate many more enquiries and sales than we have achieved in the past with our previous sites. We are particularly pleased with the SEO results that we have started to achieve with this site. Our key words now produce page 1 results on Google which we have never experienced before. The site is working well for us; bringing in regular high quality enquiries that are converting to sales.
Clare and Barrie SmaleManaging DirectorsInspired2learn
My old web site was not working well. It was languishing down at page 15 of the search engines. It needed a kick up the backside! I was also thinking of bringing in a new product line which meant a radical overhaul as the original was totally geared towards one product.
I looked on the internet for web designers but this can be a leap of faith, so I started to get referrals. Up popped Soinspired. A meeting was set up at their offices over lunch. lunch meetings are always good! I am one of those people who uses the Internet daily but has no idea how it works or how to make it work. Soinspired were able to talk to me at a level that suited my understanding and not at a very technical level, which if I'm honest I was not interested in.I had ideas of what I wanted my site to be like mainly from what I look at when I am surfing the net. Simple, easy to navigate, informative and not full of text. The next stage was discussions with the designer, he too understood where I was coming from. A draft was prepared and I was back at their office to view these. Changes were discussed, agreed and implemented.
It's so nice to have people listen and understand what you want and not force their way on to you. The site was up and running in the originally agreed programme even allowing for some unforeseen problems. How would I rate Soinspired. cost effective (very important for a small company), friendly, highly professional. Would I recommend them, YES.
Alan LeggManaging DirectorAscot Lift Services
The team took great pains to find out exactly what we needed and tailor the package to our precise requirements. It's a website to be proud of and the follow up service has been exemplary.
Keith and Hilary have really put themselves out to give us exactly what we wanted and make sure we have the skills to make the very best use of it.
Dinah StarkeyTrusteeSevington Victorian School
We would like to say a huge 'Thank-you' to the SoInspired team for all their help and hard work helping us to create a new website.
You all took the time to help us with what we needed - we were not happy with the website we had or the service we were receiving from a large national company, and thanks to Keith and Hilary have found out that we were paying for services that we didn't need and that we didn't even own our own domain name.
We would most definitely recommend SoInspired.
Hannah PowneyDirectorCP Fire Consultants
The work done on the site was brilliant and Keith and Hilary responded to my requirements and comments immediately. They also helped me to get my new emails set up so that I could access them on my phone, which is essential for my business.
Tom MaclachlanOwnerA Cleaner Window and Carpet Company
Soinspired have done a fabulous job on our new site. We are thrilled with the end result.
The design is lovely and the feedback from my clients is that the site is clear and easy to navigate.
I have always found Soinspired to be most helpful with regard to any queries I have had with site maintenance. They have always responded within 24 hours.
Thank you for the high quality service.
Tracey SpicerProprietorBrideshair
For many years Ronacrete Ltd have recognized the value and importance of a good looking, functional and easy to navigate web site, populated with the right amount of relevant information that is easily accessible by clients and potential customers. Having run a fully hosted and managed site with content written by us but compiled and uploaded by others, we recognised the benefits of a content managed site where we could decide, subject to parameters, what to add into the site, where, and when.
We moved to a CMS site run by a UK company who did a good job for us, but due to major issues with ownership, management and finances we were forced to look around for a new CMS provider. Through a UK reseller we were introduced to SEEEMS and to Michel Lutz and his software. He demonstrated not only a clear understanding of our needs but also contributed many of his own ideas into the design and build of our new site. His UK reseller, SoInspired, project managed our new site with both hands from start to finish – well, let's be honest, a website is never finished but is always in a state of evolution.
The emphasis placed on SEO is of major importance. We didn't fully appreciate how vital this is, nor how big an issue. With every company striving to be number one on page one of the Google search page, we realized how proactive we have to be to move up the rankings and then stay there. It is a significant investment in time and research, and patience is needed. The SEEEMS CMS BackOffice structure contains everything needed to maximize SEO and when needed SEEEMS have adapted their software to make our lives easier and the website stronger.
With the capabilities and experience of both SEEEMS and SoInspired we now have a website which outperforms our previous site in usability and appearance, and has significantly improved our SEO ranking. Working hand in hand with Keith Harris of SoInspired we have learned a tremendous amount about SEO, what to place where, and how to benchmark, measure and compare performance. Service, support and response times from both companies have enabled us to keep ahead of our competitors on many of the keyword search phrases with net gains being seen weekly in search ranking and visitor traffic.
Daniel OsenManaging DirectorRonacrete Ltd


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I belong to a message board called Stitcher's Garden. It's a close knit group of friends who have been together for YEARS!!! We have Monday Night Stitcher's Garden Stitch Night where we just stitch on whatever project we want and post pictures on the board. Then we have WIP Wednesday. This is great because I had been working on JN First Stitches 2000. Ok....don't laugh but yes....it was my oldest UFO and REALLY didn't have that much left to finish on it. Why I didn't ever finish it before now I can't tell you but.... I did finish it.....YEAH ME!!! I hope to post picture of it soon. But the other one I had been working on as well is Examplars From The Heart And They Sinned.......(A.K.A. ---ATS). IT'S HUGE!!! But I want it finished to hang with Resurrection from the same designer WHICH I do have finished!!!
Here is where I am at for now. I am with the ATS Facebook group but I thank Terri for getting me starting on this back in 2011. I should have been more faithful for working on it. But you know how that is when there is a new chart that catches your fancy.
I hope to work more diligently on this one and will try to keep you posted on my progress!!!
Here are some pictures of my family from Easter Sunday this year. We were able to visit family over our son's Spring Break and to enjoy Easter Sunday Service with our daughter!!! There is a HUGE cross decorated with Easter lilies behind us for those of you who are wondering what we are standing in front of. And yes....I did make our dresses!
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog today.
Happy Stitching!

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text: Madonna may have just celebrated her 50th birthday, but the Queen of Pop is showing no signs of relinquishing her crown-evidenced by the daring new looks she plans to unveil in her Sticky & Sweet world tour, which kicks off Saturday, August 23, in Cardiff, Wales. Arianne Phillips, the longtime designer behind the seams of Madonna's costumes, had a range of high-end designers collaborate on the styles for the super-fit singer. Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci designed two of her signature dominatrix costumes, and Tom Ford provided custom suits for the band. Thigh-high boots courtesy of Stella McCartney, shoes by Miu Miu, and Moschino sunglasses-plus outfits and accessories by Roberto Cavalli, Jeremy Scott, and Yves Saint Laurent-are all woven into the mix. In a show divided into four vignettes, fans get a glimpse of Madge channeling gangsta-pimp and art deco fashions, old-school vintage prints, Gypsy-chic styles, and Japanese-influenced futuristic rave.


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Oracle databases have specific configuration requirements when you use them with vCloud Director. Install and configure a database instance and create the vCloud Director database user account before you install vCloud Director.
Configure the database server.
A database server configured with 16GB of memory, 100GB storage, and 4 CPUs should be adequate for most vCloud Director clusters.
Use a command of the following form to create a single CLOUD_DATA tablespace:
Create Tablespace CLOUD_DATA datafile '$ORACLE_HOME/oradata/cloud_data01.dbf' size 1500M autoextend on;
Create the vCloud Director database user account.
The following command creates database user name vcloud with password vcloudpass.
Create user $vcloud identified by $vcloudpass default tablespace CLOUD_DATA;
Configure database connection, process, and transaction parameters.
The database must be configured to allow at least 75 connections per vCloud Director cell plus about 50 for Oracle's own use. You can obtain values for other configuration parameters based on the number of connections, where C represents the number of cells in your vCloud Director cluster.
Create the vCloud Director database user account.
Do not use the Oracle system account as the vCloud Director database user account. You must create a dedicated user account for this purpose. Grant the following system privileges to the account:
Note the database service name so you can use it when you configure network and database connections.
To find the database service name, open the file $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora on the database server and look for an entry of the following form:
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About a year ago I wrote a post about picture books that address bullying, an important topic in school communities today. This summer I am enrolled in a class on Contemporary Adolescent Literature. One of the books we were assigned to read is Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco. I found this to be a powerful text about Jodee's firsthand experience with bullying from her last years of elementary school through high school. Though it is a text that one might consider using with high-school-aged children, the content and level of physical, verbal and emotional bullying Jodee experiences make this not a suitable text for a younger audience.
Our course instructor then recommended All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. This is a short story about a group of children in a school on Venus. It had been raining on Venus for seven years straight and according to scientists the sun was coming out that day. Among this group of 9 year olds is Margot. She stands apart from the children. Margot is different from the other kids, she was born on Earth.
The narrator describes Margot in the lines, "She was different and they knew her difference and kept away. There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to Earth next year; it seemed vital to her that they do so, though it would mean the loss of thousands of dollars to her family. And so, the children hated her for all these reasons of big and little consequence. They hated her pale snow face, her waiting silence, her thinness, and her possible future." The children in this story torment Margot and there is evidence of physical, verbal and social bullying. They end up locking her in the closet and forgetting her there when suddenly the sun comes up and they all run outside. When the children return to the classroom, saddened that the sun has vanished and will not reappear for another seven years, they realize that Margot was still trapped in the closet. Bradbury slows down this part of the scene in the passage,
They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away. They glanced out at the world that was raining now and raining and raining steadily. They could not meet each other's glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down.
Then the story ends with the children unlocking the door and Margot emerging.
In addition to being a story about bullying, this is a tale about jealousy and difference. I would definitely use this short story in my class to engage students in a conversation about bullying and the treatment of others. The ending of the story sets readers up for a conversation about the actions of Margot's classmates and their repercussions. Students can be asked to consider how the children in the story feel when they realize Margot was trapped in the closet and how this experience may or may not impact their treatment of her in the future. In addition, they can be asked to consider how Margot feels at the end of the story.
This is an important text that challenges students to consider their actions and the way they engage with their peers.
How do you introduce the issue of bullying in your classrooms? Do you use texts to engage students in discussions about bullying and its consequences? If so, which ones?


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A breakthrough in bovine semen sexing is set to bring major changes to the UK cattle breeding industry, meaning the production of unwanted Holstein bull calves could become a thing of the past.
New sorting machines are currently being installed at Cogent's headquarters near Chester which will allow more 'potent' straws to be produced, with the result being the company will shortly be announcing the use of sexed semen for adult milking cows.
Until now sexed semen has been mainly restricted to heifers where far better conception rates are achieved, and some producers have been reluctant to use it on adult cattle for fear of not getting them back in-calf quickly enough.
Cogent's managing director Mark Roach says the improved semen will comprise twice as many sperm cells per straw.
"Up until now, sexed semen has been packed with two million cells (sperm), but the technology has advanced to the stage where the sorting processes are much more efficient and we can double up the number of cells in the straw to four million. We think that will be a game changer."
There are also plans to launch sexed male beef semen for use in those dairy cows not needed for breeding herd replacements.
Mr Roach says: "Male sexed semen is relatively new and will grow quickly over the next couple of years.
"It will be mainly used on cows rather than heifers as the best genetics are generally the heifers, and we will see female sexed semen used on heifers and male sexed semen on the cows.
"I expect in three years' time most of the inseminations will be with sexed product. It is like black-and-white and colour TVs – no one has a black-and-white TV anymore."


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The black tuxedo color gel can be cured in both UV and LED.
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The "+" seems to be the hip and happening thing in the world of vaporizers. First, we sa...
One of the latest and most talked about portable vaporizers to hit the market is the Ghost MV1. This is the first device released by the manufacturer Ghost, and with its outstanding design, innovative technology and fantastically futuristic look, this vape is here to create waves in the vaporizing experience as we know it.
However, the full beauty and benefits of this device are only really revealed after an operational learning curve is mastered. We are here to help you get the most out of your Ghost MV1 experience. These tips and tricks will help the new user build on the basic functions learned through the instruction manual.
There are different factors that influence a draw taken from the Ghost MV1 portable vaporizer: the dryness of the material, the selected temperature, type of material, coarseness of grind, draw speed and height of the stem. One of the most rewarding experiences in vaporizing is to actually get to know your device and how to combine and fine-tune all the elements that influence it.
In any vaporizer, it is essential that you use dry material to vaporize. However, in the Ghost, it is even more the case. Any dampness in the botanical material will negatively affect the performance. The best way to make sure that the material is dry, is to grind it and then lay it out on a piece of paper, for about half an hour. This should ensure optimal dryness.
The dry herbs should be coarsely ground. A too fine grind could see some particles slip through the holes of the filter and enter into the air path of the vaporizer. As with most other vaporizers, the herb chamber, which in this case is a removable crucible, should be filled to the brim but not packed too tightly. After filling the crucible it is recommended to slightly tamp down on the herb, making sure there is none spilling out. The perfect density of herb is also a result of some experience and experiments.
Another fundamental aspect of great influence on the performance is the temperature settings. For the best experience, it is best to start on the lowest temperature setting. This gets the first warm air through the herbs and starts the vaporization of the compounds with the lowest temperature extraction. By taking one or two draws at the lowest temperature, then two or three at the third setting and again finish it at the fourth or fifth temperature, you will achieve the best session. All the compounds will have been activated at the appropriate temperature, the fullest range of aroma will have been released, and dense and copious clouds of vapour will have been produced.
All of these aspects, the extraction, the aroma and the vapour volume, are in the Ghost MV1 of the highest quality. However, we do want to keep pointing out that to achieve such a high level of performance it is necessary to get to know your device.
In regards to the heat produced by the vaporizer, please be aware that the crucible does get really hot. In fact, it is not possible to touch it just after a session. It is a convection heating system and despite the materials' low conductivity, the crucible and the lid still get very hot and need or cool down before being swapped or removed.
After a session the manufacturer recommends to open the lid and to blow on the crucible, or to draw through the stem without pressing the button, to allow some cold air to pass through the air path, cooling it down.
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Upon receiving the Ghost MV1 a full overnight charge is necessary in order to be able to use the device. Another solution to this would be to purchase a fast charger. However, if this is not available, plug it in before first use and wait until the next day for the light to go off before use. Not performing this correctly can "damage" or "wrongly program" the battery and give a false full.
The Ghost performs very efficiently with concentrates, make sure the Ghost is in concentrates mode and add your extract to the pad before placing in the crucible.
The Ghost MV1 is not a classical "portable vaporizer". It is slightly more bulky than average, requires space and time to load and the power needed to operate it makes it more suitable as a home portable. In other words, not the portable vaporizer you would take to a club or a festival.
The Ghost MV1 has its own operating system that somewhat sets it apart from many normal vaping practices. It is important to know and understand it before using it. However, once this learning curve is achieved, the purity and power of the session are unrivalled compared to most other portable vaporizers.
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Final Read
Michael T. Otte, MD
August 2015
Q: How can you add value to health care through advocacy?
I have little experience or ambition politically but began working in the Colorado Radiologic Society. I received ACR emails and bulletins describing urgent legislation that could be detrimental to our livelihoods. I wasn't sure how to get involved in influencing the health care system because I did not understand advocacy.
A line of dialogue from Netflix's "House of Cards" Congressman Frank Underwood struck a chord with me: "There are doormats and there are matadors. Which one do I intend to be?" I didn't want to be a doormat, so I decided
to get involved.
I started to explore ways of defining value and understanding how value isreimbursed. I realized, value is where the matadors will go. Value-based radiologistsproject value by creating better communication tools, monitoring dose,prioritizing quality, and making themselves integral to their health systems. Value-based radiologists also participate in local, state, and national lobbying efforts to fix problematic legislation such as the sustainable growth rate and ensure that their patients have access to the best imaging care. And value-based radiologists get involved with RADPAC and other ACR efforts to preserve not only their own future but also to keep radiology sustainable for the generations after them.
We don't have to feel like doormats. Any effort contributing to the ACR makes you a matador, ready to make a difference in your practice and in the wider health system.
Michael T. Otte, MD, Radiology Imaging Associates of Colorado


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By Andrew Z. Galarneau
Buffalo's outpost of the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant empire won't open until 2014, according to Dinosaur chief executive officer John Stage.
The planned 180 seat restaurant, under construction at 301 Franklin St., was previously expected to start serving customers in October. Now the company is targeting the third week in January, Stage said.
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- Posted By: James
Yeah so here's the deal. Just be kind. Stop hitting women. Stop harassing women. Stop abusing women. Stop abusing everyone. Stop defending people who do. It's wrong. It's just wrong. You're wrong to do those things. Just be kind. Don't be that dick. And if you insist on being a dick, you're going down. You've been warned.
When my son was 5 we put him in a tennis class. He wanted to do that, we said yes, he went. A bigger kid bullied him, mercilessly. One day I picked him up and said, "Seamus, who is the kid who is bullying you?" He showed me. "Go get your stuff," I said. So I went over to the kid.
I said, "Hey, pal. Sit down for a sec, I wanna have a chat with ya."
"I'm Seamus' dad, you know Seamus?"
"He said you've been picking on him."
"He did?"
"Yes. Is that true? You've been stealing his shoes and stuff, playing keep away with his shoes?"
"Uh.... Yeah"
"How come?" I ask him.
"How come?"
"Yeah, why are you doing that?"
"Uh... Cause he's cute."
"He's cute so you pick on him?"
"Yeah, he's little."
"Oh. So... what's your name?"
He told me, I don't remember. I didn't care.
"You know what happens to bullies (insert any name)?"
"They get their asses kicked. Not today, I'm not going to hurt you. And maybe not tomorrow. But eventually they get their asses kicked. They never get away with it. It always catches up to them. Don't be that guy. Be nice to people. I don't want you to get your ass kicked. Okay?"
"Okay, and listen. Here's my card. It's got my name and number on it. Give it to your parents. Tell them what I said and why I said it. And if they have any questions, they can call me. Okay?"
"Okay, see ya later."
And my son and I left.
I never got a call.
And that kid never picked on my boy again.


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Yesterday, I said, "Let's not go anywhere for at least a year. Maybe even two." And I meant it. Travel fatigue has hit us, and hit us hard. Don't get me wrong, the world's still beautiful - but home feels like the best part of it, for now. I could sleep for a week.
While I do that... here are some not-so-tired thoughts I had on travel earlier this year. You may recognize some of these photos/thoughts from the Europe posts. I put this together for A when he asked me what I thought about while travelling solo.
I am nothing if not quotable. And now, goodnight.


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Nike Womens Air Max Dia Trainers in Light Soft Pink. Designed with ladies feet in mind, the astounding Air Max Dia provides a breath of fresh air both aesthetically and comfort-wise. Exaggerated midsole and Max Air underfoot cushioning.
Fabric: Textile upper, Textile lining and Other Materials Sole.
Product Care: To maintain appearance we recommend removing any light marks with a clean and damp sponge or cloth.
Style: Nylon Running.
This year's returns policy will run from Sunday 27th October, up to and including Tuesday 24th December.
Footasylum will be happy to refund or exchange any unwanted items purchased between these dates if they are returned on or before Sunday 12th January in their original condition (including tags) with a valid proof of purchase (receipt or gift receipt). Refunds from Gift Receipts will be given on a Footasylum Gift Card.
No returns will be accepted between Thursday 26th December to Saturday 28th December. Returns will re-commence from Monday 30th December.
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Sourcing fresh, local produce from a farm that values your relationship and reputation helps your restaurant stand out from the crowd.
Bakers' Acres specializes in selling early-season and autumn greens to our wholesale clients. Local restaurants, food hubs, and co-ops buy these premium products when they're available. We also sell during the main growing season when we have excess in wholesale quantities.
What you can expect from us:
High quality, long shelf life, good food safety practices, and farmers who understand your business.
Our farm manager Lisa teaches food safety and post-harvest handling workshops to other farmers. That means she knows her stuff! We ship out high-volume, top quality food that's produced and packed under the best conditions possible and according to a food safety plan.
Download our farm profile and logo to help you market our farm products on your menu!
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Why Buy Local?
If you're reading this, you're already aware of the difference local food can make. Here are a few reminders we like to think about often:
Are you a chef looking for local ingredients? Buy directly from us.
Join our contact list for Produce Availability Alerts:
Thank you to our local chefs and produce buyers!
These farm-to-fork restaurants and grocery stores in the Twin Cities and Central Minnesota buy consistently from our farm. Support these chefs and the hard work they put into buying local, seasonal food.
The Bachelor Farmer
The Draft Horse
Common Roots
Lakewinds Food Co-op
The White Horse
The Minnesota Street Market
Crow Wing Food Co-op
A.T. The Black & White
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You can try out different rods and lures in this realistic fishing simulation game. Will you catch a big fish and earn an awesome trophy?
It's a battle to snag these ginormous fish...YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT!
Even fish enjoy the occasional holiday. Design a wonderful undersea resort for them.
It's time to throw in the lines (not the towels) and get the freshest catch of the day!
This young fisherman wants to catch tons of tasty fish today. Help him avoid the sharks while he casts his line in this fun and exciting fishing game.
Fish enough money and go to the next level.
Sit back and relax as you travel around the sea to find the best fishing spot in this beautifully graphic fishing game, Sea Fishing Tropical. Reel in the biggest fish you can!
When you can't escape from the office, escape at the office. Instant fishing relaxation guaranteed!
Poor George has to endure it all in troubled waters! Unleash a shark attack, drop an anchor or feed this funny unfortunate fish some dynamite!
What's it like being Moby Dick? Eat and swim to survive, and knock over boats to battle pirates!
Drag the background to smash all the gems with your pendulum to progress!
How long will you last in this mysterious, undersea kingdom? Team up with this colorful jellyfish while it eats lots of tasty food in this io game. Can you keep it safe?
He's a one man (er, bear?) wrecking crew. Help this brave beast free all of the trapped fish from the ice.
Help the gnome to catch all the magic fairies with his fishing hook.
Why fish the slow way, when you can use dynamite?!
Lily is helping her grandfather out on his farm but she's feeling a bit lazy. Join her while she goofs off between her chores in this slacking game. Can you help her avoid getting on her grandfather's nerves?
In an ocean filled with grumpy jellyfish and other dangers, it's really tough to be a very tiny fish. That's why staying nimble and traveling with friends is so important. Help this brave fish stay safe in this cute and challenging action game.
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Out of the Shadows: Wearing the wrong skin
WBEZ's Out of the Shadows series looked to identify some factors that could exacerbate mental illness in teens--among them, sexuality. Straight or gay, coming to terms with one's sexuality is one of the biggest hurdles a teenager crosses. Transgendered people often face ridicule that can trigger anxiety and depression--often accompanied by alcohol and drug abuse.
One warning, there are some descriptions about cutting that might disturb more sensitive listeners.
For Out Of the Shadows, Julianne Hill profiled a Chicago teen who barely made it through the transition.
"And if you called her by name she refused to answer," Abby remembered. "You would call, 'Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, hey Kerry' and she just wouldn't respond and you'd finally have to say, 'Jacob,' then she'd turn around have this big ear to ear grin like I am so much smarter and brighter than you are and I just got you to do what I want. And part of that what was pretty normal tomboy behavior; she was a tomboy," she continued.
Her husband, Michael remembers Kerry as, "a great kid—fun-loving, easy going. Always smiling; never seemed to have too many cares in the world. Fun, fun kid." She just wanted to be with the boys and play football, he added.
Kerry, now 19, said that she was made fun of because of how much she acted like a boy and looked like a boy.
"I matured faster than anyone else in my class. By fourth grade, nobody really has anything and I was very, very mature. I had, I was fully grown in lots of places," Kerry explained.
Kerry was embarrassed by her developing body, so she hid behind lockers at basketball practice. The other girls took advantage of her vulnerability and made her a target for their taunts.
"I was made fun of because of how much I acted like a boy and looked like a boy.
They made up a fun little jingle to imply I was 'fixed,' meaning I was a girl with boy parts," Kerry remembered.
Her classmates started a rumor that Kerry had been born a boy but that her parents wanted a girl. So, the rumor was, her parents had Kerry's penis cut off at birth.
"And what the girls wanted was to have her show them what was left. And apparently this went on for some time. Ugh. I can't even express to you how angry I was when I found out about it," her mother recalled painfully.
"I began acting, well I wouldn't say 'acting' like a girl, in junior high--but I at least pretended to because that's how I had friends. And what do girls in junior high do? They talk about boys and they like boys. So I told my friends that I liked different boys in my class. And I knew that I liked them more of like, I want to play football w this boy. Not 'I want to date this boy,'" Kerry said. "Most girls in my class had definitely had their first kisses majority had definitely had their first boyfriends. And because of today, a lot of them had already had sex. I hadn't either I hadn't even gotten close to any of those things," she added.
But Kerry knew for certain that she wasn't attracted to those boys.
"The boy that I got my first kiss from? No. Not at all. I was looking for and he was looking for someone to kiss. So it worked out. Um. The first boyfriend that I dated I thought I liked him because the way we hung out. We never kissed; we were never made out at all. We held hands for like three blocks and then it was weird," Kerry explained.
But she began to realize that she was very unhappy—and didn't know why.
"I don't know when she started struggling. It must've been her sophomore year. She just had a hard time finding her way. In the fall of her junior year, the counselor from school called me and asked me to come in and said Kerry has something to tell you. And what she had to tell me she was cutting," her mother remembered.
"So I got to cut once and it left four lines instead of just one. Not only was I cutting, but I was lazy and I wanted to get it done quick. Like, I would cut and just think about how my arm hurt and I was bleeding and I should do this and this and this all surrounding around the fact that I had cut and yes that maybe helped me forget why I was so upset," Kerry explained.
Originally, Kerry thought the depression stemmed from her parents' recent divorce. But looking back said she couldn't care less; she was fine with it.
"The reason why I was so depressed was because I didn't know who I was. It wasn't until about February of my junior year that I realized that I was gay. Actually I came out bisexual; I think most people do. I think then people don't have to fully admit. I admitted to that and it scared me and I never thought that's who I would be," Kerry said.
"I wasn't sure what it really meant or if it was a phase she was going through. But I took it in stride. She was the Kerry I always knew," her dad Michael remembered.
But her mother wasn't the least bit surprised; not at all.
Kerry was dating girls—and she liked dating girls. She liked it very, very much.
But coming out didn't help Kerry's depression. In fact, it got worse: She began drinking alone, she saw her school counselor daily, she gave Kerry a journal and Kerry had to turn it in before their daily session.
But, what Kerry didn't disclose in the journal—or to anyone—was that she was attempting suicide. In fact, she tried—nine times.
The last attempt came after a rough night near the end of her senior year. Kerry wrote drunken thoughts in her journal.
"And I was trying hard not to cut but did anyway. I took my bloody wrist from cutting and I printed it inside of the journal. Which, then instead of handing my counselor a journal that didn't make any sense, it was a journal that didn't make any sense with a giant bloody mess on it," Kerry recalled.
Abby referred to the entry as her plan—on how she was going to kill herself.
"She was clearly in a lot of pain. And for her to do something like that, she had to be in a lot of pain. Aside from being concerned and frantically trying to figure out how to get to her and help her, I felt bad that she was in so much pain. I felt bad that I didn't understand that she was in that much pain or why she was in that much pain," her father remembered.
Dr. Brian Mustanski, director of Northwestern University's IMPACT LGBT Health and Development Program, said that LGBT youth face a number of stressors that their heterosexual peers don't experience. He studies mental health issues of LGBT youth.
"Certainly there's some evidence that they experience more psychological distress and what I think we need to understand now is does that turn into psychiatric disorders," Mustanski explained.
Kerry spent two weeks in the adolescent psychiatric unit at Highland Park Hospital. Doctors there warned about the possibility of bipolar disorder.
After the hospital, Kerry worked with a psychiatrist to find a medication regime that worked. And, she started seeing a therapist, Dr. Lisa Goldman. There, Kerry explored a new path, questioning her gender identity.
"Kerry had been feelings for a very long time that Kerry was not a she. That she was a he," Dr. Goldman remembered.
One session, Dr. Goldman opened the DSM-IV—the bible of brain disorders—and read Kerry the description of Gender Identity Disorder.
Goldman remembered looking up at Kerry after she read the description, and Kerry said, "Yep, that's pretty much me."
"She said very helpful sentence: 'I think you might be transgendered.' My brain thinks I'm a boy. And that statement right there, my brain thinks I'm a boy, but I'm a girl, is transgendered," Kerry remembered. "But after talking to her for a while and talking about it, being transgendered sucks. I am one thing but I think I am another thing and I've wanted to be another thing my entire life. That just sounds like it shouldn't be called being transgendered. It should be called… disappointed," she added.
Goldman counseled her for substance abuse and for depression—and she made sure Kerry's beliefs were grounded in reality and not delusions or hallucinations.
Once that was established, they discussed how to transition to becoming a man. That made Kerry realize she didn't have to live with the frustration. She thought that was pretty amazing, that she could actually change it.
"My parents' reactions were very different than what I thought they were going to be. My dad said, 'If this is going to make you happy, if this is who you are, if you're going to be happier after you have this surgery to be a boy, then, yes, let's do it. It's going to great. Yes. Let's go.' My mom took awhile to get into it," Kerry recalled.
"It's a very simple thing to understand your child is gay. That's easy. It's a," Abby struggled to explain, "a completely different thing to understand—rapidly—to understand your child is not just who you thought they were but they are not who they think they are. He was very concerned that I didn't want to have a son. It didn't matter to me if Kerry was a boy or a girl or a pig or a horse. It mattered to me that Kerry was Kerry again," she finished.
"I tried to assure her that I would help her in any way I could to try to get her to where she wanted to be and where she should be," father Michael said.
This spring, Kerry started taking male hormones, lowering his voice and changing hair growth patterns. In June, Kerry's breasts were removed. Kerry now considers himself a man, and prefers to be referred to as "he."
When asked to talk about pronouns, mother Abby laughed instantly.
"Yeah, so I flip back and forth on the pronouns because it's really hard to tell stories about Kerry when he was little and not attach a feminine pronoun because he was she. He was a baby girl," Abby said. "It's a strange expression but I think it truly applies to Kerry. He's comfortable in his own skin. He is absolutely wearing the suit he was supposed to be wearing," she finished.
"I'm still on medication for depression and so I take it every day. Part of me thinks that's why I'm not depressed, but um. I was on depression medicine before when they first realized and I still had really bad days but I don't have bad days anymore," Kerry said.
But when asked whether she was proud of Kerry, Abby's reaction came in a whisper: "Oh my God—am I proud of Kerry? I am. I am."
"Now I do like talking about it. I get to say, 'My name is Kerry. I'm a boy and I'm happy,' Kerry laughed quietly.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Agriculture Department said on Friday it has deregulated a variety of corn genetically engineered to produce a common enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, a vital step in making ethanol.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Syngenta, the Swiss maker of the enzyme, called alpha-amylase, will create an advisory council and take other steps to alleviate concerns by foodmakers about the genetically engineered corn variety. Syngenta requested APHIS deregulate the corn variety in 2005.
"APHIS conducted a plant pest risk assessment and found this line of corn does not pose a plant pest risk, and should no longer be subject to regulation by APHIS," said Michael Gregoire, deputy administrator for APHIS' biotechnology regulatory services.
Several groups, including the North American Millers' Association, the Center for Food Safety and Union of Concerned Scientists, said USDA failed to adequately consider the impact the genetically modified corn crop would have on human health, the environment, or the livelihood of farmers.
The controversial decision to fully deregulate the corn is the latest move in the last month by the USDA to ease restrictions on genetically modified crops. USDA said on January 27 that farmers could plant genetically altered alfalfa without any restrictions, and a week later it partially deregulated biotech sugar beets.
This "is a precedent-setting application if there ever was one," said Margaret Mellon, the director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
"It says they are simply going to be approved without regard to what damage they might do to our environment, or to our economy," she added.
Ethanol makers could save money on energy costs by using corn containing amylase, an enzyme that helps break down starch in corn kernels.
But foodmakers and food safety groups say products such as corn chips or breakfast cereal could be damaged if made from corn containing even small amounts of amylase.
The amylase corn is aimed for sale to ethanol makers. Syngenta says it will take steps to prevent mixing of the specialty corn with regular field corn.
The Food and Drug Administration approved amylase corn as safe for human consumption in August 2007.
The National Corn Growers Association said it welcomed the decision by the USDA, and said the specialty corn would be the latest tool for growers and food processors to use to meet growing food, feed and fuel needs around the world.
"The potential importance of output traits to growers and industry will only increase as other output traits are developed," said Bart Schott, NCGA's president.
NCGA said corn amylase already is approved in Japan, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
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You should definitely still do a date night with your man to see'Iron Man 2.' But be forewarned – some of that unexpected funny soul has been sucked out of the sequel!
What made the first Iron Man sooo charming was the surprisingly irreverent bad boy/genius/heir to a weapons fortune ,Tony Stark. He wasn't dark like Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, nor was he a cute doofus of a farm boy like Superman, aka Clarke Kent. He was a modern, narcissistic, sophisto-guy who was also unexpectedly funny and ironic.
It was all about Robert Downey Jr. and what he had to say in character. The problem with Iron Man 2 is that he doesn't get enough to say. Every time he gets on a roll amusing us, suddenly the filmmakers are having him trash his own house or crash a race car that somehow, he's driving in Cannes!
I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out who Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson are supposed to be, but Scarlett does have an impressive catsuit scene that you'll enjoy!
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TILLY DAY - 'CONTINUITY GIRL' on SILENT FILMS
|Tilly Day was born in 1903. She started in the film business working at Walthamstow Studio, on silent films and was working through the industry change to 'talkies'. Her last mentioned film on IMDb is in 1976. She worked on about 57 films, doing continuity (Script Supervisor). Pauline Harlow was one of her trainees. She died in 1994 aged 91.
Her cv includes some extraordinary sounding titles: "The Burgomaster of Stilemonde", "Cardboard Cavalier", "The Rocking Horse Winner", "An Alligator Named Daisy", "Futtocks End", "Up Pompeii", "Kidnapped" and finally "Don't Just Lie There, Say Something".
David Lean is quoted as saying about her: "Any time I'm on a picture and I know Tilly Day's on the continuity, I think, thank god for that, now I can cut it where I want to, not because I've got to cut it in a certain place".
Tilly said: I always matched everything. I had a photographic memory. Much better than my notes. They would say to me, 'what was so-and-so doing at such a moment?', and I would shut my eyes and I would say, 'she was doing so-and-so and he was doing so-and-so'. I could remember.
The following are extracts from her very long interview with Kevin Brownlow.
| Tilly Day, working on "The Pirates of Blood River" (1961). Director John Gilling seated, facing.
|How did you get into the business itself?
was in high school in Walthamstow and I hated it, I answered an
advertisement in the paper 'wanted, young lady', that was me, 'well
educated', that was me, 'expert shorthand typist', that was a lie. I
was so silly I didn't realise that if I got the job they would write to
my home address, which they did. It caused any amount of furore at
home because of course they didn't know anything about me writing, but
anyway my mother said 'you'd better let her go because you know what
she's like, if she thinks she's made up her mind, she's made up her
mind'. So it came, I went to the studio and that's how it was and I
got the job.
I was going to be, as far as I could make out, because I was a little confused, I was going to um, make the tea, run around generally, um look at the set, try and dust it, keep it tidy and generally make myself useful, which I did.
(Note: She started the job in July 1917)
The studio had been a large house, in its own grounds, and they'd adapted it. It had a glass roof. Like a great big conservatory you know, green house, where you grew tomatoes or something. I hadn't thought of that before. That was how they lit the scenes.
|So, tell us about Walter West (British film director - born 1885, died 1958, who owned various studios - see history of Walthamstow below). What sort of person was he, and was this very well financed?
|Walter West was the usual type that was around in those days from the film business. They were always on the edge of a precipice, they never knew where the next penny was coming from. Whether they'd be able to finish a picture. Whether you'd get paid or not... quite often you didn't.
| Interior of the Broad West Film Company's studios at Wood Street, Walthamstow, between 1916 and 1921.
|How did you go from being secretary to being continuity? And did your salary change?
well that was at Walthamstow, because the girl who was doing the
continuity, she just didn't arrive one day, whether she was ill or what
she was, I don't know. It may have been that she wasn't paid...
Anyway, Leslie Eveleigh (TD says he was a cameraman at that time, he was also a director of a short film "Lady Godiva" and partner with George J Banfield, in the production company British Filmcraft) said to me, 'you'll have to
do it'. I said, 'but I can't do it, I don't know what to do', so he
said 'I'll tell you' and he just said 'its very easy you just pick it
up'. And so I became continuity.
I got five pounds a week when I was doing continuity and two pounds ten when I was upgraded to a sort of secretary, but you know the director thought I was so good he gave me the the two pounds ten and five pounds when I was continuity. I was thrilled. I went home and I said five pounds a week, we'd never heard of such a salary. My father was quite convinced that I was on the wrong road and he actually came up to the studio to see these people, but he found it was quite alright.
Tell us about becoming a continuity girl and Leslie Eveleigh.
|Oh yes, Leslie Eveleigh said he would teach me. He told me that I must take down everything in shorthand that the people were doing, they moved their head to the right, they moved their head to the left. They moved the left hand, they put a cigarette out with the right, and terrible things like that.
It was more difficult in silent days because you had no guide of voice, whereas in talkies you had the guide of the voice saying such and such and you could put ... he put his cigarette out on such and such a word ... whereas when you were on silents you never had a single hint of what was going on..
One of the big pictures that you worked on, tell us about "The Burgomaster of Stilemonde".
|The director, George Banfield? Well of course I learnt in after life, when I worked for real directors that he didn't know anything at all ... he just walked into this film business, as many of them had.
We had a dinner scene in it of ... um ... chicken and potatoes and things, and I had to cook the chicken in between doing the continuity ... I used to run down to see if the chicken was alright, turn it over, come back upstairs again, it was terrible but I certainly earnt my five pounds.
I used to play second lead, because they couldn't afford to get a second person as a rule and they'd say 'oh well Tilly'll do it, that's alright'. And I'd say 'but what have I got to do', and they'd say 'well you just sit there and do what we tell you' and I used to do it and they used to say 'oh yes that's alright'. So I used to get a pound. I didn't mind, a pound was a lot in those days.
Now tell us about the Dick Turpins.
|Yes, that was Kenneth McClaglan the youngest brother of all the McClaglans, I forget how many there were. There was Victor McClaglan, Clifford McClaglan. I worked with them all. Clifford McClaglan (here she is corrected: Cyril). Cyril McClaglan, Kenneth McClaglan - he was a very good looking boy and he looked very good in costume. I was in that, yes I was in that, I had a small part. They said 'we want the maid for so and so, go and stand on those stairs', so I went and stood on the stairs, in a costume of course, 'and lean over and look for somebody'. I looked for somebody and that was my part and I got a pound for that, I thought it was pretty good.
We made them in Epping Forest .... I was terrified of horses and the horses used to pound around near me and my hair used to nearly turn grey. We had people from the Russian circus and one day a man came and they said 'oh Tilly he's in the Russian circus really'. He was a wonderful horseman, he couldn't speak a word of English and he used to do all sorts of tricks. I know I was sitting one day and I wondered why they were all looking at me, and it gradually occurred to me that this horse had come nearer and nearer and eventually it bent its head over my shoulder and I froze with horror, and then this Russian man suddenly scooped me up in his arms and sat me on this horse and galloped off. I really thought my last minute had come, but it wasn't it was alright it was his idea of fun.
Do you think the British were on a level with American silent pictures?
yes, the British were on a level with the Americans, they were very
good with silent films, but then they lost the battle because the
Americans invented, they didn't invent, the British actually invented
the sound, and they got everything going, but they had no money. We'd
just finished a war and it was terrible .....
Note: Tilly begins to explain that Captain Banfield floated a company (which she called) British Audiocraft (actually British Filmcraft) when the change from silents to sound was taking place. People bought shares in the company for £5 a share, and the company apparently made a lot of money, but Tilly believed that Banfield 'spent the lot on himself and British Filmcraft was finished' - she says 'oh it was dreadful - don't put that down if he's alive'.
|What happened to British Filmcraft and Captain Banfield?
said 'we're going to do a film called "Spangles". It will be a circus
picture'. It was built on Hitchman's farm, because we were all
country out there and it was built down the road from the studio ...
there was a covered tent, there was a lion, a tiger ... I was
considerably frightened of the lion.
We hear no more about the demise of British Filmcraft. Tilly drifts off the point ... remembering that
an actress called Fern Andra was too old for the role in the film.
Tilly is prompted by KB to talk about Ivy Close, who she says was 'a
very nice person and the mother of Ronald Neame'. She talks about working for Edibell, the English film company of Edison Bell, based in Wardour Street
- during the time when films were moving from silents to talkies.
Edibell 'went bust after a year'. TD blames the Americans for this:
'they weren't generous a bit ... they held back ... and various men who
were at the top of the business used to say 'its not right you know - we
don't get the information we want'.
She mentions names of some of the people she worked with: Ronald Coleman, Clive Brook, Manning Haynes, Fox Gartside, Walter West, Jimmy Wilson.
If you could paint a picture for us of what it was like on the set. Did the director talk?
yes, well they always had a piano player, that was where Eddie Dryhurst
used to come in sometimes, and they would play various music. I can
remember very well Charmaine being played so many times, I can tell you,
and then Diane, that was played. And the actors to sort of emote,
they always emoted better with music than without it so they had the
piano and sometimes they had the cello.
The director always talked all the way through: 'Go to your right, go to your left' - it was mostly that. 'Go to your left, pick up so and so, put that down, go across there, pat the child, emote, you just lost the child, you just found him, emote'. Emote used to come a lot into it. I can remember at one time when somebody turned round and said 'shut up I'm listening to the music' - very irritable.
Walter West was much different to Captain Banfield. He WAS a director. I would watch him and I would emote myself, that's why they put me on for the second lead, he said 'she'll do', when I cried one time - it was "The Princes in the Tower" - and one little prince was dying, the jailor was going to beat him and Mary Clare, who was a very well known actress in those times, she said no no - I know I was very upset at that.
The actors never made up their lines, they always mouthed the lines that were written for them. In a script you would have the title, then the title would come and then miles of action then there'd be dialogue. And there was never any dialogue unless it said so and the actors and actresses never said any dialogue of their own, except if they sort of forgot to do something or other they'd say 'damn it' or something.
You never heard the actors or actresses speaking, other than mouthing the words that were in the script.
Could you tell us about "Power Over Men"? There was a problem with the makeup?
yes. The girl went to make up Isobel Jeans, or at least the girl didn't arrive the next day - they always didn't arrive if they hadn't received their money. So Isobel Jeans asked me to do it and I said 'well I don't know, I can't, I don't think I can do that'. So she said 'you must try', so I got the powder puff and I dabbed it on her. She didn't like that, she drew back and she said 'no no, that's not the way'. So I said 'well I'm sorry but that's all I know'. So she said 'oh well give it to me', so she took it and she did it herself.
The picture was running out of money as usual. And the director, Captain Banfield, he was always spending the money himself on the quiet - up in town and all that sort of thing. I mean there'd be enough money on the day that he left and when he came in the morning there wouldn't be any money at all.
|How would you sum up the English silent film? Did you have a favourite film?
|Well, to me it was very fascinating, very interesting and it was a great craft to learn... I was always learning. I thought it was a wonderful industry.
I just loved them all. To me it was a great industry and it went on being a great industry right through to the time when I left, which was fifty years. And every film that I was on was a new thing to me, you know, a new story and new people, new everything. You never knew what was goint to happen in the old days, whether you were going to finish the film or not. And you just went on and here I am.
|Tilly Day being presented by Tony Hinds with a bunch of flowers to celebrate her 300th film - whilst working on "Captain Clegg".
|This interview reproduced here with the kind permission of Kevin Brownlow.
Photographs with kind permission from Hammer Films, Tomahawk Press, Wayne Kinsey & his book "Hammer Films, The Unsung Heroes" (ISBN 13: 978-0-9557670-2-9)
|There are working photographs of Tilly Day in our Gallery.
Below you will find a brief history of Walthamstow Studio and Catford Studio, which include references to British Filmcraft and Walter West.
| Link to an interview with Tilly Day, carried out by BECTU in 1988 for the History Project:
|This studio, at Wood Street, Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, was founded in 1914 by Cunard Films, who built a first floor glass studio over a workshop and laboratory. According to the film journals of the time, the company made a number of 'refined' drama films starring Gladys Cooper and, popular actor of the day, Owen Nares, as well as short films, all of which were released during the early war years. In 1916 Broadwest, which ranked alongside film companies of the day such as Hepworth, Barker and British & Colonial, bought the studio and its equipment. Broadwest was already in the process of building up its own stock company with box office draws, Ivy Close, Violet Hopson and Gerald Ames and Walter West was also hired to produce a number of films. By the end of the war in 1918, Broadwest was recognized as one of the UK's most important film makers, but nevertheless, along with a number of production companies, they ran into fanancial difficulties after the post-war boom. Although they continued to make such films as Christie Johnstone, a Scottish Romance with Clive Brook, by 1921 Broadwest had gone into liquidation. The studio was least out for some years to the makers of short films and in 1926 it was sold to British Filmcraft for this purpose. In 1928, Sir John Martin-Harvey starred in "The Burgomaster Of Stilemonde", based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, but British Filmcraft was dissolved in 1920.
|In 1920, Walter West, who owned Walthamstow Studio, bought the Catford Studio in order to extend his production facilities. An astute businessman, he had already established his own stock company with leading players of the day, Stewart Tome and Violet Hopson. West also encouraged leading silent film comedian Walter Forde to make six two-reelers at his studio. The small Catford Studio seems to have been used for the overlfow from West's more important Broadwest Studios at Walthamstow. In 1921, after some financial upheavals, West and his financial partner, Broadbridge, agreed to part and the Catford Studio went into liquidation in the same year.
|The above histories obtained from the book BRITISH FILM STUDIOS, by Patricia Warren ISBN 0 7134 7559 5 and reproduced here with kind permission of the publishers B.T. Batsford Ltd.


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So, you've signed the papers on your new place. But before your thoughts turn to your home décor, bathroom renovation ideas and what finger food to serve at your housewarming party, there's moving house to consider. You might be imagining that the move is going to be the pinnacle of organisation, until you realise just how tricky it can be.
Any Martha Stewart fantasies are shattered as soon as you're knee-deep in cardboard packaging and the contents of every drawer and cupboard. It's at this stage that no matter how good your initial intentions, there's a strong chance you will frantically pack your belongings into moving boxes scrawled with illegible, and often incorrect, room names. And then things break. Or get lost. Or you end up with a garage full of unopened storage boxes.
Many people think that the chaos of shifting homes is an unavoidable struggle, but it doesn't need to be. Preparing for a move is key, so the process can be organised, easy and fun ... relatively. Create a moving house checklist that includes a room-by-room game plan, and follow these tips for each area of the house:
Hold a moving sale.
Moving is easier when you get rid of the stuff you don't actually need (or want!). Garage sales are an easy and fun way to make a little extra cash while also making moving day a bit easier.
Be sure to advertise the sale on online classifieds at least one week before the sale, and hold it on a weekend. Don't forget to arrange a charity collection service for anything that's left over, or investigate ways to sell your second-hand furniture online.
Consider your utilities early.
You don't want the power left on in your old place after you've moved out or, more importantly, want to be left in the dark because you forget to connect the electricity and gas in your new place before moving in.
Avoiding this is easy: just let us know when you're moving in advance and we'll get you sorted.
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Take a photo of the back of all your AV/electronics so you can set them up again.
Unless you're a regular Elon Musk, you probably don't want to worry about which plug goes where when it comes time to getting your internet and AV system set up again. Instead, take a clear photo of the back of all your electronics so you can reference them when it comes time to start your first new-home Netflix binge.
Have pros take care of your carpet.
Carpet stains are unavoidable, but sadly landlords aren't always understanding to this. The good news is the stains you uncover while moving can often be removed if treated correctly. Take the time to research carpet cleaning prices and book a professional carpet cleaner who should have higher quality, and often more sustainable, cleaning products.
Prepare your plants.
Moving is hard on our photosynthesising friends. Make sure your beloved blooming fern gets plenty of love and attention for a couple weeks leading up to the move. Then, when moving day arrives, transfer your plants into non-breakable containers, and drain any remaining water from the soil. Then, box them up in plastic-lined moving boxes. Don't forget to give your plants early priority when unpacking or they might not make it.
Stack your plates vertically like records.
This handy trick helps prevent them from breaking while being transported, so long as you're careful transporting the box. Just make sure they've all got a divider of some sort (this can be a handy use for your pillowcases).
Save money by wrapping breakable kitchenware and home accessories in clean clothes.
This will save you money on both moving boxes and packaging supplies such as bubble wrap. You can even keep your glasses safe by stuffing them with socks!
Defrost your fridge early.
Most people don't realise how messy defrosting your refrigerator can be. Make sure to dispose of your perishables and defrost your refrigerator several days before the move, so you have ample time to clean up the wet mess it can make. While we're on the subject of cleaning, if it's within your budget, you might consider hiring domestic cleaners to make your job a whole lot easier.
Bedroom ideas
Cling wrap your hung clothes.
This will save time unfolding and rehanging your clothes. It's as easy as wrap, pack, move, unwrap!
Kids' rooms ideas
Budget for a sitter.
If you think moving is stressful, you won't believe what it can be like for your kids (or your furry four-legged children). While finding a baby sitter may sound unnecessary, everything will go smoother if you budget for one to keep the little ones entertained in places free from the hustle and bustle of the house movers.
Bathroom ideas
Don't bury bathroom essentials in moving boxes.
If you've used something in your bathroom in the past 24 hours, it's probably something you don't want to have stashed in a box for who knows how long. Before things get hectic, stash all your toiletries and beauty supplies in a travel bag that's stored somewhere accessible.
And remember:
Take the time to be organised.
To make unpacking easier, get started well before moving day. First, research where to find cheap moving boxes. Use a larger number of smaller boxes, and transparent plastic containers where possible. Pack with purpose, and try to make sure everything in a box is related somehow. Use different coloured tape for different rooms, and write detailed labels on each box. This sounds like a lot of work, and it is, but it makes unpacking way easier, and that's worth it. We promise. Also, check Planet Ark's website to find the nearest cardboard box recycling centre to you.
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Does your house need a little more TLC before it can become the organised utopia you want it to be? We've also got some helpful advice for the pre-move cleanout (hint: start with a cleaning checklist) and some great energy plans so you're ready to go, with the lights on, from the day you move in.


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Berisha buries Victory to kickstart United
Besart Berisha has been the hero for Western United, coming back to haunt Melbourne Victory with a double in the A-League newcomers' 3-1 win at GMHBA Stadium.
Postecoglou confident of continued success
Ange Postecoglou says he still has work to do at newly crowned J-League champions Yokohama F.Marinos but he is adamant he'll succeed wherever his future lies.
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Former Johnny Warren medallist Milos Ninkovic is considering a switch from Sydney FC to incoming A-League side Macarthur FC next season.
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Saturday's 5-1 defeat to Sydney FC was Brisbane heaviest A-League defeat so far under new coach Robbie Fowler.
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Sydney FC striker Adam Le Fondre has netted a hat-trick in their 5-1 A-League rout of Brisbane.
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Melbourne Victory won't let transfer speculation surrounding their marquee man derail plans for revenge against their new cross-town rivals.
Postecoglou makes history, wins J-League
Ex-Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has clinched the J-League title, with his Yokohama F.Marinos defeating FC Tokyo to wrap up the championship.
Fornaroli relished 'crazy' City return
Bruno Fornaroli says he felt at "home" in his return to Melbourne City, with the Perth Glory striker scoring and relishing his A-League reunion.
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Newcastle veteran Jason Hoffman says it's time for his A-League club to end their lack of success against Adelaide United.
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Marcus Rashford scores as United beats City in Manchester derby
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Teenage striker Marcus Rashford again proved the man for the big occasion for Manchester United, scoring in a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday that intensified the race for Champions League qualification.
The 18-year-old Rashford continued the dream start to his United career by scoring in his first Manchester derby when he sprinted past the exposed Martin Demichelis and sidefooted home in the 16th minute.
It was his fifth goal since being brought into the first team to answer a striker crisis less than a month ago, having also scored in important games against FC Midtjylland and Arsenal.
City, which lost winger Raheem Sterling and goalkeeper Joe Hart to injury, is now only one point clear of both United and West Ham in fourth place — the final Champions League qualification spot — with eight games left.
It was a huge result for United, with coach Louis van Gaal having billed the game "do or die" for his side's top-four chances following its elimination from the Europa League on Thursday. Amid all the speculation over his future, Van Gaal could still win the FA Cup and guide United back into the Champions League in the final two months of the season.
Unlike City, which is in the Champions League quarterfinals, United doesn't have European football to clog up its schedule and is likely to have captain Wayne Rooney back from injury after the upcoming international break.
Meanwhile, if City's current form is anything to go by, incoming manager Pep Guardiola will be taking over a Europa League team next season. City has now won just one of its last six league games — and that was against last-place Aston Villa — and failed to score in four of its last five matches. The days when City had the most fearsome attacking unit in English football are long gone.
In an electric atmosphere at the Etihad, City had plenty of the ball but struggled at both ends of the pitch, with Sergio Aguero isolated up front and the 35-year-old Demichelis a liability in defense against the fearless Rashford.
United's goal came against the run of play, after Rashford finally got one-on-one with Demichelis. There was only one winner as the youngster skipped by the man almost twice his age, and slotted under the body of the diving Hart to become the youngest scorer in a Manchester derby in the Premier League era.
The first half ended in feisty fashion with players pushing and squaring off after Rashford fell under the reckless challenge of Demichelis, who somehow got away with the foul.
Demichelis came out for the second half but blotted his performance even further by leaving Hart short with a dreadful back pass, with the goalkeeper hurting his calf as he hastily cleared ahead of the inrushing Anthony Martial. Hart was carried off on a stretcher and Demichelis was put out of his misery moments later when he was taken off for City's third substitute, Wilfried Bony.
Having Bony up alongside Aguero caused United more problems, and Aguero headed a cross from Yaya Toure against the post in the 66th.
Bony and Aguero had late chances but United goalkeeper David de Gea wasn't threatened, meaning United has taken four points off City this season.


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Start your Odate adventure with kiritampo
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EU Leaders Agree to Take In 40,000 Migrants
European Union leaders agreed to relocate 40,000 asylum seekers who are being sheltered in Greece and Italy across the rest of the bloc, but rejected a plan that would mandate the number of people each country took in. Photo: Getty Images
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17 Accommodations in Villaviciosa
Hotel Arcea VillaviciosaVillaviciosa 483 m from city centre 44 reviews
The Hotel Arcea Villaviciosa is a 3 stars new construction building, located in Villaviciosa's centre. Nearby from bars , restaurants...
Hotel Artiem AsturiasVillaviciosa 11.1 km from city centre 0 reviews
A luxurious accommodation designed to combine business with pleasure. The building is of a traditional style, contrasting with the use of...
Apartamentos La Casona De TerienzuVillaviciosa 0 reviews
A 2,5 Km. de la playa de Rodiles, en un pequeño pueblo típicamente asturiano, dentro de la Reserva Natural de la ría de Villaviciosa. 8...
Hotel Mirador De MoriyonVillaviciosa 3.8 km from city centre 72 reviews
The Mirador de Moriyón Hotel is located in a spot 250 metres above Villaviciosa`s river, between the mountains and the sea. It enjoys...
Rural Hotel El Gran DuqueVillaviciosa 6.6 km from city centre 0 reviews
The hotel can accommodate 29 guests, has 10 rooms spread over three floors. Facilities: Lift, lounge with fireplace, air...
Hotel AlamedaVillaviciosa 659 m from city centre 27 reviews
A 500 m. del centro de Villaviciosa, su proximidad y perfecta comunicación con los núcleos de Gijón y Oviedo hacen de él un idóneo lugar...
Hotel Avenida RealVillaviciosa 193 m from city centre 45 reviews
The Avenida Real Hotel is a charming central hotel, located within close proximity of the old city. It has been inaugurated in 2002....
Apartamentos Rurales La Casona de La RozaVillaviciosa 2.5 km from city centre 0 reviews
Set in the Asturian countryside, La Casona de la Roza apartments are just 2.5 km from Villaviciosa. Each stylish apartment features a TV...
Apartamentos Rurales El Molín de PetraVillaviciosa 2.4 km from city centre 3 reviews
The Molín de Petra relies on 4 apartments. Three of them with capacity for 6 persons. The Multure, The Barbican and The Millstone rely...
Hotel Casa EspañaVillaviciosa 17 m from city centre 63 reviews
The Casa España Hotel is situated in the historic and monumental centre of Villaviciosa, in the heart of one of the most emblematic...
Rural Hotel La Corte de LugásVillaviciosa 3.5 km from city centre 142 reviews
Typical Casona Asturiana from the 18th century, completely restored and converted into a 4* hotel. We have different types of...
Hostal El CongresoVillaviciosa 231 m from city centre 17 reviews
The hostel is situated just in front of the exotic and well attended garden park of the Villaviciosa municipality. It is a place...
Castiello De Selorio Hotel RuralVillaviciosa 0 reviews
Palace typical from Asturias from SXVIII fully refurbished to become a hotel. 9 rooms open to the guest, all of them with full bathrooms....
Apartamentos Rurales Casa InésVillaviciosa 10 reviews
The lodging is in "COMARCA DE LA SIDRA", in the village of "Villaviciosa" (out of the inner city, 7 km from the town). It is a place...
Rural Hotel La Casona de TresaliVillaviciosa 6.1 km from city centre 0 reviews
The RURAL LA CASONA DE TRESALI is the perfect place to spend a few days close to nature, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. Of...
Apartamentos Rurales AlmarinaeVillaviciosa 10 reviews
En Almarinae, los apartamentos están a pie de jardín y tienen grandes ventanales, para que puedas disfrutar del paisaje también desde...
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Joint Declaration: NEPSI signatories launch a roadmap of actions for the future development of their Social Dialogue Agreement
NEPSI represents 15 industry sectors i.e. more than 2 million employees and a business exceeding € 250 billion.
NEPSI is the acronym for the *European Network for Silica* formed by the Employee and Employer European sectoral associations having signed the Social Dialogue "Agreement on Workers' Health Protection Through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products Containing it" on 25 April 2006.


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Monday, January 08, 2007
Sisterly Love
Sissy Snuggiekins spent the night with us and Froggy was smitten. She already looks up to her with such admiration and affection. At sixteen months, Froggy has decided her sister is way cooler than us.
I dressed her in black for the day, so she could bond and feel that teen angst. Sadly, they don't make Alice and Chains shirts for toddlers, so this outfit was the best I could do. They had a great time. Sissy instant-messaged her friends, while Froggy talked on her Fisher Price phone.
I'm thrilled Froggy will have her wonderful sister in life. I am so blessed to have mine. She is my best friend, knows all my dirty secrets and still loves me. Or maybe mom pays her an allowance to pretend she does. Either way, there is no relationship quite as complicated, loving, and powerful as sibling love.
We love those beautiful girls!
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4 Star Resort on Calangute
Lazy lagoon Sarovar Portico Suites is a 4 star property located in North Goa sharing closeness to three beautiful beaches of Goa i.e. Anjuna, Baga and Calangute. Guests can take an easy walk to these beaches, local markets and other interesting hangout places. It is an up-scale resort that offers a deal of value for money and is an ideal accommodation option for leisure as well as business travellers. The resort offers a luxury stay to its guests and meets their need of mouth-watering food with a choice of restaurants.
There are 39 well designed and spacious rooms in the resort that are divided into two categories i.e. Superior Rooms and Suites so that the visitors can choose the one as per their requirements. All the rooms in the resort have its own beauty, standard features and prioritising outside views from the balcony. Enjoy fresh air of Goa and relax yourself with the major highlights of the resorts including swimming pool, restaurant, bar, cafe, etc.
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Please note that these above mentioned cancellation charges will be applicable from the date we will receive your written cancellation request.