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How do traditions start? The first time around the event has to be memorable enough to want to do it again. The next time it should be as good if not better than the first. By this logic, it seems that the city of St. James might have a new summer tradition in the works. The Vacuum Museum's 2014 "Scoops and a Movie" event was an even bigger success than last year's event with over 250 people in attendance.
The first "Scoops and a Movie" event in 2013 represented an amped up anniversary celebration that was once a simple ice cream social. According to Vacuum Cleaner Museum representatives, this year's event was a little more than an anniversary party.
"The St. James community has long supported the Vacuum Cleaner Museum. Many people actually work in the factory above the museum, and others bring friends and family to visit, too," Nancy Montgomery, Human Resource Director at Tacony Manufacturing, said. "Scoops and a Movie is both a celebration of our museum anniversary and a celebration of the people of St. James. We can't thank them enough for their continuous support."
The event kicked off with free snacks including Ruby's ice cream, two bounce houses, balloon animals, and a temporary tattoo station. In the midst of all the snack eating and bouncing, Vacuum Cleaner Museum curator, Tom Gasko, gave tours to new visitors. The museum was full of enthusiastic "vac heads" all night. Additionally, Relay for Life had a booth set up and raised over $200 through hot dog and water sales.
|Once the movie started on the jumbo screen, things calmed down a bit, but as soon as it was over attendees were in for one more special treat. "Scoops and a Movie" concluded with a fireworks show that many attendees said rivaled the local 4th of July shows. Overall, the event was a success, and the Vacuum Cleaner Museum has every intention of making "Scoops and a Movie" a lasting St. James tradition.
The Vacuum Cleaner Museum is free to the public and brings in thousands of visitors a year. It is located at #3 Industrial Drive, St. James, Missouri 65559. Follow the Vacuum Museum on Facebook for future event updates. www.facebook.com/vacuummuseum
About the Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet
The Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet is open and free to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. excluding holidays. The museum is located just off Hwy. 44 at exit 195, at #3 Industrial Drive, St. James, MO 65559. For more information, visit www.vacuummuseum.com or call 1-866-444-9004.
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Each year at the VDTA Convention, Tacony Corporation is represented by an array of home floor care and sewing brands. This year, Tacony had an entire "street" that was packed with enthusiastic retailers. All in all the show was a success, and we couldn't have done it without the support of the many retailers who stopped by the Tacony booths. "We had a tremendous show," John Kaido, Tacony Senior Vice President of Home Floor Care Sales, said. "It was great to see so many of our dealers, hear first-hand what they think of our new products, and thank them for their great support." Thank you to everyone who made it out to Las Vegas for the convention. If you couldn't make the show this year, keep reading to see what you missed.
Congratulations, Ray Queen
For 18 years, Ray Queen worked for the Tacony sewing team and in 2013 he retired as Vice President and Chief Sales Officer of the Baby Lock Sewing Division. After 44 years in the business, he was one of this year's VDTA Hall of Fame inductees. We sure are proud to call him part of the Tacony family.
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The Riccar booth art was reminiscent of fitness posters encouraging retailers to strengthen their sales with Riccar vacuums. In the booth, Riccar featured its new lightweight vacuum models as well as a sneak peek of the Riccar Prima a la carte canister vacuum. This canister will give customers the freedom to build their own vacuum and will be available in the summer of 2014. Another new item that thrilled attendees was the Fur-Get-It pet tool, which will soon be packaged with the Riccar Retriever pet vacuum.
Special congratulations go out to Al Allstadt of Al's Vacuum in Minnesota for his induction to the VDTA Hall of Fame. Al has been a Riccar Retailer for 22 years and we couldn't be happier for him. Way to go!
Brighten Up with Simplicity
Retailers looking for Bright Ideas stopped in the Simplicity booth for demo advice and a look at new products. The bright booth featured a special section for the new Simplicity Wonder display wall. The Wonder is an a la carte canister set to debut this summer. Other new Simplicity items included the new lineup of clean air and tandem air vacuums and the new Pet Hair Beware! pet tool.
Vac Pros Invited Retailers to Go Back to the Good Ol' Days
The Vac Pros booth touted a good ol' 1950s look in black and white with red accents to highlight the Fuller Brush vacuum line. Vac Pros products, such as Fuller Brush vacuums, are built like vacuums used to be—with metal in the high wear places so they last for years. And a Vac Pros representative is just a phone call away. It's the type of personal, friendly service the Fuller Brush man would be proud of. Visitors to the Vac Pros booth got a look at the new Home Maid power team canister as well as a sneak peek at the Got It Made portable canister.
Maytag Vacuums Made an Appearance
During the show, visitors to the Tacony vacuum booths found Maytag vacuums to demo, too. These new vacuums are now available through Simplicity and Riccar Independent Vacuum Retailers and Independent Appliance Stores across the country.
Sneak Peek: Tacony Online
In the midst of product demos, Tacony presented a new online order management platform: Tacony Online. This new system makes it easier for Tacony retailers to browse Tacony products, place orders and manage billing. It's available all day every day, so if inventory is low on the weekends or retailers remember to order a product in the middle of the night, Tacony Online can help.
New Baby Lock Momentum Quilt Frame "Moved" Attendees
Baby Lock introduced a new quilt frame unlike any other—the Momentum. This frame moves in sync with the user to give up to six inches of additional quilting space. The updated Crown Jewel II and Tiara II longarm machines also premiered at the show joining the rest of the Baby Lock lineup in product demos.
Meanwhile, the Designer's Gallery team gave demos of the new FontWorks embroidery software. This easy software features over 100 built-in fonts and allows for endless conversion of TrueType fonts to embroidery, too. It's ideal for anyone looking for user-friendly lettering software at an exceptional value.
New Madeira Aeroquilt Longarm Thread
To complement the new longarm products in the Baby Lock booth, Madeira presented a new longarm thread. Aeroquilt is a premium 100% core-spun polyester quilting thread. It's strong enough to withstand the speed of longarm machines, but has a soft cotton-like finish that feels familiar to quilters. This rounds out the Madeira portfolio, which provides the broadest line of thread products to quilters and embroiderers.
Other new products from Tacony Sewing Central caught the eyes of retailers including the new Appliqué It! software from Amazing Designs and many accessories from Creative Notions.
About Tacony Corporation:
Founded in 1946 by Nick Tacony, Tacony Corporation is a privately held manufacturing and distribution company operating in four strategic business units: sewing, home floor care, commercial floor care, and ceiling fans. With more than 650 associates in 13 offices around the world, Tacony's mission is to create long-lasting relationships that are based on trust and feel like family.
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It doesn't seem possible; it was a 12 months ago I had to do a report on our club; probably my age showing up, the older you get the quicker the time flies. Like last year a wet start to the year, followed by a hot summer.
With all the different events we run, our ever faithful cameraman is about taking photos of us, namely Chris Butler, so there are always photos at Redland Tennis Club for you to pick up.
Christmas lights run always seem very popular, with a buffet being laid on, and now our regular quiz, for which we have to thank Mike Campbell. The money raise from this event going to the Arthur Dagger fund. Many young athletes benefit from the money we raise.
While I writing this report the cross country season starts today, and a nice sunny day, should be cold and frosty. Re last year, a good season for all our runners, we don't have so many running cross country these days. I can remember when we would fill a 49 seat coach, now a Mini bus, how times have changed. John Hargreaves is still Gwent league manager and Veronica Ford for the Glos league.
Tony Spicer who has been with the club for a long time, sadly passed away. It will be the long term members who will remember Tony, especially his help on the Bristol Half Marathon, when GWR put this race on. I know Paul Marshal can tell you few tales about Tony, re the wooden ramp in Queens Square, which Tony built for the runners to run over, but somebody driving a truck drove over it, I'm afraid to say Tony was not amused, no need to say the state of the ramp.
London Marathon, numerous runners from our club running this year, and as reported last year, Andy Smith pacing again the 3.45 runners. This year I had a megaphone to shout out at our runners and still most of them did not see me. I try !!!!!!!!!!!.
We were unsuccessful in getting a place at Welsh Castles this year, and I know a lot of our runners were disappointed, so we will try again next year. The same weekend 5 of us went to Northern Ireland for the Mourne way races, which we did two years ago. Very tough, up to our knee caps in peat bogs. Perfect weather conditions, except at the start when it rained. An excellent weekend.
Cotswold Relay, a big thanks to Simon Richards for organizing our teams again, and must not forget Simon's helpers Veronica and Steve. The club trip this year was cancelled due to the lack of interest.
The last 3-4 years it has rain for every Towpath race. This year we had sunshine for every race, but the last one. I should have kept quiet, on Wednesday before the last race I remarked on how dry all the races had been this year and what happened it poured down with rain.
Nigel Barker has left Bristol and moved to Reading. Nigel has been our Club secretary for the past 11 years and has done a fantastic job for our club, and not forgetting the Towpath races. Both these posts are now vacant and at the AGM we will be looking to fill them. A BIG THANK YOU TO NIGEL for his hard work over the past 11 years.
Thank you for your support over the last year and see you all at the AGM and have a good new year running.
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CORE Classes: Students spend the majority of their day in CORE classes: Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science.
STAR (Students Arts Related): Students are required to take year-long Health/Fitness. Students may elect to enroll in a random rotation of three of the following: Art, Performance (drama and music), Technology, and Robotics (7/8). Students have an additional option of enrolling in year-long Band, Choir, Spanish (7), Advanced Art (8), Advanced Technology (8).
Math Pathways: As a part of the forecasting process for mathematics, all students in the Camas School District will be assessed at the end of fifth grade for appropriate placement into sixth grade math pathways. Students who demonstrate a thorough mastery of fifth grade content will be invited to take the grade six challenge test. Students may also challenge their math placement at the end of their sixth grade year by completing an application and taking a challenge assessment. The nomination window will be advertised on the school and the district websites. Based on the results of the assessments, students will be forecasted into one of the following:
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Algebra 1 – This course is offered for high school credit.
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More information regarding middle school math pathways can be found on the Camas School District website under the teaching and learning tab.
Hi- Cap Language Arts (Grades 6 & 7) Students who have been identified as Highly-Capable in language will be placed in specialized language arts classes with other Hi-Cap students. Information regarding the nomination and selection process can be found on the Camas School District Highly Capable website.
Pre-AP Language Arts (Grade 8) At the eighth grade level, we use a more inclusive selection process for our advanced language arts classes as a precursor to the high school AP experience. Seventh grade students who are interested in a rigorous language arts/social studies experience may enroll in the Pre-AP program if they meet the following criteria:
- Successful performance in both the most current Washington state reading test and the district's oral reading fluency assessment.
- A grade of "C" or better in their current Language Arts and Social Studies classes.
Students who are identified as highly capable in language arts (see above) will also be served in these Pre-AP classes.


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The Association of Chief Police Officers' working group found fewer than 10 forces in England and Wales had dedicated rape investigation teams.
It also found some were not gathering forensic evidence quickly enough.
The review was carried out three years after police were given new guidance on investigating rape, to try to increase the number of successful prosecutions.
Only about 6% of reported rapes result in a conviction.
The progress report found that a number of forces - including the Metropolitan Police, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester - had made significant improvements.
But eight forces were not using early evidence kits, which allow samples to be taken at the scene.
'Intelligence gap'
Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Yates, who conducted the review, said it was "best practice" to have dedicated teams though it might not be possible in smaller forces.
Mr Yates said between 80% and 90% rapes went unreported, which meant police had a "substantial intelligence gap" as they could not assess the true pattern of offending.
Mr Yates is the head of the Association of Chief Police Officers' working group on rape.
Ruth Hall from support group Women Against Rape said that, while some officers really did want to get convictions, Mr Yates' report showed that rape cases were not a priority for police as a whole.
"The police are often very careless when handling evidence, they lose evidence, or they don't recognise evidence when it's put in front of their faces or they misinterpret facts," she said.
Ms Hall welcomed the fact the report had been carried out but warned that similar calls for improvements in the past had failed to get results.


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Land of the Free? Even the bishop gets banned
FOR the second time in less than a month a Catholic academic institution in the United States has been seen to bow to pressure from the Zionist Lobby by acting to silence someone who had upset the Israeli state and American Zionist organisations.
On September 5 it was reported that Professor Norman Finkelstein, a well-known Jewish critic of the Zionists had agreed to resign his post at De Paul University, in Chicago, after the University had denied him tenure. Professor Mehrene Larudee was also refused tenure, she believes because she had supported Finkelstein. Finkelstein's colleagues had spoken highly of him, and students staged a sit-in his support. The university denied it was getting rid of him because of the campaign led by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and the Zionist Lobby, but few believe this.
Now comes news that Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was banned by the University of St Thomas in Minnesota, for allegedly making statements that somebody considered "antisemitic"; even though the archbishop had gained an honorary degree from Brandeis, a university with strong Jewish and indeed Zionist foundations, and given the commencement address there.
Bishop Tutu had agreed to an invitation to speak at St.Thomas, from members of the university's Justice and Peace Studies Program, but administrators decided to block him after apparently conferring with one spokesperson for Minnesota's Jewish Community Relations Council and several rabbis who taught in a University program.
"We had heard some things he said that some people judged to be anti-Semitic and against Israeli policy," says Doug Hennes, St. Thomas's vice president for university and government relations. "We're not saying he's anti-Semitic. But he's compared the state of Israel to Hitler and our feeling was that making moral equivalencies like that are hurtful to some members of the Jewish community."
The Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA) has condemned Tutu. But then the ZOA also opposed inviting Nelson Mandela to the United States when he was first freed from jail, and criticised other American Jewish leaders for wanting to meet him. The ZOA itself has criticised Israeli governments - but from the Right, whenever it feared they might make concessions to the Palestinians!
Possibly Catholic institutions like St.Thomas are afraid of protests from Zionists who will rake up the Church's past history of antisemitism. In the campaign against Norman Finkelstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, Zionist petitioners accused De Paul University of being "antisemitic" simply for hiring him!
Reporting the Tutu ban on the "Muzzlewatch" site run by Jewish Voice for Peace, Cecilie Surasky says a backlash has begun. She quotes Marv Davidov, an adjunct professor within the Justice and Peace Studies program:
"As a Jew who experienced real anti-Semitism as a child, I'm deeply disturbed that a man like Tutu could be labeled anti-Semitic and silenced like this," he says. "I deeply resent the Israeli lobby trying to silence any criticism of its policy. It does a great disservice to Israel and to all Jews."
The camapign against Bishop Tutu may be aimed at his support to Sabeel, a Jerusalem based Christian liberation theology organization started by Palestinian Anglican pastor Rev. Naim Ateek. Sabeel is "an international peace movement initiated by Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land who seek a just peace based on two states-Palestine and Israel-as defined by international law and existing United Nations resolutions. Bishop Tutu is due to speak at the Boston Sabeel conference later this month, "The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel:Issues of Justice and Equality." Jewish peace campaigners who have met Sabeel and heard Desmond Tutu speak say they have no doubt about their commitment to tolerance and peace.
Don't stop the music!
Tolerance doesn't appear prominent on the menu right now in America. If
banning a bishop sounds bad enough, over in San Diego, California they have taken offence at an oud player. Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife, a UNESCO Artist for Peace, is used to being persecuted. A concert of his was stopped in Bahrain earlier this year, and more recently his music was banned from stage screen and radio in Tunisia. But Marcel and his would-be listeners had not expected to find "the Land of the Free" so intolerant.
During the Lebanon war Marcel Khalife took similar action to what Bosnian cellist Vedran Smailovic did in Sarajevo, risking his life and limb performing in bombed out concert halls. Mind you, Vedran got more coverage, but was banned in Canada. Marcel Khalifé has been allowd into the United States for a series of concerts, including some in Canada, but an appearance at San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Theatre at the Salvation Army Corps Community Center, which had been planned for moths, was cancelled. Concert organizers were told that a concert by Khalife would be "divisive" and "unbalanced" because it does not present an Israeli artist alongside Khalifé.
Just as well they did not "balance" the Lebanese artiste's gig by inviting Israeli artiste Gilad Atzmon to perform. Fortunately another San Diego venue has now been found.
Khalifé has often spoken out for peace and reconciliation, and last August, he wrote to fellow UNESCO Artists for Peace in response to Israel's bombing of Lebanon, "Nothing justifies our art other than to speak for those who cannot speak. This is the cause for which we dedicated our efforts, and the cause that endorsed our voices. We only wished to take it as far as we can, and vowed to release our work as songs of love for, and unity with, the victims of persecution everywhere."
The Salvation Army's motto is "Blood and Fire", and the Zionist Right followers of Jabotinsky had the slogan "In blood and fire shall Zion be redeemed", but I had not thought the two would collaborate to stop a musician's peace message.
No side has a monopoly of silliness of course, and I thought the Women in Black in California who picketed the visiting Israeli orchestra, having requested that players sign something against Israeli policies and war, were wrong and absurd. If only half the orchestra had signed up would they have allowed the musicians who signed to play but without their right-wing colleagues? I recently signed and circulated a petition supporting a mural in San Francisco which some Zionists did not like, because it was about people uniting to break down a Wall. But I balked at one asking support for a woman sacked for refusing to take Israeli films in a San Diego festival. Not without knowing more. I mean, if the films were crap, or reactionary propaganda, fair enough, but if they were rejected purely because of where they were from - well, I'm sorry the person was sacked but ...
We should leave "cultural boycott" to the enemy. It's their metier. Trouble is, though, when we don't like someone or something we protest outside, whereas with them, any public protest is just decorative, while they put on effective pressure inside to get people banned and witch-hunted. This effective boycott from above has recently hit a British publisher.
Publish it not in Michigan...
Roger Van Zwanenberg of Pluto Press found his firm was in trouble after Stand With Us, an offshoot of Campus Watch, launched an attack against the University of Michigan Press - Pluto's US distributor. Stand With Us is the same well-funded Zionist student outfit that collected signatures for De Paul university to take away Norman Finkelstein's tenure. When I say signatures, it was an online petition and they were not too careful checking if names were genuine. Myself and a dozen or so other people were shocked to find our names had been added, against our wishes, in what seemed like a deliberate provocation, and we had to keep protesting till they were removed. We don't know how many other supposed signatories were included without their knowledge. Still the vitriolic comments made by some were real enough.
The University of Michigan Press, one of the largest university presses in the States, had been distributing Pluto Press for the past two years. But the Michigan chapter of Stand With Us objected to UMP' s involvement in selling Joel Kovel's book Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel / Palestine.
From what I've heard, I would not rate Kovel's book myself (my pal Dave Rosenberg has reviewed it for the forthcoming edition of Jewish Socialist magazine). But of course Stand With Us does not stick at book criticism. As a result of their attack Michigan has withdrawn the book from sale, and the director has written directly to Joel Kovel to express his intense dislike of this 'reckless, vicious and unmodulated attack on Zionism and all Zionists.'
The Executive Board of the University of Michigan have also become involved, issuing a public statement – without the courtesy of informing anyone at Pluto Press, says Roger Van Zwanenberg - saying they had 'deep reservations about Overcoming Zionism' . and calling into question Pluto's 'commitment to acceptable scholarly standards'. They went on to say 'the Executive Board also arrived at the unanimous view that Pluto Press's decision to publish Overcoming Zionism brings into question the viability of UM Press's distribution agreement with Pluto Press'.
Van Zwanenberg is apparently sticking by his guns, and defending author Kovel, but admits to being worried about the effect on his small company if it is
thus deprived of access to the American market. Whatever we think of this particular author or book, or even whether or not we like Pluto, or Roger Van Zwanenberg, we can only see some more ugly bullying and attempts to silence dissent - coming from the very folk who uphold a "free society" and have been warning us about boycotts and the threat to "academic freedom".
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Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has charged financial institutions and telecommunication companies in the country to find innovative ways of turning mobile phones and the mobile money platform into vehicles of economic emancipation of the many players in the huge informal sector.
He expressed optimism that the rolling out of the system, coupled with other electronic payment channels such as the Instant Pay and the e-bills pay, online banking and the several other channels, would move the nation faster to a cash-lite economy and turn around the fortunes of the economy towards achieving the President's vision of building Ghana beyond aid.
Speaking at the launch of mobile money interoperability system, the Vice-President noted that although Ghana has made many advances and reforms in the banking sector to enhance financial inclusion, the majority of Ghanaians, nearly 70 percent, are still unbanked.
The mobile money interoperability system, which seeks to revolutionise the banking sector, would, among others, enable mobile money customers to send and receive money directly to and from each other, irrespective of the network they are on.
The second phase of the system would afford mobile money customers to move money from their mobile money accounts into bank accounts with ease.
"The mobile revolution, however, provides a major opportunity to solve the problem because millions of people have mobile phones. If financial services can, therefore, be delivered through the mobile phone, we could cover 70 percent of the bankable population", the Vice-President noted.
He added that in a situation where a large segment of the population is unbanked, it means that so much money and savings are held outside the banking system, hence the importance of increasing the supply of savings in the financial system through making financial services available to the population to beat down interest rates.
"One should expect that in an economy where savings in the financial system are low for whatever reason, market-determined interest rates would be higher", he added.
The mobile interoperability system, according to the Vice-President, "reinforces President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's belief that with the right conditions and leadership, there is nothing we cannot achieve as a people".
The introduction of the mobile operability system, according to the Vice-President, forms part of government's policy of increasing financial inclusion, as well as improving domestic resource mobilisation, by first laying the foundations to formalise the Ghanaian economy.
"One of the quickest ways to the formalisation of the economy is to bank the unbanked," he added.
The Vice-President noted that the situation of many Ghanaians remaining unbanked has arisen because the traditional payment systems offered by the major banking institutions do not address the key requirements of the unbanked population.
"Most of the payment system infrastructure which has been developed in Ghana has its origin in the developed world, which has a completely different environment. So for example, when a bank introduces a debit card as an alternative to cash, virtually the entire rural population is excluded because there is limited telecommunications infrastructure, no bank, no ATM or no point of sale offering VISA or MasterCard services".
He noted further that if the formalisation of the economy is done on a comprehensive scale, financial resources locked up in non-financial assets would be brought into the banking system for intermediation, and this could be a significant source of resources "representing potentially three to five times what is being currently intermediated in the financial system".
The Vice-President added that with over 37 million Ghanaians connected to mobile phones, a huge number of people can be brought into the financial space just by using mobile phones.
"The mobile phones are actually great tools of financial intermediation to mobilise deposits and also lend, particularly to our micro, small to medium-scale enterprises. If we are able to position mobile money appropriately, we can turn the fortunes of the economy around. And this would be good because it will affect the small businesses, who are in the majority and who are the ones in dire need of our support."
The phase two of the interoperability platform, according to the Vice-President, will complete the Financial Inclusion Triangle by allowing the movement of monies between and among telcos, banks and e-zwich accounts in a seamless manner, and the flow is back-to-back.
"Also, upon completion of phase two, customers will be able to pull monies from bank accounts to their mobile money accounts. The e-zwich integration is ongoing and the central bank has informed me that all banks will be required to complete the integration that allows customers to pull monies from bank accounts to their mobile money accounts by July 15 this year."
The Vice-President was optimistic that with the milestone achieved, coupled with other electronic payment channels, such as the Instant Pay and the e-bills pay, online banking and the several other channels, "we should be moving faster to a cash-lite economy."
Governor of the bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison lauded the collaborative effort of the various stakeholders in pushing the boundaries of the financial sector of the country.
He noted that the introduction of the mobile money interoperability system presents a huge potential for revenue mobilisation considering the growth of the mobile money ecosystem in Ghana.
The introduction of the system, he said, should offer banks in the country the leverage to reach out to the unbanked.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey, cautioned that any attempt to tax mobile money transactions would be a disincentive to the quest for financial inclusion.
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Aberdeen's Cal Ripken Jr. never saw Jim Spencer play at Andover High School, though they both won World Series championships. Arundel's Denny Neagle never pitched to Mount St. Joseph's Mark Teixeira, though both went on to wear Yankee pinstripes. And even though Steve Johnson of St. Paul's and Steve Clevenger of Mount St. Joe are now both teammates on the Orioles' Class AAA minor league team in Norfolk, Va., they were fierce rivals in the MIAA A Conference.
Ripken, Spencer, Neagle, Teixeira, Steve Johnson and Clevenger are six of the best players in Baltimore's baseball history and now members of a select all-star team, Baltimore's All-Time Amateur Baseball team.
"The Baltimore metro area has really produced a lot of fantastic players," former baseball coach and The Baltimore Sun writer Pat O'Malley said. "Hall of Famers like Cal Ripken, Gold Glovers like Jim Spencer, great pitchers like Moose Haas, Greg Arnold, Chuck Porter. Great athletes like Brian Jordan right on through the guys of today -- Steve Johnson, Gavin Floyd -- there are tremendous athletes and baseball players in the metro area."
O'Malley has spent his entire life around amateur baseball in Baltimore. He played at Mount St. Joe for head coach Jerry Savage during the 1960s, and has coached teams at Loyola Blakefield and Loyola College (now Loyola University), as well as powerhouse amateur squads such as Mike's Auto Mart; the Little Orioles; and Brooklyn Optimist, which won national championships in 1972 and '74.
As a reporter, O'Malley makes high school sports and amateur baseball a priority. He began working at the Baltimore News American in 1969 and retired from The Baltimore Sun in 2005.
He is also an associate scout for the Orioles and has coached high school, collegiate and amateur baseball in town for nearly 30 years. He is currently writing for the Varsity Sports Network.
And now he has come up with Baltimore's All-Time Amateur Baseball team. During the last two months, O'Malley and I have discussed more than 500 players from area, high school and amateur teams and collegiate teams all across the country that featured Baltimore-area players.
We've narrowed that list down to the 350 best players from 1960 to today.
The reason we started in 1960 is that O'Malley graduated from Mount St. Joe in 1964. I graduated from Brooklyn Park High School in 1975, having played three years of varsity baseball for head coach Tim McMullen.
Among the high school and amateur teams I played for was O'Malley's 1974 Brooklyn Optimist team, which won both the Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore City championship and Hot Stove national championship, and finished the year 72-8. Five players from that team are on our all-time teams -- shortstop Frank Thomas, first baseman Joe Powell, pitcher Phil Pundt, and third basemen Mark Stumpf and Bob Oswald.
Together, O'Malley and I have seen virtually every great player in the Baltimore area for the last half century. And though this list includes neither Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who graduated from Southern in 1953, nor Phil Linz, who graduated from Calvert Hall in 1957 and whose seven-year big league career included two World Series appearances with the Yankees, O'Malley and I feel the teams we've selected feature the best Baltimore players since 1960.
"This is really a celebration of 50 years of Baltimore baseball," O'Malley said, "not just high school baseball, which has always been very good around here, but amateur baseball as well. Beginning with Walter Youse and the great Leone's and Johnny's teams, our teams have won numerous national championships and have had a lot of guys drafted. We've competed at the highest level against some of the best teams in the country."
We have separated our players into five teams representing each decade from 1960s through the 2000s. The first of the teams -- the 1960-69 all-time team -- is already on PressBoxOnline.com. Each week, we will highlight another decade.
In the July print edition of PressBox, we will pick our all-time Baltimore team -- The Fab 50 of Baltimore Amateur Baseball.
"It's been a lot of fun putting this all together," O'Malley said. "You forget how many truly great players we've had around here. And then you go back and look them up, and you just shake your head. Hall of Famers, major league All-Stars, college All-Americans, All-Metro and All-County players -- unfortunately, we couldn't name them all to the teams. The entire process has been really fun."
Nearly two dozen of the players have made the big leagues, including Dave Boswell and Ron Swoboda during the 1960s, Mike Bielecki and Haas during the 1970s, Greg Smith and Craig Wilson during the 1980s, Kenny Cloude during the 1990s, and Josh Banks and Steve Lombardozzi during the 2000s, while another 70 have played professional baseball.
Six players were major league All-Stars (Spencer, Ripken, Jordan, Jeff Nelson, Neagle and Teixeira), eight won World Series titles (Spencer, Swoboda, Ripken, Nelson, Neagle, Teixeira, John Miller and Tom Phoebus), three won Gold Gloves (Spencer, Ripken and Teixeira) and one went to the Hall of Fame (Ripken).
Ripken is also one of eight brother combinations to make the teams. Cal and Billy Ripken played at Aberdeen, Alan and Bobby Boyd at Brooklyn Park, and Joe and Wayne King at Cardinal Gibbons. Then, there are Poly's Joe and Mike O'Malley, Arundel's Mike and Chip Ziegler, McDonogh's Ryan and Ian Hendricks, Severna Park's Steve and Scott Neuberger, and Perry Hall's Mandell and Roy Marsh.
Another five were father-son duos: Jerry and Brian Bark; John and Jack Carey; Tim and Brooks Norris; Frank and Joe Vellegia; and Dave and Steve Johnson, who both went on to pitch for the hometown Orioles.
It was Oct. 23, 1996. A crowd of more than 51,000 packed Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium to watch Game 4 of the World Series between the Braves and New York Yankees. It will go down as one of the great nights in Baltimore sports history as Neagle, Nelson and Bielecki all pitched in not just the same World Series game, but the same inning of that game.
"That game really proved how good Baltimore baseball is," O'Malley said. "Three guys from Baltimore in the same World Series game -- that's pretty amazing."
Neagle graduated from Arundel High in 1991, helping coach Bernie Walter win one of his state-record 10 baseball championships. After an outstanding career at the University of Minnesota, Nealge became a third-round draft pick of the Twins' in 1989.
In 1995, he won 13 games with the Pirates and made the All-Star Game. At the end of the 1996 season, he was traded to the Braves, joining the Atlanta staff of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.
With the Braves leading the World Series, 2-1, in 1996, Neagle started Game 4 for Atlanta and took a 5-0 lead and shutout into the sixth inning. Derek Jeter led off the inning with a single and took second when Neagle walked Bernie Williams. Cecil Fielder singled, scoring Jeter, and when Braves right fielder Jermaine Dye misplayed the ball, Williams also scored. Chris Hayes then singled in Fielder, and Neagle's night was finished.
He was replaced by Terrell Wade and then one batter later by Bielecki, who graduated from Dundalk High School in 1977 and then played for O'Malley at Loyola College.
"Mike was one of the best to ever come out of here," said O'Malley, who also coached Bielecki on the Mike's Auto Mart summer team. "As a freshman at Loyola, he was named our MVP. The next year, they dropped the program at Loyola, and he went on to play at Valencia Community College in Florida."
Bielecki was also drafted during the first round of the 1979 winter major league draft, known then as the secondary phase of the draft. He played for five different teams during his big league career, and during that Game 4 of the World Series, he entered the game with the Braves leading, 6-3, and the tying run at the plate.
Bielecki struck out the side and then retired three of the next four batters he faced in the seventh inning as the Braves took a 6-3 lead into the eighth.
Nelson is 6-foot-8 and one of the biggest high school players in Baltimore history. He went to Catonsville High School and then Catonsville Community College. The Los Angeles Dodgers picked him during the 22nd round of the 1984 draft. His career lasted 15 years, primarily with the Mariners and Yankees.
Nelson entered Game 4 of the 1996 World Series in the sixth inning, meaning he, Neagle and Bielecki all pitched in the same inning of the same World Series game.
"I'll never forget that, three Baltimore kids in the same World Series game," said Bielecki, who lives now in Annapolis. "That's pretty unbelievable. Looking back on that night, it was one of the great moments of my career."
Like Bielecki, Nelson pitched two innings and retired six of the seven batters he faced. The Yankees eventually went on to win both the game and the series as Nelson pitched 4.1 scoreless innings during three games.
He and Neagle also pitched during Game 1 of the series, while Bielecki pitched in two 1996 World Series games and did not allow a run.
Neagle went on to win 20 games for the Braves in 1997. In 1998, Teixeira closed out one of the great high school careers in local history. The Red Sox drafted him out of high school, though he chose to attend Georgia Tech instead. In 2000, he earned the Dick Howser Award as National Collegiate Player of the Year.
Teixeira grew up in Severna Park, a long home run from Kinder Park. So did Floyd. In fact, they lived across the street from each other. While Teixeira was finishing up his All-American career at Georgia Tech, Floyd was dazzling scouts with his wicked curveball and 92-mph fastball at Mount St. Joe.
Like Teixeira in 1998, Floyd was O'Malley's pick as The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro Player of the Year in 2001. On June 6, 2001, Floyd and Teixeira made baseball history and became part of another magic moment in Baltimore sports history -- when two neighbors from the same high school were selected among the top five picks of the same major league draft.
I was standing in the basement of Rodney and Elaine Floyd's home in Severna Park, and the tension was noticeable. The phone rang, and it was Ed Wade, the general manager of the Phillies, telling Floyd they were going take him with the fourth pick of the draft.
A few minutes later, the Floyds received news from their neighbors across the street that the Texas Rangers had selected Teixeira with the fifth pick. After some tears, a few long embraces and a couple of phone calls, Floyd and his parents made the short walk across the street to the Teixeira house, where Teixeira was celebrating his good news with his family.
It was one of those moments that live forever.
There have been others.
April 27, 1968 -- Mount St. Joe's Phoebus pitched a no-hitter at Memorial Stadium as the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 6-0. He was 50-37 during his five seasons as an Oriole, and one of his wins came against the Cincinnati Reds during Game 2 of the 1970 World Series.
Aug. 8, 1989 -- Overlea's Dave Johnson pitched a complete game for his first major league win as the Orioles beat the Twins at Memorial Stadium. On Aug. 8, 2012, his son, Steve Johnson, got his first major league win for the hometown Orioles, against the Seattle Mariners.
September 1995 -- Ripken took a ceremonial jog around the Oriole Park warning track, shaking hands and embracing the fans after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games-played streak of 2,131.
March 31, 2014 -- There were thunderous cheers at Camden Yards as the hometown fans welcomed Mount St. Joe's Clevenger, an Anne Arundel County native, back to Baltimore for his first Opening Day as an Oriole.
They are all part of a special fraternity and now a special team -- Baltimore's All-Time Amateur Baseball team.


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Islam Expo & Other Stuff
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A very quick note… I went to Islam Expo today… lots happened… very cool stuff, māshā'Allāh… but I can't tell you now! In the mean time, check out my photos on Flickr.
Oh, and I have "outed" myself at the Expo, pretty much. I had a bunch of snazzy business cards printed off to give out to anyone I thought needed to be convinced that I was a serious blogger-type person. I know… it was tough!
Unfortunately, the timing was off. I didn't put "Dr" so-n-so on the business card, cos I am paranoid about using the title until I have official confirmation from the University of London that I have passed, in the form of a proper certificate. Well, the official confirmation decided to turn up two months early, just after I left the house to pick up the cards! Ah well… I am happy either way, alhamdulillah!
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that's some pretty nice pictures! I wish I could be there too, where is it? Kheyr InshaAllah :)
Was gona go today … all underground was cut off … man under a train or something
ishallah 2mor
Hey, I wanna see a picture of the business card! :D
Heartiest Congratulations on receiving the 'title' :p May Allah have a thousand blessings stored in it for you… and the Ummah too!
Valentina – thanks! The event was based at the Kensington Olympia in London.
Sabeur – there were also a lot of engineering works this weekend, which made travelling from East London a right pain, subhanallah! It is quite freaky when they tell you that there is someone under the train though… Did you go in the end?
Mouse – I am gonna e-mail the pdf to MM insha'Allah.
misspecs – Ameen thumma Ameen!
Nice, this event coincided with Journey of Faith in Toronto which was totally awesome!
Sh. Tawfique Chawdhry (u/w?) was a really informative, charismatic and heart-softening speak, ma sha'Allah. Londoners are blessed to have him as a teacher at AlKauthar (u/w?) Institute.
We're soo excited to have AlKawthar come to Toronto in the Fall. Have you heard his lectures iMuslim?
I am glad you enjoyed this weekend too! I am familiar with the Shaykh via MuslimMatters, but I have not attended any of his workshops yet, unfortunately. Insha'Allah, I will try soon…


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June 17, 2003
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara University men's tennis coach George Husack announced the addition of two transfers to the Bronco program, as Gernot Fischer of Tennessee Tech University and Eric Kochanski of West Virginia University have made commitments to play on the mission campus for the 2003-04 season.
"I am very excited that Gernot has chosen Santa Clara to finish his college tennis career," Husack said. "He brings top-level experience, having competed against some of the best programs in the country. Gernot will no doubt have an immediate impact to our program."
"Eric is quite an athlete and an unbelievably determined tennis player," Husack said. "He has taken it upon himself to work very hard on his game and the results clearly demonstrate his progress."
Fischer and Kochanski will join Kevin McQuaid of Huntington Beach, and Bobby Rasmussen of Greenwood Village, Colo., in the Broncos' incoming recruiting class. McQuaid and Rasmussen made their commitments during earlier signing periods.
"We have added experience, depth and talent to our lineup and these four individuals are tremendous additions to the program," Husack added. "When combined with our returners, this team is going to be very solid from top to bottom. I can't wait for practice to get started in the fall and see how we position ourselves for the West Coast Conference Championship and NCAA Tournament in 2004."
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A recent article in the San Mateo Daily Journal really caught our attention. The article essentially stated the Realtors feel that the residential smoking ban in Belmont has hurt the condo market – so much so that they say it could be a reason that not a single condo or townhouse sold in Belmont in the month of September. This piqued COWs interest, not because we are worried about Woodside's condominium market, since there isn't one, but it made us wonder about the welfare of our COW-munity's real estate market in general.
Then, we came across an article from Altos Research Real Estate Insights entitled; Housing Boom? Not in Woodside, noting that sales have been flat since 2006 in Woodside well before some other cities and towns started having trouble.
So we took a look at the figures. Over the last 4 years, there have been ups and downs in the market, but the main trend is that it takes longer to sell a property. The average days on market in Woodside went from 75 in 2004 up to an average high of 116 so far this year. Also the number of houses sold went from 100 in 2004 to only 60 so far this year!
Why is this down trend occurring? Could it be solely attributed the general slump in the real estate market or the credit crunch? Or is there something more, since some of our neighbors do not seem to be affected like Woodside has with this slowdown. Portola Valley averages just 67 days on the market. Palo Alto's average is 60 days. Hillsborough homes are on the market an average of 66 days and Atherton homes only 53 days. And all of these towns have a higher price per square foot, except Portola Valley. So in most cases, buyers are paying more and buying faster in our neighboring towns.
Could part of the answer be the unreasonable and time consuming building and planning process? Many COW-munity members do believe that word of the unwarranted hassle of dealing with Woodside's Council, Planning Commission, ASRB and staff has spread around the Bay area and many potential buyers are heading towards cities other than ours.
The data does have one positive though. The price per square foot in Woodside has definitely continued to rise. The average price per square foot in 2003 was $670.06 as compared to this year when the average has been $851.17.
So, COWs, despite having to deal with some un-pleasantries when building or remodeling and having to spend far more than we should have to in order to get permits to make our pastures what we want them to be, at least, values continue to go up. Now, once we want to sell ……that's another story.


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The clamping force that hold the wheel to the hub is provided by the studs.
When you tighten the nut, the stud stretches a little, tiny tiny amount, and it's now in its "elastic"...
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The clamping force that hold the wheel to the hub is provided by the studs.
When you tighten the nut, the stud stretches a little, tiny tiny amount, and it's now in its "elastic"...
Dell D630 survives yet another coffee explosion over the keyboard.
Sharp, you've earned your (s)mug ;D
I was hoping you'd add rubber, for safety you know >:D
Jokes aside, what's your take on airguns and lubing (trying not to say nuts)
Most likely all the studs are now stretched past the yield point and are a ticking time bomb.
The place should apologise, make amends and prevent the same from happening ever again.
Here's a...
Glad to hear Merino is still tops, I shall pay them a visit, it has been years.
Not to make you jealous, but Oom Eckhardt in Jansenville charged me R120/kg, but that was a year ago. I'll get an...
The new Polo is brilliant. It actually makes the Golf a little pointless...
The worst I can say about it is, its as common as chips, (they do sell over 3000 of them a month) and theres a...
Haha my comment was TIC.
But jokes aside, generations of Karoo farmers off road every day without diff lock, 4x4 or an internet connection. We're born into it.
Probably mentioned before:
As slow as possible, as fast as necessary.
But one I never knew is that you must have a 4x4 to go off road. We've been climbing mountains in 2WD bakkies for decades...
So how was the wors?
I'm heading that way soon, need to see a man about a dog, and getting wors is a good excuse.
It's called ambition ;D
The keen eyed might figure out from which model parts-bin-specialists VW sourced that instrument cluster from :)
Just be sure to keep those caps on. It keeps dirt out the valves, and prevents someone from accidentally pushing the valve open. Aircon refrigerant is nasty stuff, you dont want it on your skin.
Very cool hey. For such a cheap car its very slick.
Try these people:
They've done some fantastic work for me in the past, not the cheapest but flawless results every time.
Shortsightedness like this is what keeps Africa a 3rd world. >:(
Dit was 'n voorreg Oom, ons sal altyd dankbaar wees.
Party mense kamp met 1 tent, die Oom het sommer sy eie kompleks ;D
Poor Isuzu
Brilliant bakkies, but the brand has always been the stepchild of some inept parent company. Delta had their moments, but under GM the Isuzu brand majorly fell out of favor with bakkie...
That second picture...
I've heard of "everything and the kitchen sink", but that's everything and TWO kitchen sinks ;D
People say a bakkie makes you look manly, let me tell* you, it takes real big cahoonas to show up at a Karoo family braai, in a Prius...
*just take my word, unlike some ministers, I don't make...
Very valid question. Long distance travel is typically the nemesis of tiny city cars. Small engines, short wheelbases, light bodies and short gearing just does not add up to a relaxed long distance...
Thanks Brian that is great feedback. I will admit, I was getting worried that I might suffer from confirmation bias because my praise for the up! has been pretty consistent for the past year....
You need to go to Gumtree, sell the Dislex and buy a D3 V8.
Not being nasty.
I'm properly jealous over that sound system :-\
I had to pay R1000 extra to upgrade to a 6 speaker system from the standard 2 speakers and it's still only meh at best.
Stupid VW that cannot...
No not at all. In fact I struggle to come up with anything new to say about the car, as a year into owning it I've pretty much covered all it's quirks and features.
There's a 30 000km...
The funniest thing I ever saw in Nam was in 2011, a rental Hyundai Atos stuck in the sand at Sossusvlei. Driven by two very, erm, pleasant Dutch girls, it was amazing how far they managed to get ;D
Some experience and a few observations:
The vehicles I've owned with runflat tyres:
1. BMW 335i convertible.
2. Mini Cooper S
3. Mini Cooper S
4. Mini Cooper S (don't ask why I had 3...
I've had one vehicle mapped while under warranty by the manufacturer.
Owned a 2008 Volvo C70, 5 cylinder turbo motor, puts out 169kW and 320Nm standard. Volvo at the time offered a "Polestar"...
My favorite butcher used to be Deluxe in Uitenhage, near the VW factory. But some years ago the old man passed away and I think he had a lot of recipes in his head, because ever since it's become hit...
Dit hang af waar die probleem le. Ek weet nie hoe die Amarok sy ligte krag gee nie. As die Amarok sy ligte krag gee direk van die CANBUS af, dan behoort daar geen relay of fuses te wees nie. Op so...
Oom Eckhardt in Jansenville is a mere 200km away ;D
It will be a nice drive :)
Best I know is Merino, they are open on Monday again.
Werk die Amarok se hoof ligte direk via die CANBUS of kom die krag van die battery af deur 'n relay? Ek neem aan opsie 2.
Kan jou autolec beitjie meer spesifiek wees as hy se die relay het...
For the final few years of her life my gran lost all her sight and hearing, yet her mind remained crystal clear. I cannot think of a greater torture.
One of the last things she scribbled on a piece...
It's probably safe to assume the 2.5 has the same service schedule, minus the 4x4 bits of course.
So far it's proving to be extremely reasonable to service at the dealer, so I'll...
Looks like a floater to me
Demmit now I'm quoted I can't claim I never said that ;D
Too late...


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Crabtree & Evelyn Kit
Oh how I used to LOVE walking into Crabtree & Evelyn! That was before they changed all the packaging!
I didn't care what the product was or the scent if I loved the box it came in! I loved the tins that had powders in them. Bath salts, soaps, beautiful tins of biscuits. It was all about the images for me they could have sold them all to me empty in the mid 1980's. Next door was Laura Ashley. Also something that I loved before Laura passed away.
So in memory of that.... When I found this Crabtree & Evelyn kit in 1: 12 scale I bought it. They had all of the fragrances to choose from in miniature. When the kit arrived I wasn't too impressed but as I started putting it together I thought all these items would look great in the bathroom cabinet I am working on. That will contain linens, bowls of soaps and filled glass apothecary jars.
I still miss the old Crabtree & Evelyn look.
By email request...I have been asked to restore this link for the monograms... http://www.etsy.com/shop/Yebisu?ref=seller_info
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q bonitos y en malva mi color favorito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
muy bonito y elegante ¡¡ te felicito ¡¡ReplyDelete
¡Qué bonito todo! Las cositas y el color, que es precioso. Un besoReplyDelete
Love the kit, i also love old packaging. It's amazing to me what they could do so long ago without a computer.lolReplyDelete
Love the bottles in your shot,so pretty.
It's the little details to give shape to the whole. These classic fragrances, add a touch of charm to the bathroom of a Lady :-)ReplyDelete
About the kit: I'm beginning to measure myself with the construction of the house and furniture and sometimes it seems to me that I'll never ...
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¡Muy bien logrados los frascos!!ReplyDelete
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The kit is really beautiful! Congratulations on your purchase.ReplyDelete
Oh that is so precious!ReplyDelete
Un conjunto ideal para cualquier baño,precioso!!!ReplyDelete
Couldn't agree with you more regarding packaging. Cute kit!ReplyDelete
it's so lovely!!ReplyDelete
Agreed on the cool packaging (and Laura Ashley!). I still have some bottles and boxes on display from years ago. Although, I did love the more recent Gardeners hand soap and other products with illustrations by Laura Stoddard.ReplyDelete
Very lovely Catherine,especially why I love lavender! But also the other kits,which are available look beautiful.A great accessories for your house;-)! JeannetteReplyDelete
You have made this kit to perfection Catherine. It looks fabulous, I will so enjoy seeing this in your little cabinet. I understand totally what you mean about the older packaging, I enjoyed their original boxes far better than what they offer today.ReplyDelete
Catherine, They came out really wonderful. I can't wait to see your little shelf that you are making and filling!!! It will be wonderful!!!ReplyDelete
Ciao Catherine,sono una nuova seguitrice del tuo blog,mi chiamo MelyG,devo dire che questo set è molto elegante,si, è davvero bello,attendo di vedere come starà nel mobile del tuo bagno!!ReplyDelete
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Lovely items! They are perfect for the bathroom cabinet. ComplimentsReplyDelete
Wow these come from kit, impressive, very well made indeed :)ReplyDelete
It all looks lovely together. I too loved all the older packaging. But the smell in the shop still brings back old memories.ReplyDelete


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Sarah Brew to Address FDA Targeted Inspections in Audio Conference
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In this audio conference presentation, Sarah will discuss the latest hot-button issues related to FDA inspections, as well as how to prepare for FDA's enhanced inspection authority and actions to take both before and during an inspection. The audio conference will cover:
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Blancpain Endurance Series Silverstone
A points finish in the Pro-Am class and being right on the pace from the off, in spite of never having completed a lap in the car before Saturday, was a satisfying way to start the 2014 season for me. I was first in the car in the first session on Saturday but the weather made conditions nearly impossible, with the car aquaplaning on the straights before the rain got even heavier giving us no option but to head to the pits after 6 laps to wait it out. Conditions had improved in time for the afternoon Pre Qualifying session and I was first in the car to string a few laps together. My times were mid pack, a few tenths off the number 7 works Bentley and ahead of the second car which was satisfying. I handed the car over to my team mates after about 25 minutes - conditions were still wet but began to improve and by the last half hour there was a dry line and slicks were the way to go. I jumped in the car at the very end for my first dry laps in the car and did two laps before the flag, my first put me P4 overall, which dropped down the order as others improved, and my second put me P9 overall, P4 in class and fastest Bentley. The car felt good straight away and gave me confidence to push which is testament to the development work put in by Bentley to the Continental GT3.
Race day was brighter but the track was still damp as qualifying started. By the time I went out for my session it was almost dry - the car felt good and I finished my session P10 overall out of 44, and P3 in class. We started the race in P22 on the grid and Steve Tandy was first up. He ran strongly in P25 until handing over to me just before the hour mark. I rejoined in P33 after the stop and eased the tyres in gently which stood me in good stead later in the stint. There were big gaps between the cars ahead (as well as lots of traffic) but I chased down and passed a few cars, being among the fastest on track, climbing up to P20 overall and P9 in class before handing over to James Appleby. After a safety car interrupted stint, James was running in P18 overall and P8 in class but an intermittent issue with the car cutting out lost us a place near the end. The guys at Appleby Engineering worked flat out to sort some issues in the week running up to the race, so a points finish was a fantastic result for their Blancpain Endurance Series debut. I would love another opportunity to race the Bentley, now that I'm more familiar with it!


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Soft, silver-blue foliage on a graceful, upright evergreen shrub that grows steadily, but never gets out of hand. A plant like that deserves a place in every garden, and it describes perfectly the Boulevard Cypress. This classic evergreen has proved its worth in gardens for a long time, and it remains one of the top choices, and a 'go-to' plant for that contrasting cool-blue color in an easy-care plant.
Boulevard Cypress Trees grow at a moderate pace to around 6 feet tall, and eventually will grow taller, while staying only 2 to 3 feet wide. The Boulevard Cypress can easily be clipped for a neater outline, and to control its size, but unclipped it has a natural neatness without being stiff and rigid. In winter the foliage often takes on a beautiful somber purple shade, contrasting well with the snow. In spring the new foliage will return the plant to its silver-blue coloring.
Growing Boulevard Cypress Trees
The Boulevard Cypress is a key element for the foundation planting around your home that should be a top priority when improving your garden. A mixture of mostly evergreen shrubs in a variety of lower heights and different forms will soften the hard angles of a building and blend it into the surrounding areas. Most of the classic foundations plants are green, so the icy-blue of this cypress is ideal for contrast. Since it needs no clipping, its slightly softer outline contrasts well with the crispness of those plants you do clip.
Uses on Your Property
A pair on either side of a door, or framing a low window, is an excellent feature. Use this plant both in the angle between walls and to soften an outside corner. In a completely different way, use this plant mixed with other evergreens of different forms to create an attractive, low-maintenance garden bed that becomes better and better with the passage of time. Mulch it with crushed gravel or river pebbles, and you never need to think about the garden again. For an interesting short screen, plant a row of these cypress about 2 feet apart along a fence, or wherever you want to create a backdrop, or screen an ugly feature.
Planting and Initial Care
Plant the Boulevard Cypress in full sun in cooler regions, and in partial shade in hotter places. Morning sun, but some shade from the hot afternoon sun is best if you are in a hot area. It will grow well in any soil that is well-drained, and benefits from more fertile soil and regular watering, especially when it is newly planted. It will tolerate moderate drought when well established, and it has no significant pests or diseases to cause problems. It is usually not eaten by deer in winter. If you want to clip your plant – although it is not really necessary except to keep it a little smaller – then do it in early spring before the new growth begins.
History and Origins of the Boulevard Cypress
The foliage color certainly makes the Boulevard Cypress a favorite, but it is also the soft touch of the foliage that has made it a winner. Unlike other bristly evergreens, this is one you will love to stroke. The ferny softness comes from a particular form of the original plant, the Sawara Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera). This Japanese tree grows 100 to 150 feet tall in the mountain forests of Japan. It is not a true cypress, so it is often also called 'false cypress'. The wild tree is not grown in gardens, but many different forms have been collected.
There are three forms of this tree: the 'filifera', or thread form, with long whip-like young branches, the 'plumosa' form, with ferny, open branches in sprays, and the 'squarrosa', or moss form, with soft, dense foliage. The Boulevard Cypress was found in 1934 at the Boulevard Nurseries, Middletown, Rhode Island. It was a branch different to the parent 'squarrosa' bush it was growing on. This unusual branch was gathered and reproduced for sale. Obviously, it was named after the nursery where it was found. The business was founded in 1910 and still exists today.
Buying Boulevard Cypress Trees
Only plants with the name 'Boulevard' will be the right thing, and cheap seedling plants can never even begin to approach this plant in color, texture, size or beauty. The Boulevard Cypress is a classic that should be in every garden. Despite its long existence it is always in demand from gardeners who know and appreciate how good a plant this really is. We do have a good stock of top-quality plants, but we also know how quickly we will be shipping them out. This means that if you want the best, order now while stocks last.


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Why UK employers like postgraduate candidates with work experience – and how to get it
Employers in the UK make high demands of potential employees. Having a postgraduate qualification will show commmitment to your subject and to your personal development – particularly if you have shown passion for a career area through a conversion course or study of a speciialist area – but employers will also want to see that you can fit into the workplace and apply your skills and commitment to a working environment. That's where work experience can help.
Check your status
If you want to work in the UK either during your course or after graduation you will have to check your status. Different rules apply for foreign nationals from different countries. However, most students are allowed to work undertake:
- term-time employment up to a maximum of 20 hours a week
- vacation work (full-time hours)
- industrial placements as part of their course, a summer internship or part of an MBA
- work shadowing
- voluntary work.
Looking for jobs
A wide variety of jobs may be available in your area and don't be put off by quite menial work. UK employers will view any work experience in a positive light and it will give you an insight to another part of our culture that you might not otherwise have had. For part-time or vacation work of a general nature, check out the jobs board on your university website, look in local papers and newsagents and ask friends and any relatives who live in the UK. If you are seeking an internship or a course-related work placement, your tutors or the Careers Service will be able to offer advice. Check the websites of any of the organisations that offer work in your field for vacancies. Work-related experience can sometimes lead to full-time employment in the future so it is worth putting some effort into this.
The Careers Service will also be helpful when it comes to seeking full-time employment after graduation but you may find it works differently to your own country. They don't, for example, preselect students for specific job vacancies, nor do they forward CVs to employers. Instead they provide you with information and guidance and then it up to you to make applications or approaches if you wish.
Some of the best advice on making applications, writing covering letters, and preparing for interviews and psychometric tests can be found in your university's Career Service Guide. Careers advisers can also offer tips and hints on making applications look professional and even give you mock interviews.
Sources of help and advice
The Home Office: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working
Council for International Student Affairs: www.ukcisa.org.uk. Free telephone advice line 020 7107 9922, general line 020 7354 5210.


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Wishing all those writing the May CFE this Wednesday, May 25 – Friday, May 27 the very best! You've worked hard for the past weeks whether you had the 5-6 weeks off or had to do it around work and (some) relief is near.
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- If you haven't already taken the weekend off, make sure you take a break before Wednesday. At minimum I would suggest taking Tuesday entirely off from work and study. Don't study anymore during the exam, you need to rest in between days.
- Sleep is super important. Get a good sleep before the exam and during the three days.
- Remember, this is a three-day examination and every day counts. Don't get discouraged if you have a bad day and think that you've failed so you won't try as hard on what's left. Most people feel terrible walking out of one or more of the exam days. Every day count and you need to put in 100% on all three days.
- Don't talk about the exam until after it's over. There is little reward and lots of risk of getting discouraged because you missed something that somebody else had identified (correctly or not).
With that, good luck and best wishes!