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Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
Posted by Québec de Droite in Délocalisation, Entreprise, États-Unis, Mondialisation, Protectionniste on vendredi 15 juillet 2011
Voici un excellent article, qui pourrait servir comme référence sur les méfaits de la mondialisation sauvage.
Commentaire personnel sur la pensée magique des bienfaits de la mondialisation
Cet article est écrit par l'ancien cofondateur d'Intel, Andrew Grove, il est nettement plus crédible que le journaliste ou l'économisme qui parle des bienfaits de la mondialisation, et qui n'a jamais créé de la richesse de sa vie.
Remarque que certains économistes ont plus de discernement que d'autres, par contre beaucoup d'entre eux n'ont aucune idée de la réalité économique.
Nous avons une blague entre entrepreneurs sur les économistes.
«Ils peuvent discourir des heures sur la richesse, mais ils seraient incapables de faire fonctionner un dépanneur (épicerie) sur le coin d'une rue.»
Étant un entrepreneur à la retraite où ma compagnie faisait de l'exportation, j'ai subi la compétition des Chinois, Japonais, Français, Belge et Américain, je sais de quoi je parle. Me battre contre les Américains ou les Européens aucun problème, nous avons à peu près les mêmes coûts salariaux et sociaux, mais me battre contre un Chinois qui fait dix fois moins que toi, et aussi intelligent et entreprenant que toi, oublie cela, c'est une grosse fumisterie.
La mondialisation sauvage ne sert qu'aux intérêts des actionnaires et aux pays émergents, ils se foutent totalement de la délocalisation des emplois dans les pays d'origine, faire des milliards de profits avec un minimum de coûts pour satisfaire la soif insatiable des actionnaires.
À quoi sa sert à avoir un IPAD à 400 $, si tu n'as plus de job et tu es de plus en plus pauvre, car tu es taxé de tous bords, parce que tu es le seul qui reste pour compenser les déficits de ton pays, car entre-temps les multinationales eux se sont arrangées pour faire du chantage ou de l'évasion fiscale, pour avoir un minimum d'impôts à payer.
Ça M. les journalistes et économistes à la gomme, c'est la RÉALITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE.
Bon, assez de venin pour aujourd'hui devant les imbécillités, que je lis quelques fois. L'article mérite mieux que mes doléances, mais enfin personne n'est parfait et ça m'a fait du bien !
Extrait de : Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs, Bloomberg Businessweek, July 1, 2010
The former Intel chief says "job-centric" leadership and incentives are needed to expand U.S. domestic employment again
Recently an acquaintance at the next table in a Palo Alto (Calif.) restaurant introduced me to his companions, three young venture capitalists from China. They explained, with visible excitement, that they were touring promising companies in Silicon Valley. I've lived in the Valley a long time, and usually when I see how the region has become such a draw for global investments, I feel a little proud.
Not this time. I left the restaurant unsettled. Something did not add up. Bay Area unemployment is even higher than the 9.7 percent national average. Clearly, the great Silicon Valley innovation machine hasn't been creating many jobs of late—unless you're counting Asia, where American tech companies have been adding jobs like mad for years.
The underlying problem isn't simply lower Asian costs. It's our own misplaced faith in the power of startups to create U.S. jobs. Americans love the idea of the guys in the garage inventing something that changes the world. New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman recently encapsulated this view in a piece called "Start-Ups, Not Bailouts." His argument: Let tired old companies that do commodity manufacturing die if they have to. If Washington really wants to create jobs, he wrote, it should back startups.
Friedman is wrong. Startups are a wonderful thing, but they cannot by themselves increase tech employment. Equally important is what comes after that mythical moment of creation in the garage, as technology goes from prototype to mass production. This is the phase where companies scale up. They work out design details, figure out how to make things affordably, build factories, and hire people by the thousands. Scaling is hard work but necessary to make innovation matter.
The scaling process is no longer happening in the U.S. And as long as that's the case, plowing capital into young companies that build their factories elsewhere will continue to yield a bad return in terms of American jobs.
What Went Wrong?
Scaling used to work well in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs came up with an invention. Investors gave them money to build their business. If the founders and their investors were lucky, the company grew and had an initial public offering, which brought in money that financed further growth.
I am fortunate to have lived through one such example. In 1968 two well-known technologists and their investor friends anted up $3 million to start Intel (INTC), making memory chips for the computer industry. From the beginning we had to figure out how to make our chips in volume. We had to build factories, hire, train, and retain employees, establish relationships with suppliers, and sort out a million other things before Intel could become a billion-dollar company. Three years later the company went public and grew to be one of the biggest technology companies in the world. By 1980, 10 years after our IPO, about 13,000 people worked for Intel in the U.S.
Not far from Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., other companies developed. Tandem Computers went through a similar process, then Sun Microsystems, Cisco (CSCO), Netscape, and on and on. Some companies died along the way or were absorbed by others, but each survivor added to the complex technological ecosystem that came to be called Silicon Valley.
As time passed, wages and health-care costs rose in the U.S. China opened up. American companies discovered that they could have their manufacturing and even their engineering done more cheaply overseas. When they did so, margins improved.
Management was happy, and so were stockholders.
Growth continued, even more profitably. But the job machine began sputtering.
The 10X Factor
Today, manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is about 166,000, lower than it was before the first PC, the MITS Altair 2800, was assembled in 1975
Meanwhile, a very effective computer manufacturing industry has emerged in Asia, employing about 1.5 million workers—factory employees, engineers, and managers.
The largest of these companies is Hon Hai Precision Industry,
also known as Foxconn.
The company has grown at an astounding rate, first in Taiwan and later in China. Its revenues last year were $62 billion, larger than Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), or Intel. Foxconn employs over 800,000 people, more than the combined worldwide head count of Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel, and Sony (SNE) (figure-C).
Until a recent spate of suicides at Foxconn's giant factory complex in Shenzhen, China, few Americans had heard of the company. But most know the products it makes: computers for Dell and HP, Nokia (NOK) cell phones, Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles, Intel motherboards, and countless other familiar gadgets.
Some 250,000 Foxconn employees in southern China produce Apple's products. Apple, meanwhile, has about 25,000 employees in the U.S. That means for every Apple worker in the U.S. there are 10 people in China working on iMacs, iPods, and iPhones. The same roughly 10-to-1 relationship holds for Dell, disk-drive maker Seagate Technology (STX), and other U.S. tech companies.
You could say, as many do, that shipping jobs overseas is no big deal because the high-value work—and much of the profits—remain in the U.S. That may well be so. But what kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work—and masses of unemployed?
Exactement, alors on fait quoi avec tous les emplois intermédiaires, ou les gens qui n'ont pas la capacité ou la volonté d'aller à l'université, on les met au chômage ou sur le BS ?
Since the early days of Silicon Valley, the money invested in companies has increased dramatically, only to produce fewer jobs. Simply put, the U.S. has become wildly inefficient at creating American tech jobs. We may be less aware of this growing inefficiency, however, because our history of creating jobs over the past few decades has been spectacular—masking our greater and greater spending to create each position. Should we wait and not act on the basis of early indicators? I think that would be a tragic mistake, because the only chance we have to reverse the deterioration is if we act early and decisively.
Already the decline has been marked. It may be measured by way of a simple calculation—an estimate of the employment cost-effectiveness of a company. First, take the initial investment plus the investment during a company's IPO. Then divide that by the number of employees working in that company 10 years later. For Intel this worked out to be about $650 per job—$3,600 adjusted for inflation. National Semiconductor (NSM), another chip company, was even more efficient at $2,000 per job. Making the same calculations for a number of Silicon Valley companies shows that the cost of creating U.S. jobs grew from a few thousand dollars per position in the early years to a hundred thousand dollars today (figure-A). The obvious reason: Companies simply hire fewer employees as more work is done by outside contractors, usually in Asia.
The job machine breakdown isn't just in computers. Consider alternative energy, an emerging industry where there's plenty of innovation. Photovoltaics, for example, are a U.S. invention. Their use in home energy applications was also pioneered by the U.S. Last year, I decided to do my bit for energy conservation and set out to equip my house with solar power. My wife and I talked with four local solar firms. As part of our due diligence, I checked where they get their photovoltaic panels—the key part of the system. All the panels they use come from China. A Silicon Valley company sells equipment used to manufacture photo-active films. They ship close to 10 times more machines to China than to manufacturers in the U.S., and this gap is growing (figure-D). Not surprisingly, U.S. employment in the making of photovoltaic films and panels is perhaps 10,000—just a few percent of estimated worldwide employment.
There's more at stake than exported jobs. With some technologies, both scaling and innovation take place overseas.
Such is the case with advanced batteries. It has taken years and many false starts, but finally we are about to witness mass-produced electric cars and trucks. They all rely on lithium-ion batteries. What microprocessors are to computing, batteries are to electric vehicles. Unlike with microprocessors, the U.S. share of lithium-ion battery production is tiny (figure-E).
That's a problem. A new industry needs an effective ecosystem in which technology knowhow accumulates, experience builds on experience, and close relationships develop between supplier and customer. The U.S. lost its lead in batteries 30 years ago when it stopped making consumer electronics devices. Whoever made batteries then gained the exposure and relationships needed to learn to supply batteries for the more demanding laptop PC market, and after that, for the even more demanding automobile market. U.S. companies did not participate in the first phase and consequently were not in the running for all that followed. I doubt they will ever catch up.
The Key to Job Creation
Scaling isn't easy. The investments required are much higher than in the invention phase. And funds need to be committed early, when not much is known about the potential market. Another example from Intel: The investment to build a silicon manufacturing plant in the '70s was a few million dollars. By the early '90s the cost of the factories that would be able to produce the new Pentium chips in volume rose to several billion dollars. The decision to build these plants needed to be made years before we knew whether the Pentium chip would work or whether the market would be interested in it.
Lessons we learned from previous missteps helped us. Some years earlier, when Intel's business consisted of making memory chips, we hesitated to add manufacturing capacity, not being all that sure about the market demand in years to come. Our Japanese competitors didn't hesitate: They built the plants. When the demand for memory chips exploded, the Japanese roared into the U.S. market and Intel began its descent as a memory chip supplier. Despite being steeled by that experience, I still remember how afraid I was as I asked the Intel directors for authorization to spend billions of dollars for factories to produce a product that did not exist at the time for a market we could not size. Fortunately, they gave their O.K. even as they gulped. The bet paid off.
My point isn't that Intel was brilliant. The company was founded at a time when it was easier to scale domestically. For one thing, China wasn't yet open for business. More importantly, the U.S. had not yet forgotten that scaling was crucial to its economic future.
How could the U.S. have forgotten? I believe the answer has to do with a general undervaluing of manufacturing—the idea that as long as "knowledge work" stays in the U.S., it doesn't matter what happens to factory jobs. It's not just newspaper commentators who spread this idea. Consider this passage by Princeton University economist Alan S. Blinder: "The TV manufacturing industry really started here, and at one point employed many workers. But as TV sets became 'just a commodity,' their production moved offshore to locations with much lower wages. And nowadays the number of television sets manufactured in the U.S. is zero. A failure? No, a success."
I disagree. Not only did we lose an untold number of jobs, we broke the chain of experience that is so important in technological evolution. As happened with batteries, abandoning today's "commodity" manufacturing can lock you out of tomorrow's emerging industry.
Wanted: Job-Centric Economics
Our fundamental economic beliefs, which we have elevated from a conviction based on observation to an unquestioned truism, is that the free market is the best of all economic systems—the freer the better. Our generation has seen the decisive victory of free-market principles over planned economies. So we stick with this belief, largely oblivious to emerging evidence that while free markets beat planned economies, there may be room for a modification that is even better.
Such evidence stares at us from the performance of several Asian countries in the past few decades. These countries seem to understand that job creation must be the No. 1 objective of state economic policy. The government plays a strategic role in setting the priorities and arraying the forces and organization necessary to achieve this goal. The rapid development of the Asian economies provides numerous illustrations. In a thorough study of the industrial development of East Asia, Robert Wade of the London School of Economics found that these economies turned in precedent-shattering economic performances over the '70s and '80s in large part because of the effective involvement of the government in targeting the growth of manufacturing industries.
Consider the "Golden Projects," a series of digital initiatives driven by the Chinese government in the late 1980s and 1990s. Beijing was convinced of the importance of electronic networks—used for transactions, communications, and coordination—in enabling job creation, particularly in the less developed parts of the country. Consequently, the Golden Projects enjoyed priority funding. In time they contributed to the rapid development of China's information infrastructure and the country's economic growth.
How do we turn such Asian experience into intelligent action here and now? Long term, we need a job-centric economic theory—and job-centric political leadership—to guide our plans and actions. In the meantime, consider some basic thoughts from a onetime factory guy.
Silicon Valley is a community with a strong tradition of engineering, and engineers are a peculiar breed. They are eager to solve whatever problems they encounter. If profit margins are the problem, we go to work on margins, with exquisite focus. Each company, ruggedly individualistic, does its best to expand efficiently and improve its own profitability.
However, our pursuit of our individual businesses, which often involves transferring manufacturing and a great deal of engineering out of the country, has hindered our ability to bring innovations to scale at home. Without scaling, we don't just lose jobs—we lose our hold on new technologies. Losing the ability to scale will ultimately damage our capacity to innovate.
The story comes to mind of an engineer who was to be executed by guillotine. The guillotine was stuck, and custom required that if the blade didn't drop, the condemned man was set free. Before this could happen, the engineer pointed with excitement to a rusty pulley, and told the executioner to apply some oil there. Off went his head.
We got to our current state as a consequence of many of us taking actions focused on our own companies' next milestones. An example: Five years ago a friend joined a large VC firm as a partner. His responsibility was to make sure that all the startups they funded had a "China strategy," meaning a plan to move what jobs they could to China. He was going around with an oil can, applying drops to the guillotine in case it was stuck. We should put away our oil cans. VCs should have a partner in charge of every startup's "U.S. strategy."
The first task is to rebuild our industrial commons. We should develop a system of financial incentives: Levy an extra tax on the product of offshored labor.
(If the result is a trade war, treat it like other wars—fight to win.)
Là, il devient sérieux, toute compagnie qui assemble un produit, devra être taxée sur la composition des produits provenant des produits émergents.
Il n'a pas peur des mots, et il est temps que les pays industriels se défendent, car c'est bientôt nous, si ça continue qui va devenir cultivateur de riz ou de patate.
Keep that money separate. Deposit it in the coffers of what we might call the Scaling Bank of the U.S. and make these sums available to companies that will scale their American operations.
Such a system would be a daily reminder that while pursuing our company goals:
All of us in business have a responsibility to maintain the industrial base on which we depend and the society whose adaptability—and stability—we may have taken for granted.
I fled Hungary as a young man in 1956 to come to the U.S. Growing up in the Soviet bloc, I witnessed first-hand the perils of both government overreach and a stratified population. Most Americans probably aren't aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed. It was 1932; thousands of jobless veterans were demonstrating outside the White House. Soldiers with fixed bayonets and live ammunition moved in on them, and herded them away from the White House. In America!
Unemployment is corrosive.
If what I'm suggesting sounds protectionist, so be it.
Every day, that Palo Alto restaurant where I met the Chinese venture capitalists is full of technology executives and entrepreneurs. Many of them are my friends. I understand the technological challenges they face, along with the financial pressure they're under from directors and shareholders. Can we expect them to take on yet another assignment, to work on behalf of a loosely defined community of companies, employees, and employees yet to be hired? To do so is undoubtedly naïve. Yet the imperative for change is real and the choice is simple. If we want to remain a leading economy, we change on our own, or change will continue to be forced upon us.
Andrew Grove
Andrew Grove de son vrai nom András István Gróf (né le 2 septembre 1936) est un ingénieur et docteur en génie chimique, chef d'entreprise américain d'origine hongroise, co-fondateur de la société Intel en 1968 (société inventeur du microprocesseur, dont elle est le premier fabricant mondial) avec Gordon Moore et Robert Noyce. Il est également professeur de stratégie à l'université Stanford dans la Silicon Valley en Californie.
Il naît le 2 septembre 1936 à Budapest en Hongrie dans une famille juive d'origine modeste.
En 1956 il est âgé de 20 ans lors de l'insurrection de Budapest et de l'intervention des chars soviétiques pour réprimer la révolte. Il quitte alors sa famille et fuit son pays pour émigrer vers New York aux États-Unis où il arrive en 1957.
En 1958, il se marie avec Eva Grove avec qui il a eu deux filles.
Il étudie à l'Université de la Ville de New York dont il sort ingénieur en génie chimique et major de promotion en 1960. Il poursuit ses études à l'Université de Berkeley en Californie d'où il sort diplômé d'un doctorat en génie chimique en 1963.
Il travaille d'abord chez Fairchild Semiconductor (première société de fabrication de circuits intégrés.
En 1968, suite à un désaccord sur la stratégie de l'entreprise, il quitte Fairchild Semiconductor avec Gordon Moore et Robert Noyce pour fonder la société Intel à Santa Clara dans la Silicon Valley en Californie. Ils parviennent par leur simple notoriété à trouver l'avance de 2,5 millions de dollars nécessaires à la création de leur entreprise. Il est un des hommes clefs du fulgurant succès de la société Intel. (Elle était estimée à 24 milliards d'euros à la bourse de New York en 2006).
Il devient président d'Intel en 1979 puis PDG en 1987.
Il abandonne son poste de PDG en 1997 et sera président du conseil d'administration jusqu'en 2004. Alors âgé de 68 ans, il prend sa retraite tout en restant administrateur senior du groupe et professeur de stratégie à l'Université Stanford en Californie.
Il a trouvé Robert Noyce trop "bon garçon", attitude qui l'irritait profondément. Il explique dans sa biographie Seuls les paranoïaques survivent que le moteur psychique qui lui a permis de mener son entreprise au sommet a été durant 38 ans la peur intense des concurrents, des consommateurs et des progrès techniques, la peur permanente de se faire dépasser, de ne pas pouvoir s'adapter à l'évolution et de périr, le stress qui l'a forcé à se remettre en cause de façon permanente quitte à être paranoïaque.
Il est choisi comme personnalité de l'année selon Time Magazine en 1997.
Lecture complémentaire :
Un autre article qui a autant de contenu, il est impératif de garder un écosystème industriel.
Destruction of an economic ecosystem
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No Croutons Required this month. Taking the baton from my good friend Lisa over at Lisa's Kitchen.
What's No Croutons Required?
Each month we ask bloggers to submit one of their veggie or vegan soups or salads they have created during the current month, then at the end of the month Lisa and myself take turns sharing them with our readers. They are always inspiring.
So we're on the cusp of Winter, will that mean we lean more heavily towards soups? Tune in at the end of the month to find out and if you're a blogger do join in and add your recipe below.
Have a great October everyone!
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An innings of 86 from Lincolnshire top order batsman Jonathan Trower just enabled the Easter Division champions to avoid the follow on as Northumberland continued to dominate their three-day Minor counties match at Jesmond, writes JEFF BOWRON.
Trower hit 12 fours before he was the ninth wicket to fall as the visitors' first innings closed on 298 in the 95th over - 22 runs past the follow on figure.
Martin Pollard took an early wicket when Lincolnshire replied to Northumberland's massive first-day total of 426 for eight when Jason Harrison was caught behind by Phil Nicholson for five.
A stand of 108 in 27 overs between Richard Howitt and Martin Dobson then held up North until Harrison was caught down the leg side by Nicholson off John Graham for 75.
Off-spinner Lee Crozier then trapped Dobson leg before for 59 and when fellow spinner Steve Chapman claimed two cheap wickets Lincolnshire were struggling on a 190 for five.
Chapman and Crozier bowled 51 overs in tandem but Trower remained defiant until caught at gully by Adam Heather to give strike bowler Graeme Angus the first of his two wickets. Chapman claimed four for 81 from his 33 overs as Northumberland claimed a maximum eight bonus points.
The County then stretched their lead to 208 with nine wickets in hand, Chapman unbeaten on 38 and Graham 34, with Heather the only wicket to fall when he edged Bobby Chapman to wicketkeeper Ollie Burford early on.


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Dating seems to be getting harder and harder. Even when you find the potential 'one' marrying your lives together is extremely difficult. Recently I met with Steve from Gabriel who's taking his background in Sales coaching to and life experience to set up a relationship coaching service, right here in Harrogate.
Dating in the 21st Century explained by Steve
In this post, Steve helps to explain why it's so hard to date in today world…
As a middle aged man that was widowed in my 30s and then divorced in my late 40s, I've had the fortune (or misfortune) to have experienced the changes in how we meet potential partners and dated through three periods. (Actually when did "dating" become a thing? We used to just "go out" with someone). Firstly there were those comparatively care free days of my youth that stretched into my 20s, when meeting someone, going out and starting a relationship largely just happened. We didn't have reality TV programmes or blogs to refer to for "inspiration". Then after my wife died, coming up to the end of the last century (that makes it sound longer ago than 19 years), we were in the era when the internet was just truly getting going – it was clunky and we didn't have broadband or smart phones, so using it for anything was much slower than nowadays (perhaps, in the world of dating, not necessarily a bad thing). Then, after getting divorced 7 years ago I found myself in the current era, and gosh how things seem to have changed.
It's all about the technology now, isn't it?
In the preceding decade so much of our lives have changed with the quickening pace of technology, and the world of relationships and dating (as it definitely now is called) has not been immune to those changes. Like so many aspects of our life dating often commences when we reach for our smart phone or tablet, and perhaps furtively (as if we are doing something that we really shouldn't) explore some web sites or download an app, bringing all our optimism to the fore just in case "the one" is at the end of the next click! I know from talking with friends, there can be lots of hesitation over whether to proceed at this stage. Should I, shouldn't I, do I want to join this site, is it going to be safe meeting a stranger, what will my friends think, have I got the time for all this? I know, I'll just have a little look for now but won't actually do anything, no harm can come from that, can it! Our inner voice can talk us into or out of anything.
Dating is big business today
However, in most ways, nothing has changed not only over these three periods, but over many years. Human beings are still human beings and the natural desire to seek a partner and have a fulfilling relationship is no different now than it was for our grandparents. Perhaps the biggest challenge to us forming relationships in the 21st Century is to remember that, and not let the fast paced changes driven by technology and their corporate masters (the online dating market will be worth in excess of £200 million by the end of 2018) undermine and distract us from our natural human behaviour. I encourage people seeking a partner to embrace all the new technologies that can enable us to discover someone that otherwise our normal lives would not have us meet- even if, as I have discovered, that person lives in the next street. At the same time don't let the technology drive our behaviour or allow the "business of dating" to encourage us to live counter to our beliefs and values or to rush us to act in ways that don't suit.
Why doesn't anyone understand me?
Perhaps another significant challenge to those looking to form new relationships in mid life today, is the diversity of personal experiences in modern life. Until quite recent times for most people, relationships meant heterosexual, married / living together and long term. In our circle of friends and family that meant that we appeared to all have much more in common that we did apart. If we faced challenges others in our circle faced them too. Sometimes nowadays it can feel that although we know there are plenty of people facing similar experiences to ourselves, they don't seem to be amongst our close friends, and so where and who do we turn to? For example, my own oldest friend has been fortunate to enjoy an established relationship for over 30 years, by contrast to my own relationship experiences. As friends we support each other but have very contrasting experiences from which to do so. Many people can feel that no one quite understands what they're going through amongst their well intentioned friends.This can be just one place for a relationship coach to help.
What's next for Steve?
Steve Potiphar has created Gabriel Relationship Coaching to provide a source of guidance, support and challenge to men and women seeking to establish long term meaningful relationships, particularly in mid life. A relationship coach can be there by your side, just for you, to listen and support objectively; helping you find the right way forward and to empower you. See his forthcoming event here.


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The children are happy about their Semester Holiday from Jan 29th - Feb. 8th.
And Tily wants to go back to Barcelona, because it is very cold now.
Suddenly Mr. Frischauf and Mr. Bock appear in the classroom.
They have good news:
"Tily, Steini, Steinella and Karli, you can follow us to Barcelona!
You will travel with us - but Tily - not on your magic carpet!
Do you want to go with us?"
What a question....
Great to see our partners from Ceip Folch i Torres!
Steinella: Barcelona is great for shopping!
I look forward to talking to the pupils and the teachers!
I´m happy to be back - here is is so frosty!!
See you soon, Barcelona!
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
TILY on Holiday in Barcelona
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After over a year silent from making WB themes... I have 'Surfaced' with 'Akula' for Win 7 + 8..Spent a LONG time on this, and I think you will appreciate the time and effort I put into it..There will be matching skins posted by myself and others very soon.Thanks to those who tested for me and are making skins.Please Enjoy Akula! Perhaps the best theme, you've never used !
Thanks Everyone !!
Guys, any skins that u are working on please post screenies here, not in the old thread.. thanks everyone !
Smx...Rainlendar and docks.
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Dont forget to link to my site please.. Thanks mate !!!
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finally!! lets hope your next blind doesnt take 8 months to release!! hahahaha just kidding
Just bought it. Looks great John, you're the best!
ALMonty, thanks mate, Thanks Dave, and ...
Who said I'm doing another
I'll get something going asap. Looks good!
Your work is always outstanding John. Great WB.
A masterpiece of handcrafted skinning perfection.
Thanks Jim, Wiz, Dave !
i hope you do another!! and another and another!! LOL
Just wanna thanks those of u that support me.. I know times are hard all over..
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Coconut farmers vow to campaign vs Aquino candidates
LUCENA CITY, Philippines—Disappointed with President Benigno Aquino III's continued silence on coco levy issue despite the recent Supreme Court final ruling that the multi-billion pesos 24-percent block of sequestered shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) belong to the government for its use to benefit the coconut farmers, a peasant group warned that the administration candidates will be rejected in next year's election.
"The millions of coconut farmers across the country would surely wage a reject Aquino candidates campaign if the President would still maintain his deepening silence on the issue of coco levy," Jansept Geronimo, secretary general of the Coalition of Coconut Farmers of Quezon, said in an interview Friday.
Quezon farmers are believed to be the biggest contributor to the coconut levy fund.
"The long suffering coconut farmers will reject politicians who will kowtow to the subservient attitude of President Aquino to the vested interest behind the continued legal maneuver of the coco levy fund," Geronimo said.
Business tycoon and SMC chair Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., President Aquino's uncle, holds a separate 20-percent block of SMC shares worth at least P85 billion that the farmers claimed were also bought with coco levy funds.
The Supreme Court ruled last year upholding Cojuangco's claim that the 20 percent SMC shares belonged to him legally. Various coconut farmer groups are now appealing to the court to reopen the case.
Oscar Santos, a former Quezon congressman and administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority during the term of President Corazon Aquino, also joined the call to Mr. Aquino to speak up and support the struggle of the coconut farmers for the recovery of the multi-billion pesos coconut levy fund.
Santos urged the President to "speak up now before it's too late."
"The millions of coconut farmers, most of them now old, sick and dying, are waiting Mr. President," Santos said.
The octogenarian lawyer activist appealed to President Aquino to give his "go signal" for the use of the 24 percent SMC shares which have a minimum value estimated to be worth P50 to 100 billion to benefit the more than 20 million coconut farmers and their families.
"The bureaucracy is always slow to act. It always needs a go signal from the President especially on a sensitive matter like the coconut levy," Santos said in a phone interview.
Santos said the millions of coconut farmers had long been waiting to taste the benefits of the coco levy fund.
"The levy was the product of their blood, sweat and tears forcefully imposed unto them by the repressive state during the dark days of martial law," Santos said.
Santos, said the money from the coco levy fund will benefit the more than 21,000 coconut producing villages scattered across the country.
Santos and Geronimo both asked the President to give his support for the immediate passage of the pending bills of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III calling for the creation of a trust fund committee that would managed the coco levy fund.
Willy Marbella, deputy secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas also warned President Aquino against borrowing the coco levy funds in the government so-called anti-poverty programs.
"Borrowing the funds is precisely the same alibi used by Danding (Cojuangco) to cover up the crime of plunder and strengthen his control over the coco levy funds," Marbella said.
In a nine-page resolution dated Sept. 4 and issued Thursday, the high tribunal has affirmed with finality the 2004 Sandiganbayan ruling that awarded to the government the 24-percent block of SMC shares acquired with the funds from the coconut levy imposed during the martial law years.
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Terry Houser, 28 from Eureka (shown in photo), reportedly stole a radio-controlled helicopter from RC Hobby Tech in Eureka and then fled, on foot, running across 5th street where he was struck by a pickup truck. Houser was taken to Saint Joseph Hospital by ambulance where he was reported to be in stable condition with multiple abrasions, broken teeth, and a broken right femur. Houser, who is currently on probation for grand theft and vandalism, will be charged with theft. The complete press release appears below.
Eureka Police Department Press Release, dated Nov. 8, 2013:
On 11/7/13 at approximately 4:46 p.m. Eureka Police Officers were dispatched to 5th Street and E Street to the report of an injury traffic collision between a truck and a pedestrian.
Upon arrival officers found a white 2006 Ford F350 that was blocking the far right lane of 5th Street. Officers located a pedestrian lying in the far right lane of 5th Street in front of the Ford. The driver of the Ford was identified as forty-one year old Bryan Sanderson of McKinleyville. The pedestrian was identified as twenty-eight year old Terry Houser of Eureka.
Based on the driver's and witnesses' statements, Houser fled on foot southbound onto 5th Street, outside the crosswalk, in front of eastbound vehicle traffic, after stealing a radio controlled helicopter from RC Hobby Tech, located at 411 5th Street. Sanderson drove the Ford eastbound in the far right lane of 5th Street through the intersection of E Street on a green traffic control signal, when Houser ran in a southwest direction into the far right lane of 5th Street in front of the Ford. Sanderson was unable to stop the Ford before striking Houser.
Houser was transported to Saint Joseph Hospital by ambulance where he was determined to be in stable condition with multiple abrasions, broken teeth, and a broken right femur. Houser is on felony probation for grand theft and vandalism. Houser was recently released from the Humboldt County Correctional Facility after a felony theft related conviction. A warrant declaration will be submitted to the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office due to Houser committing a theft from RC Hobby Tech.
Alcohol or drugs did not appear to be a factor in the collision. The investigation into this collision is still ongoing.


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The national language of India, Hindi is spoken and understood widely throughout the subcontinent. Outside of Asia, Hindi is also the official language in Fiji apart from English and Fijian. While the total speakers of the language in the world are approximately 490 million, the native speakers count to about 370 million out of which 180 million regard Hindi as their mother tongue. As far as the history of Hindi is concerned, Hindi emerged from Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha in the 7th cent CE. The script is Devanagari and is phonetic, which means that unlike English, hindi is pronounced as the way is written. Hindi is considered to be very similar to the Urdu language as their grammar is virtually identical and they have commonalty in terms of words. However, Urdu differs from Hindi as it is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian words.
Kannada or Canarese is the language of the Kannadigas, i.e. the natives of the state of Karnataka in India. Some of the adjoining areas also have Kannada speakers such as in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharshtra. The Kannada language evolved from the 5th century Kadamba script and is now spoken by roughly 40 million people. Kannada, like Telegu, Malayalam and Tamil originated from the Dravidian family of languages. The Kannada script evolved from the Ashokan Brahmi script and is very similar to the Telegu script. In 2008, Kannada was granted the 'classical language' status.
Malayalam is the youngest of all developed languages of the Dravidian family. It is spoken in various parts of south west India but bears official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry. The language is spoken by over 8 million people and has at least five main regional dialects and a number of communal dialects. Malayalam originated as a distinct language in the last quarter of 9th Century CE. The language developed from the Brahmi script. Due to its lineage deriving from both Tamil and Sanskrit, the Malayalam alphabet has the largest number of letters among the Indian languages. Malayalam is alternatively also referred to as Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, and Mallealle.
Marathi is the southernmost language among the Indo-Aryan languages that originated from Sanskrit. It is the official language of Maharashtra and has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India (71 million). Apart from Maharashtra, Marathi is also the co-official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Marathi has a number of dialects such as Standard Marathi and Varhadi which are the major ones and Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, and Malwaniwhich are the sub-dialects. Marathi as a distinct language can be dated to 8th century CE. The current Marathi script is called 'balbodh' which is modified version of Devanagari and Modi script.
Oriya, also called Odiya is the principal language of the state of Orissa in India. It is spoken in various parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh as well. The language which is native to 33 million people is the result of continued evolution of the old Indo Aryan languages. Oriya language is very similar to its sister languages-Assamese and Bengali which also originated as an offshoot of the Maghadhan Prakrit spoken in eastern India over 1,500 years ago. Oriya language has numerous dialects- Baleswari (Balasore), Bhatri (Koraput), Laria (Sambalpur), Sambalpuri (Sambalpur and other western districts), Ganjami (Ganjam and Koraput), Chhatisgarhi (Chhatisgarh and adjoining areas of Orissa) and Medinipuri (Midnapur district of West Bengal).
Punjabi, is one of the most popular languages of India. It is spoken by about 130 million people in West Punjab in Pakistan and in East Punjab in India. There are also pockets of Punjabi speakers in the UK, Canada, the UAE, the USA, Saudi Arabia and Australia which makes it the 10th most widely spoken language in the world. Punjabi gained a separate identity as a language during the 11th century CE when it descended from the Shauraseni language of medieval northern India. The major dialects of Punjabi are Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Powadhi, Pothohari, and Multani. Punjabi is written in two different scripts, called Gurmukhī and Shahmukhī.
Tamil is the first language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as well as the union territory of Puducherry. It is also an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore and speakers of the Tamil language are found in regions of Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji Islands, South Africa amongst others. There are more than 70 million native speakers of Tamil and an estimated 8 million who regard it as their second language. Tamil is believed to be few of the longest surviving classical languages in the world. It originated from the southern branch of the Dravidian languages. The script is derived from the Brahmi script.
Telugu is a South-Central Dravidian language and ranks third by the number of native speakers in India. The approximate number of Telugu speakers in the country is 75 million. It is one of the six classical languages as recognized by the Govt. of India and primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and in the union territory of Yaman, where it is also an official language. Telugu speaking people are also found in small numbers in several neighbouring areas. The language has been greatly influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit. The Telugu script can be traced by to the Brahmi script of ancient India.
Urdu, the language of love and poetry is an Indo-Aryan language with about 104 million speakers. It is the national language of Pakistan and the official language of six Indian states-Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal. There are large sections of Urdu speaking communities in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well. Urdu developed in the 12th century CE from Apabhramsha of northwestern India. The language originated from Khariboli—a Prakrit, by strong influence of Persian and Arabic. Urdu has a close connection to the Hindu language in India with its own significant distinctions.


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Rotator Cuff Tear
Rotator Cuff tears can be very painful and are a common cause of limited shoulder function. People with rotator cuff disorders often have pain or weakness when trying to play golf or tennis, throw a ball, fish, work in the yard, or do any kind of overhead activity. You may have difficulty sleeping on your side because of pain at night. Or, you may have trouble reaching behind your back to reach your billfold or bra. The problem may start suddenly, after a fall, after reaching into the back seat of the car to get a heavy briefcase, or when trying to catch or lift a heavy object. Alternatively, it may come on gradually with repetitive overhead shoulder activities at work or play with no obvious single injury.
The pain generated from the rotator cuff is usually felt on the front or side of the shoulder, but it can also be felt around the shoulder blade. Sometimes, the pain moves up into the neck or down the arm towards the elbow. Rarely does pain from the shoulder go past the elbow, but it can in some instances.
Rotator cuff disorders range from tendonitis to partial tears to full thickness tears, when the muscle is completely detached from the bone. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that surrounds the shoulder and functions to provide the strength and support to perform overhead activities. This group of muscles is precariously situated between the shoulder blade and collarbone above and the shoulder joint below. Some people have a spur on the underside of the shoulder blade and collarbone which pinches the rotator cuff and can cause inflammation or tearing of the rotator cuff. This is frequently known as impingement and can be seen with tendonitis, partial tears, or full thickness rotator cuff tears.
Non-Operative Treatment:
Early treatment of rotator cuff disorders may include physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medication, or a cortisone injection into your shoulder. These might completely resolve your symptoms. Physical therapy for the spectrum of rotator cuff disorders begins by focusing on the muscles around your shoulder blade and core, including your abdominals and low back, and then works into strengthening your rotator cuff muscles. After several visits with the therapists here or at another location, you can complete much of the therapeutic exercises on your own at home. Anti-inflammatory medicine can reduce the swelling that accompanies rotator cuff tendonitis and can help with the pain. Over-the-counter and prescription medications are both useful. Additionally, your doctor may offer you a cortisone shot on the day of your visit in an attempt to bring you pain relief right away. The injection is actually a mixture of cortisone, a steroid similar to a chemical your own body makes, and lidocaine, a numbing medicine that may take your pain away within minutes of the injection. The injection is placed inside your shoulder, just on top of the rotator cuff. This injection may relieve your pain permanently. If not, the injection can be repeated. Numerous injections are to be avoided, as they may only mask a problem that needs more definitive treatment.
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair:
If you continue to have pain or if you cannot get back to your normal activities, your doctor may offer you a surgery known as arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. This procedure uses specially designed instruments to sew the torn rotator cuff muscle back to the bone. This is all done through three or four ¼ inch incisions around the shoulder. Using a pencil sized digital camera inserted into your shoulder for the duration of the surgery, the doctor views the action on a high definition flat screen monitor.
This is a same-day surgical hospital which goes on here at the hospital or at a nearby outpatient surgical center. You may spend one night in the hospital for pain control and antibiotics. You will be seen by an anesthesiologist prior to surgery to discuss the option of putting another kind of injection in your shoulder so that your whole arm goes to sleep prior to the surgery and stays asleep for 12 to 24 hours afterwards. Additionally, you will go to sleep with general anesthesia for the entirety of the surgery. The surgery takes 1 to 2 hours. When you wake up, you will have a sling and pillow stabilizing your shoulder. You will stay in the recovery room until your pain is controlled and you are ready to leave for home or be admitted to the hospital overnight.
During the operation, your surgeon will use sutures to sew the torn muscle and tendon back down to the bone where it was originally attached. Those stitches hold the rotator cuff down to bone for the next three months while the two grow and heal back together. It takes three months for that to happen, and that is why your activities will be quite limited during that same time span. Rotator cuff tears come in four different sizes, small, medium, large, and massive, based upon how many tendons of the 4 muscles are torn.
Small tears involve less than one of the 4 muscles. Usually this is the supraspinatus, the muscle at the top of the rotator cuff, which sits just under the spur on the shoulder blade, and is usually the first muscle to tear. Partial tears are included in this category as well. Small rotator cuff tears can be fixed arthroscopically using 1 to 2 bone anchors and 2 to 4 stitches. Medium sized rotator cuff tears involve at least one but less than two of the four rotator cuff muscles. This usually includes the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair of medium sized tears can be accomplished with 2 to 4 anchors and 4 to 8 stitches.
Large and massive rotator cuff tears involve at least two, but sometimes three or all four rotator cuff muscles, being torn from the bone. Repairing these tears is far more difficult, but a great repair can be accomplished arthroscopically. In the past, people may have been told their rotator cuff tears were too large to be repaired. Sports medicine doctors specializing in shoulder arthroscopy can recognize the pattern of the tear and mobilize the edge of the torn muscle to complete an arthroscopic repair of large and massive tears. Additionally, some people may benefit from a patch augmentation of their repair.
Immediately following surgery, shoulder and arm will be stabilized in a sling and pillow. Ice packs or a "cryocuff" will be applied to your shoulder to limit the swelling and pain. Your initial dressing will become soaked with blood tinged fluid. The following morning, remove your dressing and cover each incision with a simple band aid. Your first appointment will likely be just a few days after surgery, and your skin sutures will be removed at that time. Until your skin sutures are removed, do not get your shoulder wet. You can use rubbing alcohol to clean your shoulder if you like.
Rehabilitation and physical therapy are critical for a successful outcome after an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Immediately following surgery, you can begin moving your hand, wrist, and elbow. You will receive your first therapy instructions or prescription at your first postoperative visit. Just as no two people are identical, no two arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs are identical, and so too shall each person's rehabilitation be unique. As a general guide, for the first six weeks following surgery, you are allowed passive motion only in your operative shoulder. Gravity and your good arm will be used to move your operative shoulder. For the second six weeks after surgery, you can begin active motion and your operative shoulder begins to help with motion. Only three months after your surgery, when the torn muscle has healed back down to the bone, will you be allowed to begin strengthening for your rotator cuff. If you try to add strengthening too soon, the stitches holding the repair will come loose.
For the first three months following surgery, your activities are very limited. It usually takes another three months after that to get back to your full activities and sports. Your doctor will follow your progress closely and allow you to resume activities when you can do so in a safe manner. Expect to see your doctor two days, two weeks, six weeks, three months, six months, and twelve months after your surgery.
Outcomes of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair:
Success rate from arthroscopic rotator cuff repair depends on what is being measured. Patient satisfaction is the most common reported outcome from arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Patient satisfaction is measured with standardized tests based upon patient responses to questions regarding their pain levels following surgery and their ability to carry out daily household, work, and sporting activities. Additional data is derived from physician measures of shoulder motion and rotator cuff strength.
Patient satisfaction is rated excellent and good for 93 to 97% of patients after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in recent studies from Flurin et al in Arthroscopy 2007, Burns and Snyder in Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) 2008, and Charosset et al in American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM) 2007.
Success measures of patient satisfaction after rotator cuff repair depend upon age. Looking specifically at patients over 62 years of age, 87% had good to excellent results in a study by Grondel and Savoie in JSES 2004. Whereas, 100% of patients less than 40 years old had pain relief and 95% had improved function after arthroscopic single row repair in Krishnan Arthroscopy 2008.


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Our telephone No is 01634 862839.
Our web online ordering is open 24 hours a day all year round.
When you place an order with Colorlites it can take two routes.
If your order is for Clear glass it will be generally assembled and packed within one working day. This may spread over to two working days typically on a Monday and during busy periods.
Orders for collection do take priority.
Coloured orders will take up to 10-14 working days and are dealt with on a colour basis delivery. We colour all orders with a certain colour and then change to another. This is why we cannot predict on receipt of your order when it will be completed. Some orders are completed the same day others take 14 days.
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About Atlantis Dunes
Atlantis Dunes is located just outside Atlantis and is exactly what the name says, a hug sand dune – or sandpit. Adventurers are able to take their 4x4 vehicles and no low range is required. A high clearance vehicle is recommended. This is a great day activity when visiting Atlantis.
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Atlantis Dunes is 6.8km from the centre of Atlantis , the nearest airport 45.5km (Cape Town International Airport).
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*Distances are shown as the crow flies and not necessarily the actual travelling
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City Center Segway Tour
Important notice: We reserve the right to modify or change the tour program without prior notice throughout the year. This can be due to construction, street closures, festivals or any events beyond our control. Please note that the city prohibits the use of Segways in certain pedestrian zones which may force the tour to use alternative routes.
Regardless of the time of day, the segway tour gives you a perfect overview of the centre of Pest and the bank of the Danube. Starting from central located office, you will roll through the whole city centre seeing sights such as the Vörösmarty Square, the Danube Promenade, the fabulous Chain Bridge and the House of Parliament stretching close to it. You will also take a look at the Liberty Square and the city's largest cathedral, the St Stephen's Basilica.
With the 1 hour long Budapest Segway Grand tour you will also have a chance to see the Grand Synagogue, the National Museum, the Central Market Hall, the Andrássy Avenue, the Hungarian State Opera House, the House of Terror and much, much more!
The segway tours usually do not have more than 6 participants, making them an interactive and personal adventure designed for your tastes. You will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and get to know your experienced local guide better.
The tour gives you a perfect outlook of the center of Budapest. Includes an orientation session in the beginning of the tour, which is not included in the quote time.
Main stops
City Center Tour:
1. Hungarian History and Culture
2. Városháza Park – Deák Square - Vörösmarty Square - Vigadó – Danube Promenade
3. Széchenyi Square – Gresham Palace – Chain Bridge – Elizabeth Bridge
4. Parliament – Liberty Square – Basilica
5. With 1 hour tour + Synagogue - National Museum – Fővám Square – Central Market Hall
6. Andrássy Avenue – Millennium Underground – House of Opera - House of terror
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I painted on a sticker address label. Priority Mail. It helps get the mail there faster. The postman looks at it and smiles, then he is happy. So happy that he walks faster, nearly running. Yeah that's right!
April 29, 2016
April 27, 2016
Owlets On A Rooftop
These three Great Horned Owlet siblings were on a rooftop on a building in Huntington Beach, California April 2016. It was so fantastic to watch them hop over to this corner. They huddled, harassed each other, hopped around, yawned, closed their eyes with the sun on their faces and bobbed their heads around. When I took this photograph they saw me through the window as I walked from one end of the large window to the other. They were keen on me.
April 22, 2016
Earth Day
My Cityscape Series #1
Watercolors are so forgiving. I'm experimenting with gardens, parks, and city foliage. I was inspired by an artist by the name of V. Swift. She has a book of paintings of her garden and plants.
April 21, 2016
The Countryside
Green glass and green hues of my painting compliment each other, in addition to brass items. I love to collect colored glass objects and brass decor.
April 11, 2016
Rain All Weekend
I welcome the rain, the sun, the moon and stars. I welcome the birds and foxes and sprouting pine trees.
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Welcome to Burton Sailing Club.
About the club
Burton Sailing Club (BSC) has been in existence for over 100 years (founded 1902). Initially based on the river in Burton uponTrent but now enjoys the excellent sailing facilities at Foremark reservoir amidst the dramatic Derbyshire countryside, in the heart of the National Forest. The club is situated within easy reach of Derby, Nottingham, Burton, Leicester and Loughborough. The reservoir covers 230 acres and is easily the best stretch of water available in the area for sailing. The club has membership of approximately 200 which includes ordinary, junior, family membership as well as group membership with several local colleges/universities.
Club Facilities
The club has exclusive use of a clubhouse which includes a fully fitted kitchen, changing rooms with showers, bar and wet and dry lounge areas and galley. The clubhouse has excellent views over the reservoir from both inside and on the adjacent patio area. So whilst not sailing you can spectate in comfort, or merely just soak up the beauty of the surroundings. There is also a childrens' play area alongside clubhouse. A short walk from the clubhouse is a large sheltered dinghy park with berths for approx 400 boats. The dinghy park is on a slight gradient leading down to a wide concrete slipway that extends well into the reservoir making launching easy. There is also a long pontoon for mooring. Towards the rear of the dinghy park you will find the club training centre which is used extensively during our training and coaching sessions.
Club Racing
There is regular racing on Sundays and on Wednesday evenings. The Sunday racing runs from February to December and the Wednesday racing from April to September. The club holds annual open events in most of the classes of dinghy sailed at the club. Last year this included Laser, Contender, Flying Fifteen, 505. The club often hosts inland championships for various fleets from time to time. Junior club members actively participate in Derbyshire Youth Sailing (DYS).
The majority of the club racing is handicap based with a single start for all dinghies. In addition class results are extracted out of these for the more popular classes at the club.
Club Social Events
There is a schedule of varied non-sailing social events to cater for all members, juniors and seniors. There are also, "fun" sailing events of various types throughout the summer.
Learning to Sail & Further Training
The club owns several boats that are used for training and general hire to club members. It runs regular sailing training for beginners, intermediates as well as training on support activities i.e. safety boat handling and race management etc. Beginners courses for dinghy sailing, windsurfing and powerboat handling usually run in the spring and early summer, The club is an official RYA training centre.


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Business Services
Business Services at DePauw University is responsible for faculty and staff mail services, student post office, inventory and storage, purchasing, central receiving, insurance, and transportation.
The Service Center building is located at 300 W. Hill Street. Hours of Operation are Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Receiving/Shipping/Warehouse hours of operation are Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Student Post Office is located at 408 S. Locust St., Greencastle, Indiana 46135. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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The Jacksonville Sharks made two trades to bring in new defensive backs last week, but neither was at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on Saturday in time before Jacksonville lost 56-35.
Without help in the secondary, Jacksonville was hapless against a Tampa Bay team that scored on each of its first eight possessions into the final minute.
Jacksonville had one interception, one fumble and two turnovers on downs in its first nine possessions.
In the process, the Sharks essentially played themselves out of contention for winning the AFC American Conference South Division championship for a fifth consecutive year.
The Sharks made moves to gain George Baker and Vic Hall last week. Added with a bye week, Jacksonville might have a completely different look in the secondary when it returns to the field at home on June 7 against Spokane.
The Sharks (3-7) have lost five of their last six games.
Jacksonville's bend-and-break defense didn't make a stop in the first half. Tampa Bay (4-6) led 42-21 at the break.
Randy Hippeard completed 17 of 20 passes in the first half for 216 yards and five touchdowns and finished with 255 yards and six touchdowns.
R.J. Archer led the Sharks with 271 passing yards and five touchdowns.


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This stylishly furnished holiday home is situated in a magnificent location. The house is of good quality and is comfortably furnished with a personal touch. There are three bedrooms and a beautiful bathroom with a jacuzzi bath and sauna. The beautifully furnished living room has wood-fired oven and a heat pump. The kitchen is functional and well equipped with all modern appliances. The house is at a short distance from a nice beach and a swimming pier. It offers beautiful views of the Baltic Sea. The cosy trade town of Nysted is just a kilometre away. It has small charming houses and exudes a maritime harbour atmosphere.
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