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About Us
Established in 2001, BANSEA is a leading angel investment network promoting the development of the angel investment community in Southeast Asia through educational conferences, workshops, research, networking with angel groups worldwide, contributing to improving the environment and corporate governance system for angel investing, and facilitating the matching of early stage companies with angel investors.
Our Objectives
BANSEA was established in 2001 by a group of Singapore-based angel investors. BANSEA has network connections to angel groups in China, India, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as close links to groups in Europe and the US. Our members have investment experience spanning multiple sectors and a track record in building successful companies.
BANSEA organises 10 to 12 events per year for our members to meet and listen to short pitches by start-ups shortlisted by our screening committee.
Members may or may not invest as a group. While there could be collaboration on due diligence, members exercise autonomy in making investment decisions. Start-ups that have successfully raised seed capital through our members also benefit from their value-added mentoring. Members benefit from an informed and collaborative approach to angel investing.
Strengthen the cohesion of the local angel community.
Generate quality deal flows for our members through a rigorous screening process.
Provide a platform for entrepreneurs to articulate their investment proposal.
Provide training and mentoring for rookie business angels and fresh entrepreneurs.
Assist our members in deal syndication and limited due diligence.
Our People
BANSEA is guided by a Board of Directors and operationally managed by an executive team led by the Executive Director. Members of the Board are elected by members at the Annual General Meeting and serve a one-year term.
Vice Chairman, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Board Member, Sports Excellence Singapore
Board Member, Applied Innovation Institute
Managing Partner, Quest Ventures
James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a leading venture fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China.
As the first Singaporean and one of the rarefied few foreigners to found a public listed internet company in China, and for his investments in the next generation of entrepreneurs, James was recognised as an outstanding overseas Chinese by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China.
James currently serves as advisor, board member or trustee on public and private organisations such as Action Community for Entrepreneurship, Applied Innovation Institute, Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia, Beijing CYL Joint Committee on Entrepreneurship Development, Beijing Software Industry Association, National Research Foundation CGAP Fund, and Sports Excellence Business.
James has been guest speaker at China-focused and entrepreneurship events such as ITB Berlin, Private Equity Insights, Stanford-PARC Digital Cities, SWITCH, Tech in Asia, and World Islamic Economic Forum. He is an advisor or mentor at Chinaccelerator, Founder Institute, IBM SmartCamp, Startupbootcamp, and PSA unboXed. He has guest lectured at Fudan, HKUST, IE, NUS, Tsinghua, and UC Berkeley.
James is a graduate of the University of South Australia, and received scholarships from both Beijing and Singapore governments for his MBA from Tsinghua University in partnership with MIT. He studied and dropped out of computer science at NUS during the first dot-com era to work on two-sided markets.
For leisure, James enjoys photography and has been featured in ComputerWorld, Readers' Digest, and commercially represented by Liaison Agency. He backpacks Asia and volunteers in marine conservation as a PADI scuba-diving and DAN dive-safety instructor.
Chairman of Investment Committee, BANSEA ONE Fund
Partner, Invention Capital
Managing Partner, 3001 Capital
Co-founder, MentorsHub
CTO, Crowd Ventures
Investor-Mentor, SiTF (iJAM & ACE Grant)
Advisory Board Member, [email protected], Nanyang Technology University
Adjunct Lecturer, Nanyang Technology University
Specialist Adult Educator, Institute of Adult Learning
Dr. Rex Yeap is a Partner of Invention Capital directing efforts towards the creation, commercialization of novel inventions, investing and incubating early stage companies. In addition, he is a Vice Chairman of Business Angel Network (BANSEA) and he is also the co-founder of an angel investment fund (BANSEA Fund One) and served as the Chair in its Investment Committee Board for this fund. Dr. Yeap is also an investor-mentor in SiTF for its iJAM and ACE Grant programme. Over the past decades, Dr. Yeap angel investment portfolio includes early stage technology companies mostly in the Information Technology space.
Dr. Yeap is also part of the Adjunct Teaching Faculty at Nanyang Technological University in the Master of Science in Technopreneurship & Innovation programme and has extensive lectureship and facilitation experiences for both Masters and Bachelor degrees (1998 – present) in the area of computing and business management. Since 2006, he is a SCOPE-IP consultant with Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Dr. Yeap is a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst with a Master of Science (Distinction) from University of Leeds and his post-doctoral research involved the invention of a few patented hedge fund systems.
Dr. Yeap has over 25 years of experience across the Infocomm technology value chain that spans industry, government and academia. He started his career in the area of interactive digital media (specifically, computer game design and development) back in the late 80s. He was subsequently blessed to be among the pioneering (1997) patent mapping and analysis alumnus of Kent Ridge Digital Labs (National Science and Technology Board, now A*STAR). Since then, he has been continuously involved in numerous patent mapping, analysis and strategy related ventures. He has worked with a range of international clients in their IP road-mapping and commercialization strategy through the use of proprietary and open innovation and patent analytics methodologies. Dr. Yeap was the co-founder of 3i Analytics and together with his team, they produced over 2000 original qualitative-quantitative technology IP reports and he also directed efforts to secure, design, develop and commercialise the next generation award-winning SurfIP portal.
Dr. Yeap list of patents & publications is available in this website, http://ye.sg/patents and his email contact is bansea(at)ye.sg.
Ramesh has been a Board Member of BANSEA since 2013 and is an early stage venture
investor, advisor, mentor and board member in several start-ups in Asia-Pacific. His syndicated
investments have ranged across several sectors such as incubators/accelerators, gaming,
education, fintech & Internet of Things. He has been involved with the innovation space from
Israel to India to ASEAN & Hong-Kong. He is also an advisor on risk management in traditional
investments and alternative investments to family offices and emerging hedge funds. Ramesh
prior to his involvement in the start-up/innovation space held global leadership roles in
derivatives/capital markets/sales & trading with Morgan Stanley & Royal Bank of Scotland and
worked in New York, London, Hong Kong & Singapore. Prior to his career in Investment
banking he had a FMCG career in India with PepsiCo & Britannia Industries. Ramesh is an
MBA from London Business School, Masters in International Business from Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade and a Mechanical Engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai and
holds a FT Non-Executive Director Diploma - Pearson SRF BTEC Level 7 Advanced
Professional Diploma as well.
Chairman, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Co-Founder, Sugar Ventures
Venture Partner, Garage Technology Ventures
Chairman of Finance & Investment Com, Singapore Red Cross
Vice Chairman, Singapore National Paralympic Council
Finance & Investment Com, Foundation of Rotary Clubs
Board Member, Singapore National Disability Sports Council
Dr Mark Hon is an accredited private investor with experience in leading early stage company to IPO. He is co-founder of Sugar venture builder and venture partner at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the Chairman of the Business Angel Network South East Asia (BANSEA), Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), and panelist on public sector funds that support entrepreneurship.
A former professor of finance, he was also visiting professor to universities in Oxford, United Kingdom and Deggendorf, Germany. In the private sector, he has formulated R&D commercialisation strategies for MNCs in the defense industry, consumer electronics procurement road maps and mobile application strategies in the telecommunications industry, and acquisition strategies in the energy sector. He has served as c-level officer at a publicly traded company, and economic index expert to a Swiss bank.
Mark serves on the boards and committees of various voluntary welfare organisations such as the Singapore Disability Sports Council, Singapore National Paralympic Council and the Foundation of Rotary Clubs. He is Vice Chairman and Chairman of Finance and Investment Committee of Singapore Red Cross. He is also member of the board of trustees of the Rotary Wish and the Cotton On Foundation Youth funds.
Mark was a member of the American Finance Association and faculty associate of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was recently featured in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America.
Shoko Suzuki is Managing Director at Harbourfront Ventures. Based in Singapore, she invests in seed / pre-series A / series A companies primarily in fintech, blockchain, healthcare and clean technologies.
Prior to relocating to Singapore, she worked as healthcare equity analyst at Capital Group, one of the largest long-only equity / fixed income funds in the US with over $1trillion AUM, then worked as M&A advisor focused on cross-border deals between European mid-market and emerging Asian countries. She also worked at IFC in Washington DC, conducting the evaluation of the World Bank group's EM investment portfolio, before co-founding a renewable energy startup based in Italy and Japan.
She holds BA in Environmental Planning from University of Tokyo, MBA from INSEAD and Master in Corporate Finance from SDA Bocconi
Managing Director, Verge Capital Management
Seasoned entrepreneur, strategist, scientist and angel investor, Joseph brings a hands-on end-to-end experience in the start-up journey, from research and commercialisation to investment and corporate scale-up. He has 19 scientific publications, 3 patents, and has made personal investments in 10+ healthcare technology companies.
Presently, Joseph is the founder and Managing Director of Verge Capital Management currently raising its inaugural venture fund focusing on early stage healthcare technology companies. Prior to this, Joseph led life sciences and digital health across Asia for Oliver Wyman, a global management consultancy, where he focused on business model innovation, expanding access, consumer health, and investment strategies.
Joseph has a PhD from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Director, Drew & Napier
Petrus Huang is Director of Corporate & Finance Department in Drew & Napier LLC. He has more than 20 years of practice.
His practice covers a broad range including setting up of funds and fund managers, fund-raising for companies and start-ups, trade sales and other exits of companies and funds.
Member of Investment Committee, BANSEA ONE Fund
Founder & Former CEO, ArchMed
Community Mentor, A*START Central
Balaji R Chakaravarthi is Managing Director, Asia Pacific with Abiomed Inc. He has more than 25 years' leadership experience in Health care/ Med Tech Market.
Balaji was previously Asia Pacific Head of Cardiac Surgery Business for Edwards Lifesciences and a member of the Global Senior Leadership Team.
Balaji completed the Advanced Management Program with INSEAD, and has a PG Diploma in Marketing and a BS in Physics.
During his career, Pat Markey has over thirty (30+) years' of experience in the Global Energy and Mining
sectors. Almost four (4) years ago, he started his own Advisory/Consulting business in Singapore called
Sierra Vista Resources Pte. Ltd. (www.svrltd.com), which specializes in serving the Commodity industry
in a variety of different roles. In addition, Pat served as the Executive General Manager of Marketing and
a member of the Executive Management Committee for Whitehaven Coal Limited (ASX: WHC) from
2012 to 2014, which is an ASX 100 listed Coal Company based in Sydney, Australia.
From 2004 to 2012, he worked as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Global Coal Limited
(globalCOAL), a London based company promoting the commoditization of coal along with the
development of risk management products. Also, Pat began his career at Global Coal Limited in London
in 2002 and established the companies' first presence in Asia (Singapore) in 2003. While at globalCOAL,
Pat had the opportunity to help develop two startup Over-the-Counter (OTC) exchanges (Global Coal
Limited and Global Ore Pte. Ltd.), which are both involved in the international trade of
Thermal/Metallurgical Coal and Iron Ore commodities, respectively.
Prior to globalCOAL, Pat worked in the commodity trading group for Enron Capital & Trade Resources
from 1999 to 2002 both in the United States and Singapore, including developing the first electronic
trade of Refined Products and Crude Oil on Enron's proprietary electronic trading platform
(EnronOnline). Pat began his career with Conoco Inc. in 1987 and worked in a wide variety of roles
including the following areas: Strategic Planning, Supply and Trading, Engineering, and Internal
Consulting. During Pat's career, he has managed international teams in multiple countries in the
commodity industry.
Pat is an active Angel investor since 2015 and has invested in a range of startup businesses. In addition,
he is a Director of Kyepot Pte. Ltd., which is a digital group savings and borrowing platform
(www.kyepot.com). Also, Pat serves as an Advisory Board member for a number of other startups. Pat
is a member of Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia (BANSEA) as well as a prior Mentor for the
Fintech Startup Bootcamp Accelerator
Pat graduated with a Bachelors in Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in
1987. In addition, Pat graduated with an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Carolina's
Kenan-Flagler Business School in 1999.
Vishal is a mentor, advisor and an active investor in multiple start-ups. He actively participates with start-ups in all his investments mainly supporting the technology enablement, cross border sales & marketing. His key area of specialization is Big Data, data analytics, Internet of Things, Blockchain and education. He has a passion to contribute to startup-ecosystem and also specialize in syndicate for investments in Singapore, Switzerland, Hongkong and India.
Vishal has been an Entrepreneur& has a couple of success exists in his ventures. He is nominated as one the directors on Board of BANSEA (Business Angels Network of South East Asia. He is also leading the ACE (Alumina chapter for Entrepreneurs) at IMD business school Singapore. He has also been connected with the various different ACE chapters around the Globe, which provides a venue for South East Asian start-ups to grow Globally.
Vishal has a significant technology, data management & data analytics experience across multiple industries and geographies including Asia pacific, Europe, Middle East & USA. He has been advising large organizations in digital transformation, making better informed decisions based on the organization wide data both at strategic and operational level. He has held various leadership roles across the organization including technical and business development from scratch in completely new territories across Asia pacific.
He holds an MBA degree from IMD business school Switzerland and a Bachelor of Technology Degree from Regional Engineering college Kurukshetra India. He also holds Master certificates in a few technologies and accreditations in Cloud related technologies including amazon web services and Azure.
Member of Investment Committee, BANSEA ONE Fund
Managing Director, Evolution Advisors
Mentor, Chinaaccelerator/MOX
Venture Partner, Novo Tellus Capital Partners
Sam is the Managing Director of Evolution Advisors, a boutique advisory firm specializing in helping Asian companies expand into international markets. His work involves Fundraising, M&A, and Business Integrations. He is also a Venture Partner with Novo Tellus Capital Partners, a Singapore based middle-market industrial and technology buyout fund focused on Southeast Asia. The firm is one of Asia's top performing private equity funds over the last decade.
Previously Sam was with Microsoft's Business Development Group overseeing Bing, Office365, MSN, Skype and Ads across Asia-Pacific. Sam also oversaw Microsoft's strategic alliances with Yahoo! and Nokia across Asia and sat on the Board of Directors of the Microsoft Online Networks joint venture in China. He previously held senior corporate strategic planning and acquisition roles within the company's online services businesses. Prior to joining Microsoft, Sam held operational leadership roles with AT&T Wireless and Amazon, where he spearheaded the launch of several new products and services. He began his career with Price Waterhouse and Lehman Brothers.
Sam has extensive networks in Asia and the US, having lived in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seattle, New York and Chicago. He is an active angel investor focusing on technology, media and telecommunications companies seeking to expand regionally and internationally and is also an advisor/mentor to several regional venture capital firms and accelerators.
Sam holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Illinois and a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a qualified CPA. Sam speaks English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai.
Michelle Kung is Executive Director of BANSEA. She is in charge of administrative operations and strategic partnerships at BANSEA.
Prior to BANSEA, she worked for a clean-tech company to drive strategic engagements with government agencies and international market development. She was the researcher and the writer of the book entitled "Built by Singapore- from Slums to a Sustainable Built Environment" under the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) of the Ministry of National Development. She was also affiliated with the United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS, United Nations' think tank) as a Ph.D. Fellow for the"Urban Low-Carbon Development with the Co-Benefits Approach" project.
Michelle received her MA from National Taiwan University and PhD from University of Delaware, USA.


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Silverfish are nocturnal insects which are silver-greyish in color and have a fish-like appearance. They consume substances containing polysaccharides which include starch and adhesives therefore, they're regarded as pests as they're known to destroy clothes, wallpapers, carpet, books etc. by feeding on them as they contain the nutrients they need.
The ultimate guide to control silverfish consists of east to follow step-by-step guides and procedures that will help you keep your home clear of this scary little creatures. Getting rid of silverfish needs to be handled by taking care of the adult silverfish and their young ones as well to ensure that you completely get to solve the problem.
Silverfish Control Guide
The first thing you need to do during a silverfish infestation is conduct a thorough inspection around your home identifying areas you spot signs of an infestation. Most home remedies will work for a short while hence will need regular reapplication. On the other hand, using traps might not completely keep the whole silverfish population under siege as most traps are designed to trap specific insects. Therefore, professional extermination of silverfish will do the trick to completely get rid of the creatures.
Home Remedies to Get Rid of Silverfish
Plant repellents
- There are several organic substances and herbs which are known to repel silverfish and they detest their smells. This include camphor, peppermint, citrus and rosemary among other herbs.
- There are various methods you can apply this substances the most common being creating repellent sprays by mixing a few drops of their oil and using a spray can to spray around the infested areas.
- Similarly, you can dip some cotton in the oils and use it to wipe around the infested places or leave some soaked cotton balls around the areas where the silverfish might be hiding.
- You can also use the herbs on their own. You can crush the herbs and sprinkle the powdered form on the silverfish nests to repel them.
- Alternatively, place the herbs leaves in sachets and hang them around closets, on bookcases, shelves, cabinets and any other dark moist places within the house.
- Silverfish love dark and damp areas where the humidity is high. Therefore, reducing the humidity will work in driving away the insects from their hideouts.
- Buy a dehumidifier machine and use to reduce your home's humidity.
- Alternatively, use an air condition or fans to decline the humidity levels inside your house.
- In addition, seal cracks and crevices where the silverfish may hide away into using caulk then dehumidify the infested area.
Vacuum cleaning
- Vacuuming is a great way to get rid of silverfish and any other insects.
- This will help you get hard to reach areas and suck out the silverfish as well as their eggs.
- Choose a vacuum cleaner with a sucking hose and on turning it on, vacuuming the infested areas.
- Vacuum regularly to get rid of any carcasses left and incase of any surviving silverfish by chance.
- Dispose of the sucked silverfish properly in a sealed plastic bag and throw them out into the trash can.
How to Get Rid of Silverfish Naturally by Trapping
- When trapping silverfish, identify areas where they lurk and have made their home. Since they're nocturnal, they'll often appear during the night thus making it difficult to spot them during the day.
- Look for areas where there are visible signs of silverfish infestation and mark them so as to know where to place the traps.
- Create several DIY glass silverfish traps. Take a medium-sized glass container and wrap using a masking tape.
- Place bait (bread) at the bottom of the glass containers and place them in the affected areas.
- The silverfish will climb onto the glass and fall inside and since the inside of the glass is slippery, they'll not crawl back out.
- Throw out the silverfish in the morning and properly dispose them to prevent them from coming back into your home.
- To kill the insect, you can apply some boric acid on the bait and that will be the end of its life.
- Alternatively, create a silverfish trap using a newspaper. Since they love paper, they'll be tempted to consume it.
- Roll up several newspapers, band the ends and moisten it a bit to offer a comfortable place to stay.
- Place them in the affected areas and the silverfish will crawl up into the rolled up newspaper.
- When morning comes, throw out or burn the newspaper traps.
- Repeat this each and every night until they're completely gone.
You can as well try manufactured Silverfish trap that have proven to be valid to many people. Click the image below to purchase the Silvership Trap:
How To Kill Silverfish
Using food grade Diatomaceous Earth
- Purchase food grade DE from a pest store and pour it into a small container. Wear a mask and some gloves before applying diatomaceous earth.
- Sprinkle some around the silverfish infested places as well as dark damp areas where the silverfish may make their nests.
- Since this creatures will crawl over floor surfaces, their bodies will come into contact with the powdered diatomaceous earth.
- Food grade DE is made from sharp algae fossils which will cut through the silverfish's exoskeleton causing them to die.
You can purchase the food grade Diatomaceous Earth from the below;
Using baking soda
- Measure a cup of water and pour it into a bowl.
- Add baking soda and some honey and stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
- Apply the paste on affected materials such as books, cardboards, closets and any other areas where the silverfish are likely to lurk.
- The silverfish will die when they consume the mixture and it is efficient in areas that are hard to reach especially on book shelves.
Things You did not know about Silverfish
Silverfish Life Cycle
To know the brief description of Silverfish's life; Click Here
Silverfish belong the Lepismatidae family of the class insecta which means silverfish will reproduce by laying eggs and the hatched young ones will undergo gradual incomplete metamorphosis until they're fully grown adults. Silverfish have a unique way of mating. They'll perform love dances beforehand and they'll proceed to mate later on. The mating ritual involves three faces, the first being that the male and female stand facing each other with their trembling antennae's coming into contact and will repeatedly back off and return to their initial position. The male then runs away and the female will chase after him in the second phase. Finally, they will stand side by side and head to tail and the male silverfish will lay spermatophores which are deposited on the female's ovipositor.
The female then lays eggs which varies depending with the species. There are those which will lay eggs one by one on a daily basis while others will lay the eggs in small clusters of 2-20 eggs. In a lifetime, the female silverfish lays less than 100 eggs. Silverfish reproduce at a high rate which makes their infestation quite a scary experience. The eggs will hatch in six weeks or so and the nymphs will come to life. They're whitish in color and they resemble the adults only smaller. As they undergo through the various nymph instar stages, they'll molt and start gaining a greyish silver color and in three months they reach the adult stage. In their lifetime, they are capable of molting 17-66 times making them among the few insects which molt even after reaching adulthood. Their average lifespan is three years but can live up to 8 years.
Characteristics of Silverfish
Silverfish are wingless insects which have a fish like appearance and are silver-greyish in color. They're soft bodied and are flattened from top to bottom with a metallic shine due to presence of fine scales on their skin. They're about 0.5-1 inches long with a broad head and a slender body which has a tapered abdomen at the end giving them the fish like appearance. They have two long antennae's and a filament on their abdomen tips and small compound eyes. They're frisky little creatures which avoid well lit areas and they like damp humid places.
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Do Silverfish Bite?
As much as silverfish can give you the creeps due to their appearance, they're docile insects and do not bite and neither do they carry disease-causing germs. They're not attracted to humans neither do they see humans as a source of food, however they are attracted to clothes, books, papers, glue among other starchy materials.
Are Silverfish Harmful?
They are also harmless and will not attack you in case they fell in danger. On the contrary they're run away from you in search of a favorable place to hide. As much as they're harmless to human beings, they're unpleasant creatures which will be in attack of your property. Similarly, they contaminate food substances but since they do not transmit diseases, they do not pose a threat to your health.
Silverfish Infestation Signs
Most are the times you'll spot one of this fish-like insects on the bathroom or kitchen floor or around the sink and bathtubs. Silverfish will thrive in most climatic conditions however, they prefer dark and damp areas with high humidity e.g. basements, attics, bathrooms, kitchen and the likes of such areas. They are attracted to materials with carbohydrates which they'll destroy by chewing on them and leaving them in a tattered condition which is one of the major signs of a silverfish infestation. Another evidence of their existence in your home is their tiny black pepper-like feaces which they'll leave around areas where they lurk. At times, they'll also stain your clothes leaving behind yellow marks on the affected clothes or books. A silverfish infestation can go unnoticed for a long time period as they're quite the secretive creatures and will hide away during and be active during the night.
Where Do Silverfish Come From?
The household silverfish species is commonly found indoors and will rarely be seen outside. Most people wonder where they come from and well, they've been in the world for millenniums. The most common way you'll get silverfish in your home is when they're introduced into your homes unknowingly through carriage luggage from an already infested place. They also use small cracks and crevices found on walls to get into your house. They will crawl up on the walls and get right into your house.

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Carnforth Lodge No.4951
The 'Railway' Town of Carnforth
Gateway to the Lake District
In the rural settings of Morecambe Bay
and ideally situated just off the M6
Is the 'place' you will find
CARNFORTH LODGE No: 4951
Warrant of the Lodge dated 3rd August 1927
Consecrated under the guidance of W Bro Llewellyn Bailey PGD
on Thursday 29th March 1928
The ninth Lodge at that time in the Lancaster and District Group of Lodges
The initiative of Worshipful Brother John Smalley PPr DGDC and six other enlightened brethren ensured a Lodge was formed after nine informal meetings between 1926 and 1928, held at the Royal Station Hotel Carnforth – this was to become our 'first' home.
In July 1926 a petition for its formation came through Arthur John Brogden Lodge No: 1715 – their Warrant goes back to July 1877. Of the twenty six 'Founders' – 12 were members of Arthur John Brogden; 2 from other Lodges in Cumberland & Westmorland; 9 came from Lancaster Lodges; 1 from Morecambe; 1 from Manchester and 1 from Stafford. A fairly 'cosmopolitan' bunch!!
Worshipful Brother Smalley was our 'first' Master – in June 1928 it was recorded that 5 Joining members and 12 new gentlemen were proposed for membership. We were up and running and had to do two ceremonies at a regular meeting.
In 1941 the Station Hotel was taken over by the Military for 'the purpose of War'. The Brethren, on the invitation of their Mother Lodge, were forced to meet in Grange over Sands. Having to catch the 'Masonic train' there and back, until the return in 1947.
The formation of Carnforth Masonic Hall Company under the watchful eye of its Secretary, one Colin Penty Wright (Yes, now our very own RW P Pr GM) lead to the purchase and Consecration in 1977 by Sir Knowles Edge Prov GM of 'new' Lodge premises within the historic Co-op Hall buildings on New Street, along with that of our daughter, Warton Lodge No: 8411; Carnforth Chapter No: 4951; Carnforth Masonic Study Circle and The Commemorative Order of St Thomas of Acon – St Nicholas Anglicorum Chapel No 5.
The CMHCO Ltd purchased new premises , Kerneforde Hall , 65 Haws Hill Carnforth LA5 9DG in March 2012 and the lodge shared the opening evening with Warton Lodge. The facilities of the Hall Company are available for general use and for any other Masonic business. We do take pleasure in welcoming visiting Masons to our Meetings, which are held on the Fourth Wednesday from September to May (the December meeting is on the Third Wednesday) – the Installation Meeting is held in March.
Our Ladies also meet with us, particularly at our social events, as do family and non Masonic friends who want to share in our fellowship and experience the fraternal spirit.
Further details:
contact the Lodge Secretary –email
Directions on how to get to Kerneforde Hall are also on the Group Website
Meets at Carnforth Masonic Hall,
Kerneforde Hall, 65 Haws Hill, Carnforth, LA5 9DG
on the fourth Wednesday in the Months of
September to May.
(December is third Wednesday)
The Installation meeting is in March.
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- Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are reportedly in couples' counseling.
- While fans are hoping for them to reconcile, they're in therapy for their five-year-old son Jack.
- The two have remained committed to co-parenting Jack.
- The couple was married for eight years before announcing their shocking split this past month.
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are reportedly starting couples therapy, but don't get too excited about the possibilities of a romantic reconciliation. Sadly, this is just part of the process when a couple with kids decides to separate. "They are going through couples counseling now, which is what you do when you want to divorce and there are children involved," an insider tells People. "It won't likely change the status [of the relationship], but it could help with their future co-parenting." Chris and Anna are parents to a five-year-old son, Jack, who they have each vowed to remain committed to after the split.
Fans were absolutely shocked when the couple revealed on Aug. 6 that they'd be separating after eight years together. In the aftermath of the announcement, HollywoodLife.com learned exclusively that Chris' newfound successful career and busy work schedule simply took a toll on the relationship, and they just couldn't make it work any longer. Both stars have remained silent about the breakup, aside from their original social media posts sharing the news. Anna thanked her fans for their support on a recent recording of her podcast, but did not address the split directly.
"[Chris and Anna] have vowed to keep the divorce as amicable as possible and to not bad mouth each other," an insider told HollywoodLife.com exclusively. "Hopefully they can stick with that, for their son's sake, as well as each other's. They're both fully committed to co-parenting and providing Jack with a stable and happy home environment. He's their number one priority."
HollywoodLifers, do you think Chris and Anna will ever get back together?


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If you talk to fans of other teams about the Saints plight this season, almost everyone will express some kind of surprise at the position Southampton find themselves in with just six games remaining. Indeed, a flick through the websites of major newspapers and you will find no record of journalists tipping Saints to struggle when they made their early season predictions. Put it this way, Mark Lawrenson's prediction column for the BBC has Saints in 8th position in his predicted league table. It's clearly been a shock to everyone outside of St Mary's.
Bookmakers were also caught on the hop with Southampton this season. An average of bookmakers' odds at the start of the season put them at around 25/1 to be relegated, as a comparison Burnley – currently 11 places and 21 points ahead of Saints – were given odds of 7/5. Even after a terrible run over Christmas and the New Year, you could still find Southampton at a price of 4/1 or 5/1 to be relegated. They were still available at odds against after the 3-0 defeat at the hands of relegation rivals West Ham last week.
Writing was on the wall for Saints before defeat to Arsenal
The defeat against Arsenal on Sunday finally pushed convinced some bookmakers to make their move on Southampton. Bet365 were one of the first to move, cutting Southampton's odds to 10/11 for relegation, making it the first time all season that Saints were odds on to go down. Saints' odds to stay up are the same at 10/11. The other odds for relegation by Bet365 are West Brom (1/2000), Stoke (1/5), Huddersfield (6/5), Swansea (13/2), Crystal Palace (9/1), Brighton (20/1) and West Ham (25/1). You can check the latest Bet365 bonus code to back any side for the drop or survival.
Obviously, teams have come out of more difficult situations than Saints before. The next two games, vs Chelsea (H) and Leicester (A), look very difficult fixtures. However, they are followed by Bournemouth, Everton and Swansea. The latter could end up being a relegation six-pointer. You would even imagine the final game of the season against Manchester City at St Mary's might be a chance to get some points, as City will have the title wrapped up by that point.
Three wins at least will be required from remaining six games for Southampton
Around 10 points, maybe more, will be required from those six games to give Southampton a solid chance of staying in the Premier League next season. On the plus side, the performance against Arsenal was one that suggested Mark Hughes has instilled plenty of fight in this side, even if it was taken a bit too literally in the case of Jack Stephens. If Southampton can rattle Arsenal like that at the Emirates, they can go one better against Chelsea at St Mary's or Leicester at the King Power.
Moreover, it's not as if all the teams around Southampton are going to suddenly become Barcelona overnight. Everyone from Brighton (13th place, 35pts) to Stoke (19th, 27pts) is still in this battle, with a good or bad result changing the whole outlook for a team. For Saints though, if things do not turn around quickly, they will be branded with that tag nobody wants – relegated when thought too good to go down.


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The primary objective of the Environmental Safety Division is to continually meet or exceed the City's and public's expectations for environmental safety by promoting industry involvement, developing community awareness programs and controlling hazardous conditions through education, engineering and enforcement of Federal and State requirements.
The Environmental Safety Division is comprised of an Environmental Safety Manager. State and Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) responsibilities include chemical disclosure programs, Risk Management Plan (RMP) audits and inspections, hazardous waste control, underground tank and aboveground petroleum tank regulation. Industrial wastewater pretreatment and storm water inspections are additional responsibilities required to meet National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water pollution control requirements. The Environmental Safety Division also responds on hazardous materials incidents to assist fire suppression units. The Division is also responsible for annual billings, as well as processing required permits for regulated activities. Finally, providing environmental data for public inquiries and real-time facility chemical information for emergency responders continue to be important elements of the program.


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Welcome to the Finnish-British Federation Debating Club. Anyone interested in debating in English in Finland should register and please make your comments on our blog articles or post in the forums.
Debating 2014-2015
Dear all,
The debate term 2014-2015 is ahead so here's some information and important dates before that. We warmly welcome both old and new debate teachers to join us!
The debating activities consist of three things; a kick-off event for teachers in August, workshops at schools along the autumn and the Final Tournament in January.
At the kick-off event in Tampere in August we have two tracks; one for those who aren't familiar with debating yet and the other for those who'd like to learn more. We will spend the afternoon together checking the plans for next year. Also this year each school will get a contact person from the university debating societies. We'll meet some of them at this event too. For this event we're hoping to get tentative registrations by the 6th of June. We'll send more information for those registered at the end of the summer, closer to the event. We're hoping that each school participating in debating activities would send at least one representative to ensure the same facts concerning the format and our events.
During the autumn it's possible to organize area workshops held by the university debaters. You can plan the workshop together with them and they can help for example organizing a practise tournament, training the basics of debating or training of some specific skill area.
Again, the highlight of the year will be the Final Tournament, which will this year take place in Kouvola on the 24th-25th of January (Saturday-Sunday). We're going to have an awesome weekend of debating and getting to know each other. Each school can register one team. The team cap for the tournament will be 20 teams, and they will be filled in order of registration (opens later in the autumn). The judges in the tournament will be experienced university debaters.
In all of the events we are using the international World Schools Debating format, but with 6 -minute constructive speeches and 4 –minute reply speeches. There will be no open/floor debate (questions from the audience). The decision was made on the basis of the feedback from this year's tournament.
Registrations by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Important dates:
6.6. Registration deadline for the kick off event
16.8. Kick-off event at Tampereen yhteiskoulun lukio
Autumn Workshops
24. – 25.1.2015 The Finals, Kouvolan Lyseon lukio
If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer!
All the best,
Aira Ranta
Debate Co-Ordinator, Federation of Finnish-British Societies
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Helsinki Open 2014 Debating Tournament
Helsinki Debating Society and Aalto Debating Society are proud to invite you to the biggest-ever Finnish international debating tournament in Helsinki.
Check it out here! https://www.facebook.com/events/215663125298590/
Helsinki Open 2014 will be hosted from the 16th to the 18th of May. This British Parliamentary tournament will have five preliminary rounds, break to semifinals and a final, all with seven-minute speeches.
For the first time, the tournament will be open for debaters worldwide! The team cap is higher than ever with 32 teams. The n-1 rule applies to Nordic and Baltic societies, while for others it is n-2. The CA-team will be announced shortly.
The registration is now open:
High School Debating Tournament
The National High School Debating Tournament
took place in Helsinki on 12th and 13th December.
On Thursday 12th at Ressun Lukio on Kalevankatu 8 there were 3 rounds, one being an impromptu round. This was a great and lively day for everyone, taking place between noon and nine o'clock in the evening.
On the morning of Friday 13th, between 9.30am and 2.00pm, we were welcomed to the British Emassy by the Ambassador, Matthew Lodge, following which the semifinals took place.. The four teams through to these semifinals were:-
Etelä-Taipiolan lukio
Rolle Rantaniemi
Daniel Cohen
Toomas Pitkänen
Teacher Marjut Sadeharju
Tampereen yhteiskoulun lukio
Sofia Levonen
Roni Rinne
Liekki Valaskivi
Teacher Kristiina Leskinen
Helsingin suomalainen yhteiskoulu
Maria Puolakkainen
Julia Ramula
Totti Tyynilä
Teacher Agnieszka Janus-Hiekkaranta
The English School Helsinki
Pyry Ahtiainen
Marcel Erkko
Matti Vuorinen
Teacher Lissy Clement
and lastly….
The Final
This took place between the teams from Helsinki's The English School and Tampere's yhteiskoulun lukio. The winner was The English School. They win €1500 for the team to take part in the European tournament. An article on the tournament will appear shortly on the Debating Club blog.
We must give big thanks to Ressun lukio school for hosting the first day and to the British Embassy for hosting the second day. Also we thank the Debating Coordinator, Aira Ranta and all those other University Debaters who gave time and commitment to running workshops around the country and judging in the tournament.
Motions for Finnish National Schools Debating Championships 2013
Dear all,
there's exactly one month to our tournament, so here are the motions to prepare for Finnish National Schools Debating Championships 2013 on the 12th and 13th of December:
This house believes that EU should put pressure on Israel to give up its nuclear weapons.
This house would set minimum educational standards for politicians
This would punish the parents of obese children
This house would punish celebrities more severely for crimes committed
These are not in a particular order. Two of these will be in preliminary rounds, one in semi-finals and one will be the motion for the final. In addition we'll have one impromptu motion as a preliminary round. You'll get one hour to prepare for that motion before the round.
Have fun preparing, good luck !
Useful links for preparation
Dear debaters,
the National Championships tournament is approaching fast and many of you have probably already gotten started with coaching and practicing.
Remember that you'll get the motions on 14th of November and after that your tutors can't help with preparation anymore since many of them are also judging. So act fast if there's still something you need help with!
Here are some useful links that might help too:
Debate video blog is filled with amazing training videos by some of them best debaters in the world:
These are World Schools Debating format videos, but many of the others on the wed site might be useful too.
Debate central offers other kinds of learning sources as well:
Here's the adjudication video I've mentioned earlier:
And here you can find hundreds of motions by themes with points for and against:
Hope you can find these useful!
I'll get back to you as soon as possible with more information about the tournament.
All the best,
Turku Debating Tournament
Welcome to Turku Open 2013!
(for more details see here)
A wonderful journey begins today with the final destination, on the 25th of October, in the oldest city of Finland, Turku! We are delighted to invite you to our home, the University of Turku, in the land of a thousand lakes for three legendary days!
Why you should come?
Because you love debate and we promise you amazing motions, a well-known CA, great judges and a friendly environment to start the new debating-academic year in the best way possible! Whether you are a beginner or a veteran you'll find your match, so don't forget to pack your best arguments…
Because you love traveling and Turku is a beautiful place to see! Our city at the mouth of the Aura River used to be the capital of Finland and remains one of the most important cities of the country. A walk close to the river or past the Cathedral will be enough to steal your heart, so don't forget to pack your cameras…
Because you love meeting new people and having fun and we can guarantee you both! Our socials will introduce you to the famous night-life of Turku and you will have the ultimate experience of participating in a traditional Finnish sit-sit party, so make sure you'll pack your best mood…
Why you shouldn't miss it?
…because you will dearly regret it!
To recap:
Three days, at least 5 motions, a beautiful city, new people and loads of fun…
Are you playing?
Important Dates
Hi everyone!
Here are some important things + dates to remember now that our debate year is about to start!
This year every school can send one team (3 debaters) for the final tournament in Helsinki in December. We are ready for about 20 teams so be quick to register and secure your spot!
13.9. Last day to register your school's team
(+do you need accommodation)
1.9. – 13.11 area workshops
14.11 Motions announced
31.11 Names of the participants
12.-13.12. The Final Tournament
You can register your team in September and the names in November by sending an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.
Best debate regards,
Debate Coordinator
This house believes …
This is a FinnBrit Feature from the Federation of Finnish British Societies magazine.
This House Believes by AiraRanta
'This house believes that debating is the best thing you can get from high school.'
Boy, had I known where those English classes in high school would take me! In the beginning, I hesitated to take part in debating activities, but now I'm forever grateful for the encouragement of my high school teachers.
Firstly, tools from debating improve your studying techniques. They provide the means to deal with a variety of complicated subjects, find various perspectives, and write or talk about them logically. Many have said that taking part in one single debate has changed their way of thinking, making it more critical, quick and diverse. We debaters have realised that we often automatically start to cover issues as widely as possible and bring missing arguments to the table – whether we personally think so or not.
(You can ask my friends whether they find this a useful skill or not).
'My debating experience has opened doors at university.'
Secondly, my debating experience has opened some special doors at university, too. I study administrative science and, due to a professor excited about debating, I immediately got to research how debating fits into the political- administrative field. In my bachelor's thesis, I studied what systematical debating is and how it could be used to make decision-making more efficient. While doing this, I've had interesting chances to cooperate with both our university staff and some politicians.
I definitely think that open debate is the key to real democracy and the foundation for quality dialogue – when participants are able to see and admit that nothing is black and white, and grounds for almost any statement can be found. There's an increasing demand for knowledge of debating in many fields and it has become hip in public discussion. So not only is it useful, it is in fashion, too.
However, the salt in this whole thing for me is to be part of a community of debaters and have fun with amazing people. In high school, I got to go to Idea Youth Forums in Istanbul and the Netherlands, where we practised debating with young students from over thirty different countries. I'd say that those experiences are the reason I'm still so into this and have continued after high school. Getting to see debates from judges' and coaches' points of view has only made the hunger grow. I've been mesmerised by the current performances and enthusiasm of our debating high schools.
'I think that open debate is the key to real democracy.'
Growing into the identity of a debater doesn't really make life more simple, quite the contrary. But it does add a little confidence to confront all those complex issues in the world, everyday life and growing up.
(And sometimes, it can even solve the problems of those previously mentioned friends).
'The survival skills you need today are to know how to think and talk.'
In my opinion, the survival skills you need today are to know how to think and talk. After you survive a furious debate about abolishing the ED, not many conversations feel so frightening anymore.
To conclude, ladies and gentlemen, is there more you can ask from a hobby and a high school activity than for it to give you the tools to deal with a wide range of life issues, to give you friends all around the globe, and to maybe help you write slightly better English essays?
For all these reasons, I want to do my best to help encourage high schools to take up debating and develop in it.
I urge you to propose the motion.
A brief history of Finnish High School English Debating
This is a FinnBrit Feature from the Federation of Finnish British Societies magazine.
Written by Tuula Penttilä
The first debating competition was organised in 1996. The English Speaking Union in Finland (ESU) contacted me, as chair of the Association of English Teachers in Finland, to find out whether there was any interest in a high school debating competition. At that time, debating was not very common in our schools and the association welcomed this initiative. ESU Finland was responsible for the venue and prizes, while the Association of English Teachers coordinated the competition. Valerie Vainonen from ESU chaired the finals.
We invited fifteen schools from around Finland to participate in the first competition. Twelve took part and Vasa Övningsskola won. For the next competition, we divided the country into eight regions with a school responsible for organising the semifinal. The final took place in Helsinki, and the winning team from Helsingin I normaaalikoulu went to London to watch the British debating final.
ESU London provided us with the rules, which we adjusted slightly to the needs of our students. Teams initially consisted of two debators, but this was changed to three in 2012 to comply with the European competition model. Allotted speech times were also reduced and points of information excluded. Points of information are now accepted again, and that has made debates livelier.
In 2003, ESU Finland ceased operating and the Federation of Finnish British Societies took over organisation of the competition. The British embassy provided the venue. With Mara Salo's valuable help, I continued coordinating until 2007 when Mike Davis from Finn-Brit Tampere took over. Aira Ranta is the current coordinator.
From the outset, we had an annual discussion on whether we should have different categories for students from Finnish/Swedish-speaking schools and IE/English-speaking schools. At that time, there were not that many IE/English -speaking schools and we had only one category. After some years, we decided to exclude students whose first language was English. Not everybody was happy.
In 2011, we had two categories: one for Finnish/Swedish-speaking schools and one for
English-speaking ones. In the first category, there were eight teams from several semifinals and in the second category two teams without any semifinals.
In 2012, there were two finals: one for Finnish-speaking schools (in Tampere) and one for
English-speaking ones (in Helsinki). There will be only be one category in the future, as Finnish teams now participate in international competitions. Our students' level of spoken English in Finnish/Swedish-speaking schools does not substantially differ from that of students from IE and international schools. The jury can concentrate on the content of the debate and the competitors' debating skills rather than their knowledge of English.
'Everybody needs debating skills.'
There have been years when it has been difficult – even impossible – to find enough schools to participate. Teachers felt that they had not been trained to teach debating and that there wasn't time for debating in the strict curriculum. ESU organised a seminar for teachers in 2003. The instructor was sponsored by the International ESU. The Federation of Finnish-British Societies organised annual seminars in Helsinki and, when Mike Davis stepped in, he continued the seminars in Tampere. We provided teachers with videos of the finals. The Association of English Teachers published a purchasable video with an introduction to debating.
Everybody needs debating skills, but debating has not been taught at school as it has been in Britain. Lately, debating skills have been practised in the first language classes and gradually in FL classes. Teams' successes have been greatly due to the dedication of English teachers and principals' attitudes. Most practice has been done after school hours, when it should be included in the curriculum. Debating is an excellent method of practicing spoken language while having something important to speak about.
At the end of every debating competition, I can see how much the competitors have enjoyed it.
Organising the competition has been pretty hard work, but also extremely rewarding. I've been able to see a huge development, both in language skills and debating skills, since when we started in 1996.


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20 Jan Why Should Marketers Consider Dynamic Ads On LinkedIn?
Are you a B2B marketer?
Want to deliver personalized messages to engage with your audience?
LinkedIn provides a great solution with its Dynamic Ads feature. In this article, let us see why marketers should consider Dynamic Ads for their B2B marketing.
There are 4 Steps Leading to a Success in Digital Marketing:
- Define your goal
- Target the right people
- Engage them with content
- Optimize your impact
Targeting and engaging with the right people are the steps that a marketer should concentrate more on. Because it is a well-known fact that message relevancy is the key factor, when it is about connecting with targeted users. The success or failure of a digital marketer is decided by the relevancy of their message. If marketers are not reaching the relevant users, they cannot make what they want. Nowadays, the online user behavior cannot be predicted with a manual effort. On the other hand, the competition is increasing. You have to compete with many other marketers who also try to grab the attention of the users.
60% of the marketers say that reaching the right audience with a right message is their top priority in digital marketing. But many marketers are struggling with creating an engagement with their targeted users. Among the 433 million users in the community, it is a bit difficult to target the right people.
Dynamic Ads:
To help its marketing users, LinkedIn has rolled out Dynamic Ads feature and now it makes some changes to this beautiful feature. With these new updates, marketers can have a new feel and they can place their calls-to-action and images prominently. So that, they can drive the engagement with the right users.
Why LinkedIn Dynamic Ads?
There are three main things that you can do with the help of LinkedIn Dynamic Ads. They are:
Target the Right Audience who Matter your Business:
LinkedIn gives you a form where you can select your targeted audiences. This contains a wide range of criteria for targeting. That includes company, skills, interests, location etc.
Performance Measurement:
Measuring performance is needed for any campaign. Unless you know the performance of the campaign, you cannot take a decision further. LinkedIn gives you precise metrics of your performance.
Increase your Follower Count:
You can place calls-to-action like "Follow Company" which can get you, new followers. So, you can easily increase your follower count on LinkedIn.
To know how better the results of LinkedIn Dynamic Ads would be, here we are giving you a success story of CA Technologies on LinkedIn. Take a look.
CA Technologies:
CA technologies, a leading software solutions enterprise, wants to drive leads. It has developed a great content that is downloadable, targeting the high-level decision makers in the IT sector. Their challenge lies in getting clicks from these high-quality leads.
To drive leads for its enterprise software solutions, CA Technologies developed relevant, downloadable content targeted to high-level IT decision-makers. The challenge was getting these high-quality leads to convert from clicks.
What did they do?
They used the best in their marketing strategy. They used LinkedIn's dynamic ads for their advertising. Dynamic ads link the member's profile picture with the name and message of a brand. As per the Digital Marketing Head of the company, LinkedIn's Dynamic ads are eye-catching and visually appealing. With the dynamic ads, they could promote their content in a better way as they were able to add more ad copy.
What was the result?
CA Technologies got outstanding results for its dynamic ad campaign. The campaign has resulted in a conversion rate of 11.3%. The cost per lead was 68% less when compared to other social media platforms. On this great success, the digital marketing head of CAT says that they were pretty sure their content reached the right audience, resulting great conversion rates. And also said that they shifted their marketing budget to LinkedIn from other social platforms, owing to the great results.
If you are new to advertising on LinkedIn, dynamic ads can be helpful for you in delivering personalized content to your targeted users with creative ads. To create customized templates, marketers are using the native ad format. These templates can be populated dynamically with relevant content like skills, interests etc and profile images of the user who are viewing the ad. Depending on the contextual elements of what the user is viewing, the content can be optimized.
Dynamic ads can achieve a variety of ad objectives such as driving conversions, getting new followers for your LinkedIn company or showcase page and display job notifications.
Reaching the relevant users with relevant content is the main advantage that you can get with LinkedIn's dynamic ads. You might be using the general ad features of LinkedIn. Though they help you in reaching a large number of users, we are not sure how many of them matter for your business. But with dynamic ads, you reach only the users who matter the most for you. This is the thing that separates the dynamic ads from other ad features of LinkedIn.


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Should you choose to believe what has been written about me on social media, you will think I am a paedophile who threatens to rape women who disagree with me. I suppose I should point out that these are lies.
Unfortunately for me, so too is the assertion that I control the media, which is also said about me. Thats not just Jews generally controlling the media but me, personally.
According to some posts on Twitter and Facebook, I determine not only what other Jews write, taking orders from my Israeli masters I also order around the many non-Jews in my (heavily moneyed) pocket.
The video was posted on YouTube in 2015 but has only attracted attention this week when it was used as a stick by the Home Affairs Select Committee with which to beat Google, which owns YouTube.
Giving evidence to the committee on Tuesday, Peter Barron, Googles vice-president for communications, said that the video was certainly antisemitic but that YouTube nonetheless had no intention of removing it.
Its clear that the video is indeed antisemitic. In it, Mr Duke says: The Zionists have already ethnically cleansed the Palestinians, why not do the same thing to Europeans and Americans as well? No group on earth fights harder for its interests than do the Jews. By dividing a society they can weaken it and control it. So theres no debate that this is Jew hate in all its traditional poison.
But the near universal assumption among politicians and policymakers that because the video promotes repellent views it should therefore be banned takes us into very dangerous territory. Had the video told viewers that their duty was to seek out Jews and attack them as many posts on social media do then clearly it should be banned. Incitement to violence is an obvious breach of any coherent set of standards.
In some countries, such as Germany and Austria, it is illegal to deny the Holocaust. Given their particular histories, one can understand why.
It was not Irvings incarceration in an Austrian cell that destroyed his reputation. It was his lost libel action against the legitimate historian, Deborah Lipstadt.
Hér get ég tekið undir hvert einasta orð. Við eigum að berjast gegn og fordæma skoðanir sem okkur þykja miður geðslegar eða hreinlega rangar, en lausnin fellst ekki í því að banna þær. Með því, rétt eins og Pollard segir er farið inn á varasamar brautir.


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"The problem with being nice is that people forget you have a dark side too."
That's how Charlotte closed her speech. It took her a good 3 months to prepare it. She wrote a first draft, then a second, a third, and she stopped counting by the eleventh.
When the day of the meeting finally came, she wanted to miss it and just stay at home. Those meetings were so boring.
It was a small group of about 10 people. The stories were always the same. They had different names, true, but their paths were excruciatingly similar and she found herself counting the tiles on the floor to numb her mind.
They never told the group that the day before they had done what they really wanted to do and that they had enjoyed it immensely, excited as if they were talking about a new taste of lollipop or an exotic dish, depending on their mental age.
They simply rambled about their daily routine, shyly implying that they thought about it, but that they pushed those thoughts away into the darker corners of their twisted lives, as they were expected to do.
And Charlotte got so bored.
She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs, telling the world what she had done. She had done it over and over again, methodically, systematically, and no one would ever know; no one would ever admire her brilliancy, her artful and empathetic masterpieces. Yes, she had a few of them. Actually, now that she thought of it, each and every one was absolutely brilliant.
She tried recollecting all of them. It was becoming more and more difficult. She smiled.
Yes. People thought of her as a friendly, happy, thoughtful young woman. She enjoyed that.
When Charlotte had the car accident and spent a few days at the hospital, the neighbors visited her. They offered to water the lavender garden, but she preferred her beautiful plants to suffer slightly than to have her neighbors snooping around the house. She hadn't had time to put a few things away properly...
As soon as she was released from the hospital, the neighbors dropped by with soup and stews and pies. She never allowed them in past the front door, never. Perhaps they thought that was rude of her, but her open smile and her tired looks somehow offered them a plausible explanation and they forgave her.
When did she start attending these dreadful meetings? It wasn't long ago, not even a year. At the beginning she went every week. She thought she could somehow slow down her urges by attending the support group get-togethers.
Then she got friendly, in hindsight too friendly, with a fellow called Thomas, who decided she was too much to handle, "high maintenance" as he put it.
After a while, he stopped going to the meetings. Everyone wondered what happened to him, yes, they did wonder. They still do.
That's when she started going once every month. Enough was enough.
For this month, however, she wanted to state something more than the usual feeble ramblings that annoyed her deeply.
"I can do strange things, very strange things, believe me." And she sat down.
The group remained in silence. Someone coughed nervously.
Ellen, the group facilitator, didn't really know what to say. She shifted slightly on her chair, buying time. "That was…"
"The truth," said Charlotte. "We all think this way. We just sit here and pretend we don't, week after week, month after month. It's mind-boggling. I thought this was a support group where we could talk freely about our concerns. I thought we were safe here, that we were surrounded by people who cared, people with whom we shared the same anxieties.
"I thought we were here to hold hands and push one another towards a better future. White flowers in our hairs and all that bullshit. I honestly thought that I would feel better about myself, empowered, free.
"Yet, all I can think of is to get away, run away as fast as I can, and never come back. I am so tired of us not speaking openly. I'm so tired of trying to endure this and I sit here counting the fucking tiles on the floor. 30 in that direction and 50 in that direction," and she pointed towards the exit door. "Isn't it ironic that to leave we have a much longer path than to go grab a donut?"
Ellen tried to interrupt, with no result.
"I know. You think I'm crazy. I most likely am. At least that's what they told me when I was a kid. You're nuts, you know, they'd say, smiling. I never took it seriously. They were smiling, the bastards. Yeah, they were smiling. All I wanted was for them to tell me the truth."
"What was the truth?" Ellen ventured, treading a very slippery terrain.
"The truth… The truth was the same as your truth. What is your truth? I did the same things you all did. Perhaps I did them in larger numbers. I was never appreciated. They don't even know what I did. I don't care. But I refuse to sit here, meeting after meeting, listening to the same crap over and over again."
"What are you talking about?" Ellen looked at her intensely with those big green eyes of hers that begged to be shut down, smiling.
Charlotte reciprocated the smile. The bastard is smiling that same cryptic smile her family had smiled. She'd have to do something about this Ellen.
"Never mind. I apologize for the outburst and I'll leave you to your meeting. This is clearly the wrong support group for me."
Amidst feeble protests, Charlotte walked towards the donut table. "30 plus 50, 80. Well, that's just about right. You don't mind I take one of these, do you?"
Everyone shook their heads, relieved she was about to leave them for good. She could see that in their eyes. When she left the room, donut in hand, she had a new project.
Throughout the next few months, the media did mention the disappearance of a certain moderator of an obscure local support group, a woman whose past was never quite clear and one who made the controversial decision to start a support group for people who felt the urge to perpetrate acts of extreme violence towards others but who had never acted on it - that last bit was clearly stressed in the brochure; it was underlined, bold and in italic, just in case.
The police looked into every attending member of the group. They even checked former members, most of them serving time in jail. They talked to the neighbors and all they said was that she was such a friendly, happy, thoughtful young woman. They did talk to Charlotte too and they found nothing relevant.
As the police drove away, she took a deep breath. No problem. Everything was ok. The lavender was working amazingly well. The neighbors loved the scent and even the homicide detectives praised it. She hated lavender, but what could she do.
"And that makes 81." One day, they'd know about her, one day. A snicker followed the mumbled words. She had done it once again. And once again, no one had noticed it. Perfect.
Prompt: "I can do strange things, believe me."


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Follow The Leader
Still, for many of my clients, and the attorneys I talk with at conferences, it's hard for them to imagine that these methods can be truly effective. I know they can be, and have given my thinking on the subject before. But for those who like social proof, here's a big one from today's New York Times advertising section:
FedEx, an advertising bellwether, is unveiling its first Web-video advertising campaign, five three-minute comedy sketches…
FedEx's spots — for the last 20 years by BBDO Worldwide, New York, part of the Omnicom Group — helped pioneer office humor in ads, and often had their premieres during the Super Bowl. So when the company announced that after 18 years it would forgo advertising during the last Super Bowl, because it could not justify the expense during the downturn, the news resonated.
"That hurt the Super Bowl much more than any other advertiser, because FedEx is a market leader," said Jerry Della Femina, who is chief executive of Della Femina Rothschild Jeary & Partners and has worked on Madison Avenue since the early 1960s. "Look, you never bet against Federal Express, because they're smart, and when they're doing something, it's well thought out."
The company is certain to be watched closely Monday, then, as it unveils its first Web-video advertising campaign, five three-minute films that feature the actor Fred Willard.
If YouTube is good enough for FedEx, maybe it's good enough for you?
Jurassic Park, 2009
Let's start with music. When I was a kid, we listened to two types of vinyl records: 45s and LPs (for "long play"). My dad still had stacks of 78s lying around. (The numbers refer to Revolutions Per Minute on a turntable — the speed at which the disc was recorded and must be played. I wouldn't bother to explain this, except that one of my younger employees not too long ago asked me to bring an LP in to work because he had never seen one.) I still have a bunch of 45s and LPs, but more on that later.
In college, I was hot stuff because I had a 1964 Buick LeSabre (the year was 1968) with an 8-track tape player, on which me and my friends would listen to the Who's "Tommy" at maximum volume. If you don't know what an 8-track is, or was, you are young enough that you have probably already lost interest and stopped reading, so I'm not going to explain. Likewise with reel-t0-reel. You'll have to look it up.
Then came cassette tapes, on which you could, if you had the right cassette deck at home, make your own "mix." That is, you could take your favorite tracks off your favorite "records" and put them on the tape, making your own "greatest hits."
In the mid 1980s (which is to say a quarter century ago), came CDs and shortly thereafter, CD players became the standard both at home and in cars. That meant my 4,000 or so "records" were now obsolete. Oh I know, I could still play them, but…
Of course, these many years later, CDs are now history, along with my enormous collection of same. Now, I download tunes into my computer, my iPod, and my iPhone. In the car, I plug my iPod into a connection in my glove compartment and listen as I like. The "mix" has become a "playlist" and my original iPod and iPhone are out-of-date.
My house is also overflowing with my most precious possessions, my books. It is hard to explain my feelings for these volumes, except perhaps to cite Emily Dickinson's phrase for her books: "my kinsmen of the shelf." Each one is a special memory, a special friend. They mark the passages of my intellectual growth and my development as a human being. They represent so many wonderful hours. I have often thought that one of the reasons I never had a drug or drink problem was that I already had the perfect escape in my books.
Many of them were gifts. Many of them carry personal inscriptions. Many are signed by the author. Some are quite valuable. Some have been read 10 or 20 times. Some are riddled with underlinings and notes. I still have the first "real" book of my childhood: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson bearing handwriting in my childish script. I still have all my books from college. Some of these books have been with me always, even when I moved to Europe for a year.
And yet, I can see that they are obsolete. Although my friends and fellow book-lovers will protest that this can never be, I can see the handwriting on the wall. Everywhere, print is dying. I grew up professionally in the newspaper business and they are going the way of the dodo.
I don't mean that newspapers or books or music will vanish. They're just going online and digital. I already have a Kindle. No trees must die for me to read a book on my Kindle. Instead of lugging pounds of books around, I can carry my slim Kindle, which can hold 1400 books on it. As I get older and my eyes weaker, on the Kindle, I can adjust the type size. They even have a large screen Kindle. I subscribe to most of my favorite magazines electronically now.
Glancing down on my desk as I write this, I see my watch. It's a Cartier. Cost $4,000 15 years ago. It's useless now. The young and hip ask "why would anyone wear a watch? The time is on your cell phone."
Out in the garage somewhere, along with my cassette tapes, is something called a "typewriter."
I guess I don't have to explain what happened with that.


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This blog post is all about how to make pupusas!
Let me start by saying that if your grandmother makes pupusas, she probably makes them better than me. And if your grandmother taught you how to make her pupusas, then you probably make them better than me.
But if you, like me, don't have a Salvadorian grandmother and have never made them/heard of them, then I feel like you're my target audience today.
Since I'm Salvadorian-grandmother-less, this recipe on how to make pupusas started with me taking a trip to South Los Angeles to eat one of the best pupusas in this city at Los Churros. They were cheesy (oh so cheesy!), filling, hearty and so flavorful.
What Are Pupusas?!
Pupusas are made from masa harina (cormeal flour) or rice flour. They are usually stuffed with delicious things like beans, shredded pork or cheese. And since they tend to be so rich and cheesy, they are topped with a pickled cabbage situation that adds a refreshing, light and tangy element that really balances the whole thing out.
When I made them for the first time, I realized how similar they were to arepas. When my mom taught me how to make arepas (she was taught by my father's Colombian great aunt), she taught me with no measurements, just touch and feel and how the dough looked. For someone like me who sort of thinks in ratios, it was SUPER annoying.
But I get it, a lot of this is just touch and feel. SO, since that's the case, I figured I'd do a little how-to.
And here we go! (A GAZILLION PICTURES TO FOLLOW.)
Pupusas Absolutely Need The Curtido!
Pupusas begin with making the curtido (the cabbage/carrot mixture above). It's pretty simple: cabbage, carrots and radishes mixed together. The vinegar/sugar/salt mixture is brought to a boil.
Once it's hot, the liquid is poured over the vegetables and it sits until it's pickled. It's definitely a quick-pickle, but it'd ideally sit in the fridge overnight, but if you let it sit for three hours you should be ok.
How to Make Pupusas!
To make the pupusas themselves, you start with whisking the masa harina and salt together. Masa harina is cornmeal flour. The most popular brand and the one I'm used to using is Maseca.
It's super inexpensive (I'd say $3 for a big bag). I'd recommend finding the Latin grocery store nearest you and taking a visit. It'll be the cheapest there and they'll have the cheese you'll need, too.
About 3/4 of the warm water is poured in and there's a bit of mix action using your hand.
A bit more water. And more mixing.
Once you've mixed the water in, you'll start to knead the dough. The dough will start with feeling a little crumbly but the more you knead the softer and less sticky it'll get. This is the water distributing throughout.
If the dough is too dry and crumbly, you can add a bit more water, one tablespoon at a time.
If the dough is too sticky, add a few pinches more of masa.
Knead the dough a bit more until the water feels evenly distributed.
Add the shredded queso fresco and mix it into the dough.
Cover the bowl with a clean towel and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes. This will help distribute the moisture and ultimately make the dough easier to handle.
When the dough is done resting, take a ball of dough and press it using the palm of your hand.
Stuff/Fill The Pupusas!
Add a few tablespoons of cheese to the center and wrap the dough around it, pinching it so it seals.
Flatten the pupusa and shape it into a disc that's about 1/4-inch thick. The pupusa on the bottom left is the one with the cheese in the center.
Repeat the process until you've made all of the pupusas.
Cook 'em in a hot cast iron skillet or skillet until little sun spots appear on the surface and cheese starts to ooze out of the sides. YES.
How to Assemble Pupusas!
Top each of 'em with the pickled cabbage and a few splashes of hot sauce.
I usually grab a pupusa and eat it while walking around the farmer's market on Saturday morning.
Can You Freeze Pupusas?
Absolutely! Yes, you can definitly freeze pupusas. To freeze pupusas, this is what you should do:
- Place assembled (but not cooked) pupusas on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Add the baking sheet with the pupusas to the freezer and allow to chill and get cold for 20 minutes.
- Transfer the pupusas to an airtight container or freezer-safe plastic bag and write the date on the bag or container.
- Place in the freezer to freeze for up to 4 months.
- To cook frozen pupusas, cook from frozen. No need to thaw them at all! They make 1 to 2 more minutes to cook.
Can You Use Tamale Masa For Pupusas?
Depending on masa recipe, this should absolutely work. If you're using lard or oil or shortening, the process is nearly the same.
But now we can make 'em at home! I'm excited.
Pupusa Recipe
- 1/4 head purple cabbage, about 2 cups, shredded
- 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
- 2-3 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- 3 cups masa harina
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups warm water
- 1 cup finely shredded queso fresco
- 2 tablespoons neutral oil
- 2 cups finely shredded mozzarella
- Fresh or dried Mexican oregano
- To a medium bowl, toss together the cabbage, carrots and radishes. In a small saucepan, stir together the vinegar, salt and sugar. Heat the liquid until it reaches a boil; then remove it from the heat and pour it over the cabbage/carrot mixture. Allow it to come to room temperature and then cover it with plastic wrap and transfer it to the fridge for at least 4 hours and preferably a day before serving.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the masa harina and salt. Pour in 1 3/4 cup of the water, and using your hands, mix the dough until a soft dough forms. If the dough is too dry and crumbly, add more water, one tablespoon at a time. And if dough is too sticky, add a bit more masa harina. Ultimately, the dough should be soft and not super sticky. Add the shredded queso fresco and mix into the dough until evenly distributed. Cover the bowl with a clean towel and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Coat your hands with vegetable oil and form the dough into 7 to 8 balls that are approximately 2 inches in diameter. Flatten the balls gently until they're about 1/2-inch thick discs. Place a tablespoon or two of mozzarella cheese into the center and wrap the dough around the filling, pinching it to seal completely. Pat the dough gently, flattening it and alternating hands until it reaches about 1/4-inch thick and about 4-inches in diameter. Repeat with the remaining balls of dough.
Note: The edges might crack and become scraggily, not a big deal. To fix the edges, I found it easiest to place the pupusas onto a lightly oiled cutting board and smooth out the edges by pinching them together and rubbing any cracks with a teeny bit of water.
- Lightly oil a skillet or cast iron skillet and place it over medium heat. Cook the pupusas for 2-3 minutes on each side, until lightly golden brown. It's a good sign when cheese starts to ooze out of the sides and brown "sun spots" appear on the pupusas' surface.
- Serve each person one to two pupusas, top each one with a few spoonfuls of curtido and sprinkle with a few sprigs of Mexican oregano. Make sure hot sauce is on the table, too.


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Sandra Jackoboice has been an artist all her life, and remembers drawing as a little kid, thanks in large part to her Dad's influence. "We lived in Detroit when I was growing up and my Dad was a commercial artist for a while," Sandra said. "So I would play around with the things that he was using, and I guess that's where I picked it up." Once Sandra picked up art, she never put it down. It's still a hobby the future Vi at Bentley Village resident continues to this day.
These days, Sandra primarily focuses her art on painting, with her medium of choice being pastel or acrylic. She's even developed a new pastel technique. While most pastels need to be displayed under glass, so the delicate material does not blow away, her technique creates a pastel heavy enough to "adhere or stay on a canvas." She calls her painting subjects "traditional," and they run the gamut from delicate floral arrangements, to wild landscapes, to people in their natural environments.
"I'm more traditional. I paint landscapes, people, just about anything really," she said. "I don't do abstract – I don't know how to do abstract which sounds a little strange!"
Art is a passion Sandra is happy to share, through teaching classes and workshops at the von Liebig Art Center, the Philharmonic Center of the Arts, and Ave Maria University. Her classes consist mostly of adult students. When asked if there was a particular challenge in teaching adults, she says with a laugh, "No. I think it's probably more challenging to teach children! Adults tend to listen to what you're saying and do what you want them to."
A Naples resident for about 14 years, Sandra moved to Florida from Ann Arbor with her husband, Jim. Like many, they traveled back and forth for the first few years before finally becoming permanent residents. After Jim passed away in 2012, her sons urged her to start looking for new living arrangements.
Sandra had toured six other communities in the Naples area, but a lot were high-rises. "It's restrictive," she said. "I really like the open spaces here," Sandra said of Bentley Village. "Before we came to Florida, we lived on a river, and so I was outside all the time. I'm really glad about being close to nature again."
Sandra will be moving into the Bayberry unit, one of the 72 brand-new independent living apartments set to open later this year. "I decided I'd like to wait for the new ones," she said. She chose Bayberry because it has a den, which she plans to use as a sort of art studio, for her supplies, easel, and works in progress.
Today, Sandra is content to bide her time until her new apartment at Bentley Village opens later this year, saying that she's not in a rush and has plenty of art projects and other things to to keep her busy – something that won't soon change after she moves in. "I don't like to paint necessarily in groups. I'm kind of a loner when I'm painting, but the art department has a space and it would be nice to go in and see what's going on."
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The Answer Is: "Public School Establishment"
Yesterday, I wrote about a New Jersey lawsuit aimed at letting parents with children in failing public schools take their children, and their share of public education funding, and send them to any institution they want, public or private. It's a new twist on educational equity suits all over the country that have produced a ton of new funding for supposedly poor districts, but little by way of academic success.
At the end of yesterday's post, I wondered aloud whether long‐time supporters of old‐style equity remedies would get behind litigation intended to empower parents, or if they would only support suits that would shower more money on "the public school establishment." I mentioned specifically the Education Law Center, which has been the driving force behind old‐school equity cases in New Jersey for decades.
This morning, in a story about the disastrous Camden, NJ, public schools, I'm afraid I got my answer:
Camden schools — despite their ongoing problems — have taken positive steps by offering preschool programs, reducing class size and other efforts, said David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center.
"It's easy to criticize and have some silver‐bullet solution that's untested and unproven," Sciarra said. "There's a positive agenda that we need everyone, including the school‐choice activists, to get behind."
I suppose I could hope that when Sciarra attacked a "silver‐bullet solution that's untested and unproven" he was referring to pouring more and more money into improvement‐invulnerable public schools, but that's been tested repeatedly…and constantly found to be a failure. Unfortunately, I guess that means I have my answer.


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ALEX Bowen and Olivia Buckland have mocked Love Island's Jessica Shears and Dominic Lever after they got married on live TV today.
The pair who came second on the show in 2016 have been engaged for over a year and were on track to become the first Islanders to marry - until Jess and Dom suddenly exchanged vows on Good Morning Britain.
And while the scantily clad couple "married" in front of stand-in host Jeremy Kyle, Alex has told The Sun Online that he and Olivia expected they'd do it on Jezza's usual mid-morning show which is filled with lie-detector tests and screaming couples.
Alex said: "It was quite classy for them; we thought they'd do it on Jeremy Kyle, but best of luck to the happy couple."
Referencing Take Me Out's fake holiday destination, he added: "Maybe they'll honeymoon on the Isle of Fernandos!"
Jess and Dom shocked viewers when a newly ordained Richard Arnold conducted a wedding ceremony for them today.
In keeping true to their Love Island roots, Jess wore a white bikini and veil, and Dom donned white trunks, while Jeremy Kyle, Kate Garraway, and Charlotte Hawkins watched on.
The shock nuptials occurred during their interview with Kate and Jeremy when Richard Arnold showed up and told them he had two rings and asked if they "fancy getting spliced live on Good Morning Britain".
Jess replied, "You've got it all planned, so… yeah," as they both stripped off and walked down a wonky "budget" carpet, as a crew member put a veil on Jess and gave her a bunch of flowers, and Dom whacked a bowtie on.
Dom's vows stated that he would "share his life on social media" with Jess because she was "his type on paper", as he slipped the ring onto Jess's finger.
While Jess promised not to "pie Dom off even if Muggy Mike comes along".
Richard then pronounced them man and wife as Jeremy, Kate, Charlotte, Alex Beresford and Nadia Essex threw confetti over them.
However the pair can't go calling themselves Mr and Mrs yet due to one vital legal issue.
A source told The Sun Online: "The ITV studio isn't sanctioned for a wedding ceremony, so it's technically not legally binding."
After receiving a lot of jip on social media Jess defended the move tweeting: "So many people getting their knickers in a twist this morning about mine and @_DomLever Valentines Wedding on @GMB
"We had such a laugh and can't wait for the REAL wedding now in October 💕 #learntotakeajokekids"
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At downtown West Palm Beach's Paneterie, quiche or a ham-and-cheese sandwich—Emanthal cheese, please—goes well with the roasted tomato soup, but a new offering at the French bakery-café may be just the pairing ticket.
Paneterie—one of locally based TITOU Hospitality's concepts, along with, among others, Pistache, PB Catch and soon-to-open Regional Kitchen & Public House at CityPlace—now serves wine.
And it's doing so in a carefully curated way; namely, the offering of a handful of premium French Champagne and select wines by the glass, split or half-bottle.
Beer also is available now, with one option: Kronenbourg "1664."
Service at Paneterie, 205 Clematis St., is expanding in other ways, too, and all of this comes on the heels of the bakery-café—home to daily baked breads, macarons and more by master patissier Patrick Leze—opening a second location in Delray Beach.
In addition to the new beer and wine selections, which range from Tattinger Brut to a Louis Jadot chardonnay, Paneterie in West Palm is offering lunch delivery to the downtown area.
Delivery ($3 fee) is available for orders of $20 or more.
For more information, call Paneterie downtown at 223-2992 or visit www.paneterie.com.