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Composting rules and regulations in Wisconsin
A typical windrow composting system.
Wisconsin's composting rules include basic operating and location requirements to prevent composting from becoming a nuisance to neighbors, and to ensure nutrients are not released to groundwater or nearby lakes and streams. The rules require most compost sites to turn the piles or windrows and to measure their temperature. Anyone managing a compost site, no matter what the size, should operate in a nuisance-free and environmentally sound manner.
The DNR regulates municipal and private compost facilities that compost yard materials or food scraps if they have more than 50 cubic yards of material on-site at any time. For information on small-scale home composting, requirements for composting on farms or compost use, quality and marketing, use the following links.
The most common type of large-scale composting involves placing the compostable materials directly on the ground in orderly rows or piles, called windrows. The material is turned periodically to mix and aerate it. Aeration helps the microorganisms digest the materials and eventually produce finished compost.
Other types of large-scale composting include static windrows that are aerated using perforated tubes or blowers instead of turning and "in-vessel" composting that uses a continuously turning vessel and blower to provide aeration in a building or other facility (used to compost sludge or mixed solid waste in addition to yard waste).
Specific compost rules and regulations
Land requirements
Land requirements
Staff inspect a pile of finished compost.
Seven acres is the smallest possible area required for a 20,000-cubic-yard windrow composting facility. There are additional regulations for facilities larger than 20,000 cubic yards. This estimate assumes the finished compost is produced in one year or less and rapidly moved off-site. A much larger area would be needed if the materials were turned only infrequently, or if portions of the property were unsuitable for the composting operation.
Yard materials
Rules and regulations for composting yard materials
Leaf composting in windrows.
Facilities may compost between 50 and 20,000 cubic yards of yard materials with minimal regulatory requirements. A prospective site operator must provide site location information to the DNR. New or expansion sites accepting more than 1,000 cubic yards of yard materials must request that the DNR conduct an initial site inspection to confirm that the site meets location criteria. The one-time fee for an initial inspection for sites handling up to 20,000 cubic yards of yard materials is $550. Use DNR Form 4400-209 to request an initial site inspection.
After DNR staff conduct the initial site inspection confirming the site meets the location criteria—for example, not located in a floodplain or too close to neighbors—the prospective operator should complete a Composting Facility Application (link below). After the application is reviewed and approved by DNR staff, the DNR will send out a compost facility license application.
These sites do not have to submit a formal design and operating plan, but must comply with the minimum design and operation standards described in state rules. This includes turning the piles or windrows and taking temperatures. A facility must renew its license each year, but there is no fee for a composting license. See the links below for more information:
Food scraps
Rules for composting source-separated material
Food scraps prior to being processed and incorporated into windrows.
Any compostable materials separated from non-compostable materials before trash, recycling and compost collection are called source-separated compostable material. These materials include:
- food scraps;
- yard, garden and greenhouse trimmings;
- farm and non-farm crop residues;
- aquatic plants;
- fruit, vegetable and grain processing residues, like those produced in canning or brewing;
- fish harvesting and processing leftovers;
- farm and other manure from plant-eating animals, excluding deer and elk manure, and associated animal bedding;
- clean chipped wood;
- clean sawdust;
- non-recyclable compostable paper; and
- other similar materials approved in writing by the DNR.
Source-separated compostable material does not include domestic wastewater, sewage sludge or septage, high-volume industrial waste, rendering or slaughterhouse wastes, animal carcasses, biosolids (like sewage-based fertilizers), other solid waste or hazardous waste.
Composting sites that manage 5,000 cubic yards or less of source-separated compostable material on-site at one time may operate under similar minimal requirements that apply to yard material compost facilities of up to 20,000 cubic yards. Yard waste and clean, chipped wood may be added to the food scraps as long as the total amount of material on-site remains under 5,000 cubic yards.
In addition to complying with the minimum design and operation standards, operators of source-separated compostable material sites must submit a proposed plan of operation describing the site operations, providing a map of the site showing neighboring properties and including a plan for controlling run-on to and run-off from the site.
Source-separated compostable materials composting facilities may also compost food-related containers and utensils that meet ASTM International standards for biodegradability—for example, paper cups and plates and degradable cutlery. Facility operators should use caution in accepting these materials, however, and be sure their composting process meets the requirements for items such as biodegradable plastic bags and cutlery. These items do not readily biodegrade except under certain conditions and may cause problems with equipment and compost quality.
It may be possible in some cases to combine source-separated compostable materials and yard materials composting operations. Discuss this with your regional DNR composting contact for the county where the compost facility will be located.
Large sites
Larger compost sites for yard materials or food scraps
Composting sites designed for more than 20,000 cubic yards of yard materials or more than 5,000 cubic yards of source-separated compostable material must have both an initial site inspection and a written plan of operation approval from the DNR.
To obtain approval, the prospective owner must prepare and submit to the DNR for review a plan describing how the facility will meet the specified design, operation and monitoring requirements. The DNR has developed a checklist to help develop a plan of operation.
For more details, see Composting Facility Application (Form 4400-282) [PDF] The application form lists the steps needed to obtain a license and includes a checklist of what needs to be submitted.
If critical engineered features are necessary, the plan must also describe how the owner will ensure the use of proper construction methods, and the owner may be required to submit a construction documentation report.
Other solid waste
Rules and regulations for composting other solid waste
Typical probe used to measure windrow temperature.
A facility composting materials other than yard materials and source-separated compostable materials is regulated as a processing facility under s. NR 502.08, Wis. Adm. Code. This does not include household composting and on-site farm composting.
This is true regardless of the composting facility size. For example, a facility composting a mixture including any industrial solid waste, such as paper mill sludge, mixed with yard materials or food scraps, is regulated as either a solid waste processing facility by the DNR's Waste and Materials Management Program or under a wastewater discharge permit by the agency's Watershed Program.
The processing facility rule allows the DNR to write a customized permit based on the type of solid waste to be processed, the proposed processing methods and site-specific conditions. For example, a facility composting slaughterhouse wastes is likely to have very different design and operating needs than one processing paper mill sludge and chipped wood.
Just as for large composting facilities, processing facilities must meet location criteria and have an initial site inspection. A facility must get DNR approval of a plan describing how the facility will be designed, constructed, operated and monitored. The facility will also need a solid waste processing license.
For assistance regarding proposed processing facilities, contact your regional DNR waste management specialist assigned to the county where your facility is located
DNR publications
- Frequently asked questions on new compost rule (WA-1584) [PDF]
- Temperature monitoring at licensed compost facilities (WA-1585) [PDF]
- Plan of Operation checklist for compost facilities (WA-1586) [PDF]
- Storm water pollution prevention plan worksheet for licensed compost sites that submit plans of operation (WA-1587) [PDF]
- Fact sheet: determining the category of your compost facility (WA-1588) [PDF]
- Requirements for marketing Class A compost (WA-1589) [PDF]
- Fact sheet: large-scale composting of food residuals and other source-separated compostable materials (WA-1590) [PDF]
- Compost facilities eligible for exemption (WA1025) [PDF]
- DNR recommendations on "compostable" yard waste plastic bags (WA-423) [PDF]
- Blastomycosis and yard composting awareness (WA-1173) [PDF]
DNR forms
- Composting Facility Application (Form 4400-282)
- Compost Facility Quarterly Storm Event Visual Inspection Field Sheet (Form 4400-283A)
- Compost Facility Semi-annual Non-storm Event Visual Inspection Field Sheet (Form 4400-283B)
- Ch. NR 502 Non-Landfill Solid Waste Facility Initial Site Inspection (ISI) Application (Form 4400-209)
Other publications and resources
- Cornell University Composting
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection: Supermarket Composting Handbook
- U.S. Composting Council
- U.S. Department of Agriculature composting information
- Washington State University Extension composting resources


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Muro, slightly textured chocolate brown, tall, high output, double panel, thermostatic, electric designer radiator 1800mm high x 520mm wide. Variable heat output of up to 2000 Watts.
This double panel vertical designer radiator is ideal for rooms including kitchens, bedrooms, cloakrooms, living rooms and lounges. This modern cheap radiant heat radiator creates a decorative feature in any domestic home or office.
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Electric thermostatic heat control
European manufactured
5mm gap between the vertical flat profiles
Three-way or Four-way collector on rear for faster and better heat distribution
Thermostatic Control
The highly advanced Terma MOA thermostat heater element has '+' and '-' buttons to adjust the temperature across 5 settings, in increments of 7.5 degrees between 30 and 60 degrees. An LED flashes whilst warming and then the LED turn constant once your chosen temperature is achieved.
The MOA variable heat thermostat also has the benefit of a built-in timer that when pressed will give your heater a boost on a 2hr time countdown before switching back to your programmed heat setting or off altogether if that is your standard setting.
Additional features of the heating element include water ingress protection (IP Rating) of X5 required for electric bathroom installations, is compatible with a timer and comes with a 1.5 metre flex.
This electric designer radiator can be made fully programmable by combining it with the additional purchase of a 7 day, 24hr timer which are available in our Accessories section.
Muro is a vertical and horizontal wall mounted contemporary radiator range. Available for sale here as an electric designer radiator, Muro is a great choice when refurbishing your domestic home radiators. Muro is a Geyser exclusive design and therefore you are buying direct from the distributors online store guaranteeing you a direct sale at the lowest price in the UK.
Muro was originally available in 7 stock colours - anthracite, black, light grey, light cream, white, sand brown and bitter chocolate brown. However, the range is being discontinued and because prices are extremely low, many sizes and colours have already sold out. Use the filters on the left-hand side of this page to view what is left to buy before they are gone.
Again, an important feature of Muro is the three-way (on the single panel models) or four-way collector (on the double panel models) on the rear of each Muro model. These collectors make for faster and better heat distribution and is a feature not found on most UK radiators.
Also available for the Muro is a matching coloured towel rail attachment for the vertical radiators in this range. This allows you to dry towels on the front of the radiator. See the Muro towel bars in the Accessories category on this website.
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Countless lives were lost out of sheer apathy. Among the investigated labels, Zara, my favourite, was included. To remain ignorant of my complicities in the system responsible for the disdainful treatment of human beings, for a mere satisfaction of ego, became impossible.
My decision to buy sustainable fashion in India has been jute-ful so far. Stereotypically, the clothes, bags, shoes do look like potato sacks, but the silhouette has been fucking fresh for me so far. Indie and veteran designers alike are using zero-waste techniques that are already so much so our culture — you remember your neighbourhood tailor, right? Probably still know him and his whole family.
Of those, my new favourite boutique is Toile, a chic store in Khar that opened its doors in October. Mama Google translates the word toile as "an early version of a finished garment made up of a cheap material so that the design can be tested and perfected", but the store's designs hardly look cheap (or are, for that matter) and the early version of the finished garment is the finished garment.
Toile aims to celebrate sustainability by providing a platform for sustainable labels, without breaking the bank. The store features clothes created by some of the pioneers of the eco-friendly fashion crusade in India. Brands like Doodlage, known for making clothing from scraps (upcycled, if you will) and veteran designers like James Ferreira, who launched a line of sustainable dresses and tops made from towels, can be found while browsing through the quaint store. Toile is the first of its kind in Mumbai to have only designer sustainable apparel and accessories and guess what? It's not crazy expensive, which gives us all the more reason to be thrilled about it.
TLC caught up with founders Priti Jain and Farheen Bushra Rahman to get an idea of the ethos behind this sustainable new store.
What inspired you to start the store?
The concept behind our store is to support and promote sustainability and to give a platform to designers and artists that believe in the same ideology. A sustainable community is one that resembles a living system where all of the resources (human, natural, and economic) are renewed and in balance for perpetuity.
The two of us have been friends for the past seven years, and we used to live in the same building in Kolkata. After many, many conversations about opening a multi-designer store, we decided we wanted the store to be dedicated to eco-fashion because of the need to raise awareness and get people to make more conscious shopping designer. We also wanted the store to be unique – something that was also giving back.
So, that's when we decided to start Toile, a store dedicated to eco-fashion.
What is the price range of all the items for sale at Toile?
Everything in the store goes for Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 12,000. Our aim is to be affordable and make sustainable fashion more accessible to everybody.
Brands and labels you carry? Anything particularly individual you have in store right now?
We only stock brands that share our same ideologies, be it upcycled, recycled, handmade, hand-woven, organic, cotton or fair trade. You'll be able to find labels like Doodlage, Mati, Naushad Ali, Kaveri, and Shreya Khurana, just to name a few. We are carrying products from an initiative called 'Jute Story Behind Bars', which gives inmates at the Kolkata correctional facility some dignity by providing them with skills training and work. We love efforts like this and are proud to be carrying some of their items in our store.
You mentioned that once you ramp up sales, you will be contributing a portion of the proceeds towards the underpaid weaver's community in West Bengal. Can you expand more on your plans for this? When are you hoping to start? What portion of the profits will go to helping them?
Since we just launched, we're still planning out how we will go about our efforts. However, through my label, I have been working with the weavers of Shantipur and Burdwan in West Bengal. We have shortlisted a few families who are talented weavers, and we would provide work for them and practise fair trade, which is one of Toile's pillars. Working with a small team of weavers will start from February 2018.
Any plans for expansion?
Actually, yes! We are opening our Kolkata store in January of 2018. Our international presence will be made known in London when we launch our shop in April of 2018 and along with the store, we will be starting the Toile Club, which will unite people from all around the world that have the same consumer and design ideology. Our online store will also launch next February.


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I'm always excited to get news of an IT Cosmetics Collection. The "New Year, Your Most Beautiful Skin" Collection is the Today's Special Value on QVC and I was lucky to get an advance preview. Even if I hadn't, this kit is one that I would order.
The New Year, Your Most Beautiful Skin! Six-Piece Collection includes:
- CC+ Veil Cushion Compact Foundation with an additional refill cartridge
- Blurred Lines Lipstick in Je Ne Sais Quoi (New shade)
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If you haven't tried a "cushion compact" foundation yet, the difference from that and a traditional foundation is that the foundation is contained in a sponge ("cushion"). I tried the CC+ Veil Cushion Compact Foundation (you can read my full review here) and fell in love. I love the light feel on my skin. You can apply this cushion foundation with the sponge applicator, but I prefer the Heavenly Luxe Dual-Ended Complexion Perfection Brush. That way you can "stipple" the foundation (plus–so much more sanitary!).
In terms of shade selection, I have both the light-medium and medium shades of Celebration Foundation and have used the Medium in the cushion foundation and it is a good match. I haven't experienced oxidation with this foundation. Since I don't need a full coverage foundation, my cushion compact lasted quite a while, but I certainly went through it faster than I would a normal foundation. For this reason, I like that they are including a refill cartridge with this collection.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation wants a right-handed switch to two ramps on Interstate 290.
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IDOT wants to move left-lane access to and from the Eisenhower Expressway at Austin and Harlem interchanges to the right, in part to lower the number of accidents.
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TVOT SF 2018: TV and Mobility--Self-Driving Cars, Location Data, and More
June 10, 2018
ITVT is pleased to announce two TVOT SF 2018 sessions that will explore the intersection of TV and mobility.
Here are the listings for the sessions from the show agenda:
June 13th, Wednesday
Cypress Room
Driving the Future: Why New Mobility Matters to Digital Broadcast, Content and Services
From connected cars, commuters and travelers; to data-rich partnerships between smart cities and multi-modal mobility providers; to the accelerating global race for true self-driving cars--all will affect consumers. But will these trends also provide new opportunities for the digital television and broadcast community? Join us for a fireside featuring Arthur Orduna, ITV/cable television veteran and current Chief Innovation Officer for Avis Budget Group, in conversation with Tracy Swedlow, Editor-in-Chief of ITVT. From Avis Budget's partnership with Waymo to manage its self-driving fleet in Phoenix, to its new Mobility Lab in Kansas City and its ever-growing fleet of connected cars, we'll explore what Orduna and his colleagues are doing to potentially create new opportunities for digital content and services.
June 13th, Wednesday
Cypress Room
TV, Data and Mobility
While much of the initial interest in mobile devices was related to digital behavior and response to mobile ads, more recently the focus has been on the power and potential of linking TV viewership to location data. In other words: what have we learned--or can we learn--about television advertising from location data? And how can we use the location data to improve how we market to consumers through TV? This panel will share their experiences in TV + Mobile, and will discuss both the opportunities and challenges that we face. Panelists include:
- Ocean Fine, VP of Agency and Strategic Partnerships, Factual
- Jeff Huter, VP of Enterprise and Channel Sales, PlaceIQ
- Helen Katz, SVP/Director, Global Analytics and Insights Practice, Publicis Media (Moderator)
- Sable Mi, VP/Head of Research and Insights, NinthDecimal
- Arthur Orduna, Chief Innovation Officer, Avis Budget
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I took my first tentative steps out the door in Arena Commander, the pre-alpha dogfighting module for Star Citizen. It's freakin' gorgeous, more so in its own ways than is EVE. The look is not-so-distant-future science fiction to EVE's space opera, and AC rubs your face in a lot of pretty textures. Though I have yet to figure out how to fly–well, how to do more than stumble around in clumsy loops–the look is promisingly awesome.
Tag Archives: Star Citizen
I've been keeping an eye on Elite: Dangerous for a while, and now that it's in what they're calling "Premium Beta" release, I might actually take a closer look — to the tune of $150, which is basically a year's … Continue reading
No, no minus-one-year-old game can seriously present itself as an EVE-killer, but Star Citizen is already making a lot of the right sorts of noise. CCP's eleven years of development are simply going to have it all over any new digital offering, no matter how well funded or hotly anticipated.
I never played Wing Commander or Privateer, or I might have recognized Chris Roberts' name before his history was pointed out to me yesterday. Computer games bore me, you see, and until I was ushered into EVE, none had held my interest much more than two weeks, let alone two years. New Eden has kept me engaged through my friends who play, and through the production of pretty, pretty hulls for me to spin. Mordu, take my money!
Way to bork our Googling, by the way, CCP, by naming your expansions after existing hulls. :-/
The beautiful ship designs of Star Citizen, then, were a deep pit covered with leaves and moss. They are the oil, and I am the Cheney. They are the hunny, and I'm Pooh. Tempt me with the lovely Avenger pictured here, and my head will pivot an alarming number of radians.
Mabrick set the stage in this post about SC's server architecture. Those little silos mean that not everyone in the damned game is going to be trying to dock in the same station I am. They can't camp all the gates. No one will be able to own everything, or even to try, and it might be helpful right from the giddy-up to start thinking of Star Citizen as a multiverse with more contradictory canon than a DC-Marvel nerd fight. Oh; you're going to burn Jita? That's nice. Which one?
Reading Mabrick had me suddenly considering playing the game…eventually. Though Roberts & Co. are not short of cash, this effort looks like one I'd like to support. I talked it over with co-workers the next day, one of whom names Privateer as his favorite game ever (and whom EVE's lack of a first-person pilot perspective therefore kept away). I mentioned my thoughts to Suzariel…and it turned out she had already paid her way in after I left for the office. Those stars aligned faster than a shield covops carrying PLEX.
Playing on one or a few public servers will buffer you against a lot of the HTFU posturing endemic to online gaming. The asteroid belts and cities you've lovingly placed on your private server won't be encountered by most other players who visit the same systems in other iterations. And when you're ready–perhaps only when you're ready–you'll step out among the Infinite Worlds seeking PvP. The concepts sound right; I'm not made of wood, folks. An ye prick me, yes, I'm going to bleed like the proverbial motherfucker, and the crime scene will be spattered with green.
CCP proudly proclaims, "Be the villain," Suz reminded me on our way home from work today. Star Citizen will sell you, right this minute, a "Be A Hero" poster for your hangar. The dichotomy's amusing, and could it have been anything other than intentional? Whatever these two games become, let's hope for a lot of such in-jokes, gentle digs and cross-pollination. I've enlisted, and in the spirit of the US Army, am hurrying up and waiting.
The Avenger portrait above, by the way, is from last night's glorious first walk-through of my hangar module. Here's one experience already that EVE doesn't provide. Oh, we've all clocked hours in our hangars–those of us who ever enable CQ, that is–staring from the balcony onto one hull at a time that (no matter how bad-ass my video card) seems somehow out of reach, spinning tantalizingly at arm's length. In Star Citizen I may own only one ship that doesn't fly or even move, and I may not have a toon yet, but I can walk around this ship and through it, grooving on its rich textures and here-and-nowness. I can practically smell the oil, and it reeks of promise.
If nothing ultimately comes of the new game, at least it gives EVE something else to have to be better than.
I missed this article when it first came out a month ago, but today I saw it linked from a Gamespot story I was reading about Star Citizen. (The second article is an announcement that the lead producer for Diablo … Continue reading
CCP needs competition. They haven't had to worry much about gatecamps in the science fiction MMO world. They could motor along, collecting subscriptions just like a Hulk munches rocks, and not have to wonder if they'll get ganked. Having a … Continue reading


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Rapper Ja Rule was released from an upstate New York prison early Thursday morning.
The platinum-selling hip hop artist was just shy of completing a two year prison sentence stemming from an illegal gun possession charge. Ja Rule reportedly earned his early release on terms of good behavior. However, the release did not mark the end of the rapper's legal troubles.
The Associated Press writes that the entertainer was released at 9:30 this morning from the Mid-State Correctional Facility. He was escorted by US Marshals and transferred directly into the custody of federal agents.
Ja Rule, born Jeffery Atkins, has time left on a 28-month sentence incurred in a tax evasion case. The sentences were expected to run concurrently and roughly six months still remain.
Where he will serve out the remaining time has not been confirmed. However, some have speculated that he may qualify for a halfway house rather than additional prison time.
According to AllHipHop, Ja Rule's federal case centered on his failure to pay taxes on over $3 million in income earned from 2004 through 2006. During his court appearance, the entertainer admitted his negligence and made a statement to the judge:
"I in no way attempted to deceive the government or do anything illegal. I was a young man who made a lot of money — I'm getting a little choked up — I didn't know how to deal with these finances, and I didn't have people to guide me, so I made mistakes."
According to Stacey Richman, the rapper's defense lawyer, Ja Rule still owes the government more than $1 million in back taxes. Ja Rule hopes to resume his music career shortly to facilitate repayment of his debt.
Richman told Rolling Stone the following:
"Many people are looking forward to experiencing his talent again."
Are you looking forward to new music from Ja Rule now that he's been released from prison?


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I decided to write about my recent trip with Turkish Airlines inside Turkey: Istanbul-Adana TK2462, departing at 2:05 PM (7/12/2012)
The plane was an A-320.
The plane was named after the Turkish city of Muş.
Tail number
Departure was delayed by 15 minutes. Boarding was at Gate 409.
We were taken to our plane by one of the famous COBUS shuttles, which are used by all the major airports in the world.
Here we are approaching the A-320.
The business class seats were the same as the economy class ones, except that the seats in the middle of the row in business class could be converted into a coffee table.
I was assigned seat 27D. The upholstery in economy class was leather.
Accessories like a pillow and blanket were available on demand.
The headrest could be adjusted with this button:
Controls for the entertainment system were built into the armrests.
Takeoff and ascent were very quick. About 20 minutes into the flight, meals were served.
Quality of service and food was great (there was tea, coffee, water, juice, eggplant salad, a chicken sandwich, and chocolate mousse).
After the light lunch I decided to flip through the flight magazine. It was inside a plastic folder featuring the airline's logo. It looked fresh and clean, and was pleasant to the touch, unlike what you can usually expect on Russian airlines.
Screens, which were located on the ceiling over every 4th row, showed flight information.
The bathrooms, though a little worn, were very clean.
The plane was about 90% full. The flight attendants were friendly and cheerful.
Although the plane has been in service for 7 years, it looked practically new.
The trip took a total of 1 hour 20 minutes. We began our descent over the mountains by Adana. Descent and landing were both smooth.
Ramps were rolled up to both the front and rear of the plane, as it was scheduled to leave only 40 minutes later. The A-320 was quickly prepared for its return flight to Istanbul.
And so, 1 hour 20 minutes later, I'm in Adana's small local airport.
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read my review.
Good luck to all flying Turkey's national airline, Turkish Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance.
P.S. For this economy-class flight, I got 432 miles added to my Miles&Smiles rewards card.
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Pat McKee, M.Sc., OT (C)
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Pat McKee trained as an occupational therapist at Queen's University, Kingston ON, then worked in Edmonton AB for several years. She went on to get a master's degree in Anatomy.
She began her academic career at the University of Toronto in 1987, preceding that with 11 years on faculty at the University of Alberta in the Departments of Occupational Therapy and Anatomy and Cell Biology. Throughout those years she taught anatomy, hand therapy, biomechanics, orthotics (splinting), ergonomics and occupational therapy for musculoskeletal conditions to students and therapists.
She is an internationally recognized expert in hand anatomy and hand therapy. She was the 2013 honored hand therapist at the Philadelphia Hand Meeting; invited international hand therapist at the 2014 Brazilian Congress of Hand Surgery (Maceio Brazil); and was the 2015 keynote speaker at the European Federation of Societies of Hand Therapy meeting in Milan Italy. She has also been an invited instructor at Lunds University, Sweden and Port of Prince, Trinidad.
Pat has been providing orthotic, anatomy and hand therapy education to therapists and students since 1976 and co-authored the textbook "Orthotics in Rehabilitation: Splinting the Hand and Body", as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles.
She has been honoured with Life Membership Awards from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (2015) as well as from the Canadian Society of Hand Therapists (2017).
Pat is also a musician and composer. Most notably she wrote and recorded "Look Beyond", Canada's Official Song for International Year of Disabled Persons.Anne Agur, BSc(OT), MSc, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Anne Agur has been a faculty member in the Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto since 1978.
She teaches Anatomy, Histology, Neuroanatomy and Embryology. Anne is course director of the Physical and Occupational Therapy Gross Anatomy courses and also contributes to the anatomy course in the Structure and Function block and the Neuroanatomy course of the Brain and Behaviour block of first year medicine.
She is the current editor of "Grant's Atlas of Anatomy" and a co-author of "Essential Clinical Anatomy" and "Clincally Oriented Anatomy". Her research interests include skeletal muscle form and function, clinically applied Neuroanatomy, and Anatomy education.


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I am having trouble installing root kit hunter. I have downloaded and unpacked the package. It is in /tmp
When I try and execute the command:
I get an error message:Code:cd /tmp/rkhunter-1.3.6
I don´t know why. The instructions here say to check that the installer.sh script is executable if there are permission error messages, but I don´t know how to do that. Anyway, the problem is that I can´t navigate to the directory to run the script.Code:Permission denied
What should I do?
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Easy Refrigerator Dill Pickles take only a few minutes to make. Once you make your own homemade dill pickles, you'll never buy store bought again.
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Easy Refrigerator Dill Pickles are seriously the best dill pickle you'll ever enjoy! How is it that I am, ahem, let's just say over 30-years-old and I've lived in Oregon (i.e. the state that pickles everything) for the past decade and a half, yet this was the first time I made my own homemade dill pickles? What on God's green earth is wrong with me? Let's just say that I officially feel like an Oregonian now.
Had I known how simple it was to make refrigerator dill pickles, I would have been doing it long ago. I mean, what's not to love about a crunchy dill pickle from a fresh cucumber when you're eating a loaded club sandwich or a stuffed burger.
Where can you find pickling cucumbers?
I've always found pickling cucumbers at the farmers market. Starting this summer, I decided to grow my own!
Grocery stores will carry them as well, but they are definitely a seasonal item. Some stores might try to convince you that other types of cucumbers are pickling cucumbers, but don't be fooled. Pickling cucumbers have a very unique look and taste and it should be no surprise that they make the perfect pickles!
There are a few recipes that I make every year and then process in a water bath so that I can store them in the pantry. Namely my Canned Vanilla Bean Peaches and my vanilla bean applesauce. Can you tell I love my vanilla beans?
These are refrigerator pickles, however, which means that you just put everything in a jar, refrigerate, and wait. No canning. No sealing. Easy.
My first experience with dill pickles like these came a couple years ago when I traded some of my canned peaches for refrigerator dill pickles and freshly foraged chanterelle mushrooms with a friend. That was a win-win trade for sure, but I wanted to have a go at it on my own.
How to make refrigerator dill pickles:
- All you have to do is heat the brine so that your salt and sugar dissolve.
- Then you pour it over your freshly cut cucumbers which are nestled nicely in a jar with garlic, dill, and peppercorns.
- Stick them in the refrigerator for a week and voila – they're ready!
You were waiting for some catch, right? Like I lure you in with the word easy but then when you read the recipe you're all like "What is she talking about? That's not easy." I wouldn't steer you wrong, my friends. This is easy.
How long can you keep refrigerator pickles?
- The salt and vinegar keeps them safe for a while at room temperature, but they will likely go bad before you finish eating the whole jar unless you refrigerate them
- I recommend storing these refrigerator dill pickles no longer than two months in the refrigerator
- Be sure to always use a clean utensil to pull them out as you do not want to contaminate the liquid from dirty hand germs
- If you eat all the pickles, you can definitely reuse the brine and add more fresh cucumbers
Kitchen tools used to make these refrigerator dill pickles:
Mason jars – Not much to say about this kitchen staple other than they belong in everyone's kitchen. You'll never find me without at least two dozen at the ready!
Flexible Measuring Cups – My sister and I first found these at a cooking class and we thought they were just the best invention. Any time you are measuring and/or pouring liquid, these are simply the best to have on hand. They make a great gift for your favorite cook, too!
Mandoline – This is the best one I've ever used. Perfect for fast and accurate slicing! When I photographed this post and made the video, I used a hand slicer, but when I've made my refrigerator dill pickle recipe other times, I always break out the mandoline.
Watch the recipe video for my easy refrigerator dill pickles below:
Easy Refrigerator Dill Pickles
- 10-12 pickling cucumbers
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- big bunch of dill
- 1 head of garlic skins removed, cloves smashed (less if its a strong garlic)
- 10 peppercorn kernals
- Slice cucumbers into 1/4 inch slices or spears. Set aside
- To make brine, combine water, vinegar, salt, and sugar in medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil and swirl to make sugar and salt dissolve. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
- Add cucumbers to jars. Do not pack them super tight as you you'll want room for the brine. Add the fresh dill, smashed garlic, and peppercorns to the jars. Finish by adding enough brine to cover the cucumbers. Seal with an airtight lid and store in the refrigerator for at least one week. Pickles should be good for at least 4-6 weeks after that.
- This recipe made enough for me to one pint and fill two quart jars.
This post was originally created in 2015 and has been updated with more fun facts and tidbits for your reading pleasure.


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Mullick said the letter attributed to the cabinet secretariat on digitalization of land records and linking the same to Aadhaar numbers had been deemed fake by the state government. He stressed there was no such plan in the offing.
The district information offices in the state had issued a circular to this effect to the revenue department. But the revenue department officials had objected saying digitalization of land records was incomplete and so it was not possible to follow the central order.
Officials of the revenue department stated that the letter was on a watermark sheet and was attributed to the under-secretary of the Government of India. The move was aimed at taking appropriate action against those not linking properties to Aadhaar number under the benami transaction act.
The letter, dated June 15, asked chief secretaries, additional chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, Lt Governor of Delhi and secretary of Niti Aayog to ensure digitalization of all land records from 1950 and linking the information to property owners.
The letter stated that all documents of land records, mutation records, sale and purchase records from 1950 of any immovable property, including agricultural land, needed to be done before August 14 this year. The letter declared fake also mentioned that properties not kinked should be considered for appropriate action under the Benami Transaction (Prohibitions) Amended Act, 1916.
Officers of the settlement commissionerate told TOI that the work of edit module was being carried out and was in different phases. While some divisions had speeded up the work, there were some problems with the entries. The public reading of records is being carried out to ensure the corrected names are entered into the records to bring out an error-free digital document.
"Only after error-free digitized records are uploaded can they be linked with Aadhaar. We have no notification on the same," said an official.


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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has again given court-watchers a few more interesting, obscure English words to chew on.
Dissenting from the court's majority opinion in an Obamacare-related case on Thursday, Scalia slammed the majority in his trademark colorful, sarcastic language, calling the logic behind the ruling "interpretive jiggery-pokery."
In Friday's dissent in the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision, Scalia did it again — including the word "putsch" in his dissent.
Over the years, the conservative justice has delighted and occasionally confused court-watchers with his bizarre, creative phrases and interest in language itself.
As the legal blog Constitution Daily noted, in one case, he even chided a lawyer for incorrectly using the word "inchoate."
In order to assist anyone who doesn't know what jiggery-pokery means, we've compiled a glossary of Scalia's strangest words and turns of phrase.
Argle-bargle: A pejorative term for a verbal dispute, according to linguist Ben Zimmer. Scalia famously used this in his dissent in the Defense of Marriage Act ruling.
Example: "As I have said, the real rationale of today's opinion, whatever disappearing trail of its legalistic argle-bargle one chooses to follow, is that DOMA is motivated by 'bare . . . desire to harm' couples in same-sex marriages."
Blah, blah, blah garbage: Nonsense. The conservative justice used this phrase while describing a 1967 Supreme Court opinion that expanded protections against wiretapping.
Example: "There's a generalized right of privacy that comes from penumbras and emanations, blah blah blah, garbage."
Jiggery-pokery: Dishonest or suspicious activity. Scalia dropped this during his Obamacare dissent on Thursday.
Example: "The Court's next bit of interpretive jiggery-pokery involves other parts of the Act that purportedly presuppose the availability of tax credits on both federal and state Exchanges."
Kulturkampf: A clash between cultures. Scalia teed off his dissent in the landmark gay-rights case Romer v. Evans, complaining about perceived "kulturkampf."
Example: "The Court has mistaken a Kulturkampf for a fit of spite."
Platonic golf: Slate defines the term as a perfect, yet elusive version of golf. Scalia hypothesized about this version of golf in his amazing, sarcastic dissent to the court's 2001 ruling that the PGA must allow disabled golfers to ride in carts between shots.
Example: "If one assumes, however, that the PGA TOUR has some legal obligation to play classic, Platonic golf — and if one assumes the correctness of all the other wrong turns the Court has made to get to this point — then we Justices must confront what is indeed an awesome responsibility."
Putsch: a violent attempt to overthrow the government. Scalia used this in his gay marriage dissent.
Example: "What really astounds is the hubris reflected in today's judicial Putsch."
Ukase: An arbitrary demand. Scalia confused a New York magazine reporter when he dropped this during a 2012 interview.
Example: "They have a democratic right to do that, and if it is to change, it should change democratically, and not at the ukase of a Supreme Court."
Vaffanculo: "F---," in Italian.
Example: When asked by a reporter about how religion may impair his legal judgement in 2006, Scalia said Vaffanculo.
This post has been updated as of 2:50 p.m. ET on Friday.


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As mentioned in the introduction to this series of blog posts, I will be posting excerpts of chapters from Boys, Sex & Media with PDF links to the complete chapters. Use the blog tag "Boys-Sex-Media" to find all of the posts in this series. The excerpt of Chapter Four, on consent, is below. Click this PDF link to read the entire chapter.
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"The notion of actively seeking consent is largely alien to young people, and compounded by information from adults that focuses on the importance of 'giving' rather than 'getting' consent." ~ Maddy Coy et al
The topic of consent made regular headlines in 2014, particularly on university campuses in the United States, Canada, and the UK, when female victims of rape went public about the underwhelming administrative and police response to the crimes committed against them. In one case from Oxford University, a female student going by the pseudonym of Maria Marcello talked about being raped in her dorm room by a man she had just met while passed out drunk. She had DNA evidence linking the man to the crime but was told by police to drop the charges because it would be her word against his and, therefore, too hard to prove.
The crime committed against Marcello falls under the category of acquaintance rape, a close kin of date rape. But rape is not the only type of violation to occur on university campuses or in other places young men and women meet. The Guardian article that described Marcello's case detailed other instances when lines were crossed: women being groped, having hands put up their skirts, being touched in a sexual manner in a crowded bar, and being photographed while sleeping by male students who later posted pictures online. While the females affected by these crimes were horrified, the men who committed the offences had very different reactions: some laughed and others blithely dismissed the women's protests and concerns.
The common element in all of these cases is a lack of consent. Whether out of wilful disregard for these women's bodies or genuine ignorance about when consent is needed, it is clear that none of the men sought or received consent for their actions. As the examples above show, consent is not just relevant in intimate encounters. It also applies to unwanted touching, leering, catcalling, or any situation where boundaries are not respected and people are made to feel uncomfortable or unsafe. Nor is consent strictly a male-versus-female issue; boys and men must also deal with unwanted advances.
Because it is rarely modelled in our culture or discussed at school or in the home, consent is a murky proposition for young people. Yet it is critical that they understand consent, especially as they approach their teenage years and become sexually curious and, in many cases, sexually active.
Download this PDF to read the entire chapter.


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o complete an enrolment form;
o subscribe to receiving marketing communications;
o attend a Tuition Programme or taster session and submit homework/coursework or complete assessments;
o complete a survey;
o make a payment.
The categories of personal data we collect in this way include Identity, Contact, Profile, Tuition, Parent/Guardian, Educational, Assessment and Attainment and Marketing and Communications, Ancillary, Medical, Financial and Safeguarding Data
Third parties
We may also receive personal data about you from various third parties as set out below:
o Educational Data from your school or other academic institution.
o Safeguarding Data from local authorities, police and other agencies and public
bodies where applicable.
How and why we use personal data
We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. This legal basis will vary depending on the manner and purpose for which we are collecting your personal information. The circumstances in which we may use your personal data are as follows:
- Where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract;
- Where it is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to;
- Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; and
- Where we have your consent to do so, subject to your right to withdraw consent (further details provided in the section headed "Your rights" below).We have set out in the table below a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the above legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you require further detail about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
What we use your personal information for
Type of data
Lawful basis for processing
Basis of legitimate interest (where applicable)
To conduct our business and to keep our records updated
To conduct our business and deliver the Tuition
To manage our relationship with you, this will include notifying you about changes to our terms or Privacy
Identity Contact
Tuition Parent/Guardian Marketing and
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation Necessary for our legitimate interests
Consent – given at the time of submitting an enrolment form
Policy. Communications
To set you up as a new Student on our systems
Identity Contact
What we use your personal information for
Type of data
Lawful basis for processing
Basis of legitimate interest (where applicable)
Programmes to Students
To safeguard Students in our care and operate our business in accordance with appropriate standards
To contact named individuals in the event of an emergency
Parent/Guardian Educational
Assessment and
Attainment Ancillary
Safeguarding Marketing and
Parent/Guardian Medical
Necessary for our legitimate interests Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
Consent – given at the time of submitting an enrolment form
- Necessary for our legitimateinterests
- Necessary for theperformance of a
contract with you
- In the substantialpublic interest to safeguard children
- To protect the vital interests of the Student
To correspond with you regarding any changes to the Tutoring Programme, such as lesson cancellations, change of tutor or change of Kip
Identity Contact
Tuition Parent/Guardian
Marketing and Communications
Necessary for our legitimate interests Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
To conduct our business and deliver the Tuition Programmes to Students
What we use your personal information for
McGrath Centre operator and to otherwise keep you updated and informed.
To put in place appropriate measures to ensure that children with disabilities, medical conditions, allergies, dietary requirements or other special needs are properly cared for and accommodated whilst attending the Kip McGrath Centre
To allow individuals named on a submitted enrolment form to collect Students from the Kip McGrath Centre by using a password
Type of data
Lawful basis for processing
Basis of legitimate interest (where applicable)
Identity Tuition
Consent – given at the time of submitting an enrolment form Necessary for our legitimate interests
To safeguard children in our care and operate our business in accordance with appropriate standards
Identity Contact
Consent – given at the time of submitting an enrolment form Necessary for our legitimate interests
To ensure the safety of Students and to operate our business in accordance with appropriate standards
- Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
- In the substantial public interest to safeguard children
Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
What we use your personal information for
To track Student progress and provide feedback to Students' parents/guardians
To otherwise provide the Tuition Programmes to Students
To process and manage fees and charges on Student accounts
To deal with and respond to queries submitted to us via our website, by post, email or by telephone
Type of data
Parent/Guardian Tuition
Assessment and
Attainment Identity
Assessment and
Parent/Guardian Profile
Marketing and
Lawful basis for processing
Basis of legitimate interest (where applicable)
To conduct our business and improve our services
To conduct our business and deliver the Tuition Programmes
To conduct our business, process payments and recover debts due to us
To conduct our business and improve our services
Necessary for our legitimate interests Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
Necessary for our legitimate interests Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
Necessary for our legitimate interests Necessary for the performance of a contract with you
Consent – given at the time of contact Necessary for our legitimate interests
What we use your personal information for
To recommend similar products and services and offer discounts and incentives that may be of interest to you
To include information relating to you within internal communications (between and within the KMEC Group and the Kip McGrath Centre) (including Programme Identity and Kip McGrath Centre Newsletter)
If applicable
[CCTV footage (when you enter and exit the building)]
Type of data
Parent/Guardian Marketing and
Identity Profile
Lawful basis for processing
Basis of legitimate interest (where applicable)
To develop our products/services and grow our business, provided you will always be offered the opportunity to opt-out of such marketing communications
Consent – given at the time of enrolment
Necessary for our
legitimate interests
Consent – given at the time of
[Necessary for our legitimate interests]
[For ensuring the security of our buildings]
Marketing communications from us: We may send you marketing communications if you:
are a Student or a parent/guardian of a Student and you have not opted out of receiving
marketing communications from us; or
have otherwise consented to receive marketing communications from us.
Opting out: You can ask us to stop sending you marketing communications at any time, by:
- clicking on the unsubscribe button in the footer of any marketing email from us;
- Contacting KipMcGrath Education Centres on the followingemail address
Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we originally collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we wish to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
If you fail to provide personal data
Where we need to collect personal data from you in order to comply with our legal obligations or to perform a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the relevant contract (for example, to provide you with services). In this case, we may have to cancel the relevant contract.
We may have to share your personal data with third parties, including third party service providers and other group companies.
We require third parties to respect the security of your data, keep it confidential, and to treat it in accordance with the law.
We will share your personal information with third parties where required by law, where it is necessary to perform a contract with you or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so.
Your personal data will be shared by and between the Kip McGrath Centre and the KMEC Group for the purposes of operating and administering the Kip McGrath Centre and delivering Tuition Programmes (including as part of our regular reporting activities on company performance, in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise, for system maintenance support and hosting of data).
We may share your personal data with the third parties set out below:
- Third party service providers, including hosting providers, IT support providers, analytics and search engine providers. Third party service providers are only permitted to process personal data for specified purposes and, where they are processing data on our behalf, in accordance with our instructions.
- Another franchisee of the KMEC Group who takes over the operation of the Kip McGrath Centre or to whom your contractual relationship with the Kip McGrath Centre is transferred.
- Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce any agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of the KMEC Group, the Kip McGrath Centre, Students or other third parties. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of child protection, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, with Social Services, the Police, the NHS, HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities where we are required to do so by law.
- Professional advisers, including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.We require all our data processors to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our data processors to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions as set out in our data sharing agreements.
In some instances where we share data with third parties, such as Government departments and public bodies, those third parties will also be controllers of your data. We shall not be responsible or liable for the way in which other data controllers hold or process your personal data. Please contact those third parties for further information regarding how they will use your data. We shall only share your personal data with third parties in accordance with this privacy policy.
International transfers
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). In particular, data hosted by the KMEC Group will be transferred to and processed in Australia.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we shall ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to your personal data by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
- Where we need to transfer your personal data intra-group transfers, we may put in place binding corporate rules which shall ensure that your personal data is afforded the same level of protection as it has within the EEA. For further details, see European Commission: Binding Corporate Rules.
- We will transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission. For further details, see European Commission: Adequacy of the protection of personal data in non- EU countries.
- In some instances, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in the EEA. For further details, see European Commission: Model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
- Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the EEA and the US. For further details, see European Commission: EU-US Privacy Shield.Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data outside of the EEA.
Data security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed (including appropriate firewalls, encryption technology such as HTTPS, and passwords).
The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of any data you send to us via email or via our website; any transmission is at your own risk so please take care before sending us any sensitive information in this way. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
In addition, the personal information you provide to us is only available to authorised personnel of the KMEC Group and the Kip McGrath Centre who need access to the information in order to fulfil their duties. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they shall be subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Once we no longer require your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to destroy it in a secure manner.
Data retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) in order to develop our business methods and strategy or for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
We will typically retain your personal data so long as you (or your child, if you are a parent/guardian) are enrolled on one of our Tuition Programmes. We will also keep some of your data on file for a period afterwards (usually the duration of your academic cycle (ie for so long as you remain in education) or two years, if longer) in case you wish to re-enroll on a Tuition Programme or access your records (including your Contact, Identity, Profile, Education, Assessment and Attainment and Tuition Data). We will keep this under review and may periodically delete some of your personal data which we no longer require for the purposes set out in the table above.
In some circumstances we may be entitled to retain your data for a longer period in order to respond to you questions or complaints, to demonstrate we treated you fairly, to maintain records according to rules which apply to us and/or where we are under a legal obligation to do so, for example in the event of a legal dispute.
If you are under the age of 18 at the time of attending a Tutoring Programme, we may keep certain personal data relating to you until you reach the age of 24. This is because the period in which legal claims can be brought is longer for children than for adults. The type of information we would keep for this long for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims will be limited, but would include your identity and contact data, together with attendance registers and accident records.
We will also need to keep a record of your contact details if you have opted-out of receiving marketing communications from us to ensure we do not send these to you in future.
We shall have no liability to you for any deletion of your personal data in accordance with our retention policy.
Your rights
You have the following rights in respect of the personal data that we process about you (where we determine the purpose and means for which that personal data shall be processed):
- the right to request access to your personal data that we hold and to receive certain information relating to that data;
- the right to ask us to rectify inaccurate data or to complete incomplete data;
- a right to receive or ask for your personal data to be transferred to a third party (note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you);
- the right to request the erasure of personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it (note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request);
- the right to object to how we process your personal data where we believe we have a legitimate interest in processing it (as explained above) (note that in some cases we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your data which override your rights and freedoms);
- the right to restrict processing of your personal data in certain scenarios, for example if you want us to establish the accuracy of the data or you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it (note that when processing is restricted, we are allowed to retain sufficient information about you to ensure that the restriction is respected in future; and
- where you have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you.Designated Subject Access Request,
If you wish to make a subject access request please email us at
or write to us at the following address:
Kip McGrath Education Centres Peterborough North
121 Park Road
If you wish to exercise any of the other rights set out above, please contact us at
We may ask you to verify your identity if you make a request to us to exercise any of the rights set out above. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
How to complain
We try to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.
Please let us know if you are unhappy with how we have used your personal information. You may contact us via email
or write to us at the following address:
The current complaints policy and form can be found on our national website:
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please do contact us in the first instance and we shall endeavour to resolve your complaint.
Changes to your data
We shall make every effort to ensure information collected is accurate and up-to-date. We encourage you to help us by telling us promptly if you change your contact details. You have the right to question any information we hold about you that you think is wrong or incomplete. Please contact us if you want to do this. If you do, we will take reasonable steps to check its accuracy and correct it.
We will also send reminders to you on a termly basis (if you are a Student) to check the information we hold about you and to remind you to update us of any changes to your personal data that you have provided to us.
This Privacy Policy was last updated in May 2018.


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The start of the school year heralds much blogging on childhood and adolescent back pain. School bags seem to feature prominently in these. But what is really important for healthy young backs? We will dip into a bit of back ground but then come back to the bag.
The highly anticipated seventh installment of Star Wars will bring over 2 hours of action-packed fun for the family. Trailers have been trickling out for the last couple of months leaving fans itching for its release. I've got my tickets already and have been playing with my figurines for the last month in preparation. I'm all set!
But if you want to stay nimble, agile and healthy like Master Yoda instead of hunched over like Darth Sidious, then here are 6 tips that may help!
Healthy mind, healthy body
Often in our busy lifestyles we get caught up or distracted by current, past and future events. This can result in a default mode of incessant thinking, or reacting which research shows results in a prolonged stress response on the body.
The stress response is useful sometimes but not all the time. It's physiological effect can be detrimental to our well being in the longer term. Physiotherapists often come across this in our patients, especially where muscles don't relax when they are not needed to work. At rest people can have loaded joints form excessive muscle activation.
Training ourselves to be aware of this and to learning to switch off the chatter has research-proven benefits. Life Matters on ABC Radio National has a great page called the Meditation Toolkit to learn about and practice these important skills in mindfulness, body awareness and meditation.
Jayce Gilbert
As the clinic director of Peak MSK Physiotherapy and SecondOpinion.Physio in Bayside Melbourne, Jayce is specialised in the treatment of back, neck, headache and TMJ (jaw) problems.
December 2019


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(Reuters) - The FTSE 100 edged lower on Wednesday as investors remained cautious in light of a new U.S.-EU trade tussle and a Brexit summit, while a U.S. indictment wiped out two-thirds of drugmaker Indivior's value and dragged down its former parent Reckitt Benckiser.
The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 was 0.1 percent lower, lagging its European counterparts, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.3 percent, with more than half of the gains coming from security company G4S, which surged on M&A chatter.
Markets were largely subdued due to a transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute, with the U.S. threatening to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union products.
"The market is obviously taking a cautious look at the simmering EU-U.S. trade spat and preparing for a negative outcome but hoping for a happy ending," Markets.com analyst Neil Wilson said.
But the pound firmed after data showed Britain's economy unexpectedly grew in February, helped by clients of manufacturing companies rushing to stockpile goods in the run-up to the planned Brexit date.
The pound's rise ended up hurting blue-chip exporter stocks AstraZeneca, Unilever and GlaxoSmithKline.
Market participants opted for a wait-and-watch approach ahead of a summit in which EU leaders were likely to grant British Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Britain's exit from the bloc, but could demand that it go beyond her preferred date of June 30.
The most notable moves came after the U.S. Justice Department accused Indivior of illegally boosting prescriptions for the film version of its blockbuster opioid addiction treatment Suboxone.
As a result, Reckitt slumped 6.5 percent on the main index and Indivior crashed 72 percent on the mid-caps index. Its shares have already been pummelled by a protracted legal battle with India's Dr. Reddy's.
"With a fine of $3 billion being touted by regulators, it is hard to imagine how Reckitt won't get drawn in, given that the events happened under Reckitt's watch," CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said.
But lifting the midcap index was G4S, which jumped 20 percent on its best day in nearly two decades after Canada's Garda World Security confirmed it was considering a cash offer for the company.
Recruitment firm PageGroup advanced 5.4 percent after posting higher first-quarter gross profit, as robust business in Britain and Germany offset slowness in Greater China and France.
Retailers Tesco, Dunelm and ASOS were also among bright spots on the market after their respective financial reports.
Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, added 3.6 percent after a better-than-expected rise in profit, while mid-cap Dunelm rose 3 percent as higher quarterly comparable sales helped the homewares retailer forecast a full-year profit above analysts' estimates.
AIM-listed ASOS, whose profit warning had triggered a global retail selloff in December, jumped 8 percent as investors were comforted by the fashion retailer's affirmation of annual targets despite a plunge in half-year earnings.
Reporting by Shashwat Awasthi and Muvija M in Bengaluru; Editing by Keith Weir and Kevin Liffey