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The rules are divided into the following sections and can be accessed using the menu on the right:
Entries may be made online or on the official entry form. Blank entry forms may be downloaded or are available on request from the Endurance GB office. A separate entry must be made for each horse. Making an entry constitutes acceptance of the rules of Endurance GB. An organiser has the right to refuse an entry.
All entry fees quoted by Ride Organisers must show, where applicable, itemised fees for ride entries, stabling, corralling, camping, accommodation and any other obligatory charges.
All entries and entry fees must be sent to the Ride Secretary for the relevant ride, whose contact details will be shown in the entry for the ride in this Ride Programme.
Rides Schedules can be found here
Members must pay in full for any entry they may wish to make for any Endurance GB ride payment may be by debit card, credit card,cheque or postal order.
Late entries (ie after the Ride Close Date) should if possible be made on line. However late entries are only accepted at the discretion of the Ride Organiser, and not all Organisers accept late entries. If accepted, all late entries for endurance rides will carry a surcharge of £15.00 unless it is as a result of the cancellation of another ride whose date is within 2 weeks of the ride being entered.
Pleasure ride classes do not attract a late entry surcharge.
For details regarding withdrawals and refunds please see refunds
Ride details such as vetting / start times, map, route description and other details will be dispatched after close of entries, usually 7-10 days before the event. All postal entries must include a large (minimum A5 size) SAE with sufficient postage. PLEASE NOTE large letter rate may be required for ride details, especially if there is more than one entry present. Fax and email entries are not acceptable.
Riders or horses (but not both) may be substituted up to half an hour before the start of competitions. Substitute riders or horses must be eligible according to the conditions of the class and the rules of Endurance GB. A fresh, signed, entry form must be completed for any replacement rider.
Details of Horse, Rider and Class must be completed in ballpoint pen, clearly legible before the pre-ride vetting.
Information about Ride Entry Fees can be found here
We all enjoy a wonderful sport that gives us endless pleasure, so it is good to be able to put something back into the sport that gives us so much. We do hope that members will be prepared to give up some time to help Ride Organisers to put on the events that we all enjoy so much. Help is needed in many ways, from car parking to vet writing, time-keeping to gate opening, working in the ride office, being a Technical Steward, or stewarding a checkpoint.
All riders should make every effort to volunteer to help at a ride at least once in a season. It will also be of great help to a Ride Organiser if you volunteer to help at a ride well in advance. At the beginning of the season, as you go through the Ride Programme for the current year, noting which rides you are planning to enter, also make a note of the ride at which you can help. Give the Ride Organiser a call straight away and book yourself a place as a helper – it will be greatly appreciated.
Other members, and indeed many non-members, give up a day so that you can enjoy your rides. If every member of Endurance GB gives back one day of his or her time, then our Ride Organisers' lives will be much easier.
Membership of Endurance GB is renewable annually, except for Life Members.
All horse registrations are also renewable annually.
You must renew your membership and register your horse(s) before entering your first graded or competitive endurance ride of the new season.


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Bridget's first workshop was established in South West Scotland in 1977. She moved to Herefordshire in 1994 where she now has a studio at home. She has had no formal training.
An interest in oriental ceramics led her to develop her own style, and from then on she has worked exclusively in porcelain taking her inspiration from Eastern ceramics.
She makes a speciality of teapots, incorporating silver and wood in the detailed fittings. Other shapes include large vases, jugs, bottles and bowls. She researches and makes her own glazes based on traditional Chinese glazes.
Inspiration is drawn from ongoing study of examples of decorative arts from other cultures in museums and art galleries, and when possible by travelling. Bridget's work is represented in both private and public collections at home and abroad.
Bridget has exhibited in Mashiko in 2006, Tokyo in 2005 and 2007, the World Ceramic Exposition in Korea in 2001 and at the Mashiko International Pottery Contest in 2000.
Teapots, large vases, jugs, bottles and bowls.
Work Generally Available from:
St. Ives Ceramics, Fish Street, St. Ives
Contemporary Ceramics, Marshall Street, London
The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester
I work exclusively in porcelain making thrown vessels which are classical in form. I use reduction firings to produce both copper reds and celadons but also use an electric kiln for some glazes. I like to introduce other materials, making use of wood and silver for handles of teapots, jars and dishes.

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It took a jury less than 90 minutes to acquit former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot of DWI on Friday afternoon, following a five-day trial in Riverhead Town Justice Court.
Ms. Kabot, who lost her reelection bid two months after being arrested on Labor Day 2009 in Westhampton Beach, was also acquitted of a lesser charge of driving while ability was impaired by alcohol. She was also found not guilty of failing to maintain her lane.
The lone guilty verdict was for a failing to stop for a stop sign, a traffic violation.
"My prayers were answered today," said Quogue resident Ms. Kabot, 43, minutes after she was found not guilty of both alcohol-related charges by the six-person jury. "I'm just so glad this matter has come to a close. I'm looking forward to the next step of my life," she continued, wiping tears from her eyes.
She declined to comment about her future plans—or whether or not she would seek political office again.
When Westhampton Beach Village Police pulled Ms. Kabot over shortly before midnight on September 6, 2009, she told the two arresting officers that she had one or two glasses of wine earlier that night during a family member's birthday party in East Moriches. Ms. Kabot was arrested at 12:05 a.m. on September 7, 2009, and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after she refused to take a blood or Breathalyzer test.
If convicted of DWI, Ms. Kabot could have faced a fine of up to $1,000 and had several points added to her driver's license. First-time DWI offenders usually avoid jail time, according to authorities. If convicted of driving while impaired by alcohol—a lesser charge—Ms. Kabot could have incurred a fine of up to $500. The fine for running the stop sign could range from $150 to $200, authorities said.
In an interview on Monday, Westhampton Beach Village Police Chief Ray Dean said he stands behind the decision made by the two arresting officers, Officers Steven McManus and Ryan Lucas, to pull over Ms. Kabot in the first place.
"The jury spoke," Chief Dean said. "That being said, it's evidenced in the [arrest] video that my officers had obvious probable cause to make the stop and the arrest. They conducted themselves correctly, as evidenced by the jury finding her guilty for going through the stop sign.
"I still contend that my officers did the right thing," he continued.
The video, taken from a camera installed on the dashboard of the police cruiser, shows the two officers following Ms. Kabot south on Sunset Avenue when her car crosses over the double-yellow line, and her failing to come to a complete stop before making a left turn onto Main Street. The video also shows her going around several pedestrians as they crossed Main Street. The tape also shows the officers conducting three field sobriety tests on Ms. Kabot, which they said she failed.
The tape, which was shown to jurors, then shows Ms. Kabot standing at the back of her car before jumping three minutes ahead, when it begins recording again. When it starts, Ms. Kabot is standing in the same position.
Officer McManus testified that he disobeyed Chief Dean's instructions to never turn off the dashboard cameras—or their audio—because he needed to check the time that they had pulled Ms. Kabot over and wanted to review what he had seen. "We were about to take the Southampton Town supervisor into custody for DWI," Officer McManus said during his testimony. "I wanted to make sure what we had on the tape we saw."
Chief Dean declined to comment on the officer's decision to stop the tape, saying only that his department's video policy remains the same. He would not allow Officer McManus or Officer Lucas to be interviewed for this story.
As the jurors filed out of Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith's courtroom on Friday, Ms. Kabot shook the hands of all six jurors, embracing at least one of them, while thanking them for their service.
"It's a relief," added Lance Kabot, Linda's husband, who also appeared emotionally drained immediately after the verdict was read at around 4:30 p.m.
"They tried to take away her life," said William Keahon, Ms. Kabot's defense attorney. "They took away her name and her honor and the wonderful position that she held.
"She insisted upon going through with this trial," he continued. "She just wanted to fight it."
During his closing statement on Friday morning, Mr. Keahon told jurors that his client was targeted by Westhampton Beach Village Police because they, and other law enforcement officials, did not want her to win reelection. Ms. Kabot went on to lose her reelection bid that November to current Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst.


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David Henderson (Trinity College, USA), Susan Henderson (Quinnipiac University, USA)
Chemistry at Karlsruhe applies the highly successful Reacting to the Past (RTTP) role-playing game pedagogy to the early phases of the Atoms First approach to give students a clear understanding of the way in which chemistry is based on empirical evidence and the process of developing our current understanding. The game is set at the 1860 Karlsruhe Conference of Chemistry and students play roles as the famous scientists who participated. Students are given empirical data from experiments available at the time. They calculate results and argue the positions of the Empiricists and the Organic Realists on the nature of atoms and the correct atomic weights of carbon and oxygen based on empirical evidence. The background of the RTTP pedagogy, the integration of this game into a lab driven approach to teaching Atoms First, and the assessment results for students who have played this game will be presented.


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Today I have an interview with Lauren Hunter and a giveaway of her latest book, The Promise.
How long did it take to write your book?
I'm not sure exactly. It depends on what you consider to be part of writing the book as an author. I consider the writing and the research to be two completely separate processes, but they tend, for me, to occur simultaneously. Yes, I will do a lot of research in advance, but as I am writing the book I will come across something or a situation that needs details. I need to know how I can make that scene work for it to be accurate for the time in which it takes place. So a great deal of the time I cannot research in advance as the story will tell me what kinds of details I will need to know, and that happens as I am writing it. I would like to say two or three months, but there was a great deal of research time in there. The original story was 120,000 words and had three main characters. I took the story and split it off into two. I now see the part I removed can be used for two more stories quite nicely.
What's the hardest part of writing a book?
For me it would be the research, but I don't really consider it to be hard. I love to research and find out all kinds of details. It fascinates me to learn about how people lived and thought in another time and place. I love to find out little things, little everyday details. To me it brings the book that much more to life when providing those small pieces of everyday living into the story.
What's your favourite part of writing a book?
When it comes to the writing of the book all of it is my favourite. I love to be in the moment of writing that scene or chapter. The excitement of where it's taking me at any given time. The characters decide what will happen, and what will be said and done, and I'm just along for the ride. Coming up with the perfect idea or solution to make a situation or scene work within the storyline, is thrilling to me. I'll want a story to be in a certain place or time, and I'll realize that can't happen. I then must come up with a reason as to how it can be, and the ideas will literally just start coming to me out of no where as to exactly how to make it work, and I see that it works perfectly. It explains it, and makes sense within the story so I can use it in the way I want to.
What kind of research did you do to write this book?
Very, very extensive. I have about two hundred pages of hand written notes, and about three inches thick of printed pages on every aspect of this era I could think of. Every detail, down to what kind of wax they used in the candles for the different rooms. All of this can be useful in describing a scene to give it more depth, placing the reader into the moment by using tiny descriptions slipped into the scenes that add subtle nuances. I personally love reading everything I can about the era I am writing in. I find it fascinating to know the tiny details of everyday living, all the way to what was going on at that time in history, and how it may affect my characters in their lives. I can then decide how much or how little that may impact my characters, and how I can use that in my story. When it comes to the paranormal aspects of these regencies I can let my imagination run free, and take it wherever I wish, as long as it makes it the story I want it to be. But sometimes you still need to consult an expert on the era, and I have someone that has been generous enough to help me when I can't find the information I need.
Which of your characters is your favourite?
I'm not sure how many authors feel this way but I don't ever have just one from any one book. Yes, I may have characters I do like and ones I don't, but I never have just one favourite. As authors our characters are like children to us, and we come to love them as though they are real. If ever I kill off a character I admire I will feel devastated in the moment, and will actually grieve and cry. I know that sounds really stupid, but as writers our characters are real to us. I come to know them and love them, for me it's all part of the writing process. Readers, too, can have that connection with our characters as well. They come to think of them as real living people, and feel along with them when things go wrong, or even right.
About Lauren Hunter
Links: Website, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads
Lauren Hunter is a writer of paranormal romance and Regency paranormal romance novels, with plans to write in a variety of other genres, including time travel, angel, ghost, and contemporary romance. Her paranormal romance, The Coffee Shop, and her paranormal Regency, The Promise, are now available through Musa Publishing, with the second and third installment of a paranormal regency trilogy soon to be released.
The Promise by Lauren Hunter
Links: Amazon, Smashwords, Goodreads
Unable to prevent his first love, the Lady Marianne, from being struck down by a carriage in a London street, Anthony Thornhill, heir to the Duke of Albourne, watches her die in his arms.
Believing her lost to him forever, he tries to forget her through an endless line of ladies, his rakish ways leaving him empty and wanting. That is until he literally bumps into the Lady Elizabeth, his curiosity aroused. Drawn to her, because she reminds him of a loss he will never regain, he comes to realize she just may be the Lady Marianne, fulfilling a promise of a dance that never was. His only problem…she does not remember him.
Can he bring her memories forth, allowing her to see him as she did then? To know him once more and reclaim the love for him she once had? Or will she be lost to him forever?
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Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines Analysis
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines analysis that focuses on how the horror in the game is functions. This article may contain spoilers for those who have not played and completed the game, so you have been warned. The game is also quite a disturbing game so some of the themes discuss here may be as well.
The main theme of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines is actually crime. All the horror is in some way informed by crime, which fits in with the central vampiric origin story. Caine kills Abel and is cursed by god to become the first vampire. This central theme of crime runs throughout the entire game, with all the vampires in some way being criminal or at the very least attached to the criminal underworld. This marks a return to the original conception of vampires in Bram Stroker's Dracula where Dracula is basically a crime lord.
Every element of horror in the games has crime as a central feature. The Ocean House haunted hotel scene has a murderous father figure much akin to Jack in The Shining. The ghosts of the past basically reveal the way the crime unfolded through hauntings and clues such as newspaper clippings. In this way the horror was derived from our fear of murder.
The scenes with disease in the Downtown area reflect a fear of prostitution and the sex industry, which is quite illegal in the United States. The disease itself being spread via such industries. The fleshcrafter continues with this theme by adding nefarious videos and includes with it the fear of home invasion.
The great advantage of using crime as the core of your horror is that it is real. As crime exists, we have good reason to be scared of it and even have slight experience of it.
No Safe Places
One of the really clever devises Bloodlines uses is that no place is really safe. Even places that seem really safe, such as a LAN Gaming Club actually turn out to be dangerous when more information is revealed. This is taken even further if you play a Malkavian character as your characters insanity can create problems out of something as simple as a stop sign. In this way the player is kept constantly on edge. No place can be trusted so all might be dangerous. While there are breaks in the horror, those breaks are never completely easy. Keeping people on edge and in an anxious condition seems to be a central staple of horror.
Perhaps the most horrific element of the game is the way it plays with desensitisation. As you play the game and become increasingly ruthless, you tacitly begin to accept the rules and social structures of vampiric society. Further, you begin to accept a degree of the elitism by holding the belief that you can interfere in Heather's life to save her and in a way to enslave her. In this way you are basically becoming her dealer and ultimately her life becomes ruined before she finally loses it. A very interesting and disturbing way of exploring morality and the way in which peer pressure can cause us to become evil.


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This session was originally broadcast on the ABC's Radio National on 7 February 2016.
The High Court has affirmed the Australian Government's right to operate offshore detention centres, but the politics remain fraught. The public have reacted with protests around the country chanting the slogan 'Let Them Stay' while church leaders are offering sanctuary to asylum seekers who face being sent to offshore detention, potentially risking 10 years' in jail. So what should the government do?
And Here Come The Habibs is a new Australian television comedy show that's generating online outrage. Featuring the story of an Australian-Lebanese family, the program has been accused of casual racism.
- Travers McLeod: CEO, Centre for Policy Development
- Esther Anatolitis: Director, Regional Arts Victoria
- Stephen Brook: Editor, The Australian
- Producer: Jonathan Green
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Sow sweet pea seeds indoors
18 February 2014 | Posted in Gardening by The Unwins Family
If you prefer to get started on some indoor gardening during this turbulent weather then there are plenty of seeds to sow now. From sweet peas to sweet corn take advantage of our seed offers to try something new as well as your usual favourites.
The Sunday Times at the weekend had a good article by Rachel de Thame on what to sow now and included one of our lovely new Sweet Peas: Sweet Pea Madison.
This is a striking red variety with a strong old-fashioned perfume. It should make a brilliant colour contrast with paler varieties as well as looking superb in a vase.
Sweet peas are such easy plants to grow from seed that you can have a brilliant display for very little cost. Sweet pea seeds are large and easy to handle. In the past gardeners were told to nick the seeds or rub them with sand paper or soak them overnight to ensure good germination but this isn't really necessary. If you have always done it then carry on, it certainly won't harm the seed but we've tried all these methods and it honestly doesn't seem to make much difference.
If you don't have room to put seed trays or you want a mix of different flower colours then buy sweet peas as young plants instead. They are hardy annuals so they'll cope with winter weather as long as they get a bit of protection from frosts and severe cold. Something as simple as a sturdy cardboard or wooden box with a sheet of perspex or glass on top will make a perfectly good cold frame substitute; or pop your sweet peas into a cool porch.
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Use a Kohl`s Gift Card to Make Nice Surprises on Any Occasion
Offer the ideal gift each time using the Kohl`s gift card. Personalize your card for any occasion you want from weddings, graduations or birthdays.
Kohl`s Corporation is a U.S. chain of department stores based in Wisconsin. The company has more than 1,100 stores in most of the U.S. states. Kohl`s is considered the 20th-largest U.S. retailer in 2013.
Where Can I Get Such a Card?
Kohl`s gift cards can be found in many places online or in various retail stores. The first place where to start is this website by taking a closer look at the above links. Browse through them and see if you can find one that will lead to your desired card.
Another place you could try is on the official website of the company. Visit Kohls.com and go to their "Gift Card" web page to choose a design from their large selection of designs.
Where Can I Use the Card?
These cards can be used at any of the company`s locations all over the country or at the official Kohl`s website.
How Does the Card Work?
If you want to make an order using your Kohl`s card, simply visit any of the company` stores and show your gift card to the cashier at checkout. You can also use your gift card as a payment method during your checkout at the official website of the company. It pretty much works the same as cash, and your unused funds will remain on your card for future purchases. This type of cards doesn`t offer any discounts.
How to Check your Card`s Balance?
If you want to check the balance of your card, visit the company`s official website. Begin by visiting the "Gift Card" web page and then clicking the "Balance Inquiry" button. Then, include your gift card`s number located on the back of your card and click on the "Check Balance" tab to see the available funds of your card.
Card Number and PIN Location
The number of your Kohl`s card can be found under the barcode on your card`s back. The PIN number is the 4-digit number that can be seen under the silver section. You just need to scratch this section to read your PIN number using a key or a small coin.
From weddings to graduations or birthdays, Kohl`s cards can be customized to fit any occasion. These cards are generally available in various denominations from $10 to $50 for traditional cards, and $100 for digital cards at the company`s website. If you purchase your card from one of the company`s stores, you can at any desired denomination on it. The company also offers Fundraising and Corporate gift cards.
Shipping Fees
This type of cards doesn`t include any shipping fees via Standard Ground delivery services. However, for additional shipping methods, Priority Air delivery may be available in exchange for specific fees.
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding your card, you can always contact the customer service by calling on 866 887 8884 or emailing at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as finalists in the 2014 Northern Design Awards for Best Independent Retailer. The winners will be announced 21 November. Good luck to everyone!
Here is our entry for the award:
Julia Jones Ltd is a home furnishing store based in Conwy, North Wales. In business for 44 years, we offer a personal service from a design-led team.
Offering a range of contemporary suppliers from throughout Europe, we specialize in giving our customers options with bespoke products tailored to the individual client's space, taste and needs. For example, we sell modular sofas which can be arranged in countless different shapes and sizes, and one dining chair range we offer has over 1000 different combinations – so there's an option for everyone! We also offer a complimentary CAD spatial planning service to our clients to make sure the furniture they want will fit and look great in their room. Our latest creation is a collection of hand selected lighting for our clients from major European lighting manufacturers, with a focus on LED lighting.
Our chosen manufacturer partners are selected for their reliability and good business ethics, while we select our collections for their quality, design, and good value. We believe in offering practical, well designed furnishings at our best price throughout the year, so no silly sales with inflated RRPs. This means our clients can buy when its right for them with the knowledge that the same item won't be reduced next week.
This long established family business was created by Julia in 1970, originally specialising in bespoke soft furnishing. Julia's son Rob joined her in 1994 to help grow and diversify the business. Over the years we have experienced our fair share of hardship, keeping the business going through 3 recessions. But through keeping fresh with new ideas, we have managed to hang in there and grow stronger. Julia finally retired (for the second time!) in January, with the business at the beginning of yet another exciting new step when in our fourth decade of trading, we launched our new online store.
Our web store allows us to reach beyond the North West to retail throughout the UK and Ireland, but by retaining a bricks & mortar store, we can offer the best of both worlds: the same great service whether we deal with a client face to face or online. Our long distance clients can benefit from our personal service, but also the vast majority of our local clients also use the website to browse collections, get ideas and sometimes order online to collect instore. Our client feedback tells us that people love the fact that we are a showroom that they can visit or call instead of just an anonymous warehouse. Our website is also used throughout our store via large LED displays and tablets where people can access our digital catalogue. We also connect with our customer base through our many social media channels on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and most recently Houzz, sharing product news as well as unusual design ideas that catch our interest.
We are environmentally and socially conscious, and recycle all our packaging and materials where possible. Even our discontinued pattern books get a new lease of life – they go to local craft clubs, schools and charities to be used creatively. This year Rob hosted a group of college students with special needs, who came to the shop to learn about interior design. We donated fabric and wallpaper which the students used to test their new design skills on their own projects refurbishing furniture.
When clients visit us for the first time, they often say they are just looking for inspiration. We sell it online, in person, and in any shape or colour you choose!


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Survey Shows Cloud Computing Elevating the Role of IT: Focus on Business Strategy and Innovation
CA Technologies-sponsored Research Suggests New Titles and Confirms IT Adoption of Supply Chain Model
ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) today released a study indicating that cloud computing is enabling a more central role for IT in shaping business strategy and driving innovation. The vast majority of survey respondents (96 percent) believes the primary role of IT has changed over the past five years, and 71 percent expect that trend to continue over the next two years. The study, which was conducted by IDG Research Services and sponsored by CA Technologies, polled 200 IT managers in the U.S. and Europe. Read more


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04 December 2013
Flybe, Europe's largest independent regional airline, has announced its summer schedule for 2014, confirming more than 150 routes from 65 UK and European airports between March 30th and October 25th, 2014.
The timetable reaffirms Flybe's ongoing commitment to the regional economies of the UK and, with fares starting at just £19.99 one way including taxes and charges, the airline is determined to provide a product and an experience that is in tune with its customers' needs.
Following the recently announced reconfiguration of its route network, the airline can now also confirm that it is withdrawing 30 routes of which 14 normally operate for summer only.
Passengers affected by the route withdrawals are being contacted and offered, where possible, an alternative Flybe flight or a full refund on their ticket.
Commenting on the new schedule, Paul Simmons, Flybe's Chief Commercial Officer said:"We recently announced that we would be reconfiguring our route network as part of a carefully planned strategy to optimise our operations. We have since taken a long hard lSook at all the routes we fly to make sure that our new schedule is what our customers really want and that they operate at the best possible times for everyone. The extent of our confirmed regional network, with more than 150 routes on sale for next summer, means that no other airline has the regional and onward international connectivity offered by Flybe."
List of route withdrawals as follows:
|Last Operating Date
|Belfast City – Paris CDG
|Bristol – Jersey
|East Midlands – Paris CDG
|Exeter – Newcastle
|Glasgow – Shannon
|Hannover – Southampton
|Leeds Bradford – Southampton
|Cardiff – Glasgow
|Cardiff – Paris CDG
|Glasgow – Paris CDG
*These two routes will still operate between Feb 20-24th to accommodate those travelling to Six Nations matches
Summer seasonal routes
- Exeter - Barcelona
- Southampton - Barcelona
- Belfast City – Jersey
- Bristol – Isle of Man
- Edinburgh – Knock
- Exeter – Nice
- Isle of Man - Jersey
- Isle of Man - Luton
- Isle of Man – Southampton
- Jersey – Luton
- Jersey - Newcastle
- Limoges - Newcastle
- Newquay – Norwich
- Southampton - Beziers
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Hey there! I was organizing my polishes the other day, and found myself kind of staring at my purple, holographic polishes. Sometimes I feel bad about picking one over the other (I don't want any of them to feel left out!!!), so I decided to try an ombre mani. I don't think the shades were quite right for this, but I went with it anyway. And, I really liked it! I mean, you can't really go wrong with various purple holos! Here are the polishes I used:
|Hits "Hestia", OPI "DS Original", Nubar "Treasure", Glitter Gal "Dark Purple 3D/Holo", Hits "Dionisio"
Thumb: Hits "Dionisio"
Pointer: Glitter Gal "Dark Purple 3D/Holo"
Middle: Nubar "Treasure"
Ring: OPI "DS Original"
Pinky: Hits "Hestia"
|Hits "Dionisio"
|Glitter Gal "Dark Purple 3D/Holo"
|Nubar "Treasure"
|OPI "DS Original"
|Hits "Hestia"
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Country music's surprise success story of 2001 continues to build and expand that success.
The double-platinum-certified soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? became two concerts, a documentary film of one concert and a soundtrack of that film. Next, it's being planned as a national tour.
Patty Loveless –- who is not on the soundtrack — is expected to join original O Brother contributors Emmylou Harris , Ralph Stanley , Alison Krauss and Union Stationand Norman Blake on a 20-city U.S. tour next January and February.
A concert by the soundtrack cast at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last year was followed by one at Carnegie Hall earlier this year, and plans for a Hollywood Bowl show this year had to be scrapped due to scheduling difficulties. Nashville representatives of several artists from the soundtrack say booking agents are exploring tour possibilities and schedules for a tour to run from Jan. 25 to Feb. 23. No dates or cities are set as of yet.
Drawn from the Coen Brothers' movie of the same name, O Brother exploded the Nashville shibboleth that bluegrass doesn't sell. The album -– which also includes blues, gospel and old-time country music — has dominated the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for much of this year, is No. 1 on that chart and is No. 1 on the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart.
The Ryman Auditorium concert last year was filmed for the current documentary Down From the Mountain. The accompanying soundtrack, Down From the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, entered the Top Country Albums chart dated Aug. 11 at No. 10.
Building on a bluegrass revival, the group Nickel Creek 's debut album has been a Top 20 Billboard album, has charted for 34 weeks and has gotten extensive CMT coverage. Bluegrass AC/DC tribute band Hayseed Dixie's debut album has been on the Billboard albums chart for 15 weeks. Country veteran Loveless' recent return to the music of her Kentucky youth with Mountain Soul has drawn glowing reviews. Also represented on the Billboard chart are roots albums by the Del McCoury Band , Krauss and Harris.


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Making languages cool: motivating teenaged language learners
In recent years there has been widespread concern about the alarming decline in take-up of languages at GCSE since the subject was announced as optional in 2002. In 2001, 78% of English teenagers took a language at GCSE; by 2008 this had dropped to just 44%.
However, despite the apparent bleakness of the situation, language departments and senior leadership in schools across the country are becoming increasingly aware of the international importance of languages both in business and social situations. As a result, they are putting a huge amount of energy into finding innovative ways of bringing languages to life for pupils. CILT's 2008 Languages Trends Survey on languages in the secondary school showed that a third of English maintained schools have introduced new courses, more languages and teaching approaches and alternative accreditation to GCSE. This has led to an improvement in attitudes and take-up amongst KS4 pupils as a result.
Teachers looking to improve take-up of languages often struggle to convince teenagers to take their subject when languages regularly come up against options which seem more attractive. The main reasons teenagers give for not choosing a language at GCSE are that languages are a 'difficult' subject, and that they do not see the point. Finding ways to motivate teenagers is therefore essential, with a need to tackle their doubts by showing the relevance of languages to 'real life' and making language learning fun and attractive. At first glance these seem like difficult challenges, but schools across England are already doing this very effectively.
One of the key messages to get through to teenagers is that language and intercultural skills are highly sought after by businesses. Businesses from across sectors recognise that learning a language also develops other vital work skills such as cultural awareness, communication, creativity and confidence. The Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) latest survey of employers highlighted the need for employees with competence in foreign languages. It revealed the importance of languages to UK firms is set to grow as they operate in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. 74% of employers interviewed in the survey are looking for candidates with conversational language skills.
However, teenagers are largely unaware of the professional benefits of learning a language. Some schools have developed innovative ways to improve this by working with local employers through CILT's Business Language Champions programme. Over 300 schools and employers have been involved in the programme, which encourages businesses and schools to work together to give young people an insight into the exciting careers available with languages. Evidence from the schools involved in the programme demonstrates that it has helped develop a fresh approach to language teaching and increased uptake at KS4. It has also raised the profile of the schools in their local community.
Construction company Bouygues UK, for example, developed a programme of activity with the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College in London to bring home to students the value of languages for work. The company is part of a worldwide group comprising 132,000 people in 80 countries. Their London-based operation specialises in designing and building hospitals, schools and social housing, employs people of 30 different nationalities. Employees from Bouygues UK visited the school and gave presentations in French on the company and how different languages are used in the building industry in countries like Cyprus, Hong Kong, Russia and Singapore. As a follow-up activity, students visited Bouygue's offices and gave a presentation in French to employees about their college.
Danielle Jackson, who works on undergraduate programmes and work placements at Bouygues UK, felt that the events were extremely successful from the business and student perspective: "Both days gave the girls an opportunity to understand the importance of languages in the wider world and in a business context. We also hopefully gave them an insight into construction as an exciting international career opportunity – it certainly isn't one I was aware of at their age!"
Year 11 student Carla Fonseca described the new insight she gained from the Bouygues visit: "It showed us that languages are very useful and that we should always aim to know more than one language as people appreciate it and it is good for business."
Recognising innovation
When schools are developing good practice, it helps to receive recognition for the level of innovation which has been achieved. There are various awards which recognise innovation in school language provision, including the European Award for Languages, which is funded by the European Commission through Ecotec and coordinated by CILT in the UK. The European Award recognises projects – whether run by schools, higher or further education, community projects or other organizations – which demonstrate effective and innovative work with language learning. This year the European Award judges gave the prestigious award to twelve projects from across the UK – six of these from secondary schools. Recognition from an award of this type can be a great motivator both for the language department, the school as a whole, and for teenagers, who can feel justly proud of the part they have played. This year's secondary winners include Eurofest, a simulated trade fair for Year 8 pupils which takes place annually at Selby College. Making links with Hull University and local businesses, the project saw pupils using French and German in a 'real life' context, with university students, local business people and even the mayor coming to the trade fair to ask the teenagers questions about the products they had made.
Alternative accreditation to GCSE can also be an effective motivator for teenagers. The new Diploma in Languages and International Communication will provide further opportunities to embed work-related learning into languages study. It will be a good option for schools looking for a new qualification that will prepare learners not only for further or higher education and the workplace, but also for the wider opportunities of living and working with other cultures.
The Diploma in Languages and International Communication for 14-19 year olds will be available in schools and colleges in England from 2011. It is one of 17 Diplomas that have been designed with the help of employers so that practical learning is at the heart of the student experience. It offers schools an exciting new way to teach languages in partnership with local businesses to switch young learners on to languages and the global economy.
Students will learn how they can use languages in the UK and abroad. They will discover more about jobs with languages, global organisations and challenges such as climate change. As well as learning new languages and the skills to be autonomous language learners, students will become better communicators in English and learn about language through topics such as sport, music and film. The Diploma is supported by employers who understand the value of applying different contexts to language learning and want to encourage young people to develop their language and intercultural skills, including Bouygues UK, Arsenal FC, the European Commission, Metsec plc and Hotel la Place.
Schools interested in teaching the Diploma in Languages and International Communication will join a local consortium which can include other local schools, colleges, universities, training providers and employers in order to bid to teach the qualification.
The Diploma has been warmly welcomed, even in the independent sector. Nick Mair, Chairman of the Independent Schools' Modern Languages Association said: 'We feel that the Diploma in Languages and International Communication adds a vital new dimension to language learning in schools. By drawing on students' interests in music, socialising, sport, business and more, it will show them, practically speaking, how language and cultural knowledge can help them get on in every context.'
If you would like to find out more about the Diploma in Languages and International Communication, visit www. diploma-in-languages.co.uk
Another way of showing teenagers the importance of languages is a competition which emphasises the fun side of language learning. CILT's Languages and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) is a UK-wide competition inviting 13 to 21 year olds to make two minute videos about why languages matter. The criterion for winning an award focuses on the originality of the idea rather than the technical quality, and teenagers are encouraged to film videos on their mobile phone or any equipment they have to hand. The competition has attracted sponsorship from many companies and organizations including Eurostar, Cactus Language, the Goethe Institut and the Spanish Embassy, and prizes include trips to Spain, Germany and France. Entries can come from individuals or from groups, which has encouraged many teachers to use the competition as a classroom activity. All of the entries received are uploaded to the LAFTAs YouTube page, giving teachers a bank of clips to use as examples to get pupils thinking about the importance of languages. Imaginative reasons are encouraged – one of last year's winning clips showed how languages can save you from bloodcurdling monsters on the streets of Tokyo! – but the activity also offers a chance for more serious brain-storming on the benefits of languages.
Digital video is a format which appeals to young people, and the opportunity to make a short film attracted many teenagers to the competition who would not normally be interested in languages. For example, Penketh High School in Warrington is a media and visual arts college with a low uptake of modern languages. Language teacher Jacqui Jenkinson told pupils about the competition, and a group immediately took up the challenge. Their clip, MFL (about the benefits of language skills when you are the President of the United States!) won a top award. The group was presented with their prize - a trip to Germany with the Goethe Institut - at a glittering award ceremony at the British Library in London.
Their success was also celebrated in the local press and created a huge buzz within the school itself. Jacqui Jenkinson reported she has seen an improved take-up of GCSE and A-level German, and the school is extremely keen to enter again this year. One of Jacqui's students, Matthew Owen said 'I want to thank everyone at the LAFTAs for letting us show what we can do. We all think it was a huge success in finding young talent and giving them the chance to do great things later in life.' The new competition runs until February 2010, and includes an Olympic category for the best clip involving languages and the Olympics. To find out more, visit www. languageswork.org.uk/laftas
Although it is easy for schools to feel disheartened about the future of language learning, we hope this article will have demonstrated that there is excellent work happening in secondary schools around the country to successfully motivate pupils. There is also support available from Routes into Languages, the government's £8 million programme aimed at increasing take up of languages at university.
What's more, the Open School for Languages, a free online interactive language learning resource for teenagers run by RM and funded by the Department for Children, School and Families (DCSF), will be available in early 2010. So, with such a range of support and examples of good practice available, there is no need for language departments and leadership teams to feel powerless to stop the decline of language learning in their school.
By Catherine Mansfield and Michelle Brassell, CILT, the National Centre for Languages
www. cilt.org.uk
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No matter how naughty or nice your pets have been, chances are you spoil them with extra treats and toys during the holidays, even after being the World's Best Pet Parent all year round. In case your pets seem to suffer from the burden of having it all, here are a few more gifts for your beast buddies that cement their existence in the lap of luxury:
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Kenneth Cobonpue is a Filipino designer whose work creates an alternate and exotic world beyond the living room for the consumer. I said that, and don't give me the side eye about it either. Although this pet lounge looks a bit like a sandal from the side, it would fit in the with rest of the modern furniture in your home (even if it's all from IKEA). However, getting your pet to use the $700+ lounge is a different story. My dudes like to make nests with my dirty socks and those are nearly free. You can buy the luxury lounge at UnicaHome or Switch Modern.
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Update: [This has since changed so see Update #3] This was posted as a comment to the photo:
"You're looking at a special sneak peek at some product that will be available for purchase in our Vancouver stores during race week. Make sure you stay tuned for details on the race package gear!"
So maybe this isn't our race item. The Sea Wheeze FAQ said special items would only be available at the race and not in stores, from the Sea Wheeze FAQ page:
what is the gift with entry? I am a different size for lululemon shorts, pants and tops and want to ensure I enter the correct size while registering?
Participants will be receiving a pair of exclusive SeaWheeze running shorts.
Update #2 - Men's clothing item has been changed from a shirt to shorts.
Update #3: Recently posted on the lulu Facebook page:
I just wanted to give you a quick update, the product pictured above won't be sold in our stores but will be available at the SeaWheeze expo. The expo is open to everyone, so runners and their cheer squads can come on down and pick up some SeaWheeze gear!
Update #4: Posted on the Sea Wheeze Facebook page in response to a question about a finisher medal:
Lululemon Athletica Hi Justine,
Great question! At the end of the race there will be a commemorative finishing piece an you're gonna love it. We can't wait to see you there!
~ Siya
Hmm, experienced racers, what else could a "commemorative finishing piece" mean? A Pin?
Update #5 Lulu has changed the wording on the headphone restriction and it has been changed to you are encouraged to run without them, not that they are prohibited.
can I wear headphones/iPod during the run?
To ensure everyone's safety and maximum enjoyment of Vancouver's setting and the course route, we encourage you to run sans headphones. We promise you won't want to miss anything that's happening, anyways…keep those ears open!


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Needing more humor in my life, I have in my inbox every morning a selection of carefully chosen favorite comics, my own 'funny papers', from gocomics.com. Included, and the favorite of the favorites for both Mike and I, is 'Pickles', about an aging married couple who share their life experiences, life philosophy and wit with their young grandchild. Gee whiz, wonder why we like it so much! We don't have a grandchild, perhaps if we did I would not have a need to share my own life reflections on a blog. Does that make you, the reader, my grandchild substitutes. Hmmmmm…
Anyway, this morning Earl Pickles pretty much summed up my life and spiritual journey. There isn't much more to write……for now. It is a day of sun. As it reflects on the rainbow of leaves on the Red Osier Dogwood, which after yesterday's wind storm is sparsely populated by well spaced leaves, it is one of those days when "we get to see the beauty of God's creations." There is snow in the forecast.
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Earl & Opal now and then!
Here is the back story of Pickles, from Wikipedia:
"….. comic strip by Brian Crane focusing on a retired couple in their seventies, Earl and Opal Pickles. Inspired by Crane's in-laws, they find retirement life less than idyllic. The comic is set in Crane's hometown of Sparks, Nevada. The cast includes their dog Roscoe and their cat Muffin; their grandson Nelson Wolfe and his parents – their daughter Sylvia and her husband Dan, a wildlife photographer. Pickles has been published since 1990. In 2001, it was named best newspaper comic strip of the year by the National Cartoonists Society."


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As my readers and particularly Twitter followers are no doubt aware by now, opposition figure and politician Boris Nemtsov was killed last night, shot multiple times by an unknown gunman in a white car. He was killed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge, within sight of the Kremlin and close by several other important government headquarters in Moscow. Apparently the killers felt bold enough to commit such an egregious crime, involving a firearm, being fully aware of the security presence in central Moscow.
In the next couple days it might seem like I have little to say about this tragedy, but rest assured it is only because I am working on a special article that will incorporate my opinions on this matter. I was planning to write on the topic of how Kremlin propaganda can lead to real violence which can't be managed or controlled by the power structure. I already had a number of incidents in mind to use as examples. Then last night this shooting happened, and it may serve as the clearest, most concrete example of the topic I wanted to discuss.
Last Saturday, the government sponsored a meeting where various thugs swore they would not allow a coup to take place in Russia. Nemtsov has long been targeted as a traitor who wanted to humiliate Russia and deliver it as a colony to the United States. Since 2013, the Kremlin's media outlets have increasingly whipped up more and more fury against potential "5th columnists." This has coincided with increasing government harassment of NGO's and Russia's remaining independent media outlets. In this climate, it is naive indeed to think that people constantly subjected to increasingly hysterical, apocalyptic propaganda will not act on their beliefs at some point. If you tell people that they are surrounded by dark forces who seek to bring about the end of their existence, some of them are going to attempt to fight.
It seems to me that Putin's "managed democracy" is now rapidly becoming unmanageable.


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Where are themes located?
As with Newsletter 2.5, there are different themes for different modules: the 'Newsletters' Module has its own themes, while the 'Feed by Mail' and 'Follow Up' Module have their own themes.
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How to add themes to a module
Newsletter provides a merge and override system for themes.
Just to explain what this is, I'll use an example based on the 'Newsletters' Module. When Newsletter looks for themes for 'Newsletters' Module, it first searches themes inside the natural theme folder, wp-content/plugins/newsletter/emails/themes. Then it scans a second folder at wp-content/extensions/newsletter/emails/themes. The folder wp-content/extensions/newsletter is a parallel version of the original plugin folder, and Newsletter treats both folders as if they were only one folder, by merging the contents of both folders together.
To be more visual, if the folder wp-content/plugins/newsletter/emails/themes contains those themes:
- default
- last-post
- vimeo-like
and the folder wp-content/extensions/newsletter/emails/themes contains
- my-theme
- last-post
What if the theme names conflict? In such cases, they will be a treated as a single theme. So while Newsletter is searching for theme files, it will first look inside the custom folder (wp-content/extensions/newsletter/emails/themes) and then in the original one (wp-content/plugins/newsletter/emails/themes). This is technically called "override".
This technique is very commonly used by CMS systems to enable users to redefine standard behaviors whilst retaining the base system update-safe (since the custom files are never overwritten by upgrades). This merging is only a part of the whole.
An example may worth thousands of words.
The default theme has a 'theme-text.php' (we will see its meaning later) which produces a plain text content. Suppose the default email theme is all you need on your blog, but you're not satisfied by the textual part generated by the original theme-text.php file. You can override the file creating the folder wp-content/extensions/newsletter/emails/themes/default and putting your theme-text.php version of the file there. As you can note, that folder is the parallel of wp-content/plugins/newsletter/emails/themes/default, the folder for the default theme.
When Newsletter will be updated, the custom file is preserved because it is out of the Newsletter folder (which is deleted by WordPress during the upgrade process).
Finally, what is a theme and how is it structured?
Technically a theme is a folder inside the themes folder of a module either inside the plugin installation folder or its parallel folder as seen above. That folder gives the name to the theme and it's mandatory for it to contain the theme.php file. Other optional (but recommended) files are the theme-text.php and the theme-options.php.
Theme CSS styling
As well as the basic structure and logic, the new version of Newsletter is different from previous versions by the fact that it no longer uses a 'style.css' file. I decided to remove it because themes now can have specific configuration options and sometime the CSS elements can be generated from configuration. So the style must now be embedded in the theme.php file itself. But remember that <style> section are most of the time ignored or not so well interpreted by email clients.
Anyway, emails cannot usually refer to external CSS, hence styles must always be embedded.
A second reason is that the resulting HTML is now fully stored on the database since the delivery engine is now "unrelated" to the module which generated the message (and how it generated it).
Important CSS Note:
The CSS part of a theme must be uniquely identified by only one block of <style></style> tags. Newsletter only extracts the CSS once from the first set of <style> tags when passing the style information to the visual editor. Hence any other <style> tags elsewhere in the file will not be accessed.
Theme files: Nuts and Bolts
The theme.php
The main theme file, and the only one required, must be named theme.php and is the one used to generate the HTML part of your emails. It is a normal PHP file that, when it runs, it must produce an HTML page. This file benefits from some PHP variables that are prepared by Newsletter that can be used to create dynamic content. These include:
- $theme_options – is an associative array with theme options. Each key on this file must be prefixed by "theme_". Theme options, as we see later, contains everything the theme needs to generate it's content as configured by the user. A theme can have no options or tons of options.
- $newsletter – is a reference to a Newsletter class instance for who need advanced functions.
- $theme_url – is the URL to the theme base folder and should be used to refer images. Pay attention that if a theme is the merge of a packaged theme and a customization with its parallel folder, the URL point the theme folder inside the plugin, not the parallel version.
- $theme_subject – is a variable you can use to "pass up" an alternative subject to the theme caller. It's used to "suggest" a subject on newsletter composer and to define the subject on 'Feed by Mail' module for automatically generated emails.
theme-text.php – for plain text version
This file acts identically to theme.php but must generate a plain text that will be used as textual (alternative) part of messages. As you may already be aware, Newsletter sends its messages in both HTML and plain textual versions. This was a big change to previous versions, and it is an attempt to respond to the many requests I received to help reduce the problem of 'spam'. It is uncertain as to how effective this actually will be, but at least it will not do any harm, and could very possibly help reduce this issue to some extent.
theme-options.php – code your own set of custom options
This is the biggest news. Themes can have their own options, from colors to text, from 'categories' to 'number of posts to include'. Creating an options file does require some coding, but you can start from pre-packaged theme option files, to get you a quick start from which you can customise your changes.
Custom 'Theme Configuration Panel'
Newsletter has a special class named 'NewsletterControls' which enables you to create input elements (text, textarea, list of categories, etc). Within theme-options.php, an instance of this class is available in the variable $controls and should be used to build the theme configuration panel.
Important You must prefix all theme options with "theme_": this way Newsletter can recognize them and store theme separately and linked to their theme.
How to create a new theme
For 'Newsletters' Module, it's pretty simple:
- choose a name, for example "mytheme"
- create the folder "mytheme" in wp-content/extensions/newsletter/emails/themes
- copy the file of the default theme (wp-content/plugins/newsletter/emails/themes/default)
- you now have a working theme, start to modify it
For other modules, the procedure is the same. You just have to go to the correct folder location for that specific folder (see above).
Migrate from old themes
In older versions of Newsletter, custom themes were stored inside wp-content/plugins/newsletter-custom/themes and some of them relied on a couple of variables containing the 'latest posts'. However, the new version no longer works that way, because the composer is different as you now cannot set 'categories' or 'number of posts' while composing.
The best approach is to create a new theme with similar options and re-code the theme a little. The main difference from old themes is how to extract posts and how to cycle them. Since the composer no longer offers a method of choosing categories, when migrating a theme you will have to provide a theme options file where 'categories' can be chosen.
Themes with the latest posts
A theme can generate a simple "static" page or embed the latest posts of the blog. It's up to the theme to offer options to selected the post categories, the maximum number of posts and so on. Assuming a theme needs to create a post list it should:
- extract the posts
- cycle through them
The post cycle
While a WordPress theme uses the "while have_posts(), the_post()" kind of loop on a Newsletter theme it's better to use the combination of "get_posts()" and "setup_postdata()". That avoids the sticky posts, at least. The packaged themes, specially the default theme, is internally documented.
The cycle should look like:
<?php foreach ($posts as $post) { setup_postdata($post); ?>
The post list
The post list depends on the options a theme exposes to the user. Usually a theme should offer at least the selection of the categories and the maximum number of posts to display.
To extract the posts, just add to your theme the code you find on theme-1, which looks like:
$filters = array();
// Maximum number of post to retrieve $filters['showposts'] = (int)$theme_options['theme_max_posts']; if ($filters['showposts'] == 0) $filters['showposts'] = 10; // Include only posts from specified categories. Do not filter per category is no // one category has been selected. if (is_array($theme_options['theme_categories'])) { $filters['cat'] = implode(',', $theme_options['theme_categories']); }
// Retrieve the posts asking them to WordPress $posts = get_posts($filters);
As you can see, adding new options to your theme, you can totally change how the theme works and a study of the WP_Query class (of WordPress) should be the starting point to discover all type of filter available.
Custom post types
Many themes add new post types to WordPress. For example: product, topic, reply, forum, movie, and so on. WordPress only extracts its own (which are of type "post". Anyway the filter for the get_posts() function can be changed to extract any kind of posts.
$filters['post_type'] = array('post', 'topic');
The above example extracts all standard WordPress 'posts' as well as bbPress topics.
Themes for version 2.5 (free and pro)
Themes for version 2.5 work in the same way as themes for version 3.0, but they must be located in a different folder. To create a custom theme you should:
- create the folder "newsletter-custom" inside "wp-content/plugins"
- create a folder name "themes" inside "newsletter-custom"
- copy one of the provided theme folder from newsletter/themes or newsletter-pro/themes inside the previous folder
- rename it with you preferred name (no spaces and use only letters and numbers)
That new custom theme should suddenly appear on the 'composer' and then you can change it as you prefer. The themes that come provided to you with Newsletter are all well 'commented' so that their code is easier for you to modify.
Happy coding!


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Role: Consumer Affairs Officer
Company: Consumer Council
Track Record: Worked with a number of public sector bodies before joining the Consumer Council as a researcher in the energy team.
What does your role involve?
My role is to increase consumer skills and confidence in relation to managing money. For me, this means helping people take control of their money by increasing people's focus on maximising their income, budgeting, shopping around, saving for a rainy day and knowing where to get help if in financial difficulty.
I also work on behalf of consumers to drive change in the financial markets and to ensure that consumers are able to access and use a range of financial products and services such as a bank account or car insurance.
A key part of my work is managing the Financial Capability Partnership NI which was set up by the Consumer Council. This partnership brings together Government, banks, building societies, credit unions, education, community and voluntary sectors.
This week has marked our third Money Week in Craigavon and has aimed to provide practical help, information and innovative solutions for consumers to help make their money work for them.
How did you get into the position in the first place?
After gaining some experience working in public sector bodies I joined the Consumer Council working as a researcher in the energy team. This role was directly relevant to my master's degree and I knew the experience would be invaluable to me. I enjoyed working on consumer issues and wanted to gain more policy experience so I applied for my current post and have been there ever since.
Did you always want to work in this sector in some capacity?
I always wanted to work on issues that really matter to people. Helping consumers acquire the skills to manage their money seems to come naturally to me as I've always been very careful with my money. I also think my first experiences of managing the money I earned made me appreciate its value and this never went away.
What training or previous experience do you have that has helped you in your current role?
I worked in the hospitality sector for many years and for a large telecoms company.
As well as my BSc in Management, I have a Masters degree in Leadership for Sustainable Development from Queen's University in Belfast. My third level education has given me the skills such as research, economics and statistics that have been invaluable to my current and previous jobs.
What is your organisation's role in the local community?
The Consumer Council works to increase the knowledge and skills of consumers across Northern Ireland and we lobby for change where we see consumer detriment. We work with consumers of all ages by delivering resources, information, presentations, and training sessions across all communities. We engage with consumers to hear and represent their views to policy and decision-makers.
And how does your role fit in as part of this?
I engage directly with consumers across Northern Ireland. This can be through talks, giving workshops, running intensive campaigns like Money Week with one particular community, or undertaking research about managing your money.
I am also working with LINK, the cash machine network provider, to make sure that consumers in deprived communities of Northern Ireland have convenient access to free-to-use cash machines. Last year seven new machines were installed in low income areas across Northern Ireland, giving consumers free access to their cash.
What sort of personality and qualities do you need to do your job successfully?
Running initiatives like Money Week involves juggling various objectives, working with community and political representatives and managing the needs of over 30 organisations that make up the Financial Capability Partnership NI. Therefore, you need to have good communication and organisational skills and be a people person.
What are the biggest rewards of the job? And the biggest challenges?
Knowing that the work we do really helps people; whether it's working on an educational resource or lobbying Government to highlight an important issue for consumers, it's a challenging but very rewarding job.
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
Surround yourself with good people. I think this is true whether that be in our working life or private life.
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do the same job?
Working on money issues can be very challenging; it means keeping up to date at all times with what can be a changing and complex environment.
You learn that money issues affect all consumers, young and old, whether that be finding affordable car insurance or planning for your retirement.
What do you enjoy doing outside work?
I am fortunate enough to live in rural County Down and take advantage of the beautiful scenery, mountains and coastline on my doorstep with my husband and our two West Highland Terriers.
I have a very close family and a great circle of friends so I love to catch up with them all regularly.


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2016 in Review
Category : History , Uncategorized
Events and Milestones that occured in the Filipino community in 2016:
April 2, Bataan Memorial, Bataan Park. The annual event is co-sponsored by the Bataan Corregidor Foundation of New Mexico, FAFNM and FANHS RG.
April 23, Halle Manoa Bldg., Oral History: Kapwa: Connection as Resilience. Speaker: Dr. Mila Anguluan (photo). The event was attended by 26 people. Sponsored by FANHS RG.
May 21, Old Town Plaza. Santacruzan 2016. Sponsored by FAFNM and the City of Albuquerque Cultural Services.
June 2016-2017. The Filipino American Community Council (FACC) obtained a grant from the City of the Albuquerque (City Council) which focused on "Language Acquisition and Filipino History through Performing Arts." The recital was showcased at the Santacruzan 2017.
June 22-25, 2016: Filipino American National Historical Society Conference in Manhattan, New York was attended by the FANHS Rio Grande members (photo): Pearl King, Dr. Dely Alcantara, Ligaya (Lee) White and Dr. Ted Jojola (obviously, not in photo). Next conference will be in Chicago in 2018.
Aug. 6: Pista sa Nayon (Town Festival) was held at Hotel Cascada. It is a biennial project of the Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico (FAFNM) to raise funds for our non-profit organization. This year's project focuses on the Filipino beauties who have also helped raise funds. The Mutya ng New Mexico went to Lina Rollins. The runners up were: Christa Harner (first place, Mutya ng Luzon) and Elflor Biddle Lingren (second place, Mutya ng Visaya). There was no 4th candidate who could have been the Mutya ng Mindanao.
Dec.: Christmas Party, Simbang Gabi, caroling and lighting of luminaries (with Bataan veterans), annual projects of Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico.
Princeton Earl King graduated summa cum laude from UNM in May 2016, with a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration in Financial Management. He started his Masters the week after the graduation at Anderson School of Management (UNM). Princeton is the son of Pearl King, FANHS RG President, who also graduated summa cum laude in Dec. 2015 with a Nursing Degree, among the many degrees she has. Like mother, like son! Visit our Youth Page to see other Filipinos in New Mexico who graduated with honors.
Ace Leonen (photo) graduated cum laude from UNM in May 2106 with a degree in Biology. He is the treasurer of the FAFNM Young Professional and Youth Committee. He is the son of Dale Leonen and brother to Lyle and Ashley and grandson of Vicky Adaoag.
Patricia Anaya Price, in her early 70's, passed away on January 21. Pat was an artist, actress, acting instructor, choreographer, dancer, and fashion designer. She lived in New York before coming to New Mexico. She is survived by her husband, Alan and her best friend, Cindy Aragon.
Carmenia Alfonso, 74, passed away on April 15. Carmenia was the FAFNM Treasurer. She is survived by six children: Jam, Warlyn, Al, James, Catherine and Steven and eight grandchildren.
Danongan Kalanduyan, father of American Kulintang Music, passed away on Sept. 28 at the Stanford University Medical Center. Danongan, the kulintang master and a resident of South San Francisco, California, conducted a kulintang workshop in Albuquerque in 2004 through a grant. Without him, we won't have our kulintang ensemble now, 2016, or 12 years later. BACK TO HOME.


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For families in need, having access to healthy food and personal care items can be a daily challenge. My husband and I do our best to show our kids how important it is to give to people in need. We do service projects through scouts such as adopting a family for Christmas where the whole pack will pitch in money to buy the family presents and food gift cards to help them have a happier Christmas. We donate coats to those in need in the winter. Our pack does Feed My Starving Children to pack food for kids overseas that don't have any food. On a family level we have them put money in the collection plate at church. We will buy a burger for a homeless person and we've even helped give homeless work in the past when we lived in Florida.
Champions for Kids, General Mills and Unilever, have joined forces to make it simple for communities to provide basic resources for their students through donation opportunities.
- According to the 2010 U.S. Census, over 16 million American children live in poverty. This means that in addition to being hungry, millions of children lack other basic items they need to thrive.
- In fact, Feeding America reports that families who struggle financially often make difficult trade-offs: nearly three in four (73 percent) of low-income families have cut back on food in order to afford products such as personal care and baby care items. Research from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child shows that food insecurity is linked to poorer performance in school and increased illness.
Between now and October 27 you can visit your local Walmart and place purchased food or personal items inside a bin for the Champions for Kids program. All donations will stay in the local community and be distributed through school districts nearest to each store. Champions for Kids, General Mills and Unilever are awarding school districts in each participating Walmart division that collect the most donated items.
For more information on the program, visit http://championsforkids.org/simplegiving
What kind of ways do you try to help out your community by giving back?