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Graphic Arts
This course is open for applications.
Due to Postgraduate Curriculum review and development processes we are not currently recruiting Part-time students to this programme. Applications for Part-time study in 2021 can be made from October 2020.
About this course
- Entry year:
- 2020/21
- Course code:
- Applications:
- University
- Level:
- Postgraduate
- Department:
- Art and Design
- Campus:
- City Campus
- Duration:
- 18 months full-time, 36 months part-time
- Delivery:
- Part-time, Full-time, starts September
- Programme leader:
- Stephen Monger
- Key fact:
- The course attracts a broad range of students from the UK, Europe and beyond, and is an exciting mixing pot for creative ideas and collaborative experience.
Page last updated 5 December 2019
This creative and experimental MA in Graphic Arts brings together graphic designers, illustrators, and individuals from related industries to engage with communication design practice at a deeper level. You will research, investigate and debate the nature and dynamics of communication, and explore how they can produce meaningful outcomes using conventional and unconventional forms.
You will develop your design process: from creative strategies for generating ideas; gathering and analysing information; producing text; to producing final outcomes to industry standards. Skills development is embedded throughout and a vital re-skilling stage, a series of technical workshops delivered by experienced technical staff, ensures you are up-to-date and industry-ready.
Students value the experience and expertise of staff and the extensive, cutting-edge facilities and workshop areas covering digital and traditional print, media, film and animation, fabrication, photography, and apple mac suites.
This course is based on Bristol's historic waterfront at the Arnolfini. Situated above this internationally renowned centre for contemporary art you will be at the heart of Bristol's creative and cultural community, with access to UWE Bristol's City Campus and all it has to offer.
Engaging with industry
You will benefit from the opportunities generated by the University's strong links to the creative and media industries. Regular guest speakers from industry and live collaborative projects provide invaluable opportunities to gain real-world knowledge and experience. Our students continue to perform well in both local and national awards and competitions.
For examples of work by current and previous postgraduate students please visit our course blog: withnoroof.
Watch: The learning and teaching experience
The course will offer you the chance to extend your practice and explore new areas in the changing world of industry and design. Learning to be independent, to research effectively, to question and to be critical, and to sustain practice for the long term.
Students learn up to date technical skills in design for print, web, motion graphics, and fabrication.
Introduction to Graphic Arts (30 credits)
This module introduces the subject through practical work and debate. You will consider and reflect on your initial perception of graphic arts and your own motivations for investigation, study, and practice within the broad scope that it offers. You will familiarise yourself with the resources available to you and begin to negotiate a programme of independent study.
Research Practice (30 credits)
Primarily concerned with building academic skills, this module offers a series of choices, each of which has specific sets of concerns related to the practice and theory of art, media and design. These options are: Research by practice; Critical Research and Research in Enterprise (in the Creative Industries).
Analysing Practice in Graphic Arts (30 credits)
You will explore and consider the different forms available to visual communicators, including print, screen and 3D/environmental outcomes. Through individual proposals you develop your work responding to a given text. Technical skills workshops enable you to explore the subject further and experiment with your ideas.
Developing Practice in Graphic Arts (30 credits)
This module builds upon your skills as a practitioner and seeks to develop concepts and ideas through an understanding of the self and critical position. You will research and submit a proposal for the development and realisation of a body of practical work that continues to the final module. There are also collaborative and day projects with invited guest speakers.
Extended Practice in Graphic Arts (60 credits)
You will undertake to produce a self-directed body of work with a choice of media, that shows your ability as an innovative and creative visual communicator, capable of creating meaningful and interesting content for an identified audience. The body of practical work is complemented by a substantial evaluation report which contextualises your particular approach to Graphic Arts.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.
Learning and Teaching
You will be based in the department's Graphic Design studios at one of our city centre locations. You will study through a combination of one to one tutorials, group tutorials, seminars, lectures, technical workshops and day projects. Initially there are set briefs to assist you in writing your own study proposal for the MA stage.
For more details see our glossary of teaching and learning terms.
Study time
Students may join the course either full-time or part-time. A semester is a period of study and generally runs September to January and February to May/June.
Full time - the course is delivered on two main days a week and students typically study for three semesters over 18 months.
Part-time- students study for six semesters over three years with one day a week contact time.
You will be assessed by a combination of practical and written work at the end of each module.
For more detail see our full glossary of assessment terms.
The course offers occasional day projects on location with invited speakers. In the past we have held a language workshop with the poet and BBC broadcaster Ian McMillan; concept workshop with architect Carlton Bodkin at Birnbeck Island; a collage workshop at Bookbarn International, Bristol, and a workshop with the Centre of Voice, Bristol. Students value the industry insight and opportunities to make connections during these sessions.
Study facilities
As an MA Graphic Arts student you will have access to extensive workshop facilities and highly skilled, dedicated technical staff. You will have increased access to specific workshop areas as you tailor your programme of study to your own individual needs.
The City Campus at Arnolfini occupies the top three floors of the Arnolfini building on Bristol's harbourside and offers studio and teaching spaces for Graphic Arts students. Computing facilities and student support services are available. Visual Culture modules and a range of guest lectures are delivered here as well as at other sites within the City Campus.
You are able to access the range of resources available at other City Campus sites, including Bower Ashton. Bower Ashton houses the main library supporting the creative and cultural industries, student support services, as well as the extensive resource base that make up the technical resource areas.
As well as computer and digital media laboratories, the facilities include: comprehensive video and animation resources; cutting-edge print studios incorporating letterpress, screen and digital wide format; photographic workshops and studios; and fabrication for traditional contemporary materials, including laser cutting, electronics and robotics.
Photographs from our technical workshops can be found on our MA Graphic Arts Flickr Gallery.
Find out more about the facilities and resources UWE has to offer.
Live projects and competitions
Students working with motion graphics and animation have had the opportunity to collaborate with MA Animation students, pitching ideas for the BBC Food and Farming Awards, and also working on live projects for the Shark and Coral Conservation Trust. Other live design projects have come from the Committee of University Chairs, UK.
Our students continue to perform well in awards and competitions e.g. winning the Mark Magazine's 50th cover award, Amsterdam; shortlisted for the Situations Book Cover Design prize in Bristol; Clarke Willmott young artist of the year award, Bristol; and 11th Francisco Mantecon International Poster Design Competition, Spain.
Showcase your work
Take a look at some of our students' exhibits on Tumblr. You can see examples of current student work at the course blog www.withnoroof.com.
Careers / Further study
Many of our graduates enter or continue employment in the creative industries as freelance designers whilst others run their own companies or work for large clients. Recent graduates have taken up positions at: The Creative Place Ltd, London; Graham & Green, London; and Proctor & Stevenson, Bristol. Others have secured work producing packaging design for supermarkets like Asda and Lidl. Some work in the education sector at Universities and Colleges in this country and beyond including University of Liverpool, University of Gloucester, Southampton Solent University, Filton College, Weston College, plus institutions abroad.
Students can also progress to PhD study at UWE and elsewhere.
Our award-winning careers service helps you develop your employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, jobs, global opportunities, volunteering and community activity plus support for entrepreneurial activity, and access to employer events.
Full time course
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Supplementary fee information
For information about fees and funding for courses please see our fees and funding pages.
For funding options, please see our funding and scholarships information.
Entry requirements
We are looking for highly motivated students with skills and experience in graphic design, illustration or related subjects. Candidates will normally be expected to have attained an honours degree, but applicants with other qualifications or professional experience are also encouraged to apply.
All applications are carefully considered and prospective candidates invited for interview. Interviewees should be able to show a portfolio of their current practical work that includes evidence of developmental stages and process, as well as final outcomes. We look for an awareness of current debates within design and a commitment to developing original content for the production of new work.
As part of your application we ask for a personal statement (500/600 words approx.) with detailed responses to:
- Why have you decided to study for an MA at this point in your career?
- How you see your work and its link to Graphic Arts research? (practical, theoretical or both);
- What are your creative influences and how do these frame your thinking?
- What creative work or collaborations have you initiated yourself? (professional or personal);
- How do you see yourself working in the future?
We accept applications throughout the year. However, as there is a high demand for this course and an interview process, we would recommend that people apply at least one month before the start of the course. The course starts on the third week of September, so applications received close to the start maybe rolled over to the following year.
If you are applying to organisations for funding they may have application deadlines by which time you will need to know if you have a place on a course. You should build this deadline into your application process and if you are working to a funding deadline then please let us know
Overseas Applicants
A representative from the University makes regular visits to Brunei, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan and is able to view portfolios and interview students.
The University also has representatives in a number of other countries. Please contact Admissions and International Recruitment for further details: email@example.com or +44 (0)117 328 4716.
If you are unable to meet up with a UWE Bristol visiting representative then please send us your application in the normal way. We will then contact you and advise you where and how to send us your professional digital portfolio.
English language support
If you meet the academic requirements but require additional support to take your language skills to the required level, you may be able to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Students who successfully complete the pre-sessional course can progress onto their chosen degree course without retaking an IELTS or equivalent.
Read more about our Pre-Sessional English Programme.
How to apply
There is no official closing date and we accept applications throughout the year.
For further information
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Telephone: +44(0)117 32 83333


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Show Guide for Beauty and Beast
A handsome but conceited prince treats a beggar woman poorly, but she turns out to be a beautiful enchantress. She casts a spell that transforms the prince's exterior to match his beastly treatment of others. The enchantress gives the prince—now the Beast—a magical rose. She tells him that to break the spell, he must learn to love a woman for who she is and get her to love him in return, despite his beastly exterior, and all before the magical rose loses its petals.
Meanwhile in a nearby village, a beautiful young bookworm named Belle feels lonely and out of place. She lives with Maurice, her eccentric but kind inventor father. On his way to an inventors' fair, Maurice gets lost in the woods and ends up a prisoner at the Beast's castle. Belle finds the castle and makes a deal with Beast to let her father go in exchange for her. The Beast realizes he must find inner kindness and show his love to Belle before the last petal falls.
The 1991 Disney film was adapted for the stage by Linda Woolverton and Alan Menken, who had worked on the film. In addition to the work completed by original lyricist Howard Ashman, Tim Rice wrote lyrics for the stage. The film favorite songs like "Be Our Guest" and the title tune remain, and the new songs like "If I Can't Love Her" and "No Matter What" were written specifically for the stage musical.
The Film
Supposedly, Walt Disney had put Beauty and the Beast high on a list of fairy tales that he thought would not make good animated films. Disney considered making it in the 1930s but may have been discouraged by French filmmaker Jean Cocteau, who was planning his live-action version La Belle et la Bête.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast has the distinction of being the only animated feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. It won two Academy Awards for Best Music Original Score and Best Song for Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's "Beauty and the Beast," sung by Angela Lansbury. Two other Menken and Ashman songs from the movie were also nominated for Best Song ("Belle" and "Be Our Guest"), making it the first movie to receive three Academy Award nominations for Best Song. In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The 1946 French film La Belle et la Bête, helmed by director John Cocteau, served as one of the inspirations for the Disney animated version. In this live-action film, Belle's father is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go to the Beast in her father's place. Beast falls in love with her and on a nightly basis he proposes marriage, which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her visit her ailing father. He tells her that if she doesn't return within a week, he will die of grief. In this version, Belle has jealous sisters who try to detain her from returning to what they see as her rich life at the castle. In spite of their nefarious efforts, Belle reaches the Beast in time to make him human again.
The Fairy Tale
The first published version of Beauty and the Beast was by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of Villeneuve's work by French novelist and aristocrat Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. Her book, Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic French Fairy Tales, was published in 1756 in France; an English translation followed in 1757.
Villeneuve's tale includes several elements that Beaumont omits. Villeneuve provides back-story of both Belle and the Beast, which—like most original fairy tales—is a bit more adult than the more familiar Disney adaptation. The Beast was a prince who lost his father at a young age and whose mother had to wage war to defend his kingdom. The queen left him in care of an evil fairy, who tried to seduce him when he became an adult; when the prince refused, she transformed him into a beast. Belle's story reveals that she is not really a merchant's daughter but the offspring of a king and the same fairy who tried to seduce the prince. The fairy had tried to murder Belle to marry her father, and Belle was put in the place of the merchant's dead daughter to protect her.
Beaumont simplified the tale and cut characters. Beaumont included her revised version in the many magazines she published over the next 30 years. The success of this widely distributed, shorter version is why Beaumont is commonly credited as the author of the classic fairy tale.
All the earliest versions of the tale begin in an urban setting, which is unusual for a fairy tale. Beauty and the Beast is also unique because Belle's father is a merchant. Other fairy tales typically focus on either peasants or royals, but historians speculate that the middle-class Belle and her family reflected the social changes contemporary to the tale's writing in 18th-century France.
Other Beauty and the Beast-like transformation tales:
A Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present comes from Appalachia. A girl must live with a large ugly frog in exchange for her father's freedom. One night she awakes to see a handsome young man lying next to her with the toad skin hanging on the bedpost. She destroys it in the fireplace. The next morning the young man thanks her for saving him from the spell. This U.S. version has roots in the Irish tale The Three Daughters of King O'Hara, where the heroine is punished for impatience in destroying her Beast's disguise and has to endure a long search to find him again.
In Russia's The Enchanted Tsarevitch, the Beast is a three-headed, winged snake for who Beauty eventually feels compassion. Russian writer Sergei Aksakov (1791-1859) included The Scarlet Flower in his Tales of Pelagea the Housekeeper, a tale in which Beauty is nameless and the Beast is described thus: "His arms were crooked, his hands were the claws of a wild beast, his legs were those of a horse, he had two large humps like those of a camel in front and behind, and he was covered with hair from head to foot. A boar's fangs protruded from his mouth, his nose was hooked like the beak of the golden eagle, and his eyes were those of an owl." Other Russian folk tales of enchanted men saved by women and of women freed by men include The Snake Princess and Maria Morevna.
The Beauty in the Indonesian The Lizard Husband has six sisters, each of whom is rude and abusive to the mother of a lizard who requests that they consider her son for marriage. The kind-hearted youngest, Kapapitoe, takes the lizard as a husband. Eventually the lizard and his wife work together to build their own farm, during which the lizard transforms himself into a handsome man. It takes his wife some time to accept this change and the jealous sisters try to steal him away from her. One night a castle appears in which Kapapitoe and her husband live happily and protected from the malicious sisters.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a Norwegian tale about a prince who takes the form of a Great White Bear by day and a man at night. The Turkish version has a pig-beast, while England's Beast in The Small Tooth Dog is of the more domestic variety. Other Beauty and the Beast-like tales that end tragically, with the Beauty forsaking her Beast, including the Lithuanian Egle, Queen of Snakes and French's The Ram. Japan's beast is primate in The Monkey Son-in Law, where Beauty tricks the monkey into falling into the river to be carried away.
Disney's Beast and the Beast Trivia
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast ran on Broadway for 13 years, and its 5,464 performances make it Broadway's 6th-longest running production.
- Beauty and the Beast was Disney's first official Broadway musical.
- The production holds the record of being the longest running production at both the Palace Theatre, where it opened, and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where it closed its Broadway run.
- Steve Blanchard played the Beast for the last 8 years of the Broadway run—11 years in the role, when his three years of road work on the show's tour is factored in.
- Menken and Ashman wrote the song "Human Again" for the animated film, but it was cut. The musical's success lead to an entirely new animated sequence set to the song for the film's 2002 special edition DVD.
- Belle's song "A Change In Me" was written into the show for R&B singer Toni Braxton in 1998 and was retained thereafter.
- Beauty and the Beast has been performed in English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Flemish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Slovenian.
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However, the balance of surveyors is still reporting falling prices, and the balance of respondents expects prices to fall further.
The April survey's net balance for prices was -39 (48% of respondents saying that prices fell in the last three months, 10% saying they rose, and 42% saying they were unchanged). The balance for price expectations was -23.
The balance for transactions was +23 (this is the percentage of respondents saying the number of transactions rose, minus the percentage saying the number fell). The balance for transaction expectations was +42.
RICS Northern Ireland housing spokesman, Tom McClelland, said: "It is a mixed pictured, with indications that the market in greater Belfast is in a better place than other parts of Northern Ireland. At the lower end of the market at least, there are also increasing signs that asking prices and buyers' ability to borrow are more closely aligned."
Derek Wilson, Head of Lending Products at Ulster Bank, added: "Borrowers have responded well to Ulster Bank's no arrangement fees offer, which runs until the end of May. As a result, we have been encouraged by the level of interest and activity that we have experienced in recent months."
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... with a twist.
First off, I apologize for not posting last week. The week passed in a blur of trying to get the attention of a literary agent and making my house presentable for weekend company. Oh yeah, and hubby came home on Wednesday after being gone on the boat for 3 weeks. I didn't tend to any business at all last week.
Today's Magazine Monday isn't from a magazine layout. A couple weeks ago I took part in Virtual Stamp Night (VSN) at SplitcoastStampers (SCS). I had a blast! Over the course of the two days, I completed all 17 challenges based on the theme You Make My Heart Sing. Seventeen Hostesses took a turn at offering up a challenge based on the theme. I had a couple of favorites.
The first challenge asked us to create a card based on the layout of the 4 champers of the heart. For some reason, my mind went directly to Easter LOL. I made this card for the challenge and liked how it turned out so much I made 20 more for a Easter card front challenge for Ronald McDonald House.
I used a combination of Studio G stamps (carrot and sentiment) and the bunny/ basket from Hello Spring (Retired SU) I'm still trying to use up as much of my Valu CS as I can so I eventually work exclusively with SU. The cardstock was from the ValuCS Garden collection. I added texture with the CuddleBug Dotted Swiss folder.
But one card really surprised me. I was challenged to use a technique I'd never done before (well, not on CS anyway) and to make it for a guy. The Soot Technique required using a candle flame to burn off the glossy finish on Glossy Cardstock to give you a black/ sooty effect to dry-stamp into. I knew I had to use the STAG from Noble Deer (Retired SU) The scorched edges were an accident but wound up adding to the overall effect.
This card was chosen for the Honors Award! I was soooo surprised. One card is chosen from each challenge for the award. I didn't even knew there was such a category! LOL I think what surprises me most is that it was on a technique I'd never done before.
This technique reminded me of the old burnt paper bag technique I learned years ago from Aleene's Crafts.
Because my three-year-old granddaughter is here for two weeks, instead of a magazine layout next week, I'll showcase a couple more cards from VSN.
Creative Blessings!


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Update: Feb 02, 2018 -- PDF link is good. Video is ok. Facebook link gone. Author link is not reachable. - Sorry. The Invisible Cat
If you got to this far, thanks and sorry 'bout the click bait title but it is something all need to ponder.
Football + alcohol + [favorite toxin] + nationalism = What? Right, YMMV. From happy guy all the way to zip tied to a steel post crazy.
Guys that fine looking female is not your personal workout bag. Not the live-in help. And most of all not your inferior. Your wife, mate, is your equal partner or more. I DON"T HAVE THE WORDS that express the ruin that should befall every man that punches, twists, maims or kills his wife or girlfriend. It is either "bad code" so delete yourself or it is bad living -- sober up /get clean, get a shrink if need be.
I can't do anything -- you don't want to know why so don't ask. Maybe a pretty video will get your attention. And yes the video is directed at you advertising and marketing. I may not know much about what ad suits do in Real Life but I have spent plenty of time in Marketing Support tasks to know senior marketing people see women as tools or a means to an end -- dinner and pussy.
The World Situation : The way I see the world leaders coming to anyone's rescue is by Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millenium Development Goals (pdf) and they are not going to make it.
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This is the first video from the "Don't Just Look At Us" Campaign created by actress Anna Lakomy The premise behind this video campaign is to explicitly use female sexuality to market social issues vs. luxury products.
This video, entitled "Bride Getting Ready," combines an exuberant bridal theme with the brutality of domestic violence.
More information about Anna Lakomy can be found at http://www.annalakomy.com
[Editor: In closing, don't try to pin some convenient label on why you, the guy that sent his wife to the hospital looking like the wrong end of a bar fight couldn't help it, you should be put out of your misery like any other animal that is brain damaged.
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Meet Benji Lessman. He's an agent's agent. No, he's not the toast of the percentery business. He's an agent for agents, proprietor of the Less is More Agency. And he's got his own publicist — twin publicists, in fact.
If it all sounds absurb, well, it should, because it's the conceit of of "Layers," an inside-showbiz satire series of vid shorts set to debut Sept. 21 on Turner Broadcasting's Superdeluxe comedy broadband net. (Click here for a streaming video sneak of the debut installment.)
"Layers" is the brainchild of twin comics Jason and Randy Sklar (they guested as the battling twin assistants on a recent "Entourage" seg, and they played battling conjoined twins last year on "Grey's Anatomy") and thesp Nick Kroll (pictured above), who is soon to make his primetime series debut on ABC's "Cavemen." Superdeluxe has ordered eight five-minute segs of the trio's sendup of showbiz and its ever-growing entourages.
"I'm passionate about people who are passionate about people," Lessman explains of his vocation. To give the shorts an authentic backdrop of a Wilshire Boulevard talent agency, the shorts were shot at the Sklars' and Kroll's respective management firms, Principato-Young and Thruline Entertainment.
(The debut seg opens with a title card featuring a quote from a recent column by Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart, but to be crystal clear, Variety has no formal tie to "Layers.")
Lessman was a character that Kroll was doing in his alterna-comedy standup act for a few years. The Sklars (pictured right) met him while they were producing and hosting the ESPN Classic series "Cheap Seats," and they all vowed to work together at some point on something cool. "Layers" kinda fell together earlier this year, and after they shot the first three, Superdeluxe was quick to order five more. They'll roll out once a week on Superdeluxe on Friday nights starting next week.


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Rosy-finches in general are extreme-environment specialists, and the Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch is no exception. Although descending to lower elevations in autumn and winter, even to the fringes of the western plains in the north, in summer they are found only at craggy breeding sites in the Brooks, Rocky, Cascade, and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, as well as similar austere habitats on the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. They are possibly the highest-altitude breeding bird in North America. On long wings, these handsome brown and pink birds appear to navigate easily through high winds and blowing snow when most other species have sought shelter at lower elevations. Their buzzy Chew Call is often one of the few signs of life on alpine ice fields, wind-swept scree slopes, avalanche chutes, and rocky plateaus.
Perhaps because of its remote breeding sites, which allow little contact with humans, the Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch seems almost fearless. On breeding grounds, foraging birds can be approached to within 1–2 m, and the surest way to catch them is to herd them into mist-nets. After banding, individuals often alight less than a meter away, then pick at their band and preen for several minutes.
Although all forms of rosy-finches in North American were merged with the Asian Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte arctoa) into a single species from 1983 to 1993, justification for this was viewed as insufficient (Am. Ornithol. Union American Ornithologists' Union 1983, American Ornithologists' Union 1993) and contradicted by genetic, biochemical, and morphological evidence with respect to Asian versus North American taxa (Sibley and Monroe 1990, Zink et al. 1995). Once again, 3 distinct North American species of rosy-finch are recognized, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch being the most widely distributed and abundant among them.
Observation of rosy-finches on their breeding grounds requires travel to remote destinations and/or challenging mountaineering. Thus, many aspects of their breeding biology are relatively understudied. Despite these challenges, key studies on a few populations in the Aleutian Islands (Shreeve Shreeve 1977, Shreeve 1980a; Johnson 1983c), the Rocky Mountains of Montana (Johnson 1965c), and Sierra Nevada of California (Twining Twining 1938b, Twining 1938a, Twining 1940) have revealed fascinating adaptations of this species to its barren home. Because the subspecies of rosy-finches vary in several aspects of behavior (e.g., degree and nature of migration) as well as the type of extreme environment in which they live (alpine versus arctic maritime habitats) the challenge of studying this species should continue to be rewarding for some time to come.


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About Gigi
Gigi Hickman is an internationally recognized event professional based in the Pacific Northwest. She got her start working in the fast paced world of television news before transitioning to fashion marketing for one of the nation's largest retailers.
Her events have been featured in global print publications, including Martha Stewart Weddings, Wine Spectator, and Seattle Mag as well as numerous related websites and blogs. With an eye for design and a knack for organization, Gigi works with her clients throughout the entire process to ensure the day has a cohesive look, guests are comfortable and well taken care of, and the event is unique to them and their story.
When not consumed in all things events, you can find Gigi chasing her ridiculously energetic 5 year old daughter around Walla Walla, practicing her French on the long-suffering staff at Brasserie 4, or cajoling her husband Beau to let her just buy one more piece of inventory...
I have to say Gigi... you are an amazing woman. Your intuition and perception is a true gift. I am just extremely grateful that S found you. I am in awe of your intelligence, energy, no-nonsense, direct style. From a professional standpoint, you are unmatched! From a personal standpoint, you have a sixth sense and a strength of character that is an inspiration to any woman! Finding you, having you as an example and knowing you are on her side is worth every penny and more!
Thank you Gigi... for all that you are,
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We still cannot believe the amazing weekend you put together for us. Everything was perfect. You were patient and supportive and truly became part of our family. The words "thank you" will never be enough to express the amount of gratitude we have for all of you have done for our family.
It truly was my dream wedding with my dream groom and you as my fairy godmother.
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Birdwatching Fair in Estarreja
The city of Estarreja has been focusing on promoting and creating activities associated with nature, and in particular birdwatching. Proof of this is the Bioria project which has established a set of routes with information and support facilities for visitors.
Over the weekend of April 12th-13th, Birdwatch in Alentejo attended the Birdwatching Fair – ObsevaRia2014. This event took place in Estarreja with the intention of bringing together companies and entities that conduct activities related to birdwatching. The fair attracted around 3,000 visitors, 30 exhibitors and featured 14 expert talks and many field activities around biodiversity and birdwatching with renowned experts in the field including David Lindo, Killian Mullarney and René Pop.
Birdwatch in Alentejo shared our allocated exhibition space with the company Douro Pula Canhada, which is located in Miranda do Douro and developing nature tourism activities in the International Douro. This union of companies aims to create a Birdwatching Tour that links both regions. As our special guest we had the presence of the Portuguese illustrator Paulo Alves.


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The Club is delighted to announce that Clint Dempsey has signed a contract extension that will see him remain at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2013.
Dempsey signed for the Whites in January 2007 and guaranteed his status as a fan favourite with the all important winning goal against Liverpool that ensured Fulham's top flight status that season.
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You know when you think of Beverly Hills you think of casseroles right? Hahahhaha! The name comes from me thinking tonight… GOSH if I was living in Beverly Hills right now someone else would be cooking my dinner. Then I laughed because they probably don't eat a lot of casseroles in Beverly Hills. I came up with this recipe when I needed something quick to put together. I took a recipe from Stovetop and reinvented it with my own spin. This is such an EASY recipe and one that is very well rounded. You have your chicken, vegetables, and a starch all in one. Dinner in one dish is my kind of dinner during the week. The flavor is excellent and it comes out of the over nice. Everyone found this recipe to be a hit… a shocking occurrence in our house. When I roast a chicken, I always keep the leftover chicken in zip bags in the freezer. When it comes to making a recipe like this, I just simply pull the chicken out and defrosting it. You can also easily substitute fresh chicken for a drained can of chicken breast. This is not the prettiest meal ever, but it taste great. If you have any recipes you would like to have featured email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Served with steamed cauliflower
- 1 (6 ounce) package Stove Top stuffing mix
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups of cooked diced boneless skinless chicken
- 2 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- Pre-heat your oven at 400 F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine whipping cream, soup, cheese, chicken and vegetables mix well until everything is combined.
- Spread mixture out in 13X9 inch baking dish, or casserole dish.
- Bake for 15 minutes
- While casserole is baking in a microwave safe bowl combine margarine and water and heat for 3-4 minutes or until it's bowling.
- Remove water/margarine from the microwave then add stuffing package. Mix well and fluff your stuffing with a fork and set aside
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Our lovely city of Austin, Texas has seen a year full of beautiful weather. For ACL (Austin City Limits) Music Festival, the weather has been full of sunshine and cool breezes, perfect weather for playing outside and discovering that Austin-y feel good, dining experience. As a born and raised Austinite, my top five places to grab good eats, include culture & variety. Enjoy!
Hoover's Cooking – Farm to Table, Natural Comfort Food. 2002 Manor Rd. 512-479-5006
The 'Aus-Tex' spicy bbq sauce, smoked wings on the appetizer selections, is so mouthwatering, I always get it as my entree.
Hefty, hunk of meatloaf with a side of mash and gravy – one of my hubby's favorites.
Trudy's Tex-Mex – Austin's spin on everyone's favorite Tex-Mex. 409 West 30th Street. 512-477-2935
My 2nd favorite dish – Shrimp Tacos. Ultimate Favorite, the 'Pollo A La Plancha'!
Blue Basil Food Truck: Asian cuisine in a combination of rice, noodles, and street snacks. On the corner of 7th and Trinity every Thursday night to Saturday night 11pm – 3am. 512-964-5018
Photo Courtesy of Blue basil's owner
Bowl of authentic Spicy Pho after 2am? I'll take it! Photo courtesy of Blue Basil's owner.
Baton Creole Food Truck – Southern Louisiana cooking with Austin food trailer culture. 907 East 6th Street. 512-434-0671
There are two ways you can order your food: on a stick, or in a bowl. Easy! Authentic Crawfish Etoufee please =)
OR, Jambalaya on a STICK, with a Remoulade sauce! Ingenious, and not messy – take it to go while walking around the quirky East 6th Street!
My ultimate favorite choice….the Boudin Balls! If you're eating the Boudin packaged in the store, than you haven't tried REAL Louisiana Boudin…try it here, deep fried, topped with Remoulade sauce.
Hoboken Pie – Hoboken delivers hand tossed pizza (from scratch sauce, dough, & dessert, farm fresh veggies) in Austin day and night, 11am to 3am. 718 Red River Street. 512-477-4256
Hoboken Pie has a simple selection of pizzas to choose from, and my favorite part: thin crust pies allowing all of the bursts of flavor from the scratch made sauces, really show themselves out.
There goes my top five. The one thing these places can all offer you – culture & variety! I hope that you try out these hidden gems, during your time spent at the second half of ACL 2013!
Disclosure: All views and opinions with regard to the product or company itself, are my own, and not influenced, nor reviewed, by the company, prior to this posting.
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Protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults is the responsibility of us all, whether they are in the communities in which we live or part of our Christian family. If you have a concern about a child, young person or adult who may be at risk of harm please speak to one of the parish safeguarding coordinators or the priest within the parish.
Our Safeguarding coordinators are:
Lois Nicholl (St James, Barlborough) Tel. 01246 570604
Roger Street (St John the Baptist, Clowne) Tel. 01246 812087
Rector Rev'd Bryony Taylor Tel. 01246 813569
If you have concerns about a member of the clergy or an employee of the Diocese please contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser, Julian Hodgson (07540 719447) or one of the Archdeacons. You can also report any concerns to the Police or Social Care. The important thing is that your concerns are shared with someone in a position to help.
Below is a flow chart explaining the process should you need to report a safeguarding concern.


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Tracking the Right Social Selling Metrics for Smart Insights & Success
Learn what social selling metrics can help you define success, refine your efforts, and continue to succeed.
June 1, 2016
Whether you're just starting a social selling initiative or in the middle a mature program, you should always look for ways to measure your progress and success. Defining and monitoring clear metrics sometimes gets pushed aside at the outset of a new strategy, but in order to create something sustainable, you'll need a system in place.
In the past, sales metrics had a tendency to be relatively static and ubiquitous—part of a "set it and forget it" mentality. But social selling metrics are different, and therefore require a different approach. Some of the resistance to new metrics comes from ingrained ideas about what success looks like.
Take a moment to set those ideas aside and accept the idea that your sales metrics are beginning to look a little more like marketing metrics—and that's not necessarily a bad thing!
Tracking Social Selling's Return on Investment
Social media activity and traditional ROI metrics have long been thought to have a tenuous relationship. In 2012, the "Chief Marketer Prospecting Survey" suggested that one of marketers' major complaints about lead generation within social media was the difficulty of measuring the channel's ROI. In reality, many tools and strategies exist for making social measurable across multiple dimensions.
Here are some metrics that should get you thinking about not just what to measure, but also how those results will be perceived from an organizational standpoint.
Your Social Selling Index Score
For starters, you can check out LinkedIn's Social Selling Index (SSI) and see your score for free.
SSI generates a score based around the four elements of social selling: establishing your personal brand, finding the right people, engaging with insights, and building relationships. Each of these breaks down into a set of data points that are assigned a value from 1 to 25 and totaled to create an SSI score out of 100.
Tracking Quality & Growth
Regardless of the channel, it's important to measure the growth and quality of your network. As your network grows, you'll enjoy more access to decision makers via warm connections. It's also an indicator of the strength of your personal brand.
If growth is measured by the number of followers and connections, quality is measured by engagement. Tracking views, shares, likes, and comments on your content will indicate how well you're appealing to the people in your network.
Clocking Your Time
To get an idea of your ROI, it's essential to know how much time you're investing in socially selling. Keeping tabs on your hours can also help you ensure that you're using your time efficiently.
Perhaps you're spending more time on one approach over another—say, creating and engaging with content, rather than asking for a warm introduction from a shared connection. You should know how much time you're dedicating to each and which one produces the best results.
Counting Your Wins
Last, but certainly not least, you should be notching your wins. Measure how many opportunities and accounts you generate through your social selling efforts.
Social selling data goes a lot further than what we've outlined here, but these metrics provide a great framework for making sure your strategy and efforts continue to improve. Sales leaders should keep a close eye on these metrics, share successes, and constantly share their social selling progress to keep their team motivated and invested in the process.
To hear how leaders use the Social Selling Index and other metrics to define a successful program, download our latest eBook: Proven Strategies from the World's Top Sales Performers.


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Leading power companies convened in Singapore to officially launch the new Singaporean member committee of the World Energy Council on 10 November.
With Singapore setting ambitious goals to reduce energy emissions intensity and stabilise greenhouse gas emissions outlined in the COP21 accord agreed in Paris, the Council's Singaporean member committee and its constituent organisations will play an important role in complementing public-sector efforts.
With Singapore setting ambitious goals to reduce energy emissions intensity and stabilise greenhouse gas emissions outlined in the COP21 accord agreed in Paris, the Council's Singaporean member committee and its constituent organisations will play an important role in complementing public-sector efforts.
Mr Wong Kim Yin, Group CEO of Singapore Power, Chair of World Energy Council Singapore chapter, said: "World Energy Council Singapore is a platform for the industry to come together to provide robust thought leadership and advance Singapore towards a more secure, accessible and sustainable energy future. With rapid change around us, the industry has much to offer in being a catalyst for transformation and developing solutions to help consumers save energy and cost and improve quality of life."
The formation of the Council's Singaporean member committee is timely, given the rapid transformation of the global energy industry due to the fast-paced development of new technologies, environmental challenges and changing consumer needs. The Singaporean member committee creates a platform for local industry to chart the course of Singapore's energy landscape. The chapter seeks to better prepare the local energy industry for disruptive changes, and address the energy trilemma of creating a secure, accessible and sustainable energy future.
Dr Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council said: "We are delighted to welcome Singapore as our latest member committee. We are living in a new energy reality that is changing faster than ever. Creating a sustainable energy future will require positive leadership from governments, businesses, and investors; working together to enable the novel new policy and business frameworks. With Singapore's leading energy players driving this chapter, I am confident of seeing innovative new approaches that can also benefit the global energy community."
The Singapore chapter will tap into the Council's network of more than 3,000 member organisations in more than 90 countries, for global insights and best practices on energy policy, innovation and sustainability strategies.
The founding members of the committee consists of Singapore Power, Senoko Energy, YTL PowerSeraya, Tuas Power, PacificLight Power and Singapore District Cooling (SDC). Singapore Power is the chairing organisation. This is the first time that companies across Singapore's energy supply chain – from generation, transmission and distribution, to district cooling and heating, are forming an industry association.
Singapore joins Mongolia and Malaysia as the third member committee to join the World Energy Council in 2016.
Shigeru Muraki, Vice Chair for Asia Pacific & South East Asia commented: "I would like to extend my warm congratulations on the launch of the new Singaporean Member Committee. Singapore has been vital within the increasing Asian energy arena. I believe the member committee will take an important role in enhancing regional collaboration and integration, and will contribute to tackling various energy challenges in Asia as well as globally."


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Back in June of 2012, Google announced their love for the mobile responsive websites by publishing guidelines for the smart-optimized websites. Needless to say, Google is still in love with responsive design because of its simplicity and reusability.
As stated by Google,
"Sites that serve all devices on the same set of URLs, with each URL serving the same HTML to all devices and using just CSS to change how the page is rendered on the device. This is Google's recommended configuration."
This means that you need to adopt responsive mobile design to optimize your website for mobile platform and search engine spiders.
In many other instances like above, Google has been giving emphasis on responsive design despite being the owner of largest app market. The statement also defines the idea of mobile responsive websites but does not explain the reason behind the Google's love for the approach.
Below, I've compiled 3 reasons why Google loves mobile responsive websites and why you start using it for better user experience. After all, sites that have poor user experience are useless even with search engine rankings.
Responsive mobile websites work on multiple devices.
Responsive design is "future proof" design. It can work on any device no matter configuration, size or the date website is accessed. Unlike responsive websites, so called mobile friendly websites are just resized for specific device size and will fail to work when Smartphone manufacturer decides to change the screen size.
Even if the content is resized, icons and buttons often fail to adjust and create the mess of user interface. This also creates extra layer of trouble for developer.
Responsive websites resize according to the need of device, so any developer can release a device tomorrow and the mobile responsive website will work for sure.
Better User Interface
Responsive mobile websites look very effective and absolutely stunning in comparison of unresponsive websites. Below, I have opened the New York Times and buzzle.com on the same device (iPhone SE). The New York Times, being responsive mobile website, loaded very quickly and looks very good but buzzle.com took lot of time and is almost impossible to read. It can be quite frustrating for users.
Responsive mobile design has equally great interface like an app but save the trouble of finding the app for anything you want to do.
Responsive mobile websites make user happy with the interface and return again. This helps google determine your rankings easily using the bounce rate of the user.
Mobile responsive websites can be easily indexed.
Google loves apps and it is brilliant alternative to mobile websites. But the problem with apps is Google cannot index pages inside an app, and will be unable to discover the content in the app.
Additionally, exclusive content generated by user in an app cannot be indexed and does not provide any benefit to the ranking of original website.
However, mobile responsive sites shrink and fit equally like an app and all of the content can be indexed by search engine spiders. But, an app like Quora which share the same data as website can be equally effective
This will make Google comfortable and happy with search engine rankings. If Google is happy, so will be your rankings.


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The School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) is the home to the core disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and arts at AUC. HUSS comprises eight departments: Applied Linguistics, Arab and Islamic Civilizations, Arts, English and Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology. Together, they help us understand what it means to be human and connect us with our local, regional and global communities. HUSS faculty members are teachers-scholars who strive to produce groundbreaking research and provide the finest liberal arts education in the region. English is HUSS' language of instruction and business. HUSS upholds and is committed to the principles of academic freedom and freedom of expression; we dot no discriminate on the basis of religion, sex, ethnicity, race, caste, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or sexual identity.
HUSS' vision is to be internationally recognized for its leadership and excellence in teaching, research and creative expression in the disciplines we represent. We build on our existing strengths to become the destination of choice for students and faculty members from around the world seeking in‐depth cultural exposure, combined with outstanding academic programs, cutting‐edge research, as well as an ethically engaged, diverse community of scholars. We aim to cultivate vital intellectual and critical capacities in our students and prepare them for a life of engaged service to the various communities — local, regional and international — of which they are valuable members.
Excellence in all Forms
We continually strive to be among the best in all we do: in teaching, research, creative expression, service to our communities and service to each other in our daily interactions.
Diversity and Respect for Others
We seek to treat all individuals with dignity and fairness and to promote understanding and respect for diversity of perspectives, traditions and experiences and seek to defend those rights.
Social Responsibility and Service
We are committed to exploring the challenges that confront Egypt, the region and the world and to using our intellectual and creative capabilities to address these challenges, serve our communities and have a positive and sustainable impact on development, business, the environment and society.
Integrity and Individual Responsibility
We believe that individuals are accountable for their actions and, as members of a community, our individual actions have an impact on others. We are stronger as a community when we each reflect on the consequences of our decisions and actions. The University upholds the principles of academic integrity, including fairness, accountability and honesty.
Lifelong Learning
We believe that the pursuit of knowledge, understanding and personal and professional development should continue throughout one's lifetime.


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Knee Replacement Operation in SIMS&RH, Tumkur
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World Diabetes Day Celebration in SIMSRH Auditorium, Tumkur on Nov 14th 2018
CME Workshop Doctor In the Dock on Department of Forensic Medicine on 25 Nov 2018 at SIMS&RH Auditorium
Trouble Shooting in Infertility Practice of OBG Department on 17 Nov.2018 Saturday at SIMS&RH Auditorium
Personality and Soft Skill Development Seminar organised by Human Resource Department, SIMS&RH
Workshop on TB & Chest Programme on SIMS&RH auditorium
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- Create Awareness about cervical cancer among rural women on programme on 08-02-2018 at SIMS&RH, Tumkur
- 69th Republic Day 2018 Celebration on 26-01-2018 at SIMS&RH campus Tumkur
- Free Health Checkup Camp on 03-01-2018 at Baraguru
- World Diabetes day Programme in SIMS&RH, Auditorium on 22-11-2017
- Protest Against KPME ACT 2017 - Belagum Chalo
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- Free Health Checkup Camp on Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Hospital at 17-10-2017 to 24-10-2017
- "International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking" on 07-07-2017 at SIMS&RH Auditorium
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Ocean Spirit Cruises – Michaelmas Cay
Ocean Spirit Cruises provides daily trips from Cairns to Michaelmas Cay aboard a luxury 32m sailing catamaran. This day tour spends four (4) hours at Michaelmas Cay and is suited to swimmers, snorkelers and families but not certified divers. There is no certified diving offered in conjunction with this product.
Ocean Spirit Cruises do provide introductory scuba diving from the beach at added cost. This is an excellent way to try first-time scuba diving in the shallow waters a short walk from the beach.
Michaelmas Cay is a great destination for swimmers and those who are not confident in the open water. The sand cay is surrounded by shallow, protected waters which are home to a multitude of marine life, including anemone fish and some of the largest giant clams you will ever see. Water entry is from the beach itself, so you can enter at your own pace. The cay is home to a wide array of seabirds, making it a great destination for bird watchers. Non-swimmers will enjoy relaxing on the cay's warm, sandy beach and taking in the views over the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, from on board Ocean Spirit.
Semi-Submersible – There's also the opportunity for travelers to immerse themselves in the underwater world, while staying dry, with a complimentary semi-submersible tour in the waters just off the Cay.
Sea turtles are often spotted surfacing for air from the beach. Shallow crystal clear water, Michaelmas Cay is a perfect beach day with beautiful coral very close to the beach.
Ocean Spirit has been running Michaelmas Cay tours for over 25 years and in August 2013 was taken over by the award-winning Quicksilver Group. The catamaran has spacious indoor cabins as well as outdoor seating and provides a smooth, comfortable journey to and from the reef. Of course actual sailing is weather dependent, but you'll feel the wind in your hair and the romance of the open sea regardless. Lots of inclusions in this day tour.
Do you need help choosing?
Can't decide? We have personally been on every Cairns reef and diving trip. We can help you choose the best tour, to suit your experience and budget.contact us
|Rate Option
|# Dives
|Cruise + Snorkelling (Adult)
|Cruise + Snorkelling (Child)
|Cruise + Snorkelling (Family) 2 x Adults + 2 x Children
|Cruise + Snorkelling (Family) 2 x Adults + 2 x Children
|Cruise + Introductory Diving (1 Dive)
|Introductory Diving
Remember try any form of Scuba Diving you must be medically fit with no asthma and not be taking any prescription medication. PADI recommends allowing up to 24 hours after diving before flying in an aeroplane.
Inclusions: Hot & cold buffet lunch including seafood, morning & afternoon tea & coffee, all of your snorkelling equipment includes: mask, snorkel and fins and instruction, buoyancy vests, marine biologist presentation, semi-submersible coral viewing tour and fish feeding presentation.
Family Price: A family is classed as 2 x Adults + 2 x Children. Child age is classed as 4-14 years old.
Extras (Pay Later): An additional $6.50 per person is payable on board on the day of travel. This is comprised of $3.50 environmental management charge and $3.00 administration costs.
Additional Extras: Return coach transfers from Cairns $24 Adults | $15 Child & Northern Beaches $30 Adults | $15 Child
|Prices are shown in Australian dollars and include GST. Prices subject to change without notice.
Check-in for the Ocean Spirit day tour is at their counter inside the Reef Fleet Terminal from 7.30am. Boarding commences at the boat from 7.45am with an 8.30am departure from Cairns. Complimentary tea and coffee is served on boarding. Welcome and safety presentations are provided on the way to the reef, as is an informative marine biologist slide show and presentation.
Travel time from Cairns to Michaelmas Cay is around two (2) hours, so you'll arrive around 10.30am, with up to four (4) hours to enjoy the cay, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. Semi-submersible tours operate throughout the day and you can snorkel from the boat or the beach. There's the option of introductory scuba diving too (see diving tab for more information) with no experience necessary. Lunch is served from 12-1.30pm and the boat departs around 2.30pm, getting back into Cairns at 5pm.
There is no certified diving available on Ocean Spirit Cruises. However, there is the option for those wanting to try diving for the first time to book an introductory dive. No experience is necessary: all equipment and instruction provided. You will need to complete and pass a dive medical on board and some medical conditions (such as asthma) will preclude you from diving.
INTRODUCTORY DIVES: Michaelmas Cay is a great place to try an introductory scuba dive, thanks to its shallow, protected waters and abundant marine life. All introductory dives are guided by professional dive personnel and all equipment and instruction is provided on-board Ocean Spirit, on your way to the cay. Participants must be over 12 years of age and will receive a certificate of recognition on the completion of their introductory dive.
Michaelmas Cay is a great place for young children, the elderly and non-confident swimmers to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef. The sand cay has generous beaches that slope gently into the water. The water surrounding the cay is quite shallow and protected from open ocean currents, making it a comfortable place to float around and admire the marine life below. Buoyancy vests are provided with this tour, as are your mask, snorkel and fins. Wetsuits / lycra suits are available for hire on board (and are highly recommended for sun protection). Ocean Spirit provides snorkel equipment and safety briefings on the way to Michaelmas Cay. All snorkelling is done from the cay itself, with regular transfers provided between the catamaran and the cay aboard the glass bottom boat.


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text: A big thank you to everyone who came out to support me at the Viaduct in Hanwell on 22nd February. It was a lot of fun playing the new EP and some songs from the other releases. Thanks to Dave Mwaniki who played a great set of covers and originals. Thanks also to Abi (guitars, BV's) and Johnny (percussion, BV's) who played alongside me. Thanks to the Viaduct management for having us. Thanks also to the K180 team who made it all happen! Hope to announce some more opportunities to hear me live soon. In the meantime, here are some snaps from the Viaduct:


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#Mindful Monday – "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Colleen's Mindful Monday post caught up with me today on a Tuesday, which happens to be my birthday!!! I have to say Colleen's post celebrating the help and support she has had, is one of the reasons why I blog, the sense of community in the blogging world is immense. So I just had to reblog this and share this lovely cheery message.
Welcome to Mindful Monday! Each week I try to examine new or sometimes old things about myself. I have found that being mindful encompasses the act of being watchful, aware, wary, heedful, alert, careful, or attentive, in whatever area in my life I feel it applies to, as I attempt to live in the present. Come and join me on my journey. You never know what you will learn about yourself.
The best things in life aren't things – they're friends. Friends are the people who come into your life and touch your soul with their laughter and kindness. Real friends are the people who help you attain greatness as a person. I am honored and blessed to have two such friends, writer and author, Melissa Barker-Simpson and writer and author, Ronovan, from Ronovan Writes.
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Birthday Party Tonight!
Looking back? No way!
Dear Fringe related thing, today's our birthday! Ten years ago to the day we started the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in the toilets of the Stadsschouwburg. It was the beginning of a tradition which has held firm and gained a following all over the world. Today, one can see penises and hear strange conversations in toilets everywhere. We'll be celebrating our party with Wilhelmina Huiskamerfestival, the other coolest festival in Amsterdam, which also has its ten year anniversary today!
Our first gift of the day was from NRC Handelsblad: a four-ball review in today's paper! Have you got balls to spare? Bring 'em by at The Fringe Theatre!
Seriously now: we don't need you to bring any presents to our party tonight. The Fringe already is a 15 foot high stack of gifts, with a tiny little pink Christmas tree on the top. Every year, you, us, and everyone we know is unwrapping gifts like crazy. Most of them don't make sense and none are really useful, but they're such great fun!
The extra special gift from everyone to everyone is a party! (Obviously…) We'll be giving you DJ Faffi, and you'll give him your endless love. We'll put some nice discount on something from the bar (check out those signs!), and you'll overdo it just a bit with the drinking. We'll build a shadow economy of giving, giving, giving, until we're all loaded with stuff and head home.
Deal? We'll see you tonight at The Fringe Theatre, Jacob van Lennepkade 334! O, and when you wake up tomorrow morning slightly melancholy and nostalgic, please do get out of bed and get moving! We'll have four more days of Fringe to go, so there's no use at all in looking back. Onwards and upwards!


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Thank you for volunteering to make craft packets for the St. Jude Happy Cart. The Happy Cart goes around to inpatient rooms several nights a week to offer patients and families a welcome distraction. Crafts should be complex enough to maintain their interest.
The following is an example of a great craft to give you an idea of what is needed as you put your own craft packets together. Visually appealing, quality crafts are highly sought after by patients.
A few tips to keep in mind when making the packets so they can be fully enjoyed by the patients:
- All materials must be new
- Use one gallon clear sealed zippered plastic bags as the packet
- Include all materials needed to complete the craft except glue, scissors, markers, and crayons
- Glue, scissors, and markers or crayons in packages may be donated separately
- Picture of completed craft in color ink in front of bag
- Step-by-step instructions easily readable in back of bag (English and Spanish versions, if possible)
- All crafts should be religiously, politically, ethnically, and culturally neutral
- Packets for all ages are needed, including teens, young adults and parents
Here are things that cannot be used and should be left out of the craft packets:
- Latex balloons
- Candles
- Knives
- Toy guns
- Water guns
- Any food items ( beans, pasta, etc.)
- Small objects that could be a choking hazard
- Threatening themes such as death, medical procedures, medical personnel, and illness
- Other unsafe materials
- Any personal information (your name, name of your organization, address, etc.)
Once again, thank you for donating your time and resources to make craft packets for the Happy Cart. Patients and families truly enjoy the time they get to spend working on these activities.
Please contact Volunteer Services at email@example.com if you have any other questions.
At Home Projects
If you can't give your time or talents, you can contribute supplies needed for individual and group activities.
Making Mask Straps for Patients
Help provide mask straps, which are used to improve the comfort level for patients required to wear masks.


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'Solid growth' in SMSF residential property investment
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has highlighted recent statistics indicating growth in SMSF residential property investment and the sector officially reaching its millionth member.
Referring to the ATO's March 2014 SMSF statistical report, SPAA said the data showed investment in residential property rose 17.2 per cent to $20.5 billion in the 12 months to 31 March 2014.
SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said that although the figures represented solid growth, it has to be "put into context".
"Residential property still only represents 3.7 per cent of total SMSF assets of $558.5 billion, and is still dwarfed by non-residential property assets at $68.4 billion or 12.2 per cent of total assets," she said.
"In addition, most of that growth occurred in the first nine months to 31 December 2013, and was starting to ease in the last quarter," she added.
Ms Slattery said it was also "interesting to note" that that limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) only increased 1.6 per cent in the March quarter.
"[LRBA's] now stand at $2761 million or 0.5 per cent of all SMSF assets," she said.
"Again SPAA would suggest this number illustrates that trustees and members are adopting a conservative approach to gearing," Ms Slattery added.
The report also showed the number of members in the SMSF sector at 1,006,975, a net gain of 11,384 compared with the 31 December 2013 figure of 995,591.
Ms Slattery said the number of members exceeding one million is an important milestone for the SMSF industry.
"[It] clearly demonstrates that there is a growing number of people wanting to take direct responsibility for their retirement savings," she said.


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