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Tired of using a rolled up jacket to shoot off of? It's time to upgrade! I usually use bags, but what's really annoyed me about them is the lack of adjustment available. Their height is the height and that's it. Bipods are adjustable and solid, but you need to load up the legs each time to get better repeatability.
Video Review of The Rock Jr.
Comparatively, a solid front rest like the Caldwell "The Rock Jr." is pretty easy to shoot off of. The height adjusts finely with a big dial up front and locks in via a lock screw. Once your rifle is on a rest like this, the front won't move much and that's good. I typically do my final adjustments by moving the butt up or down, and a rest like this works well with that style of adjustment.
The Rock uses a cast iron base that's solid and relatively heavy. Still not as beefy as some of the benchrest style ones that you might see out at the range, but it's portable and the price is right.


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Capitol Alert
Jerry Brown OKs bill to allow rescue of fighting dogs
"The Champions" makes case for law to rescue fight dogs
Dogs rescued from fighting rings and write-in candidates will be key beneficiaries of Gov. Jerry Brown's latest legislative decisions.
The Democratic governor announced on Monday he had signed Assembly Bill 1825, which prevents dogs seized from criminal fighting operations from automatically being designated "vicious." Dogs that are labeled vicious are typically euthanized; now, animal control and shelter workers can evaluate pooches first to see if they pose a threat.
"These dogs weren't born vicious, they were trained to fight for entertainment and illegal gambling," Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, said in a statement. "These dogs will now have a chance to be rehabilitated."
Brown vetoed a bill allowing the governor to declare a winner in a special election where only one candidate qualifies to appear on the ballot. In his veto message, Brown wrote Senate Bill 49 would exclude write-in candidates.
"This doesn't seem consistent with democratic principles that call for choice and robust debate," Brown wrote of the bill, which was authored by the late Sen. Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster.
Jeremy B. White: 916-326-5543, @CapitolAlert

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text: Court Success for Residents' Campaign To Save Green Space Lawyers Succeed In Judicial Review On Behalf Of Locals Battling To Save Playing Fields From Development 25.07.2012 Consett residents campaigning to save an area of land known as Belle Vue playing fields are celebrating today after a judge quashed a decision by Durham County Council to refuse an application to register the land as a town or village green ("TVG") – which would protect it from development.A group of local residents, known as the Consett Green Spaces Group (CGSG), is battling to protect a large area of green space in the Belle Vue area of Consett, in County Durham. The 44-acre playing fields are owned by the local authority, Durham County Council, which wants to build an academy on the site.CGSG objects to the development of the academy on that site, arguing that there are other, more appropriate sites on brownfield land which wouldn't impact on the town's green space. In a bid to save the playing fields, the CGSG made an application to register the land as a town or village green. This would mean that it must remain as open space.The group instructed public law experts at Irwin Mitchell to seek a judicial review of Durham's decision to refuse TVG status on the grounds that it was an error of law. Judge Roger Kaye QC, sitting in the Administrative Court in Leeds, has now ruled that the decision to reject the application was flawed, sufficient to justify quashing it.Stephen Williams, a public law expert at Irwin Mitchell representing CGSG says the latest victory means that the land cannot currently be built on..Williams said: "The Judgement today is one more step towards protecting the Belle Vue playing fields for the future. The council cannot build on the land as things stand."This land has been used extensively by the public for over 20 years for activities such as walking and football and our clients think it is vital that this green space is protected. They will now press again for Town and Village Green status which will preserve the space for recreation for future generations."John Campbell, a spokesman for the CGSG, said: "We are delighted at the decision today. While we are not opposed to the building of the academy we believe there are much more appropriate brownfield sites available. There are fewer and fewer green spaces left in Consett and we want to protect Belle Vue for use by the residents of Consett. Registering the land as a Town and Village Green will help us achieve this. We call upon the Council to abandon its ambition to build on Belle Vue and to find another site which would not deprive the people of Consett of this valuable open space."The CGSG argued that a significant number of local residents used the playing fields, lawfully, for recreational activities, and had done so for over the last 20 years, all of which are necessary criteria to register land as a TVG.But an inspector during a public inquiry recommended the refusal of TVG status, and his recommendation was followed by the Highways Committee of the County Council. The judge had to interpret a deed made in 1964 about the use of the land. The Judgement today sides with the CGSG in claiming that the deed has been misinterpreted and the Council must now reconsider its decision to refuse registration of the land as a town or village green. Press contact Dave Grimshaw Press Officer 0114 274 4397 Email Dave Tags Public Law Stephen Williams Newcastle Related articles 30.08.2019Lifetime Achievement Award for Leading Travel Litigation Lawyer 30.08.2019Devastated Mother Reveals Hope For Answers At Inquest Into Nottingham Girl's Death 29.08.2019Dyfed Man Calls On Lawyers After Being Hospitalised During HSM Canarios Park Mallorca Holiday 28.08.2019Kent Holidaymaker Instructs Lawyers After Illness 'Nightmare' Ruins Fiesta Tanit Hotel Ibiza Holiday 28.08.2019Batten Disease Families Granted Permission For High Court Legal Challenge Over 'Flawed' Decision Not To Provide Life-Preserving Treatment 28.08.2019Manchester Law Firm Trekking Trio Triumph Over Toubkal


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Wildlife Safari is home to over 500 animals, not to mention the keepers! One of the top cheetah breeding facilities in the world, we are known mostly for our conservation efforts for these spotted speeders. However, Wildlife Safari also supports conservation of many other species. We recently had our first lion cubs born in 23 years, and now have six cubs in our pride. Here, you'll be learning more about our variety of animals, and you'll be getting updates on their lives and behavior.
Our animals help people to appreciate the other species we share our world with. They make conservation personal – people see them and realize they are amazing creatures that may not be around for very long if we don't act to protect them.
Conservation is at the heart of Wildlife Safari's mission, and we seek to educate our community on conservation issues by going out to schools and community centers with our ambassador animals. Caring about conservation at large goes hand in hand with love for each and every animal that lives at the park. Our keepers have a bond with the animals they care for and you can see their passion in how they interact with the animals; how carefully they prepare food for each one (some are particularly picky); and how hard they work to keep enclosures clean and the animals healthy and happy. Every keeper is here for the love of it and we'll be hearing from some of them about their experiences and daily life at the park in weeks to come.
We look forward to sharing the goings on of Wildlife Safari with you and hope you get to know and love our animals as much as we do!


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"I started at Country Flow Yoga 10 months ago to lose weight and shape up. To my surprise, I achieved a deeper mind-body connection and I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm experiencing my spiritual self in my yoga journey. The owners, Melissa and Lara, are awesome and very supportive. It's a fun atmosphere and all the teachers are amazing with their different personalities. Highly recommend! "
~Rita B, 1/28/17
"Country Flow Yoga is such an amazing place. I absolutely love the aerial barre class and chakra yoga! The Saturday class was such a great workout. The instructors are helpful and friendly. I highly recommend Country Flow Yoga."
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"I just started yoga last month. I thought I would do a class or two a week. I tried a few places, but I'm totally hooked on this studio! The teachers are all different and incredible. I learn so much each class. It has helped me find joy again in working out and a new trust in my body. It's a wonderful community. I plan to ditch my gym membership and invest in a monthly yoga membership. You don't need any fancy yoga clothes. Just be you and come with an open mind!"
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Who doesn't love the glitz, glamour and opulence of the 1920's and 1930's? We are thinking pearls, lace, chiffon, feathers and floaty fabrics; not to mention the classic headwear pieces, beautiful gowns and strappy sandals.
The drink du jour HAS to be champagne, out of a beautiful coupe, or, for the men, a single malt whisky poured out of a cut-glass decanter.
Here we have compliled a few of our favourite Great Gatsby-inspired wedding ideas to help inspire your wedding day.
Why not have a look through your nan's treasures to add those sentimental pieces to your special day; after all they will already have stories to tell.
Don't forget, we can source any particular items that you may be looking for as well as designing the perfect stationery too.
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With marijuana legalized in Washington, we have new ways to enjoy experiences amongst friends, as well connections to the world around us. What can we do now that was previously enshroud in taboo? The Goodship wants to take big, exciting, heady conversations out of the basement and into a shared community experience. That's what inspired Goodship Higher Education.
Goodship Higher Education presents intimate conversations with some of our regions most brilliant minds, covering topics from space travel to re-animation to modernist cuisine. Our goal is to present some of the most innovative, mind-bending, revolutionary and extraordinary ideas happening in art, technology, science and philosophy. We invite both the audience and speakers alike to hop "on the Goodship" (read: have consumed marijuana). This allows us to look at the world through a difference lens, and we think that it is a fun and enlightening experiment to partner altered states with big ideas.


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Glendora Mountain Road – March 8th 2015
After being postponed a week due to weather, five BCI cyclists joined 4 other riders from www.bikerforums.net for a climb to Mt. Baldy Village via Glendora Mountain Road and Glendora Ridge Road. Representing BCI were Bruce Campbell, Dov Lazarus, Jim Norman, Abel Tirre and Vince Wilhelm.
With the change to daylight savings time, 9 bleary-eyed riders met up in Glendora and hit the road at 8:30 am. The climbing started immediately (Warm up? Who needs to warm up?). The first part of the ascent had some short 8% to 10% sections, then settled in for a mostly 5% - 6% climb for 8 miles to the maintenance shack where we regrouped and posed for picture. After the shack we headed along GRR toward snow-capped Mt. Baldy, which at times seemed so close yet so far. There are some downhill sections along the ridge to break up the relentless climbing. After another brief photo opp stop, we pressed on for the last long climb to the summit at about 4,500 feet, and then a quick descent into the village.
We had a nice break at Mt. Baldy Lodge where it was just warm enough to sit out on the patio. They still had some of their famous cinnamon rolls left and Bruce introduced Dov to blueberry pancakes, but eventually we had to hit the road for the trip back. We rode the reverse of our route to return to Glendora. The leg muscles were stiff as we faced the one-mile 8% climb out of the village back up to the ridge route, and from there we had a spirited and scenic ride along the ridge and down the mountain. The entire LA basis was visible with downtown LA framed by the mountains.
We partially regrouped at the shack (one of the other riders was delayed a bit while he fixed his broken chain), then started out on the last leg. After one short climb we were looking forward to 8 miles of continuous downhill – it was delightful and all too soon we were back at the cars. The total ride was about 43 miles and 5,500 feet of climbing. The first 8 miles to the shack was the toughest climb, ascending 2,300 feet, but the views along the way made it well worth the effort.
It was a beautiful day, clear with temperatures starting in the mid 50s, warming up to maybe 70 on the mountain and around 80 in Glendora, pretty much ideal for riding. We'll have to do it again sometime! - Jim Norman


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Best Companies to Work For in the 500
Fortune 500 rank: 125
Best Companies rank: 58
What makes it so great?
Aflac offers grants toward closing costs for employees who are first-time homebuyers below a certain income level and participate in financial counseling.
American Express
Fortune 500 rank: 67
Best Companies rank: 90
What makes it so great?
AmEx uses social media to recruit job candidates. More than 100 videos on YouTube feature employees candidly describing what they do.
Capital One Financial
Fortune 500 rank: 124
Best Companies rank: 85
What makes it so great?
The bank's university offers 2,084 instructor-led courses and 1,668 virtual classroom sessions.
Fortune 500 rank: 240
Best Companies rank: 54
What makes it so great?
The largest used-car retail chain in the U.S. has a "time away" policy that allows associates to take off as much time as they need, without a quota.
Chesapeake Energy
Fortune 500 rank: 163
Best Companies rank: 51
What makes it so great?
The landscaped headquarters of the natural-gas producer is designed to look like a college campus and includes a large child-care center.
Cisco Systems
Fortune 500 rank: 55
Best Companies rank: 55
What makes it so great?
Employees stay fit inside a 118,000-square-foot, gold-level LEED-certified health center and can drop off kids at two onsite care centers.
Darden Restaurants
Fortune 500 rank: 319
Best Companies rank: 74
What makes it so great?
More than half of the restaurant group's employees donate to a program that provides relief to employees facing emergencies.
Devon Energy
Fortune 500 rank: 270
Best Companies rank: 56
What makes it so great?
Last year the oil and gas driller opened the Doc, a new medical clinic in its 50-story headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City.
Discovery Communications
Fortune 500 rank: 460
Best Companies rank: 79
What makes it so great?
The nonfiction media giant (Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet) offers onsite medical clinics and fitness programs.
EOG Resources
Fortune 500 rank: 203
Best Companies rank: 97
What makes it so great?
The oil company's generous matching plan for charitable donations is dollar for dollar up to $75,000.
General Mills
Fortune 500 rank: 159
Best Companies rank: 64
What makes it so great?
The cereal maker took a stand in 2012 to oppose an amendment that would have barred same-sex marriages in Minnesota.
Goldman Sachs
Fortune 500 rank: 74
Best Companies rank: 45
What makes it so great?
Staff won for the fastest corporate team in the annual race up the steps of the Empire State Building.
Fortune 500 rank: 46
Best Companies rank: 1
What makes it so great?
Google's stock climbed past $1,000 in 2013—a boon for Googlers, all of whom are stockholders. CEO Larry Page urged them to be "audacious," especially in philanthropy. Google donates $50 for every five hours an employee volunteers. Last year a new program sent employees to Ghana and India to work on community projects.
Fortune 500 rank: 53
Best Companies rank: 84
What makes it so great?
Six Embraer passenger jets ferry 4,500 employees a week between locations in Arizona, California, and Oregon.
Marriott International
Fortune 500 rank: 219
Best Companies rank: 57
What makes it so great?
The global hotel chain with 19 brands prides itself on mobility, with more than 50% of managers having started as hourly associates.
Fortune 500 rank: 34
Best Companies rank: 86
What makes it so great?
The software giant covers 100% of health insurance premiums for employees and all their dependents.
Fortune 500 rank: 411
Best Companies rank: 33
What makes it so great?
Employees at this data-management and -protection company enjoy five paid days off a year to volunteer within their community.
Fortune 500 rank: 224
Best Companies rank: 89
What makes it so great?
Sales clerks are paid by commission, with average pay of $41,000, while managers average $57,000.
Publix Super Markets
Fortune 500 rank: 104
Best Companies rank: 75
What makes it so great?
CEO Ed Crenshaw on being 100% employee-owned: "Having skin in the game is the bedrock of our company's success."
Fortune 500 rank: 120
Best Companies rank: 32
What makes it so great?
The mobile-technology supplier is an award-happy place: $1,500 bonuses for filing a new patent went to 1,794 employees last year.
Fortune 500 rank: 306
Best Companies rank: 42
What makes it so great?
The medical device maker provides opportunities for employees to see products in action by observing surgeries.
Whole Foods Market
Fortune 500 rank: 218
Best Companies rank: 44
What makes it so great?
Team members are permitted to explore hundreds of promotional opportunities and new jobs that open every year.


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In this frenetic marketplace, creating a lasting impression on your prospects and clients – so they become loyal as repeat buyers – your approach should include seven tactics.
You don't have to take drastic steps to captivate your audience.
It might seem challenging to create a memorable impression, but the trick is simply not to take shortcuts.
Here are seven tactics:
1. Create an instant favorable impression
Remember you must consistently wear a "uniform." You only have a split second to create a favorable lasting impression. Always be consistent.
If you want someone's money, and to earn lot of it, you have to show you're worth it. So if you want a CEO's business, you must demonstrate you're a peer. That means the stereotypical dressing for success; in particular for relationships with high net worth prospects.
From casually dressed CEOs, you're likely to get instant feedback. Many small business owners will mention you're dressed better than they are, but they will always appreciate your professional appearance.
When casually dressed clients questioned my habit of wearing dark suits, I merely replied it was my uniform to keep me on my toes to create high performance for them.
After all, that's why they hired me; some have been for 15+ continuous years. Why? Intuitive clients know that you're treating them as an important event.
Even if you're not selling at the senior-executive level, a professional appearance is still the ticket to success.
A little quirkiness might help. In today's increasingly casual society, a dark wool suit with a white shirt and silk tie qualifies in order for you to stand out and in some circles is considered to be quirky.
Years ago, as a young manager I worked with an intriguing woman who was very successful in sales. Her initial trademark was a stylish hat with her professional dress. It would still work today.
2. Be a catalyst for positive emotional responses
Every buying decision is based on emotions. For many clients, it means making them feel special.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel," wrote author and poet Maya Angelou.
In addition, smile and be open to opportunities to make people laugh. Especially, compliment their business or employees.
3. Show a personal interest
After your opening value-proposition, the best way is to start a conversation is to ask pertinent, open-ended questions.
People don't care what you have to say until they have their say. So be an engaged listener with good eye contact, which promotes trust. Effective listening skills will improve your relationships and business performance.
What counts in communication? Listening skills for discernment and trust. Discerning people are the most successful and listening skills are important for discernment. That goes for athletes and management, alike.
Avoid marginalizing your client and the employees.
In conversations, don't make the mistake of being preoccupied – trying to think of what to say next in the break of the discussion – only to jump in with a remark. Be attentive, periodically nodding yes, so that the person feels important and validated.
The most talkative people are often the most annoying.
4. Be authentic
Be blunt and honest, and perhaps controversial – with a caveat. A word of caution – be honest without being insulting or sarcastic. The Greek word for sarcasm, sarcazo, literally means to tear flesh.
5. Be somewhat unusual
For instance, when you're asked "how are you?", reply with self-effacing humor.
If someone compliments you on your branding or publicity, reply with something like "Yes, that's just my shameless self promotion."
6. Watch your posture
People notice confident posture and body language. Not only will you look great and avoid a sore back, you'll be memorable.
Act like a confident, top-shelf entertainer. Always look up, not down.
7. If you make a mistake, flaunt it.
Show you're human. Don't be afraid to be vulnerable.
In my consulting practice, I've made two seemingly crucial mistakes – in both cases, I forgot to do something I promised. In two critical situations, I promised additional training sessions at no charge but simply forgot about them because I failed to write them on my calendar.
So, in one case I showed up voicing an apology with pecan pies with paper plates, napkins and forks for each employee. I served each of them. The client laughed hysterically in appreciation because I demonstrated my humanness.
In another, I walked into my client's business and walked the length of a huge lobby dusting imaginary food off my tie. My CEO client spotted me and asked: "Corbell, what the hell are you doing?"
My response: "I've been eating crow. I'm sorry for missing the meeting."
Again, my client laughed heartedly and replied: "You eat crow better than anyone I've ever met." (A client of nearly 20 years.)
From the Coach's Corner, here is additional relevant reading:
The 7 Steps to Higher Sales — Secrets for sales success – seven steps to higher sales, five value perceptions that motivate customers to buy, and the three-step process for overcoming sales objections.
Tips for Building Long-Term Client Relationships with Effective Meetings — Signs you have good client relationships: They'll thank you regularly, pay your invoices promptly, and will respond well to your recommendations. If you don't have all three of these, here's what to do.
Consultants – 5 Strategies to Build Trust with Clients — The five strategies that enhance relationships between consultants and clients.
Profits: Size Doesn't Matter but Image, Professionalism Count — Appearances and professionalism can make your small business seem huge. If you look as though you're substantial and that you can handle anything thrown your way – your odds for success improve dramatically. That's especially true in this economy. Clients and customers will often prefer dealing with you as a small firm – if the job doesn't appear too big for you to handle. So it's best to look the part.
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Ampersand + Tiny Prints
Ampersand Design Studio
We have a SUPER exciting new collaboration to share with you all today!!!!
We have partnered up with the one and only, Tiny Prints to create a bunch of fun, new products!!! We've always loved designing stationery products (and buying them, of course)... it's a bit of an obsession, actually! So when the opportunity came along for us to partner with one of our favorite stationery companies that is always leading the way in trends and personalized goods, we literally jumped up and down!! Tiny Prints has been the go-to for us for our own invitations and special announcements in our lives. Being moms of young kiddos, there are a lot of celebrations & family photos to be shared! Designing products that we actually want to buy (and already have!) is the BEST!
Our first few products are personalized notepads, baby shower invitations and birth announcements - including some matching thank you cards and address labels! We hope for there to be much more to come!!! Go check them out and we'll keep you updated on our latest!
personalized notepads // baby shower invitations // birth announcements // thank you cards


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So, my 20 year high school reunion is coming up in about a week. And, I have been going back and forth about whether I'm going to attend this event. I really have no excuses. I was born, grew up, went to college, and ultimately work in the same city (that's depressing to talk about, but that's for another post). So, it's not like I have to get on a plane or make any kind of lavish travel plans to get to the reunion.
Ten years ago, I went to the reunion. And, I admit that I really did not have a good time. It was kind of like stepping into a time machine and having all those insecurities come back on me. In fact, I think the 10 year reunion was actually at the school. How weird was that? (although it's probably pretty common)
Anyway, this is probably pretty "snob-ish" for me to say, but I've decided that I'm not going to my reunion next weekend. Facebook, despite all the negativity that is out there right now about it, has been an interesting way to try to catch up with people and what they're doing now. And, for me, I'm pretty content with that. Facebook has handled my curiosity factor for most of the people that I was interested in catching up with.
Best of luck to my class as they celebrate their 20 year reunion coming up next weekend. I won't be there. But, maybe through the magic of social media and Facebook, I will be, as I know that probably pictures will be posted. I'd rather go through the time machine through the comfort of my own home on the computer, rather than be there in person....


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McWay Falls is located in a pristine cove on California's Big Sur coastline. In fact, it's one of Big Sur's main attractions, where hundreds -- if not thousands, of tourists gather each day to watch the spring-fed falls cascade into the ocean below. Typically, I don't enjoy photographing along a rail, especially among crowds of people, but this was a scene I really wanted to witness and photograph. On this particular evening, the sky was clear with a slight haze in the distance, which ended up working out better than I had thought. I exposed two sheets about 45 minutes before sunset to test the exposure latitude of two types of film, and my second two sheets I exposed as the sun barely started to touch the horizon. My positive film ended up being thrown away, as sometime during the 15 second exposure, the camera must have shaken slightly. This is the negative film, exposed for the shadows with no graduated neutral density filter, which definitely shows how much dynamic range Kodak Ektar can capture
It's definitely a beautiful location, and I hope to return again when the flowers are in bloom and the sky blows up. We can all dream, right?
Technical specs:
- Camera: Ebony 4x5
- Lens: Nikkor 90mm f/4.5
- Exposure: 15 Seconds
- Aperture: f/32
- Film: Kodak Ektar 100


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Just your typical Coloradan here. You know—peace, love, candles and sandals. Everything except granola, really. I much prefer Cocoa Crispies.
I enjoy yoga, traveling, snowboarding, scratch tickets and Law & Order SVU. I also really love my job. There is truly nothing more gratifying that seeing my ideas come to life. Perhaps I enjoy that most of all.
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Quick Gin Cake Recipe
With the GBBO just around the corner, this is the week to try our Quick Gin Cake recipe!
- 200 g (7oz) unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
- 200 g (7oz) caster sugar
- 4 medium eggs, beaten
- 200 g (7oz) self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- finely grated zest 1 orange
- 75 ml (3 fl oz) gin
- 125 g (4oz) caster sugar, plus extra to sprinkle
- 125 ml (4 fl oz) tonic water
- 31/2 tbsp gin
- 2 oranges, cut in half through their length and sliced into 3mm (1/8in) half moons
- 100 g (3 ½oz) icing sugar, sifted
Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. Grease and line base and sides of a 900g(2lb) loaf tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl beat butter and sugar with a handheld electric whisk until light and fluffy – about 5min. Gradually add eggs, beating well after each addition.
Fold in flour, baking powder and orange zest, followed by the gin. Spoon into prepared tin and bake for 55min-1hr or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Meanwhile, make sugar syrup: gently heat the caster sugar and tonic water in a small pan, stirring often, until the sugar dissolves. Turn up heat and boil for 1min. Spoon 2tbsp of the syrup into a small bowl and mix in 2tbsp of the gin (this mixture will be used to soak the loaf later). Set pan of remaining syrup aside.
As soon as the loaf comes out of the oven, poke holes into the top with a skewer and drizzle over the reserved syrup/gin mixture. Cool loaf in tin on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, make the candied orange slices. Reheat the remaining sugar syrup in its pan until boiling, then add the lime slices. Simmer for 10-12min until the slices are translucent. Lift out slices with a slotted spoon on to baking parchment, then sprinkle both sides of the lime slices liberally with caster sugar. Leave to dry.
Make icing by mixing together icing sugar with remaining 1½tbsp gin. Remove cooled loaf from tin, transfer to a board and peel off parchment. Pour over icing and decorate with the dried candied orange slices. Leave the cake to set before serving.
Let us know how delicious your cake is on Facebook, Twitter and Insta by using the hashtag, #QuickGin


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Portrait Sessions range around $100/hr-$150/hr shoot time dependent upon shoot.
- This time is in consideration of post-processing work to make your photos look their best!
- Portrait sessions include: model portfolio, family, business, personal, boudoir, pets, engagements, and more.
Wedding Sessions range from $500-$3000+ dependent upon your needs.
- I do have economy sessions for those who want only the ceremony photographed starting at just $500. Unlike many photographers, I do not have a 3-4 hour minimum.
- Ceremony & reception coverage starts at $1,500. The most common package used is the highest, at $3000; still a very fair rate for the area.
*I will travel for shoots; within 1 hour for sessions under $300; 2 hour max for basic portrait sessions. Weddings I do make exceptions for longer travel but that will depend on your package book
Please use the Contact tab to send an inquiry about your shoot. If you know your budget and any details, please send those up front so I can figure out what I can offer you to suit your needs. If you are looking for a wedding session but unsure of what you want, I have multiple packages that are broken down by time needed to help fit the needs of all.
Non-refundable deposit to secure your session date and time.
The deposit is credited toward your total amount owed.
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NAB Show and Georgia Production Partnership will present "Made in Georgia: Shaking up the Film and Digital Media Production Landscape," a panel discussion exploring the evolution of Georgia's booming production hub. The panel will take place on Monday, April 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The open-to-all session will be moderated by Clark Cofer, co-president of the Georgia Production Partnership and director of Business Development, Light Iron Atlanta.
In the last decade, Georgia has broken through the traditional production landscape to become a powerhouse site for the film, television and digital media industries. Its presence has grown by extraordinary proportions, including a $9.5 billion fiscal impact on the state in the past year alone.
While a favorable tax incentive predicted the surge of opportunity, the state has much more to offer. Budding with diversity, creativity, a range of landscapes, multicultural talent, crew, an assortment of infrastructure and facilities, Georgia has established itself as one of the top production hubs in the world.
Session participants include:
• Karin Gist, Executive Producer and Showrunner for "STAR"
• Patrick Piper, Supervising Producer, Floyd County Productions ("Archer," "America: The Motion Picture")
• Ed Richardson, Founder and Managing Partner, Atlanta Metro Studios & 404 Studio Partners
• Kevin Bar, Head of Creative and Production at Harbor Picture Company
"Georgia's explosive growth in production year to year has been impressive to watch," said Chris Brown, NAB executive vice president, Conventions and Business Operations. "We welcome these top players from one of the largest production hubs in the world to NAB Show and look forward to an in-depth conversation about all that Georgia has to offer."
NAB Show news media registration is available here.
About NAB Show
NAB Show, held April 7-12, 2018 in Las Vegas, is the world's largest convention encompassing The M.E.T. Effect, the convergence of media, entertainment and technology. With 103,000 attendees from 161 countries and 1,800+ exhibitors, NAB Show is the ultimate marketplace for solutions that transcend traditional broadcasting and embrace content delivery to new screens in new ways. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms and countless nationalities, NAB Show is where global visionaries convene to bring content to life in new and exciting ways. For complete details, visit www.nabshow.com.
About NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America's broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. Through advocacy, education and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to best serve their communities, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. Learn more at www.nab.org.


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I'm not gonna lie- maybe my favorite thing about having a baby (besides getting the baby, obviously) is decorating that sweet baby's new room. Is it necessary for an eight pound person to have a space of their own? Of course not. But when you're a creative person, there's something magical about prepping for your baby by getting a space ready that's just for them. When Abram was born, we knew he'd be sharing a space with our guest room (and my crafting space- yeah, there was a lot going on in there), so we decided to go for a feel that wasn't too "babyish." We chose to make a blue and gray nursery for him that used lots of letters and sweet, homemade touches. We finished the space just in time for his newborn photo shoot, and were lucky to have Biancca Wallace Photography capture them for us.
Since we live in Earthquake-prone Southern California, I am careful not to hang anything too heavy above any of the beds. If it would give you a cut or concussion when it falls, it's not going there. But I still wanted something cutesy as the focal point, so I covered a piece of foam board with navy blue fabric and used my Cricut to cut out Abram's name in gray cardstock. I glued it on with plain old Elmer's glue and was done- easy peasy!
Abe's room is at the end of the hallway, so his mini crib is the first thing you see when you walk down the hallway. I wanted it to set the tone for the rest of the room. I made all of Abe's bedding to match the blue and gray nursery theme, mixing patterns to create interest. When I was done, I made this pennant with scraps from my other projects to tie it all together, and attached it with command strips. (We took it down as soon as he was big enough to reach out and grab it for safety reasons.)
We needed a large piece of art above the guest bed, but I struggled a bit to come up with a frugal, DIY version. After stumbling upon this pin on Pinterest, I knew we had found it. Lila and I had a super fun afternoon getting ready for her little brother by painting several sheets of cardstock in varying shades of blue and gray (I think we ended up using six letter-size sheets). When they were dry, I used my Cricut to cut them into circles and glued them onto a large, 24×36 inch canvas. The whole thing cost less than $10 to make.
Books are very important to our family, so I wanted to give my littlest one a place for books, too. It also turned out to be the sweetest space for Lila to connect with her brother- we'd place him in his bouncer or rock and play, and Lila would sit in the little armchair and read to him. We didn't have space for a full bookshelf, so we used these Ikea spice racks that attach directly the wall.
This room also doubles as my craft room, since I have a ScrapBox from orignalscrapbox.com. (Have you guys seen these? They are seriously amazing and worth a post on their own! They don't make mine anymore, but this one comes the closest. It looks just like a cabinet until you open it and then…whoa.) To create this wall décor and stay on our blue and gray nursery theme, I painted a canvas navy blue and cut out letters on the Cricut, highlighting certain letters in white. So easy and inexpensive!
We have a small house with small bedrooms, but are fortunate to have big closets. So we save wall space by putting our dressers into the closets. We topped the dresser/changing table with this sweet button initial art from a friend. She gave it to me as a shower gift with no idea of our nursery theme, and it simply could not have been more perfect.
My mom and I made this growth ruler to place on a long, skinny wallspace. It is a fence board from Lowe's that we stained and placed vinyl stickers to mark the length. We measure the kids on their birthdays and half birthdays, and my favorite thing about it is that if we ever move, we'll be able to take it along with us.
This week, we're switching the kids' rooms and saying goodbye to Abe's original blue and gray nursery design. It's bittersweet to say the least, but I'm excited to document Lila's new Pink and Gray big girl room, and Abram's sports-themed toddler room. Look for pictures to come in the next few weeks!
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buy craft; local – Benefits
This is what happens when you buy craft locally…
1. You Embrace the Unique
You want your home to be a unique reflection of yourself… It makes sense that you buy something handmade, rich with character and a sense of place.
2. You Nurture Community
We all like to support local businesses and causes. Your craft purchase helps us to build strong relationships within our community.
3. You Vote for Quality
We support the best quality handmade products that meet our guidelines, for the best in local craft. We stand behind our local craft products as being safe, well made and well designed.
4. You Keep Dollars in Our Economy
Nearly every cent you spent stays in this community. Our craft producers are from the region — many of whom use locally sourced materials!
5. You Invest in Local Jobs
You are helping to create jobs in your community and region. The local retailer and craftsperson are often self-employed entrepreneurs, employing themselves and others, many in small towns and rural communities throughout the region.
6. You Help the Environment
Buying from a local business conserves energy and resources in the form of less fuel for transportation and packaging.
7. You Create More Choice
The nature of being handmade by local craftspeople, in not being mass-produced, are better able to respond to what you want and like.
8. You Make Dreams Come True
Local craft retailers and supporters are passionate about life and community… so are our craftspeople. More than anything else, craftspeople want to pursue their dreams of a creative life in their studio and workshop.
9. You Support Local Entrepreneurship
Creativity and resourcefulness are a key to successful creative economies. Small businesses are paramount to making that happen.
10. You Reinforce Local Destinations
The more memorable and unique we are as a place and people, the more we will attract new neighbors, visitors and guests to our local retailers and craft studios. This benefits everyone!


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Test-Driven Development For Embedded C++ Programmers
Testing is not a verification technique. Testing is a design, documentation, and specification technique that incidentally verifies that the software works as intended. This paper discusses and demonstrates the disciplines and techniques of test driven development (TDD). Demonstrations are in Java using the JUnit and FIT frameworks for unit testing and acceptance testing respectively.


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Beginning with 1970s Disco in New York nightclubs as the first "American" addition to the modern EDM generation, the electronic music scene in the U.S. has since grown to insane popularity. Disco's initial introduction of the first electronic styles only gained marginal popularity through the 1980s and 1990s. During this time, influence from Europe integrated into America and assisted in developing the first raves. At the start, raves were given names like "Acid Houses", representative of dangerous places characterized by irresponsible drug use and a rebellious crowd. Raves were places of mind-altering experimentation where people could partake in selfish acts of rebellion in opposition to mainstream music. However, over time, the electronic music scene has developed entirely different goals and perspectives. In the early 2000s, EDM began to commercialize and move into the popular music sphere; from then on musicians across genres began infusing their own music with electronic sounds. Electronic music began expanding as an influential powerhouse into all genres. EDM has since become a musical force to be reckoned with, developing a unique culture with some of the most dedicated and loving fans of today's music.
Today, I would consider the rave experience to be unlike any other. When asking a friend about his perspective on EDM he described it as "listening through the door to a party you've never been to," as something magical and mysterious. From when you enter the door of a venue to when you slowly leave in the company of friends, a connection is made between the DJ and their music and to the audience and back. Coming from a more individualistic perspective of the 80s and 90s, raves are now places of great mutual enjoyment among listeners; everyone in the room is involved in a flow of energy that creates a family from a sea of strangers. For myself and many others, going to a show is more than just seeing a concert; the word "rave" means something entirely more than the drug induced haze of the past. Going to see your favorite artists is an experience of emotional release, accompanied by the freedom to be whomever and whatever you with in the company those who have the same purpose. The mutual love the audience shares creates an environment of acceptance without judgment that, personally, I've never been able to replicate or find anywhere else.
Transitioning from "Acid Houses" of the past to the modern rave, electronic music in America has overcome many obstacles. Aside from the overall development and modernization of the music itself, ravegoers today have created both a physical and emotional culture all their own. Seen on the outside, still, as places for rebellious youth, insiders know and feel the true connection and purpose that the rave scene holds for many. Togetherness and love have become a central and permanent part of EDM culture that is arguably as important as the music itself.
Written By: Andrea Inscoe


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An assist is credited to the player tossing the last pass leading directly to a made field goal, but only if the player scoring the goal demonstrates an immediate reaction toward the basket after receiving the pass. Note also that an inbound pass can be credited as an assist if it leads directly to a field goal. By rule, no more than one assist can be credited for each goal. On this play, the scoring player receives the ball just outside his opponent's 3 point line, dribbles five times, makes a move to avoid a defender, and then scores on a lay-up. An assist is NOT credited to #11 in the blue uniform since the pass did not lead the scorer directly to the basket.


text: Well, we picked our first tomato of the season today! It was absolutely wonderful going in the backyard with my sweet Jimmy and picking it together. He was so excited and carried it around carefully for about 10 minutes. He was so proud that we grew a tomato :) We have TONS of cute green tomatoes growing, and more and more of them are starting to turn red. What a delight!


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The Leisure Kingdom is a 48 acre show site at Hilton near Derby and less than 30 minutes' drive from three of Britain's major motorways.
Don Amott's Leisure Kingdom offers one of the widest selection of leisure vehicles, including motorhomes and caravans, in the East Midlands. With over 50 years in the caravan and motorhome industry, we have happy customers all over the country. Located in Derby, Don Amott Leisure Kingdom provides caravans and motorhomes for sale near Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham. And, we're not just about our vehicles. You can find everything else you need for your caravan or motorhome from us at our Hilton Mega Store and Awning Shop, with our wide range of essential motorhome and caravan accessories. At our Derby HQ, you will also find our Service Centre, where we provide a NCC approved workshop to service and repair your caravan or motorhome.
Only a short drive away from the Peak District in South Yorkshire, you can test out your new caravan or motorhome straightaway in the picturesque park.
Come and visit us and browse our showrooms full of new and used motorhomes, all from big name brands.
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Egginton Road, Hilton, Nr Derby, DE65 5FJ
Also trading at The Motorhome and Caravan Show which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT in October.
On the A5132, just off Junction 5 of the A50 Derby - Stoke link road.
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Custom-built service facility has 16 workshop bays, equipped with the latest facilities to provide a full range of services.
The finest caravan parks in Lincolnshire. Don Amott Holiday Parks offers a wide variety of parks to suit individual tastes


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Anna and Ian's Ceramics Wedding Registry
Anna and Ian have worked with Sarah at Wolf Ceramics to customize a set of dishes for their home. These ceramics are all hand made in Portland, Oregon. If you'd like to contribute to their dinnerware set as a wedding gift, you can purchase one or several parts of this set here. Anna and Ian will receive notice of your gift and the full dinnerware set will be made and delivered after the wedding.
If you would like to include a special note with your gift or if you have any questions, please contact Sarah at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Setting up an automated media server is a great way to cut the cord, but it does come with some inherent privacy risks, especially if you incorporate torrents as part of the system.
Newsgroups are generally seen as secure since the only people who know what you're downloading are you, the NZB indexer, and your usenet provider (assuming both your indexer and provider are using HTTPS). Torrents are another story, because every peer that you connect to when downloading a file sees your IP address. It's not unheard of (and unfortunately seems to be getting more common) to hear of copyright holders getting in touch with people's ISPs and then the ISP passing along nasty cease and desist letters.
There is a way to protect yourself and not have to worry about such things: VPNs. Short for Virtual Private Network, a VPN is a way to tunnel your network traffic into another network. Businesses use VPNs as a way to connect remote machines into an internal network so they can access internal resources without needing to expose them to the outside world. For our purposes, we will be using a commercial VPN service and hiding all of our traffic behind them. All our downloading will appear to come from another IP in another location, and no one will be able to trace if back to us.
Sign up for the VPN service
There are many companies that provide VPN service. I encourage you to search around and compare. Many usenet providers also have their own VPN service that you can add to your account for a few dollars a month. When comparing services, make sure they offer the following:
- Unlimited and unmetered bandwidth - So that you don't have to worry about how much data you use
- P2P traffic permitted - Many low cost providers prohibit P2P because it uses too much data
- No logging - So that they are unable to provide your traffic history even if mandated by a court
Other than those three bullet points, the rest is gravy. It's nice to have a provider who has servers in many different countries in case you want to get around a geo-restriction. It is also handy to have a provider who allows more than one simultaneous connection. This is a less common perk, but it's great for when you want to protect your data on open hotspots with your phone or laptop, while leaving your server connected constantly.
In this guide, we will be using Newshosting.com. By using this link, you can get a year subscription of both unlimited usenet and VPN bundled for $99.99. I've not been able to find a better price for unlimited usenet service, let alone with VPN on top. They offer everything we need, including bonuses such as two simultaneous connections.
No matter who you use, the process of setting it up is similar, so follow along with the guide the best you can.
Installing and configuring the software
Most VPN services offer PPTP and L2TP protocol support, which lets you set up the VPN service without installing any additional software. If you want to go this route, check with your VPN provider who will surely have a guide specific to your operating system.
Many also have their own custom software you can install. This software is almost always just a front end for OpenVPN that is tailored for their servers. OpenVPN is great software that is both secure and reliable on any type of connection. If you signed up for the Newshosting VPN, then download their software from their downloads page.
Before installing, shutdown SABnzbd and Deluge if they're running. This is optional, but we're going to run some speed tests, and we need a baseline where no major traffic is competing for the connection.
Once you install the software, launch it and it will bring up a configuration wizard. Click the Continue button to begin.
The first question is whether you want to store your credentials. Since this is on our local server, select Yes and enter your Username and Password. Click Next to continue.
The second question is whether it should start with Windows or not. We want all of our traffic to be secured, so select Yes, start Newshosting when Windows start. Click Next to move on.
The final question is how it should connect when it starts. Click Yes, automatically connect and choose your desired option. I prefer to have it connect to my most recent server, although the closest to me option is a good choice if you want to take a "set it and forget it" approach. Set the protocol to OpenVPN-UDP. Click Finish.
You will now be shown the main window. You can scroll throw the window to see all the servers that you may connect to. At this point, we're just looking to hide our identity, not necessarily trying to hide our country, so click the Response Time column to sort it. Generally speaking, the servers with the lowest Response Times will perform better, so pick one towards the top.
Before pressing Connect, go to speedtest.net in a browser tab and run the test. This will show you your connection speed before tunneling through the VPN. Leave this tab open and switch back to the Newshosting app.
Check Auto-Reconnect and set the Protocol to OpenVPN (UDP). With a server selected, press the Connect button and wait for the status at the top to change.
Once it switches to a green Connected. Open another tab and navigate to speedtest.net again. Run the test again and compare the result between tabs. There is likely to be a slight drop off due to overhead of tunneling traffic back and forth, but it should be no more than 5-10%. If you notice a significant performance hit, switch to another server and re-run the test.
When you are satisfied with the server you've chosen. You can simply close out of the application. You are now secured.
Fixing myPlex so you can still access Plex remotely
One thing that gets screwed up when running through a VPN is the myPlex integration within Plex. When you're connected to the VPN, myPlex will be trying to reach your server from the VPN address and not your actual IP. We will need to modify the routes so that Plex bypasses the VPN.
If you do not use myPlex, you can skip this section.
We will be using a batch file which automates looking up the required IPs and putting the correct routes in place. Credit for this script goes to XFlak who posted it to the Plex forums.
First, download the script, either from the Plex forums linked above, or rehosted here. Extract the bat file somewhere, such as your user folder. For example, mine is stored at C:\Users\foxingworth\myplex.vpn.bat.
Start Task Scheduler by going to your Start menu/screen, typing "schedule" and clicking the schedule tasks option. On the right side of the window, click Create Task.... Name the task something such as myPlex VPN Route. Under the Security options section, check the Run with highest privileges checkbox. At the bottom of the window, check Hidden.
Switch to the Triggers tab and click New. Switch the Begin the task dropdown to At startup. Check Repeat task every and make sure it is set for 1 hour. Change the for a duration of to Indefinitely. Click OK.
Now switch to the Actions tab and click New. In the Program/script box, browse to the location of the extracted script. Click OK.
You don't need to touch the Conditions or Settings tabs, so just click OK.
Now on the left side of the Task Scheduler window, click Task Scheduler Library. In the middle, you should now see the task you just added. Right-click it and choose Run. You should see a command prompt appear for a few seconds and then go away.
Open up a web browser and go to your Plex server settings. Click the Connect section and make sure there is not an error message. If it's connected properly, you should see this:
If you are having trouble, click Show Advanced and make sure the Manually specify port option is selected.
So how does the network traffic actually look now?
Once everything is in place, the traffic flow will act like this:
- All local network traffic will work normally. Your other computers and media players on your LAN will still see this server as they always have.
- All remote traffic will now be routed through the VPN. Anything you download or do will come from the VPN IP address and not yours. There are two exceptions to this:
- myPlex traffic will route over your standard connection since we manually put those routes in place. myPlex won't work with the VPN connection because we can't properly port forward it. Accessing Plex from outside your LAN will route over your ISP and not through the VPN.
- Requests explicitly made to your IP will still be processed and function normally. This means that if you set up remote access to SABnzbd, sonarr, or other programs like that, you can still get to them remotely with your existing IP.
That's all there is to it. Carry on and enjoy your added level of security!


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Analyze this: The whitepaper!
Tomorrow at the 2010 Run Walk Ride Fundraising Conference in Dallas I'll be delivering the keynote presentation about moving beyond traditional event fundraising metrics and towards a broader set of measures to create deeper insights about event fundraising programs. As part of the conference work, Event 360 has just released a new whitepaper, in partnership with Convio, on the same subject. This is obviously a deep topic — too deep to cover in any one short document — but I'm pleased with the depth we were able to offer. You can download an advance copy of the paper from the Resources section of Event 360's website.
The 18-page guide is designed to help event fundraisers move beyond only reporting the past and start using analytics to predict the future. A case study featuring the Komen Global Race for the Cure highlights how we used analytics to help transform their highly attended event into a strong fundraising event.
Get the guide for free here. Thanks for reading!


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If you love all things New York, then a cruise on board Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is most definitely in order.
The liner, which was christened in Southampton last year, is offering lucky passengers the opportunity to indulge in a delicious range of New York classics at the brand new Windjammer New York Deli.
Delicious deli
Delicacies served up at the laid-back dining venue include hot dogs with tangy ketchup and creamy mustard, pastrami sandwiches piled high with melt-in-the-mouth, super-seasoned meat, kosher pickles and flavourful rye bread.
"At Royal Caribbean our aim is to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary," their official website explains.
"We are the pioneers of many firsts at sea, offering a playground of incredible experiences on 25 of the world's most innovative and spectacular ships, visiting over 250 destinations around the universe.
"We are revolutionising the cruise industry to make every holiday on board one to remember. Whether that's wowing guests with our robotic bartenders, dazzling with a 30-foot giraffe or thrilling them with breath-taking destinations, we want to open their eyes to a new way to travel."
Dynamic Dining options
As a Royal Caribbean dining mainstay, the Windjammer Deli is located in the Marketplace – a global culinary pavilion that invites guests to explore the world, dish by dish through enticing food islands, interactive stations, made-to-order specialities, an on-site bakery and a 24-hour station called The Grill.
As if all that choice wasn't enough, Anthem of the Seas offers guests a wide range of mouthwatering main dining options. If you're a lover of Italian food, you can enjoy some tasty rustic favourites at Jamie's Italian. Prefer more adventures flavours? Silk restaurant delivers a vibrant and delectable Pan-Asian menu.
The world's most revolutionary cruise ship
The Anthem of the Seas spans 18 decks, encompasses 167,800 gross tons, and can carry up to 4,180 guests at double occupancy.
Thrilling activities and game-changing technology mean that this ship really does deserve its unofficial title as the world's most revolutionary cruise ship. Amenities include the Bionic Bar, indoor and outdoor pools, rock climbing wall, spa and fitness centre, and 20 casual dining and restaurant options. For more information, watch this video:
If you would like to enjoy the incredible range of dining options and activities on board the Anthem of the Seas, book your cruise with Cruise1st. For more information, call our cruise experts for free on 1300 857 345.
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SOLD tells the story of a brave thirteen-year old girl who is tricked and forced into bonded sexual slavery. Despite conditions, her will is never broken. She builds new friendships and trust, while secretly planning escape. Grounded in hope and resilience this film inspires the audience to take action. The Taught Not Trafficked Campaign gives everyone a way to engage and join the Freedom Movement to end slavery.
Executive produced by Oscar winner Emma Thompson, and directed by Oscar winner Jeffrey Brown, produced by award winning producer Jane Charles. Starring: Gillian Anderson, David Arquette, Sushmita Mukherjee
For more info: www.soldthemovie.com


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Middle Colonies
During the early seventeenth century, the English developed two distinct and populous clusters of settlements along the Atlantic seaboard: the Chesapeake to the south and New England to the north. Until mid-century, the English neglected the intervening mid-Atlantic coast, despite its advantages. More fertile and temperate than New England, but far healthier than the Chesapeake, the mid-Atlantic region was especially promising for cultivating grain, raising livestock, and reproducing people. The region also boasted three navigable rivers, reaching deep into the interior: the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Hudson. The English neglect enabled the Dutch and Swedes to establish their own small colonies: New Netherland in the Hudson Valley and New Sweden in the Delaware Valley. Although the English protested, they initially lacked the power to oust their rivals, and deemed it impolitic to try, for the Dutch and Swedes were fellow Protestants and allies in the European wars of religion during the early seventeenth century.
At mid-century, however, as the English grew in power and ambition, their rulers developed a violent envy of Dutch wealth. King Charles II (1660-85) and his brother, James, the Duke of York, hoped to build the crown's clout within England by expanding the empire in America. They recognized the connection, pioneered by the Dutch, between overseas colonies, commercial expansion, and national power. By conquering New Netherland, Charles and James meant to strengthen England's commerce by weakening its principal rival, the Dutch empire. The acquisition of New Netherland (which had swallowed up New Sweden) would also close the gap between the Chesapeake and New England, promoting their mutual defense against other empires and the Indians. Finally, a conquest also promised increased crown control over its own fractious colonies.
Compared with the Spanish, French, and Dutch rulers, the English monarch exercised little power over his colonists, primarily because of the persistent reliance on a proprietary system of colonization. During the early seventeenth century, the underfunded English crown had lacked the means to launch and administer distant colonies. Instead the crown entrusted early colonization to private interests licensed by royal charters, which awarded the proprietors both title to colonial land and the right to govern the colonists - subject to royal oversight, which was sporadic at best. Most charters went to joint stock companies of merchants - for example, the Virginia Company - or to especially wealthy and ambitious aristocrats, such as Lord Baltimore, who obtained Maryland, or the Earl of Carlisle, who procured the Lesser Antilles.
The colonists compelled their distant and weak proprietors to share political power. The proprietors appointed the governor and council, but propertied colonists elected an assembly with power over finances. Throughout the empire, propertied Englishmen cherished legislative control over taxation as their most fundarnental liberty. The proprietors accepted assemblies as a means to attract or retain propertied colonists, who were essential to a colony's economic development, which was critical to the proprietors' revenues.
The New England colonies were a special case. Leading Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Company to secure a colonial charter, which they carried across the Atlantic to establish a virtually independent colonial government. Without the benefit of any charter, Puritans or their dissidents founded the adjoining colonies of Plymouth, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. In 1663, Rhode Island and Connecticut belatedly obtained royal charters; Plymouth never so succeeded. By virtue of their especially indulgent charters, the New England colonies were virtually independent of crown authority. Answering to no external proprietors, the New English developed republican regimes where the propertied men elected their governors and councils, as well as their assemblies, and where much decision-making was dispersed to the many small towns.
The proprietary system became a liability later in the seventeenth century, as the crown developed greater imperial ambitions. Noting the growing numbers and prosperity of the colonists, imperial officials sought tighter control, the better to regulate and tax colonial commerce. The officials also worried that colonial wealth would attract predation by another empire. Divided into many distinct colonies, each jealous of the other and all internally divided by factions in their assemblies, the colonial arrangement seemed designed for many separate surrenders rather than for collective defense. In a crisis with another empire, one English colony could appeal for help from the others, but it was unlikely to receive much. Imperial bureaucrats believed that the proprietary colonies should first be converted into royal colonies and then consolidated into an overarching government like the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain.
During the seventeenth century, crown officials gradually converted a few proprietary colonies into royal colonies. Such conversion primarily meant that the king, rather than a proprietor, appointed the governor and council, for the crown felt obliged to retain the elected assemblies. The crown acted first where the revenues were greatest, to secure control over tobacco-rich Virginia and the sugar colonies of Barbados, the Leeward Islands, and Jamaica. The crown was slower to reorganize the New England colonies because they lacked a lucrative staple critical to the royal revenue. Moreover, the numerous Puritan colonists promised to make any imperial attempt to compel their obedience expensive and difficult.
In 1664 an English naval squadron with soldiers crossed the Atlantic, bound for North America. Rurnor insisted, the New English feared, and the Dutch hoped that the flotilla was bound to Boston to subdue the Puritans. Instead, the warships sailed to the Hudson to conquer New Netherland. But the crown also meant that conquest to impress a New English audience, to intimidate the colonists into a new respect for royal authority. By smiting the Dutch, the crown hoped to strengthen its own power within a more consolidated empire. The conquest also initiated the development of a new cluster of English colonies - the middle colonies, defined by their setting between New England and the Chesapeake.
Colonial empires sowed unintended and paradoxical consequences maddening to their rulers. In 1664 the English conquered the mid-Atlantic seaboard to consolidate a more homogeneous and docile empire stretching from Carolina to Canada. But that conquest absorbed a medley of non-English peoples: Dutch, Swedes, Finns, Walloons, Flemings, Huguenots, Germans, and Norwegians. This diversity contrasted markedly with both the Chesapeake and New England, where almost all of the white colonists came from England. That diversity also violated the traditional English conviction that social cohesion and political order depended on ethnic and religious uniformity. In 1692 an English New Yorker lamented, "Our chiefest unhappyness here is too great a mixture of nations, and English the least part." Xenophobic English officials did not adjust easily to the diversity of their new subjects.
The English conquest only compounded the region's ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity as the victors created the new colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which attracted more non-English emigrants. That very diversity became the defining characteristic of the middle colonies, the collective name for New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania because they lay between the Chesapeake and New England. In the early eighteenth century, the middle colonists included Anglicans (mostly English), Presbyterians (Scots and Scotch-Irish), Congregationalists (relocated New English Puritans), Quakers (English and Welsh), Reformed (Dutch and German), Lutherans (the Scandinavians and some Germans), an array of pietistic sects (German and Swiss), and a few Catholics (primarily Irish) and Jews (from the Netherlands). In addition, most of the enslaved Africans preserved their traditional beliefs, which remained mysterious to their indifferent masters. Neither any single ethnic group nor any particular religious denomination enjoyed a majority in any middle colony.
Conventional political wisdcnn insisted that a polity should he organic and tradition-bound: a unified body Of unequal parts ruled hy a natural elite guided by long precedent. Defying those expectations, the middle colonies were new societies composed of diverse peoples who could not agree to give deference to a shared elite. Instead, ethnocultural groups were openly contentious and disrespectful of authorities, even within their own communities. In 1704, William Penn complained that the Pennsylvania colonists needed "to be humbled and made more pliable; for what with the distance and the scarcity of mankind there, they opine too much." In the mid-eighteenth century, a German immigrant reported, "They have a saving here: Pennsylvania is heaven for farmers, paradise for artisans, and hell for officials and preachers."
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Primary National Curriculum
Please follow the link below to find a full copy of the statutory National Curriculum that we follow at Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School.
To find out more about how this is broken down into year groups at Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School please visit the topic pages for each class which can be found on the Classes tab. You can also download a Curriculum Map and End of Year Expectations for each year group from this page or the Class Pages.
All children in Reception and Year 1 have a daily phonics lesson to support them in learning to read. At Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School the children are taught phonics using Letters and Sounds. At the end of Year 1 all children have their phonic knowledge assessed using a statutory phonics screening check. Parents and carers are informed as to whether their child has met the required standard in their end of Year 1 school report.
Any children who have not met the required standard will be assessed again at the end of Year 2 and will continue to work on their phonics daily throughout Year 2. Children who meet the required standard at the end of Year 1 will switch their focus from using phonics to support them in learning to read to applying their phonic knowledge to learn to spell the Year 2 words.
What is phonics?
Phonics is all about sounds and is one method of teaching children how to read and write. There are 44 sounds in the English language, which are put together to form words. Some sounds are represented by one letter, like 't', and some by two or more, like 'ck' in duck and 'air' in chair.
Children are taught the sounds first, then how to match them to letters, and finally how to use the letter sounds for reading and spelling. Synthetic phonics refers to 'synthesising', or blending, the sounds to read words. It's based on the idea that children should sound out unknown words and not rely on their context to be able to read them.
More information can be found by downloading the Phonics Leaflet for parents at the side of this page. To learn how to say the sounds please click on the video link below.


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What's that you say, it's Women's Day? The Women's March was a mere 6+ weeks ago. How can that be?
If you follow the political news cycle like I do, the Women's March happened in the Middle Ages. I won't bore you with all the political nonsense that's been eating at me in the interim, but I will share that I was invited to be part of a photo documentary book for Planned Parenthood, shot by the immensely talented, Nadine Robbins.
Nadine is a painter, designer, photographer. Her portrait paintings are beyond the beyond. So when Nadine mentioned she was shooting a Diane Arbus-y black and white photo book with a few local women who marched – and I could keep my clothes on (she paints contemporary nudes) – I jumped at the opportunity.
The book is slated to be mostly photos. So I'm not sure if any of this interview will appear in the book. Nevertheless, I persisted to answer Nadine's questions, and here they are...
Where and why did you march?
Right after the election, my outraged colleagues and I discussed plans to march together at the Women's March on Washington. I help run a women-led national organization that pulls me deep into the world of politics. I travel to DC often, so Washington would have been the obvious march for me to attend. But as I knitted pussy hats on the train to and from my Hudson Valley home and Washington, my parental heartstrings tugged me towards my children.
My daughter and I had been having almost daily discussions about women's issues. We worried Planned Parenthood would take a direct hit from this new extreme right-wing administration.
I remembered a time when women fought for reproductive rights, before woman had control of their bodies, before legalized abortion. It was during the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970's when I discovered that the personal is political.
Defunding Planned Parenthood, an organization my daughter and I had both used and supported, was personal. So I decided to march in Boston in solidarity with her, near her home, against a sexist, anti-women administration that aimed to take basic human rights away from my most cherished loves, my children.
How did the March make you feel?
At the end of the march, I felt high, like I was floating above a dark cloud. I had accomplished something that was bigger than me. I had joined millions of people sending a strong message that women are listening, we're watching…and if our reproductive rights are taken away, we will regroup and fight.
With the constant barrage of harmful, regressive policies spewing out of this administration and those who condone it, it's been hard to sustain the enthusiasm. While a part of me would like to crawl under the covers and wait out the nightmare, the radiance of the march still shines hopeful.
What was the best sign?
There was a young guy holding a sign that said, "Mom would have been very proud of you. Love, DAD" He was smiling, but there was a story there that I'm sure would have broken my heart.
What do you plan to do now?
Acting on conviction is our best defense. I'm writing to ensure we don't normalize this dangerous administration. And I'm working locally and nationally to vote Trump and his cronies out of office.
My hope is that we can harness the energy of the March into launching a movement that goes beyond the current administration. Change happens when people speak out and demand it. Respecting and protecting the notion that equal rights are human rights is always worth fighting for.


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The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) has developed a model that health systems can use to adapt and thrive in uncertain times by creating direction, alignment, and commitment. For decades, US hospital administrators and medical professionals have operated within a challenging, rapidly changing, and fragmented healthcare system. Today, this environment is even more complex as sweeping healthcare reform and market forces transform the way healthcare is delivered and managed.
A Proven Approach
Healthcare organizations face daily challenges from all sides: To control costs, adapt to changing regulations, manage partnerships, meet staffing demands, deliver high quality care and ensure patient safety.
In high-performing hospitals and healthcare systems:
- Physicians, nurses and staff are engaged in their work.
- Communication is clear, direct and open.
- Collaboration is part of the culture; organizational silos don't get in the way.
- Recruitment and retention ensures a staff committed to quality and safety.
- Innovative solutions are shared and implemented throughout the system.
- Continuous learning is encouraged and rewarded.
- Leaders bridge silos, act strategically and decisively in times of chaos and ambiguity.
- A high-energy environment supports employees in managing stress and staying healthy.
The key to all of these? Leadership.
Healthcare organizations come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own challenges and vital missions. Leadership is the common factor that has the biggest impact on their performance.
CCL's approach to transforming healthcare leadership has been developed through research and long-term collaboration with several healthcare organizations. We've developed a reproducible framework that strengthens the most important leadership capabilities. It's focused on six operational priorities.
|6 Essential Needs
|Leadership Emphasis
|Patient Care, Quality & Safety
|Engaging employees
Collaborative problem solving
Continuous learning
|Resource Stewardship
|Strategic thinking
Accountability, transparency, integrity
Ability to facilitate dialogue & seek innovative solutions
|Leader Capability
|Leading employees
Participative management
Building & mending relationships
Self awareness
Broad organizational perspective
Building & leading a team
|Talent Pipeline
|Managing & retaining talent for critical positions
Identifying & developing bench strength
Fostering feedback, learning & a culture of coaching
|Boundary Spanning
|Building problem-solving networks & relationships
Thinking, acting & influencing systemically
Leveraging differences to drive improvements & innovation
|Capacity for Complexity & Change
|Transforming the culture
Leading through & living with ambiguity
Managing the technical & the personal side of change Human Energy
Maximizing energy for greater effectiveness
Maintaining health & wellbeing
Aligning personal & organizational values
Healthcare organizations face extraordinary pressures to deliver safe, high-quality care and control costs. And they must do so in a regulatory and economic environment that changes constantly.
Do any of these problems sound familiar?
- Your organization is struggling with significant business challenges. What worked before doesn't anymore.
- Senior executives need to collaborate more effectively.
- Administrators, managers and team members must work in new ways and lead in a changing environment.
CCL leadership development programs can help your organization solve complex, strategic problems. Our solutions are based on 40-plus years of research, work with companies and leaders around the world, and many years of working closely with our healthcare client partners.
From the first conversations to the final evaluation report, our programs are designed to provide maximum learning and growth for your leaders at the individual, team and system level. We do that by:
- Incorporating assessment and feedback.
- Applying proven leadership research, models and tools.
- Using coaching and virtual learning to help participants apply their new skills on the job.
- Deeping the impact through work-based assignments, team facilitation, coaching and senior-level support.
Our open-enrollment programs provide fast, high-impact development. For healthcare organizations, the Leadership Development Program, Coaching for Greater Effectiveness and Leadership at the Peak often make sense. These are available to any of your employees. For larger groups, we can bring these programs to your site.
For more complex or systemic challenges, our tailored development programs provide a high ROI. These solutions are designed from the ground up to directly address your most challenging problems and strengthen your organization's own development capabilities.
Our expert faculty draw from an extensive library of training methods and leadership research, plus their own hands-on experience, to create measurable, high-impact programs. The result is that your organization is better equipped to navigate the turbulent environment of 21st century healthcare.
Leader Library
Resources: CCL's White Paper Series
- Addressing the Leadership Gap in the Healthcare Sector: What's needed when it comes to leader talent?
- Analytics for Change: How Networks and Data Science Will Revolutionize Organizational Change
- Delivering a Collective Leadership Strategy for Healthcare
- Collaborative Healthcare Leadership
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Client Successes
Creative leadership delivers impact — and making an impact motivates us every day at CCL. The stories you will read below confirm that we are making a difference.
Cone Health: Getting the Results that Matter Most with CCL
Through the lens of Catholic Health Partners, explore how CCL's innovative training and research are helping companies thrive in an increasingly interdependent work environment.
Why Choose CCL?
CCL offers four decades of experience with working with leaders from organizations around the world to all of our clients. To healthcare organizations we add in a solid understanding of your realities and leadership needs. We've maintained deep, long-term relationships a range of healthcare providers — large health systems, non-profit regional systems and community-based hospitals — as well as public health organizations and corporate health-related organizations.
Our Strengths
- Successful track record working with executives, managers and medical professionals, as well as developing the leadership capacity of senior leadership teams, patient care teams and other key groups.
- Excellent portfolio of off-the-shelf programs for building a foundation of individual leader talent within the organization and across the system.
- Custom-created programs and initiatives based on client-driven discovery process and CCL best practices.
- Research and evaluation expertise, creating in-depth knowledge and continuous improvement of our approach to leadership development in the healthcare sector.
- The world's largest, confidential 360-degree assessment database, including more than 34,000 executives, managers and professionals working in health and healthcare.
- Ranked as one of the world's top 10 providers of executive education in BusinessWeek and Financial Times executive education surveys.
Making an Impact
- Created a long-term, multi-level initiative to develop next-generation leaders and strengthen an organization-wide culture of leadership. We developed an award-winning program with Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP), one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States. Faced with a critical gap in leadership skills and a pending culture shift, CHP joined with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) to build a team of talented leaders and a more vibrant organizational future.
- Helped regional hospital overcome leadership roadblocks to become a customer-focused "provider of choice." Community members are confident in the care at Lenoir Memorial Hospital and no longer assume they travel to a larger hospital system. Employees, too, are more satisfied and engaged because of the new levels of trust and collaboration within the organization.
- Provided a coaching component to a leadership development program for executives of not-for-profit health centers across the United States. National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) found that its executives valued their learning but that they struggled to apply lessons learned in the realities of the workplace. With CCL's involvement, executives were able to think through their challenges, gain a fresh perspective and try new approaches with the support of a leadership coach.
- Established leader development initiatives and organizational interventions for insurance companies, pharmaceutical corporations, and medical device manufacturers. Clients include Bayer, Catholic Health Partners, and Cape Fear Valley Health System.
Need more information?
Contact one of our client advisers:
Online: Contact us
Phone: +1 336 545 2810
Learn more about CCL's healthcare leadership framework.


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365 days of skiing fun – Hintertux glacier is Austria's only year-round ski area. No matter if it is spring, summer, autumn or winter: The ski slopes at the Hintertux glacier are ready for skiing. While hikers still enjoy the warm sunshine in the village, skiing enthusiasts go skiing on slopes up to 3250 metres above sea level.
In search of the white gold
In the valley the hikers put on their hiking shoes while we are looking for the majestic glacier. We leave the autumn atmosphere in the valley and take the gondola up to the glacier, which stands out impressively with its white tops. The anticipation for skiing in autumn grows.
Modern technique at 3250 metres above sea level
"Have fun", says the lady at the cash desk before we enter the glacier bus 1. With modern gondolas we float up the mountain until we reach the snow. Arriving at the ski station of the glacier bus 1 we meet the operator Erich Pfister who explains everything about the technology to us: "The highest cable car on just one steel rope in the world is at the Hintertux glacier, the glacier bus 3. The construction of the station at 3250 metres above sea level was a great challenge. Bringing the materials up the mountain was exhausting, and additionally the gondolas have to be wind and weatherproof. Squalls are not rare in this height either. The 7.5 kilometer long steel rope with a 48 millimeter caliber secures the gondolas." After this interesting explanation we board glacier bus 2 and explore the ski area on our snowboards.
Kaserer lifts – perfect for autumn skiing
We breathe the clear mountain air as we leave the station of glacier bus 2. There's not a single cloud in the sky – it is a clear day. After enjoying the view we follow the signs "Kaserer Lifts", an insider tip from a snowboarder. After following the red slope 11 we reach the two ski lifts. Every skier can find their perfect slope here in the glacier ski area: wide and smooth slopes for beginners and steep and narrow slopes for advanced skiers. And on top of that the most beautiful view.
On-mountain restaurant Tuxer Ferner
Skiing makes hungry. It is time for a well-deserved break on 2660 metres above sea level. We secure a table on the sun terrace in the Restaurant Tuxer Ferner. While we are waiting for our food we enjoy the spectacular view. The restaurant is an absolute eye-catcher as well, with the traditional wood facade and the traditional virgin stone cover panels. The interior design is unique: comfortable parlors made of wood, classy leather sofas in front of the fireplace and a rustic bar with many details like snow flakes that dangle from the ceiling. After the main dish we treat ourselves to some coffee and apple strudel before we head back to the slopes.
Panoramic terrace and Betterpark
Next stop: panoramic terrace! We take the glacier bus 3 up to 3250 metres above sea level. After a few steps we reach the panoramic terrace from where you have a magnificent view over the mountains. Sunshine and a clear sky make the panorama unforgettable. You can see the "Zugspitze", the "Großglockner" and the Dolomites. A highlight you should not miss. Afterwards we visit the Betterpark at the Olperer lifts, where we meet Chris who is responsible for the maintenance. The Betterpark in Hintertux is one the biggest snow funparks in Austria. The variety of obstacles makes the park unique. Many freestyle pros meet up here regularly, Chris tells us. After our conversation, Chris leaves to show us some moves on his snowboard.
We will come again!
Time flies and it is almost 16.00h. (The T-bars close at 16.00h) We ski to the glacier bus 2. While we float down the mountain in the gondolas we enjoy the sunset. We had a great skiing day at the Hintertux glacier. The variety of slopes, the huts and highlights like the panoramic terrace or the Betterpark make skiing and snowboard unique. No matter if you are a beginner or advanced rider.
A last view to the glacier ends our sensational ski day. The farewell is easy because we know we will come back soon!