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"With global populations rising, maximizing yields while minimizing impacts becomes a critical science," intones the narrator, over swelling strings and steadily driving percussion. It's the type of commercially uplifting accompaniment you'd hear in a promotion for a marathon or the big reveal of a FitBit that detects cancer. "It takes the boldest visions, the biggest machines, and the grandest design to deliver the ancient commodity to the people, to new frontiers, faster and more efficiently than ever before."
But this isn't an ad for a new Monsanto seed that can grow without water, soil, or light. This promotional video is introducing something most of us have never thought about, though it's a pivotal step in a process that makes our peanut butter creamy, our Reese's cups cheap, and our snack mix pebble-free. That is, peanut shelling.
The video goes on to explain the mesmerizing process that unfolds inside the closed walls of a shelling plant, its angles and joints calibrated precisely and placed using a GPS system. It's not the image that comes to mind when you think about cracking peanuts at a baseball game or bar floors dusted with a pleasant half-inch of crumbled shells. Most commercially available peanuts don't touch human hands between the time they're planted and the time they're packaged in 2,000-pound sacks for shipment across the world.
Here's how that happens: When peanuts are ready for harvest, a tractor attachment called a digger pulls the whole plant out of the ground and flips it over, peanut-side up, to dry in the field. A few days later, a combine rolls through to pass the roots, vine, and nut pods through its jaws, spitting out the vines (which later become hay) and collecting the nuts. The nuts are trucked to a buying point, where they're cleaned, graded, and sold to a shelling plant. After that, the farmer never sees them again.
From the outside, a peanut-shelling plant looks like a Rube Goldberg machine, all angles, and edges, and spiraled chutes designed to get the job done without breaking their cargo. Inside, the peanuts pass through a 24-hour chain of gently vibrating conveyor belts, starting in slotted drums that crumble the shells and vacuum out the debris. Then, they roll through a series of destoners, sizing shakers, aspirators, gravity separators, and elevators before they're dumped into sacks for shipment or storage. (Some variation of this process is the same for almost all the peanuts sold commercially in the United States. That's because one company, Georgia-based Lewis M. Carter Manufacturing, sells the equipment that shells about 90 percent of all our domestic peanuts.)
It's an elegant process, one that makes it seem like all our agricultural problems could be solved if only we'd hire the right engineers. But the economics of the peanut industry are in no way as precise and frictionless as a nut's journey from ground to jar. Though their hands may never touch the plant itself, farmers and shellers and buyers are all part of a web of power dynamics that shift dramatically when the winds change at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) or bad weather damages the crop. Too often, it's the farmers who feel like they're shouldering the risk burden for the entire industry. That's why, in 2014, a group of farmers in southern Georgia banded together to build a shelling plant of their own. They wanted more control over the system.
In less than two years, Premium Peanut—their shelling plant—would become the largest in the world. But it came at a price of $50 million and considerable risk for its stakeholders. Shelling plants are abundant in Georgia. It seems like it would be easier to negotiate for better terms with shelling companies than build something new from the ground up. Why did they have to start from scratch? Well, the answer is complicated.
First, some necessary background. Nearly half of this country's peanuts are grown in Georgia. The state's raw peanuts alone were valued at half a billion dollars in 2016 according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and that's just what they fetch at the buying point. Once they're shelled, processed, and sold to food companies, that number climbs a lot higher.
The trouble is that the supply of this particular commodity fluctuates wildly from year to year. Between 2013 and 2014, for instance, it rose by a billion pounds, or almost 25 percent, from 4.2 billion to 5.2 billion.
It's the peanut shellers who are responsible for marketing and selling the final product. And consumer demand, of course, doesn't rise and fall in sync with the crop. So shellers have to manage their risk by adjusting how many peanuts they actually buy. No one wants to be left with tons of product they've paid for but can't resell.
But shellers also need to hedge against bad years by making sure they have dibs on peanuts if there aren't many to go around. So they make contracts with farmers at the beginning of the growing season: They promise to buy 1,000 acres of peanuts, the farmer promises to deliver 1,000 acres of peanuts, everyone wins. Problem is, some years a sheller may need only half as many peanuts as the previous season. Maybe they're working with new farmers, maybe they've got lots of nuts left over from the last season. So they renegotiate: This year, maybe they'll commit to just 500 acres.
Of course, a slimmed-down contract isn't great news for the farmer. Peanuts are a rotation crop. Farmers alternate peanuts with cotton because the legumes fix nitrogen in the soil and cotton uses it up. If the farmer plants a single crop in the same place every year, the nutrients in the soil get depleted and yields suffer. So the cotton crop depends on the peanut crop, which depends on the contract with the sheller, who depends on the market. A farmer can always plant extra peanut acreage outside of his contract, but then he risks being left with lots of nuts he can't sell.
To be clear, this is a gross oversimplification of the peanut market. Like many agricultural commodities, peanuts are supported by a variety of programs from the federal government. The government uses tools like low-interest loans guaranteed by a farmer's crop, and price supports to make sure farmers make some money. If a farmer can't sell her crop, the government can repossess it as repayment for the loan. It's a system that leaves the farmer with some added security and the government with a lot of leftover peanuts.
(Here's the Washington Post editorial board on the peanut commodity: "The heavily lobbied but, to laypersons, incomprehensible provisions of the 2014 farm bill incentivize growers in several Southern states to increase land devoted to peanuts rather than other crops, even when peanut prices dip. The result has been production of a huge unmarketable surplus, which the government is committed to take off farmers' hands at a hefty loss to taxpayers. The USDA accumulated 113,000 metric tons of peanuts in 2015," the editorial reads. In the spring of 2016, the Obama administration drew criticism for its plans to ship some of the peanut surplus to Haiti through USAID. But Haiti grows a large supply of its own peanuts. Advocates said that the shipment would be unfair to the its 100,000-plus peanut farmers: Who can compete with a glut of free product?)
Back to Georgia: Farmers can't just take their business elsewhere if they're unhappy with their sheller. They have to send their peanuts to the buying point immediately after the harvest, before the nuts dry out too much. And in Georgia, a lot of farmers are still using 26-foot wagons to transport their crops, which aren't equipped for a long haul. This means farmers are tied in to a close buying point, and the buying point usually does business with just one sheller. So if a farmer isn't happy with his sheller and he wants to switch buying points, it takes time. He has to establish a new relationship before his crop is even planted.
You can start to see why farmers had to think outside the box. Their problems were less about making more money and more about guaranteeing a buyer for their crops. And that wasn't something shellers could offer every year, since they were acting out of self interest, too.
It was this strangling, risky system that in 2014 got that small group of southern Georgia growers to think about ditching their shelling companies altogether. What if instead, they wondered, they were able to form a grower-owned cooperative and build their own shelling plant? That way, they'd be able to guarantee a home for their crop, cut out some of the unknowns and make a little extra money. In southwestern Georgia, another grower-owned cooperative shelling plant, Tifton Quality Peanuts, had already been running for about a decade and seemed successful.
So, inspired by Tifton's model, the future farmer-owners began their own negotiations. They wanted the plant up and running in time to process the 2015 crop. It would take a year and half to plan and build Premium Peanut, which would go on to become the largest peanut-shelling plant in the world, processing 30 tons of peanuts per hour. Today, it serves 200 farms. And this month marks the one-year anniversary of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The idea of a shelling co-op is simple: farmer-owners buy shares of the plant that correspond to the number of acres they hope to grow. Then, they're guaranteed a buyer for all their peanuts. The shelling plant is guaranteed peanuts in years when the yield is low, because its owners are invested in its success. And the plant has the capacity to store extra peanuts in years of oversupply.
The model doesn't necessarily make more money for farmers. They're still at the mercy of the market, and they still get support (and often, a guaranteed customer) from the federal government. But a cooperative does guarantee some stability: "With us, they know that if they bought a thousand shares of the company, they have a home for a thousand tons of farmers' stock peanuts every year. We will buy them, we will warehouse them," says Karl Zimmer, Premium Peanut's CEO.
And in really good years, the cooperative model does mean extra profit. If the plant makes money, the farmers receive dividends at the end of the year. "They know they will get 100 percent of the value for that product, whether they get it as an upfront payment, at harvest, which we call an option payment, or they get it at the end of the year as a dividend of the profits that we make," Zimmer says.
To get a cooperative off the ground, the farmers needed the buying points (which work with the shellers) to get on board. "The farmers said, 'look, we want to do this. So … we need you to support us or we're going to leave you,'" Zimmer explains. "A lot of our buying points—call it half—also have cotton gins, they also are in the chemical business, so they sell farmers fertilizers, etcetera. So they said, 'Well, if we lose them as peanut customers, we're at risk of losing them as cotton customers or fertilizer customers.'"
Premium Peanut was able to get seven buying points on board before it broke ground. Those businesses even furnished some up the startup costs, which were repaid as more and more farmers bought shares in the company. But even with commitments from the buying points and lots of farmer interest, the project had a long way to go.
"The Premium Peanut facility takes the concept of peanut shelling to the extreme," boasts the promotional video on the Premium Peanut website, again with the inspirational soundtrack.
Indeed, it was an ambitious project: building the facility would cost $50 million. Zimmer says the company raised about half that money by selling shares. It borrowed about $18 million. And it got a $7 million low-interest loan from the federal government through the New Markets Tax Credit program, a tax credit that incentivizes community development in low-income communities. Developers sited the plant in Douglas, Georgia (population 12,000), which qualified for the incentive.
Farmer Elton Brooks bought into the plant during the pre-construction phase. "I can plan ahead four or five years and know where I'll have peanuts five years from now," he explains. "It's made me feel better about going out and buying several hundred thousand dollars' worth of new equipment."
The Premium Peanut team worked with Lewis M. Carter Manufacturers to get the plant off the ground in record time. The "fully-automated superstructure" was built on a 50-acre plot in less than a year, just in time to start midseason on the 2015 crop. As a shelling plant, Premium Peanut takes on the responsibility of the businesses it's replacing. It shells, tests, bags, markets, and resells the peanuts it processes. The only difference is that the money it makes goes back to the farmers.
Though it's still very new, Premium Peanut has been successful so far. It's selling about a third of its peanuts on the export market, and its product is used in everything from peanut butter to candy manufacturing. Finding the right buyer is just as complex as the rest of the process. Zimmer says there are thousands of different sliding-scale peanut grades based on size, breakage, and the presence of toxins caused by mold. (If you're wondering, the nuts with the highest concentration of aflatoxin from mold are sold to China, where they're processed into peanut oil. The extraction process removes the toxins.)
And in March, Premium Peanut announced a major expansion. It plans to open a $14 million peanut oil plant, which will give the farmers yet another market for their crops and control of another segment of the supply chain. The new facility will also give Premium Peanut the capacity to buy more peanuts. The oil plant, which will be finished in early 2018, will produce over 3 million gallons of crude peanut oil per year. In anticipation of the expansion, the company has released more shares for farmers to buy.
As for the farmer-owners, they'll receive the first dividends in early 2018. "Nobody's going to get rich," admits Lee Taylor, human resources director for Premium Peanut. But any profits they share from the plant will be icing on the cake. When a farmer sells to a shelling plant in which the farmer has no ownership, "all you get is the money you settle on initially," he says.
Of course, with a commodity's economy so dependent on federal policy, farmer-owners have another reason to invest in vertical integration: No one knows where the next farm bill will lead. If federal subsidies come under threat, a guaranteed peanut buyer will be all the more valuable.


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Back at the past, in the event that you wished to find bass utilizing a apparatus find out whether you were able to spot such a thing contrary to the backdrop of the surface and you had to squint your eyes. Old fish-finders were in white and black and'd displays smaller than most phones.
Luckily, a lot has improved since that time, and we've got the A98 Model out of Raymarine. In comparison to other manufacturers of fishfinders, Raymarine offers ultra hightech gadgets which are well-known for their viability and user-friendliness.
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The Raymarine A98 is amongst the apparatus available on the market. On top of that, it has capability so you are able to browse through the menus easily. The display features a sun cover that is technical that you are able to see in the sunshine and during the nighttime and is light time. Thermal nightvision that will assist you more, it offers.
Lighthouse II Operating System
Raymarine knows that anglers do not value a great deal of whistles and bells, therefore they developed an application application that sets your data all . Switching between applications can be a breeze, because you'd expect it to become, and that which is set out.
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Swivel Mounting System
We still love even though sort of bracket you have for the FishFinder isn't necessarily a dealbreaker. It swivels 360 degrees in the vertical and horizontal positions you see fit.
On top of that, you can get rid of the finder it is protected against the weather or theft. It's simply yet another inclusion which produces that the A98 such a bit of fishing equipment.
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We are aware that you will most likely not need wifi to the sport, but you might choose to download maps or store your valuable data as soon as you return to coast. Thankfully, with the A98 that you never need to maintain moving information via microsd cards, making it all that much simpler.
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Not one of this may be well worth every penny if the item can not locate any fish, although we 've been gushing about each one the advantages you may anticipate out of the Raymarine A98. It includes the sonar system.
CHIRP tech is common on fishfinders today, which is as it's authentic and so trustworthy. In cases like this, you will get yourself a perspective scanner that is down that you are able to see.
The CHIRP sonar may generate crystal-clear arcs for each one the fish and let you find highdefinition readings from the surface. That you keep these things for the next 20, on top of that you can spare your read-outs.
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Can this finder include any type of memory?
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Could I operate this socket in a different language?
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Can there be a manufacturer's warranty with the item?
Raymarine will give you couple of years policy on the A98 version. They may add at no cost if you enroll on the web.
Does this feature a transducer?
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Final Verdict
If you are trying to find the best fish finder that is high tech out there, then we suggest the A98. It comes and it's a graphical user interface which is more comprehensive than anything else available on the industry and easier.
All of us adore the detail and also the touchscreen which Raymarine placed in making this fish finder, and we're certain you may love the care and attention.


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Armed arrest outside Tauranga motel
Allan Andrew's Monday morning proved to be different than most after armed police swarmed outside his motel on The Strand.
A person was arrested outside Strand Motel around 12pm, and a witness says the accused reportedly had a firearm in his possession.
A police spokesperson says a person has been taken into custody and inquiries are ongoing.
Allan says he and his wife were enjoying their midday coffee when the commotion unfolded in front of their eyes.
"It was time to have a bit of a break, and we look out the window and there was a whole pile of police.
"We saw the gentleman being man handled and arrested, and I've just found out about now that he did have a weapon."
Allan says police were in all directions surrounding the motel.
"I take my hat off to the police. You want to play up in this town, and they'll be here in minutes, seconds I would imagine.
"I didn't see him with a firearm, the police had firearms, and whether one of those firearms were taken off him, I'm not sure about that."
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… of our cops. Although, we denigrate them and disrespect them, they unfailingly continue to provide a professional service to our Community. When I read an article like this it reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw in the USA: "If you don't like cops, next time you're in trouble, call for a hippie." By world standards we have a great Police force and we should be thankful for it.


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Eighth Grade is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham in his feature-film debut. The film stars Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, and Fred Hechinger.
The Story/The Direction:
It follows an eighth-grader named Kayla (Fisher) who struggles to finish her last week of classes before starting high school. This a coming of age film about a girl who grows up not right before college as a lot of other films have done but in middle school. For a lot of people, middle school is a struggle to get through as it is an awkward phase of peoples' lives where they are trying to discover who they are and that's without technology. Burnham is able to comment on how weird middle school was/is even without Instagram, Snapchat, and social media as a whole. Technology adds a whole other item to push through that could make middle school worse than it was for people without it. The film establishes the teenager environment and it really feels like it. In the opening scene, there are a lot of "likes" and "ums" that may make some cringe but it is used extremely effectively to create this middle school world that this film takes places in.
Burnham's humor in the film is different than what most would expect from a standup comedian. His jokes are based on the presentation instead of using punchlines. For example, Burnham shows Kayla looking up a fairly sexual YouTube instructional video but instead of showing the audience the actual video, he shows the situation surrounding it giving a lot of hilarious scenes. He also shows other typical teenager things to add comedy such as braces and acne but does not rely on them for the plot, rather they are reminders of the teenager part of life. While his film is mostly a comedy, he also touches on a lot of serious topics such as physical abuse and suicide without using them as a plot device. He does this all through Kayla's journey and the audience goes along with her.
The Characters:
Kayla is a fairly typical teenager and Fisher plays her brilliantly. Fisher is right around the age of Kayla, which adds to the film's authenticity. This film shows the audience her growing up through a technologically filled middle school. She tries to create an online personality through her extremely non-followed YouTube channel while trying to gain friends at school. She's awkward but she's trying to discover who she is. She does not exactly know how to be a teenager and really no one does, not even her father (Hamilton). She thinks her single father is geeky and "not cool" and he does all he can to connect with her. Technology and social media is such a new concept and his generation do not know much about it. This is an excellent commentary on the age gap that will always exist no matter whether ten years ago or two years from now. Things are going to go from "cool" to "not cool" and back again from generation to generation. There will never be an instructional book on how to go through this awkward time of a child's life. They have to push through and parents need to support them as much as they can, no matter how "uncool" they may be. Even with technology, middle school is not that different from the awkwardness that the previous generation had. It only has more ways to interact with people to potentially make things more awkward.
The Flaws:
The only flaw is with some of the plot lines do not span out in the best way possible. These parts of the plot are about 90% there but they were left open but not in a concluding way. However, though noticeable these are fairly nit-picky.
For anyone who went through an awkward middle school, there will be some part of you in this film. This film has a great story that will bring anyone right back to their middle school days. The acting is great and so is the direction and writing by Burnham. The movie's message brings up interesting questions for any current or future parent that has to deal with the rebelling teenager and social media while also being "uncool." This film is definitely worth checking out in theatres and grabbing on Blu-ray.
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Remember when Amber Portwood lost custody of daughter Leah Shirley?
Amber regained custody of her daughter.
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SMU's open access institutional repository, InK (Institutional Knowledge @ Singapore Management University), has just achieved the milestone of one million full text article downloads on 9 April 2016. InK was launched in December 2010, with 7,555 records and 600 full text papers, and has grown to 16,348 records with 4,500 full text papers. In less than six years, the full text papers have been downloaded one million times across 210 countries.
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Last week BHP honoured its promise to shareholders to distribute the $US10 billion proceeds of the sale of its US shale oil assets to shareholders. Anticipating major changes to the imputation credit system next financial year, the company is using its franking credit reserves to pay a special dividend and undertake a large off-market share buy-back where the bulk of the payment is a large fully franked dividend.
Shareholders can only hope other companies follow BHP's lead and maximise franked dividend payouts this financial year. This would help cushion the blow to low-income shareholders and pension fund investors from losing their cash refunds of franking credits if the government changes.
The imputation credit system encourages companies to use their franking credits as quickly as possible for two reasons. First, resident shareholders can benefit from the full refund of company tax paid only when dividends are paid out. Even when shareholders on higher marginal tax rates face additional personal tax bills on their dividends, the additional tax payable is still lower than that payable on all other income received.
For lower income taxpayers including pension and super funds, the benefits of receiving franked dividends are more substantial. The larger the dividends received and the sooner they are paid, the larger the reductions in tax bills or amounts received as cash refunds are.
Second, the longer companies delay using franking credit reserves, the lower the benefit to shareholders. The franking credit reserves generate no return to the company and are not indexed for inflation. Also, if the company tax rate is reduced, imputation credits generated at higher tax rates can be distributed only at the new lower company tax rate.
Abolishing cash refunds of franking credits would add further disadvantage to a delay in using franking credit reserves. Investors with no or only a small tax liability would be taxed on all income earned in corporate structures. This will reduce the attractions of owning Australian shares for the people directly affected and discourage self provision for retirement.
Many retirees are attracted to owning fully franked dividend paying shares because of the higher yields, including the value of the franking credits. Unless interest rates rise substantially, the benefits of self-provision for retirement will lessen.
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Marion, AL – Marion Military Institute's head men's basketball coach Timothy Rodgers has announced the hiring of Kyle Bush as an assistant coach with the Tigers.
Coach Bush comes to Marion after serving the 2018-19 season as the Lead Assistant Coach at Averett University in Danville, Va. Prior to his one season at Averett, Kyle served as an assistant coach at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia.
In addition to his stints as assistant coaches at the four-year level, Bush gained experience helping coordinate and coach basketball in Scotland. He's also served as a camp counselor at Duke University's basketball camp and was a personal basketball trainer.
Bush played collegiately at NAIA Union College, where he was a two-time conference champion on the Bulldogs' top-10 ranked team. He went on to play and coach in the Scottish National League.
A native of Ashland, Kentucky, Bush graduated from Union in December 2015 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and management.


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Terrell Suggs - Ted Hendricks Award (Jan. 2, 2003)
What it means to be the first recipient of this award?
'It's amazing to be presented with this prestigious award and have the guy that made it give it to you, Terrell Suggs said.'
Did you ever think your career would have blown up like it has?
'My parents always tell me to aim for the moon, so if you miss at least you'll be among the stars, Suggs said. 'I never thought it would blow up like it did, I always strive for greatness, but it's definitely done a great thing for me.'
Where does your nickname T-Sizzles come from?
'My cousin played basketball for Idaho State and with both of our last names being Suggs and both of us playing collegiate sports I guess you kind of need a nickname and he told me that when I went to see him play last year and it kind of stuck with me, Suggs said.'
I understand you're a big movie buff so what are a couple of your favorite movies from the past year?
'I got a new personal favorite, it's definitely the best movie I've ever seen in my life and that's the Antwaan Fischer Story, Suggs said.' It's just amazing, I really loved the movie and I'm definitely going to go see it a few more times.'
You think they make a movie about you someday?
'Hopefully, Suggs said.'
The difference between last year and this year, with the new weight room I understand you've really gained some strength and added a couple moves
'My strength and conditioning coaches they didn't really care what the world was saying about me, they knew we had to build something so they put 15 pounds on me,15 great pounds of good weight, they got me stronger and I didn't lose any speed, Suggs said.'
'I came to announce today that I am not going to return for my senior season at Arizona State and I'm going to enter myself in the NFL draft, Suggs said.'
How hard was this decision Terrell?
'It was very hard, I mean it came down to last night with my parents and everybody it was kind of like the final say last night.''It was a very hard decision especially to leave some things undone I mean especially where are team is, so it was a very hard decision, Suggs said.'
I think we all know that you can only play football for so long you know when your body takes a beating, I've got to go right now, there's really nothing left for me to do in college football, Suggs said.'
What kind of feedback did you get for the NFL people about the prospects of the draft?
That would have been a biased perspective if I would have started talking to them, that would have been like a selfish kind, I wanted to only include in my decision the people that affect me most, my family, my teammates. I didn't really care about the NFL's perspective, Suggs said.'
What was your most memorable moment in your ASU career?
'Six a.m. runs and lifts, Suggs said.' 'I mean that's where you get to see the result of hard workthat's the hardest thing I ever did in my life physically.' 'The team workouts were the hardest thing I ever did, but it was something we did together and I'm going to take that on with me for the rest of my life.'
What was one game that stands out?
'Oregon, definitely coming from behind against the number six team in the nation, Suggs said.' 'You know when you're down 21 and you turn and look to the sideline and you still see that no fear attitude and you go out there and go down swinging, I mean that was definitely the most memorable game at ASU, Suggs said.'
'It's been a dream of mine ever since I picked up a football to play professional football so I mean it's something that I have the opportunity to do right now and I can't let it pass, Suggs said.'
Talk about the journey and how this is the ultimate of all the hard work.
'It's perseverance that everything isn't always going to be roses, that everything you want to achieve in life is going to be hard to get, Suggs said.' 'I've experienced the highs and lows of being on a collegiate football team and it's definitely a hard earned journey, but it just goes to show that hard work doesn't go unnoticed.'
What were some of the pros to coming back to ASU?
'The possibility of a Rose Bowl, Suggs said.'
What would you think about starting your professional career here in Arizona?
'I don't know, but it would be something, play high school here, play college here, then play professional here, Suggs said.' 'I'd have to say that one of that advantages of that would be that I'd never miss an ASU game.'
Coach Dirk Koetter on Terrell's decision
Coach what advice did you offer Terrell with his decision?
'The main advice we offered him was just that everybody involved with the Arizona State program would stand behind Terrell and to make the best decision for him and his family and we'd be there to support him 100 percent, Dirk Koetter said.'
'It's a sad day in the aspect that we are losing a tremendous player and a great team guy, but yet it's also a proud day because like Terrell said this has been a goal of his to play in the NFL and he is certainly ready to go and he's going to be a great professional player and a great representative of Arizona State, Koetter said.'
'You can't replace a guy like that, because from a player standpoint it's going to be a great challenge for some of our younger guys to step up and get a chance to show what they can do, Koetter said.'
'He (Terrell) has evolved into a tremendous leader. 'He has a very unique style, he speaks from the heart and he means what he says and that part will probably be very difficult to replace, Koetter said.'
Shawn McDonald (Decision to enter the NFL draft)
'I'm going to enter the NFL draft and surpass my senior season, it was a tough decision, it's the hardest decision I've ever made. It took me awhile to talk to my family, talk to my coaches and talk to my teammates and I think this is the best thing for me, Shawn McDonald said.'
What part of the season were you thinking about entering the draft?
'My parents had talked to me about it throughout the season, but not until the Arizona game did I sit down and look at the pros and cons which is what I made my decision on, McDonald said.'
What were the pros and cons?
'Some of the pros were this is a dream, it's every guys dream when you're little to play in the NFL so being that I had the opportunity to get drafted it's something that I had to think about and I feel it's the right time to do, McDonald said.'
'I'm trying to accomplish another goal of mine and that was a main factor, McDonald said.'
Did you talk to Mike Bibby your cousin?
'He told me he supports my 100 percent and that made the decision a little easier, McDonald.'
Coach Dirk Koetter on Shawn's decision
Coach what have you and your staff done to help Shawn and his family out with this decision?
'We just tried to provide Shawn and his family with all the information and numbers based on what kind money he could expect from different rounds, tried to get the best feedback we could from the NFL people and then again we said that you have to do what makes you and your family happy, Koetter said.'
Shawn McDonald cont.
What do you think about the number of good wide receivers that are entering the draft this year?
'Yeah definitely, but really I'm trying think about what I have to do to get ready, McDonald said.'
'I'm trying not to think about it too much, but I know there are a lot of great receivers out there, it going happen every year so you can't make your decision off of that, McDonald said.'
Shawn, are you going to graduate?
That was another factor, I'm scheduled to graduate in May, so that was another reason why I came to my decision, McDonald said.'
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I have never been a diligent student of Woody Allen's
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Best in Show Westminster 2019 Live Stream: How to Watch Online, Time, Channel, Find Out Each Category Winner
Each year, dogs from across the country and even the globe strut their stuff in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show judge's ring with the hopes of being named the best of their breed, the best of their group and then ultimately, the Best in Show.
Thousands of dogs will be judged over the two-day show, which takes place in New York City. First, dogs are judged by their breed with Golden Retrievers going up against Golden Retrievers, Pembroke Welsh Corgis against Pembroke Welsh Corgis and so on and so forth.
Then, the best of each breed goes up against the other breeds in its designated group. The winners of those seven groups then compete in the final round, known as Best in Show.
What Time Is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show?
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show began at 8 a.m. EST on Tuesday with the judging of breeds in the Sporting, Working and Terrier groups. That round of judging was scheduled to last until 4:30 p.m. EST.
Group judging for Sporting, Working and Terrier dogs are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. EST and finally, around 10:30 p.m. EST, Best in Show would be judged.
What Channel Is the Dog Show On?
The Fox 1 Sports network and Nat Geo Wild will broadcast the Westminster Dog Show live on television.
How to Live Stream
For those who want to take in the show but aren't able to watch it on television, there are several ways to take in the excitement online. Viewers can watch the show from the Westminster Kennel Club website here or sign in to their Fox Sports GO account and watch here.
Who Won the Hound Group?
Burns, a longhaired dachshund, won the Hound Group. Burns is a seven-year-old male dog, who has five owners, identified as Theresa Nesbitt, Kim Vidrine, Jeane Haverick, Audrey White, Patricia Grant.
In second place was Bourbon, a female Whippet, followed by Tam, an over 13 inch Beagle, and in fourth place, a Basenji.
Who Won the Toy Group?
Bono, a Havanese, took home the top prize at Westminster for the Toy group. The one-and-a-half year old male dog belongs to Mary King, Rafe Schindler, Julie Vogel and Taffe McFadden.
Bono was followed by "Biggie," a male pug, then a female Yorkshire Terrier, and finally a male English Toy Spaniel.
Who Won the Non-Sporting Group?
The Non-Sporting Group belonged to Colton, a seven-year-old Schipperkes, who's owned by
S. Middlebrooks, W and T Truesdale and A. Halterman.
Following Bandit for second, third and fourth place respectively was a French Bulldog, a Chow Chow and then a Standard Poodle.
Who Won the Herding Group?
Baby Lars, a Bouvier des Flandres, took home the top prize of the Herding Group. The five-year-old male dog is owned by Julianna Garrison and Elaine and Louise Paquette.
Baby Lars was followed by the border collie, then the German shepherd and finally, in fourth place, was the old English sheepdog.
Who Won the Sporting Group?
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Who Won the Working Group?
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Who Won the Terrier Group?
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Joel began his senior career with Sheffield United and spent four years at Bramall Lane. He moved to Raith Rovers, making six appearances for the Scottish Championship Club before leaving in March 2017.
Since then the winger had been playing junior football for Ballynanty Rovers in his native Limerick. Joel has represented Ireland at various youth levels and bagged 5 international goals, including a European Under 19s qualifier in Germany two years ago.
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Serves 4-6 |
|1 6 oz. block Wildwood vacuum packed tofu, crumbled
|1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
|1 teaspoon garlic powder
|1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
|3/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
|1/2 teaspoon sea salt
|1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
|2 tablespoons olive oil
|1/2 medium onion, chopped
|1/2 red bell pepper, cut into strips
|1/2 medium zucchini, sliced into half rounds
|1 cup broccoli florets or tightly packed kale
|3 tablespoons vegetable broth
|2 1/2 pounds small red potatoes, quartered
|1/2 medium onion, diced
|2 cloves garlic, minced
|1/4 cup olive oil
|salt & pepper, to taste
|1 teaspoon smoked paprika
|fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped
|avocado, sliced
|fresh fruit
|vegan breakfast sausage
|vegan parmesan or shredded cheese
- Prepare the potatoes first. Heat a large skillet with the 1/4 cup olive oil, add the potatoes and stir occasional until they begin to brown about 6-7 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and continue frying until the potatoes are tender. Season with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika. Transfer to a serving dish cover and set aside.
- In the same large skillet heat the additional olive oil, add the onion, bell pepper, zucchini and broccoli or kale. Sauté stirring occasionally until the vegetables begin to soften. Add the crumbled tofu and seasonings, stir well to combine. Add the vegetable broth, cover and cook 2-3 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking until the liquid is absorbed and the vegetables are tender. Adjust seasonings and serve with potatoes. Complete the meal with a side of fresh fruit, and vegan sausage. Try topping your scramble or potatoes with vegan parmesan or shredded cheese.
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"Creative artist", "libertarian violinist", "passionate virtuoso": such are some of the expressions used by a unanimous press to describe Lorenzo Gatto's talent and passion and it has to be said that he maintains a vibrant relationship with his public.
A true revelation in the eyes of the greater public and international critics through his second prize and Public's prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition (Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth) 2009, Lorenzo Gatto's talent has also been recognized with his winning of many other prizes of which the 1st prize and Public's Prize at the International RNCM Competition in Manchester (age 18) and the 1st prize at the International Andrea Postacchini Competition in Italy (age 16).
From the age of 12, Lorenzo Gatto has been invited to play at famous festivals and renowned halls around Europe such as the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) and Flagey in Brussels, Philharmonie in Luxemburg, the Cortot Rooms in Paris, the Seoul Arts Center, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, etc. It is also with orchestras that he has enriched his experience playing, notably with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (under the direction of V. Sinaisky), the Belgian National Orchestra (under the direction of W. Weller, G. Varga, E. Aadland, E. Mazzola, P. Davin and S. Blunier), the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra (deFilharmonie, under the direction of P. Herreweghe and J. van Zweden), the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxemburg (under the direction of E. Kivrine), the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia (under the direction of P. Goodwin et A. Dumay),… and, of course, through his various encounter with great musicians such as Seiji Ozawa, Midori, Pamela Frank, Robert Mann, Zakhar Bron, Salvatore Accardo, Julian Rachlin,…
Born in Brussels (Belgium) in December 1986, Lorenzo Gatto started studying the violin at the age of 5. As soon as he was 12 he joined the Brussels' Royal Conservatory of Music in Véronique Bogaerts' class where, at 17, he gained the most advanced violin diploma for violin with the highest distinction. After this he continued to perfect his playing under Herman Krebbers in Holland, Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth College of Music and Boris Kuschnir in Austria (Kunstuniversität, Graz and Konservatorium Wien University).
In 2010, Lorenzo Gatto made a Enescu-Martinu recording for the Fuga Libera label with the pianist Milos Popovic ("Deconstructing the Wall"), but also Vieuxtemps' Concerto n°4 with the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra (Belgium) under the direction of Patrick Davin. He has also recorded string trios and Schubert's 'The Trout' as well as the Divertimento (Mozart) album, for the UT3-records' label. In the near future, Lorenzo will be recording Martinu's Concerto n°2 with the Belgian National Orchestra under the direction of Walter Weller.
Having been elected Rising Star 2010-2011, Lorenzo will soon perform in the major European locations, such as the Birmingham Symphony Hall, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Wiener Musikverein, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and then in Barcelona, Baden Baden, Hamburg, Cologne, Luxemburg, Athens, etc. Among some of the major projects in the pipeline, we can also point out a residential post at the Brussels Center for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles) this season 2010-2011, concerts with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra (deFilharmonie), the Belgian National Orchestra, the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra...
As a committed musician, in 2007 Lorenzo Gatto co-founded the Cl4ssiK association, with the aim of encouraging with aim of increasing awareness of classical music among young people. A multi-media concert tour on the theme of seasons has been planned for 2011.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Citigroup upgraded European banking stocks to overweight on Friday, saying that a lot of bad news is priced into the sector and the probability of a material selloff from current levels is low. Banks have been the worst performers in Europe in the last three months, and are close to 2010 price lows, according to Citigroup. The broker's top picks in the sector are Standard Chartered PLC STAN, +1.23%, Credit Suisse Group AG CS, -0.59% CSGN, +1.03%, BNP Paribas BNP, -0.09%, DnB Nor ASA no:dnbnor and HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA, +1.12%. "With elevated levels of sovereign risk, stress test pains, regulatory/capital concerns and hefty underperformance, we see the near-term risk-reward for European banks as improved now compared to three months ago," the broker said in a note.
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We will review the advances and challenges in the field of quantum combinatorial optimization
and closely related problem of low-energy eigenstates and coherent dynamics in transverse field
quantum spin glass models. We will discuss the role of collective spin tunneling that gives
rise to bands of delocalized non-ergodic quantum states providing the coherent pathway for the
population transfer (PT) algorithm: the quantum evolution under a constant transverse field that
starts at a low-energy spin configuration and ends up in a superposition of spin configurations
inside a narrow energy window. We study the transverse field induced quantum dynamics of the
following spin model: zero energy of all spin configurations except for a small fraction of spin
configuration that form a narrow band at large negative energy. We use the cavity method for
heavy-tailed random matrices to obtain the statistical properties of the low-energy eigenstates in
an explicit analytical form. In a broad interval of transverse fields, they are non-ergodic, albeit
extended giving rise to a qualitatively new type of quantum dynamics. For large transverse
fields the typical runtime of PT algorithm scales with n and as that of the Grover's quantum
search, except for the small correction to the exponent . The model we consider is non-
integrable. As a result, our PT protocol does not require any fine-tuning of and may be
initialized in a computational basis state. We argue that our approach can be applied to study PT
protocol in other optimization problems with the potential quantum advantage over classical
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by Buddy Miller
When I was 9 or 10 my folks bought me a cheap nylon string guitar. I used to ride my bicycle around town with that guitar strapped on my back. One day we took a spill and the guitar's side split in half with a huge crack, it was still playable and was my only guitar till i was 13. Read Full Article
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2010
This page is actually just one of 000 pages. Click the index page of this topic if you haven't done so yet: CANADA & UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 280710
View to Detroit, Michigan, United States Of America across the Detroit River.
The Detroit River is 51 kms long and has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world (Great Lakes). The river travels south from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie (to the left and/or downstream in the picture) and the whole river carries the international border between Canada and the United States Of America. The river divides the major metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario - an area referred to as Detroit-Windsor. The two are connected by the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. We will use the tunnel under the river to get over to Detroit later on.
The Coventry Gardens and Peace Fountain. This park is located directly across from Detroit's Belle Isle. Nice to watch the fountain and I intended to capture the ever-changing patterns of water sprays, but for more than one reason didn't work out that well.
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The Power of Help
Day 67. Friday 22nd June 2018
Day 67. Friday 22nd June 2018
The Power of Help
The Power of Help
© 2018 Steve Cook
The best tonic there is for your mental health
Is the power inherent in your purpose to help.
Show me a being who's struggling and I'll show you a man
Who's simply stopped helping or doesn't think he can.
In come the psychs with their drugs and their babble
'Cos everyone's forgotten the source of the trouble.
So show 'em they can help, even a little
And you'll see them restored to much finer fettle
And the sad, the lost, half-mad or demented
Turn back to the light when their help's not prevented.
You'll see our world surge in its peace and its worth
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It takes you less than ten minutes to prepare your Lazy Vegan ready meal. It is no hassle so you can be lazy and it leaves you all the time in the world to do what you love most. Vegan means our products do not contain animals or animal related ingredients. Lazy and Vegan makes us and hopefully you a Lazy Vegan.
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Why is the brand called Lazy Vegan?
Is Lazy Vegan only for Vegans?
Lazy Vegan is for anyone looking for great food and wanting to eat less meat. We hope everyone becomes a Lazy Vegan, if only it is once a week. Then we all give ourself (and the planet) a break.
Where can I buy Lazy Vegan?
In the UK Lazy Vegan is available at the bigger stores of Sainsbury's and at leading independent retailers. Visit the Sainsbury's website with your postal code, to see if our products can be ordered. In NL Lazy Vegan is available at Jumbo (70 stores) in the bigger cities and at Marqt. In Denmark, you can find us at all the Irma stores.
What are Chunky Pulled Peaz?
These are chicken style protein-packed pieces made from the protein and fibre of fresh garden peas with a great taste and texture to boot. Our tasty Chunky Pulled Peaz are an ingredient in our meals and also available as stand-alone products to easily add protein to make any meal a complete nutritious vegan meal. They come in Mediterranean Herbs flavour.
Why is there no soy in the Lazy Vegan products?
Most of the meat replacers use the same old soy or mushroom based processed foods that have dominated the vegan category for so long. The trouble is that the more we learn about the effects of soy on the human body, the more questions are raised.
There are not many, if not none, vegetarian and vegan substitutes that don't contain soy. We have solved that one with our Chunky Pulled Peaz. Like we said they are made from the protein and fiber of fresh garden peas. So, no soy. Pretty unique!
What goes in to a Lazy Vegan meal?
Well, we start with what we leave out. We don't use any animal ingredients in your meal, so no meat, no dairy, and no eggs. Not only this, it's gluten-free; soy-free; and free from all 14 EU food allergens. Next to the Chunky Pulled Peaz made from the protein and fibre of fresh garden peas, our meals are full of fresh vegetables, tasty herbs and spices. Our vegetables are frozen straight after harvest, sealing in their vitamins and nutrients.


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Apostolos Tsiachristas
Apostolos Tsiachristas
Senior Researcher
Economic evaluation of complex health interventions
Apostolos is a senior researcher at the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC), University of Oxford. His main research interests are related to the economic evaluation and financing of complex interventions, with a particular focus on integrated care and mental health care. In collaboration with allied departments at Oxford University, Apostolos is involved in several research projects, mainly funded by the NIHR (CLAHRC and BRC) and Wellcome Trust, across a wide range of services for prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment. In addition he has varied experience in working in experimental and observational studies in diverse clinical areas such as psychosis, self-harm, dementia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Prior to his current position, Apostolos undertook research at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and consultancy work at Aarts Public Economics in The Hague. Apostolos has been teaching health economics as part of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional courses in Oxford and Rotterdam. His work is published in numerous international scientific journals and presented at prestigious conferences.
Apostolos has been acting as an Associate Editor at the BMC-Health Services Research, Section Editor (Health Economics) at the International Journal of Integrated Care and Guest Editor at Health Policy. He is affiliated to Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
Recent publications
The impact of transforming mental health services for young people in England on patient access, resource use, and health: a quasi-experimental study
ROCKS S. et al, (2019), BMJ Open
TSIACHRISTAS A. et al, (2019), BMJ Global Health
Kadu M. et al, (2019), International Journal of Integrated Care, 19, 17 - 17
Suicide following presentation to hospital for non-fatal self-harm in the Multicentre Study of Self-harm: long-term follow-up study
GEULAYOV G. et al, (2019), Lancet Psychiatry
Variation in spend on young mental health across Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: a cross-sectional observational study
ROCKS S. et al, (2019), BMJ Open
Keng MJ. et al, (2019), Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism


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Research shows that 62% of streaming service cancellers cite price as their reason for quitting. In the face of customer cancellations, it is time to look for ways to improve satisfaction and adjust the value equation.
With a five-year compound annual growth rate of 53 percent, community solar energy is already generating over a gigawatt of energy in the United States. Within 10 years, that should surpass 80 gigawatts. Most of that will be part of a new subscription business.
The banking industry is in the very early stages of exploring subscription offerings. However, there are both start-up firms and huge players making moves into this space. Odds are that the future successful offerings will cater to younger demographics, on fully mobile platforms, offering a wide range of substantial added value to make the subscription price compelling compared to current common free checking plans.
Interest in subscription boxes online is flattening, and the most recent data shows that traffic to subscription box sites is way down. There is still a lot of money in the industry, and a plateau is not a bubble, but a shakeout is coming. These three trends point to strategies that smart companies will use to survive.
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More gamers are playing -- and paying -- for video games than ever. Gaming has even surpassed paid TV among millennials. In this golden age of gaming, the offerings are vast and many companies are trying out payment plans and options, especially subscription. The winning business model has yet to be determined.
By the end of 2018, Amazon Prime counted 101 Million members. With monthly and annual plans, Amazon Prime members qualify for expedited shipping, enjoy media streaming and other exclusive digital services plus members-only shopping offers on Amazon Prime Day.
Why does Amazon offer so much to its Prime Subscribers? It�s simple, the average spend of an Amazon Prime member versus a non-Prime member is 133% higher!
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It no longer makes sense to buy hardware as computers and servers, each one requiring an OS install, maintenance updates, and component upgrades. Instead, let a service handle all that for you, as you subscribe to computing access over the Internet.
B2B marketing differs from consumer marketing in one crucial way: The customer base is almost always smaller. That means a viable B2B marketing plan can be more personal, more focused on particular leads, and more devoted to one-on-one human interaction.
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Three established companies in this category -- Costco, Sam�s Club, and BJ�s -- sell more than $160 billion in economy-size goods while regularly dominating the customer satisfaction rankings. How do they do that? With recurring revenue from loyal subscribers who are also devoted fans.
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Katy Bourne, High Sheriffs of East and West Sussex, a former naval officer and magistrate in Brighton and president of the local St John Ambulance are among those participating in a charity event next week to support Sussex Crimestoppers and Sussex's Old Police Cells Museum, based in Brighton.Jail and Bail will see participants locked up in the Museum in the bowels of Brighton Town Hall on Tuesday March 19.Katy Bourne said: "It is important that services like Crimestoppers and other local charities such as the Old Police Cells Museum are supported and I am delighted to be able to take part in this event. I am glad so many other local figures have also agreed to take part and I am looking forward to sharing a cell with them in the name of charity."
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, has lived up to her election promise and frozen the policing element of the Council Tax, in Sussex, for the coming financial year. This means that Taxpayers in Sussex will pay only £138.42 for a Band D property, which is the same as in the previous two years.The Commissioner said: "I am delighted to be able to deliver this freeze on the Council Tax for policing in Sussex, a promise I was elected on. Before the election I spent time modelling budgets and studying the finances that I would inherit. Despite the financial circumstances that policing, and the public sector in general, is facing Sussex Police has prepared well for the shortfall in funding and it is on this basis that I have been able to see this promise through whilst still being able to deliver an effective and efficient police force."
Sussex PCC signs Youth Charter
Katy Bourne has demonstrated her commitment to engage positively with young people in Sussex and promote their interests by signing up to the PCC Youth Charter: http://pccyouthcharter.wordpress.com. The Charter sets out principles for good youth engagement for Police & Crime Commissioners, all of which have come from young people.The Charter has been written by a Youth Advisory Group made up of young people from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), User Voice, Big Voice London and Kirklees Youth Council and through wider consultation with young people across England and Wales.Commenting on her promise to help shape methods of youth engagement Katy Bourne said: "By signing the Youth Charter I have pledged to consider young people's views when making key decisions and including them in this process."
Sussex PCC celebrates 100 days in office
In the 100 days since Katy Bourne was historically sworn in as the first ever Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner a lot of work has been done. The Commissioner has drafted her Police & Crime Plan to see her through her term of office, set a budget and has frozen the policing element of the Council Tax. She has also made the decision to extend the contract of the current Chief Constable, Martin Richards.Katy Bourne said of her first 100 days: "These first 100 days have been a whirlwind of activity and so much has been achieved. As well as getting to know the staff and officers of Sussex Police I have built strong relationships with a huge variety of partners from Council leaders to charities and victims groups."
Special Constable Martin Hovenden, awarded an MBE for 31 years of voluntary service to Sussex police received his award from Her Majesty the Queen at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (February 13).Martin, who also works full-time as a public enquiry supervisor at Hastings police station, joined the force as a special constable in Rye in September 1981. Since that time he has put in well over 20,000 hours performing his role. In addition to this, he worked with police cadets for ten years and is regularly cited as an inspiration to young people who choose policing as a career.On receiving his award Martin said: "It was a momentous day and I was very proud and privileged to be presented my MBE by the Queen. I felt honoured to have been selected to receive such a prestigious award for a job I enjoy doing."
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, is standing by her decision to appoint Steve Waight as her Deputy despite advice from the Police & Crime Panel stating that it does not recommend him for the role.Commenting on the conclusions by the Panel, Commissioner Bourne said: "I am grateful for the considerations of the Panel regarding my proposed appointment."I have now carefully considered their points and have decided to formally appoint Mr Steve Waight as Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner."I am confident that his proven ability and experience will enable him to fulfil the role to the high standard required for the people of Sussex. He has a proven track record at a senior level in police governance, public sector finance and working with local people and communities. Furthermore, I am confident that his public duties as a Councillor will enhance his role."
PCC joins Sussex search exercise in Arundel
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, joined over 70 volunteers from the three Sussex Neighbourhood Watch Search Teams and others from Sussex Search & Rescue (SusSAR) and ALSAR Search Dogs Sussex for a live search exercise organised by Sussex Police in Arundel on Saturday (9 February).The searchers were briefed by PS Russ Phillips, a Police Search Advisor, on the tasks which the volunteers were asked to assist with. Commissioner Bourne joined the Neighbourhood Watch North Sussex Search Team (NSST) led by Chairman Derek Pratt as they conducted a series of systematic line searches, making sure that each piece of land was efficiently covered.
Some people may look forward to spending Valentines Day with their loved ones – exchanging special gifts and perhaps a romantic meal. For others in relationships, it may highlight that all is not well.In the latest stage of the force's 'Talk To Us, We Can Help' campaign, which is focusing on encouraging people to report incidents of domestic abuse, Sussex Police are keen to hear from young people of both sexes who are experiencing such abuse.At present most calls for help over domestic abuse do not come from teenagers, but police and partners believe that they can still face problems in their relationships and are seeking to bring this issue more into the open. It may that today's teenagers don't realise that domestic abuse can include intimidating and controlling behaviour, over which they are less likely to approach adults for help.
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, speaks to John Rowntree who volunteers as an Independent Custody Visitor....
Sussex PCC proposes Deputy appointment
Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, has announced her intention to appoint Steve Waight as a full-time Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner.Commenting on the proposed appointment Commissioner Bourne said: "When I was elected I chose to get on and do the job before making any decisions about appointing a potential Deputy."It is now 10 weeks since the election and during that time there has been a lot of discussion nationally about Police & Crime Commissioners and new appointments to their teams."Sussex is a large area and there are many calls on my time. I am convinced the support of a Deputy is absolutely necessary to help ensure I can do the best job possible for residents during my time in office."


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You have probably gathered from my post that V and I have decided to adopt...A DOG! Jeez- were you thinking a child?! Not ready for that for a couple of more years. We just got married- give us a break people. Ha- but seriously, we are madly in love with our new family addition. Lola is 7 months old and is 25 lbs. She is almost full grown- perfect size for us and our apartment. She is an interesting mix- Pit, Corgi, Dachsund- probably. I don't even want to think about how that happened.
We highly recommend adopting pets, because there are SO many out there that need a loving home. We used Downtown Dog Shelter in LA. It was very easy- we just had to contact the organization and then fill out an application. We then met with the woman who was fostering Lola, and then our new baby was delivered the next day.
So...meet Lola!
Silverlake reservoir a few times already because there is an awesome dog park there, and it's very close to my house. Below are a few pics of Lola at the res.
We love Lola! Also- this song is now stuck in our heads, because Van has played it over, and over and over. Hopefully it is now stuck in your head.
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The Kitchen @ Foster (Design)
Stage 1 – Design
– The Brief
We were asked to redesign and modernise the refectory in the Foster building at UCLan. Our client wanted us to focus on the fact that they sourced healthy food from local farmers and suppliers. This with the fact that they wanted to radically update the space to make it more appealing and useful for both students and lecturers.
– Our Approach
The brief led us to design an ecological, healthy eating cafe with all the amenities of an office. We looked at hybrid cafe/office spaces which had interiors designed specifically for todays mobile worker. They had things like lamps and power points connected to the sides of tables as well as comfortable armchairs for casual meetings – all this would appeal to students and lecturers as they are mobile workers too. We broke the space down into three main areas – there is a lounge area, a main eating area and a quiet, study, eat area. We also redesigned the layout of the shop at the front of the refectory (Stop "n" Shop) to increase customer flow to pass through it to get to the refectory and vice versa.
– Health and Eco Aspect
The colour scheme, all the wall graphics, the signage and the use of natural materials were all chosen to encourage and promote healthy eating and inform students and lecturers that their food was sourced from local farmers. Where furniture could be reused we suggested ways it could be regenerated or reupholstered to give it a new lease of life. We also sourced eco products such as Rock 'n' Roll Wild Thing striped wool carpet from Alternative Flooring to go in the lounge area and FEEL – THRU natural felt room divider by ABR Production to separate the quiet, study, eat area from the rest of the cafe. We also suggested having wall stickers around the sockets and light switches to remind students to switch them off after use and energy saving light bulbs in all the light fittings to help save energy.
– Client
UCLan (University of Central Lancashire) – Andy Coverdale, Business Services Manager and Paul Fowler, Catering Manager
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Foster Building, UCLan, Preston


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The only thing Looptworks scraps is the typical way of doing business. They make super durable, good-looking travel and tote bags, backpacks, apparel and accessories out of 100% upcycled materials. They're keeping tons (literally) of useful material from going to the landfill. And, they have the Loopt4Life Guarantee to ensure you've got a product you can use forever!
Beautiful and functional, suitable for work, play and travel, we created the Caliana Crossbody bag to be a work-life bag for women on the go. Whether you're working remotely from a coffee shop in Switzerland or running from a formal client meeting to yoga class to drinks with friends — with laptop in tow.
Wear it over your shoulder or across your body — the carrying strap is adjustable, and it's sized to work as your work bag or everyday tote.
- Upcycled from decommissioned Southwest Airlines leather seat covers, pre-consumer excess Langliz Leather and excess felt
- Laptop sleeve accommodates most devices up to 15"
- Two interior pockets for organization
- Body: 15" x 14" x 3.5"
- Water resistant
- Upcycled easy care nylon lining
- Zipper Closure
- Hand numbered, Limited edition, handmade in Portland, Oregon
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The Caliana Crossbody is made using post and pre-consumer leather materials - the blue leather once flew the friendly skies as the headrest panel of a leather seat cover on Southwest Airlines Planes. When the SWA fleet changed over to a lighter material in order to conserve fuel, they turned to Looptworks to ensure the useful materials wouldn't go to waste.
The black excess leather was once on track to be fashioned into motorcycle jackets by Langliz Leathers, which means it's as durable as it gets.
Inside, we utilized german-milled 100% merino wool felt to form our laptop sleeve and accessory pockets. We sourced this excess felt from FilzFelt.
About the In Flight Collection
When Southwest Airlines wanted to replace its heavy leather seat covers with a lighter weight material in order to conserve fuel, they wanted to ensure that the 40 acres of iconic blue and tan leather went to good use.
We partnered with a non-profit that employs adults with disabilities to dismantle and clean the seats.
Looptworks upcycled this material into the In Flight Collection, companions for your next adventure.