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Gearing up for the 'divorce'
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs Theresa May has finally laid out her plans for 'Brexit'. The key aspects of the plan include the Britain leaving the European Union's single market and giving the British Parliament, a final vote on the deal. The Britain would also not be a full member of the Customs Union but instead, it would negotiate some kind of a tariff-free trade deal. It would also continue to cooperate with EU on the areas like crime and anti-terrorism. PM Theresa May also threatened that if the EU failed to offer a good deal, then Britain would move towards becoming a low-tax regime to attract investments. Once it is out of the EU, Britain would no longer abide by the immigration rules of the European Union or be subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
Challenging the basic tenets of EU –
The primary basis of the European Union is free movement of goods and services, capital and labour. She has closed the labour option altogether by saying that there would be controls on the movement of people. PM Theresa May has ruled out a partial or half-in and half-out relationship with the European Union. If she would have acted otherwise, it would have been a violation of the mandate of the 'Brexit' referendum. The Government has confirmed that the Parliament is not in possession of any authority to overrule the mandate of the referendum.
Xenophobic nature of the 'Brexit' mandate –
Flood of cheap labour from the Eastern Europe was a boon for British economy because the profits of the businesses in Britain shot up due to low wages. But the xenophobia surrounding the immigration policies of the European Union forced the people to pull out the Britain from the EU. It was a vote where 'populism' won over 'cold statistics'. Hence, the mandate of the 'Yes' vote was factually incorrect by arguing that the immigrants have not contributed to the economy. PM Theresa May is making a virtue out of necessity or making best out of the bad job i.e. crisis management. Unfortunately, the mandate is so lopsided that PM May is left with no choice.
Negotiating the trade deal –
PM Theresa May calls for a new, comprehensive, bold and ambitious trade agreement with the EU. She should realise that the Britain already had one with the EU, against which the people voted to leave altogether. How can one get a more comprehensive free trade agreement once it comes out of a 'comprehensive' agreement altogether? Actually, the 'hard Brexit' was the result of 'someone to blame' for the harsh economic recession in the country. Britain wants to keep the immigrants out, which is the real reason for the 'Brexit' but is it going to compensate their economic loss during the time of economic recession? Many businesses (especially from India and China) have moved into the Britain to get a foothold in the EU. Britain is a very small market for any business venture. In the last one year, the current account deficit of the Britain has dropped by about 5.2% to 5.6% of the GDP, which is quite phenomenal. The cause of the same is because of the declined income from abroad. Britain is largely a service exporter to the EU. Service exports are concerned with the location of the parent company. In the event of immigration controls, the service economy is bound to suffer (Infosys- H1B visa analogy).
Manoeuvring debt obligation as a tool?
Britain owes diverse debts to the EU. One of them is as high as £50 billion. In case PM Theresa May is expecting to negotiate a better deal with the EU by using the debt clearance tool, it would be an unwise decision. The trade negotiators of the EU will be hard-line on the issue of the bills and those bills will have to be settled. Other major issues like the pension payments for the British employees in Brussels will have to settle as they would be losing their job soon and the future of the two big EU institutions in the Britain (The European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority). Moreover, it is possible that the Britain would have to pay the common external tariff from 2019 as it is possible that the trade agreement with the EU would not be concluded by then, especially if we see the history of trade agreements that the EU has negotiated in the past (Canadian-EU trade agreement took 8 years to conclude and the Gulf Cooperation Council-EU trade agreement is in limbo from the last 14 years).
Association with EUCU –
British PM has ruled out the full membership of the European Union Customs Union i.e. EU+ several other countries. It enables the free movement of goods along the members of the Customs Union in a single base-level tariff system. It was a wise thing to do for the Britain because abandoning the EU to become a part of EUCU did not make any sense. PM May has confirmed that the Britain will remain an associate member of the EUCU or it will retain some elements of the Customs Union.
Future of trade negotiations –
Britain now faces the normal 'Most Favoured Nation' tariffs with the EU which is alright for them because most of the tariffs of EU are down to pretty low levels. But the cause of concern is the facilitation of services trade with the EU because it involves multiple complexities involving local legislations and special permits for the movement of labour. Hence, the most crucial sector in which the Britain needs to negotiate is the services sector. This is where the blockages would be introduced by the Brussels. The major cause of worry for the Britain is that the financial services business would relocate to Frankfurt from London to access the large market of the Europe. Brussels has underlined the fact that British interests lie in the services sector and not in the goods.
Immigration conundrum –
PM May uses the term 'control' over immigration. It might mean that the Britain would introduce 'work permit' system for certain 'desirable' immigrants which are needed for the economy in terms of skilled labour. PM May also clarified that her government wants to secure the rights of the EU citizens working in the Britain and the British citizens working in the EU. It should be noted that around 1.2 million citizens of the EU work in the Britain and more than 3 million Britons work in the EU. But it is highly unlikely that the 'Swiss model' of working permits would be adopted because the Switzerland did not share any animosity with the EU in the past.
Jurisdictional issues –
A point of worry is that trade deals that are being negotiated would come under nobody's jurisdiction, certainly not under the European Court of Justice's jurisdiction. Hence, it would invite a clause of arbitration like it is covered in any normal trade agreement. Moreover, the trade arbitration rules could also be negotiated under the protocols of World Trade Organisation but there is no international protocol over services trade so they would have to negotiate bilaterally for this segment. WTO enables regional trade agreements but not makes them mandatory. Therefore, in case a trade deal is not worked out, the Britain could leave the EU under the WTO rules.
Strategy to secure a decent trade deal –
PM May has also warned the EU that if it tries to impose a punitive deal on Britain, she might convert Britain into an offshore tax haven and EU would lose access to crucial supply chains. It is a political strategy to please her British constituency that she is following the mandate and it is also a threat to the EU to accommodate the Britain in giving the best possible alternatives to them. It is quite laughable considering that these are empty threats and the heavyweights in the EU like Germany and France might not be impressed by such hollow threats because London might be an important financial centre but there is already talks about relocating financial services centre to various locations in the Europe to access a larger market than Britain. She must realise that the business is not going to be swayed away by patriotism or populism. It is concerned with profit maximisation. Therefore, using the financial clout of London as a bargaining chip might not work out for Britain in negotiating the trade deals with the EU. Neither most countries become prosperous because of them being a tax haven, nor the businesses simply get attracted by the candies offered by a tax haven. Moreover, there are guidelines by the OECD in this context which are to be followed by the members of the grouping.
Retaining the EU Labour laws –
PM May also said that she wants to retain some labour laws of the EU, such as 48-hour week, 20 days of paid leave and 14 days of maternity leave. It might be aimed at pleasing the British working class that overwhelmingly voted to leave the EU. These laws are coming into the picture because once you invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, all the issues come on the table automatically for negotiation. Therefore, the laws which are to be abandoned and the laws which are to be retained would all be discussed post-March 2017 when the Article 50 would be invoked by the Britain.
If there is one thing certain, amidst the uncertainty surrounding the Brexit procedure post-March 2017 timeline of invoking the Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it is that the negotiations would take far more than the stipulated two-year timeline in the Lisbon Treaty. Why is it certain? Their past record of such negotiations offers many insights into this certainty.


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It's funny how you can think you pretty much know all the top-tier Open Source applications that are available ... and then you find a program like Protégé.
An open-source (MPL) ontology builder and knowledge base engine, the program is clean, responsive and easy to use. It's Java-based, which all too often is a synonym for "slow and clunky" or "really ugly" but in this case, just download the installer (even a standalone JAR installer worked first time on Windows) and it's up and running in 2 minutes.
The obvious comparison in terms of quality (again, thinking of Java programs here) is FreeMind, a thoroughly capable mind-mapping software program.
Lots more to explore, but generally highly, highly impressed. Kudos to Stanford for this one!
UPDATE: Oh - I forgot. Props to Steven Jenkins for his excellent PPT presentation that outlines this and other useful Systems Engineering Tools.

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Nano Particles - Tissue Interactions
The field of nano-particle research encompasses researchers from chemistry, physics, and in recent years also biology. A nano-particles is defined as a particle with a diameter smaller than 100 nm; although larger particles are often also counted as there are no hard and fast rules. Most nano-particles are grown using chemical techniques where a range of chemicals are mixed together and seeded to start the growth of solid material, in the same way that crystal can be grown. The size and composition of the particles can be controlled by adjusting the initial materials and the time of the reaction. The figure opposite shows the size range of zinc-oxide particles grown in this way. The black and white inset photo is a transmission electron image of these 20 nm particles (about 5000 times smaller than the width of a human hair). There are many reasons for making nano-particles. In the case of zinc-oxide the primary drive is in the use of sun screens and cosmetics - zinc oxide is very effective at absorbing UV light, but as a slab of material it is no use to anyone. By growing it just as tiny particles it can be mixed in with oils and creams so it can be applied to the skins surface, but still maintains the ability to absorb UV light.
One of the biggest problems with all nano-particle research is shown in the right of the top figure. When the nice images of the particles are zoomed out we find that nano-particles like to clump together in aggregates; in this case the zinc-oxide particles groups into balls about 200 nm in diameter, 10 times the size of the primary particle. The reason for this is that most solid materials are happiest when their surfaces are as small as possible. When made into nano-particles materials are forced to have very large surface areas, these often contain electric charges, and the net result is a weakly attractive force that loosely binds the particles together. This effect stops the particles evenly distributing, and so stops them being of use in most applications. To stop this aggregation a blocking layer must be set up between particles, either, as in the case of sun creams, by suspending the then in an oil (such as coconut oil), or by a more involved process of attaching other molecules to the surfaces of the particles (see the
The research in this section is primarily interested in the interactions between nano-particles and skin tissue. Current sun creams that contain zinc oxide use particles of many nanometers in diameter, which are known not to enter the skin, and hence are safe to use. However, there is interest in just how small particles can be made before they will start to penetrate the skin, smaller particles can have better properties and could also provide a better coverage. The challenge is observing the interactions between trillions of nano-particles and complex skin tissues to such a level that useful conclusions can be drawn.
A useful property of zinc oxide is that it is very efficient at a process known as two photon absorption. This process allows two low energy red photons of light to be absorbed and be converted to one high energy blue photon. Very few materials can perform this trick and it is this that allows us to investigate the interactions of zinc-oxide nano-particles with human skin. The problem with nano-particles is that they are small, so cannot be viewed unless they are very carefully prepared, like in the top image. Under nearly all circumstances other things will look much brighter than the particles themselves, and this is why the two photon process is so useful. Taking a normal fluorescence image of a piece of human skin produces the pink part of the image, right. This is a layer of skin taken from a patient after liposuction. The black line is drawn on to show the surface of the skin and the sample is produced in such a way that points below the line are getting deeper into the skins surface. The bright pink region is the live skin and the faint part just under the black line is the layer of dead cells that make up the actual surface of the tissue. Such an image cannot see the zinc-oxide particles as the skin appears quite bright. However, if we shine red light on the tissue and just look for blue, the blue part of the image can be taken (the two image are then combined to form the one here). This trick allows the position of the nano-particles to be observed on the skins surface.
Using the same microscope that took the above image, many different concentrations of zinc-oxide can be imaged by themselves and this information is used to build up a calibration chart that allows us to quantify the number of particles needed to produce pixels of a certain brightness. The is shown in the graph, right, where using the image above, from every point along the skins surface a line has been taken into the tissue and the brightness of the zinc-oxide recorded. This is averaged along the whole length of skin (shown in the image and extending further in both directions) and then calibrated to produce the actual numbers of nano-particles at each depth. This data indicates that the vast majority of particles are confined to the top 30 microns of the skins surface, and so are not penetration the skin. Further analysis reveals that the particles that do appear to have penetrated the skin are from regions where the skin was damaged, and hence gives the impression that the particles had penetrated. This information thus indicates that the particles cannot penetrate the top layers of skin, and hence are safe to the user. This technique can be repeated for different particle sizes and nano-particle surface coating as well as using skin under different conditions (such as when makeup has been applied) and be used to provide quantitative estimates for the penetration of particles through the skins surface, and hence infer the safety of particles in each scenario.
Papers relating to this work:
Characterization of optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles for quantitative imaging of transdermal transport
Z. Song, T.A. Kelf, W.H. Sanchez, M.S. Roberts, J. Ricka, M. Frenz, and A.V. Zvyagin.
Biomed. Opt. Express
, 3321-3333 (2011)
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Alongside the release of "The LEGO Batman Movie", and prior to the debut of "Transformers: The Last Knight", scheduled for release later this year, Ampere investigates
whether toy-related content is popular on major Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD)
services Netflix and Prime Instant Video. With the toy market highly competitive, especially with Netflix announcing an interest to produce merchandise for popular original titles, manufacturers are constantly looking for other areas in which to invest to drive growth. In this context, the media sphere seems an attractive market - providing brand re-enforcement, tapping into the kids and family market, as well as nostalgic young adults.
The standout finding is the growth in the availability of LEGO-related content. In the last year and a half, the number of available LEGO titles has more than doubled. This significant expansion in licensing deals for the LEGO group is a relatively recent affair however - with the top market positions (in terms of volume of titles) belonging to Mattel and Hasbro respectively.
It is clear to Ampere that toy manufacturers are not playing around when it comes to SVoD content.


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Labyrinth (1986)
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Directed by: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud
Question: This has always confused me. In the scene with the guards, which one always lies and the other always speaks the truth, Sarah asks which door leads to the castle gate then she figures out the riddle and chooses a door. However, the door she chooses, the supposedly correct choice, doesn't lead her to the entrance instead it's a trap. So did she choose the wrong door, or just the wrong direction for the hands to take her?
Chosen answer: Sarah did indeed select the right door and did ask a sensible, albeit confusing question. The reason she fell into the oubliette (and the helping hands) is because as she walked through the door she said "I think I'm getting smarter. This is a piece of cake" - saying "piece of cake" within the Labyrinth to say how easy something is brings bad luck upon those who say it. Sarah said it to Jareth and he upped the stakes (reducing her time). Hoggle said it later (in Goblin City) and then they got surrounded by Goblins.
Question: Can anyone tell me the significance of Jareth's necklace? Throughout the movie it is silver with a gold center circle. But in his last scene with Sarah after the Escher room, it is reversed- now gold with a silver center circle.
Chosen answer: The necklace is a symbol of Jareth's power throughout the story. All the time that Sarah is in the Labyrinth, Jareth has more power than her, because she doesn't really know what she's doing, and isn't taking one particular path, just getting lucky at the right times. At the end, as we all know, Sarah triumphs, and Jareth's necklace changes to admit his defeat.
Question: Why doesn't Sara just hold up 5 fingers when shes at the lie/truth gate and ask how many fingers shes holding up? It seems much more simple than her way.
Question: Can anyone explain the riddle the two guards tell Sarah (before she falls down into the helping hands). I know there's a certain question you can ask and the answer helps you figure out which door it is. can anyone help?
Chosen answer: One Guard always lies, and one always tells the truth. This is absolute. So when Sarah asks Guard A to tell her what Guard B would say, she knows it will be a lie, no matter what. If Guard A were the liar, he would have to lie about what Guard B would have said. Since Guard B would have told the truth, Guard A would then have to tell the lie to Sarah. However, if Guard B were the liar, he would obviously have lied. However, Guard A would then have to answer the question truthfully which would be the lie from Guard B. Hence, no matter which guard is the liar and which guard is the truth-teller, the answer that Sarah gets would have one and exactly one lie in the answer. Knowing this, Sarah takes the other road.Garlonuss
Question: The ancient Aramaic or Minoan looking script on the shields of the four lying/truth-telling guards: does anyone know what it says or what language it is in?WingedSunSerpentInfinity
Answer: What I have been able to decode is "one question. One answer. Tricks and challenge. And one says "lies" while the the other says "truth."
What did you use to decode it with? I have been over several pages of Khuzdul language and was only able to decipher what is written up there "Vzhklaiheaksh." That's the best I could figure it out.lionhead
Chosen answer: The song is called "Underground" by David Bowie. It is preceded by music listed on the soundtrack album simply as "Opening Titles."Michael Albert
Question: On the IMDB Trivia page, it says that little of Terry Jones' script was kept past the point where Sarah eats the peach. I have two questions concerning this: 1) Who wrote the rest of the film? and 2) Why was some of his material removed?
Chosen answer: As with any film, there are often numerous rewrites of the script as the writing process progresses, and it's not at all uncommon for different writers to be brought in to tweak plot points, enhance dialogue and so forth as the script is honed towards the point where they have a finished product that they can shoot. Who ends up with the eventual credit is a highly complex and somewhat arcane process, involving judgement calls on who has contributed what towards the final script. As such, Jones' script being heavily rewritten after a certain point is nothing particularly unusual, but what amounts to standard practice in the movie industry - presumably it was felt that his script subsequent to that point lacked punch in some way, leading to another writer being brought in to revamp it. Other writers known to have worked on the script include screenwriter Elaine May, childrens author Dennis Lee and the film's director Jim Henson. There may well have been others.Tailkinker
Question: Ballroom scene: time stop [01:09:15] Right before Sara breaks the glass with the chair. there is a blonde woman in a dress not wearing a mask visible. who is she? Also what is the significance of the Pirate character at timestop [01:08:36.] Outside of Jareth and Sara. this character gets a lot of camera time. including a focal point as the the camera does the 360 degree shot towards the end. Thanks.
Chosen answer: I don't think either of the characters are significant. If they have more screen time than any other extra, it is just emphasising Sarah's confusion and the way she is trying to focus on individuals to try and make sense of what is happening. Or possibly, the director liked the look of the costume/make-up and gave them a prominent place in the scene.
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Kidney stones are formed for many reasons: from malnutrition to genetic predisposition. Zinc is vital to people, this trace mineral found in large quantity in seafood, red meat, chicken. Recently, scientists have proved that an excess of zinc leads to the development of urolithiasis.
Definitely, the main risk factors remains water rich in salts, obesity and poor diet combined with lack of physical activity. However, there are other causes of the disease.
Scientists have traced the interaction of oxalate with zinc, calcium and other metals. By increasing the concentration of zinc increased the concentration of oxalate in the urine. Oxalate stones are the most common cause of kidney stones. The problem of kidney stones because of an excess of zinc can threaten people from the Mediterranean countries, where the bulk of the diet is fish and seafood.


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Hap Tivey
Before graduating from Pomona College in 1969, Hap Tivey (B.A., Pomona College; M.F.A., Claremont Graduate School) began creating light structures as sculpture. Often considered one of the original Los Angles light artists he created seminal light installations during the seventies and collaborated on projects with Doug Wheeler and James Turrell. Tivey received his MFA in Fine Art and MA in Photography from Claremont Graduate School, and opened his first studio in Pasadena where visitors could encounter empty fields of light as subjective experience rather than objective art. He then made an unusual journey to Japan. As a Zen monk in the first generation of American practitioners, he played a fundamental role in rehabilitating a major Zen monastery in Kyoto that had been closed since the end of World War II. The abbot of Tofuku-ji Monastery, Roshi Fukushima, recognized Tivey as his first disciple in his book "Living Here in the Present Moment with Clear Mind". Tivey left monastic life and returned to the U.S. to continue pioneering the phenomena of light as concrete experience. He moved to New York, where he continued investigating the emotional and theoretical implications that light provides. His light sculptures and installations have mysterious qualities, some with intensely saturated colors, others with calm and apparently infinite depth. Memorable installations include columns of light over water in Christophe de Menil's Frank Gehry house and Claude Picasso's tearoom in Paris. His work has been collected by more than a dozen museums, including MOMA and the Guggenheim. In 1977, New York magazine featured twelve young cutting-edge visual artists. Among them were Judy Pfaff, recent chair of the Studio Arts Program at Bard College, and Hap Tivey, Bard's artist in residence 2000 through 2015. Judy and Hap began their friendship in those exciting days of Soho's art explosion and maintained it through careers that spanned five decades producing long lists of shows, reviews and teaching appointments. When Judy brought him to Bard, he began teaching what he called Cybergraphics, a term he invented in 1995 when he introduced Photoshop 3.0 computer based art to Bard's Studio Arts Program. Through it all, Tivey maintained an authentic Zen practice, raised two children and pursued wilderness adventures, including summiting Mount Denali. He is currently married to playwright Chiori Miyagawa, lives in New York and maintains studios in Brooklyn and upstate New York.


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When it comes to business WordPress themes, an image of a sleek and smooth theme pops up into our mind, with a big catchy slider and impressive recognizable headers. We want our business WordPress template to be solid, respectful, and make a strong positive impression on the visitors. We want it to project confidence alongside with the ability to understand a client and make everything possible to successfully achieve mutual goals. If you are running a business, than you know the importance of your website in attracting new customers and making a name for your company. You represent yourself on the Internet and even the smallest detail may turn out to be crucial there. Your website matters, but how to make the right decision in choosing the business WordPress template that best suits you? Aside from the sleek design and clean layout, something else is needed, you know it for sure and that's why you came here in the first place. You are looking for the missing component and perhaps you are already aware of what it should be, and what shape it may take, but still, no success. Until now.
The listed below 50 business templates are chosen carefully to satisfy the most fastidious needs. Each of them has some special features that make it stand out among others. A unique flat layout, a magnificent color-scheme, original icons or headers – how knows what will catch your attention and make you realize that you have finally found a perfect solution for this long nagging problem. Follow your intuition and bear in mind the original idea you had for your website – this will lead you to the perfectly fitting theme. Examine each template carefully, don't forget that you can change them easily the way you prefer. Another font, background image, or maybe color-scheme? – no problem, every element is interchangeable, so don't rush things – your very first impression may be incorrect, and only a thoughtful look may help you to choose correctly. One more important aspect I should mention is that all the 50 business templates are responsive. It means that if your visitors choose another device to browse your site, such as a tablet or smartphone, they will find it as easy and smoothly as if they were using a common laptop. The design and layout changes accordingly to the device and everyone is happy.
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For more awesome WordPress business themes you might want to check this theme collection.
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Strong Communications WordPress Site
Happy Life – Secury Life: WordPress Template
Making The Image For Your Company: Ad Agency WordPress Website
Smart Steps For Growing Business – WordPress Template
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Best Business Idead For You – WordPress Template
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Look Into The Future – Consulting Company WordPress Website
Your Best Management WordPress Template
The Bank With High Values WordPress Site
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Experienced Outsourcing Firm WordPress Template
A Confident Management Firm WordPress Website
Perfect Business Solutions WordPress Website
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Quality Computer Services WordPress Template
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This theme collection have become very popular and I would like to mentioned that this isn't the only theme collection for small and medium size businesses as well as startups. If you are looking for the right theme for your business but you are on tight budget you might want to check this theme collection of free business themes. If you are involved in tech company or looking to create website for tech startup then this collection is going to be the right one for you. If you couldn't find the right theme for you or you can't decide which one is the right one for you, please feel free to ask questions below and I will be happy to help you to decide.
This post is first in series that features the best business WordPress themes for small and medium sized business and second part is available here.
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Anyway, the lesson we do is a jumping lesson with J and we spend less time than recently, on the flat. Ariel has been a bit pokey and one of the things I struggle with is picking up the canter when I ask. Sometimes Ariel flat out refuses to move even though I've told her to; it takes a more severe method of reinforcement in those cases. We get right into the jumping. I take a jump (red) on the diagonal but close to the rail and have trouble 'seeing' the ride-in. I don't ride the corner as deep as I should and sometimes come in at a much more gradual curve which leads me to be more handsy.
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There is still a struggle to get the ride-in just right but it isn't miserable and so we do move onwards to adding more jumps to the course until I ride all the jumps in the arena. I try my best to sit back up once I get through a jump because I have literally ridden more and more forward as the course goes on and as we all know, getting your centre of gravity forward and up is a great way to set yourself up to land on your face.
I didn't mention yet... that ADW is now cantering multiple jumps too!! He's riding a steady gelding who's a great teacher!


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Wow! George Clooney is Engaged to British Lawyer Amal Alamuddin!
George Clooney's representative has fuelled rumours suggesting the actor is engaged to new girlfriend Amal Alamuddin by refusing to confirm or deny new reports the movie star is planning to give up single life.
The Ocean's Eleven star, 52, has been romantically linked to British lawyer Alamuddin since October, months after he split from ex-girlfriend Stacy Keibler, when they were first spotted enjoying a dinner together in London.
He has yet to open up about the blossoming relationship, but she attended a White House screening of his film The Monuments Men earlier this year and jetted off to Tanzania with him for a safari holiday in March.
Now reports suggest the Hollywood ladies' man is ready to settle down, Alamuddin, 36, was sporting what appeared to be a "huge" engagement ring on her left ring finger while she and Clooney were spotted seemingly celebrating their happy news with friends at Los Angeles hotspot Craig's on Wednesday. The ring was still clearly visible when Clooney and his latest love hit Malibu restaurant Nobu on Thursday for a double date with the actor's best pal Rande Gerber and his wife, former supermodel Cindy Crawford, according to People.com.
A source says, "George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but they also aren't really trying to hide this, it doesn't seem. I think it's like they want the people they love to know that this is real, that they plan on being together forever."
Meanwhile, Clooney's representative has failed to silence the gossip, simply stating, "I don't comment on my client's personal life."
If the rumours are true, it will be the actor's second marriage - he was previously wed to Talia Balsam until their divorce in 1993, while his former flames include British model Lisa Snowdon, Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis and former wrestler Keibler, who wed businessman Jared Pobre in Mexico last month, and is pregnant with the couple's first child.


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This widget displays all members from a SMF forum. Depending on your settings, it displays only the name or name + avatar image, if user didn't set an avatar in the SMF forum, it displays a generic image you can specify (see the example image below). Support: http://www.longu.de/_smfgm_redirect.php
The plugin adds a seperate configuration menu in the WP admin panel (called "SMF Groups"). You need to add the following data:
- Add the database connection details to your Simple Machine Forum database.
- Enter ID of the SMF member group you want to display in the widget.
- Modify the HTML code for the widget.
- If you want to display member avatars (from SMF), you NEED to modify the /attachments/.htaccess file.
Each field has an example what it should include.
The field "Limit" determines how many mambers are listed in total. Dummy image is optional. Needs to be a http:// URL. If you set it, it uses this image if a user has no image set in his SMF profile.
Important: SMF 2.0 adds a .htaccess file at "/forum/attachments/.htaccess". This file blocks all requests from different domains. So if you want to use this widget to display a member group from a SMF forum from a different server/domain, you NEED to modify this .htaccess file (the needed steps are explained in the admin section of this widget).
Feedback needed! This is a very early version of the plugin. If you like it, it can be improved a lot, for example:
- Links from each avatar to SMF profiles
- Links from each avatar to other profiles (like FB)
- More options for templating
- Tag option to displays one member or all members inside a blog entry/article
- Several predefined output settings
- Better caching/performance (though it should be suitable for your needs already)
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Upload the ZIP file in your WP admin section, add the needed data and you're good to go.
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Our vacation home contains a master (king-sized bed) boasting excellent ocean/beach views and private bathroom with a large walk-through closet/changing area. The second bedroom (queen-sized bed) boasts the identical great ocean views and doubles as a 'second' master bedroom. The third bedroom for the children consists of two sets of bunk beds (4 twin-size beds) along with a spiral staircase to a loft where 2 twin-sized beds and a pull-out twin-size trundle bed are located. There is enough sleeping accommodations for your entire vacationing families where 2 couples can have their own rooms and the children have their own beds. Outside the master bedroom/bath suite there is a full hallway bathroom and laundry room. The ground floor consists of an overly-sized living room, dining room and den-all with great views of the ocean. The kitchen is very large and well-equipped with all the necessary cooking and bake ware you'll need. There are hotel-quality towels for bathing and the beach provided. The den contains a 42 inch LCD television with Net-Flix,, DVD player and there is a CD player equipped. Wi-Fi is provided inside the villa. The third floor patio measuring close to 400 sq. ft. (partially covered) provides seating for everyone to enjoy the beautiful sunsets of Rincon. There is also a first floor patio for barbequing. Large rooms and plenty of sleeping areas along with terrific views of this ocean/beach-front villa make this property truly unique. The vacation home is located inside the 145 acre, man-gated private community of Punta del Mar Beach Village where you and your loved ones will experience rest and relaxation, quiet times and tranquility, cleanliness of our home along with peace of mind that your children are safe and close-by. The season tide pool allows for younger ones to swim without the worry of big waves crashing at the shore. There are a couple of good-quality boogie boards for your enjoyment. The villa is located along some of the best areas of beach for sea-glass collecting which the children will love to bring back home to show their friends. Much artwork and jewelry is made with sea-glass.
Strolling along the beach towards the sunset to well-known restaurants such as Casa Islena and Tamboo for lunch or dinner are short 10-15 minute walks. Located on the northern side of Rincon, east of Sandy beach, provides the terrific surf which has made Rincon the tourist attraction it has become. The village at Punta del Mar provides the relaxation for a well-deserved vacation while still being close to the vacationing hot-spots. Like to walk/jog? How about the close to a mile-long complex driveway off Rt. 115.


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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
First Scrapbook Page
This first attempt is a very simple click and print page (without any embellishments added). I used a lovely pic of my grandson, Warren in the garden over the Easter holiday. To this I added a background, some graphics and some appropriate wording.
You can now go on to add any extra embelishments to add dimension which I will do with these scrapbook pages as I make up the books. These can all be added digitally if you like, there's so much choice in what to use and how to make up the pages. The children will love to look through these in years to come and remember what is shown. My girls still flip through the folders I made up for them as they were growing up and remember specific times in their lives.


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Health The Best Foods for Constipation
List Rules Vote for the best foods to deal with constipation
List of the best foods for constipation, as ranked by health care professionals and food lovers. Constipation is very dangerous to a person's overall health because it's important to go to the bathroom regularly and flush out the body's toxins. When you're constipated, you're bloated and often in a lot of pain. While some of the natural cures for constipation include exercising and drinking tons of water, the best way to cure constipation is through a healthy diet. Foods that are high in fiber are the perfect solution to all of your constipation woes. Among the best choices for high-fiber foods are whole grains, fresh fruit, dried fruit, vegetables, legumes, and lean meats.
What are the best foods for curing constipation? Among these constipation fighting foods, which are your favorite? This list ranks the top foods that will make your bowel movements more regular for a much healthier life. Eating these foods is healthier than relying on stool softeners, which only work for a small amount of time and are just a temporary fix.
This list is filled with foods that are natural solutions for constipation. By changing your diet to include these foods, you can live a more comfortable, healthy life. If a food ou know is good for preventing constipation on the list of foods to fight constipation, make sure to add it.


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1. Do not set the sprinkler system. Living here in Florida, we see people's sprinklers running all of the time in the pouring rain. Never leave your sprinklers on a pre-set schedule; it wastes so much water. We only water the lawn when it is starting to look a little brown, but if you are determined to keep it really green; you can still follow a schedule without the timer.
2. Instead of throwing things like clothing, or household supplies away, donate them to goodwill or hand them down.
3. Instead of taking re-usable bags to the grocery store, we ask to have our groceries bagged in paper bags. We then re-use those bags as our garbage bags and don't put plastic bags into our garbage bin.
4. Compost. There are all kinds of new composting bins becoming available, and composting is easy, plus it will help the vegetables in your garden immeasurably. Some cities have even begun public composting programs, and you can encourage your city to do so as well.
5. Get a dog. Dogs are very helpful with getting rid of the leftovers that no one wants to eat. Of course, be cautious about foods that are unsafe for dogs.
6. Re-use water bottles. We fill our gallon jugs up every time we visit the grocery with purified water from the machine there.
7. Skip the bags. You really do not need to put your produce into individual plastic bags at the store. They should be washed when you get home anyways, so there is no need for the extra packaging.
8. Invest in a set of mason jars. They are great for storing everything in the kitchen, and they are less tempting to throw away if something goes bad. They are also very easy to clean.
9. Get the water saving showerheads for your showers. I know, I know, they are not nearly as luxurious, but they save a lot of water, and you get used to it.
10. Think about when you are creating heat in your house. The hottest day of the year is not the best time to do any baking or to run the dryer. Consider investing in a clothesline.
11. Use cloth diapers. I know; it is quite a lot of work. It is so much better for your children though, and it is so much better for the environment. It also aids in getting your little ones potty trained earlier, and it saves gobs of money. I managed with twins.
12. Eat at home, or at restaurants that you know have waste reduction programs. It is much healthier to eat at home, and restaurants can generate gobs of food waste.
13. Consolidate trips. If I am going to a certain part of town, I make sure that I run all of the errands that I regularly do in that area, rather than coming and going to different places all of the time. It just takes a little planning ahead.
14. Utilize power strips. When you use strips it is easy to cut off the wasted electricity that goes into things like the television and the computer, even when they are turned off.
15. Learn how to hyper-drive. It is easy to look up the information, and it saves a ton of gas. I always crack up when I see people lay on the gas and then slam on the brakes when they are heading for a red light. It is so terribly wasteful, and it is also hard on the brakes and the transmission of your car.
16. Encourage electronic-free activities at home. Get the kids outside to play, go for walks after dinner, or plan a weekly reading night. Children seriously should not be using electronics very frequently anyhow.
17. Turn the AC up. You can slowly raise the thermostat a degree at a time, and you may be surprised to find that your family doesn't even notice. I just can't understand how people can turn the thermostat down to the tundra setting, and then sleep under five layers of blankets.
18. Only buy eggs in paper cartons. I still have not lived anywhere that has a program to recycle those stupid foam egg cartons.
19. Stop ordering the newspaper. You can pick and choose any story or game that you want to see online; you can even get all of the coupons.
20. Just turn things off. Kids are the worst about it, but my husband can be pretty bad as well. Assigning children the task of going around the house and turning off everything that isn't being used, or even unplugging it, or turning off the power strip can save gobs of wasted energy.


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The results of breast augmentation can be stunning and most women will work with their medical team to ensure the outcome looks naturally beautiful. Every woman considering breast augmentation has very personal reasons for doing so, which is why you should speak with your physician about your own needs, desires, and expectations, if you are considering breast augmentation surgery.
Types of Breast Implants
There are many different types of implants that you will want to discuss with your physician. One of the most common kinds include gel-filled breast implants. These implants use cohesive gel to help them hold their shape. With these implants, your options range from cohesive level 1 (softest) to cohesive level 3 (firmest). Your physician can advise you on best choice for your personal situation. In addition to gel cohesiveness, there are other options to consider as well, such as implant shapes and implant surfaces.
Choosing a Physician You Trust
When consulting with a physician about breast augmentation surgery, ask your physician all the questions that come to mind. For instance, you may ask them how long they have been performing breast implant procedures, and how many they perform each year (on average). This will help you gauge their experience level. You can then ask them about possible risks and complications, along with all of your options for breast augmentation.
At The Plastic Surgery Practice, we can help guide you through important questions like the shape, size, surface texturing, incision site, and recommended placement site for your body. We can also discuss personal considerations with you, such as whether breast feeding will be affected.
Do you have questions about this or other treatment options? Reach out to our clinic and schedule a consultation with one of our staff.


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People urinate on the Hollywood star and even have their dogs go to the bathroom on it
One of the most popular sights in Los Angeles is the Hollywood walk of fame.
This beautiful walk has more than 2500 stars that honour celebrities from the past and the present for their achievements.
Everyday as thousands of people walk over these stars, they are presented with the opportunity to pay tribute to their celebrity favorites dead or alive.
Many notable celebrities have had their stars honored in recent time.
Late boxer Muhammad Ali for instance who requested that his own star be placed on the wall and not the floor, because he didn't want his star being walked on by people who didn't have respect for him.
His request was granted and his star has received tremendous tribute in the wake of death.
But there is another celebrity who's Hollywood Walk of fame star is getting an entirely different kind of tribute.
I bet you may have guessed who our mystery celebrity is by now.
Donald Trump was given a Star on the Hollywood walk in 2007 for his outstanding achievement in television with the apprentice.
This was long before he showed his political ambitions.
Now a public petition for his star to be removed from the walk of fame has been signed by over 41,000 people.
The star remains there of course, but it is taking terrible punishment on a daily basis as people spit, urinate and even let their dogs defecate on Donald Trump's Hollywood star.
Thing like swastikas and other cryptic messages have been sprayed on the star as certain people use this as a medium to express their dislike for Trump and all he stands for.
The cleaning crew are having a horrible time trying to get the constant mess cleaned up.


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Welcome to @RedbirdFB: Kobe Buffalomeat— RedbirdHD.tv (@RedbirdHDTV) February 1, 2017
Lawrence, KS // Lawrence High School
VIDEO: https://t.co/qNDbpoAwgw#RedbirdNSD17 // @RedbirdFB pic.twitter.com/fsk3qbQ1zQ
WATCH | Illinois State University recruits Kobe Buffalomeat
This year's college football signing day is trending for reasons other than the recruits' stats.
Meet Kobe Buffalomeat. Yes, that's his real name. The offensive lineman just signed on to play for Illinois State, and people are taking note of his unique name.
Lawrence 2017 OL Kobe Buffalomeat headed to play at the FCS level for Illinois State. 6'7 285. 1st Team All-Sunflower League in 2016 pic.twitter.com/g04SMxHJD6— Sports in Kansas (@sportsinkansas) January 30, 2017
Lawrence, Kansas 6'7" OL Kobe Buffalomeat (@buffalomeat10) joins a stacked class up front for the 'Birds #RedbirdNSD17 pic.twitter.com/ng9IhUtZoU— Illinois State FB (@RedbirdFB) February 1, 2017
Buffalomeat lives up to his name, measuring 6'7'' and weighing 285 lbs.
I want nothing more in life than Kobe Buffalomeat to make the NFL. https://t.co/77vpV60vUC— Mike Welch (@RealMikeWelch) February 1, 2017
People are rooting for Buffalomeat's success.
*Kobe Buffalomeat goes to school*— Michael Lananna (@mlananna) February 1, 2017
Kobe: "OK, I'm heading off to class now. Bye mom! Bye dad!
Mr. and Mrs. Buffalomeat: "Bison!"
The puns quickly swept social media.


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Sweet Avenue Cakery was founded by Maria Weglinski, circa 2011, following a career in Landscape Architecture and Design, although her foray into baking, cake making and decorating started at a very young age.
Maria creates beautifully handcrafted cakes and confections, adorned with an array of realistic, edible sugar decorations. Taking inspiration from your unique florals, interests, decor and style she creates edible piece of art that will be the centerpiece of your reception.
The artist believes that to achieve an ultimate sweet masterpiece one must start with a perfect canvas. All the goods are handmade, in a truly artisan scratch baked fashion, from recipes passed along the family through generations. Only the finest quality ingredients, often outsourced locally, are used in preparation of the confections. Sweet Avenue Cakery uses unsalted butter, whole eggs, real sugar for that special touch of sweetness and locally harvested fruit only. Your commission is both artistic as well as truly gourmet experience.
Maria's work has been featured in numerous wedding blogs and published in national and international publications including the Vineyard Bride (Canada), Wedding Chicks (Canada and USA), Wedding Cake a Design Source (UK), Cake Central Magazine (USA) and The Lovely Knot (Canada and USA).
REVIEWS, COMPLIMENTS and ACCOLADES
Thank you to all of the Clients, who left us a review through the social media or dropped a note via email. We love hearing from you! Here are just some of the lovely compliments we have received.
'Hi Maria, I just wanted to send you a note letting you know that the wedding cake looked absolutely stunning and tasted amazing! Thank you so much for what you did for us!!!' - Angela (Wedding: December, 2015)
'Maria, Thank you for this wonderful cake! My husband was blown away.' - Michelle (Groom's Cake: October 2015)
'Hi Maria, Thank you so much for such a beautiful wedding cake! We had countless number of guest commenting on how pretty the cake is. Also, not only did it look nice, it was sooo delicious!!! I knew I wanted a wedding cake but I wasn't sure how much we can get through since we only had 40 guests and desserts included in our meals. We finished them all. My dad normally doesn't eat sweets and he had 2 pieces of the cake. I can't thank you enough for your beautiful work. I will definitely come back to you in the future.' Frances and Kai (Wedding: August 2015)
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Popular Subscription Service : A Wait List SolutionEdit: We have found a way to open up our subscription list for the time being, so the wait list is temporarily on hiatus! We get a lot of questions from fans about our subscription wait list, so I thought I could go ahead and answer a bunch of them here.
The scenario:We are overbooked. We started out as a small subscription service 5 years ago, but now find ourselves amongst some of the most popular subscription service out there in terms of customer demand vs. our ability to supply everyone with subscriptions! We want to be able to bring everyone on board, but it's tough. We only work with a single individual artist each month, which means there is a limit to the number of items they can produce without losing any of the care and quality they put into each one.
Popular Subscription Service : Our solutionA wait list has been implemented, but it's quite lengthy! Whenever a current customer's subscription ends, we offer that spot to the first person on our wait list. In the past we have had no more than 5-6 spots open each month. But there is hope—even if you are far down the wait list! Sometimes people on our wait list hope to get invited in time for an important occasion, such as a girlfriend's birthday. If the timing isn't right when their invite does arrive, they may sometimes pass on the invite. Secondly—we DO hope to someday soon open up a second subscription, sending very similar items each month but with different artists. That way we can offer twice as many subscriptions per month and let more people in on the surprise fun. If that happens your spot on the wait list could jump you right on board! Thirdly, we plan to start doing a blog post each month on a popular subscription service that we personally love (but send different types of things than Fair Ivy, such as Panty by Post), so you can check those out while you wait for your subscription to Fair Ivy to begin.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs is to give a keynote at the 22nd Annual National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Chicago on Monday June 25, held at the McCormick Place Convention Center.
NECC is a three-day conference, with pre-conference workshop on June 23-24. The focus is to inform educators on developments in computing and technology for the classroom offering workshops, speakers, 400 exhibitors and 1,300 booths.
This new move for Apple - which is also exhibiting at the show – may presage a new education offensive by the company, which recently registered the Web domain name ischool.com. After the launches of the free iTunes, iTunes and iMovie programs, there is a possibility that Apple is planning a new application or set of services aimed at educators.
Yesterday, Apple also announced its intention to splash out $63 million on PowerSchool Inc., a company
Apple slips up According to market-researcher IDC, Apple has lost its No.1 position as education-market leader to Windows PC maker Dell, which has recently hired former Apple sales people. During a recent corporate conference call. IDC's PC Tracker report had Dell with a 34.3 per cent share of the education market compared to. a 19 per cent share for Apple.
Jobs said the loss was all Apple's fault, and stemmed from the company "shooting itself in the foot" when it carried out a sales force reorganization earlier this year. With some new executives on board, Apple hopes to recover its number one position, Jobs added.
Start for comeback "Mr Jobs has never spoken to NECC and we're very excited to have him speak to many of our 13,000 attendees," Barbara Hewick, a representative for NECC, told MacCentral.
NECC is sponsored each year by the US National Educational Computing Association (NECA), a non-profit federation of 14 national scientific and professional societies that exists to provide educators with an annual three-day forum in which to "learn, exchange, and survey the astonishing advances being made in the field of educational technology".
"Apple's still a major player, but its installed base is mostly ageing equipment," Greg Jarboe, vice president of marketing at Web CT, an e-learning services firm, told Computer Reseller News . Apple is actively looking for partners to build e-learning applications for its new operating system, he added.
"They're trying to make a comeback," he said. "They see their new operating system, Mac OS X, as the horse to ride back into this market. Anyone who sells Steve Jobs short is in for a surprise."
BETT success Apple UK won three awards at January's London-based BETT 2001 education show, for its iBook and AirPort products. Apple was honoured in two categories. AirPort was voted Best ICT Hardware in Secondary Schools, and iBook and AirPort won the coveted gong for Innovation of the Year.
Apple also used the show to announce that a UK update to the Apple Learning Series was "imminent".
Designed for teachers, ALS is an integrated suite of software applications and curriculum content. Paul Scott, Apple's regional education manager, told Macworld: "The UK is the first country in Europe to have Apple Learning Solutions launched into their education market.
"The individual packages are in transition, evolving and changing all the time, we can expect an update within the next month. Apple is growing in the UK education market from infant, to primary, through to higher and further education. "


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OPV Trends and Analysis Report 2016
The market for offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) is buoyant as countries seek to modernise, upgrade, and replace platforms to keep up with the pace of technology change and the evolving threat spectrum. Their multi-role capabilities also makes them a popular choice for militaries and governments as they seek to get more bang for their buck.
Ahead of the Offshore Patrol Vessels conference (14 – 16 September, 2016 - Glasgow, UK), Defence IQ commissioned a survey of naval experts and industry professionals to gauge how the market is evolving and to identify the key trends in the market over the next ten years.
Based on a survey of 429 industry experts and military stakeholders, this report looks to analyse the data and provide an insight into the OPV market. It focuses on the key challenges for modernising the platforms, looks at the potentially game-changing new technologies coming to market, the benefits of modularity, and the regional markets targeted for growth.
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Wee Glen 2.24km
Victoria Lagoon 3.96km
Bungarra 4.28km
Rossmoor 4.59km
Marylands 4.59km
Drysdale 4.93km
Glenwood 5.02km
Dulcian 5.26km
Woohlpooer 6.8km
Aranbark 7.17km
Gawalla 7.45km
Yama 7.47km
Sherwood 7.61km
Wainui 9.02km
Mount Mackersey 9.21km
Geerak 9.52km
Kookaburra 9.99km
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Public Procurement websites act as the information catalyst centres that link the customer and the service provider. This can happen independently from which part of the globe investors access such an information databank.
In a recent research project done through Global Research and Data services the findings proved that there is a growing number of countries that have levelled up to open public procurement websites. One aim of the project was to review if the websites offered opportunities for online registration, variety of language preferences, and prices for the items that are needed for the contracting deal. How well the website were laid out was looked at in terms of smooth navigation. Most important, the legitimacy of the information that goes with the business trades and contracts was checked.
The project aimed at select African and Middle Eastern countries including Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Iran, Pakistan and a few others. Many of these rapid developing countries in Africa and the neighbouring Middle East have taken into account the importance of investors to be able to rely on procurement websites. Also the different sectors of the governments are challenged to provide more information on contracting and subcontracting in such websites.
Innovative thinking for better solutions
Another important tool that investors and international suppliers would want to associate with their trade, is the need to let innovation to work alongside with public procurement. Many of the challenges that can be faced with any given community, say the need to build a facility such as a school or a hospital, can be done at any level of skill. Through quality information gathering and innovative thinking, it brings in a far better solution in the areas that need expertise in it.
Investing in innovative solutions for the procurement sectors plays a big role for a given company that deals with machinery that handles certain resources. It can improve the skills of the workers and make additions to the Research and Development department within the company.
The project team learned improving public services and wanting to reduce certain costs, can partly be achieved by becoming more innovative in public procurement procedures.
Through innovative thinking and reliable information gathering for contracting, the project brings to the fore front the needs of the community, maintaining transparency within all levels in an organization. Importantly, this can be done without jeopardizing the employment rate or the correct use of the taxpayers' money.
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A dreamy piece composed on the iPad with Noatikl and recorded as MIDI on Cubasis. The synths are mainly the Cubasis Micrologue along with a sampled drum kit and one track with Nave added post-recording. The challenge on this one was recording 4 MIDI tracks from about 10 Noatikl voices concurrently on the iPad into Cubasis. A few crashes and restarts but it worked pretty well.
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Rossvale As If By Magic
Merlin , did very well in his first year in the ring , winning many 1st prizes , and rarely being out of the cards .He won best Puppy in Show at the Shih Tzu club Ch Show in 2007. He is now at stud to approved bitches.
In 2008 ," Merlin", won his classes at the Manchu Ch Sh , the Shih Tzu Cl of Scotland Ch Sh , Birmingham , Blackpool ,South Wales , Leeds , SKC , and Midland Counties Ch shows.
"Merlin " has now had his first girlfriend , so we look forward to his puppies coming along soon.
LATEST NEWS..We are very proud that "Merlin" won Best Intermediate , at the Shih Tzu Superstakes 2008
Merlin,s first litter of puppies were born in december.
Gold & Wt boys and Bl & Wt girl
Cream & Wt boys
So far , this year , 2009 , Merlin has won his classes at The Northern counties S.T Ch show,The Manch S.T Ch show , S.T Cl of scotland ,Birmingham & Bath
Sadly , we lost our darling boy , at the beginning of 2010 , at only 3 yrs , from cancer . We miss him so much , as does his sister , and best friend , Chelsea.