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Noah never gets lost. Never. Ever. So where the fuck was he and why was he lost ? It was the fourth time he stood still, scanning the horizon with the hope of finding any reference point he could use, but it was no use. His mind couldn't track his location. What's the fucking use of being a mutant if your ability keeps fucking everything up ? Shit. He kicked a can, his hands buried in the pockets of his jeans, and sighed. This was bad. He had promised Gage he'd be back by 7, and according to his cellphone - which couldn't find a signal - it was currently 6:30. He'd be in deep shit if he was late. Gage was one of the last people on earth you wanted to get angry. The little guy wasn't the most patient person in the world, and especially loathed waiting for Noah. But this was hardly his fault, right ? He simply had no clue where he was. The streets still looked like the common New York streets, but it had suddenly gotten really dark. Furthermore, the silence was nerve-racking.New York City, the city that never sleeps, was dead.
• in a silver platter = Typo maybe ? It's supposed to be on a silver platter °^°• pentry = pantry
• Remotely, according to the oxford dictionary (in this context), means in the slightest degree. So I would translate it as "Si le reste du monde ressemble même un peu à ce qu'on vient de voir en ville, j'suis sûr que oui." Though of course I can't guarantee this is actual French 8D • For the infinitive or -ing form, it's tricky, because in most cases there is only a very slight difference between the two forms. Here, I would use the infinitive (to open), because it suggests that Unknown made an attempt but didn't succeed. Honestly though, they both fit. It depends what her intention was. • stair = you should either use the plural (stairs) for this word, because "a stair" doesn't really exist (a stairway does though, and so do the stairs) or, I think the word you were originally looking for here, the steps.
• Yes, stair all by itself would be in the context of large stairs. Like... imagine if you're in a house in front of the stairs, and you notice a stair is broken (out of the many there). For the stairs in front of a house or when it's only a few, you'd say steps indeed, that's it, you're absolutely right \o/
• cozy coach = Unless she found a human being in the cabin, like a football coach on a school's gym team, I think the word you meant was couch 8D
Just repeating what I said in Skype so you can keep track of it 8D• Hold our position = So like I said, I think it's totally okay since you speak of them as a team in this context• She whistled an admiring whistling! = whistling is an adjective and you used it as a noun here, so that's a bit weird. You can just say: "She whistled with admiration"
• She kept her search up = just "She kept searching" is fine (though you have to add a comma or a while in between searching and ignoring)• pretty clear = clearly here, as an adverb, since it stands with the verb 'to hear'
• she find herself not so eager = This is a very strange construction in English. If you want to keep the construction, I'd change it to "She found herself not to be so eager to [...]", which would be syntactically correct, but it would still be more natural to say something like: "She wasn't eager to go back [...]"• she sort of like = liked• Real sleep over and quiet life = I didn't get this D:
• Real sleep over and quiet life = Une grasse matinée is to sleep late or to sleep in. So it would have to be: Sleeping late and having a quiet life.
• bag of crisps = Note: not wrong, but British ! In American English it's chips. (Which means fries in British English.) Aaaah, English 8D But since Unknown is like a very cool mix of all kinds of English varieties, it's totally okay. Her English is... unknown after all 8) Lame puns.• Is there any Mars bars? = are there, since it's plural °^°


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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- The Lees-McRae men's basketball team exploded for 62 points in the second half and hit at least 13 3's for the sixth consecutive while defeating Conference Carolinas foe Erskine, 93-75, Saturday afternoon at Williams Gymnasium in Banner Elk, N.C.
The Bobcats (6-5, 4-0 CC) continued their torrid run with their fifth consecutive win and largest victory of the year while Austin Anderson (Anderson, S.C.) dropped a game-high 19 points. The Flying Fleet (4-4, 2-1) suffered their first conference loss by shooting a measly 3-for-20 from three-point range.
Coach Steve Hardin's team is undefeated in conference play four games in for the first time in school history. His squad is unreal from behind the arc and has 14 or more triples in seven of the team's 11 games this season.
Anderson tallied seven of LMC's first 10 points before a Jonathan Honore (Baton Rouge, La.) jumper and Lepreece Lynch (Winston-Salem, N.C.) triple gave the Bobcats a 15-10 lead early in the first half.
EC would claw its way back and tie it at 24 after buckets from Brannon Dark and Brandon Wilkerson.
Dark and Joby Glymph led the Flying Fleet with 17 points each.
Glymph entered the contest leading the conference in points per game with 23.8.
Bobcats' Jordan Turner (Hickory, N.C.) provided six clutch points off the bench in a span of 63 seconds.
LMC allowed only two made field goals in the final 5:19 of the first half.
Despite trailing at half, the Flying Fleet shot 52.4% from the floor in the first 20 minutes.
Lynch and Anderson controlled the offense for the first five minutes of the second half by combining for 10 points.
Honore used a heads up play with a steal and a layup following a Cameron Redd (Garner, N.C.) basket.
LMC lit up the scoreboard by making four consecutive three pointers, sparked by a pair from sophomore Zach Wilmoth (Dobson, N.C.).
The Bobcats were relentless and hit another three in a row from downtown moments later to blow the game open, 75-50.
Anderson and Darius Malbon (Hickory, N.C.) combined for all three threes.
EC slightly dented the lead with strong play from Dark and Thomas Nolan Jr., 76-58.
Freshman Trey Hall (Orlando, Fla.) joined the scoring parade with five points in a 31-second span.
Chad Hicks (Winston-Salem, N.C.) returned from a quick stint on the DL with a three-pointer late in the second half to get in the book.
Wilmoth and Turner combined for 22 points off the bench while Lynch finished with 13 and senior Kendall Isler (Winder, Ga.) chipped in with 10 points.
LMC's defense forced 21 turnovers while the offense dished out 17 assists, led by Honore's eight.
The Bobcats shot an impressive 57.5% in the second half, including 9-for-16 from behind the arc.
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I love 1990s Disney movies. It's not for nothing they call it the Disney Renaissance – I mean, a decade that brings you Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aladdin needs to be kind of amazing. Sure, the later movies couldn't live up to the apex that was that Shakespearean Savannah story but I do think there was still bristling brilliance in all and every Disney animated release: the colour palette in Pocahontas, the art direction in Hunchback of Notre Dame, the humour in Hercules, the character design in Mulan, and the action sequences and the soundtrack in Tarzan. But if there's one movie that foretold all of this animated goodness, it was Ron & Jon's The Little Mermaid, based on Hans Christian Anderson's tale (now being re-told successfully by Miyazaki in Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea). And so I give you:
Everything I Know I Learnt From Animation:
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Dir. Ron Clements and Jon Musker
Everything I Know I Learnt from a Red-Headed Teenager who dreams of being part of our world…
– My hair needs no product under the sea to look good if I am a red-headed mermaid.
– Conversely, my hair needs no hair product out of the sea if I am an animated prince who seems to mousse his hair naturally.
– Forks make good combs.
– Statues make for good birthday presents (friends: take note!)
– Larger ladies with short hair cuts who have pets and no children cannot be trusted.
– Every teenage girl in the 90s learnt "reprimanded" from this film.
– My voice is an ethereal glowing little shiny cloud (and can be easily stolen!)
– "Never underestimate the power of body language!"
– Teen angst is not exclusive to… what's the word again? Humans.
– "The seaweed is always greener on the other lake"
– Seagulls are funny and kinda weird (and this was all pre-Nemo!)


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The company, however, has been able to contract the operational losses from Rs 6.3 crores in Q1 of FY 16 to Rs 4 crore in the last quarter. In the Q1 of FY 16, the company was able to show profit of Rs 15 crore on the back of profit gained from sale of land of Rs 27.5 crore.
Rane Engine Valves' revenue for the recently concluded quarter stood at Rs 9.2 crore as compared to Rs 8.6 crore in the corresponding quarter of FY 16, a jump of 7 percent YoY.
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"The revival of operational performance is underway at REVL and the Ql result reflects it. Our efforts are focused on reducing scrap on new products and debottlenecking to deliver on the orders," said L. Ganesh, Chairman, Rane Group. The positives from this quarter's performance include sales growth, material cost reduction and stringent fixed cost reduction. These initiatives will continue in the upcoming quarters to improve operational efficiency and deliver profitable growth."
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last night I had the pleasure of sitting in on a 1040AM WGBB radio broadcast which does a Long Beach segment every Tuesday between 8 & 9pm. I got to meet a bunch of great people including Halftime Howie (the host), the Long Beach Lady Hockey Maven & Dave Roochvarg – co-author of the the recently released Long Beach: Images of America book.
I had a blast. The show is fun, light, entertaining and filled with a ton of local info. I totally recommend it. Dial in at 1040am every Tuesday between 8 & 9pm, or listen to the streams over @ www.am1240wgbb.com.
******A quick note on the Images of America book: You say you don't want to buy it from the internet because you want to support our local businesses? Well, you can always buy a copy at the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society (226 West Penn Street). Also, this weekend at the Arts & Crafts Fair on the Boardwalk, signed copies can be purchased, so look for their table.
******A not so quick note on the Images of America book. The book is amazing. So many priceless photos, historical facts and tidbits. I am learning so much about this great city. In some ways, this book is actually making me sad. Long Beach has all this great architecture, but so much of it has disappeared. It's happening more and more as new crap (see 118 to 134 E. Park Avenue) is building built. Definitely buy this book. Maybe it will motivate a few knuckleheads over at city hall to start caring about our city's rich character and possibly create some sort of Historical Preservation Act – similar to what the Village of Northport is doing. GET WITH IT YOU KNUCKLEHEADS OVER AT CITY HALL, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. (See old Penn station photos as an example of that). Once it's gone, it's gone.
Just to remind you what the folks at Northport are up to:
(The) preservation of the Village's heritage and character by establishing a policy which will protect and enhance historic buildings in the Village will enhance the cultural, educational, economic and general welfare of the public, and ensure the harmonious, orderly and efficient growth and development of the Village consistent with its unique heritage and character.


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HIE and mobile health: The buzz for HIMSS 2013?
High-profile politicians dominate this year's keynote sessions, but mobile health is the hot topic at HIMSS 2013.
- Ed Burns, Executive Editor
The health IT world is abuzz over former President Bill Clinton's upcoming keynote address at the HIMSS 2013 conference. But the event isn't just about celebrity speeches. Organizers pulled speakers from an array of health care and technology fields to focus on some of the industry's top issues.
JoAnn Klinedinst, vice president of professional development at HIMSS, said sessions this year will focus primarily on mobile health, meaningful use, business intelligence and analytics, innovation, ICD-10 and health information exchange. Of these, she said mHealth is the hottest right now. Organizers are planning to offer a class on designing and building mobile applications. Another will detail what the mobile health ecosystem of a health care organization may look like.
No single session stands out for Klinedinst. "That's like asking a kid what's the best kind of candy. I would have difficulty identifying that one session," she said.
However, she has circled on her agenda a session titled "Hacking Your Life", led by security expert David Kennedy, founder of Principal Security Consultant. The session will look at vulnerabilities in health care IT systems, and how health care providers have generally been slow to address these risks compared to other industries. The health care industry was the most breached in 2011, but Kennedy plans to explain how organizations can address risk factors.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will have a large footprint at the HIMSS conference again this year. While the ONC may not match the drama it created at last year's event when it released the proposed stage 2 meaningful use rules, it will host several sessions devoted to explaining federal health IT policy. HIMSS has dedicated an entire conference track to the ONC and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which will include sessions on understanding meaningful use, engaging patients and a keynote address from National Coordinator for Health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D.
Klinedinst said the ONC has not informed HIMSS that it is planning to make any major policy announcements at the HIMSS 2013 conference this time, but added, "one never knows what the announcements may be."
Other keynote sessions include:
- Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health System
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An Alabama Tea Party plans to host a demonstration on Saturday, September 08, 2018 in order to protest the Drag Queen Story Hour being hosted at the Ben May Main Library in Mobile, Ala.
The event as described by Rainbow Mobile the group hosting it, "is exactly what it sounds like; drag queens reading stories to children in a library, bookstore, or school."
According to their website Rainbow Mobile is a relatively new group and they are promoting this event as the first of its type in the area.
Founded in January 2018, Rainbow Mobile is a local nonprofit organization based in Mobile, Alabama, with the mission of building a stronger, happier, healthier and more connected community for LGBTQ people throughout Southwest Alabama."
Our goal is to create a physical LGBTQ Community Center in Mobile that will help build a strong, healthy, vibrant community and be an agent of change in the world movement working toward the liberation and empowerment of all LGBTQ people.
The event's description on Facebook: "Khloe Kash will be our drag queen storyteller, trained and assisted by a local elementary school teacher. We will be reading two books: Stella Brings the Family, by Miriam B. Schiffer, and Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister. We will also have movement breaks between each book. Towards the end of the hour, kids will be able to participate in a fun arts and crafts activity."
The organizers noted on their facebook event page that the event is not being hosted by the library itself. The space they have reserved is the Armbrecht/Briskman Meeting Room which holds 60 people. According to the application the library's policy is "The library welcomes the use of its meeting rooms by community businesses, groups, and organizations. As an institution for education and free speech and in accordance with Article 6 of the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, the library makes its meeting rooms available on equal terms to all groups regardless of the beliefs and affiliations of their members. Permission to use a library meeting room does not constitute library endorsement of any group's policies, objectives, goals, or beliefs."
The Common Sense Campaign TEA Party has planned a protest against this event, and will be holding up signs in front of the library Saturday.
"Drag queens reading kids stories about homosexuality and transgenderism appears to be the latest craze sweeping public libraries in the United States and Canada," says an e-mail sent by the party.
"Kids love to play dress up, so they will be pulled in by this person," the e-mail continued. "We need to go into Mobile respectfully holding signs in opposition of this."
The TEA party is not the only group in opposition of these types of events. According to AL.com, Drag Queen Story Hours across the nation have drawn scorn from several conservative groups, and Alabamians on Facebook.


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I love red velvet cupcakes. Last year I decided to make red velvet cupcakes in my Nordic ware Rose Muffin Pan. They came out really pretty. Since I don't like frosting on my cupcakes, putting them in these molds helps keep a pretty presentation without frosting.
For people who like frosting, I think you can pipe some frosting into the bottom and inside of the cupcakes.
I've been on the search for a perfect red velvet cupcake recipe. So far all the recipes I've tried have fallen short. The other day I was shopping at William Sonoma and noticed that they were selling a Sprinkles cupcake mix.
I've been wary of trying mixes by famous bakeries, but I've been wanting to try Sprinkles cupcakes forever. Last summer, I learned that they are opening on in San Diego. Since then I've been practically stalking the progress. On an impulse, I decided to buy the mix for my red velvet cupcake roses.
These cupcakes were delicious! They were definitely my favorite red velvet ones I've made. The mix cost $14 which is pretty steep for a mix. On the other hand, Spinkles cupcakes are priced at $3-4 each, so I guess if you think of it that way, it is a bargain. It's hard for me to describe all the flavors I look for in a red velvet cake, but all of them were present in these. The only one tiny criticism I had for these cupcakes is that the red coloring they used seemed to stain everything they touched.
I guess this doesn't really solve my problem on finding the perfect red velvet cupcakes recipe since I don't know Sprinkles' recipe, but at least I've finally found a delicious red velvet cupcakes that I can make.


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Top 5 opening weekend events at 2018 Manchester Irish Festival
Here are the Top 5 events during the opening weekend of this years 2018 Manchester Irish Festival:
1. Friday 2 March
Check out the Irish Comedy night at the Chorlton Irish Club
2. Saturday 3 March - Cancelled due to Weather
It's the launch of the Mayo.ie Mayo Day promotion which starts at 630am to 830am with The award winning Irish Dancers, The Ganley Sisters live on BBC Radio Manchester, they then visit Manchester United Football Ground for a Press shoot before staging their afternoon of Sean Nós and Jiving workshops at the Chorlton Irish Club 12-330pm
Don't forget there is a Free Draw for a holiday for 2 at the 4 star Hotel Ballina being raffled off at the event.
3. Saturday 3 March
The Mayo Association of Manchester stage their sell out Dinner Dance with Ireland's Country Music Star Mick Flavin at the Lancashire Cricket Club.
4. Saturday 4 March
Irish Celtic Rock band The Last Drop headline the opening weekend celebrations at Osheas.
5. Sunday 4 March
The multi award winning St Kents Irish Club stage a special family themed afternoon in aid of Francis House Children's Hospice.


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On June 21st all over the world, more than 30,000 volunteers in over 400 communities set out on a mission to create meaningful work for the communities in which they live. On a local level, over 122 volunteers of all ages fanned out to places like Lion's Park, Lundeen Ball Field, and the Second Harvest Food Bank.
A collective 582 hours of service was garnered throughout the day at Deer River and Grand Rapids locations. Based on current value of a volunteer hour at $24.14, as determined by the nonprofit Points of Light, this equates to more than $14,000 in contributions.
Projects for the day included prepping for a community garden, painting park benches at Lundeen Ball Field, packing bulk food at Second Harvest Food Bank, cleaning up green-space with Habitat for Humanity, installing cement pad for a new accessible swing at Lion's Park in Deer River, hanging environmental prompts and distributing walking maps to downtown businesses with GetFit Itasca, and creating care packs from hundreds of items collected during the Health & Hygiene Personal Care Drive. Packages will be distributed to children, veterans, elderly, homeless and vulnerable populations throughout United Way of 1000 Lakes' Itasca County service area.
Volunteer teams that participated in the day included Minnesota Power, Kiesler Wellness, Itasca Youth For Christ, Grace House, Habitat for Humanity, Support Within Reach, Salvation Army, MDI, Blandin Foundation, KOOTASCA, ASV, Essentia Health, Greenway Hockey and Cheerleaders, Deer River Northern Stars 4-H, Target, Boys & Girls Club of Deer River, and Deer River Area Health Care Foundation.
Our generous sponsor Cenex also provided lunch to our volunteers. Essentia Health and staff also provided first aid support throughout the day. Special thanks to our other sponsors including Arrowhead Embroidery, Deer River Chamber of Commerce, ASV, GetFit Itasca and Paul Bunyan Communications.
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Jake and Julia's relationship is inspired by the real-life friendship between famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and award-winning cable news producer Wendy Walker. Their professional alliance has influenced some of America's most infamous moments in recent history.
When Jake's clients find themselves in the nation's spotlight, he uses the media to sway public opinion. Meanwhile, Julia, the executive producer of Louise Herrick Live (LHL), the number-one TV news program in the country, capitalizes on Jake's clients' notoriety. Together, they make great TV and determine the nation's headlines.
In Notorious, everyone's motives are suspect and morality is subjective. Meanwhile, the people surrounding Jake and Julia seek to advance their own professional and personal agendas.
Louise Herrick (Kate Jennings Grant) is the brilliant host of LHL, whose behind-the-scenes antics cause trouble wherever she goes; LHL's junior producer, Megan Byrd (Sepideh Moafi), is a street-smart journalism school grad responsible for scheduling and managing guests. Julia's eager-to-please production assistant and son of the network president, Ryan Mills (Ryan Guzman), will do whatever it takes to climb the ladder at LHL. Jake's brother and law partner, Bradley Gregorian (J. August Richards) is an alpha male whose focus on justice conflicts with Jake's objectives. Ella Benjamin (Aimee Teegarden) is fresh out of law school and loyal to a fault. When billionaire playboy and social media mogul Oscar Keaton (Kevin Zegers) is accused of fleeing a crime scene, he turns to Jake for help.
While Jake and Julia manipulate the nation's headlines, either in concert or in conflict, they will do almost anything to achieve their respective endgames. But they do abide by one rule: they never lie to each other. While the ends may justify the means, their relationship always comes first. Together, they show how the nation's tastemakers create heroes and villains, sometimes by turning myth into reality.


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Much easier today in that I was going to cycle to a meeting anyway!
So the ride on Day 3 was to a committee meeting of CTC Northampton, the local member group of the UK's Cyclists' Touring Club. And via a little bit of shopping at my local supermarket, Waitrose in Kingsthorpe.
I'm having a little bit of an argument / complaint / polite discussion with the supermarket. They have reduced the number of cycle-racks and moved them away from a window where they could be seen from the café inside the store. I've now had a couple of conversations with the customer service people and their manager.
I took a photo and posted it on social media.
Here are some of the comments that followed:
1 That's a bit disappointing. I would have thought that Waitrose had a sustainability officer who should be encouraging and incorporating green efforts from their customers. Better signage might help and also better bike racks. CCTV, space for cargo bikes,panniers etc (I saw better examples of units at The London Bike show so will go check my blog for a reminder) Also removing the trolleys rather than the allocated space would be my expected approach, not the other way round. Waitrose do listen to their customers so perhaps if enough peeps requested cycle storage they might consider it? Here's hoping…!
2 My local branch knew all about the free bike-trailer scheme operated by their Chichester branch!
3 Our local Waitrose removed the bike racks from a covered area to put trolleys there that were previously in the store foyer. I complained but they said tough, there was bike parking elsewhere (in a narrow section unprotected from the rain). I always leave Alfie where the old bike racks were, freestanding of course! (A reference to a recumbent trike.)
4 No bike racks. No trolley scheme. Not up round ours, Nothing on the plans for the new store either, and it will be 'wrong' side of town centre race track DC too. grrr.
5 Bike parking at my local Waitrose is ropey as well. I don't give a damn because I park my bike IN the trolley. Actually, if they were really serious about the sustainability thing, they should launch guarded bike parking.
The assistant brought the manager to me and said to him, "This gentlemen always cycles here. Sometimes he brings his foldy bike in. Sometimes he parks a proper bike. He's a regular customer." To be honest, I hadn't noticed the lady before! Loved the foldy/proper distinction she made!
Today, I was on the foldy bke. Spoke to the manager (he was excited by the bike; I don't think he'd seen a Brompton before; he was really interested!). The store was empty.
And then it was on to my meeting where another member is taking a different approach. Instead of complaining to Waitrose, he's been complaining to the County Council as the planning authority. When the shopping centre was built, he wondered, did planning permission include the provision of a certain number of bike racks? Can they be reduced by the supermarket without consultation? Have they broken the planning agreement? I hadn't thought of that line of reasoning!
Really the meeting is about planning weekend rides and social events – and seeking opportunities to promote cycling. But, once in a while, our campaigning side comes out!
Summary Day 3 – Bike: Brompton, Distance: 4 miles, Total: 8 miles. Weather: cloudy evening with hint of rain after the meeting. Route here on RideWithGPS. I did ride home afterwards!


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I was finally able to have my flatwork trainer up for a private lesson on Sunday morning, which I've really been looking forward to as it had been a while since she last saw Paddy and I. I was keen to hear what she thought of his progress since she last saw him, as well as getting some tips from her to get Paddy lighter on his forehand, and working on the beginnings of riding him off my seat and legs, and using my hands less.
The Walk
We started the lesson by looking at Paddy in the walk, this is where he is softest and I have the most control over his body. I talked her through some of the issues I've been having, mostly with him locking against my right hand and leaning on it, particularly in trot. I also wanted to work more on getting him responsive to my seat and leg aids, as I feel sometimes our downward transitions aren't as refined as I'd like them to be.
Trot Work – Keeping the Focus
We moved into trot work, and immediately he was soft and compliant – however easily distracted! My lesson coincided with the morning turnout of the horses, and so I was often losing the connection to him being nosey throwing his head up and looking at everything that was going on! This is something I struggle with regularly, so we worked on how I could pre-empt it and keep his focus rather than losing it at all. We identified the places or situations where he was losing focus, and before they happened I focused on putting my leg on him and softening the contact to encourage him to come 'through', rather than battling with the contact with no energy to back it up. This worked wonders and eventually I was able to keep him focused on me for a few circles.
Trot Work – Softening the Contact
Next we focused on softening him a little more on the right contact. He has a tendency to brace against me, and holding on tighter does nothing but cause him to tense and stop that lovely soft contact that I love so much about him.
To avoid giving him a chance to bear down on my hand and get even more 'locked', we played around a bit with moving his body – leg yielding him both directions to soften him up, and transitions within the trot from collected to working. This worked wonders, and I was particularly surprised about how much of an effect leg yielding him right (off my left leg) softened him up, as previously I had avoided doing this when I didn't want any more of 'him' in my right hand than I already had! Really what it was doing was allowing me to place his body and manoeuvre it wherever I wanted, and this enabled me then to 'get into' his right ribcage, unlocking the left side first which he finds easier, and then pushing his right side over using my left leg. I'll be trying lots of this in our warm up work over the next few weeks!
Canter Work – Softening the Back
Next we moved onto the canter. I mentioned in a previous post that I've been doing quite a bit of work on this pace, so I was reasonably confident in the improvements we had made. What my trainer really wanted to see was how loose and free we could get Paddy in the canter, so she asked me to start off with a full seat in the canter to get him going, and then to move into a light seat to free up his back and encourage a 'swing'. I have a tendency to ride the canter a bit deep, so getting off his back and allowing him to stretch and open up made a big difference, particularly on that tricky right rein – he really softened on the right hand as soon as I moved into light seat. Again I'll be doing a lot of this in the warm up.
So now we are off to work on our homework for the next couple of weeks – mainly:
- Playing around with the leg yield and transitions within the pace to soften him,
- Leg before hand to pre-empt that loss of focus, and
- A light seat in canter to open him up and encourage him to swing.
I'll also be thinking about using cavaletti to encourage him to lift his back more in the trot as he gets stronger.
Overall a super productive lesson, lots learnt, and we were all done and dusted by 10.30am – not bad going for a Sunday! We'll both have tomorrow off and then go for a light hack on Tuesday to mind our muscles after working hard for the last few days.
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Welcome to 2020 in Monmouthshire
Welcome to Wales' Year of the Outdoors in Monmouthshire!
It's time to immerse yourself in nature and look to the year ahead.
Highlights in Monmouthshire in 2020 include the Chepstow Walking Festival in April, the return of the Wye Valley River Festival in May, Usk Open Gardens in June, Monmouth Festival in July and the Abergavenny Food Festival in September. Fantastic events set within the beautiful landscape of Monmouthshire.
It's not just the stunning landscape that will take your breath away. So too will the majestic castles, dark starry skies, mountain climbs and 360 degree views. Make sure to try out one of our short or long distance walks to see them for yourself, or join Monmouthshire Countryside for one of their free guided walks.
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Celebration of Wales at Raglan Castle
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St David's Day Concert
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Mon 2 Mar 2020
Honey Tasting & Bee Talk
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An Evening with Adam Frost
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ABBA Forever
Fri 6 Mar 2020
Castle, Mansion and Llangybi Park
Sat 7 Mar 2020
Usk Farmers Market
Sat 7 Mar 2020
Tintern Spring Ball
Sat 7 Mar 2020
International Women's Day Event
Sun 8 Mar 2020
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Mon 9 Mar 2020
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Thu 12 Mar 2020
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Sat 14 Mar 2020
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Toasted Muesli
Dense, nutty and chewy when served with milk and topped with fresh fruit, muesli is a complete meal in a bowl.
Toasted Muesli
- 4 cups organic rolled oats
- 1/2 cup wheat bran
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup almonds, sliced
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Time estimates
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes, plus time to cool
Cooking directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine oats, bran and wheat germ in large mixing bowl. Add apricots, cranberries and almonds. Stir until ingredients are evenly blended.
- In small saucepan heat maple syrup and vanilla extract over low heat about 3 minutes or until syrup liquifies. Pour into mixing bowl and stir about 1 minute.
- Pour muesli mix into two 9-by-12-inch baking dishes. Place onto center rack of oven for 20 minutes. Stir about every 5 minutes until mixture has a dry consistency. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Store in airtight containers for up to 2 months.
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Prices are if you can collect from any of our venues. If you need them posting we will charge P&P at cost.
Books specifically recommended for this course:
- The Really Good Fun Cartoon Book of NLP by Philip Miller (paperback) £7
Other books of interest: (relevant for graduates wanting to use reading as part of their CPD)
- Understanding Hypnosis by Dr Brian Roet (paperback) £4
- Principles of Hypnotherapy by Vera Peiffer (paperback) £1.50
- Hypnotherapy Scripts: A Neo-Ericksonian Approach to Persuasive Healing by Ronald Havens & Catherine Walters. (hardback) £15
- First Days: how to build a hypnotherapy practice and stay sane by Ann Jaloba (paperback) £7
- Rapid Cognitive Therapy: the professional therapist's guide to rapid change work, vol1 by Georges Philips and Terence Watts £10
- GSR meter with wire, as new, £75
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Mantel, who won Man Booker Prizes for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, said in a lecture that the Duchess had been perceived as having "no personality of her own, entirely defined by what she wore".
Referring to her "perfect plastic smile", she argued the then-Kate Middleton had been "selected for her role of princess" because she was "irreproachable: as painfully thin as anyone could wish, without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character".
Mantel's lecture, at the British Museum, also compared the Duchess of Cambridge with the late Diana, Princess of Wales. "She appears precision-made, machine-made, so different from Diana whose human awkwardness and emotional incontinence showed in her every gesture."
However, Women's Editor Emma Barnett defended the Duchess, saying it was only early days in her life as a Royal.
She said: "She has just been catapulted into the global spotlight, what do people want from her?"
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Love Kills, an episode from The Sentinel's third season, reintroduced Jim Ellison to an old lover, Lila Hobson (Musetta Vander), whom he had not seen since a much-needed leave in Bali following his retrieval from his eighteen-month-long ordeal in the jungles of Peru. When joined at his desk by partner Blair Sandburg, Ellison quietly recounts his brief interlude with the exotic brunette. Lila, according to Ellison, "could have been 'the One,'" had she not abruptly departed Bali, leaving him to wonder what had gone wrong.
Their chance meeting on a Chinatown sidewalk is almost immediately followed by the discovery of a murdered Buddhist monk. The unusual triangular stab-wound on his neck does not seem severe enough to account for the rapidity of his demise, which is as puzzling as it is unsettling. Ellison, naturally, is given the case. The discovery of a second dead monk, found clutching a string of prayer beads, sends Ellison to the Emergency Room when the beads turn out to be saturated with opium. The second monk, like his partner, proves to have been killed with a potent neurotoxin and the wound on his neck turns out to have been caused by a similar three-sided blade. Further clues lead Ellison and Sandburg to an undercover stakeout in a dark alley where the mysterious killer strikes again.
As the investigation progresses, Ellison tracks down the elusive Lila and for a time, rekindles their romance. Ellison begins to suffer a series of debilitating "sensory spikes" and eventually he and partner Blair Sandburg realize the spikes are connected to Lila Hobson -- a subconscious warning that the exotic Lila is not all she seems. Lila is a trained Triad assassin sent to Cascade to dispatch the monks, who are actually renegade opium smugglers. When Ellison gets between Lila and her target, she flees, leaving the job unfinished. Her boss, angered by her failure, orders her to kill Ellison to prove her loyalty both to him and to the Triad Syndicate. In the end, Lila refuses to kill Ellison and sacrifices herself instead.
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railroads2000 wrote:There were two Ford plants located along the former C&O, the one at Sheldon Road, received Center Flow Hoppers and 86' Hi Cubed Boxcars. Just up the road east was the Livonia Transmission Plant, they received 50'-60' Boxcars and Tank Cars. As a side note, some of the parts shipped from Sheldon Road I believe made there way to the Ford Plant in Connersville, Indiana. Ford had a fleet of road trucks (Ford Aeromax Tractors) that shuttled back and forth from Connersville and Sheldon Rd. I am a truck driver and I've been to the transmission plant as well as the Sheldon Rd. plant; and I was to a warehouse just up the road from the Connersville plant, that received inbound empty racks that were shuttled to the plant by Ford. Also, there was a small, I believe a 5 track yard just outside of the Transmission plant, along with another yard to the west between I-275 and Haggerty Rd. The C&O had north and south sidings were the locals could service the industries without fouling the mains.
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Well, I hate to brag but it's a gorgeous day here in Joplin! The temps are in the upper 80's almost 90 today with a nice breeze. Shawn & Kelsey mowed the grass while I snuck off to my stamp room to work on today's Our Creative Corner Challenge. It is themed "Tea Party" and i'll be the first to admit i'm no tea drinker but Shawn & Kelsey are! I like the Lipton tea mixes you add to a bottle of water but that's the extent! LOL I rooted out the cabinet to find some tea bags and luckily there was only 2 left. Not much of a tea party with 2 teabags but it's good enough for hubby & Kels! I put my teabags in a PTI Medium Glassine Bag and added a Wilton Doily to the top of it. I stamped my image and colored with Copics. I cut it out with my Circle Nestibilities, added some gold beads then glued it together to call it done!
Hope you like!!
Stamps: Morning Cup
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: Daffodill Delight, Pumpkin Pie, PTI White
Accessories: Circle & Circle Scallop Nestibilities, Wilton Lace Doily, Gold Beads, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain, Glue Dot, Scor Tape
Quick & easy....just the way I like it! :)
That's all for me today!
Off to enjoy some of this nice weather because i'm sure it's not gonna last long!
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Miss Abaco – Triple Threat Pageant
This year we are going to challenge ourselves even more than we did in previous years.
Little Miss Abaco – This new addition to the Miss Abaco family promises to enhance our pageant system, as these are the future Miss Abaco. We have assembled a training manual for these young "budding" queens that will not only train them for pageantry but for life. This competition is open to young girls between the ages of 5 – 11 you must be from Abaco or have family ties to the island.
Miss Teen Abaco – This idea to prepare for a Teen Miss Abaco was a daunting one, however this year we will push this category of pageantry to the next level. Just as we have in previous years with our highly successful Miss Abaco Beauty pageant we plan to train these young ladies to be more than just another "pageant girl" they will have guest speakers, intense runway training and sessions on self esteem and character building. This competition is open to young ladies between the ages of 13 – 17 you must be from Abaco or have family ties to the island.
Miss Abaco – We have truly change a lot about this pageant as this year we embark on a new journey. This will be our 4th queen but our 3rd official production and like the years past we are growing and this year is no different. At this year's Miss Abaco we promise to transform the way pageants are done and we are doing that. We have assembled a team of judges and even some star power to help us select the young lady that will follow in the footsteps of Kristy Evans, Nevandria Rolle and Patricia Curry each young lady representing Abaco at their best. We have designed a program once again that will challenge these young women to be role models but to also contribute to society and the social fabric of our country. Young women should be 18 – 26, never been married, no kids and must be of good character and will to compete.
We have covered all the training, no need to worry about finding a trainer and if you live outside of Abaco we are working with our airline partners to get you to and from Abaco at the best and most cost effective way possible.
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In what could only be called a coincidence, Habro, Inc., headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has won the rights to produce Sesame Street toys beginning in 2011. Sesame Street toys are favorites of my grandchildren, so it seems only appropriate that they should be licensed in my home state. I'm sure this was a major factor in CTW's decision.
Remember Darth Tater? I predict Sesame Street versions coming soon.
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By Josh Oakley
I went into the Lucky 7 pilot expecting very little. The buzz for the show is non-existent, and critical reaction has been rather chilled. To be fair, this show has a number of problems, mainly abrupt tonal shifts that sometimes deflate certain scenes and a series of odd stylistic choices from slo-mo to an out-of-nowhere dissolve. Yet there is so much the show is doing right that I feel like I may over praise in an effort to counteract the disdain others have spread. So I will qualify that this is far from a perfect pilot. I'll admit that there's every chance that for the next week or two (I don't see this show last much longer than that), the quality may dip. There is so much good here, though, from a handful of absolutely stunning performances to an ability to play hope off of dread. If Lucky 7 has any luck of its own, it will be able to move to Friday nights and burn off a season, quietly becoming a critical favorite.
There are a number of other threads that begin before and after the coworkers win the prize. Most important in the former category involves Matt and Nicky faking a robbery of the gas station in order to acquire some cash. This becomes problematic when Bob, with whom Matt is very close, stumbles upon the scene. Before he can surmise what it occurring, Bob is knocked unconscious and nearly to death by Nicky. A major event that occurs after the winning numbers see a specific rule in the lottery guidelines forcing five of the six to vote on whether Matt will receive a portion of the winnings. The vote is 3-2, meaning multiple people wanted to deprive the new father of the money so they could have more for themselves. And one of those people is potentially Nicky.
You've seen any number of these stories before, some of them told better than they are here. But the overall effect of the show results from the disparate tones locking together instead of clashing. Lucky 7 incorporates tension, comedy and pathos, occasionally very well. This only happens about two-thirds of the time, but the performances are enough to sustain the weaker sections. Long, whom I've been rooting for since Jack & Bobby, does some beautifully layered work here. After this show's inevitable cancelation, I do hope he finds something as sustainable as his talent. Ramos is quietly charming, and the relationship between him and his wife is one of the best parts of the episode. Grush, Philips and Bishil are still finding corners of their characters, but are doing so very well.
Lorraine Bruce gives the standout performance here, and one of the best performances I've seen all year. She was also on The Syndicate, the British drama that Lucky 7 has been adapted from, and it's obvious why the producers brought Bruce along. Her story most dangerously rides the line between wounded drama and comedy grotesque, but Bruce unveils every aspect of a human being, translating her worst scenes into successes and her best scenes into masterpieces. She creates a sympathetic, heartbreaking, triumphant character in a only a scene, and continues to build upon that foundation throughout the episode. It's unfortunate that the show is being overlooked for a number of reasons, but this is the main one. American audiences should be aware of this performance, and this actress, no matter what show she or it happens to be on.
The most lacking detail in Lucky 7 is details themselves. When Matt's baby is born, Bob gives him a "little survival kit" that includes oil for a squeaking rocking chair. It's a sweet moment, built upon the specifics of their relationship and individual characters. It's too bad then, that that sort of attention isn't paid throughout the hour. Lucky 7 may not be around long enough to become one of network television's great dramas, but it does enough in one episode to prove why that wouldn't be good luck for any of us.
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Explore the Strategy of Corporate Marketing
Consumers are influenced by every message, jingle, logo, billboards, and celebrity spokesperson associated with a corporation. Even when consumers aren't paying attention, the message remains in their field of consciousness or peripheral vision.
In this article...
Corporate marketing departments manage the messages and outward appearances of their organizations—from mission statements to advertising implementation. For instance, Apple set out to become a visionary and revolutionary company from the beginning, and set its sights on changing the world. This vision was reflected in its very first marketing campaign: the "1984" commercial which aired during the Super Bowl, during which a female athlete saves the world from Big Brother (a play on George Orwell's classic novel 1984)—all in the space of 58 seconds. Apple envisioned technology that was artful and intuitive, and its corporate marketing team helped the rest of the world to clearly see that vision.
Corporate marketing is the means by which a corporation or organization attracts potential customers. A corporate marketing team is responsible for determining how to reach the company's desired customers, and determining what kinds of advertising and messaging tactics will appeal to them.
Marketing campaigns that fall flat often have disastrous effects on a company's bottom line. Think back to the introduction of New Coke to celebrate original Coca Cola's 100 years of success. Customers preferred the old Coke formula, and as a result the company took a substantial hit. No amount of marketing dollars could save a bad idea—and a lot of them were spent trying.
Successful campaigns, however, have enormous impacts that cause a brand to remain in the cultural consciousness for decades. The Pepsi Challenge campaign, started in 1975, has been so successful that many companies have since employed the "blind taste test" in their own marketing campaigns.
While these are highly visible examples of corporate marketing, many forms of corporate marketing are more subtle. Corporate newsletters, email campaigns, sales, coupons, contests, advertisements, magazine inserts, online advertising, social media, radio spots, and direct mail campaigns all play parts in a corporate marketing campaign(See also Traditional Marketing). And likewise, corporate marketers may specialize in a variety of areas, including graphic design, website design, branding, social media, copywriting, research, and corporate communication.
Obviously, corporations use corporate marketing. However, every business, club, political organization, non-profit, and even religious organization uses some form of corporate marketing strategy.
Source: MM&M Corporate Marketing Awards 2011
Nearly every successful organization, and certainly every corporation, has an identity it intends to express to the world—and specifically to the demographics it serves. A corporate marketer knows how to find those people—and then reach them.
Everyone is susceptible to corporate marketing, to some degree. People might think they're ignoring online ads, but they'll take at least one glance at a link ad above their inbox because a keyword intentionally correlates to a message in their inbox.
Corporate marketing infiltrates nearly every aspect of people's lives, whether they're conscious of it or not. People tend to notice a billboard that they drive past every day on their way to work, if only because it's a distraction from traffic. A direct-mail piece asking constituents to vote for a particular candidate will be noted, and a perception about the candidate's face, posture, clothing, combined with the wording on the postcard, will be developed before it's tossed into the recycling bin(See also Direct Mail Marketing.)
The first step in developing corporate marketing campaign is defining the objectives. Who does the company want to reach, and what kinds of messages appeal to this target audience? Is the goal to generate more traffic to a website to drive online sales? Is it to make consumers aware of an upcoming sponsorship in the Olympic Games?
The answers to these questions hinge on who the company's actual customers are. Some of this information can be obtained by tracking previous sales, noting who bought certain products and in which outlets it sold best. Other research includes the "club" programs many stores and retailers use—for that 10 cents off a bag of chips, you've actually informed many corporations about your buying habits. Demographic data is also collected on the Internet—profiles on Facebook enables advertisers to offer products to consumers based on specific demographics such as gender, age, marital status, geography, and religious preference.
Additionally, corporations often employ outside data services, such as Nielsen Media Research. Although Nielsen is best known for tracking which programs people are watching on television, they also track such data as how often moms bought chicken breasts, as compared to how many dads bought hamburger patties.
Once they've identified an objective and who they want to reach, it's time to brainstorm and think creatively. The corporate marketing department might gather and throw out all their ideas, great or small, outlandish or conservative, for consideration; usually one or two ideas will stand out as more appealing and doable than the others. Ideas that meet the objectives, target the appropriate market, generate excitement, and meet budget guidelines are then implemented by the corporate marketing team.
Budget considerations are important. It's great to have the ability to think up an innovative and compelling commercial—but if a company only has enough money for a direct email campaign, the budget must be respected. Thus, a large part of corporate marketing is "internal marketing"—convincing the corporate hierarchy to sign on to new ideas and devote an adequate budget to them(See also Internal Marketing).
In a small business, corporate marketers may wear many hats. They may be responsible for copywriting, graphic design, press releases, and social media. However, in a large corporation team members will have a specialization, allowing each of them to focus on one aspect of the job.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012
Marketing Communications Managers are responsible for communicating the company message to the media, investors, and the public.
What do they do?
Education and experience
Many marketing communications managers have at least a bachelor's degree in marketing, or in related fields such as business, public relations, advertising, and communications. Some marketing communications managers have master's degrees; others will establish their credentials through work experience, having paid their dues. Whatever the route, prospective marketing managers will want to acquire a background in research, copywriting, corporate communications, and/or graphic design; and gradually take on more responsibilities, including the experience of managing others.
Market Research Analysts interpret data to assess corporate marketing strategy effectiveness. Using data from a variety of sources including purchasing history, data aggregate services, historical trends within the company, and broader market indicators, market research analysts make educated predictions for campaign strategy.
What do they do?
Education and experience
A bachelor's degree in market research, business, statistics or related field is usually required in order to become a marketing analyst. Many market research analysts hold a master's degree and have held other leadership positions requiring technical research. Other career tracks exist as well; for example, experience in other marketing roles can also open doors to a marketing research position.
Marketing Managers lead other marketing professionals in the creative conception of projects and project implementation. They perform administrative and management tasks to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget.
What do they do?
Education and experience
Marketing managers will have a bachelor's degree in marketing or another related field; many marketing managers also hold master's degrees. It's likely that managers will have begun their careers in one area of a corporate marketing department such as research, graphic design, or copywriting; from there, they can work their way up through one corporation, or realign with an opportunity to advance their careers with another corporation.
Corporate marketers must be able to communicate to many different audiences, and through diverse mediums. A marketing program will help students learn to effectively communicate in a variety of situations, and through a variety of media channels. Marketing school also informs students about methods of data collection and analysis, as well as how to use that data to direct marketing campaigns.
Marketing students will also receive opportunities to practice real-world marketing campaigns. Students conceive and implement creative ideas, test their ability to turn ideas into results, and monitor campaign effectiveness. A quick and effective way to gain experience while still earning your marketing degree is to accept an internship. Students earn college credit while working part time in a corporate marketing department. In addition, the odds of being paid improve as your education increases; most post-bachelor's internships are paid, while the majority of undergraduate internships are not.
A degree in corporate marketing opens doors to many different positions, including product development, branding, corporate communications, public relations, advertising and project management (See also Careers in Marketing). A degree in marketing will also enable you to become a better entrepreneur, should you decide to open your own business.
Investigate a variety of marketing programs to determine which school will help you most effectively achieve your goals as a marketing professional.


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As retail finds new exciting ways to connect with customers, we see a new trend where travel picks up retail strategies to boost sales. How? By thinking like a brick and mortar store.
The cost is dazzlingly high, the change is overwhelming, but, wow, is this a daring and challenging strategy or what?
Learning from retail
Retail? Sure. Retail is one of the leading sectors in the forefront of the battle for the consumer. From going 'omnichannel' and combining all touch points – digital and other – to be where customers are when they make a decision, to optimising customer experience through convenience: they lead the charge.
Especially fashion brands excel in giving shoppers exactly what they want, when they want it and how they want it. With great success.
Should we follow their example? We already do. We already offer online inspiration and booking services; mobile included. We offer guidance, services and information along the journey, from start to arrival and return.
So it should come as no surprise that travel agencies take things another step forward and try to create the ultimate 'travel shop experience', like Skift has points out.
Thinking like a shop
Your travel agency as a brick and mortar shop. What would that mean? How would that work?
To cut costs, it seems logical to limit office space, but chances are you become almost invisible to passers-by. Turn that idea around, and be very present where people are. Shopping streets and high-traffic areas. Some agencies manage to work together with a larger brand and have an office in a store: a Scandinavian design store hosts an agency specialized in Scandinavian travel in Antwerp.
Customer experience.
From a co-working space to a lounge area and a wine or coffee bar. The more inviting your agency-shop is, the more people you'd attract. The greater the experience once they've entered, the greater the chances they'd stay and come back.
Rich in-store media.
See how fashion brands inspire customer at point of sales: magazines, books, large displays with fashion shoots and pictures. Imagine inspiring people to discover new destinations that way in your 'store'. You could gather their data through an iPad too and be able to e-mail them later on. We've seen pilots with VR travel experiences pop-up here too.
Getting people to come over? Host an event: Italian wine tasting, Scandinavian design trends, French cheeses: the link with travelling to countries and regions is easily made, and it's a great way to show your local expertise. Plus: it would give you some nice social mentions as well.
Social conversion.
Now, imagine discussing travel with customers in that context. Conversion rates could go up to 83%, the Omaha-based The Departure Lounge claims.
This may not seem new. We do have travel cafés in the Benelux, and shops with travel gadgets built around a travel agency. But thinking like a 'true shop' takes this a lot further: it's a whole new level of travel retail and customer experience.
True, though: the cost is steep and it's not a decision to be made overnight. But the first signs of this trend seem to say it works, just like it does in retail.


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Sir, I read an article in The Muslim News by Mr Hamed Chapman [issue 341 Suu Kyi condemned for refusing to end ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims]. I also read your editorial in the same issue. I saw the photographs of weeping boys, women in the issue. I couldn't stop tears in my eyes.
I am happy to note that H.H. Dalai Lama has also expressed his sympathies for persecuted Rohingya Muslims, I salute him. Even the team of volunteers from Sikh organization Khalsa Aid reached Bangladesh-Myanmar border and provided relief to the lakhs of Rohingya Muslims.
My heartfelt thanks to the volunteers to Khalsa Aid for their humanitarian work. But surprisingly the Muslim world, baring a few is silent. They have shown tongue-tied silence. Their cowardice should be condemned in the strongest possible terms.
Had the victims were Christians, Jews or Hindus ( i.e. non-Muslims) they would have received strong political support from all over the world. I appeal to all to join with me in prayer for the Rohingya Muslims.
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Most of my time is spent with Duggins Castle these days...growing our flock of chickens, tending our little garden, and taking lots and lots of pictures of the sunset. If you want to read about our little adventures, you can do so over on my Duggins Castle blog.
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It's May 18th, the date of my parole, but I'm still in the slammer and I'm going to be staying here.
Sentence judge Catherine Ardaillon, left-wing trade unionist, activist at the Evry tribunal and at Fléury-Mérogis prison, has decreed that all the same, for cases like mine, its lucky that there are prisons and therefore adjusting my sentence is out of the question.
Unlike my last sentence, I am not under the yoke of the anti-terrorist law, but in practice it is still applied to me.
This is why the application for permission to go to a job interview ( which can not be refused at the end of a sentence), which I handed over to my SPIP, Jean-Baptiste, miraculously transformed into a simple request for 'permission to maintain family ties', so that it could be rejected by JAP Catherine Ardaillon.
For several weeks now, I have been subjected to numerous searches, searches of my cell, searches of my body, etc. They found nothing until an informant (who must have been very close to me, to give such precise information) told them where I was hiding my SIM cards. So a few days ago they found 3 SIM cards hidden inside a packet of new rolling papers. They were hidden intersperesed between the papers at the bottom of the packaging. During the search, the guard reacted in a way that netrayed that they had an informant: just before the search, when I emptied my pockets before undressing, he immediately took my 2 packets of rolling papers aside, but he seemed disinterested by the rest. I knew I was done, and indeed, at the end of the search, he said to me: "And here, there is nothing?" Then he pulled out all the sheets one by one until the SIM cards appeared.
In the days that followed, some of the prisoners who I am close to have undergone similar searches.
Last night on May 17th, an ERIS intervention squad broke into my cell at around 8PM. For those unfamiliar with the ERIS, they are squads that receive the same training as the GIGN, GIPN and RAID, overtrained and equipped with various protections similar to those of the CRS – bulletprooof versts, plastic shields, hoods under their helmets so they cannot be recognized, reinforced gloves, shin guards, etc, etc. They are usually armed with batons and flashballs which they shoot at point black range, of course, since a cell is not bigger than 9m².
In short they shocked us and threw us into the corridor, glued to the wall with our hands on our heads and then handcuffed. Myself and my co-detainee were then dragged into seperate search rooms. For the rest, we know the story, thorough strip search, with the particularity this time that one of them forcibly lifted one of my legs to keep them apart as much as possible so that his colleague who was squatting could look at my anus better, with his Mag-lite so close to my ass that I could feel the heat produced by the bulb.
At the time it made me think of the Theo affair, but I found nothing better than to say to him with a sly air: "Well my pig, you are doing a good job!". When I think about it, it was a little silly to say that, because even though I wanted to be ironic, to push the zeal until you sabotage the foundations, there is no doubt that this pig really took pleasure!
After the strip-tease, they threw us into the waiting room. They had blocked the windows with sheets of paper glued to the outside, but as one of them was slightly torn, I could see what was going on in the corridor.
There were a large number of people: matrons, ERIS, all the lieutenants, the director, plainclothes cops and the prosecutor.
They completely emptied the contents of the cell into boxes that were loaded into a truck to take them to the scanner. Then I saw them go into the cell with dogs. Later my cell neighbours told me that they even heard them dismantling parts of the cell with a screwdriver.
Meanwhile, my cell mate, who is far from being a good strategist, was trying to break everything, banging everywhere and playing hide and seek by crouching right under the windows when they lifted the paper to see what was going on. Well, of course, the director ordered the ERIS to forcibly remove him to solitary.
In these cases, I prefer to make myself as discreet as possible in order to observe and listen to everything that happens and is said, the people present, etc.
I was left alone in the waiting room until 1:30AM. The search took approximately 5.5 hours.
When they took me out of the waiting room, they conducted a rather strange search: this time they searched in my mouth! The Mag-lite so they could see and then "put your tongue to the left, top, right, bottom, spread your cheek with your finger," etc. For a moment I wondered if they were going to take me to the scanner itself, these idiots!
Then I understood: they were looking for a SIM card. The first three they already had, they had to analyze them and see whether there was anything interesting to find.
A few hours later, the lieutenant confirmed my suspicions: during the search they found 2 phones, a charger and a SIM. The lieutenant told me that everything had been sent off to be analyzed to determine who it belongs to.
He asked me some questions and I said I did not know who it belongs to. He did not insist, something that did not surprise me, because I knew that the result of the analysis would be for my part negative.
The cell was like Chernobyl! A real rubbish dump! Something that if you did not see it with your own eyes you would not believe me! Well, so I cleaned and cleaned until 7AM, then I slept a little, then finished cleaning this afternoon before writing this letter.
In reality, they did not succeed in finding anything concrete, and yet they put the package in. But that did not prevent them from rejecting my parole.
I learned that today when I was able to call my girlfriend.
Perhaps the new Minister of Justice, the bastard of Bayrou, remembers the attack on the church in Pau, the town of which he is the mayor, made with a Molotov cocktail and claimed by the GADI (International Direct Action Group) in January 2014. An action and cell for which I claimed responsibility and participation following my arrest on charges of terrorism.
Since I have not given any news for a long time, I will quickly recollect the sabotage of the prison workshops that I was accused of. As for the judicial procedure, which was not very interesting, I will simply say that they could not determine who was responsible. What is interesting is that the economic damage caused from inside the prison was not negligible. In fact, many Post-it customers would have been impacted in Norway, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, France and England. It seems that the delivered merchandise was in some case not what had been ordered, and in the other cases was badly made and therefore unsellable.
It is possible that following the debates surrounding the collage of anti-election posters that were pasted up in the courtyard, some prisoners wish to pout into practice in the here and now the anarchist proposals that emerged from it.
I hope this letter is not too long or too boring to read.
I have tried to be as accurate as possible, because it is important for me that comrades on the outside have all the information.
I want to salute the Greek comrades and say that the Nemesis Project is an exciting proposal.
A wink of solidarity to Kara and Krèm!
Fleury-Merogis prison, somewhere in the world.
PS: I still have not been able to make public the whole procedure for which I am imprisoned, because the French State have classified the file as internal security, which means I have to make a special request in order to have access to it. I mad the request but it was rejected.
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First came steam and the first machines that mechanized some of the work our ancestors did. Next was electricity, the assembly line and the birth of mass production. The third era of industry came about with the advent of computers and the beginnings of automation, when robots and machines began to replace human workers on those assembly lines.
And now we enter Industry 4.0, in which computers and automation will come together in an entirely new way, with robotics connected remotely to computer systems equipped with machine learning algorithms that can learn and control the robotics with very little input from human operators.
Industry 4.0 introduces what has been called the "smart factory," in which cyber-physical systems monitor the physical processes of the factory and make decentralized decisions. The physical systems become Internet of Things, communicating and cooperating both with each other and with humans in real time via the wireless web.
For a factory or system to be considered Industry 4.0, it must include:
But as with any major shift, there are challenges inherent in adopting an Industry 4.0 model:
Additionally, there is a systemic lack of experience and manpower to create and implement these systems — not to mention a general reluctance from stakeholders and investors to invest heavily in new technologies.
But the benefits of an Industry 4.0 model could outweigh the concerns for many production facilities. In very dangerous working environments, the health and safety of human workers could be improved dramatically. Supply chains could be more readily controlled when there is data at every level of the manufacturing and delivery process. Computer control could produce much more reliable and consistent productivity and output. And the results for many businesses could be increased revenues, market share, and profits.
Reports have even suggested that emerging markets like India could benefit tremendously from Industry 4.0 practices, and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio has declared itself an "Industry 4.0 demonstration city" to encourage investment and innovation in the manufacturing sector there.
The question, then, is not if Industry 4.0 is coming, but how quickly. As with big data and other business trends, I suspect that the early adopters will be rewarded for their courage jumping into this new technology, and those who avoid change risk becoming irrelevant and left behind.