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FibreGrid Limited is one of the United Kingdom's leading manufacturers of innovative, glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) safety products for anti-slip applications in the industrial and public sectors. Its products include a wide range of stair tread covers, noses and riser plates, ladder rungs, decking strips, flooring and matting. FibreGrid is one of the largest stockists of GRP products in the United Kingdom, generally holding 160,000 products at any given time.
Headquarters: Kent, England Phone: +44 (1)440-712722 Website: www.fibregrid.com
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01 Series Revolution – Product range development in 01 Series and enhancement of integrated services for a more efficient mobility
After the first lines introduced in 2009 of the 01 Series, the "Regional" (FR:01 and TR:01) and "Trailer" (ST:01) segments, three new lines were launched in September 2011 in Turkey. The new tyres lines respectively designed for use in critical winter condition (W:01), long distance haulage (H:01) and construction machinery (G:01) are developed to deliver high level of performances in view of environmental sustainability, mileage and low running costs.
Like all 01 Series tyres, the new lines also employ latest generation of SATT technology that provides extended product life, high retreadability, extremely even wear. Compounds and tread pattern are designed and optimised according to the performance required in the different applications. A summary of performance benefits is provided by the ECOIMPACT symbols on tyre sidewall.
The introduction of the new range is accompanied by the enhancement of Pirelli integrated services to support haulage operators. Over the past few years, Pirelli has introduced the Novateck Tyre Retreading System through a network of certified retreaders guaranteeing first-life quality even of subsequent retreads. Pirelli has also recently expanded CQ24 International, the breakdown service available throughout Europe and Turkey, designed to put the vehicle back on the road as quickly as possible.
The range of services offered by Pirelli to promote fleet efficiency is now completed by Fleet Management, Fleet Check an Cyber Fleet.


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Saturday, Oct 24, 2020 at 10:00am
Please call before attending any community events. It is likely that they will be postponed or canceled as a result of the coronavirus. You can find CDC coronavirus information at cdc.gov/coronavirus; AARP has additional resources at aarp.org/coronavirus.
The 2020 Biennial Members Exhibition celebrates the diversity of talents in the museum's membership base. This biennial exhibition is an important opportunity for young, mid-career, and veteran artists to exhibit their work to the Fuller Craft Museum community. Artists both inside and outside of New England have participated in the past, showcasing stunning works of ceramics, glassware, furniture, textiles, basketry, woodturning, jewelry, and other craft-based media. In the past, the opening reception for this exhibition has been particularly successful at bringing together communities of artists who are vital to the Fuller Craft Museum mission.
The juror for the 2020 Biennial Members Exhibition is Emily Zaiden, Director and Curator of the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles, California, where she has curated more than forty exhibitions focused on contemporary craft, art, and design for the Center and outside venues.
Exhibition Date: February 8, 2020 - November 8, 2020
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Streaming online via One Day University
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Welcome to cambio Saarbrücken
CarSharing. This is how it works!
CarSharing with cambio follows a simple principle: stations can be found at different locations around the city. This is where your trip begins and ends. Imagine a garage or a car park in your neighbourhood: but instead of a private car youll find one or multiple cambio cars there.
From your registration to the return of the car. This film explains everything you need to know about CarSharing with cambio in a few minutes.
You can book your cambio car over the phone, on our website or via our app. The process only takes a few minutes. At stations with a key locker you can also contact the booking service directly.
The cambio-App is the direct way via your smartphone. You can book your car spontaneously while on the go, check and edit your bookings or cancel a booking all in a matter of seconds. The app also shows you the way to the nearest cambio station and the next available car or calculates the cost of your trip.
On the cambio website you can take your time to decide which model is the best one for you and with only a few clicks you can reserve your preferred vehicle for your trip.
The booking service is located in Bremen and is happy to help you out at any time. You can reach the booking service at: 0421 - 7946643
Getting in
cambio vehicles are found in reserved parking spots. Whether these are in an underground car park or outside, the pickup and return are possible at any time.
At the station you can access the keys to your reserved car easily using your cambio-Card and PIN.
With cambio you do not have just a car but an entire fleet at your disposal: from versatile city cars to spacious vans to comfortable estate cars always as much car as you want. You choose which model you book for each trip.
After your trip you simply return the vehicle to its reserved parking spot at the station.
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Busch is committed to maintaining full confidentiality and complete privacy regarding identifiable personal data obtained during your use of this website or any sub-sites thereof. In the following, we have provided information about the collection of personal data when using our website www.buschvacuum.com.
If you are located in the European Union, you can find the global data protection statement pursuant to GDPR here.
Data collection and use of IP addresses
You can use the contact form to share information such as the following personal information with Busch: name, form of address, business address, email address and telephone numbers. Busch and its subsidiaries use this information for the sole purpose of contacting you and sending you the desired information.
If we receive an IP address from your computer, this is used for the sole purpose of determining the location of the IP address in order to automatically display the Busch agency responsible for your country or region. If your computer provides the relevant information, we use the language set as the default for your browser (if available) for our website as we assume that this is your preferred language.
We also analyze the use of each page (click rate and frequency) to determine the level of interest in our provided content and to continually improve the content and usefulness of our online presence. In this context, we are not interested in individual IP addresses and also do not track them. We only use the cumulated usage data of all visitors to our site.
Disclosure to third parties
Busch will not deliberately disclose your personal data to third parties (people or organisations not associated with Busch) for marketing purposes or for other purposes unless it is required by law.
International storage and transfer of information
The personal information collected on this website can be transmitted to any of Busch's offices worldwide, including to offices outside of the European Union (EU). This website can be viewed and hosted all over the world, even in countries (like the United States of America) where there are no laws in place that regulate the use and transfer of identifiable personal data. Use of this website implies your consent to the international transfer and storage of this type of information.
Declaration of consent
Use of this website implies your consent with our collection, use and storage of your data in line with the descriptions in this data protection policy and in other places on this website. We reserve the right to change this data protection policy from time to time. We will provide notice of these types of changes by updating this data protection policy accordingly.
If you have questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com
- In addition to the log file data specified above, cookies are also stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are allocated to the browser you use and stored on your hard drive, and through which certain information passes to the entity that set the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies are not able to execute any programs, or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and more effective overall.
Use of cookies:
This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained in the following:
- Session cookies (see section "Transient cookies")
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- Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These cookies save a session ID via which various requests by your browser can be allocated to the joint session. This enables your computer to be recognized the next time you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
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When you visit our website, the determined country and language, or the country and language you select yourself, are stored in cookies so that you don't have to select them again the next time you visit. An advance check as to whether your browser supports cookies is performed, and this information is stored in an additional cookie. The contact information localized to your country and language – which are also stored – are then shown to you. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
We use cookies to enable us to identify you during subsequent visits, if you have an account for the Busch online shop. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
We use advertising cookies to assess the efficiency of our adverts and derive optimizations from this. Furthermore, we also use advertising cookies to address users of our website with targeted advertising messages on websites within the Google Inc. ("Google") display network (AdWords remarketing). The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
In order to continually improve this website for our customers and interested parties, we use the Google Analytics web analytics service. By using these cookies, we receive information from Google regarding the use of our website. For example, we find out how often and in what order the individual pages have been accessed, and how much time visitors spend browsing our website. We also find out whether users have previously visited our website at an earlier point in time. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
See the section"Web analytics services"of this data protection statement.
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Web analytics services
Busch uses the following third party web analytics and tracking services as described in detail below.
Google Analytics
- This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, the IP address will, however, be truncated by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and be truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website in order to assess the use of the website, collect reports of our website activities, and to provide additional services associated with website and Internet usage with respect to the website operator.
- The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be associated with other Google data.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use all functions on this website to their full extent. In addition, you can prevent data created by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being transmitted to Google, and prevent this data being processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin provided by Google: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Instead of a browser plugin, or within browsers on mobile devices, an opt-out cookie can be set using the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics.
The opt-out cookie prevents future data collection by Google Analytics on this website. However, it only works in this browser and for this domain. If your cookies in this browser have been deleted, you do not need to click on the above-mentioned link again.
- This website uses Google Analytics with the "_anonymizeIp()" extension. This means that the IP addresses are processed in truncated form, which means that it is not possible to relate them to an individual. If a link to an individual is associated with the data collected concerning you, this will be immediately excluded and the personal data will therefore be immediately erased.
Demographic features of Google Analytics
This website uses the "demographic features" function of Google Analytics to create reports containing information about age, gender and interests of visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google and from visitor data from third-party providers, including Google Accounts, Gmail, YouTube and Google Display Network. The data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You may opt out of this functionality at any time by using the ad settings in your Google Account or opt out of the collection of your information by Google Analytics as described in this section.
- We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website and improve it on an ongoing basis. We can use the statistics we obtain to improve our offering, and to make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has committed to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
- Information regarding the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of use: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/, data protection overview: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en, as well as the data privacy statement: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords Conversion Tracking. The Conversion Tracking cookie is activated in the user's browser by Google AdWords when you click one of the adverts transmitted by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days. They are not used to collect personal identification data. If the user visits a certain page on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and Busch will know that the user has clicked on the ad and has been directed to that page. Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. As a result, cookies cannot be traced via the AdWords customer's website. Conversion statistics are generated from the data collected by the conversion cookies for AdWords customers who have selected conversion tracking. AdWords customers are notified of the total number of users who have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to a conversion tracking page. However, they do not receive any information that they can use to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking program, you can easily refuse to use this program by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie in the personal settings of your Internet browser. You can also deactivate conversion tracking cookies at any time by setting your browser to block cookies from "googleadservices.com".
Google Tag Manager
- This website uses the Google Tag Manager as part of Google Analytics. Tags are small code elements on our website which are used, among other things, to measure traffic and visitor behavior, capture the impact of online advertising and social media, use remarketing and targeting, and to test and optimize the website. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows Busch to manage website tags via an interface. The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-free domain. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been implemented at domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.
- Further information on Google Tag Manager is available online at: https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/.
Google Analytics Remarketing
- Our website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing together with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
This function enables the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-related, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC).
Once you give your permission, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google Account for that purpose. This way, the same personalized advertising messages can be delivered to every device you sign in with your Google Account.
To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated ID's of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create cross-device ad targeting.
You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google Account by following this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
Further information and the data protection regulations can be found in Google's data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-GB
You can prevent the storage of cookies as further described in the section"Web analytics services"of this data protection statement.
Bing Ads Conversion Tracking
- The online advertising program Bing Ads (https://secure.bingads.microsoft.com/ -> English) uses the Bing conversion tracking, an analysis service from Bing. When clicking an ad delivered by Bing, a cookie for conversion tracking (UET) is stored on your computer.
- UET (Universal Event tracking) collects the following data described in the Microsoft Privacy Statement https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement and Bing Ads retains it for 180 days. UET will also collect the IP address and the Microsoft cookie (with an expiration date of 13 months). This cookie contains a GUID assigned to the user's browser, and/or an ID assigned to a user if they logged in through their Microsoft account. In general, the cookie in the relevant domain and IP address are always passed with every http request and not just via UET. Bing Ads doesn't resell this data to third parties or share it with other advertisers.
- For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Microsoft has committed to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome). The legal basis for the use of Bing Ads is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
- Information regarding the third-party provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Yandex Metrica Conversion Tracking (for Russian website only)
Yandex.Direct is an online advertising program. As part of Yandex advertisement program, Yandex tracking takes place. Yandex.Metrica is an analysis service by Yandex. When clicking an ad delivered by Yandex or visiting the website, a tracking cookie is stored on your computer.
Yandex.Metrica provides depersonalized information about our site's traffic. The available statistics include the number of users, traffic sources, and user behavior on site pages. To keep track of users, Yandex.Metrica uses anonymous browser identifiers that are stored in cookies.
The services are provided and the personal information is collected and used by YANDEX LLC, a company incorporated under the Russian law, with a head office registered at 16 Lva Tolstogo St., Moscow 119021, Russia ("YANDEX" LLC), or its affiliates for particular services. You can find information about the entity that provides the service in question in the terms of use and information on the protection of your personal data in the Yandex privacy policy https://yandex.com/legal/privacy/.
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, Yandex is represented by its Finnish entity, Yandex Oy, a company incorporated under the Finnish law, with an office registered at Moreenikatu 6, 04600 Mantsala, Finland.
- If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the respective settings in your browser (deactivation option). You will then not be included in the tracking statistics. You will find more about the Yandex privacy policy here: https://yandex.com/legal/privacy/
- Yandex.Direct is an online advertising program. As part of Yandex advertisement program, Yandex tracking takes place. Yandex.Metrica is an analysis service by Yandex. When clicking an ad delivered by Yandex or visiting the website, a tracking cookie is stored on your computer.
Tongji.baidu Conversion Tracking (for Chinese website only)
- In China we use Tongji baidu, an analytic service provided by baidu for analyzing success for traffic and session length. The statistics include the number of users, traffic sources, and user behavior. Tongji.baidu uses anonymous browser identifiers stored in cookies.
- If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the respective settings in your browser (deactivation option). You will then not be included in the tracking statistics. You will find more about baidu's privacy policy here: https://www.baidu.com/duty/yinsiquan.html
Information regarding the third-party provider: Baidu Campus No. 10, Shangdi 10th Street,
Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China. Baidu Statement of Privacy Protection: http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=privacy
Live chat
- LiveChat, Inc. has signed up to and follows the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework agreement and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework agreement in accordance with the decree by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States. LiveChat, Inc. has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles.
- Information regarding the third-party provider: LiveChat, Inc. Attn: Privacy Officer, One International Place, Suite 1400, Boston, MA 02110-2619, USA, firstname.lastname@example.com
- We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users' needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users' experience (such as how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don't like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users' behavior and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar's privacy policy. To access it, please click this link..
- You can opt out of the creation of a user profile, Hotjar's storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar's use of tracking cookies on other websites. To do this, please click on this link.
- Hotjar Limited, is a private limited liability company registered under the Laws of Malta with company number C 65490, having its registered address situated at Level 2, St Julian's Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian's STJ 1000, Malta. https://www.hotjar.com ("Hotjar")
- Further information on Hotjar Privacy Policy (https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy) and Hotjar's committment to compliance with GDPR (https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/gdpr-commitment).
- Processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- We use the LinkedIn Conversion Tracking and Retargeting functionality of LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn") to measure the results of our advertising campaigns on LinkedIn, make them more relevant, and re-target visitors of our website with personalized ads on LinkedIn or other websites.
- For this purpose, we have integrated a tracking pixel (LinkedIn Insight Tag) on our website. The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables LinkedIn to store a third-party cookie in your browser and to collect and store the following information: Your IP address and usage patterns on our website and other websites that contain a LinkedIn tracking pixel. If you sign into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn may combine the collected data with your account and offer you targeted advertising on behalf of us or other advertisers. You might see those advertisements on LinkedIn or on third party websites.
- The collected information may also be transferred to LinkedIn's servers in the USA (LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA). As LinkedIn adheres to the principles of the the EU-US Privacy Shield this transfer is based on Art. 45 GDPR (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework).
- Website visitors remain anonymous to us since we only receive access to tracking data in an aggregated form.
- You can find further information on how to disable interest-based and targeted advertising with LinkedIn here: Advertising Preferences of LinkedIn account holders and guests. Please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy ( https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy ) for more information about LinkedIn's use of personal data.
- Processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Our website uses the YouTube embed function in conjunction with the "Privacy Enhanced Mode" function to play videos from the provider YouTube. YouTube is a service provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
- To allow an embedded video to be played, our website establishes a connection to YouTube's server. YouTube videos are embedded on our website using the "Privacy Enhanced Mode" function. This "Privacy Enhanced Mode" function is provided by YouTube and YouTube thereby ensures that no cookies containing personal data are stored on your device. However, your IP address and the website you visited is recorded and processed by YouTube when you play a video. Nevertheless, this information cannot be allocated to you personally provided that you are not logged into YouTube or any other Google service when you accessed the video. If you are logged into YouTube or Google, however, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account and only cookies that do not contain personal data will be stored on your device. If you wish to prevent this from happening, you either have to log out of YouTube before visiting our website or change the relevant settings in your user account.
- Furthermore, a connection to the Google "DoubleClick" network will be established each time you visit this website, regardless of whether you play a video or not. Connecting to the Google network will trigger further data handling processes, over which we have no influence.
- According to its certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield data protection agreement, Google LLC (which is based in the USA) and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that they adhere to the EU's data protection requirements.
- Further information about YouTube's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?en
This policy enters into force on 25 May 2018.


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The University of Salford strives to ensure that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you come across a page or resource that does not meet your access needs, please contact the email@example.com, as we are continually striving to improve the experience for all of our visitors.
The following section has been adapted with kind permission from RNIB.
Below is an outline of what you can expect to be able to do on sites maintained by the University of Salford, whatever your browser settings or reading needs might be.
You will be able to reach all parts of the website by following links that are keyboard navigable. This means that if you have impaired mobility or sight, you will be able to use your keyboard tab key or switch device to move from link to link, knowing that no parts of the site are "hidden" behind links that can only be displayed by mouse action.
All text is resizable, so if it is too small or large for easy reading, you can use your browser setting to display it at the size you prefer.
If you have already selected a non-standard text size in your browser settings, the size you prefer will be visible from the moment you enter the website, and you won't need to reset it for each page.
The wording for text links will be carefully chosen so that each link is:
Links that are constructed as described above, are useful for all visitors, especially those who have modern browsers or access technologies that enable them to extract a list of links from web pages, so that they are easier to sort and faster to select.
A text alternative will be provided for all images, relevant to the reason for the image being there, and will be as short and to the point as possible. The information you get from the alternative text will depend on the reason for the image:
By using these rules the website will be giving screen reader users a page reading experience that is as close as possible to that enjoyed by sighted visitors. It also makes sure that no information is lost if the image isn't large enough for you to read, or images have been turned off to speed up browsing on mobile connections.
Colours will be chosen to provide good contrast between text and its background, and avoid combinations that are known to cause difficulties for people with colour blindness.
In addition, colour styling will ensure that no parts of the page would be unreadable if you have chosen non-standard colours in your browser colour settings.
A change of colour won't be used as the only way to identify any information. So for instance you won't see phrases such as "streets liable to flooding are in red text". This is obviously because some people can't see the screen, but also because other people may be unable to tell the difference between colours, either because of colour blindness or because their screen doesn't process colours well enough.
Completing forms is made easy because the information you need to complete each input box will be clear and well positioned:
You won't find many uses of new windows in the site and where we do have, then you will find a warning either in the link text or the sentence the link is given in. Typically new windows are used for audio and video.
Any information that is presented in video, audio or multimedia will have alternatives that make the same information available to people who are unable to see or hear.
This means that captioning or transcript will be used to complement audible or visible information.
No part of the website will be impossible to either reach or use because of a total reliance on JavaScript.
Whenever JavaScript is used, it won't create moving text that cannot be stopped, nor use controls that can't be operated by either the mouse or the keyboard.
We don't encourage the use of text only pages, but if there is information in a format that simply can't be made accessible to all, then a text alternative is necessary. If a text alternative page is to be provided, then the less accessible page will provide a link to the text version, before you reach the inaccessible content.


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Worrying Delevopments in Guatemala
In the last week there've been deeply worrying developments in Guatemala. Rodrigo Rosenberg, a highly respected Guatemalan lawyer, was killed Sunday outside of his house by unknown gunmen. On Monday, a posthumous video recorded by Rosenberg was released where he blames the country's president, Alvaro Colom, for his assassination. Constantino Díaz‐Durán, former editor of elcato.org, tells the story in a piece appearing in the Daily Beast.
Since Monday, thousands of Guatemalans have flocked to the streets demanding Colom's resignation, but they have been met by an equal number of government supporters who are resorting to violence and intimidation against the protesters. This is the modus operandi of the hard‐left in countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, and Ecuador. But nobody would've expected a center‐left government led by a mild‐manner president like Colom to employ such tactics.
However, there are more worrisome signs that the government is planning to crack down on dissenters. Yesterday a man was arrested after encouraging people through Twitter to withdraw their savings from Banrural, the bank involved in the corruption charges that Rosenberg made against the Colom administration. He's been charged with "inciting financial panic." Hours later, another man was arrested for distributing copies of Rosenberg's video in the streets. The government claims he was "inciting the public."
Whatever happens in the following weeks will determine the future of Guatemala's institutional democracy. The United States should be paying closer attention to the situation, considering Guatemala's position as Central America's most populous democracy.


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Sep 23, 2014 | ISBN 9780375871153 | 6-9 years
From USA TODAY:
"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."
From Publisher' Weekly:
"Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.—and reading—are lots of fun."
From Kirkus Reviews:
"Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world….A hilarious, first-rate read- aloud."
From Booklist:
"Park, one of the funniest writers around . . . brings her refreshing humor to the beginning chapter-book set."
From Time magazine:
"Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty."
From School Library Journal:
"Readers will relate instantly to the trials and tribulations of this first grader….She is always endearing and wonderfully funny."


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Welcome to my new Series 'What's On My Shelf'. I have a lot (I mean it), a lot of craft related books. I have been packing for the move and I uncovered some really loved and well used ones and I thought I would share a few of my favourite crochet books with you. I will share some others over the next few weeks.
The 4 books I am sharing with you today, are some of the first crochet books I bought when I taught myself to crochet 8 years ago. If you follow me, you may remember that I taught myself to crochet when I was expecting my first baby. I had that 'new mum to be' terror that she was going to be born, turn to me and say 'so what have you done with your life so far?'…. and it TERRIFIED me! So I rationally (for a heavily pregnant women) thought maybe if I teach myself to crochet, this baby will know I am in fact a real life grown up and not just playing house. I don't think it worked, but I fell in love with the craft and I think some of it must have rubbed off in the womb as Twinkle loves to crochet as well.
If you crochet and haven't yet been introduced to Debbie Stoller, you need this book! Written in the author's cheeky style it is full of inspirational tips and techniques. With fabulous modern designs from Pom Pom Capelet to an Anarchy Irony Hat. Other books by this author include:
Son of a Stitch and Bitch
The Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques – Jan Eaton
This encyclopedia of crochet stitches and techniques was the first crochet book I ever bought and is so easy to follow. It shows how to form stitches with photographs, illustrations and symbol charts. If you are struggling to get your head around a tricky stitch, or the crochet terminology (which can sometimes feel like a language of its own) then this is a perfect book for you. It is currently great value because they have released a newer addition.
The New Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques
Cute and Easy Crochet – Nicki Trench
Nicki Trench is a crochet teacher and author with over 20 years experience. She has written a lot of books and I really love this little book with 35 adorable and traditional projects for the home. I particularly love her crocheted Pavlova which is definitely on my list of things to make. Other books by this author include:
Geek Chic Crochet
Crochet Bouquet – Suzann Thompson
This book is filled to the brim with gorgeous crochet flower and leaf patterns. Suzann Thompson also shows how to use these flowers to embellish clothes and other household items. The instructions are really clear and easy to follow. I have used these patterns to decorate gifts and headbands for the children. Other books by this author include:
Cute Crochet World
I have a lovely crochet book to GIVEAWAY, to help you build your own craft library, or if you are like me, to add to the stash hidden under the bed. Boho Baby Crochet by Dedri Uys. This book has some truly lovely and colourful crochet patterns for babies aged up to 18 months.
If you fancy entering the GIVEAWAY you can enter below via Rafflecopter (Ts and Cs apply).
Giveaway Terms and Conditions
Entries must be received by 11pm on 30th July 2017 (UK – GMT). The winner will receive featured Book. This giveaway is open to those aged 18 or over, who are subscribed to this blog either via email or via WordPress and who have commented on this post as described above. The winners will be informed by email within 7 days of the closing date, and must respond within 7 days to claim their prize. The winners name will be published on the blog and social media related to the blog 'Hooked', The prize will be despatched by Royal Mail within ten working days of receiving the winner's address details. No responsibility can be taken by myself for the prizes once they have been posted.


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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Roasted Butternut Squash With Sage
A simple combination of sweet and savory fall flavors, adapted from a recipe in the September 2002 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
Roasted Butternut Squash With Sage
1 medium butternut squash (about 2 pounds)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Preheat oven to 350 F. Peel squash, cut off stem and 1/2 inch of bottom end. Cut squash in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds and pulp. Place flat side down on a cutting board and slice into 1/2 inch pieces.
Mix sage, olive oil, garlic powder, pepper and salt in a bowl and toss squash pieces in the mixture until they are evenly coated.
Place squash pieces in a single layer on a large baking pan or dish. Roast squash for 35-40 minutes or until tender and caramelized, flipping pieces half way through cooking.
Serve hot, garnished with a sprig of fresh or fried sage.
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- Unknown said...
I subscribed to your feed, so now I can see all updates in Google reader! I love it!
And I love butternut squash. Sage is really the only herb worthy of squash, and the two together are like magic. My butternut Squash soup is twice cooked (first, heated in a pan to really get the flavors going, then roasted for 45 minutes), with sage, S&P, butter, and balsamic vinegar - and that's it!
Last night at TASTE in North Berkeley the family ate butternut squash risotto with sage two ways. It was garnished with the most delicious crispified and salted sage leaf I've ever eaten. Except for the last time I ate the crispified sage leaf there...
- ByTheBay said...
I heart Google Reader. I must be subscribed to like 150 different blogs. One day soon I'll post some of my favorites.
What and where is TASTE? Butternut squash risotto sounds amazing. I've also heard of butternut squash kugel, which is something I will have to try soon.
- Tami said...
That looks (and sounds) excellent! And 'tis the season for butternut too. I'm going to have to try this.


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Join the Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 6095 Royal Joust.
Royal Joust was released in 2000 for the Knight's Kingdom. One of the King's knights jousts against a Bull's knight. A rotating axe and shield device is in the middle of the joust. The rest of the set is a pavilion with a stained glass window, King Leo, and accessories.


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The Credit CARD Act: What it Means for You
The name is a mouthful but it's an important one to know: it's the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act), and it became law on May 22, 2009. Its purpose is to give consumers more information and options around credit.
Here are a few things the Act means for customers:
Here are a few things the Act means for customers:
Safeguards Against Rate Increases
- Under the Credit CARD Act, rate increases aren't allowed during the first year, and promotional rates need to last at least six months.
- The Act prohibits "double cycle billing," where credit card holders are charged interest on debt that's paid on time during a grace period.
- It prohibits "universal default," where a lender changes a loan to default terms because the consumer has defaulted on a loan with another lender.
- After the first year, cardholders must be told about major account changes 45 days before they take effect. New rates can't start until 14 days after the notice is mailed. The cardholder has the option to cancel the account and pay off the balance at the existing rate.
Improved Billing Practices
- The Credit CARD Act gives consumers 21 days to pay their monthly credit card bills (compared to the former minimum of 14 days).
- Payment due dates must be the same day of each month, and consumers need to be allowed three weeks between the time a bill is mailed and when it's due.
- Credit card statements need to be in a specific font so they can be read easily.
Fee Restrictions
- In almost all cases, consumers can't be charged for the method they use to pay their credit card bill.
- The Credit CARD Act limits fees consumers can be charged for spending over their credit limits.
- There are new limits to the fees consumers can be charged on subprime cards (cards with higher rates and fewer rewards).
More Disclosures
- Consumers must be told how long it will take them to pay off a balance if they only make minimum payments.
- Credit card agreements must be made available online.
- Statements need to include the payment due date, the minimum amount due, the ending balance and late fee information.
Protections for People Under 21
- Under the Act, people under 21 will only be able to get a credit card with proof they can make payments on their own, or with the help of an adult co-signer.
- The Act restricts incentives given to students who sign up for credit cards.
Source: Credit Card Reform: What it Means for You, the American Bankers Association.


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1 Timothy 2:1-4 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
A Call to Prayer
2 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in [a]authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and [b]dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the [c]knowledge of the truth.
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Hi all.
I am making a small scripting language for fun. Have managed to get the tokenizer working, but now I have another problem. Basically, I am dividing the source code into a series of tokens with the tokenizer and then I am going to use those tokens to build a tree structure representing the code (called an abstract syntax tree). Thing is I am not sure what the best way to implement one of those is. Here is the wikipedia article about it:
Abstract syntax tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I am aware that it is a rather fuzzy question, but do anyone know the best, or at least a decent, way to do this? Implement an abstract syntax tree, that is?
Any help would be greatly appriciated .
Take care,


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By MATT HILBURN, Special Correspondent
schools with maritime education
programs during a Maritime
Curriculum Summit last August.
The summit also brought together
representatives from maritime
academies, maritime labor unions,
shipyards, shipping companies and
other industry officials.
"The curriculum is quite good
and thorough," said Arthur H.
Sulzer, a board member of the
Maritime Academy Charter School
in Philadelphia, who has been a
staunch advocate of maritime education programs. "The coalition is
actually developing the courses that go with this curriculum — the real meat of the program.
"The first course for ninth grade, 'Introduction to
General Maritime Studies and Careers,' will be out
later this month and is being tested over the next few
months by several schools," he said.
All of this comes at a time when, despite a sagging
economy now, there is expected to be a huge growth in
maritime jobs in the near future. According to
MARAD, 30 percent of today's mariners are nearing
retirement age. At the same time, the volume of cargo
moved by ship — both international and domestic —
is increasing at a staggering rate.
In 2005, the Baltic and International Maritime Council
(BIMCO) and the International Shipping Federation estimated that a shortage at that time of 10,000 maritime officers would increase to 27,000 by 2015. Current estimates
from industry vary widely, but are all higher, with some
predicting a shortage of 90,000 mariners by 2015.
"Opportunities for American mariners have opened
up worldwide, partly because of the excellent training
Americans receive," said MARAD Administrator Sean T.
Connaughton. "This curriculum will help ensure that
the United States will continue to furnish the worldwide
industry mariners with the best training possible."
A new maritime high school curriculum is designed to help standardize maritime study programs and give all students a basic
understanding of the Marine Transportation System.
■ The curriculum was developed by a coalition of players, including educators, labor representatives and industry officials.
■ Actual courses are nearing the testing stage.
■ Curriculum will improve education even if students do not elect
to pursue a maritime job.
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD)
recently unveiled a new maritime high school
curriculum officials hope will spark interest
in, and prepare students for, careers in the maritime
industry, a field that is expected to see a global shortage of skilled employees in the coming years.
The curriculum will provide an opportunity for students to learn about, discover and virtually explore the
various components of the maritime industry, as well as
raise awareness about maritime career paths and employment options, according to Jean McKeever, who works at
MARAD's Office of Business and Workforce Development.
A number of schools around the country have incorporated their own, often disparate, programs of maritime
study, McKeever said. And at least 18 specialized maritime high schools have opened their doors in the United
States in the last decade, with more in the planning stages.
To date, however, there has been no standardized
curriculum for these schools or programs. The new
curriculum, which is designed to be used in part or
whole by any school, outlines courses to give all students a basic understanding of the Marine Transportation System.
Creating the curriculum involved many players,
McKeever said. MARAD reached out to numerous high


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I had private Pilates sessions with Kyla using the reformer, cadillac, barrel and chair for over two years. She brings an extensive knowledge of anatomy and attention to detail to her teaching as well as enthusiasm and a friendly encouraging attitude. With Kyla's help, I was able to resolve long-standing postural issues which had caused intermittent pain over the years and come to a new level of fitness and awareness of my body. I recommend Kyla highly as a Pilates trainer.
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A Waterford man is set to appear in court today to face charges after officers found his two young kids, ages 6 and 9, in the backseat of his car parked in New London on Tuesday.
The children were sweating and red-faced from the heat, according to police.
John Morgan, 60, told officers he had stepped into his office for a few minutes, but police said they were on scene for at least 10 minutes before Morgan returned.
Morgan was previously charged with driving under the influence and two counts of risk of injury to a minor in August 2013. Authorities said the same two children were in the car with him.
Officers had initially noticed the car because one of the children had been opening and closing a rear door, police said. All four windows were rolled up and the doors were unlocked.
Police said the temperature outside was 83 degrees at the time, but a thermometer placed inside the car showed the interior temperature to be 100 degrees with 58 percent humidity.
Morgan was charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor. He was held on $150,000 bond and appeared in court Wednesday. A judge set his new bond at $45,000.
It's the third time police have reported children left in hot cars on Tuesday and the sixth incident in two weeks.
Tuesday morning, police released information about a 15-month-old boy who died in a hot car in Ridgefield on Monday.
Later, a mom from East Haven was arrested after allegedly leaving her kids in the car at a Target parking lot.


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Inca Project Volunteers in Peru take part in Church restoration and Inca excavations.
The volunteers in Zurite, the base for our Inca Projects, are to be involved in two significant and exciting projects. The restoration of the beautiful 17th century church in the village square has recently started while an excavation of the original village site will begin in mid-May.
The restoration of San Nicolas de Bari Church. The Andean village of Zurite, like many Peruvian villages of its type, sees its Church as the cornerstone of the community. This colonial church, built following the arrival of the Spanish ´Conquistadores´, has largely fallen into disrepair. Important both as a local facility and as a potential tourist attraction, the Institucion Nacional de Cultura (INC) and Projects Abroad are now working together to restore it. The INC is the government body that looks after ruins and historic buildings in Peru - similar to English Heritage. Its experts are assisting and guiding Projects Abroad volunteers with uncovering, cleaning and conserving altars, statues and the detailed murals and frescos that decorate the walls. The volunteers are learning skills and techniques in conservation and restoration while working towards a December deadline that will see the church once again be the glorious focal point for Zurite´s annual fiesta day.
Excavation at Tambo Cancha
Following the success of last year, Projects Abroad volunteers will once again be assisting with the excavation at Tambo Cancha: the original site of the village of Zurite. Working with local archaeologists from mid-May, the volunteers will hope to uncover further artefacts, trinkets and secrets from this unusual site. Unlike most Incan towns that are laid out in a grid style, Tambo Cancha is in the shape of a ´Tumi´ or ceremonial knife, with houses on only 3 sides. Several rooms uncovered last year were in the form of the Andean Cross or ´Chacana´, the most sacred and powerful Incan symbol. For two months the volunteers will be involved with the dig, learning skills including how to conserve, catalogue and label the finds. More importantly, Projects Abroad will be helping to discover just why the village of Zurite was so important to the Incan empire.
Click here for more details of the Inca Projects in Peru


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bulbs eliminate misaligned wire contacts. 5 volt/150ma bulbs with 3000+ hour burn time. Heavier 20-gauge wire allows up to six sets to be connected
end-to-end or piggyback. Spacing 5.5 inch between lamps, 5.5 inch tail, and 5.5 inch lead. 46 foot overall length. "50% brighter than average incandescent
mini light". Heavy Duty mini light bulbs are slightly larger than regular mini lights. Overall length of base and bulb is 1.875 inches, diameter of the
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After months of senseless delays, Jamaican music star Buju Banton will finally have his day in court. The Honorable Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has reset the trial start date for Monday, September 13, 2010 at the Sam M. Gibbons US District Courthouse in Tampa, Florida. This is the fourth time the trial has been rescheduled so only time will tell if it will actually convene as planned.
In other Buju Banton news, Gargamel Music, Inc. is prepping the release of his ninth studio album, Before The Dawn, which is set to drop in North America on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. The 10 powerful tracks that comprise this very special project are some of the more prophetic songs written by Banton since his extraordinary entry into the music business over twenty years ago.
Recorded mostly at his Gargamel Music studio in Kingston, Jamaica, Before The Dawn literally pierces the soul with traditional roots, easy rock and especially heartfelt reggae. The album's unofficial anthem "Innocent" strikes a highly personal chord that will resonate deeply with longtime Buju Banton fans.


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Our risk management policy is set out below.
The effective management of risk is central to the ongoing success and resilience of Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC).
CCHBC recognises that risk management is an integral part of both sound management practice and good corporate governance as it improves decision making, enhances outcomes, and strengthens management accountability.
Enterprise risk management (ERM), that is culturally embedded, is also a means for achieving competitive advantage and is pivotal to driving ongoing business growth in what continues to be a complex and continually transforming operating environment.
This policy details the both overall approach to risk management in CCHBC together with the Company's commitment to the process which has an overriding purpose of assisting in the responsible achievement of the Company's strategic and operational objectives.
This policy has been adopted by CCHBC's Audit Committee.
This is a group-wide policy and applies to all employees, functions and business operations in every country in which CCHBC operates. This policy is supported by our ERM Framework.
We understand that risk and opportunity are dynamic and ever present in our complex internal and external operating environments. This creates the need for us to manage risk in an informed way.
Effective risk management, that is culturally embedded, provides the business with insight and competitive advantage and the program of forward looking risk management is a cornerstone to decision making. CCHBC is committed to the ongoing development of the enterprise wide approach to risk management ensuring that it is underpinned by a strong risk aware culture.
Everyone in the business plays a role in managing risk by identifying opportunities and minimising uncertainty in a way that enables the Company to achieve its common goals – growing the business; remaining resilient; enhancing stakeholder value; and contributing to the communities and future of every country in which CCHBC operates.
The underlying risk principles that are applied are consistent with ISO31000 (Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines). The strategy is supportive of the UK Corporate Governance Code (Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial and Business Reporting).
The enterprise risk management program of CCHBC has a number of objectives:
- Recognises that risk is imbedded in all activities and that the underlying risk culture and approach is key to effective decision making
- Promotes an enterprise wide approach through strong functional collaboration by integrating risk management processes with business strategy, project management, process and decision making
- Promotes consistency and transparency in methodology, assessment and management processes
- Promotes proactive recognition of external factors, opportunities, and anticipates uncertainties that could affect the achievement of the Company's strategies and objectives
- Sponsors innovation through cultural acceptance thereby maximising value from assets, ventures and opportunities
- Enables the design and implementation of controls that:
- Are structured to promote effective realisation of objectives
- Provide appropriate assurance
- Are cost effective
- Recognises that timely and accurate monitoring, review, communication and reporting of risk is critical to providing:
- Early warning mechanisms for the effective management of risk occurrences
- Assurance to management, the Board and shareholders
- A solid platform for growth
- A sound business resilience platform.
The Board and Audit Committee
The Board of Directors, via the Audit Committee, oversees the establishment and implementation of the risk management system and annually reviews the effectiveness of the system. The Committee considers on an ongoing basis whether:
- The ongoing program identifies material areas of risk and business opportunities
- Adequate risk mitigation strategies have been designed and implemented to manage all identified material risks
- A strong risk management culture is imbedded in the Company across business levels and functions
- The program is compliant with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code (Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial and Business Reporting).
Operating Committee
The Operating Committee (OPCO) has overall responsibility for risk management at CCHBC including:
- Strategic risk
- Operational and business risk
- Project risk
- Financial risk
They are provided specialist support in this regard by the Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
Group Risk Function
The Group Risk Management function, led by the Group CRO, resides within the Company's Business Resilience function. The team is responsible for:
- Promoting and facilitating a standardised approach to effective risk management
- Reviewing, updating and maintaining the ERM Framework
- Assisting the business to understand and manage risks and facilitate the integration of the approved ERM Framework and Processes for managing risks across the operations
- Supporting the business in identifying and implementing risk management improvement processes
- Coordinating the functions of the Group Risk Forum in analysing operational and strategic risks
- Developing and implementing strategies to strengthen risk management awareness and cultural acceptance
- Monitoring factors in the internal and external environments that may affect our ability to achieve strategic objectives and/or operating targets
- Reporting to the OPCO at regular intervals on material risks, opportunities and emerging issues
- Reporting to the Audit Committee on a half yearly basis on risks, mitigations, program maturity and compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code (Guidance on Risk Management,Internal Control and Related Financial and Business Reporting).
Group Risk Forum
The Group Risk Forum (GRF) comprises senior managers from the business and acts as both a strategic risk 'think tank' and independent review mechanism for risks and opportunities escalated by the country operations and functions. The forum specifically:
- Reviews the aggregated and escalated risks and opportunities and considers their relevance against the broader Group operations and objectives
- Evaluates and discusses these risks and opportunities, together with identified aggregated or strategic risks observed by the GFC members across countries and functions, within the context of the broader Company risk universe and strategic/operational objectives
- Evaluates the risks and opportunities for escalation to the OPCO, the Audit Committee and the Board
- Monitors that clearly articulated and adequate mitigation and response plans are in place.
Internal Audit Department
CCHBC's Internal Audit Department is separate from the Group Risk Management function. It provides assurance over the effective operation of risk management processes, methodologies, internal controls and compliance with the required elements of the UK Corporate Governance Code (Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial and Business Reporting). It independently evaluates the maturity of the ERM program against industry best practice.
External Audit
External Audit, as part of their audit processes, review CCHBC's controls in the area of risk management and will report on them in line with annual reporting procedures.
Every manager is responsible for:
- Promoting the risk management policy, framework and expectations for the management of risk
- Provision and support of appropriate resources to manage risk in accordance with the framework
- Escalating risks and opportunities in accordance with the requirements of the ERM Framework
- The implementation of cost effective risk management and internal control systems in accordance with guidelines, in order to manage risk, encourage efficiencies and take advantage of opportunities
- Continuous monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of risk controls.
Every employee is responsible for looking for opportunities to improve operational efficiencies and optimise outcomes. They must also report immediately to management any real or perceived risks that become apparent and may significantly impact our:
- Commercial viability
- Profitability
- Assets
- Customers
- Consumer or employee safety
- Regulatory or Legal obligations
- Environment
- Sustainability Programs
- Community
Risk management obligations
- Countries and key functions are accountable for managing their risks and must maintain a register of risks to their business objectives
- Risk registers will be created through a thorough risk identification and assessment process following the CCHBC ERM Framework
- Key markets and functions will participate in annual facilitated risk review sessions
- Strategic Risk Review sessions will be conducted with the OPCO and the Audit Committee on an annual basis
- Risks and key mitigations will be documented by country and functions as part of the Annual Business Planning Process
- Reviews of risk registers are to be conducted quarterly by the Group Risk function and key risks and trends are reported by the Group CRO to the Audit Committee in June and December.
This Risk Management Policy is supported by other CCHBC policies and standards as issued from time to time. These documents include, but are not limited to:
- Business Continuity Management Policy Chart of Authority
- Code of Business Conduct
- Enterprise Risk Management Framework
- Fraud Control Policy
- Group Asset Protection and Security Guidelines
- Health and Safety Policy
- Treasury Policy
The Policy is administered by the Group CRO. The Policy is to be reviewed every two years and any changes to the Policy require Audit Committee approval.


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Corporation not person in carpool lanes
Marin County Driver in carpool lane cites legal notice of personhood
(01-08) 10:36 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Some people will do anything to get out of a traffic ticket.
It is the rare motorist, however, who hopes his explanation will overturn more than 100 years of Supreme Court rulings and challenge the legal notion of corporate personhood.
Jonathan Frieman, a 56-year-old San Rafael resident and self-described social entrepreneur, failed to convince a Marin County Superior Court jurist Monday after he argued that he was not alone when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over in October while driving in the carpool lane.
Instead, Frieman admitted that he had reached onto the passenger's seat and handed the officer papers of incorporation connected to his family's charity foundation.
By Frieman's estimation, if corporations are indeed persons as was first established in the 1886 Supreme Court case Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., and he offered evidence that a corporation was traveling inside his vehicle - riding shotgun, of course - then two people were in his car.
"The question of personhood is a very poignant one," Frieman said before he entered the courtroom. "This is designed to bring a very strong point to bear upon the legal system. Corporations have grown into large, huge, fictional entities. Now I am taking their power and using it in order to drive in the carpool."
Citizens United case
The issue of corporate personhood rocketed to public consciousness in 2010, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that the First Amendment barred the government from limiting companies' independent political expenditures. But Frieman says he's been driving stretches of carpool lanes along Highway 101 for the past decade with his papers in the front seat, waiting to get pulled over and set his legal battle in motion.
He noted, though, he had not buckled in the corporation papers.
"Would you buckle up your imaginary friend?" he asked. "That's what corporations are - they're not real, but they've been getting all this power."
Pointing to state law
Ford Greene, Frieman's attorney, pointed to California vehicle code section 470, which says the definition of a person includes "natural persons and corporations." The signs on the freeways ask carpoolers to carry "2 or more persons" which, Greene said, "is constitutionally vague."
Inside the courtroom, Greene questioned CHP Officer Troy Dorn, who ticketed Frieman on Highway 101 near Highway 37 and did not appear to share the same amusement Frieman's supporters had for the proceedings.
Before the hearing began, a television reporter called out to Dorn as he sat at the plaintiff's table: "Don't forget to smile!" The officer, dressed in a black leather motorcycle jacket and boots, smirked and appeared to chew at his bottom lip.
At the jurist's prompting, Dorn explained the October encounter with little enthusiasm.
"After I explained the reason I was citing him, he explained to me that he was exempt because he was in essence a corporation," Dorn testified. "I explained to him I was not sure about his standing as a corporation but he could explain it later in a Marin County court."
In his closing argument, Greene asked the court, "What's a person? Is a person a natural person? Is it a corporation? Or, is a person both?"
Jurist Frank Drago, a traffic referee, admired the unusual argument.
"I must say it's a novel one," Drago said. "But I look at it a little differently."
'I expected to lose'
Drago directed Greene and Frieman to the vehicle code's subsection, which addresses the intent of the carpool lane - to relieve traffic congestion.
"Common sense says carrying a sheath of papers in the front seat does not relieve traffic congestion," Drago said. "And so I'm finding you guilty."
Outside the courtroom, Frieman said he would appeal the ruling within 30 days.
"I expected to lose," Frieman said. "And I expected the judge to cite the reasons he did."
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Sony Mobile participates in many recycling schemes established to fulfill the requirements of the European Union Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This Directive places joint responsibility on manufacturers, retailers and end users to divert electrical and electronic waste from landfills and make reuse, recycling or recovery the first choice. WEEE has been in force since August 2005 and we are fully compliant with national legislations resulting from this directive. Sony Mobile is a paying subscriber to many WEEE programmes.


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(Editor's Note: Today's guest columnist is Jim Strugger, derivatives strategist at MKM Partners.)
Early results of this earnings season look mixed, at least based on the 13% of the Standard & Poor's 500 constituents that reported fourth-quarter 2010 results between Jan. 10 and Jan. 24. Coupled with our view that implied volatility has approached its trough and may ramp up from recent levels, we are cautious over the near term and advocate exploiting relatively inexpensive options to hedge long positions through earnings season.
Banks (88%) and Diversified Financials (44%) have had the largest number of their respective components report their fourth-quarter earnings so far, with 64% and 50%, respectively, beating forecasts. These results have dragged down overall performance of S&P constituents, however, as 72% of S&P 500 companies overall have posted better-than-expected earnings so far. Although that's not far off the 75% average pace of the five quarters since the second-quarter 2009 recession trough, earnings "beats" were actually tracking 10 percentage points higher at the same time in the third-quarter 2010 earnings season.
This suggests to us that some caution is warranted over the next several weeks, given the dislocation between forecasted and actual earnings thus far in the bellwether financials sector.
Beyond earnings season, we have a constructive view of U.S. equity markets in 2011. MKM Partners Chief Economist Michael Darda expects real gross domestic product growth to be sustained in the 3%-4% range for the year, which should provide support for stocks that look attractively valued with the S&P 500 trading at 13.6 times consensus 2011 earnings forecasts. In the short term, however, the market must navigate what is setting up to be a choppy earnings season and possible escalation in equity implied volatility.
We have maintained a bullish posture since the August 2010 lows as the equity volatility wave that peaked in May gradually drifted lower toward what we view as its long-term trough. For the VIX—the options volatility on the S&P 500—this corresponds with a level around 15, which has been established as a hard lower boundary since the current high-volatility regime began in July 2007. It is a level that we remain wary of, given the historical precedent of volatilty spikes that have driven the VIX toward 30 during moderate equity market corrections.
The combination of potential earnings and volatility risks ahead leads us to recommend hedging long exposure by exploiting current option market dynamics. Average three-month, at-the-money implied volatility of SPX constituents currently ranks in the 13th percentile relative to the past 12 months, making options fairly inexpensive.
Meanwhile, strike skew—as measured by the absolute spread between implied volatility of 90% and 110% out-of-the-money options—is notably flat for a number of S&P 500 industry groups. Together, these factors suggest that outright put buying and costless collars are attractive hedging strategies to protect unrealized gains.
In the previously mentioned Diversified Financials industry group, for example, implied volatilty and skew rank in the ninth and 34th percentiles, respectively, relative to the past 12 months. This indicates that downside protection remains reasonably priced even with 50% of the group's components having reported weaker-than-expected earnings so far.
As a result, investors who hold shares in the group's constituents yet-to-report earnings should consider costless collars—selling an out-of-the money call to finance the purchase of a put—or buying puts outright in expiries that encompass the date of the earnings report to mitigate downside risk.
Although strong upward equity-market momentum has the potential to lull participants into complacency, current volatility dynamics afford the opportunity to initiate inexpensive hedges, which we view as the prudent strategy given the risk of potential unforeseen shocks ahead.
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Gene Endrody, CEO of Maid Marian Entertainment Inc., has a clear vision for keeping his best known title, Sherwood Dungeon, current and viable by bringing a 3D, multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPGs) to your web browser with the help of Adobe Flash Player.
Using the hardware acceleration enabled by the Stage3D APIs in Flash Player running in the browser, the team at Maid Marian was able to modernize Sherwood Dungeon to feature top-of- the-line visuals and responsive game play. By deploying the game in the browser, Maid Marian can now expand the revenue potential for Sherwood Dungeon as it can now be distributed through game portals that only support Adobe Flash® technology. Currently, Sherwood Dungeon is enjoyed by up to 3,000 social gamers simultaneously and more than one million unique players globally each month, attributable in part to the wide reach of the Flash Player on over 1.2 billion connected desktops.
The Maid Marian team looks to the future of the Adobe Gaming technologies and expanding their opportunity to grow their audience. "Marrying the ubiquity of Flash with GPU-accelerated graphics," continues Endrody, "elevates the potential of browser-based games. We can now take on the big publishers with something small, independent, and disruptive." Read more from Endrody here: http://adobe.ly/RajbRM.


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PHILADELPHIA — There will be no knocking on the door when Archbishop Charles J. Chaput arrives to the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The custom of knocking on the cathedral door, which has been done by some U.S. bishops when they were received at a new diocese, is not a practice that the church prescribes for such a ceremony.
What is called for in the church's "Ceremonial of Bishops" is being followed closely for the reception of Archbishop Chaput, formerly of Denver, to Philadelphia.
According to Father Dennis Gill, director of worship for the archdiocese, here's how the Sept. 8 service will go down.
Archbishop Chaput, accompanied by Cardinal Justin Rigali, will be received at the door of the cathedral by the rector, Msgr. Arthur E. Rogers, who will present a crucifix and holy water. The archbishop will kiss the crucifix and sprinkle himself and those present with holy water.
They process into the cathedral and after kissing the altar, Cardinal Rigali takes his place at the cathedra and Archbishop Chaput takes a seat across the sanctuary next to the ambo.
The apostolic letter announcing the appointment of Archbishop Chaput to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is presented and read.
Cardinal Rigali crosses the sanctuary and escorts Archbishop Chaput to the cathedra, the seat of the bishop.
The new archbishop is greeted by representatives of the local church; first by auxiliary bishops, then by clergy, women religious and lay people and lastly by civic officials and representatives of other faiths.
From this point, the Mass continues.
Archbishop Chaput has decided to give his first homily as archbishop of Philadelphia from the cathedra rather than from the ambo, according to Father Gill.
In giving media the rundown on the ceremony yesterday, the priest also mentioned that Archbishop Chaput had two special song requests for the installation service: "Gift of Finest Wheat" and "O God Beyond All Praising." Both hymns are being included in the Mass.


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Danielle Kang is ready to thrive in the match play environment once again as she aims to win her second Solheim Cup with Team USA.
At Des Moines in 2017, the 26-year-old was one of three rookies on the team and she claimed three points from her four matches.
For this year's edition, the 2017 Women's PGA Championship winner sealed her place when she qualified third in the rankings.
And Kang can't wait to take to the PGA Centenary course at Gleneagles and battle in the gladiatorial atmosphere.
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"I like playing against one other person. I like to have a win or a loss instead of playing the entire field," said Kang.
"I like to get some kind of feedback because in golf, we lose most of the time. If you don't win, you're technically a loser, so it's hard to win.
"But match play you just play one person and what I love about the team environment is you have a team mate and you get to play with them and for them.
"It's kind of like a sisterhood. I love somebody having my back and I love having their back.
"Golf is a very lonely sport at one point where you're out there all alone and you're hitting the shot.
"You and your caddie are just there, and nobody really understands what you feel and how you felt over a shot like another player.
"To be on the same team and to approach that together to win a Cup is pretty incredible."
Earlier in the week, captain Juli Inkster announced a change to the USA line-up with Ally McDonald replacing Stacy Lewis, who picked up a back injury.
Despite this being a surprise to Kang, she believes the new roles McDonald and Lewis have will only help the team in their effort to win a third Solheim Cup in succession.
"It definitely threw a curve ball, to be honest, in my personal opinion - but everybody on this team has earned their spot, I do know that," Kang added.
"I don't really know Ally's game very well, but I do know that I trust Juli's judgement.
"I know that she's got a very, very spunky personality and I think that she will do very well with Solheim Cup.
"She's very positive and energetic and having Stacy Lewis as an assistant captain really helps.
"She walked with us today and was explaining the golf course to me. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten that insight if she wasn't assistant captain."


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Soft Sand (Japanese: やわらかいすな Soft Sand) is a held item introduced in Generation II. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves by 20% when held by a Pokémon. This item can be sold for 50.
In the Johto region games, this item can be found on Route 34 in Generation II or by Santos in Blackthorn City on Saturdays in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. In the Hoenn region games, this item can be found on Route 109 or it may be held by wild Trapinch. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Soft Sand can be found as a held item on wild Sandslash. In the Sinnoh region games, one is found on Mt. Coronet or can be held by wild Diglett, Dugtrio, or Sandslash. In the Unova region games, one is found in the Desert Resort.
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You've finally made up your mind. After ogling thousands of pairs of skis in the lift line, you've decided to take the plunge and buy your first pair of skis. Now comes the hard part - sorting through the thousands of different types, brands, models, colors, and sizes. Where do you start?
Skis only came in one type - long - when skiing first became popular in the United States.
Since then, ski manufacturers have started producing lighter weight, more attractive skis in different designs. Skis come in different lengths, widths, weights, flex patterns, and sidecuts.
Sidecut refers to the general shape of the bottom of the ski. Most contemporary skis are "shaped" into hourglass designs with the tips and tails significantly wider than the waist. The more pronounced the difference between the waist of the ski and its tips and tails, the tighter its "turning radius" or how sharp it will turn.
Regardless of which brand of skis you buy, they all fit into one of several general types - beginner's skis, all mountain skis, freeride skis, freestyle skis, racing skis, and powder skis. Which kind you buy should be based on your skiing ability and what type of skiing you enjoy.
All come in a variety of lengths - the shorter the ski, faster it will turn and the more unstable it will be at higher speeds. The longer the ski, the better it will track at high speeds but the less responsive it will be in turns.
If you've just learned how to ski, the best choice (and most affordable) is a pair of beginner's skis. Beginner's skis are made with the same materials and care as higher end skis but are generally lighter weight, softer and easier to maneuver. They're sold in shorter lengths so that they're easier to turn and stop. Women's beginner skis are available in 120 to 150 cm. Men's beginner skis are sold in 140 to 160 cm lengths.
After you've been on the mountain for a few years, you'll probably be ready to graduate to a pair of all mountain skis. All mountain skis are designed to handle almost all on-piste conditions. Skiers of all abilities can enjoy the freedom of skiing on an all mountain ski because they're easy to turn and they handle equally well on ice, groomed runs, and in light powder snow. Many people who only can afford one pair of skis go with all mountain skis because they literally can ski anything. Choose a length that is slightly longer than a beginner's ski.
If the entire mountain is your playground, then you'll enjoy freeride skis. Designed to handle all types of snow conditions, freeride skis are just as comfortable laying down smooth arcs on freshly groomed blue runs as they are cutting up the powder in the back bowls of Vail. Typically wider than all mountain skis, they are designed for those who crave adventure and enjoy exploring the mountain.
Ever since the Winter X Games put the emphasis on action skiing, freestyle skis have been flying off the shelves. Freestyle skis are specially designed skis made lighter and shorter than other types of skis and have one big difference - twin tips.
Unlike traditional skis that are turned up only in the front, freestyle skis have tips that are turned up in the front and the rear to accommodate skiing backward as well as forward. You'll often see freestyle skis alongside of snowboards, scooting across rails and up the sides of super halfpipes.
Racing skis are reserved for the highest caliber skiers on the mountain. Racing skis, designed for responsiveness and quick turning, are not made for the faint of heart. They are very difficult to ski but deliver great results when skied in their element - the race course. Racing skis are generally much more expensive and harder to find than other types of skis. They also require special expertise when it comes to maintenance and tuning.
Powder skis are the big boys of the mountain. Fatter and heavier than other types of skis, powder skis are designed for off piste skiing and floating through bottomless powder snow similar to water skis. But take note - on groomed runs, powder skis have the responsiveness of your father's 1959 Cadillac.
New technology has changed the way that people ski. The next time you're enjoying a day on the slopes, stop by one of the resort's demo shops and take a few out for a spin. The new skis have made skiing fun again.