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The Emotional Cost Of Nursing
What are the costs of caring? A new project in the School of Psychology explores nurses' experience of distress and aims to determine if empathy with patients is associated with traumatic experience in nurses. Researcher Jenny Watts said nurses can develop symptoms such as flashbacks, sleeping difficulty and emotional detachment which can have serious consequences for both their personal and professional lives. She will be presenting her research at the Festival of Postgraduate Research which is taking place on Thursday 25th June in the Belvoir Suite, Charles Wilson Building at the University of Leicester between 11.30am and 1pm. Miss Watts said: "What is apparent is that nurses who identify with the patient and experience empathy appear to be most vulnerable to distress.
Caregivers May Benefit From Adult Day Care
Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregivers. Steven Zarit, professor and head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the effects of caregiving on familial caregivers. He will look at people who care for family members with dementia and how adult day care impacts the stress levels of all individuals involved. People with dementia experience progressive memory loss, which can lead them to act out in ways that are not always easy to handle. They may try to leave the house, struggle with dressing, reject help and become agitated.
Long-Term Care Costs Exceed Yearly Income For Many Calif. Seniors Living Alone
In Los Angeles County, being disabled can cost a year's income. That's because the annual cost of in-home care services for seniors living alone is now $319 more than this group's median income of $17, 029. Combine long-term care expenses with other basic expenses, such as food and rent, and a Los Angeles senior living alone will need twice the median income to survive, according to new data released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. In all 58 California counties, long-term health care is far out of reach for the state's most vulnerable citizens: seniors living alone who are disabled.
Recession Taking Toll On Unemployed As Well As Caregivers
The recession has increased the number of uninsured Americans and made it more difficult to access health care programs while also placing special burdens on caregivers. The Roanoke Times reports on concerns that "aid available to the newly unemployed to help lower the cost of health insurance isn't reaching everyone, leaving many without affordable access to medical care." As part of President Obama's economic stimulus package, the government set up a system to absorb some of the COBRA costs for recently laid off workers seeking to continue the health insurance they had when employed. The paper notes that "the federal stimulus bill lowered the amount a newly unemployed worker must pay to keep his or her former group health plan through COBRA from 102 percent to 35 percent of the premium.
Lawmakers Want Federal Rules To Cover Home Health Care Workers And End-Of-Life Care
Lawmakers want federal rules to cover home health care workers while Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., plans to introduce legislation in Congress today to better educate the public on end-of-life care. The Associated Press reports that "a group of Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Labor Department to reverse a Bush administration policy by extending federal wage and hour laws to home health care workers. Most domestic workers are covered by laws governing minimum wage and overtime pay, but home workers that care for the elderly and disabled have long been considered exempt. The 15 lawmakers - led by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin - say the growing number of full-time home care workers serving an aging population deserve the same workplace rights as other employees.
Utopia Honors Michelle Harris With Its Fifth Annual Caregiver Of The Year Award
Utopia Home Care, Inc. has announced that Michelle Harris will be its 2009 Caregiver of the Year. At the company's annual corporate breakfast meeting this morning, Utopia Home Care, Inc. President and CEO Manuel F. Martinez and Executive Vice President Manuel G. Martinez presented Ms. Harris with a commemorative plaque and a check for $1, 000. The presentation was made before approximately 125 staff members representing Utopia offices in New York, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Ms. Harris currently works with hospice patients in the palliative care unit at a nursing home in Brooklyn. "It takes a special person to work with terminally ill patients.


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GoMason Blog presents the Mason Playoff Picture
In case you haven't been paying attention, the fall sports seasons are slowly coming to a close and that means it's time to take a look at the postseason picture for all of Mason's teams.
Let's start by taking a look at the women's soccer team. This Friday at 2 p.m., the Patriots will play at Towson and Mason is in the driver's seat for a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. Currently tied for third, a win or a tie will put Mason into the four-team tournament. Mason (10-7-1, 6-4-0) will look for its seventh-straight win over Towson (6-10-3, 2-7-1), a team that has not beaten Mason since Diane Drake took over as head coach prior to the 2004 season. GoMason.com will have a live blog of all the action from Towson on Friday.
Next up are the cross country teams. The CAA Championships will be contested on Saturday at Wilmington, N.C. Last year the men's team finished second paced by Everett Hackett, who was second, Sam Horn, who was tenth, and Scott Tekesky, who was 12th. Both Hackett and Tekesky return this season. Last year, the women were third, with Rochelle Sceats finishing fifth and Laura Sinclair finishing tenth. Both are back and running well, especially Sinclair who has twice been named CAA Runner of the Week.
The men's soccer team has three matches remaining and they currently sit in a three-way tie for fifth, just two points behind three teams tied for second. Mason's remaining matches come against Hofstra, also tied for fifth, and Georgia State and UNC Wilmington, both tied for second. It would be an understatement to say that the remaining matches are meaningful. The good news is, the Patriots control their own ability to get to the postseason. Three wins and they will, at worst, finish third. There are plenty of other combinations as well that will get them into the CAA Tournament, which they last won in 2008. Hofstra and VCU (which is also in second place) still have to play first-place William & Mary as does UNCW which finishes with three straight road matches. The Patriots have never needed fan support more than they do in their two remaining home games – Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. The Patriots are currently second in the conference in average home attendance.
Finally, there's the DEFENDING CAA CHAMPION WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM. The Patriots, who are the DEFENDING CAA CHAMPIONS are tied for third with James Madison, with which they split their two matches this year. The Patriots, who are the DEFENDING CAA CHAMPIONS, trail second-place VCU by a half game but Mason lost its only meeting this year with the Rams. The DEFENDING CAA CHAMPION Patriots have matches remaining with first-place Delaware, which they will only face once this year, fifth-place Northeastern and Georgia State, and Hofstra, Towson and UNCW, three teams that are a combined 4-22 in conference play.
GoMason.com and the GoMason Blog will keep you up to date on the postseason picture for all of Mason's sports.


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RIVER VALE, N.J. – The thin blue line took a different turn when River Vale firefighters painted one on each of their fire trucks.
"The thin blue line put on the rigs represents the support we have for law enforcement and to pay tribute to the ones who have fallen in the line of duty," firefighters wrote.
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A Mosaic of Diversity: Vocationally Undecided Students and the Perry Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development.
A Mosaic of Diversity: Vocationally Undecided Students and the Perry Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development. - Download this document for free, or read online. Document in PDF available to download.
The effectiveness of using the Perry Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development (PSIED) was assessed with vocationally undecided students. Erwin's 1981 Scale of Intellectual Development (SID) was administered to 290 vocationally undecided college students (131 males and 156 females ranging aged 17 to 42 years with a mean age of 20.2 years) at a large midwestern university. The SID was administered to the students at the beginning and end of a 1-semester career planning course. Students also completed My Vocational Situation (MVS), the Career Development Inventory (CDI), and the IPAT Anxiety Scale (IPATAS). The responses to each instrument were cross-analyzed to identify correlations between the SID and the MVS, CDI, and IPATAS. Correlations were presented with respect to career planning, career exploration, decision making, world of work information, preferred occupation, career development attitudes and knowledge, and total career orientation. The various instruments were also cross-correlated in terms of dualism, relativism, commitment, empathy, and covert and overt anxiety. The study confirmed that the PSIED can assist career counselors in discovering diversity in vocationally undecided students. Specific conclusions were also drawn regarding the validity of selected scales of the individual measures. (MN)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students, Ethics, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Maturity Tests, Predictive Validity
Author: Jones, Hedy J.; Newman, Isadore
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It's been the chat for everyone for a wee while lately hasn't it. Standardised testing – The return.
Lots of discussions in my professional learning network going on about it but I think one of the most telling conversations was with one of my oldest friends.
He asked me what I thought about it and I said my piece to which he said, well it never did us any harm did it?
No it didn't but then we were in the red group.
Talking to peers about our experiences at school and how we just got on with it, but then we're not really aware of the other challenges that students were facing. We knew there were some students who got he,p with reading but that was probably the extent of it.
Secondary school certainly saw us separated fairly quickly with streaming early on and the mentality of what section you were in fairly early.
Surely testing in p.1,p.3, p.7 and then in S3 eventually give us that drive to teach to the test?oh yes it will.
Testing weans in p.1 and looking at it nationally? It's a punch square on the face to curriculum for excellence.
We'll no doubt see head teachers really looking at staffing and I have no doubt that some will look at the teachers they know that will get learners through the test and place them accordingly. Reminds me of the system that existed when I was in China, the best teachers in number 1 school…….
League tables for primary…aye here we go. assessment is for learning? Assessment is for league tables it would appear.
What did make me laugh was a chat with a friend who was telling me about the latest line in insults from secondary pupils and the best two at the moment?
A) yer dad sells the Avon and b) yer maw teaches Zumba.
So while we are doing standardised testing,what about the weans who have just not reached that level of maturity? ( what about the kids that think it is too funny to tell you that your mum wears a denim track suit? – excuse me while k stop you laughing to do another test) Or who may need a wee bit longer to bloom?
Standardised testing feels like the poison ivy the green shoots and flowers of CfE didn't need.
Maybe I'll just teach Zumba.
AiFL? assessment is for league tables.
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Planning kitchen design ideas with stools may seem easy, but wait until you have to do the actual work. Incorporating stools into the kitchen can improve the look and the appearance of the kitchen, and yet, you can make a clutter of it if you don't do it right. If you want to do it right, you should be able to know some of the important elements – while taking a closer look into your kitchen.
The Functions of the Stools
You don't necessarily have to include stools into your interior décor – after all, it is not mandatory. Stools are just like chairs – they provide seating space for you. Whether you want to include dining area into the kitchen or you want to create a get-together spot, the stools will be handy. Of course, having the right stools can improve the look and ambiance of the kitchen, but you need to choose the right one.
Kitchen as the Heart of the House
You can basically set up a special family hub anywhere you like – any room will do. However, a lot of homeowners tend to miss the kitchen because they think that such a dirty and messy room won't be appropriate for such a get-together spot. But guess what? In today's modern world, you should include kitchen as the family hub. It is a place to prepare the food, so why it can't be used as the family central? With kitchen design ideas with stools, you only need to figure out what kind of arrangement and layout for the room.
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So, how should you manage and figure out the overall design to incorporate kitchen design ideas with stools?
- Do you have a kitchen island? Why not function it as a place for dining or getting together? Your kitchen island can be used as a platform for doing the homework, working, or simply eating or chatting.
- If you have a rather spacious kitchen, you can place a small and compact dining table (enough for 4) right next to the kitchen island. If you can create a constant and harmonious flow from the island to the dining table, you can create a nice looking effect. Add the stools to create a great looking impact.
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- Looking for a splash of color? Colorful stools are the perfect answer. There are so many different options available, from the bright and bold colors to the muted ones.
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Performance Artist Arrested For Bomb Threat At Boston Marathon Finish Line
On the one year anniversary of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Kevin Edson was arrested after walking Boylston street barefoot shouting "Boston Strong" while wearing a long black vail. He had placed a black back pack near the finish line and told authorities it was a rice cooker. Police detonated it and temporarily shut the area down until it was cleared and safe again.


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The Society produces a range of publications, including the Annual Proceedings which is distributed free to members. There is also a substantial Library, mostly on display on shelving at Berkeley House, which is available as a lending resource to members and visitors to Berkeley House.
These are published mid-year and are distributed free to members. They are substantial volumes containing academic articles of a high standard relating to Devon's archaeology covering excavation reports, accounts of field surveys, standing building and artefacts and general discursive articles, with a chronological range from Palaeolithic to post-medieval. Back numbers of most volumes of the Proceedings may be purchased from the Publications Officer. Offprints of many individual articles are also available but no longer in Printed format.
A newsletter, which is published in January, May and September each year. This brings members news of the latest archaeological events around the county and of future Society activities.
An occasional series, Devon Archaeology, consisting of short, informative articles about various aspects of Devon's past.
Field Guides to sites of archaeological interest around the County, which are not otherwise provided with a guide.
Copies of the Society's publications are available for sale at the AGM or can be ordered by post or e-mail from the Publications Officer on the order form. Postage and packing will be charged in addition to the cost of the item.
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Ted and Fern Monson of Ohio welcomed hundreds of guest to Hoist Bay Resort from 1939 to 1973. They built the resort on the site of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company's Camp #75. From 1913 – 1929, this logging conglomerate transported timber from surrounding forests and hauled it by rail from Hoist Bay to their sawmill in Virginia, Minnesota. Voyageurs National Park has preserved key building from Monson's Resort and landscape features from the logging period.
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The Impression Reports on what to expect on the streets at the upcoming NYFW Spring 2018
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As preposterous as it sounds, September is right around the corner. Thousands will be flocking to NYFW, running from show to show. With what The Impression saw from Fall 2017 shows, these are the three trends street style mavens will be filling your feeds with this fall.
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Leather, chains, and zippers galore. Punk details from these shows will carry through to the looks this year at NYFW. The look is a go-to for musicians, models, and influencers alike. Moto jackets and plaid prints are going to be a staple this season as well as o-ring belts, and d-ring details.
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Alcoholics Anonymous & History of AA
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The First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference
September 6-7, 2013
Featuring A.A. Historian Dick B. of Maui, Hawaii, and Special Guests
Conference Theme:
"The History of Alcoholics Anonymous:
Meetings, Roundtables, Speakers, Research, and
Workshops in Portland, Maine
Main Conference Location:
The First Baptist Church of Portland, Maine
Conference Schedule
Friday, September 6
Saturday, September 7
Conference Mission
The mission of this conference is to present an accurate and comprehensive picture of Alcoholics Anonymous history which includes the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in early A.A.'s astonishing successes.
Of alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses; and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., xx]
Records in Cleveland show that 93 percent of those who came to us never had a drink again. [DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers, 261]
Your Heavenly Father will never let you down! [Dr. Bob in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 181]
Bill [W.] looked across at my wife and said to her, "Henrietta, the Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep talking about it and telling people." [AA # 3, Bill D., in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 191]
When we [Bill W. and Dr. Bob] started in on Bill D., we had no Twelve Steps, either; we had no Traditions.
But we were convinced that the answer to our problems was in the Good Book. [Dr. Bob in The Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous: Biographical Sketches: Their Last Major Talks (item # P-53), 13]
Conference Audience
This conference is for members of 12 Step Fellowships (including old-timers, speakers, sponsors, newcomers, and garden variety drunks and addicts); other International Christian Recovery Coalition "participants"; physicians, clergy, recovery pastors, and other Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena; and professionals working in the fields of intervention, detox, treatment, sober living, counseling, psychology, and psychiatry.
Conference Registration
Admission for the First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference is FREE! Registration is required. For more information about the conference please contact Ken B. by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 1-808-276-4945. To register for the conference, please send to Ken B. by email at firstname.lastname@example.com: (1) your name; (2) your postal mailing address; (3) your email address; and (4) your telephone number. Ken B. will send you by email a confirmation as to the acceptance of your registration.
If you would like to make a donation to help offset the costs involved in putting on this conference, please contact Ken B. by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 1-808-276-4945. Thank you!
Ongoing Conference Developments: Expansion!
Substantial, valuable, expansive changes are here announced as to the First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference in Portland, Maine, and related events over the seven-day period from September 6 through 12, 2013.
We are delighted to see many valued and distinguished registrations for this admission-free conference pouring in. Dick B. and Ken B. will be available to meet with many leaders and speakers before and after the Friday and Saturday conference events.
And a number of Christian leaders and workers in recovery arena from around the world will be giving 10-minute presentations in which they will tell us about what they are currently doing in the recovery arena; how well the work is going; how others can help; and their vision for the future.
We are looking forward to having speakers and others attendees from throughout the United States and from other countries participate in the First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference. Conference topics will be diverse; e.g., Quiet Time and the Eleventh Step; Sponsorship; Focus on Newcomers; the real, historical, Christian roots of A.A.; and how "old-school" A.A. ideas can and should be applied in today's recovery fellowships and programs as a powerful opportunity for those who want God's help in overcoming alcoholism and addiction, and who are willing to go to any lengths to get it.
As our list of speakers grows to include in such areas as the Wilson House, Burr and Burton Seminary, the YMCA, Rescue Missions, Evangelists, the Salvation Army, and Christian Endeavor, so also will our topics.
Are you one of those would like to learn more about the following topics:
· "Old-school" A.A.—particularly as it could be observed in Akron and in Cleveland during A.A.'s earliest days;
· How much A.A. has changed since Bill W. included what he called "the new version of the program, now the 'Twelve Steps'" in the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous ("the Big Book") published in April 1939 (see Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, 162); and
· How "old-school" A.A. principles and practices--which drew on the power and love of "the God of the Scriptures" (as Bill W. called the Creator of the heavens and the earth on page 284 of The Language of the Heart: Bill W.'s Grapevine Writings)—may be applied today. Using A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature, and without "violating the Traditions." Even in a Fellowship that certainly today includes Christians, Jews, Moslems, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, unbelievers, and those with no belief at all.
There is room in our Society for all when one heeds both the spirit and the letter of key statements in the Big Book, such as the following one about the Twelve Traditions:
. . . [W]e had to evolve principles by which the A.A. groups and A.A. as a whole could survive and function effectively. It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous . . .
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, . . . [N]one of these principles had the force of rules or laws. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., xix]
There is no room in our Society for those who try to blockade free exercise of rights and privileges by any particular approach so long as that free exercise maintains the primary purpose of carrying the message to alcoholics and addicts who still suffer. There is plenty of room in the Fellowship for the individual who wants to share with the newcomer
. . . in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 29]
And who wants to make known the major role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in early A.A.'s astonishing successes (according to A.A. General Service Conference-approved literature), and can play in recovery today. Room for those who want truth, not opinion. Room for those who help, instead of criticize and hinder. Room for those who want healing, instead of in-and-out bondage, temptation, and relapse. Room for those that recognize that the heart of A.A. was and is "the Solution":
There is a solution. . . .
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 25]
Sound familiar? Of course! That was the message Bill W. said his friend Ebby T. had carried to him:
But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself. His human will had failed. Doctors had pronounced him incurable. . . . Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, . . .
Had the power originated in him? Obviously it had not.
. . . It began to look as though religious people were right after all. . . . My ideas about miracles were drastically revised right then. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 11]
The "solution" set forth in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is grounded on the Creator's entering into the hearts and lives of those who have come to believe that Divine Aid is the solution for their alcoholism; and those who have recognized that they can't help themselves, that probably no human power can, that God can and will, and that they can choose to exit from the "medically incurable" category and enter into the "recovered" category.
Tens of thousands—if not hundreds of thousands--of Christians and potential Christians are currently involved in, or will soon be entering the rooms of, Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step Fellowships. They are puzzled by talk of nonsense gods, higher powers, spirituality, and atheism. They are often intimidated by remarks in meetings to the effect that talk of Jesus and the Bible (and sometimes even talk of God) is against "the Traditions," and/or that the Bible is "not Conference-approved."
They need not be puzzled or intimidated! A major purpose of the First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference is to educate those who want to know about the facts of A.A.'s history and A.A.'s Christian predecessors who were successful in healing alcoholics and addicts. You will meet Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena who work with garden-variety alcoholics and addicts; as well as those who are knowledgeable of various disciplines and areas of study, including religion, medicine, psychiatry, "old-school" A.A., the origins of A.A., the founding of A.A., and the original "Christian fellowship" of A.A.
Many of the conference speakers have had the opportunity to observe what both Bill W. and Dr. Bob stressed: (1) Love and tolerance as our code. (2) Love and service as the essence of the program--old and new--and the form it took in A.A.'s early days and is taking today.
A Further Conference Update
The First International Alcoholics Anonymous History Conference will be held in Portland, Maine, on September 6-7, 2013. The conference itself will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday evening, September 6; and it will continue from 9:00 a.m. until about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, September 7, at the following location:
The First Baptist Church of Portland, Maine
Dick B. and Ken B. will be staying at the following hotel from September 5-12:
Hilton Garden Inn Portland Airport
Dick B. and Ken B. check in Thursday, September 5, and check out Thursday, September 12. Dick and Ken will be available for pre- and post-conference personal, small-group, and workshop meetings with Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena. These meetings will cover:
· Dr. Bob's wife, Anne Smith, and Quiet Time-Eleventh Step practices and resources, and other subjects being formulated as speakers emerge. The meetings are broadening in number and topic as Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena are registering right now; and
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01 Grand BassinImage Credit : Grand BassinOne of the most sacred place for Hindu's is considered to be Grand Bassin or Ganga Talao.
Highlights: One of the famous temple of Lord Shiva is located some 1800 feet above the sea level. Not just Lord Shiva, you will also find temples of Hanuman and Lakshmi. You will be completely sold by the calm and peaceful nature of the place which makes it worth visit while in Mauritius.
Best time to visit: Maha Shivratri becomes the best time to visit Grand Bassin since it attracts a large number of followers. However, visiting this place during February and early March are considered to be ideal time to visit this place.
Location: It is approximately 38 km from Port Louis.
Top Things To Do in Grand Bassin
02 Rochester FallsImage Credit : Rochester FallsIf you are in Mauritius, Rochester Falls is considered to be worth a visit. This popular waterfall is located at an elevation of 152 metres.
Highlights: One of the peculiar thing that you will find in this place will be rectangular flank rocks. Swimming into the cool waters is considered to be just ideal to take a dive. You will also find local vendors selling coconuts and pineapples.
Location: It is 54 km from Louis Port.
Best time to visit: August and October are considered to be ideal time to visit this waterfalls. However you can also visit this place between March and May.
Top Things To Do in Rochester Falls
03 Riviere des Galets BeachImage Credit : Riviere des Galets BeachThe sound of the waves crashing against the shore is just the thing you would want to listen on a holiday. You can simply feel the wind brushing through your face and the relaxation that it will provide is simply matchless. The beauty of the beaches is what gets this beach the maximum number of tourists.
Highlight: Witness the spectacular view of the south mountain range which is truly breath-taking. However, it is believed that the water of the beach is not fit for swimming.
Best time to visit: April and June is the best time to visit this beach.
Location: It is 25 km away from Port Louis.
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With global equity markets at record highs, investors are having to hunt far and wide to find value, but wealth managers believe the asset class remains attractive
As the global equity rally enters its sixth year, with the S&P500 reaching new record highs in June having hit the bottom in March 2009, investors are worried about how long the growth will last and whether equities will remain attractive.
Valuations have increased significantly from very low levels, driven by gradual normalisation in the global economy and supported by exceptionally accommodative monetary policy. While there has been a broad-based and substantial upward move in international equity markets, with the US and Europe leading the way, selectivity is key today.
"The easy money in equity markets has been made over the last five years, when there has been a massive recovery of valuations from extremely depressed price levels," says Alan Mudie, who recently joined Société Générale Private Banking as head of investment strategy. "While there is not a great deal of value in major market indices, attractive valuations can still be found with careful market, sector and stock selection," he says.
But as 'markets climb a wall of worry', investors may have missed much of the performance, and now may find it difficult to get back in, considering how far prices have risen.
"An improving global economy, with the resulting increase in corporate profitability, will provide some support for equity markets from earnings, which should enable them to continue to rise on average," states Mr Mudie. "We remain with an overweight allocation to equity markets for our clients."
Also, the greater dispersion in returns or the variability of price performance between stocks and sectors indicates the market is beginning to trade off fundamentals, which provides opportunity for stockpickers, in particular in the alternative space, for example for long/short managers.
"One of our themes is 'go East' – rotate out of some markets which have generated good returns for us in the US and Europe, and move to the Asia Pacific markets," says Mr Mudie.
Despite the stockmarket run last year, the next phase of both monetary accommodation from the Bank of Japan and reform packages implemented by the Abe administration could be very positive for Japanese equity prices and negative for the yen. The French bank is looking to hedge exposure to the yen but continue to benefit from the second, "imminent" uptick in Japanese stock prices.
Attractive valuations are found by the bank in the more developed markets of the Asia Pacific region, such as Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, which are well geared to the improvement in global trade and economies in the West, driven by the US. These markets have also tended to be under-owned by investors and there is anticipation that money will flow back into those regions.
Within the eurozone, Société Générale recommends a refocus on Germany. The periphery equity markets, such as Spain, Italy or Greece, having enjoyed a period of strong performance driven by financial and banking stocks, are now less interesting and investors should buy the "underappreciated" German market. German equities are trading at 13.9x forward earnings, below the eurozone average of 15x.
But Europe, and peripheral countries in particular, continues to draw interest. "Valuations in Europe are not cheap but, on a relative basis, we believe the region and particularly periphery Europe are interesting," says Iain Armitage, head of investments for Emea at Citi Private Bank.
With a tactical overweight to global equities, the bank is overweight in developed markets, such as Europe or US, over emerging markets (EM). Here selectivity is key, and countries with strong fiscal and external trade deficits, such as Northern Asia, are preferred over economies such as Brazil and India, where structural deficit remains a challenge.
"The message we set up with our clients at the beginning of the year is still intact, which is to overweight equities, which remain attractive today," he says, explaining the bank has a fairly strong and constructive view about the underlying economic situation.
Unloved emerging markets
Concerns about EMs' growth and China's possible hard landing have made developing economies one of the most unloved areas of investments. But market sentiment seems to be gradually changing due to attractive valuations, although caution prevails.
Both Societe Generale and KBL European Private Bankers (KBL EPB) in June moved back to a neutral position on emerging markets.
"The risk of hard landing in China has decreased significant since the beginning of the year," says Stefan Van Geyt, group CIO at KBL EPB. "EM valuations have become more interesting too – they are now at fair value –which is why we believe it is time investors dip their toes back in emerging markets."
This is in contrast to what the Luxembourg-based bank had been previously recommending, ie to invest in developed markets only, believing investors were not sufficiently paid for the risk taken in emerging markets.
But EM equities have stabilised since the sell off early this year and offer compelling growth prospects for longer term investors.
Moving back into emerging markets would be a contrarian call and a logical one, from a valuation point of view, acknowledges Johan Jooste, UK CIO at Julius Baer, but challenges around earnings explain the bank's underweight position in these economies.
"Our equity exposure is focused on developed countries, which will still have a quarter or two of reasonable run on earnings," he predicts. "The emerging market trade is one where timing is critical and we are still a bit cautious."
The main challenges come from commodities, where supply demand dynamics are not expected to drive prices up. "Quite a lot of emerging markets are sensitive to commodity prices, which have not exactly been stellar, and our view on these is sideways, at best." Also, states Mr Jooste, global demand from developed markets needs to be stronger before it flows into emerging market exports.
The consensus is that EMs will eventually re-orientate towards domestically-generated growth, but these are long-term structural arguments, which will take time to develop.
'Normalisation' of the global economy will impact EMs more than developed markets, says Kieron Launder, Cazenove Capital Management's head of investment strategy, and on that thesis the firm has been overweight developed markets for some time.
'Normal' means global sustainable growth. But this is going to be lower than the exceptional levels reached pre-crisis, when expansion was driven by debt and leveraging in the West. Export-oriented emerging companies, which greatly benefited from this, will be hit.
However, he says, the most attractive opportunities are usually found in unloved areas and EMs are certainly unloved. In value investing, which characterises investments in emerging markets today, it is crucial to look for "micro catalysts or macro turning points", which may be specific to a company or country.
These may be the election of prime minister Modi in India, or signs of stability or determination in China to attain 7.5 per cent growth. Recent stability in EM currencies can also be seen as a turning point, states Mr Launder.
With the US equity market returning 200 per cent including dividends over the past five years, getting dollar-based investors to a level close to the index weight in EMs takes some work, explains Leo Grohowski, CIO at BNY Mellon Wealth Management. "Most investors are well underweight the index level in EM equities, as they have not felt the need to look elsewhere, and usually that is exactly the time you want to start looking elsewhere," he says.
The American bank favours US stocks, in particular large caps where valuations are still "reasonable"; it has become "more constructive" on Europe, but it maintains a neutral weight to EM equities. With EM equities trading at a P/E multiple that is at a 30 to 40 per cent discount to developed markets, today will turn out to be a very good entry point, he says. "But we are only neutral weight because we do recognise that it could take a few quarters for some of the concerns about China to smooth out or some of those outflows to dissipate."
However there are opportunities to take advantage of those dislocations for investors who have intermediate to long-term time horizons. But even for those who profess to be long-term oriented, it is hard not to be short-term in their actions, as investors are equipped with short-term information and have access to portfolio daily values. "Behavioural finance helps us to understand why emotion is so hard to divorce from the discipline required to be a long-term investor," says Mr Grohowski.
Bringing a contrarian view, London-based multi-family office Stanhope has a strong underweight in the US equity market, due to valuation concerns, and is overweight everywhere else as a result, including EMs.
"China looks cheap," explains Jonathan Bell, CIO at the firm. "The Chinese market has fallen by almost 60 per cent since the end of 2007, whilst earnings have doubled and the P/E has fallen from almost 50 to a prospective of 6.3, looking two years out. The current price to book is also reasonable."
Russia would look cheap but is higher risk, and overall other EMs are generally attractive, states Mr Bell.
Emerging market investment manager specialist, Ashmore, warns of the dangers of investment bandwagons.
"There has been a true negative sentiment towards emerging markets to the point of selling them down so much relative to the earnings expectations and that's why they are cheap and there is value," explains Julie Dickson, equities portfolio manager at the firm, emphasising that EMs cannot seen as a homogenous group. "I think it is very important not to be influenced by this herd behaviour and not to paint emerging markets with just one brush."
Across EMs, companies have been very profitable and are growing their businesses despite headline news, for example in the Middle East. "There is an enormous amount of concern around Iraq and other places in the region. However other countries such as the UAE, Qatar and even Saudi Arabia have been so far resilient in the phase of this conflict, with companies within those markets able to generate earnings growth,"she says. "But it's very important to be selective."
Another over-reaction was the selloff of Russian equities in March. The market priced in the risk of a "cataclysmic outlook", anticipating Russia and Ukraine and even the US could go to war, which was extremely unlikely, maintains Ms Dickson.
When picking stocks it is important to understand whether the risk implied in the valuation is actually realistic, she states. Markets in Russia have recovered very sharply, as the new government in Ukraine was officially recognised and is opening channels of communication.
"China also gets beaten up a lot and unjustifiably so," believes Ms Dickson. China has been on a path of reform for the last three to five years, its growth is expected to remain in the 7 to 7.5 per cent region, earnings are also very stable and the country is going to benefit from the recovery of the global economy.
"So far China has delivered, but every time there is bad news, the market gets hit really hard. At the moment the country is in a nice sweet spot, and there are a lot of opportunities out there."
Other "groundless bandwagons", according to Ashmore, relate to the negative sentiment on the Fragile Five – Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey – identified by Morgan Stanley as particularly vulnerable, in particular to Fed tapering, due in part to large current account deficits. That highlights the "tendency to confuse cyclical imbalanced such as inflation or current account deficits with intractable structural problems".
On the other side, a positive sentiment towards Abenomics is based on the false belief that "Japan can fix all its structural problems with a dose of fiscal and monetary stimulus," according to the investment firm.
Herd mentality in investing is a "double-edged sword". On the one hand it creates opportunities, on the other it creates headwinds. Good companies sometimes get sold off for no reason other than the fact they happen to be in unloved markets, whereas expensive companies are in demand because their markets happen to be in favour.
Investors have to take a long-term view and look at the valuation of fundamentals. "You have to take a long-term view, but you have to be patient, and hold your nerve through these market movements, and if you have a strong value discipline then you are able to generate value over the long-term," says Ms Dickson.
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PLC Paper No. CB(1)17/97-98
(These minutes have been
seen by the Administration)
and cleared with the Chairman)
Ref: CB1/BC/14/96
Members present :
Members absent :
Public officers attending :
Clerk in attendance:
Staff in attendance :
1. The Chairman reported the following -
(Post-meeting note: The Secretariat had made arrangements for HKITMP to attend the Bills Committee meeting on 16 April 1997.)
(LegCo Paper Nos. CB(1)1188/96-97(02) and 1248/96-97(03)
1. The Deputy Principal Crown Counsel (DPCC) briefed members on the paper comparing the copyright laws of Hong Kong and PRC. Members noted that despite the differences in the legal systems, both laws aimed at complying with international standards but through different routes to achieve the same purpose. For example, differing in classifications and wordings, the two laws were similar in targets of copyright protection, copyright ownership, rights of owner, duration of protection, exceptions and legal responsibilities.
2. In response to members questions, DPCC supplemented the following information -
3. The Chairman drew members attention to paragraph 4 of Chinas proposals to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (LegCo Paper No. CB(1)1248/96-97(03)), which stated that the National Copyright Administration of PRC (NCAC) could not agree with the proposal to grant importation right to copyright owners. This was different from the Bill which recognised the importation right of copyright owners. She queried the rationale for the difference.
4. In response, the Deputy Secretary for Trade and Industry (DS/T&I) and the Director of Intellectual Property (D of IP) explained that all member countries of the Berne Convention or the World Trade Organisation (WTO) had to comply with international standards and obligations. However, in areas where no consensus had been reached, e.g., parallel importation, member countries could have different treatments. The Administration was in full knowledge of Chinas different stance on copyright owners importation right. As Hong Kong could have its own legal system, it was not obliged to take Chinas stance on the issue. In fact, in recognition of a different situation in Hong Kong, China agreed that Hong Kong could treat parallel importation in a different way provided that the Bill complied with international standards.
5. Responding to members questions on any difference in treatment between local and foreign copyright owners in China, the Assistant Legal Advisor (ALA) explained that under the Berne Convention, all member countries were required to treat local and foreign copyright owners the same.
(LegCo Paper No. CB(1)1221/96-97)
6. DS/T&I briefed members on the Administrations paper on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Hong Kong. Members noted that the Hong Kong Government was firmly committed to combating copyright piracy, and had been making efforts to tackle the problem on various fronts. The quantity of seizures in 1996 was 180% of that in 1995, making a net increase of 22% in value. In 1996, a total of 144 persons received immediate custodial sentences for offences relating to copyright piracy as compared with 18 in 1995. The Bill introduced additional legal tools to enhance the ability of the Customs and Excise Department (CED) to enforce against copyright piracy and to facilitate co-operation with copyright owners and enforcement authorities of other countries/territories. These included the following -
7. To facilitate the copyright owners and their exclusive licensees to take civil actions, the Administration also proposed to -
8. In addition, subject to members agreement, the Administration was prepared to propose a Committee stage amendment to modify and expand the scope of clause 33 of the Bill to make persons civilly liable for knowingly permitting their premises to be used for copyright infringement activities for trade or business purpose.
9. In reply to members questions relating to seizure of infringing articles, DS/T&I and the Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise (AC of C&E) supplemented the following details -
11. Members emphasised that border control was indispensable in combating piracy as many pirated goods were smuggled in. They urged CED to strengthen border measures and upgrade equipment against piracy. In response, AC of C&E emphasised that CED was already dedicated to the task. In this regard, it had established close contacts with China to strengthen cross-border actions and intelligence exchange. China had set up a body specially devoted to enforcement against piracy two years ago and six parallel operations had been mounted by the Hong Kong Customs together with the relevant Chinese authorities at the land border. At members request, the Administration would provide more details on enforcement actions taken in 1996, including the six parallel operations and the amount and value of seized pirated products. Members noted that the Administration had also planned to upgrade border equipment. For example, a large garage-like x-ray machine for inspection of trucks would be installed .
12. Some members put forward proposals to facilitate detection of infringing copies at border points such as requiring the consignor to produce licensing documents to verify that the copyright goods were legally manufactured and imported. These documents could be issued by relevant trade associations in the place of production.
13. In response, the Administration provided the following comments -
14. Members were concerned that with decriminalisation of parallel imports, pirated products might flow into Hong Kong under the disguise of parallel imports. To address their concerns, the Administration assured members that border measures for copyright products including parallel imports would not be relaxed. If members so wished, the Administration might consider extending the new customs border measures mentioned in paragraph 11 to detain suspected parallel imports. However, CED had to rely on copyright owners and exclusive licensees to provide information to take enforcement against importation of parallel goods. The Administration further advised that parallel imports infringed the contractual rights of the copyright owner or the exclusive licensee. Criminal actions could not be taken without their full co-operation in providing information and giving evidence in court.
16. In reply to members questions on the right of the copyright owner and the exclusive licensee to claim damages through civil proceedings, DS/T&I and the Deputy Director of Intellectual Property explained that the existing remedies of damages included basic damages, additional damages and conversion damages. The Bill proposed to delete conversion damages because it was considered that additional damages alone should enable the copyright owner or the licensee to claim reasonable compensation for excessive losses having regard to the flagrancy of the infringement and any benefit shown to have accrued to the defendant by reason of the infringement. In consideration of the efforts and investment made by the infringer in an infringement act, the Administration proposed that the scope of damages should be restricted to make it in line with the law of the UK. Apart from damages, other remedies were available, e.g., injunction, delivery, etc.
18. The Chairman reminded members that the next meeting of the Bills Committee would be held on Wednesday, 16 April 1997, at 8:30 am.
19. The meeting ended at 12:45 pm.
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Itc Grand Central A Luxury Collection, Mumbai (bombay)
About ITC Grand Central a Luxury Collection
Inspired by British Colonial architecture of old Bombay, this luxury hotel in Mumbai is located amidst business and recreational centers in Parel. The colourful patchwork of the city's cultures - its colonial past, old english charm, modern present and warm Indian Hospitality - fill this hotel with a fabled grandeur. This luxury hotel has 242 guest rooms including 19 suites, non-smoking floors and for single lady travellers, Eva floors with sophisticated security and building management system. Despite its status as one of India's most cosmopolitan cities, there are parts of Mumbai that have the curious quality of straddling two worlds. They bear the characterful ambience of a timeless past while gently embracing the dizzying here-ness of the present. ITC Grand Central carries forth the culture and builds the character of the place through its fine blend of British colonial style with modern contemporary design. Once a buzzing centre of activity with a large concentration of cotton mills, and prior to that a posh colonial residential settlement where the erstwhile governor of Bombay - Sir William Hornby lived, Parel still bears the old world charm of a bygone era, despite a renewed state of development and now the commercial hub of Mumbai, built to embody the best of both the worlds it inhabits, ITC Grand Central cuts a striking figure against Parel's skyline. While its tall spire expresses the invincible spirit of enterprise in Mumbai, the cobbled stone-paved characterful Millsquare that forms the pivot of the hotel offers a befittingly charming tribute to the mills of Mumbai.
- * 287, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Parel
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- * Covered Valet and Free Self Parking Facilities
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- * Six elegant and spacious conference and banqueting suites, complete with High Speed Internet Access, are available for your meeting needs. The extraordinary Grand Ballroom with an entrance lobby, pre-function area, and large wooden doors, is exquisitely adorned with murals and crystal chandeliers. It can accommodate weddings and cocktail dinners for up to 400 guests, theatre-style conferences for up to 450 guests, and receptions for up to 750.
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Who Needs a Car? - Livin' the Good Life
Jan. 28th, 2016
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Maya and Ollie like to go places on their own steam. Here's Ollie all decked out for the 1+ mile walk to the park straight through the desert.
(Note that he's carrying his water on his back.)
In the picture below, he is riding his strider bike, which he has outgrown, to his friend Nora's house for a playdate... again, straight through the desert.
I can't even imagine walking a MILE to the park....not to mention being out there and then walking back. I'm sure Ollie loved it though!


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Simplicity through minimalism on Etsy
Hi everyone, my name's Pooja and I'm a member of the London Local Team! You'll find me here every month curating a post around a particular theme. This month's theme is Minimalism.
Minimalism, is often a word used to describe or emphasise the extreme simplification of form. It can be used in a wide range as seen on Etsy: Jewellery, Prints, Homeware etc.
Minimalism through Jewellery:
Sometimes jewellery doesn't make a statement if you add too many diamonds, or beads to it. Sometimes it can just be the simplest form, a simple shape and it can still make a bold statement. Some of the shops on Etsy I believe that carry out this so great are:
Wild Fawn Jewellery:
Wild Fawn Jewellery – Statement Sterling Silver Ring | Arrow Ring | Eco friendly jewellery
Purana Jewellery
Wish Sterling Silver Necklace 925, Dandelion Pendant Necklace, Sterling Silver Jewellery
Naomi Tracz Jewellery
Earrings gold plated marquise shaped earrings, stud earrings.
Monogram Cufflinks, Monogrammed Cufflinks, Personalised cufflinks, Custom Cufflinks, Initials, Groom Gift.
I adore these by the way, simple and aesthetic and you might want to take a look if you're planning a wedding soon. PS- its wedding season coming up soon! Hurray!
Silver Swirl Ring – Silver Moonstone Ring, Rainbow Moonstone Ring, Swirl Ring
If you really like stones, and love to wear them. Mary Colyer has a beautiful ring in her shop, which I really love and the design is simple, minimal but so outstanding it would actually make a great gift to anyone so dear to you!
Minimalism through Prints:
I prefer to go with geometric, shapes, city prints or even just lino prints. They look good on a bare wall, and I would prefer to put them up on a wall such as the hallway, kitchen, living room and the bedroom (but maybe a photo in the bedroom – well everyone has a different preference!)
My picks of good prints from a couple of shops are:
Made by Aiza
Monochrome ombre stacked semicircle geometric print – abstract home decor – black and white wall art – circle art – circle poster
I see this in my Kitchen, or your kitchen – or really anyones kitchen. It reminds me of how my bowls look when stacked together in the cupboard. The print is abstract, but really its defined in such a way that makes it stand out!
Eye for London Prints
Stokey Black: Prints of London Streets
City prints are often really nice, and sometimes you want your house to look a bit graphic-al style! This would go perfect on top of a fireplace!
Threaded by Pooja
Watercolour Space Nebula painting, Modern Art, Home decor, Minimalism, Space Painting, Gift for Scientists.
If you're looking for a painting, that fits in with modern rustic furniture/home theme this painting of golden stardust and pink nebula will fit in and you'll be star gazing within a few minutes. Its an original painting, and hasn't been printed over and over again!
Botanical Leaves Paperart Giclee A5 Print Wall Art
Minimalism through homeware:
Right, so homeware is my weakness. Believe it or not. I actually melt when I am taken into IKEA, and I really just want to buy everything. Scandinavian elements are really in, and although it may be patterns, but even those patters will make your house look neutral, but also like you have a design factor in your house. (I really can't describe it, no its not a wow factor – because its not bling bling) – So heres my favourite picks from the shops!
Scandinavian patterned blue floor runner
Jute Crocheted Bowl Plant Pot Holder, Crochet Storage Basket, Trinket Holder Primitive Natural Decor.
Anything for jute! Its such a natural organic textile and can really blend in anywhere, if you have bare white walls, and really want to add greenery, but you don't like your mini pots because they are bright – I would say buy this crocheted jute bowl plant holder!
Jinny Ngui Design
Twig Bone China Espresso Cup and Saucer Set
These would go well in a kitchen that has a rustic look, probably reclaimed wood furniture and also very much country like! Beautiful set!
Minimalism through Fashion:
Minimalism through Fashion, is quite subtle but yet even simple cuts and forms or embroidery/prints can really make a bold statement. Some picks of these are:
Hand Embroidered Cow Parsley Brooch Button in silver purple white.
Susie London UK
Gold Pineapple T-Shirt in Dark Grey Organic Cotton – 60s 70's Retro Festival summer tropical fruit screen print bling top by Suzie London
Im going to say it, Im in love with this top. I love pineapples. I love how it carries itself, and the simple illustration of the pineapple. Not too many colours, just a one colour print. Thats minimalistic!
So these are a couple of products that display simplicity through minimalism. Sometimes its always better to be very simple, and that can really make your product stand out, be unique. I know its hard, but have a think about it!
Etsy is growing rapidly, and each day there are many people who join to sell their handmade goods. It makes me wonder, what if every highstreet out there, just consisted of Etsy shops? Would it be better to shop local? Or would it be better to to shop mass produced, factory produced? Even then, the smallest details, the thought and the story goes into how that product was made and its becoming more and more stronger in the market. We just need to push harder for people to buy handmade!
Pooja x
About Pooja
I hand make handbags and small things – usually seasonal based! I love to illustrate, sew and travel to get more inspiration! Im part of the London Local team too, and I stay in East London. Im new to Etsy, but I do spend quite a bit of my time on it figuring hard at the SEO and tags, and perfect photography! Around every month or so, I will be picking a theme, and will be creating a blog post for all of you to read, inspire and this will be to also to help you figure out different things of Etsy, e.g. what other product lines you can make for your Etsy shop based on the themes I pick.
To find me on
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Etsy: www.threadedbypooja.etsy.com


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Chamber music workshops for strings/piano – on the borders of Somerset, Dorset, and Wiltshire. For existing groups or for individuals. Juliet Hughes-Rees, Sharing the results of creative music projects for and with hearing impaired children and young people with complex special needs. Workshops, speakers and more. Making Music funding workshops – 15 November in Chippenham. Grants for the arts with Arts Council England and Filling in Forms with Judith Clark.
Polichinelo Circus Acrobatic School – eight-week courses in October and February. Training initiative in acrobatics, dance and movement, capoeira, and physical comedy. It is always very important to manage the legal steps to be done in the right ways and this is important because the legal steps are performed for the calculation of house price in the real estate field. By doing such complex steps you will always get the beneficial ideas for making the simple property valuation process.
The main steps of the property valuation process are complex and because of that, it is always suggested to perform those steps in the right manner with the expert and licensed Perth Property Valuers in the complex property field for the people's need and demand. The Adult Learner Programme at Newlyn Art Gallery is full of events. One is Painting and Drawing in the open air with Kurt Jackson on Saturday 31 January. www.westcoastvaluers.com.au workshop series in Sherborne House – the series includes, among many events, a Language of Clothes' Workshop on 22 November.
Now enrolling – leisure courses in Fine Art, Life Drawing, and Printmaking at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth in January 2004. Open4Business is a range of events for learning about business opportunities, networking, improving business performance etc. the journal, Performance Research speaks for the world of contemporary performing arts; it encourages academics, theoreticians, artists, and practitioners all to contribute.


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The CASSC Annual Charity Ball took place on 22nd April in the Clayton Hotel, Cork City. A great time was had by around 100 attendees from the Cork region who attended. The Ball was held in aid of a worthy charity, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, the final tally of what was raised is still to be confirmed, but over €1,000 will be making its way to the charity thanks to the event. Attendees were kept entertained by a live Band (named UV5) followed by a DJ until late, with other surprises on the night including a photo booth, chocolate fountain and a free giveaway of an Electric Picnic ticket. CASSC would like to thank all who contributed towards and attended the event on the night. Overall, the event once again turned out to be a resounding success. Roll on the 2018 Ball!
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Six Students Of Ekiti State University Killed In Auto Crash
Six students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, lost their lives in an auto crash involving a car and a commercial bus on Monday.
An eyewitness account according to Punch said that six persons died in the accident which occurred around 7:30pm in front of the institution's main gate.
The students were in a Lexus saloon car and were coming from Ado Ekiti town to the university when the accident occurred.
The identities of the students are yet to ascertained.
But the Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, who confirmed the development, said his men had recorded five deaths according to Daily Trust.
An eyewitness said the driver of the car, suspected to be under the influence of alcohol with his friends, rammed into the mini bus conveying the students from the campus.
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Front of terminal upgrades ready for take off/
A drop off lane, additional short term parking and rejuvenated forecourt at the Karratha Airport will soon become a reality with upgrade works to the front of terminal expected to kick off next month.
BGC Contracting has been appointed to undertake the $3.3 million project which also includes a rejuvenated terminal forecourt with shading, seating and landscaped areas.
Up to 15 local contractors and services providers will be engaged throughout the project.
City of Karratha Mayor Peter Long said the upgrades would provide an enhanced overall experience for airport users by simplifying access and increasing parking capacity.
"We know the community has really missed having a drop off lane for passengers since it had to be closed due to a change in airport regulations," Cr Long said.
"The City has been working through how to provide for this in the new car park design and we are thrilled that a 'kiss and ride' lane has been incorporated into the final car park and rejuvenated terminal forecourt design."
It is anticipated the project will commence in April and be completed by September 2017.
Changes to the parking and terminal access will be communicated throughout the project to minimize disruption or delays.


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Let's Dismantle Universal Healthcare in the United States. Raheja QBE Common Insurance coverage Firm Restricted is a joint venture normal insurance coverage company promoted by Prism Cement Limited, India and QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty Restricted, a completely owned subsidiary of QBE Insurance coverage Group Restricted, Australia. GP helpline, NHS cashback & up to 50% no claims discount. The company works upon the thought of Let's Uncomplicated' and provides tailored mediclaim insurance policies to people, household, senior citizen and corporate.
The Reasonably priced Healthcare Act (ACA) provides a lot of individuals help paying for his or her medical health insurance premiums. Group health insurance and health profit plans are insured or administered by CHLIC, Connecticut Basic Life Insurance Firm (CGLIC), or their affiliates (see a listing of the authorized entities that insure or administer group HMO, dental HMO, and other products or services in your state).
Co-pays or co-funds are charges that buyers pay to health care suppliers such as physicians or hospitals normally on the time of service although some physicians and other providers will invoice shoppers for copayments. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company had an impressive file of Incurred Declare Ratio of sixty three.03% for the fiscal 12 months 2014-15, and it has brought further advantages like portability and lifelong renewability options in its existing health insurance plans.
To be licensed and supplied on the Health Insurance Marketplace, all medical health insurance policies must cowl these essential health advantages, and states that have expanded or that may expand their Medicaid applications under the ACA should provide these advantages to these newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. Useful brokers: The company's website provides useful search tools and access through telephone to representatives who guide consumers in selecting health insurers.
The out-of-pocket max is probably the most a client would pay throughout a coverage period (usually one 12 months) earlier than the medical insurance company would for all coated important well being advantages. Integrated on twentieth December, 2002 below the Indian Companies Act 1956, Agriculture Insurance Co. of India Ltd. Group Universal Life (GUL) insurance plans are insured by CGLIC.


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So I know I've talked about the "Ch'ti" thing before. It's the stereotype of the people who live here in the North, which many people equate to the stereotype of America's deep, deep, deep South – very nice and welcoming, but at times a bit basic. The people here even have their own dialect, appropriately called Ch'ti, and I really don't even know how to explain it. It's really nasally, to the point that words become incomprehensible, it involves a lot of mumbling, and a lot of "c" and "s" sounds become "sh" sounds, which can become very confusing very fast.
There was also a film made about the Ch'tis, called Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis. To give you a sense of how well-known this stereotype is, the film is France's highest-grossing comedy of all time. Luckily, the people of the North have embraced this stereotype. People here are extremely proud to be Ch'ti – there are comic books for kids written completely in the Ch'ti dialect, there's a Ch'ti beer (which, in my humble opinion, isn't actually that good compared to the wide range of other beers here), and, finally getting to the point of this post, there is an equivalent of the Michelin guide, called Le Ch'ti. It includes recommendations for everything from restaurants to nightlife to cultural activities and much, much more. This year was especially important because it was the 40th anniversary of Le Ch'ti's first publication. There was a huge event at Place de la République, right by our apartment, including games and activities for kids and adults alike. The guide is free for everyone, and I read in the newspaper that there were 300,000 guides made, and 500,000 people were expected to attend the two-day event. And the most impressive part about it is that it is compiled and published entirely by university students and all costs are covered entirely by advertisements. I of course had to get one, because a) who doesn't like free stuff?! I mean come on. and b) it was free!
It's really true that time flies when you're having fun. Or, as Kermit the Frog always says, time's fun when you're having flies. Either way, I've got just over a month left here, and two weeks of that will be vacation. Actually, the vacation situation is a little weird, because our last vacation is from April 12th – 29th, but our contracts end on April 30th. So I will have to work for literally one day after vacation and then I will be done. It's really coincidental that it ended up that way; France is divided into zones for school vacations, and Lille happens to be Zone B, whose vacation just happens to have been assigned to April 12th-29th. Oh well. At least my last day of work will be at the school I prefer, and it'll be with some of my favorite students. For the amount that I complain about the work and the difficult students, I can tell that my last day will definitely be hard to get through.


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After starting Live Oak Landscape Contractors in 1989 to help pay for college, the graduate from Rutgers Landscape Architecture Program decided to follow his passion for plants and the living environment to create one of the area's finest landscape architecture and design/build firms. Michael's understanding of his client's desires is a large focus in the design process and has permeated down through all aspects of his business. The client-first approach has allowed Michael to work on projects ranging in size from the very small garden to over a million dollar landscape. Our client roster dates back to the founding years.
In addition to coaching his son's ice hockey team and his daughter's softball team, Michael is committed to many civic and charitable organizations including The Valerie Fund for children with cancer and blood disorders, Lupus Foundation and the ALS Association of America.
As a result of Michael's 25 plus years of experience, Live Oak Landscape Contractors has grown to over 80 employees. Many of our key team members have over 15 years of tenure.


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- Place: Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England
- Creator: photographer : Muggeridge, Donald William, Mr., b.1918
- Date: 30.6.1966
- Description: Colour transparency of the silhouette of the side view of a post mill at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, taken on 30th June 1966.
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Our Christmas Elf
Do you have a Christmas elf residing at your house? We do. He arrives in the night on December 1st and departs on Christmas Eve. He always sits in the exact same place, high on the bookcase in the living room.
This Christmas elf reports to Santa about how everybody is behaving and what their wishes for Christmas might be. If we leave a tiny little scroll with our most wished-for gift, it disappears in the night leaving a magical trail of glitter behind.
He arrived at our house on Sunday. That day Lou didn't want to practice her violin. Nels informed her that the Christmas elf had arrived and was watching. She immediately ran to check the bookshelf and then ran to get her violin. Worked like a charm :)
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I could certainly call myself an admirer of Julian Schnabel, the artist turned filmmaker has improved with each film, from Basquiat (write what you know) to Before Night Falls to the exquisite The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. Simply put, the man can make stylish and smart films that distinguish themselves from other similar fare. His next film, Miral, is a large scale humanist film which chronicles of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. The challenge here is that this type of material typically plays in Oscar-bait territory, and that it is headlining Freida Pinto is a big unknown. Pinto was so easy on the eyes in Slumdog Millionaire, but did not do much actual 'acting' in that film – more standing and looking off into the horizon as Dev Patel did the heavier lifting – she was even completely out-acted by the girl who played the younger version of her character.
Either way, Miral looks like a handsome film, a solid supporting cast (Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Alexander Siddig and Hiam Abbass) and I have faith in the director here. The film is all set for its Venice Festival Debut, but The Weinstein Company has ownership of North American distribution, take that as you will about prospects of getting released in any real capacity.
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May 12 2018
Pakistan Ambassador to the US Aizaz Chaudhry also confirmed that the United States' travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats came into effect from Friday (May 11).
".This ministry has been informed that the new travel permission regime for Pakistani diplomats/officials in the United States would be implemented from 11 May 2018".
Starting today, the Foreign Office said, American diplomats will also have to take prior permission for travelling - something which was earlier done only in special cases.
Congressman Donald Norcross, a New Jersey Democrat, was one of two USA lawmakers who addressed a meeting of the Pakistani American Congress on Capitol Hill, emphasising the importance of continuing a relationship with Pakistan. Their cargo will have to be scanned upon arrival.
Earlier, the local media reported that Pakistan too planned to enforce similar restrictions on U.S. diplomats in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.
A former Pakistani ambassador to Washington, Jalil Abbas Jilani, said in a tweet the restrictions are "a sign of strayed" relations and called on both countries to fix them.
Pakistan's letter outlined the list of concessions it has withdrawn from the US diplomatic mission.
Terminating the special treatment for United States diplomats, the Ministry said that they would no longer be allowed to use tinted glass on official vehicles, non-diplomatic number plates on official vehicles, and diplomatic number plates on rented vehicles. Diplomatic staff will no longer be allowed to use "biometrically unverified/cell phone SIMs".
The tensions had escalated to an extent that the USA had introduced short duration visas to the Pakistani officials.
He further accused the global bodies of having double standards in terms of fighting terrorism and disregarding Pakistan's sacrifices for curbing terrorism.
The US fired back saying that Pakistani diplomats in Washington D.C. would be facing similar restrictions.
A frustrated President Donald Trump issued a New Year's Day tweet, saying the USA had given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid and gotten nothing but "lies and deceit" in return.
Washington later suspended its security assistance to Pakistan.
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Evergrande said to hire banks for US$600 million share-sale plan
[HONG KONG] Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd, China's third-biggest developer by assets, hired banks for a planned share sale that could raise at least US$600 million, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Citic CLSA Securities, Credit Suisse Group AG and Haitong Securities Co. are working on the offering, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The sale could start as soon as Thursday in Hong Kong, they said.
Evergrande is raising funds as the Chinese real-estate market starts to recover and the nation's stock market surges to a seven-year high. Developers in greater China have announced US$20 billion of share sales since Jan 1, already more than the amount of offerings completed in any previous year, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
A representative for Evergrande wouldn't comment when reached by phone. IFR reported earlier Thursday that Evergrande is weighing a share sale of about US$600 million, citing unidentified people.