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The Northern Pass project will have a significant and positive impact on New Hampshire's economy; most notably in the job market.
We've posted a video featuring Joe Casey, Business Manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 490 (Concord, NH), who describes the effects of the three year construction phase on the local workers that he partners with every day.
An updated economic study, in April, 2011, reported:
"…The … economic analysis estimates total job creation from the three-year construction project to peak at 1,330 to 1,680 local jobs in 2013 and 2014; with 900 to 1,135 local jobs being created or supported in 2015…"
The project is committed to hiring local labor first. More information on project jobs, and a means to add your name to a jobs mailing list, is available here.

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FOUR Swedish companies have selected Coventry as its "preferred city" to set up a UK base as they look to establish working relationships with manufacturers. The plans by EBP, PE, Safeman and YTAB follow on from a visit last year by a 21-strong cluster of Swedish firms called Techtank. Craig Humphrey, managing director of the CW Growth Hub, said: "This really is very good news for Coventry and Warwickshire. The visit in November went very well and we were able to showcase the range of potential customers.
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Usually, simple kidney cysts do not cause symptoms, but it is still potential to cause some discomforts, just like infection. What are the symptoms or signs of condition? Let's have a look at the passage.
Actually, infection is the typical symptom when patients are diagnosed with kidney cysts. Both simple and complex kidney cysts, they run high risk of infection. Once getting infections, you should take the necessary treatment so as to stop infection and reduce the kidney damage timely. Well then, how do I know the infection for kidney cysts? If you do have no idea about the topic, please email to firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a message below directly.
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In our Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Center point, to relieve the infection from the root, what we should do is to shrink kidney cysts naturally. Surgery is relatively dangerous treatment because it is possible to cause infection to patients. However, the traditional Chinese medicines are more safe, natural and effective treatment, especially for an innovated treatment called Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Foot Bath. Both of them are extenral application of Chinese herbal medicines. The cysts can be shrunk naturally through the functions of promoting bood circulation, anti-inflammation, anti-coagulation and degrade extracellular matrix. On the basis of the treatment, the doctor may suggest you try to Foot Bath, which can help discharge out of extra wastes and toxins by increasing sweating and urination.
In addition to the medical treatment, a balanced eating and healthy lifestyles are also essential to patients. Wanna an individualized diet suggestion? Please be free to contact us!


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FireDaemon Fusion 6 is a major update to our web based Windows service management product. FireDaemon Fusion allows you to manage FireDaemon Pro and Windows services via your web browser.
Your FireDaemon Fusion 5 license key will NOT work with FireDaemon Fusion 6. You will need to get an upgrade license key. Please make sure you read the release notes below before upgrading!
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The editorial by Gianluca Santoro for Vogue.it is effortlessly glamorous. It follows three gypsy-like models, Codie Young, Skye Stracke and Emily Jean Bester, as they roam the countryside. The stunning scenery contextualizes the long skirts, carefree tresses and billowing layers. Lending the outfits a romantic tone, the editorial encourages women to embrace their bohemian sides in a luxurious way.
Stylist Bex Sheers works her magic on the editorial by Gianluca Santoro for Vogue.it. Almost literally, it appears. The fashion is quite mystical, as though the models really were the gypsies they portray. The frank stares and somber mood add to the mystery of the photoshoot.
The looks in the editorial by Gianluca Santoro for Vogue.it were perfected by hairstylist Richard Kavanagh and makeup artist Natasha Severino.
Glamorous Gypsy Editorials
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Eclectic Seductive Swimwear
Ebony Rocker Editorials
Regally Grunge Editorials
Regal Crippled Captures
Edgy Peplum Editorials
The Editorial by Gianluca Santoro for Vogue.it is Mysterious
- By: Meghan YoungJun 19, 2012
References: vogue.it & fashiongonerogue
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Shop Rides
J&J CYcle Shop Ride
For many years we have been putting on shop rides to bring together the community to get out and do what we all love, to ride! We like to accommodate all levels of riders, so we will continue to offer three different groups at various speeds. This ensures that everyone has fun and the group remains safe. Don't forget to sign up below for J&J Shop ride information so you can stay in the loop of times and routes.
J&J Shop rides are back!!
Starting Tuesday September 11th we will be leaving weekly on Tuesday nights for our J&J group ride. These rides will be weather dependent so please check the forecasts before attending.
Who: Everyone is welcomed!
What: Weekly group road rides, with a short loop and long loop to accommodate all riders.
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Its been a bad week as far as this government is concerned, but we have learnt something very important, that this is a government of cranks and oddballs. First up for this week we have had the resignation of the arch -Thatcherite Defence Secretary Liam Fox, because of his bizarre relationship with his friend Adam Werrity. The mind boggles that anyone in a position of power and trust could just invite his chum to tag along on foreign trips and meetings with foreign politicians to discuss defence issues. But this is the Tories that we are talking about, so while Adam was tagging along, there were, of course, fat salaries and five star hotels, all paid for by their businessmen buddies.
Next, we have Oliver Letwin, another Thatcherite and special advisor to David Cameron who was photographed wandering round a park in London tossing correspondence from his constituents into the waste bins! I'm sure the people who had written to him were well impressed. This was followed by 'man of the people' Ian Duncan Smith, losing it and ranting because the Child Poverty Action Group had the temerity to challenge his plans for the capping of housing benefit, which will lead to social cleansing in London with up to 9,000 families being forced to leave their homes.
And in the same week, Jamie Oliver has rightly condemned the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's obesity strategy as "worthless, regurgitated, patronising rubbish". Because Lansley's strategy is basically to blame obesity on the fat. Is he just daft? No, being a Tory he is a friend of money and the big food corporations. When it comes to profits the health of the nation is a long way second. The food corporations encourage people to eat processed food containing high amounts of salt and sugar. They are like the tobacco companies and its about time they were treated the same way.
The point is that there is a pattern here. This is a government of reactionary cranks. Tory ministers are simply not the ordinary 'men in the street' that they would like the rest of to believe they are. They are either wealthy people from privileged backgrounds, who have never had to apply for a proper job, or people who support and aspire to privilege, and people who see no problem with there being vast inequalities in society, as long as they and their loved ones have their snouts firmly in the trough. They are a curious blend of the public schoolboy and second hand car salesman, people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. People who are quite happy to impose poverty and hardship on others through £81 billion worth of cuts which will hit the most vulnerable people in society the hardest, and cut health services for the rest of us. I suspect that many of them are probably sociopaths.
The profile of a sociopath is too complex to describe here but if you can take time to examine this definition, reflect on the qualities of the people in power I have mentioned, including David Cameron, and see for yourself if you think they fit the profile. Here are some rules to help you deal with sociopaths when you meet them, because you undoubtedly will.


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Astratto: Il tempo è un elemento strutturale nelle opere timbriche. Esso svolge un ruolo sintattico grazie alla sua capacità di integrare e separare eventi sonori. Spazi negativi, silenzi, sono elementi di tempo che stabiliscono i confini tra eventi e quindi creano relazioni interne all'opera e, contemporaneamente, tra l'opera e il suo ambiente esterno.
è ragionavole concepire il tempo come una connessione più o meno continua
-- Sergio Moravia, L'enigma dell'esistenza p. 210.
Time is the essential framework for all music, but for timbral music it has a central part to play in the plastic organization of the work. In contrast to its role within more conventional musics, within timbral music time is more of a structuring element, less of an empty container. If plastic organization consists in the relationships among formal elements within a work, time provides the terms in which the composition or performance can be realized as a structured object by putting in place the relationships intrinsic to the composition or performance.
Compositions organized by pitch or functional harmony, while necessarily realized in time, primarily follow the logic inherent in pitch or harmonic relationships that can be perceived independently of the length of time it takes them to unfold. By contrast, the organizational logic of timbral music is a function of the way that time creates plastic meaning within the work by bringing sound events into relation with each other. In other words, the relations between parts of a timbral composition or performance are defined by their positions in time; time here takes on a syntactic role in creating the internal structure of the work.
The syntactic function of time in timbral music is felt most directly through the qualities of integration and separation. (These qualities describe the perception that individual sound events do or do not make up a larger unit.) Whether or not we hear sound events as integrated or separated is tightly bound up with their perceived positions relative to each other in time. As James Tenney noted in Meta+Hodos, our perception of the integration or separation of sound events is sensitive to the perceived length of the temporal distances between them. Sounds grouped closely together in time seem to belong to the same event, whereas sounds separated by a substantial stretch of time seem to belong to separate events. (Temporal relationships take much, though not all, of the role of establishing continuity. Other sources of continuity might consist in similarities of color or density, but even here time as concretized in memory has a role to play in the overall perception of similarity.)
Negative space, or the absence of intended sounds, here has the function of providing boundaries within which sound events are perceived as continuous and across which they are perceived as discontinuous; negative space, in other words, just is the unfilled temporal distance between composed or performed sounds. Negative space thus plays a significant syntactic role in the perception of sound events' belonging together or not.
Foregrounding the role of negative space in timbral work is a means of integrating or separating the constituent parts of the work relative to each other and thus of creating phrase structure, the continuous passage being the rough equivalent of the phrase in conventional music.
And yet significant passages of negative space not only create relationships internal to the work, but also reveal relationships between the work and its environment. By integrating sound events internal and external to the composition or performance, substantial silences place the work as one element within a larger structure encompassing elements outside the work. The archetypal composition to explore this dimension of silence was John Cage's 4'33". By demonstrating that significant pauses in intentional sound-making do not lead to an absence of sound, but rather constitute a leaving open to sound—the performance opened up onto a paradox through which it surpassed itself. That paradox—that silence as a significant compositional element in itself frees the listener to hear sounds extraneous to the composition—is made intelligible by virtue of the role of silence in creating structural relationships between sound events. The intent behind 4'33" may have been to foreground attentiveness to incidental sounds, but its implications go beyond the phenomenology of listening to encompass the role of silence as a means of integrating or separating the work and its surroundings.*
Paradoxically, an awareness of the sounds surrounding a work serves to frame and set off the work as an element in itself, and thus directs attention back to the sounds realized in the performance of the work. This direction of attention both away from and toward the work is the embodiment of the dialectic of negative space, which works through a kind of exchange of sounds within and outside of the work. Given a situation in which structurally significant silences allow sounds extrinsic to a performance to permeate the performance, these extrinsic sounds become—at least contingently—intrinsic. They become, in other words, constituent elements of the performance. From a structural point of view, they make up one part among other parts of a single whole to be listened to.
The syntactic role played by temporal relationships within a work thus is a complicated one, capable of integrating and separating elements at the local level as well as at the level of the whole.
*Some of my recent work, such as Not One Nor, after 30 x 12(for C. Reider), and the Sound Row series, explores the syntactic function of negative space within timbral music.


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|Selfie with Anggalia, our senior as well as returning customer
Reunion is indeed a nice thing as at that time we would have a chance to meet our old friends, recall old stories and fool around. For a businessman like me, reunion with old customers become a special joy for myself. Someone come to you as a returning customer for a reason, which is satisfaction of your product she/he previously paid for. It was a senior in the university who once joined TRAVELdonk tour to Singapore now traveled with us to Bangkok, Thailand. This was an exclusive tour for her because she was the only person we brought along.
There were two low cost airlines serving direct flights to Bangkok from Indonesia, i.e. Air Asia Indonesia and Thai Lion Air. Both made Don Mueang airport as a portal to Bangkok. This time we had an opportunity to experience flying with Thai Lion Air which was better than Air Asia in some aspects. Some of them were free check-in baggage and snacks on board.
After passing through the immigration at Don Mueang Airport, we took A2 bus toward the downtown. This bus ran along some BTS stations until it terminated at Victory Monument. This roundabout area covered an important junction, BTS station, as well as local bus and minivan terminals. More importantly, here we could find cheap food and stuff with local price.
After passing through the immigration at Don Mueang Airport, we took A2 bus toward the downtown. This bus ran along some BTS stations until it terminated at Victory Monument. This roundabout area covered an important junction, BTS station, as well as local bus and minivan terminals. More importantly, here we could find cheap food and stuff with local price.
|At Victory Monument
Bangkok is undoubtedly a very interesting city to visit. But the main problem for travelers here is its vicious sun heat. We're all from a hot country too like Thailand so we'd been sick of it already. We didn't have any intentions to get more tanned anyway. So after eating, we decided to go straight to the hotel and took a break until the sun hid its face from us.
To reach the hotel, we took the BTS Sukhumvit Line then walked about 800 meters. Need to know that Sukhumvit is the longest road in Thailand (and even in the world!). Smaller roads (sois) are branches out of this road and they are numbered but also called with a name. For example, Sukhumvit Soi 55 is also called Thong Lo. Here was where we stayed. There are cafes and bars lining down the road, some of which are Japanese style as many Japanese people living here. Staying in Thong Lo is a good alternative for those who are not into night life and expect a quiet room unlike in Khao San area. The distance to Ekammai Bus Terminal from here is also quite near (within walking distance, 15-20 minutes away).
|Besides cafes, street food area also plenty along Sukhumvit 55 (Thong Lo).
|A visitor of Erawan Shrine
was kneeling while praying
accompanied by shrine dancers.
When dark, we went out the hotel and started to explore Bangkok. First, we came to Erawan Shrine located in Chidlom. This temple is always visited by many people for its strategic location and its uniqueness. In the middle of Thai society which is Buddhist in majority, this place of worship is dedicated for Brahma God, four-faced in statue. Recently, more people curiously come here after the bomb attack in 2015 which killed 20 and injured more than 100.
|The golden elephants at Erawan Shrine
Next, we crossed the main road to get into the biggest shopping mall in Thailand; Central World. This mall is owned by CPN which also has got many other malls like Central Festival and Central Plaza across the country. When coming to other cities in Thailand, please consider to enter these malls as they usually give some advantages for tourists. Like when I went to Udon Thani earlier, I could claim a free SIM Card by only presenting my passport. Also when in Chiang Mai, I took the mall's free shuttle to the airport
|Across the Central World
The next place we visited was also a shopping center. This mall, however, was different from the others. Asiatique the Riverfront, that's how the mall named. Located on the riverside of Chao Phraya River, this place was very easy to reach by free shuttle boat from Saphan Taksin. The shopping center was designed very interestingly with the concept of mixing night market and shopping mall together. So, the building was kind of half-indoor.
It was just a moment when we started to hunt cheap stuff there (especially clothes), the sky's tears came down to earth. The clothes section was not getting wet by the rain, but we decided to go there soon anyway. It's good to leave before being crazy in shopping here because we knew that there's still cheaper place to shop in Bangkok. Asiatique the Riverfront is not the perfect place to shop a lot of things, but this place really worth a visit as it gives many things for visitors, from short cruising experience on Chao Phraya to refreshment to the eye.
|On the shuttle boat to Asiatique the Riverfront
|There are many nice spots to take pictures with at Asiatique the Riverfront,
but for us the must-take picture with is the observation wheel .
To understand the whole picture of life in Bangkok, we'd got a plan to survey one of the 'hot' locations in the heart of the capital city, i.e. Patpong. But the divine intervention didn't allow good guys like us to go there. Arriving BTS Silom, the rain was still so heavy. Yet to get to Patpong, it required a little walk from the station. If it were not raining, night market stalls would have filled the pedestrian walk along that area. But now only a few of them opened under the rain. Well, our mission to the nightlife area was aborted. So be it, we would go to Pattaya on the next day anyway.


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The Leftovers Review: The Book of Nora
Expectations are already high when it comes to season finales and with series finales it's even worse. We as fans want answers to our many question. We want issues to be resolved and all loose ends neatly tied together. We want the final episode to contain everything that made us fans times two. Because of the sometimes unrealistically high expectations series finales can disappoint. Damon … Continue reading The Leftovers Review: The Book of Nora


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Ramadhani Majubwa is a Tanzanian horticultural expert sponsored by the Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI) to study at the University of Florida (UF) in the United State of America. Before joining (iAGRI) scholarship, he was the holder of a Masters degree and an Assistant Lecturer in Crop Sciences and Horticulture at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. After joining (iAGRI) in 2012, Majubwa pursued his PhD in Horticultural Sciences specializing in Postharvest with minor in food sciences at UF.
In a recent interview Majubwa said fruit growers in Tanzania face challenges of getting fruit to market without spoilage. Because of poor harvest methods, field packaging for transportation and inadequate storage facilities during marketing, fruit is typically no longer fresh by the time they reaches the consumers. Consequently, growers get low prices in the market and earn relatively little revenue from their crop.
Majubwa's research dealt with mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulate Blanco) in both Florida and Tanzania. In Florida, his research focused on the postharvest response of cold-hardy, seedless cultivar to alternative rootstock and degreening temperatures. Whereas in Tanzania he worked on current and potential harvesting and handling practices to reduce postharvest losses along the value chain. His research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Steven A. Sargent, his USA advisor at UF, and Prof. Theodosy A. Msogoya, his Tanzanian supervisor, at SUA.
Traditional harvesting methods (i) Drop- Catch method in which a harvester climb up the tree, pick and drop fruits to another person to catch or (ii) Fruit clipping by cutting pole attached with a netted bag (CP) cause mechanical damage on widely-used by farmers. Farmers and traders also use field packaging method that relay on bamboo baskets (BAMB) and bulk transport on trucks (BULK) which result in high postharvest losses. As an alternative, Majubwa through his research developed a harvesting method that use wooden ladder plus modified commercial harvesting bag made of polypropylene (L+B) and field packaging method involving method stackable plastics crates (SPC). He compared postharvest losses of the traditional harvesting and field packaging methods versus the new developed method.
In his research, the radder plus bag method of harvesting was found to reduce fruit loss at harvest by up to 15% and 2% of the cutting pole, and Crop Catch method respectively. The (L+B) harvest method also reduced fruit decay during (9 days) by >4% compared to (CP). On the other hand ,SPC reduced fruit decay during storage by 7.9% and 2.8% compared to BAMB and BULK, respectively ,These findings provide the best alternative harvesting and field packaging method for mandarin and related fruits intended for premium local and regional markets.
While in the USA, Majubwa participated in the iAGRI leadership fellows program, which was conducted over the internet using both live and recorded sessions so that iAGRI students could join from various locations where they were persuing degree studies or doing field research. He says the leadership program helped him to develop leadership habits and skills and to become more responsible, proactive, and self-confident.
Besides studying abroad, the scholarship exposed me to many new things such as learning in a different cultural context and international networking, and this exposure has helped me to gain global awareness and cultural sensitivity. "It has also provided me with business insights to improve the horticultural industry in Tanzania,''he said.


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Franz Schubert
Forellenquintett/Trout Quintet
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov
Hwayoon Lee, Maximilian Hornung, Roman Patkoló
Deutsche Grammophon, 2017
This album presents a new recording of Franz Schubert much-admired Forellenquintett or Trout Quintet, together with the Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat major "Notturno" and two arrangement for violin and piano of the two songs Ständchen and Ave Maria. The recording was made in Jude 2017 at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden and features violist Anne-Sophie Mutter, pianist Daniil Trifonov, violist Hwayoon Lee, cellist Maximilian Hornung and double bass player Roman Patkoló.
As this is a live recording, the usual liveliness and vibrancy inspired by the concert hall must be expected and actually it is a really sparkling rendition that the five performers offers of the Trout Quintet. Mutter, in particular, seems intensely enthused and her charming personal touch is so significant that it gives a distinctive trait to the entire work. Mutter is delicate and romantic, but she is also inspired by more vivacious feelings and her zest is really contagious. Next to the violin, the other ubiquitous presence are the joyous colours of Trifonov's piano, which expresses the same joie de vivre, the same lightness and enthusiasm. Lee, Hornung and Patkoló are somehow more distant, relegated to the background as they appear in the album cover.
The feature that differentiates this from other performances is the choice of time, which is unusually fast. This is a choice that confers to the work a peculiar brightness and allows the performers to express completely the cheery feelings that are so dear to them, even though not all the listeners will be pleased by the accelerated tempo. Personally, I think that this tempo does not sacrifice the spirit of the Trout Quintet but that it allows it to stand out in a more straightforward and "youthful" way that harmonizes so well with a work that was conceived as a leisurely one, but as an amusing composition (apart from the harmonic innovations Schubert wrote) which moreover belongs to the composer's early years and was inspired by a holiday.
The last three works (Notturno and the two arrangements) are fine fillers and end the album with a more thoughtful nuance.


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Professor Gabriel Teninbaum, Suffolk University Law School
Gabriel Teninbaum is a faculty member at Suffolk University Law School, where he teaches courses in legal writing/analysis and conflict of laws. He earned his B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School (Evening Division). After graduating from law school, Professor Teninbaum worked as a trial attorney at Sugarman & Sugarman, P.C. where he represented plaintiffs in medical malpractice litigation.
His articles haves been published in the Michigan State Law Review, Drexel Law Review, and the Dispute Resolution Journal. His most recent article, called "How Medical Apology Programs Harm Patients," is forthcoming in the Chapman Law Review.


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Day Tours from Glasgow
Choose spectacular day trips from Glasgow, tours with pickups in and around this vibrant city of culture for your small group. Centrally located in Scotland, Glasgow is the gateway to so many traditional sightseeing attractions and great days out. A plethora of places to visit. Explore ancient castles and medieval cathedrals, scenic lochs, rugged mountains and seaside resorts, all reachable in one day from the city. Some of the most stunning views and best trips are only a short distance away.
Tours from Glasgow to Loch Lomond
You may consider day tours from Glasgow to Loch Lomond. Absorb the beautiful scenery as we drive north to the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. On the south shores near Balloch, you can visit the Maid of the Loch (the very last paddle steamer to be built in Britain). Nearby, you can step aboard one of the many cruises, sail up the loch and capture photos of beautiful landscapes with the stunning backdrop of the spectacular Ben Lomond.
Enjoy brilliant days out from Glasgow. Escape the hustle and bustle of the city. Visit the famous Falkirk Wheel, less than a 40 minute drive from the city. You can then move on to the Helix, home to the iconic Kelpies, equine statues crafted by Andy Scott. Less than 1 hour west of Glasgow you can take a trip to Deanston Whisky Distillery to sample some great malts. A must see whilst in this area is Doune Castle in Perthshire which is under a 5 minute drive from the distillery. You can opt to listen to the pre recorded information earphones provided, as you wander around the castle, setting the scene for each area you are standing in. As we continue our journey on your road trip to your next location, your tour guide will offer you some wonderful historical stories and mythical tales of this ancient country.
Stirling Castle Tour from Glasgow
Our beautiful country is steeped in ancient history and tradition. Soak up the atmosphere as you walk over the cobbled stones at the historic Stirling Castle. You are less than half an hour away from the Bannockburn Centre, a significant battlefield in the wars of independence. Stand beside the monument where Robert the Bruce claimed victory in 1314. Nearby, you may want to visit the National Wallace Monument, and explore the life and stories of, William Wallace, our iconic Scottish legend people still talk of to this day, and the Quest for Freedom!
So, where else can you go? There are many more fabulous destinations to select from. Head down the Clyde estuary to the seaside resort of Largs, where the Scots defeated the Vikings in the battle of 1263. Enjoy a stroll along the promenade in this small coastal town, and treat yourself to a Nardinis ice cream or a fish supper. Hop on the 15 minute ferry trip for a day out on the Isle of Cumbrae. Visit Millport and sit on Crocodile Rock. You can walk round the island viewing The Kyles of Bute and the Isle of Arran on a clear day. Stop for a break half way round at Fintry Bay to sample an afternoon tea. There are lots of great activities for families including bike hire and mini golf which is great fun for all.
Travel other routes a little bit further away, on many other 1 day tours from Glasgow – you can reach Oban, Inveraray, the Trossachs or Glencoe in the Highlands.
You may wish to visit the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, South Ayrshire. See our famous Bard's thatched roof cottage, which is a 10 minute walk from the museum. Enjoy a leisurely stroll in the beautiful surrounding gardens to the legendary "Brig o' Doon". A short journey from here you can visit stunning Culzean Castle for the day.
You can opt from our organised one day trips from Glasgow, or customise your day, your way! We are a small family business organising your trip from start to finish giving you the best personal service. Relax, enjoy a stress free time. Leave the car behind; avoid crowded buses, coaches and trains, allowing you and your small group the freedom to travel in comfort. Let us transport you in our 8 passenger seat, luxury executive MPV. We can arrange to pick you up in the morning, and return you in the early evening from your hotel, accommodation or even the airport or train station.
You will find one day trips from Glasgow are not enough to fully experience all this wonderful country has to offer. You may consider our 2 day excursions with overnight stay which offer you more fantastic experiences. All these trips are flexible and have the beauty of being able to mix and match to suit your needs.
We look forward to meeting you. Join us on our most popular Day Trips from Glasgow, go to our signup box or email us today for your 10% off code for private bespoke tours. We have a fantastic selection of trips to choose from in Glasgow and the surrounding areas. Make this a trip of a lifetime. Most of all make it a day of making memories, and enjoy our hospitality with a complimentary dram and a tune or two, courtesy of the Kilted Piper.
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What's your recommendation rate with your customers?
Do customers care about community involvement?April 2nd, 2018 by
Technology such as social media and customer feedback portals have proven crucial in helping businesses relate to customers, but that doesn't mean that old-fashioned methods to reach out to people don't still work. In fact, a study from Cone Communications and Echo Research found that 82% of customers take corporate social responsibility into consideration when deciding where to go for a product or service.
Contractors provide an important service to people within a specific region, which means most of your customers are going to be geographically close to wherever you're working. This is why it is just as important to maintain a physical presence within the community as it is to stay active online. When the positive customer feedback you receive isn't just talking about the good work that you do, but also about how much you're assisting the community, the impression of your business' quality will certainly improve.
Get active in your community
As a contractor, you provide services that not everyone would be able to handle themselves, and because of that, your knowledge is unique. You can take advantage of that by teaching people things about general home upkeep and repair that they may not know, or how to tackle a few DIY projects. Not everyone has your expertise, and sharing some won't take away from your business. If anything, it will improve it.
You can also get your name out there by throwing it behind local causes, sponsoring one of your town's sports teams, or creating a scholarship for kids within the community. Though these sorts of efforts will cost you initially, chances are they will pay off later on.


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Julianne Moore has been cast in the upcoming young adult novel adaptation "The Seventh Son" for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures says Bloody Disgusting.
Based on Joseph Delaney's children's book series "The Wardstone Chronicles" (aka. "The Last Apprentice"), the story follows a teenage boy in training to be the apprentice of a 'Spook' (a fighter against evil magic) in the 1700's. Trouble begins when he's tricked into releasing the most sinister witch in the world.
Moore will play said witch, a character named Mother Malkin. Jeff Bridges was previously cast as the Spook John Gregory, while offers were originally out to Alex Pettyfer and Jennifer Lawrence for supporting roles with both now out of the running.
Sergei Bodrov ("Nomad," "Mongol") directs from a script by Max Borenstein and shooting kicks off September 13th in Vancouver.


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Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
Rocky Balboa: Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!
1) Dream Big - most of the time what others judge to be impossible is just their lack of imagination
2) Dare to be yourself, as weird, crazy or innapropriate that might be: it pays off
3) Believe in yourself - and be surrounded by people who´ll remind you to believe in yourself whenever you doubt it
4) Einstein said it best: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" - So change and embrace change. It will happen one way or another, so be adaptable
5) Let go. Save your energy for the important things in your life and forget about the rest. Choose your battles.
6) Nurture real friends at all times. Let go of the people who don´t make an effort to be in your life and to treat you the best
7) Dance! Alone, out, with music, without.
8) Be active: do a favor to your 30 year old self and deliver your body in good condition by the time you reach 30. It sounds cliche, but it gets harder and harder to stay fit if you don´t keep an active routine - and your body will be very thankful to you.
9) Speak your mind. Then, allow others to do the same. Listen and be open minded.
10) Life isn´t fair, so get over it already. And do yourself a favor and get over yourself as well.
11) Focus in what you can do rather than what you can´t do. It´s the only way to keep moving forward.
12) Laugh - out of control, crying, hurting your cheeks - kind of laughter. As often as possible!
13) Try new things: something about our memory slowing our perception of time when we try things for the first time, besides, it´s fun!
14) Travel the world, get to know different places and different cultures. Be curious and keep on learning
15) Spend enough time with kids and with eldery. They both have A LOT to teach you and they'll heal you instantly
16) Enjoy beautiful sunsets
17) Be a fool in love: send flowers randomly, declare yourself, serenate: create an unforgettable moment to the one you love
18) Tell others how you really feel about them now. Don´t wait.
19) Whenever you can, make someone else´s day.
20) Be real. Skip the bullshit, it saves everybody time
21) Don´t forget where you came from. Ever.
22) Take risks, take action and learn from your mistakes.
23) Value yourself and set your standard: you´ll teach people how to treat you through life, so know what you´re worth and don´t settle for less.
24) Ask for help when you need it.
25) Surround yourself with positive people.
26) Read books, watch movies, go to exhibitions, go to concerts: art/culture will make you feel alive!
27) Be kind. To others and to yourself.
28) Don´t take everything so serious. So, sometimes, replace "Why?" for "Why not?" and you catch yourself hesitating, ask yourself: "So what?" =]
29) Follow you heart! Listen to it, respect it and let it guide you through life
30) Face your fears: that´s the only way to truly set yourself free.


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Jackie Dodson in studio 100 at The Galleries of Sunset Center in Amarillo, Texas bills herself as a "Whoopie" painter.
I am an acrylic painter and do bright colorful paintings that most people comment make them feel happy when they view them. An art critic once commented that when he saw my work it made him want to yell "whoopie". Finding no other "whoopie" references on line I decided to bill myself as the world's first and only WHOOPIE painter.
While I work primarily in acrylics I also do water colors. I love to draw with both charcoal and ink. My painting approach is a bit unorthodox in that I sometimes paint an entire painting without washing out my brush. I call it my "dirty brush" technique. My subject matter ranges from frogs, fish, flamingos and other critters , to landscapes, nudes, and still life. I only paint when I am happy myself and don't mind if people come watch me while I do it. Prints and cards are available of my work.


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Mar 02, 2014
Saracens release global network advertisement
Saracens have released the 30" global network advertisement, to be broadcast worldwide by CNBC over the next six weeks.
The commercial reflects the spirit and scale of the network, extolling discipline and respect as the core values of rugby union and introducing Moscow Saracens, Abu Dhabi Saracens, KL Saracens, Toa Saracens, Sao Paolo Saracens and Impala Saracens in Nairobi.
Saracens players Owen Farrell, Mako Vunipola and Schalk Brits are all featured, with the latter providing the voiceover.
Nigel Wray, chairman, said: "Our clear goal is to become the most recognised club brand in world rugby, at a time when rugby's inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Games is promoting rapid growth around the globe."
The advertisement can be seen by clicking here


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Carmel \c(a)-rmel, car-mel\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Carmel), is pronounced kar-MEL. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Carmel is "garden, orchard". Biblical place name: Mount Carmel is in Israel near the city of Haifa, and is often referred to as a type of paradise. In the 12th century, a monastery was founded in there, from which the Carmelite monastic order came about. The monastery was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Carmel became one of the names taken from Marian titles (see also Dolores and Mercedes), in this case "Our Lady of Carmel". The name is used mainly by Roman Catholics. The form Carmen is more common. Editor Carmel Snow.
Carmel has 45 variant forms: Carma, Carmaletta, Carmalit, Carmalita, Carmalla, Carman, Carmania, Carmanya, Carmarit, Carmela, Carmeli, Carmelia, Carmelina, Carmelit, Carmelita, Carmelitha, Carmelitia, Carmella, Carmelle, Carmellia, Carmellita, Carmesa, Carmesha, Carmi, Carmia, Carmie, Carmiela, Carmila, Carmill, Carmilla, Carmina, Carmine, Carmisha, Carmit, Carmiya, Carmy, Karmel, Karmela, Karmelit, Karmen, Lina, Lita, Melina, Melita and Mina.
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In November last year the scandal surrounding allegations of historical child sex abuse in football brought safeguarding children in sport to national prominence. At the same time, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was leading an independent review into the Duty of Care sport has towards participants at both the elite & grassroots level. The Government is yet to respond.
Join us on 22 June for an up to date brief on the latest developments in safeguarding children in sport. We will examine existing Government policy & guidance, how to implement effective policies & procedure, and current good practice from a variety of different perspectives.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
- Colette Eden, Lead Safeguarding Officer, Rugby Football League
- Leonora Borg, Safeguarding Consultant
- Keith Oddy, Indpendent Child Protection Officer, Amateur Swimming Association
- Freddie Collier, Membership Services, Archery GB
- Maria Strauss, Senior Associate, Farrer & Co
- Dr Mike Hartill, Reader in the Sociology of Sport, Edge Hill University (Event Chair)
Key Issues to be Addressed Include:
- Understanding your duties under "Working together to safeguard children" guidance
- The roles of governing bodies, county sports partnerships, LSCBs & sports clubs
- Latest legal & policy developments
- Implementing effective policies & procedures
- Improving partnership working & supporting others develop their approach
- Current good practice
- Supporting children when allegations are made
The issues will be split into sessions entitled:
- Guidance, Policy & Legal Update
- Implementing the Right Policies & Procedures
- Safeguarding Children in Sport: Good Practice
Who Should Attend?
Members of Local Safeguarding Children Boards; governing bodies; professional & voluntary sports clubs; County Sports Partnerships; representative groups; & anyone else working with children in sport or with safeguarding responsibilities..
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Sometimes skim reading has its benefits.
I totally misread the title of a website post as '100 Orgasms in 10 Days' (worryingly, I wasn't even half right) but it got me thinking…
We know that you lot over on Facebook particularly love to share so could you achieve 100 Orgasms in 10 Days starting today…and could you write erotica about it?
We want to hear all about your quest for 100 O faces and when I say 'all' I mean ALL about them. How did you get there? Could you have had more? Did it take less than 10 days? Give us some detail folks! We know you're a lovely smutty lot. Make it up if you like, we're looking for a filthy writer who can stimulate our…imaginations…with their story or comments. Write a diary, send us a story covering the whole 10 days, share your experiences; it's entirely up to you.
So, take up our challenge: can you arouse the Bondara office with your writing prowess as you set out on your journey to reach 100 Orgasms in 10 Days?
Leave us a comment here on the blog, or on Facebook if you want, or send us a link to your blog on Twitter using the #100orgasms10days hashtag but we want to hear all about your attempt to reach the big 100. Who knows, if we're really impressed someone might win some goodies to help them towards the next hundred….


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The Canadian Supreme Court has approved Vancouver's safe injection site. InSite, the only legal supervised injection site in North America, offers clean needles for injection drug use and health care resources for struggling addicts. This is a rare victory for "harm reduction".
InSite, and harm reduction in general, lessens the risk and danger associated with drug use. So why is it so controversial? Opponents say it condones drug use. They accuse InSite of making drug use a safe option by offering all the supplies (not the drug itself) and medical assistance a user might need to get a fix.
Advocates for InSite believe street addicts need their help. Used needles litter Vancouver's Hastings Street and desperate street addicts are quick to salvage these resources. But as they feed their uncontrollable addiction on the streets, HIV/AIDS and other diseases are passed through the dirty needles. InSite's harm reduction techniques aim to eliminate these risks so addicts may live to see the day when treatment becomes an option.
The Supreme Court has defined addiction as a "disease in which the central feature is impaired control over the use of the addictive substance". In doing so, they assert that drug use is not a matter of choice for the addicts and they deserve medical assistance. Closing InSite would be a "violation of Charter of Rights and Freedom".
InSite is a state-of-the-art facility similar to an upscale hair salon. Each softly lit stall curls around the edges of a lounge-like room stocked with all the necessary components for a clean injection: spoon, syringe, matches, filters, elastic band…critics call it a "shooting gallery".
As addicts inject themselves, a team of nurses and health care staff supervise in case of a complication or overdose. Between 2004 and 2010, over 1418 overdoses occurred at InSite. Not one of those overdoses resulted in death, however, as staff were able to successfully intervene each time.
The argument over the approval of InSite arises because injection drug use is allowed and the consequences associated with overdose is eliminated. If an addict overdoses there is a guaranteed reset button and the addict is back to satisfying cravings to the point of overdose again. Will addicts ever need to pursue change?
Canada has set a new precedent by keeping InSite in business,. How long before safe injection sites are open across the nation, the US, and the World?
Note: InSite is funded by the Vancouver Coastal Health, which operates the facility in conjunction with PHS Community Services Society. Health Canada has provided $500,000 per year to operate the site and the BC Ministry of Health contributed $1,200,000 to renovate the site and cover operating costs.
- Vancouver's Supervised injection Site: InSite
- Harm Reduction Coalition website: information and publications
- http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Addiction+workers+decision+validation+their+work/5486221/story.html


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Ski magazine 2008 ranked the lift system at Snowbasin #1, on mountain food #2 and service # 3 in North America. Not to be out done, Powder Mountain ranked #1 in value and #3 in snow quantity. After a great day on the slopes you're a short drive away from Ogden where you can continue the fun at the Salomon Center or enjoy great dining on the historic 25th street. Discover the local secret that is quickly becoming an international destination. More snow, less people = GREAT FUN!
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Dear Parent/Guardian,
On March 11, 2015, Bedford High School will again be conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This survey is offered to high school students nationwide every two years. This survey is optional and anonymous. The survey is a vital part of our overall effort to help students avoid risky behavior and make healthy choices. Nevertheless, we understand if you do not want your child to participate in this survey. You may opt out by returning the form below by March 9, 2015.
The survey was developed by the Center for Disease Control. The survey asks students about six types of health-risk behaviors. These behaviors contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults. These are:
- Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
- Sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Tobacco use
- Unhealthy dietary behaviors
- Inadequate physical activity
The survey also measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults.
Bedford has participated since the high school opened in 2007. The survey is given using paper and pencil. It is anonymous; no uniquely identifying information is returned to the school and the actual surveys are destroyed. We receive general information about the risky behaviors prevalent among our students. You can read the 2013 report for Bedford High School here.
The Center for Disease Control does not allow us to post the actual 2015 Survey online. We have posted the 2013 Survey here and the questions that have been added for 2015 here. Between these two documents, you are able to see every question for the 2015 Survey. Additionally, parents can come in to the main office at Bedford High School to see an actual paper copy of the 2015 Survey if they wish.
Thank you for all you do as the parents and guardians of Bedford's youth.
Donna LaRue Bill Hagen
District Youth Counselor Principal, Bedford High School
If you do not want your child to participate, please fill out this form and return it to by March 9, 2015.
A signed hard copy or a completed electronic copy is acceptable.
______I do NOT want my child to participate in the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Return to: Donna LaRue, Youth Counselor ~ ℅ Bedford High School Main Office
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Sakina Senior Center is both a Senior Center and licensed as an Adult Day Care Center. Both programs empower seniors in the community by providing them with structured programs and activities.
What is a Senior Center?
A senior center is a type of community center where seniors can meet to fulfill many of their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. There is a a yearly membership to join the Sakina Center. At the Sakina Senior Center we provide seniors with multiple activities, exercise, educational programs and field trips that they will enjoy. We will also provide nutritious snacks that will be charged for a nominal fee. Sakina Center is open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 pm to 3 pm. There are a number of reasons to plan a visit to the Sakina Senior Center, here are just a few:
- Expand Your Knowledge – it is never too late to learn something new, Sakina Senior Center offers a wide range of education activities to keep your mind sharp. Seniors can participate in many educational opportunities to stay engaged.
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Philip Spires
writer and author of A Search for
Donald Cottee, Voyagers, Mission, A Fool's Knot and One On One
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One on One
Donald Cottee
Fool's Knot
50 Of The Best
Philip Spires
has published four novels, all available as ebooks, One On One, A Search For Donald Cottee, Mission and A Fool's Knot, and a
set of travel stories, Voyagers.
Mission and A Fool's Knot are African novels set in Migwani, Kenya. They
address themes of culture and change in a small town in Kitui province.
The place is real, the events are largely fictitious. A Search For Donald
Cottee is a parody of Don Quixote set in a Benidorm caravan park. The
modern Don seeks to do good in a world of vice, back-biting, spite and
dubious parentage. His Yorkshire mining village origins pursue him.
Voyagers is a set of travel stories where the travelers find out much
about themselves. One On One is an espionage thriller, with a romance
thrown in.
One on One
In her trademark series,
One-On-One, Christine Gardner, freelance journalist and television
presenter, puts powerful people into the limelight. Her latest subject
is Salleh Abdullah, once known as Trevor Cartwright, a British
expatriate mathematician and convert to Islam. He has amassed a
fortune and now international notoriety via his deft trading on
financial markets using methods that thus far have defied all
analysis. In just two years his fortune in equities has grown so great
that his holdings in multinational companies are causing concern.
To date, he has resisted all
contact with the media, but Christine and he share a past, a past that
both of them keenly recall. Cartwright finds her request to record
episodes of One-On-One impossible to refuse. This will be Salleh
Abdullah's first media exposure. But who is Christine working for? Is
she freelance? Or does she appear in someone else's script? Perhaps her
husband, Anthony Green, who watches his wife's encounter with Salleh
Abdullah from his office desk, can answer. Set on a private island in
the South China Sea where Cartwright regularly retires to work,
One-On-One follows the progress of Christine Gardiner's project as
allegiances begin to shift.
Search For Donald Cottee
is a comic tragedy about individualism.
Donald, nicknamed Donkey, is an internet Quixote, bent on doing good
works. Donkey Cottee and his wife, Poncho Suzie, have retired to
Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca from their Yorkshire mining village.
Don has left behind his incessant self-education and Suzie has turned
the corner of her illness. Their new life is parked on the La Manca
campsite from where they pursue their ambition of eternal holiday. To
record the precious experience and make its potential paradise
available to all, they blog.
But they can never
escape their Yorkshire origins. Episodes from the past reappear.
Meanwhile, Don's environmental campaigning and Suzie's quest for
business success fill their time. However, they discover that friends
are transacting the businesses of their own lives. There is money in
vice, more in property, even more in trading people. In a world where
competition is the norm, where a dog's only possible diet is another
dog, Don and Suzie are determined to do good works, be honest and
loyal to all, to support what is right. But then, in the final
analysis, when the jigsaw of lives is broken apart, it appears that
perhaps the pieces never did fit. So finally, still trying to do good,
Donkey Cottee and
Poncho Suzie leave us with an enigma. Or is it a riddle?
A Search For Donald Cottee
A Search for Donald Cottee
A cultural tour of Italy turns on aesthetics and a dream
journey to Turkey becomes less than wondrous. In the old Yugoslavia, a
group of explorers find that a quiet bar may contain a threat. In
England, an idyllic Devon village reveals lives less than perfect, while
in London an aged writer meets a revolutionary leader with a score to
settle. And in a distant future, but nowhere special, a traveller finds
that not only luggage can go missing.
Voyagers here
Michael, a missionary priest in Kenya, has just killed Munyasya, a
retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a
politician resentful of the power of foreigners, tries to exploit the
tragedy for his own ends.
Boniface, a young church worker, and his wife, Josephine, have just
lost their child. They did not make it to the hospital in time,
possibly because Michael made a detour to retrieve a letter from the
It was a letter from Janet, a former volunteer teacher who was
the priest's neighbour for two years. It is
the old and now dying man Munyasya who has the last laugh, however,
when he reveals that he was probably in control of events all along.
Thirty years on, the same characters find their lives still influenced
by his memory. Mission charts the lives of people who find themselves
involved in a momentous event. It discovers how they arrived in that
place together and where the event leads them thereafter. Throughout,
the culture of people in eastern Kenya, by virtue their own strength
of identity, transforms the characters, despite the speed at which the
culture is itself changing.
John Mwangangi is an idealist. He turns his back on a
successful legal career in London to return to his home in Migwani, a
small, poor town in eastern Kenya. His ambition is to assist his
country's development, to create a model that others might emulate.
But in trying to rediscover his roots and his very identity, old
tensions resurface and new battles have to be fought. John gradually
finds himself isolated by irreconcilable demands, excluded from his
own culture, never fully admitted to the one he adopts.
His father seeks proof of his son's integrity and
insists that John's daughter be initiated into adulthood, an act that
John's wife would never sanction. And when the tensions force the
family apart, John finds solace in the company of Janet Rowlandson, a young British volunteer
teacher, who becomes more than a friend. It becomes clear that someone
will try to force the issue.
A Fool's Knot is
a sensitive portrait of a man's attempt to reclaim his cultural
identity and, at the same time, stimulate change. The contradictions
he must confront in his campaign against the grinding poverty of his
people lead almost inevitably to conflict.
A Fool's
A Fool's Knot
I have been a follower of
Wakefield Trinity, aka Wildcats for many years. And I have wanted to write a
book about rugby league ever since I took a small part in the film of This
Sporting Life, Lindsay Anderson's presentation of David Storey's novel. In
one of the crowd sequences filmed in Belle Vue, Wakefield, if you squint
hard enough for the one second of the shot, you can see a ten-year-old lad
in short trousers behind the sticks at the scoreboard end. The game was
Wakefield versus Wigan in the third round of the rugby league cup in 1962,
and Richard Harris and the rest were the curtain raiser, as they tried to
film action sequences in front of that 28,000 crowd. Wakefield won 5-4, try
Smith, goal Fox, against two Griffiths penalties for Wigan. The ten-year-old
was me.
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Eric Stoltz has been in relationships with Laura Linney (1999 - 2001), Rachel Griffiths (1999), Helen Hunt (1992), Bridget Fonda (1990 - 1998), Alexandra Paul (1986), Jennifer Jason Leigh (1985 - 1987) and Ally Sheedy (1980 - 1983).
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Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming. In 2010, he portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica, and became a regular director on the television series Glee.
Bernadette Moley and Eric Stoltz are married.
Laura Linney and Eric Stoltz had a relationship from Jul 1999 to May 2001.
Rachel Griffiths and Eric Stoltz had a relationship from 1999 to 1999.
Helen Hunt and Eric Stoltz dated in 1992.
Eric Stoltz and Bridget Fonda dated from 1990 to 1998.
Lili Taylor and Eric Stoltz had an encounter in 1990.
Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz had an encounter in 1987.
Alexandra Paul and Eric Stoltz had a relationship from 1986 to 1986.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Eric Stoltz dated from 1985 to 1987.
Eric Stoltz and Ally Sheedy dated from 1981 to August, 1983.
He's never married.
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You have no photo of Bernadette??
Yes. It's true. Bernadette died,at age 42 and leaves 2 sons,fruits of her marriage to Eric. She was buried in Cavan,Ireland,his homeland.
Eric's eyes are emerald-green. Are not blue.
In fact,Eric Stoltz is a widower. His wife,irish singer Bernadette Moley,died in 2011 due to heart problems.
Liked him in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Was good in Mask too
One time,I saw him holding hands with Lea Michele. And the two seemed to have a lot intimacy.
Eric was married to an aspiring singer named Bernadette Moley,and has two children with her.But I think he broke this woman.Maybe with a new girlfriend.
No, he's not married, that was a scam.
he was meant to play marty mcfly in back to the future.
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WEST ALLIS (WITI) -- A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Angelica Belen on Friday, September 27th to 18 years in prison plus another 18 years of extended supervision.
Belen is the mother who admitted to causing the death of her three children. She pleaded guilty in July to three counts of neglecting a child (consequence is death).
Belen's three children were locked inside the bedroom of a West Allis home during a horrible fire. There was no way out, and the children died. The fire happened in April near 78th and Hicks.
Five-year-old Nayeli Colon and her brothers, four-year-old twins Adrian and Alexis, died in that fire. The children were locked in an upstairs bedroom while Belen was at work.
Belen admitted to police that she locked her children in the room because she didn't want them to hurt themselves or start a fire. She also said she was "afraid that they may get outside and cause the police or social services to be called."
In July, Belen pleaded guilty to three counts of child neglect, resulting in the deaths of her children. The childrens' bodies were found huddled behind a dresser.
In court on Friday, Det. Nicholas Pye of West Allis Police Department said, "In 22 years of law enforcement, this is the worst thing I have ever seen."
Family and friends went before the judge. All shared a similar pain.
"It is beyond my comprehension how a mother could do this to her children," said Leah, Belen's sister.
"Her intention was to protect her children and keep them safe, your honor," said Sharon Fredericks, Belen's aunt.
Before her sentence was handed down, Belen said, "I'm sorry this has hurt everybody so much. I never wanted this to happen, I never wanted to hurt anybody in my life."
The prosecutor in this case called this not only a failure in parenting, but a failure of the child welfare system.


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Women trapped into being loan shark runners
At first glance, she'd look like any working professional on Shenton Way - neatly dressed in office attire with perfectly manicured nails and a pair of boots.
But open her designer sling bag, and instead of make-up, you would find markers, a packet of wet tissues, four mobile phones, a tablet, bicycle chains and padlocks.
And sometimes, a wig or two.
"Tools of the trade," says the former loan shark runner who agreed to this interview on condition that we do not use her real name.
She took us through what she once used to get the job done: The boots make for easy walking and the wigs help throw people off her track.
Jane, who is in her 20s, adds in fluent English: "For that matter, the whole appearance is a perfect disguise for the job - harassing debtors so they would pay up their loans."
She says that when she was "previously active", she often came across other women runners who did not look like the usual suspects.
Like in the case of Liu Yimin Lynnette, 28, who was charged in court on Jan 10.
When police first released her photo in an appeal looking for the woman in a case of loan shark harassment, it created a stir on social media.
Her mother reportedly turned the young woman in after she read the news.
Liu faces seven charges of splashing red paint on doors and pasting envelopes with "O$P$", the unit numbers of the borrowers and a mobile number on the walls beside the units.
She was allegedly involved in cases of loan shark harassment between
last November and January in areas such as Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Pasir Ris and Sembawang.
Jane knows she is "not the first and definitely not the last" woman runner involved in loan shark activities.
Three in 10 people arrested for unlicensed moneylending activities between September and December last year were women.
The figure does not include those who were arrested this month.
Jane says: "Who says that runners must be men?
"Some of us (women) are forced to become runners because of our father, husband or boyfriend.
"They borrow money, they don't pay and we end up being the scapegoats."
Jane, who served time and was released in 2012, was arrested when one of the loan sharks she worked for was busted.
In her case, her father was the one who incurred debts that started with "just a couple of thousands" but soon snowballed to more than $20,000, including interest.
"He was gambling like nobody's business instead of driving his cab," she says angrily.
"As the only child, I don't have a choice, right? The last straw was when they splashed blotches of red paint on his rented taxi."
Her mother has long been estranged from them because of her father's gambling habits.
After much persuasion, Jane shares her modus operandi when she was a runner.
"I was usually given the 'white' (for white-collar professionals) list to work on."
She claims that her debt recovery rate was "a good 90 per cent", of which she would receive a cut of up to 40 per cent of the recovered sum.
Instead of targeting the debtors' homes, Jane would turn up at their work premises.
She says: "Unlike most runners, I worked office hours. I'd walk into an office and play the role of a spurned mistress looking for her lover.
"Sometimes, I'd even pretend to be pregnant.
"The trick usually worked because the sympathy vote would go to me and the men were forced to come out to see me. Often, the men would cooperate for fear of losing their jobs."
Jane says she opted for the passive-aggressive approach first because "it is easier (for the men) to lose their jobs over money issues, than affairs".
"And the last thing I want them to do is to lose their jobs. How would I have been able to recover the debts if that had happened?"
She also feels that women runners face less risk of a confrontation turning nasty as "men don't usually lay hands on women".
Jane says: "But I still don't think anyone should turn into a runner, however desperate the situation gets."
And with a prison record, it has been difficult looking for a proper job.
"Every time I come clean and tell the interviewer that I have been to jail, I don't hear from the company again," says the diploma-holder.
"Right now, I can only work part-time at a fast-food restaurant."
"Who says that runners must be men? Some of us (women) are forced to become runners because of our father, husband or boyfriend. They borrow money, they don't pay and we end up being the scapegoats."
- Former loan shark runner, Jane, who is in her 20s
Friend she helped sends her to jail
Mandy, not her real name, had become a guarantor for a friend.
When he did not pay up, the loan shark came after her and she was forced to become a runner.
And in the end, her friend turned her in and she ended up in jail for two years.
The 64-year-old housewife recalls how her life became hell in 2009 after she became a guarantor for five friends.
Mandy's friends had each borrowed $1,000 from a loan shark.
She says: "So, each of them had to pay an interest of $400 for the $1,000 they borrowed. This is cumulative if they don't repay on time."
They did not settle their debts but the loan shark waited a whole year before he took any action.
And he went after Mandy instead.
She was told: Get your friends to pay up or work as a runner to offset the loans.
It was that or he would go after her son. He did not elaborate on what that meant but it sent Mandy's imagination into overdrive.
Still, it took her a month before she agreed - a decision she kept from her family members.
Mandy started "work" in December 2011, working twice a week.
She says: "I was only told that part of the debt would be offset each time I carried out the work, but he didn't tell me what percentage that was."
She operated in Clementi, Tampines, Bedok and Toa Payoh.
The loan shark provided bicycle chains, padlocks, markers and a mobile phone.
She says: "These would be left in a plastic bag outside my home or the lift landing by other runners and I would be informed through SMS where to pick them up and where to go."
She says she "never threw paint".
"I used only permanent marker pens and wrote "O$P$" (short for "owe money, pay money") on the walls outside the debtors' flats and at the lift landings."
She also padlocked the gates with the bicycle chains and locks.
The loan shark also sent another runner to photograph her in action and the two would often drive to locations in a rental car, also provided by the loan shark.
Mandy says she was extremely stressed during this period.
"I often worried that there might be sick elderly in the flat I had just padlocked. What if they needed medical attention and could not get out?
"Or worse, what if there was a fire in the home and the gate was padlocked by me?"
There were times when she had toyed with the idea of throwing the spare key into the flats so they would be able to get out.
A month and a half after she started working for the loan shark, she was arrested. Mandy had padlocked one of her friend's flats - the same friend she stood as guarantor for - and he called the cops on her.
She says, with a sigh: "I thought I was discreet but soon after, I got an SMS from him and it read: 'I know it was you who padlocked my gate. Just wait for the police to call.'"
Soon after, she got a call on her mobile phone from someone who said he "wanted to pay her for work well done".
It was a police officer.
Mandy knew her game was up.
She says: "I was doing it to offset the debts, so why would I get paid?"
Still, she went to the meeting place and got arrested.
Mandy remembers how "they put the cuffs on me even before I could get off my motorcycle, before I could turn off the engine".
She spent the next 10 days in the lock-up while her family was clueless of whereabouts.
Her husband was livid when he found out, she says, but "he still posted my bail".
Mandy decided to cooperate with the police and it resulted in the arrest of the loan shark and 18 of his runners.
She spent 16 months in jail.
She says: "Prison is no place to be... Whether it is for a friend or even a loved one, don't ever agree to be a guarantor.
"You will merely be inviting trouble for yourself and your family."
"I thought I was discreet but soon after, I got an SMS from him and it read: 'I know it was you who padlocked my gate. Just wait for the police to call."
— Mandy, who had padlocked one of her friend's flats — the same friend she stood as guarantor for — and he called the cops on her
If a runner breaks the law...
The penalties for loan shark runners come under the Moneylenders Act, which was beefed up in 2010.
Under the revised law, even first-time offenders found guilty of loan shark harassment will be given at least three strokes of the cane.
Before that, only repeat offenders are mandatorily caned.
So, anyone found to act on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender by:
- Using threatening, abusive or insulting words, behaviour, writing or signs, or
- Causing alarm or annoyance to the borrower or surety, any member of their families, or any other person, will be jailed up to five years, fined up to $50,000 and caned up to six strokes.
The public can call the Police at 999 or the X-Ah Long hotline on 1800-924-5664 if they suspect anyone to be involved in illegal loan shark activities.
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I snapped a few Iphone pics from my desk as I worked last week ...
Stitched and ready to stuff.
Nose embroidered so now it's time to insert the glass eyes.
Painting melted wax onto this fellow's nose ...
Using a hairdryer to melt the wax deep into the embroidery thread.
Buffing the first layer with brown paper.
Another coat of wax, more melting and more buffing and this bear's nose is now complete.
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Capitol Pressroom
May 6, 2015: Blair Horner and Barbara Bartoletti, IPPNY conference, Michael Kink and Jessica Wisneski, Bruce Gyory
May 6, 2015
NYPIRG's Legislative Director Blair Horner and the League of Women Voters' Barbara Bartoletti discuss their groups' calls for sweeping ethics and campaign finance reforms in light of the arrest of Sen. Dean Skelos.
The Independent Power Producers of New York are celebrating 15 years of competitive wholesale electricity markets. Maureen Helmer, a former Public Service Commission Chair, will discuss today's 29th Annual IPPNY Spring Conference, which is taking place at the Desmond in Albany.
We discuss progressive legislative priorities for the rest of session with Michael Kink, the Executive Director of Strong Economy for All, and Jessica Wisneski, the Campaigns Director at Citizen Action of New York.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' Bruce Gyory provides analysis of what legislation could get done this session under the shadow of the second legislative leader scandal of the year.◄ Back to PodCasts


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For decades, Sesame Street has used the power of the Muppets to help kids and families cope with tough topics. This is a free trauma response resource from the Sesame Street Program that's designed for elementary aged students. This resource was developed with the guidance from expert advisers to support you in your work with kids and families. Discover printables, videos, and more on topics to help the families you work with.
Transitional Barriers such as curricula and enrollment hurdles, adapting to new environments, limited access to peer engagement, and public school administrators lack of understanding of military culture may significantly impact the academic, social and emotional growth of mobile military students. School faculty and staff who implement positive strategic programming and support systems have the potential to ease the transitional period. This article delivers two major objectives: a review of the challenges that impact mobile military children and information school counselors can use in developing student programs and staff training.
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