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Anna has 27 years of experience of working in health and social care, including 10 years NHS experience in mental health nursing and project management. She has been the Chief Executive of Creative Support for 18 years, since the formation of the agency in 1990. Anna has significant experience of business development, financial management, training and operational management.
Gordon joined the Board in September 2014. During his career with Cumbria County Council he worked firstly as a specialist social worker, and then as a Strategic Development Manager of services for people with learning disabilities, people with mental ill-health and older adults. Since his retirement, he has worked as an independent consultant for public and voluntary health and social care organisations. He has extensive personal experience as a carer.
Pete is the founder of PMG HR Solutions and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He has extensive strategic and operational HR experience having worked in both the public and the private sector.
Darrell is a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and provides operational support to Manchester City Council's Emergency Duty Services. He is a Practice Teacher with considerable experience of training and development, and is currently Policy & Performance Officer at MCC, where he leads on equality and diversity in Adult Social Care Services. He also works with Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, advising on user/carer involvement and engagement.
Pravin is a consultant business planner and financial modeller. He has extensive experience in product, portfolio and cost centre finance management including the development of strategies and business investment cases. He worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry for over 20 years where he was involved in development of psychiatric medicine business cases. He has supported two charities over the years with innovative fund raising.
After RAF military service John took up scholarships at the University of Hull (BA Hons) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc Econ) and since then has had a varied professional career. His experience encompasses employment policies, industrial relations and human resources, and roles in local government as a city councillor and as Head of the Employment Section of the TUC, plus trade union work at national and international levels. More recently he has had further high level representative and academic experience as the UK member of the European Training Board (CEDEFOP) and as visiting Professor for European Social Agenda studies at Toulouse Business School. He has also undertaken education and training consultancy roles on management and evaluation projects in East and Southern Africa. This period has included a sabbatical semester at Queens University in Belfast for advanced studies in international relations and global politics. John has direct experience of the social care sector through a family member with learning disabilities and mental health problems. He joined the Committee in March 2009.
Kashif joined the Board in December 2007. He lives in Oldham but works as a Barrister in Manchester with a practice including mental health law and employment law. He has extensive interests in current affairs and politics, mental health care, social and economic policy, discrimination and disadvantaged groups, human rights issues, and international relations.
Patrick is a qualified cognitive behavioural therapist and research psychologist, and currently Visiting Professor at the University of Wolverhampton and Assistant Vice Chancellor at the University of Bolton. He has held a number of trustee and non-executive roles including at Universities UK, Westlakes Research Ltd and Northamptonshire Police. He is an occasional higher education columnist for the BBC and The Guardian newspaper. Patrick has a long standing interest in community support and mental health since his time as a Research Fellow in Psychiatry at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, in the 1980s. More recently he has served as a consultant for local authorities on the provision of services for young people and the impact of austerity on support for the most socially disadvantaged. His specialist interests with Creative Support as a trustee include finance, governance, digital culture and audit. Patrick is currently Chair of our Finance & Audit Committee.
Anne is a service user from Bradford. She is an ex-police officer who served with the Firearms and Dog Handling teams. She has experience of teenagers who self-harm.
Julie has 14 years of experience in the health and social care field, in mental health and older people's services. She has experience of NVQ assessing and practice teaching and has also completed the Practice Teacher's Award. Julie has a strong professional interest in Human Resources management, legal aspects, data protection and protection of vulnerable adults. Julie is responsible for our various quality initiatives including the internal audit programme, Supporting People QAF and Investors in People.
Debbie has 20 years of experience working in social care including the statutory and voluntary sectors. She has considerable experience of managing both mental health and learning disability services. As Creative Support's lead manager for learning disability services she has championed the introduction of the Learning Disability Awards Framework and person centred planning. During her career with Creative Support Debbie has developed a wide range of new services including highly respected services for people with challenging behaviours.
Emma qualified as a Social Worker in 2000 and has since worked in a range of services, including substance misuse, bereavement, mental health and learning disabilities. She has worked for Creative Support for over 8 years in a variety of roles. Before taking on the role of Service Director, Emma was the Area Manager for our Salford, Stockport and Manchester Services and a lead manager in the promotion and implementation of the Recovery Model. Emma is a qualified Practice Teacher and holds the Registered Managers Award; she has a keen interest in social work practice and development and is currently undertaking her MSc in Applied Mental Health Practice. Emma looks forward to using this experience to develop staff practice in areas such as Capacity and Service User Involvement. She is lead manager for our services in Bedford and Harrow, the East Midlands, Stoke Mental Health and Stockport.
Colette is a qualified mental health nurse with more than 12 years experience of health and social care. She has significant experience of service development including large capital projects. She has been responsible for developing high quality new services for people with mental health needs and a dual diagnosis and is the lead manager for our services in Lancashire and the North East, where she has developed a wide range of mental health and learning disability services.
Sam has 19 years of experience working in Community Development and Social care including work both in the UK and internationally. She has considerable management experience in organisations that focus on complex needs (specialising in low threshold and harm reduction services), homelessness, mental health, equality and gender work and services for ex offenders. Sam has worked in residential services, prisons and also in community settings. Before joining Creative Support in June 2011, Sam had been a senior manager for 5 years, involved in strategic planning, governance issues and quality. In her role at Creative Support, Sam will be focusing on a number of the head office functions, initially strategic and business planning, as well as line managing the Housing Team and working on quality in partnership with Donna Francis.


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'The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra': Exclusive First Look
Next year, Nickelodeon will unveil the "The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra," the channel's highly-anticipated follow-up to its animated show "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
Here's an exclusive first look at Korra, the heroine of the new series. The art was provided by the creators of the show. What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
Check back with Speakeasy for more news on the coming fantasy program, including an interview with the creators of the show.
You can read more in Speakeasy's On the Horizon column in the print Wall Street Journal.
You can follow Christopher John Farley @CJFarley on Twitter.
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Our privately-run traditional hotel is well-known for its individual service, its contemporary convenience, its hospitality and its pleasant atmosphere.
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'Change is Inevitable' – Thus, nothing is permanent in this world and that to which resides under a highly competitive matrix. With so many brains working and all towards attaining excellence one can never expect this web development market to be slow and sloppy. As web designing is getting more complex with people digging into deeper into cognitive analysis and impact of designs on human brains – thus this turns web design into a science rather than just being of aesthetic importance.
Our last article was about "Understanding the Basics of WordPress Plugin Boilerplate".
As creativity has no seams one can actually not exactly tell which trend will hit the charts, but as it takes time to switch to new trends, wherefore the current trends will stay here for about a year.In this blog we will discuss the trends which are the horse of long race.
Typography- a Treat to the Brain!
Font compatibility issues with Google, constrained developers to use a variety of fonts for development. However, now the web is growing in terms of typography and with Google Fonts , developers can now use fonts as freely as they feel like and are no longer compelled to use the mundane Arial and Times New Roman.
It can be speculated that more stress will be laid on font size, weightage and obviously on the font styles. Website developers who are more performance oriented have already initiated towards this development, as this text style and size have a great impact on human brain which is derived from the study of cognitive sciences.
Micro Experiences- a Treat to the Hands!
As we know that screen sizes of mobile devices vary very frequently, though they can be beastly sizes phablets or normal smartphones, we must not forget that at the end of the day we will be designing for varied screen sizes. Therefore, you need to make sure that your app delivers very clear and lucid display of functionalities. Those who have payed cognizance to this thing will definitely adopt micro or fragmented interactions in their development.
To explain this further, let us assume that there are 5-7 menu heading on your home page which further leads to various other sub pages. Though, the content is very less in the beginning but eventually the application grow in terms of complexity. Clicking on one location area will open a new instance either in that area , in modal window or change its location and size which is optional.
Though resulting location might be simple or complex , but its main aim was to simplify the complex navigations along with presenting numerous choices. This technique will further reduce the length of your web pages which required long scrolling. The micro interactions have self contained places where you can display your cards or cells of your business. Web applications can be beautifully developed using this technique by not transferring the users to another screen and allowing them to complete the task right at the spot.
Photography – a Treat to the Eyes!
One of the most trending patterns in the current web design industry is the usage of images with high resolution and 100 % width. Along with this we saw that people incorporated a full fledged video as the cover for their desktop.
They used these videos to convey the message of the website in a succinct way and also to tell there success saga to their audience. This was further made more interesting by overlaying text, white space , picture and UI elements. As market is hogged with devices of high resolution and big screens, the trends of using big banner size images is trending along with them.
Retail and eCommerce sector are utilizing this trend to the fullest in order to deliver best visual effects so as to entice their users. One can use high resolution images in order to narrate stories about their brands and use them to make your website intriguing and appealing. Now we have incredible tools to convert html to WordPress, which empowers designers to use different types of images.
Flat design – a Treat to the Users!
This is the year when the designers shelved gradients in their design pattern and have embraced the new design hearth robe i.e. the flat design. I believe that there was no any discretion which was responsible for this, but the fact that users and more importantly the developers were bored from the gradient style. They needed some change and flat design turned out to be that very change.
Launch of iOS 7 or 8 and Android versions ignited the fire, as their new interfaces were based on flat design pattern. Further, this led to all the mobile app developers follow the flat design pattern in order to deliver apps which gave native look and feel to the users. Android further worked as the forbearer for taking these applications to the desktop screens from mobile, with it's material design approach.
This approach was further adorned well using other techniques such as card design, white spaces, videos, intentions and may such features to provide a 2 or 3 dimensional layered design approach.
Card Layout- A treat to the Brain!
Card layout was also one of the wide spread trend of this year as most of the well known websites, for instance Pinterest, Mashable and many others used this style and thus this became a hit trend. Though, we clearly know that these trends have a limited life line and hence eventually you will see something or the other, but for now on Card design is in and will stay. This is because that this can display a plethora of content in a limited web space. Further, whitespaces were also utilized very ingeniously in order make a cognitive impact on the users.
It is expected that the minimal design trend will stay in the market for a longer period and the modern websites will expect to grow. However, the parallax design trend will certainly see it's doom due to increasing adoption of micro interactions. In their efforts to sublime and refine the design trends they will keep it simple yet of high aesthetic value, thus images will be aptly used in order to suffice their business motive.


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I have a geodatabase table that is something like:
Object Year Acres
1 1980 5
2 1979 3
3 1978 2
4 1980 8
5 1979 2
6 1976 6
I would like to use python to create a cumulative sum by year so that I end up with a table that looks like:
1976 6
1978 2
1979 5
1980 13
I'm going to be graphing this using matplotlib, showing trends in acres over time.
I'm a beginner with python. So far I've tried to use FeatureClasstoNumPyArray (because my data are in a ArcGIS feature class dataset) and numpy's cumsum, but I can't get the array structured correctly to sum by year. I think part of my problem is that I don't really understand how a table gets converted to an array.
If numpy is the wrong approach, pleases let me know. My requirements are that I can graph cumulative acres over time from a dataset that has polygons of various sizes occuring in specific years. If it matters for processing time, this dataset has about 140,000 records. Also, if you have any suggestions for python graphing modules or sample code that will do with kind of thing well, I'd like to know about them.


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AUGUSTA, GA (AP) – Rory McIlroy has maintained his lead at the Masters, shooting a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead to the weekend.
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The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland avoided the sort of meltdown that ruined his chances at last year's British Open. He followed up an opening 65 with another solid round, the only hiccup coming at No. 12 where he made what is the lone bogey on his 10-under 134 card over the first two days.
Right on McIlroy's heels was Jason Day, one of his playing partners. The 23-year-old Australian made the biggest charge with a 64, the best round of the tournament that took him to 136.
Also in the mix: 51-year-old Fred Couples, taking another crack at becoming the oldest major winner in golf history. His 68 left him at 139.
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Kimberly Vogt, Ph.D, assistant professor of biology at Marian University, is a finalist for Indy's Best and Brightest, a distinction created by Junior Achievement to recognize up-and-coming talent and the next generation of leaders in the Indianapolis community.
A leader within the School of Mathematics and Sciences, Dr. Vogt also dedicates time and resources to STEM outreach, volunteering with: Celebrate Science Indiana, National Science Teachers Association, and Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc.
"Dr. Vogt is certainly one of Indiana's best and brightest. She exhibits excellence in many areas, but most relevant to this nomination is the extent to which she supports and inspires her students on a daily basis. By the combination of her activities in the classroom, in the laboratory, in settings of personal advising, and in community outreach, she is the hallmark of success in preparing the next generation of students for effective careers in STEM. We are extremely fortunate to have her in the School of Mathematics and Sciences," said Loren Bertocci, dean of the School of Mathematics and Sciences at Marian University.
Dr. Vogt is among 99 other individuals in the Indiana community in the running for this honor. Finalists in each category are judged on professional accomplishments, civic contributions, and character and leaderships qualities.
The categories honored include the following: accounting; banking and financial services, education and non-profit; government; health and life sciences; law; media, entertainment, and sports; real estate development and construction; manufacturing, retail, and services; and technology.
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Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC Nelson Mandela Region Gala Dinner
24 October 2014
Programme Director,
Members of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee,
Members of the Nelson Mandela Regional Executive Committee,
Members of Parliament and the Provincial Legislature,
Executive Mayor and Councillors of the Nelson Mandela Metro,
Traditional and religious leaders,
Representatives of the business community,
Young professionals, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I greet you all in the name of the African National Congress.
I wish to thank the Nelson Mandela Region of the ANC for inviting me to speak here this evening. It is an honour to address you as business people and young professionals who have an important role to play in the economic development of our country.
Our common identity as South Africans enjoins us to work together to address the legacy of centuries of deliberate economic exclusion and dispossession.
Our country, like our continent, has suffered the plunder of its natural resources, the exploitation of its people and underdevelopment.
The economic challenges we face - of poverty, unemployment and inequality - are not exclusive to South Africa. They are shared throughout the continent.
As we have common problems, so too should we seek common solutions. We need to boost intra-African trade as perhaps the most potent instrument for the achievement of rapid and sustainable economic growth.
We must work together to strengthen cooperation between African business and government to expand our asset base, produce more goods and create more jobs.
Africa`s recent growth has been largely dependent on the export of raw minerals to Europe, Asia and the United States. That makes our economies particularly vulnerable to fluctuations in demand.
As we discovered in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, we must make every effort to ensure that our growth comes from a diverse set of economic activities.
As Africans, we need to find a common strategy to develop new economic assets, open up new markets for our products and strengthen our competitive advantage in global trade.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At its 53rd National Conference in December 2012, the ANC came to the conclusion that we must use our mineral resources in a manner that will produce more economic value. This includes increasing local beneficiation of raw minerals and the development of secondary industries.
The underlying intention is the creation of black industrialists that will drive economic restructuring. This will expand the industrial base of our economy, transform ownership patterns and create employment.
This strategy is particularly relevant in this region, which historically has a strong industrial sector and is well located to access export markets.
These markets are not only in Europe or the Far East. They are also elsewhere on the African continent. With over a billion people, Africa has the potential to become the most important market for Africa`s own goods.
We need to integrate our economies in a manner that recognises the needs and productive potential of each country`s economy.
We must increase investment in the development of alternative energy sources, invest in the expansion of the minerals value chain, grow our services sector and broaden our manufacturing capacity.
Betterinfrastructure is an essential ingredient for productivity and growth. As South Africa we are undertaking the largest infrastructure investment programme in our history. This programme is expanding our economic capacity significantly, stimulating key sectors of the economy, and creating jobs.
We must continue to develop strategies to champion regional and cross-border infrastructure projects. These increase trade and enhance regional integration.
One such project is the North-South corridor infrastructure project. Championed by President Jacob Zuma, it is a network of road and rail from South Africa right to the top of Africa.
While our governments will continue to lead these investments, there is great value and great opportunity for private sector investment in infrastructure development.
As we improve our road and rail networks, as we increase our energy generation capacity, as we improve our water infrastructure, and as we roll-out new telecommunications capacity, we are creating the conditions for investment by the private sector to establish new operations and expand existing ones.
But it is critical that this investment is accompanied by a concerted focus on education and skills development. Industry needs more than electricity and water and roads. It needs people with knowledge and skills and experience.
As a country, we are making progress in improving the quality of our entire education system, from early childhood development through to higher education and training.
At the one end, we are expanding access to Grade R as an entry into school, while at the other we are massively improving the quality, relevance and appeal of our Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges.
We are looking to business to partner with us in this effort. We need to do more and be more creative in bridging the divide between the world of study and the world of work.
Young people need to have opportunities to gain skills and experience in real work situations.
At the same time, we need to open up opportunities for those young people who want to run their own businesses. As government, we need to support them. As established business, we need to mentor and nurture them. As society, we need to encourage them.
As we build the economy, so too do we need to transform it.
We need to undo the deliberate exclusion of black people and women from meaningful participation in the mainstream of the economy.
We have made some progress, but we need to do much more. We need to use the resources of the state to promote black business through preferential procurement. We need to refine the codes of good practice and better implement them.
We need to understand the barriers that still prevent black and women business people from establishing themselves in particularly industries. And we need to work together to address them.
Black economic empowerment is necessary not only to satisfy the imperatives of the Constitution. It is necessary not only to correct the wrongs of the past. It is necessary and essential if we are going to build a prosperous, sustainable and equitable society.
Effective black economic empowerment benefits everyone.
Comrades and friends,
The Nelson Mandela Metro is a strategic economic centre. It has significant infrastructure and a strong industrial base. It has skilled and capable people. But most importantly, it has tremendous potential for growth and development.
What is required is a dynamic and vibrant partnership between government, business, labour and communities. It requires a common vision for growth and development. It requires a commitment to collaboration and cooperation.
Let us work together to ensure that this region becomes an integral part of the economic corridor that we are building from Cape to Cairo.
Because working together, we move South Africa - and Africa - forward.
I thank you.


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Concerts in Riga – March 2015
Riga might not strike as a popular destination for pop music concerts, but if you're here during March, you might want to look out for these events.
On Friday the 6th Yann Tiersen is playing at the Palladium concert hall. Minimalist, avant-garde and multi instrumentalist are just a few words to describe this Breton musician from France, that occasionally gets compared to Philip Glass. His most famous work to date must be the soundtrack for movie Amelie and this will be his first visit to Riga. Tickets
Friday the 13th, for some a date to best not leave the house, for some Latvians – day to reserve for a night out at the main heavy rock/metal sanctuary know as … The Black Friday Club(Melna Piektdiena). And what a better date and place to celebrate Latvia's top trash metal band's 25th anniversary – the group known as Huskvarn will play in it's original line-up and since this concert will be a part of their "good-bye" tour, you might have to wait another 25 years to see this happen again. A must-go for those eager to get a glimpse at Latvian metal music scene. Tickets
One of Slovenia's best exports – the industrial avant-garde band(self described as "degenerate pop music") Laibach is returning to Riga after 4 years to play at Melna Piektdiena Club. Founded in 1980, the group earned themselves a dissident status in the former state of Yugoslavia and even today stir up some controversy because of their live shows and the totalitarian-style aesthetics they use. Tickets
It's no secret Latvians like to joke and also tend to be a little envious of their neighbours Estonians and for couple of years there's another reason for the second – Ewert and Two Dragons have proven themselves as a successful indie band, playing in Baltics and beyond. Now they are returning to Riga, a city with one of their biggest fan base to give a concert to promote their new album "Circles" at the Palladium on 21st March. Tickets


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Although marriage is usually considered a long-term relationship, not all marriages last. In fact, the latest statistics show that the divorce rate is increasing on a global level. In a struggling marriage, one or both partners might be perplexed as to whether they should hire family lawyers Parramatta either a marriage counselor or a divorce attorney. In fact, marriage counseling is considered an option for mending the differences between the two partners and preventing divorce in the process. This article produces information on how to avoid a divorce with effective counseling.
Will counseling actually save a marriage? In fact, there isn't one right answer to this question. You have to consider numerous factors when answering this question. If the marriage has already reached a stage where divorce is the only option left, counseling won't be able to do much. On the other hand, if you consider counseling to be successful, you should start before things get worse. The sooner, the better the chances are to save the marriage. The effectiveness of marriage counseling could be greatly enhanced by how soon the partner/s seeks to counsel.
The right therapist is considered one of the most important aspects of marriage therapy. Both partners need to feel that the therapist is the right choice. Sometimes, one partner may think that the therapist is favoring the other partner. Hence, he or she won't connect with the professional. Therapy will not work effectively under such circumstances. That is why it is important that you choose a highly qualified and experienced therapist that both partners can connect with. Couples should seek references and check credentials of the therapist when choosing the best candidate for the job.
The truth is that marriage therapy is not a quick fix to save a marriage and avoid divorce in the process. It may take many sessions to heal a rift between the two partners in a marriage. Most couples make the mistake of quitting too soon. In fact, continuing marriage therapy is extremely important to save the marriage and avoid a divorce in the process. A couple should aim for six months or more therapy before deciding to quit the sessions. The commitment of all parties involved in marriage counseling is key to the success of the process. But some couples may decide that divorce is the right choice for them even after a few sessions of counseling. That is why it is important that both partners fully dedicate themselves to giving marriage counseling a fair try. That way they can save their marriage and avoid divorce in the long run. These are important things to consider when considering couples therapy to save a marriage and avoid divorce in the process.
In conclusion, marriage is usually considered a norm in our societies. In fact, it is a long-term relationship between the two partners in the marriage institution. But the divorce rate is on the rise globally in this day and age. The above article provides information on how can a divorce be avoided with counseling.


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Under the Covers: Daring Greatly
In my Under the Covers book series, I will rate each book based on its "Life Wisdom" value (from 1 to 5 wise owls). I will review books that inspire, motivate and teach life lessons. Some of our greatest wisdom comes from those whose journeys may be quite different from our own.
When we escape into their world, we can learn from their trials, tactics, and courage. Through their wisdom, we add to our own.


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Company Seeking developers on contract
Basically. We are looking for someone to develop game apps. We can provide the servers, marketing. Ideas, storylines. Scopes all other details. we do have a flagship game we need developed first
In return for developing the app you receive payments by IAP and Investments my company receives it they like the project. Payout after app is complete and ready to play developer will receive 25% of all IAP per month for 1 year then 10% the following and this is negotiable. And this goes for any app that's developed by the same person.
Developer has the potential to receive 20k - 200k+ per year
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3BR Apartment to Rent in Nakuru (Nairobi)
Hello All,
Beautiful Views Limited is a real estate company that specializes in the identification and purchase of premium quality real estate for rental purposes.
We have recently acquired a 3-bedroomed apartment, in the first of its kind in Nakuru, Milimani Apartments Project. Located in the plush suburb of Milimani, this residential complex gives its residents easy access to the Central Business District as well as all the recreational facilities that Nakuru has to offer.
Fitted with modern and tasteful accessories, the apartment is perfect for a professional working in Nakuru town. Other features of this apartment include:
3 Br (1 ensuite)
Additional bathroom
Designated parking (all done in carbro)
Street lighting within the compound.
Secure access controlled stone perimeter wall with electric fence
Commercial centre, community centre and gym
Generator back up for common areas
Children's play area
Possibility of offering as a fully furnished apartment if required.
This apartment will be ready for occupation from the 1st of December, Protected content .
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Albert Bridge
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Across the Thames at dusk
Across the Thames towards the OXO tower, at dusk.
The Royal Albert Hall
The Thames
The London Eye and
Down the Thames towards Millbank Tower, viewed from Westminster Bridge.
Battersea Power Station seen from Vauxhaul Bridge
Dulwich Park Bench awash with fallen leaves, rendered in 8 colours
From Dulwich Park
Bright yellow leaves against a larch background (8 colours)
Bright tree in the shadows, Dulwich Park
London Eye.
My son Zak in the snow - Covent Garden
My dear old Daddy in a casket.
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Cloud Computing
is a buzz word we are hearing these days. Its basically a deployment model to reduce infrastructure costs. It offers virtually unlimited, on-demanding computing resources. Our application only pay for what they use. In simple terms, it is like paying an electricity bill. We use as much of electricity we need and pay for what we have consumed. In the same we pay for the resources based on how much our application had used. With cloud computing, our applications take the advantage of limitless processor cycles, memory storage, network bandwidth along with extensive software capabilities.
Cloud computing relieves the application creator from some of the funationalities like purchase management, services such as databases and security and can concentrate completely on development part when developing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Apart from functional requirements, cloud also takes care of the non functional requirements such as scalability and performance.
Talking about scalability, there are two types of scalability, Horizontal and Vertical. Horizontal scalability means the application can serve many concurrent users and Vertical scalability means that the application continues to perform consistently as load increases. Horizontal scalability is what cloud provides through load balancing and application delivery solutions but vertical scalability is just something that cloud does not provide. Say for example, a poorly constructed SQL query can destroy vertical scalability and can actually increase the cost of deploying in the cloud because we are paying for the resources based on how much we consumed and if the application is not scaling up well it will require more resources to maintain performance levels and thus cost a lot more. Cloud computing can be used as a deployment model only and its not going to magically optimize code or database queries or design tables with performance in mind. Thats still squarley in the hands of the developers.
Security is another important aspect that needs to be considered. Cloud provides shared resources which mean shared security risks. A single piece of hardware infected with malware can potentially affect every application that shares its resources. Secure coding is an absolute requirement for cloud computing to prevent exploits of application logic and unauthorized access.
Elasticity is the cloud's true virtue. When there is more demand for the cloud deployed application, it acquires more resources and when there is less demand it frees up resources. It is different from the traditional approach. In the traditional approach when demand is less, the resources sit idle and when the demand is more all the resources get used up and if the demand is peak, it may become worse and the application may fail showing "Time out" to the users. The benefit of going for cloud is the low-cost way to scale up or down the application while paying for only what the application uses.
Currently, we can create cloud applications through two major implementations - Amazong Web Services (AWS) and Google Application Engine (GAE).
Apache Tuscany enables service oriented architecture solutions to more easily respond to new business requirements.
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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GAELA Associations represent the best language centres in the following countries.
Follow the links below to find out more about each Association and their member centres.
EAQUALS is a pan-European Association of schools and organizations concerned with language teaching and learning. Its aim is to encourage and assist language course providers to continuously improve their educational and other services for the benefit of course participants and clients.
Before admission, and every 3 years thereafter, Accredited Members must undergo a rigorous inspection to verify whether or not they meet the criteria established in the four EAQUALS Charters for Accredited Members (General Charter, Course Participants' Charter, Staff Charter, and Information Charter).
EAQUALS also has a new 'project partnership' scheme aimed at universities and other organizations that wish to collaborate on specific projects.
GAELA meetings are also attended by other stakeholders who have an interest in supporting GAELA's aims.
Follow the links below to find out more about these organisations.
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This is an activity about the movement of sunspots. Learners will project an image of the Sun using a telescope, binoculars, or a pinhole projector, observe and record sunspots over the course of several days, and calculate the speed of the observed sunspots to, therefore, determine the rotation rate of the Sun. This activity is from the Touch the Sun educator guide.
This resource is located on page 16 of the PDF document.
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Every marriage is slightly different because each couple is different. At Farnham United Reformed Church you are welcome to shape the Wedding Service to suit you, under the guidance of the Minister. The most important thing to remember is that planning a wedding takes time – at the outset you need to book the church and begin to make arrangements for the service.
We are very happy to receive enquiries from those married previously, because we believe Christianity is about forgiveness and second chances, but where people are not already known to us we may make some enquiries about the circumstances, but in most cases we will be happy to offer a church wedding.
We are not currently allowed to perform same-sex marriages or blessings in the church, but our Minister is willing to perform blessings in another venue.
We would advise you to book the church in conjunction with your reception venue and to discuss timings with us, rather than making any assumptions about our availability.
We welcome enquiries from members of other churches looking a venue in Farnham, and we are happy to discuss involving your Minister in the service, but we prefer to operate on the basis of a wedding in this building being a service of our church, rather than simply hiring out the venue.
The Church
The church has a seating capacity of 180 downstairs, and 60 in the gallery, although it is cleverly designed so that a congregation of 50 do not rattle around. There are two side aisles, but no centre aisle. Most couples come in on the left-hand side, and out on the right-hand side. There is a fine pipe organ and a grand piano. We will normally provide an organist or pianist, but you are welcome to make alternative arrangements.
Provision for Disabled People
There is ramped access to the building for wheelchair users and accessible toilet facilities. There is a dedicated wheelchair space at the front to one side. There is a loop system for people with impaired hearing.
We are allowed to perform marriages for people who live in the Registration District (which is the administrative county of Surrey), or people for whom this church is their "usual place of worship".
The legalities of marriages in this church, as for all churches other than the Church of England, require those intending to be married in Farnham United Reformed Church to apply to the local authority Registrar in the Registration district where you live. If you live in separate Registration districts, you will need to apply at each Register Office. Your Country Council/Unitary Authority is responsible for the administration of this.
The certificate that the Registrar issues is valid for one calendar year from that date on which you give notice (e.g. if you give notice on 4 October 2018, the certificate will be valid until 3 October 2019). It takes up to a month for a certificate to be issued, so you must apply well before the wedding date.
The Registrar's certificate is only valid for a wedding in a particular building. Therefore, you must tell the Registrar that you intend to marry at "The United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham, Surrey" and give the registered number of the building, which is no. 8000.
We are not currently allowed to perform marriages of same sex couples.
Wedding Fees for 2018
Total basic fees for the service, including organist: £520.
For weddings before 4.00 pm on Mondays-Fridays, or before 2.00 pm on Saturdays, the church Coffee Shop needs to be closed, for which there is an additional charge of £200 to compensate for loss of income.
For all weddings where neither the bride nor groom has a home address in a GU postcode area, and none of the bride, groom, their children, parents, or grandparents is a Member of Farnham United Reformed Church, we reserve the right to double the total fees, because of increased administration.
If you are having a professional video recording you must tell us as soon as you decide this, and we reserve the right to increase fees because of both performing rights and increased inconvenience.
Once a date has been fixed, a non-returnable deposit of £200 should be paid immediately. Until a deposit is paid, any booking will be regarded as provisional. All other fees should be paid in full at least a month before the wedding. We are happy to agree payment in instalments if this is easier for you. We accept cash, cheques, and direct bank transfer. Returned cheques will incur an administration fee as charged by our bank, and future payments must be made in cash or direct bank transfer.
What's the procedure?
After your initial enquiry, you should expect three meetings with the Minister. These can either be at the church, or at your home if you live in a GU postcode area. The first meeting will be to gather some details and to confirm that everyone knows what's going on; the second to plan the service in some detail; and the third a rehearsal, also involving some of the other participants. The first meeting will be as soon as practicable after an initial enquiry, the second meeting about three months before the wedding, and the rehearsal, involving all the major participants, a day or two before the wedding.
If you are using a wedding planner you need to tell us when you are booking, or as soon as you engage them if that is after you book. You also need to be clear with us whether we make arrangements with your wedding planner or with you.
You are welcome either to have the flower arrangement which will be in church for the Sunday service, or to employ a professional florist. If you employ a florist they will need to work within our guidelines.
Worship at Farnham United Reformed Church
Sunday Services are a good way to get a feel for the Church, and to meet the Minister.
10.30am Morning Worship
6.30pm Evening Worship
To take it further, please contact the Minister:
The Revd. Michael Hopkins
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Sartori leaves Chievo role
Chievo have confirmed that long-serving sporting director Giovanni Sartori has resigned from his role with the Serie A club.
Published7 July 2014
The 57-year-old former Sampdoria striker has been a key figure in establishing the Verona outfit in the Italian top flight.
He has now decided to step down, although club president Luca Campedelli has left the door open for a potential return.
Campedelli is quoted as saying on the club's official website: "Words are not enough to explain how important and crucial you have been for me.
"This is not goodbye but an arrivederci. See you soon."
Chievo finished 16th in Serie A last season.


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Want a sneak peek of one of the latest collections from Crafter's Companion ??? Let me introduce Verity Rose and OMWord is it cute???? This is a mini beach tote I created as I had to use the flamingo. When I was a teenager I collected flamingos and yes it was considered quite tacky...who knew I was ahead of my time, LOL. I still love them to this day so I had to stamp one of these cuties out and use it on my project.
Here's a list of all the Verity Rose Products I used for this piece.
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The Blues hope that
The ruling means that football clubs who want to take part in European competition have to
be funded by the Spanish government break even over a three-year rolling period, starting from the 2012-13 season.
The move mirrors that of Premier League rival Arsenal, which sold the 15-year rights of its stadium to Emirates airline for nearly £100m in 2006 — however it is believed that particular deal was heavily front-loaded to pay for the construction of the stadium.
The most ideal candidate for naming rights would be rival Emerati airline and club sponsor Etihad — although calling the ground "Etihad Stadium" would lead to some confusing conversations for Melbourne-based fans.
At any rate, a naming rights sponsor would not only help to balance the books for City, it will also end the clunkiness around the City of Manchester Stadium/COMS/Eastlands debate that still hasn't been decided upon since moving from Maine Road seven seasons ago.
As long as the club doesn't go down the same egotistical path of Wigan's DW Stadium (HRH SM Arena?) or sell the rights to the highest bidder at the expense of a half-decent name like many American stadia (Minute Maid Park, Petco Park, Consolidated Transnational Stadium, Preparation H Arena et al), then I think it's a great idea.
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The reason you are still getting power to the open leg is that the leg connected is back feeding through the meter. It will show 120v to ground. 0 v to connected leg because its the same leg and 240 to the bushing it burnt off of. You will find this out if you ever hook up a service with the meter installed first. Try it and check voltage. Just remember the other leg will be hot. Stay safe.


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|Manchester Camerata Family Creativity Days are great way to keep youngsters amused, whilst encouraging creativity and the exploration of musical posiblilities.
Sunday 14 November 2010, 10.15 am at The Stafford Gatehouse Theatre.
Places are limited so we recommend you book early - Booking details below.
The aim is for families to spend the day together working creatively on a particular story to produce an afternoon performance.
When each family arrives at 10.30am they are allocated into one of three groups and working on a rotation basis each group experiences three workshops.
The day is most suitable for children between the ages of 7 and 11 although this is very flexible. Children must be accompanied by an adult, who will also have the opportunity to take an active role in the day's activities! There is a short break for lunch and you can invite non participating family members along to the final performance.


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The following is a partial transcript of the March 4, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Joining us now to talk about what's really going on in some of the world's most dangerous countries are two key members of the congressional intelligence committees, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Pete Hoekstra.
And welcome back, both of you, to "FOX News Sunday."
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF.: Thank you.
REP. PETE HOEKSTRA, R-MICH.: Thank you.
WALLACE: Congressman Hoekstra, let's start with reports of this attack by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan looking for high-value targets. What can you tell us about it?
HOEKSTRA: I can't tell you a whole lot. I mean, it's very plausible that what's being described is happening, but I think this is one of those things — you don't talk about it while this action is under way.
And we'll see what the results are in the next couple of days. Then we'll hear more about it.
Senator Feinstein, this week, the new intelligence director, Admiral McConnell, told Congress that he is very concerned that Usama bin laden and Al Qaeda are rebuilding in northwest Pakistan.
How serious is the threat? And what kind of job is President Musharraf of Pakistan doing in rooting out the terrorists?
FEINSTEIN: Well, I think it certainly is a threat. I mean, we've been hearing that for some time now. And I think the concern is that they can easily extend their terrorist arm into the European community and Great Britain. That's a deep concern, because then it's just the ocean for us.
And I think as Vice President Cheney went to Pakistan to talk with President Musharraf that the Pakistanis either have to let us go in or go in themselves when they have intelligence. And I think the kind of half measures that the Pakistanis have taken in that particular area don't stand us in good stead.
There's no question that there's going to be, I think, a spring offensive in Afghanistan, that they're trying to reach out, that training is going on, recruitment is going on and we have to have some pinpoint attacks that produce some dividends. Hopefully, this will be one of them. We'll see.
WALLACE: Let me just ask, because, I mean, you're both — and I can understand your sensitivity. Is something going on?
FEINSTEIN: Well...
WALLACE: Senator Feinstein?
FEINSTEIN: ... I think there's an ongoing campaign. More than that, I can't say.
Congressman Hoekstra, it's interesting, because a top Taliban leader, Mullah Obaidullah, was arrested this week the same day that Vice President Cheney met with President Musharraf. There has been a history when a top official goes to meet with Musharraf, suddenly there's a kind of show arrest.
How do you assess the threat from Al Qaeda and the Taliban, and what Senator Feinstein mentioned, which is the possibility a lot of people are talking about of a very tough spring offensive against our forces in Afghanistan?
HOEKSTRA: Well, I think there's no doubt that we've degraded the capabilities of Al Qaeda, but they are regrouping. You know, the activities that we've got in Pakistan and along the border — I mean, we've got a full court press going on there. We may want Pakistan to do more things.
But you know, President Musharraf is facing elections in September. There are parliamentary elections next January. We need stability in the regime. We need this regime to survive.
And there's a reason that they've called this the ungoverned areas. No one has really been able to go into these areas and take control, but the Pakistanis have been doing a number of things to help us go after Al Qaeda.
WALLACE: Senator Feinstein, we decided to tackle this subject of the quality of U.S. intelligence after it came out this week that the intelligence community has revised its estimate of the situation in North Korea, that they were very certain that North Korea five years ago was pursuing a program for highly enriched uranium. They are less confident about that now.
Question: How good has our intelligence been about North Korea? And what effect has that had on our relations with that regime?
FEINSTEIN: I think the gathering of intelligence with respect to North Korea has been very difficult. And the drop in the level of confidence on the uranium-based development I think is an indication of that.
I, for one, am very pleased to see this agreement. I don't think you can underestimate the value of China in keeping the North Koreans on track now in seeing that this plutonium-based program is disassembled and that North Korea is brought into the mainstream.
I think one of their ministers is due in the United States this week to begin discussing some normalization of relations.
I don't think we are well served by isolating countries. And the degree to which this isolation ends and it becomes productive — and I think now you've got all the six parties looking very carefully at every development. This is a little different from the '90s. So I am very optimistic.
WALLACE: Congressman Hoekstra, some conservatives suggest that the administration is downgrading the level of confidence about its intelligence in North Korea because it is, quite frankly, hellbent on pursuing an arms control process with North Korea and it doesn't want to let anything get in the way.
First of all, what do you think about that theory? And secondly, do you believe that North Korea is or isn't pursuing a highly enriched uranium program?
HOEKSTRA: Well, I think the administration has sent out a clarifying statement on exactly what they meant to say this week. Let me say two things.
I think Congress needs to take a very close look at this agreement to make sure that it's not a legacy agreement. Legacy agreements cut corners. We need to make sure that there's verification in this agreement. We need to make sure that North Korea comes clean on whatever nuclear weapons that they have in place.
The other point that I want to make, building on what the senator said, is we still don't have the intelligence community overall to give us, as policymakers, the information that we need to make good decisions in North Korea, Iran and other places.
WALLACE: That's a pretty striking indictment.
HOEKSTRA: Well, it is.
WALLACE: I mean, if the intelligence community hasn't given you the information, how do you make policy?
HOEKSTRA: Well, you always make policy with imprecise information, but you know, there are some things that we've been disappointed with — the stand-up from the leadership in the intelligence community.
You know, we've had the conflict between the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, you know, with Secretary Rumsfeld and Director Negroponte not giving us a quick start on intel reform. Now we're changing leadership in the intel community.
So we've had problems in standing this up and developing more bureaucracy, and it's a concern about the leadership in the intelligence community, not the folks who are working this 24/7.
FEINSTEIN: I think there's this point, too. We now do know that North Korea has nuclear devices. The question is how many. The question is where are they assembling these. Is it just Yongbyon, or is it other places?
And because of the underground nature of the facilities, it's very difficult. North Korea is a long way from us, and the intelligence infrastructure is not that good, to be very candid with you.
So it's a difficult problem to know with certainty. That's why it's so important that there be this agreement.
WALLACE: Let me move to another country, Senator Feinstein. What about Iran? How much do we really know about its nuclear program? And how much do we really know about whether the government is behind these efforts to supply Iraqi insurgents with these highly explosive and highly lethal devices?
FEINSTEIN: Well, we know that they're on their way to develop a nuclear program. The question comes how long would it be before they, too, had a nuclear device, and that there's some degree of sophistication in their work.
Now, having said that, the question comes, is Iran really united that it has to become a nuclear power? I don't believe it is. I believe that there's a leadership split. I believe that the supreme leader is very different from the president of Iran in this respect, and that it may well be possible to work something out with Iran.
And so I am very pleased to see the shift in the administration. When Secretary Rice came before the Senate Appropriations Committee and talked about this regional summit in which the United States would take part and the G-8 nations, I think that's exactly the way to go, to bring the light of day and the preponderance of nations into this effort.
WALLACE: Congressman Hoekstra, just briefly, because we have to move on to other subjects, your feelings about Iran and how much you really know about what's going on there.
HOEKSTRA: Well, we don't know a lot about some of the specifics, but I think if you take a look at the bigger picture, their activities with the nuclear weapons program, their relationships with Hamas, Hezbollah, their activities in Iraq, Iran is clearly somebody that we need to be very, very concerned about.
This is not an ally in the war against militant radicalism. They're not an ally in getting us to be successful in Iraq. We need to focus on them and I think some of the changes and some of the steps that are being taken by the administration are very positive.
WALLACE: Senator Feinstein, you're also a member of the Judiciary Committee, and I know you're upset about the firing of these eight U.S. attorneys. The administration says that it's for poor performance, not politics.
FEINSTEIN: Well, what's strange about this — never before in history has it happened that in a short given period of time, at least seven were called and told they should resign by a specific date in January. I think that's been pretty well established.
Now, the problem is that the Patriot Act had in it an amendment which gave the ability to the administration to appoint an interim U.S. attorney permanently, not subject to a limited period of time, pending confirmation.
We in the Senate believe it's very important that U.S. attorneys be confirmed by the Senate. That's really what's going on now. Some political things may well emerge. There are going to be a series of hearings. I think we'll have one in the Senate on Tuesday. I believe the House will have one on Tuesday. And we'll see what facts emerge.
But I think there's a lot of evidence that this was done in a way to bring in some bright young Republican operatives into these positions. We'll see.
WALLACE: But let me ask you about that, because one of the U.S. attorneys who is being fired is Carol Lam...
FEINSTEIN: Correct.
WALLACE: ... of San Diego, who was behind the prosecution of Duke Cunningham on official corruption charges.
Last June you wrote to Attorney General Gonzales about her failure to pursue immigration cases. Take a look. You said, "The low prosecution rates have a demoralizing effect on the men and women patrolling our borders."
Senator Feinstein, weren't you complaining about exactly what she's being fired for?
FEINSTEIN: Yes, but I subsequently found out that the cases in which she was engaged are major cases and very important cases, and that it was really a kind of prioritization, and that my understanding is that when this was discussed with her, she made changes.
The thing about Carol Lam is in the San Diego community, by the FBI, by the judges, this is a U.S. attorney that was very highly respected.
And therefore, to summarily say — which is synonymous with firing — you're going to be out of here, which can effectively end a career for a U.S. attorney, is very surprising to many of us.
WALLACE: Finally — we've got about a minute left; I'd love for you to split it evenly — a brief comment from both of you about the situation in Walter Reed and how you feel the administration's handling it.
Congressman Hoekstra?
HOEKSTRA: It's an appalling situation. Hopefully they're putting in place the leadership that will make sure that our troops get exactly the kind of quality care that they make. The sooner they get focused on this, the better.
WALLACE: Senator?
FEINSTEIN: Secretary Gates is a breath of fresh air. He's taken action, and not only low-level people but high-level people have been replaced, and I think that's welcome action.
WALLACE: Senator Feinstein, Congressman Hoekstra, we want to thank you both so much for coming in and talking with us today.
FEINSTEIN: Thank you.
HOEKSTRA: Thank you.


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The grand prize winners for Adrienne Barnes' Honors Biology students were Kaitlyn Fleischman and Juliet Mendoza-Castillo with two Runners-up: Kaleigh Marquez and Kanishka Parikh.
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BRADENTON -- Manatee's starting offensive unit ran one second-half play.
But there was a message behind Brodrick Yancy's 80-yard catch-and-run touchdown from quarterback Josh Meyer following a Palm Harbor University onside kick after the visiting Hurricanes accepted a running clock.
"If you're going to onside kick, then why do you ask for a running clock?" Manatee head coach Joe Kinnan said.
Kinnan's Hurricanes (10-0) dusted Palm Harbor University 48-14 on Friday at Hawkins Stadium with a quick-hitting offense in the first half to wrap up the program's third undefeated regular season in four years.
To accomplish the feat, which included an unblemished district slate en route to the Class 8A-District 7 title, Manatee scored on all six of its first-half possessions.
Half of those scores came on one-play drives.
Meyer connected with Yancy, who finished with three catches for 155 yards, for a 56-yard touchdown for the first one-play score. Then running back Johnnie Lang followed it up with a 35-yard burst to pay dirt.
Finally, University of
Missouri commit Trevon Walters raced in 80 yards when Manatee received possession with 0:0.7 seconds remaining in the first half.
"They weren't supposed to put me in like that," Walters said. "They were telling me that I would play only two series of the game. So that was very big for me to go in, 0:0.7 seconds and go 80 yards down the field."
Now the Canes will turn their attention toward the postseason as they are off next week.
Manatee faces Vero Beach, who earned the Class 8A-District 8 runner-up berth on Friday.
"That's very big for us to go into the playoffs having a week off, like the NFL," Walters said. "You win the division or whatever, the conference and you have your first week or something like that."
Walters finished with 135 rushing yards on six carries, which all came in the first half. Meyer completed 7 of 9 passes for 181 yards, while adding 103 rushing yards.
As a team, Manatee rushed for 276 yards.
"Even when we go two-back, you don't know who is going to get it," Meyer said of the double-attack with Walters and Lang. "It opens up our passing. They're just two really good backs."
While the Canes' offense clicked, even with just two second-half possessions, their defense wasn't as stout as usual.
However, Manatee did limit Palm Harbor University to just two scores, with one coming against the first-team unit after Kinnan inserted them back in following the onside kick that the visiting Hurricanes successfully recovered in the third quarter.
"You concede defeat," Kinnan said. "We had all our backups out there. You take it down and score. Our two offense are going in, and those are the backup guys. We only ran one offensive play in the fourth quarter."


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Grace Munroe. Eva d'Orsey. One English and pampered into false security. The other French-countryside-born and exiled in New York, serving to make ends meet. One straight-laced by nurture, yet inquisitive, the other building herself from the bottom up and uninhibited by nature, picking up life lessons wherever she can, from decadent emigrés to call girls. One disillusioned by marriage, the other becoming the mistress of a cosmetics tycoon to help materialize her own plans. But when one inherits the other, though the two have never met, and indeed the heiress has absolutely no idea who this mysterious Eva is, the two lives intermingle and the English rose is in for some coming of age metamorphosis, the French way, with a brisk and brief perfumery introduction lesson in the middle of it. This the central plot of Kathleen Tessaro's new novel The Perfume Collector and if this reminds you vaguely of the journey of finding one's self with the help of French (or Frenchified) style icons after a failed marriage in her earlier novel Elegance it is because it is basically the same theme.
There is simply no way around it. The Anglo-Saxon is mesmerized by the lure of the Continental, with the latter's abandon to sensuality, its convenient compartmentalization of personal life & business and of its Cartesian logic (and non Protestant ethic) while wading through life. Even we have often elaborated on what makes this particular tick tick. And if there is one lesson to be derived is to suck the juice out of the bone of life because life is short, a sentiment with which I can't bring myself to disagree.
"The name, madam..." Eva could hardly say it out loud without blushing. "My Sin". Madame Zed said the words slowly, her black eyes unblinking. "What about it?"Eva hesitated. "It's just...well..what does it mean? What sin?"
Madame was silent for a moment, looking past Eva, or rather through her, as if she were transparent. Finally she spoke. "Do you know what sin means?"
"To do something wrong?"Madame shook her head. "That's one meaning. But there's another, from the Greek, hamartia, which translates, 'to miss the mark'. That's the meaning I prefer. ""To miss the mark" Eva repeated, committing it to memory.
"Yes", Madame continued. "We try and fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark."Eva watched as she removed the lace shawl. "When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see - there are no 'good people', little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others."
Tessaro does a beautiful job of putting the sequence in non-chronological order, starting in media res, and then retracing the tale to its beginnings as the search for the enigmatic Eva is conducted by both Grace and the reader through the flashbacks. To do this comfortably Tessaro breaks down the novel in two distinct narrative viewpoints, Exit to Eden style, and two different time-periods, one following Eva, the other following Grace. One feels that the blue-eyed blonde British K.Tessaro is having a particular pleasure into delving into the brunette territory of Eva, her primal name a nod to her budding but all potent femininity, sometimes to the point of exaggeration.
Bending closer, she gave his shoulder a shake. "Sir!"His eyes opened, blinking to focus. 'I'm sorry, it's only Madame wants you", she explained in a whisper. "She says..."Suddenly he grabed her wrist. "Hush!" And still in a fog of sleep, he pulled her close. Eva pitched forward, into his arms. Valmont inhaled.
At first her natural seemed straightforward, simply; the slightly acrid, almost creamy aroma of a child's damp skin. But underneath that, a rich, musky element seeped through, unfolding slowly; widening and expanding to a profound, primitive, animalistic essence. The sheer range and complexity of her odour was astonishing. The effct, intensely arousing. It was the most compelling, deeply sensual thing Valmont had ever encountered.
Eva pushed him away, horrified. "What are you doing?""You smell..." he murmured. "Yes, thank you!" She scrambled to her feet. "I hardly need you to tell me that!" she hissed. "Madame wants to see you...""No, you don't understand". He reached for her again; short sharp intakes now, savouring the notes, rolling them round on his olfactory palette. "It's unique. Completely unique.""Get off!" Eva swatted him.
Suddenly something shifted in the bed; a body. The person next to him stretched out and rolled over onto their stomach.
It was another man.
Elegance is any indication, since I'm unfamiliar with the rest) but needed to stumble upon the online perfume aficionado community to get the juices going and to borrow the lingual framework on which to build her descriptions. Some phrases ring rather modern when describing conversations with people involved in the industry in as far back as the 1920s and the 1950s. But if the reader is a casual one and not a follower of every board and blog concerning fragrance and smell, this gets bypassed easily. What is perhaps more apparent to the average eye is the awe-struck descriptions of Paris, as recounted by the impressionable heroine Grace Munroe, to the point where London is chastised for having "bundled" its monuments tightly together (an observation which as a formerly frequent visitor to the city left me surprised) and the Parisian weather glossed over while the heiress lunches al fresco at every opportunity. There's a missed opportunity there to go on an tangent and report a lay woman's impressions on some of the intelligentsia of the Parisian 1950s, but we're dealing with chick lit and Tessaro handles her weapons knowingly and with ease.
All in all, The Perfume Collector doesn't disappoint. It's an easily paced read whose prose doesn't suffer the way it would in a less skilled author's hands and which should keep you good company on the chaise-longue while sunbathing or on the train ride commuting to work, eradicating the grayness and the city torpor via fantasy.
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro is available for purchase on Amazon on this link.
Photo Perfume store. Photographs by Hans Wild. From the historical archives of LIFE Magazine 1947.
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Retirees from Alcoa's Rockdale Operations will hold a meeting, Sept. 8 at the Rockdale KC Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a fish dinner served at 6. The M-Z group is to bring dessert and a silent auction item. Presentations will be given by Mark Stiffler, director of asset management and Theresa Card with Alcoa corporate affairs.
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Lindsay Lohan's parents have assured fans the actress is "fine" after revealing she suffered a secret miscarriage while filming her reality TV series.
The Mean Girls star stunned viewers on Sunday (20Apr14), when the final episode of her eight-part docu-series Lindsay aired on Oprah Winfrey's network OWN, as she explained why she had taken a two-week break from shooting.
She said, "No one knows this - I had a miscarriage for those two weeks that I took off. That's why on the show when it says, 'She doesn't want to come down', I couldn't move, I was sick. Mentally, that messes with you."
Lohan refused to divulge details about the father of the child, simply stating it was "a very long story".
She has yet to comment on the shocking revelation following the series finale, but her mother Dina tells the New York Daily News that Lohan is "fine", while her dad Michael adds, "It's a private family matter, but she's doing fantastic. She's doing very well."
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Discussing the revelation during Monday's (21Apr14) episode of her daytime show The Talk, Osbourne said, "I think she probably had diarrhoea or something. I don't believe she had a miscarriage, I believe she's quite confused and I've had enough of watching her trying to make her life better... Everybody uses that (miscarriage) as an excuse. What a load of old codswallop (utter nonsense)!"
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No volunteers. Burnt pot of chili (mostly rescued and fixed). Zip Car website down. Hour long traffic jam. Forgotten wallet at home. When it rains, it pours. Did I mention it was ALSO raining?! That was the start to our Saturday Distribution. I took a deep breath and said to myself, it will be what it will be. And it was.
We made new volunteer badges so that our volunteers can be recognized while we are giving distributions. We have called our volunteers "Veganteers: Friends of CoW".
We arrived after an hour and a half in what is usually a 20 minute ride to Tompkins Square Park. Within 20 minutes we had already distributed close to 40 meals in that park alone. Because it was only Julianna, Ollie and I, we did not have a chance to take many pictures. The crowds gathered around us asking, "You have something to eat? What are you giving out?" It was an overwhelming experience. Usually we approach people, here they were rushing to see if we had something to eat, with a heart-breaking desperation.
Jesus, a Puerto Rican man in this park and in this rush stayed behind to talk to us. He asked us to come back again please, that people are hurting, and they're hungry. I promised him we would return next Saturday. It's time like these that I become impatient in our goal to have a daily soup kitchen with daily chili running teams. The need is so outstanding.
We started a new tradition of updating our routes in Twitter in real time, and asking you to Tweet us the location of people in the streets of Lower Manhattan that might need lunch. We ask you that if you happen upon a person set up in a sidewalk in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, you tweet us the cross streets and we will try to deliver a vegan chili. We hope it catches on!
We were done with our chili distribution fairly quickly. From now on, if we have enough volunteers, we will be splitting one team to cover Union Square from Tompkins, and the other to set up the table at Washington Square Park. Once at Wash Park, we can reshape another team to send to Central Park too. But we need volunteers! If you can give a few hours of your time and want to get in a little exercise by walking, please get in touch! We need at least 6 to 9 volunteers to cover all these locations. Be a Veganteer Friend of CoW!
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Steelers-Cardinals: The Real Travesty of the Super Bowl OfficiatingFebruary 3, 2009
In any given game, any player, coach, media member, or fan can point to a handful of plays that decided the game one way or another. Likewise, these same people can, and sometimes do, point to a few bad calls by the officiating crew that "cost their team the game."
Blaming the refs after a heart-breaking loss has become a "great" American tradition, one that everyone has been guilty of at least once in their lifetime.
In many ways, this is just human nature. It might be a cop-out, but it is easier than admitting that your team lost...and it was their fault.
As a player, you do not want to admit that you were outplayed.
As a coach, you do not want to admit that your game plan wasn't good enough.
As a media member, you want to create a good story that will help build your legacy as a writer or broadcaster.
And as a fan, you just don't want to admit that your team might not have been the better team. You don't want to wear an opposing team's jersey to work the next day or stand on a table in the break room and sing your buddy's team's fight song.
Put simply, your pride has been hurt.
As can be expected, officiating controversy has come into play regarding this past weekend's Super Bowl between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Now, I personally did not have a dog in this fight, but I did have a team I was rooting for. I have no problem coming out and saying that I was pulling for the Cardinals, and I was pulling for them passionately.
It had nothing to do with Larry Fitzgerald, although I think he is a magnificent talent, a seemingly good dude, and one of the great young superstars in the league.
It also had nothing to do with the feel-good Kurt Warner story, although I certainly respect what he has done this season and admire the fact that he has come up from a nobody to a superstar...twice!
No, it had everything to do with my team, the Dallas Cowboys. Selfishly, I wanted my team to be the first team to get that coveted sixth Lombardi Trophy. So, for one night, I was a die-hard Arizona Cardinal super-fan.
All that being said, there is no need to fear. You are not about to be subjected to a breakdown of every missed holding call, should-be facemask, and bogus pass interference call.
I won't do that because, quite honestly, the majority of the game was pretty evenly called. Yes, there were bad calls, but they went both ways, and some of the more costly bad calls were corrected by coach's challenges.
Some people are complaining that there was a hold or a block in the back on the 100-yard interception return by Harrison. I never saw it, and I am not going to look for it.
The way I see it, it was not the refs that made Warner throw the interception and they certainly did not prevent the Cardinals players from letting James Harrison lumber 100 freakin' yards for a touchdown!
Holding happens on almost every play of every game. The majority of them don't get called. A supposed holding call on that one play was not the difference in the game.
Others will point to yet another Harrison play—the unnecessary roughness penalty. Should he have been ejected? Absolutely. Did it change the outcome of the game? Nope.
Late in the game, the Steelers' offense was the difference, not their defense. The presence of Harrison on the field did not stop Larry Fitzgerald from parting the (white? yellow?) sea on his way to a go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes of the game, and he certainly didn't help Big Ben and Co. march down the field for the game-winning touchdown.
While that cheap shot of Harrison's was a disgusting show of poor sportsmanship and classlessness that certainly merits a fine and suspension, the fact that he was not ejected had no bearing on the final outcome of the game.
I have even heard people complain that Santonio Holmes was not penalized for his celebration after the game-winning touchdown where he used the ball as a prop.
Yes, it is true that by the letter of the law, that should have been a 15-yard penalty that would be assessed on the kickoff, and that could have made a huge impact on the game.
Part of me sympathizes with the Cardinals fans who believe that should have been called. The other part of me is glad that it wasn't, and I hope and pray that "penalties" like that one will never be called again.
Who wants to win a game based on another team getting called for a bogus celebration penalty that 99 percent of the fanbase will argue is ridiculous at best? There are many reasons that people call this league the No Fun League, and the "ball as a prop" rule is one of them.
The only thing that irked me about the no-call is that I know that if that had been the Cowboys' receiver Terrell Owens, the flags would have been flying instantly. Still, that was a no-call that I am fine with.
So up until the last minute of the football game, I had no beef at all with the officiating. I was witnessing a great football game between two talented teams that were both giving everything they had.
What more can you ask for, right?
Then came what is now the infamous "fumble" by Kurt Warner.
It was, for all intents and purposes, the last play of the game, and the officiating crew decided that it was not worth taking a good, long, hard look at. Apparently it was so obvious that it did not even merit an official review.
Except it wasn't obvious at all. In fact, one view clearly shows (I believe) that Warner's arm was coming forward before he was even touched by the defender. By rule, that is an incomplete pass, not a fumble.
Now, many will think this is just sour grapes. I am just mad because the Dallas Cowboys aren't the first to six, right?
Well, yes, but it is more than that.
I think the refusal to at least take a second look at this robbed the Arizona Cardinals of a chance to win this game. If this call were to be reviewed and overturned, the Cardinals would have had about eight seconds left to score a touchdown from the 29-yard line (after the 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty).
Is it very likely to see a touchdown toss of 30 yards with less than 10 seconds to go? Of course not, but the Cardinals also have Leapin' Larry Fitzgerald. If any team in the league is going to make that play it is the Arizona Cardinals, and they should have at least had the chance.
However, I think this non-review also robbed the Steelers.
Think about it. The team just won their sixth Lombardi Trophy. They should be able to celebrate like rock stars as the undisputed kings of the NFL.
Except they can't. Critics of this team will look at this play and say the Steelers didn't earn it. Considering the way the Steelers came back, I do not think this is fair, but it is also reality.
Big Ben and the Steelers offense marched down the field in a heroic effort to take the lead in the final seconds of the game, only to have that accomplishment cheapened by yet another unfortunate NFL officiating blunder.
Why not assure that the call was correct, and then, if it wasn't, let the Steelers vaunted No. 1 defense shut the Cardinals down for one more play? If that had happened, the outcome almost assuredly would have been the same, but without all the drama of speculation and conspiracy theorists.
Perhaps more than anything, however, this non-review cheated the NFL fans. This was one of the most exciting Super Bowls in recent history (and some will argue ever). The fourth quarter could not have been scripted any better.
Then, with eight seconds left, the officiating crew elected to turn their back on what very well could have been a game-changing play. They robbed the NFL fans of one more exciting, heart-wrenching, jaw-dropping play.
Instead of getting to watch eight more seconds of what-ifs, the NFL fans were subjected to a measly kneel-down.


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I just received my copy of Freedom's Sons, Vol. I. I've already read it online, but I guess I'm old fashioned - I like having the physical book.
How's Vol. II going?
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