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An exceptional tour by a collaborative ensemble featuring KONONO N°1, DEERHOOF, JUANA MOLINA, KASAI ALLSTARS,
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS and SKELETONS. This show is a live extension of "Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics", the indie scene's tribute album to Congotronics
The music created by Congolese bands Konono N°1 and Kasai Allstars (collectively known as 'Congotronics') has been
enthusiastically acclaimed by everyone in the indie rock scene, from artists to fans to media. Released at the end of 2010, the epic double-album entitled Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics was a collective tribute by 26 rock and electronic artists, who came up with their own, creative interpretations of the Congotronics bands' music.
The logical next step in this transcontinental encounter: this spring & summer, a special collaborative ensemble consisting of ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians will get together to create a common, entirely fresh repertoire, building bridges between their respective worlds, for what promises to be one of the most spectacular musical events of 2o11.
Appearing under the name CONGOTRONICS vs ROCKERS, the ensemble will include Konono N°1, Kasai Allstars, mighty US band Deerhoof, unique Argentinian artist Juana Molina, explosive Swedish experimental pop duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums, & inventive Brooklyn band Skeletons (represented by their leader Matt Mehlan), 2o musicians in total, all performing together. Scheduled from June 26 to July 31, 2o11, this special tour includes selected dates at major festivals & venues around Europe & Japan.


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When schools are closed, camp is in session. Days include a field trip or special visitor, and some popular Camp Centerland activities such as sport, amanut (arts & crafts), climbing, madah (science), and more. Bring a lunch, sneakers, bathing suit and towel each day.
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The school takes children from 18 months to 3 at the Jardin d'Enfants, situated 5 minutes from the main school. They can then continue their schooling in Cambridge Gardens /Oxford Gardens (classes currently go up to age 10).
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- Nursery: 80 Cambridge Gardens, London W10 6HS
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The school is open from Monday to Friday, as follows:
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On Wednesday the school is only open in the morning from 8.30-9am to 12 for all classes.
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- After school child care from 4:30 to 6:20pm.
- Wednesday workshops from 12 to 4pm.
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Ektimo has adopted W Edwards Deming's definition of quality. Deming was responsible for successfully rebuilding the Japanese economy after World War 2.
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Ektimo is committed to providing a high quality service to all clients. Our quality system is accredited by NATA to AS ISQ/IEC 17025:2005 (this is the laboratory specific equivalent of ISO 9000 series). As part of this system we have documented procedures and policies pertaining to all areas of operations.
Ektimo has an open door policy with regard to quality. Any client is welcome to audit our quality system and procedures. Independent audits are routinely conducted by NATA.
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Go Far in this Hoverboard Halloween Costume Inspired by Moana
Make way for Moana! This passionate island princess was chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti and save her Polynesian people in the mystical 2016 Disney movie Moana. Your Moana-inspired costume will be the best at the Halloween ball as you cruise on your bright blue GOTRAX HOVERFLY ECO Hoverboard like you're sailing across the seas on a voyage to save the island.
The ultimate ocean explorer, Moana always knows the way to go. In your Moana-inspired costume complete with a HOVERFLY, you'll know just where to hoverboard past the tricks to get more treats this year.
"In your Moana-inspired costume complete with a HOVERFLY, you'll know exactly where to hoverboard past the tricks to get more treats this year."
Aboard your Neptune-ocean-blue HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard, you can set out to find a lost magical fishhook, conquer the crabbiest of crustaceans, escape coconut-armored pirates, and take out a Te Kā-like lava monster. You can restore the mystical heart stone to its rightful ocean goddess and rid the island of darkness. Even more, you can do all of this while collecting the most candy and winning a costume contest.
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With your Moana-inspired Halloween costume and your GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS hoverboard, there's just no telling "how far you'll go!" GO-GO-GOTRAX!
Embrace the island spirit this Halloween by creating your very own Moana-inspired island princess costume at home with just a few materials and no sewing required.
"With your Moana-inspired Halloween costume and your GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS hoverboard, there's just no telling "how far you'll go!" GO-GO-GOTRAX!"
GOTRAX is making it easy to create a last-minute Moana-inspired DIY costume in no time with our handy how-to complete with a downloadable and print-ready shopping list and step-by-step instructions, and tips.
The ocean is calling, and the people of island Motunui need you.
How to Make Your Moana-Inspired DIY Halloween Costume
Does the sea call you? Journey farther as an ever-strong island princess this Halloween. GOTRAX is making your Moana-inspired last-minute Halloween costume as easy as a gentle sea breeze.
We did all the heavy rowing for you. Below is a shopping list of everything you need to create your DIY Moana-inspired costume this Halloween. No one will have a Moana-like look that can compare when you complete your costume with a GOTRAX HOVERFLY Eco Hoverboard in Neptune Blue so you can glide through the ocean waters like a true voyager.
- Coral shirt (Buy on Amazon)
- Coral Sash (Buy on Amazon)
- Brown Fabric Marker (Buy on Amazon)
- Grass Skirt (Buy on Amazon)
- White Cloth (Buy on Amazon)
- Blue & Silver Necklace (Buy on Amazon)
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- Neptune Blue GOTAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard (Buy on Amazon)
No crabby crustaceans are getting in your way. We're going to walk you through every step of your Moana-inspired costume creation.
STEP 1: Draw a Moana-inspired island pattern on your coral shirt
Use the brown fabric marker and draw a horizontal block of sunbursts across the middle of your coral shirt or crop top. Use the illustration at the top of this page, or get creative and let the island inspire your very own arrangement of lines and patterns.
STEP 2: Cut the white cloth to fit like a sarong over the grass skirt
Try on the grass skirt, and wrap the white cloth around your waist on top of the grass skirt. Use the brown fabric pen to mark on the white cloth where you are to going cut with scissors, so it will fit nicely around your waist and create a sarong effect. Next, mark and then use your scissors to cut out a large triangle so you can see the grass skirt underneath. When it's time to put on your costume, tie the white cloth ends together in a knot at the top, or use safety pins to the secure the sarong.
GO FARTHER: Decorate your white sarong by drawing more sunbursts, lines, and patterns using the brown fabric marker.
STEP 3: Make your oar for sailing across the sea
Draw and cut out a large oval shape with pointed ends from the cardboard. Use the masking tape to attach it to the broom handle. Pull a couple of pieces from the grass skirt to wrap around the bottom of the cardboard where it connects to the handle.
STEP 4: Add the finishing touches to your island voyager look
Don't forget to finish your Moana-inspired DIY Halloween costume with a coral sash to match your shirt and the silver and blue necklace. Moana Disney movie fans already know that the necklace is the epicenter of the story. This mystical necklace is the heart of the goddess that brings light and life to the ocean, the island, and its people.
As the demigod Maui says, "If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess."
GO FARTHER: Bring along a chicken or pig stuffed animal as your trusty sidekicks on your journey, just like Moana brought along her pet pig Pua and her rooster Heihei.
"As the demigod Maui says, "If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess.""
Make Your Moana-Inspired Costume Even Better with the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard
Make the final piece of your island princess DIY Halloween costume the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard in Neptune Blue, and you'll take home the blue ribbon for best costume this year.
Named the #1 best hoverboard under $250, the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard is tested and certified to UL 2272 safety standards.
Magnify your fun this Halloween and minimize worry to none; all electrical, battery, and charger systems of the HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard are tested and certified to UL 2272 safety standard guides.
"Named the #1 best hoverboard under $250, the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard is tested and certified to UL 2272 safety standards. "
We also added non-slip foot platforms, rubber bumpers, and system safety features like Auto Shutdown for optimum protection.
On top of its first-class safety features, the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS allows you to become a hoverboard master faster with the easy-to-use rider's Training Mode.
To hover your way to a Happy Halloween this year, GOTRAX recommends always wearing an ASTM-approved safety helmet when riding your HOVERFLY.
GO FARTHER: To coordinate your safety gear with your Moana-inspired costume, you can buy or create an island flower crown out of construction paper, and then tape it around your helmet.
"On top of its first-class safety features, the GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS allows you to become a hoverboard master faster with the easy-to-use rider's Training Mode."
GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard Halloween Safety Tips:
- Always wear your safety helmet and athletic shoes with the laces tied and out of the way.
- Make sure your grass skirt and sarong are adjusted to a length so that they don't get in the way of the hoverboard wheels.
- Remember to read the full Commander's Manual before riding your GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard and know how and where to ride safely.
How to Get Into Character: You Become One with Moana
Now that you look just like an island princess explorer, it's time to become one with Moana. You are the daughter of the island's chief, and you are a strong-spirited voyager who yearns to travel beyond the reef.
"She loves the sea and her people, and she makes your whole family proud."
– "I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" by Auli'i Cravalho
Use your phone to play the songs "I Am Moana" or "How Far I'll Go" from the Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on your GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard with built-in Bluetooth® speaker.
With Moana's music as your soundtrack, you'll start to feel like an island princess voyager as you skim the waves on your GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard.
Just remember that with every journey comes the realization that "happiness is where you are."
More Movie-Inspired DIY Costume Ideas for the Whole Family
GOTRAX is making it easy to turn Halloween preparation into a fun activity for the whole family. Leading up to the big night when you all dress up, plan some family movie marathon nights to get inspiration for your Halloween costumes and get into character.
Matching Moana-inspired DIY costumes on hoverboards can make for a magical mother-daughter Halloween. Or, maybe mom will want to show off her supermom powers with a DIY Wonder Woman-inspired Halloween costume on a powerful Planetary Purple HOVERFLY Hoverboard.
"GOTRAX is making it easy to turn Halloween preparation into a fun activity for the whole family."
Fathers and sons can bring a Darth Vader-inspired costume or a Batman-inspired costume to life with a Mars Red GOTRAX HOVERFLY PLUS Hoverboard or a Nebula Black HOVERFLY Hoverboard.
Find costume how-tos, videos, shopping lists and more for a Wonder Woman-inspired DIY costume, Darth Vader-inspired Halloween costume and Batman-inspired costume on GOTRAX.com.
Disclaimer: These costumes are not sponsored, reviewed, or endorsed by DC Comics, Disney Enterprises, Inc, or LUCASFILM LTD. Wonder Woman, Batman, and any associated characters and movie titles are trademarks or registered trademarks of DC Comics. Disney Moana and any associated characters and movie titles are trademarks or registered trademarks Disney Enterprises, Inc. Darth Vader and any associated characters and movie titles are trademarks or registered trademarks of LUCASFILM LTD.All other trademarks or service marks used on this website are the trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective owners.


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The current popular narrative holds that since the number of community banks has declined since Dodd-Frank became law in 2010, the law must be responsible. Therefore community banks with assets below $10 billion need regulatory relief to avert extinction.
But this narrative confuses correlation with causation. Yes, the number of community banks has dwindled since 2010. But this is no more proof of Dodd-Frank's ravages than increased community bank profits are proof of the law's success, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently claimed. Both arguments rely on classic post hoc fallacies.
Other factors may well have contributed to the reduction in community banks. After all, the number of community banks with assets under $100 million dropped from 13,000 in 1985 to 2,625 in 2010 before Dodd-Frank was enacted. The number of small community banks had dropped under 1,900 by 2014.
The number of larger community banks with assets between $100 million and $1 billion stayed comparatively stable in this period at roughly 3,800 in 1985, 4,300 in 2010 and 3,900 in 2014. The number of institutions with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion was also stable. Community banks of all sizes did, however, lose share to "too big to fail" banks formed during the big-bank merger waves of the 1990s and the early part of this century.
The decline in the population of small community banks can be attributed to two main factors. The first is the impact of economies of scale. Studies by the Government Accountability Office and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. indicate that banking economies of scale set in at the $100 million to $1 billion asset size rangea relatively low level. A comparison of efficiency ratios from FDIC quarterly reports confirms these findings. In 2014, the smallest community banks had an efficiency ratio of 77%, compared with an efficiency ratio of 69% for those in the $100 million to $1 billion asset bracket. The spread difference in efficiency ratios before the Great Recession was 10%.
The second and more recent factor in the decline in small community banks is the collapse in startup or de novo bank activity following the FDIC's 2009 policy change, which among other things lengthened the heightened supervision period for new banks from three to seven years. More importantly, regulators made the approval process for new banks more difficult, discouraging potential applicants. Consequently, the number of de novo approvals has plunged to just two in the last four years.
De novo activity is cyclical, but it usually recovers following a recession. This time is different, and it's unlikely to improve while the FDIC's policy remains in place.
The best way to stabilize the number of small community banks is to increase de novo activity rather than to make changes to Dodd-Frank. This stance should by no means be taken as support for Dodd-Frank. It merely reflects the facts.
The extinction of community banks has been a concern in the financial industry ever since I entered banking more than thirty years ago. It's undoubtedly true that community banks above the $100 million asset threshold may be challenged by regulation, but they are unlikely to disappear with or without Dodd-Frank. That is why I am, and will continue to be, an investor in these institutions. Their unique local knowledge and relationship-based business model provide a valuable community service, and with the right scale they continue to earn attractive returns.
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The FSH Society, the Massachusetts-based non-profit and global leader in the quest to cure Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), today announced it has received its eighth consecutive Charity Navigator four-star rating. The FSH Society received a score of 99.4 out of a possible 100 percent perfect score. Less than two percent of the organizations rated by Charity Navigator have received eight or more consecutive four-star evaluations, indicating that the FSH Society outperformed most other charities in America.
The four-star rating from Charity Navigator demonstrates that the FSH Society adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way. This rating differentiates the FSH Society from other organizations and demonstrates to the public that it is worthy of their trust.
"In this competitive philanthropic marketplace, Charity Navigator, America's premier charity evaluator, highlights the fine work of efficient, ethical and open charities," said Michael Thatcher, President and CEO, of Charity Navigator. "Our goal in all of this is to provide donors with essential information needed to give them greater confidence in the charitable choices they make."
Affecting an estimated one out of every 8,000 individuals, or 870,000 people worldwide, FSHD is one of the most common muscular dystrophies. The genetic disorder presents a lifelong progressive loss of skeletal muscles, typically attacking the muscles of the face (facio), shoulder blades (scapula), arms (humerus), trunk and legs, although it can progress to affect any skeletal muscle. It has a significant profile as a genetically inheritable, debilitating and crippling condition with variable expression among patients. Approximately one-quarter to one-third of patients will require a wheelchair after age fifty.
"We are honored to be recognized as a top charity in the country for the eighth consecutive time," said Daniel Perez, co-founder and President and CEO of the FSH Society. "This award succinctly validates the excellent work of our Board, Scientific Advisory Board, staff, grantees and donors in fulfilling our mission of elevating the profile of FSHD, uniquely bringing forward just exactly how FSHD is caused biologically and how to slow the progression or even stop FSHD. We are deeply appreciative of Charity Navigator's work in highlighting the good work we accomplish."
In their recently released 2014-2015 Donor Impact Report, the FSH Society reported that more than 3,000 donors from around the globe contributed to the charity. Fifty-four percent of the Society's total revenue came from individual gifts. Most importantly, 91.6 percent of its total expenditures went to programs serving the Society's mission: funding scientific research and delivering educational information and direct services to patients, families, researchers and doctors.
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Inspired by the extraordinary surroundings we grew up in, we wanted to create a special space, somewhere far from the everyday. A place where deep green valley meets wild north sea, where echoes of mermaid crested waves and a touch of the faerie folk are woven into something quite magical.
A nest of richness, of warm welcoming accommodation and a trove of finest crafted floral wedding crowns, Cruelty-Free Makeup & Flower School; timeless, imaginative, exceptional.
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Qualified Aromatherapist, Reflexologist, Holistic therapist and Facialist. Specialising in natural beauty with a holistic approach to beautiful skin. Using soothing jade roller and cooling rose quartz Gua Sha tools with incense, crystals and essential oils to realign the body and mind, promote wellbeing, skin healing, relaxation and inner calm.
Heated massage bed. Herbal face steam, detox tea and Lavender eye pillow. We also use Organic cotton, eco cotton buds and Organic non-toxic Skincare.
COMPLIMENTARY HAND & ARM MASSAGE - Book below or simply ring Michelle on 07445282065
Telephone 01947 820228
Secret Garden, Galleried Courtyard & Private Balconies