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Place to eat in Broadway
Are you looking for a place to eat in the Broadway? Located in the Cotswolds, The Crown and Trumpet Inn serves food and drink all through the week using locally produced ingredients.
No matter the season, The Crown and Trumpet is a cosy, welcoming place to eat – whether it's the open fire in the winter or the serving of Pimm's on the patio on the summer you will enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Broadway.
What is served at the Crown and Trumpet, Broadway?
A lunch and dinner menu is served. To view the menu click here
In addition to this we serve a fabulous Sunday lunch. All our beef is from a Cotswold herd and served with locally sourced vegetables from The Vale of Evesham
Book a table at the Crown and Trumpet, Broadway
If you have any enquiries about booking a table then please call 01386 853036. We offer inside reserved seating as well as unreserved outside tables.
Lunch is served 12pm-2pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Dinner is served 6pm-9pm Monday Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday it is served 12pm-9pm.


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Insider tips from Bluetent's Social Media Specialist, Sarah Wilson.
With social media usage up over 50%, now is the time to leverage your platforms through both paid and organic content. Social media is an easy way to communicate with your past guests and potential customers about important changes to reservations, provide vacation inspiration, and be an outlet for a few moments of bliss to remind them of the beauty that is waiting …
We know budgeting is of upmost importance right now and recognize monthly ad spend will likely be less than before. Good news! Each ad can run with a budget as little as $1 per day, so you can still maintain a presence in front of customers for as little as $30/month and continue to drive valuable website traffic and stay in front of customers.
Types of Paid Campaigns
- Vacation Inspiration: Focus on 'Vacation Inspiration' ad campaigns while being empathetic to what's going on in the world. Don't call out COVID-19 specifically in the copy, but by using client imagery and video content you can evoke feelings of peacefulness and adventure. What we'd recommend you say: "Vacation dreaming? We can't wait to welcome you back to _______ once the coast is clear. Browse our selection of the area's top vacation rentals. Stay safe and stay healthy, see you soon!"
- Brand Loyalty: Focus on brand loyalty ad campaigns targeting former guests and retargeting website visitors.
- Help/Offering Accommodations: Ad campaigns offering help/accommodations during this time. What we'd recommend you say: "If you need a place to stay or work, we're here for you."
- Email Retargeting – Future Reservations: Ad campaigns using email retargeting lists of guests with future reservations to help spread information on how to contact their company or provide the latest updates on reservation changes.
- Owners Acquisition Lead Ad : With the economic impact, people might be looking for new ways of generating income and might be open to listing their vacation home.
Instead of focusing on usual prospecting audiences, right now it's important to serve ads in front of people who are familiar with your company whether they follow your social media pages, have stayed with you in the past, or have visited your website. Team Bluetent recommends focusing on the following audiences for paid campaigns:
- Website Visitors – Now is an excellent time to utilize the Facebook Pixel so you can serve ads on social media to people who have visited your website.
- Email Retargeting – Upload .csv file of email addresses from past guests (or future guests with upcoming reservations)
- People who have engaged with your Facebook/Instagram profile
Organic Content to Share on Your Social Feeds
- Facebook Live video posts – share a beautiful view, a stunning sunset etc. No talking necessary! Your goal is to provide a relaxing, peaceful escape for a few minutes.
- Blog Posts – now is the time to utilize website content to help aid in vacation planning/dreaming whether it's re-sharing old blog posts or creating new ones featuring your favorite local watering holes, restaurants, dog-friendly places etc. This is also a great way to help promote a few local businesses that I'm sure would love a shout out!
- Photo Contest – consider hosting a photo contest during this time as people are reminiscing about past travels now more than ever. This is also a great way to generate photo assets to use for future marketing use!
- Live Webcam – If your company has a link to a live webcam, that's a great post to share on your page to provide a few moments of bliss and relaxation.
- Pinterest is seeing a record number of users each week as everyone is increasing their time on social media and leaning towards this platform for inspiration whether it be new recipes, DIY projects, future travel planning & more. A handful of our accounts are seeing a spike in referral traffic from Pinterest, in the past, some have even generated a direct conversion. Now is a great time to build out vacation rental boards and start utilizing this platform as a source of vacation inspiration and trip planning for your local area.
Let's dive into your social media strategy. Connect with Team Bluetent today.

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Useful Tips for Creatives Working From Home!
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We thought the start of a new year would be a great time for a quick refresher of good habits and practices for creatives working from home. At this stage most of our teams have been working from home for over 10 months, so we've compiled a shortlist of tips from our studios to help you get the best out of your work from home routine.
We hope you'll find our tips below helpful and as always please feel free to share your own with us too!
Make Sure to Stretch!
Are you finding yourself achey at the end of a work day? It's easy to lose track of time sitting in place at your home desk, which might currently look like working over the kitchen table or utilizing your bedroom as your office space temporarily. Whatever the case may be, it's important that you squeeze in some time for some much needed stretching. We've got a great visual guide, 'Essential Stretches for Animators', to help you get started!
Make Time for Self-Care and Stress Relief
If anxiety is running high or if you're feeling stressed at the moment, you're not alone. Millions of people worldwide are doing their best to cope with national lockdowns, juggling their work, personal and/or parenting responsibilities, including our own teams here at Brown Bag Films. And let us tell you, it isn't easy! BUT there are some valuable activities, like meditation, yoga, and breathwork, that you can be doing throughout your day to help alleviate the stress and anxiety and ensure you prioritise your mental health.
Our Health and Wellbeing committees shared their top tips with us, in 'Our Health and Wellbeing Committees Guide to Stress Relief', which we hope you'll find useful! And if you're not doing so already, make sure to incorporate self-care into your daily routine.
Make Your Workspace Comfortable
Have you checked the ergonomics of your at home work space? It might be time to do a quick review and ensure you're as comfortable in your space as you can be.
Make sure your work space is as safe as possible, watch out for overloaded sockets and cables running across the floor. Try to avoid working on a bed or a couch. Find a flat surface with space that you can put your legs under if possible. Your seat ideally will have back support and be high enough for you to get your elbows level with your keyboard. You may have to get creative with the use of cushions and pillows to get high enough and get some back support. The effort you put into this piece WILL be worth it. Try to keep your feet on the floor or put them flat onto a small box. Keep an open window to let some fresh air into the room.
Check out the video below to help set up your desk ergonomically:
Stay Disciplined with Your Routine and Don't Forget to Take Breaks!
Routine is KEY. Create boundaries between your work space and your home space. Brighten up your work space with some creative flourishes – we find having sketchbooks or post-its, plants, toys and crafty bits and bobs nearby help fuel our creativity.
Schedule a lunch break – it can be tempting to just keep on working but this isn't sustainable and coming back to your work with fresh eyes will help in the long run. Get outside for fresh air. A walk will do your mind and body good.
Have a clear end time to your working day – it's tempting to dip in and out of work with the technology available to you at home but avoid this if you can. We find writing a list of what you need to do the next day is a good way to mark the end of your current working day.
There you have it! We'd love to hear your working from home tips too.
Anahita Tabarsi
Anahita is Brown Bag Films' Marketing Director, Digital & Social and drinks more than five coffees a day...
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Kyle Wilson recalled from Admirals to Predators
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Tuesday that the club has recalled forward Kyle Wilson from Milwaukee.
Wilson leads the Admirals in assists (9) and is tied for the team lead in points (13) through 17 games in 2011-12. The Oakville, Ont., native Draft has also appeared in 34 NHL games with Washington and Columbus since 2009-10, registering 13 points (4g-9a). The 6-0, 200-pounder spent four seasons at Colgate University (ECAC) from 2002-06, recording 101 points (46g-55a) in 139 games.
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The golden shrine of the Dome of the Rock mosque, located in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount is seen inside the walled Old City in Jerusalem, Wednesday April 6, 2005.... (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)Also known as? Excuse me, but King Solomon built the First Temple three thousand years ago. That mosque was built "only" 1300 years ago -- on top of the Temple[s].
The Romans destroyed Jerusalem in the year 70, then deliberately left the [Second] Temple in ruins -as did the Byzantines later- as evidence of their successful conquest. The Muslims didn't come on the scene until their conquest in the 600s, when Caliph Somebody ordered the site cleared and a mosque built on top of it.
So shouldn't the Associated Press say, "... the Temple Mount, also known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa" ???
"As the navel is set in the centre of the human body,
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.
It's no accident that the Covenant of HAMAS calls Palestine "the navel of the globe" (Article 34). But there was a time before HAMAS, a time before "Palestine." There was even a time before Islam. And in that very long ago time, the Jews lived in Jerusalem.
Why do I even bother to explain these things? As if the world operates on rationality. It's ours as long as we can defend it (see post just below) .... or until -Gd forbid- Sharon gives it away.
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The sun opposes both Saturn and Pluto, Mercury retrograde backs into Mars, and Mars picks a fight with Uranus. Thank goodness there's a silver lining — the sun and Neptune are getting along great!
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Grand Adventure On the Road Less Traveled
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Our series of freely available webinars open to all library staff members working in Ohio continues this fall with two sessions that feature resources available at libraries all across the state. This pair of sessions will be led by veteran EBSCO trainer, Joe Ceterski, with suggestions and usage scenarios provided by Sara Churchill (Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County). Click the title links for more information and to register.
Exploring Our Statewide Resources: Quick Research Reference Sources
As the new academic year gets started, library staff members working in all kinds of communities will find themselves coping with the annual onslaught of requests for help starting a research project or paper. Check out this set of three great resources that can help: Biography Reference Bank, Literary Reference Center, and Science Reference Center.
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Reports place the accident in the channel linking Phuket's two main marinas with the the bay on the east side of the island at about 8:15am
The 22 injured in the accident were taken to vairous hospitals, as follows: four to Mission Hospital Phuket; 11 to Bangkok Hospital Phuket; six to Bangkok Hospital Siriroj; and one Russian national was taken to Vachira Hospital Phuket.
Video footage at the scene showed rescue workers performing CPR to young Western children.
Maj Ekachai Siri of the Phuket Tourist Police has confirmed that the two people killed were both children, and both Russian: a 12-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl.
In his initial report this morning Maj Ekachai, along with Marine Police Region 8 Chief Col Prasert Srikhunrat, explained that tour boat "Payan 5", operated by Seastar company, was en route from Laem Nga in Rassada to pick tourists up at Royal Phuket Marina when the accident happened.
While the Payan 5 was turning into the access channel to arrive at Royal Phuket Marina, it was struck by another boat, the "ALP" operated by LP company.
The ALP boat was full with tourists and heading out into the bay from near Phuket Boat Lagoon, which is located further along the access channel, Col Prasert said.
There were 39 people on the two boats, he noted.
Of those, 15 people received immediate medical treatment and discharged from care, and a further 20 people were taken to the four hospitals above.
Four crewmen on the two boats were not injured, he added.
"At this time, the investigation into the collision is still ongoing. Officers will inspect the scene of the accident before traveling to see the injured persons at the hospitals next," Col Prasert said.
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(Minghui.org) The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) has investigated organizations and individuals who are involved in harvesting organs from live Falun Gong practitioners since the disclosure of the atrocity in China in 2006. WOIPFG recently announced a list of 865 hospitals and 9500 medical professionals involved.
The investigation revealed that the number of hospitals and organ transplants increased tremendously after 1999, which corresponds to the beginning of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution campaign against Falun Gong. At least 865 hospitals quickly expanded or began performing organ transplants. The hospitals are located throughout 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 province-level municipalities in China.
Based on postings on Chinese hospital websites and papers published in medical journals, these hospitals completed transplants of at least 176,267 kidneys, 40,170 livers, and 137,294 corneas through September 2014.
The report exposes only the tip of the iceberg. Many hospitals did not report their total number of organ transplants. Military hospitals regard the information as military secrets and do not disclose such information at all.
The Communist regime has admitted harvesting organs from executed prisoners under pressure from the international community since 2006. But the number of death sentences decreases year by year, which is inconsistent with the exponential growth in organ transplants since 2000. Trials of voluntary organ donation in China started in 2010. There are few voluntary organ donors. The first voluntary organ donation registration system started in March 2014. The source of most organ transplants in China remains a mystery.
The former Minister of Health for the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department, Bai Shuzhong, said in a telephone call that the order to kill Falun Gong practitioners and harvest their organs came from former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin.
"Back then it was from Chairman Jiang," said Bai. "Under his orders, many of us had done a lot of work to eliminate Falun Gong. To be fair, kidney transplantation is not limited to military [hospitals]." The audio file of the call was published by WOIPFG in September 2014.
Shockingly Large Number of Transplants and Multiple Operations Done at the Same Time
The Chinese Liver Transplant Registry reported that Shen Zhongyang and his colleagues in Tianjin No. 1 Hospital and Armed Police General Hospital had completed 6270 liver transplants through 2010. But he conducted only ten such operations from 1994 to 1999.
The Organ Transplant Center in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University conducted over 4000 kidney and 1500 liver transplants through December 2013. The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University conducted over 3700 kidney transplants and instructed 23 hospitals in 13 provinces to perform over 10,000 kidney transplants in the same period.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University conducted more than 3200 kidney transplants through May 2012, seven times as many as in 1999, and performed over 1500 liver transplants through July 2014.
The Southeastern News Express reported on March 6, 2014 that Director Jiang Yi and his 16 surgeons in the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region completed five liver transplant procedures within 17 hours on February 18, 2014.
According to the lead surgeon, Jiang Yi, who is also the director of the department, five patients were waiting for the livers at the hospital. The five "donors" "died" on the same day, and all five livers were transplanted successfully in 17 hours.
The Guangzhou Daily reported on March 14, 2006 that the reporter witnessed concurrent operations of five liver and six kidney transplants in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. The record in the transplant center was 19 kidneys and 6 livers in one day.
The investigation revealed that the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army set up a central database for a living organ bank. The database includes the identity of detained Falun Gong practitioners and other pertinent information, such as their blood type.
The General Logistics Department is responsible for the security of the secret camps where prisoners are held, managing the availability of organs for the hospitals, as well organ transportation, accounting, and security. Military and police hospitals are major players in the transplant industry, but they sometimes sell organs to civilian hospitals to attract foreign patients while making a small profit.
One military doctor working for the Logistics Department of Shenyang Military Region told foreign media, "Due to the large live organ source, the real number of organ transplants in China would at least triple the publicized numbers in state media. If the government said it was 30,000 cases in a year, the real numbers could be 110,000 a year." He also said that China is the center of a global network and has provided more than 85% of all organs for transplantation around the world since 2000.
Plenty of Donors with Excellent Health, Fresh Organs, and Short Waits
"Warm ischemia time" refers to the time that a tissue, organ, or body part remains at body temperature after its blood supply is reduced or cut off but before it is cooled or reconnected to a blood supply. Minimizing ischemia time results better organ quality and a higher success rate for transplantation.
The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical School stated that the warm ischemia time for 120 donor livers for transplantation from 2005 to 2007 was from 0 to 10 minutes, and less than 4 minutes on average.
The No. 2 Artillery General Hospital stated that the warm ischemia time of 103 livers from young healthy donors from 2004 to 2007 was 0 to 5 minutes. The warm ischemia time of 240 donor livers in Changzheng Hospital of No. 2 Military Medical University in Shanghai from 2001 to 2004 was 0 to 8 minutes. This indicates that the livers were removed from live donors, who were killed in the process.
These hospitals claim waiting time for organs is short, and even emergency transplantation can be done. Among 120 liver transplants in Changzheng Hospital of No. 2 Military Medical University in Shanghai from 2003 to 2006, the organ recipients were patients of severe hepatitis with an average life expectancy of only three days. One recipient received a liver transplant four hours after being taken to the emergency room.
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical School of Zhejiang University conducted 46 emergency liver transplants from January 2000 to December 2004. All of the 46 patients received waited less than 72 hours.
Yunnan Kidney Disease Hospital claimed on its website that it is an "organ transplantation hospital in which donors look for recipients," "guarantees to find healthy kidneys within the shortest time," "provides organs with the shortest warm ischemia time," and "conducts organ transplants every week." It even provides a guarantee that "if [the transplantation is] not successful, it will be conducted again until it is successful."
Such guarantees are established on the basis of having a large number of donors. They suggest that organ transplantation hospitals in China conduct killings on demand.
Most Hospitals Started Transplantation After 1999 for Lucrative Profit
Various hospitals and medical facilities in China started or expanded organ transplantation after the Communist regime initiated the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999.
The Organ Transplantation Center of Beijing University was established in October 2001. It carried out liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, cornea, and bone marrow transplants. It had completed transplantation of nearly 2000 kidneys and more than 900 livers through December 2013. The Organ Transplantation Institute of Armed Police was established in April 2002. It had completed transplantation of nearly 2000 livers and 1000 kidneys through May 2014.
The hospitals involved in organ harvesting have made enormous profits. No. 309 Hospital, named the "Military Organ Transplantation Center" by the General Logistics Department of the Ministry of Health, saw its revenues surge from 30 million yuan in 2006 to 230 million yuan in 2010. The Affiliated Daping Hospital of No. 3 Military Medical School saw a huge increase in revenue from 36 million yuan in 2006 to 900 million yuan in 2009, an approximately 25-fold increase.
Professor Arthur Caplan, former director of the Bioethics Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said that it is "a shame of mankind" that "killing on demand" to harvest organs has happened frequently in China and lasted for over a decade.
Investigation List
Medical professionals involved in removing organs from live prisoners of conscience include doctors, nurses, anesthetists, and so on.
The 100 military hospitals and armed police hospitals involved in forced live organ harvesting are:
Military Hospitals Under Direct Control of Central Military Commission1. PLA (People Liberation Army) General Hospital2. The First Affiliated Hospital (Hospital 304) of PLA General Hospital3. PLA Hospital 309
General Hospitals of Different Military Branches1. PLA Navy General Hospital2. PLA Air Force General Hospital3. PLA Missile Branch General Hospital
Affiliated Hospitals of Military Universities1. South Hospital of South Medical University (the former No. 1 Affiliated Hospital of the No. 1 Military Medical University)2. Zhujiang Hospital of South Medical University (the Former No. 2 Affiliated Hospital of the No. 1 Military Medical University)1. Affiliated Changzheng Hospital of PLA No. 2 Military Medical University2. Affiliated Changhai Hospital of the No. 2 Military Medical University3. Affiliated Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital of the No. 2 Military Medical University4. Affiliated Daping Hospital of the No. 3 Military Medical University5. Affiliated Southwest Hospital of the No. 3 Military Medical University6. Affiliated Xinqiao Hospital of the No. 3 Military Medical University7. Affiliated Xijing Hospital of the No. 4 Military Medical University8. Tangdu Hospital of the No. 4 Military Medical University
General Hospitals in Military Regions1. Beijing Military Region General Hospital2. Nanjing Military Region General Hospital in Nanjing3. Nanjing Military Region General Hospital in Fuzhou4. Guangzhou Military Region General Hospital in Guangzhou5. Guangzhou Military Region General Hospital in Wuhan6. Jinan Military Region General Hospital7. Shenyang Military Region General Hospital8. Chengdu Military Region General Hospital9. Lanzhou Military Region General Hospital in Lanzhou10. Lanzhou Military Region General Hospital in Urumqi11. Chengdu Military Region General Hospital in Kunming12. Tibet Military Region General Hospital
Beijing Military Region1. PLA Hospital 3022. PLA Hospital 3073. PLA Hospital 2814. Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Aviation Medical Research Institute5. Affiliated Bayi Children Hospital of Beijing Military General Hospital6. PLA Hospital 2547. PLA Air Force Hospital in Tianjin (Hospital 464)8. PLA Hospital 2519. PLA Bethune International Peace Hospital10. PLA Hospital 32211. PLA Hospital 264
Nanjing Military Region1. PLA Hospital 1172. PLA Hospital 813. PLA Hospital 1804. PLA Hospital 1015. PLA Hospital 976. PLA Hospital 1747. PLA Hospital 1758. PLA Hospital 4769. PLA Hospital 10510. PLA Hospital 9411. PLA Hospital 8512. PLA Hospital 45513. Songjiang Branch of PLA Hospital 455
Guangzhou Military Region1. PLA Hospital 1812. PLA Hospital 3033. PLA Hospital 1614. PLA Hospital 4585. PLA Hospital 4776. PLA Hospital 4577. PLA Hospital 187
Jinan Military Region1. PLA Hospital 4012. PLA Hospital 1073. PLA Hospital 1534. PLA Hospital 895. Yanzhou Hospital 916. PLA Hospital 887. PLA Hospital 1508. PLA Hospital 3719. PLA Hospital 159
Shenyang Military Region1. PLA Hospital 4632. PLA Hospital 2013. PLA Hospital 2024. PLA Hospital 2055. Harbin Hospital 2426. Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Pharmacy Hospital (former Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Military Medical College)
Chengdu Military Region1. PLA Hospital 4522. PLA Hospital 593. PLA Hospital 444. PLA Hospital 324
Lanzhou Military Region1. Lanzhou Military Region Hospital 4742. PLA Number 3 Hospital3. PLA Hospital 451
Armed Police Hospitals1. The General Hospital of Armed Police2. Affiliated Hospital of Armed Police Medical College3. Shanxi Corps Hospital of Armed Police4. Shaanxi Corps Hospital of Armed Police5. Number 2 Hospital of Beijing Corps of Armed Police6. The Central Hospital of Beijing Prison Management Bureau7. Tianjin Police Hospital8. Hebei Corps Hospital of Armed Police9. Anhui Corps Hospital of Armed Police10. Jiangxi Corps Hospital of Armed Police11. Fujian Corps Hospital of Armed Police12. Shanghai Corps Hospital of Armed Police13. Hubei Corps Hospital of Armed Police14. Guangdong Public Security Border Defense Hospital15. Guangdong Corps Hospital of Armed Police16. Shandong Border Defense Corps Hospital of Armed Police17. Henan Corps Hospital of Armed Police18. Sichuan Corps Hospital of Armed Police19. Ningxia Corps Hospital of Armed Police
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Philip Ignatius Tayman, 75, of Walhalla, SC formerly of Mechanicsville, MD died May 9, 2018 at 4:02 am at GHS Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, SC. Born March 20, 1943 at 8:30 PM in Clements, MD. He was the son of the late William Lawrence Wathen and Rose Viola Gray they abandon him. Later adopted by the late Thomas Douglas Tayman and Mary Delia Tippett March 7, 1950.
Mary Delia Tippett Tayman raised her son Philip Ignatius Tayman until she died July 8, 2004 at the age of 89.
Philip Ignatius Tayman was then willed to Brenda Gail Derrick Buckler of Mechanicsville, MD Husband John Oscar Buckler, Sr. Then Philip moved with them to Walhalla, SC 29691 where Philip Ignatius Tayman lived till he died.
The family will receive friends on Monday, May 14, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM with prayers recited at 6:30 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:00 AM in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Mechanicsville, MD with Father Anthony Lickteig officiating.
Interment will follow in Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Morganza, MD. Pallbearers will be: Oscar Buckler, B.J. Buckler, Sammual Buckler, Leo Harding, Wayne Ballen, and Brandan Ballen. Honorary pallbearers will be Nathan Buckler, Travis Ballen, and Larry Ballen.


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Dakota Fanning Stars In Neill Blomkamp's New Short Zygote
The latest short film from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp makes us really wish we could've seen his vision for Alien 5.
Dakota Fanning and Pablo Cantillo star in Zygote, a 20-minute sci-fi horror that features a truly grotesque and terrifying monster. The pair are the last remaining survivors in a mining facility, and they attempt to escape without being caught by a creature that's reminiscent of The Thing. You can watch the whole thing for free above.
Zygote is just the most recent installment in Blomkamp's series Oats Studios Volume 1, which is a kind of testing ground for the director to gauge audience interest in his wide-ranging and out-there ideas. Since there's very little time commitment for the actors, he's been able to work with some A-list talent so far. Sigourney Weaver stars in Rakka and Blomkamp's frequent collaborator Sharlto Copley plays the Almighty in God: Serengeti.
Meanwhile, the director recently revealed that the Alien sequel he had spent years developing is now dead.
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We hope you're doing well. Sorry for the delay in providing feedback while we've been pretty busy since getting home. Hopefully this is helpful since we know you put a lot of effort into selecting all of the activities. Since everything was great and my descriptions are all largely very positive, I'll use a scale of (1 – 10) to indicate how much we enjoyed each: 10 being the best and 1 being the worst.
You should be hearing from my parents sometime soon to arrange a trip for them next spring. They were very happy to hear that everything went smoothly for us and everything was very enjoyable. We'll definitely be recommending your services to anyone we know traveling to Italy and we hope to go back in the next year or two to see more of the country. We really enjoyed everything. Thank you again!
Michael & Alexandra Shea
Tours & Activities:
Vatican Tour with Katya (10 / 10) – we really appreciate you getting tickets to the Papal audience for us. It was a great experience. Our private tour of the Vatican with Katya in the afternoon was incredible. She was very knowledgeable, friendly, and knew everyone that worked there which helped ease us through the crowds. She is truly exceptional and I hope that my parents could do a tour with her next spring.
Rome Vespa Tour (9 / 10) – The two men were very nice, knew a lot about the city, and drove very safely. It's really a great way to see a lot of the city and we're happy that we took your recommendation on this since we were a little bit nervous.
Rome Food Walking Tour with Chiara (8 / 10) – It was nice to sample foods from many different shops that we wouldn't have found otherwise. Our guide and the group we were with were both very friendly. We enjoyed all of the places she took us.
Florence Walking Tour and Accademia Gallery (7 / 10) – We enjoyed seeing the city and museum, but didn't love our guide. He was professional and knowledgeable but not very friendly.
Cooking Class with Laura (10 / 10) – This was one of our favorite days. Laura was so nice and we enjoyed both the shopping for ingredients in the market and cooking in our home. It was a great way to share some time with our friends Rowan and Britta Morris. We learned how to cook a number of things. She made us feel very at home and had so many great stories about family, working in restaurants, and Italian culture.
Montepulciano and Montalcino Wine Tours (8 / 10) – Our driver was very professional and nice. Thank you again for sorting out the situation with our first driver getting into an accident on his way to pick us up. We really enjoyed the Poliziano winery in Montepulciano, but Casato Prime Donna's tour was very boring without much to see and we didn't enjoy the wines as much.
Pompeii Tour with Lorenzo (8 / 10) – He was very knowledgeable about the history, culture, and ruins. He was quite formal but professional and nice.
Capri Boat Tour with Angelo (10 / 10) – This was our favorite day of the trip. Our captain Angelo was a lot of fun and very nice. We enjoyed talking with him and he was always happy to take photographs for us or stop the boat to let us enjoy the water. He had some good recommendations for our lunch in Capri and where to walk around while we were docked. The boat was very nice and a good size since it was just the two of us.
Amalfi Coast / Sorrento Driving Tour (6 / 10) – Salvatore was our least favorite tour guide. He was ok but almost made it seem like there would be a test on everything he told us at the end of the day. Great scenery and beautiful views driving around the coast.
Westin Rome (8 / 10) – Nice hotel, but we didn't spend much time there aside from sleeping.
Hotel Lungarno (9 / 10) – We really enjoyed this hotel. We had a great view and very nice room. Breakfast in the restaurant each morning was excellent. Everyone who worked at the hotel was very friendly and helpful.
Fonteverde Hotel (9 / 10) – beautiful property. The views from everywhere were incredible. The concierge was very helpful. The pools were very nice. The restaurants at the hotel were both excellent were very friendly service.
Casa Angelina Hotel (9 / 10) – Amazing property, great location. Our Eaudesea suite had beautiful views and the private butler service was incredible. Our butlers Fabio and Luca were two of the nicest people we've ever met and they made delicious breakfast, snacks and drinks. The beach club was very fun as well. The rooftop restaurant Un Piano del Cielo had great seafood, views, and service. The only drawback to the property is the 180 steps that we had to climb from our room to reach the elevator to the main lobby.
Eolo in Amalfi (10 / 10) – This was the best meal that we had in Italy. Amazing seafood and excellent service. Good value as well for how great it was.
Daniela in San Casciano dei Bagni (9 / 10) – Delicious food! The service was very welcoming and the owner and hostess made us feel as if we were in their home.
Antica Pesa in Rome (9 / 10) – This was our best meal in Rome. Great food and service. The garden in the back was very pretty.
Il Latini (8 / 10) – Very good food and plenty of it. Pretty good service but not the best.
La Giostra (7 / 10) – The food was very good. I just didn't like that they charged us for a dessert and dessert drink that we didn't order.
Cantina & Cucina (6 / 10) – The food was pretty good but not that impressive. The service could have been more organized even though I understand it's a pretty casual restaurant.
Il Pirata in Praiano (3 / 10) – Unfortunately we didn't really like this restaurant. The service was poor and the food wasn't great. The location right on the water is very nice though.
Airport Transfers and Drivers – all of our drivers were very professional and friendly. Cars were all very nice. Cristiano who drove us from Florence to Fonteverde with a stop for shopping was exceptional – very friendly, interesting, and nice to speak with.
Trains – convenient, travel impressively fast, train cars were nice, but we had some trouble fitting our luggage in the racks. Good experience overall. "
Michael & Alexandra Shea (New York, NY) – JUNE/JULY 2016


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Using Microsoft Flow with Outlook and Forms
Hey, everyone. Killian from Worksighted here with another episode of Tech Riffs. This month we've talked about a lot of different Microsoft products pretty in depth. It's been very, very informative. We'd like to put a little bit of a bow on top of it by going ahead and using Forms to create a survey, and then using Flow to send that information to Outlook to notify us when somebody fills out our survey. Let's go ahead and get started.
We're gonna to get started by going into portal.office365.com. It's gonna bring us to this section just like we've been to a few times. Now we've been using Forms and Flow pretty frequently lately, so it's already showing up in our apps. If it's not there you just want to go ahead and go to explore all your apps. It'll show you a list. First thing we want to do is jump into Forms. It's gonna load up what we have, Staff Meeting Food Order, so one of the people I want to send this to … We're actually having a guest come in, so we got to send it to somebody outside of our organization. A gentleman named, Ben is going to be giving a presentation. I want to be able to buy him lunch.
We have this and we click share. I want to email this to him, so I know what I have to get for him. Now it's very important, up here, that you click the link. Anyone with the link can respond. The default is only people in our organization can respond. This would force Ben to sign in. He's not within my organization. In fact, his organization uses Google, so they don't even use Office 365, but that's okay. We can still collect information from him. We're gonna go ahead and email this his way. We're gonna wait for his response. Now because this is kind of, a last minute order, I want to know exactly when he's gonna fill it out.
One of the things that I got to do is I got to create a flow because I need to be emailed exactly when he fills this out. What we're gonna do is we're gonna come into Flow. This template, I want to sure if there's already been a template created because I don't want to do too much work. We're gonna come up to templates and we're going to search email forms. We see one right here at the top, email notification for survey responses. We're gonna click this guy. It's gonna auto log me in because I have already signed in with both of these things. It knows it's my Office 365 account.
We're gonna click continue here. We're gonna pick a form, Staff Meeting Food Order. Select an output is a list of responses. The form ID again is, Staff Meeting Food Order. We want to send it specifically to me. Subject food order processed. We're gonna say, see forms to see orders. That's gonna be the body of the email. We're gonna save that flow. When it's created click done. We are going to wait for Ben to go ahead and fill that out, and email to let us know when he's done.
We see the email come through. See forms to see the orders. Exactly what I said to tell myself, perfect. We'll go over to Microsoft Forms and we can actually see … Normally you're on this if you come over to responses. We can see that Ben has, in fact, put something in. One of the things that I like to do is I like to say open in Excel because it's going to put everything out really nice for us, especially if you have a bunch of people already that have put their orders in, and so basically what we can see … Now again, Ben's outside of our organization, so it's not going to tell us his email. It's just gonna show up as anonymous, but because we asked for his name we know that this is Ben. He wants a ham sandwich. Also, lets us know that he's allergic to peanuts, which is good to know.
That's it. A bunch of great ways to be more efficient, and save you some time when you're using Forms and Flow.


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My interview with Christina and the Shadowlands Voyager team is now available via mp3 file and on their Youtube Channel. This was a unique interview in that we were able to discuss many women's issues, the healing journey, facing the shadow, Patriarchy's deceptions, false gods and how this all relates to the alien interference and soul energy vampirism in this world. We tapped into the feminine wisdom often marginalized in other venues dealing with "alien/UFO/ET/spiritual" issues. I also talk a little bit about my own healing journey and experiences.
Here is a link to the audio file of the show we did last week: Feb. 17, 2013
And here is the YouTube version:


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The "masters of the financial universe" met on the 18th floor of a modern building located in the Swiss city of Basel. The meeting featured Janet Yellen, director of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Mario Draghi, director of the European Central Bank, along with 16 other leaders of the financial world. The meeting devoted expectedly long hours to discussions of monetary policy, economic growth and the stock exchanges. Since the central banks cut interest rates to zero and bought Treasury bonds for hundreds of billions of dollars, these meetings have become necessary and occur every two weeks. Representatives from the central banks of emerging markets complain about the harsh measures that have been taken, which affect their economies and raise concern about the risks of an unbalanced international approach.
Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in New York in the crash of 2008, the directors of the central banks have become the masters of the universe. It is they who decide the interest rates and the size of banking liquidity. They rescue banks and governments around the world from bankruptcy. Their fame is comparable to that of Hollywood stars. Since the end of World War II, they have risen to prominence as managers of the world's banks, despite not being elected but rather appointed by their governments, which have them each act independently. But those days have passed.
The advisory council is preoccupied with the issue of the U.S. Federal Reserve pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy and buying Treasury bonds. In Britain, the debate rages concerning the future of banking interest rates. In Europe, the European Central Bank is looking at ways to stop the low rate of inflation. At the expanded meeting of the International Monetary Fund, the conferees urged that Treasury bonds continue to be bought, interest rates be kept low, and new ways of dealing with finances be developed. But banks are wondering whether they are doing too much. This time, they are re-evaluating their roles. Despite having effective rescue procedures, they could not heal their patients. They have shut down dozens of banks and factories. And with business demands in the U.S., they continue to pump money into the economy.
Important questions still prevail among economists in the West. What will prevent inflation? How do you deal with the devaluing of a currency when the stock market collapses? What happens to the individual when he sees his securities plummet? Should he, like the banks, be under government regulation? It would represent a great achievement for the heads of central banks to answer no. The central banks in the West were able to save their economies from collapse but were unable to make them regrow.


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2020 has proven to be far from the best year for education, or was it?
Closer of schools reduced contact-teaching lessons, senior teachers learning how to Zoom – these are but a few of the challenges this year brought on. But in the entrepreneurial world, where everyone else sees obstacles, entrepreneurs see possibilities. And that was the case for innovation in education.
1. Gamification
Although gamification is not something new, as it's been around for a while (I got my first virtual educational games back in 2007), it gained the attention of start-up founders this year.
Briefly, gamification means adding gaming elements to non-gaming contexts, in our case, education. For example, 10Monkeys focuses on practicing pupils' Math skills, while Language Clubhouse makes English learning easy and fun.
2. Immersive learning programs
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are here to stay, so of course, they tried their hand at some educational innovation as well.
AR could potentially offer students additional digital information on the topic or make complex notions easier to grasp. For example, when doing their homework, they could get extra pre-recorded indications from the teacher by scanning the textbook.
VR intends to tackle the primary challenge posed by most online education: lack of interaction. VR might have the potential of making online courses as interactive as classroom lessons.
Finnish company Visuon is an example of a company offering training based on VR.
3. Learning platforms for companies
Who said only the little ones need to learn? As top skills required in job advertisements are changing from one year to the next, keeping your employees one step ahead of the game is crucial, and a learning platform for your company can help you do just that. One example of such a company is Claned.
4. Foreign language learning with AI apps and robots
With all the travel restrictions, you are probably worried that you won't have the chance of practicing foreign languages with native speakers any time soon. Well, worry no more, because now AI guided apps and robots are the new conversation partners.
5. School-home collaboration platforms and apps
Home-school collaboration is a significant factor in supporting a child's positive engagement in school life's learning and social aspects. Still, last year's exceptional circumstances and restrictions made home-school collaboration more difficult.
As a result, apps and platforms became an essential tool in allowing the communication between the teaching staff and the parents to run smoothly.
In 2020 we shared the story of Sari Hurme-Mehtälä, the co-founder of Kide Science, a platform helping parents and teachers to collaborate in developing pupils' STEAM skills.
If interested, check out more EdTech innovation from Finland here.


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A story in the Philly Daily News brings a letter that Feibush's lawyer sent to a Point Breeze Resident, Haley Dervinis, to light. The letter threatens Dervinis, who planned to speak at the Zoning Board hearing, "...any false statement that you make after being placed under oath will have severe consequences. This letter is your one and only warning before we file suit against you." Feibush claims that she has harassed him via his blog (Naked Philly) and elsewhere. Here are screengrabs of what we found in the Naked Philly comments from Haley Dervinis, whose commenter name is HD63.
It's certainly true that Ms. Dervinis has a long-standing vendetta: she's not just opposed to the Annin Street project, but rather, to all of Mr. Feibush's developments. Her concerns do seem somewhat petty. But harassment? Libel? Slander? She claims to have picked up Ori Feibush's trash, which sounds a little off, but otherwise, it doesn't seem like she's lying.
The first comments from HD63 are on an article about the lotgate debacle wherein Ori Feibush converted a trash-filled lot adjacent to his coffee shop into a public space with seating. The comments on the article take issue with Ori's approach, but aren't particularly slanderous:
The next appearance of HD63 as a commenter on Naked Philly is on an article about the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority's Point Breeze "land grab." The following exchange also includes Mr. Feibush stating that he has "invested every penny I've earned back into the community."
And finally, here's one vaguely angry comment on this Naked Philly post from HD63:
Heard any further news about this situation? Hit the tipline and let us know.
· Developer Sends Warning Letter to Project's Opponent [Daily News]
· Ori Feibush sent warning letter to Point Breeze resident [Passyunk Post]
· All Lotgate Posts [Curbed Philly]


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Review Pothole Rodeo Rallye
We just had a blast at the 2016 Edition of the Pothole Rodeo. Barmetal has been 1 of the sponsors and we made the official Rallye shirt which you can only get if you are part of the Pothole Rodeo adventure. This is probably the coolest Roadtrip experience in the entire world!
You will expect piston jamming mountain roads, awesome landscapes, deserted monuments and adventurous streets, which will be a hardness test for man and machine.
Its a long-distance roadtrip, which will start in the beautiful city of Graz, crossing Hungary and Serbia, further Romania and the incredible coast of the black sea in Bulgaria, then Greece and the amazing coast of the Aegean Sea followed by Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Croatia. Required for being part of this wicked roadtrip is a crap car which is at least 20 years old and doesn't cost more than 500 Euros.
So, since this Rallye is getting more and more popular each year, you should not hesitate to fill out the 2017 application at pothole-rodeo.com. There are only 55 teams aloud, so it will be quickly sold out like this year.
Here are some pics from the roadtrip:


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Husqvarna CR250: Motocross Legend
For Husqvarna, this journey of making things that count began way, way back in 1689. Founded in the Swedish town of Huskvarna, they originally began producing muskets for the Swedish army. In fact, their logo is still an H with a set of gun sights on top of it! Their march towards domination of the off-road motorcycle racing world wouldn't take place until well into the mid-1950s when a new form of racing known as "Motor - Cross" (today known as "Motocross") was taking over post World War II Europe.
At the core of their growth and dominance was the 250CC off-road motorcycle. Later known as the CR 250, it was simple, durable, and fast. We can't wait to tell you all about this amazing machine:
- Emergence Of Motocross
- 250 CC Husky Dominance
- Birth Of The CR 250
Emergence Of Motocross
Although the United States is absolutely ground - zero for all things motocross today, its origins can be traced all the way back to the early 1900s United Kingdom. Originally planned as time trials, these events eventually gave way to all-out races that pitted man against man, and machine against the machine for an all-out sprint to the finish. These crazy races became known as "Hare Scrambles", divulged from the rabbit hunting spectacles of the era where hounds and hunters would run through muddy fields after game. The first official scramble took place in Surrey in 1924. Eventually, scrambles gave way to the term "motocross" which was a newly created word that combined the French word "motocyclette" with the more commonly known "cross country".
By the 1930s, popularity was growing throughout the countryside, and teams from Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), Norton, Matchless, Rudge, and AJS dominated the circuits. Innovations such as a forked front suspension, and lightweight yet powerful engines allowed this unique sport to blossom into a phenomenon throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Post World II, motorcycle popularity and production were both at a fever pitch throughout Europe, and various road racing and off-road style events were starting to gain credibility. In 1952 the FIM (motorcycles official governing body) officially recognized Motocross and creates the World Championship in 1957.
1955 "Silverpilen"
Let's just be frank here: Early on, Husqvarna dominated the motocross circuit throughout Europe, but how did it get there? Starting off as a bicycle manufacturer, Husky built their first motorized bicycle in 1903 and by 1939, they were the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Sweden. Although the first bikes were powered by engines produced by other manufacturers, in 1920, Husky began producing a 550 cc four-stroke 50-degree side-valve V-twin engine (similar to ones in Triumph and Harley - Davidson). Their motorcycles would go on to beat dominant teams like Norton until the factory pulled back racing efforts in 1935.
Once motocross became popular in Europe, Husky began to shift focus to lightweight racing bikes built off their commuter style 2 stroke engine, and strong lightweight frame.
In 1955, Husky dropped the "Silverpilen" on the world which combined an incredibly lightweight (75 KG) frame with a powerful 175 CC engine and key innovations like telescoping front forks and a hydraulically dampened rear suspension that was designed to rip off-road. Entering into the late 1950s, the first 250 CC models from Husky (based on the Silverpilen) began to dominate the motocross circuits across Europe. 250 CC, 2 stroke bikes easily eclipsed their 4 stroke counterparts due to rapid developments in both engine power and lightweight construction.
How dominant were the 250 CC Husqvarna bikes in these years? Names like Rolf Tibblin, Bill Nilsson, and Torsten Hallman rode Husky motorcycles to a staggering number of victories:
Rolf Tibblin
- 1959 – Rolf Tibblin, European Motocross Champion, 250 cc class.
- 1962 – Torsten Hallman, Motocross World Champion, 250 cc class.
- 1963 – Torsten Hallman, Motocross World Champion, 250 cc class.
- 1966 – Torsten Hallman, Motocross World Champion, 250 cc class.
- 1967 – Torsten Hallman, Motocross World Champion, 250 cc class.
Baja 1000:
- 1967 – J.N. Roberts, Malcolm Smith
- 1969 – Gunnar Nilsson, J.N. Roberts
- 1971 – Malcolm Smith, Gunnar Nilsson
- 1972 – Gunnar Nilsson, Rolf Tibblin
- 1973 – Mitch Mayes, A.C. Bakken
Birth Of The CR 250
1970 Husky CR 250
1966 saw the very first motocross race in the United States, and within a few short years, enthusiasm for this new motorsport had taken over suburban cities all over the United States. To capitalize on the popularity of this new sport, Husqvarna entered the United States market with a variety of bikes, including the CR 250. Built from 1965 to 1983 and displacing 250 CC; the CR (Close Ratio) 250 motorcycle rolled in much of the technology from the dominant '60s and '70s and fitted it to a small, lightweight bike that was designed to compete in motocross events with a ripping close-ratio, 5-speed gearbox. Although sales numbers are a bit murky today, in general, these were well-loved bikes that had many fans all over the globe.
Check out this original cut sheet from the 1974 CR 250's brochure:
Japanese Dominance
The AMA (American Motorcycle Association) officially sanctioned events in 1972, and almost immediately, the series was dominated by Japanese manufacturers like Honda, Kawasaki, and Yamaha. Although the 250 CC had dominated Europe for so many years, the Japanese manufacturers quickly beat Husky at their own game and a cut-rate price (10% to 20% cheaper than the venerable Husky CR 250). Even though they were competitive in other venues like Enduro, Husqvarna never quite lived up to their 1960's and 1970's motocross dominance in the prime of the motocross era. This doesn't mean they didn't compete, and that they didn't have their fans but they were simply no longer dominant.
What can never be denied is the absolute influence of the 250CC class Husqvarna motorcycles and their predecessors (like the 1955 Silverpilen) which brought innovations like a hydraulically suspended rear suspension and telescoping front suspension to the mainstream. Without these simple innovations (that were far from simple at the time) motocross would have not blossomed into the phenomenon that it is today.