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A number of couples choose to add a personal touch to their wedding ceremonies by incorporating poems as part of the readings.
Poems give words and meaning to our emotions, feelings, and thoughts. They're famous for their ability to give expression to innermost thoughts and evoke a myriad of emotions in listeners.
Using poems for wedding readings allows couples to express their journey, experience, and hopes — with a lyrical twist.
Best of all? You don't have to write it yourself! Odds are there's already a poem out there that paints a perfect picture of your relationship.
If you're looking to personalize your ceremony with a poem wedding reading, you're in the right place.
We've collated 31 of the best romantic poems — perfect for your wedding reading.
Friendly tip? Get your hankies ready because the waterworks are sure to flow.
#1 The Privileged Lovers by Rumi
The moon has become a dancer
at this festival of love.
This dance of light,
This sacred blessing,
This divine love,
beckons us
to a world beyond
only lovers can see
with their eyes of fiery passion.
They are the chosen ones
who have surrendered.
Once they were particles of light
now they are the radiant sun.
They have left behind
the world of deceitful games.
They are the privileged lovers
who create a new world
with their eyes of fiery passion.
#2 Touched By An Angel by Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
#3 [I Carry Your Heart With Me(I Carry It In)] by E. E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
#4 To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
#5 Bridled Vows by Ian Duhig
I will be faithful to you, I do vow,
but not until the seas have all run dry
et cetera. Although I mean it now
I'm not a prophet and I will not lie.
To be your perfect wife, I could not swear;
I'll love, yes; honour (maybe); won't obey,
but will co-operate if you will care
as much as you are seeming to today.
I'll do my best to be your better half,
but I don't have the patience of a saint
and at you, not with you, I'll sometimes laugh,
and snap too, though I'll try to show restraint.
We might work out. No blame if we do not.
With all my heart, I think it's worth a shot.
#6 The Minute I Heard My First Love Story by Rumi
The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,
they're in each other all along.
#7 I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
Breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust
If you like your coffee hot
Let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots
I wanna be yours
I wanna be your raincoat
For those frequent rainy days
I wanna be your dreamboat
When you want to sail away
Let me be your teddy bear
Take me with you anywhere
I don't care
I wanna be yours
I wanna be your electric meter
I will not run out
I wanna be the electric heater
You'll get cold without
I wanna be your setting lotion
Hold your hair in deep devotion
Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean
That's how deep is my devotion
#8 Our Souls Are Mirrors by Rupi Kaur
god must have kneaded you and i
from the same dough
rolled us out as one on the baking sheet
must have suddenly realized
how unfair it was
to put that much magic in one person
and sadly split that dough in two
how else is it that
when i look in the mirror
i am looking at you
when you breathe
my own lungs fill with air
that we just met but we
have known each other our whole lives
if we were not made as one to begin with
#9 To Love is Not to Possess by James Kavanaugh
To love is not to possess,
To own or imprison,
Nor to lose one's self in another.
Love is to join and separate,
To walk alone and together,
To find a laughing freedom
That lonely isolation does not permit.
It is finally to be able
To be who we really are
No longer clinging in childish dependency
Nor docilely living separate lives in silence,
It is to be perfectly one's self
And perfectly joined in permanent commitment
To another–and to one's inner self.
Love only endures when it moves like waves,
Receding and returning gently or passionately,
Or moving lovingly like the tide
In the moon's own predictable harmony,
Because finally, despite a child's scars
Or an adult's deepest wounds,
They are openly free to be
Who they really are–and always secretly were,
In the very core of their being
Where true and lasting love can alone abide.
#10 Love Song by Henry Dumas
I have to adore the earth:
The wind must have heard
your voice once.
It echoes and sings like you.
The soil must have tasted
you once.
It is laden with your scent.
The trees honor you
in gold
and blush when you pass.
I know why the north country
is frozen.
It has been trying to preserve
your memory.
I know why the desert
burns with fever.
It was wept too long without you.
On hands and knees,
the ocean begs up the beach,
and falls at your feet.
I have to adore
the mirror of the earth.
You have taught her well
how to be beautiful.
#11 Ever Increasing Circles by Helen Marsh
Joining hands, we become a circle,
Complete, connected and timeless,
We are whole, but not exclusive,
We are one and we will live as one,
But with endless others encircled around us,
Our marriage is neither beginning or end,
But a natural progression of our union,
Which finds us bound but not restricted,
All that was separate yields and flows,
Softly, towards the shared path of our future,
On the foundation of past knowledge,
We build modern family, a space of love,
An expanding community of new and old,
Emitting love, light and sublime acceptance,
We find all things reflected back at us,
Everything is provided for,
Together we hand-craft our next life phase,
It is all embracing, welcoming and generous,
The sensuous safety of our self made space,
Helps us to live bravely and without boundaries,
Here we nurture, thrive and multiply,
All history is ours now, set down by us, made by us,
Strong roots continually feed us, everything is possible,
We grow, we build, we share eternally now,
And holding hands, we look up, prepare,
For there is still far to go…
#12 This Marriage By Rumi
May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
this marriage, like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter,
our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
a seal of happiness here and hereafter.
May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
an omen as welcomes the moon in a clear blue sky.
I am out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.
#13 The Invitation by Oriah
It doesn't interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon…
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn't interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
It doesn't interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
#14 Married Love by Kuan Tao-sheng
You and I
Have so much love,
That it
Burns like a fire,
In which we bake a lump of clay
Molded into a figure of you
And a figure of me.
Then we take both of them,
And break them into pieces,
And mix the pieces with water,
And mold again a figure of you,
And a figure of me.
I am in your clay.
In life we share a single quilt.
In death we will share a single coffin.
#15 The Married Lover by Coventry Patmore
WHY, having won her, do I woo?
Because her spirit's vestal grace
Provokes me always to pursue,
But, spirit-like, eludes embrace;
Because her womanhood is such
That, as on court-days subjects kiss
The Queen's hand, yet so near a touch
Affirms no mean familiarness;
Nay, rather marks more fair the height
Which can with safety so neglect
To dread, as lower ladies might,
That grace could meet with disrespect;
Thus she with happy favour feeds
Allegiance from a love so high
That thence no false conceit proceeds
Of difference bridged, or state put by;
Because although in act and word
As lowly as a wife can be,
Her manners, when they call me lord,
Remind me 'tis by courtesy;
Not with her least consent of will,
Which would my proud affection hurt,
But by the noble style that still
Imputes an unattain'd desert;
Because her gay and lofty brows,
When all is won which hope can ask,
Reflect a light of hopeless snows
That bright in virgin ether bask;
Because, though free of the outer court
I am, this Temple keeps its shrine
Sacred to Heaven; because, in short,
She 's not and never can be mine.
#16 A Blessing For Wedding by Jane Hirshfield
Today when persimmons ripen
Today when fox-kits come out of their den into snow
Today when the spotted egg releases its wren song
Today when the maple sets down its red leaves
Today when windows keep their promise to open
Today when fire keeps its promise to warm
Today when someone you love has died
or someone you never met has died
Today when someone you love has been born
or someone you will not meet has been born
Today when rain leaps to the waiting of roots in their dryness
Today when starlight bends to the roofs of the hungry and tired
Today when someone sits long inside his last sorrow
Today when someone steps into the heat of her first embrace
Today, let this light bless you
With these friends let it bless you
With snow-scent and lavender bless you
Let the vow of this day keep itself wildly and wholly
Spoken and silent, surprise you inside your ears
Sleeping and waking, unfold itself inside your eyes
Let its fierceness and tenderness hold you
Let its vastness be undisguised in all your days
#17 I Belong In Your Arms by Deborah Bridea
I belong in your arms
Finally, I have found a place
Into which I fit perfectly, safely
And securely with no doubts
No fears, no sadness, no tears
This place is filled with happiness and laughter
Yet it is spacious enough, to allow me
The freedom to move around
To live my life and be myself
This wonderful place, which I never believed really existed
I have found finally
Inside your arms, Inside your heart, inside your love
#18 My Delight and Thy Delight by Robert Bridges
MY delight and thy delight
Walking, like two angels white,
In the gardens of the night:
My desire and thy desire
Twining to a tongue of fire,
Leaping live, and laughing higher:
Thro' the everlasting strife
In the mystery of life.
Love, from whom the world begun,
Hath the secret of the sun.
Love can tell, and love alone,
Whence the million stars were strewn,
Why each atom knows its own,
How, in spite of woe and death,
Gay is life, and sweet is breath:
This he taught us, this we knew,
Happy in his science true,
Hand in hand as we stood
'Neath the shadows of the wood,
Heart to heart as we lay
In the dawning of the day.
#19 With You In My Heart by Mick Jennings
With you in my heart, my life is complete,
You're the air that I breathe and the food that I eat.
You are my soul mate, the beat in my heart,
It feels like a year, each second we're apart.
With you in my heart I'm walking on air,
I can imagine your perfume and the touch of your hair.
Your beautiful eyes, so kind and so green,
The loveliest sight I ever have seen.
With you in my heart, I am brim full of pride,
It's as though I can achieve anything with you by my side.
You're my rock, you're my angel, my one true love,
You're my present from heaven, my gift from above.
With you in my heart, I love you so much,
How caring you are, my soul you do touch.
You're a beautiful princess, a pleasure to know,
My love for you just continues to grow.
With you in my heart, I'm the happiest man on earth,
I feel God has planned this since the day of my birth.
I could never love anyone the way I love you,
I hope and I pray that you feel the same way too.
With you in my heart, through the good and the bad,
I'll be there when you need me, when you're hurting or sad.
In fact I'll be there for you any night, any day,
Whenever you need me, you just have to say.
With you in my heart, it really makes my day,
With the things that you do and the things that you say.
You and Eva deserve happiness and I will ensure,
From now, only good times come knocking at your door.
With you in my heart, I hope it feels good,
And that I am caring for you the way that I should.
I will always be happy, just by the love that you give,
I will protect you and love you for as long as I live.
#20 My Love by Jane Graham
You say you love me
I know it's true
Without your love
What would I do?
My heart will sing
'you kiss my soul'
This is the thing
That makes us whole
Together we will face our life
You as my husband
Me your wife
Sharing, caring, journeying on
With only love notes
For our song.
#21 Dear Heart by Hayley Gait-Golding
Dear Heart,
I'd like it if you'd tell me
How you measure love.
Do you deal in ounces and quarters?
Or stroke it with kid gloves?
How do you pick who gets it
Because I'd really like a say
And why is it that some people
Get more and more each day?
Another thing I'd like to know
Is how love measures time?
Is it founded in an instant?
Then lasts a whole lifetime?
Does it grow and grow your whole life through
So I have more and more
Or is there just a set amount
You get at birth then store?
What happens if it's stolen?
Or if I cease to love
Does it all come back untarnished?
With interest on the above.
How can I know its importance?
Do you give it certain ranks?
Could I say that's 1st or 2nd class?
Like I do with postage stamps.
Is true love like in stories?
Like old fashioned fairy tales
Cinderella meets Prince Charming
And only love prevails
Why is it then that nowadays?
Love sometimes takes the course
Of starting off with marriage
But ending in divorce
Is love equal in proportions?
For families and for friends
For husbands, wives and children
Where does it ever end?
To let me know what's going on
Lets strike a little deal
Beat slowly for the phoneys
And fast if it's for real!
#22 I'll Be There For You" By Louise Cuddon
'll be there my darling, through thick and through thin
When your mind's in a mess and your head's in a spin
When your plane's been delayed, and you've missed the last train.
When life is just threatening to drive you insane
When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page
When somebody tells you, you're looking your age
When your coffee's too cool, and your wine is too warm
When the forecast said "Fine", but you're out in a storm
When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum
And your holiday photos show only your thumb
When you park for five minutes in a resident's bay
And return to discover you've been towed away
When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste
Just stick on your hips and don't reach round your waist
When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes
When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes
So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear…
When you break a rule, when you act the fool
When you've got the flu, when you're in a stew
When you're last in the queue, don't feel blue'cause
I'm telling you, I'll be there
#23 A Passage From Captain Corelli's Mandolin" By Louis De Bernières
Love is a temporary madness.
It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides, you have to make a decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness,
It is not excitement,
It is not the promulgation of eternal passion.
That is just being "in love" which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away,
And this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground,
And when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,
They find that they are one tree and not two.
#24 At Nightfall," Charles Hanson Towne
I NEED so much the quiet of your love,
After the day's loud strife;
I need your calm all other things above,
After the stress of life.
I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies,
After all toil is done;
I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes,
After the day's great sun!
#25 He's Not Perfect By Bob Marley
He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect.
But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.
He isn't going to quote poetry, he's not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break.
Don't hurt him, don't change him, and don't expect for more than he can give. Don't analyze.
Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he's not there.
Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don't exist, but there's always one guy that is perfect for you.
#26 True Love by Unknown Author
True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.
#27 Doves Poem by Unknown Author
Two doves meeting in the sky
Two loves hand in hand eye to eye
Two parts of a loving whole
Two hearts and a single soul
Two stars shining big and bright
Two fires bringing warmth and light
Two songs played in perfect tune
Two flowers growing into bloom
Two Doves gliding in the air
Two loves free without a care
Two parts of a loving whole
Two hearts and a single soul
#28 A Wedding Toast by James Bertolino
May your love be firm,
and may your dream of life together
be a river between two shores—
by day bathed in sunlight, and by night
illuminated from within. May the heron
carry news of you to the heavens, and the salmon bring
the sea's blue grace. May your twin thoughts
spiral upward like leafy vines,
like fiddle strings in the wind,
and be as noble as the Douglas fir.
May you never find yourselves back to back
without love pulling you around
into each other's arms.
#29 "Sonnet 116" By William Shakespeare
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd
#30 Falling Stars By Rainer Maria Rilke
Do you still remember: falling stars,
how they leapt slantwise through the sky
like horses over suddenly held-out hurdles
of our wishes—did we have so many?—
for stars, innumerable, leapt everywhere;
almost every gaze upward became
wedded to the swift hazard of their play,
and our heart felt like a single thing
beneath that vast disintegration of their brilliance—
and was whole, as if it would survive them!
#31 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I've heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me
Final Thoughts
Who doesn't love a poem on love? From classics to recents, witty to intense, this list has the best picks.
Go ahead and choose the one that speaks to your relationship and feel the atmosphere change as it's read aloud on that day.
Have a wonderful wedding ceremony!


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1st edition of the SCL Awards – Nominees
The SCL (The Society of Composers & Lyricists) has announced the nominees of the 1st edition of the newly created SCL Awards.
Here it is the full list of nominees:
The Final Voting Round for members of the SCL opens on December 12, 2019 and closes on January 3, 2020. The Awards ceremony will be held on January 7, 2020 – 8pm, at the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles), and member invitations will be included in the Final Voting Round announcement.
More information about the announcement:
The SCL Awards ceremony:

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NATURAL & ORGANIC: Key Trends Highlight Expo West
Certainly this is a testament to the fact that the buzz around organic and natural products isn't going away any time soon. More than 52,000 retailers, manufacturers, and other industry professionals gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center in California March 14 to March 16 to check out the latest trends. That was record attendance for the show, which is now in its 28th year, and an 11 percent increase over last year's attendance, according to New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media and producer of the show.
While out-of-the-box ideas were few and far between on the show floor, there were plenty of new products that aligned well with the latest major trends in organic and natural foods, including better-for-you kids' options, healthy snacks, and the merging of gourmet and organic.
Here's a recap of some of the more noteworthy new products introduced at the show:
Healthy foods and drinks for the younger set
A polar bear and kangaroo were among the "secret agents" hovering around the Happy Baby booth (www.happybabyfood.com), where new HappyBites healthy kids' meals were on display. The veggie-heavy HappyBites line includes six SKUs, including Veggietots with Orange "Cheetah" Sauce, and Fish Bites with Green "Roo" Sauce. Each package features an animal character, a.k.a. "secret agent," who stands for a specific environmental cause.
The term "crayons" has until now been synonymous with coloring, but Crayons, Inc. (www.drinkcrayons.com) hopes to change that with its all-natural beverages. At the show the company launched a new all-natural, high-functioning Sports Drink for kids (or kids at heart). The drinks are made with organic cane juice and contain calcium and vitamins B6 and B12.
Organic or gourmet? Or both?
Amy's Kitchen (www.amyskitchen.com) had a lot to celebrate during Expo West. The family-owned company marked its 20th anniversary during the show with a bevy of new or updated products. New grocery items include Organic Summer Corn & Vegetable Soup, and Light in Sodium Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce. The company is also expanding its gluten-free line to include such items as Cream of Rice Hot Cereal and Non-Dairy Cheeze Rice Crust Pizza.
Annie's Naturals (www.consorzio.com) unveiled three new tasty flavors in its Organic Dressings line: Creamy Asiago Cheese, Pomegranate Vinaigrette, and Lite Cucumber Yogurt.
And Annie's Homegrown (www.annies.com) was sampling new Bunny Graham Friends, a delectable snack mix featuring chocolate, honey, and chocolate chip graham cookies -- made in bunny shapes, of course.
Blue Marble Brands (www.bluemarblebrands.com), a new organization focused on building several top brands in the organic, natural, and specialty markets, was like a proud new parent at the show. The independent subsidiary of United Natural Foods now represents such high-quality names as Woodstock Farms, Rising Moon Organics, and Harvest Bay. Product highlights at the booth included new Mangosteen Juice Blends from Woodstock Farms (www.woodstock-farms.com) and Rising Moon Organics (www.risingmoon.com) vegetable pizzas featuring ingredients imported from Italy.
High-end cheese continues to attract sales at supermarkets, gourmet markets, and other retail channels. Lucini Italia (www.lucini.com), a company known for high-quality pasta sauces and oils, is now cutting into the cheese market as well, with Organic Parmigiano Reggiano, a three-year aged, superpremium cheese. As the company describes it, "its taste is delicately salty with pleasant inklings of hazelnut and almond." Each eight-ounce piece is sealed in air-tight packaging immediately upon hand-cutting in Parma, Italy.
The Muir Glen Organic brand is breaking out of its vegetable sauce shell with new meat varieties. Parent company Small Planet Foods (www.cfarm.com), a division of General Mills, claims that this is the first-ever organic meat pasta sauce. Flavors include Beef Bolognese, Italian Sausage with Peppers, and Vodka Sauce. Also new at Small Planet Foods is Cascadian Farm Organic Granola, which comes in Fruit & Nut and the more indulgent Dark Chocolate Almond.
The Tea Room (www.thetearoom.biz) has created a dream product for tea and chocolate lovers: chocolates infused with tea. All of its items are organic. New on the market is the Distinctly Dark truffle line, complete with seven tantalizing chocolates that offer between 50 percent and 72 percent of cocoa content.
Soy, probiotics, gluten-free and other dietary trends
Aunt Gussie's (www.auntgussies.com) is introducing new packaging for its popular cookie and cracker varieties, which are specially made for consumers with dietary concerns. Cracker Flats are now packed and sealed in stand-up boxes. They are low-fat, sugar-free, certified kosher pareve, and considered safe for diabetics. Aunt Gussie's line of cookies, including Pecan Meltaways and Chocolate Chip Almond Biscotti, now sport more modern packaging designed to help the products stand out on the shelf, according to the company.
At French Meadow Bakery's (www.frenchmeadow.com) booth, there was no shortage of good-for-you baked products. The company has rolled out new informational labels on its packaging to let customers know whether items are gluten-free, made with hemp, organic, or "naturally indulgent." A new item that we found to be particularly indulgent was Sweet Little Round Cakes in flavors such as Apple Caramel and Carrot. Each dessert, which comes frozen, serves four.
Consumers can get both probiotics and prebiotics from Naked Juice's (www.nakedjuice.com) newest beverage innovation, Probiotic. Flavors include Tropical Mango and Very Berry. Each 10-fluid-ounce bottle contains 100 percent juice and provides two and a half servings of fruit. Other new products included Bare Breeze, a line of 100 percent juice in refreshing flavors perfectly suited for the summertime, and Banana Chocolate Protein Zone.
Pacific Natural Foods (www.pacificfoods.com) is converting its entire all-natural dairy almond beverage line to organic. Marketing director Kevin Tisdale notes that customers are seeking not only alternatives to dairy, but also products made with quality organic ingredients. The new line includes Organic Almond Original, Organic Almond Vanilla, Organic Almond Unsweetened Original, and Organic Almond Unsweetened Vanilla in 32-ounce aseptic containers, and Organic Almond Chocolate and Organic Almond Vanilla in eight-ounce four packs.
This October, retailers can support any initiatives around Breast Cancer Month by adding an innovative product from Vitasoy (www.vitasoy-usa.com). The soy milk maker will soon begin shipping six-packs of its "Pinkies." A portion of the proceeds from each chocolate soy milk beverage (packaged with a pink lid and pink ribbon logo) will be donated to breast health initiatives.
Ethnic foods
As more companies introduce restaurant-quality meal preparation kits, Thai Kitchen (www.thaikitchen.com) and Simply Asia (www.simplyasia.com) are at the center of the action. Both brands belong to Simply Asia Foods, which in turn is owned by spice master McCormick & Co., Thai Kitchen's new 10 Minute Simmer Sauces and Simply Asia's two new flavors of Heat & Serve Noodle Bowls (Mandarin Orange and Spicy Mongolian) are the latest additions to the lineups. The brands are also celebrating the "Year of China" with Olympic entertaining tips and recipes from chef Katie Chin.
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For the very daring chip connoisseur, Kettle Foods (www.kettlefoods.com) has unveiled the winner of this year's "People's Choice" limited-edition flavor: Death Valley Chipotle. Many of Kettle's chips are baked, not fried; made from real sliced potatoes; and all-natural. The company has also rolled out a new 100-calorie snacking size for people who want to curb their snacking.
PeaceWorks Holdings (www.peaceworks.com) is introducing a new line of its best-selling brand, KIND Fruit & Nut Bars: KIND Plus. The "plus" is targeted supplements like antioxidants, omega-3, calcium, fiber, and protein, which have been added to the bars. The line's six flavors include KIND Plus Calcium (Cranberry & Almond), KIND Plus Protein (Almond, Walnut, & Macadamia), KIND Plus B-Complex (Passionfruit & Macadamia), KIND Plus Fiber (Strawberry Nut Delight), KIND Plus Antioxidants (Mango Macadamia), and KIND Plus Omega-3 (Almond & Cashew).
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Alacer Corp. (www.emergenc.com), makers of the Emergen-C brand dietary supplement, is entering the beverage category with Emergen-C Health & Energy Water, a product formulated with 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C, plus seven mineral complexes and B vitamins. The company made the drink with purified water and all natural flavors and sweeteners. Flavors include Raspberry, Lemon-Lime, Tangerine, and Dragon Fruit.
The innovation hive is buzzing at Burt's Bees (www.burtsbees.com), a company known for its high-quality, all-natural skin care products. In addition to speaking out about the need for a natural standard in the personal care segment, Burt's Bees is busy developing new products. Just a few of the company's latest items include Milk & Butter Moisturizing Bath Wash, 30 SPF Sunscreen, Muscle Mend, and the Naturally Ageless line for mature skin.
CleanWell (www.cleanwelltoday.com) is taking a new approach to clean hands, with all-natural, fragrant foaming hand wash, and hand-sanitizing products. The alcohol-free products are triclosan-free and proven to kill 99.99 percent of harmful germs, according to the company. The secret ingredient is Ingenium, a patented blend of essential plant oils.
Nonfood trends
Few people look forward to cleaning, but Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day (www.mrsmeyers.com) makes the task a little more bearable -- and certainly healthier. The company's earth-friendly cleaning products are now available in a sweet new fragrance, basil. According to Mrs. Meyer's, "top notes of basil, apricot leaves, parsley, and eucalyptus" make the new scent cool and crisp. The company has also rolled out a Rhubarb Spring Cleaning Kit, complete with window spray, liquid dish soap, all-purpose cleaner, and countertop spray.
Soy Basics (www.soybasics.com) was displaying its fragrant Soy Inspirations candles, which are made from natural soy wax. The line rolled out in 2007, but it's still gaining traction among supermarkets, natural food retailers, drug stores, and mass merchandisers like Target Corp.


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DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601443
Incidence of Nasogastric and Gastrostomy Tube at Discharge Is Reduced after Implementing an Oral Feeding Protocol in Premature (< 30 weeks) Infants
Publication History
05 August 2016
03 March 2017
Publication Date:
04 April 2017 (online)
Objective Reduce the number of infants requiring home tube feeds by initiating an oral feeding protocol (OFP).
Study Design All infants < 30 weeks' gestation were eligible. The OFP involved four steps: encourage non-nutritive suck before 30 weeks, oral motor exercises starting as early as 30 weeks, swallowing exercises as early as 31 weeks, and an infant-driven oral feeding pathway as early as 32 weeks.
Results The study included 129 infants before the protocol (January 2010 to December 2011) and 141 infants after the protocol (March 2013 to May 2015). Between the study periods, a multidisciplinary committee took 8 months to create the OFP, followed by a 3-month orientation of the protocol to the nursing and medical staff. The incidence of home tube feeds for 23 to 29 weeks was 26% before and 15% after the protocol (p = 0.03). Oral feeds were started sooner (p < 0.001), and full oral feedings were achieved earlier after the protocol was initiated (p < 0.001).
Conclusion After introducing an OFP, oral feedings were started earlier, full oral feedings were achieved sooner, and the incidence of home tube feeds at discharge was reduced.
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Bond was set at $10,000 for an 81-year-old man accused of having sex with an underage child.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said Justice Court Judge James Jefferson set the bond for Marshall Smith during his initial appearance Friday in justice court. Smith's was one of two initial appearances handled Friday by Jefferson.
Pace said Smith, who gave an address on Hoxie Road, was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Thursday and is charged with one count of sexual battery of a child under the age of 16.
He said the arrest was the result of an investigation that began earlier this week. Smith was arrested Thursday after deputies executed a search warrant on his home. Pace said the victim was not a relative of Smith's but released no other information, citing the ongoing investigation.
Smith remained in the Warren County Jail Friday. Pace said the lead investigator in the case is Sgt. Stacy Rollinson along with investigators Todd Dykes and Zach Primeaux.
In the other case, Jefferson set the bond for Salvatore Quaglieri, 56, of Warminster, Pa., at $10,000. Quaglieri, a registered sex offender in Pennsylvania, is charged with failure to register as a sex offender in Mississippi.
Sheriff's deputies acting on a tip arrested Quaglieri about 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the 3700 block of Washington Street.
Pace said Quaglieri was initially arrested in 1992 in the state of New York for sex with a child under the age of 11 and arrested in 2006 in Pennsylvania on two counts of rape of a child. He is listed in Pennsylvania as a sexually violent predator. He remained in the county jail Friday.


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April 30, 1923 – November 15, 2021
Samuel Tijerina, 98, joined our Lord in His heavenly kingdom on Monday, November 15, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cayetano Tijerina and Isaura Ramos Tijerina; uncles, Samuel and Alfonso Ramos; daughter Sandra Tijerina; sisters, Estela (Manuel +) Martinez, Isaura (Rodolfo +) Lozano, Petra (Jose+) Arredondo, Ofelia Hilda Tijerina; and brothers, Alvaro (Socorro M. +) Tijerina, and Cayetano (Dora +) Tijerina, Jr.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years of marriage, Estela Cardenas Tijerina; daughters, Ofelia (Alfonso +) Cervantes, Alicia (John) Fernandez, Estela (George) Martinez, Elsa (Eduardo) Perales; sons, Samuel (Yolanda) Tijerina, Jr., Daniel (Beth W.) Tijerina, Rodolfo (Alicia) Tijerina, Roberto (Carmen L.) Tijerina, David (Nydia) Tijerina, and Álvaro (Brenda) Tijerina. He is also survived by nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Samuel Tijerina graduated in 1942 from Martin High School, and received a diploma from Southern Business College in 1947 for Business Administration majoring in accounting.
During World War II he was drafted June 7, 1943 and sent to the infantry replacement training center at Camp Roberts, CA. There, he was trained as a squad leader and he was a sharp shooter. He took an aviation cadet exam, passed it, and then was sent to Buckley Field in Denver, CO. There, all infantry men were told that there was a surplus of pilots and that they could go back to the infantry or be a gunner. He was sent to Scott Field, IL. where he was trained as a Radio Operator and Direction Finder Operator for lost aircraft. He was sent overseas and assigned to the 147th Army Airways Communications System at Saipan, Tinian and Guam. When Japan surrendered, he was interviewed and told he had enough points for an honorable discharge or if he would stay for at least 4 years they would give him the position of Communications Officer. He chose the honorable discharge and was discharged at Fort Bliss, TX on December 8, 1945 with the rank of Sergeant. He received the American Campaign Ribbon, Southwest Asia Pacific Ribbon, Good Conduct Ribbon, and Bronze Star for the Aerial Offensive against Japan.
He worked for the U.S. Government Civil Service for 39 years. He worked for the Railway Post Office at the Houston, TX and San Antonio, TX offices. He also worked at Laredo AFB, TX. When the base closed, he transferred to the U.S. Customs in Laredo, TX and retired January 2, 1983. He received 9 certificates for suggestions being approved, 2 certificates for Supervisor Management, 1 certificate for Outstanding Superior Performance.
His hobbies were playing Sunday morning softball with the Pearl Brewers, coaching little league with the American Little League, being a HAM Radio Operator, station N5NHR, and playing maquinitas.
The family will be receiving condolences on Monday, November 22, 2021 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Joe Jackson North Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services, 1410 Jacaman Rd.; where a Vigil for the Deceased and Rosary will commence at 7 p.m.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday morning, November 23, 2021 departing at 8:30 a.m. from Joe Jackson North Funeral Chapels to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m.
Rite of Committal and Interment will follow at the family plot of the Laredo City Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Jake C. Tijerina, D.C., Roberto Tijerina, Jr., Daniel Tijerina, Jr., Rodolfo Tijerina, Jr., Joey Martinez, Eduardo Perales, Jr., Miguel Alejandro Tijerina, Alvaro Tijerina, Jr., Samuel Tijerina III, Jason Tijerina, Anthony Tijerina, David Cantu, Andrew Martinez, and David Tijerina, Jr.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Samuel Tijerina, Jr., Roberto Tijerina, Daniel Tijerina, Rodolfo Tijerina, David Tijerina, Álvaro Tijerina, and Francisco Israel Tijerina +.
The family would like to extend their most heartfelt gratitude to: Dr. Arturo Garza-Gongora, Alpha Home Health, VA Clinic, Patty Tijerina, and his caregivers, Raquel, Miriam, Amparo and Mari.
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Amidst the chaos and beauty of motherhood, an unexpected journey unfolded. It all started with a simple request while I was at my lowest, an invitation to mothers everywhere to share a moment of reflection. I asked them to capture a selfie with closed eyes and a single word describing their innermost feelings. Little did I know that this simple act would ignite a powerful connection and lay the foundation for my (RE)Emergence series.
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The winners of a global competition to build AI algorithms tracking student performance have been announced by Riiid Labs, the Silicon Valley-based arm of Korean AI-education company Riiid.
The winners of a global competition to build AI algorithms tracking student performance have been announced by Riiid Labs, the Silicon Valley-based arm of Korean AI-education company Riiid.
The Riiid AIEd Challenge was started last year on the Kaggle platform – an 'online community of data scientists and machine learning practitioners' – to find algorithms for 'Knowledge Tracing', the modelling of student knowledge over time, and predict future student performance.
"We now have a benchmark that we can try to use in figuring out what we do next year"
Data used by more than 3,000 teams came from Riiid's 'EdNet', a collection of more than 130 million interactions between more than 780,000 students, a resource that the company describes as "the world's largest hierarchical education dataset".
Supported by corporate partners including Ad Astra, Global ATP, Dxtera Institute, Edmentum, Kaplan, Reboot Representation, SocialTech.ai and The Learning Agency, and backed by $100,000 of prize money, the contest attracted 3,395 teams from 90 countries.
Academics Paul Kim, chief technology officer and assistant dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, and educational data mining expert Neil Heffernan also supported the competition.
The winners are outlined below (full name, affiliation, country, team or solo):
The top three prize-winning teams presented their models virtually at a conference held by the Association for the Advancement of Artifical Intelligence in February, at a session hosted and organised by researchers at Riiid entitled 'Imagining Post-COVID Education with AI'.
Riiid said that the competition was very successful in raising awareness of education outcomes among top AI researchers.
A survey of entrants revealed that "while more than 50% of respondents stated they had a very little knowledge of possible applications of AIEd before the challenge, 81% believed that the competition made each participant interested in the field of AIEd".
Riiid made its impact on the education sector in 2017 when it launched Santa, its first AI tutor solution based on deep learning algorithms. Santa is used by students preparing for the English language competency exam TOIEC.
At a briefing session before the winners' presentation, Jim Larimore, chief officer for Equity in Learning at Riiid and challenge chair, explained some more of the thinking behind the competition and the long-term aim.
"What we wanted to do was to tap the global talent pool, much of which is locked up in big companies like Google and IBM, and we wanted to draw them into the field of education… We wanted to accelerate the pace of attention to education.
"So, we now have a benchmark that we can try to use in figuring out what we do next year, because this was our inaugural challenge and we'll have additional challenges as we go forward."
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One of our age's major achievements in healthcare. Medical research has advanced rapidly, extending life expectancy around the world. However, as people live longer, healthcare systems face increased demand, rising expenses, and a staff that is straining to meet the needs of the patient.
Population aging, changing patients' needs, a change in life choices, and the never-ending loop of innovation are just a few of the relentless forces driving demand. The consequences of an aging population stand out among these. Healthcare is one of our generation's main achievements. Medical research has progressed at a breakneck pace, extending life expectancy all around the world.
What is Quantum Computing?
When you use the classic computing method, your machine doubles in size every time the number of data doubles. Processing the vast amounts of data necessary in many areas, such as healthcare, manufacturing, big data, and financial services, is difficult and time-consuming as a result.
Quantum computing doubles the computer's potentiality with each additional cubit rather than increasing the program's size. Without growing the footprint, computers can process progressively massive amounts of data in near real-time. Quantum computing is already being used in a variety of businesses with vast volumes of data to swiftly solve previously intractable tasks.
Quantum computing's advantages are already being observed in healthcare, particularly in personalized medicine, where researchers and healthcare providers are working to forecast health risks and find the best therapy for groups of people who share certain features. Personalized medicine, in comparison to conventional medicine, is patient-centered care that analyses a patient's genetic profile to identify health risks and provide therapies that are tailored to their specific needs.
Specialists in the burgeoning sector are increasingly depending on quantum computers' unique capacity to tackle complicated data managerial challenges with high speed in order to effectively process enormous amounts of health data from millions of disparate data points. This is in favor of customized medicine's development and its favorable impact on healthcare systems.
Creating Quantum Computing Policy
Researchers discussed their efforts to develop policies that address critical concerns about emerging technologies, highlighting the distinctions between capacity-building basic open basic and applied competitive study with direct state defense and commercial ramifications.
Foster discussed impending legislation that will expand the National Quantum Initiative by assisting in the creation of a larger pool of workers with the highly specialized skills required. The money will be used to boost military training as well as quantum-related college programs. The goal is to strengthen the Department of Defense's quantum staff, which will aid in the attempt to harness quantum's power and speed to solve the most difficult problems.
Three Steps to Long Term Thinking
Dr. Paul Lopata, Ph.D., Principal Head for Quantum Science, shared his thoughts on what businesses should be doing now to set themselves up for future quantum success. He emphasized that high-performance computing is made up of supercomputers, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and GPUs, rather than a single technique.
According to Lopata, businesses should think about the long game with quantum computing and begin thinking about the future now. In quantum computing, he revealed his 3 phases to long-term thinking:
1. Adhere to the values of your company
2. Develop your own specialty
3. Collaborate with organizations that share your values.
Improving Well-Being with AI and Quantum Computing
Quantum computing can be one of several game-changing technologies that help us improve our ability to assure healthy lives and encourage well-being for people of all ages, as well as help us build a more long-term sustainable society. Quantum computing combined with artificial intelligence allows us to address some of today's most pressing concerns while also creating re-creatable and scalable technology foundations and procedures as we strive toward global healthcare for all.
More and Connected Data
The applications that have an impact on care delivery, such as how existing tasks are completed and how they are disturbed by changing healthcare requirements or the processes necessary to fulfill them. From day-to-day operational improvement in clinical organizations to population-health management and the realm of healthcare technology, applications that support and develop healthcare delivery. It's a broad term that encompasses natural language processing (NLP), image processing, and machine learning-based predictive analytics.
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While there are many issues about what is actually in AI in healthcare nowadays, this paper examined 23 applications currently in use and presents case studies for 14 of them. These examples show how AI can impact a wide range of domains, from applications that help patients control their own treatment to online symptom detectors and e-triage AI systems, virtual assistants that can perform duties in hospitals, and bionic pancreas to assist diabetic patients.


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"Creating interior spaces to bring positive change in people's lives "
OMD has multitude of interior projects to its credit including, but not limited to: offices, retail outlets, galleries, airport lounges, beauty and spas, restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and private residences.
We believe interior design draws on aspects of environmental psychology, architecture, and product design in addition to traditional decoration. We analyze each project keeping in view intrinsic programmatic requirements. Our designs are tailored to meet the requirement of each project. We recognize intangible elements and become a medium to translate it into the final design. The design reflects a particular identity peculiar to space, locale and ownership
OMD looks at interiors as a creative practice that analyzes programmatic information, establishes a conceptual direction, refines the design direction, and produces graphic communication and construction documents.


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There is often a distinct gap of knowledge between a company and their clients. The people who work for the company quickly become experts in their fields because they experience the same problems or situations on a regular basis. Many clients may only encounter these problems or situations once in a while, if not only once. For good examples of this phenomenon, just think of any service you would hire someone to perform for you. People who aren't plumbers don't usually have detailed knowledge of the inner workings of their entire bathroom. People who aren't hair stylists don't typically know the names of all the different hairstyles. The same goes for almost every industry.
A glossary is a great way to address this issue. Sharing industry-specific information, especially jargon, with your customer base is wonderful for your business in many ways. First of all, you're demonstrating the experience and expertise of your company and workers. Anyone can make a list of industry buzzwords, but it takes a true professional to maintain the balance between being easy to understand and talking down to your audience.
Secondly, you're establishing your company as a professional resource. Readers who want to know more about your industry are more likely to understand what you're saying if you provide definitions for all your terms. They'll also be more likely to return to your website next time they have any related questions and they might even encourage their friends and family to check your website out too.
Thirdly, you're fortifying your website and SEO efforts. Adding a glossary means adding a lot of keywords that are relevant to your industry. The search engine spiders that crawl your website will pick up on this new content and your ranking is likely to increase. Also, every time you use any of these buzzwords on your website, you can now add a link to your glossary so that readers don't have to do any extra searching. A website with many interconnected pages is also ranked higher by the search engine spiders, so this is really an SEO double whammy.
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Lucy Hewes
Lucy Hewes has been playing the piano since the age of 5, discovering her vocal ability along the way. Graduating with first-class honours in Classical Piano Performance from the London College of Music, she has always been keen to keep her career exciting and diverse.
Lucy's previous experience ranges from teaching singing and piano to appearing in the feature film of 'Joseph' and performing on stage at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Philharmonic Choir. She also plays keyboards in various West End and UK touring productions such as Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia and Priscilla the Musical. Lucy is thrilled to bring all of her talents and experience to the role of Rock Choir leader.
Over ten years I have worked for Rock Choir, I have had a great experience being a part of this amazing team.
It is my job (and honour!) to provide my choir members with the best experience possible, and I am only able to do this with the support I get from everybody at Rock Choir HQ.
It has been fantastic to see this special company go from strength to strength, and being a part of it is a great privilege.
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Mazepin claims he was not pushing in Bahrain
Haas' Nikita Mazepin has revealed he was not pushing at 100% during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
The Russian driver forms half of a brand new line-up for Haas this season, partnering ex-Formula 2 rival and reigning champion Mick Schumacher.
Haas do not have particularly high expectations for 2021, indeed they know they may well be slowest, so the season most likely will be about getting Mazepin and Schumacher settled into Formula 1 as they push to take advantage of any potential opportunities.
But in testing, Mazepin set a very respectable 1:31.531 on the C3 rubber as his fastest time in Bahrain, half a second up on Schumacher's best effort using the same compound and a tenth faster than Nicholas Latifi in the Williams who used the softer C4 tyres for his best attempt.
However, Mazepin revealed he was not pushing at 100% during pre-season testing.
"I read some comments that I would attack a lot, looking for time," he told Russian broadcaster Match TV, quoted by FormulaPassion.it.
"It's an interesting opinion, but I don't agree even though some experts seem to know more. When there is so little time to try the car, you try to attack less than you could.
"An accident would waste a lot of time and then a critical situation would be created. In the tests, we were able to hear and see how our car behaves compared to the others. We are in a difficult position."
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With Haas not expected to make much improvement on their P9 finish in the 2020 Constructors' World Championship, Mazepin said his aim is just to avoid mistakes and "integrate" well into the Formula 1 paddock.
"At the beginning of the season I think I will be fighting with my team-mate. Then I want to finish as high as I can," he explained.
"But my goal for my debut season is to integrate into Formula 1 in the best possible way. The main thing is not to make many mistakes, to learn gradually and make progress."
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A huge demolition project is under way in Plymouth city centre as experts remove a five-storey office block to make way for a new hotel and student flats.
A specialist team from London-based Hill Demolition is about to start work at the imposing Mayflower House, in Mayflower Street, where the building will be torn down floor by floor in a three month operation.
The firm has worked on major demolition projects during the past 50 years, including many projects in the capital, removing Stoke on Trent's tallest building and the dismantling of Hercules and Nimrod aeroplanes for the Ministry of Defence.
It also removed pre-fab post-war emergency housing in Plymouth in the 1960s and has now returned to the city to take down Mayflower House.
A planning application for a block containing 332 student bedrooms. 2,381sq m of offices and a 120-bed hotel has been submitted to Plymouth City Council.
But while that is being determined Hill Demolition has moved in and surrounded the vast block with scaffolding and fencing.
The firm is now simply awaiting approval of some aspects of is proposal for fencing but expects to start demolition soon.
Terry Hill, owner of Hill Demolition, explained how a crane will place a lifting machine on the roof which will in turn take each floor apart.
"The lifting machine will break up the top floor and then come down floor by floor, down to the ground floor," he said. "It's not really difficult. We have been at it (demolition) a long time."
The family firm, with Mr Hill's grandson Tony Hill in charge of the Plymouth project, has worked nationwide and Mr Hill said: "We did work in Plymouth before, on the war-time pre-fabs, hundreds of them."
Meanwhile, plans for a replacement building have been submitted by Holder Mathias Architects - which has offices in London, Cardiff and the southern German city of Munich – for developer and investor Guildhouse UK Ltd.
Those companies were behind a previous plan for the site, granted permission in 2016 but which expired in 2018, for an 18-storey tower, sitting next door to the 23-floor Beckley Point skyscraper, the South West's largest building.
It would have contained 2,381sq m of offices, a 793sq m retail unit and 490 student rooms. But the new plan scraps the shop and about a third of the student bedrooms in favour of a hotel.
If it gains approval it will join a raft of potential new hotels in the city. Already there are plans for hotels in at least 11 other parts of Plymouth.
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Plymouth's student flat market is thought to be reaching saturation point as student numbers continue to fall. In recent years there has been a slew of student accommodation schemes, with three large blocks completed in 2018 and more on the way, including 500 at the redeveloped Derry's former department store in the heart of the city centre.
But the decline in student numbers has led to job losses at the University of Plymouth.
As student flats fall out of favour with developers, hotels have replaced them. In 2018 there were already 11 sites with permission for hotel development in the city. And since then others have been suggested as possible sites for hotels.
It means Plymouth could be set to gain at least 1,000 hotel beds in addition to the 2,000 it already has. But experts stress Plymouth is short of hotel rooms and needs more.


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I'm by no means an economics expert. So don't expect me to give you a critical analysis of the current jobs market or the growth of any industry.
I'm just an avid reader, like many of you. I can look at the news and the stories and generally make accurate assumptions about our country and the direction in which we are headed.
Job creation is something that seems to be this mystical entity, a litmus test for how well our country is doing, as well as an indicator of the effectiveness of our leadership. Clearly, if there are more jobs- from diverse sectors of industry- then more people are working and earning a living, which in turn helps other businesses that thrive on Americans spending their cash.
A myriad of factors can contribute to how well our job market is doing. But often it falls to the President of the United States, as so many things usually do. If there are fewer jobs and unemployment is on the rise, he is blamed. Even though our free market is a sprawling organism, with many tentacles spread out across the country and world, the few things the POTUS can do to help are magnified.
It's partly true. The President can push for policies that can have wide-reaching ramifications on our economy. He can spearhead a reduction in taxes, which helps business owners as well as employees. If you have more money, then surely you'll spend more. The President can work to craft favorable trade deals, which might bring more opportunities into our country. He can also manage social programs well, in order to help people out of work make ends meet while searching for new employment.
There are many factors that determine whether or not jobs are thriving in this country, but our media will often determine a President's success on the basis of this all important issue.
That being said, let's look at President Obama's impact on the jobs market. Many claim that Obama helped the economy. It's easy to make that conclusion; in 2008 we were in a tailspin thanks to the collapse of the housing market and predatory tactics among banks trading toxic assets. Things were looking very bad for a while.
While I maintain the economy righted itself, it happened after Obama was elected. But did his policies make the difference?
In 2009 Obama passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Its goal was to help kick start our economy after the recession. Most of you probably know little about this law, because it didn't affect you in the slightest. While it was supposed to help our nation recover, it didn't do so by helping private businesses grow through lowered taxes or federal aid. Instead, it dumped $831 billion into the hands of government agencies.
Instead of using this money to create jobs and help our economy, those agencies wasted it. In less than four years they would face a budget crisis that shut down the government. Shouldn't $831 billion be enough to run the government for a few years? Apparently not.
Obama's plan for helping job creation was extending welfare benefits and crafting a healthcare plan that only served to raise taxes and frustrate American workers. The Affordable Healthcare Act punishes people who can't afford health insurance with a penalty, punishes health insurance companies by forcing them to provide insurance for people who haven't paid into it, and makes it difficult for small businesses to thrive. All of this contributes to a shrinking jobs market. With losses due to rising taxes and healthcare expenses, companies need to make cuts. That comes in the form of staff.
But maybe you don't believe me. Here some more facts for ya:
The federal debt has doubled from $9.99 trillion at the end of FY 2008 (September 30, 2008) to $19.95 trillion at the end of FY 2016 (September 30, 2016)...
President Obama has overseen the worst economic growth of any President since Herbert Hoover. He's the only President since Hoover who has not had a single year that saw an annual growth of GDP...
While the number of employed increased by 9.8 million and the number of unemployed decreased by 3.8 million, the number of Americans not in the labor force increased by 13.5 million while the civilian non-institutional population increased by 19.8 million. (via Breitbart)
The mantra that the left keeps repeating about Obama lowering unemployment is a distortion of the facts. Population increased while the labor force decreased. More people dropped out of the job market simply because they gave up, not because they found better jobs. Obama and liberals are skewing the numbers to make themselves look good.
So what's the solution? Clearly, liberal policies do not create jobs. They're experts at creating big government that spends taxpayer dollars. But when it comes to setting policy that encourages growth in the private sector, they are out of their league. That's not to mention suspicious trade deals like Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which clearly benefited other nations. I mean, it's like the left was bribed into supporting this toxic, secretive agreement.
Since Donald Trump won the White House, we hear about company after company that is either creating new jobs or moving factories back into America. Since the 90's we've seen the opposite happen. So many jobs have been shipped overseas, it's become a common joke. To my generation, the idea of American workers making the bulk of our products is a fantasy. Yet perhaps in the coming future that will change.
You may not think it has anything to do with Trump's win, but coincidences don't happen this frequently.
CNN Money made no bones about crediting the incredible post-election surge in the stock market to a "Trump rally," as Wall Street hit the rare "superfecta": all four major indexes closing at record highs on the same day...
Instead of focusing on fears that Trump could start a trade war, investors are hoping the president-elect will unleash the U.S. economy by cutting taxes, rolling back regulation and ramping up infrastructure spending.
"The basis for the rally is optimism about reversing Obama-nomics — raising taxes and increasing regulation," said Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group. (via Breitbart)
It all starts with the Stock Market. When investors feel good about the future, they invest in companies. Those companies have a strong injection of capital to take risks, expand their businesses, and yes, hire more staff.
Then there are those companies bringing jobs back to America.
The president-elect of the United States has secured a deal to keep 1,000 Carrier Corporation jobs in America two months before he takes office.
"President-elect Donald Trump and Carrier have reached a deal that will keep nearly 1,000 factory jobs in Indiana, the company said on Tuesday," Indianapolis Fox 59 local news station reported. (via Breitbart)
The highly publicized slashing of jobs by Carrier happened just as Donald Trump announced his platform on bringing back jobs to America. It certainly helped reinforce his plan to protect American workers and end the outsourcing of our manufacturing. With his win, it's no surprise that the first company to announce the saving of jobs would be them.
Ford is canceling plans to build a new plant in Mexico. It will invest $700 million in Michigan instead, creating 700 new U.S. jobs.
Ford (F) CEO Mark Fields said the investment is a "vote of confidence" in the pro-business environment being created by Donald Trump. However, he stressed Ford did not do any sort of special deal with the president-elect.
"We didn't cut a deal with Trump. We did it for our business," Fields told CNN's Poppy Harlow in an exclusive interview Tuesday. (via CNN)
Ford was a particular target for Trump. Even in his announcement speech, he criticized the company for their plans to open a plant in Mexico. Trump made it clear that companies that moved jobs into Mexico, depriving Americans of work, would be punished with a tariff. Trump won the election, and now Ford is making a reversal.
There have been other stories about bright opportunities in America. Like Tesla's plan to build a plant in Buffalo for the manufacturing of solar cells. Fiat Chrysler announced plans to expand their plants, creating at least 2000 new jobs. Just today retail juggernaut Amazon announced plans to create 100,000 new, full-time, full-benefit jobs across the U.S. over the next 18 months.
Was it all because of Trump? You might not think so, you skeptical person, you. But a Presidential Election has a ripple effect across the entire world. Companies watch very closely the plans a candidate makes, should they win the election. They know, or expect with certain confidence, what the climate will be like under a President's leadership. With Trump's intentions of putting American workers first- with plans to lower taxes and renegotiate trade deals- we are looking at a very healthy climate for jobs in this country.
But the left will continue to attack the man because he's a Republican. That's okay. A rising tide lifts all ships. If Trump is successful in every area he promised- from reforming healthcare to fixing inner city education- then even his detractors will benefit from his leadership, regardless of their bickering.
In the end, that's all that matters.


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About our Nursery
Acorns Nursery opened on the lower site of Hamsey Green Primary School in September 2020, providing expert care, socialisation and early education, with whole day or morning and afternoon sessions available. The nursery caters for two-year olds as well as those who are three or four years of age. Full wrap around care, breakfast and an after-school club can be provided at an additional cost should this be required. Lunchtime sessions can be booked at an additional cost with lunch provided by the parent/carer.
We accept a range of funding options including FEET (15 free hours for 2 year olds), Universal Funding (15 free hours for 3 & 4 year olds) and Extended Funding (30 free hours for 3 & 4 year olds). All additional hours over and above the 15 and 30 hour 9am-3pm term time only provision are chargeable, but parents could be eligible for Tax Free Childcare and Employee Childcare Vouchers.
Open term time only, Monday to Friday, the nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and provides stimulating educational activities as well as social development opportunities. The Early Years teaching team at Hamsey Green Primary School work closely with the nursery to provide a seamless transition into primary education enabling all children to flourish and succeed.
Our wonderful facilities include a Forest School on site, where children can explore creative outdoor activities, develop problem-solving skills and increase their independence and confidence.
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Expanded service for P&O Ferrymasters' UK-Poland shuttle
The rail freight service jointly operated between P&O Ferrymasters and Polish logistics provider Erontrans which links the United Kingdom and Poznan is being increased to five journeys per week, it has been announced.
Both companies say that the expansion, which started last week, is evidence that rail transport between Rotterdam and Poland is on the increase. The GVT Group of Logistics started with a shuttle at Rzepin in Poland at the start of September. The P&O Ferrymasters service will start from the CLIP terminal Swarzedz-Poznan, and travel to Europoort, part of the vast Port of Rotterdam. From there, the cargo will be transported by P&O sea ferry to the UK and vice versa.
The service, implemented by LTE, comprises a maximum of 36 Huckepack trailers, each of which has a capacity of 28 tonnes. The journey between Rotterdam and Poznan takes around 20 hours. Mark Timmermans, Trailer Manager for P&O Ferrymasters, said: "We already ran on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from Europoort, and Wednesdays have now been added to this. This enables us to offer a product that, compared to road transport, is particularly competitive both in terms of time as well as rates. And we are already seeing growth in demand. We have seen a sharp rise in interest from customers since the service launched in June and we have taken the decision effectively to increase capacity by 25 per cent."