text:
I work with companies in
the UK, France, Switzerland and around the world.
Cookies may be used to
give you a better website
experience and to track
website performance - NO
personal details will be
taken or stored.
Member of
Admin Answers supports
"Linda O'Neil at Admin Answers delivers consummate professional assistance to our company. Optimum Costs Consultants relies on Linda for all our typing requirements and she has been invaluable in assisting with particular forms and/or documents which are utilised in our business.
All work is done via the Internet so that no unnecessary time is wasted in delivering the work by post or by car. In the event that we need to discuss any aspect of upcoming work, she is always available at the end of the telephone and always gives concise and sensible advice.
Her service levels and the work that she produces are of the highest standard and help us to provide a timely service to our clients."
David Syddall, Optimum Costs Consultants Ltd
"I have been involved with the CIPR NW committee for over five years, and Linda has been the group's administrator all of that time. She is organised, detail-orientated and, to be honest, keeps us all in line! As well as administrating our meetings, Linda liaises with CIPR nationally to book in promotion and marketing flyers, manages our regional pages on the website, and is generally always on hand to make suggestions of better ways of doing things. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Linda to anyone."
Erin Portsmouth, former Chair, Chartered Institute of Public Relations North West Group
"Linda has provided outstanding support for CIPR NORTH WEST Committee for longer than I can remember (over 10 years). She is far more than administrative support. Her well developed governance, political, process and structural knowledge is called upon most weeks and is part of a service we simply could not buy. She is virtual support but a very real part of the team."
Hayley James, Chair, Chartered Institute of Public Relations North West Group
"I began working with Linda in 2005. To begin with, she assisted me with all my travel arrangements. Over the years, she greatly developed her skills set, running client coaching programmes autonomously and working with great results on various marketing projects. Her tasks included using and updating web-based applications, creating reports, planning. She loves to learn new things, is a great team player, very systematic with a great attention to detail. Linda being so engaged and reliable, it made my life a lot easier. Last, not least: she has a great sense of humour!"
Véronique Beltz, People Edge Coaching & Consulting Sàrl
"Linda has stepped up to many challenges that I have given her and been a patient and reliable source of information and expertise, always willing to go the extra mile to help."
Dena Swift, Goldmark Events Ltd
"My first recommendation; for someone we work with, trust and who always delivers - quickly."
Roger Hoyle, Ashley Hoyle Ltd
"Linda is well organised, delivers reliably and consistently what she promises and delivers the results we need. I'm a happy customer!"
Bob Bradley, MD2MD
"Linda made the role of Administrator of Network North West look easy with her efficiency and commitment. As Chair, it is a major plus to have someone that can always be relied on to get the job done. Linda handled all Network business very efficiently. Also Linda was committed to promoting the Network cause and she was pro-active in guiding and steering the committee. Working with you was an enormous pleasure and I would highly recommend you to everyone who is considering your services."
Sue Weighell, Chair Network North West
"Linda is an extremely conscientious administrator who adds great value to our committee. She is very efficient and thoughtful. I cannot recommend her highly enough."
Rufus Gardiner, Chairman Association for Project Management North West Branch


text:
Kira K. Designs Gossamer Lace Shawl PDF
Whisper-light fabric and lace details combine in the gracefully elegant Gossamer Lace Shawl from Kira K Designs. The center panel framed by curving lace wings was inspired by Faroese shawls and creates a shape that sits neatly on the shoulders. The stitch patterns are both written and charted, making this a deceptively simple project.
This pattern is available as a PDF download.
Finished Measurements: 44½" wide from center to tip along neck edge; 19¼" deep at center
Yarn Requirements: 580 yards lace weight yarn such as SweetGeorgia Merino Silk Lace (50% Fine Merino Wool/ 50% Silk; 100g/765yds)
Needles: US 5 (3.75mm) 29" or longer circular needles
Gauge: 14 sts and 36 rows = 4" in Punchwork pattern

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Damage to the floor, the need for a quick repair and the desire for a change were the main reasons for choosing PVC Tiles in this case. Fortelock tiles are not only resistant to falling objects from racks or other holders but also absorb the impacts of falling things. This of course contributes to the comfort of visitors and shop staff. Additionally, the customer wanted to have his shop more cozy compared to the space before, which has been also achieved.
|Carried out for
|Budišov, Česká republika
|52 m2
|Material used
|Fortelock ECO Grey
|Year of installation


text: Posted On Technology | 25 August Aug Buyer Beware? Credit Creeps Into Crypto Polonius' advice to Laertes in "Hamlet" might well have been a rallying cry for the early bitcoin adopters who sought an alternative to fractional reserve banking.On a blockchain, an asset can be in your wallet, or it can be in my wallet. It cannot be in both at the same time. You can still lend it to me, but if you do, it's like letting me borrow your lawnmower – you can't mow your own lawn until I return it. Unlike banks as we know them, lenders of bitcoin cannot create money out of thin air, Jamie Dimon's comments notwithstanding.Quite apart from providing an alternative to central bank money creation, however, cryptocurrencies and blockchains imply liberation from more prosaic forms of credit.For example, the peer-to-peer architecture of cryptocurrency means transactions are continuously settled on a gross, or one-to-one, basis, rather than waiting to net out a batch of debits and credits across the books of a central intermediary.Meanwhile, blockchain securities platforms such as tZERO seek to collapse Wall Street's Rube Goldberg assembly line of trade, clearing and settlement into something closer to "one and done."And in an emerging type of crypto transaction called atomic cross-chain swaps, it is impossible for only one side of a trade to go through. It gets done, or it doesn't.All of these innovations should, in theory, reduce the need for credit to bridge the gap between trade and settlement, and lead us to a world without baffling distinctions on our bank statements like "current balance" versus "available balance."And yet, credit, in various forms, is creeping into the blockchain economy. View 455 Share


text:
I feel like I have to reintroduce myself since it's been a long time since I've done this, but something came over me and I wanted to start sharing what I've been up to the past year. I've definitely put my watercolor painting on the back burner and have been focusing on my growing family, but I've continued to express my creativity throughout my house and its been super fun!
I'm going to start by sharing the work I've done to create the perfect space for my little man! I'm expecting him any day now... so hopefully he comes soon to enjoy the nest I made for him. In the meantime, soak up all the decor and hopefully get inspired!
Wall Color: I chose a cool light gray color to help the crib and other white accessories pop in the room. It took a while to find the right color because initially I was dead set on painting the entire room NAVY! I tried at least six different blue hues and finally came to the decision that this room didn't get enough natural light during the day to be able to withstand the dark navy colors. That's when I decided gray would be my next best choice. I feel like a total dummy, but I forgot to save the exact color that I chose to paint the room... SORRY! If anyone asks I will go out of my way to find out :) But for now I'm waaay to pregnant and swollen to move my butt!
Rug: This rug from Rugs Direct was my inspo for all the colors in his room. I wanted to select a rug that he wouldn't outgrow. I became obsessed with the geometric design along with the navy and mustard colors. This was one of my biggest purchases by far but with the help of a designer friend's discount I was able to get a really good deal. I also found subscribing to websites emails can get you a pretty good discount too so don't buy full price!
Crib: Other than the rug, this was the first purchase I made for the room. I fell in love with this Lolly 3-in-1 covertibe crib in white and natural from Babyletto, which easily converts into a toddler bed when your child is ready for it. All their cribs are in a decent price range so check them out!
Bedding: I knew I wanted crib sheets and a crib skirt with an indigo wash so I started searching on Etsy and I came across Indigo Rose Shop. I love the style of her fabrics and personally requested her to do a custom crib skirt. She was incredible about making sure the fade was exactly what I was looking for and sent it within a week! I also ordered one of her crib sheets and I couldn't be happier with the combo.
Painting: After attempting to paint an original piece of art turned out to be an epic fail, I ended up going with this little running monkey! It 100% made me laugh, and I thought it was the cutest little addition to add some sweetness to his room. The Animal Print Shop has TONS of different animals to choose from so definitely check them out.
Pillows: I mixed all the crib pillows from varies shops including Anthropologie and Danielle Oakley Shop. This took me a while to find the right combination, but I mixed some neutrals with the mud cloth fabrics to get more of a boho look.
Light Fixture: I fell in love with the exposed Edison bulbs and knew it was a must to incorporate this light fixture into the nursery. I found this piece thanks to one of my good friends who had an eye out for some fun pieces! One tip if you're decorating a room is to share all your ideas with friends because they were my best resource for finding fun pieces. This antique gold bulb chandelier is from World Market, and I must say they kill it when it comes to funky, unique lights, both floor lamps and pendant lighting.
Armoire/ Changing Table: This piece got me SO excited when I found it at a local vintage furniture shop. Twigs and Twine in Phoenix, focuses on restoring mid century modern pieces of furniture, and also creates beautiful one of a kind pieces. I was going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to custom make a piece of furniture for his room or to buy this one. I'm happy I decided to buy this chest of drawers because it is super long and has enough room for a changing table and nicknacks. Definitely check them out if you are looking for a unique statement piece for any room in your house.
Wall Art: It was love at first sight when a friend sent me a picture of this hand dipped tapestry from Whisker Row. I don't think I need to say anything else besides to check this Etsy shop out because they have beautiful wall hangings in almost every color you can imagine!
Other miscellaneous pieces:
Nightstand: World Market
Llama Planter: West Elm
Changing Basket: Plum and Sparrow
Rocking Chair: Amazon
Shelves: Wayfair
Play Gym: Nin and June (Etsy Shop) Animal Toys Land of Nod
Stuffed Animals: Bla Bla Kids Shop (These are Clementine's favorite, all organic and hand made)


text:
In recent years, Singapore's visual arts scene has seen a transformation not just in terms of the quality and range of exhibitions, but also in the globally mobile, younger collectors joining the ranks of more established ones. The island's strategic location allows art collectors to travel with ease and gives them access to museums, galleries, art fairs, artists and world-class art storage. Some of them tell ST Life how living here has shaped their taste in art.
Read full article here: http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/colour-my-world


text:
Google Earth Engine time series subset tool
in Python / Research / Science / Software on Gee, Python, Research, Science, Software
Google Earth Engine (GEE) has provided a way to massively scale a lot of remote sensing analysis. However, more than often time series analysis are carried out on a site by site basis and scaling to a continental or global level is not required. Furthermore, some applications are hard to implement on GEE or prototyping does not benefit from direct spatial scaling. In short, working on a handful of reference pixels locally is often still faster than Google servers. I hereby sidestep the handling of large amounts of data (although sometimes helpful) to get to single location time series subsets with a GEE hack.
I wrote a simple python script / library called gee_subset.py which allows you to extract time series for a particular location or it's neighbourhood. This tool is similar to my MODIS subset or daymetr tools, which all facilitate the extraction of time series of remote sensing or climatological data respectively.
git clone https://github.com/khufkens/gee_subset
My python script expands this functionality to all available GEE products, which include high resolution Landsat and Sentinel data, includes climatological data among others Daymet, but also representative concentration pathway (RCP) CMIP5 model runs.
Compared to the ORNL DAAC MODIS subset tool performance is blazing fast (thank you Google). An example query, calling the python script from R, downloaded two years (~100 data points) of Landsat 8 Tier 1 data for two bands (red, NIR) in ~8 seconds flat. Querying a larger footprint (1x1 km) only creates a small overhead (13 sec. query). The resulting figure for the point location with the derived NDVI values is shown below. The demo script to recreate this figure is included in the example folder of the github repository.
[caption id="attachment_1614" align="aligncenter" width="880"] NDVI values from Landsat 8 Tier 1 scenes. black lines depicts a loess fit to the data, with the gray envelope representing the standard error.[/caption]


text:
Student Info
GCSE Results Day: Thursday 23rd August 2018
The GCSE results for this year will be available for collection on Thursday 23rd August 2018. The Academy has made the following arrangements for their collection.
The Academy will be open from 9am until 11am on this day. On arriving, you must register with staff in the foyer and you will be required to complete a destination card. You will be given a leaflet that contains advice of any immediate help that is available, if you do not have a clear destination in mind. This card must be handed in to staff prior to receiving your results. The Careers Adviser and Academy staff will be on hand to discuss any problems or advise on alternative destinations.
If you wish for your results to be posted, please supply a stamped addressed envelope. Results may only be picked up by you. A parent or representative must have written authority from you which needs to be shown to collect the results on your behalf. Any results not collected or posted on the day, will be kept in the Academy for you to collect at a later date. Please phone the Academy to make alternative arrangements.


text:
Thailand-based home listing startup ZmyHome has raised a US$400,000 seed round from KK Fund.
It will use the newly-raised funding to improve its portal and acquire new users from all over Thailand.
ZmyHome, a graduate of the dtac Accelerate programme, allows homeowners to sell directly to buyers. In fact, the portal only allows property developers or homeowners to list, and it does not charge commission or listing fees.
The platform, however, offers a set of tools that sellers can pay for to boost their listing. For example, it has a tool that it claims can identify buyers who want to purchase homes within three months in the sellers' neighbourhood. And since ZmyHome will only charge per ad impression, sellers would not have to pay if no buyers view their property.
Other marketing and advertising tools on the platform allow sellers to study the prices of previous houses sold on the platform. Sellers are also updated via Facebook Messenger when there are there are potential or successful transactions in their neighbourhood.
Property developers such as LPN, Riche Place, CPLand, Real Asset, have sold units on ZmyHome.
Also Read: 5 apps to find real estate in Singapore
"We sold almost a hundred units to ZmyHome buyers with over 10 per cent conversion, the highest rate when compared to all sources" said Suwattana Tang, Director of LPN Development PCL.
"We invested in ZmyHome because they are an improving real estate platform standard in Thailand…ZmyHome is dedicated to making sure their platform is clean; it does not have duplicate, outdated or faked listings – this is of paramount importance for buyers to study supply and prices," Koichi Saito, founder and general partner of KK Fund.
ZmyHome's next goal is to develop a price suggestion system and an advertising tool to ensure all sellers are able to sell their property within three months.
Image Credit: ZmyHome


text:
Lake Norman & Mooresville
Annual quilt show returns to Mooresville Oct. 10-11
Basketball reigns as the sport of choice at Talbert Recreation Center, but no balls will be bouncing against the hardwoods Oct. 10-11. Instead, 200 quilts will fill the gym.
The space is ideal for "Handmade in America," the annual show of the Mooresville Centerpiece Quilters Guild. Judged quilts, special displays, demonstrations, a boutique, raffle quilt and vendors will replace competing teams.
With such varied categories, this exhibit appeals to quilters and nonquilters.
"We concentrate on the idea that quilts are fabric art, not just utilitarian items," historian Amy Barnhardt said.
A special attraction Oct. 11 will be the appearance of Jane Hall of Raleigh, one of two certified quilt appraisers in North Carolina. During scheduled appointments, she will offer short verbal appraisals and complete written appraisals for a fee.
"For those who have beloved antique or wonderful contemporary quilts and wish to know their value, this is a unique opportunity," Barnhardt said.
Judges Brenda Arrowood and Lorraine Covington will select best of show and runners-up. They'll also choose their two personal favorites.
Barnhardt said these choices may not be the best in every category of construction and quilting, but something about each quilt appeals to the judges.
"They're always quite different," she added.
Like everyone else, quilters have unfinished projects, so the guild provided an opportunity for members to complete languishing wall hangings and quilts. These are displayed as UFOs – "unfinished objects."
Another section will appeal to anyone who likes a good whodunit: The Mystery Quilt Challenge features a traditional carpenter's wheel. Quilters received monthly instructions for creating blocks, but were kept in the dark about the overall design. Completed quilts reveal the interpretation of the same pattern with different kinds of fabric and color combinations.
Additional samples of the guild's work will be shown in the Quilting Boutique. Quilted table linens, an assortment of large and small bags, kids' activity travel bags, pin cushions and other items will be for sale.
One area of the boutique known as the Pop Art Crazy Patch will be filled with wall hangings made from donated upholstery and fabric samples.
A popular attraction will be the raffle drawing for the star variation quilt, a traditional pattern. Tulip vines and leaves are appliquéd around a border that frames blue, green and yellow blocks. Tickets will sell for $1.
Additional raffle tickets will be sold for baskets of quilting supplies.
The guild is a nonprofit organization. Proceeds from the show help support programs and endow its charitable groups.
The guild has donated hundreds of Cuddle Buddy bags to the Mooresville Police and Iredell County Sheriff's departments. Officers give these to children in stressful situations.
Each bag contains a stuffed animal wrapped in a quilt.
"This gives a child something to hold onto and a good feeling about the police," Barnhardt said.
During the past eight to 10 years, members have made Linus quilts. Kids from a local school draw nursery rhyme illustrations on muslin blocks. Quilters assemble them and students donate the finished quilts to Linus Quilts, a national project for children in need.
The Busy Bees sew baby quilts for the Special Needs Nursery at Lake Norman Regional Hospital. They have made dresses for kids in Haiti and quilts for preemies and bereaved parents.
In addition to the charitable displays, two quilting demonstrations will occur. One is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 10 and another at 10 a.m. Oct. 11.
Barbara Howard, show chairman, will discuss "Aprons, Table Linens and Quilts: A History of a Woman's Life" at 10 a.m. Oct. 10.
For the majority of people in early times, domestic items were plain.
"Women wore white aprons, table cloths were white. There were no fancy table linens. You didn't get a lot of color except for the quilts on the bed," Howard said.


text:
It's A Bad Day To Be Human. After a U.S. government satellite lands in the town of Piedmont, Utah, two teenagers find it and take it back to the town. They open it and release a deadly microorganism, which is later codenamed Andromeda by the United States Army. A team is sent from the Army's bio-defense department to retrieve the satellite, only to die from the disease after stumbling upon a town full of dead bodies.
The video footage recorded by the retrieval team and their strange deaths capture the attention of General George Mancheck, the head of the bio-defense department, who activates "Wildfire," a team of five scientists who are called upon when high-level bioterror threats occur in the United States. The team, headed by its creator Dr. Jeremy Stone, manage to collect the satellite from Piedmont, where they also rescue a hysterical 60-year old man and a colicky baby who have survived the Andromeda outbreak.
In an isolated underground laboratory, the Wildfire team begins their examination of the Andromeda strain and the two survivors. The laboratory runs on a small water-cooled nuclear reactor, and in the event of a contamination breach, the lab is set to automatically initiate a 15-minute self-destruct sequence.
The scientists recover a sample of Andromeda on the satellite. They initially discover that the microorganism is contained within a delivery system of black buckyballs, a technology more advanced than anything known at present.
The team also theorizes that Andromeda must have an extraterrestrial origin, as it has no DNA or amino acids. Subsequent tests on Andromeda show that only dark conditions or exposure to infrared light slows the growth of the microorganism. Andromeda is an airborne microorganism that kills its host by entering the bloodstream through the lungs and almost instantly coagulates all the blood in the body, causing death within 10 seconds via a blood clot in the brain.
Those who manage to survive the blood clot become extremely violent and suicidal. It is revealed that the two survivors from Piedmont had not been affected by Andromeda because of their acidotic blood.


text:
By Geoff Shepard, review by Saint John Hunt
I haven't read that many books on Watergate. The subject matter cuts a little to close for comfort. The few I have read basically say the same things. My take on Watergate is completely different than anyone else's because I was there. My father is E. Howard Hunt, one of the star players of Watergate and I experienced the damage it caused to the nation and my family.
Watergate has found a comfortable niche in American History as proof that our system of law and order, of lawyers and judges, of prosecutors and defendants works. It's come to be one of the greatest example of the American system of justice; unbiased, fair, open and honest. The defeat of Richard Nixon in the court of law, as well as public opinion, along with the conviction of the men who allowed their patriotism to be hijacked and twisted, is one of the great dramas in judicial history. The righteous were victorious against the powerful and corrupt. It's David and Goliath.
The Watergate trials and the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon showed the American people that our leaders should not be given blind faith trust, and this revelation caused a crack in the confidence we the people once had in our elected leaders. The Watergate was like a fairytale. A story of good and evil with a happy simple ending. Or was it?
Geoff Shepard's highly readable and well researched book "The Real Watergate Scandal" isn't like any other Watergate related book I've ever read. The title refers not to the scandal of what Nixon and company may or may not have done, or what was known or ordered by whom and on what date, it's referring to the criminal actions by the Watergate prosecutors and Judges to railroad the defendants, and illegally control the direction and outcome of the trial. The fact that the special prosecutors met in secret sessions, behind closed doors with three Federal Judges is one of many instances of judicial misconduct. If these back room deals would have been exposed at the time, the entire case would have been thrown out and the guilty lawyers and judges would have at least been stripped or suspended from practicing law.
The Real Watergate Scandal is how the American public, thirsty for revenge, clamoring for impeachment, demanding honesty and truth, were duped into believing that what was occurring was a fair trail and an honest, unbiased investigation. Far from the truth. The Constitution and The Bill of Rights were hijacked by a corrupt cabal of self serving witch hunters who abused and perverted the powers that we the people entrusted them with.
Shepard writes, "John Sirica is a disgrace to the federal judiciary," Shepard said. "What he did ? and it's documented in the book ? at least a dozen instances of secret meetings between that judge and Watergate prosecutors and other interesting people. You don't have to be a lawyer to understand the judge isn't supposed to get together with one side before the trial and work stuff out. And Sirica did it all the time."
Also from the book, "The special prosecutor was secretly assuring court and congressional officials that Nixon had personally approved to pay another blackmail," he said. "They were wrong. They couldn't prove that. Turns out to be the opposite. But we didn't know (those of us on President Nixon's defense team) they were making this secret accusation. If Nixon had known that's what they were saying about him he never would have resigned. Nixon wasn't a quitter and he knew he hadn't done that. But we didn't even know about the accusation."
In other words, they cheated, they lied, they broke the law. It's the pot calling the kettle black.
"If what I disclosed in this book?if this stuff would have been known at the time, Nixon would have never have resigned," Shepard said.
For me it could have meant that my father may not have gone to jail, or at least not as long (almost 4 years) and that my mother may not have been killed in that mysterious Watergate plane crash. It may have meant that my family would not have been utterly destroyed and shamed, that our family could have remained together. For the country it would have denied its citizens of that happy ending where truth, justice and the American way overcome the evils of political corruption. Now we know. How ironic.


text: Lost in deep thoughts, suddenly a warm touch caressed my hairs and finally rested on my shoulder… It's been far too long, stop thinking about what happened And look forward what is yet to happpen. The words struck with me ever since. – Pia Majumdar This is for you momma, my constant inspiration, my buddy


text:
Mastergodai: Hiya guys looks like Class is in session with a hottie teacher to boot I really like how this page turned out Enjoy folks and remember Shop at Target !! viewers of the Livestream will get that joke ^_^ I'm Leaving Nooooowwwwwwwww! 😛
Crimson: Well, what have we here… Trevor has come back into the limelight… and it seems that he has something planned for Chrissy. And what's this? Raven and Trevor talking to each other? Who could have seen this dynamic duo in action? Very interesting indeed, isn't it? Though, there may be trouble in paradise on their horizon, who's to say? And where is Chrissy running off to, now? Next week, furs… we will know more. And ten days before All Hallow's Eve…. 😀


text:
We use cookies to analyse site usage, provide social media features and personalise content and ads.
View our cookie policy.
Despite the rugged and durable nature of the GoPro Hero 4 Silver, when you consider the type of activities you may be taking your GoPro on, it may be a good idea to look into accessories that can offer different forms of high quality protection to you camera. Whether you're taking advantage of the on-board QuikCapture technology or your performing some loop recording, making sure that your GoPro isn't going to suffer any accidents will enable you to get on with the business of shooting and recording. With that in mind, we have a range of accessories that have been designed to not only work with your GoPro Hero 4 Silver but also protect it. Whether it's a lens housing cap that keeps your lens protected when you're not using your GoPro, or it's nylon cases that make transporting your GoPro Hero 4 Silver easy, you're bound to find what you're after here. From bags to waterproof accessory kits, our selection of protective cases and more will have what you need.
Please wait...


text:
I think everything Connecticut photographer Stacie Turner does is creative and unique, but these Fairy Tale photos just take the cake. They are full of whimsy, mystery and are even a little bit creepy... every thing kids LOVE! If we lived closer, I'd be signing my boys up for a session for sure!
I can't think of a better set of images to be sharing on Halloween! Too fun!
From Stacie:
" These fantasy sessions are a special delight and charm children like no other portraits. I work with my clients ahead of time to design a session around their child's favorite fairy tale or bit of folklore, whether it's Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood or a woodsman with his bow and arrow and we shoot for that one perfect image to hang large on the wall."
About Stacie: based in West Hartford, Connecticut / website/ contact /facebook
Scroll down for more comments from Cat.
Cat's take:
This is such an incredibly unique package to offer your clients! I love the idea, especially for older kids who could really get into it! And the pictures are beautiful as well. Thank you for sharing, Stacie Turner!


text:
Sussex Fashion Charity – @FashionSussex
UK's current clothing & textiles manufacturing position – £21 billion net – £37 billion gross and £1.5 billion worth of clothing and accessories manufactured in the UK /2010 Figures. Essential to our economy and essential to all of us everyday. The Fashion Trust – Sussex Fashion Awards – is a charity and it's simply disappointing to find @FashionSussex twitter feed hacked. Many homegrown fashion professionals are donating their time to help other young people across Sussex achieve higher status. You may not like fashion but there's millions of people that do. We'd appreciate the service restored. www.twitter.com/FashionSussex
Sussex Indies Day 2012
The 2012 national Campaign featuring UK's independent retailers has just been launched by Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail.
Independents' Day encourages the public to buy at least buy one thing from their local, independent shop on 4th July 2012.
Never has there been a better time to celebrate than in the very busy Queens Diamond Jubilee Year – Torch Relay around Great Britain – the UK Olympic and Paralympic Games – to give custom to our local independent stores.
Over the next four months, retailers will be encouraged to download the campaign posters from http://www.retailindieday.com, celebrate the day in their stores and join forces with other retailers and town centre teams to hold special events to capture the public's imagination.
More Information is available Twitter @Retail_IndieDay – facebook.com/independentsday or on the news section of www.retailindieday.com
The Sussex Fashion Trust 'Made By' Product Marketing Campaign
The Made By Campaign – Made By Britain – Made By Sussex – Made By Brighton & Hove. With an anticipated change in tourist profile across Sussex during the Olympic buildup starting with The Torch Relay landing in Britain 18 May 2012, and continuing over the summer months, businesses were being urged during Autumn 2011, and continually, to consider their domestic marketing strategies and buy British manufactured products to retail, wherever possible, for tourists visiting the UK and regionally across Sussex, to take home with them souvenirs and mementos made from the region.
Summer 2011, Julius Arthur Quinn, a post-graduate designer from Brighton University, nominated in the MP's 'Made By Britain' Hove & Portslade entry, designed a portfolio of Olympic inspired designs for fashions for the UK, Sussex and Brighton & Hove on behalf of The Sussex Fashion Trust. Designs were versatile and translated into graphics which could be used for various business 2012 promotional projects highlighting the diversity of designs and of course, promoting the various regional products on offer. Read more > 'Made By' project
Saving Our Famous British High Streets
The heavyweight retail experts are starting to pile in with their sector's overview of what can be done to regenerate business across UK high streets including Justin King, boss of Sainsburys, reported to be highlighting the need for schooling to be integrated into high streets, along with Harold Tillman, boss of Jaeger & Aquascutum, Chair of British Fashion Council and London Fashion Week, whose talking a relaxation of visas for Chinese visitors to the UK, highlighting the enormous growth by this sector and the value of their three times spend compared to other overseas tourists. With a bumper year of mega events – The Torch Relay across the UK, The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations and London 2012 – the debate appears to be starting on how sectors view development of the famous British High Street.
Previous news >
New Sports Award 2012 Celebrating Fashion and Team GB
Adidas is also the Games' official clothing licensee, and will be selling Olympic-themed and branded clothes through its own stores and third-party retailers, such as Tesco and Asda. Stella McCartney, the designer was appointed creative director of Team GB. She is providing the team with garments such as their signature tracksuits and has also designed more fashionable "capsule" ranges that will be available on the high street. Next, also a Games official licensee will provide Team GB with their formalwear, such as the suits for the opening ceremony.
Adidas will dress the 70,000 Olympic volunteers, called Games Makers, provide the outfits for the pre-games torch relay and create clothing for the athletes to wear in the Olympic Village as well as kitting 25 of the 26 Olympic sports taking part athletes.
In this the year of the Olympics & Paralympics, celebrating the biggest event taking place in British history this millenium – The Sussex Fashion Awards 2012 – have introduced a new sports award seeking to recognise active sportswear which makes a difference through a combination of good design and fabric technology provided by designers, manufacturing, retailers, or Etailers … Read more > The Sussex Fashion Awards 2012
Latest Posts
Official Uniforms The London Games 2012
February 11th, 2012
Sussex Sports Fashion Award 2012
February 11th, 2012
The Olympic Team GB Kit
February 11th, 2012
Follow us Twitter www.twitter.com/FashionSussex
Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/FashionSussex
Back to Home Page www.fashionsussex.co.uk
Retailers Environmental Impact
Retailers have found that reducing waste, energy and water provides their businesses with increasing recognition and makes good business sense according to a new report out from BRC The British Retail Consortium. The BRC-led project, A Better Retailing Climate was launched in 2008 committing businesses who represented the majority of the UK retail market to sector-wide environmental ambitions. Despite the current economic austerity and price volatility, retailers seem to manage continuing to build resilience reducing environmental impact.
Waste: Exceeded target. Retailers committed to reduce waste sent to landfill to below 15 per cent by 2013. Signatories beat that target two years early, sending just 14 per cent of waste to landfill in 2011 (down from 45 per cent in 2005).
Transport: Exceeded target. Retailers committed to reduce delivery emissions by 15 per cent by 2013 (compared with 2005 levels). In fact they achieved a 23 per cent reduction by 2011.
Buildings: On target. Retailers committed to cut energy-related emissions from buildings by 25 per cent by 2013 (compared with 2005 levels and allowing for growth). By 2011, these emissions were down by 20 per cent.
Refrigeration: On target. Retailers committed to halve emissions from refrigeration by 2013 (relative to floor space to allow for business growth). By 2011, these had already been reduced by 37 per cent.
BRC's report read more > A Better Retailing Climate
Made By Britain Campaign
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Design and Innovation with the APPG for Manufacturing, at parliament, put together a project for all MP's to discover creative and manufacturing talent in their constituency during 2011. Across Sussex, various businesses have been nominated and Hove & Portslade is represented by the Fashion Sussex submission.
Julius Arthur Quinn, ex graduate of Brighton University Fashion & textiles course produced a number of 2012 Olympic inspired prints celebrating International Olympics, The Paralympics and regionally, The Torch Relay which were submitted as Hove and Portslade's entry and manufactured and produced lifestyle product ranges.
" I'm delighted that The Fashion Trust in Sussex, can support this campaign for promoting British fashion manufacturing, particularly with the Olympics less than a year away and so many global businesses and consumers observing the UK" … stated Mike Weatherley MP and Sussex Fashion Trustee, July 2011.


text:
Need to sell your bad food, and wasteful products? Use Television. Problem solved.
Several years ago, my husband and I choose to not have cable TV. We own a television, but shows comes from internet video streaming services, and good old fashion discs. However, we recently started watching a new TV show online, but from a free service, that contains commercials, and I was amazed by the advertisements. Perhaps I had forgotten how bad they are, or just about them in general. These ads were for crappy food, drugs, and even toxic cleaning supplies. One crazy commerical was using Clorox "Scrub Singles." Honestly, what is wrong with just using a clean sponge, or damp cloth that you can reuse. Clorox "Dust Wipes?" Why can't we just use something more environmentally safe, and effective.
Now, when it comes to the food commercials, I figuratively have to leave the room because I cannot believe that people choose to eat these items. Advertising works though, and people feel that they are a simpler, and more effective way to eat even if these products are not, actually. I wonder if some of these products can even be called food as I think they are more chemical stabilizers than anything else. And yet these ads make them appear good for us, or that they'll make us feel good if we eat them. There was one ad that I caught, and I cannot even remember what it was for, but it said "Natural..." A word that they sure highlighted very frequently in the ad, but I don't remember anything being natural about the product other than the labeling/copy looking green, and having that word.
A recent study done showed that "80% of the food products advertised to children fall into what it calls the poorest nutritional category set by US Department of health and Human Services guidelines." The food industry adopts voluntary standards. But since they are self-regulating, those standards in question are still subpar, and are not even universal. However, there has been next to no improvement in the nutritional status of these food items. I understand that apples, or nut butter, for example are not cool enough to have their own cartoon figure, but we as parents, doctors, and friends need to be encouraging young kids to eat whole foods rather than packaged, and processed chemicals disguised as food.
Parents can be challenged to get their kids to eat good foods. I have a lot of picky young patients who think chicken nuggets, pizza, and frozen meals are all acceptable for food. Their idea of a vegetable is ketchup, or snaps pea crisps. We learn, and model, our eating habits after what we are taught, and what we see. If we don't give our children good examples, and help to modify what is, and isn't, considered healthy on the commercials then we are doomed to continue to have overweight, diabetic children who are on more and more drugs by the time they reach adulthood. Make your dollars at the supermarket count, and buy whole foods rather than packaged/processed food.
As an aside, it helps to buy local, and organic fresh foods when you can. Just look for what is on sale. Not necessarily in direct comparison to conventionally grown fruits and veggies, but compared to the normal organic food prices in your area. Maybe even try going a week, or two, just watching paid streaming video (Netflix, Amazon, but not Hulu as it has ads even if you pay), instead to give yourself that "shock" of seeing how bad Television's commercials really are when you go back to regular TV.
Source: ConsumerAffairs.com


text:
Good morning...ready for more frost flowers? This time, in the form of a cowl. It is kind of deluxe, kind of fancy for me, but I'm so loving this about it. There is an heirloom quality to this piece. Imogen's heirlooms.
Oh and here is a little secret about frost flowers the stitch pattern: it's not as difficult as it looks. There are 24 rows to the repeat, but they are not 24 different rows. No, no. The pattern has two 4-row repeats, so really, you just need to familiarize yourself with 8 rows. And, if you can k2tog, ssk, and yo—you can make frost flowers.
Imogen cowl is made in Tern/Oyster. Pattern is available on Madder and Ravelry.


text:
Tuesday, 25 September, and 19 pm Minsk time on the site of Liberty accomplished online conference with the writer, creator of the book "Freedom Names" Vladimir Orlov.
Graduated from the historical faculty of the Municipal Institute, participated in samizdat almanac "Milavitsa" and "Blue Lantern". First book was published in 1986. Creator of more than 20 books of prose, poetry, essays, and historical essays. Awarded the Medal Skarina (1991), winner of the Literary Prize Frantisek Bogushevich Belarusian PEH-center. Since 1988, member of the Board "Martyralegu Belarus." After the formation of the Belarusian Popular Front, October 30, 1988, together with Zenon Pozniak
Continue reading Vladimir Orlov


text:
Denim dating
If it's tagged "557" followed by "XX" then it's older than 1971 e.g. The Type III jacket evolved from the 557 series to the 70505, 71205, 70518 and so on, as different fits and lengths being introduced over time.If yes, and your label reads "557" then you own an early version of the 557XX.Up ahead, see how six R29 staffers take to task in making these trusted go-tos work with their personal styles, while dishing on their own relationships with the beloved twill. , a brand with such rich history and so many myths and legends attached to its name.
The original use for the jeans was for miners during the Gold Rush–opportunists at the very bottom of the working class, venturing to California with very limited means, fighting the wilderness, each other, and deadly diseases eager to get a piece of the pie.It's the existence of that grey area that allows collectors to transcend the academics.Although an official guide would be convenient at times, it would also shatter some of the mystery attached to the Levi's brand, as well as deprive us of the privilege of sharing the knowledge we've found.A century of truckers and blousons, however, has made for a multitude of models that many devote their lives to cataloging. provided by Levi's) for dating vintage Levi's jackets.Much of their original archives were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and subsequent fire.


text:
Chapter Four
I gasped and reached for my side, searching for a weapon, anything.
The old woman held out a gnarled hand, fingers splayed. She stamped her feathered staff once, and the beads jangled together. A spasm ricocheted up my legs and into my shoulders as an invisible force pinned me to the crumbling ruin. I leaned against it, trying to twitch even my hand, but I couldn't move.
A wet chuckle drifted across the ruin. My eyes stopped darting from side to side, and I could feel the tears building up beneath them. Her wrinkled face leaned over me. Gnarled, weathered skin stretched tightly around her eyes and mouth. She wore a simple, brown dress, flowing in the slight breeze that wafted through my hair.
Her dark eyes widened, lifting the headband made of feathers melded together in a ringlet on her forehead. Gray hair stuck out from her eyebrows and ears, along with the patches of scorched hair on her scalp.
"Who . . . are . . . you?" she asked, struggling to spit out the words, as if they were strange to her tongue.
My mouth wouldn't move. I strained against whatever held me down, but my jaw wouldn't budge.
The old woman flicked her staff, and my arms shot into the air. She scrambled forward and tugged down on my sleeves, inspecting both forearms. Her fingers traced the scar where the clasp had once been, and her eyes darted to my face.
"So . . . it is you." She closed her eyes and shook her head, tilting it to one side. She spit and then spoke again, the words flowing more freely from her mouth. "The Runner of Golden Light bestows his presence on me? Me?"
She flicked the staff again, and my jaw felt like it had been released from the invisible clamps holding it shut.
"Who are you?" I asked.
The old woman glanced away and then jerked her gaze back toward me. "My name?"
"Yes, your name, what you want with me. All of those things. If you're looking for my power, I don't have it anymore, so don't ask."
The woman smirked. "Powerless now, eh?"
I nodded. "Yes. So if you're going to kill me, do it quick."
The smirk deepened. "Why would I want to kill you when I need your help?" She hopped forward on bare feet and gripped my chin, pointing the staff at my temple. "Redimi needs your help. And since I am Redimi, I need your help."
"Help with what?" I mumbled around her smelly fingers.
"I made a mistake once." Her head lifted. She released my chin and stared off at the stars on the horizon. "I trespassed where I did not belong. And for that, the Dry Death imprisoned me here, in the middle of the desert, never visited, never seen." Her eyes focused on me again. "Until you arrived. The Runner of Golden Light. Here."
"If you've been trapped here, then how do you know about me?"
Redimi's eyes widened. "Everyone has heard about you. The birds whisper about it. The horses think deeply about it. The people talk in hushed tones hoping no one hears their conversations. And the Runner of Golden Light screams it." She ran the tip of her staff down my forearm. She stepped back, her feet curling around the rubble on the rooftop. "Even powerless, the Runner of Golden Light is more powerful than even he knows." She turned away and flicked her staff.
The weight pinning me to the ruins lifted. I leapt to my feet and backed away. Cereus and I needed to get away from this place as soon as possible. I didn't know if this crazy, old woman was dangerous or not, but I wasn't in the mood to be frozen in place when a pack of Gratta's Runners showed up. I scrambled for the hole in the roof and stuck my boot into the first foothold.
"You're leaving?" Redimi called.
"Yes." I stared at the desert below. "Are you going to stop me?"
The old woman sighed. "No. I will not." She paused, and I hesitated. And then she spoke again, and a shiver ran across my shoulders. "You seek knowledge, do you not?"
I swallowed and glanced over my shoulder. "And if I do, how can you tell me anything about it?"
"Like I said, I hear things only the wind whispers about." Her cracked voice rose a pitch. "Even things about the Unclasped."
I whipped around. "What did you say?"
The old woman leaned on her staff, chin resting on a tangle of beads and feathers. "The Unclasped One. You know what I speak of."
I leapt onto the roof and hurried over to her. "What do you know? Please! You have to tell me!"
A thin smile trickled across her lips. "And now you need Redimi's help. How cute."
I grabbed her shoulder. Fast as a lightning bug, she whirled the staff through the air and whacked my hand away. She spread her fingers wide and shoved her palm at my chest. I flew back, landing with a grunt on the roof a horse length away from her.
"Never. Touch. Redimi." The woman dropped her hand to her side.
My back popped as I stood up and wiped dust from my tunic. "Sorry. I didn't mean to. I just . . . please . . . if you know something about the Unclasped, you have to tell me. I'm desperate."
"Desperate drips from you like a wet rag. Anyone could smell it for a league away." Redimi hobbled over to a large piece of sandstone and sat on it, tracing the end of her staff in the dust. "For my knowledge, you must give me your help."
"Fine. What do you want?"
"What do I want?" Redimi glanced at me over a smirk. "What do you want?"
"I thought it dripped off my like a wet rag."
Redimi snarled. "Don't get coy with me. I can easily whisk you off my rooftop before you could blink. Then we'll see how far you run before they catch you."
I sighed. "I just want to know about this Unclasped person. If someone else is unclasped, I need to know how they did it. Because my friends are all trapped in the worst job. I don't know how to help them."
Redimi pointed a gnarled finger at me. "One kills you, the rest die along with you. You die, they all die. You run forever, they run forever, wasting away until they give up and vanish into the purple lights. Quite the dilemma." She paused. "So why don't you just run away?"
"Run away?"
The old woman stood and spread her arms wide. "The horizon is open to you. You could run into the five islands, disappear forever, or even travel beyond."
"There is nothing beyond the five islands of Abra."
Redimi clucked her tongue and sniffed. "Shows what you know of the world. You think the impassible mist is really that impassible? You think nothing lies beyond these borders? Kingdoms and worlds rage on out there while we waste away our lives inside this cocoon of mist. Shielded from them. Them shielded from us. And all the while, the world continues spinning. Lives living lives. The running. Always running. From one tragedy to the next. Until we simply can't run anymore."
"I don't have any way of getting off these islands. Gratta's runners are already guarding the only passway back to Castos, and unless you know of another passway, I'm probably not leaving Uthen." I kicked a rock over the edge and heard it thunk into the sand below.
"Then it seems you truly are out of options." Redimi cleared her throat. "And I am prepared to help you. But you must help me."
"I promise. I will."
The old woman smiled at me. "Oh, you will. Give me your forearm."
I glanced at her sideways, hesitated, and then stuck my arm out. She tapped the end of her staff against it, and a thin green light trickled from the feathers and wrapped around my wrist, tying themselves into a neat bow.
Redimi's voice whispered into my ear, "Seek out the Barren Prison. Once there, search for the Crowned One. He alone knows where the Unclasped resides."
"And what am I supposed to do for you?"
All mirth left the old woman's face. "You must free me from these bonds. Bring me the Heart of the Meticulous within nine days, and your debt will be paid. Refuse, and you shall pay dearly. With your life, and the life of anyone you have ever dreamed about." She licked her lips. "Your friends, your family, that girl Bella. Your parents. Juuulian." She cackled.
My eyes widened and my stomach dropped. "Nine days?"
The old woman laughed. "You didn't think I would let you leave without a binding, did you? You are bound to me, boy. Bound! And there is no way to break this binding."
"But I don't even know what the Heart of the Meticulous even is!"
Redimi backed to the edge of the roof and spread her arms wide. "Then it is time to find out!" She cackled and fell backward off the edge of the roof, immediately erupting into a swirl of sand that spun down and into the desert.
I blinked and rushed to the edge of the roof. Redimi had vanished. Nine days. Nine days to find something called the Heart of the Meticulous and bring it back to this crazy, old woman before not only I died, but anyone I had ever dreamed about.
Maybe she was bluffing. It had to be. But how had she known those names? Those people?
A twinge shot up my arm. I glanced down and saw the faint glow of a green ribbon of light swirling around my wrist before it disappeared from sight. It wasn't a bluff. I had been freed from one slavery and bound to another.
Everyone I had ever dreamed about.
My parents.
All of them would be dead if I didn't deliver the Heart of the Meticulous. I swallowed, and as I climbed back down to Cereus, kept whispering to myself, "At least I have a chance. At least I have a chance. At least I have a chance."
I rushed to Cereus's side and shook him awake.
What? What is it? Cereus's head shot up, his eyes half-open. Trouble? Runners?
I shook my head.
Cereus's gaze drifted to my wrist. What is that? What's on your wrist, Eric? What'd you do?
I swallowed and glanced at the faint green ribbon again. "I made a deal."
With a devil.
"Maybe." I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "But it means we might be able to save everyone. We have to find the Barren Prison. Do you—"
The what? Cereus leaned away and stood, shuffling to one side and stamping his hooves. Breath burst from both nostrils in plumes of white steam. You want to find what?
"The Barren Prison. Do you know where it is?"
Cereus shook his head wildly. No! No! No, I don't! No one wants to know. Because the only people who know are good as dead!
"What is it? I've never heard of it before."
It's a terrible place. Full of terrible people. One of the old horses used to think about it. None of us liked it. Always made me feel like fleas were crawling on my legs.
I stood and clenched my fists. "Well, we have to find it."
Why? Cereus asked.
"Because. If we don't, then I'll be dead in nine days."
Cereus's eyes widened. What WAS this deal you made? It sounds like a bad, bad deal.
"Maybe it was. But we have a chance. It's better than running forever."
But there aren't any more chances once you're dead. I don't want you dead.
I pointed to the distance. "Then we better find someone who knows where the Barren Prison is."
A shiver ran across the horse's back. He spun around in a quick circle, lowered his head, and then snorted. Then get on, Deal-Maker.
The sun trickled over the distant sand dunes, lighting the sky pink and purple. We had traveled throughout the night, and I could feel Cereus losing momentum. We had to stop somewhere or we would both collapse. My eyelids drooped, and I blinked them back open, trying to focus on the horizon.
A distant vulture came into view, circling overhead.
Something's dead, Cereus whispered into my mind.
I nodded. My eyes shot open, and I prodded him forward. "Let's see what it is."
We came around the side of a dune and saw the sand trickle off the edge of a rocky slope. Red rocks jutted in every direction all the way to the bottom of a horseshoe-shaped valley. Nestled into the valley was a sprawling, sandstone town. Old buildings with fresh banners and flags wavered in the breeze below. The faint sound of voices waking to another morning drifted up to us.
Should we go down? Cereus asked.
"Someone down there might know where to find the Barren Prison."
Or they might kill us for asking.
"Try to be at least a little positive," I said with a grimace.
I try to be realistic. That's what I try to do. Okay?
"Fine. Let's go."
Cereus edged his way down the side of the slope, shuffling his hooves down a thin trail that wove between the red rocks. It switched back and forth, taking us deeper and deeper into the valley. The buildings grew larger, some with spires sticking into the sky with bronze poles mounted to their tops. Some of the taller buildings held bells behind sun-shaped carvings through the sandstone. The trail led to a wide, city gate that must have been opened while we were headed down.
We marched through the open gate, and I noticed the faint caw of a vulture above us. But so far, we hadn't seen a single dead thing anywhere. Maybe there was a meat market somewhere inside the city. Almost as soon as I had thought it, the smell of cooking beef wafted through the air and met my nostrils. My chest swelled as I took in the smell.
"That smells delicious," I whispered.
Yuck. Meat. How can you eat that stuff? Give me a good patch of grass any day.
"Then I'll take the meat, and you can have the lawn," I laughed, thinking about the feeling of solid food resting in my stomach after the days and days of eating pieces of cactus rinds and scrubbing around for the thin roots of half-dried vegetables I had pulled out of my sack. Food had been hard to come by so far on Uthen, and wherever I found it, I took it. Cereus seemed like he was able to go for another thousand miles with the barest of meals, but I couldn't live like that. I had to eat. Had to.
We rounded a street, following the noise of raucous laughter and shouting. A marketplace. Had to be a marketplace. And marketplaces had food. My stomach growled thinking about sinking my teeth into a juicy piece of chicken or even a fleshy piece of apple or pear. Anything at this point would have staved off the hunger pains trailing the bottom of my gut.
The moment the bazaar tents came into view was the moment the noise died instantly. I stared ahead through canopies flapping in a sharp wind and saw nothing. No one. Empty stalls covered with sand, dust, and cobwebs.
Um, where is everyone? Cereus asked.
"I don't know. But something tells me that this isn't a place we want to stay in for long."
Cereus trotted through the streets. The wind picked up the farther we went, circling around towering sandstone buildings with open doors and empty windows. Another vulture cawed from above, but down below, we heard nothing but the wind, whipping past us. My dark hair flew back. It had grown longer over the weeks of running. I pulled out a thin piece of rope from the sack at Cereus's side and tied it back into a bun on the back of my head.
I don't wanna be here anymore, Cereus said with a slight whinny.
"Neither do I. Something about this city is wrong. Bad wrong."
And then a young boy stepped out of the open door of a towering citadel standing before us. He had his head tilted forward. His baggy pants were ripped and held up by a red sash around the waist. Long tears sliced through the beige tunic he wore.
"Hey!" I shouted.
The boy stopped moving toward us. He still didn't look up.
Cereus stalled and snorted. I slipped to the sandy street and held up both hands, slowly walking toward the boy. He had to be maybe five or six years younger than I was, swaying side to side in the wind.
I stood about two arm's lengths away when Cereus spoke up.
Something's wrong, Eric!
I took another step forward and reached out to the boy's shoulder. "Can you hear me?" I asked.
Eric! Cereus shouted.
I gripped the kid's shoulder as his head slowly rose until his eyes met mine. But where the bright, shiny eyes of a young boy should have been was the vacant, far-off stare of something else. Cobwebs trailed from his ear down to his nose. A low hiss erupted from the boy's mouth as his hand whisked up and wrapped around my wrist. I tried to yank my hand away, and as it pulled from his fingers, a trail of cobwebs stuck to my forearm.
I screamed and shook off the webs, stumbling back as low hissing echoed throughout the street corner. I glanced up and saw people hobbling through open door frames, all covered in cobwebs, and all staring vacantly at Cereus and me.
A tall man to my right held up both hands and cobwebs shot from his palms, wrapping around Cereus's legs and dropping him to the sand. And then he turned his hands toward me with a nasty grin. I covered my face as cobwebs zipped through the air straight at me.
Leave a Reply.
Love what you read then
The Last Runner (Runners of Abra 1)
The five islands of Abra have always been home to Runners -- sent on missions by their owners. When Eric is conscripted as a Runner and discovers an incredible power, he must race against an evil Queen to rescue a mysterious girl who has power of her own.
The Story:
When Eric was only thirteen, he was taken from his family and the peaceful rice fields on the island of Jedros to become a Runner. Roaming the five islands of Abra, Runners are tasked with jobs -- jobs they must see to the end. Either finish the job or die.
And then a mysterious benefactor arrives with a bag of gold and Eric's first job: find the girl spotted somewhere in the northern islands responding only to the name Bella. Simple enough. But this job is not what anyone thought. Others are searching for the girl. Others who will kill to keep Bella a secret.
But Bella has her own secret to keep. And if it gets out, the very fabric of the known world will change forever.
As Eric goes into hiding on the distant island of Uthen, he discovers a mysterious prisoner who beckons to him for help. Eric embarks on a journey to the Barren Prison, an impenetrable fortress on Uthen while eluding the hundreds of Gratta's runners who are on his tail. Because the promise had been made: release the prisoner and he may be able to free them all from the grip of the clasp.
Available - March 15th, 2019
Audience: Ages 10 to 14
Shaun Stevenson has always loved a good book. Ever since he first picked up his great-grandmother's ancient copy of THE WIZARD OF OZ, he has wanted to take readers on crazy journeys through imaginative worlds where the danger and mystery never stop. He lives in the Great Northwest with his wife, enjoying the coffee, the thrifting, and of course, the writing.
July 2018


text:
We talk a lot about CAD from the perspective of product development and the early stages of design, but what about when you have to repair a part or machine that's currently in use on the shop floor? Field repairs such as this are common, and up until recently, they could take months to complete.
Imagine this design workflow: Instead of sending a machine or part across the world for repair, you could simply scan and import the data of the broken part, quickly modify the design In NX CAD, then send the file to a 3D printer and repair the part onsite. This is not merely a mental exercise; a workflow such as this is now reality if you have the most recent version of NX at your disposal.
This is exactly what you will see in the tutorial today. My colleague @ScottFelber walks us step-by-step through the process of bringing in scanned data to repair a broken part in-field using Convergent Modeling in NX. Even if you're not performing a field repair, these steps will help you in the case you have to modify a design for which the original drawings are no longer available.
Start by opening the two separate STL files that are the result of a field scan conducted at the machine's location on-site.
First, use the NX measuring tools to calculate the distances these parts will have to move in order to be positioned correctly again.
Next, move the green part back to where it belongs adjacent to the blue part. Use the Move Object command and enter the distances we just measured to position the part correctly in the context of the blue part.
With the part properly positioned, you will notice there is some material missing that was unaccounted for during the scan. To remedy this, create a patch of a solid body to fit into that area. Sketch a simple rectangle to cover the missing area between the convergent bodies.
Extrude the sketch, taking care to ensure it is the same thickness of the existing parts. Again, use the measuring tool to find the exact thickness of the convergent bodies.
Once the thickness of the patch has been determined, use the Boolean Unite command to stitch the bodies together.
Unite the two convergent bodies first, then unite with the B-rep solid body patch we just created in the previous steps. You are left with a new, complete solid body that can be used for other applications, whether it be machining or 3D printing to create a brand new part that can be installed out in the field.
Convergent Modeling was first introduced in NX 11 and continues to be updated with new functionality.
Community Manager, Solid Edge
Become a Solid Edge Certified pro today!
where do I have a demo file to download link . thank !
|Date Posted


text:
Sunday Blog Visits
These are just a few of the creative and innovative websites I have visited this week that inform, entertain, challenge, and inspire. Some I have featured previously. Stepping out into new creative projects from their blogs, I find their new ventures to be incentives for me and I am sure others to consider the blog as a springboard, and for those new to blogging to see the different directions blogs can take. A few I have included are new to me and I encourage you to drop in for a visit and see for yourself the high quality and diverse content being produced on these blogs.
James Clear writes "What I Do When I feel Like Giving Up." A no surrender voice that will quickly get you out of any desire you have to quit any project or goal you are invested in. His information and ideas are always backed by solid research and where to find it, and his writing is personable enough that you can identify with his situation, or ponder how he knew exactly what you needed to hear.
I follow Andrew's View of the Week largely because there is not one shred of pretense or pretend to it. He also kindly encourages those bloggers he follows, which I am grateful to be one of. The quality of his post this week on his own personal General Writing Rules explains why he is celebrating his 500th follower and being asked to write a column for Today's Author. Congratulations Andrew.
It was surely a laugh out loud at myself moment when I received a response to a comment I had written to ElizaBerrie about " And They Lived Happily Ever After The End" a short story she wrote on her website Looking Back From 50. She had written this very detailed slice of life recounting of a babysitting gig she had years ago and the wisdom of a six year old. When she replied to my praise with the news it was fiction..totally made up …I hit the follow button to her website. It is filled with so many stories and her site is so well organized and easy to navigate. She can and does personify the belief that fiction is the closest to truth and reality we can get!
Curtis Bausse is busy. Get yourself on over to Journey of a Blogvelist right now before you get left behind. He has his neighbor's curiosity as he sports bloody knives, wine bottles and a determination to get the cover for his novel One Green Bottle to be truly representative of the tale within. You can read the first four chapters on his blog. It's excellent. He also is now publishing the Bausse Gazette that you can subscribe to at Journey of a Blogvelist. Delivered by email, I read a few of the stories online and was so excited by the quality of them that I printed out the entire first edition and it is excellent bedtime reading. Normal people having normal days that turn on a sentence in directions you never saw coming. Go now..and subscribe.
Spiral Sun inspires me because Kim has created a peaceful intelligent space and the quality of her writing and artwork keeps gaining strength and becoming more powerful and refined simultaneously. Her musing, her book reviews, and her sharing her day to day efforts to explore and grow into the best person she can be are so heartfelt. It's a feminine space, where Kim is asking the big how and why questions of our roles as humans on the planet and being genuine in her search for the answers. She is tracking down the good books, reading them and sharing what she finds. Her latest book review 'Zen and the Art of Making a Living' by Lawrence Boldt offers up sound and soul based advice on what does and does not work when working for money, and her Meditations on Walking post is a mere sample of her ability to write in a genuine voice with photos to tease you into believing you took that walk with her, and enjoyed every moment.
Nothing makes me happier than finding a new science based website. The Science of Illustration : All the Science That is Fit To Illustrate This site could well make science nerds out of everyone, something I believe is our best hope for saving our planet. Try out Vacancy at Emerald Ash Borer Motel . There is a man walking down the street and he sees purple boxes hanging from trees. Aside from the humorous cartoon illustration is the story behind the box, of the millions of trees destroyed by this insect, written in language to make you care and links to verifiable science to back it up. Don't like bugs? Try Fishy Art. Did you find yourself thinking about bats the last time you were buying bananas? There's a reason for that. Matt Miller explains all on his well illustrated and most excellent diverse topic science website. Thank you Matt!
Looking for some very cool visuals about writing and words to match? Drop in on Smiley Like I Mean It. Smiley Yearwood received a On Repeat Blog Tour Award and his response to it was just so much fun to watch, and his words ringing so true for anyone struggling to balance their 9-5 job life with their true creative calling.
That's it for the Wednesday edition of Sunday Blog Visits.


text:
The official podcast of CHRISTIANGEEKCENTRAL.COM!
Friday, August 14, 2009 8:14 PM
What's the political message behind "District 9" and does the movie live up to the viral hype? Also included, an interview with Christian sci-fi e-zine "Laser and Sword" and a look at the importance of the resurrection in 1st Corinthians 15!
The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2015, Spirit Blade Productions Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Freesound.org effects provided by: FreqMan


text:
Monday, September 22, 2014
Gil's Birth Story
5 comments:
- The Robbins & Co said...
LOVE this!!! I am SO proud of you and so thankful you were able to experience that natural high :)
- September 22, 2014 at 1:03 PM
- Mikaela said...
WOW. FOUR HOURS!!!! So excited for you.
It was probably that red raspberry leaf tea :)
- September 22, 2014 at 1:24 PM
Marley, I loved reading this! You are such an inspiration for women looking to have a VBAC and natural birth! I am really happy for you!
- September 22, 2014 at 6:25 PM
- Sheryl said...
I yelled some pretty crazy things too!I actually told the nurse I wanted to bite her! I however wanted an epidural and didn't get one because no one believed I was in labor with Logan. You are right about nothing comparing to pushing without an epidural! I was out of my head! I am glad everything went well for you, and I am always impressed by women who choose to do it without an epidural!
- September 22, 2014 at 8:40 PM
- Sara Morey said...
Wow! I loved your description! Not judgmental AT ALL - just what happened and that you were happy with the experience. So glad everything went well!! Enjoy those new baby snuggles!!!
- September 23, 2014 at 1:43 PM


text:
Tekla, a Trimble company, introduced Tedds 2016, a new version of its software for automating repetitive civil and structural calculations for engineers. This release includes new features and enhancements that can increase productivity and significantly reduce the time engineers spend producing calculations and associated documentation.
The new version of Tekla Tedds, a solution for automating repetitive structural calculations, has been enhanced by providing additional features requested by its users. New options bring more flexibility and choices for the analysis and design of retaining walls, foundations and steel and concrete beams to both the U.S. building codes and Eurocodes.
The comprehensive calculations make work easy and fast, enabling users to avoid human errors when working with load combinations. Document templates that can be matched to company standards including custom layouts and logos save time and improve presentation.
The new version has been developed listening to the wishes of the customers and offers powerful new features and improvements:
- This new version brings more choice and flexibility to the analysis and design of steel and concrete beams, retaining walls and foundations, to both the US building codes and Eurocodes.- The comprehensive calculations make work easy and fast and help to avoid human errors when working with load combinations.- You can quickly create document templates that match company standards including custom layouts and logos improve presentation of your reports.- There are also many other updates to the software and engineering libraries.


text:
What is your story?
Call us at +31 23 8200 250 or mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Have you seen our desks that go up every night? We've become famous for it. But life is not a desk. Strangely enough most products and services around the world we use are being created behind a desk… And let's be honest. Sometimes it works quite well, a desk. But hey, a desk is just a part of life. Not the other way around. Don't forget to play. To go outside. To breathe. And wonder.
Why shouldn't desks go up after you finish work so that you'll have a playground for inspirational initiatives such as yoga, biological cooking courses or nightclubbing? And as some would say: 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'. Why wouldn't you build your office out of trash such as old car wrecks and create a whole new story from it?'
We build brands the way we've built our office. And we look at branding, storytelling and design as a way to give meaning or even purpose to organizations and their stakeholders. We don't call it advertising. We call it magnetising.
It might sound a little crazy or highbrow but it isn't. We just believe in what we do and work for brands that try to make the world a little better. And brighter.


text:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A woman convicted of helping to dispose of her young son's body has testified she didn't do enough to protect her children from the man on trial for killing the toddler.
The Columbus Dispatch reports 28-year-old Dainesha Stevens told a jury in Columbus on Thursday that she and 27-year-old Kurt Flood hatched a plan to get rid of 14-month-old Cameron Beckford's body by stuffing it in a backpack that police found in Big Walnut Creek in December 2014.
Flood faces murder and other charges. Stevens pleaded guilty in March 2015 to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence charges. She will be sentenced after Flood's trial.
Stevens testified Flood beat Cameron with a hairbrush after he broke a coffee mug on Dec. 24, 2014, and that he died two days later.
Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Terms & Conditions
- Orders can be placed with our Sales Office the day before the delivery is required, between the hours of 9am-6pm, Monday- Friday. After this time an answering machine service is available until 10pm for next day deliveries.
- Orders can also be faxed until 10pm for next day delivery.
- All orders must be in excess of £75.00 / €100.00. Orders below this value will attract a delivery surcharge of £4.00 / €5.00.
- We can provide up to a six day delivery service, with the exception of public holidays (please ask our Sales Office or your local Sales Executive for a full list of delivery schedules for holiday periods).
- All deliveries should be checked and signed for by the customer at the time of delivery.
- All discrepancies should be noted on the drivers delivery docket at the time of delivery. No claims for damages, shortages or incorrect goods can be issued after this time.
- Non-confirming goods must be reported to our Sales Office and retained for inspection along with all packaging.
- No claims arising from temperature defect will be entertained after the delivery has been accepted.
- Credit Terms will be agreed at the time of opening your account with your Sales Executive. Settlement in accordance with our terms is necessary to ensure continuity of supplies.
- Foodco NI Ltd retains legal title to the goods until payment is received in full.
- Accounts which are paid outside the agreed terms, will attract a 2.5% monthly interest payment.
- Payment is due on or before the 15th of the month, following the month of delivery, for credit accounts.
New Accounts
- All new accounts will be supplied on a C.O.D. basis until the appropraite credit checks have been completed. Credit may be granted on a weekly direct debit basis. Normal method of payment is by direct debit.
- When leaving an order please give full details of where you are calling from, what you require and when you would like your order delivered.
- Every effort will be made to hold prices firm, however all prices are subject to alteration without prior notice. The effective price will be that at the time of delivery.
- Prices were correct at time of print, but are subject to change.
Product Non Compliance
- Any product which you feel falls below the expected standard should be reported to our Sales Office immediately. Details of product, batch codes and best before dates along with the date which the product was received should be given to our Sales Team at the time. The offending product should then be kept and returned to our depot, by way of a product uplift docket.


text:
July 2013
Volatility returned to many fixed income markets during May and June, particularly the emerging market debt market. Through the end of June, heightened volatility remained and performance across all emerging market debt markets suffered. In the attached Rocaton Insights, we provide an update on performance and provide our outlook for the asset class.


text:
Countrys and Advisors
Countrys and Advisors
Here you can find a list of countries and foreign institutions which the faculty is in contact with. Each 'country-buddy' serves as first point of contact and will provide orientationnn when you are planning a mobility-project.
Do you, as staff at Reiff, have contact to a University or research institution abroad and can't find it in the list? We would very much like to include you:


text:
Peace and love in a matrix of colors! 120 page spiral notebook with printed cover. The cover is 350gsm with paper stock of 90gsm. Available with ruled line paper. Document pocket on the inside back cover for added storage.
Dimensions: 6.10 x 8.3 x 0.6 in (15.5 x 21 x 1.5 cm)
peace peace sign free shipping


text:
Kerstin Gren - Kerstin Gren Ceramic Artist
- Material:
- Earthenware,
- Other
- Technique:
- Hand building,
- Other,
- Throwing
- Firing:
- Alternative firing,
- Raku
I work with low fired ceramics. I like the softness of lowfired clay.
I am interested in the phases of life, past and present, and how we deal with life in its all variety and constant change. This is strongly reflected in the way of working I have chosen, with an unpredictability in the thinking, the making and the firing.
I strive for simplicity and stillness in forms, which comes fom my Scandinavian origins. I move towards the core of the form, taking away instead of adding. My aim is making space for reflection, pause and thinking about where we have been and where we are going.
The use of a mix of raku firing and smoke firing helps me acheive the natural colours I am after. I decorate with natural earth pigments and clays with different colours. These I have picked and collected from many different landscapes over many years.
I start with these clays and ochres from places I am standing, and let the process of raku and smoke firing make unpredictable complex changes on the way to results.
I have recently been working a lot with boat forms and shapes. The coracle series is a fusion between cultures; these boats are my interpretation of vessels with inspiration from Viking Boat forms and the little beautiful British Coracle. They also reflects my own thoughts about moving to and living in another culture.
This member runs courses: Please contact them for more information
Kerstin Gren
Kerstin Gren Ceramic Artist
Durn Hill Farm
Portsoy, Banff
Aberdeenshire AB45 2YX
- 01261-843653 07502235578
- Send email > ceramics ( at ) kerstingren ( dot ) com
- View website >
Scottish Potters Association contacts:
- Chair: email@example.com
- Exhibitions: email@example.com
- Membership: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Newsletter: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Workshops: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
DeFehr Furniture
- Home >
- Find a Manufacturer >
- DeFehr Furniture
DeFehr hasn't strayed far from its roots. We still make excellent furniture in Winnipeg, not far from the basement shop where A. A. DeFehr mastered his craft decades ago. In those years, quality and service were the foundations of the business. Today we maintain those values while striving to create interesting, durable products. It hasn't been easy to stay in business through the years - many competitors have closed due to pressure from off-shore imports. But through tenacity and quality, DeFehr survived. We're now poised for growth and remain family-owned by the third generation of the DeFehr family.
Products and services
Home office furniture, Bedroom set (Adult), Bookcase / storage / wall unit, Entertainment unit, Dining Room set
Contact DeFehr Furniture
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 204.988.5630
Fax: 877.333.3477
Address: 125 Furniture Park, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Phone: 204.988.5630
Fax: 877.333.3477
Address: 125 Furniture Park, Winnipeg, MB, Canada


text:
Internet of Things Insights from Rob Tiffany
Rockwell to take $1 billion stake in software maker PTC Link
Factory automation equipment maker Rockwell Automation said it would buy an 8.4 percent stake in PTC for $1 billion as it looks to build on its software capabilities to make smarter manufacturing processes for customers.
Siemens acquires smart buildings firm Enlightened Link
Enlightened's IoT platform of data-driven sensors claims the technology helps reduce buildings' energy use and improve space utilization.
Teal Communications raises $1M to provide broadband connectivity for IoT devices Link
A Seattle-area startup has raised cash to fuel expansion of its mobile broadband service used by Internet of Things machine operators.
The importance of the edge layer in an IoT ecosystem Link
Distributed deployment models are often better for addressing connectivity and latency challenges, bandwidth constraints and greater processing power and storage embedded at the edge of the network.
Resin.io and Soracom Announce Strategic IoT Partnership Link
Beyond the $5 million in financing, future collaboration will include work to integrate Soracom's connectivity solutions with resin.io's software management platform, as well as joint hardware solutions that will enable seamless cellular connectivity for IoT devices.
The Four C's Of Winning With IoT Link
In the era of IoT, business leaders across industries will be judged by their ability to strategically manage the "Four C's" of data—curation, control, connectivity and capital.
How Mature Is Your IoT Strategy? A New Model For Understanding And Plotting Your Progress Link
After interviewing more than 20 companies leading the way with IoT, five stages to IoT maturity have been identified.
Peeling Back the Layers of an IoT Architecture Link
The more we understand about Internet of Things, the better our solutions will be.
Dell Technologies Capital and Innovate UK Funds IOTech for R&D in IOT Link
One of the members of the Linux EdgeX Foundry community announced they secured $2.5M in seed funding to expand existing R&D activities, while also enhancing support for its partner ecosystem and local presence.
IoT For Economic And Social Good: How The Internet Of Things Makes Our World Better Link
Although much attention has been paid to consumer and business IoT applications, many people remain unaware of the ways the IoT is delivering positive economic and social impacts, transforming our societies, the environment and our food supply chains for the better.
IoT Is Building Higher Levels Of Customer Engagement Link
Enter the Internet of Things (IoT), which through interconnected devices and strong data analytics makes an entirely new level of customer surprise, delight and convenience possible.
IoT Podcast: What is IoT? Link
In this introductory podcast, Rob Tiffany walks you through basic IoT concepts in order to give you a baseline level of knowledge to build upon.
IoT Podcast: Why IoT? Link
It's always important to ask "Why" in everything you do whether it's in business or your personal life. The Internet of Things is no different. In this podcast, Rob Tiffany explains why embarking on the IoT journey is valuable.
IoT Trends and Predictions for 2018 Link
With software and adjacent technologies continuing to eat the world, I see the pace of digital transformation accelerating in 2018 as organizations strive to enhance their customer and operational intelligence.


text:
Omg that was so funny. I am crying! I am convinced that that is mostly is a male problem. I can always tell the difference without a wiggle or a hand down the pants! Hope you win next time 🙂
From Shartoholic:
Luckily, I work at home. So don't get the wrong idea. I have, once before, sharted at work and had a hell of a time cleaning it up (in khakis, no less), but this happened today so I thought I'd share.
You know when you fart and you think it could be wet, so you wiggle a bit in your pants to feel if there's some moisture bouncing back between your butt cheeks? I'll have you know, that's not a fail-safe plan.
At 10 am I farted. It felt awkward. I wiggled. I reached loosely into my boxers, which were under my gym shorts. I found nothing.
At 11am I smelled something. So I checked again. I wiggled. This time, it was damp. I reached a hand down and it was poop.
A whole hour I had been stewing in my own filth, slaving away on the computer. An hour with the stench creeping into my gym shorts and making its way onto my computer chair. An hour where the dense compilation of odorous particles silently swam through the air, up to my nostrils, providing a slight but shameful confession.
I just sighed. It happens all too often when I 'test the waters.' More often than not, I find more than water. It has gotten to the point where some might say I have a problem. I see it as an obsession with a dangerous game like Russian roulette. You always know you have the same chance of getting shot or shart, but you play for the thrill of it.
I cleaned it off immediately. And tomorrow, when the challenge is upon me again, I will not shy away. Never.
Omg that was so funny. I am crying! I am convinced that that is mostly is a male problem. I can always tell the difference without a wiggle or a hand down the pants! Hope you win next time 🙂
I fart and shart in the daily
I was sitting right by this girl/boy that i liked and the girl/boy grabbed my hand and I sharted and it smelled to high heavens. And it was embarrassing. So then he/she let go of my hand and now they call me Forrest Dump.


text: Joseph Klibansky Follow Who can name the artist that made this painting? 🌸✨🕊 Posted to Instagram on 14-May-2018 View this post on Instagram Related Items for: {embed:entry_title} Artwork/Nobody ever made me fall in love like this (pink), 2017 Artwork/Baby We Made It (polished bronze), 2016 Artwork/Love Potions Won't Save This One (black/white), 2017 Blog | Instagram/Who can name the artist that made this painting? 🌸✨🕊 Artwork/Elements of Desire (stereolithography, pigment paint, blue), 2013


text:
There was a record-breaking negative response to the Government's draft planning policy for main roads. Thanks to all our supporters for sharing the need to take action!
Despite launching close to Christmas, the consultation on the draft National Policy Statement for National Networks did not go unnoticed, and plans to expand motorways and trunk roads to make space for 40% more traffic were roundly condemned.
A wide range of campaign groups - and a record number of individuals - wrote in, concerned about the return to 1980s 'predict and provide' policies, as well as plans for a 'climate gag' clause to prevent communities raising carbon emissions when new roads are seeking planning permission.
Our online action saw more than 1,800 of our supporters sending in objections. Added to those responding via the model letter provided by CPRE and others sending comments directly to the Government, we know that over 5,000 responses were received by the deadline of 26 February.
This makes the National Policy Statement (NPS) for National Networks the most controversial NPS ever drafted (even more than the Energy NPSs, covering nuclear and wind power) and we hope this will be decisive in making sure the Government rethinks its plans.
You can read Campaign for Better Transport's full response to the NPS here (pdf)
And from other campaign groups:
- Campaign to Protect Rural England
- North West Transport Activists Roundtable (Word)
- Campaign for National Parks (pdf)
Transport professionals join the objections
Influential professional transport bodies are also strongly opposed to the policy and are very frustrated that a range of alternative transport measures were ignored, particularly demand management and the potential for land-use planning to reduce the need to travel.
The effect of expanding the motorway and trunk road network on local roads (where more than 99% of journeys start and finish) is also a massive problem for these expert bodies, who often work with local authorities on transport planning and are very concerned about the policy leading to more local congestion.
The Local Government Technical Advisor's Group (TAG) response is well worth reading in full. It says:
"Our overall views on the NN NPS as presently written are that it appears to be:
- based on a number of false premises not based on evidence;
- not integrated for planning or whole journeys
- strongly influenced by effective lobbying from a business sector with strong vested interests in future strategic transport studies and the construction of major new infrastructure."
"TAG apologises if its response is somewhat critical of an honest effort to produce a National Network National Policy Statement but it considers so much is wrong with the starting point for this Statement that it would be very damaging for the country and its people without a fresh start."
The Transport Planning Society was equally critical, calling the roads section of the policy "one of the weakest policy statements of recent years", and saying:
"TPS considers that the paragraphs rejecting demand and other forms of management are unjustified and counter-productive. These need to be replaced. Land use planning and the relationship with local networks need to be fully recognised. Overall our criticism is fundamental and requires a detailed response."
Both bodies are essentially calling for the roads parts of the policy to be ripped up and started again – a proposal we fully endorse at Campaign for Better Transport!


text:
In the location that was formerly Endicott Booksellers, this third Book Culture location in Manhattan hosts weekly readings with authors and poets. Book Culture is a true community bookstore. Founded in 1997, the stores feature new and classic fiction and nonfiction, cookbooks, mystery novels, graphic novels, home and craft books, and travel guides.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we've published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.


text:
As part of this initiative, MIB invited Milton Keynes MPs Iain Stewart and Mark Lancaster to its offices on 10 March.
Iain Stewart said, 'I was aware of the good work that MIB undertakes but this visit has enlightened me to the scope of their efforts to help protect innocent people from those who violate the law.'
Mark Lancaster added, 'I'm pleased to be able to meet with MIB to highlight the serious consequences of uninsured drivers on our roads and how we best support the innocent victims thereafter. This is a practice that needs to be eradicated and working closely with key organisations can only have a positive outcome.'
MIB works with police forces across the country to take uninsured drivers off the road. Last year 145,000 vehicles were seized by police for no insurance. It handles over 25,000 claims a year for accidents caused by uninsured or untraced drivers.
It also provides a Police Helpline service for police at the roadside to verify insurance details, as well as an advice line to members of the public who receive a warning letter for not having insurance in place under the Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) initiative which is run jointly with the DVLA.
Ashton West, chief executive at MIB, said, 'We are proud to be a Milton Keynes based employer and of the work we do to ensure victims of uninsured driving and 'hit and runs' receive the compensation they are entitled to. MIB looks forward to working closely with local MPs to reduce uninsured driving in their constituencies.'Article is care of www.bodyshopmag.com and can be found here