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CIVIL WAR II Adds Extra Issue, Reason For Delays Revealed By BENDIS
Following news that upcoming Civil War II issues are being delayed as much four weeks each, series writer Brian Michael Bendis has come out to explain the reasons - and also announce that the event series is expanding by one issue.
"Well, if you peek over at David Marquez's Facebook you'll discover that he and his amazing wife Tara just had a kick ass baby boy. A very cute baby too. And not all babies are cute at the start :)," Bendis posted on Tumblr. "Not a delay hell, or a conspiracy, just a new baby in the middle of the hardest issue to draw. the ending of four shows that five is a monster."
Although Bendis doesn't state how much exactly that affected Marquez's output, he does say that the artist has been doing "about a page a day for the last couple weeks."
And for Marvel's part, Bendis said they're confident in the team despite the delays to greenlight another issue - Civil War II #8.
"I came up with a better ending but needed the pages," said Bendis. "Very grateful that they let us do our thing."
Marvel pursued a similiar strategy with its last major event, Secret Wars. That series was expanded by one issue, despite significant delays, due to what the publisher said was revised plans by writer Jonathan Hickman.
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The Home Office "Guide on [sic] Firearms Licensing Law"
The PSRA has been invited today (27/6/19) - through the British Shooting Sports Council - to assist the Home Office in re-drafting relevant chapters of their document -
This is the document which guides the police - and the sports shooters of the UK - through the complexities of firearms law.
It's not perfect, but it IS influential.
We have already found several major errors in one chapter, and we're working through the others.
There are some major changes in the way Registered Firearms Dealers (RFDs) are to be administered, so if any member school operates a Registered Firearms Dealership, they would be well-advised to check on the changes in the system, and we can help: just contact us by e-mail. To quote from the Draft Guidance which we have been given - "From 10 June 2019, The Firearm (Amendment) Rules 2019 (SI No. 2019/963) made changes to the firearms dealer application process to require applicants to complete a medical declaration disclosing any relevant physical or mental health conditions that they have been diagnosed with or treated for in the past as this may affect their ability to safely possess firearms, shotguns or air weapons. This brings RFD applicants in line with the medical checking process for firearm and shotgun certificate applicants – to note that these arrangements are currently under review."
Rise in Home Office fees for school shooting club approval
The Home Office have just [18/6/19] published their response to the consultation of various fees for Firearms related businesses, clubs and schools.
They are -
Club/school first time approval grant £444
Club renewal £372
There are also other fees for such things a changing the secretary, club name, etc, varying between £300 & £36.
These are far less than the original proposals but still a very considerable hike from £84 for both grant and renewal, and NO fee for variations; However, to quote the Home Office - "The review led to fees that are approximately 58% lower than those proposed in the consultation."
These extras will have to be factored into our costs over the coming years. but basically it means that they will rise by £360, paid out in a lump sum every six years on renewal.
That's £60 a year we will not be able to use for the benefit of the school or the sport.
[URGENT UPDATE 5/10/18] The British Shooting Sports Council has just made us aware of a circulation from the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NaBIS) informing us that a number of firearm and shotgun certificate holders have had their details published on-line.
This is the advice they are giving certificate holders:
As Firearm or Shotgun certificate holders, we should all be aware of the risks from criminals wishing to obtain our guns illegally.
The Firearm Security Handbook 2005 at -
Gives plenty of advice, but to bring it up to date a bit - we advise individual certificate holders, and those traveling with firearms -
1. DO NOT post information about the dates and/or places of your future shooting activities on Facebook, Instagram etc. as this will alert anyone with criminal intent to the whereabouts of firearms, and the fact that your home may be unoccupied.
2. DO NOT give away information on such public websites which could identify you personally as a firearm certificate holder (IE: full name, or home address, details for shooting activities etc.)
3.When traveling to and from shooting venues, be aware of the potential for a criminal to follow you.
4. When loading/unloading firearms etc from vehicles, be aware of your surroundings - anyone or anything suspicious? Move on.
5. Note the registered numbers of any vehicles you believe to be suspicious or unusual at your shooting venue, school or home.
6. Be aware of local police station (if any, nowadays!) so that if you believe your vehicle is being followed by someone with evil intent, you can go there for safety.
The Second Reading of the Offensive Weapons Bill took place on the 27th June. This bill constitutes a major threat to target shooting, and could potentially set a malign precedent for other shooting sports since it seeks to prohibit two types of rifle for which there is no evidence of misuse in the UK.
Please, it is important that you write to or email your Member of Parliament to express your concern as soon as you possibly can.
You can use the details below, but PLEASE DO IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS – politely as you want your MP to help, you and not to see you as an enemy.
"Dear [[[[MP's name]]]
Offensive Weapons Bill" – 2018
We believe that are being unfairly treated by the prohibitions proposed in the above Bill, and because the NCA / police Risk Assessments have apparently identified .50" calibre / MARS rifles as particular risks to public safety, we would like you to question the following
(1) what reductions in firearms crime are expected as a result of the prohibitions?
(2) what is the incidence of legally held rifles being used in crime; and
(3) why the strict rules on the granting of Firearm Certificates are deemed insufficient in the case of .50" calibre, MARS /lever release rifles?
We understand that MPs have many demands on their time and attention; but surely it is best for Parliament to concentrate upon the genuine and real issues, (Terrorism etc) rather than attack the law-abiding shooting sports.
This Bill if unchallenged, risks setting a dangerous precedent as it proposes banning certain firearms without any evidence or credible justification. Today the target is .50" calibre and MARS / lever release rifles; tomorrow it could be other classes of firearm used in our sport.
We do hope you can find the time to ask these questions, as we feel that this bill is a waste of valuable legislative time as well as damaging a sport and alienating the law-abiding sports shooter.
Your sincerely,
[[Name and address]]"
Please email your local MP without delay – their contact details can be found https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
The Bill and evidence base can be found https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2017-19/offensiveweapons.html
https://www.writetothem.com/ is another useful tool.
Thank you for taking the time to read this through.
We have had much to thank Nigel Curtis for over the years, and now he's distilled his wisdom into this coaching manual for us all to take advantage of his many years of experience.
The Home Office has responded to the petition to avoid having airguns licensed in England and Wales - and THANK YOU to everyone who responded.
"The Government announced a review of the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales following a request from the Suffolk coroner in his report into the death of Benjamin Wragge, aged 13, who was accidentally shot with an air weapon in May 2016.
Although no licence is required to possess most air weapons in England and Wales, they are nevertheless regulated. In particular, it is an offence for a person aged under 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon or ammunition, and it is an offence to sell, hire or gift an air weapon or ammunition to a person aged under 18. It is also an offence for a person aged under 18 to possess an air weapon or ammunition unless:
• they are being supervised by a person aged 21 or over, or
• they are shooting as a member of an approved target shooting club, or
• they are using air weapons at a shooting gallery, or
• the young person is aged 14 or over, is on private premises and has the consent of the occupier.
The Crime and Security Act 2010 brought in legislation concerned with reducing the risk of children getting hold of air weapons and accidentally harming themselves or others. This inserted a provision into the Firearms Act 1968 that requires owners to take reasonable precautions to prevent a person under the age of 18 from gaining unauthorised access to an air weapon.
The Government has sought the views of interested parties on relevant issues, including secure storage and the arrangements to prevent children gaining access to air weapons, manufacturing standards, and on the position in Scotland and Northern Ireland where air weapons are licensed. The Government has received a large number of representations about the review and these will be considered carefully before any decisions are made about how to proceed.
Home Office"
The Home Office have announced that they will be imposing massive increases in fees to clubs and schools
The current fee for grant of Home Office approval of school target shooting clubs is £84. The Home Office have decided that this will now be £444. They will also start charging for any changes in the club such as changes of ranges, changes of club name, or changes of secretary - although it's not yet exactly clear which change will attract which fee.
Renewals will cost £372, and other changes will attract fees of £300, £206 and £36.
Exactly how they have arrived at these figures is a mystery - as the police - not the Home Office - do the enquiries, which is where any real costs might be involved.
One is left with the impression that either:
a) The Home Office staff are grossly overpaid,
b) They are incredibly inefficient
It seems that little notice has been paid to the educational and social benefits of our sport - maybe we should apply for a grant from the DCMS to assist us with the increase in Home Office fees ?
British Shooting Sports Council Meeting - January 2018
We attended this 4 hour marathon meeting after leaving home at 04:00 - getting back at 23:00; a long day but very interesting. MANY different matters were discussed, and the BSSC are now arranging a meeting with the Minister to discuss the matter of airgun licensing and club/school fees - among other items.
Our first Report from the British Shooting Sports Council
We were elected to the BSSC just too late to be included in their Annual Report, but it was good to note that it is growing, with the Scottish Association for Country Sports (SACS) and the Deactivated Weapons Association (DWA) joining in March & June respectively.
The report is some 20 pages long detailing the council's activities during the past year, and rather than providing fine detail I'll just cover the headline discussions in which the Council had input -
I will be attending the next BSSC meeting in mid-September, and if any member schools has any concerns about proposed (or even rumoured!) legislation/regulation, please let me know before then.
Mary Eveleigh
The British Shooting Sports Council
Following a unanimous decision at our AGM, we applied for membership of the British Shooting Sports Council of the UK. We have just been told that we have been elected as a member of the council.
This means we will now have regular contact with all the other major shooting organisations in the UK, and will be able to exchange knowledge and expertise. As well as this, it will give us access to decision makers in Government, the Home Office and Police Organisations. It will also increase our profile in the shooting world.
Proposed increase in fees for school club approval etc.
The Home Office have proposed that the fees for the grant of approval of target shooting clubs/schools should rise from £84 to £1,050, and that any alterations to that approval such as a change of name or secretary would attract a fee of between £100 and £690. Renewal would attract a £900 fee.
There was a consultation - and we hope that everyone replied - but no results have been seen from the Home Office so far.
[December 2017]
Licensing airguns in Scotland
The Scottish Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 came into effect on 31st December 2016.
We are still unsure of several parts of the law relating to the use in schools, (which appear to have been forgotten during the drafting of the bill) although there are exemptions for "airgun clubs" and "recreational facilities" involving airguns which may be of use to us.
BASC has a webpage devoted to the subject which may help you -
[December 2017]
There is an article about the PSRA in the Shooting Times - and they've kindly allowed us to use it here on our website.
See -
THE PSRA in the SHOOTING TIMES.
Secretary takes gold!
At the Jersey Supershot Challenge in June 2017, held on the beautiful Crabbe ranges in Jersey, Mary Eveleigh took the gold medal in the Ladies class - again !
The competition comprised of 6 different disciplines:
Air Pistol
Clay Pigeons
Fullbore rifle 300 yards
Smallbore rifle at 50 yards
.22 pistol
Mary was a part of the "Phoenix Away" team, which also claimed Silver in the team events.
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Food Writing Workshop—Hosted by Suzanne Podhaizer/
Went to my first of 4 workshops yesterday. Thanks for letting me know Lara! Suzanne is an amazing writer. It was both an inspiring as well as a challenging event. I do my "homework" and look forward to the next. Here's what I wrote in a short time. Will edit. You know I love my biscuits.
The sunlight creeps above the eastern mountains, though I see them reflected in the west. I fill the tea pot with water to boil—and hear the dogs come to gather round my feet. They are ready for the barn. Cars begin to pass by the farm on morning commute. I pull a jar of butter from the fridge to warm a bit. Today is biscuits. Artisan coffee in the coffee press smells strong and soothing. The water's almost boiled. I pull fresh strawberries from the fridge and cut them into small pieces—toss in a bit of raw sugar. The smell sweet and fresh...and are so smooth though wrapped in the grit of sugar. I try one. Just one.
We head to the barn where the sheep await new hay. They rise to greet us (me and the dogs) and offer a graceful Bahh.... I line the feeders and fill the water while listening to the ducks and chickens who have noticed our arrival. We fill their water as well, crack the ice on the pond so they can bathe, collect eggs and head home. The dogs will eat.
The strawberries have cried a bit in my absence. I measure out three cups of Butterworks Farms Whole Grain Flower. The texture is both so smooth while quietly rough. I pour my fingers though it. The cars continue by and I wonder if someone will stop to buy eggs. I add 2 tablespoons of backing powder, a little salt and stir about. I breath deeply. Here is my favorite part: I cube the butter (8 oz) into small chucks. The begin to melt in the warmth of my hands. The dolor is deep deep yellow. I drop them, one by one, into the ceramic bowl with the flour mixture. Soft yellow atop the beiges of the grains. Now, I get to mix these textures with my hands, working the butter into tiny chunks that become like a grain themselves—amount the grain. I add the strawberry colored strawberries...and then smoother with 2/3 cup of thick, creamy sour cream. Again, I breathe deeply. Appreciation. I kneed into a ball and then a roll. It is smooth, but still reveals the truth of it's whole grains. The dogs are waiting by my side—they know their breakfast is next. I slice the roll into pieces and place on foil—in the oven at 400 degrees...they will cook for just 15 minutes. I sip coffee. I wait. They are warm smooth, crumbly ans slightly sweet. For me, they are divine.


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Uvalde, Texas, United States
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A laid-back actor who stood out from Hollywood stereotypes with his down-to-earth charm and fun-loving lifestyle, Matthew McConaughey was the exact opposite of his image behind the scenes, using his strong work ethic to carve out a vibrant career marked with a number of quality performances. McConaughey made his first impression early on as an older guy who hangs out with high school kids in Richard Linklater's stoner comedy "Dazed and Confused" (1993), and went on to supporting turns in "Angels in the Outfield" (1994) and "Boys on the Side" (1995). He delivered a hailed performance as a small town deputy in John Sayles' indie drama "Lone Star" (1996), before graduating to large scale studio films like "Amistad" (1997), "Contact" (1997) and "EDtv" (1999). Also in 1999, McConaughey made headlines for his comical arrest for disturbing the peace and possession of cannabis: he was found in his home loudly playing bongos naked late in the night. While accepting the subsequent ridicule, McConaughey starred in one of his more popular films, "The Wedding Planner" (2001), and followed up with a darker turn in the serial killer thriller "Frailty" (2002). After a pair of disappointing showings with "Sahara" (2005) and "We are Marshall" (2008), McConaughey received some of the best notices of his career as "The Lincoln Lawyer" (2011), a film that began a rebound some wags dubbed "the McConnaisance," which culminated in a Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013), a memorable supporting role in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013), the lead role in Christopher Nolan's questioning science fiction drama "Interstellar" (2014), and a critically-acclaimed role as a philosophical policeman in the first season of the cable drama "True Detective" (HBO 2014- ). Having navigated the peaks and valleys of his career, McConaughey always exhibited a humility and exuberant spirit that was contagious both on and off screen.McConaughey was born in the South Texas city of Uvalde on Nov. 4, 1969. He was the youngest son of Kay, a kindergarten teacher, and Jim, a former pro football player who ran a gas station before starting an oil pipe fitting company. The venture was a rapid success, and when McConaughey was 10 years old, the family relocated to the booming East Texas oil town of Longview. It was here that the charismatic kid grew up ingrained with that unique Texas independent spirit and solid values of honesty, respect, and hard work. As a teenager, he was serious and accomplished in school, but attacked his time off with as much gusto, spending his Friday afternoons raising beer money for the weekend party and jumping at any chance for travel-related adventures. After graduating from Longview High School in 1988 - where he was voted "Most Handsome" - McConaughey signed on for an exchange student program, spending a year living in New South Wales, Australia. His openness and natural gift of gab failed to translate overseas, so for the first time in his young life, he found himself spending a great deal of time alone, soul-searching. Both of his older brothers had gone on to join the family business, but McConaughey was cut from a different cloth; he was the hell-raising big dreamer destined to break away from the pack and who loved movies. With the idea of studying law, he returned to Texas and enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin.For two years, frat brother McConaughey balanced partying with admirable achievements in heady courses like property law and philosophy. After a particularly grueling round of final exams at the end of his sophomore year, he happened across a slim self-help volume entitled, The Greatest Salesman in the World. McConaughey realized that he was not following his passion. One of his best friends was a film student and the future actor had been experiencing major envy for quite some time. So he changed his course and began taking drama and screenwriting classes, feeling instantly at home. A
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The children are taught in single aged classes. They have access to an outdoor area which is shared between the two classes.
Pine Class – Year 1
Class teacher: Miss Powell
Supported by: Miss Dennis
Hawthorn Class – Year 2
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25th, 26th and 27th July
This event is OPEN to boys and girls.
Entry is open to any child age 11 or under on 1st January 2017.
ENTRIES WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY 17th JULY
It will be played over Gogarburn GC 12 hole golf course, approx 3,100yrds long and will consist of 3 rounds of stroke play. One round each day.
There will be two sections, the main event the Under 12 category and an Under 10 category. .
The main trophy will be for the lowest scratch score over the 3 rounds.
There will be scratch prizes along with daily prizes where applicable.
Prizes for each section will be dependant upon number of entrants received.
The top 3 scratch prize winners will be invited to our end of season "Race to Dunbar" with Stephen Gallacher
The top 10 scratch winners will also be invited to our end of season Flag/Stroke Play Finals Day at Kingsfield
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I just returned from a very pleasant week-long trip to the island of Islay in Scotland, organized by the Wildlife Sound Recording Society. I have previously attended many WSRS meetings (blog posts here, here and here) and I knew I wouldn't be disappointed, so on Saturday morning I joined Richard Youell as we (read: he) drove up from Cambridge to Kennacraig. The 500+ miles and ferry to Islay took us more than 14 hours, but the week ahead was well worth it.
It did not initially seem so though. The forecast looked great a week earlier, but as soon as we got there the rain and wind started. The first few days were dedicated to photography and exploring the island, since it wasn't possible to record anything. This wasn't all that bad, but at one point we started to feel guilty about not doing any proper recording. A few visits to the 8 whisky distilleries on the island definitely helped.
I normally do my homework before going on such a trip, but I had just returned from my expedition to Romania (blog posts following soon) and I had to catch up on studio work. Luckily, Richard and Bronwen (with whom I had the pleasure of sharing a cottage) had done extensive research and knew all the interesting spots on the island. They even brought Ordnance Survey maps, which coupled with a GPS watch helped us find everything.
On Tuesday the weather finally cleared up and we got to do some recording. My first target was a colony of corvids made up of mainly rooks and jackdaws. This was quite close to an RSPB wetland reserve and a few farms, but the corvids were making a lot of noise (as they do) so I was hoping to get at least a few clean bits in an overnight recording.
Mic placement wasn't really a decision, since most of the nests in this rookery were concentrated in one big tree. I therefore dropped my DMS rig and 633 in a dry bag underneath said tree, and left them out recording overnight. Next morning, after 3 or 4 hours of sleep I went out to pick up the rig. As usual, we had a breakfasty listen to the previous night's recordings even if we were exhausted. I was happy to hear that the rooks performed as promised, drowning out everything else in their raspy caws and yelps:
After a few hours of morning sleep and a hearty brunch at Kilchoman Distillery we were ready to go exploring and recording some more. We decided to visit the famed Islay Blowhole. I packed my SD 633, Mixpre 10T and 6 DPA lavs, planning to do a multi-channel recording of said blowhole. After half an hour of driving and half an hour of hiking up and down -hill, we finally got there only to realize I had forgotten to bring my DPA XLR adapters.
I was quite bummed out as Richard was setting up to record using his Schoeps MS rig. I guess the lack of sleep and extensive physical activity made it easier for me to make mistakes. After a few minutes of listening to the otherwise awesome-sounding waves crashing underneath me, I realized I had brought my backpack, and along with it my trusty D100! All was not lost, so I proceeded to recording the blowhole from several perspectives.
I still wasn't happy though, and since the place sounded so good we decided to come back the following day. Knowing more about the geography of the place this time, I brought my DMS rig and a Manfrotto Nanopole lighting tripod. The latter is an excellent tripod for field recording, and as a bonus also folds down inwardly. This made it possible for me to hang my DMS rig upside down into the actual hole and to record it in surround.
I first screwed each segment of the tripod tightly and dropped it in. I tried holding it in place in case it lost purchase on the rocks, but a swarm of fierce midges got the better of me. After 10 minutes or so I was forced to leave the rig by itself and to run away flailing my arms, now covered in numerous midge bites. Luckily the Nanopole did a brilliant job and kept my Cinela blimp (with the DMS rig inside it) from falling to its certain doom.
After about an hour of blowhole recordings from different perspectives, we headed back to the cottage so we could prepare for the overnight recording. This time we went to a dense coniferous forest in a sheltered spot on the island which promised good dusk and dawn choruses. Most of the overnight recording sounds good and atmospheric, with distant deer barks, owl cries, panicked pheasant calls and soft ambience. I will include some of these recordings in a further update for Eerie Forest, which by the way has seen excellend feedback so far.
The dawn and dusk choruses aren't that good though. There is plenty of sheep bleating and cow mooing in the distance from a farm nearby, so I'm not sure a lot of it is usable. There are short bits like this next Robin song that sound quite good though:
For Thursday's overnight we went back to the rookery, but this time we went further into the woodland and found a different location with more nests spread over a wider area. It doesn't sound quite as present as the first night's recordings did, but it's an interesting and more immersive perspective. I'm considering putting these recordings together into one library but I will have to get through all the backlog first.
On Friday we decided to take it easy. All the hiking and lack of sleep finally caught up with us, and on top of that the wind had picked up again. We went for a few hikes, discovered more interesting places for recording (too late sadly) and did another sunset photo session at 10pm. It was a great way to wrap up a very enjoyable week.
There were plenty of choughs and some corncrakes around, but I didn't get to record either. I had some good recordings of corncrakes from my trip to Romania, and the choughs only seemed to call when it was windy. We also spotted a Great Northern Diver and a couple of White Tailed Eagles, but sadly no Otters!
As always there are things I could have done better. I should have purchased maps and done my research before I left. I should have explored the areas around the cottage better right after arriving on the island. I should have recorded more open spaces like meadows and fields, even if there were sheep and cattle everywhere. All these are good points to remember next time I'm on a Scottish island, which might happen sooner rather than later.
Things I enjoyed
The company was an excellent mix of sound recordists, birders, sound artists and photographers. Everyone was incredibly generous sharing their knowledge and experiences, as it seems to be the case at the WSRS meetings. Food and whisky were great, obviously. Going back into the routine of recording overnight and listening to recordings at breakfast was really enjoyable. All this makes me look forward to the next time I join the Society on one of the trips.


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May it bring you beauty, within and around you.
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Cyril Rolando has been painting surreal dreamscapes since 2004. Through his career as a psychologist, he is offered a unique perspective into the realm of emotion. Through his imagination and talent, he offers a glimpse into the beauty of feeling.
Hill Schroder has been writings children's books since 2014. Through his journey of healing and wholeness, he offers tools and tales to uplift the spirit, to inspire hope and resilience, to encourage growth and change, and to foster self-love, compassion, and resilience.
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We are so driven to bring this empowering, inspiring book into reality, but we need assistance! The money raised by this project will go toward printing the books and rewards, domestic and international shipping, and campaign production. To make this happen, we need your support!
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The mosaics of Ravenna were created during great political turmoil. In the fifth and sixth centuries, invaders played havoc with the western Roman Empire. In spite of this, artists and church leaders created churches of astonishing beauty.
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Is Christmas in Bad Taste?
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Tuesday 5 March 2019
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Tuesday 2 April 2019
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Tuesday 7 May 2019
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Side note: A goal this year is to become a freaking expert on raising a kid with ADHD.
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- Arms race grows between Serbia and Croatia
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- Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark take steps to block the migrant flow
Arms race grows between Serbia and Croatia
Serb football (soccer) fans. For reasons of security, Serb fans were banned from Croatia home games versus Serbia in the World Cup qualifying competitions in 2013. (Croatia Week)
Of the seven countries that formerly comprised Yugoslavia, Slovenia joined NATO in 2004 and Croatia in 2009, while Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia are aspiring members of NATO. On the other hand, Serbia has expressed no interest in membership in Nato, and it is a foreign policy objective of Russia to keep it that way.
Russia and Serbia have close ties that date back centuries. They are both Orthodox Christian countries, and they were allies in World War I, which was launched in 1914 when a Serb, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, and his pregnant wife Sophie. Gavrilo Princip is still considered by Serbs to be a national Serb hero.
Neighboring Croatia, in cooperation with the U.S., recently launched a weapons procurement program that includes sixteen Kiowa combat helicopters and sixteen 240-millimeter ballistic missile launchers with a 200-mile range.
Russia is going to provide Serbia with weapons to maintain the balance of power. Russia has agreed to refurbish four Serbian Air Force MiG-29s and ten MiG-21s, and will provide Serbia with several state-of-the-art Mi-17 and Mi-171 helicopters.
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European and African leaders clashed on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Malta called to discuss the continuing flow of migrants from Africa to Europe. The summit was planned in April, just after 800 migrants traveling from Libya to Europe drowned after the boat provided by human traffickers sank. The two-day summit is proceeding anyway, even though the problem of migrants arriving by boat from Libya is being dwarfed by the arrival of some 650,000 people, mostly Syrians, via Turkey and Greece.
The position of the African leaders is that the main problem is that the European Union does not provide enough ways for migrants to come to Europe and remain legally.
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As a carrot, the European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, is setting up a €1.8-billion "trust fund" for Africa. However, no agreement was reached on the conflicting objectives.
France's president François Hollande singled out Eritrea for particular criticism, as the country providing the most migrants fleeing to Europe:
Nobody is talking about it. It is a country that is becoming empty of its own population with unscrupulous leaders who let their people go.
Hollande called for "maximum pressure" to be applied to Eritrea's leaders to mend the situation.
Malta is an appropriate place to be holding the two-day summit, as it is a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and the North African coast. AFP and EU Observer (4-Nov) and VOA
Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark take steps to block the migrant flow
Sweden, which had formerly been welcoming to migrants fleeing from the war in Syria, announced on Wednesday that it would close its borders and impose border controls. In the past, most migrants seeking asylum have headed to Germany or Sweden, the two countries regarded as the most welcoming.
According to Sweden's Interior Minister Anders Ygeman, the purpose of closing the borders is to motivate other EU countries:
Our signal to the EU is crystal clear: Sweden is the country that has taken the greatest responsibility for the refugee crisis. The other countries have to take their responsibility.
Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence along its border with Croatia Wednesday as dozens of refugees staged a hunger strike in a Czech Republic detention center. Army trucks laden with wire fencing began constructing the fence along Slovenia's Croatian border. Reuters reported about 1.2 miles of fencing had been erected by 6:30 a.m. EST.
In the past, migrants would travel from Turkey to Greece, and then through Macedonia and Serbia, before crossing over into Hungary, with Germany the objective. When Hungary closed its borders a few weeks ago, Serbia diverted the flow of migrants into Slovenia, through which they could also travel to Germany. But now Slovenia is taking the same steps that Hungary took, and is closing its own border with Serbia.
The flow of migrants has not slowed with the approach of winter, with thousands of new migrants arriving every day. The nightmare humanitarian disaster that many people fear is that tens of thousands of migrants will be trapped at a border crossing with no food or shelter as winter temperatures fall.
Denmark on Wednesday announced plans to make it easier to deport migrants who have no legal grounds for staying. According to Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen:
The pressure is usually lighter in the winter, but the opposite is happening now. Countries around us are tightening conditions… For that reason as well we need to take another step in Denmark if we want to protect Denmark.
An opposition party leader lauded the move: "The government has finally come to the conclusion that the current situation is not sustainable for Denmark." Malta Independent and International Business Times
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Carrie's War – Nina Bawden
Carrie's War is a 1973 British children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and following two evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick. You don't just have to read it, you could listen to a reading of the story on BBC School Radio.
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1 . APPRECIATE WHO YOU HAPPEN TO BE SPEAKING TO This is certainly one of the best the most difficult way to make your internet site trustworthy. Make buyer gentes for all your client types and direct them to pages with your site intended for each of them. For example, if you're a travel agent that offers travel and leisure packages to both, family members and solo women, currently have separate web pages on your web-site for each of those. So , you may speak to these people using the language and activates that appeal to each of them separately. If you're a marketing firm that offers one service to organizations and one more service speventos.com.mx designed for sales people, having separate webpages that compliment each of their needs will create more trust in you as a company. See how they do this below.
2 . CHOOSE YOUR WEBSITE REACTIVE In an age where more visitors are actually accessing your site from their mobile phones than all their desktop, there is no justification for not getting a responsive web page. Even if you do contain a mobile app, you need to ensure that people accessing your web site directly in addition have a good individual experience. Is hard to trust an essential publication that is not even willing to invest in a responsive website.
two. INVEST IN A SUPERB DESIGN When your website design is dependent on a bad free idea and you're not happy to invest in which makes it look good, it's not going to encourage trust and confidence in the visitors. Dedicate some money and get a great-looking theme or perhaps get one designed. Make sure your fonts are easy to examine, and your formatting and colors happen to be easy within the eye. Styles create distinctive associations in the minds of the visitors. Read up a bit in color psychology before choosing what sort of color scheme you would like to follow on your website.
Four. INVEST IN WONDERFUL COPYWRITING In case your website is full of grammatical and spelling problems and your copy is dull and uninspiring. Your visitors will be less than impressed and less likely to trust your company. Hire a good copywriter to write persuasive copy and a proofreader to make sure there are no mistakes in your website copy. Rarely put up whatever hasn't been proofread and vetted by a good editor.
5. PRODUCE A GREAT TENTANG KAMI PAGE Your About Us page is the chance to get in touch with your website visitors and give a personal touch on your company web page. If you're a solopreneur, include your artist write up an extraordinary introduction and bio about who you are. Also talk about if you're a part of any professional associations and have specialist certifications that help you perform your job better. Your introduction should not simply talk about the professional successes, but mention your article topics and hobbies and interests as well. That makes you start looking more real human to your visitors and helps produce that personal connection that builds trust. If you have a number of employees within your team, highlight each of them having a well-written arrival and very good photograph. Would not skimp on either the copy or the images you use on the About Us site. Use attractive photographs used by a professional if you need to make a good impression with your visitors.
Your About Us page should also contain a way to hook up on LinkedIn with every person in your staff. It gives these potential customers an additional method to connect having a real person, a member of your team and have them any questions they might have about your products and services. If you've won accolades for your place of work, also highlight them with your About Us page. It not just inspires trust in those visitors looking to join your organization, yet also those who want to buy your products or services.
6. HAVE GOT A CLASSY CONTACT WEBPAGE Having a contact page that doesn't job is a deal breaker, as far as your visitors are concerned. Not only does it inform your visitors that you do not care about your user encounter, but that you rarely care enough to ensure that all kinds of things on your own internet site works.
Test your contact form and replace it whether it doesn't job. Also include the following details on your contact webpage.
o Your business name and boilerplate (introduction) for visitors that land on your site through your contact webpage
o Deals with of your main office and of your regional offices
o An email that works because a user clicks on it using their company mobile equipment
o A telephone number that site visitors can call from their mobile phone device
So, get a well-designed contact page to build your website dependable. 7. ERADICATE ALL 404 ERRORS AND BROKEN LINKS 404 mistakes and cracked links take away from your visitor's user knowledge and a negative user knowledge can cause your visitors to lose trust in your company.
Look at your website for 404 problems and damaged links by simply installing the plugins. Some allow you to redirect your 404 errors on your homepage as well as to another page of your choice.
Also you can show some personality simply by creating a custom made 404 mistake page in order to visitors find what they want quickly and lets them find out a little more about your company.
Eight. PUBLISH A WEBLOG AND BULLETIN Having a blog page that is on a regular basis updated and inviting your website visitors to subscribe to your newsletter, displays them that you're the type of organisation that values your connection with them and sends out regular posts, and not a fly-by-night owner who will up and disappear some day.
9. HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT This is a must-do to produce your website trusted. If you're collection private information, such as emails, out of your website visitors, you must let them know just how their information will be used. Create a page with all your terms of service and privacy policy, plainly stating that their e-mail will not be marketed or passed out to anyone else and will just be used to give them the updates they asked for.
10. SHOWCASE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CLIENTS Testimonials inform your visitors that your business comes with happy clients who would like to recommend the products and services. They may be one of the most effective ways to get your visitors to trust your company.
11. HIGHLIGHT SOCIAL EVIDENCE OF YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKING COMMUNITY Use a plugin to link to your social information from your website to give your website visitors another way to keep in touch. Install a Facebook like field that shows how many fans you could have.
12. PROVIDE A WARRANTY AND A REFUND INSURANCE POLICY Guarantees and refund policies tell your readers that you have confidence in the products and services you offer and so are willing to put your money to their rear. They are a very effective way of having visitors to pull out their visa or mastercard and click that acquire button. Because they know that they will trust the offer, and that ordering a person is risk-free. Always display refund policy and guarantee on the merchandise page alone.
13. BE CLEAR ABOUT YOUR CHARGES Being evasive about your prices is not the best way to motivate trust in any visitors. It explains to them that you have got something to cover – both that the prices won't be the same for each customer or that you might add on taxes that you would not want to reveal. Being clear about your rates, or at least revealing a ballpark figure, explains to your visitors the actual can expect to pay you. Should you offer tailor made packages that you cannot offer pricing for, mention clearly what they entail and what you happen to be willing to consist of with them. This is very convenient but an significant point to choose your website trusted.
14. RELEASE CASE RESEARCH OF CUSTOMERS Circumstance studies, like testimonials, tell your visitors whatever you have were able to achieve for your clients and what you can do for own businesses. Allow your people to download the case studies so they can get in touch with you later if perhaps they're simply just browsing or shopping for several services.
15. SHOWCASE WEBSITES YOU'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED ON If you have written intended for or featured on different prominent magazines, some of the right of the websites you've been featured on rubs off on you too, particularly in the eyes of the visitors.
fourth there's 16. DON'T CONTENT ADSENSE OR OTHER ADVERTISING BANNERS Leaving your 2 cents ads on a website that you sell other products or services from, tells your visitors that you're not really making enough money through your business. Additionally, it shows that youre desperate to profit from your website in other ways. It's not a move that encourages trust and confidence. In case your business website sells products or services, don't place any advertisings on it, regardless of tempting. Simply use it to showcase the own offerings.
17. MAKE USE OF SECURE PURCHASING AND REPAYMENT OPTIONS If you own a great ecommerce web-site or admit any sort of payments from your web page, it is highly important to make your site trustworthy. Mainly because if you can't you are immediately losing money. That is one place that it helps to invest in the best options as it involves your clients private information.
18. OFFER TALK SUPPORT To enhance their trust and ensure that you don't lose requests, use a wordpress tool. These extensions help you provide you with support and live chat on your customers and process choose your website trustworthy.
19. ANSWER CUSTOMER ISSUES AND REVIEWS PROMPTLY If you allow feedback on your internet site and weblog, ensure that you interact to each and every one of your comments quickly.
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The Lady Cougars took first place last weekend at the Somerville tournament. Shown above are, top row l. to r, Sarah Grace Merry, Kassidy Cravey, Allee Pervis, Camyrn Davidson and Jenna Bumpurs. Middle row, l. to r., Sarah Rains, JoBeth Eddings, Maddie Thomas, Chloe Stevens, Maci Bumpurs, Reyna Hernandez and Taylor Lemoine. In front with the first place plaque is Rosemary Rivera. Also on the team but not pictured is Caroline Richmond. The Lady Cougars played in New Waverly on Tuesday and have away games scheduled until March 6, at home vs Teague.


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Mandevilla boliviensis
White Dipladenia, Summer Snow Mandevilla
Mandevilla (man-deh-VIL-uh) – named for Henry John Mandeville (1773-1861), British Minister in Buenos Aires
boliviensis (boh-liv-ee-EN-sis) – of Bolivia, South America
Mandevilla splendens, Dipladenia boliviensis, Dipladenia bella, Mandevilla bella, Mandevilla pittieri
Bolivia, Ecuador
White Dipladenia is an evergreen shrub/vine that averages 3 to 4 feet in height with a spread of 5 to 6 feet as a shrub, but it can get to 10 to 12 feet in height if trained as a vine. Its habit is a sprawling shrub or a woody stemmed twining. It has a moderate to fast growth rate.
Leaves are evergreen, elliptic to oblong, shiny, simple, 4 to 6 inches long, leathery, and dark green in color. It has pinnate veins, tendrils, milky sap, and fuzzy young stems.
The white flowers with yellow throats are 2 to 4 inches across with 5 petals, flared like a trumpet, single, and are borne in axillary racemes. It blooms sporadically throughout the year in warmer areas and in the summer in other areas.
It is hardy in USDA Zones 10 to 11. It is damaged by frost.
Full sun for stronger flowering. It will tolerate partial shade.
Poor Salt Spray Tolerance – it's risky for this plant to be put in a coastal area as it has minimal tolerance. It would require multiple layers of protection such as in a greenhouse, indoors, or in a small enclosed area such as a courtyard beyond the dunes.
It will grow on a wide variety of well-drained soils in the pH range of 5.0 to 6.0. It may exhibit some chlorosis on alkaline soils.
It has moderate drought tolerance once established, so some water is needed for survival in dry spells. As with most plants, though, ample irrigation in droughts keeps it healthier and looking better.
Pinch to promote shrubbier growth.
It has no special fertilizer needs. Unless a soil test suggests otherwise, a slow-release balanced analysis fertilizer applied per the product label will work.
Scale - University of California
Tetrio Sphinx, Giant Gray Sphinx, Frangipani Hornworm - University of Florida
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There are very few totally "deer-proof" plants. There are also, relatively speaking, few plants that are considered a preferred food supply of deer. Most plants fall in the big gap between. One of the biggest variables is the available preferred food supply in a given area. If their preferred food is scarce, they will munch on most anything.
Flowering vine, containers, accent plant, mixed plantings, specimen plant
California Poison Control lists Mandevilla spp. as non-toxic.
A search of ASPCA, Texas A&M University, Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System, University of Wisconsin, Poisonous Houseplants and Ornamentals - Merck Vet Manual, Purdue University - Guide to Toxic Plants in Forages, Poisonous Plants of the Southeastern United States - Alabama Cooperative Extension, Florida Poison Control, University of California, and The Cat Fanciers Association did not show this plant on any of their lists.
There are some sources that attach a cautionary status because of its family relatives such as this:
North Carolina State University lists Mandevilla spp. as: All parts are suspected.
Poison Delivery Mode:Ingestion. - Symptoms:Caution: not known to be poisonous but related to known toxic plants. - Toxic Principle:Unknown. - Severity:CAUSES ONLY LOW TOXICITY IF EATEN.


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Unlike previous 'G's, 5G is heavily focused on use-cases and applications for enterprise and public sector customers enabled by 'guaranteed' mobile connectivity and application performance. The business models for use cases such as connected cars, the more ambitious autonomous cars, remote health monitoring, and smart cities, hold great promise but are still being worked out and involve operators working with a range of third-parties to make them happen.
To guarantee the performance of new business-critical mobile services, mobile operators will be faced with a new responsibility, that of monitoring all layers of the networking stack, along with the application and service layers (Layers 4-7) way beyond the traditional perimeter of transport (Layers 1-3).
If operators are to bake, frost, and serve an outstanding 5G customer experience, they will need to bring performance assurance to both the network, and the application and service layers. This requires a new approach to service assurance, one that achieves granular visibility into all layers.
A recipe for success
There's no doubt about it: networks are getting increasingly complex, and a big part of 5G is gaining efficiency in managing the huge network demand for mobile capacity. Operators are addressing this through simplification and automation of operations, standardization of hardware and software, and the proliferation of open systems to enable integration.
Managing this complexity is hard enough, and made all the more difficult due to mobile consumers' increasing demands; a poor mobile experience is no longer tolerated as it once was for 3G. Indeed, today's operators' Net Promoter Scores (NPS) reveal some of this subscriber discontent, with an average score of 32 out of 100 awarded to telecoms service providers.
Mobile operators all offer basically the same phones, the same packages, the same speeds. What's left to win over and keep customers? QoE and performance. While operators are working to improve the overall digital customer experience with better portals, self-care and more personalized packages, ultimately, customers expect direct access to their apps and services at any time, and at any place - and expect them to work well.
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5G necessarily brings new spectrum, multi-access edge computing (MEC), software-defined networking (SDN), and virtualized network functions that will be hosted in cloud data centers and chained together to deliver new 'services' on demand.
5G-transformed networks will effectively become "mobile cloud platforms" that allow application and content providers to host their services and reach customers over a programmable mobile infrastructure.
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Managing this multi-layer, cloud-native environment is far beyond what humans can handle; we're just too slow to understand and react appropriately to the dynamic network, application and service changes involved.
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