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All paintings are genuine and done by elephants. Although there may be similarities between the paintings done by each individual elephant, all of the paintings are unique. Please note that the paintings are done by animals and not human artists. It is expected that there will be some imperfections such as smudges, smears, drips or streaks.
By being the proud owner of one of these beautiful paintings, your contribution will help provide sustainable funding to the World Wildlife Fund For Nature and other NGO's to eradicate this insidious trade. It also helps provide additional income for the local mahouts (elephant trainers) and support the Mae Tang Veterinary Clinic for elephants.


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Gandhinagar. The meeting was initially scheduled to be held in Delhi, on September 14. Earlier, in September 2014, Modi did host the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gandhinagar as well for the bilateral talks. The visit of Japanese PM is considered a real ... Read More »
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In Japan mid-sized companies to buy robots to tackle labor shortage
Japan has been encountering labor shortage for years together and to tackle the shortage of labor, Japan's mid-sized businesses are planning to purchase robots and other apparatus to mechanize an extensive range of chores. The robot purchase includes industrial, earth movers and hotel room facility. Bank of Japan's study says that businesses with share wealth of 100 million yen to ... Read More »
Japan deploys its biggest warship in Korean peninsula
After US summoning its warship, USS Carl Vinson, Japan has deployed its biggest warship to protect american vessels in the Korean peninsula increasing the tension further in the already heated environment. The Japanese warship is given the task in escorting US military ships off the Japanese coast. Izumo, the helicopter carrier departed the Yokosuka port near Tokyo earlier Monday. However Japan's defense ... Read More »
Fully Support 'Great Ally' Japan: Donald Trump
The US President Donald Trump today asserted that Japan is a great ally and it has full support from the US. The statement came after North Korea test fired a ballistic missile. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called this apparent provocation as absolutely intolerable. Donald Trump said that "he wants everybody to know and fully understand that United States of America stands behind Japan, ... Read More »

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Principal search on hold while experts are called in
Megan Doyle, Staff Writer
October 5, 2015
The search process for finding a new permanent principal at Staples is changing and is currently on hold until directed otherwise. The Board of Education suggested hiring a search firm to effectively find new, interesting candidates for this important role. Last year, as a way to find applicants, the town of Westport placed ads featured in the New York Tim...
Board of Education discusses SBAC testing and energy at meeting
Nicole DeBlasi, Web Managing Editor
March 13, 2015
On the night of March 9, the Westport Board of Education (BOE) convened in the Staples cafeteria to discuss various topics, such as clarifying some information regarding the Smarter Balance Assessments (SBAC) testing during announcements and to introduce a new energy savings plan by an engineering company ...
Board of Education Addresses Issues of Remaining Budget
January 11, 2011
Image via Wikipedia The BOE meeting last night, Wednesday, Jan. 10, addressed the issues of the underground oil tank replacement proposal and the proposed budget for the next school year. The Board members began the night by focusing on the three oil tanks that need to be either repaired or replaced. Coleytown ...


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|Halsey Masonic Hall – Cheshunt
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|3rd Wednesday May (Installation)
1st Monday February
4th Wednesday October
1st Monday December
There seems to be no Lodge record of a Sponsoring Lodge. According to 'Landmarks', a compilation of Lodge events from 1899 to 1949, published as part of the celebration of its Jubilee, the Petitioners presented their petition direct to the RW Provincial Grand Master, Sir Frederick Halsey, who subsequently carried out the Ceremony of Consecration at The Hall, Grove Park, Bushey. The twelve Founders were among a number of Masons who previously had regularly attended St. John Lodge of Instruction at Harlesden in North London. The Arms and Motto of the Lodge are those of the Mercer Family and permission for their use by the Lodge was given by W Bro Thomas James Mercer, AGPurs PPGSuptWks, a Founder and the first Master of the Lodge in 1899.
The Lodge takes especial pride in the high Masonic achievement attained by W Bro Herbert George Teagle, who was Initiated in this Lodge in 1902, and was installed as Grand Master of New Zealand (N.Z. Constitution) in 1942.


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I've never had a conventional popover but these are amazing. Airy and moist inside, crispy on the outside.
I veganized David Lebovitz's recipe in the New York Times that he adapted from Maida Heatter
Sugar-Crusted Popovers
Makes 9
I just used a standard-sized muffin tin.
For the puffs:
2 tablespoons earth balance, melted
4 1/2 teaspoons egg replacer powder + 6 tablespoons water, combined in a food processor
1 cup soy milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup flour
For the sugar coating:
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup melted butter
Softened butter, for greasing the pan
1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Liberally grease a nonstick popover pan, or a muffin pan with 1/2-cup indentations, with softened butter.
-- I just used lots of nonstick olive oil cooking spray
2. For the puffs, put the 2 tablespoons melted butter, egg replacer mixture, milk, salt and sugar in a blender and blend for a few seconds.
3. Add the baking powder and flour and whiz for about 10 seconds, just until smooth.
4. Divide the batter among the 9 greased molds, filling each 1/2 to 2/3rds full.
5. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the puffs are deep brown.
6. Remove from the oven, wait a few minutes until cool enough to handle, then remove the popovers from the pans and set them on a cooling rack. If they're stubborn, you may need a small knife or spatula to help pry them out.
7. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Thoroughly brush each popover all over with the 1/4 cup (60 g) of melted butter, then dredge each puff generously in the sugar and cinnamon mixture to coat them completely. Let cool on the wire rack.


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I spent another month in New York City, studying figure drawing and painting at the Art Students League.
One thing I love about the Art Students League is the privilege of working with the wonderful models. In addition, the poses at the Art Students League are often repeated over several days. I was glad to have the opportunity to work on this figure drawing for about 6 hours.
Another terrific instructor, Michael Grimaldi. taught our morning figure class. (Click on his name to see his extraordinary drawings.) The poses were long, some lasting weeks at a time. It is wonderful to be able to study the figure in detail.
After studying with Michael Grimaldi and Dan Thompson, I began to study anatomy seriously.
Then I had the good fortune to spend a week studying at the Stanford University dissection lab. Both Michale Grimaldi and Dan Thompson taught the class, through the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier.
As I study anatomy, I begin to see more structures in the human form.
My objective for this drawing was to investigate the figure's construction, movement, and relation to light. Next to the figure is my drawing of the skeletal substructure, and another of the lights and darks on the model and in the background, with a dark-to-light scale drawn along the left border. You can see that I was struggling to find the form for that left arm!
This young woman held her pose for 15 hours a week for 4 weeks. I'm sad that I only got to draw her for about one week. I would have loved to stay for the whole pose, but it was time for me to fly home.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation Calls for Native American Sites for 11 Most Endangered!
WASHINGTON — The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes the importance of preserving Native American traditions, history, and culture by calling for nominations of Native American endangered sites for its annual America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places®.
Bear Butte, a site sacred to as many as 17 American Indian tribes in South Dakota, was placed on the most endangered list in 2011.
More than 250 threatened one-of-a-kind historic treasures have been identified on the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places since 1988. Whether these sites are urban districts or rural landscapes, Native American landmarks or 20th-century sports arenas, entire communities or single buildings, the list spotlights historic places across America that are facing a range of threats including insufficient funds, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy. The designation has been a powerful tool for raising awareness and rallying resources to save endangered sites from every region of the country.
For over a quarter century, this endangered list has highlighted important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk for destruction or irreparable damage.
Nominations are due on March 2, 2015. The 2015 list will be announced in June.
The places on the list need not be famous, but they must be significant within their own cultural context, illustrate important issues in preservation and have a need for immediate action to stop or reverse serious threats. The site or place must also be at least 50-years old and have some type of historic or cultural significance either locally or nationally.
Since 1988, the National Trust has identified more than 250 threatened historic places on its list.
To learn more about the program and to nominate a Native American sacred site, visit: www.preservationnation.org/11most


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Less than two weeks until school starts! Woo Hoo! Okay, I may be a little excited at the thought of the new school year…however, not excited by the thought of school shopping. With Kaet it was easy peasy, with the boy…yeah, not so much. Aren't girls supposed to be the tough ones and the boys the easy ones? It's back assward in this family. Kaet would wear just about anything I brought home, clear through high school…Leo started fussing and arguing about clothes back in kindergarten…he's always been our more high maintenance child….definitely the wrong way around.
Last week we had our county fair. Think this was the least time we spent at the fair in years…Kirk did the two nights of rodeo, Bubba went to the teen dance while I sat and visited with friends at the campers and that was it. Part of me misses having kids involved in 4H and being involved with the fair, part of me does not. It definitely is nice to not have livestock to worry about…making sure they have enough water, making sure they don't get tangled with anyone else's animals, worrying about kids getting too close and spooking livestock which could result in a kid getting kicked or stomped on…that I do not miss.
The politics of the livestock part, I really do not miss…we live in a county where the same families win the highest honors more often than not. We always made sure our kids focused on doing the best they can and having fun and learning more than the honors…just the nature of the county we live in. Sucks for the kids that work their asses off and can't afford the expensive show animals and don't have their parents doing 90% of the work pre fair…the only thing they are really missing are the correct last names. Well, the kids learn early, it's who you are and who you know that gets you further in life sometimes.
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When he had the opportunity, Colin Kaepernick knelt to bring attention to an important and sad fact about America, namely how our racism results in the impoverishment and the early sudden death of black people, by violent means if not by by disease.
And what can I do about this? I am not an NFL player. In fact, I am done with the NFL. I am an older privileged white guy who pays $50 a year to have a website and write a blog, and I support Colin Kaepernick, as I have done before on this site, here and here.
The Nike shoe-burning by American racists/supremacists who want to make sure that black people know "their place" reminded me of the 1966 Southern Baptist bonfires of Beatles items, when John Lennon dared compare the Beatles' popularity to that of Jesus. Insult what we believe and we will torch you, was (and is) their poisonous message.
The poison persists and runs down the river, splashing over the rocks, baptising those who willingly stand in that current of hate, mistaking the force of the current for truth.


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The Green Party is about more than just the environment: we believe that social justice and environmental responsibility are fundamentally linked. We campaign on local, national and international issues and look to stand candidates in local and general elections.
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|Coloured Die Cut Card
All I've done is use some alcohol markers to add some colours (any colouring media would do) and it makes a real statement on a black background. It's actually deceptively easy to colour because you can just go off the edge with most of the shapes so you don't need to have ultra good fine motor skills (i.e. it looks much more fiddly than it actually is!). The die-cut is from smooth white card so all that was necessary for the cocky was to add a little hint of yellow.
I've coloured in a greeting and a butterfly from the Australiana colouring pad, backed it with some green card and popped it all in a white textured photoslot card base from Regal Craft Cards


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Top Tips for Wedding Dress Shopping
Wedding Dress Shopping
The time has come for you to look for a wedding gown for one of the biggest days of your life. You've done plenty of planning, attended plenty of appointments regarding your wedding, but now it's time for the best part: choosing the dress. Many women have envisioned their wedding dress since they were little girls, but there are also plenty that haven't either.However, if you have yet to think about what your wedding gown will look like, worry not. When you visit our bridal boutique, we'll know exactly what to do. Simply make your appointment with us and prepare for a unique and personalized experience. But first, take a look at these tips so you can help us help you.
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Training as Longterm Commitment with our Clients
Training as Long Term Commitment towards our Clients
Our commitment helping our clients to achive their goals is essential for us, therefore we shape and form all our servicies and solutions in line with it.
Productivity is one of the key factors of any company that wants to be competitive, so that training and improvement of its employees have become essential to reach higher levels of effectiveness, efficiency and profitability.
A key to success is to develop efficient training systems which result in great professionals who will be competitive on the current global market.
"A CFO says to his CEO: Staff training will cost us a lot of money; Then, imagine what if the staff leave the company. The CEO responds him: Imagine, what if we do not train them and then they stay …"


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Mr. Tim Goes To Washington
In the cold morning on W103 we walked to the subway and a short ride later arrived at Penn Station. With time to kill Rusty bought that great tourist abortion that is the "I heart NY" t-shirt and after a cold wait we were heading south to Washington D.C. The bus wound its way down through New York State, New Jersey, a sliver of Delaware and Maryland, passing billboards like "Virgin: Tell your kids it's not a dirty word" and "Marriage works". Five hours later, we arrived in that bizarre, stateless city that is D.C. By now it was late so we headed to Chinatown for dinner and followed it with drinks at a blatantly leftie bar/cafe/restaurant called Busboys and Poets. For dessert we sampled a chocolate mousse cake that was simply unbelievable, and washed it down with a jug of sangria.
In the morning we woke early for a walking tour led by a colourful Vietnam vet called Jerry. We first went west, down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, which was smaller than I imagined (that's what she said). We continued on around Tidal Basin to the Jefferson Memorial, inscribed with the "all men are equal (except for my slaves)" spiel, through the FDR Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech to the 250,000 people in the Mall below. Along the Mall are various war memorials to Korea, Vietnam and WWII so we walked past a long black wall covered in the 60,000 names that illustrates the obscene waste of life that was the Vietnam War. We headed up past the Washington Monument in its phallic glory before stopping at the Smithsonian Castle for lunch. The final stop was a tour of the Capitol building, so we walked there past what can only be described as stretch golf carts, ostensibly to ferry old people and fatties up Capitol Hill. A tour guide ran us through some of the rooms in quick succession, the highlight being the old Senate room, where Clinton had to answer some questions about that thing he did. Or didn't do. No, did.
The following day was museum day as we attempted to kick over some of the many Smithsonian museums. We began at the Natural History Museum, full of stuffed animals, rocks, gems and other pieces of natural history. The two hours we expected to spend there was a gross underestimate so we decided to do the Air and Space Museum the next day. At night we embarked on a walking tour of Georgetown, the wealthy part of D.C. where the average house price is $3-4 million and the residents refuse to have a subway because of the type of people public transportation attracts. We saw the house JFK once lived in and continued to Georgetown University, Clinton's alma mater. We finished by walking down the Exorcist stairs to a nearby pub, which quickly filled with the addition of us 20. I sat with Zach from California and a Dutch guy whose name sounded like Repco. Our guide Marc decided to move us on so we went to a second bar that was overpriced and caused most people to leave. We settled on a final destination not far away, at which point I lost Rusty and Zach so I drank with Yaz from Sydney while a ridiculously tall bouncer prowled around seizing coats left on stools and ledges, demanding they be taken to the cloak room. The place closed at 2 so I was forced to part with my half full beer despite some rather colourful protests.
In the morning we resumed our museum adventures, and so we set off for the Air and Space Museum with Rusty's new friend Zach. The Apollo 11 module greeted us as we walked in and we spent a few hours looking at the Wright brothers' plane, missiles, rockets, lunar rovers and other exhibits. At one point, needing to the ground floor quickly, we found an elevator, which unbeknown to us was the only elevator reserved for the elderly and disabled. The woman in the lift told us this, albeit with something of an attitude. In no mood to put up with a woman whose job is to sit in an elevator all day go on a power trip, we got our revenge by pressing the up and down buttons every time we passed the lift, which was deliberately frequent. Was it petty? Yes. Was it hilarious? Also yes. Did the woman eventually call a security guard over to watch out for us? You better believe it.
Time once again got away and so we left early in order to see the Holocaust Museum before it closed. The museum itself has an interesting layout reminiscent of a concentration camp, with walkways overhead and the reception 'yard'. We caught the lift to the fourth floor, the idea being to work your way down to the second floor where the exhibition ended. Two hours was nowhere near enough time; I had barely finished the fourth floor when they announced the museum was closing in 30 minutes. The exhibition itself was, predictably, suitably depressing, and asked the difficult questions of how it could happen and why it wasn't stopped (the Allies knew of the camps from 1942).
We met up with a few people from the Georgetown tour and the night began with a basketball game as the Washington Wizards took on Orlando Magic. A pyrotechnic display shot flames into the air as the players were introduced, a woman sang some bizarre interpretation of the Star-Spangled Banner and the game got underway. Music played non-stop, so I have no idea how the players can concentrate with We Will Rock You blaring. In between quarters we were treated to entertainment like cheerleader dances, break dancing and a trampolining act while miniature blimps floated around the stadium. During time outs the screen showed kiss cam or dance cam, where you do the appropriate action if the camera goes on you. This produced moments of hilarity (or pain) as one guy was turned down on kiss cam, and two 10 year olds took off their shirts and did pelvic thrusts and crotch grabs on dance cam.
After the game we saw the new Michael Cera film before I went to an Irish bar with an English guy called Matthew and the object of his affections Amy. We hadn't been there for five minutes when a fight broke out after a drunk guy bumped into another guy, who looked at him funny and got a right hook to the mouth for his trouble. Chaos ensued before bouncers appeared out of nowhere and dragged out the drunk guy while he shouted abuse at all and sundry. Fortunately for us this had opened space at the bar so we got beers and met Patrick from Baltimore, who took us back to his group, where we met Ryan, Matt, Shelby and two other girls. Matthew and Amy left not long after and the group dissolved as Matt's girlfriend made him take her home leaving Ryan, Patrick and I. Ryan made it his mission to inform every girl in the bar that I was Australian and therefore it was mandatory that I be spoken to. This resulted in an argument with one girl when she refused to believe I was Australian ("You should sound like this," she said in a British accent). At 3am we were kicked out, a rarity in Washington where the 2am close is rigorously enforced. I left Ryan and Patrick standing in the middle of the road attempting to catch a cab, and at some point on the walk home remembered I had to be up in less than 4 hours for the bus to Boston.


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It's been a busy week, and I had to stop pressing daily (at least for the past week). Glad to be back in action again today (although I am feeling a bit off beat).
Spent a day to chase castles in Copenhagen (or shall I say Greater Copenhagen?). Thanks to the advice from the information centre, I managed to visit Frederiksborg Slot, Kronborg and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in one day. In that order, I took a morning train to Hillerod then Helsingor then Humlebaek, and a night train back to Copenhagen.
Chasing castles can be quite overwhelming (maybe because I wanted to cover them all on the way) – here's part 1!
It was quite a long walk from the train station to Frederiksborg Slot through a square.
Here's a shot of the castle from the square!
Had to pass through a few more gates before I reached the castle.
Copenhagen Card Guide 2012/2013: Frederiksborg is a royal renaissance castle, built in the 17th century by Christian IV. The castle houses an impressive chapel with the coats of arms of Knights of the Elephant and Knights of the Grand Cross, Riddersal (Great Hall) and Audienssal (Audience Chamber).
These coats of arms of knights can be seen everywhere in the castle!
A glimpse of the castle from the chapel.
Coat of arm of Christian IV can be spotted in the castle too.
Interesting flag that reflects the interlinked history of the Scandinavia countries. Recognise the three crowns of Sweden?
Great Hall. Almost always impressed with the great halls of the castles I visited in Scandinavia.
A glimpse of the castle's garden. Very nice.
As you can tell from the pictures, this is one of the oldest castles I visited so far. Many parts were under renovation.
Nice walk. Wish I had more time to linger though.
Shot of castle from the garden. Thought it looks prettier from this side.
Time to catch up on some sleep before I press about Kronborg, Hamlet's castle… Till then…


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He who works with his hands is a labourer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
– St. Francis of Assisi
This beach. This girl. That light.
To me this session is everything and represented me saying goodbye to the place call home and starting pastures new. Taken just a few days before I left my sweet home town and followed my heart to Spain. As an artist I feel it is important to take time out and shoot solely for yourself, I think its important for your self development and inner contentment. I try to take personal images as much as posible fine tuning my art and honing the skills I have come to develop. That means working a long side a film lab, talking to them about how you can take your work to the next level and then listening and acting on what you learn.
As a wedding photographer sometimes you don't have as much time as you like to experiment whilst taking photographs at a wedding so its necessary to make time to practice. I love that film photography makes you work, it forces you to strive for perfection in what you do and allows you to constantly be learning. I love sharing my knowledge with other too helping individuals find their own voice as an artist, a photographer and seeing them develop. Since creating Illuminated Collective a European Fine Art and Film Photography workshop my awareness for self development has become prevalent and I can see how much we can all learn from each other.
I am so pleased that I have joined again with Jessie Thomson and Amy Bowley to curate the next Illuminated Workshop which will be held in my new home town in Spain this September. The workshop has been designed to help develop yourself as an artist, learn the skill of film photography and finding your own niche in sea of wedding photographers. This retreat will be taught over two days and boast beautiful styled sessions, one to one talks with the mentors and gorgeous surroundings. If you would like to join us in this experience visit here.
Monasetrio De Piedra| 14 & 15 SEPTEMBER | £850.00 INVESTMENT
This session was featured in the latest issue of Belle Lumière Magazine all images scanned and developed by UK Film Lab.
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This week's roundup includes news of a drop in prices in the London property market, growing concerns over increasing debt for the UK's poorest households, suggestions that the Open Banking policy will revolutionise consumer banking and further tightening among lenders on the number of loan approvals.
London home-sellers cut prices by highest level since 2009
People who are looking to sell their homes in London dropped the asking price for their properties by the highest level since the financial crisis, new figures have revealed.
At a time when prices in most of the rest of Britain are rising, Rightmove said the average asking price for a home in London stood at £600,926 in January, 3.5% lower than January 2017 and the biggest drop since June 2009.
Most of Britain experienced year-on-year increases in asking prices of 4% or more, and the average asking price for the rest of the country stands at just under £300,000.
London's property market has slowed over the past 12 months due to higher purchase taxes on expensive homes, along with the June 2016 Brexit vote, which significantly impacted demand from foreign buyers and raised concerns over job losses in the City.
Debt fears 'remain for poorer households'
A third of the lowest-income households in Britain have loans and credit card debts that outstrip the value of the assets they hold, new figures have revealed.
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a quarter of very low-income households have high debt repayments or are behind on bills or repayments. Unsecured borrowing, such as loans, overdrafts and credit cards, has been rising by nearly 10% every year in the UK.
The report found that around half of British households have some unsecured debt. The IFS said 43% of this is loans from banks and other financial institutions, while credit and store debt account for 25% and purchase debt stands at 21%.
More than 60% of unsecured debt is held by households with above-average incomes, the IFS said, but many households are already behind on making debt repayments.
The IFS said young adults in their 20s were more likely to be in households with problem debt than older people, and low-educated young adults were particularly likely to be struggling.
Open Banking 'revolution will challenge banks' dominance'
A fundamental shift in the way consumers can bank, manage and spend their money digitally is currently under development. A change in the law, and the start of the Open Banking system, means people can allow businesses other than their bank to access their financial data.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority, which launched the scheme, said the new system will allow consumers to seek out better deals, including cheaper overdrafts and the ability to speed up the account switching process.
As part of the legislation, surcharges for payments made by credit card, debit card, or other payments, such as PayPal, will be banned. A change in UK law now means that banks and building societies must allow regulated businesses access to a customer's financial data, but only if the customer has given permission.
The Open Banking system should ensure that such access is given by the UK's nine biggest current account providers in a secure way, and without the need for customers to reveal their online banking login details or passwords.
UK lenders 'tighten grip on consumer loans'
British lenders are planning to tighten their grip on consumer lending even more, a Bank of England (BoE) survey has revealed.
According to the central bank, expectations among lenders about the availability of unsecured lending over the next three months pointed to a sharp slowdown in credit.
Households across Britain are under pressure from rising inflation since the Brexit vote in 2016, coupled with weak wage growth.
It comes after separate BoE data showed British consumers had increased their borrowing by the smallest amount since mid-2015 in the three months to November 2017, adding to signs that households are slowing down their spending.
Lenders in the BoE survey said they expected to reject the biggest share of unsecured consumer loan applications since the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Regular Show
"The 80s called. They want their cell phones back."
Regular Show is an American cartoon created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. The sitcom was originally written for adults who refused to watch something intense, such as Family Guy, which somehow manages to be less random than Regular Show. Give it up for J. G. for doing the impossible.
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"Oh what a wonderful day! The only thing that could ruin this day is a show starring an enlarged blue jay and some type of nocturnal omn-"
The Regular Show series revolves around the bangtastic lives of 23-year-old friends. Mordecai—a blue jay, and Rigby—one of the raccoons from Suddenly, Raccoons. They work as ground keepers in a local park, although they constantly seek to avoid working and instead seek entertainment in the form of partying and prostitution. More often than not this results in their boss, Benson, becoming extremely
erect enraged at the two. It is already hard enough to take the blue jay and raccoon seriously, but taking Benson seriously is much more difficult due to the fact that he is a living gumball machine.
Their coworker, Skips the Foot Fairy Yeti, sometimes becomes angry at Mordecai and Rigby as well when they are caught joshing around.
Other coworkers who actually enjoy Mordecai and Rigby include Pops—a lollipop-headed man, Muscle Man—an overweight green Grinch who claims his mother is a whore, and a ghost called Hi-Five Ghost.
The two love interests in the series include a red breasted robin named Margaret, and another raccoon from you-know-where named Eileene. She looks like a mole, but she isn't. We all know that raccoons are breeded to deceive.
Writing process[edit]
The writing process for Regular Show starts with the staff writers playing "writer's games". They do this to find any inspirations they deem enjoyable for putting into their kickass episodes. Once an idea is greenlit, the magic happens.
The plot for an episode generally begins with a problem that must be overcome. Generally, Mordecai and Rigby are the no-luck losers who must face these obstacles. During the attempts to overcome these problems, be it simple or hardcore, generally some large overly exaggerated monster usually originating in Japan appears every single time towards the climax of the adventures. Then the protagonists must slay these foul demons—be it by selling cocaine, crushing it at video games, a little something else, or whatever it takes.
After the foul demons are defeated, the episode typically ends because Cartoon Network refuses to let episodes in the series be more strange then they already are.
Anything notable about its animation process?[edit]
Well, this part of the production process is pretty normal except for the fact that animation of the show occurs in North Korea.
Voice cast[edit]
The voice cast has J. G. Quintal voice Mordecai, some other goon voice Rigby, Luke Skywalker voice Skips, and some other dudes voicing the rest of the crew.
The voice casting has been praised for its ability to scream "WOO! WOO!" at just the right amount of decibels and for its various "my mom jokes" included in each episode.
So that still bares the question; is the show regular?[edit]
Yes, they do air on a specific schedule.
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Submitted by Swag on January 22, 2012 - 8:07pm.
the worst trailer I've ever seen.
And I've seen a lot of them.
It's almost as bad as that scene in Batman Forever where Batman says that he'll get drive through.
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Dar Nur al-Zahra' ialah sebuah perpustakaan awam milik persendirian yang diwakafkan untuk dimanfaatkan secara percuma oleh orang ramai. Ia satu-satunya perpustakaan seumpama ini di Malaysia.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Saya terkejut bila dapat tahu yang dalam ramai-ramai adik ni hanya seorang saja yang pandai membaca iaitu yang berbaju kuning tu. Kesian adik-adik ni, udah darjah 4 dan 5 tapi masih tidak pandai membaca malah merangkak-rangkak untuk mengeja. Tapi mereka bagus sebab rajin datang ke perpustakaan. Hampir setiap hari...
Seorang lagi... adik-adik ni selalunya datang berbasikal secara berkumpulan. Mereka ni dari SK Langgar.
Tengok tu, punyalah khusyuk membaca. Beginilah adik-adik yang selalu ke Dar Nur al-Zahra' membaca di Family Area.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Konvensyen Hospital Mesra Ibadah
This is just a short report on a convention that I attend 2 days ago. Actually I was representing Dar Nur al-Zahra' for the exhibition table. HUSM, the organizer invited us to open a promotion table for our library. Although I was there as a promoter, I still have the chance to follow the convention fully. Frankly speaking, what was presented by all the presenters were really good papers and I personally believed that the mission can be done.
For anyone interested to see/read or make a copy of the papers, you can view them at Dar Nur al-Zahra'. I would like to convey our great thanks to the organizer especially to Puan Rosuna Zakiey and Ust. Rosdian Hassan for giving us a chance to be there and for giving us a copy of each papers for free.
1. UST. HJ. MUHAMMAD HJ. ISMAIL (Madrasah Ar Rahmaniah)
2. DR. KHAIRI CHE MAT (Pakar Psikiatri HKB)
Tarikh & Masa: 25 Feb 2005, 3 - 5.30 petang
Tempat: DEWAN SEMINAR DAR NUR AL-ZAHRA'
Anjuran: JK Pembangunan JIM & Wanita JIM Kelantan
Penyertaan: TERBUKA
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Report: Book Discussion
Book discussion in progress. 5 participants attend the session. From one of the attendees: 'The discussion was good! Where can I buy that book? ...'
Ust. Muhd Hafiz starting the discussion.
2 students from KIAS intently listening to Ust. Muhd Hafiz.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Upcoming: Program Motivasi Pelajar Bulan Februari
Berikut ialah butiran sessi motivasi yang akan datang:
Tarikh: 26 Februari 2005 (Hari Sabtu)
Masa: 2.45 - 4.15 petang
Tempat: Dewan Seminar, Dar Nur al-Zahra'
Tajuk: Tugas & Akhlak Seorang Anak Dalam Agama, Keluarga dan Masyarakat
Penceramah: Ustz. Mazidah Muhamad, Pegawai Kaunselor ITD
Yuran: RM2 seorang
Jadi, bersedialah mana-mana remaja yang berminat dan ingin meningkatkan prestasi diri masing-masing. Sertailah kami di program ini nanti. Jumpa anda minggu depan!
Read Aloud Session at the Library.
Kids during Read Aloud Session at Dar Nur al-Zahra'. Usually we have 20 - 30 kids per session. We think and believed that read aloud will help inspire kids to love reading.
For more details about RAS, please surf to http://readaloudkb.blogspot.com .
Diskusi Buku: MANHAJ HIDUP MUSLIM
Diskusi Buku: MANHAJ HIDUP MUSLIM. Tarikh: 17 Februari 2005. Masa: 2.30 petang Tempat: Dewan Seminar, Perpustakaan Dar Nur al-Zahra' Peserta: Terbuka kepada remaja dan dewasa yang berminat.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Reading is important...
A mother reads aloud to her children.
Reading has always been an important skill. In our modern world it is more important than ever.
Children learn about the importance of reading as they watch family members use reading and writing for everyday purposes.
Reading with your child at home will help your child in all learning areas at school.
Children see you reading and writing in everyday life - reading for pleasure, sharing a story with your child using recipe, making a shopping list, writing a birthday card or reading street signs. This teaches them that reading and writing are useful skills in today's world.
Often parents are asked by the school to listen to their child read at home. It's a good way of supporting your child's reading. Books may be borrowd from school or public libraries or just come to our library.
Be confident that your child will learn to read and love to read.
What can you do at home to help?
- Be yourself. Involve children in everyday conversations.
- Read aloud to children. It helps children learn the language of books and will encourage them to enjoy books and reading.
- Talk about books, read together and make reading an enjoyable, shared activity.
- Have a wide range of reading material for your child at home, both fiction and non-fiction.
- Try not to let television intrude on reading time. Make a special time for reading with your child, away from interruptions.
- Listen to your child read every day, even for a short time.
- Give books as treats and presents.
Hints for listening to your child read...
- Before reading: talk about the cover, the title, the pictures, and discuss what the book may be about.
- During reading: discuss the story so far and try to guess what happens next.
- After reading: talk and ask questions about the story and pictures. Play word puzzles and do some drawing.
- When reading a harder book, together takes turns. Beginning readers can read the repetitive parts and more experienced readers can read a paragraph or a page.
- When you come across an unknown word...
- Go back to the beginning of the sentence, or read past the difficult word to the end of the sentence
- Look for a clue in the picture or the words
- Look at the first letter(s) and think ablout what the word could be
- Ask, "Does this make sense?"
- Tell your child the word if necessary
- PRAISE your child for trying even if mistakes are made
What to read and do...
1. Play games such as "I Spy ... something beginning with d."
2. Ask your child to read out simple recipes.
3. Read comics, magazines, short stories, poems and rhymes.
4. Read nespapers together.
5. Do crosswords and other word puzzles.
6. Read the TV guide before watching a program.
7. Look at letterbox leaflets.
8. Read directions and signs when driving.
9. Play board games and read the rules.
10. Provide plastic letters (eg. fridge magnets), crayons, pencils, pens and papers.
And do remember...
- Discuss the meaning of stories and words
- Encourage reading
- Let your child see you enjoying reading
- Borrow books for your child and yourself
- Enjoy Reading
It Should be Fun!
Some of the books donated for sell at our library. The income will be directly goes to the fund of Dar Nur al-Zahra'.
Sections of our Library.
Children's and Family's Section at the Ground Floor.
This is the Men Reading Area. On certain days when the Women Reading Area is full, we allowed our visitor to use any areas available as long as they can do their reading and what ever relevant.
some of our visitors reading at the Women Reading Area.
A step to the Library, a million knowledge
Kids really love coming to read at the library. One of our mission is to make the library the most comfortable place to visit everyday.
Fun & Craft Session at the Library
First 'Fun & Craft Session' on January 13, 2005. We managed to get 12 kids to join in our session. They seems to be enjoying it. They're making a greeting cards that day.
Kak Dila, our craft instructor. She's also our assistant librarian. You can always meet her at the front desk except on Mondays, that's her day off.
Some of the attendees of our 'Fun & Craft Session'. Left to right: Aliya, Farehan, Illy, Kak Dila, Zamzuzila, Sherry, Shakila and Irwani.


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When the four of us got into Dr. Huh's office on Monday, she asked us, "How was your trip?"
"Great!" I said.
"What?!" exclaimed Michael. "It was terrible!"
"What? No it wasn't!" I cleverly countered.
It's true that our trip to Ontario* was a bit of a mixed bag. Michael was thinking about Jade getting a terrible and worrisome cold, the challenge of finding keto ingredients, the stressful drive to Mississauga to see his very sick Granny, the nights of no sleep and being in separate rooms with wakeful children, not getting to go sailing, the traffic. And of course, he just hates being in the city. I was thinking about the laughs with family, watching the cousins play together, the visits with dear friends, the way Jade snuggled up to Granny in her bed, the pleasure in the grandparents' smiles. Truly, it was a great and a terrible time.
Jade's follow-up visit at the BC Children's Hospital was similarly mixed. Jade's EEG this time looked much better than it did in February and March. Dr. Huh was pleased to see Jade so steady, her hand tremors gone, her vocabulary improving. However, she confirmed that the seizures we started observing in Jade's sleep are, in fact, tonic seizures. (This means all her muscles tense up for several seconds.) We didn't want to see these develop because we've read that having this type of seizure show up is a progression of the Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy that indicates a poor prognosis (whatever that means, exactly…). Dr. Huh isn't happy to see them, either, but she says that it just means we need to be more aggressive with the diet. So we'll be making changes again in the near future. Truly, a great and a terrible thing.
But in both cases, I want to let the good outweigh the bad in my mind. There is so much good to be happy about.
And: it's good to be home.
*I know it didn't come up on the blog, but we suddenly decided the time was right for a trip to Ottawa and Mississauga to visit with Michael's family. It was so last minute that I was too busy packing and cooking keto meals to get around to blogging about it. Oops!


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Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) post impressive growth in 2007 amidst its competitors whose sales have declined..
Two Wheeler sales have taken a hit in 2007. Industry watchers attribute this mainly due to the rising interest rates. The top three i.e. Hero Honda, Bajaj and TVS have all registered negative sales. Interestingly Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) has showed an impressive 43 % growth. So akin to Aesop's famous fable, has the Tortoise finally managed to pip the Hare(s)..??
>> So has the Tortoise finally managed to pip the Hare(s)..??
>> Is it also an indicator of a change in the preference of consumer to think beyond 100 C.C..??
How has HMSI achieved a positive growth figure when the whole industry was witnessing a decline..??
Mr Sanjay Gupta (Sr. Manager, marketing at HMSI), says
"New variants of our existing models plus better market penetration in semi urban and rural areas due to expansion in our network have helped us. For instance, our network is also growing fast. We already have a network of more than 400 outlets across metros, semi-urban markets and small towns and this will be in excess of 600 before this year end."
Apart from increasing the number of dealers and introducing new(??) variants, one more factor might have contributed to HMSI's increase in sales. The 100 C.C motorcycle segment has been witnessing negative growth of late. And HMSI doesn't have a 100 motorcycle in it's portfolio. Not till now..
During the first quarter of 2007, the 100 cc segment saw a negative growth rate of 20% as against a 16% growth in the 125 cc and 150 cc segments.
- Even in the second quater, the entry-level (125cc and less) motorcycle segment saw a negative growth of 21% but, the premium segment (125cc and above) grew by over 13%.
Mr. R. Chandramouli, senior VP-Sales, TVS Motors has the following explaination for this trend..
"The commuter segment usually depends on auto loans. Around 80% of sales in that segment are through finance. Therefore it was hit badly by the high interest rates.
The premium segment is usually crowded with students whose parents pay upfront, therefore it wasn't affected that much."
Bike makers are waiting for the festive season. They hope that sales will pick up due to the festive/buying season and also that consumers will some time to adapt to the higher interest rates.
But is the decrease in sales of 100 C.C motorcycles merely due to rising interest rates or is it also an indicator of a change in the preference of consumer, who might have sarted to think beyond 100 C.C..??
News Source: Economic Times
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Consider that at the very moment I set out for the Menlo Park Veterans Affairs Hospital…I was thinking about serious things, like commitment. You know, like doing things properly, all the way, which includes getting there…wherever 'there' is…on time. I had cut it rather thin on the promptness side. Having dawdled away the morning. Well, not quite all of it, but enough of it to shave down the time I was supposed to commit to my short story. Which got short shrift, the short story did, 'forcing me' to dash about at the last moment, shoving lunch in my face, then rolling aboard the van. And, it must be noted in passing, the essential quality of this spring day. Bright and seasonal as it should be. Promising rain clouds drifting about the sky. Almost warm, but not inappropriately warm. Right on the cusp of April, the cruelest month.
The hospital in our fair burg deals with those psychologically crippled in war or in life. Which by the way, is an interesting thing about the nation's system of health care for veterans. You would think that the VA hospitals never existed, the way people carry on about the glories of private health care. Never mind, there it is, and it's not just for people who have seen combat. It is for anyone who has spent time in the military. Full stop.
Which is what happens several times along the way of course, traffic lights being what they are. And, yes, I am parking in front of Building 360 a bit later than intended. Not to worry. The Menlo Park Chorus invariably arrives a bit late to these, our charitable doings in the community. Still, something looks terribly wrong as a roll up to the building foyer. No one, absolutely no one, is here.
An almost reflexive self berating, coupled with despair, sets in. I could roll around at this rather expansive ground floor hospital…up one wing and down the other…or I could just give up and go home. After all, I am late. Furthermore, there have been a series of confusing emails from chorus organizers regarding the location. There are, after all, two VA hospitals in adjoining suburbs. And, checking my iPhone calendar, damned if I don't see an entry for the other one. Of course, I'm almost certain that the recent emails corrected this. I think I've got the right location. But I don't care. Late is late. And I could be wrong, couldn't I? Back outside, I open up my van and happily roll up the ramp…just as another chorister strolls by, wearing her Menlo Park Chorus T-shirt.
We proceed inside, and naturally, there's no sign of any chorus anywhere. We try the Alaska Ward, then the Brione Ward, and onto the California Ward, and, yes, even the Delta Ward. Which I decide is enough but, no, the woman from the alto section isn't giving up. She checks her iPhone, reassures me that this is the right place. And damned if we don't find everyone slightly down the alphabet in the Forest Ward.
The chorus is having a go at a song setting of a Robert Frost poem. The song seems ill-conceived to me, but I'm hardly in a position to quibble, waiting patiently by the nurses station. At the conclusion, I roll into place in the bass section and have a go at 'Up, Up And Away.'
Now that I am actually singing, or providing a reasonable facsimile, I'm not only cringing with general embarrassment over my lateness – but moment by moment, note by note, cringing at my lack of musicality. Bass being quite a misnomer for much of what my section is obliged to sing. Anyway, I can't hit many of the high notes. Which is because I haven't hit the score with sufficient frequency. A reminder that the only thing bass here is my abased self.
Our audience applauds. They consist of an old and very thin black woman, bent alarmingly in her wheelchair, a jaunty hat having slid over her face, so that one cannot tell if she is listening, seeing, let alone enjoying, the proceedings. A man who looks like Mark Twain's brother sits beside her in another wheelchair, saying 'wonderful' throughout our songs, rarely between them. An old black man wears a hat that says U.S. Navy, smiling occasionally, and generally part of things. A very distressed middle-aged Filipino man stares at us hard, as though expecting something other than songs to emanate.
As for the latter, I bumble my way through the repertoire. A missed entrance here. A forgotten repeat there. With one song, a bass solo appears at the bottom of a page…which for some reason keeps throwing me. I miss the entire line of music, and not once, but three times.
For we go through this concert on three different wards. Most of the hospital's patients are old. Which, upon reflection, is probably because they are residents here, inpatients. I can't imagine living out my days this way. Which is utterly untrue, for I lived out six months of my days precisely this way.
Being no stranger to hospitals, it's easy to find the toilet. Better do this before I drive home. The door is labeled Women, but none are inside, and there is only one toilet anyway, so what is there to do but lock the door? Strangely, there seems no way to do this. On the way out, I discover why. The door is locked. I can't get out. This is, after all, a psychiatric ward, and strange practices apply. And practice remains on my mind, even after a nurse gives me a tongue lashing for using the women's loo. Practice makes perfect, even for those who can't really sing. Practice and, I remind myself, just turning up.


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