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Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog and read some of my thoughts on life. I love the use of a good subheading so to introduce myself and this blog I will subhead away!
Who are you and why are you writing a blog?
My name is Kate and I am a researcher in women's health (among other things). I live in Melbourne, Australia, with my partner and our cat, Feta. There are three reasons that led me to begin this blog:
1) I am currently completing a PhD on women's experiences of endometriosis. Writing is one of the many skills required to complete such a task. I see writing as a skill that one must continue to 'exercise' and thought that sharing my perspective of the world through a blog may be a great way of doing this.
2) In my work I see much great research being conducted that could lead to significant changes for the healthcare people receive and the ways in which they may choose to live their lives. However, research takes a long time to evolve into meaningful results for people. There are many reasons for this, one of which I believe is that the findings are often 'locked away' in academic journals for only the science and medical communities to see and understand. I hope by blogging about what I see in my work can contribute to reducing the divide between the researcher and the researched (people).
3) Lena Dunham—one of the most intelligent, witty and beautiful people of our time—perfectly sums up both my main reason for starting this blog and my biggest fear for doing so:
"I definitely dealt with people acting like being a woman writing about your own problems was somehow silly or unnecessary or not contributing to the cultural conversation in a central way. As trite as it is what I kept returning to was the idea that the personal is political, and by sharing your own stories, you're essentially performing a kind of activism that is very important…"
I was worried that what I have to say as a young woman doesn't matter. But it does. It matters what all have to say but especially women because our voices have been silenced or ignored for much of recorded human history. Some may roll their eyes at that but they would only be proving me right. Sometimes when you try to silence a person they only get louder.
What will you be blogging about?
Anything and everything! Given that much of my time is dedicated to all things women's health (particularly endometriosis) I imagine many of my posts will be related to this. Other topics of interest to me include men's health, feminism, cooking, fashion, relationships, and general social commentary.
For those who would like to know more about research on endometriosis and other health related topics you can follow me on Twitter (@Researcher_Kate).
How often will you blog?
I will aim to have a new post every 2 weeks (maybe more if I'm feeling particularly inspired or less if I am busy with other things).
Why did you call it Tonic & Tea?
Why did you call it Tonic & Tea?
Because I love alliteration (repetition of the same sounds) and tea. I really love tea. And tonic is defined as "giving a feeling of vigour or well-being." I hope that what I write can contribute to the improved well-being of women in at least some small way.
I hope this introduction was helpful to you and that you enjoy some or all of what I will write.
I hope this introduction was helpful to you and that you enjoy some or all of what I will write.
Happy reading,
P.S. Creating this blog was partly inspired by a fellow academic and her experience of having a blog. I urge you to visit it; she writes beautifully. You can find her blog here.

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Quins 18 Neath 14
In another example of not turning possession into points, the Quins failed to capitalise on the control they mastered for nearly all of this match but still came away with the win.
Nathan Williams led the team out to celebrate his final match for the Quins and they started at a blistering pace and play in the opening minutes was camped in the Neath 22.
Aled Thomas converted a third minute penalty and with moving the ball the order of the day, two minutes later an enterprising attack with several Quins players handling saw Dale Ford used his clever footwork to go over in the Gas Works corner. Thomas' kick hit the upright and stayed out.
More ball moving followed but the Quins handling did not match their enthusiasm and a loose pass was pounced on by Neath and their counter attack took play up to the Quins 22 and from their possession the ball was moved left to see full back Ed Howley find a gap to cross for a well taken try. He added the points himself to narrow the gap to two points.
Despite their superior line work and solid set piece,the home side could not break down a resolute Neath defence and this led to some unusual sloppy play by them which was a pity as prior to this match the pace and accuracy of their play was always entertaining. Another lesson learned. Patience is a virtue and must be adhered to produce the desired effect. The sides changed ends with just the one point difference.
With perfect weather conditions and the supporters expecting better, an improvement was on the cards. Alas, it did not live up to expectations. Credit has to be given to the Welsh All Blacks as their backs to the wall actions certainly disrupted the Quins thinking, and as nearly always happens in circumstances like this, an upset happens. And it did, as four minutes into the second period, a Neath offensive paid off, and after a injury in the Quins 22, the delay enabled the visitors to catch the Quins off guard and a tap penalty restart gave Ed Howley the chance slice through for his second try and his conversion gave the Blacks a 14- 8 lead.
This did have the desired effect on the home side as they looked to have settled down to a determined pattern of play and a series of ball keeping phases took play into the Vicarage corner, Ifan Beynon-Thomas latched on to a controlled heel and spun the ball left, three players handled to give Dylan Morgan the chance he relishes and his skill and power did the rest, allowing him to cross for a well taken try. Aled Thomas' conversion regained the home side lead.
A single point was never going to be enough to see the Quins relax, and they had to pull out all the stops themselves. From a promising Neath move they gained a penalty 40 yards out and up stepped Howley, and from an expected attempt the ball sailed inches left of the posts, to the relief of the home support.
At long last the Quins realised the precarious situation they were in and turned on the heat, and with play in the visitors 22 for several minutes they were awarded a penalty on the 22. Haydn Pugh had no hesitation in asking Aled Thomas to do the honours, to which he did and give the Quins an important four point lead.The final minutes of the game were spent in the Black 22 but their defence held out to prevent any further scoring.
This win keeps them in fourth place in the League and with their young squad getting more and more experience, next season is eagerly awaited. The pluses to come out of this disappointing outing were the line out work of Lee Taylor, Haydn Pugh, and the ever improving set piece, which gives our backs the chance they need. Roll on next season.


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Posted by Casey Bagby on 9/12/2011 to Nursery Ideas & Design Inspiration
New Arrivals Inc. loves matching tissue pom poms with our new baby bedding! It is an easy and inexpensive way to add a unique decor piece to any nursery! Follow these steps to create your own tissue pom poms...
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After you have picked out your colors, stack 8-10 sheets of tissue paper.
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Once you have finished folding, take a thin piece of wire (length depends on where you
wish to hang pom pom), fold in half over tissue and gently twist to secure (do not tie tightly, this will make fluffing the pom pom difficult). Then cut the edges in a round
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It's my turn (Anne) to choose our theme for this week and I've got a nice easy one for you so am hoping lots of you join the fun:)
We also have a DT call running ladies. So if you'd like to join one of the best, friendliest and whackiest DT out there then add DT after your name in Mr Linky.
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Before we get onto this week's challenge
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You all do a fantastic job and we have found it increasingly
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Probably one of the most incredible feelings in the world is the realization of an intention. The non-profit Something Good in the World and Enviragen recently completed Envira Pod, an off-grid, mobile classroom with a zero carbon footprint. Funded by a successful Indiegogo campaign, grants, and a local foundation, the eco-friendly educational trailer is located in its farm-based home north of New York City, as part of Something Good in the World's Children's Peaceful Garden, where it exists as a demonstration of available technologies for alternative energies and sustainable practices, in an eco-friendly, completely self-contained, off-grid environment.
Visitors can witness firsthand what a zero-carbon-footprint life can be like in Envira Pod. Completely powered by solar, the Envira Pod also catches its own rainwater from the roof, which is then channeled inside by a gravity-fed system and pumped through a filtration system into the sink. That means that when visitors wash their hands (using only the Dr. Bronner's soap that was donated for this purpose), they are using purified rainwater, which then goes down the drain and into a gray water filtration system that can feed into the ground and irrigate the garden in a way that is natural, clean, and safe.
The most inspiring thing about being indoors in the Envira Pod mobile educational trailer, is the feeling of causing no harm, and knowing that while humans are all part of the problem, they are also all part of the solution. The floors and walls are made from renewable resources, bamboo and pine, and the indoors is so full of windows and light, that visitors say they feel integrated with the outdoors, not separate from it. Yes, it's a tiny space (8.5′ X 28′), and there's a feeling of being close together when students are inside such a learning environment, but it's only for a little while, and it's cozy, reminding everyone of a longhouse, only with modern comforts. The students and teachers like to call it "glamping."
The Envira Pod has a powerful educational message for children, because it's clear that there is no such thing as throwing anything "away" on earth, so that composting waste only makes sense, as well as not flushing away precious drinking water. What is powerful is the feeling of really trying, at least for a few hours a day, to be mindful of how one lives, and how to step as lightly as possible on the earth, adding to it through intelligent design, arts and sciences.
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Does Marriage Matter?
4 stages leading to marriage
The timing of the proposal isn't all that matters
Let me say first off that I believe in marriage. I believe that marriage builds stronger families and a better society. The commitment two people make to each other, to be together "for better or worse", is more than a promise for a future of happiness together. Quite literally, marriage is a vow.
Now, I'm not saying that marriage will heal issues couples may find with their relationship. Marriage does not "fix" a bad relationship, it just hides the bad stuff to be revisited later in life.
Marriage also does not guarantee people will grow together rather than apart. We all have ideas on how our lives should unfold and they don't always agree with other viewpoints or ideas.
As well, children should not be the cause of a marriage, they should be the reason. If you weren't committed to each other enough to get married before children came into the relationship then you really need to consider how much more your lives will change and if remaining together is the best solution with children in the picture.
You and your significant other need to approach marriage as the way to grow together and create a life together. Loyalty and promises of a future together, without a plan of how each of you see the future unfolding, together and individually, is not enough planning to provide a solid foundation for a marriage.
If you're ready for marriage and your partner isn't, you can only try so hard to change the person's mind about your future together. Sometimes people just aren't in the "same place" as far as the true motivations that steer the relationship and how the future is perceived.
If you push very hard in one direction you may very well push the person you care about most away. But to be fair to yourself sometimes you need to ask the hard questions to get a straight answer, or an answer you're willing to accept.
Deciding the rest of your life can happen in a moment or over a much, much longer period of time. Love does not often allow for "weighing the consequences" or writing out a list of "for" and "against" options. But you should never feel rushed into marriage either by circumstance or by an internal time clock, or by comparing yourself to people that you know that are taking that big step into marriage.
When you decide to consider the possibility of you being asked to marry the one you love, don't get too far ahead of yourself. Stay out of "fantasy-land" and keep your feet on the ground until the question is popped. You may have your answer ready but you do need to wait until you are asked, unless you're the one that's going to be asking the question.
Lead with your heart but follow with your brain. The only real options to consider are twofold:
- Will a proposal of marriage be forthcoming?
- Will I be ready to make the commitment and to answer yes or no?
Only you can provide the answer if whether marriage matters.


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Wider Retaliation Expected
- Chicago police detectives were questioning a person of interest Wednesday night in the slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in an alley in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
[...], a spokesman for Superintendent Garry McCarthy, confirmed a lawyer accompanied the person to Area South police headquarters to be interviewed by detectives about the Monday afternoon killing that has galvanized Chicago.
Law enforcement sources have told the Tribune that police are looking into whether Tyshawn was killed in retaliation for his father's alleged role in a gang rivalry that resulted in at least two recent slayings on the South Side and the wounding of a reputed gang member's mother.
In any event, Stokes is deeply involved in any number of shady enterprises as evidenced by his extensive record. And the shooting the media is dancing around is the one where the gang leaders were "called in" for a meeting with police brass before one such "leader" was erased while riding home with his mother.Fun times that was.
Now, they're worried about this spilling over:
- Chicago Police officials are concerned the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee could set off a spree of violence targeting gang members' innocent relatives — who have been considered off limits in the past, a law enforcement source said Wednesday.
The development came as Chicago police said a person of interest in the killing had turned himself in to police for questioning with his attorney this afternoon. Police declined to comment further.
After Tyshawn's shooting, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy hopes Chicago's gang conflicts don't "go to a different level," the source said.
Officers monitoring social media have flagged discussions of gang members speaking of possible retaliation against other gang members' families.
Again, watch your backs Officers.
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Everyone knows that Black Dynamite is a race man. When he's not knocking Elvis Presley's out of his blue suede shoes or breaking his foot off in the rear-end of Honkey Kong, he's fighting to keep his whores and orphans safe from drugs.
So it only made sense that when a Race War was waged to determine the superior race, Dynamite was the man for the job, but he wasn't sold at first.
"Black Dynamite has been racing against the man his whole life and it ain't neva been televised," he scoffed. "This sounds ridiculous."
But when Honey Bee chimes in that the winner of the race might get on a Wheaties Cereal box, he has a change of heart.
"Being on a Wheaties box might be the thing Black Dynamite needs to put The Man away once and for all and with a trophy to prove it."
What we didn't see coming was the ultimate 80s car homage in Eartha Kitt, his talking sex machine on wheels. Anyone that has watched the show knows the effect Black Dynamite has on the ladies and Eartha Kitt is no exception. But when she stalls during a critical part of the race BD turns into a Night Rider to get Eartha Kitt purring again.
Black Dynamite slid his jack under her rear…
And laid back to admire his handy work afterward…
But after all is said and done BD makes the ultimate mistake of pretending that nothing happened between he and Eartha.
"Black Dynamite would never f*ck a car, and if I did it would be my Cadillac."
Needless to say, Eartha Kitt was not happy. Check out our gallery of clips from the "Race War" episode and watch it at AdultSwim.com.


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Mr. Lina is sick, just a cold, sore throat, whatever. I left him to video games last night and thought I'd tackle the dress I mentioned yesterday, 118A (B being the shirt version). I pried back the staples and pulled the pattern pages out and started to unfold them. I had a Jaws moment.
My goodness those paper sheets are huge. I was already expecting a crazy eye chart of lines, but wow, that is really impressive. I don't like marking patterns directly, but I don't see how you can find the right line to trace without making it stand out more. So I got my highlighter out and was about to start when I realized I have no idea what size I am in Burda-land.
So I pulled out my measuring tape. This was not fun at all. I guess my belly was full of cabbage soup goodness, I am well aware I'm a little heavier than I was, but I had to check that waist measurement twice. It turns out it was crazy bloating because this morning my waist was 2 inches smaller. Crazy. I'm still not sure what the "best" size is for me because I'm all over the map and heading more to their plus sizes (but I want the regular size dress!) so I'll be adding generous seam allowances and a FBA.
I had my pink highlighter in hand, patters are opened to Page A as directed. I find piece 4. It's small. It's not suppose to be small. I find piece 3, it is also small, and is suppose to be small but it doesn't look quite like the layout diagram. Piece 1 and 2 are large so it's hard to see what the heck they DO look like until I've marked them in pink. I don't see the very distinctive V shapes that will create the single side gathers. The magazine refers to piece 1A and I don't see a 1A. I was very confused.
There is a shirt version (118B) of this dress (118A). Fehr Trade pointed out the difference in fabric between the "tweed" dress to the shirt. The shirt has a metallic quality to it and seems stiffer. So instead of a soft side gathers, it looks kind of wrinkled extra fabric at the waist. I also think it's a little tighter across the bust than what is ideal.
I find the fabric description of "techno gabardine" a bit amusing. Is it best used for light switch raves?
Anyhoo... back to the enormo-pattern sheet that just fits on the dining room table when folded into 4 so I only see Page A. I look up the shirt pattern in the book and it says that pieces are on Page B, not Page A. So I do a little origami to get page B facing up and sure enough, I see the V's, I only have one small piece, I have a sleeve, I have darts. But I'm not that trusting. I figure maybe there is something else wrong or a reason the shirt/dress are different, someone else has probably figured that out. Google to the rescue!
So I send a special thank you to Allison C who already made it up twice and confirmed the misprint. Doesn't she look awesome in this pinstriped version? I also learned that I'll need to be sure I pick a fabric that has a fairly dense weave because the front skirt ends up on the bias and it's causing her problems with the cranberry version.
I have also decided that since I have to piece 1 and 1A to make the front of the dress (and it's really wide), my usual tactic of using parchment paper isn't going to work so well. I like parchment paper, it's easy to see through and I don't have too many complaints about not folding or tearing, but it won't tape together well. One of my clients is near Ikea, I have read other people using their kids paper for tracing. Any thoughts?


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slipping back into its pro-Boris groove, whilst not being as hysterical as it was under its previous owners.
The picture since isn't looking much better. As Adam Bienkov pointed out, Boris' pledge to bid to run outer London rail services received a significantly higher level of coverage to a near identical pledge from the former mayor.
Meanwhile, Livingstone was recently accused by the Standard on two occasions of being a reactionary homophobe - quite a spectacular turn around for a man that the right-wing press has castigated for being a leftie-liberal for the last two decades.
The latest YouGov poll gives Boris the same lead that both Comres and YouGov gave Ken a few weeks ago and provided the Standard with the chance to demonstrate further where its sympathies lie. Obviously the topline figures were useful - Boris ahead, hence a nice headline opportunity. No real story there. But it is the selective way in which the paper reported the detail that is telling.
On three out of four key issues Ken is favoured by voters - by 15-16 points on addressing the cost of living and on improving transport - and he also leads by a smaller margin on job creation. Johnson, meanwhile, is marginally ahead on dealing with crime.
However, the Standard chose to focus on a supposed 'trust deficit' that they argue is costing Livingstone support. It is true that one aspect of the poll shows that 44% thought he could deliver his (popular) pledge to use TfL surpluses to reduce transport fares, not far ahead of the 40% that did not.
But they chose to omit one small problem with this contention, which is that exactly the same poll showed that Ken was trusted by more voters than Boris to deliver his pledges across the piece - with 47% trusting Livingstone to implement fulfil his campaign pledges overall against 45% for Johnson. Worth noting too that the online edition of the Standard chooses not to display the results to this question.
It will be a close race, and the impact of the Standard will continue to be influential - at this rate, it seems likely that it will choose to pursue a path of soft support for the Mayor, whilst steering clear of the ridiculousness of the paper during the 2008 elections.


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|FCNB 2011 2nd General CommUNITY Meeting
|Written by Administrator
October, 24 2011
The CommUNITY is calling all members to our 2nd General CommUNITY Meeting at 3:30 PM on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Odell Park Lodge (350 Rookwood Avenue, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 2M6). (Click here for directions.)
The main items on our agenda are the following:
1. Correspondence/Announcements and CommUNITY Information
Our meeting is a POTLUCK event to commemorate the October/November/December monthly celebrants, welcome the new comers and bid farewell to those who are moving; so we encourage you to bring your favourite dish to share with everyone.
We encourage your active participation and continous commitment by attending and engaging in our healthy discussion for the benefit of our CommUNITY.
Please RSVP on or before Friday, November 11th to .
Salamat Ulit,
FCNB Mission Statement: 'To celebrate the diversity of Filipino heritage and culture by participating in CommUNITY activities and providing assistance to Filipinos in New Brunswick.'


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Workshops and Events
Date: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 4:00 pm
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Repeat Event: Repeat every Monday until September 19, 2016
For Parents
The Centre for Girls Location
105 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa
This workshop helps parents understand human behaviors and their effect on the parent-child relationship. Participants learn: new techniques for establishing democratic relationships, how to use encouragement and logical consequences to modify their childs behavior; and much more. This workshop fulfills most court requirements for effective parenting.
Facilitator-Liza Sherman LMHC, Counseling and Wellness staff member
6-part series $60 total price; no charge for parents of Children's Board clients
Mondays from 4-5:30 p.m.
Aug. 8, 15, 22, 29 (Off Sept. 5 for Labor Day), Sept. 12, 19
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What band are you going to be for Halloween? A look at covers parties in Philly this weekend
Let's face it, the adult Halloween is only really fun if you get to get boozed up, listen to some music and dance while dressed ridiculously. Or is that just me? Regardless there are some rockin' shows this weekend where all of the aforementioned are encouraged – and pretty much required. Continue reading →


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Next I took clear tape from the makers of Duck Tape and taped the envelopes together. The flaps go on the outside of the box. Before taping the box together cut out 2 sheets of cardstock to line the inside of your box. The measurements are 5 x 10 1/2. Score the paper at 5 inches and 5 1/4. This will fit nicely into the corner of the envelope. I then taped the corrugated cardboard square to the bottom, and covered that in gray cardstock as well.
Then decorate with the papers from the Club Scrap Embellishment Kit. I also cut gears from the Silhouette using the gray cardstock in the kit and distressed them with black and white paint and some green mist I made from paint.
The key and speed limit sign I found in my chipboard stash, and painted that as well.
I took a strip of paper to finish off the top of the inside.


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Looking at the Libraries tab you will only see stand-alone tape drives and not your library? Don't worry, you just need to remap your tape drives and / or library information.
The tape drive and library information resides in a configuration file named DPMLA.xml and it is located under the config folder under your DPM server installation.
There are two ways of getting your library back on track:
- Manually create the DPMLA.xml file from the LADriveRemappingTemplate.xml that resides in the config catalogue of the DPM server installation
- Use the DPMDriveMapping.exe executable that resides in the bin catalogue of the DPM server installation
The easiest way is to use the DPMDriveMapping.exe executable since it will create a new DPMLA.xml file for you.
- Open an elevated command prompt
- Run the DPMDriveMapping.exe from
\Bin catalogue Start the DPM console Go to Management and libraries Run a Rescan


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PRIME Minster Hun Sen yesterday ordered a review of marine dredging operations, warning the practice must be strictly monitored or it could devastate Cambodia's islands and beaches.
At an event in Sihanoukville, the premier also said seawater dredging could affect the livelihoods of people in the area.
"If there is such [dredging] all beaches and islands will be devastated," he said. "Don't be mistaken on that issue."
The premier also said he had ordered the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Lim Kean Hor, to inspect freshwater sand dredging operations near eco-tourism projects in Koh Kong province's Chipat commune, after receiving complaints about such activity from the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents.
Meanwhile ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat has reportedly started scaling back a massive dredging operation being conducted by his company LYP Group on the Tatai river, also in Koh Kong province, after meeting concerned tourism operators last week.
In late 2010, LYP Group was granted a permit to dredge at seven different locations on the Tatai river, totaling more the 32 square kilometres, by the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy.
Tourism operators and representatives of communities affected by the dredging have complained the operation has decimated fish stocks, caused river banks to collapse, scared away tourists and released foul smelling gasses that threatened delicate mangrove ecosystems.
Janet Newman, owner of the Rainbow lodge eco-tourism resort on the Tatai river, said yesterday that dredging boats had moved away from her premises recently, following a constructive meeting with the tycoon last Tuesday.
"Quite a lot of them seem to be leaving. Yesterday I saw two cranes leaving and today two of the big digger machines have gone down the river and they look like they're just waiting for the tide to go out [so they can pass] the bridge," she said.
"It basically seems like they're doing what they said they would do which is reduce the number of ships and stay away from the businesses and the village."
Ly Yong Phat said yesterday he did not know whether or not LYP Group had reduced its dredging activities in Tatai.


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Winter on the water's edge.
This is a special time when it feels you almost have Cornwall to yourself, there is a magical atmosphere with footprint free beaches and the coastline bathed in beautiful sunshine and crisp fresh air.
Join us for a special Winter Getaway from just £99 per room per night, inclusive of bed and breakfast with an added treat of a mini Cornish cream tea on arrival.
Why not also add a 3 course dinner in our 2 AA Rosette Restaurant for £25 per person a further saving of £20 per room?...
This is a special time when it feels like you almost have Cornwall to yourself and there is a magical atmosphere with moorland tinged with sparkling frost and coastline bathed in mid-winter sunshine.
Offer based on 2 people sharing a non harbour room during stays between 26th October and 22nd December 2014 and 27th December-28th February 2015. Subject to availability and not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. New bookings only. Payment will be required in full at time of booking. Dinner upgrade entitles guests to £35pp to spend in the restaurant.


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Possibly the last ever episode of Miranda!
With a potential film on the way (https://tvandfilms.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/miranda-the-movie/) this final episode of series three looks set to be the last. Although Miranda Hart recently tweeted to Tom Ellis that he is: "not necessarily right that there will be no more show". So who knows!
This time Miranda is in hiding, embarrassed about declaring her love for Gary. He has said he just wants to be friends so she has consoled herself with a home made life-size model of him and some new kittens – Larry, Barry, Carrie, Harry, Glengarry and Sheila. She's trying her best to forget about Gary, but keeps bumping into him around town. When an cool-looking customer comes into the shop, and turns out to be an artist who's spent time living with tribes in Morocco, she advises that Miranda goes to dinner by herself to become more confident. Unfortunately Gary turns up and Miranda, trying to avoid looking like a loner, inadvertently ruins the proposal of a fellow diner to his girlfriend when she sits at his table.
Miranda decides in order to avoid Gary completely she will have to leave, sell her flat and go to – Morocco! Or the local hotel, she does love the room service. Of course it's not long before Stevie finds her and begs her to talk to Gary. Miranda eventually concedes, and goes to Gary's restaurant, but he can't bottle up the courage to ask her out. She decides to leave for good, sped up by Penny's announcement that she and Miranda's father are renewing their wedding vows. Tilly adds to Miranda's disgust by introducing the new love of her life – PingPong Charlie (now Cucumber Charlie – bad story).
After a final game of Where's Miranda? At the airport Miranda zig-zags her way through the empty barriers, away from Stevie. But in security she is stopped, apparently she has a suspicious package. After arguing with the guard, she opens her bag, revealing Sheila the kitten (cue many let the cat out of the bag jokes). Back at home, Stevie spins an globe and decides maybe Wick would be a better new home for Miranda. She is on the train, when Gary arrives at the station, he is devastated when he realises the train is pulling out and he is too late. Miranda is devastated when she realises she's on the wrong train. Gary takes her home and mans up to tell Miranda he really does want to be with her.
At the restaurant Miranda is desperate to tell everyone about her and Gary, but Gary asks if they can wait a bit, leaving a deflated Miranda. Penny arrives… with Mike! After a few weeks in Africa he has been driven back to see Miranda again, he gets down on one knee and proposes. Gary is shocked and asks Miranda what she's going to say, but she gives no answer. Gary then gets down on his knee and proposes. An elated Penny screams – "Say yes! It doesn't matter which one!" and Miranda is left with the dilemma of a lifetime.
Miranda – Miranda Hart
Stevie – Sarah Hadland
Gary – Tom Ellis
Penny – Patricia Hodge
Tilly – Sally Phillips
Mike – Bo Poraj
Available on BBC iPlayer until Monday 4th February. The first and second series are available to buy priced around £10 each.


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Investors got a lump of coal yesterday after retailers rang up one of the worst holiday shopping seasons since the country was mired in recession.
The sales bump for the eight weeks leading up to Christmas was just 0.7 percent, compared with last year's 2 percent rise.
It's the weakest since the 5.5 percent decline noted in 2008, according to MasterCard's SpendingPulse.
Consumer and retail stocks slid on the early report, in particular luxury brands that rely on discretionary spending. Coach fell nearly 6 percent to $54.13, Saks dropped 3.8 percent to $10.22 and Ralph Lauren shed 3.3 percent to $146.03.
Lower-priced chains such as Walmart and Gap fared better, while bargain-conscious department chain JCPenney bucked the industry with a 4.3 percent jump to $20.75.
Sandwiched between the lost weeks of Hurricane Sandy and Washington's budget impasse, many shoppers basically skipped the aisles this season, experts said.
"The broad brush was — Christmas wasn't all that merry," said analyst Kim Forrest at Fort Pitt Capital Group.
Even the well-heeled kept their wallets closed, dashing hopes that luxury retailing might again carry the industry's holiday hopes.
New York's retail economy got hard hit by skittish high-end shoppers because about 20 percent of the city's retail sales come from luxury goods.
Experts believe consumers are holding out for steep markdowns from merchandise unsold in stores.
Discounts began popping up yesterday in many areas, with Barnes & Noble offering markdowns of 50 percent in stores. Ann Inc.'s Loft stores and Bloomingdale's promoted discounts of up to 75 percent.
Some bright spots came from online shopping. On Christmas Day, online sales soared 22.4 percent, outpacing a 16.4 percent jump in 2011, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark.


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Just like with horn playing, the fine-tuning process for the Horn Matters web site is an ongoing, long-term project.
We are always striving to broaden and improve our web site, and we are happy to announce that over the past few months a number of changes have been going on, including: a new look and feel, improvements in how the site runs, and major updates to the Resources area.
General improvements
As mentioned in previous articles, our platform is WordPress. Without a doubt it is a tremendously powerful tool to build a site on. I enjoy looking under the hood, getting my hands dirty with code and fine-tuning it into just what we need.
My motto in pruning things down has always been subtract until it breaks and over the past few months, hundreds of lines of code have been run through the wringer.
The pixel-perfect details are not really worth getting into here, but it is suffice to say that back-end of the Horn Matters web site has been significantly pruned and as a result, is humming along nicely.
Meanwhile on the front-end, regular site visitors may have noticed a significant number of aesthetic changes. These have been occurring in gradual stages over the past few months, including a new minimal look, and improvements to the navigation and side column areas.
More resources
The most recent stage of updates included some big improvements to our Resources area. The entire area has been worked over significantly, with several new areas having been added.
If you have not had a chance to look around, here is a brief overview of what is new and what is improved.
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Improved Archives area
To help users find what they are looking for, a Google-based search engine has been added to the Archives.
I am still working on using this engine to replace our existing search engine at top left, but for the time being the Google engine is excluded to the Archives area.
This Google engine does give some very different results for searches than our internal search, and so if you are looking for something specific on Horn Matters, this might be a good tool to use.
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In addition to our existing page of PDF resources, we have added two new pages devoted exclusively to solo and orchestral repertoire.
- PDF Horn Solo Parts
Standard solos for the horn from the 18th and 19th centuries that are available for download in 19th century, public domain editions.
- PDF Orchestral Horn Parts
A basic guide for advanced orchestral horn study at the college level with available parts for download in 19th century, public domain editions.
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University of Horn Matters
In line with John Ericson's recent articles on pedagogy and repertoire, a new page has been created to house those articles in one place.
The University of Horn Matters (UHM) horn pedagogy and repertoire courses are presented free as a service to the horn playing community by Horn Matters. Some weeks will be of more interest than other weeks to individual readers so the complete course is outlined for readers to pick and choose topics.
This collection represents more than fifteen years of similar courses taught to horn performance majors at the college level. These comprehensive, hybrid courses open up the topics studied more completely than even the most ideally run live class.
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So, this about wraps it up for now. Myself, I am looking forward to John's updates to our new UHM area. He will be updating it weekly in tandem with the courses as they are published.
If you have a comment on our recent updates or have a general idea to share, please feel free to drop me a note.


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I am not sure how a question about who sold shares in a company is the responsibility of the government. However, I see that the Minister of Finance is rising.
House of Commons Hansard #239 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was finance.


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It had to be one of the first home improvement, DIY, lifestyle shows.
I loved his quirky point of view and sense of style.
HMMM....sound like anyone you know?
I would have to say that many of the things that Christopher featured on his show are things that I still do.
One of those things I remember was the suggestion to copy the look of hotel lobby floral arrangements. These displays tend to be done on a grand scale.
This is a photo of the lobby of the hotel we stayed at in Manila...
I couldn't find the photo of the hotel lobby in Bangkok with the boat made entirely out of orchids!
That probably isn't something I could pull off....but it was gorgeous and certainly GRAND!
I couldn't find the photo of the hotel lobby in Bangkok with the boat made entirely out of orchids!
That probably isn't something I could pull off....but it was gorgeous and certainly GRAND!
This week we had our family room, hallway, entryway and kitchen painted.
That meant taking every speck of "decor" down in those areas.
This photo is from the post I did about the RULES for a mantel.
I did this in April....so you know it was time for a change.
Once I took the tall dried materials out of the vases, it was time to go into a "Use What I Have" mode.
This is the result!
I started with one of my favorite containers.
This is a Good Will find that usually has a green plant in it...
A chunk of chicken wire went into the bottom to support all of the sticks.
I love this technique because it is sturdy, cheap and almost disappears in the finished design.
Then it was just a matter of deconstructing the old mantel arrangement and going on a hunt for other things that would add to the tall dried stalks.
HMMM.....didn't I just write a post about preserving cattails? (Yes...Mr. S.....the blood was worth it!)
Those cattails are a nice addition.
I also used the seed pods and lichens that have been plant accents for a couple of years.
The final touch is the dried green Hydrangeas tucked in to the base to completely cover the chicken wire.
My arrangement isn't quite as grand as these.....
But I like it!
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Watch any HGTV House Hunters program and you'll see home buyer after home buyer walk into a room, take a look at the mouldings, and exclaim…
"Oh my! Look at the mouldings!"
And then the real estate agent says: "Look at the crown moulding."
Mouldings can be a beautiful thing.
However, many times they're not.
Sometimes they're bulky or puny, cheaply done, outside of the contextual style of the house, and really just don't make sense.
Don't let yourself be wowed with the whole "we have wood mouldings" thing. No one in the know is impressed by them being used inappropriately — well, at least, not anyone associated with the construction business.
Most professionals can look at a job with a bunch of wood mouldings and tell you right away if the stuff was slapped up there just to impress someone who doesn't know any better, or if there was real quality built in to the job.
One dead giveaway: fluted moulding with rosette blocks
Unless you're rebuilding Tara, or recreating the southern mansion of your dreams, I'm not sure why you would want to put these up in your home. However, around here, they're everywhere, usually in a version that's a bit too skinny for the house. In these cases, it has more to do with how easy it is to do a straight cut as opposed to a neat, tidy miter, than anything else.
It also has to do with a builder trying to impress a buyer with all the mouldings. And, really, in a smaller, more run-of-the-mill suburban home, do you really want fluted mouldings and rosette blocks? Doesn't that read a little unrealistic and over the top? Fussy? Pretentious?
BTW: Here was our updated version while it was in progress ➤
⬅ How about this fireplace mantel?
I think this was designed on site to fit the wall, without regard to scale or anything else, by the carpenter himself.
Here are some general guidelines about mouldings that I use:
Don't go too big in a small room and don't go too small in a big space. Mouldings should scale to fit the openings and the room. A 3" wood base moulding in a two story room is going to look chintzy. A 9" wood base moulding in a room with 8' ceilings is going to look heavy and bulky. By that same token, scale the crown with the base. I often see tiny base mouldings with 12" high crowns. That doesn't go together. A hefty crown should have a larger scaled base.
Many times crown moulding or a chair rail will run around the room up until the point the wall stops, leaving no place to die the moulding into. This causes the mouldings to just hang there in mid-air, forcing them to turn back into the wall. (Cue several of the examples I showed above.) If you have this situation in your home, maybe you shouldn't be applying mouldings here at all. Instead, maybe you should celebrate what you've got and not force something on a space that doesn't really belong.
Or perhaps there's a way to make some other construction tweaks to be able to successfully stop and start your mouldings so the design looks well thought out and purposeful, unlike this seen in the picture to the right. :-(
Always keep in mind the overall style of the house. If you have a transitional style you are wanting to keep throughout the home, keep it lean and less detailed. You might want to consider no crown, a simple base, and door/window framing.
If you have a craftsman-style bungalow, then by all means go all out craftsman with layered mouldings and sharp edges. This look has a clean, crisp style and is heavy on the wood.
If you have a Victorian home, the mouldings are absolutely key here. They telegraph the style of the house.
If you are creating a traditional styled home and like some proportional wood mouldings, then some fluting might be for you. (But please...not at every single door and window casing.) The fireplace might be a good place, or the study at some bookcases, etc.
I typically keep mouldings trim, pretty simple, and scaled appropriately with the space.
I like a clean, neat style that doesn't make the mouldings the main feature of the room. I like to see homes that focus on the objects and people within — unless, of course, the home's architectural style is truly enhanced with with focus on the quality mouldings.
Mostly though, I just don't like fussy for fussy's sake.


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Achieving a flat stomach is possible when you commit to a regular exercise program and healthy diet. Certain foods have the power to derail your efforts and should be banned from your refrigerator and cupboards. Avoid belly-bloating and fattening foods in favor of a diet filled with vegetables, fruits, lean proteins and healthy fats.
Processed Foods
Foods can range from minimally to heavily processed -- from prepackaged spinach to jarred sauces and frozen microwave meals, complete with added colors and preservatives. Some minimally processed foods such as frozen vegetables are a source of essential nutrients, but foods such as certain canned and packaged beans, cookies and burgers are high in sugar, salt and unhealthy fats. This can lead to bloating and weight gain around the middle.
Sugar Blues
Avoid foods and drinks high in sugar for a flat tummy. Sugary foods cause blood sugar levels to fluctuate, leading to hunger cravings and overeating, which can result in weight gain -- particularly around your middle. According to Dr. Rasa Kazlauskaite, sugar increases belly fat, and one of the best ways to reduce consumption is to eliminate sugary beverages like soda. Reduce your consumption of juices as well since these are also high in sugar and low in fiber, which fills you up and aids in good digestive health for a flatter tummy. Fill your glass with water instead of sugary drinks, and skip sugary foods such as cookies, cakes and candy for a flatter tummy.
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Foods high in salt can cause uncomfortable bloating and difficulty fitting into your jeans. Sodium causes the body to retain water, leading to a distended belly and possible weight gain over time because high-sodium foods are often high in fat too. Avoid high-salt foods such as processed canned soups, sauces, microwave meals, potato chips and deli meats.
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Eating too many fatty foods will lead to weight gain and eliminate your ability to achieve a flat tummy. Unhealthy saturated and trans fats in particular should be avoided as these fats not only lead to belly fat but also increase the risks of cardiovascular disease. Avoid processed cakes, cookies, doughnuts, fried foods and fatty meats in favor of foods that contain healthier monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These fats, found in avocados, olive oil, nuts, seeds and fatty fish, may decrease the risk of heart disease and also fill you up to prevent hunger cravings.


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Yemi Osinbajo, vice-president of the Republic of Nigeria, has emphasised the country as an attractive business hub and urged the multinational companies to invest in Nigeria for the growth of its business environment
Osinbajo spoke this at the commissioning of the New Nestle Milo Ready-To-Drink Factory in Agbara, Ogun State, Nigeria, on 8 February 2018.
Nigeria aims to implement the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) to keep the economy on the path of sustainable economic growth and global competitiveness, he said.
"One important component of the plan is the provision of critical infrastructure, such as roads, rail and power. We're fully committed to supporting companies such as Nestle as we spur growth and create jobs within the economy," he further added.
To actualise this goal, Nigeria inaugurated the presidential enabling business environment council (PEBEC). "The business climate reforms undertaken under PEBEC have already begun to bear some fruit and reflect that Nigeria is committed to creating an enabling environment to facilitate private sector-led growth and development," he said.
In October 2017, the World Bank released its flagship 'Doing Business' report for 2018, in which Nigeria moved up by 24 places, and for the first time the country was also recognised as one of the top 10 most improved economies in the world.
Presently, Nigeria ranks sixth out of 190 countries in the reform areas such as getting credit, with the potential to unlock credit to small and medium-scale enterprises by giving added comfort to lenders.
On 5 February 2018, PEBEC has announced a National Action Plan to focus on implementing some of the most relevant ease of doing business reforms that have ever come within our radar within the next two months.
"We are working with NAFDAC, SON, the Nigeria Customs Service, as well as the Nigeria Police Force, amongst others, to ease the burden of product registrations, quality standards regulation, as well as the movement of goods and services across the country," Osinbajo explained.
"This year, we are working on a number of major reform initiatives including the deployment of a National Trading Platform comprising a Single Window Platform, deployment of scanners and a Ports Community system, which will together promote transparency and efficiency at our ports."
"Furthermore, we are, once again, collaborating with the National Assembly and supporting the passage of their priority business climate reform bills, while partnering to deliver an Omnibus Bill, which will address various irritants within extant laws that need to be amended for the purpose of achieving a better environment for doing business in Nigeria."
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Four brigands began Alipay hkto dig a grave in the middle of the chamber, upon Mrs. Simons' tent stood, and on the spot where Mary-Ann had slept. Two others ran to the store-house to find wax-tapers, which they distributed. I was given one with all the others. The monk intoned the service for the dead. Hadgi-Stavros made the responses in firm tones which went to the depths of my soul. There was a light breeze, and the wax from my taper fell upon my hand in a burning shower; but that, alas! was a small thing in comparison with what awaited me. I would have willingly endured that trouble, if the ceremony could never have been finished.
It was finished at last. When the last oration had been delivered, the King solemnly approached the bier on which the body lay, and kissed Vasile's lips. The bandits, one by one, followed his example. I shivered at the thought that my turn was coming. I tried to hide behind two who had already performed their duty, but they saw me and said: "It is your turn! Start then! You certainly owe him that!"
Was this, at last, the expiation which awaited me? A just man would have Neo skin lab been satisfied, at least. I swear to you, Monsieur, that it is no child's play to kiss the lips of a corpse, above all, when one can reproach one's self with being the instrument of his death. I walked toward the bier, I looked at the face whose eyes seemed to laugh at my embarrassment. I bent my head, I slightly touched the lips. A humorous brigand applied his hand to the nape of my neck. My mouth struck the cold lips! I felt the icy teeth, and seized with horror, I raised my head, carrying away with me I know not what terror of death, which seizes me at this moment! Women are very fortunate, they have the resource of fainting!
They then lowered the body into the earth, they threw in a handful of flowers, a loaf of bread, an apple, and a little wine. This latter was the thing of which he had the least need. The grave was quickly filled, more quickly than aviation research I wished. A brigand observed that they must get two sticks for a cross. Hadgi-Stavros replied: "Be quiet! we will put up milord's sticks." I leave it to you to think whether my heart beat tumultuously. What sticks? What was there in common between sticks and me?


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You may just be passing through this tiny island-state, but let Singapore's sights and sounds, colours and beats, energy and electricity enthrall you on the Free Singapore Tour. If you have at least 5.5 hours till 24 hours to spare before your next connecting flight, join one of our free 2.5 hour guided tours with 2 short photo stops. The Heritage Tour runs 5 times daily and the City Sights Tour runs 2 times daily.
If you have a longer layover, why not discover Singapore with a Changi Stopovers package!
The Heritage Tour brings you through the architectural brilliance of Singapore's past and present as we visit colonial and cultural districts – Chinatown, Little India, Kampong Glam – with a short stopover at the Merlion Park where you get a photo opportunity with the symbol of Singapore. The second stopover is at Kampong Glam, one of Singapore's colourful ethnic precincts.
Check out the itinerary here
Kindly note that Registration Closing time is also the tour reporting time for successfully registered and pre-booked participants.
Registration Booths
Terminal 2: Transit Area, between Transfer Lounge F and Skytrain to Terminal 3 near the escalator to Arrival Immigration (Level 2)
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Other Terminals: Please stay in the transit area and proceed to the booth at Terminal 3 to register, or enquire with the nearest Information Counter
Please remain in the transit area and do not clear immigration
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Passport, boarding passes and entry visa (if applicable)
The City Sights Tour showcases modern Singapore with a short stopover at Merlion Park where you can get a photo with a piece of history of the Lion City, the Merlion, against the magnificent cityscape of our world-class attractions in their night-lights – Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sands, the Esplanade, of all others. The tour also offers another short stopover at Gardens by the Bay where you will find the magical Avatar-like Supertrees.
Registration Booths
Terminal 2: Transit Area, between Transfer Lounge F and Skytrain to Terminal 3 near the escalator to Arrival Immigration (Level 2)
Terminal 3: Transit Area, near Transfer Lounge A and Gate A1-A8 (Level 2)
Other Terminals: Please stay in the transit area and proceed to the booth at Terminal 3 to register, or enquire with the nearest Information Counter
Please remain in the transit area and do not clear immigration
Eligibility Requirements
What do I need to join the tour?
How to register?
Terminal 2 (Transit Area)
In Transit Area, between Transfer Lounge F and Skytrain to Terminal 3 near the escalator to Arrival Immigration (Level 2)
Terminal 3 (Transit Area)
In Transit Area, near Transfer Lounge A and Gate A1-A8 (Level 2)
Terminal 1 and 4 (Transit Area)
If you are at Terminal 1 or 4, stay in the transit area and proceed to Terminal 3 (Transit Area) for registration.
Please note that:
The tours are available daily, including weekends and public holidays.
The Free Singapore Tour booths open daily with the following operating hours:
Our tours are conducted in English.
At the moment, we also have Chinese language audio guides available. If you require an audio guide, please inform our friendly staff on duty when you sign up for the tour.
It is possible for self-connecting passengers to join the Free Singapore Tour, but the registration process is slightly different. Please follow the below steps for registration:
1) Registration procedure:
a. Please stay in the Transit Area and do not clear immigration when you reach Changi Airport. Instead, head over to the nearest Free Singapore Tour booths located at either Terminal 2 (transit area, Transfer F) or Terminal 3 (transit area, Transfer A) to register for the tour first. Our Free Singapore Tour booths are only located within the transit area, so you have to register for the tour before you leave transit.
b. As you have to clear immigration afterwards to collect your next flight's boarding pass, please let the Free Singapore Tour booth staff know of your circumstance so that they can provide you with information on the next steps.
c. Availability of seats is strictly on a first-come-first-served basis.
d. Passport, boarding passes and valid entry visa (if applicable) are required for registration. As you who may not have your onward boarding pass yet, please provide the electronic itinerary or confirmed booking for verification.
2) Luggage:
a. As the Free Singapore Tour bus does not allow luggage on board, please leave your luggage at any of the Left Baggage counters (available in all 3 terminals) before joining the tour. A special flat fee of SGD5 is extended to all tour participants. The rate applies to all items regardless of size, and is valid for 24 hours storage.
b. It is advisable to leave your luggage at Terminal 3 since this is where the Free Singapore Tour starts and ends.
3) Entering and exiting Singapore immigration:
a. Transit passengers are allowed to enter and exit Singapore only once during their layover period, as per guidelines stipulated by Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA). Re-entering the transit area after you clear customs is considered as entering and exiting Singapore once – so please make sure you do not go back to the transit area until you complete the Free Singapore Tour.
Depending on the country of passport you are holding on to, passengers of eligible nationalities enjoy visa free entry into Singapore. Please click here to find out if you require a visa to enter Singapore. If you require a visa to enter Singapore, it is best to get one for a seamless participation in the Free Singapore Tour.
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Passengers of eligible nationalities may also qualify for VFTF if prevailing entry requirements are met. Assessment for entry is determined by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at the point of entry. For more information, please click here.
Please note that extension of stay for transit travellers under the VFTF is strictly not allowed.
The Free Singapore Tour team only accepts walk-in registrations. However, Singapore Airlines and SilkAir passengers* have the option to pre-book for the Free Singapore Tour. If you are eligible based on the tour timings and are travelling on these 2 airlines, you can consider contacting your local SQ reservations office to pre-book the FST as pre-booking is managed separately by Singapore Airlines. To check where the nearest SQ reservations office is, please go to http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/contact-us/. Singapore Airlines accepts reservations up to 72 hours in advance.
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"The chaos, bumps, thorns, knots, and grit one encounters while living on the planet seem to be the fuel that propels us into seeing our existence with greater clarity. A revelation or an inspiration is often proceeded by turbulence, a question, a dilemma; anything that gets under the skin. A pearl of nature led me to a new pearl of insight. I met a jewelry maker in Scotland who lived near the Tay River. I was telling her about a walk I took the night before along the Tay. The water was rough and dark; worthy of a stage set for MacBeth. Hearing this, she pulled out a tackle box with her jewelry making tools, poked around, and began to unfold a small piece of velvet. Inside was a pearl she had purchased from a Scottish Travelor ("gypsies" to Yankees). The pearl was cut in half and the luminous outer coating surrounded a tiny, tiny speck of Tay River dirt. I began to imagine the oyster working under the dark waters to extract this annoying speck of earth while producing this precious pearl. Suddenly, I was on a new bit of internal ground myself and something inside said, "aha!" This song was the residue of a moment I think back on often; moments when I'm in the thick of it." Sheri Bauer-Mayorga
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Interview on QCon: BDD, Cucumber and Hexagonal Architectures
I was interviewed recently by QCon's Peter Bell about various subjects dear to my heart: BDD, Cucumber, Relish and hexagonal architectures.
Matt Wynne taking it one tea at a time
I was interviewed recently by QCon's Peter Bell about various subjects dear to my heart: BDD, Cucumber, Relish and hexagonal architectures.
I just got back from the fantastic Lean Agile Scotland conference, where I spoke about why agile fails. I've been doing a lot of travelling this year since The Cucumber Book came out, consulting and training different companies in BDD. A pattern I keep seeing are companies who adopted agile a few years ago but have hit a glass ceiling. This talk was a chance for me to reflect on why that happens.
One point I made in the talk was about cargo cults. The term 'cargo cult agile' is used to laugh at teams who go through the same ceremonies – daily stand-up meetings, planning poker meetings, story points, velocity etc. – yet in some very fundamental ways, they just don't seem to be succeeding the same way as organisations who get it. I see this frequently, but I don't think it's particularly funny. I think it's a sad waste of human potential.
I'm curious to understand why it happens.
There are various models for how we learn things, and one of my favourites is Shu-Ha-Ri. This model comes from Japanese martial arts and says that in order to really master something, we need to progress through three stages. The first stage, shu, is about learning the basics. Here's a quote from Aikido master Seishiro Endo:
In shu, we repeat the forms and discipline ourselves so that our bodies absorb the forms that our forbearers created. We remain faithful to the forms with no deviation.
That's shu: absorbing the basic mechanics by repetition, without really understanding why.
The next stage is ha:
In the stage of ha, once we have disciplined ourselves to acquire the forms and movements, we make innovations. In this process the forms may be broken and discarded.
Imagine that? Broken and discarded! This is the point where we start to ask why; where we start to understand the value of the practices we've been using and have enough experience to make decisions about when they're actually valuable, and when they could be getting in our way.
The final stage, ri is transcendence:
Finally, in ri, we completely depart from the forms, open the door to creative technique, and arrive in a place where we act in accordance with what our heart/mind desires, unhindered while not overstepping laws.
I think that sounds like fun.
Anyway, my point is that cargo-culting is just what happens when your team is stuck in the shu stage. If you've been on some basic agile training, you might have been led to believe that's all there is too it; unless you're aware that the other stages of learning exist, how could you aspire to reach them?
This morning I was asked a great question about the talk: How would I help a team that's stuck in a cargo cult shu learning stage? I felt like it deserved a blog post, and that's why we're here.
My first step with that team is to understand how well they'd really learned the basics. Have the team been given enough support to really get to grips with the tougher agile practices like retrospectives, TDD, or pair programming? What problems are they suffering from and how can they be traced back to core agile practices that the team need more expertise in?
Then it's time to help them learn and practice those basic techniques. Coding dojos are a great way to practice TDD in a fun environment, for example. Coaching willing members of the team how to facilitate effective retrospectives and helping make sure that actions coming out of those retrospectives are followed up helps to start building the culture of empowerment the team need to become confident enough to move beyond the shu learning stage.
It's also important to have conversations with management to ensure that the team are being given the space to learn. I often see teams who are driven so hard by the demand to deliver features that they simply don't have the time to invest in self-improvement. Once a product owner is made aware of this situation, and the benefits of having a higher-functioning team, they're usually keen to make this investment.
The Lean Agile Scotland conference is shaping up to be a really great event. I'll be speaking about why agile fails, drawing on my experience coaching numerous software teams and organisations. I'll highlighting the reasons why so many companies fail to reap the benefits enjoyed by the early adopters of agile and give you some insights into how to make your agile adoption a success.
We've also got some other great spakers like David Anderson, Liz Keogh, Karl Scotland, Clarke Ching and Gojko Adzic, to name just a few. Book your ticket now!
A few weeks ago I asked on GOOS the mailing list about some other books that teach the same style of design.
I've just put together a big order for the juiciest looking ones. Here they are:
Would you add any to this list?
So far all of my BDD training has been done in-house as private courses for companies. That's about to change.
On October 8th – 11th Chris Parsons and I will be running four one-day training workshops in London focussed on BDD and specification by example. These are the same courses we've been successfully running in-house for companies like the BBC, Burberry, and Virgin Atlantic.
There are a range of workshops for everyone involved in software development:
We're offering a 20% discount to anyone booking before the 1st August. Just use the promotion code super-early-birdy when booking.
So, what are you waiting for?
New York is one of my favourite cities in the world. I'm extremely fortunate to be able to spend a whole week there next week. I'll be mostly hanging out at QCon:
I'm also going to run a couple of sessions at General Assembly on Thursday evening. If you can't afford the time or ticket price for QCon, this might be a good option to come along and hear some of my ideas:
Finally, I'm honoured to be spending Saturday on the bill with some amazing people at the Gotham Ruby Conference. I'm going to be speaking about hexagonal rails. I'm excited and nervous about this talk, as I feel like I'm still discovering so much about this topic all the time.
As well as all this geekery, I'd love to get some proper culture while I'm in town. Are there any locals who would like to show me around?
This is the second post in a series about my experience of applying a GOOS-style hexagonal architecture to a Ruby on Rails application. In the first post, I talked about why the idiomatic, connected, style of Rails architecture might have advantages in the short term, but that I want a more modular architecture to make it habitable for the long term.
In this post, I'll explain a couple of the fundamental concepts that will be used in the rest of the series, which should give you some new ideas to think about as you're working on your own Rails applications. We'll talk about the tell, don't ask style of object communication, and about the difference between objects and values. Let's start by explaining what that funny term hexagonal architecture actually means.
The fundamental idea behind this style of architecture is to isolate the core domain of your program—the bit that defines its unique and interesting behaviour—from the technical infrastructure that enables it to talk to the outside world. Technical infrastructure means things like databases, file systems, user interfaces, web services and message queues.
We can visualise it as two hexagons, one inside the other, as in the diagram below. The inner hexagon contains our core business logic. It doesn't know or care anything about the details of how it will communicate with the outside world, but it exposes ports where we can plug in adapters that fulfil that role. The adapters sit in the outer hexagon, and translate between our core domain and the technology-specific domain of a particular piece of infrastructure.
That's it, nothing fancy. The word hexagon isn't actually really very important but I like to think it as a metaphor for the modular, pluggable nature of this architecture. It's catchier than ports and adapters, too.
Keeping this separation between the inner and outer hexagons, between the core behaviour and infrastructure details of our program, gives us a few advantages:
Our code is easier to understand. When we're working in the inner hexagon, all the language and concepts we see are related to our core domain, without the distraction of the technical realities of connecting it to the real world. When we're working in the outer hexagon, we can concentrate on the job of mapping core domain events and data onto the domain of the technical infrastructure that we're writing an adapter for, without the distraction of business logic.
We can easily replace pieces of infrastructure, such as swapping out a relational database for a key-value store, or using an in-memory database for fast acceptance testing, without modifying the core domain at all.
Our tests can run fast. The code in the core domain does not depend on Rails or any other large external libraries, so its tests are lightning quick. Once we start to recognise core domain logic and push it inside the inner hexagon, more and more of our tests are running against plain old Ruby objects that are quick to instantiate. We have separate tests for our adapters that ensure they integrate with their respective technology, but we don't need to run them as often as we used to. We only need to run those slow tests when the adapter needs to change, and because our business logic has moved into the core domain, that's not very often.
There are apparent costs too. As I've moved the Relish codebase towards a more hexagonal style, I've noticed that there's more code appearing. However, each piece of code is simpler to understand, and the pieces are much less coupled together, giving me flexibility for the future.
For me, probably the biggest factor in achieving this flexibility has been finally understanding an object-oriented design axiom I've been hearing for a long time: that objects should communicate by telling each other things, rather than asking each other questions.
Your Rails application most likely has a problem with procedural code. When I talk about a procedural style of programming, I am talking about this kind of thing:
class PublishersController < ApplicationController def create @publisher = Publisher.new(params[:publisher]) @publisher.creator_user = current_user if @publisher.save current_user.add_membership(@publisher) redirect_to publisher_collaborators_path(@publisher), :notice => 'Publisher created successfully. You can now add collaborators.' else render :index end end end
This is a fairly typical Rails controller action method. We can read this code and quite easily understand what is going to happen when it runs. This is the advantage of a procedural style – it reads like a story. The problem with this style really hits us when we want to change the behaviour.
Imagine we want to add an activity feed to our application, so that as a side-effect of successfully creating a new publisher, we want to post a message to the user's activity feed. The way things stand, we'd probably be inclined to squeeze another line into the top branch of that
if statement:
... if @publisher.save current_user.add_membership(@publisher) current_user.feed_entries.create! content: "Created a new publisher #{publisher.name}." redirect_to publisher_collaborators_path(@publisher), :notice => 'Publisher created successfully. You can now add collaborators.' else ...
Over time, as more and more behaviour is added to the application, this is only heading in the direction of chaos and ugliness. A more object-oriented design would allow us to plug in the extra activity feed behaviour without modifying this code at all, and it's the tell-don't-ask principle that will guide us into producing that kind of code.
We don't have space for an example here, but we'll see plenty of them as the series unfolds.
Let's examine that controller action again, looking in detail at the messages passing between the different objects in the scenario where the publisher is saved successfully. All in all, there are six different actors in this little scene: the Controller, the Publisher class, the new Publisher instance, the current User instance, the user's Feed Entries collection, and Rails itself. Let's imagine this method as a conversation between them:
Controller: Dear Publisher class, please may I have a new instance using these parameters? [Query]
Publisher Class: Certainly, here you are. [Query Response]
Controller: Publisher instance, this User instance is your
creator_user! [Command]
Controller: Publisher instance, attempt to persist yourself! [Command]
Controller: Hey Publisher instance, did the attempt to persist yourself succeed? [Query]
Publisher instance: Thanks for asking! Yes, it went perfectly. [Query response]
Controller: User instance, grant yourself membership of this publisher instance! [Command]
Controller: User instance, can I see your feed entries collection please? [Query]
User instance: Oh alright then, here it is. [Query response]
Controller: Feed entries collection, create and persist a new entry with these parameters! [Command]
Controller: Rails, redirect to the following path, and show this message to the user! [Command]
In total, there are eleven different messages passing between the six different objects in play as this method runs. Of these, five messages are commands, and the other six are queries or their responses. We're not even counting the potential for the call to
feed_entries.create! to raise exceptions – we'll talk about that some other time.
A revelation for me as I re-read GOOS recently was this: Your domain model is not in the classes you create in your source code, but in the messages that the objects pass to one another when they communicate at runtime.
In other words, the structure of these conversations—the protocols—is what's most interesting about your application. The simpler you can keep these protocols, the easier your code will be to change in the future. Code that involves queries is inevitably more complex, because the code asking the question needs to then act upon the answer. Using a tell, don't ask style encourages us to push that action off into other objects. Smaller, more re-usable objects.
So is there ever a valid case for using queries? There is, and that's when the object is a value.
The authors of the GOOS book distinguish between just two different categories of class in an object-oriented program: objects, and values. As Rails programmers, we can find these two categories confusing because many of the objects we're used to dealing with, particularly ActiveRecord::Base subclasses, fit into both categories. Nevertheless, I've found these two labels extremely useful in helping me think about how I structure my own core domain code.
Objects are the things that get work done. They may carry state, but they don't expose it. They receive messages from collaborating objects, and make decisions about what messages to send to their collaborators.
Values carry state. They're immutable: once created, they can't be changed. Values have query methods that either return component parts of their state, or the results of calculations on that state.
So I've explained that a hexagonal architecture involves separating the code that allows your application to talk to the outside world, from the code that is the application itself. I've talked about how, when designing that code, it's important to think about the protocols between the objects, and I've talked about the difference between objects and values.
I realise that these first two posts have been fairly abstract and theoretical, but I really felt I needed to put down some terminology before we could continue with the story. In the next post we'll get much more practical and look at a pattern for applying tell-don't-ask in my Rails controllers which I'm calling passive controller.
At last month's CukeUp conference, I held a panel discussion between Aslak Hellesoy, Julien Biezemans, Oriol Gual and Jonas Nicklas. I chose these panelists because each of them has written a variation on the original Ruby Cucumber, and I wanted to try to pull these ideas together into a vision for Cucumber 2.0.
This post is a record of that conversation.
The current version of Cucumber has been around since 2008, and as Jonas has previously explained the code isn't much fun to hack on. It's quite bloated with features, some of which were added as experiments and maybe aren't used by most users. Carrying this cruft around is holding us back from adding new features that we do want.
Also, the current mechanism for mapping from steps to Ruby code is pretty basic, and doesn't really encourage the good practices we've learned as a community about organising your test code.
I asked each of the participants what they'd learned from their fork of Cucumber, and what they'd like to see in a new version of Cucumber.
Aslak made three points:
Julien added:
Oriol echoed Aslak's thoughts about keeping test code better organised: Spinach uses one class per feature, and is generally more object-oriented unlike Cucumber-Ruby's flat anonymous blocks for step definitions.
Jonas said his goal for Turnip was mainly simplification:
It's always fun making a 'not' list, so we brainstormed the current Cucumber features we'd like to kill in a 2.0 release:
In case you can't read my scrawl, here's that list again:
As you can see, we got the audience to come up and vote after the session. It looks like nested steps are living on borrowed time!
My view is that with a well-designed core, many of these features can still exist but as plug-ins, thereby allowing people who need them to continue to use them, but without the maintenance burden on the core team.
What I'm short on is time. Would it be crazy to ask if there are any companies who would consider sponsoring this project? I can't imagine a better way to spend the summer than hacking out a brand new shiny Cucumber!
Update: Thanks for the comments, but I don't find they make a great medium for discussion so I don't tend to reply to them. If you'd like to discuss this post, please chip in on these threads on the cukes google group.
I've been trying to bootstrap a product for the last year or so; I've also got several friends who are either already doing it, or have recognised that it's a better way to make a living than consulting / contracting for a daily rate. I want to get everyone together so we can swap ideas and experiences, and inspire each other.
So, together with Steve Tooke of Heavies, I'm organising a conference.
It's a simple, not-for-profit event, to be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 27th June. More details here: http://bootstrapd.com
Last week I had a great chat with Pat Shaughnessy about The Cucumber Book which has been published as an interview on RubySource. Pat really managed to get to the heart of my opinions about how to use Cucumber effectively, so if you're too busy to read the book, this will give you a good summary of my latest thinking on topics such as:


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Ahhhhh, polygamy. I'm very seriously fascinated with the whole idea of it. That doesn't mean I'm interested in practicing polygamy myself (don't worry Scottish). It's just that I am a connoisseur of relationships and I love learning about unique and beyond-the-normal-person's-comfort-zone relationships, and that includes polygamy. Polygamy is the practice of one man being married to more than one wife at one time. It's a practice derived from a very conservative sect of the LDS (Mormon) church known as the Fundamentalist Mormons. I do not believe in their same faith so it makes sense that I don't believe in polygamy, but man, do I respect it? Yes.
Did you know there is a term for one woman marrying multiple husbands? Cause I didn't until now! It's call polyandry. Apparently it was more common in Indian cultures back in the day. But if you ask a Fundamentalist they will tell you they do not believe in polyandry. Speaking awkwardly on behalf of the people who practice polygamy, I would say the biggest misconception is that polygamy is about a man's need for sex. Hahaha. Ask any married man and he'll tell you that having a wife does NOT necessarily mean you will be having tons of sex all the time. Marriage is a choice, a commitment, and a lot of work, so why would a guy choose extra nagging, oops, I mean more work! 🙂 If you want more sex, find a mistress. (please don't do that though)
So, I've always been interested in this way of life but ever since the TLC show, "Sister Wives," began airing in 2010, my fascination has grown in a positive way after seeing a family live this lifestyle up close and personal. The Browns are a pretty normal, conservative Utah family, now relocated to Las Vegas, except for the fact that the dad, Kody, is married to four different wives. These four wives call each other, "sister wives," because as you can imagine, they develop really close bonds, bordering those of a sister. Personally, I love the concept of a sister wife, which is essentially a woman with whom you share your time, your life, your children, and most importantly, your husband. It is bizarre and it is different, but from what I've observed, they can be really loving and supportive relationships. I actually enjoyed the term so much that I encouraged one of my groups of girlfriends to take on the term as a nickname. Because why not? We all support each other through good times and bad, we celebrate big events and holidays together, and we share similar values. In my opinion, it's the best part of being a sister wife. The worst part being, you share one man… which is obviously not the case between me and my friends.
Now I know it's illegal to have more than one wife, and there is a ton of criticism surrounding polygamy due to child-brides and/or abusive husbands, which is definitely NOT OK, but those are select cases and not everyone in the demographic is doing that. The two biggest moral questions are, "What about the children?" and "Don't the wives get super jealous?" Yes, what about the kids, how does it affect them, and also, how do the wives handle the intense feelings that come along with sharing the person you have the most intimate relationship with? Well, I can't answer those questions, but I do think about them as well.
The whole reason I wanted to write about this topic is because I wanted to share part of this season's finale of "Sister Wives." Robyn (wife #4) just delivered her first baby with dad Kody. Everyone is over at her house to congratulate and rejoice in the happy news when Robyn asks to be alone with Meri (wife #1). Now you need some back story here, Meri has only one child with Kody while her other sister wives have multiple children with him. She has struggled with miscarriages over the years and at one point Kody asked her if she wanted to try IVF but she said no. Anyway, we're back at Robyn's bedside, moments after her home birth and Robyn tells Meri that she would like to be her surrogate. Mainly, she would be willing to carry and give birth to the child of Kody and Meri. What.a.gift.
Think of someone you know struggling to get pregnant, it's very heart-wrenching isn't it? Good things can come out of any thing, any person, and any situation. And even out of polygamy. Just… felt the need to share that.
Quote: "I never tell one client that I cannot attend his sales convention because I have a previous engagement with another client, successful polygamy depends upon pretending to each spouse that she is the only pebble on your beach."


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Big Brother series is usually aired during summer but it is anticipated that the series will be up this fall much to the surprise of the fans. The show is under the casting and will be aired in the second week of September it is predicted after the end of Big Brother 18. This is only the second time the show is aired in fall and it will be interesting to note how it will suit the fall schedule as it is already a packed house. Though, it is not exactly known when the show will be aired because there is already a reality show planned for fall called the Survivor and another one is in the making named The Amazing Race.
So what if there is no space to air Big Brother, well there is nothing to worry as the show may be pushed on CBS's other network POP that has Big Brother After Dark already running. Or it may be available on All-Access app at $5.99 per month. It may be noted that Big Brother fans are already watching the live feeds on All Access and it will not make much difference. But for those who are not on All Access, it could be a dampener and they may stay away from watching the show, if CBS decides not to air the show on their channel.
Though there are mixed feeling on the Big Brother show appearing sooner than expected. While Big Brother fans find it a good bout of entertainment, while others feel it would be too much of a dose for a drama again. Some prefer the summer launch but fans love to experience the drama in fall as well. Despite the diverse views CBS may go in for the fall launch though through which channel is yet to be decided. Until then it is a wait and watch game for the audience.
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