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How to Sell Used Textbooks OnlineBy Lisa An Freeman
"Books, too, need to travel," an old proverb says. But will it make the journey even more exciting when you can be paid for it? Here are some steps on how you can sell used textbooks online without lifting a finger.
Sort and select
Selling used textbooks means sorting out which goes in and which goes out. That includes making sure that your textbooks are in perfect condition. This will lure more customers into buying your textbooks. Check the book for receipts, old post cards, and other stuff that may have been tucked within its pages. If you have extra time, you can even repair the cover of your books which may have been damaged. This can also increase the profitability of your books once they are up for online selling.
Name your price
Second-hand books are expectedly much cheaper than its original price. If you really want to make money by selling used textbooks, it is important that you put on a price that is reasonable for you and your customer alike. You can research and canvass for prices before deciding on your own list. This will give you a rough estimate of your price range. Additionally, making money by selling used textbooks can only be proactive once you know your audience. Are you catering to students or professionals? Are you geared toward bulk orders or retail? Answering these questions will help you decide on your prices and determine your niche. You should also consider the shipping rates when selling used textbooks online. If the location is just within your area, you can have it delivered for free upon purchase of a particular amount. You can also assign a meet-up place so your buyers can pick up their orders in convenience.
Choose the right online selling portal
Once you have your books and target market, it is time to look for the right online selling portals. One good thing about selling used textbooks via internet is convenience. You can sign-up, register for free, and post your products in a snap. There are many online selling portals to choose from. You can decide based on your target market and the portal's reach. Some sites may also have special categories for your used textbooks. It may be a little tricky but it is important that you select the most apt section for the product that you are selling. After all, this is where you market will drive into once they log in and start looking for what they need.
Join social networking sites
Another way of promoting your used textbooks is by joining social networking sites. Like most online selling portals, these sites come for free. Many people resort to Facebook and Twitter to advertise their product because the said platforms have wide reach of audience and are convenient to use. It is also easy to showcase your products using these sites as you are free to post pictures and other details. Keep in mind that many customers tend to be visual. They rely on what they see in deciding what to buy or not.
Textbooks that are no longer of any use are simply a waste of space. You can visit www.booksvalue.com for the selling of used textbooks that you do not need anymore.
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Sunday At The Bluegrass On Broadway Festival
The Stoney Mountain Ramblers will perform on Sunday, January 28, 2018, to conclude the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.
The FREE program will take place from 6:00-10:00pm at the Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence Street, Redwood City.
Bluegrass On Broadway receives principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Department of Parks Recreation & Community Services, John Dabney, & Debbie Weiner.


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After a 12-week high, European stocks dropped today thanks to decline of Zurich Insurance Group AG, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Oriflame Cosmetics SA. The two companies notched disappointing results. First disappointment came when Zurich Insurance lost 2.9% percent. Analysts had expected better performance from the insurance company after the second-quarter profit was not as expected.
Hennes & Mauritz AB Declines the Most in 6 Weeks
Hennes & Mauritz AB has been not doing well for the last six weeks and declined the most in six weeks. This clothing retailer reported worse-than-expected sales which also seemed to have impact on the declining stock prices. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, operates in 43 countries, was expected to do well.
Earlier in the month of July, the company had though received higher sales and recorded an increase by 9% compared to the same month the previous year, the comparable units decreased by 1%. The company also estimated and expected that it may get higher sales in August and increase in total revenue in SEK for the third quarter ending August 31.
Oriflame Cosmetics SA, Still Falling Behind
Another company that fell further is Oriflame Cosmetics SA which declined 4.6% after posting quarterly earnings and revenue. Sliding 6.1% to 203.40 kronor Oriflame Cosmetics SA reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 42.2 million euros ($56 million). The company's sales reached to 360 million euros in the second quarter.
Stock analysts had earlier estimated that the company selling personal care, accessories and nutritional products, etc. will be doing well; however, they all got disappointed after it posted its quarterly earnings. Analysts on average had forecast Ebitda (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of 46.7 million euros and revenue of 367 million Euros for the period.
Complex Case of Zurich Insurance
Zurich Insurance also received significant losses as its value declined 3.3 percent to 243.80 Swiss francs. The insurance company posted second-quarter net income of $789 million but it did not seem enough for investors as it missed the $823.8 million average projection. The company claims that it was the floods in central Europe in May and June which cost it $140 million.
European Shares Snapping Has Global Impact
Amidst the news that dollar weakened further, stocks fell around the world; thus, the declines were not limited to European stocks. At 8:48 a.m. in London, the Stoxx Europe 600 Index slipped 0.6% to 306.87.
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RapidSOS is a New York based advanced emergency communication & analytics startup that pinpoints cellphone callers by creating a rich data link from any connected device to 9-1-1. People caught in an emergency can call or text 911 using RapidSOS smartphone app, Haven. Along with the help request, the Haven app sends GPS location data to 911 call centers. The company also closed $14M Series A that brought its total equity funding to $19M.
The major problem the startup solves is that "operators often can't see the exact location of cellphone callers", wrote Ryan Knutson of Wall Street Journal.
The solution works by ONE-TOUCH-911 button on RapidSOS iOS and Android app that sends precise location, emergency type, and medical/demographic information to 9-1-1. Users can transmit rich data (telematics, health, location, sensor, etc.) directly to 9-1-1 & responders by integrating the Haven API/SDK into connected devices.
The company's main products are Haven SDK & API, Haven App for Business, and predictive analytics platform. The enterprise solution of RapidSOS is sold to companies for insurance, fleet management, and corporate security. It also offers safety solutions for non-profit sector such as schools and universities, municipalities, and affinity groups. RapidSOS sells $29 annual package for individuals, and $49 annual for families.
A major differentiation of RapidSOS to that of carrier companies and other 911 apps is that the former is able to deliver location information to the 911 center more accurate than what the wireless carriers communicates. In demo tests, RapidSOS was able to locate the caller "within a few feet while the carrier data was off by about 1,000 yards".


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Today the United States Postal Service issued a new stamp, 2014 Breast Cancer Research. This is a Forever Semipostal stamp, currently at 60 cents. The description is as follows:
The Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp, originally issued in 1998, is being reissued in 2014. Mandated by Congress in 1997 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton, the 1998 Breast Cancer Research stamp was the first semipostal issued by the U.S. Postal Service®. Semipostals are stamps sold at a surcharge to raise money for a particular cause. Purchase of this stamp supports the Breast Cancer Research work of the National Institutes of Health and the Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense.
The stamp art depicts a woman standing with her right arm raised, reaching behind her head in the position recommended for breast self-examination. The drawing of the woman's body is set against a background of pastel colors ranging from yellow to violet that cover the entire face of the stamp. Across the top of the stamp are the words "Breast Cancer." Circling the figure's right breast are the phrases, in all caps, "FUND THE FIGHT." and "FIND A CURE."
Art director Ethel Kessler, herself a breast cancer survivor, faced a challenge in designing the stamp. She wanted a design that brought awareness to the importance of Breast Cancer Research while offering a positive and uplifting image. After working with variations on the theme of pink ribbons-the symbol of breast cancer awareness-and photographs that struck her as too melancholy, Kessler turned to artist Whitney Sherman for other ideas.
Sherman produced many sketches, but one stood out from the others. A woman stands with her right arm raised, reaching behind her head in the position recommended for breast self-examination. The pose reminded the artist of depictions of the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis (Diana to the Romans), reaching back to pull an arrow from the quiver hanging from her shoulder. The archetype represented by Artemis signifies strength, courage, survival, and hope, all the emotions that the art director and artist hoped to capture in the stamp art.


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R.I.O.T. Time begins Wednesday September 6th. The first day of each school week is designated for Round-Up, where students are grouped with a Staff member and 12-20 students in their graduating class. This time will be used build relationships and provide academic support and guidance for R.I.O.T. Time.
R.I.O.T. Time is a 25-minute block of time each day when students will have the opportunity to receive academic, social and emotional support through our teacher-led tutorials, foster peer study groups, complete homework and make-up assignments, get involved in clubs and organizations, utilize the library resources, decompress by listening to music or reading, or build positive relationships with their classmates.
Students who are in need of extra support will be given mandatory, teacher-assigned tutorials. Consequences will be assigned for students who do not attend assigned tutorials.
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Fiona Flanagan's mother left the community during her running-around years to marry an Englisher, but died soon after her daughter's birth. As a result, Fiona has never known anything about her mother's Amish relatives, and harbours hurt that they never tried to get in contact. Yet despite her claims that she doesn't feel the need to delve deeper into her Amish heritage, Fiona jumps at the opportunity to open a midwifery clinic in Pennsylvania Dutch country - where she immediately runs into her mother's family. Both parties are hurt by what has happened in the past, and Fiona finds herself leaning more on local police office, Ted Rittenhouse, to guide her regarding how to build bridges with her newfound relatives. Meanwhile, Ted may need Fiona's help in solving a case involving vandalism against the Amish locals. Will these problems come between their blossoming relationship?
As with all of Marta Perry's novels, this was a thoroughly enjoyable story. While not directly about the Amish, the countryside and characters still came alive and gave the book a content, soft tone that I often find in Amish romances. And as Marta herself lives near the Amish in PA, the details felt authentic, and not thrown in to make the romance more interesting. I enjoyed seeing Fiona learn about the ways of her mother's family through her friendship with Ted, even if they did have many stumbling blocks. This was a very soft, slowly blossoming romance, and didn't quite have the same sizzle and chemistry that I've felt in other Love Inspired novels, but it did make me grin from ear to ear in places! And as with all of Marta's stories that I've read, it contained a little mystery that helped the characters to learn more about themselves as they went about solving it.
This is #6 in the Flanagan series but can be read as a standalone book. From the hints dropped about other characters, I'd be interested in reading more from this series. A sweet romance with some calming Amish detail, which was just what I needed after a hard day's essay-writing! Thanks as always to Marta Perry for a wonderful story! 8/10
To put it simply, I'm a Bookworm. I love to read books, critique books, compare books and in general, write about books.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Restless Hearts - Marta Perry
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Gordon Graham- Retired Commander CHP and Founder of Lexipol
I can recall a time when the police were part of the community, and the community included the police. I cannot identify the specific point in time when the separation occurred, but in too many communities there is a gap- in some a huge gap- between the police and the community. This separation has resulted in substantial problems and we must find ways to, again, make the police part of the community. The innovative work of Ryan and Rodney, through Breaking Barriers United, is narrowing the gap, and for that, I am grateful and fully supportive of their efforts. Please take a look at what they are doing and how this can benefit community/police relations in your area.
Karen Comstock- Chief, Chino Police Department
The future success of any Police Department will be directly proportional to the relationship that the department has with its community. Breaking down barriers of mistrust between the police and the community will create a partnership that will enhance public safety and improve the quality of life. Sergeant Rodney Lombard and Officer Ryan Tillman recognize what a powerful crime deterrent a unified community and Police Department can produce. Their personal stories and innovative strategies have begun to break down the barriers between the Police and the Community. It is an honor to work with such exemplary individuals, and I am confident that their work with the Breaking Barriers United initiative will improve policing and make our communities safer.
Joseph Paulino- Chief, SBCUSD Police Department
If there is ever a time in history to spark a deeper conversation regarding the relationship between our law enforcement and our community, it is now! It will take a courageous effort to reconnect a desperately needed relationship between the police and the community. The powerful conduit created by Breaking Barriers United is a wide bridge to that ends. I proudly support the efforts of Ryan and Rodney with the creation of Breaking Barriers United. I encourage the entire community to rally behind their efforts.
Derek Williams- Deputy Chief Ontario Police Department
Ryan and Rodney are diligently working towards removing the "us versus them" way of thinking. Unfortunately, this has become the norm when describing the relationship between law enforcement and the community. Breaking Barriers United is a program they developed to bridge the gap and give all stakeholders a peek into the realities of living in the 21st century. I met Ryan before he became a police officer and this profession was the farthest thing from his mind. Now that he is an officer, he is determined to remove any negative perceptions and break all barriers. I am truly proud of Ryan and Rodney's work in developing this program. It is something to be supported.


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So, any good mid range spots in Ottawa? I'm having a hard time finding decent casual places, Anthony's Pizza was quite good but we want to try something different this time around. That neighbourhood (The Glebe) seemed interesting any other worthwhile spots around there or even other areas.
Anything decent in the Byward Market area or is very touristy around there?


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When you are the King of all Indian Bolllywood , everything you touch does become gold but also on the other side , everything you do or infact don't even do , becomes a news sensation . All Bollywood stars are always under the limelight because of news channels and media . Shahrukh Khan is more often than not , involved in incidents landing up in the news , both locally and when outside the country . The Baadshah has been in a lot of news incident of late , which relate to both his personal and social life .
In most recent news , Shahrukh has been approached by all , inquiring about his upcoming film Happy New Year which comes out on 24th October , 2014 . In more news , the most trending news about SRK is his rivalry , no wait his friendship , no wait , his something with Salman khan . Nobody , including these two Khans know what the situation between them is but they did meet each other and hugged too at a recent Eid Party . Shahrukh also said " Salman is a friend " . This was possibly to end the chase being given to them by news reporters . Shahrukh Khan was also seen bringing out his frustrations when he told a couple of news reports and channels how much he was frustrated about being bombarded with questions related to Salman Khan .
Shahrukh was also in news in recent times because of his Wankhede stadium fiasco where he was banned from . But his ban was lifted by the NCA before the IPL final . He was also in news last year after being shockingly detained at an airport in the USA for a few hours which apparently was seen as the most inhuman thing ever done to an individual by the Indian news channel .
News about Shahrukh nowadays include talks his friends and family . He was recently ranked in a survey as India's best celebrity father .However sometimes , the news gets on Shahrukh's head too as everywhere he goes with either his friends or his wife or children , the news reporters miraculously know about his locations and are already present everywhere to greet the King . Shahrukh Khan is now getting ready for his film, Happy New Year Trailer launch which is a huge event as it is his first movie in 2014 and everyone wants to see a glimpse of what SRK will look like on screen this year .
Shahrukh Khan has now started staying on the down low as he and news have had a fair share of time together and now he has become a stay at home husband and on set working actor during most times of the day .
But news and King Khan cannot be too far from each other from a long time and its not much time before an unnecessary news article will come out on a not so important issue of Shahrhukh and trouble both him and the audiences .


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So, I'm in transition, closing on a new home in two weeks, refinishing the floors in the home I live in now in order to get it on the market, and staying in a tiny hotel room with three dogs and my mother. If that's not your idea of absolute bliss, you need to re-evaluate!
A couple weeks ago I was inspired by the combination of blush and yellow from a pin that I fell in love with. I'm crazy over these yellow jeans that I honestly didn't think I would get a lot of wear out of. In the past, I've literally collected premium denim, but over the last couple years have decided that you don't have to spend a ton of money to find a nice fitting pair of jeans. I also came to realize that I'm too old to be wearing horseshoes and Swarovski crystals on my ass.
Denim: Ann Taylor
Top: Rubbish, similar
Bag: LV Eva
Heels: BCBG
Necklaces: Susan Hanover, No Brand Chain
Bracelets: Vintage Hermes, Juicy Couture, Target, F21
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Hey All you Beautiful people!
It has definitely been quite a while since I have been active here... or written and shared with you all, Life has definitely been a journey for me, and for the last few months I have had to take a bit of time off. However, totally beside the point, We're back!
I just wanna say I have some exciting things coming back hopefully to share with you guys... While I could ramble on for ages and tell of all the things been happening lately, I think what I really want to do is be real with you guys... and get down heart to heart with some things that I think we could all do with... Things that I've actually personally experienced as a middle aged Christian Teenager Girl... particularly in the last few months.
For one, I'll be posting soon my own personal story about Depression, what it is, how its affected me and how it affects Teens, and how to over come it... That will be posted very soon, so keep your eyes open for that, I think its an important one, and I really do think you guys can totally relate, so keep peeled for that. :)
The other thing is, I'll be working on a few more posts, I know I've been unactive for a bit, but I'm going to try my best this time, and just share some Really real things with you guys :)
So I hope you all have had an amazing Year, Merry Christmas Guys! Stay Close to God, and one more thing, Let me know what you guys think xo
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A 70-year-old man has died in hospital after falling off his bicycle at Byron Bay on NSW's north coast.
Police say the man hit the road heavily at about 12.30pm on Monday and was airlifted in a critical condition to Gold Coast Hospital where he died about 4pm on Tuesday.
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The 2012 IForum series, organized by the Partnership for Strong Communities, continues with its fourth event on Wednesday, April 25.
The event is co-sponsored by the CT Association of Directors of Health and the CT Chapter of the American Planning Assocation.
Thousands of families are stuck living in neighborhoods with crime, poor schools, no grocery stores and few economic opportunities - all critical health indicators - but they can't afford to move.
Thousands of families are made sick by their housing, but they can't afford anything better. Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to be healthy. The healthcare system can't fix it alone. Communities can help.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Lyceum. 227 Lawrence Street. Hartford, CT 06106
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m - Registration, Networking, and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m - Forum
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We can improve health by planning for high-quality, reasonably-priced housing and other development, in neighborhoods with opportunity.
Health outcomes are not just driven by individual factors, like genetics and behaviors. Community conditions like access to quality, affordable housing in good neighborhoods actually influence people's health more than any other factor. We can dramatically improve health outcomes by improving homes and the surroundings in which people live. Planners and local health directors can be at the forefront of that effort.
Keynote Speaker:
Robert S. Ogilvie, Ph.D. - Public Health Law & Policy
Ogilvie is the Director of the Planning for Healthy Places program at Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP). PHLP is comprised of attorneys, policy analyists and urban planners who work together to build healthy communities nationwide. Ogilvie directs PHLP's Planning for Healthy Places program. Over the past 15 years he has worked extensively in community development and planning to help improve low- and middle-income neighborhoods. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University and is a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and the University of South Carolina.
The event is free, but we expect strong attendance.
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I didn't intend to start reading in some type of theme but for some reason I ended up reading three YA/children's books, so I thought I'd combine them into one posting.
Jackaby by William Ritter
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
My reading habits as a child and teenager were very different. Even as a pre-teen I was fascinated with science fiction and was already a fan of Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury, so that didn't change. But most of the books I received as gifts were non-fiction books. Actually, it was a pretty weird collection now that I think about it. One aunt had let me hang out with her at an astrology reading and knew I was interested in odd occult topics, so I also had a collection of books on things like astrology, numerology, and I Ching that she was sure I'd enjoy. My other aunt, the college graduate, bought me things on science and space and history for children (Genghis Khan cutting parts off of the conquered) with a smattering of traditional children's books like Dr. Seuss. The Scholastic Books program was also a thing so I'd bike home at least once a year with a basket of books that I got to choose myself.
In my early teens I was introduced to The Hobbit, which altered my tastes quite a bit, and also developed a taste for some poets like Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.
I managed to miss a lot of traditional books that I've caught up with as an adult like Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Pinnochio, and similar books. This is probably because I am pretty sure my mother stopped reading to me at age 3-4 when she found out I could read for myself, so I depended on what was given and personal interests.
Since then YA Lit has been a nice break from other books. Series like Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and Emergent have drawn me in.
Jackaby is the one new book on the list.Written in 2015 it's the first in a series of books with the same main character. Set in the late 1800s in New England, Jackaby is a detective with supernatural abilities. He can see supernatural beings that are invisible to almost everyone else. If I were pitching a movie he would be "Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Who". His Watson is Abigail Rook, a woman in her late teens to left England (absconded with her education funds) to seek out a life of adventure. Landing in New Fiddlesham she runs into Jackaby who eventually hires her as his assistant.
There are pluses and minuses to both lead characters. Jackaby is sort of fun but could be more fun. He's quirky but stiff. Along with Holmes and The Doctor there's a touch of Spock in his character that reduces his charm. Abigail is spunky and, as Lou Grant famously told Mary Richards, "I hate spunk."
I have to say that the version I read was on sale at Audible and narrated by an English woman that was pretty wretched with American accents (they all sounded the same, unlike the British and Irish characters) and made Jackaby sound as stiff and unlikeable as a person possibly could.
I can't see a teen or younger falling in love with the books but there are banshees and unusual creatures, and a mystery that worked in this first book. The book itself received a lot of reviewer attention, hitting several top ten lists for the year. I may try another but it will be a day when I'm really short on better choices.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
I have been a Robin Hood fan my entire life. I was glued to the 50s series with Richard Greene (also a Zorro fan at the same time) and still watch the Erroll Flynn movie with awe every few years. Pyle's book, written in 1883, synthesized a lot of the older Hood stories and ballads and was one of the sources for the Flynn film among others.
The stories themselves have some charm but it's definitely a dated book in several ways. Most notable is that Robin and his band do a damn lot of making merry, which mostly seems to consist of loafing in the forest, making sport in which they split up to have concurrent merry-making adventures, stealing from the rich (anyone they decide deserves robbing) and splitting the take into thirds where the poor and the merry men get a take and the owner gets to keep a third of the original. There is a lot of forcing people to exchange clothes at sword-point and other felonious behavior. The book is less clear on the evils of those being opposed and Hood originally goes into hiding in Sherwood Forest after killing a man who refuses to pay off on a bet. (Sure, the man shoots at Robin first, but he also is drunk and misses.) Pyle toned this down from the original ballad in which Robin kills 14 people.
The language is also a barrier to any modern reader. The "olde English" is stilted and, worse for me, innacurate. You/ye was used in formal settings, thee/thy/thou for informal, much like Usted/tu in Spanish. It was the Quakers who spoiled this for everyone by calling everyone from the king to the town knacker as thou. To differentiate themselves everyone else relied on you and it became standard. Hyde also uses the word yeoman frequently and indiscriminately. A yeoman was a land owner who farmed his own land. Everybody is a yeoman (usually a stout or right lusty one) in this book unless they are fair maids. The history is also way off.
Those flaws aside, it might be a fun book to read aloud or for someone charmed by, say, White's The Once and Future King to take a stab at solo. I'm not sure I could have put aside my adolescent disdain for almost everything to get through the book until I was older.
Peter Pan
I wasn't a great fan of the Disney version or the musical but was curious about the book. And there are parts of this book that live up to its reputation as being cringe-worthy racist and just downright painful to read from a modern perspective.
Those things aside, the book offers a lot of lovely things, Wendy's eccentric parents, Nana's view of her job of protecting the chlidren, and an ending that made me weepy. I'm not even sure what there was about Peter staying the same age and coming back to an aging Wendy and then her children and grandchildren. Partly their sense of loss as Peter forgets them but also just the empty life of an eternal child. People are meant to age. It's part of the human experience and Peter's decision to never age robs him of that somehow.
I would share this book with any interested young person after some talk about words like redskin and pickaninny and how times have changed for the better. I am not the kind who thinks books should be kept from others because of their faults or dangerous ideas. These are moments in which we learn to think critically. What does the N-word mean in Huckleberry Finn? What does the word mean today? What does it say about the time in the book and the people who used it, or who still use it? If your children don't do things in a vacuum … books, television, or video games … it offers an opportunity to talk values.


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Have you ever desired to go to the moon? Here we are. In someway we succeeded. How? With our cables. In 25 years we have produced some 600,000 km of cables that roughly correspond to the earth-moon distance round trip. In this "moon" trip we served more than 2500 customers and sold 7 million batteries. "Our cables have been around the world, not once but 15 times," Elan President, Mr. Adrio Andreoni says with enthusiasm to confirm the hundreds of thousands of kilometers of cables produced by the company.
Elan was founded in 1990 as a manufacturer of low voltage cables. Today we produce alarm cables, fire cables, network cables, coaxial cables, signal cables, lead-acid batteries distributed with the brand BIG BAT and complementary accessories. Our products get into the hands of thousands of clients, from companies in the sector security in distributors of electrical equipment, down to the individual installer.
"There is no installer in Italy who has never used Elan cables at least once in his life" Cristiano Montesi, CEO Elan, remembers.
We also guarantee an availability of the product in Italy in a time ranging from 24 to 48 hours maximum. More than 200 products are available in stock for our customers in prompt delivery.
These are important goals for us and very good reasons to celebrate our 25th birthday in 2015. For this reason we have also worked on the new corporate image. Today, through the opening of the Elan Blog, we tell this renewal and the many initiatives aimed at communicating the value of brands and products in a different light.
Everything begins in spring 2015, when Elan promoted an "Instameet" inside headquarters, in collaboration with Instagramers, Igers Ancona and Igers Marche. The goal was to select the photographs that would stimulate a form of lively and creative communication to be used for branding and marketing activities on the national and international territory. For the occasion, a competition for "the best shot" was promoted.
Next, the renewal has passed through the company's web site www.elan.an.it, inside which stands a broad product portfolio, full of information and technical data.
The year 2015 ended with two important presentations. The first took place in November at the Security Fair in Milan, during which was officially launched a new line of BIGBAT batteries, or Lithium Ion batteries. The second was about the launch of ELAN catalogs and BIG BAT, for the first time in print.
Now, our travel continues with passion and determination towards new objectives, based on product quality and how our product are able to help and serve existing and future customers.
Be our fellow travelers.


text: The UBCSUO is launching a new initiative by holding its first ever All Club and Course Union Night. The goal of this event is to allow businesses to gain direct access to the community of over 9000 students at UBCO by partnering with student clubs and course unions. This increased access for both student organizations and businesses will continue to foster the mutually beneficial relationship between the two and allow for the creation of new and exciting opportunities for all parties involved. We've invited companies like RBC, Shaw, Telus, Flair Airlines, StandTec, Okanagan Young Professional Collective, Level Nightclub, Cheers Okanagan and many more!


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State Rep. Gary McDowell and local businessman Steve Biggs delivered 90 carbon monoxide alarms donated by First Alert to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan to raise awareness of a new law requiring CO alarms in new construction as well as the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Public health nurses will distribute the alarms to health department clients who cannot afford to purchase the life-saving device.
"We're grateful to Representative McDowell and Steve Biggs for their work on new carbon monoxide legislation and happy to pass the CO detectors to our clients," said Gerald Chase, health officer for the Health Department of Northwest Michigan. "And we encourage everyone to purchase CO detectors for their homes. It will be money well spent."
Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently signed important carbon monoxide alarm legislation, known as "The Overbeck Law", for Patty and Gene Overbeck, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2003 in their Elk Lake retirement home. It requires carbon monoxide alarms be placed in all new residential construction. The carbon monoxide device may be battery-powered, plug-in, with or without battery backup, wired into the dwelling's AC power line with secondary back-up, or connected to a control panel.


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One year ago, two Fools butted heads over caffeine peddler Starbucks
Meet the fighters
On the bullish side of the fence, fellow Fool Alyce Lomax carried the banner. She agreed when Starbucks management said that 12,000 locations were not enough, and even the new target of 30,000 locations might be too meek. The company had its sights set on China and other large international markets where it didn't yet have much of a footprint.
The brand name alone would be enough to protect Starbucks from the spirited advances of other coffee shops like Caribou Coffee
"Starbucks makes its customers feel good about frequenting its stores," said Alyce, "which often act as a relaxing oasis from the outside world. It provides health care and stock plans for its employees, and stewards socially responsible initiatives. Witness its environmentally friendly packaging and its acquisition of Ethos Water, which donates some proceeds to help provide clean water in Third World countries."
In short, Alyce saw the company pursuing plenty of promising growth strategies, and thought that Wall Street might underestimate Starbucks -- again.
And in the red corner ...
Chuck Saletta didn't agree at all. He thought that Starbucks had its best days behind it, and the heady growth of the past was bound to hit the brakes. Chuck pointed to the "amazing density" of Starbucks locations around some famous landmarks:
Number of Starbucks Outlets Within Two Miles
White House
Washington, D.C.
Sears Tower
Chicago, Ill.
Empire State Building
New York, N.Y.
Surely there was not much more room to grow with overpopulation like that?
Of course, you can grow in other ways than just building more stores. But Chuck said that "with same-store sales stagnating, the only option Starbucks really has for growth is to open more stores. At some point, something has to give."
In the end, our bearish battler conceded that Starbucks was an excellent company -- but "there's a world of difference, though, between an excellent company and an excellent investment." The value investor in him couldn't look past the risk of stagnation to justify the inflated stock valuation. "Unless it either grows into its current market cap, or stumbles its way to value territory, my money and I are staying away," he said.
And the winner is ...
When all was said and done, Alyce emerged from the rubble a jubilant victor. (Victoria?) Anyway, 72% of 452 voters took her bullish stance, versus 23% for Chuck and 5% undecided. That's a landslide win any day.
Our CAPS voters don't really agree, though. Starbucks is just a two-star stock today, based on a secret blend of market performance and input from more than 65,000 users. Our All-Star players (those with ratings higher than 80) are still more bullish on the stock, with one top player saying that it looked attractive at $30 per share back in March, and another slamming it because wholesale coffee prices are on the rise, but consumer salaries are not. Score one for Chuck, all in all.
The metric that many investors care about the most is market performance, though. On that front, Starbucks has lost nearly 23% of its value in the last year. Ouch. Sorry, Alyce, but it looks like your win has been overturned at day's end.
One more Fool
Starbucks is a very interesting company to follow -- the growth story is just awe-inspiring, even today. Remember that location chart above? Follow the links and you'll see 51 coffee shops around the White House today, 70 near the Sears Tower, and a whopping 138 within two miles of the Empire State Building.
My local Target
Starbucks is still growing revenue faster than Peet's or Caribou, but not as quickly as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
So the new Starbucks is a different beast than the one you saw when this battle was fought. The stock now looks cheap next to its growth prospects, and maybe even a habitual value hound like Chuck might like the stock these days -- or someday soon, if the slide continues. There's certainly not much wrong with the company itself.
Further Foolishness in the rearview mirror:
Starbucks is a seasoned resident of the market-stomping scorecard at Motley Fool Stock Advisor. Read all about it with a free 30-day trial pass -- regular or decaf, with or without cream and sugar. Anders likes his with a shot of hazelnut syrup.
Fool contributor Anders Bylund holds no position in any of the companies discussed here. Caribou got him hooked on coffee, and Starbucks feeds his need today. You can check out Anders' holdings if you like, and Foolish disclosure goes great with a half-caff, triple-shot, soymilk Orange Mocha Frappucino. Oh, yeah.


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Our Senior teams are currently enjoying a temporary hiatus, but will return for the 2018/19 season!
In the meantime, here's some memorable images featuring a few of our former first XIs from the past 40 years!
Manager:Sid Bright
Assistant: Keith Walker
Year:1975 (League & Cup double-winners)
Manager: Ray Howlett
Assistant:Sid Bright
Year:1986 (Caribbean Tour Select)
Manager: Ray Howlett
Assistant:Peter Taylor
Year:1987 (Ramuz Cup Winners)
Manager: Dean Shamshoum
Assistant: Brad Manning
Year:2009 (Ramuz Cup Winners)
Manager: Dan Timms
Assistant: Kody Scott
Year: 2015 (Sceptre League)


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Lagos State is planning to upgrade its two colleges of education to universities. To some, the plan is good, but others fear that scrapping the colleges may not bode well. Their impending scraping, they argue, may affect their mandate of providing middle-level manpower for schools. ADEGUNLE OLUGBAMILA, JANE CHIJIOKE and CHIMAOBIM IHEDI-OBI report.
To the Lagos State Government, education remains a priority. For this reason, it has joined the Federal Government in ensuring that only graduate teachers will soon man basic and junior secondary schools.
The state is planning to upgrade its two colleges of education – Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto/Ijanikin, and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Noforija-Epe – to universities.
Upon the upgrading exercise, AOCOED will become Adeniran Ogunsanya University of Education; MOCPED will be called Michael Otedola Open Distant Learning University.
The groundwork for the exercise is at advanced stages. The governing councils of both colleges have also been notified. Feelers indicate that once the colleges become universities, the government will scrap the National Certificate of Education (NCE) programmes.
Govt's position
The House of Assembly Committee on Education Acting Chairman, Lanre Ogunyemi, told The Nation on phone that the government might do away with NCE programme because it is naturally phasing out like its teacher training cousin.
"NCE is becoming the least qualification for employment in Lagos State," Ogunyemi began.
"You will realise that there is no teacher training anymore, and NCE appears to be going in that direction too. That is why MOCPED now has a mandate for primary education; and even at that, go and check their level of enrolment, it keeps falling every year.
"If you don't have a first degree, you cannot teach in any school in Lagos. Those who were employed with NCE have been asked to upgrade. It is only in private schools now that NCE is still being considered.
"Now the idea (behind the proposed upgrade) is that we realised that many colleges of education are in affiliation with universities for a degree programme. If you go to AOCOED, for instance, they are also in affiliation with the Ekiti State University where the students receive the training at the college, but EKSU issues the certificate. We then said, if these schools (AOCOED) have come all the way and have the requisite personnel and facilities, why don't we just upgrade them and let them start on their own?"
However, stakeholders in AOCOED had eagerly anticipated the upgrade for the 59 year–old college of education adjudged the oldest tertiary institution in state. They believe the institution possesses physical and intellectual infrastructure to mutate into a university.
However, while many await the pronouncement, some stakeholders led by the AOCOED Alumni Association are worried that the government is not thinking of retaining NCE by siting it elsewhere.
In April 2013, the Federal Government announced plans to scrap colleges of education, thereby abolishing NCE, which, according to the National Policy on Education, is the basic requirement for teaching in primary and junior secondary school.
The then Minister of State for Education, under former President Goodluck Jonathan, Kenneth Gbagi, announced it in Abuja while inaugurating the technical committee on the establishment of six new federal universities and the future of colleges of education, polytechnics, and mono-discipline universities in Nigeria.
He said: "We are on the verge of whether we should phase out the colleges of education or upgrade them to degree-awarding institutions or convert them to purely technical schools. One of the universities we are going to set up will be to train teachers for the upper echelon of education.
"It is no longer fashionable for us to have this teacher training stuff with colleges of education. So, come up with an in-depth arrangement as to what we intend to do," Gbagi further instructed the committee.
Stakeholders react
However, to Mrs Bumi Oluokun, headmistress of Ansar-ud-Deen Nursery and Primary School, Mafoluku, phasing out of NCE in the state is not a big deal. Mrs Olukokun's concern is the government's preparedness to allocate more funding and right personnel.
"I do not see anything wrong if the government chooses to abolish NCE. The government should make it a gradual process," she said.
She continued: "Life is not stagnant; you can only keep updating your knowledge. NCE is gradually fading out like Grade 2. Even the teacher training school has faded out. If colleges are gradually being converted to a university, the government then needs to equip them with the right personnel and structures because becoming a teacher is different from every other programme. There are some basic knowledge that a student should be equipped with. Now I cannot employ an NCE holder without an additional degree. If, at all I do, I won't place you in any of the upper primary classes."
Mrs Akintola Oluwatoyin of City of Wisdom Schools, Ijesha, appealed that NCE should not be scrapped, describing it as a programme that grooms people to become better and qualified teachers.
She said: "There is no way the NCE can be scrapped, no matter how they try to phase it from the education system. This is because those colleges will forever enjoy that exclusivity where teachers are trained. There is always a clear distinction between a teacher who passes through Grade 2, NCE before acquiring a degree and a teacher who proceeded to university for a teaching programme after his secondary school."
Principal of Ghazlak Private Secondary School, Mafoluku, Mr Adebayo Ayinla pitched his tent behind Oluwatoyin
"There is a big difference between teachers who went through the NCE programme and those who did not in all aspects of teaching," Ayinla noted.
A teacher from a public school in Lagos, who simply identified herself as Mrs Nwaneri, described NCE as the bedrock of teaching.
"That (NCE) is where the basics of teaching are being acquired before going to the university. Without these basics, a teacher cannot teach effectively.
Mrs Yemi Danisa from Olayomi Private School, Ijesha, said some, owing to their humble background, prefer to acquire NCE certificates first, with which they earn a living before proceeding to the university later.
Miss Itanla Titilayo who teaches at Kingdom Kids Minders School, Lawanson, said any would-be teacher desirous of being grounded in the profession should go through NCE.
"One should not just jump into a profession without following the right process, which is NCE because this is where one gets to know how to handle students, and gather other knowledge and skills required for teaching.
Rather than separate them, retired principal in Lagos State Mr Abayomi Adegunle, is suggesting that both the NCE and degree programmesshould be allowed to run concurrently.
"If we say we don't want NCE graduates again, who will teach at the basic level," he asked.
In the area of cost implication, Adegunle said NCE graduates are better off, and cost a lot less to manage.
"In terms of cost, an NCE graduate could handle two or more subjects because he would have specialised and be grounded in them before graduation. But a university graduate specilises in only one subject, so where is the money to pay all the university graduates when government eventually employs them?
Moreover, Adegunle hopes the government is already considering the financial implication of such huge projects, urging the authority to take a cue from a Southwest state that once tried same, but ran into problem shortly afterwards due to its inability to adequately fund the school."
Mrs Christiana Olanipekun, headmistress of Honey Field Nursery and Primary School, Mafoluku, recalled her Grade 2 and NCE days with nostalgia.
"I have my Grade 2, NCE and my degree certificates. During my NCE days, I discovered that my opportunity of getting employment was very slim because I did not have a degree.
"I discovered that in NCE, the lectures were raw, practical as against what I experienced in the university. At the university, we do not have 100 per cent practical-inclined personnel, but because I had gone through NCE it was easy for me. You cannot use NCE to get a job in the public sector; that is to show how irrelevant it has become."
Last month, the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) of AOCOED, in a briefing noted that the union welcomed the government's initiative, adding that a college of education is no longer a fad.
The union appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to announce the new status at AOCOED's forthcoming convocation in June, which will also coincide with the institution's 60th anniversary.
He said: "We have been able to convince the governor that the university of education is not only the trend, it is also cultural as our society is no longer interested in college of education again as reflected in the college previous admission statistics of students who deliberately chose AOCOED as their first choice," said COEASU-AOCOED Chairman Comrade Michael Avosetinyen,
"The highest statistics in the Joint Admissions Matriculation Examination (JAMB) in the recent past is 24. The implication of this is that the state government and the college will be at a loss while the staff may not be able to justify their existence".
Similarly, during the college's matriculation of NCE full time last month, its Registrar Mr Shehu Adedamola Muhideen, re-echoed the government's stance
He said: "The government is considering doing away with NCE institutions in all the state tertiary institutions and transmuting us into a university of education. We've had some directives and moves were going on at the level of government to have this realised in full. So, it's most likely that we may be having the last set of NCE students who were matriculated a few weeks ago. From the next academic session, we are looking forwards to seeing a university of education."


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It took over a year from the beginning of the First World War in 1914 before the British Government took the decision that some sort of official token of recognition and gratitude should be given to the next of kin of fallen service men and women.
In 1917 a public competition to design a commemorative token was announced in The Times newspaper and that the format should be in the form of a plaque.
The words 'He/She Died for Freedom and Honour' were to be included.
From over 800 entries, the design chosen was that of Edward Carter Preston of
Liverpool – a 12 centimetre disk to be cast in bronze entitled 'Pyramus'.
The individual elements of the design each had their own meanings:
Brittania, the personification of
holding Poseidon's Trident, her head slightly bowed towards the named individual offering a laurel wreath, an ancient symbol of triumph or victory. Great Britain
A striding lion symbolising the power and strength of the
British Empire crushing an eagle.
(The eagle representing the central powers)
Two leaping dolphins symbolising
's naval power Britain
Oak leaves representing strength and endurance.
No rank was shown in order that no distinction would be made, only the equality of sacrifice.
Out of the thousands and thousands of plaques and scrolls produced and sent out,
only 600 were issued to women.
The above scroll was sent out separately.
Some relatives returned the pennies as they felt insulted as this could never replace the life of a loved one whilst others treasured them.
The practice of having them mounted on Family Gravestones became quite common as can be seen on the photograph below, although many of these seem to have disappeared/are missing.
This of course could be due to unsuitable adhesives being used and the plaques have simply fallen off over time, or, as they've become popular 'collector's items' (and can sell for quite a considerable amount of money), have been removed by 'other' means.
Names have been edited out of the photos of the still 'intact' plaques for obvious reasons!!


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Have you guys heard about BIC's new razor collection- "Soleil Glow". I have never tried BIC's razor before, although they are familiar in drugstore. Last month I gotta chance to try out this New Soleil Glow Razor by Bzzagent!!♥
I was really excited for this campaign because who doesn't love free razor from Bzzagent, anyway? ☺ lol
In the Bzzkit, I have received-
- BIC Soleil Glow 3 Razors [Full Size]
- $3.00 Off Tons of Coupons!!
Let's raise our razors to scoring a flawlessly smooth shave for less. Each BIC® Soleil® Glow™ disposable shaver is more than just the sum of its parts. But hey — those parts are pretty impressive, too:
The COMFORT SHIELD™ head evenly distributes pressure, effortlessly glides and helps protect your skin from irritation
- Three flexible blades individually adjust to all your curves for a flawlessly smooth shave
- A lubricating strip infused with Vitamin E and Aloe pampers and soothes your skin
- The pivoting head easily follows the contours of your body
- Each pack includes three beautiful, translucent handles: pastel pink, purple and green
- The rubber grip delivers added comfort and control
- Comfort Shield evenly distributes pressure, glides, and helps protect your skin from irritation.
- 3 Flexible Blades individually adjust to all your curves.
- Lubricating Strips with Vitamin E and Aloe to pamper your skin.
- Pivoting Head and Rubber Grip for ultimate comfort.
- Priced at $6.99 (at my local store prices varies)
My Opinion-
Well, I do like this razor but it's not my favorite.As you can see the blades are provided with a rubber shield which i f weird and thought it would be difficult to get the proper shave. But it didn't!! It does shave well and makes my skin smooth. I used it on my legs,hands,underarms and bikini line area. It does shave but I had to worked really hard to get the proper shave!! Ugh!! I do love the shape of the handle,you can easily grab it & the blade rotate ups and down without knowing it.Very flexible.And also love the slide cover; it is easy to use and handle.
Overall, I would love to give this razor 7/10 points. ☺
It was a fun sample to try out. Thank you Bzzagent♥
So, that's all about this new Soleil Glow Razor.
Have a nice weekend!
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How to use the Liberty Dollar
Are you having fun with the Liberty Dollar? Thousands of people just like you have discovered the solution to understanding money and are using the Liberty Dollar. And you can to! Here are a few tips to help you use the new currency successfully.
1. Read the Success Stories about how other Americans are using the new currency.
2. Education is an important part of using the Liberty Dollar. Please read all materials included in the kit you received as well as review all content on our website. Most people do not understand how money works. The merchant you are about to use the Liberty Dollar with must know that the Liberty Dollar is private, non-government currency; so it cannot be deposited in a bank. It is not 'legal tender', a 'coin', or United states government money like Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs).
3. Although prudence would seem to indicate that people would refuse a currency they've never seen, this is simply not the case. After thousands of transactions, the Liberty Dollar is readily accepted most of the time. It is meant to be circulated voluntarily as barter, accumulated and collected.
4. Simply offer The Liberty Dollar with the confidence that it will be accepted. After all, why wouldn't it? When you offer the American Express Card, if it is not accepted, they tell you. Likewise, if the store does not accept Liberty Dollars, the cashier will tell you and you can simply pay another way.
5. "Do the Drop!" The best way to introduce the Liberty Dollar is to drop the Silver Liberty in someone's hand. Do not hand it to the cashier, Drop it! Hold a one-ounce Silver Liberty a couple inches above the outreached palm and drop it so it lands flat in the person's palm.
6. Now the hardest part - don't say anything! Just wait. Let the person marvel at its beauty, weight, and discover it says TWENTY DOLLARS. When asked "Is it real?" Answer: "Yes, one ounce of silver PRIVATE currency valued at 20 dollars." Do not rush. Just stand there and wait, patiently. No need to smile. Just wait.
7. After 30 seconds, say, "I have US government legal tender money too [show the cashier FRN cash], but would prefer to pay with silver." If the cashier hands it back immediately, you may ask her to show the currency to the manager, or just pay some other way.
8. Never use a Silver Liberty alone unless the sale is greater than $10 and less than $20. If the total is greater than $20, include the Silver Libertys with FRNs.
9. The Federal Reserve does not require anyone to understand the monetary system to use their currency. In fact, they thrive on the people's ignorance about money. The Liberty Dollar is all about knowing what money is and simply brings choice to the marketplace.
10. Be sure to read lots of Success Stories online that tell how the Liberty Dollar has been actually used in commerce by people, just like you.
11. Email your own Success Story when you have an outstanding experience using the Liberty Dollar. We want to hear from you!
12. REMEMBER: The Liberty Dollar is a PRIVATE inflation proof currency and is NOT United States government currency, 'legal tender' or a 'coin'. Using the Liberty Dollar as barter for products and services at businesses across the country is voluntary.
Now, give the Liberty Dollar a try. Discover the fun for yourself!
Make money, do good, and have fun while protecting our purchasing power
- one dollar at a time.


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Now on to another problem to think about over the weekend - I think I'll tackle Numeric Diamonds next.
Meanwhile, qidane and I managed to recover some files from e_halmac's dead external hard disk. Hopefully we managed to get the important ones. So it feels like we've done our good deed for the week.


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If you've ever wondered how a mechanical watch works, and who hasn't, do yourself a favour and spend a few minutes watching this video. At every chime of the clock you'll be thankful you did. The oversize models used are works of art and the narration is classic 1949.
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Writing this article during the general election campaign, Sarah Friday explores the impact Brexit could have on health and safety legislation.
Since the triggering of article 50, Theresa May has offered assurances that existing workers' rights will continue to be guaranteed in law through The Great Repeal Bill by a simple "lift and shift" of legislation.
However, pressure from her right-wing backbenchers and Parliament's ability to remove or revise legislation previously determined by EU directives has fuelled speculation that a deregulatory government might want to make changes.
What could change?
The "six pack" of UK health and safety regulations
These are the most widely quoted health and safety regulations that came into effect after the European Commission issued six directives collectively known as the "six pack".
The main set – Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, also known as the Management Regs – place a legal duty on employers to carry out risk assessments to ensure workplace safety.
Other regulations in the "six Pack" cover heating, lighting, ventilation, safe use of computer equipment, rest breaks, manual handling and personal protection.
The risk assessment principle is based on prevention, through limiting, or elimination of hazards and thereby minimising risk to workers.
There is concern that as a consequence of Brexit we could see the end as we know it of the principle of risk assessment. Although "good" employers may see the benefit in continuing with the process, others may decide to remove the need for a formal risk assessment.
Rather than accept a lift and shift of the Management Regs around risk assessment, we should campaign for improvement. Moving away from the "cost-benefit" factor the "six pack" focuses on, we could go back to the "so far as reasonably practicable" qualification set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Regs
The loss of free eye tests for DSE users could be another negative change as a result of Brexit. As well as campaigning to defend the regulations around this, we should also push for them to be updated to include new forms of technology, such as laptops and other mobile devices that have come about since the 1990s when the current regulations were written.
Working Time Directive (WTD)
The Working Time Directive currently states night workers should be able to access free health assessments and only work a maximum of eight hours.
The regulations also allow for a mere 20 minutes rest break when the working day exceeds six hours, a maximum of 48 hours people can be required to work averaged out over a 17 week reference period and a requirement for 11 consecutive hours of rest in any 24 hour period – none of which are historically progressive. Individuals are able to opt-out and a number of Napo members have chosen to do so.
The WTD does not deal with the complexity of issues arising from EU directives that have bought more flexible working and zero hours contracts.
These issues that are rife within our economy and increasing rapidly need to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
New threat – Trade deals
It appears that TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) is now dead. What now looks likely is that post Brexit we will sign a trade deal with the USA. With this we should expect a lot of cut and paste from what was within TTIP.
This will be a significant threat to workers' health and safety rights, particularly in connection with chemical control, where the US has lower standards – and in the name of free trade we would have to mirror those.
We also need to consider the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). This could mean that if a government introduces a law around occupational health and safety which a corporation believes will impact their profit; they can claim compensation for this from the taxpayer through ISDS. It won't take many successful ISDS claims for governments to become reluctant about changing laws to improve worker health and safety.
This is where the big fight is going to be. The prospect of a UK/US trade deal is of serious concern. If this were proposed, trade unions would have to be part of a wider campaign against aspects of it that could lead to a worsening of standards, chemical control and environmental protections.
What will Napo do about it?
Napo will seek to get as much as possible from the regulations into local/national agreements.
Napo will also campaign with the TUC for more than a "lift and shift" of legislation – we want to see improvements. This is going to be difficult! Particularly as the changes are taking place against the backdrop of a chronically underfunded HSE. So we have to hold the Government to account and it is through the trade union movement that this will be achieved.
Sarah Friday
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Chicken challenge
Ahoy there! I've just come home from a friend whom I met in Australia when I was there. A new work week is ahead of me and I wanted to get some of the lunch boxes done today. I bought two whole fresh chickens at the supermarket earlier and am cooking one now. I'm using one of my mum's recipes and it's always a challenge living up to the original. Whilst it's simmering away I'm going to whip together my favourite youghurt bread for my boyfriend who, I'm happy to say, loves it! Peek in later and there will be pictures and the recipe.
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Looks just wonderful and as good as the original!
I can smell it from here.....mmmmmmme!
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Twenty years ago, I went to the cinema along with three quarters of my high school class to watch a movie. When we eventually got into the screening auditorium, it was already almost a full house, and we had to scatter around in order to get seats - I ended up being seated on the front, far right hand edge of the room (which is far from my ideal position) but it didn't matter. As the famous Fox logo intro appeared, the sense of excitement from the audience was palpable. That film was Independence Day. I wasn't old enough to have been able to see the original Star Wars, Jaws or Terminator 2, so to this day, Independence Day probably still ranks as my most fulfilling time at the cinema in terms of a proper immersive "event movie" experience (possibly more so than Jurassic Park or The Matrix, even if you might argue the latter are better films quality-wise). For that reason, Independence Day will always hold a special place in my heart. Emmerich's alien invasion picture also had a sublime marketing campaign that expertly cranked up anticipation right from the opening posters and teasers. Thankfully, it was before the Internet became the norm so there was no risk of overexposure (Devlin and Emmerich repeated the trick for Godzilla, although the campaign was way better than the movie with regards to the latter).
Forget Zack Snyder and Michael Bay, Roland Emmerich is arguably the godfather of destruction porn, taking citywide annihilation to another level with Independence Day. However, the film (whatever one might say about about plot plausibility) worked so well because there was an equal emphasis on the buildup within the narrative, as well as the payoff. There was a fine balance from the anticipation of the alien's arrival, to the transition of the second act and the revelation of the alien's nefarious master plan. It could be argued that Independence Day is the ultimate B-movie. Not only is it a bigger budget version of malevolent alien invasion pictures of yesteryear, It is also reminiscent of the classic disaster movies such as The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and Poseidon Adventure.
Independence Day: Resurgence picks up exactly twenty years where the original left off, and everything has been hunky dory since President Whitmore, David Levinson and Captain Hiller "kicked E.T's ass." But there was always an inkling that peace was only temporary, and sure enough, those pesky aliens are back (bigger and uglier than before) before the anniversary celebrations have subsided. The trailers didn't instil me with with a great deal of confidence, but I'm happy to say Resurgence is nowhere near as bad as I'd feared. I was anticipating a Terminator Genysis-esque turkey of a sequel, but I actually rather enjoyed it. Although the writers appeared to have plagiarised elements of the plot from (ironically) Snyder's Man of Steel, there has also been an admirable effort to inject some freshness into the storyline as opposed to a straight rinse and repeat job. For instance, using the extraterrestrial tech that was left behind to make advancements in society and defence that would never have been previously imaginable.
Another issue which there has been an attempt to address (and is something generally oft criticised in American films) is the inclusion of other countries/continents in the fight against the aliens - the first victory in 1996 having largely unified the world. This has conveniently allowed studio executives to implement the now obligatory US/Asian market crossover appeal strategy, personified by the casting of multi talented Singaporean actor Chin Han - who starred in Emmerich's 2012, as well as roles in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and The Dark Knight - and also super cute Chinese model/actress Angelababy as the fighter pilot Rain.
In a similar way to The Force Awakens, the return of the nucleus of the key original cast (bar one very notable omission) definitely ramps up the nostalgia factor, bringing back fond memories of the original. Pullman and, in particular, Goldblum are in very good shape too considering how many years have passed! Their presence means that, despite the absence of Will Smith, his character is not the glaring absence that it might have been. Pullman's Whitmore even delivers another inspirational speech (much less cringeworthy this time). Of the new guard, Liam Hemsworth is less nauseating than I had envisaged (Jai Courtney he is not), and I think I might be in love with the super cute Angelababy (don't tell the missus). Less successful is Jesse T. Usher as Dylan, the son of Smith's Captain Hiller - his performance is blandness personified. Maika Monroe - so impressive in The Guest and It Follows - has a bit of a thankless role as Whitmore's fighter pilot turned secret service agent daughter. It feels like a backwards step. William Fichtner is a new addition (playing a similar-ish role to the one he essayed in Armageddon). Bringing a certain level of awesomeness to whatever character he plays, Fichtner can deliver super cheesy dialogue with a straight face and get away with it.
I'd love to say that Resurgence is a sequel to surpass (or at least match) Independence Day, but alas there are several factors that prevent it attaining that status. In his wisdom, Emmerich has largely eschewed the practical effects/model work of the original in favour of a greater use of computer visual effects in the sequel, to the detriment of the film. There is no question that the effects are of a high calibre, but at times it is like watching an annihilation porn video game - the first major alien attack is the most culpable example of this. The original had a focused narrative which spent equal time with the build-up as much as the payoff, but Resurgence does not share the same patience. After a quick intro outlining key events of the last twenty years, the sequel goes full steam ahead into the action. This impatience could be due to the modern era of attention deficit audiences, but it felt a bit jarring nonetheless. Resurgence also suffers from sorely lacking in tension or any real sense of peril. It never feels like the main protagonists are in danger despite the poopstorm going on around them. Emmerich could have learned a lesson on how it's done from Spielberg's War of the Worlds.
As a movie, and as a sequel, there is no doubt that Independence Day: Resurgence is heavily flawed. However, buried deep within those flaws is an enjoyable movie - despite initial reservations of a mothership sized turkey. The trailers were underwhelming, and appeared to give everything away, but there are one or two surprises left intact (unless I didn't watch all the trailers?). Although much inferior to the original, Resurgence is a very watchable destruction porn tinged, tongue-in-cheek, big budget sci-fi B movie - without having any pretensions of otherwise. Good, honest fun, especially if one is in the right mood. In terms of a summer blockbuster, as a complete package, it's leagues ahead of the tedious Suicide Squad. And people with 4K and Atmos will probably love it too (but possibly not for the same reasons!).
6/10 - 6.5/10
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Using psychology in class
Being a teacher may seem like an easy task, a task that some may find frightening while others find joyful. I can understand why some people become frightened. I was one of those people. One of those people, daunted by the fact I had to jump into a classroom with a bunch of 3 year olds, and teach them. This was until I realized that teachers do what I have been doing my whole life. They analyze behavior and foster development.
Coming from a psychological background in South Africa, I found this analysis to be stimulating. I was able to use some theories in psychology to help others and myself, become a better teacher. And I am going to share that with you now.
The secret is known as Erik Eriksons Theory of Human Development. This theory goes to state that we go through stages in our lives. Each stage contains a conflict that must be resolved in order for healthy development of the person. There are seven stages in total, from birth to death. For the purposes of this article we will only focus on the ages from 0-6 years old. If ou want to find more information please visit : www.journal.kfionline.org/issue-6.erik-eriksons-theory-of-development-a-teachers-observations
Stage one is Trust vs Mistrust. This stage is for kids from 0 – 2 years of age. The basic premis of this stage is; "Can I trust the world or can't I trust the world?" A healthy upbringing and trust for mother and father can develop a sense of trust in the world, and a sense of trust helps the acceptance and limits and boundaries.
Stage two is Autonomy vs Shame. This is the stage where the child begins to explore the world by using all the senses, thus a sense of autonomy is relevant to the child growth. If thwarted; a sense of shame develops, it prevents a healthy acceptance of limits and the child can be devastated by small crisis. This is also the stage in which feelings are beginning to be expressed.
Stage three is Initiative vs Guilt. This is the age where the child starts to make decisions and carry them out, primarily through play activities. That being said, this is an extremely important time for imagination development as well, as this is the drive of their sense of purpose when they are able to envision something and pursue it.
Now, you may be saying, "This is great and all by why and how do we use it?" Well, simply put, the why we use it, is for three main reasons. The first is to understand the mindset and thought process of the child. The second is to understand the child's interests. Finally, to understand the child's cognitive processes and focus.
So that was the why, now let's have a look at the how. There are three main areas in which you can use Erikson's theory. The first is in the games you use with students. The second is your interaction with the students and the third is in how you praise or discipline your students.
Let's have a look at the first stage, trust vs mistrust using the three main areas of games, interaction and praise or discipline. The games you must use for kids in this stage are very simple games. Children at this stage, being so young, are often not in class; however there are some games one can play. Simple guessing games, yes or no and true or false games will suffice at this age due to their simplicity and reinforcement of their trust in the world that this game is there to help satisfy a need and not there to harm.
Our interaction with students at this age should be one that reinforces trust in the world. Speaking to the children at their eye level helps the child feel comfortable with you as you are not looming over them but are now being represented as the same as them. Acting silly with the children also helps them feel more confident in themselves and in the teacher as they learn that everyone can be nice and fun.
This interaction with the children extends to praise and discipline. Good behavior needs to be highly praised and recognized. This helps the child learn what is right and wrong, the basis of many of our human life morals. When praising a child at this age it is important not to punish but to positively punish. By negatively punishing the student, such as smacking, or making them do something that they perceive as causing harm is only creating a negative association with the behavior, which may lead them to become defiant in the future. Instead, positive punishment should be used. This is where the positive stimulus is presented after the undesired behavior. For example; a student grabs the pen of another student, the pen is then taken by the teacher and handed back to the student, and the student who grabbed the pen will then have to sit in the "clown" chair. This helps the child understand that what he was doing wrong and what he must do right in order to get his chair and place back.
In our second stage (Autonomy vs shame) is where we find a lot more students that have just started going to school. This age is a great age for you to be more creative with your games. This where the games being played, need to use as many of the senses as possible. Games like; "guess what's in the bag", flashcard races and musical chairs are great games to play at this age. Games need to be active, this means getting out of their seats and getting them to move around the classroom. Games at this age can start to become more and more competitive so long as they encourage autonomy and discourage shame. This means encouraging the students to take it upon themselves to play the game and to learn.
When it comes to our interactions at this stage; we need to remember this is the stage where the children are learning to be autonomous and do things and explore the world themselves. Hence why this age is also known as "the terrible-twos". If I child does something by his or herself, then great praise and attention must be given to that child for accomplishing something by his or herself. This develops the autonomy need for a child to become an independent learner in the future.
Children at this age can be very sensitive to how we praise or discipline them. This is a stage where children are starting to express their emotions through their behavior. Thus it is important to help the child be aware of their behavioral expressions. This can be done by taking the kid out of class and talking to them with a translator. Creating a "Chinese chair" (as I like to call it) for kids that are disrupting other students is a good way to remind the child of the correct way to behave. Also, make behavior itself, a game for the whole class. As students at this age are continuously trying to 'press your buttons' so to speak, ensure that your management technique in class can run throughout the entire lesson and do not falter on it, as their developing autonomy will make them push you even further away from your system. So keep to your system and do not falter. A thought to remember for this age group, do not shame the kids in front of other students for minor mistake and issues, as this can have lasting effects in their memory and therefore in their future personality development. Rather call them aside and speak to only them.
The final stage is our initiative vs guilt stage. This is the stage where we need to start to foster a sense of purpose for the child and help develop their imagination. Games for this age group can focus on creativity and self expression. Games such as "mini-teacher", "hot seat" and role plays are excellent for this age group. During this stage, kids will primarily express their feelings through play, thus in order to create a fully engaging class, we need to ensure that emotions can be expressed through the games played. Hence games which allow multiple choice and self expression are encouraged during this time. Games that also encourage creativity and encourage social interaction are also great games as they will help foster the sense of initiative that a child needs in order to pursue a dream.
When it comes to our interactions with these children, we need to foster and help develop their imaginations at this time. Encourage children to create things and stories all the time to help stimulate and develop their imaginations. One also needs to help the children start to develop good social relations. An increase in student talk time is great because it gets the students to speak more, but by also having student to student interaction, one is also helping develop a social sense of awareness. Awareness of the world and the people around them. We can do this in class y ensuring that students are sharing their stationary if there is a shortage. By stomping out any conflicts that may arise in the class very quickly and addressing why these conflicts are happening. Try to get the kids to speak to you only in English. This will create a sense of initiative for the students to talk to you and increase their courage over time as they initiate more and more tasks. Fostering this initiative stops children from ever feeling guilty about doing something.
At this stage, praise and discipline, I feel, can be split into two categories; acknowledgement and ignoring. Behaviors that need to be acknowledged and at times reprimanded in front of the class, include things like; violent behavior, distracting other students, and speaking improperly on purpose to act a fool. These kinds of behaviors need to be corrected immediately and can be done in front of the class. This will help the child learn the limits and boundaries of behavior. Behaviors that need to be ignored are things like; attention seeking (dry crying and temper tantrums), language slips and mispronunciation, not listening to the teacher and general defiance. This is when the teacher can take the child outside the classroom and speak to them privately. The attention seekers especially, do better from being ignored than they do if they are coddled.
Using this theory has helped me in many ways in the classroom, and we could talk for days and days about the benefits. It can really help you to understand the child's thought processes and their current state of mind and emotions. It can also help you reflect on how best to deal handle these students if you ever do teach this age.
However, I do feel I have stolen lots of your time reading this so here is a potato to help make things a lot better
- Ramkumar, S. (2002) Journal of Krishnamurti Schools, Vol 6, 2002. Retrieved on March 19, 2016 from http://www.journal.kfionline.org/issue-6/erik-eriksons-theory-of-development-a-teachers-observation.html
- How to apply psychological development in the classroom. (Nov 28, 2010). Retrieved March 19, 2016 from http://www.ehow.com/how_7566430_apply-psychological-development-classroom.html


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I am here today to share my latest Dusty Attic layout featuring the beautiful Park Drive collection from Webster's Pages.
I love to fussy cut, so I used this technique to create a layered border using the papers from the collection. I topped it with delicate green lace from Webster's Pages along with the Morrocan Border and Ornate Gate from The Dusty Attic.
I painted the border with white and yellow paint, then applied a clear varnish. I used the same technique on the ornate gate.


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Monday, 24 August 2015
Pork Ribs Prawns Noodles / Hae Mee
Hae Mee is a noodle soup dish popular in Singapore. This noodle dish is serve in a rich prawn stock that is cooked over slow fire for 2 hours or more. The stock is made using prawns shells, heads, garlics, pepper, rock sugar and pork bones. Yellow noodles are serve in this rich prawn soup with added ingredients like fishcake and sliced pork. Some Hae Mee are served with chilli flakes but i love mine with chilli padi.
Pork Ribs Prawn Noodles Soup
500gms prawns
5 cloves garlics
500 gms - 1 kg pork ribs
300gms beansprouts or kang kong
Sliced fishcake
Fried shallots
3 litres water
1 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dark soya sauce
30 gms rock sugar
1/2 tbsp salt
800gms yellow noodles/ rice vermicelli
Blanch the prawns, shell the prawns leaving the tail intact.
Set aside for later use.
Blanch the pork ribs and set aside.
Heat up 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add in the garlics and prawn shells.
Continue stir frying for a minute.
Pour in the water, add in the pork ribs and bring to a boil.
Switch to small fire after boiling and let it cook for 1 - 2 hours or till pork ribs are soft.
The 3 litres water will boil down to about 1 and a half litres soup.
Scoop up the pork ribs and strain the soup.
Top up the soup to 2 litres or more.
Add in the seasonings to taste.
Blanch the required amount of noodles, rice vermicelli and beansprouts in boiling water.
Transfer to a bowl and ladle in the soup.
Top with sliced fishcake, pork ribs and prawns and a tsp of fried shallots.
Serve hot with chilli padi if desired.
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