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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Atlantic Media says it will sell its subsidiary Quartz to Japanese financial intelligence and media firm Uzabase for between $75M and $100M in cash and stock — Price of cash and stock deal tied to the business-news startup hitting certain financial goals — Quartz, the online business …
Discussion: Nieman Lab, Digiday, Quartz, TechCrunch, Fortune, Columbia Journalism Review, Adweek, Fast Company, Quartz, UZABASE, New York Times, NewsPicks, CNNMoney, Ad Age, Talking Biz News, @rafat, Press Gazette, Business Insider, Folio, @ennisnyt, @benwhitelaw, Variety, @benmullin, @jimwaterson, @benmullin, @wblau and @charliebeckett
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab: Newsonomics: Atlantic Media's Quartz sale is as quirky and quartzy as the site itself
Max Willens / Digiday: Quartz's Jay Lauf: Getting readers to pay is critical
Polina Marinova / Fortune: What the Quartz Sale Means for the Future of Media
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: Quartz sale doesn't give digital media players much to cheer about
Paul Mozur / New York Times: Quartz, Atlantic Media's Business News Start-Up, Is Sold to Japanese Firm
Maryam Banikarim / NewsPicks: Ask NewsPicks' Founder Anything: Why I'm Acquiring Quartz
Sherisse Pham / CNNMoney: Japanese company snaps up Quartz from Atlantic Media
Rafat Ali / @rafat: As for how Quartz compares to other digital media exits, it is an OK exit, barely above Univision buying Gawker multiples. Like I said before, about 2 to 2.5X next 12 month revenues. BI sales to Axel still the most inflated sale of all, or from BI's perspective, best exit of all! pic.twitter.com/r9umoO59ig
Sam Forsdick / Press Gazette: Japanese media firm set to buy US business website Quartz for up to $110m
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider: 'There's no place that satisfies the entire user experience:' Why a relatively unknown Japanese company …
Kayleigh Barber / Folio: Atlantic Media Sells Quartz to Japanese Media Company
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: Five years ago, NYT Co. sold the company that publishes The Boston Globe for $70 million. Today, Quartz, the business news site started in 2012 with a staff of 20, has been sold for a comparable sum http://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Whitelaw / @benwhitelaw: Qz are a great example of a publication that have a clear idea of who their audience are and what they want. 19m unique monthly visitors isn't huge but many will be return readers and consuming a lot. No surprise they're due to increase revenue by 35% in 2018 http://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Important things about the @qz acquisition:-Price is $75-$110 million, based on the company hitting financial goals-@qz had about $28 mn in revenue in 2017, so this is a solid multiple for digital media-@jlauf and @delaney are staying, as co-CEOs.http://www.wsj.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Quartz (@qz) has been sold for $75m-$110m which is not an enormous amount of money for one of the better online media startups. http://www.wsj.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: And here's @AtlanticMedia chairman and owner David Bradley on his decision to sell @qz and gradually step away from the company he created:http://www.wsj.com/...(He sold a majority stake in @TheAtlantic last year) http://twitter.com/...
Wolfgang Blau / @wblau: Tempting for Western media to see this acquisition primarily as a Japanese entry' in the US market. Similar to Nikkei's purchase of the FT, though, this is also about entering new Asian markets with a non-Japanese brand. http://www.wsj.com/...
NBC News:
Melania Trump has earned an estimated $100K-$1M in 2017 in royalties from a deal with Getty Images that mandates photos be used in positive coverage — The first lady earned six figures from an agreement with Getty Images that paid royalties to the Trumps and mandated photos be used in positive coverage.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Melania Trump Reportedly Made At Least $100k From Photos For Use in 'Positive Stories Only'
Christina Wilkie / @christinawilkie: NEW: Getty Images paid Melania Trump a cut of the $$$ it made licensing photos of her taken before she was FLOTUS, per @NBCNews. The deal w Getty required the photos be used for "positive stories only," something Getty didn't tell other outlets. http://www.nbcnews.com/...
Catherine Garcia / The Week: News organizations unknowingly paid Melania Trump at least $100,000 last year to use pictures of her
Glenn Fleishman / Fortune: How Melania Trump Got Paid by the News Media's Licensing of Trump Family Photos
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News: News outlets have reportedly paid Melania Trump thousands for photos of her for 'positive stories …
Avery Anapol / The Hill: News orgs paid Melania Trump for photos to be used in 'positive coverage': report
@exgoper: As someone who has used @GettyImages countless times and spent tens of thousands of dollars on their imagery over three decades, I will now move them off my list of preferred stock houses. This is a ridiculous arrangement and they should be embarrassed to have agreed to it. http://twitter.com/...
Simon Rosenberg / @simonwdc: Keep forgetting what an innocent she is. http://twitter.com/...
Erick Fernandez / @erickfernandez: For @GettyImages to do this is insanely irresponsible. My goodness. http://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: NBC News found at least a dozen organizations paid to use restricted images of the Trumps in 2017 that, thanks to an unusual deal with a photo agency, resulted in an indirect payment of at least $100,000 to Melania Trump. http://www.nbcnews.com/...
Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress: Melania Trump is making thousands off of a licensing agreement with Getty
Greg Price / Newsweek: MELANIA TRUMP MADE AT LEAST $100,000 OFF PHOTO DEAL LAST YEAR AND ONLY WANTED 'POSITIVE STORIES'
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This is sad, and yet somehow also completely unsurprising http://twitter.com/...
Jon Christian / BuzzFeed:
Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., and others have run undisclosed articles from AudienceBloom writers, a marketing company that charges clients for mentions in media — If public relations is too hard, you can always just pay a journalist to write about your brand.
Discussion: @jscros, @simonowens, @taylorlorenz, @richleighpr, @explorionary, @robenfarzad, @minethatdata, @ckrewson, @dangillmor and @lpolgreen
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: here's @Jon_Christian on jayson demers, a writer who's been selling "brand mentions" to major companies in order to plug them in articles for forbes, entrepreneur, mashable, and more http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: It's an open secret in the PR industry that these publications will take free op-eds from just about anyone and it's a free for all for grift. Same used to be true for HuffPo before it ended its contributors network. The Hill is also a target. http://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This man is not a journalist http://www.buzzfeed.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Rich Leigh / @richleighpr: Great piece by Jon, here. Also has to be said - as well as being in violation of ASA and Google guidelines, spending ~$2k for an undisclosed link on Mashable (/any site with decent authority) is just thick-headed when a good PR can use that time to get that and *then* some. http://twitter.com/...
David Cohen / @explorionary: If Forbes and Entrepreneur have ended their relationship with Jayson Demers and AudienceBloom for ethical reasons what will they do with the links he sold to clients on their sites? http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Roben Farzad / @robenfarzad: The great dilution of the Forbes brand, cont'd: https://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Kevin Hillstrom / @minethatdata: Reason #154,394 why it is hard to trust what your read in your favorite trade journal: https://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Since the launch of @billy_penn I've lost count of how many pitches I got (still sometimes get!) from Gmail addresses asking about sponsored content that, if I'm comfortable, doesn't identify itself as such. Those conversations end quickly. http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: This is one way journalism organizations discredit themselves, and it goes on all the time — publishing commentary from people who don't disclose that they have a stake in the outcome. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Much greater transparency needed.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein faces three more charges: one count of criminal sexual act and two counts of felony predatory sexual assault, involving third woman, from 2006 — Harvey Weinstein was indicted Monday on three additional felony sex charges, two of which carry the potential of life in prison.
Discussion: Manhattan District …, Crain's New York Business, The Daily Beast, abc7.com, Deadline, NBC New York, ThinkProgress, TMZ.com, NPR, Refinery29, The Playlist, The Week, Business Insider, Page Six, The Guardian and CNN
Justin Henry / Manhattan District Attorney's Office: District Attorney Vance Announces Additional Charges Against Harvey Weinstein Including Predatory Sexual Assault
Aaron Katersky / abc7.com: New charges filed against Harvey Weinstein
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Harvey Weinstein Faces Life In Prison From New Sex Crime Charges By NYC D.A. From 3rd Victim
Jessica M. Goldstein / ThinkProgress: Harvey Weinstein to face new charges and the possibility of life in prison
Merrit Kennedy / NPR: New Charges Filed Against Harvey Weinstein Involving A Third Woman
Kathryn Lindsay / Refinery29: Harvey Weinstein Indicted On Additional Charges By Manhattan District Attorney
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: Harvey Weinstein Could Face Life In Prison With Three New Sexual Assault Charges
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: Harvey Weinstein faces life in prison under 3 new sexual assault charges
Business Insider: Harvey Weinstein indicted on 3 additional sex crime charges, 2 of which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
Rebecca Rosenberg / Page Six: Harvey Weinstein could face life in prison after new sex crime charges
Joanna Walters / The Guardian: Harvey Weinstein faces three new sexual misconduct charges
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz to leave ABC News after 24 years; Ross was suspended for four weeks in December following a flawed report on Flynn and Russia — Brian Ross, the veteran ABC News investigative correspondent who embarrassed the network late last year with an on-air report …
Discussion: Page Six, TVWeek.com, New York Times, @brianross, The Hill, CNNMoney, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, The Daily Beast, NBC News, @brianstelter and Mediaite
Mara Siegler / Page Six: Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report
Chuck Ross / TVWeek.com: ABC News Chief Investigative Reporter Leaving the Network After Botched Report
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: ABC Parts Ways With Investigative Reporter Brian Ross
Brian Ross / @brianross: It's time to say good-bye after 24 years at ABC News, an organization that has meant so much to us. While Rhonda Schwartz and I are signing off from ABC News, we are hardly leaving investigative journalism. There is much more to do.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney: Brian Ross and longtime producer to leave ABC News months after Michael Flynn error
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter: Brian Ross, Investigative Reporter Who Drew Trump's Ire, Leaving ABC News
Brian Flood / Fox News: Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market
Claire Atkinson / NBC News: Brian Ross is out at ABC News
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Brian Ross, sidelined by ABC last fall, is leaving the network, along with his producing partner Rhonda Schwartz. They say they "are hardly leaving investigative journalism. There is much more to do." So: Where to? http://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Rolling Stone relaunches as a monthly magazine with a higher cover price of $9.99, circulation more than halved to 650K copies, and a push into live events — Magazine will have a larger format and fewer issues, as it looks to cut costs and drum up new sources of revenue
Discussion: @keachhagey, YouTube, BrooklynVegan and @benmullin
Keach Hagey / @keachhagey: I was pleasantly surprised by the satisfying "thump" my @RollingStone made when it arrived on my stoop this week after the years had eroded it to a near-pamphlet. Also: that cover! @JeffreyT1 breaks down the new strategy. http://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Freia Nahser / Data Journalism Awards:
Interview with Brazilian journalist Thiago Reis about a project that involved 230 journalists across Brazil last year to investigate murders — We talked to Thiago Reis, data journalist at G1—the digital news component of the biggest Brazilian media group Globo—and coordinator …
New York Times:
Given the DOJ opposition to the AT&T/Comcast merger and the usual scrutiny of horizontal mergers, the speed of approval for the Disney/Fox deal seems political — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
Discussion: @gerryfsmith and Bloomberg
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: Both @opinion_joe and NYT editorial page point out that Trump's DOJ took a hard line on deal involving CNN, but let Murdoch's deal sail through. http://www.bloomberg.com/...http:// www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Bryant / Bloomberg: Trump's Tariffs: a Car Crash for Germany
SPJ News:
Former AP editor Rod Hicks named SPJ's first Journalist on Call, to help journalists understand why they are distrusted by public and how to earn more trust — Contacts: — Alison Bethel McKenzie, SPJ Executive Director, 317-927-8000, firstname.lastname@example.com
Cameron Clarke / The Drum:
Inside LinkedIn's journalism efforts, with 50 reporters on five continents producing a daily news digest, video interviews, a podcast, and data-driven stories — Having reached the point where more than a million posts, videos and articles are being shared on its platform every day …
Cherie Hu / The Membership Puzzle Project:
Spotify or Netflix models for news won't work, as they rely on content that changes value over time, personalization, and utility while news relies on community — I spent the last few months trying to find the next "Spotify for news" — only to discover that it doesn't exist.
Discussion: @raju
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media sells movie, TV, and pop culture video brand Screen Junkies, best known for Honest Trailers web series, to Fandom for an undisclosed amount — Defy Media has sold Screen Junkies — its video brand dedicated to movie, TV and pop-culture fans — to Fandom, a site similarly focused on hard-core entertainment buffs.
Discussion: MediaPost, PR Newswire, FANDOM and Hollywood Reporter
Alex Weprin / MediaPost: Fandom Buys 'Screen Junkies' From Defy Media
Nikki Flynn / PR Newswire: FANDOM Acquires Screen Junkies
Neha Tiwari / FANDOM: Screen Junkies Becomes Part of FANDOM
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Defy Media Sells Screen Junkies to Fandom


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A Brooklyn father went undercover and posed as his daughter in order to catch a school aide who was inappropriately hitting on and trying to date his daughter.
High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology staffer Dyke St. Rose sent 1,140 messages over three months over the spring, and when the girl's father discovered the texts, he was incensed.
The girl had left her phone in his car when her father looked through it, and according to the city schools' Office of Special Commissioner of Investigation., "In a fit of rage, Student A's father [then] snapped the phone in half."
— Father defends daughter's hair from baby's racist mother —
Because the phone was too badly damaged to retrieve any evidence, the father then went undercover, posing as his daughter and sending messages to St. Rose in order to catch him.
But St. Rose was "unnerved because he was not sure whether Student A was the person sending the messages," and "asked Student A several questions to prove her identity, and when Student A did not know the answers, he called the phone number," ending the charade.
The student's parents then reported St. Rose's behavior to school officials, and while St. Rose admitted to pursuing the girl, he claimed that no one had ever told him he couldn't have "a relationship with a student."
St. Rose is no longer employed with the district.


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Part 2 of my awesome photoset I did before my travels in my living room using the afternoon light. There are lots of great close up sun lit pussy shots of the ice going in and out. Oh, it felt so good!
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infirst HEALTHCARE to Commercialise Novel Consumer Healthcare Drugs
25 Mar, 2013, 11:25 GMT
LONDON, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
£25 Million Fundraising for Fast-to-Market Medicines
infirst HEALTHCARE, the consumer healthcare company commercialising unique, fast-to-market consumer medicines, today announces it has successfully raised £25 million of new funds. The funding, from Invesco Asset Management managed funds, will be used for the launch of the company's medicines into the US$20 billion cough & cold and pain consumer healthcare markets where there has been little innovation for decades.
The company's fast-to-market portfolio utilizes infirst's intellectual property which centres on improving the profile of safe and well-established drugs. The first products to be launched will be in the cough & cold and pain indications. These represent the most prevalent symptomatic health conditions at the primary care level and the two largest segments of the global OTC market.
infirst HEALTHCARE is led by Manfred Scheske, who was President of GlaxoSmithKline's US$3 billion European Consumer Healthcare business until 2010, overseeing and launching some of the largest consumer healthcare brands in the industry. infirst's management team also includes Andrew Waters as Chief Financial Officer, a PwC qualified accountant who held senior finance roles with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare & Pharma for 16 years. Infirst's Board will be chaired by former Rothschild investment banker, Dr Lynn Drummond, who has a strong track record in the healthcare sector bringing over 20 years of management and advisory experience. Also on infirst's Board will be Gregory Stoloff (CEO and founder of SEEK Group, from which infirst HEALTHCARE has been spun out) and Kimbell Duncan (who has over 25 years experience as investment banker and investor).
Infirst has developed a strong portfolio of pipeline products. Its strategic focus - 'Known drugs - made better' - unlocks opportunities which permit rapid product development, swift pathways to regulatory approval and IP protection.
Infirst will launch its first product, a cocoa-flavoured cough liquid, in Europe. The company is also developing a non-narcotic/non-opioid cough treatment which is in a Phase III clinical study, targeted for a 2015 market launch. The North American rights to infirst's cough related IP have been out-licensed to NASDAQ listed US company Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. infirst is also developing an ibuprofen-based product for the treatment of inflammatory pain, to which it has the global rights.
Commenting on today's announcement, Manfred Scheske, CEO of infirst HEALTHCARE, said:
"Cough & cold and pain are the largest and most prevalent conditions in the consumer health sector and represent an enormous opportunity for infirst to bring innovation and efficacy to a market which has seen very few new products and only marginal innovation for decades. We are delighted that Invesco has become a major shareholder in our company and we look forward to delivering value for all of our shareholders in the coming years."
About infirst HEALTHCARE
infirst HEALTHCARE is a new consumer healthcare company focused on improving well established drugs with IP protected solutions for the OTC/Primary care markets which can be launched within 12-36 months. infirst is a spin-out from SEEK, a UK privately-owned drug discovery group which uses its intellectual property to create breakthrough medicines addressing major diseases, bringing radical improvements to human health.
infirst is led by CEO, Manfred Scheske, who was previously President of GSK's US$3 billion European Consumer Healthcare business (including brands such as alli, Aquafresh, Beechams, Corsodyl, Lucozade, Niquitin, Panadol. Piriton, Poligrip, Ribena, Sensodyne, Solpadeine, Zantac and Zovirax) from 2004 to 2010 and also spent six years as President of GSK's Consumer Healthcare business in North America.
About SEEK
Founded in 2004, SEEK (previously known as PepTcell) is privately-owned and funded, with headquarters in London, UK. Using a pioneering scientific and commercially-driven approach, SEEK aims to create breakthrough medicines which address major diseases in order to radically improve human health. SEEK's strategy is to take promising molecules through the challenging stages of discovery to late-stage human proof-of-principle and then to seek partners to take the molecules through the final stages of development and ultimately commercialisation.
Additional information about SEEK is available on the Company's website located at http://www.seekacure.com
About Invesco Perpetual
Invesco Perpetual is the trading name of Invesco Asset Management Limited and one of the largest independent investment managers in the UK. Their investment approach is rooted in the view that there are no short cuts to long-term investment success. Their fund managers have a wealth of expertise and are focused on achieving the objectives of the funds they manage. More information can be found on their web site at http://www.invescoperpetual.co.uk
About Cough
More common than heartburn and severe headaches, cough imposes a great burden on the sufferer, their families, and society. Afflicting over 800 million worldwide, with an estimated 12% of the general population (7.5 million in the UK), experiencing the symptom on a regular basis. Most current cough remedies have old, grandfathered licenses and many are of narcotic/ opioid nature.
For more information please contact:
Manfred Scheske, CEO, infirst HEALTHCARE: Tel +44(0)20-7153-6570
Mary Clark / Amber Bielecka / Hollie Vile - Tel +44(0)20-7920-2330
Peel Hunt LLP (Financial Adviser to infirst HEALTHCARE)
James Steel / Vijay Barathan: Tel +44(0)20-7418-8900
SOURCE infirst HEALTHCARE


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Business leader Jeremy Middleton has said tax incentives for those investing in social enterprises could act as a funding catalyst for thousands of North East firms.
Among the many initiatives announced in the budget last month, Chancellor George Osborne introduced a new piece of legislation which will see financiers given a 30% tax relief on all investments into social enterprises.
Middleton, who runs Newcastle-based firm Middleton Enterprises, has said the legislation could have a particularly dramatic impact within the region where there are thousands of these organisations, potentially helping millions to be invested in social enterprises.
Middleton said: "This new legislation is extremely important for social enterprises. The incentive is an extremely attractive enticement for people who have money to invest and who want to put it into an organisation which has strong and positive values which will help to build society.
"It could potentially unlock millions of pounds of funding for this type of organisation, enabling investors to put more money into businesses with a social conscience, helping companies which make a tangible and sustainable difference to society to grow and prosper."
The new incentives will apply to investments made after April 6, 2014, in a community interest company, a community benefit society or a charity. Each social enterprise will be able to raise £290,000 over a three year period through this relief.
The investment firm chief executive, who does philanthropic work with St Oswald's Hospice and homelessness charity Changing Lives, established a Community Enterprise Fund in 2007 which was focused on helping charities establish commercial ventures.
He has more recently championed the establishment of a Social Enterprise Investment Fund, led by the Northern Rock.


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With the price of Bitcoin rising past $2,000 this morning and India in the midst of a currency unrest, people are starting to pay attention to digital currencies. All of this makes for perfect timing for digital currency exchange platform AlphaPoint to introduce a solution enabling clients to launch, manage, trade, and maintain Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Founded in 2013, AlphaPoint powers digital asset networks and maintains the AlphaPoint Distributed Ledger Platform (ADLP), the platform on which the asset issuance and custody solution is based. The ADLP, which interoperates with more than 20 ledger technologies, enables users to host crowdfunding events, such as ICOs. The ICOs issue newly created digital assets on the exchange, which is hosted on AlphaPoint's infrastructure.
"This is an exciting time for technology to drastically change the way companies gain access to capital," said Joe Ventura, Founder and CEO of AlphaPoint. "ICOs create a new source of funding to accelerate innovation, and we are proud to be building the technology platform to support those initiatives."
Along with today's announcement, AlphaPoint reported that it joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, which tripled in size today with a slough of 85 others joining the initial batch of 30 members that piloted the alliance. The company also joined the Hyperledger consortium, an open source collaborative effort to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies.
At FinovateEurope 2015 Ventura, along with AlphaPoint's VP of Sales, Scott Bambacigno, debuted version two of its digital currency exchange platform. Earlier this year, the company completed a successful blockchain trial with Scotiabank, which tested its internal system with a range of use cases for AlphaPoint's Distributed Ledger Platform.


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My best friend and her husband recently bought a very nice new couch. Once they got it in the living room, it quickly became apparent that she was in desperate need of new pillows to put on her new couch. Much discussion and google image searching later, we decided to make these leafy pillows out of scraps, since she'd already spent a good chunk of cash on the couch. I, of course, decided I wanted some too!
The only fabric we bought is the unbleached cotton for the front. Everything else is scraps. Even the back fabric was free!
She is making hers closed all the way around since she didn't using pillow forms, but I did so I made the backs of mine overlapping flaps for easy removal and washing. (Last fall I lost my favorite throw pillows to a washing machine accident that I do not want to repeat!)
For just a bit of added whimsey and fun, we put a owl in each tree. Almost unnoticeable, but a great detail. Did you notice the owls before I mentioned them?
These were fun to make. You should make some too! If you do, I have one tip to offer. Use Heat'n Bond to make the leaves into iron-on appliques. You can buy it by the yard for super cheap at most fabric stores. This helped a lot for two reasons. First, it made tracing and cutting out the leaves super fast. Second, it perfectly held them nicely in place, without having to mess with pinning, while stitching the tight zig zag around the edges.
We had a few leftover leaves, so I sewed them onto a onesie for my nephew.


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Zelda Concert Plans Detailed
June 9, 2011 6:00 PM | Matthew Hawkins
One of the numerous announcements made at Nintendo's E3 presentation, during the early Zelda portion to be exact, was word of a series of symphony concerts that would help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise. Details have finally emerged for the very first of an undisclosed number of performances.
The initial concert will take place on October 10th in Japan, Tokyo's Sumida Triphony Hall. Conductor Taizo Takemoto will lead the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in various orchestral renditions of classic Zelda tunes, similar to how the press event took place. Tickets go on sale on June 16 with "A seats" costing 1,500 yen and "S seats" going for 3,000 yen. Apparently, those who purchase a copy of the upcoming Ocarina of Time 3D will get first dibs at seats, or something to that effect.
No further details are available, such as other dates (it was claimed that every corner of the world will get concerts of their own), or what exactly to expect from the performance itself. Will there be theatrics and other bits of fan service, similar to Video Games Live, or will it be a simple, straightforward event? Something tells me that Nintendo will want something on the classy side, though there's also a good chance that Miyamoto might make an appearance, just as he did when Nintendo last held a big musical showcase. Though one has to wonder if he's as good with a violin as he is with the guitar.
Elsewhere in video game music news, it was also recently disclosed that Korn will be doing the theme to the upcoming Silent Hill: Downpour. Needless to say, longtime fans of the series, primarily Akira Yamaoka's contributions, are not happy with such news, at least here in America. I personally have no idea if the band has any sort of following in Japan, but if the response is as positive's to Wingers' contribution to the Daytona USA 2 soundtrack, one will shortly be forthcoming.
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By Joseph Erunke
ABUJA – ONE week after the deadly attack on the Nigerian Army formation in Metele village of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists resulting in heavy casualty on the side of the Nigerian troops, the Nigerian Air Force had reportedly dealt a heavy blow on the terrorists by bombing their location and killing some of them.
The service,said to be responding to the terrorists' recent coordinated attack that saw over 100 soldiers killed, reportedly bombed the terrorists' locations and and destroyed their operational base.
PRNigeria, a social media outfit,quoted a top military intelligence officer as saying the airstrikes launched by the Nigerian Air Force destroyed a convoy of vehicles linked to Boko Haram attackers involved in last week raid on the military base at Metele in Borno State.
The Boko Haram attackers had used rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and AK47 rifles in raiding the military base where armored were vehicles destroyed, and a number of officers and men of the Nigerian Army killed.
"The Nigerian air force is following the trail of the terrorists and has successfully destroyed about seven vehicles including gun truck and eliminated all the terrorists in the vehicles," the military source said.
"The air force deployed the Mi-35M, multi-role combat helicopters which delivers a more superior flight performance with high-precision weaponry in destroying ground targets."
The report claimed that meanwhile,an aircraft also crossed the border into a neighboring country in hot pursuits where terrorists and stolen armored vehicles were destroyed.
It said:"The airstrikes took place in Tumbun Rego, Kangarwa and Mainok. There were also similar attacks hours after the Sunday's attack. We expect the Nigerian air force to release air strike footage soon,"It quoted the source.
"Meanwhile, indications have also emerged that most of the Boko Haram commanders and their foot soldiers who attacked the military base were none-Nigerians.
"Another intelligence officer told PRNigeria in confidence that the attackers were speaking Arabic, French and some foreign languages.
The officer said: "Some of our soldiers who escaped after the rescue operation told us that the attackers dressed in military camouflage similar to the one wore by member countries of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). We learned that the attackers were not Nigerians as they spoke in Arabic, French and other strange languages when they first appeared like friendly force before they started to shoot at Nigerian troops.
"There is heighten suspicion that the deadliest attacks could not have taken place without collaborators probably within the military camp or the host community who could have been communicating with the terrorists before and after they stormed the locations.
"The military may likely engage in a tactical maneuver for forceful reinforcements of ground troops and air components in the affected areas in view of new developments," the report claimed.


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Table of contents
Crack Propagation in Creeping Bodies
Continuum Mechanics—Deformation and Damage Growth
About this book
Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials-l was published in 1989 as the proceedings of a Colloquium held in Leicester in the summer of 1988. The Colloquium examined the creep response of a wide range of materials, including metals, engineering ceramics and ice, with the aim of determining similarities in the response of these materials and the way in which their behaviour is modelled. The proceedings were structured so as nature of the Colloquium, with papers to reflect the interdisciplinary grouped together largely on the basis of the phenomena being examined, rather than by class of material. Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials-2 was held in Leicester in Septem ber 1991 to discuss advances made in our understanding of the response of creep brittle materials since the first Colloquium. The scope of the Colloquium was extended to include mineral salts, concrete and com posite systems. These proceedings are once more structured so that the reader can readily compare the response of different material systems and evaluate the suitability of the range of models presented to the materials he is interested in. In fact a number of papers directly compare the of a range of different materials with the aim of identifying behaviour general strategies for the testing and modelling of creeping materials.
Metall Superposition principle Turbine ceramics crystal development fatigue mechanics modeling plasticity
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3688-4
- Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1991
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
The Hierophant: Stoat Love
May is already coming to a close and I can't believe it. I'm still accidentally writing "2012" and now I just spent my weekend on the beach, watching fireworks going off on Victoria Day. (Sup Canadians.) How did that happen so quickly?
I have so many cards to write about and share, and as of today I am working on my second last tarot already. I still remember that very first day I painted my very first card (The Hanged Man); I looked at it feeling so accomplished.. and then silently wept because I still had 78 more to paint. Sigh. But now? Now that finish line is just around the corner! And though there are still some other things to work on, I really hope to get a physical deck in my hands soon.
I have a huge soft spot for small animals and I knew there'd be an abundance of these little guys in this tarot. Choosing an animal for The Hierophant wasn't particularly easy. This tarot's imagery is traditionally more on the religious side and I didn't want that slant in my version. I decided on the white stoat for The Hierophant because it often represented purity. Not tainted by negative influences, my Hierophant is a teacher, helping to connect others with the knowledge necessary to guide them on their journey. I'd like to think that he's a bit humble and calm and helps keep a little peace and order within his society.
When I had tried formatting these images to create a borderless deck, this was the card that essentially went, "NOPE, not happening!" Too much of this painting was lost in the process and I couldn't have that happen. I think the card loses a lot of its meaning when you cut off the two critters below, or the trees on the either side. So the idea of borderless was crossed off, and I hope that the final design of the cards will be okay in the end. I am digging the design plan so far, but I'll share more of that later!
Struggling with Swords
This is my last swords tarot of my deck and I am totally struggling with it. Maybe it's because it's the Ten of Swords and it's not exactly a fun, positive card to work on. It could also be the ten blades I need to paint, or my love/hate relationship with painting feathers. But I definitely need a push today. Swords have always been harder to paint, and I just have to remind myself that now I'm so close to being done with them. Whew.
As of now, I have three tarot cards left to paint after this. I can almost taste that finish line.
The Leatherback Sea Turtle: Dream with the Queen of Cups
I don't dream much. Well, I guess that's probably not true; I'm sure I'm probably dreaming all the time. But I usually wake up not remembering if I dreamed at all. So when I actually remembered a dream recently, I was excited to try a tarot reading to help give me a little insight about it. The first card I happened to draw in this reading was the Queen of Cups. She feels like a very fitting tarot to draw when it comes to dreams, and it was good timing because the Queen of Cups was the next tarot that I wanted to write about.
There's something rather majestic about this tarot and I wanted the grandest of all the turtles to represent this queen: the leatherback sea turtle. She's the largest turtle in the world, yet I can still sense her exuding this gentle grace. I think this is one very intuitive queen. She glows with this quiet strength, and she's very wise but she's not one to brag. Cups are quite the emotional cards and I love how fluid she seems to be. She's not rigid and can go with the flow. This is definitely a queen I can feel a connection with.
Painting all of her little details wasn't easy, but maybe all of her little bumps and scales represent all of the stories she has to tell. I'd love to hear them all! The jellyfish also became my symbolic cup. Perhaps it's a little warning that though this queen may seem gentle, she can also have quite the temper. I wouldn't want to get on her bad side.
And as for my reading? Though I was not alone in my dream, I got the sense that it was more about me than anyone else. It's still a bit of a mystery for me though. I hope to look back on my notes and see things a little more clearly as I continue to learn more about tarot myself.


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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park February 2019 events
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this month continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks and stewardship programs.
Visitors are encouraged to check the park's online calendar of events and look for program fliers posted after 9:30 a.m. on the bulletin board at Kilauea Visitor Center (www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/calendar.htm).
The park is open 24 hours a day. Park programs are free, but entrance fees apply.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming events.
Stewardship of Kipukapuaulu
Help remove troublesome plants at Kipukapuaulu, home to diverse native forest and understory plants. Bring clippers or pruners, sturdy gloves, a hat and water. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing you don't mind getting permanently stained from morning glory sap. Be prepared for cool and wet or hot and sunny weather. New volunteer? Contact Marilyn Nicholson for more information at email@example.com.
When: 9:30 a.m. every Thursday (Feb. 14, 21 and 28)
Where: Meet at the Kipukapuaulu parking lot, Mauna Loa Road, off Highway 11 in the park.
Stewardship at the Summit
Volunteer to help remove invasive, non-native plant species that prevent native plants from growing in the park. Wear sturdy hiking shoes and long pants. Bring a hat, rain gear, day pack, snacks and water. Gloves and tools are provided. Younger than 18? Parental or guardian accompaniment or written consent is required. Visit the park website for additional planning details (https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/summit_stewardship.htm).
When: Meet at 8:45 a.m. today and Feb. 15 and 23.
Where: Meet project leaders Paul and Jane Field at Kilauea Visitor Center.
A Walk into the Past with Thomas A. Jaggar
Walk back to 1912 and meet the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Thomas A. Jaggar, at the edge of Kilauea volcano. Dressed in period costume, Ka'u actor-director Dick Hershberger brings the renowned geologist to life. Jaggar takes audiences on a tour of his tiny lab located below Volcano House to see original seismograph equipment and other early instruments. Learn what motivated Jaggar to dedicate his life to the study of Hawaiian volcanoes, and how his work helps save lives today. Space is limited; pick up free tickets at the Kilauea Visitor Center's front desk the day of the program. Program includes climbing stairs and entering a confined space.
When: 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12) and Feb. 19 and 26. Each performance is about an hour.
Where: Meet at Kilauea Visitor Center.
Climbing Waterfalls: Freshwater Fauna of the Pacific Islands
Learn about the unique underwater world of streams in Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa and the amazing animals that call them home. These animals have special adaptations that allow them to live part of their lives in the ocean and even climb 400-foot waterfalls. Join Anne Farahi of the National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring program to learn more about long-term monitoring of these important ecosystems.
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12)
Where: Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium
Lau Hala Weaving Demonstration
Learn to weave lau hala with leaves (lau) from the 'Aha Puhala o Puna weaving club. Hawaiians have used the hala (pandanus) tree for centuries to create many useful and beautiful items. Come create and take home your own small piece of lau hala art. Part of 'Ike Hana No'eau "Experience the Skillful Work" workshops.
When: 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday (Feb. 13)
Where: Kilauea Visitor Center lanai
Volcanoes at the Movies
Join volcanologists Cheryl Gansecki and Ken Hon from the University of Hawaii at Hilo as they examine (and possibly make fun of) the history of volcanoes portrayed in the movies. From "The Last Days of Pompeii" to "Mount Doom" and beyond, how realistic are cinematic volcanic eruptions? How likely is lava in Los Angeles or New York? What is it with flaming rocks anyway? And why do they explode? Come be entertained and learn a little more about genuine and completely fake volcanic phenomena.
When: 7 p.m. Feb. 26
Where: Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium
Hu (kukui nut top) Demonstration
Early Hawaiians devoted much of their time to games, amusements and relaxing. Top spinning was an absorbing activity for children, and making hu was equally engaging. Join rangers and staff from Hawaii Pacific Parks Association as they share their knowledge and love of this popular Hawaiian traditional art. Part of 'Ike Hana No'eau "Experience the Skillful Work" workshops.
When: 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 27
Where: Kilauea Visitor Center lanai


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In an emergency situation, parents, guardians, students and CCISD employees would receive information and updates via School Messenger, Calhoun County ISD's notification service. Information would also be posted to CCISD's website and social media pages. Parents and guardians are encouraged, if they haven't already done so, to sign up for School Messenger text messages. OPT-IN to receive important information from Calhoun County ISD by texting "Y" to 67587.
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Early Yachts
Yachts were well known to officers and officials of the French Navy, though it had none of its own. This was a gap which Colbert wished to fill as soon as he had the chance. On March 13th, 1672, he had written to Colbert de Croissy to arrange for the construction of two small yachts in England, since French shipwrights had no experience in building such vessels.
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Crowdsourcing could provide the breakthrough in Aids cure and research
In spite of leveraging the most advanced crystallographic technology, scientists working at the University of Washington kept encountering hurdles in deciphering a particular protein's structure. As a last resort, they began an online competition, putting up many versions of possible molecular structures and asking online gamers to tweak them in the most energy efficient way. Shortly, a group called The Contenders made the breakthrough. In Nature, scientists lauded the discovery of the structure of a protein found in an AIDS-like monkey virus. That was the first instance where crowdsourcing had been used to solving a scientific problem. The protein shape had eluded the most accomplished in the scientific community for over a decade. The crowd bested crystallographers and computer algorithms specifically designed to assemble proteins within less than three weeks.
The development has brought to the fore the immense potential inherent in crowdsourcing—where large groups do tasks generally done by individuals. In the above example, online gamers applied spatial intelligence and critical reasoning to solve a problem that had traditionally been dealt by subject matter experts.
Feasibility of crowdsourcing for Aids research
Can the same technique be applied to cutting-edge research such as that dealing with a pandemic like Aids? No one can answer this question for sure, but there is definitely substantial possibility that there could be some kind of breakthrough as well-trained minds might not be able to think out of the box and therefore a solution eludes them.
While explaining the reasons for such a breakthrough by online gamers, Seth Cooper, lead designer as well as developer of Foldit, the site on which the breakthrough was made, said in an interview that the players' lack of biochemistry backgrounds may have actually worked to their advantage. Ignorant of the conventional rules governing biochemistry, Foldit players had been able "to be really creative and come up with a lot of different interesting solutions."
Any initiative to 'crowdsource' the process of discovering human genes that are important to HIV biology could offer unfathomable possibilities. Currently, there are several gene lists, which can give rise to more than 500 billion subsets. It is no more an individual task now. It would need a large number of people who are motivated not by professional vigor but also creativity and passion. Enthusiastic players could try out various permutations and combinations of gene sets and screens if presented in a fun format—as a game, as a fun activity. Any interesting results that they may encounter could be relayed to researchers and scientists working in the area.
"It goes on to show that somebody with a three-dimensional thought process, such as visualizers and gamers, can bring in fresh out-of-the-box thinking in areas that require lateral thinking. Such mental processes could definitely contribute to do something that was previously only entrusted to the scientific community. It will be disruptive but in a constructive way and help scientific progress in the long run," said Shashank Dixit, CEO, Deskera, a global leader in cloud technology.
Crowdsourcing could prove to the disruptive force and the game changer that science had been waiting for since centuries.


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Judge rules on Routier evidence
By TIM WYATT / The Dallas Morning News
A Dallas judge ruled Monday that appeals lawyers for Darlie Routier will not be allowed to examine evidence from the Rowlett mother's 1997 capital murder trial just yet.
State District Judge Robert Francis signed an order Monday morning stating his court did not have jurisdiction to grant defense lawyers to get independent forensic testing on evidence used to convict Ms. Routier until a formal writ of habeas corpus is filed.
Ms. Routier's legal team asked the judge to order prosecutors to turn over seven pieces of evidence collected from June 1996 crime scene in which Mr. Routier's two young sons were stabbed to death.
Convicted murderer Darlie Routier
waves to friends as she leaves
the courtroom after a hearing
last week.
Ms. Routier was convicted and sentenced to die for the death of 5-year-old Damon Routier. She was also accused but not tried of killing 6-year-old Devon.
J. Stephen Cooper, one of five appeals attorneys working to overturn Ms. Routier's February 1997 death sentence, said the request for evidence will be renewed on Friday, when the formal writ is filed in Judge Francis' court.
"We felt we had a right to get the evidence before the writ was filed," he said. "We'll take that issue up immediately."
Prosecutors opposed the early release of evidence before the writ's filing, and have maintained that they have already proved there was no intruder in the Routier home on the night of the murders.
Among the items being sought for re-testing is a slashed window screen and Ms. Routier's nightshirt. Defense attorneys hope new forensic tests will support arguments that an intruder came in through a back window and killed the two boys and that Ms. Routier's wounds were not self-inflicted as maintained in her trial.


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How the new media can support the freedom of speech and human rights in general?
I think new media give the people a very useful tool and a very simple tool, that we can keep our attention on very on many cases that are violating human rights , because in the mainstream media the time is limited, the coverage is limited people will forget what happened. But on the internet people can always search this information, and on internet we have more possibility and more masses to show that information. For example take global voices advocacy which is a project, of Global Voices, we use blog, we use podcast we use video, and we use online map showing locations for example how many cases, how many bloggers have been detained or how many bloggers are missing or how many bloggers are in prison right now in each of the different reasons. And we keep this record to know that these cases are continuing. There are still people behind the bars, they are not released. And people can always use these tools to express these ideas anonymously, without being cached. Because if you write without being anonymous police will find you within an hour, two. There are a lot of tools that are easy and simply to use and spread your opinion to the society.
Services like Facebook and Twitter; can they also help protect freedom of speech?
Facebook and twitter of course also useful tools, but I think that the object of these tools is different and we use them differently. For example if we use Facebook, we are "recruiting" people with the same mind set. With twitter we want to spread things as quick as possible. I think we have different targets when we are using different tools. And blogs are fundamental tool that we can use, and we have developed a lot of different possibilities that we can try. And there is lot of new tools coming out and probably some people can create their own online tools.
Which are these new tools that are being used, except blogging or Facebook?
Sticker action, when you are putting a sticker in the web showing your ideology in a topic and you can know how many people are joining this. In Facebook you can be count easily, because you are in a certain platform but in the World Wide Web, are difficult to count. So we have the tool called sticker action that you can join a certain action and protest for a certain issue
Do you see any dangers in using citizen media for protecting human rights?
Of course there are a lot of threats to bloggers and to citizen journalists. That is why there are so many cases behind the bars. Being a blogger you can choose the safe ways to blog, you know maybe the goal of someone is to become famous via blogs. You can write about travels, you can write about foods. But some people choose to do something for a reason. So when people choose to irritate their government they know what will happen. So actually, is a choice we make.
There was a big discussion about China in this meeting and it was heard that when the demands of the bloggers agree with certain financial and economic interests of let's say some important companies or people is easier to achieve what they want. Is any effort being made to try to win the support of such companies, to help to protect human rights?
It's an issue of corporate responsibility, corporate social responsibility. I think it is quite difficult because corporate have their concerns for different markets there are only a few who are not afraid of those markets being closed for them because they have done something for the human rights .For example, even Google in China they had to sacrifice something, and Yahoo, they are from the biggest companies in the world and they still had to make sacrifices .I am not very optimistic for business companies. They will tend to be neutral.
How would you like "traditional" media to help protect human rights, freedom of speech?
Traditional media is its self a corporate company. They have the pressure of entering different market; they have pressure from their audience and readers and from "above". This is one of the most important issues , the quality of the nowadays journalism I think .Of course we still have some very good journalists , investigative journalists , but business media , I think if they can return to the old track …If they can follow the ethics of the journalism is enough already . They don't have to invent or to appear to the new generation that "oh I am one of you I also using Facebook and I ask all my reporters to become twitters ". They don't have to do thing like that. They just need to keep their track and do good journalism. That is good enough. And in Global Voices we want establish some kind of collaboration. For example we have collaboration with Reuters and the BBC and CNN and New York Times and La Stampa. We can work together, and we are happy to work together.
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President's Welcome
The Rotary Club of Dundee was founded in 1921 and has a membership of around 75.
The Rotary Club of Dundee was founded in 1921 and has a membership of between 90-95. We are very proud of our status as the largest club in what was the very first Rotary District in the world. We have spawned many daughter and granddaughter clubs and also enjoy the support of a thriving Inner Wheel club. The image above is representative of the 'Dundee Waterfront Development' which is a £1Billion master plan and will include the new V&A Museum of modern art planned to open its doors this September. The new Railway Station and Hotel are now open. With much of the infrastructure in place, the change is obvious to see and very fast moving. Nothing quite so urgent about our Rotary Club, but we do manage to change and evolve at a more leisurely pace thanks to a well-honed management structure.
We have an active fellowship, social and sporting programme throughout the year in addition to our charitable work; all are dependent on the participation and commitment of our enthusiastic members. Our international links are strengthened by our events for overseas students in Dundee and by visits and exchanges that have, in the past few years, involved Swedish, French, Indian, American, New Zealand and Rwandan visitors.
Our fundraising activities include an Oktoberfest Music and Beer Festival, this year will be our nineth event held from Thursday 26th September - Saturday 28th September 2019. For the second time, it will be held in Slessor Gardens adjacent to the new V&A on Dundee's Waterfront. This event, covering three evenings, together with another first: Saturday Afternoon, will feature many of Dundee's brightest musical talents as a showcase for their different styles and around 30 craft beers and continental biers. Friday and Saturday Evening will see headlining events (watch this space).
The next main event will be our 34th Charity Gala Dinner, to be held in February 2020. We have a reputation for a terrific line up of internationally known after dinner speakers from the worlds of sport and entertainment. The Dinners are widely supported by the business community in and around Dundee and have raised near £750,000 for local, national, and international charities.
February 2019 saw the Club organise another successful Swimarathon in the Olympia Swimming Pool. This was the sixth one and again it proved to be both a good fund-raiser and an excellent showcase for the work that Rotary does in the local community.
With these and other events throughout the Rotary Year, we raise in the region of £65,000 - £100,000 annually. This allows us to support a wide range of charitable commitments, covering local and national issues.
If you are visiting Dundee, please come and join us for a 2-course lunch, followed by a guest speaker, at the Invercarse Hotel on Thursdays from 12.30pm (for 1.00pm) to 2.00pm. You are guaranteed to receive a very warm welcome.
Mary Crighton
President, The Rotary Club of Dundee


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Piedmont Region - Italy Supporting Equal DPs – The Experience of the Piedmont Region Erica Giordano
FROM PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT TO GOOD PRACTICES The PCM methodology was applied in the Piedmont Region within the context of the Equal Community Initiative, in order to address the following recurrent problems as: insufficient involvement of the beneficiaries, poor identification of the problems, incoherent objectives in respect to the identified problems, confusion between objectives and action, non-measurable results.
SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATIVE PLANNING final beneficiaries needs Support to projects on behalf of the Piedmont Region was made available to Partnerships throughout their entire life cycle, that is from planning to completion. Every project manager/coordinator was invited to a series of workshops designed to revise their project, by going through the problem tree towards the logical framework definition, with a view to plan interventions which would indeed address the final beneficiaries needs.
THE IMPACT ON DPs making DPs understand the importance of the proposed support DPs reacted quite differently to the TA Unit support: some with enthusiasm, while others, even though formally accepting such guidance, then were reluctant to adopt a different methodology which implied, among other, additional work for them. The main challenge was making DPs understand the importance of the proposed support.
THE IMPACT ON PROJECTS Projects aimed at solving problems Stakeholders involvement in the problem identification phase and throughout the decision-making process Projects response to real needs Context knowledge based on information provided by the stakeholders Identifying objectives as solutions to problems Clear and verifiable indicators Benefits sustainability Attention paid to planning phases Projects ability to concentrate on one problem only Production of standardized reports in order to increase projects clarity
SUSTAINABILITY AS A KEY FACTOR The REGIONAL SERVICES AND TOOLS CATALOGUE
PERSPECTIVES OF THE USE OF PCM INTO REGIONAL PROGRAMMING The experimentation of the Piedmont Region We are using the PCM approach in new ESF regional programming in some areas for the needy population that express complex requirements, such as the disabled and prisoners. With some of these targets, emerged a particularily weak support from Policy. FOCUS GROUPS
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CCD Innovation, celebrating its 25th year as a strategic food and beverage innovation agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, presents 2018 Food Trends That Matter, its outlook on the trends that will be attracting eaters' attention and influencing new product innovation in 2018.
"These nine trends matter because they reflect 2018's core food values grouped into three areas—Culinary Culture, The Source and Nutrition," says Kara Nielsen, CCD Innovation's Vice President, Trends & Marketing. "They also reveal what foods, beverages and ingredients are emerging to impact our foodscape in 2018. In each area, trends are mapped by maturity, ranging from those appearing on the horizon to others closer in view. This allows our clients to see ahead of the curve."
2018 Food Trends That Matter
To learn more about these trends and examples of products dishes, restaurants and companies that reflect them, contact Kara Nielsen at email@example.com; download our poster at http://ccdinnovation.news/2018-Food-Trends-That-Matter.
About CCD Innovation:
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CCD Innovation is a strategic food and beverage innovation agency that blends culinary creativity with strategic marketing expertise. Our strength in identifying the latest food trends, from both culinary and consumer-behavior perspectives, makes us uniquely qualified to help our clients create food product solutions that satisfy consumer expectations. Follow @CCDInnovation on Twitter.
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Thanks mitchteemley, for the clarifying information. Who doesn't love butterflies – and now we know (thanks Paul Harvey) "the rest of the story".
Did you know that caterpillars are not "transformed" into butterflies? In metamorphosis (the name of the process), a caterpillar is liquefied—nothing remains of its old nature. Only after the creature's death can an entirely new creation, a butterfly, emerge!
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Phoebe is a super cute tabby ball of fluff. She was born on 5/23/19 and came to the rescue with her mother, sister and brother. They are all doing well and looking for their forever homes. Phoebe loves to play and snuggle. She enjoys resting on the cat tree and watching what is going on. She is good with kids, dogs and cats. Phoebe was FIV/Felueke negative upon intake, has been spayed, vaccinated and dewormed. Her adoption fee is $100.
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Today we have been shopping (again). We waited a lot longer this time and now we are wondering how we are going to get everything in order before leaving for baby delivery and pickup.
Today we bought a nursingtable, some linnen and a pram. I like the pram a lot. You can use it to lay down, switch and then use it to sit in, switch and then use it to put your carseat on. Perfect.


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The Angara is a new all-Russian heavy launch vehicle to replace the Zenit (built by a Ukrainian company) and Proton (only launch pads on Kazakh territory). The booster is sized for rail transport of modular manufactured components to cosmodromes at Plesetsk and Svobodniy. The design features a single modular core that could be clustered for large payloads or used as a first stage with a variety of existing upper stages. The cold flow test article was exhibited at the Paris Air Show in the summer of 1999. By that time a total of 19 possible variants of the launch vehicle had been studied. All plans for the Angara were dependent on financing and subject to constant change.
The booster will use engines developed for Zenit. The original design featured a unique parallel fuel tank configuration in both first and second stages. This Khrunichev design beat competing NPO Energia design and Energia-M as alternatives. However the second stage was initially subcontracted to Energia by Khrunichev.
By 1999 the design had evolved to a very different scheme similar to the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles being developed for the US Air Force. The new design took into account commercial considerations and concentrated on development of a single modular core that could be clustered for large payloads and used as a first stage with a variety of existing upper stages.
This core is designated the Universal Rocket Module (URM). Production drawings were released in February 1999 and the cold flow test article was flown to the Paris Air Show and exhibited in the summer of 1999. By that time a total of 19 possible variants of the launch vehicle had been studied. The plan at that time was for the construction of three ground-test articles to be followed by three test flights beginning by the end of 2000 and completed by June 2001. First launches would be from the former Zenit pad at Plesetsk. As of 2001 funding problems continued, and no flight tests had been conducted.
The initial flight version would be the Angara 1.1 with the existing Briz upper stage (payload 2.0 tonnes to a 200 km / 63 deg orbit). The Angara 1.2 would use a new Block I high-energy upper stage (payload 3.7 tonnes to the same orbit). Other vehicle variants are numbered according to the number of URM's: the Angara 3A woudl put 14 tonnes into low earth orbit, the Angara 5A, 24.5 tonnes into LEO, or 4.0 tonnes into geosynchronous orbit. The Angara 5A with a new Lox/LH2 upper stage would but 5.0 tonnes into geosynchronous orbit, or 8.0 tonnes into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Another variant of interest include the Angara IVA (as the Angara 1.2 but with a winged, recoverable URM - 158 tonnes lift-off mass, 2.7 tonne payload to a 200 km / 63 deg orbit). The winged URM would have two jet engines and fly back to the Mirniy airfield at Plesetsk for recovery. One problem is that some abort profiles will require overflight of Norway. First flight of this version was predicted for 2003.
Another version is the Orel, consisting of the Angara 3I plus an MKK spaceplane, similar to the MAKS. This would have a 431 tonne gross lift-off mass, with the spacecraft weighing 13.5 tonnes including a 4.2 tonne payload. This could be an eventual replacement of the Soyuz spacecraft for ferry of crews to space stations.
LEO Payload: 2,000 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. at: 63.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 195,000 kgf. Total Mass: 145,000 kg. Core Diameter: 3.9 m. Total Length: 34.9 m.
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Ministry of Defence authorizes work to start on Angara launch vehicle. Angara will replace Zenit (built in Ukraine) and Proton as future Russian medium launch vehicle, launched from Plesetsk and Svobodny.
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Milan Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2016 is finished, fashion designers and visitors have departed to the different countries and we can only summarize – what will be fashionable in the new season?
Fendi Spring-Summer 2016
Milan Fashion Week of the world's designers Spring-Summer 2016 could not dispense without collection of the fashion house Fendi, the main agent of fur fashion, luxury fur in whose collections seems appropriate even in the summer images. 2016 fashion trends from Fendi again out of frameworks: even fur did not play the main role, but it certainly was one of the main components of the line. In the Spring-Summer 2016 season Italian House offered to fashionistas to try on trapezoid fashion clothing, made of colored leather flaps and air blouses with drapery, referring us to the Victorian period and romanticism. There were also multi-colored banana-pants with a high waist, in the spirit of the 80's. Special interest among the guests had new collection of Fendi iconic handbags, which this time they were decorated with colorful prints….


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Saving money involves making smart decisions and sacrifices. Once you make the commitment to save, or to increase the amount you're saving, it's important to know strategies to make your money go further.
Belt-tightening is always a good way to save money, but you can only take it so far because when you're raising a family, reasons to spend pop up like weeds. And they come in many varieties, such as car repairs, unreimbursed medical bills and unexpected household repairs, to name a few.
The personal savings rate, the amount of income left over after people spend money and pay their taxes, was at 7.6 percent for March 2019 according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
But the national savings rate isn't as important as your personal savings rate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and daughter Amelia Warren Tyagi, co-authors of "All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan," advocate this financial formula for success: Spend 50 percent of your paycheck on the "must-haves," 30 percent on "wants" and use the remaining 20 percent to service debt and save money.
"We've grown so accustomed to spending money that it really is time to take a second look at our budgets and start pulling in the reins a little bit," says certified financial planner Kelly Campbell, CEO at Campbell Wealth Management in Alexandria, Virginia. "What we'll find out is that a lot of people are able to save a lot more money than they ever thought."
So how do you squeeze more money out of an already squeezed family budget? It's a matter of determination and discipline.
How to save for different goals
- Take advantage of automatic savings.
- Set up an emergency fund.
- Tackle high-interest debt first.
- Save for short-term goals.
- Save for midterm goals.
- Save for long-term goals.
- Use multiple savings accounts.
Take advantage of automatic savings
One of the best savings strategies is putting your savings on autopilot. It's easy to spend money soon after it hits your checking account. Automating your savings will help you avoid that temptation altogether.
Two great ways to automate your savings are:
- Set up a split deposit.
- Have a recurring transfer from your checking account into a savings account.
Typically, you can choose to have either a percentage of your paycheck or a set amount direct-deposited into a savings account. With a recurring transfer, you can usually set an amount to be moved from your checking account into your savings account and then set the frequency of this transfer.
Set up an emergency fund
Most financial experts recommend that you set aside an emergency fund of three to six months' worth of living expenses before you start saving for other goals.
While this money technically does not go toward any of your short-, medium- or long-term savings goals, it does act as a deterrent to tapping such important accounts as a 401(k) if you lose your job.
The money also helps prevent your family from getting into deep credit card debt.
If both spouses are working and jobs are secure, you could adjust how much you save for emergencies. But you'll need to carefully assess your situation.
The amount you need to save "depends on how long you expect to be looking for work," says certified financial planner Judith Ward, senior financial planner with T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills, Maryland.
"Households with just one worker or folks who earn commission may want a little more just because of that uncertainty."
Ward also suggests tracking family expenses by adopting a household budget for the best chance of success in meeting your savings goals.
Tackle high-interest debt first
It's important to pay down high-interest debt as soon as possible because it compounds and grows when it isn't paid. The interest you're paying is money that you could be stashing away in your savings.
One of the most effective methods to pay off debt is paying off the highest-interest debt first, known as the avalanche method. Once you've zeroed out the balance on the highest APR account, move on to the account with the next highest APR – if applicable. This will save you from paying more interest in the long run.
Bankrate's Credit Card Payoff Calculator can help you calculate how soon you can pay off a credit card.
Save for short-term goals
Once you have an emergency fund set up, consider setting up your priorities into three time frames or "savings buckets" — for short-, medium- and long-term goals.
Say you want to go on a family vacation in two years or buy a car next year. Both would be considered short-term goals, so investments kept in these buckets should be liquid, meaning you should have no trouble withdrawing the money when you need it.
At the same time, you may want to earn a little interest on your money.
Start by determining how much money you'll need and divide by the amount of time you have until you need the money.
For example, if a car costs $10,000 and you want to purchase it one year from now using cash, you'll need to save about $833 per month, not including taxes and registration fees.
Next, you'll have to figure out how you're going to fund this short-term savings bucket.
Keep in mind that with short-term goals, you don't have the time to ride out market corrections. You don't want to lose money, if at all possible.
Campbell says your best bet is to play it safe.
"I think the short-term investor — the one-year, two-year, three-year investor — has to be thinking the very short-term monies," he says. "Savings accounts, CDs, money markets are going to be safe investments."
Suppose you decide to keep your $10,000 in a high-yield savings account that yields 1.7 percent annual percentage yield (APY). You would have about $10,170 at the end of the year – assuming the variable APY didn't change and you didn't withdraw any money.
That would give you an extra $170 that you could apply toward registration fees and taxes, or you could reinvest the money and start another short-term bucket.
A couple of things to note about CDs: Your money will be tied up for a period of time, and if you withdraw your money early, you'll likely incur a penalty that will eat into your interest earnings. No-penalty CDs are an exception, though they generally have a penalties for withdrawals in the first week or so after opening the account.
Save for midterm goals
It's relatively easy to save money for things like a new phone, clothes or TV. But as price tags rise and time horizons push further into the future, it becomes harder to keep financial goals in perspective.
For example, if your dream is to save for a down payment on a home, your child's college education or your daughter's wedding, you'll need to go beyond belt-tightening and set up midterm savings buckets.
The concept is the same as with short-term goals, but you'll need the discipline to stick with it longer and may need to invest those buckets differently.
If you're saving for your child's college education, consider using a 529 savings plan as the vehicle of choice. These savings plans work much like a 401(k) or IRA where your contributions are invested in mutual funds and other investments.
"There are fees and costs associated with each plan, but I think, hands down, a 529 is the best account to use for saving for college," Ward says.
Weddings are another large midterm savings goal. If you're the lucky one who will pay for it, expect the possibility of spending a lot of money.
The average cost of a wedding is about $33,900, according to The Knot's 2019 Real Weddings Study. Of course, a more frugal wedding can be a joyful event as well, but it's smart to plan for it nevertheless.
Money market funds, money market accounts, CDs and savings accounts are all good vehicles in which to park cash for a wedding.
If you're going to fund this savings bucket with a CD, time the maturity date as close to the wedding date as possible. This will prevent you from getting hit with early withdrawal penalties.
With midterm savings buckets, avoid exposure to too much risk. The goal is still to preserve or increase capital.
Save for long-term goals
A retirement account is perhaps the one savings bucket where the time horizon is long enough that you can usually ride out market gyrations.
That all depends, of course, on how long you've been investing, how close to retirement you are and what sort of lifestyle you expect in retirement.
Most experts say the only way long-term investors can achieve a comfortable retirement is to invest a certain percentage of their long-term savings bucket in equities.
"For retirement, you still need to believe in the stock market because you're not going to make enough to outpace inflation otherwise," Campbell says.
"We've gone through some very tough times in the market before, but the market will recover as it has after every other downturn we've ever had."
An easy way to fund your retirement account is by participating in your employer's retirement plan, which is typically a 401(k), 403(b) or 457 plan, depending on if you work for a private employer, a nonprofit or the government, respectively. Generally, your taxable income will be reduced by the amount you save. (If your employer doesn't offer a plan, then look into opening an IRA.)
Use multiple savings accounts
Using more than one savings account is a great way to earmark your money for different financial goals. This can help you make sure that money meant for one savings goal isn't being used on another.
For instance, if your savings is lumped into one savings account, money meant for emergency savings could accidentally be used for a vacation if it's all viewed as total savings.
Multiple savings accounts can also help you easily see how you're progressing toward a savings goal. For example, if you have $20,000 saved in one savings account, it may be difficult to visualize that you have $5,000 saved for an emergency fund and $15,000 saved for a home purchase. And because many banks offer savings accounts that feature the same rate no matter how low your balance, you don't need to put all your savings in the same account to get the highest yield.


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Half-term hell is looming but families in Glasgow can actually look forward to the October school holidays, thanks to the Action Factory, Glasgow's new children's festival. The hackneyed phrase 'something for everyone' rings true: with over 180 workshops and 70 performances to choose from (all reasonably priced) there's no excuse for an 'I'm bored' whinge all week.
The centre of activity will undoubtedly be Partick Burgh Halls, transformed by Giant Productions into the Costa del Dumbarton Road, complete with indoor beach. Parents can retreat to the Adult Creche if it all gets too much for them. Advance booking is recommended, particularly for the workshops, so if you're interested get your name down NOW. Subjects range from media (video- making, newspaper reporting) and drama, to dance, puppet-making, art. music. sport and ecology. Be sure and
get a copy of the Action Factory programme as soon as possible. (Gabe Stewart)
Action Factory Hotline 04 I 35 7 5000. Mon—Fri 9am—5pm. This number will also give you info on all half-term events at Glasgow Libraries and Community Centres.
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local artist/writer/rockabilly llarry Ilorse is perhaps best known as Scotland (in Sunday's scathing political cartoonist. Yet The Last Polar Bears is a tender tale that confronts issues of ageing and ecology with equal quantities of wit and melancholy. From the hand-written page numbers to the exquisite line drawings, this crafted work trds in Alasdair Gray's and Mervyn Peake's footsteps, and Is especially reminiscent of Peake's letters from a Lost Ilncie.
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and injured penguins. Behind the comic insights lurks an atmosphere of impending failure.
It's a book that bears many re-
readings, as so many visual gags (such
' as the ship's succession of name changes) pass unnoticed first time around (a common problem for parents
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Rain or shine, our at-a-glance guide will see you through. Events are listed under outdoor or indoor columns, and then divided by city. Kids listings cornplled by Gabe Stewart.
I WOODLANDS AND WELLIES WORKSHOP Meet at North Glasgow Arts Centre. 110 Flemington Street, for minibus to and from Mugdock Park, 558 9313. Mon 18 Oct 9.30am—3.30pm. Free. 12+ years. Scour the park for materials for a scary sculpture. then enjoy a BBQ.
I SPORTS SKILL SOHOIN. Springbum Synthetic Pitch, Springbum Park, 558 9313. Mon l8—Fri 22 Oct. l—3pm. Free. 8+ years. Improve your football or netball skills with qualified coaches.
I GAMES AND RHYMES OF THE PAST Scotland Street School Museum, 225 Scotland Street. 429 1202. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. 50p plus £2 deposit. Admission to museum and cafe is free.
I RRAMDLING ROWS Kids pick 'em, you cook 'em. Try the following haunts to pick the last dregs of summer's blackberries: Blackford Ilill, Corstorphine Hill, Water of leith Walkway.
Activities and Fun
I MIXED MEDIA ART WORKSHOPS Project Ability. 18 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon I8—Fri 22 Oct. loam—12.30pm or 2—4.30pm. £4 for four mornings or four afternoons. 12—14 years. Includes mask making. T-shirt printing and cane/tissue constructions. Maximum twelve places. I DRAMA WORKSHOP Citizens' Theatre. Gorbals, 429 2877. Mon 18—Fri 22 Oct.
1 l.30am-3.30pm. £2. 15—18 years. Go on a backstage tour. and then join in a TAG drama workshop.
I DANCE CONSTRUCTION Lorne Street Community Centre, 201 Govan Road, 429 7829. Mon 18—Fri 22 Oct, 1-4pm. £2 for week. Boys and girls. 8-12 years. No previous dance experience needed, just enthusiasm and commitment.
I WRITIW WORKSHOPS Carnwardric Community Centre, 160 Camwadric Road. 638 8751; and Larkfield Centre. 39 lnglefield Street. Govanhill, 424 1797. Covers stories, plays, rap. poems and songs. Advance booking essential.
I VIDEO WORKSHOP The Stables Block. House 1, 59 Machrie Road. Mon 18—Tue 19 and Wed 20—Thurs 21, 10am—4pm. Free. 14+ years. Crash course in video making. Advance booking essential.
'I OIRGIIS SKILLS WORKSHOP Action Factory, Partick Burgh Halls, 9 Burgh Hall Street, 357 5000. Mon 18 Oct,
11.15am-12.30pm. £1. 9-12 years. Learn how to juggle.
I DI-LINGIIAL STORYTELLING Libraries at Pollokshields, Govanhill, Woodside. Pollokshaws, Langside and Whiteinch. General enquiries 221 7030. Free. 5—8 Years. Share stories from different cultures. Contact Anne Reilly, Mitchell Library, 221 7031 for further details.
I FOLK ORCHESTRA St Andrews Parish Church, St Andrews Square. Saltmarket, 552 8581. Mon 18—Fri 22 Oct, 2—4pm. £2 per day. 8-16 years. No experience required to come along for a week of folk and fun with Glasgow Festival Strings.
Activities and Fun
I SPORTS CENTRE PLAYSOHEMES Leisure Centres at Craiglockhart, Gracemount, Niddrie, Meadowbank and Ainslie Park are offering October holiday playschemes or fun clubs, Mon 18—Fri 22 Oct. Aimed at children aged 5—12 years they include sports, games. bouncy castles, arts and crafts and roller discos. Numbers are restricted so be sure to book. Contact for further details: Craiglockhart Sports Centre, 117 Colinton Road, 443 0101; Gracemount Leisure Centre, Gracemount Drive, 658 1940; Jack Kane Centre, 208 Niddrie Mains Road, 669 0404; Meadowbank Sports Centre, London Road. 661 4351; Ainslie Park Leisure Centre. Pilton Drive, 551 2400.
Edinburgh District Council's Recreation Department offers three shows for the October school holiday, showing at the three venues listed below:
I A BIT MISSING from Oily Cart. Tue 19 Oct, 10.30am at Portobello; 3pm at Rosebery. £2.50 (£1.50) 3—5 years. Robomop the domestic robot goes berserk. Puppets, live music and a bicycle feature in this 45-minute show.
I WHOSE SHOES? Wed 20 Oct, 10.30am at Portobello; 3pm at Rosebery. £2.50 (£1.50). 3-5 years. A one-woman show about sibling rivalry.
I TONI ARTHDR'S MOSIG BOX Thurs 21 Oct, 10.30am at Portobello; 3pm at Rosebery; Fri 22 Oct, 10.30am at Thomas Moreton Hall. £2.50 (£1.50). 5-10 years. Musical packed with songs, dances, games, storytelling and lots of audience participation.
See them at Portobello Town liall Portobello High Street. Box Office opens 30 mins before each performance. Tickets in advance from Sibbald Travel, 135 High Street, Portobello, Mon—Fri 9am—5.30pm; Sat 9am—12.30pm.
Thomas Moreton liall 28 Ferry Road. Leith. Box office opens 30 mins before performance. Advance bookings from Kard Box, 74 Great Junction Street, Leith. Mon—Sat 9am—5.30pm.
Rosebery Hall High Street, South Queensferry. Box office opens 30 mins before each performance. Advance tickets from Something Special. High Street, South Queensferry. Mon—Fri (half day Wed) 9am-1pm, 2-5.30pm; Sat 9am—1pm, 2—5pm. Telephone bookings from Assembly Rooms box office only, 220 4349, Mon—Sat 10am-8pm.
I JONATHAN RIGKARO CHILDREN'S THEATRE Stepping Stones, Grassmarket. Ticketline 220 4349. Sets until end of Oct, 10.30am and 2.30pm. Adults £3.50. children £2.50. Kenneth Graham's Reluctant Dragon as performed by Stepping Stones resident children's theatre.
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I HALLOWE'EN FUN AU mm Summerlee Heritage Trust, Coatbridge, 0236 431261. Sat l6—Sun 24 Oct. 10am—5pm. Free. A week of arts and crafts, including face-painting, lantern, pop-up card and mask-making.
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