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Bans on Assignment Clauses Abolished, What Does This Mean for Financing?
A recent decision was taken by the UK government to make Bans on Assignment clauses null and void. These clauses made it very difficult for many UK businesses to gain access to the finance they need to grow and meet objectives.
Below Steve Noble, COO at Ultimate Finance, offers insight into the potential changes ahead and the way these will impact business and financing.
Ongoing Brexit discussions may mean it seems much longer ago, but in November both Houses of Parliament passed legislation to end Bans of Assignment contractual clauses. This is great news that lenders and SMEs will have been celebrating since the announcement was made.
What's the problem with Bans on Assignment clauses?
Bans on Assignment often blocks the provision of vital funding to SMEs as some financiers are hesitant to supply this where clients and their customers have agreed a contract containing this type of clause. If the financier IS prepared to provide funding, they will either have to find a workaround – such as requesting that the business approaches their customer for consent –or request additional security from the client. Each of these options proves time consuming, incurs unnecessary costs and makes it difficult for clients to obtain invoice finance. Unsurprisingly, this can cause SMEs to either struggle on without the support they need or rely on alternative finance options that aren't right for their business.
What does the change mean?
This means that from 2019 SMEs will be able to access the funding they need more easily. It's why I'm welcoming the news that after two previously unsuccessful attempts, Bans on Assignment clauses are now null and void in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. SMEs will therefore be able to assign receivables to invoice finance providers without having to spend time and money seeking consent from customers or trying to find workarounds to these clauses which can make things unnecessarily complex.
The legislation also makes clauses prohibiting a party from determining the value of a receivable and being able to enforce it ineffective. Again, this will increase the appeal of invoice finance for so many SMEs across the country.
Does the regulation impact your business?
Clearly, this is great news for SMEs and funding partners across the country. However, there are still caveats in place which will inevitably frustrate some.
- The regulations apply to contracts entered into on or after 31 December 2018
- They do not apply to receivables due to be paid to large enterprises – traditionally defined as businesses with more than 250 employees – or special purpose vehicles
- They exclude certain contracts from the scope of the regulations, for example those relating to land and for the provision of financial services
- They only apply to contracts governed by the laws of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The final point will likely prove the most frustrating, as the current legislation doesn't change anything for more than 345,900 SMEs in Scotland, leaving them to potentially continue struggling to gain access to vital funding next year.
Hopefully this won't be a permanent issue however as the Scottish Government may follow in the Central Government's footsteps and announce similar legislation to ensure SMEs north of the border aren't at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the UK.
Onwards and upwards
Despite the caveats, the news that Bans on Assignment clauses will soon be a thing of the past is great news for SMEs and lenders alike. This should result in a simplified invoice finance process and therefore more small businesses gaining access to the funding they need to continuing thriving in 2019. If that's not good news, I don't know what is.


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LIC has brought their car out to Point Reyes to give it a proper photoshoot. Point Reyes is located in the North San Francisco Bay Area and is known to get foggy throughout certain parts of the year. The fog gives these pictures a cool effect as well as help create the light diffusion. Definitely an awesome car and awesome location guys!
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Fashion IN PICTURES
BoohooMan announces a collection with UK rapper Mist
By Danielle Wightman-Stone
Jul 11, 2019
BoohooMan is teaming up with Birmingham-raised rapper Mist on a limited edition capsule collection, which will launch online later this month, as well as be sold in a pop-up shop in Covent Garden in London on July 17.
The British rapper has worked alongside BoohooMan's design team to create an exclusive 55-piece collection that he states "embodies his style and personal journey" and includes ready-to-wear and accessories.
Inspired by Mist's bold style, each item "epitomises his culture", added BoohooMan, with statement streetwear and tracksuits personalised with variations of faded pink and blue, colour block stripes and bold diamond and thunderbolt emblems. In addition, the centre piece design comes in the form of his slogan, 'Diamond in the Dirt'.
"I'm really excited to be working with BoohooMan on my new collaboration," said Mist in a statement. "It's great that it's getting a global release and I can't wait to share the designs with the world."
The collection will launch globally on July 18 online at BoohooMan.com, as well as at a special pop-up in Covent Garden on July 17.
BoohooMan to launch exclusive collection with rapper Mist
Samir Kamani, chief executive of BoohooMan.com added: "We are pleased to announce our latest partnership with Mist. This is our first collaboration with a UK musician on this scale, something we have wanted to do for some time now. We are eager to release this capsule to our UK market and we look forward to welcoming Mist and his team to the BoohooMan family."
Retail prices for the BoohooMan x Mist range from 3 - 45 pounds, which the Manchester-based retailer "stays true to the brand's ongoing values of creating affordable, trend led fashion for all".
Since 2017, BoohooMan has been working on partnerships within the influencer sphere to bridge the gap between product and their core customer, it has launched campaigns and collections with talent such as Quincy, Tyga, Rae Sremmurd, French Montana and Quavo.
The BoohooMan x Quavo collection will be available globally online from April 11.
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Course Description
This fully narrated eight hour course focuses on the primary responsibilities of a project manager: managing project costs and time, while completing the project to the expected degree of quality. This requires close attention to detail before beginning actual construction, as well as during the project. Taking proactive measures will help the project manager determine possible obstacles before they occur. This course will analyze all three primary areas. The student will learn how to implement proven methods to manage most effectively.
Students will also learn of building features and equipment systems as they pertain to energy efficiency, helping students recognize how these methods can ultimately reduce and conserve energy consumption. They will identify how moisture enters the structural cavities of a building and how to avoid these problems using the correct installation of thermal and weather resistant building components.
Learning objectives are provided to facilitate student understanding and progress. Informal progress checks throughout each module help students review and measure their understanding of the material. The chapter assessments accurately reflect the information covered. Students must answer 70% of the questions correctly in order to receive credit/certification for the course.
Chapter 1- Cost Management (60 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) Explain the steps necessary to develop a project budget. 2) Describe the primary elements of procurement.
1. Project Budget
2. Change Orders
3. Bidding & Estimating
4. Procurement
5. Labor
6. Unit Costs
Chapter 2- General Guidelines of Lending (45 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) List four elements of a typical construction loan. 2) Describe the process of completing a Sworn Statement. 3) Describe two examples of common cost overruns.
1. Loans
2. Sworn Statements
3. Lien Wavers
4. Project Funds
Chapter 3- Time Management (90 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) Describe how to develop a Critical Path 2) Explain the features of an Activity Node.
1. Subcontractors
2. Critical Path
3. Computers/Software
4. Scheduling
Chapter 4- Quality Control (30 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the benefits of good communication with subcontractors. 2) List several elements of a construction Daily Log Book.
1. Management
2. Materials/Craftsmanship
3. Daily Log Book
4. Standards
Chapter 5- Erosion Control (30 Minutes)
*Learning Objective: 1) Understand the contractor's responsibility for erosion control.
1. Best Practices
2. Sediment Fences
3. Storm Water Management
Chapter 6- Green Job Site (40 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) Explain the benefits of energy efficient solar design and landscaping. 2) Describe some of the problems and solutions surrounding job site recycling.
1. Energy Efficient Solar Design
2. Job site Recycling
3. Heat Transfer and Thermal Imaging Video
4. Air Barriers Video
Chapter 7- Energy Efficiency/Moisture Intrusion (90 Minutes)
*Learning Objectives: 1) Describe details regarding the building features and equipment systems as they pertain to energy efficiency. 2) Recognize how the energy code can ultimately reduce and conserve energy consumption 3) Understand what measures can be taken to incorporate these changes into construction projects/design 4) Identify how moisture enters the structural cavities of a building and how to avoid these problems in the first place 5) Recognize the importance of correct installation for thermal and weather resistant building components.
Energy Efficiency
1. 2009 IECC: Administration and Definitions
2. Meeting IECC requirements: insulation, duct design, window selection, lighting, HVAC and geothermal
3. Insulation Video
Moisture Intrusion
1. Ground Water Problems
2. Humidity
3. Windows, Doors and Siding
4. How Moisture Penetrates the Roof/Ceiling: shingles, flashing, drip edge
5. Ventilation
6. Wind and Coastal
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Second Mortgages in Vaughan
Second mortgages are additional loans that are secured by your already mortgage home and are similar to first mortgages offered by traditional banks. Since you build up equity over time in your home, second mortgages can help you use the equity for other ventures.
There are various types of second mortgages available for homeowners. For more information on the type of second mortgage available to you, speak to financial advisors at Matrix Mortgage Global today.
When can I apply for a second mortgage?
Second mortgages are great solutions when you need to consolidate a debt. These mortgages can also help you meet your other financial commitments and goals as and when required.
When am I eligible for a second mortgage?
In order to be eligible for a second mortgage, lenders look at the following criteria:
- Equity – The chances of you being able to obtain a second mortgage depends on the equity you have available. The amount of down payment, regular payment of utility bills and confirmation letters from service providers can help increase your chances of obtaining a loan as they reduce the risk a lender takes.
- Income – You can get a second mortgage if you have a dependable source of income that can ensure you can make payments.
- Credit score – Your chances of getting a second mortgage greatly increases if you have a good credit score. This can also decrease the interest you will have to pay.
- Property – Lenders prefer to secure their investment with your property as other factors are risky.
What are the benefits of obtaining a Second Mortgage?
Here are a few reasons why you should consider applying for a second mortgage:
- These loans can help homeowners consolidate debt.
- These loans can also help you get the financial aid you need to renovate or improve your home. This in turn can help you gain more equity.
- These loans are also a great way of getting the funding you need for other financial ventures.
- These loans have a lower rate of interest than other types of loans.
- These loans also offer flexibility on the use of money. You are at liberty to use the money you get in any way you please.
What are the risks of getting second mortgages?
Second mortgages are loans obtained on properties that are already mortgaged. This in turn causes debt to be piled. If you find yourself in a situation where you can't make the monthly payments and your property is taken into possession, the first lender will be paid our first. This causes a risk for the second lender. Hence, the interest for these loans can be higher than for first mortgages.
Get in touch with a reliable mortgage company
At Matrix Mortgage Global, our second mortgage program can help you obtain up to 85% of the equity built up in your home no matter your financial situation, be it a poor credit history or a non-confirmable income. We are here to help all Canadians meet their financial goals through effective mortgage solutions. Hence, we believe that past financial issues should not get in the way of your future financial goals.Apply Now
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Today we have grown into Canada's Mortgage Company. We have more than 100 brokers on staff and we continue to expand our offerings to better serve our current and future customers. We are extremely proud of these accomplishments and we look forward to building on them and provide our valued customers with even better mortgage solutions and customer service in the future. Thank you for choosing Matrix Mortgage Global!Apply Now
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1. How long can you reasonably use a set of monthly contact lenses if you're not wearing them daily? Asking for a friend…
2. I haven't yelled in six days. Six whole days. This is pretty major because I'm not someone who has much of a filter in the first place, and parenting a threenager has really brought out my shouty side. Last week this article about how Inuit parents teach their children to control their anger popped up in my Facebook feed, and reading it, coupled with hearing my exact tone of yelling coming out of my kid's mouth, made me realize that I'm not leading by example.
It also made me realize that shouting doesn't actually make him listen. It's like shouting to someone on the other side of a stadium at a rock concert; you're never going to get their attention. So I'm trying to find other ways. I'm also working on teaching him that freaking out and screaming is reserved for actual emergencies, so I've got to practice what I preach.
I'm not saying I'll never yell again. I surely will. But I'm trying a lot harder to not yell, and six days feels pretty major at this point.
3. I'm having a moment with Lambrusco right now. Just wanted you guys to know.
4. Still no progress on the bathroom. We're coming up on 4 months without a bathroom now, and I tell ya, sink baths, gym showers, and not having laundry is getting pretty old.
This whole thing is making me re-evaluate my stance on living in the city (and therefore in an apartment) versus moving out into the suburbs into a house. I love living in the city, and in particular in our neighbourhood. I don't want to have to buy a car, I don't want to be responsible for a roof, and I don't particularly want to mow a lawn.
Still, I'm acutely aware that if this had happened in a house, we'd have had the bathroom repaired and reinstalled months ago. Since we own our apartment but the building technically owns the walls and pipes, we've had very little control over this process, from when the work is done to who the contractor is. And I'm so over it all.
This week I wrote about how much I hate breastfeeding, and this article struck a nerve – in a good way! I've had so many emails, DMs, and comments from other women who also hated breastfeeding. I think that disliking or struggling with breastfeeding is one of those things that happens a lot, but not that many people talk about it. So let's talk about it!
I also resurrected one of the OG recipes on this site, No Sugar Banana Bran Muffins. I first posted this recipe back in 2010, and it's one of the first recipes that I truly developed from scratch. If you haven't tried these date-sweetened beauties before, now's the time! {Pin this}
If you've been here for a while you've probably noticed that the top five posts are pretty much always the same. We all know that Mung Bean and Coconut Curry basically always has the top spot, and that everyone loves Black Bean and Quinoa Freezer Burritos (they're so loveable though!) So let's switch things up!
Instead of the top five posts each week, I'll be pulling from the top 10-15 and showcasing recipes and posts that are doing well, but might need a little nudge. Cool?
Here's what's trending this week:
1. Chia Fresca. Such a fun and hydrating way to take chia seeds! {Pin this}
2. Vegetarian freezer meals for new moms. There are 37 recipes in this roundup, so much good stuff! {Pin this}
3. Lentil Shepherd's Pie. This pie contains no actual shepherds, just so you know. {Pin this}
4. Tempeh Bolognese. I'm making a batch for the freezer this week! {Pin this}
5. 20 Vegetarian Lunch Box Ideas. Yes! Pack your lunch! {Pin this}
1. Did dietary changes bring us F-words?
2. When choosing what to eat, it's best to go green.
3. Nooooo, not avocados!
4. Duh –> Higher consumption of sugary beverages linked to increase risk of mortality.
5. Kraft Heinz can't count on ketchup to save it from the future of food.


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Title: City Walk 2
Description: a modern contemporary monochrome cityscape with a woman walking in the city. Her colours work beautifully with the monochrome shades. The painting has been continued over the sides so it may be hung onto the wall without a frame, The painting has been signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The painting has been varnished with gloss for protection. The painting has been wired at the back ready for hanging onto the wall. The painting will be carefully packed into a custom made box and delivered within 2 working days by a tracked courier service. Original artwork with signed Certificate of Authenticity
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Medium: Acrylic
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Colour: Blue, monochrome
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Recently, tucked away in the City of London I came across this.
Inspiration all around
13 March 2013
Even when the day job encroaches there is still inspiration to be found.
Recently, tucked away in the City of London I came across this.
Recently, tucked away in the City of London I came across this.
This garden is on the site of the former churchyard and church of St John Zachary (who I believe was John the Baptist) a parish church destroed by the fire of London in 1666. There is a link with the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (I think they owned land hereabouts) and had a livery hall destroyed in the blitz. This garden was laid out shortly afterwards and redesigned in the mid 1990s. I don't know but I am guessing that the gold cat on the gates is something to do with the Goldsmiths. Anyone know?
Anyway, I think it is rather lovely.
And failing that there is always Clive Hicks-Jenkins and some of the other blogs I follow to keep the spirit raised.
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Isn't that great about London, that there is always something inspirational, if you are prepared to let your eyes wander and are not plugged in to an electronic device? I think the cat is the hallmark of the Goldsmith's Company.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ah ha! I don't know much about the Goldsmiths and I found this little garden entirely by accident. It is in Gresham St. Do you know it?Delete
Yes its a leopards head which is their emblem. I was involved in making that archway in the early 90's and also made one of the four leopards. Initials JL in one of the ears.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Rarely to I recommend a book before I have even finished it. But in this case, I have the feeling that I am on solid ground. It is a subject that we have investigated before…yet this book spells it out as plainly as possible. The ultimate display of humanity's desire to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is revealed in our struggle with blatant narcissism. And no other age in the history of the world is turning out to be one that has sold out so completely to the chilling implications of narcissism run amok.
Here is a snippet from the book:
"Understanding the narcissism epidemic is important because its
long-term consequences are destructive to society. American culture's
focus on self-admiration has caused a flight from reality to the land
of grandiose fantasy. We have phony rich people (with interest-only
mortgages and piles of debt), phony beauty (with plastic surgery and
cosmetic procedures), phony athletes (with performance-enhancing
drugs), phony celebrities (via reality TV and YouTube), phony genius
students (with grade inflation), a phony national economy (with 11
trillion dollars of government debt), phony feelings of being special
among children (with parenting and education focused on self-esteem),
and phony friends (with the social networking explosion). All this
fantasy might feel good, but, unfortunately, reality always wins. The
mortgage meltdown and the resulting financial crisis are just one
demonstration of how inflated desires eventually crash to earth."
Enough said? Get the book…especially those of you who are parents or youth workers, this is a must read. My assertion is this – we are actually participating in the epidemic by tailor-making programs and strategies in local churches and faith communities that are focused on individual satisfaction. Consumerism breeds narcissism. I could go on and on…I won't! Get the book!


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While there is still a market for physical PC games, retail margins can be extremely tight, and digital download platforms like Steam are continuing to grow. So how can today's PC retailer make money from selling digital games, and will the physical boxes disappear in time? Dominic Sacco investigates and offers his opinion…
Around 92 per cent of PC game revenues come from digital sales globally, according to analyst DFC Intelligence.
In the UK specifically, download game sales generated £1.18 billion in 2013 across mobile, console and PC – a 16.4 per cent rise year-on-year. Physical game sales meanwhile dropped 2.9 per cent to £1.015 billion, according to the Entertainment Retailer's Association using data from GfK Chart-Track and IHS.
While downloads have increased, so too has the demand for online shopping and cheaper prices – for both digital and physical games – from the likes of Amazon. Grocers including Tesco and Asda also sell new releases at lower prices in a bid to entice customers into their supermarkets.
This is all well and good for the end consumer of course, but it has made conditions extremely challenging for retailers, etailers and independents selling games.
Publishers usually suggest that console games have an RRP of around £49.99, PC titles £39.99 and budget games around £9.99 to £29.99. More popular console games like FIFA and Call of Duty often have higher RRPs of around £54.99, while big PC titles like Football Manager may cost £44.99. New games for fresh consoles PS4 and Xbox One can feature RRPs as great as £59.99 – even higher for special collector editions.
Unfortunately for the industry, consumers rarely pay these prices. New titles will often have their RRPs slashed by about £10, while smaller paid-for mobile games can cost as little as 69p, giving consumers a distorted or confusing view of how much games should cost.
This means retailers may only make a few pounds per full boxed game. After a few weeks or months, game RRPs may also dip as publishers hope to stem flagging sales, leaving retailers stung with expensive stock. It's no surprise PC World rarely stocks new titles in its stores.
But it's not all doom and gloom. There are independents and chains like GAME who have adapted and are doing well. They now buy and sell second-hand tech, gadgets, tablets and smartphones to supplement boxed sales.
There are arguably even more opportunities for computer retailers, who can also recommend, build and repair gaming systems for their customers, with good margins to be had in sourcing separate parts and putting them together.
Digital game cards also offer a small margin-making opportunity and are ideal gifts for gamers. For example, retailers can stock World of Warcraft time cards, League of Legends top-up cards, Steam wallet cards, as well as individual games like Minecraft. These cards contain a code that, once inputted online, will download content onto a player's system.
Stores can also print out digital codes onto customer receipts – removing the need to stock physical cards. And of course, retailers can sell games digitally on their website. Distributor Tech Data added more than 3,000 PC games to its electronic software distribution (ESD) service back in July.
But we shouldn't dismiss physical stock. A stack of boxes behind the counter will catch the eye of any discerning gamer, and big releases like World of Warcraft still sell well at retail.
MCV and GfK Chart-Track data shows that £626 million was spent on consoles in 2013 in the UK, and £424 million was spent on accessories and points cards. So while digital games may be on the up, it's worth remembering physical gaming goods remain just as valuable.


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U.S. Financial Services Continue to Scramble for an Effective Operational Risk Management Methodology
Very large financial services businesses based in the United States continue to struggle as they seek to implement genuinely effective operational risk management methods to safeguard the integrity of mission critical applications.
In late 2012 J.P. Morgan disclosed a substantial trading loss attributable to the uncontrolled activity on a team of stock traders. On August 21, 2013, the NASDAQ stock exchange was forced to cease activity for over 3 hours during the trading day as the result of technical malfunctions (the specific problems were not disclosed to the public as of the time this post was written).
Nevertheless, acknowledged experts agree the exposure created by this absence of effective controls is very large. So why is it so difficult for effective controls to be implemented?
We would not presume to present a simple answer to this question. When we consider the frequency of these problems, along with examples of a worrisome attitude in the financial services industry, we can't help but envision the problem as something very complex. The worrisome attitude can be found in some recently published notions about data security, and, perhaps, risk management itself, as somehow less important, less mission critical than other, more pressing tasks required to keep operations running.
We hope our readers will agree, categorizing this industry attitude as "worrisome" is an obvious understatement. The kind of complete breakdown in proper functioning of financial markets as the NASDAQ shutdown of August 21, 2013 unfolded, is absolutely the kind of black swan event the entire financial services industry should be dedicated to avoid.
The sunny side of this story, if there is one, is the undiminished opportunity still before ISVs who want to enter this market. The market still needs effective operational risk management solutions. ISVs with the technology required to satisfy these market needs will undoubtedly be handsomely rewarded for their efforts.
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What is rural broadband?
Rural broadband is broadband that's available in more rural parts of Ireland. It can sometimes lack the reliability and speed of broadband in larger urban areas, primarily because it's more difficult to reach these areas with the required cabling.
What is SIRO?
SIRO is a joint venture company between ESB and Vodafone which is working to deliver a 100% fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) broadband network using the existing ESB network offering 1Gb download and upload speeds.
SIRO is offered on an open-access basis to all telecoms retailers in Ireland - Airwire, Vodafone, Sky, Digiweb, Carnsore Broadband, Rocket Broadband, WestNet and Kerry Broadband have all partnered with SIRO to offer services to customers. So far, over 120,000 premises are covered with SIRO's network.
What is the cheapest rural broadband broadband deal?
Vodafone currently have the cheapest rural broadband package - its their Simply Broadband 24Mb & Talk plan which costs €30 for the first 12 months, and €55 thereafter.
What is the fastest rural broadband broadband deal?
The 24Mb Broadband & Off-Peak Calls + eir sport plan from eir has speeds of up to 24Mb.
I live in rural Ireland - what are my options?
ADSL Broadband
- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line broadband uses an existing home phone line to provide an internet connection of up to 24Mb.
- Your distance from the nearest telephone exchange and the quality of your phone connection could impact your speed.
- ADSL broadband providers include Digiweb, eir, Pure Telecom, Sky, and Vodafone.
Satellite Broadband
- Satellite broadband is set up in a household through the installation of a satellite dish.
- Satellite broadband can provide an internet connection to any home
- Packages will have a cap on downloads - ranging from 8-50GB P/M.
- bigblu is one of the main providers.
Mobile Broadband
- Is provided through a mobile phone signal.
- The technology is the same as the one that lets you use your mobile phone, so many network carriers offer mobile broadband via mobile dongles and 4G SIMs.
- If your mobile phone signal is bad, you'll likely get poor mobile broadband signal, too.
- Data allowances can be quite low, and the charges for going above the limit tend to be steep.
Fibre Broadband
- Fibre broadband may not be an option for people in rural areas, but check what's available where you live, as providers like Virgin Media and eir are rolling out in more and more places.
Can I add TV or phone?
If you want to go for a deal that includes phone and/or TV with your broadband, you will be able to do this with some packages.
This will depend on the provider you opt for, and the type of broadband connection - for example, as ADSL broadband runs through phone lines, you will usually be able to include home phone as part of an ADSL package.


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LiftMaster - Wall Mount
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Skip to 0 minutes and 3 seconds One of the core concepts of digital wellbeing is work life balance – the division of one's time and focus between work and personal life. I'm going to be honest with you and admit that this is something that I struggle with. I could at this point blame this on having too much to do but that's not really the whole story. I know this because I recently had to take a step back and reflect on how much time, and more importantly focus, I was giving to work. So one of the things I noticed from my reflections was how often I take the office home with me, out with me and even on holiday with me.
Skip to 0 minutes and 38 seconds If you think about it don't we all? From my mobile device I can connect to my work email, I can access all my work documents on Google Drive, and create new documents, all on the go. All I needed was my phone and an internet connection and I could be back at work. Why would I want to be back at work? Well I actually love my job. I find it interesting and get lots of opportunities to be creative. I often get to do new things. Developing this course being one of them. But that's no reason for spending more time at work than I should do.
Skip to 1 minute and 12 seconds So some of the things that I noticed I was doing and needed to stop doing, was this tendency to slip back into work mode, to become distracted, and think, I'll just do that one thing. But I realised that one thing could be adding a slide to that presentation when I was supposed to be enjoying lunch out with my husband; just checking that email that just popped up on my phone when I was reading an iBook; sending a reply while I'm at the Brudenell Social Club and supposed to be watching a band. What I realised was I was working when I really didn't need to be working, and letting work distract me from the fun life activities.
Skip to 1 minute and 50 seconds Like I say I could blame this on having too much to do or my mobile phone. But really I just needed to make the decision to stop working – and thinking about work outside of work. I'm not saying it's an easy thing to do or that I have got it completely mastered, but just recognising and reflecting on how much time I was allocating to work was definitely useful.
Switch off or burn out
Thanks to technology making work just a click away, it's easy to forget the importance of work-life balance and the need to effectively manage workloads.
Mobile digital technologies and cloud computing have enabled us to develop flexible approaches to working, making it possible to use work IT systems and communications technology outside the office. The boundaries between work and home life are becoming blurred, resulting in an inability to switch off outside of work hours. At times we might feel that being online makes us feel like we are always at work - 22% of adults indicated this was the case in a 2018 survey by Ofcom.
In a recent CIPD (2020) survey, 86% of respondents identified the "inability to switch off out of office hours" as the main negative effect of technology on wellbeing. This was closely followed by the stress resulting from technology failure (70%). The inability to "switch off" was linked to the "always-on" culture: a widely acknowledged feature of the modern workplace.
So, with the knowledge that overworking is not good for our health, and that technology can exacerbate this, what strategies can we put in place to stop us burning out?
Technology to help you switch off
Throwing technology at a technology problem may seem counterproductive, but if this technology enables us to better understand our 'screen time' and disconnect from the office, then it has the potential to have a positive impact on our wellbeing. We have seen a recent trend in the development of features and tools to promote digital wellbeing. Google introduced wellbeing features as part of the Android operating system Pie, and Apple's iOS 12 also features a Screen Time app. Although there is currently no proof that these wellbeing tools will change behaviours, understanding our habits and reflecting on them can be the first step to making positive changes in our relationship with technology.
Here are some useful features, tools and tips that I identified when I was trying to address my work-life balance and 'switch off':
Turn off your alerts: getting alerts at all times of the day can be stressful and distracting. You can use the Do not disturb function on your Apple or Android device to switch off alerts from all apps. If you want to manage this on an app by app basis then you can do this in the Settings.
Make a quick note: when you have an idea or remember something you need to do, note it down somewhere to look at later. You could use a non-tech method like a post-it or notepad or a tech solution like Google Keep. The Keep mobile app has voice recognition, so as you can speak the idea into your phone and it'll take a written note that can be picked up later.
Send less email: research has found that, on average, people spend a third of their time in the office – and half the time they work at home – reading and responding to emails. All this time dedicated to emails can result in increased workload and stress. Later this week, Mike Dunn will talk in detail about the problem with email and offer some solutions.
No phones rule: identify time when you won't look at your phone. You might find it useful to have no phones in the bedroom so you can go to sleep and wake up without the distraction of technology, or no phones at the dinner table to encourage interactions with your family.
15 minute rule: when you get home, for the first 15 minutes do something that will take your mind off work and make you happy! If straight after work doesn't work for you, pick a different time that does. This is a technique picked up from readings of positive psychology and mindfulness. The Action for Happiness website provides useful tips and activities that you could consider using for your 15 minutes.
Share your ideas on how to 'switch off', and any tools that you think promote digital wellbeing, in the comment section below. In the next step, we'll look at your personal digital habits in more depth.
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Bettes are direct, self-reliant, self-confident, and protective.
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* overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don't intend to and welcome to my life.
* being restless and impatient with others' incompetence I don't like stupid people
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* never forgetting injuries or injustices I forgive....I don't forget
* putting too much pressure on myself
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Bettes as Children Often this is the only section I DON'T agree with
* are independent; have an inner strength and a fighting spirit
* are sometimes loners
* seize control so they won't be controlled
* figure out others' weaknesses
* attack verbally or physically when provoked
* take charge in the family because they perceive themselves as the strongest, or grow up in difficult or abusive surroundings
Bettes as Parents
* are often loyal, caring, involved, and devoted aren't most of us?
* are sometimes overprotective lil bit
* can be demanding, controlling, and rigid --not at all actually
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Homeland Security employee caught with gun, knife arrested
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Authorities arrested a Department of Homeland Security employee Friday for charges related to walking into his agency's Washington headquarters with a gun, a knife, an infrared camera, pepper spray and handcuffs last month.
Federal government analyst Jonathan Leigh Wienke is charged with illegally building a silencer on an unregistered pistol and having materials to build more silencers, according to the seven-count grand jury indictment unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg. The charges carry up to a 10-year prison term.
Wienke, a 45-year-old federal employee with top-secret clearance, was arrested Friday in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Ashley Lough, a spokeswoman with the U.S. attorney's office in northern West Virginia, said the arrest was related to a search warrant last month on Wienke's house in Martinsburg, West Virginia, about a 75-mile commute to the Washington office.
Previous court documents allege Wienke carried the assortment of weapons in his backpack into the Homeland Security building the morning of June 9. The building has a security level on par with the White House and the Pentagon, according to an affidavit by a Homeland Security special agent.
Investigators believed they had probable cause to think Wienke "was conspiring with another to commit workplace violence, and more particularly may have been conspiring or planning to commit violence against senior DHS officials in the building," according to court filings by the federal government last month.
But this month, the department's chief security officer, Richard McComb, told a House homeland security subcommittee that there is "no indication" Wienke was "planning or conspiring to commit workplace violence."
Initially, Wienke was charged with carrying a pistol without a license last month. He was placed on administrative leave from his job after his initial arrest, and a judge has barred him from entering the Homeland Security headquarters while the investigation continues.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Department of Homeland Security continue to investigate the case, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney in southern West Virginia.
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Six personal bests - well done to you!
AND we reached 101 registered runners. Chloe Lumb got the prize for being number 100.
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Definition: Membrane microdomains that are distinguished from the rest of the plasma membrane by their lipid composition. They usually contain high levels of cholesterol (cholesterol-rich lipid rafts), and gangliosides.
Depending on their function or biochemical characteristics, such as lipid anchoring, proteins are differentially integrated into lipid rafts.
The hypothesis that lipid rafts exist in plasma membranes and have crucial biological functions remains controversial.
The lateral heterogeneity of proteins in the plasma membrane is undisputed, but the contribution of cholesterol-dependent lipid assemblies to this complex, non-random organization promotes vigorous debate.
Membrane microdomains with distinct lipid compositions, called lipid rafts, represent a potential mechanism for compartmentalizing cellular functions within the plane of biological membranes.
SPFH domain-containing proteins are found in lipid raft microdomains in diverse cellular membranes. SPFH proteins have a potential function for in the formation of membrane microdomains and lipid raft-associated processes, such as endocytosis and mechanosensation.
In the liquid disordered matrix of cellular membranes, lateral heterogeneity is induced by ordered platforms forming lipid microdomains.
Biochemically, lipid rafts are characterized by their insolubility in different detergents (e.g. Triton X-100 or CHAPS) at 4 °C. The concept of rafts allows the compartmentalization of membrane processes.
Rafts are involved in modulating cellular structures and cellular function.
Lipid rafts and APP processing
BACE and PSENs are enriched in rafts. ADAM 10, a putative *-secretase, is not present in rafts, supporting the hypothesis that rafts mediate amyloidogenic APP processing.
In this hypothetical model, APP is located in two different pools in the membrane. *-Cleavage might occur outside the detergent-resistant membrane, whereas APP located in rafts is processed by β- and γ-secretases.
Browman DT, Hoegg MB, Robbins SM. The SPFH domain-containing proteins: more than lipid raft markers. Trends Cell Biol. 2007 Aug;17(8):394-402. PMID: 17766116
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@Steve > Sorted them where? In rekordbox? When you deleted the folder on the USB, which folder did you delete? There is more than just the CONTENTS folder!
Editing tracks problem.
I had a load of tunes exported from rekordbox to my usb but the names where all a mess. Sorted them last night. Deleted the folder on the usb and exported the folder again but all the names are the same and not changed.
Anyone help?
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Hi pulse. I sorted my files in rekordbox. Folder was called new tunes. Put artist in right places etc then deleted the folder on my USB stick. Then clicked export on that folder again but the names where just how they were even tho iv changed them in rb. Thanks
@Steve > Sorry, what folder was called "tunes" ?
If you updated fields for tracks within rekordbox and then exported them to your USB drive (after you deleted the CONTENTS folder), you'll have the problem that the database still exists on the export; it simply replaces the audio files, not the data associated. Format the export drive and try again.
Is there away to delete the database just for that folder as I have loads for 1 playlist like new tunes, rnb, house etc. it took ages transferring all my music don't fancy formatting it just to up a few fields. Thanks
You've likely messed things up a bit, your best bet would be to wipe the export drive and re-export everything.


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Clean the wicker furniture thoroughly with a sponge and mild dish soap mixed with warm water. Wipe the furniture dry with a piece of cloth.
Apply the polyurethane in a thin coat, keeping the brush at a right angle. This will help to spread out a thin layer on the furniture. Thin coats are recommended for polyurethane because it dries up to a very hard finish. A thick layer can be overly brittle, which can result in cracking.
It is recommended to carefully inspect the furniture to make sure that you have covered the wicker, especially around corners and near the seams. Let the polyurethane dry thoroughly. Make sure to check the label on the can for guidance. The drying can depend on the climate and humidity and it may take between 6-8 hours,.
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Happy New Year! Find out what we'll be up to this term...
Panthers you have been amazing and brought in 3,589 Christmas cards!
This has helped school collect a BRILLIANT 7,789 cards in total for the FSC.
World Book Day
We really enjoyed celebrating children's literature by dressing up as our favourite book characters.
'Ready, Steady, READ!'
Our fantastic sponsored event has raised LOADS of money to help us buy even more quality books for us to enjoy. Well done everyone!
Evacuee Day
As part of our studies on WW2, we took the opportunity to dress up again!
As Evacuees, we took part in a range of activities that taught us what life would have been like for a child living during the war.
Many thanks to Partake Theatre for bringing the day to life, we absolutely loved it!
We studied a range of 1940s artefacts and tried to work out what they were used for.
Some were rather obscure!! Others, however, were easier to understand.
We found out all about the work of the ARP Wardens (Air Raid Precautions) and the equipment they used.
One of us got the opportunity to dress as a Warden; we found the helmet incredibly heavy!
We spent some time in a 1940s lesson, learning about rationing and the impact it had on the weekly shopping.
We were very surprised at how little each person was allowed.
Then we went to 'the cinema' to watch the latest news bulletin - all about evacuees.
Suddenly the air raid siren sounded and we had to make a dash for the shelter.
It was rather frightening to start with. The siren was SO loud we could hardly hear our selves think.
The sound of explosions filled the air and we sang to keep our spirits up.
Then the 'all clear' sounded which made us feel a lot better.
Lastly, we had a 'good old knees up' and learned to dance the Lambeth Walk and the Jitterbug.
They were lots of fun and we had a great time.
Dig for Victory
As part of our work learning about the 'Home Front', we began our own 'Dig for Victory' campaign.
We planted potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cabbages, broccoli and turnips. They should be ready to eat in a few months' time.
V.E. Day Celebrations
We rounded off our work on WW2 with our own V.E. Day celebration. We listened to Churchill's speech to the nation before enjoying
a 'rationed' party meal while listening to a medley of 1940s music. We then finished with another rendition of the Lambeth Walk.


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Mavericks set for Easter showdown in battle to reach the Superleague play-offs
PUBLISHED: 16:50 16 April 2019
Saracens Mavericks face two dates with destiny after suffering a fourth defeat in five games with a 59-51 reverse to Wasps.
The Netball Superleague clubs play two games over the Easter weekend, both at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, against Celtic Dragons and Team Bath.
And after the loss to Wasps, a home game that was played away from their Hatfield home in Milton Keynes, Saracens are now three points adrift of Loughborough Lightning in the final play-off place.
The Mavericks had started strongly and built a three-point lead before ending the quarter 13-12 ahead.
However, the crucial period came during the next 15 minutes with Wasps hitting the first five points of the quarter to roar into the lead.
And with passing errors and turnovers continuing to plague the home side, the reigning champions edged further clear, ended the half 31-23 in front.
The rest of the game was even once again but by then the damage had been done.
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I noticed in my web traffic that I had some visitors coming from what appears to be a fantastic document on Renderman and Mantra shaders in Houdini over at render.ru. I unfortunately don't understand the russian language at all, but Google Translate has let me read a bit of it. I'd definitely recommend you take a look at this if you want to get into shader building. I'd send you an email of congratulations, wiTcHer, but the website doesn't appear to want to let me login (I probably messed something up while trying to register). The Houdini community could really stand to have this available in English!
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Hi, Im Lutojar aka "Witcher" who wrote, that tutorial :).
For first, thank you for method – how to create shaders for tangent normal maps, I use it in tutor and leave link to your blog.
The purpose of that review was telling about ganeral terms of shading in Houdini in russian, because it`s very little information in russian about H. (shaders exactly).
If anybody in english-spoken sector of internet really interested about it, I can rewrite in english. But I can't say exactly when because i'm very busy in production 🙁
But, if u make some little PR for that work at sideFX.com 😉 I'd try to find time, and issue if faster )
i don't recieve any e-mail from you (maybe it was some troubles on renedr-ru – it is specific site 🙂 with strange registration etc..)
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Cool, I just sent you an email. It'd be great to have an english version of this article.
Great work Witcher and great blog Allegro!
Google translate doesn't seem to tranlate the whole page but I was able to read it completely with babelfish. http://babelfish.yahoo.com
You still need the original russian to download the .hips though.
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Hotel Cordel takes its cue from traditional Spanish "Cordel" literatures. A nineteenth century pamphlet culture that owes to the Portuguese literatura de cordel (translating as a "string" or "thread" literature), Pliegos de cordel [Cordel sheets] are a cousin to the bibliothèque bleue [blue library] in French publishing tradition; a brother to the German Volksbuch [people's book]: an inexpensively printed pamphlet containing folk novelettes, poems, political statements and songs. So named because they were hung from strings in marketplaces to display these texts to their potential readers, "Cordel" sheets would conform to the traditional chapbook format; printed on a single sheet and then folded into a paper concertina of either 8, 12, 16 or 24 pages. Re-versioning this format, Hotel Cordel runs as a series of collaborative pamphlets that'll see Hotel partner with other small press projects, publishers, artists and curators to produce a series of pocket literatures in the Cordel tradition.
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Great place to have a wedding!! Not to mention vacation, as a day trip or long stay. We stayed at Sandals in Jamaica for a week it was great but not as good as Sandals Royal Bahamian
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It was our first experience at a sandals resort and it was fantastic, the food, the service, pool and beach were all excellent. I highly recomment the surf and turf night at the Bahamian bay restaurant but skip the "signature dinner", it wasn't bad but not great. The Butlers are friendly and seem to genuinely care about giving you the best possible experience you can have. Really nothing bad to say, I plan on going back myself in the future. :)


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Baby cry sound detection: A comparison of hand crafted features and deep learning approach
EANN 2017, 18th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, August 25-27, 2017, Athens, Greece
Baby cry sound detection allows parents to be automatically alerted when their baby is crying. Current solutions in home environment ask for a client-server architecture where an end-node device streams the audio to a centralized server in charge of the detection. Even providing the best performances, these solutions raise power consumption and privacy issues. For these reasons, interest has recently grown in the community for methods which can run locally on battery-powered devices. This work presents a new set of features tailored to baby cry sound recognition, called hand crafted baby cry (HCBC) features. The proposed method is compared with a baseline using mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients (MFCCs) and a state-of-the-art convolutional neural network (CNN) system. HCBC features result to be on par with CNN, while requiring less computation effort and memory space at the cost of being application specific.
|Baby cry sound detection: A comparison of hand crafted features and deep learning approach
|Baby cry detection, Hand crafted baby cry features, Support vector data description, Convolutional neural networks
|August 2017
|Digital Security
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Death of 8-Month-Old Son of Phila. Couple Who Shun Medicine Ruled Homicide
The death of an 8-month-old child whose parents believe in healing by prayer has been ruled a homicide by the Philadelphia medical examiner, according to CBS Philly.
Brandon Schaible, infant son of Herbert and Catherine Schaible, reportedly died on April 18th from dehydration and bacterial pneumonia stemming from a streptococcus infection.
The Schaibles have worked as teachers at their fundamentalist church, the First Century Gospel Church in Philadelphia. They don't believe in medical help and pray for healing instead, according to CBS Philly.
The station reported the couple was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 for the death of their 2-year-old. That child also died of pneumonia and the parents were sentenced to 10 years probation.
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As a book and film lover, book to film adaptations are always a double edged sword. I get excited to see books I've read adapted into film, to be able to see stories played out on a screen rather than staying locked in my mind's eye.
But book to film adaptations are nearly always a disappointment.
This is because a film adaptation cannot possibly capture all the little details, or show us every scene from the book, because it just doesn't have the time. So things that we readers think are important or significant parts of the book are often glossed over or skipped entirely. Dialogue is trimmed down or changed. Themes and ideas are not fully explored.
Let's talk about what is perhaps the most important aspect of book to film adaptations: the characters. They rarely look like how you pictured them in your mind: Too tall. Too short. Wrong colour hair. Different race. Looks too old. Not good looking enough. Or the actor playing them plays them differently than you'd imagined and their personality seems all wrong. And because the screenplay strips down the book so much, the characters might also feel underdeveloped or lacking the depth they had in the book.
Sometimes a film adaptation can never live up to your expectations no matter what it does, especially if you loved the book. You watch it being extra critical, with the mindset that it'll never live up to the book. So it doesn't. Sometimes, even if an adaptation does somehow manage to get everything right, it will still be a disappointment simply because it's not the book.
However, there are some adaptations that, while they're not and cannot be perfect, manage to get most of it right. They manage to capture the important parts of the book, convey the important themes, make you feel the same emotions you felt when you read the book, get some of the character descriptions or personality traits spot on. So, here are some book to film adaptations I feel did just that.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald adapted into The Great Gatsby (2013)
I was at uni when this film came out and we were actually studying The Great Gatsby again, so a lot of people from my class went to see this adaptation, and a lot of them didn't like it. However, although I don't think Leonardo DiCaprio is the best choice for Gatsby, I love this adaptation! It really depicts the story how I'd pictured it in my mind. The extravagant parties were just how I'd imagined, the characters' personalities were pretty accurate, and all the themes and symbolism explored in the novel were present.
- The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins adapted into The Hunger Games series (2012 onwards)
One of the best YA book to film adaptations, in my opinion. Now, although I'm not a fan of most of the casting choices, especially Katniss and Peeta, these films really capture the bleak dystopian future Suzanne Collins gives us in the books. And, to be honest, a lot is glossed over or skipped, but the stuff that they do manage to get into the films are done well and are very true to the books.
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn adapted into Gone Girl (2014)
I really think Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike make a great Nick and Amy Dunne. Pike plays psychotic Amy fantastically, and, well, Affleck has always been good at playing douchebags so Nick isn't so hard for him to get right. The film made me feel all the thrill and shock and nail-biting emotions the book did, despite the fact that I already knew what was going to happen. And that scene with Neil Patrick Harris? It was actually better than I'd imagined!
I must admit, this list of films was difficult for me to come up with, which is why I only managed to get three adaptations on there. I guess there aren't too many adaptations that live up to my expectations! There are other book to film adaptations I love, like the Harry Potter films and American Psycho, but, as I haven't read the books yet, I can't talk about how well they did as adaptations of the books.
So, what are your favourite book to film adaptations?


text: × Sega set to impress at IAAPA 2015! Prev Sega set to impress at IAAPA 2015! Next Close 22 October 2015 Sega set to impress at IAAPA 2015! London, UK 22nd October 2015 – SEGA is set to unveil "must see" product at IAAPA 2015. Line up covers seven categories, 19 titles, and a whopping 22 cabinet configurations. If you're in the market for Amusement Games, SEGA's booth 1606 should top off your must-see list of exhibitors during IAAPA 2015. From Video Amusements to Kiddie Rides, High-Value Prize Vending to Arcade Sports, and Edutainment to Ticket Redemption we've got something for just about every amusement game operator.The list of games is even more impressive when considering that 9 of the 19 titles on display are new games, and 2 have been updated with appealing new art packages."Our line-up at IAAPA 2015 is an amazing collection of amusement games that demonstrates our firm's commitment to the industry," said SEGA CEO, Paul Williams. "I believe the quality of the product on the Sega Stand 1606 will be the talk of the show!"Video Ticket RedemptionYou've probably noticed how SEGA has used the iconic Sonic Brand in a number of games over the years. At IAAPA 2015, we've taken Sonic to a brand new level.First up is Sonic Dash Extreme. Sonic Dash takes players on a high-speed track filled with obstacles and more than a few valuable rings. Players have to avoid the obstacles and collect as many rings as they can before reaching the goal. Once there, you need to destroy the Evil Dr. Eggman to get the jackpot bonus!The high definition graphics are displayed on a 55" screen that's accented with two large "Sonic Rings" on the left and right side. The player control is an oversized D-Pad controller players will instantly recognize from their home console games - if you can't beat em, join em!SEGA is also displaying Plants vs. Zombies 42" DLX and 60" Super DLX – both of which continue to enjoy brisk sales.Mechanical Ticket RedemptionDid we say Sega was bringing Sonic to a whole new level? Sonic Blast Ball is a single button skill stop game in which players open gates at the top of a vertical playfield using a large lit button. The goal is to open the gates, so a ball drops through a bonus ring that oscillates left to right. Make it through the bonus ring and the bonus wheel starts to spin. Push the button to stop the wheel and win the bonus jackpot!Captain Black 3 Player Shooting Gallery brings the excitement of a Carnival Midway into your location. Utilizing the tried and true Pirate Theme, Captain Black challenges your player's shooting skills with a variety of moving and stationary targets.Magicians Wheel is a terrific take on a spinning wheel game. Lots of action and excellent lighting create a presentation perfect for any FEC. Using a large lit button, players drop the arrow into the spinning wheel's outer ring of pins. Time it just right to get the wheel to stop on the Jackpot Bonus value.Arcade SportsSEGA has been enjoying tremendous sales for our Sonic-branded Basketball and Air Hockey games for the past 5 + years with no signs of slowing down. At this year's IAAPA, we're giving the artwork a touch-up. The new look delivers a more colorful and dynamic appearance that is sure to keep these games on top of the sellers list for years to come!Hello Kitty Air Hockey. Hello Kitty is one of the world's most recognizable brands. Hello Kitty Air Hockey is the only licensed "kid-sized" air hockey. It's the perfect size for toddlers while still attracting tweens, teens and parents with kids.High Value Prize VendingKey Master, SEGA's entry into the High-Value Prize Vending category, has won the Operator Choice Award for the Best Game of the Year the past three years. We're continuing to build our library of this incredibly high-earning category with two exciting new games – Treasure Box and Drop It Win It.Kiddie RidesWe're taking advantage of the Sonic brand "one more time" with Sonic 2-Player Kiddie Ride. This excellent kiddie ride has two steering wheels so two kids can play at once. Creating a higher perceived value in the eyes of the parent by allowing two kids to play for the price of one!EdutainmentLet's Go Safari is a children's edutainment game that teaches kids about the wide world of wild animals. Gameplay puts the child at the controls of a Jungle Jeep with control buttons they can activate including windshield wipers. Players drive through a world filled with wildlife. Along the way, they see a great variety animals in their natural habit. Players can select three animals to learn more about them. Upon selecting an animal, a short video plays that tells the player more about the animal.Games on Display – Video AmusementRounding out SEGA's Video Amusement games on display will be a new motion-based version of the driving game Storm Racers, a new 2 Player Special Attraction version of the demolition derby game, Showdown and their smash-hit Transformers Theatre.About SEGA Amusements InternationalServing markets across the globe, SEGA Amusements International is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Interactive Co. Ltd, Japan. SEGA Amusements International is an industry leader in creating a state-of-the-art interactive video, photo-tainment, self-contained merchandisers, kiddie rides and redemption games. 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Cat Collars And Leads
Most people will happily walk their dog, fewer people walk their cats. You may not be aware that cats can learn to walk on a lead. There are harnesses, and leads designed just for cats. Some cat owners have taken to walking their cats to avoid disputes with neighbours or where road traffic is heavy.
Cat collars are not normally designed to be used with a cat lead. The shape of a cat's head makes it too easy for a collar attached to a lead to pop right off. Instead, collars are used for other reasons. They place jeweled or patterned collars on their cats simply because they like the way these collars look. Other people use cat collars to hold I.D. tags, so that their cat more easily identified as their cats found. Of course, a common reason for putting a collar on a cat is to warn birds of his approach. Collars with bells on them may be a low


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From reception to cleaning, or accounting services to bouquet-making for the basilica, a great number of people actively help and serve at the Shrine.
Count on us all to do our utmost to offer pilgrims the very best, so that you may enjoy a true break, whether they seek respite, solace, support, or to take time with God. Let us detail who makes it possible.
Spiritual facilitation
Thanks to the Nuns of the New Convenant Sœurs de la Nouvelle Alliance, and to the priests of Communauté Saint Martin (St. Martin's community) available on a daily basis at the Shrine, you may partake in daily Mass, Morning or Evening Prayers, go to confession, or be received for counselling. They compile the varied spiritual activity program https://montligeon.org/agenda/ which is on avail throughout the year.
The ladies at the desk are the ones to come to during your stay but not only; they will answer queries, whether by phone, email, or in person. Don't worry: they have all the details!
The various secretariats
The ladies of the shrine secretariat pool their time and efforts to answer your mails, register your enrolees to the Montligeon Fraternity, ( enroll in Montligeon Fraternity), deal with your Mass petition requests, and subscriptions to the Shrine Mag ; whilst at the rector's office, two others deal with his personal secretariat and agenda, or assist him with preparing his conferences and missions at international level!
Montligeon Groups of Prayer
Need to find out about the nearest MPG? Or on how to set one up? Montligeon Prayer Groups
They most generously give time to Montligeon. You might encounter them assisting at the shop, the reception desk or the secretariats, or flowering the basilica and sometimes even transporting pilgrims!
The shrine Public Relations team
In need of posters or billboards to promote Montligeon Shrine at your church, or with your favorite magazine? Received a donation appeal in your mailbox? Do not wonder any further, it's all to do with the Public Relations team!
Guess who is behind the great meals that you will enjoy at the Shrine? And the friendly service at tables in its dining rooms? Our own cooks crew and table service brigade, of course!
Cleaning and Maintenance services
From clean crispy bed linen, spotless floors and bathrooms, to working bedside lamps, our cleaning and maintenance crews are at your service behind the scenes!
Religious Boutique-Bookstore
Want to bring home a Montligeon souvenir? Visit our religious bookstore and check on local monastic crafts, postcards, literature on eschatology or the life of Saints, CDs or baptismal gifts; the Boutique crew will even help you choose, if need be!
The Shrine counts than 35 employees, and thus, it obviously requires "earthly" management to ensure proper functioning, of both material and human resources, that entails regulation and organization of the various units of its extensive structure.
So, when can we expect to meet you?


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One of my favorite things about summer is all lovely fresh fruit, strawberries, watermelon, apricots, to be honest all of them! Although this recipe uses dried fruit, it has a lovely summer aroma and taste to it.
I also wanted to share a recipe that didn't need to be covered in icing as I know a few people aren't so keen on it. This recipe requires no icing as the flavour is amazing alone but I had a little vanilla buttercream left over from another project, so I piped a little swirl on top of half the slices and added some sprinkles coz you know how much I love sprinkles!
Apricot & Orange Slices
250g soft dried apricots
200g raisins
260ml orange juice
250g softened butter
3 large eggs
300g soft brown sugar
2tsp vanilla extract
350g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
Cut the apricots into raisin sized pieces, using scissors is the quickest way.
Put the apricots and raisins into a saucepan and pour over the orange juice. Turn the heat up high and bring the fruit to the boil and then reduce the heat to medium for 15 mins or until the juice has been absorbed by the fruit. Be sure to give the pot a stir while it's cooking so that nothing catches.
Turn off the heat and add the softened butter to the fruit. Stir gently until it has all melted. Remove from the heat & allow to cool while you continue.
Preheat the oven to 140C on a fan setting. Grease and line a 30 x 20 cm cake tin or roasting tray.
Sieve the flour & baking powder and stir it together.
Place the eggs, brown sugar and vanilla extract into the mixing bowl and mix on a low speed until well combined.
Add the fruit mixture and mix it in.
Add half the flour mixture and mix on low. Then add the remaining flour and mix until well combined.
Pour the mixture into your cake tin ensuring that it spreads to the corners.
Bake for 40 mins. Loosely cover the top with parchment paper to stop it turning too brown and then cook for another 15-20mins. This is a moist cake but a skewer inserted should come out clean.
Allow to cool for 10 mins in the pan before removing to a wire wrack to cool completely.
Slice into 24 squares or 18 rectangles.
Enjoy your fruity treat!


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Dionitio Liesdek has signed his first professional contract with Ajax. With his relatives and technical director Martin van Geel in attendance, the 18-year old from Amsterdam signed a deal that runs to July 2009. Liesdek plays in the A1 and Young Ajax this season.
Liesdek started in the Under 12's of Ajax. While capable of playing on the left midfield and wing, he has to focus on the postion of left back and central defender in Young Ajax. Martin van Geel: ,,Dio is physically very strong, quite fast and has a good kicking technique. As a left defender he has to further develop these skills. I am confident that he will succeed in that." Liesdek himself was also positive. ,,Football was always a hobby, but now I can say that it is my job. I am going to give i my very best."


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To make this roast pork shoulder recipe, you peel back the skin and make incisions in the meat, which allows the garlicky marinade to seep in. Then, you rub the skin with salt to draw out moisture, so it gets super crispy in the oven. The results–deliciously moist roasted pork shoulder with skin that transforms into crunchy chicharrón. ¡Perfecto!
Serves 8
Active time: 20 minutes
Inactive time: 5 hours, 30 minutes, plus marinating time
Puerto Rican Pork Shoulder
- cup ¼extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cloves tbsp. minced garlic or 3garlic finely chopped
- 2 tsp. Adobo seasoning with Pepper
- 2 tsp. Lemon Juice
- 2 packets Sazon with Coriander and Annotto
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A typeface inspired by something I take almost every day in Singapore — the metro or otherwise endearingly known as the MRT (Mass Rapid Transport). Every single letter and number has been created straight out of the MRT map; flipped, rotated and seen from different angles.
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Yes, these are the Winklevoss twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook making jokes about intellectual property theft as spokespeople for pistachios (which could be taken as a lampooning of the very idea of intellectual property, or a subtle joke about them being "nuts," but that seems like a stretch).
This looks to be part of a "No Wrong Way to Eat a Reese's"-esque campaign for pistachios called "Get Crackin'," in which famous people and popular smartphone game characters interact with pistachios in different ways while wearing bright green clothes.
As we've always told people who we want to make hate us at parties, the pistachio is a nut that has long deserved a publicity campaign featuring D-List celebrities, so, about time.
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The state is doubling the number of medicinal marijuana dispensaries to meet a growing demand of the state's medical marijuana program.Gov. Phil Murphy said the state needs six new medicinal cannabis dispensaries, also known as alternative treatment centers, which will join six existing ATCs.
"Due to the steps that [Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal and I have taken since January, we have seen the addition of 10,000 new patients," Murphy said in a statement Monday. "Accordingly, we have to expand the number of businesses who are growing product and serving patients."
Application fees are $20,000 and due on Aug. 31, and the state will name six successful applicants on Nov. 1; $18,000 will be returned to unsuccessful applicants. Under Murphy, the health department added a handful categories that would make a patient eligible for medicinal marijuana: anxiety, migraines, Tourette's syndrome, chronic pain related to musculoskeletal disorder and chronic visceral pain.
Of the 10,000 patients who signed up for the program since January, 6,300 fell under one of those categories, according to health department data. The medicinal marijuana program encompasses 25,000 patients, 1,000 caregivers and 700 physicians.
Lawmakers have vowed to pass a bill by the end of the summer that would legalize recreational marijuana. The 2019 budget includes $20 million from the expansion of the state's existing medical marijuana program, but nothing from recreational weed, after they failed to pass a bill by the end of June.
But lawmakers and the Murphy administration have said they're confident that by legalizing adult-use marijuana, the state could reap $40 million by the end of the current fiscal year next June 30.
Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-22nd District, one of the main advocates of expanding access to cannabis, said that pending the legalization of adult-use marijuana, users would purchase recreational weed at one of the 12 ATC's.
"They've changed who's eligible, which is excellent," Scutari told NJBIZ on Monday. "So people can get it more easily. But as a result of that you have a lot more people signing up."
The Department of Health posted the Request for Applications online Monday morning, which lays out the application guideline and eligibility requirements for potential applications.
"Applicants would have to operate a dispensary and facilities that do cultivating and manufacturing and provide evidence of site control and verification of the approval of the governing body in the municipality where they intend to locate," reads the notice.
The applicant will also have to submit a detailed business plan, which includes a budget outline revenues and expenses over a five-year period.
State to add 6 medicinal marijuana dispensaries
The state is doubling the number of medicinal marijuana dispensaries to meet a growing demand of the state's medical marijuana program.Gov. Phil Murphy said the state needs six new medicinal cannabis dispensaries, also known as alternative treatment centers, which will join six existing ATCs.


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Live from Clover Valley Stadium, it's the rock concert that'll blow your mind, height of the 90s rock, featuring world renowned heavy metal rocker, Woe-Yeah! Tickets on sale now, get them while supplies last, make sure to grow your hair out for this outrageous performance by legendary rocker Woe-Yeah!
-from an ad on TV advertising ticket sales for a concert featuring the early 90s rocker Woe-Yeah, November 1992.


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There's no way to display the full URL of the link people are going to click on the way it is now.stevemaury wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 6:23 pmI'm not sure why it would be intended behavior.
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You can't do that. If the protocol is different than what you're on it will fail. The URL will be wrong.stevemaury wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 8:52 pmLeave off the http*:// and www. (if any)
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Nice. Couldn't be an more elegant. Not withstanding that there is still "no control for when the URL should and should not be shortened" as with phpBB 3.1. i.e. Now "all URLs are non-shortened" with the extension, versus "all are shortened" in phpBB 3.2 without the extension. Still a really great solution.kinerity wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:15 pmThere's an extension that enables full links. Full Links extension
[url] was used in any specific way.) But I'm curious whether you recall knowledge or investigation of the issue concluding anything about why the link shortening wasn't already "conditional" in phpBB 3.2.x, such that the extension was necessary.
[url] was used appears to be there in how the text-formatter and helpers were implemented in 3.2.x. And the Area51 discussion thread cited seems to conclude that they believe currently the
[url=longurl]longurl[/url] usage actually was not affected, and was not shortening the displayed URL; and only the "other cases" would intentionally shorten the URL, and this was agreed to be satisfactory. But that's not the ultimate behavior in 3.2.x, and the URL is "always" shortened.
[url=longurl]longurl[/url] usage, as seemingly the code intends. But then some unintentional double- or re-parse treats that "non-shortened" URL text created by the BBCode parsing as though that text needs AutoLink processing applied to it, and that's when the URL in the "for display only" text becomes intentionally shortened anyway.
The #5577 commit changes are far enough above my pay grade to keep me from understanding what condition they're resolving, but I'm happy not to poke it with a stick.JoshyPHP wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 12:47 amI haven't really read this last post but it will probably get fixed by this: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16034
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Marg (Pathway) is a noted quarterly Indian art magazine and a publisher of books on the arts, based in Mumbai. It was first published in 1946, with noted writer, Mulk Raj Anand as its founding editor, who intended it to be a "loose encyclopaedia of the arts of India and related civilisations."
Editorial Note
Introduction Kaushik Bhaumik
Perspectives Towards New Genealogies for the Histories of Bombay Cinema: The Career of Sagar Film Company (1929–40) Virchand Dharamsey
On "Disreputable" Genres: B-Movies and Revisionary Histories of Bombay Cinema Subhajit Chatterjee
The "Pirate" DJ Vebhuti Duggal
100 Years of the Bombay Cinema Hero: A Brisk Review Kaushik Bhaumik
Conversation Essay Dance in Bombay Cinema Nasreen Rehman with Farah Khan
Focus The Politics of Re-Presentation: Distribution and Exhibition of Indian Cinema in Turkey Ahmet Gürata
Photo Essay Stitches for the Stars Photographs and Text by Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber
Ancillaries Fourteen Stations Atul Dodiya
Book Reviews Kashmir Shawls: the Tapi Collection, by Steven Cohen, Rosemary Crill, Monique Lévi-Strauss, Jeffrey B. Spurr – Janet Rizvi
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