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If you love to prepare grilled food, you will want to get are Contact Grills to allow you to bring grilled food indoors. These appliances make a great grill option since they allow you to prepare all sorts of food without having to worry about space or weather.
When you decide to purchase a contact grill, you will want to get the best among the brands available, since that is one of the ways to guarantee the best results. As such, you will need to compare and contrast the qualities of various brands for you to get the best.
However, this task can be a big challenge, due to the lost of grills which make it challenging and time-consuming. To help you out in this task, we have reviewed the top 10 best contact grill brands In this Year. Have a look and be sure to make the best purchase.
Eurodib (SFE02340-240) – 16″ Smooth Panini Grill
This is a convenient and easy-to-use grill. It measures 11″H x 15.5″ Wx 16.25″D. As such, it is compact to allow you to store it easily. The grill has a stainless steel finish that makes it highly durable. More to that are cast iron smooth plates.
These allow you to get paninis with a grilled flat finish on the top and bottom.You can use the grill for different grilling needs due to the featured adjustable tension on the press.
It is easy to lift and store since it includes handles on both sides. Whats more is that it is easy to clean due to the removable grease receptacle.
Cuisinart GR-300WS Griddler Elite Grill
Featuring a stainless steel construction, this grill will never rust or corrode. Hence, you can be sure to have gotten a grill that will last you for years to come. It is perfect to get big jobs done since it includes 240 square inches of a cooking surface.
Whats more is that you can prepare a variety of foods with it. Thanks to the variable temperature settings that allow you to stay in control of the temperatures. The unit provides you with up to six cooking options. It acts as a half grill/half griddle, contact grill, top melt, full grill, full griddle or panini press.
It also features a sear function that allows it to sear at 500-degrees Fahrenheit. With this unit, you will never have to worry when it is cleaning time since it features removable grill/griddle plates that allow you to handle the cleaning fast. Its top cover is adjustable and with six presets to top melt. It also includes a lock to make it easy to store.
Breville Removable-Plate Grill BGR420XL
This is a compact and lightweight grill that allows you to store and move it without struggling. It measures 16.1 x 16.1 x 7.6 inches with a 13.3 pounds weight. The grill is easy to clean due to its removable non-stick plates. Whats more, it is safe to use since the plates lock firmly into place when not in use to avoid accidents. Even better, it includes a thermostat for a faster recovery.
With it, you can prepare a variety of food. The reason behind this is that you can adjust its top plate to an ideal height among the six pre-set heights.
You can use the lower settings for delicate foods such as vegetables and fish, while the higher setting is suitable for reheating or making open melt sandwiches. It has a convenient handle that makes carrying or opening it easy.
VonShef Electric Grill Griddle
This is a 1600W grill and griddle. It features a grill that can prepare up to 4 portions and a griddle that can make up to 6 portions. As such, you can use it to prepare a healthy meal for the whole family at once, making it convenient if you want to save some time.
When cooking with it, you can choose to control the grill and griddle independently or simultaneously using the front dials, depending on the meals you are preparing. The unit is easy to clean since the grill and griddle surfaces are non-stick. Hence, you will never have an issue trying to remove food that is stuck on it.
This also allows you to prepare healthy meals since you don't need to add butter or oil. You can use the unit to cook a range of meals since the grill and griddle are separate. Whats more, it has two temperature settings that make it convenient since you can leave the food at the low temperature to prevent it from getting cold. The grill plate measures 7.5 x 7.5 inches while the griddle plate measures 7.6 X 7.6 inches.
Panini Press Indoor Grill and Gourmet Sandwich Maker
This is one of the best contact grills when you need a unit that is easy to clean. It features a non-stick surface that prevents food from holding to the surface. More to that, it comes with two grease catchers so that grease will never drop on the table top adding to the cleaning task.
The unit features a modern brushed steel finish that makes it durable. It measures 12.8 x 11 x 4.8 inches while it weighs 5.7 pounds to make storage a breeze.
Due to the adjustable hinge on the panini maker releases, it can open flat to extend the grill surface to two 9.5 x 9.5 inches panels. As such, you can be sure to prepare more meals conveniently. The dual heating zones have a power of 1400W making it energy efficient and more reliable when you need to prepare meals fast.
De'Longhi CGH800 Contact Grill and Panini Press
As one of the best contact grill in our review, this unit will allow you to prepare evenly cooked meals. It features double-sided contact cooking plates that help in an even heat distribution so that you will never have overly hot or cold spots. You can use it to prepare any size of food due to the height adjustable hinge that helps to extend it so that it can accommodate foods of any size.
The unit is designed in a way that it is slightly slanted. This allows for oil and grease to drain so that you can prepare healthy meals and also have an easy time when it comes to cleaning.
It features an adjustable thermostat that allows you to control the temperatures based on what you are preparing. With this machine, you will never have to take hours cleaning since its plates are non-stick so that you will only have to wipe them clean. Moreover, safety will never be a concern with this unit. This is due to the cool-to-touch handles and the safety locking mechanism that allow you to have an easy time handling it. It measures 14.8 x 14.1 x 6 inches while it weighs 9 pounds.
Chefman Panini Press Grill
This is a convenient and easy-to-use grill. It features a closed cooking surface that measures 5.5" x 8.75" and a lay-flat surface that measures 10" x 8.75". These make it convenient since you can use the closed surface to make two sandwiches and the lay-flat surface for a variety of foods at once.
It is easy to use considering that it only requires you to push a button and have it open at 180 degrees. Despite being convenient in it functioning, it is also beautiful when added to the kitchen. This is due to its sleek modern design.
Whats more is that it is easy to clean. Thanks to the non-stick coated plates and the removable drip tray. With this grill, you can be sure to prepare your meals safely due to the skid-resistant feet that prevent it from sliding. More to that, it is CETL approved to guarantee that it is safe to use. You can use it to prepare various food sizes due to the floating hinge adjusts that allow you to customize it to create a bigger grilling surface.
Hamilton Beach 25361 Indoor Grill
This unit allows you to bring the outdoor flavors indoors. It produces a high searing temperature that helps lock juices and flavors to allow you to enjoy meat with better taste, texture, and appearance. It features an adjustable temperature control which you can use customize the temperatures based on the meal in preparation. Hence, you can use it to prepare a variety of foods.
The grill is easy to clean. It features removable plates that are dishwasher safe to make cleaning a breeze. Whats more is a drip tray that helps hold the mess that results when it is cooking to make cleaning way much easier.
The grill includes a window which lets you observe your food as it cooks. Hence, you can be sure to reduce the chances of having the food burn. It is built to last due to the stainless-steel construction. You can get it for use in a family kitchen. The reason behind this is that it can feed 4-6 servings. It measures 12.4 x 16.7 x 6.8 inches while it weighs pounds.
T-fal GC702 OptiGrill Stainless Steel Indoor Electric Grill
With this grill, you can benefit from a direct monitoring of the food. Thanks to the indicator light and beep sound that helps notify you about the cooking process. The grill features 6 cooking programs to allow you to prepare sandwiches, burgers, red meat and fish, poultry, sausage, and pork perfectly. More to that are 2 cooking modes.
One of these works with frozen foods while the other is a manual mode to enhance cooking versatility. The grill is made of a die-cast aluminum to make it durable and lightweight. It includes removable nonstick plates that make cleaning easy. More to that is a dishwasher-safe tray that helps trap grease and oils to ease the cleaning task. The unit measures 14 x 13 x 6 inches with an 11.6 pounds weight.
BLACK+DECKER 3-in-1 Waffle Maker with Nonstick Reversible Plates
This is a versatile unit that serves as a grill, griddle, and waffle maker. It is easy to operate since it only takes a switch of the reversible cooking plates to change the function you want it to perform. The grill is built to last due to its durable chrome housing. It includes stay-cool handles that allow you to remove it from the countertop easily after grilling without the fear of getting burnt.
Due to the featured non-stick cooking surfaces, the unit is easy to clean since it only requires that you wipe it clean. You can use it to prepare a family meal due to the 8 x 8inches cooking surface that supports up to four servings. Moreover, you can use it to prepare up to eight servings at a time once you lay the top appliance flat.
With this unit, you can prepare food that to require different temperatures. Thanks to the adjustable temperature controls. What's more is that you can use it for large meals due to the 180-degree hinge that helps double the cooking area. The unit measures v while it weighs 7.8 pounds.
Considering the variety of grills on the market, it is vital that you take some time searching for the best if you want to get an evenly prepared meal. As such, be sure to consider our options since they have the features that the best contact grill brands should incorporate. To select one to match your needs, be sure to look for one to accommodate the size of the foods you want to prepare, your budget, the ease of cleaning, as well as the factors that enhance convenience and reliability.


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Geriatric Psychiatry Program
The geriatric psychiatry program was named in honor of the most brilliant butterfly, the Monarch. A symbol of transformation.
What makes Monarch unique?
Our program is dedicated to the treatment of older adults with mental health conditions such as depression or psychosis, including those related to dementia or Alzheimer's disease
Patients can be referred by any nursing home, memory care, senior living facilities, family members, hospitals, home health agencies, or the senior themselves can access this program.
Are you or a loved one struggling with one these symptoms along with dementia or Alzheimer's Disease?
- Depression
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- Bizarre behavior
- Suicidal thoughts or gestures
- Hallucinations
- Extreme delusional thinking
You or your loved one will experience:
- Medication adjustments and management
- Education group therapy to help develop coping skills
- Process groups therapy focusing on symptom recognition, reminiscent therapy and stress management
- Family therapy
- Transition planning
- Aftercare planning
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As we trace the origins of our ice creams, it is almost like tracing the history of happyness .The Mississippi Mud Pie is a traditional chocolate based dessert that has is likely to have its origins in the state of Mississippi, U.S.A. This decadent treat consists of a fudgy brownie-like base with marshmallow crème and oodles of chocolate sauce to finish it off. Let's have a look at things we bet you didn't know about the Mississippi Mud Pie in one Mississippi..two Mississippi..
1. World War II
Historians believe that this recipe was born in the kitchens of North America post World War II due to its simplicity and the fact that it didn't need any special cooking tools. The home cooks used humble ingredients found in any supermarket. Hats off to them as we can't get enough of this scrumptious dessert till date.
2. Mississippi: The River Of Molten Chocolate
Often referred to as 'chocolate lasagna', this dessert is said to have its origins on the banks of the Mississippi River. After all, it truly resembles the river as the dessert is topped with rivers of dark fudge sauce.
3. It's Muddy Good
The Mississippi Mud Pie is a chocolate lover's dream come true. At Baskin Robbins, we can satisfy your craving for this muddy wonder with the Baskin Robbins Mississippi Mud ice cream an ooey-gooey marriage of milk chocolate ice cream with chocolate brownie bits. It is muddy good!
Looking for more Baskin Robbins flavour stories? Check out All About The Baskin Robbins Butterscotch Ribbon Ice Cream.
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In a perfect world, we would all buy insurance against the financial consequences of horrible things happening in our lives - death, serious illness or long-term health problems.
Unfortunately, we don't. Maybe we have better things to do with our hard-earned money. Or, perhaps we have a deep-seated suspicion that maybe the insurance won't actually pay up in our hour of need.
Every year, one million life insurance policies are taken out that pay up on death. This compares with half a million critical illness insurance plans that pay out a tax-free lump sum on diagnosis of illnesses such as cancer, stroke or heart attack. It also compares with just 100,000 income protection policies bought to provide a monthly (taxfree) benefit in the event of long-term illness.
These numbers defy logic. They should be the other way round. You have more chance of being off work for six months with long-term illness than you have of either dying or suffering a serious illness.
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Income protection insurance
In practice, the protection insurance industry hasn't helped itself when it comes to the sale of income protection, as it writes plans where the policyholder literally has no chance of making a successful claim.
This is a result of the industry's propensity to assess many claims on the basis of loosely written 'activities of daily work' conditions, paying up only if the policyholder cannot perform basic work-related actions.
I recently had a long chat with chauffeur Chris Hargreaves from Manchester, who claimed on his Scottish Provident income protection policy three years ago when he was hospitalised. Without going into too much gory detail, he suffered an embolism on his left lung, lost a lot of blood and had numerous blood transfusions.
Chris spent six months in hospital, comforted by the fact that he had income protection cover. Given that he ran his own business, the cover was vital.
But he hadn't realised that his insurance wasn't worth the paper it was written on. This was because for it to pay out, he had to prove that he couldn't carry out at least two activities of daily work – such as walking unaided on a flat surface or holding a pen.
His policy was set up on this basis because he was seen to be in a high-risk profession where the chances of making a claim were higher than they were for, say, someone working in an office job. His claim was rejected because Scottish Provident simply didn't believe he couldn't carry out these activities.
Chris wasn't prepared to take the rejection of his claim lying down. He went to the Ombudsman and eventually got it to back him. Earlier this year, Scottish Provident was forced to pay his claim and provide him with compensation.
Having won his personal victory, Chris is now determined to get definitions such as 'activities of daily work' written out of all income protection policies. His view is simple: if you can't do your job, the insurance should pay up.
Own occupation
Insurers are slowly coming round to his view and realising that for income protection insurance to become mainstream, all policies should be written on an 'own occupation' basis (paying up if you're unable to do your own job) - something the likes of British Friendly and Cirencester already do.
Aviva has announced that 95% of new policies will be written on an 'own occupation' basis, while a protection insurance industry taskforce has said 'own occupation' should become the "definition of choice".
Hopefully, other insurers will follow Aviva's lead; and braver insurers will go one step further and transfer existing policyholders with cover written on an activities of daily living basis onto friendlier terms.
Income protection insurance should be part of a household's financial foundations. But it will only become so if the insurance industry gets its act together and designs a product fit for purpose.
Jeff Prestridge is personal finance editor of Financial Mail on Sunday. Email him at email@example.com


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|Training & Development
|Event Based Team Building Programmes
|CSR-Focused Programmes
|Young Champions
Everyone in your organization plays a vital role in your delivery towards success. The way we see it, there is no role too small nor is there a role that is more important than the other.
We equate the role to a player's positions in any team sports; for a team to succeed and to repeat success, every player must own up to his / her position and be an expert in their playing fields. With that, every player's full potential can be realised.
With our training and development programmes, the players on your team will be inspired and driven towards reaching their optimum competency levels. With everyone performing at their best and be able to focus on their core functions, all that's left is to expect the best results.
That's how championship teams are built. One player at a time.
Championship teams are made up of championship-calibre players, each having reached his/her ultimate potential. It's time to unearth the finest career qualities and traits in the future generation of leaders in your organisation. Our programmes are also open to all individuals seeking to gain a solid performance edge in their pursuit of personal career excellence.Explore our programmes
This workshop is designed especially for frontline healthcare professionals who interact with elderly patients on a daily basis. Caring for the elderly means being able to understand and empathise with their everyday difficulties, challenges and frustrations – both physically and psychologically. By focusing on Ageing Sensitisation, each participant will be better prepared in their dedicated and highly respected care for those in their golden years.
Our minds are boundless reservoirs of creative solutions. This workshop will be the key that unleashes your endless capacity of ingenuity – which you can then turn into answers to problematic situations in your workplace such as conflicts between colleagues, stumbling blocks during brainstorms and weak leadership.
Change is inevitable in any organisation; whether it's a result of managerial restructuring, new people coming on board or a revamp of the company's mission and vision. This workshop will help participants develop better understanding and the necessary skills to manage change. When everyone's on the same page with the latest developments in the organisation, positive improvement and the continuous survival and growth of your organisation is assured.
This is really the next best thing to law school, minus the lecturers in frumpy clothes and perpetual frowns. Non-lawyers will receive a comprehensive overview of contract law principles and structures – all explained in plain, simple English. Don't expect to merely jot down notes, too, as this will be a highly interactive session where there will plenty of lively discussions about drafting, litigation and principles in the realm of contract negotiation.
Just try making anyone an offer he/she can't refuse – without having to scare nor to be a part of the Mafia. Participants will learn the specialised art of negotiation, as they get introduced to a proven systematic approach to preparing, conducting and successfully concluding negotiations like a pro.
Administrative personnel are really super humans. They zip about every organisation doing just about everything and anything that makes everyone's job simpler. Things can get pretty hectic for our admin guys and girls, and sometimes, even superhuman need a little help being more effective at what they do. This is where we come in. We will help those in support roles develop new strategies to handle their immense workloads, and pick up fresh skills in organising and prioritising. As a bonus, participants will also learn to enhance their critical communication and self-management skills. Talk about super humans getting more super!
We see it all the time in organisations: things being said or done misconstrued or taken out of proportion, leading to bitter relationships between colleagues thereafter. Even the finest companies are prone to this. This workshop addresses your staff's Emotional Quotient (EQ), which is the measure of how they handle negative situations. By helping participants raise their EQ, your company stands to gain from employees who have a better control of their emotions. This in turn leads to improved team chemistry, and of course, better overall performance.
We're all motivated by different things, whether in life or at work. It goes without saying that when motivated, we go to greater lengths to pursuing our goals. This workshop teaches participants how to trigger the often hidden motivations within us all, and thus unleashing the desire to exert high levels of effort to meet and even surpass organisational goals. In other words, we are proving invaluable lessons to leaders on how to inspire the 'troops', and bring out the very best in them.
So you want to be a facilitator? Well step right into our workshop, and prepare for plenty of exercises as we test your prowess at empowering groups and helping them discover optimum solutions and a positive consensus. Participants will learn how to best plan, conduct and follow-up on workshops. Everyone will be taught the exact techniques and processes, and be given the effective guidelines on how to best implement them. Participants will also learn how to inner workings of people dynamics, which holds the key to powerful and profound workshops. Who knows, we might even get you to moonlight for us.
Ever met somebody for the first time and felt like you've been their friend forever? That's rapport. Rapport makes you feel more relaxed around people, including your colleagues. This workshop will teach participants how to build rapport within the teams in your organisation, so that it becomes tremendously easy to achieve desired goals and outcomes as a collective. After all, won't it be nicer to be working with a folks you can actually consider as friends?
Respect is earned, never given. Every great leader knows this. Every great leader also knows that in order to gain respect, he or she must master the art of positively influencing people. But before this happens, a leader must learn how to accurately read situations, individuals and group dynamics – and then apply techniques of persuasion to attain a desired outcome. The most effective leaders can influence those whom he or she has no direct control over. Participants of this workshop will learn proven methods of persuasion, and the most opportune times to oust them into action.
The success of every team depends on the ability of every player to perform competently and competitively. 'As. One. Single. Unit.' As Rudyard Kipling once wrote; "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Our programmes will elevate each player in your organisational team to an equal level of respect and understanding. And it is at this level that each player recommits himself/herself to the company's goals – with renewed trust and confidence in his teammates.Explore our programmes
The Catalyst presents a simulation of real-life economic and political scenarios that make up the competitive ecology of the corporate world. Participants will need to make split-second decisions while manipulating internal and external elements. This simulator is designed to put everyone in a Senior Manager's mentality thus instilling your corporate core values in every aspect of the game. Every player, whether Front Liners, Mid Managers or Senior Managers themselves, will be making tough decisions that mirror calls made in your organisation – both upwards and downwards. What's even more fascinating: as the game progresses, each player's behavioural tendencies begin to show themselves – providing a clear look into the habits – both favourable and fixable – of your employees.
This is perhaps one of our most sought-after exercises, as it puts players in situations that reflect real-life economic and political scenarios in the corporate arena. Teams of any type and their leaders will benefit greatly from this simulator, as they will develop powerful planning skills and better, more effective communication.
World's First table-top simulation to conquer Mt Annapurna.
On this mountain, the 10th highest in the world, about 130 climbers have summited the avalanche-prone peak, but 53 have died trying — making Annapurna's fatality rate of 41% the highest in the world. A situational game is put into action and the objective of the game is to save the earth.
Participants will need to salvage & hunt for their survival tools, making the most out of nothing. This game draws out the best of problem solving and critical thinking skills. It also looks at the synergy that can be obtained from group collaboration & analysis.
One of our most sought-after exercises, as it puts players in situations that reflect real-life economic and political scenarios in the corporate arena. Teams of any type and their leaders will benefit greatly from this simulator, as they will develop powerful planning skills and better, more effective communication.
This is an adrenaline-fueled team building tasks that challenges participants to build and race their very own Formula 1 cars. Modelled after the pinnacle of racing engineering the team must communicate and collaborate to complete this almost full-scale F1 car.
Project Management skills play a central role during the very complex construction process as time and individual strengths are taken into account. Using detailed instructions the participants will convert a flat-pack materials kit into a fast and sleek machine. Minor set-backs are inevitable, as are test-based modifications between practising pit-stop changes and grid starts.
To add flair and reinforce the messages of the day each team will personalise their newly built F1 cars with unique designs that highlight organization's values and reinforce corporate/brand messages.
A race qualification follows to determine grid position before moving onto the exciting conclusion of the challenge: your organization's own DIY Grand Prix! Teams race and a champion emerges with a flourish of the chequered flag.
Cooking is an art. Whisk your team into frenzy in this challenge to see which the best is. Every team makes the same dishes in a timed event. This is designed for competitive teams looking for loads of fun and action plus!Learning how to set goals, create good communication, planning a task, co-operating as a group, using creativity & utilising limited resources. Working with each other, creating a culinary show piece can be both fun and demanding using all of the skills needed to for a team to succeed. In this case, edible LUNCH!
We've carefully and meticulously studied the successful methods of winning teams, and found extraordinary things. For instance, we took inspiration from the way Apollo 13 Crew worked together to achieve a ground-breaking space mission. We've dissected the strict yet Zen-like discipline each member of the 6-time NBA Champion Chicago Bulls displayed during their championship rubs. We've outlined the motivations behind Apple's ingenuity in bringing outstanding products to the world.
We compiled everything that we found into 8 key methods that will help your organisation build a true championship team. One that lifts its own spirit injects positivity into their minds when needed, and is constantly filled with energy and passion.
Forget expected crime plots and silly one-liners. This session will be far more gripping and exciting than any episode of the popular show it was inspired by. Participants will take on different roles of a law enforcement team as each person is challenged to uncover the mystery behind a gruesome murder. Will the investigators be able to dust for every fingerprint and find every clue at the scene of the crime? Will the prosecutors have enough evidence to prosecute the suspects? Only through teamwork, effective communication and strong collaboration can each team bring the murderer to justice.
M.P. is a sensational teambuilding experience. Designed to engage, energise and bring out the best in every participant, it creates an atmosphere of positive energy, urgency and team spirit.
Participants are formed into teams whose aim is to out-perform, out-manoeuvre and out-think the "oppositions" while maximising points. Participants will also discover that clear thinking, exceptional organisation skills and strategy are essential to keep pace and keep ahead of the competitors – especially when tackling several challenges at once. For the finale, all teams will have to work together to accomplish the final most challenging mission. With everyone involved and playing a part, if they are to succeed.
The pace of the action builds up steadily as the challenges are near to completion. It reaches fever pitch in the closing minutes of the event creating an extraordinary atmosphere entirely driven by the participants. At the end, the final points are added and the winning team is announced.
Time to get your tribal faces on! This exercise will bring out the tenacious warrior in everyone as groups rally together to strive and thrive as a unit. The challenges draw inspiration from a tribal code – one that champions unity, bravery and loyalty. So get ready to slap on some war paint on your face as you channel your inner warrior – it's going to be non-stop fun and excitement as your team creates its own tribal uniform, chant, weapons and huts. You'll also be hunting for your own food for survival, and defending your precious territory and a given 'sacred item' from being stolen by rival tribes – all while devising ways to steal theirs. Don't worry; you don't have to be fitness model to participate in this great programme. Anyone can join in, and it will be loads of tribal fun as everyone discovers each colleague's personal strengths while proudly displaying theirs.
Listen up, soldiers! We hope you're prepared, because once you've donned your fatigues, dog tags and special equipment, the action is going to be fast and furiously fun. You and your comrades will embark on specially crafted missions and assignments that will test your organization's leadership, planning, cross-functional collaboration, common focus and team dynamics, among others. The challenges will be many, as all of you launch a united assault on Enemy Headquarters. Your team's grit and tenacity will also be pushed to the limit as you take on other missions, such as Search & Rescue, Bomb Defusing, Rocket Launching, Navy Seal Combat, Defend & Conquer and many more. Will you end each mission by saluting each other's strengths, or will your team succumb to the challenges that call for discipline and togetherness?
Better brush up on your pirate song singing, because in this workshop, we'll be taking the beach where everyone will assemble as a crew of raggedy scallywags, ready to build a seaworthy 'ship' that deserves to be nicknamed the Black Pearl.
Teamwork and leadership will be severely tested in this challenge, as everyone puts their heads together to develop creative solutions to overcome tricky situations. Will your team sink or swim in this sensational splash-about affair? Only one way to find out, mateys!
Imagine being thrust into the musical limelight with your colleagues. Everyone's on a grand stage with the challenge to hit the same chord, move to a single beat and flawlessly execute a Mexican wave. This is bound to be more fun than any reality music contest you've ever caught on TV – simply because this time, YOU are the star!
The aim of it all: To enhance communications skills and reinforce team harmony – in the grooviest way imaginable!
Have the intention to carry out CSR activities but nothing seemed inspired enough?
Well, we're sure our specially created CSR-focused programmes are exactly what you're looking for.
Each programme has been injected with a fun way to give back to those in need. You'd feel empowered and fulfilled while the needy benefits tremendously as a result. Talk about win-win.
So you're probably wondering: How is this possible?
You'll just have to read the brief descriptions of each programme to find out.Explore our programmes
Time to put your brain and toy making skills to the test.
Everyone will be assigned teams, and will need to display first-rate teamwork, communication and cooperation to solve fun puzzles. Success brings much-needed tools and toy parts for the next task: Produce a beautiful handcrafted wooden toy in a limited time.
After the toys undergo a stringent quality check, everyone will have the opportunity to handover the toys to the people chosen from a charity home. This is a beautiful opportunity to create happiness for the young and old, with your very own hands.
Come one, come all to the Carnival of Hearts! This is where you and your merry bunch of colleagues will create an entire carnival from almost nothing. With effective planning, teamwork and resource management, you will create your own booths and games, and turn a boring ballroom into a kid's fantasyland of fun. Once the popcorn kernels start dancing, the game tokens have all be made and the carnival music begins playing, we'll unleash a group of underprivileged kids who can't wait to have the time of their lives. Everyone's ultimate reward will be the smiles on each child's beaming face.
Ready…Set…Go Green! This is a challenge that puts teams in a high-energy environment, where each team is tasked to create solar power cars from materials we simply discard every single day. Once each car has been completed, they will be pitted against one another, where only one will prevail as the finest solar-powered car. We will then donate all cars to a local school in an on-going effort to foster creativity and innovation, while teaching children the importance of energy conservation and sustainable living.
Building a Dream is an extraordinary hands-on bicycle assembly activity, designed to motivate and inspire your delegates. Apart from fostering great teamwork and problem solving skills, the activity delivers results that are immediately meaningful to the less privileged in the community.
Equipped with detailed instructions, teams are tasked to produce a variety of as many bicycles as they can with strict quality control imposed. After the bikes are all assembled, the teams will be surprised by the arrival of the bicycle recipients- a group of less privileged children from the charity of your choice.
As the delighted kids wheel off their brand new bikes, your delegates will walk away feeling fulfilled from the visible and immediate impact of their efforts.
This activity transforms a group of individuals into a giant percussion band – with each person playing their part, in synch and on cue. Team Equonxo will set the mood, welcoming each delegate into the room by handing them an instrument made out of recyclable & recycled materials and have them playing before they take their seats. The delegates will be engaged from the start and within minutes they will be making music, laughing, unified & ready to take on the day ahead. This activity can make an impact with an uplifting experience where each delegate contributes to a high energy rhythm. As confidence and ability grows the groups are brought together in preparation for a stunning and pulsating musical finale.
It's never too early to begin nurturing the champions of tomorrow. Aged: 9 to 18.
To help break selfish habits as a result of common educational methods that rarely, if ever, employ team-based assignments. In other words, participants will discover the power of collaboration, and begin implementing team-based principles in achieving goals.
To help participants overcome exam anxiety. Too much pressure from various influencers, including friends, teachers and even family can lead youths to fear and suffer from nervousness and depression when faced with examinations. We're here to help with mind-empowering exercises and practices that will restore self-confidence, lift participants above the shackles of peer and family pressure, and banish the crippling symptoms of exam anxiety for good.
To turn today's prefects into future leaders. Prefects already have the foundation to lead successful lives as inspiring figures. But it takes a few key self-employed techniques and tips to help solidify their path towards assured greatness. Participants will take home these techniques and tips which will serve them no shorter than a lifetime.


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When you fall
If you think this post is going to be a deep metaphor for how to handle the trials and tribulations of life… you've given me too much credit. I literally meant the title of this post to be "When you fall" as in… down on your face. Also not a metaphor.
On Sunday afternoon after watching Mike run the Army 10 Miler, having brunch on Clarendon and going grocery shopping, I finally went out on MY long run. I left the apartment and headed over towards the Custis Trail. The last time I ran on Custis was at the beginning of an 18 mile training run for the marathon, and I inexplicably cried for the first three miles. That's right, just big crocodile tears of emotion rolling down my face while ticking away my training miles. I've never claimed to be an emotionally stable individual. I decided it was time for me and Custis Trail to make up. It's easily accessible, and it's got a lot of great rolling hills. I didn't have a ton of a time (I was going between 8 – 10 miles) so I wanted to make it as challenging as possible. I hopped on the trail and took it all the way down Route 66 to where Custis meets the Washington & Old Dominion Trail. I had only gone 4 miles to my displeasure (I swear the last time I did this it seemed like it was 1000 miles long). I turned around and headed back home thinking I'd tack on a mile or so once I got back to my hood.
And then it happened. I tripped on an uneven piece of pavement and I went down… hard. I had so much forward inertia going I didn't even get a foot in front of me to break my fall. I did the dumbest thing possible and stuck my hands out to break my fall. I literally barrel rolled over my head off the paved trail into the grass. I definitely screamed a bad word… I'm SORRY it was a reflex I couldn't help it. I sat up in the grass, took off my headphones, and surveyed the damage. Thankfully I was wearing running tights, so even though I could tell my knees / shins had gotten hit really hard, they weren't bleeding. My hands were another story… they were in fact bleeding. I only had 2 bottles on my water belt, but I sacrificed the end of one bottle to wash the dirt off my cuts.
Picture evidence of my mortal injury. Ok ok I know it doesn't look that bad right now but I swear it really hurt!
Mercifully, I was beat up and bruised, but I hadn't actually injured myself. This was a big win especially when you consider I was 4 miles from home, and hadn't brought money or my cell phone (I know I'm like a big walking advertisement for how to die while running).
I sat in the grass for a minute or so and contemplated my predicament. I really only had one option. As much as I wanted to just go home and sulk, I wanted to get at least 8 miles in, and I was really far from home. So I sucked it up, stood up, dusted myself off, and took off running for home. I figured at least the burning sensation in my hands would distract me enough to make the miles pass quickly. When I got home (totally didn't add on that extra mile at the end but hey let's not get picky here), I was really proud of myself for not giving up. I feel like in the last couple months, there's been a lot of giving up on the running front. No more!
So when you fall… be a warrior. Put on your big girl (or boy) pants and finish the run. Obstacles only make reaching your goal that much sweeter 🙂 Happy Monday.
Check In – Fall 2012 To Do List
Let me just tell you how much I love making seasonal to do lists. Here's a hint… IT'S A LOT! I missed October 15th but better late than never. Let's check in on how I'm doing with my Fall 2012 To Do List:
- Register for a spring marathon and get a training plan – I did chose the marathon but haven't registered yet (I have until October 31st before the price goes up again!!). Also Mike bought the new Hanson Method Book on Amazon so I want to read a bit more but I'm pretty sure that's what I am going with!
- Try rock climbing – Going on Sunday at University of Maryland with our friend Sarah!! Post coming after that I promise 🙂
- Develop a home yoga practice – This hasn't happened yet. But would you believe me if I said I actually planned on doing yoga when I got home tonight?? With moving, I only now feel like I'm back in a routine. I'm running Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday right now, strength training / cardio on Tuesday, Thursday and SOMETIMES Sunday. I need to work the yoga back in though.
- Become a morning exerciser (and stick to it!) – I'm making some progress!! I've started exercising a couple mornings a week and I'm hoping to gradually up that to every morning. I went to the gym this AM! Yesterday I made the decision to sleep in / run after work and I wasn't pleased with that choice. It was SO hard to motivate myself to run (once I was actually running, I was fine… weird how that works). All I kept thinking was "I should've just done this in the morning" soooo you know… progress!
- Floss four times per week – I was thinking yesterday about this actually. There is such a strong link between oral health and overall health that I should stop thinking this is such a chore. It's just like eating healthy and exercising… it's good for me! I bought disposable flossers which I love so that's helping. I also bought pre-threaded floss (thread already connected with the floss, not just the threaders) but the stick is too big to fit between some of my teeth. I might have to go back to the threaders, even though it's more of a pain. Anyways… it's going. I'm not at 4x per week yet, but I'm on my way!
- Make more running dates with friends and learn to love the running club. Also, try at least one new running group – I have had a running date and I've tried a couple other times with some girls (we couldn't make our schedules work unfortunately). Haven't been to the group because we've been so busy with the move. But I do have a plan to go to the group next weekend and to go to track sessions with Mike on Wednesdays again! That's a start! I think in general, I wanted to get my running groove back with this goal and that is DEFINITELY happening. I still do want to try a group fun run. Either Pacers in Clarendon (they have a Ladies Run on Mondays or a co-ed run on Thursdays) or Lululemon in Clarendon (they have a fun run on Mondays).
- Try a barre class – If I want the free class offered at Lava Barre by Lululemon, Friday the 26th is my last chance. I may or may not be able to do that depending on a friend coming in from out of town. If I can't do that, I'm going to research some "first timer deals" around DC and try and bully someone into going with me (trying new stuff is so much more fun with a buddy!)
- Go to NYC to visit friends – Going the weekend on November 2 – 4th!! We have secured a place to stay on Saturday night, now just looking for someone to let us crash at their place on Friday night. We are way too poor to afford a hotel in Manhattan on the weekend of the NYC Marathon (if there is even a hotel room to be had!!!)
- Stick to the budget (NO SHOPPING) – Doing SO GOOD on this one. Totally sticking to the budget even with the move. No shopping at all… go me, go me! I'm having fun reinventing pieces that are already in my closet. I also purged my closet a lot when I moved, so that felt really good. Made a huge clothing donation.
- Take a day trip to Kings Dominion – Going on Saturday for a special day date with Mike!! Woohoo!! Probably going to be a post too… Mike and I forgot to have a September Date Night, so we have to make up for it in October.
- Finish Anna Karenina before the movie comes out (and then go see the movie with Sarah K) – I may or may not have kind of given up on reading this book. It is LONG AS HELL. It's still on my Kindle though and maybe I'll get more of it read. The movie comes out November 16th so I don't know if I'll finish it before then. Definitely the movie date is happening though 🙂
- Master a new cooking skill – I've decided it's going to be homemade pasta. I looked up directions and all I need is a rolling pin (I know it's shameful I don't have a rolling pin but I've never had a surface large enough to roll anything). Hoping to get a collaboration with my brother where he does sauce / meatballs and I do that pasta and we have a big dinner! Perhaps I'll try and get this on the calendar for next Sunday at Marine Corps Marathon.
- Host a dinner party (or a brunch party!) – Nothing planned yet BUT I still do want to do this. Just looked at my calendar and found a good looking Sunday that might just work for a brunch party. May have just created an Evite…
- Go to as least three free fun / social events in DC or VA – We went to the Adams Morgan Day Festival which was really fun! I also volunteered for Ragnar which I was kind of counting as a "free event" since I was giving my time as opposed to spending money! We're also going out for the Army 10 Miler this weekend and the Marine Corps Marathon next weekend (might be working at a water stop with the running club too). I could do better on finding non-running related events though. Someone invited me to go see the girl from Smitten Kitchen at Politics and Prose… so that counts right?? Maybe I'll try to do one more non-running related fun free event!
- Research and consider adult Spanish language classes – A friend told me about some great educational podcasts so I think I'm going to try those. I need to load them on my phone or iPod to listen to on my new metro commute!
Fall 2012 To Do List
Ok ok so I promised on Friday there would be a Monday post… but I didn't say what time on Monday!! To be fair, I made my to-do list in the car on Saturday but I've been enjoying a blissful holiday weekend in Charlottesville with Mike's family complete with a gold medal winning nap, a great run, and woohoo a MASSAGE. More details about my epic weekend this week 🙂
But I did not want this Labor Day holiday to pass us by without setting things up for the fall! Before we get to that though I have a big announcement… drum roll please… POTR IS MOVING! That is right folks, moving on up and over the river to Arlington, Virginia. I am still working in the city, but will be a only a couple stops on the metro outside the city. For those not familiar with DC (or those who just love analogies) Arlington is to DC as Manayunk is to Philadelphia or Hoboken is to New York City. Please refer to this amazing video for a glimpse of what my new neighborhood will be like 🙂
While I have simply adored living right in the city for the past two years, I am thrilled about this move! The kitchen in the new place is so much more boss… POTR recipe posts are going to be 100 million times better. Anyways that's my exciting news!! Thus, the fall 2012 to do list reflects that a bit. I also included some more "personal" goals (my summer to do list was mostly just a bunch of stuff / activities. My fall list has some areas of personal improvement too… whoot whoot). Here it goes 🙂
- Register for a spring marathon and get a training plan – that's right! Making the plunge to run another marathon. I am thinking probably the Rock'n'Roll USA right here in my home city! I am also thinking about a very different training method… the Hanson Plan! More on that later!
- Try rock climbing – this was on Mike's summer list and we never got around to it but I really want to try this. It looks really cool but we'll have to be careful how we fit this in the budget.
- Develop a home yoga practice – As part of "Operation Spend Less Money" I need to start making some tough cuts. I have to cancel my membership at my current studio with my impending move, so I'm hoping to use this opportunity to develop a home practice which is… you guessed it… FREE.
- Become a morning exerciser (and stick to it!) – This is just something I think I need to start doing to prepare myself for the rest of my life. I am committed to exercise / fitness / and RUNNING so I think this is a good move for me. I like getting up early, now I just have to get myself out the door.
- Floss four times per week – This makes me sound gross but seriously I have excellent oral hygiene habits! The only problem is I have bonded retainers on the insides of my teeth so flossing is a PAIN (I have to use those special threader things). I don't do it as often as I should so I figured a solid goal was a good start.
- Make more running dates with friends and learn to love the running club. Also, try at least one new running group – Since this summer I've been in kind of a rut with running. I can feel myself slowly starting to claw my way out of it and I'm really excited to attack it full force this fall. If you need me? I'll be running. But I also need to get over some lingering insecurities I have about running. For that, I've gotta learn to love the group.
- Try a barre class – I always thought these classes looked fun but they are expensive as all get out in DC. $25 for a single class????? Surely you jest. But I saw online that Lululemon in Arlington is offering a free barre class on Friday evenings. I'm hoping to check that out.
- Go to NYC to visit friends – Didn't do it this summer… need to do it this fall. Right now I'm planning to go up for the weekend of the NYC Marathon!
- Stick to the budget (NO SHOPPING) – I have developed quite a nasty shopping habit over the course of my existence (I will not apologize for my love of shoes). I don't need anymore clothes or shoes… I need to stick to my budget.
- Take a day trip to Kings Dominion – Mike really wanted to do this over the summer and we just couldn't make it happen for him. I really want to make sure we do this in the fall for him!
- Finish Anna Karenina before the movie comes out (and then go see the movie with Sarah K) – This book is long as hell. I'm reading it on my Kindle and I have read 233 Kindle pages. Do you know how many there are total? OVER 13,000!!!!!!! Just confirmed on Wikipedia, the actual text is 864 pages. But it's pretty good so far. As long as I can keep all the Russian names straight I think this is gonna be fun. Plus there's movie popcorn at the end of the road here. I ❤ popcorn.
- Master a new cooking skill – Don't know what yet… but it's time I start tackling some tougher stuff in the kitchen. Plus with my new kitchen, I'll have so much more space to play!!!
- Host a dinner party (or a brunch party!) – I'm thinking a house-warming in the new apartment 🙂
- Go to as least three free fun / social events in DC or VA – Sticking with Operation Spend Less Money on this one. There is so much going on in DC. I just don't take the time to research / find out about stuff ahead of time.
- Research and consider adult Spanish language classes – I used to be extremely proficient in Spanish (I might not go all the way to fluent but I was pretty close!) I haven't used it in years though and it really is such an important skill to have. I'd love to find an adult class I can take to brush up on my skills (especially conversational skills) We'll see if it fits in the budget though.


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I'm afraid we have some sad news to report from the Manor. Just before Christmas our lovely cat Chester died unexpectedly, leaving us all devastated. Chester was a firm fixture at the Manor, I'd like to think of him as the supperclub equivalent of Chalky the dog! I know many of our guests were fond of him and would often ask where he was when I had chased him off to keep him away from the food! He was never fazed by a dining room full of strangers and would always strut in shamelessly to say hello. Anyway I thought I'd blog about some of my favourite supperclub related Chester memories as a fitting tribute to a top cat!
1. I will never forget our second ever event, which was a bonfire inspired 'River Cottage' supperclub. Hay smoked mutton was on the menu and Chester had been obsessed with it from the moment it came out of the fridge and into the oven. After dinner we treated guests to a bonfire, sparklers and fire lanterns in the garden. Through the kitchen window I caught Chester, out of the corner of my eye, launching himself onto the leftover mutton that Susie and I were saving for our dinner. We had to rush in to rescue it from his clutches!
2. Another naughty Chester story – Around the time of our first Christmas meal (Delia's Christmas in December 2011) we played host to a student from the Leeds University Communications department. She was making a radio documentary about supperclubs as part of her coursework. We had to create lots of 'supperclub sound effects' for her which could be used to make the documentary sound more interesting and realistic. So this included running taps, chopping crunchy vegetables etc. In the end we took her into the dining room to be interviewed. It was all laid out for dinner with glassware and cutlery and so we chinked it all to make it sound like dinner was taking place. Suddenly we heard this all mighty crash and looked round to find Chester stood on the large dining table amidst a clutter of crockery he had knocked over. The student had recorded it all! This makes Chester sound like a terrible nuisance but the reason why these are such strong memories is that he never usually jumped up onto anything at all, he was far too lazy! He obviously wanted to have a good old nose at what on earth we were doing. Anyway the student promised that we could hear the documentary once it was finished but we've never seen (or heard!) it surface. It's a shame really as I'd love to hear if Chester got his 30 seconds of fame!
3. The final memory is another naughty story, I guess they're the best. As part of a plan to improve our presentation, over the past 18 months or so we've invested in some lovely new crockery and tableware. An investment piece has been a beautiful wooden board, made from olive wood, which we like to serve dainty canapés on. Well, when this first arrived and was unwrapped, Chester was very interested in it indeed. I've no idea what was in the olive wood, or the oil that was used to treat it. But whatever was in it had the effect of super strong cat nip on Chester who rolled around on the floor in submission to it! The effect was so strong that we've had to hide the board ever since and keep it away from him, most odd! So I'll leave it there. There are many more stories I could share but I don't want to bore you all completely. Chester was a big character at the Manor and will be hugely missed by all of us. RIP.


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Had a fitting session last week at Feather Boutique, 1 Mont Kiara. They have a wide selection of dresses that you can definitely wear for any occasion at anytime like casual, formal, work and evening wear. So here are 2 of my favourite looks for work and evening date. Scroll down to find out more...
Feeling rather girly and playing with lace is one of the way I express the idea of girly and classy without putting too much of effort. Like this lace dress from Feather Boutique that I am wearing, I love how the designer put all the lace together especially the lace on the sleeves, it falls just nice on my arm, making the dress not only evening but also work friendly too. :)
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This pearl white romper would be a perfect outfit for a date night out with your love one. A mix of beats and diamond-like embellishment. With all the embellishment on the romper, I do not even need to put on any accessories, all I need is to throw on a clutch and viola I am all ready for my date !
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Logger is a PL/SQL logging and debugging framework. It's used in many organizations to instrument code in their Oracle applications. Tyler Muth created Logger a few years ago and has since released several upgrades, the last being 1.4.0.
I contacted Tyler a few months ago about the possibility of working together to upgrade Logger and expand on its capabilities. Since then we've been busy working on Logger on our spare time (which isn't much these days). That being said, I'm pleased to announce that Logger 2.0.0.a01 (Alpha) is now available to download!
Besides some underlying changes, such as moving to GitHub and a new build script, the following things were added to Logger:
PL/SQL Email Client package: version 1.0 is available
PL/SQL Email Client package: version 1.0 is available
Nach einer sehr langen Zeit (um genau zu sein: nach 2 1/2 Jahren), konnte ich endlich eine neue Version meines Projektes PL/SQL Email Client online stellen. Neu in Version 1.0 sind
Select into statements..
One thing that bothers a lot of PL/SQL developers is when they have to select some data from a table into local variables. The problem is that the data may or may not exist (i.e. return 0..1 rows). They're several ways to write this code, some taking longer than others which is the pain point for developers.
NTH Value windowing
In my previous post which highlighted some analytic functions, I mentioned that the windowing clause must be explicitly defined when using the NTH_VALUE function. To recap, here's the example I used for NTH_VALUE which lists the 2nd highest salary for each department:
Interesting Analytical Functions
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GMB Calls For British Gas Action
GMB Calls On David Cameron To Keep His Promise To Help Save Over 680 British Gas Jobs At Oldbury, West Midlands Before Time Runs Out
The clock is ticking and David Cameron must instruct his ministers to get this taskforce underway immediately or it will be too late says GMB.
On 20 April, British Gas announced plans to close its office at Oldbury in the West Midlands with the loss of over 680 jobs. During Prime Ministers Questions on the same day, David Cameron said he would set up a ministerial taskforce to try to save the jobs. However, nothing has happened and GMB, which represents 500 of the staff at Oldbury, expressed the disappointment and frustration of the staff. (See notes to editors for GMB press releases about job losses at British Gas).
Stuart Fegan, GMB National Officer, said "Our members at Oldbury were devastated by British Gas' shock announcement but thought they had been thrown a lifeline when the Prime Minister intervened. Despite his personal commitment that a ministerial taskforce would be set up to look at trying to save the jobs absolutely nothing has happened at all.
GMB wrote to the business secretary Sajid Javid asking to be involved in the taskforce but we are disappointed that we have had no reply. The trouble is that British Gas has only allowed 45 days for consultation before these job losses become finalised and nearly a week has gone with no action from government. The clock is ticking and GMB urges David Cameron to instruct his ministers to get this taskforce underway immediately or it will be too late."
Mark Bergman, GMB regional organiser for British Gas, said "GMB deplores the way that the closure of British Gas Oldbury was announced. Some staff heard it on the news first. There was no consultation prior to the announcement, either with GMB or with local GMB representatives.
The staff have been devastated by this unforeseen decision especially as they believed that Oldbury was a successful office and they were proud to work there.
I want to make it clear, there has been no consultation, no business case and no respect for the workforce at all."
Contact: Stuart Fegan on 07912 890434 or GMB press office on 07970 863411 or 07739 182691
Notes to editors
1 GMB press release dated Wednesday, April 20, 2016
GMB Welcomes Government Taskforce To Save British Gas Oldbury Jobs
Our Members do not want this taskforce to be a toothless tiger so GMB must be involved.
GMB, the union for British Gas workers, commented on the announcement this afternoon by Prime Minister David Cameron that the government will set up a taskforce to save the 684 jobs at risk from the closure of British Gas' Oldbury site. (See notes to editors for a GMB press release about job losses at British Gas).
The Prime Minister told the commons that the government would make sure "a taskforce of ministers is available to talk to the company, to talk to the local community, to provide all the assistance in terms of retraining and other things that can be done to help."
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary, said "Thanks to local MP John Spellar's intervention, David Cameron has promised a ministerial taskforce to try to save the British Gas Oldbury office from closure, giving a possible lifeline to 680 workers at the site most of whom are GMB members.
However, our members do not want this taskforce to be a toothless tiger so on their behalf I've asked for GMB to be involved to make sure that saving jobs is the taskforce's top priority as it is ours."
2 GMB press release dated Wednesday, April 20, 2016
British Gas Announces 684 Job Losses And The Closure Of Their Oldbury Office
This announcement is further evidence of the way British Gas now sees staff as pawns to be sacrificed when it suits says GMB.
GMB, the union for British Gas workers, has reacted angrily to the announcement this morning that British Gas intends to close its office in Oldbury and put 684 staff, most of whom are GMB members, out of a job.
The announcement follows news on Monday (20th April 2016) that parent company Centrica will cut 3,000 jobs in 2016, having cut 800 jobs in the first three months of the year. (See notes to editors for previous GMB press releases about Centrica).
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary, said "This announcement has come completely out of the blue and is further evidence of the way British Gas now sees staff as pawns to be sacrificed when it suits.
The Oldbury office has been performing well, the staff there have been delivering everything asked of them and more, yet all the while the company's top brass on their multi-million pound pay packages have been harbouring secret plans to shut them down.
The news will be devastating for the workforce and the local community, coming hot on the heels of Npower's decision to also cut back its operations in Oldbury. GMB will fight British Gas to try to protect every job we can but today things look bleak for the Oldbury workers."
3 GMB press release dated Monday, April 18, 2016
3000 Job Losses At Centrica In 2016 As Part Of £750m Per Annum Cuts
Staff are confused and disillusioned, managers don't know if they're staying or going and the only word from the top is cut, cut, cut says GMB.
GMB, the union for energy workers, commented on the announcement today, Monday 18th April 2016, from Centrica that it would cut a total of 3000 jobs in 2016, with 800 jobs being cut in the first three months of the year. (See notes to editors for previous GMB press releases about Centrica).
The job losses are part of an expected £200 million of efficiency savings in 2016 towards Centrica's £750 million per annum cost efficiency programme.
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary, said "Centrica's main operating business, British Gas, is going through considerable management upheaval while trying to implement major cost and headcount reductions which is putting the whole business under real strain and it is creaking.
Staff are confused and disillusioned, managers don't know if they're staying or going and the only word from the top is cut, cut, cut. Announcing even more job losses will be a bitter blow and GMB will be consulting with shop stewards and reps to discuss what steps to take."
4 GMB press release dated Tuesday, February 2, 2016
500 Job Losses At British Gas Due To Closure Of Loft And Cavity Wall Insulation Business
Job losses in the loft and cavity wall business are a real sickener with a further 4,000 job losses still to come in areas that have yet to be identified says GMB.
GMB, the union for workers in the gas industry, commented on the British Gas announcement to staff on 2nd Feb that 500 workers would be losing their jobs, largely as a result of the closure of the company's loft and cavity wall insulation business. See copy of Centrica press release dated 2nd Feb 2016.
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary, said "This is an early stage of the programme of 6,000 job losses announced by parent group Centrica's CEO Ian Conn last summer.
GMB expects a further 4,000 job losses still to come in areas that have yet to be identified.
The closure of the loft and cavity wall business with a loss of 500 jobs is a real sickener.
At the end of last year we went through a reorganisation which we were told was to make that business competitive and everyone thought that was behind us. But it seems while we were doing that the company was hatching secret plans to shut the whole operation down. Staff will feel gutted and we will think twice about believing anything the company says now.
British Gas was playing a significant part in tackling cold homes and improving energy efficiency. Now the government will need to look at revising it's carbon emission targets as a result of these and other job losses in the insulation sector."


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Ed Bowsher, head of consumer finance at lovemoney.com, has given his predictions for our finances in 2010:
Base rate and inflation:
- Inflation will rise early in the year thanks to higher oil prices and VAT going back up to 17.5% from 1st January. As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation will peak at 3% or a little higher. Once those one-off effects have made their impact, inflation should slip back later in the year.
- Given the benign inflation environment, the Bank of England shouldn't need to raise the base rate in the first half of 2010. We might see a rise to 0.75 or 1 per cent later in the year.
- Regulators will continue to insist that the banks keep more cash than they did in 2006. That means they'll have less money to lend out than they did in the days of the pre-crunch boom.
- Higher gilt yields will push up rates on long-term fixed-rate mortgages.
- Short-term rates will probably only rise by a small amount as they're mainly governed by the base rate and Libor which should both stay low.
- As the banks' balance sheets gradually improve, they won't be so reliant on ordinary savers to provide funds for lending. In other words, they will find it easier to borrow from other banks and investors on the wholesale markets. That will be a downwards force on savings rates in early 2010.
- Later in the year, rising gilt yields and a slightly higher base rate will probably push up the rates paid on many accounts.
House prices:
- House prices will slip back a little in 2010. The Conservatives look likely to win the next election and they will make big cuts in public expenditure. That will keep unemployment rising which will trigger forced sales of homes.
- There won't be a dramatic rise in mortgage lending, so that won't help house prices either.
- The next government will be under huge pressure to improve the public finances. When Mrs Thatcher entered power in 1979, she raised extra cash by increasing VAT to 15 per cent. The next government could bring in an extra £12 billion by pushing VAT up to 20 per cent.
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Minecraft servers on DRUIFJES.NL
T h e c h o i c e i s s i m p l e;
New Holland = a small world with lots of places
Amigos = the old Amigos.co.uk but kept alive
MIDGARD = a maverik in the group, will be changed...later
Fairall's World = Fairall rules here with her scepter!
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Hello, World!
It has been a while to render some messages to you all, (I am not sure anybody is reading this, but I stay positive) in the light of coming updates of Minecraft, I was very sceptic about how Mojang would update existing worlds, I have no idea how they planned on doing that, until I noticed that some places were altered and some ships were present. Like I have seen with the coming of those underwater temples, they were planted in a piece of water, disregard of what was above or below.
Then I noticed even one that was three blocks under the green grass and it was like a pharao's chamber that emerged.... Well, lets not make a fuzz about that, they are trying, aren't they?
The thing with 1.14 that will follow is a bold one. That's my opinion, and not a statement. Here we have our worlds, equipped with all sort of plugins to make it more fun, and then all of a sudden there will be pillagers.... Nasty 18th century bad guys.... and they keep coming.... We were sure that mobs like skeletons, zombies and creepers were standard our enemy, now we have a day-time task ahead to keep even bad guys from killing off viable members of a town.... (not the green ones) WHERE'S MY SMILEY?
Alas, we shall see what the future have to show us..... just wait and see....
What a beautifull day it is.....
If there are new players in the game, We welcome them with open arms......
We try to keep the senses stimulated by looking out for nice plugins that fit right in and makes gameplay a lot funnier. My good friend in Australia does quiet the same and harbours now close to one hundred plugins..... :o !!!
As Thanksgiving is getting closer, Christmas and the old and new, people either tend to spend more time with each other or play online with another. There is always time for a good game, if it is either one we host or another, it does not matter, just have fun!!
So, HAVE A LOT OF FUN!
Power shortage only in the USA?
Hell no, we do not have it often, but once and a while it can go really wrong.... Last night the power went out and when it came on, my old NAS did not start the power cycle, rendering one disk (that is all that is in there) without power. What then happens, is simple, If a raid of disks are depending on each other, and one of them fails through powerloss, the whole volume is offline, safety....
I did not had the time to make a new article, so, I did this fast way... The MC servers will be available after the update is ready to begin....
Till then....
Why are there so much people on my server and here?????
Well, actually, there are almost none, but that's ok... I like it when visitors pass by and leave some message behind, not alone a message, but maybe something more, a contribution in builds would be much appreciated, on any of the worlds...
Since early 2015 I have entertained a server for anyone who cared, or wanted to play, just my mistake to trust people too fast, and especially when they have not reached the mature age of 40. That said, I had a few kids abusing their gained rights given through me, but now they are all gone... Must they all play games in Minecraft? Well, games are ok, but they are so 80's, yes, 80's as in 1980!!! That was the time for games they like to play now...
I must admit, the people who make those plugins, well, they did a very good job, but my vision of Minecraft is survival and trade, and all things around that, not try to kill off every member that visits the server....
Luckily for me, more and more serverowners realize that, and so the hardcore players seriously need to 'play' instead of hunt all that can talk/type....
Let it be a game of fun, through several plugins I use to 'entertain' visitors, there is enough to explore...
Have fun....
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Hi everyone,
It was about time to get some things in order, so we actually made it all into a bungeecord server and the portal is the standard adress: DRUIFJES.NL
So now you don't have to remember where or when you were here (or there) but you can travel along servers (Pfffff, bragger, there's only two!) inside the druifjes domain....
(at this moment we are hard at work to get the portals working, have patience...)
Now, how we got this under control is one, finishing touch and actually make it ingame work is a whole other thing...
We agreed on using less instead of more plugins, so we want to make the portals, through which you must travel to the other worlds and server...
The hardware under this all is pushed to its max, and because it costs money to replace for far stronger, I, Mr_Killer01, am supervising the hardware, am paying for all this myself, every bit comes out of my pocket (not a big pocket) , otherwise I would have bought a Xenon for my server....
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GENWI (www.genwi.com), the cloud publishing leader, announced today that FLOODGATE, and the partners of ELEVATION PARTNERS, spearheaded by Mike Maples, Jr. and Roger McNamee respectively, have invested in GENWI's vision and cloud-based mobile content management system, as a game changer in the publishing industry as evidenced by their recent successes with apps for Conde Nast, Times of India, and The Hollywood Reporter.
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GENWI's platform was purposely built for mobile to help content publishers create engaging mobile apps using a "Cloud-Based mobile Content Management System." By decoupling content and design in the cloud, GENWI has fundamentally altered the way the publishing industry works. Editors can manage content aggregation and creation, build content models, and curate content–all independent of the design. Designers have the creative freedom and flexibility to create and manage navigation and design apps using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript. GENWI brings the content and design together at runtime–in the cloud–and delivers content to any device form factor. Further, both editors and designers can make changes in real-time without forcing the reader to update the app. They can also deliver content in a more targeted way–either by geography or by usage patterns indicating interest.
"GENWI is honored, not only for the monetary support from Elevation and Floodgate, but for the validation from these industry luminaries whose backing shows that cloud publishing is the way of the future," notes PJ Gurumohan, GENWI's Co-Founder and CEO. "With tablets set to surpass notebook growth by 2016, publishers have an extraordinary opportunity to recapture control of their content and brands away from the context of a web search."
Elevation Partners and Floodgate joined the Series A funding round bringing the total the company has raised to date to $7.1M with other investors being Nexus Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners, and Quest Venture Partners.
GENWI Will Host Exclusive NYC Event for Publishers Next Week
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WTAPS has been using military history and culture to dictate the direction of their collections since the brand's inception. A new subline from WTAPS focuses on stripping away the branding and presenting a more minimal take on the genre. Mill is focused around military uniforms and bringing a streamlined take on military uniforms.
The SS19 Mil (UNIFORMS) capsule sees WTAPS strip back to the bare necessities of workwear, delivering "the ultimate uniform line" thanks to simplistic, oversized cuts and minimal tailoring. The capsule is comprised of a M-65 field jacket, a ripstop jungle BDU shirt, cargo pants, ripstop jungle pants and a pair of simplified cotton-satin mix trousers. Available on the WATPS site now. For more WTAPS hit online, look to retailers like SJS.
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Tetsu Nishiyama's military centric WTAPS returns this season in time for the summer weather. New branding elements are seen, typographically representing the WTAPS brand on a variety of tops, bottoms, light outerwear and accessories. Some key pieces from the drop include include the Para / Trouser Cargos, Scout LS overshirt and the Drag-On pullover anorak.
You can find select items online at retailers including HAVEN.
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WTAPS is set to unveil their first ever book. Working with Tokyo-based design company and publisher mo'design, the book has been in the works for over 5 years. WTAPS 001 will cover the 20 year history of WTAPS and features beautiful images of over 300 archival products along with information about each piece. The book also features an introduction by WTAPS founder Tetsu Nishiyama.
WTAPS 01 is set to release on November 25, with the 360-page book retailing at ¥15,000.
You can reserve a copy over at at mo'des book site but act fast as it's limited to a print run of only 2000 copies.
UPDATE the book sold out immediately at the pre-order site but is now available at SLAM JAM.
WTAPS delivers a series of new items for Fall/Winter 2017. The drop includes some key staples from graphic tees to BDU field shirts, cargo pants and jackets. For another look at the official lookbook, re-visit it over HERE.
You can shop the items over at END and Need Supply.
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WTAPS always strikes that careful balance of maintaining their aesthetic while bringing out fire variations on the staples they've become known for. Fall/Winter 2017 does have quite a few heaters in it. First among which is the tactical field jacket above. It seems the Japanese label has struck a careful balance between a full on militaristic approach and more laid back streetwear staples. Other standouts here include a cowichan sweater, chore coat, and beige parka. Also of note are the Timberland boots in brown suede that is a great take on the staple 6″ boot.
Look for the collection to hit shops including END and Need Supply.
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Japanese style mag Popeye tackles spring style in the city with this well-styled editorial. Giving a very real glimpse into days spent traveling across town while stopping at delis, burger shops and falafel joints. Pieces include the latest from Visvim, WTAPS and Wacko Maria. If you're looking for some these items online you can find them at END and Revive.
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While the the recent retro of the cross-bone WTAPS Vans have come and gone from most store shelves, this off-white anaconda WTAPS Vans Era have slipped under the radar. Low-top anaconda-embossed leather in off-white featuring a logo patch at the tongue. Tonal stitching and a rubber gum sole round out this model.
Get these at SSENSE before they're gone.
WTAPS released this baseball jersey this season. There's always been a close association between streetwear and sportswear and for those who aren't trying to rep any particular team, WTAPS does a good job of re-creating a 1950's style American baseball jersey.
It's available at END.
WTAPS and GRIND return with their seasonal editorial , presenting new pieces from the streetwear label in the magazine's latest issue. The vibe this time is decidedly sportswear with a football and baseball jersey featured and styled in manner that brings to mind 90's New York. Check the latest editorial here and look for the product online at the usual suspects END and Haven.
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WTAPS is set to release it's Spring/Summer 2016 collection. The "EX.32″collection lookbook is a return to a less fitted look and prominently features a range of bomber jackets, cotton outerwear and hiking boots. Shorts, BDUS and distressed denim combine with jerseys, hoodies and work shirts layered under outerwear at times. The collection continues WTAPS trend of moving towards streetwear and away from it's militant roots.
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More than 60 victims whose homes were destroyed in the Black Forest Fire are suing the Black Forest Fire Department, arguing that authorities were negligent in handling the blaze.
The Black Forest Fire was one of the most destructive in Colorado history, burning approximately 15,000 acres and destroying around 500 homes. Two people died as a result of the blaze.
The plaintiffs claim there are many "unanswered questions" surrounding the fire department's conduct during the fire. According to reports, firefighters refused to use available resources to stop the fire early on, and the fire chief waited too long to turn over command once he realized it was out of control.
The lawsuit also questions the fire chief's decision to light a controlled burn the same day, pulling vital resources away from the Black Forest blaze. The lead plaintiff believes the controlled burn should have been nicknamed the Twin Fire, "because it became the major part of the Black Forest Fire and was as destructive or worse than the (original) fire."
One plaintiff said he had lost half a million dollars in construction equipment in the blaze. He and other victims who lost their homes have filed a class-action negligence lawsuit, requesting $1 million each for negligence and property damage.
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Piece of nephrite rock. One of a set of seven "pieces of nephrite and serpentine" samples described in the Berry loan collection original list.
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Width (mm) = 47mm
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Nephrite, very dark green / in colour, ovoid in shape.
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