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While some might consider a "cleanse" after all the holiday eating, there are a number things that can be done every day to keep our digestive system in good form. A recent article in Chubb's Accent by Chubb, offers recommendations for the top 10 foods that help to make each day detoxifying: water, green tea, kale, lemons, broccoli, beet juice, asparagus, dandelion greens, artichokes and apples. For more information about how to incorporate these foods in your diet, click here. Of course, any significant changes to one's diet should be reviewed first with your physician
Potential Penalties for Employers under the "Pay or Play" Rules
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings many changes to employers and health plans. One such change essentially amounts to a requirement for some employers to offer a certain level health care coverage to their employees or face penalties.
ACA does not explicitly mandate an employer to offer employees acceptable health insurance. However, beginning in 2014, certain employers with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees will face penalties if one or more of their full-time employees obtains a premium credit through an exchange. As described in greater detail below, an individual may be eligible for a premium credit either because the employer does not offer coverage or the employer offers coverage that is either not "affordable" or does not provide "minimum value."
Click here for more information.
This information is not intended to be exhaustive nor should any discussion or opinions be construed as legal or financial advice. Readers should contact legal counsel or their CPA for legal tax advice.
Data Breach Affects 200,000 University Students
Just last Thursday, a university in Connecticut reported that it is in the process of notifying over 200,000 students and their families that their personal information including Social Security numbers may have been exposed to unauthorized access by a computer system vulnerability that has since been corrected.
This incident has become much more common place over the past few years and similar breaches can be found from large corporations down to "mom and pop" businesses. Exposure doesn't have to be from a hacker either. Just think of losing a laptop with sensitive customer data such as Social Security numbers or credit card details that opens the business up to cyber exposure.
The cost from cyber security threats can result in significant out-of-pocket costs to a company. For example, many states now require companies to notify all of their customers if a breach is even suspected. The cost for notification has been estimated up to $30 or more per customer. The cost is staggering when you multiply these costs times your business's total number of customers. Aside from the financial cost, the effect on your customers' trust and confidence is impossible to measure.
Cyber Liability/ Data breach is generally excluded on general liability policies. To begin determining the exposure a business has, consider some of the key questions:
Do you record personal information of clients including addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and other sensitive information? This exposure exists whether in paper and / or electronic record form.
Do you operate a website or server to run your business including the use of laptops, iPhones, Blackberries or other portable devices by employees?
Does your business have credit and debit card transactions?
The affirmative answer to any of these questions should trigger a close analysis of the security measures you have in place and consideration of a cyber / data breach liability policy.
Please call us if you would like more information about this type of insurance.
Check out the Significant Workers Compensation Experience Rating Changes effective 1/1/13
Will your next experience modification factor be negatively impacted by the upcoming rating changes?
For the first time in approximately 20 years, the formula used to calculate an experience mod is changing. Michigan has followed the lead of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and will apply the new formula beginning with any mod having an effective date of 1/1/13.
The experience mod is a significant factor in determining your organization's final workers compensation policy premium. Some of the other factors are your class of business and payroll.
According to NCCI's estimates, over 47,000 employers in the U.S. could find their experience mod increased by at least 0.10 points or more while others may find their mod decreased. Because the experience mod is just one factor in determining your final workers compensation premium, a change in your experience mod from, let's say, 1.00 to 1.10 does not necessarily mean that your premium will be increased by 10%. Experience rating worksheets are generally available approximately 30-60 days prior to your rating effective date and can be used to determine how the change can impact your workers compensation renewal premium.
In the meantime, it is always important for employers to stress on the job safety for its employees through good risk management procedures. Keep in mind that your claims experience will be used in the mod formula for the three year period prior to your expiring workers compensation policy. Good claims experience helps control insurance premiums.
Information taken from Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and the NCCI.
Whittling off extra holiday weight– Numbers that count
The thoughts of Thanksgiving turn to spending time with family and friends and enjoying wonderful food. For many of us, the Thanksgiving dinner plate is filled with almost all carbs……stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, not to mention all the desserts.
Check out some of the numbers below that can help keep the extra pounds in check from holiday eating and help you to stay fit along the way……………….
10 is the amount of calories you burn per minute when taking the stairs, and you burn 10 times more calories than if you take the elevator.
10 minutes is all you need to benefit from a workout if you are just starting. Every little effort helps. When just beginning, consistency is more important than intensity.
60 days is how long it takes to form a habit. Move your body for 60 days in a row, and you're on your way to a permanent lifestyle change!
8 flights of stairs a day could reduce your death rate by 32 percent!
2 minutes of stair-climbing a day can help you lose 2 pounds a year.
Health and fitness is a journey – there is no destination!
Weather Related Disasters – Be Prepared
We have been very fortunate in the Midwest not to have to endure power loss, flooding and now snowstorms that are faced by those living in the Northeast, not to mention those who lost their homes due to Sandy.
Many people planned ahead by stocking up on supplies. Having two children who live on the East Coast, I became intimately familiar with stories of basic items that quickly flew off the store shelves.
Check out the link from the CDC that offers a list of suggested supplies along with emergency preparedness and response tips. After reviewing the list, my son suggested adding portable gasoline cans as an important item to include. Having three young children, he also couldn't stress enough the importance of children's games, books and activities.
Water Water Everywhere ……….
The flood damage from Superstorm Sandy has devastated many areas of the northeast coast.
As a reminder, while standard homeowner policies cover many types of water damage issues, flood is excluded. The need for flood insurance is an obvious one if you live on the coast, near a lake or river. The threat of flood damage becomes less apparent to most other homeowners. Consider, however, the possibility of a nearby stream overflowing or heavy rains accumulating in your backyard and water seeping through basement windows.
The National Flood Program (NFIP) offers primary flood coverage up to $250,000 for buildings and up to $100,000 for contents. Click here for a summary of the NFIP coverage and limitations.
Some carriers such as Chartis, Chubb and Fireman's Fund offer personal flood insurance coverage either through a special endorsement or as a standalone policy with broader coverage than the standard NFIP program.
For example, NFIP coverage requires that a flood must inundate at least two acres or two or more properties, one of which is the insured property. A claim for contents coverage through NFIP is paid on a replacement cost basis less depreciation.
Chartis, Chubb and Fireman's Fund offer solutions that will cover a flood loss even if the flood is confined to just the insured property, and the policy can be written to include replacement cost without depreciation.
There are a number of other differences and coverage options. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like more information.
This information is not intended to be exhaustive nor should any discussion or opinions be construed as legal or financial advice. Readers should contact legal counsel or their CPA for legal tax advice.
Hurricane or a Superstorm? Big difference in a Homeowners Policy deductible!
While Sandy was a hurricane for most of the time along the coast, it never reached hurricane-force winds at landfall, thereby changing its designation from a hurricane to a tropical storm. This downgrading of Sandy prior to it making landfall will save homeowners potentially thousands of dollars in insurance deductibles.
Here's why! A hurricane deductible is different from your basic homeowner policy deductible. The hurricane deductible is based on a percentage of a property's insured value, and the percentage can be as high as 5%. If a home has a value of $500,000, a hurricane deductible could be $25,000 which will be far higher than a typical homeowner deductible.
New York's Superintendent of Financial Services, Benjamin Lawsky, has addressed this issue in a release stating: "We have informed the insurance industry that hurricane deductibles are not triggered because Sandy did not have sustained hurricane-force winds when it made land in New York." Similar statements were released by other coastal states.
Many homeowners, however, are also experiencing damage due to flooding which is not covered by standard home insurance policies. Flood policies through the National Flood Insurance Program have limited coverage and a 30-day waiting period from the time of purchase until the policy will go into effect.
This information is not intended to be exhaustive nor should any discussion or opinions be construed as legal or financial advice. Readers should contact legal counsel or their CPA for legal tax advice.
The Ten Commandments of Key Control & Verification
The lock-and-key systems most commonly used by apartment communities today are master-key systems, and inherent in those systems is the potential threat posed by the ability of a master-key holder to gain access to the entire community. Nationally, approximately 40-60 percent of all rentals get new residents every year. A lot of time and money are spent on replacing locks, but there are a number of other key control practices that you should follow on a regular basis without exception at your site.
1) Always document, in writing, who is using back-up and master keys. Do so in a separate log book showing details of usage and return. Conduct periodic (at least quarterly) inventories on all keys that have been issued and document findings.
2) Re-key doors (replace lock mechanisms) whenever a new tenant is assigned and the apartment is turned. Stamp "Do Not Duplicate" on all keys issued.
3) Always eliminate or limit the use of a master key.
4) Always keep back-up keys in a locked key box.
5) Always code the keys so they do not reflect the unit numbers.
6) Always secure the code sheet and key box separately.
7) Always keep two (2) keys on one hook so you can complete a quick visual inspection and inventory.
8) Keep the key cutting machine and blanks keys secured.
9) Always lock the room that houses the key box.
10) Always set the office burglar alarm after hours.
Employee or Independent Contractor?
A common scenario many business owners face is hiring an independent contractor, who operates as a sole proprietor, for a task where the possibility for injury exists. Yet, you fail to obtain workers' compensation coverage for this person because you assume if they were injured on the job, their independent contractor status would prohibit a claim against your insurance.
What you may not realize, however, is that just because someone is a sole proprietor of a business doesn't automatically make them an independent contractor if they come to work for you. They may very well be considered an employee. Determining whether someone is an employee or independent contractor is complicated by the fact that three separate agencies, your state Workers' Compensation Board, your state Department of Labor and the IRS, each make a determination of status based on their own criteria. The IRS requirements can be found online at www.irs.gov. You can obtain state requirements by contacting your state Workers' Compensation Board and Department of Labor office.
In spite of all of this seeming confusion, there are general rules of thumb you can utilize to determine if a worker should be considered an employee. The commonality among these criteria is that the employer directly controls the how, what, and when of the worker's employment.
Direct Evidence of the Right to Control
• Do you have the right to require compliance with your instructions?
• Will you be training this person through meetings, classes, or apprenticeship with a more experienced worker?
• Will the worker's services be integrated into your overall business operations?
• Do you set the number of hours this person will work?
• Will the worker devote full time hours to your business?
• Do you determine the order or sequence in which the worker's tasks are performed?
• Is the worker required to submit regular oral or written reports?
• Do you pay the worker's business expenses?
Method of Payment
• Do you provide this person with hourly, weekly, daily, monthly or other regular periodic payments? Furnishing of Equipment?
• Is the work being performed on your premises?
• Do you provide the worker with tools, materials, or other equipment?
Right to Terminate Relationship Without Liability
• Do you have an ongoing relationship with the worker?
• Do you have the right to discharge the worker without liability?
The general criteria for determining whether a worker should be considered an independent contractor or employee are as follows:
• Does the worker perform services for several unrelated persons or firms at the same time?
• Does the worker make the services available to the general public on a regular and consistent basis?
• Does the worker realize profit or suffer a loss as a result of his/her services beyond the profit or loss ordinarily realized by employees?
• Does the worker invest in facilities used in performing services that are not typically maintained by employees?
• Will the sale of business assets provide the worker with a gain or recovery?
• If the worker suddenly stops working, is there contractual liability?
Remember, a worker's status is subject to the particulars of the specific work to be performed. While someone may qualify as an independent contractor for one assignment, they may become an employee for the next job. Therefore, you must always re-evaluate the worker's status on a regular basis to ensure compliance.
This information is not intended to be exhaustive nor should any discussion or opinions be construed as legal or financial advice. Readers should contact legal counsel or their CPA for legal tax advice.


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text: Anonymous is a "hacker-activist" network that has claimed online attacks on sites ranging from the Vatican to Los Angeles Police Canine Association. (Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP) RELATED ARTICLES Hack attack threat for Gupta sites, Oakbay and Sahara down Anonymous bidder forks out $3.46m to have lunch with Warren Buffett SABC confirms hack attack on its websites Johannesburg - Hacktivists Anonymous Africa have shed more light on why they targeted websites belonging to the SABC and Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments this week.Both the public broadcaster and Oakbay Investments confirmed to Fin24 this week that their websites suffered cyber attacks.On Sunday, SABC websites - ranging from the broadcaster's main online news portal to its 5FM site - went on the blink for several hours amid threats from Anonymous Africa on Twitter.READ: SABC confirms hack attack on its websitesThen on Wednesday, Oakbay linked companies that include broadcaster ANN7, newspaper The New Age and IT firm Sahara experienced downtime on their websites. On the same day, the Oakbay Investments and Oakbay Resources and Energy websites also went down as Anonymous Africa threatened attacks against the Gupta-owned companies.READ: Hack attack threat for Gupta sitesOther alleged website victims of Anonymous Africa this week have included political parties the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Zanu-PF.Most of these attacks have taken the form of 'Distributed Denial of Service' attacks, which involves flooding a website server with thousands of requests."We target corrupt and/or racist individuals, corporations and parties," Anonymous Africa told Fin24 in an exclusive interview."In every one of these cases, we feel justice has gone unanswered, and while we are not justice, we are a very loud voice complaining about the lack of justice," the group said.The group then told Fin24 that they targeted the SABC because of the broadcaster's alleged "return to Apartheid era censorship" while it targeted the EFF because of their alleged "Nazi" or "nationalist socialist rhetoric and politicising racism.""With the Guptas, do we really have to explain ourselves there? They are the epitome of corruption," Anonymous Africa told Fin24. Anonymous Africa said it targeted Oakbay linked websites later on Wednesday evening again after The New Age published an article under the headline 'Hackers fail to shutdown Oakbay websites'."They got extra attention from us for lying about us in an article they wrote afterwards. We may be cowards hiding behind our keyboards but we do not lie," Anonymous Africa said.Meanwhile, the Anonymous Africa group, which claims links to the global network of Anonymous hacktivists, said all its members are all African born, even though some of them may live outside of the continent."Both, inside and outside, but all of us are Africans by birth. We have Shona working with Ndebele, English with Afrikaans," the group said.The group further stressed that its purpose is primarily that of protest."We want to clarify, we are hacktivists, not hackers," the group told Fin24."We are not intruding onto other people's systems, we are forming mass protests to bring a lot of attention, we do know of other Anon groups going deeper, but our role is that of peaceful, non-destructive protest. "If in the all the noise we are creating, others are able to slip in and expose sensitive data, well, it is not our job to stop them," the group added.The cyber attacks this week elicited strong words from the the SABC.SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told Fin24 on Sunday that "cowards" carried out the attacks and that they hit a "national key point" by targeting SABC websites.Meanwhile, Oakbay Investments, in a statement on Wednesday, said at the time that it had regained "control" of its websites amid the attacks.READ: Gupta-owned Oakbay responds to hacker attacks Read more about: oakbay | sabc share:


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There is an old Japanese saying: "大阪の食い倒れ" or "Osaka no kuidaore", which translate to something like: "Osaka's people are known for overindulging themselves in food and drinks" Wow all that!? Yes the Japanese words are shorter but the meaning is more or less the same. This saying is easily understandable for someone who visits Osaka for the first time. The variety and quality of food in this city is something that goes beyond description.
We will try in this article to describe one of, if not, the most famous dish of the region, Osaka's soul food, Kansai's most affordable snack ,the tourists number one dish to try…. drums rolling …. Takoyaki.
If you are visiting Osaka, you HAVE to try the famous Osaka's Takoyaki!
Takoyakis are small balls of grilled dough with cooked octopus legs inside; the flavour is enhanced by using a natural stock of fish and other seafood ingredients. The secret of the deliciousness of Takoyaki is the thoroughly crafted dough and the selected ingredients of each shop.
The small pieces of Takoyaki are carefully backed on a specially made copper plate and the grilling is made in front of the customers in a show like performance displaying the skills of the extensively experienced baker!
The perfectly grilled pieces are somehow goldish in colour and are crispy from the outside and soft in the inside. The Takoyakis are put on a specially made paper plate and the sauce of your choice is spread over the steaming hot delicacy. You can choose between a special Takoyaki seasoning sauce, mayonnaise, soy sauce or you can keep the taste simple by just spreading some salt and a red spicy powder.
The serving wouldn't be completed without the adding of the literally dancing slices of the katsuboshi; or slices of shaved dried fish. The heat of the recently grilled dumplings and the light weight and extremely thin texture of the katsuboshi produces which I love to call the "dancing fish's effect" over your plate, in which you can see a distinguishable movement of this topping swaying from side to side above the delicious snack. The spectacle is comparable to the Snake charming performance right on top of your plate.
Be careful not to burn yourself, the inside is literally steaming hot and the right technique to eat the snack would be to open it first with the toothpick and wait until the air goes inside. When the ball gets a little bit colder, then, you can devour it and enjoy the exploding deliciousness spreading inside of your mouth. I don't know about you, but, I'm getting hungry just thinking about this Osaka's speciality. Good thing is; I know what I'm getting for dinner tonight.


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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services came under fire after the death of 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund.
As residents and politicians questioned why the state agency didn't remove AJ from his parents' home, DCFS investigator and McHenry County Board member Carlos Acosta spoke about his interaction with AJ about four months before the boy's parents allegedly beat, killed and buried the child.
AJ's father, Andrew Freund Sr., and his mother, JoAnn Cunningham, each are charged with first-degree murder in connection with their son's April 15 death. The parents reported AJ missing April 18, and police discovered the boy's body April 24 in a shallow grave near Woodstock.
Acosta was called Dec. 18 to investigate the conditions in the home and a large bruise on AJ's hip. Acosta expressed that he acted within DCFS guidelines when he and his supervisor ruled the allegations unsubstantiated and returned AJ and his younger brother to their father. Although Acosta didn't say what specifically needs adjusting within DCFS, he agreed that changes need to be made.
"Do I think statutory remedies are necessary? Yes," Acosta said during a May 31 interview. "I don't know where that balance is."
Acosta's recounting of the Dec. 18 and 19 investigation sparked ire in some, such as state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, who has suggested Acosta resign from his County Board seat.
"I don't think that this is someone who should be in public service," McSweeney said. "I think the best path is to resign from public service and move on."
Others, including McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks, called AJ's death a "collective" failure.
"This isn't about Carlos Acosta. This is about a broken system," Franks said. "This is about a system that [DCFS workers] who have 15 children they're supposed take care of have 40 or 50. That's what this is."
Word of AJ Freund's disappearance and the subsequent news of his death sparked public questioning of DCFS operations and requirements. Improved communication, funding and regulation are some of the changes that local foster parents and legislators have recommended.
Legislators have proposed several bills that would bring some of those changes to fruition, while local foster parents have said community support is lacking.
"If anything comes from this tragedy, it's an awareness that things have to change, and they are changing," Franks said.
At a May 31 roundtable discussion, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, heard from McHenry County foster parents, who described their DCFS case workers as well-intentioned, overworked and restricted in their abilities to intervene in certain situations.
"There's all these agencies that are trying to do something great, but there's no real communication between them and no mass regulation or standards that allow them to work together," foster parent Alicia Wehby said.
In response to AJ's death, Underwood has backed legislation that tries to address a rise in child maltreatment coinciding with the nationwide opioid epidemic.
The federal Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act would authorize $270 million for the expansion of prevention services to reach more than 3 million children annually, as well as an additional $270 million to support new research and help Illinois' child protective agencies expand their services, Underwood said.
Another proposal, Senate Bill 1778, would amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to clearly define the roles and expectations of a mandated reporter.
The bill, which passed both houses in the General Assembly on May 31, generally requires mandated reporters complete initial training within three months of their employment and at least every three years afterward so that mandated reporters know the signs of abuse and neglect, as well as what to expect when a DCFS hotline call is made.
McSweeney and state Reps. Allen Skillicorn and Steven Reick each voted in favor of the bill May 31.
"I'm not just going to point my finger only at [Acosta]," McSweeney said. "I'm going to clearly say that a situation turned into a tragedy, and he was part of that, and unfortunately the whole DCFS system has a breakdown."
The bill's intention echoes a finding that was identified in an independent review of DCFS' Intact Family Services. The University of Chicago's independent policy research center, Chapin Hall, found that DCFS investigators and Intact workers didn't have a clear understanding of their roles either individually or as a team.
While investigators tend to identify with law enforcement, Intact case managers identify as social workers and mental health professionals, according to the report. Additionally, Intact and investigation teams rarely work in the same offices or for the same supervisors, the report found.
"In both instances where a death occurred during an Intact case, there was no evidence of ongoing collaboration between [DCFS] investigators and Intact case managers," Chapin Hall policy fellow Dana A. Weiner wrote in the report.
The finding is significant because 80% of Illinois' DCFS cases are referred to Intact Family Services, or in-home services that link families to community assistance and educational tools.
"A meeting with all of the assigned professionals who were working (or had recently worked) with the family would have been a helpful step toward risk assessment and service planning, but these meetings did not occur nor did any Child and Family Team meetings," Weiner wrote.
Illinois DCFS acting Director Marc Smith has said the agency is taking steps to adopt Chapin Hall's recommendations based on the report's findings.
In reviewing the claims of abuse against AJ's mother, Acosta said he did consult with another DCFS worker who previously investigated unfounded allegations at the boy's home. Acosta made a final home visit Dec. 19, by which time reported dog feces and urine on the floor had been cleaned up, he said. The case was closed Jan. 4.
Talk of DCFS' procedures when determining whether to remove a child from his or her home has dominated the public conversation surrounding the agency's involvement with AJ. Acosta additionally noted that the agency's definition of key terms such as "urgent" and "immediate necessity'" varied between jurisdictions.
Even without DCFS caseload pressures and unclear regional standards, however, McHenry County may not be equipped to support the foster families that already exist in the community, Wehby said.
"I think a lot of it is just we're living in this nice little bubble and everyone assumes we don't need support and we don't need foster homes because that doesn't happen in our community, and that's just not true," she said.
Requirements for foster parents to have their children seen by a doctor or dentist within a short period of time can be hard to fulfill because many local providers don't accept foster children's insurance, Wehby said.
"No one will take the Medicaid card that the kids are on. You're stuck here and then you're traveling ..." Wehby said. "You have a limited amount of time to get them to the doctor and get them to the dentist. ... There's just a lot of misinformation."
McHenry County was home to 141 foster children as of May 16, according to a DCFS monthly report. Of those children, 81 were placed with foster families, and 60 were housed with relatives, the report showed.


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The Department
Curriculum Leader: Miss N Georges
Key Stage 3
Drama is taught to all students in Years 7, 8 & 9 for one hour per week and provides an introduction to the skills and knowledge required for further study.
Students will develop creative expression and communication skills, the ability to take part in co-operative group work and the develop their confidence through performance, as well as a love of the subject. Students are assessed every half term to consolidate learning and monitor progress.
Exam Board: Edexcel
Specification Number: 1DR0
Component One:
Devising (40% of qualification)
|Students explore stimuli in a group, developing ideas, rehearsing and refining these to create a devised piece of theatrefor an assessed performance. The stimuli are a free choice for centres. Students record the creation and development process of this group performance in a portfolio and evaluate their contribution to the process and the performance.
|Participation in group-devised performance as a performer or designer. Individual portfolio.
Component Two:
Performance from text (20% of qualification)
|Students explore two extracts from one play text, this text must be from a contrasting time period to their Component 3 set text. It must also be by a different playwright and a different genre. Students create a performance from the text, rehearsing and refining their performance/ design realisations for an externally assessed performance.
|Performance in/design realisation of two key extracts from a performance text. Each of the extract performances is assessed independently. Students participate as a designer/ performer and may submit a monologue, duologue or group piece for each extract.
|Component Three: Theatre Makers in Practice (40% of qualification)
|Students practically explore a chosen set text. This can come from either List A (pre-1954) or List B (post-2000). Text studied: Blue Stockings: Jessica Swale. Students are audience members for a live performance. They make and refine notes on the performance. They practice responding to questions for both sections in examination conditions.
|Written examination:1.5 hours Section A – Bringing texts to life Section B – Live theatre evaluation (students can take in 500 words of notes)
A Level
Exam Board: Edexcel
Specification Number: 9DR0
Course Content:
When choosing Drama, students will be challenged through the themes and issues highlighted in the plays they are studying. Students will also be expected to take risks during practical explorations and rehearsals. Regular theatre visits are offered throughout the course and by analysing and evaluating what they have seen, students will get inspiration for their self devised and set text performances as well as evaluating a performance for examination purposes. The course is structured to balance written work and practical work to help support students to succeed in both the written and practical exam.
Students will study a number of different plays which will provide an insight into how theatre practitioners, playwrights and designers work.
Component One:
Devising (40% of qualification)
|As a stimulus students explore one key extract from a script and a theatre practitioner. In a group they develop ideas, rehearse and refine these to create a devised piece of theatre for an assessed performance. The text stimulus and practitioner is a free choice for centres. Students record the creation and development process of this group performance in a portfolio and evaluate their contribution to the process and the performance.
|Participation in group-devised performance as a performer or designer. Individual portfolio.
Component Two:
Performance from text (20% of qualification)
|Students explore and perform/ design a key extract from a play text. Students rehearse and refine their performance/ design realisations for an externally assessed performance. As well as this students perform/design either a monologue or a duologue. The text must be different from the other performance text.
|Performance in/design realisation of the key extract and the monologue/ duologue from a performance text. Each of the extract performances are assessed independently. Students participate as designers or performers.
|Component Three: Theatre Makers in Practice (40% of qualification)
|Section A: Students are audience members for a live performance. They make and refine notes on the performance.
Section B: Students practically explore the chosen set text: Machinal by Sophie Treadwell.
Section C: Students practically explore the contrasting set text: Lysistrata by Aristophanes in light of the theatre practitioner Brecht. Students will create their re-imagined production concept to communicate their ideas to a contemporary audience. Students practice responding to questions for all sections in examination conditions
Written examination: 2.5 hours Section A – Live Theatre Evaluation. Students answer one question from a choice of two (students can take in 500 words of notes).
Section B – Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text. Students answer 2 questions from the perspective of a performer and a designer.
Section C – Interpreting a Performance Text. Students answer one question from a choice of two
Why Drama & Theatre Studies at St Albans Girls' School?
This course is taught by experienced and skilled drama practitioners, with experience in the world of both Theatre and Performance. Participants become skilled performers, writers and directors and develop a wide knowledge of current and challenging issues in society.
Expectations of students:
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Russia sending smallest ever Olympic contingent to Rio Olympics
MOSCOW: Russia will send their smallest ever Olympic contingent to the upcoming Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro since the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
On Wednesday, the executive board of Russia's National Olympic Committee endorsed the membership list of the team. It will file the application within two days with the International Olympic Committee.
The membership list contains the names of 387 athletes — 201 men and 186 women. With the addition of coaches and officials, the overall size of the delegation exceeds 700 people.
Russia sent their biggest contingent of 467 athletes to the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008. The Russian contingent at the 2004 Games in Athens totalled 457 sportspersons.
The country sent 438 participants to the Summer Games in London in 2012.
The Russian contingent at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, the first for the Russian sports world after the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, totalled 408 athletes.


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How to decide if you should go to grad school
Consider these top financial and career motivations for getting an advanced degree.
When I graduated from college, I frantically searched for a meaningful career. I'd majored in English, so I figured getting my Ph.D. in English Literature was a solid next step. I applied only to America's top five programs. If I got in, I reasoned, it was meant to be.
I ambivalently awaited grad school decisions only to learn I didn't get in anywhere. Looking back, the rejections and subsequent decision to forgo grad school was the best choice for me. Of course, ideally, I would have spared myself studying for the GRE, spending $500 in application fees, and an entire fall spent on personal statements.
But, for some people, going to grad school is a smart choice — professionally and personally. Just make sure you're in tune with your motivations for attending before signing your acceptance letter and accepting a financial aid package. Here are the top reasons to go to grad school — from three of my own friends who chose that route and advanced in their careers because of it.
You have a definitive end goal
It's important to have a plan for your career that warrants a degree. My friend Sarah, a Spanish and psychology major, wanted to go into health care administration. When she realized her ideal jobs required a master's degree, she applied to graduate schools on the basis of their job placement track record and regional alumni networks. Now a senior operations analyst at a Fortune 500 health care company, she says to ask yourself: How is grad school going to help me get that dream job? "Grad school is expensive, time-consuming, and requires a lot of energy," she says. "So don't go if you haven't thought through what you want to do with the degree."
My friend Vanessa echoes that sentiment. As a political science major, after graduation she enrolled in an M.A. program in international administration and "didn't have any particular job in mind or a plan of action." Vanessa wound up in the nonprofit world and soon realized that wasn't her calling. She ended up going back to school again — this time with a specific goal in mind: a career in law. Now an attorney after earning her J.D., Vanessa told me that her lack of a plan rendered her M.A. irrelevant.
You have or can get real-world experience during or after your undergrad years
Every student wants to put their learning to the test beyond the classroom. That may be especially important if you're trying to decide whether grad school is right for you.
Sarah's internships in hospital administration throughout college helped her choose an M.A. in health care services program over a more generalized MBA. Sarah thinks getting even more work experience prior to applying and enrolling in grad school might have further helped solidify her goals and increase her desirability to employers: "I don't regret my decision, but sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I'd taken a year or two as a break."
Similarly, Steve, another friend of mine and an anthropology and environmental policy major, didn't know exactly what job he wanted after graduation. In college, he enjoyed working with GIS, a software that helps people analyze spatial data. Realizing the professional versatility of GIS, Steve pursued a geology master's program to help hone his skills and gain exposure to companies using GIS. For his thesis, he did research on one of Denver's bike programs. Now he's employed as a transportation planner with the same group.
Vanessa told me she regrets not taking advantage of her international administration M.A. program's field connections. When she went back to school for her J.D., she didn't make the same mistake twice: "As a result, I was exposed to great opportunities." She learned that students with real-world experience often fared better in the job market compared to those who went to law school straight from undergrad or didn't have related experience.
You've thought about the cost
On average, grad school costs between $30,000 and $40,000 per year. Like undergrad programs, you can apply for scholarships, fellowships and grants, part-time work or even employer tuition programs. But, if those means don't cover the whole cost — as well as living expenses — you may take on significant debt to earn that advanced degree.
Sarah's parents financially supported her while she went to graduate school. Her high academic performance landed her a large scholarship her second (and final) year.
For Steve, grad school was a net gain. He secured a graduate teaching assistantship that paid his tuition plus income. Without that, he says, he might have sought a job that offered an employer tuition assistance program rather than take on student loans.
Vanessa considered the financial factors of law school carefully. "Some people advised me to go to the best law school I could get into, but that would have meant I'd graduate with close to $200,000 of debt," Vanessa says. She saw this approach as a "tremendous risk," so she selected the university that offered her a full scholarship.
"I think people may not realize the financial consequences of the debt they take on in grad school," Vanessa warns. "Unless a person has a scholarship, savings, or someone who can help pay the grad school bill, they may want to hold off."
For many, grad school can be a great career move, especially if you have financial help to pay for it, or you know it can help get build your earning potential in your career. But, for others, a graduate school degree isn't necessary — you can advance professionally and financially though experience and performance.
My closing advice? Don't just take my friends' word for how to make the decision on grad school. Talk to people with the job or career path you want (try setting up informational interviews). See if they have graduate degrees and ask them if they think it's necessary. You may find out it's not, save yourself a lot of money, and get helpful suggestions on how to reach your career goals you didn't have before.
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Well, it was a nice experience and we had fun with the workshop, but we didn't learn that much, actually. It was more like mixing for fun.
This was a fun activity that I did with my daughter. The basics of perfume making were explained and we made our own personalized blend to take home. Later we took a tour of the Fraganard muserum and were able to purchase perfume from the gift shop at s special pricing.
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Despite a recent offer from Texas Tech, CB Dequanteous Watts of Atlanta said his decision is still between Oregon and USC. He has officials to both coming up, and in home visits are now taking place. Oregon cornerback coach Donte Williams was in on Saturday.
"It was great," Watts said. "He just told me how bad they want me an all that good stuff. He showed me the best academic standpoint for the school on an off the field. He said that if I come and put the work in I'll be an instant starter."
USC recruiter Bryan McClendon will visit this week according to Watts, possibly Sunday. Watts is scheduled for his official visit to USC this coming weekend. He is scheduled for a visit to Oregon the following weekend.


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I didn't go in for much slang as a kid, having had like drilled out of me by an academic dad and a serious reading habit centered on Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, and Anne of Green Gables. Articulate companions all.
Then I spent the summer after high school in Berkeley, and by the time college rolled around I couldn't make it through a sentence without nice, tight, and sweet (but never hella—even back then, it didn't feel right to bend grammar quite that far). Eventually my older brother asked me to stop calling him bro, so he morphed into dude instead. I was hooked.
Why those words? And why that summer in that place? Michael Adams, an English professor at Indiana University, considers these questions and more in Slang: The People's Poetry, out in paperback this week. First he helpfully outlines the distinction between slang and its kissing cousin, jargon. The latter tends to be homogenous across regions and interest groups: the casual restaurant terminology recognized by servers from Jersey to Oregon, for example, or the snowspeak familiar to boarders worldwide.
Slang, on the other hand, has direct links to "social, aesthetic, and linguistic knowledge," as Adams explains: "It's a language of being, not of vocation or avocation." Slang isn't language at work; it's language at play. That said, it also does a fine job of demonstrating where we come from (and, in the case of my first Bay Area stint, where we've been). If I call it soda and you call it pop, we've learned a little something about each other.
Adams' take on Slang is a serious read, if not heavy-handed. You'll find more hilarity on Urban Dictionary and other wiki-style sites that track the evolution of our twisted, effed-up, gnarly language. But the professor's thoughtful, thorough exploration of why we sling slang waxes much more, like, eloquent. For realz.


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- Place of origin:
Spitalfields (designed)
- Date:
05/10/1708 (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Leman, James, born 1688 - died 1745 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
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Purchased with Art Fund support and the National Heritage Memorial Fund
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This design is from an album that contains 104 designs for fine woven silk cloth and is dated October 5th 1708. A constant supply of fashionable new designs from which to create new lines was required, so patternmakers and master weavers like James Leman supplied a wide range of designs for different weavers. The album contains some of his work from the period 1706-1716, as well as five designs from the 1730s.
James Leman was born in 1688 into a weaving family of Huguenot descent. In 1702 he was apprenticed to his father, Peter, and lived with his family in Stewart Street, Spitalfields in London. Leman's inscription on the design states reveals that it was commissioned by Mr Sandys, a mercer who commissioned three designs from Leman between 1707 and 1708.
Physical description
Design for woven silk from the 'Leman Album', in pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper, in green and yellow, depicting a branch, which is laid across the sheet of paper in a diagonal, sprouting large leaves or seedpods and half a fruit like a pineapple or breadfruit at the bottom of the design. In the bottom right corner is a fruit like breadfruit. Behind this main design is a stylised architectural feature, with a semi-circular top resting on one column painted in pale yellow wash.
The design is squared up in pencil for cords and dezines, with dezines numbered in ink.
Place of Origin
Spitalfields (designed)
05/10/1708 (designed)
Leman, James, born 1688 - died 1745 (designer)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
Marks and inscriptions
'London Octr: 5th-1708 - / A Damask wth a flush for Mr Sandys- / 450 Cords No 8 & 10 - 140 Dezines - for my Father Peter Leman- / by me James Leman'
Handwritten text in ink including the designer's signature and date, on the back of the design, on the fold.
'4 Simples'
Handwritten text in pencil, on the back of the design, in the bottom left corner of the fold. This inscription is difficult to see because it is on the crease.
Squared up in pencil for cords and dezines, with dezines numbered in ink.
Handwritten makers' and designer's marks in pencil and ink, on the front of the design.
Height: 64.8 cm, Width: 26.7 cm, Height: 25.5 in, Width: 10.5 in
Object history note
This is a design from the so-called 'Leman album' which was bought from Vanners Silks Ltd. in 1991. Natalie Rothstein catalogued the designs before the album was bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum. She gave each design a VS number (for Vanners Silks) in her catalogue Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. The designs have been subsequently numbered by the Prints, Drawings and Paintings Department, however, a concordance exists.
Historical significance: The designs collected in the album are, with the exception of some fragmentary medieval examples in Italian collections, the earliest silk designs known to exist.
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Design for woven silk from the 'Leman Album', pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper, by James Leman, Spitalfields, 1708
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Full text of the entry is as follows:
'London Octr: 5th-1708 - A Damask wth a
flush for Mr Sandys
- 450 Cords No 8 & 10 - 140 Dezines -
for my Father Peter Leman-
by me James Leman 4 Simples [in pencil]
Squared up in pencil for cords and dezines, with dezines numbered in ink.
25 1/2" (64.8) x 10 1/2" (26.7)
p. 100
Rothstein, Natalie. Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London with a Complete Catalogue with 473 Illustrations, 371 in Colour. London: Thames and Hudson, 1990. 351p., ill. ISBN 0500235899.
Pencil; Ink; Watercolour; Laid paper
Painting; Drawing
Designs; Textiles
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection


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Introduction: Sawsmith Radial Arm Saw -- Enlarge Arbor Hole on a Regular Blade
A friend has a Sawsmith radial arm saw in good working condition, but getting blades is a problem. A special mount holds the blade on the shaft and uses a 1 1/4 inch hole rather than the standard 5/8 inch hole. The establishment that once sharpened his original blades is no longer in business. I suggested enlarging the 5/8 inch hole in a carbide tipped blade to a 1 1/4 inch hole. The challenge is to be precise and keep the hole centered so the blade does not wobble when finished.
In the photo you see an original blade with 1 1/4 inch hole (satin finish). It is resting on top of a new 9 inch 40 tooth carbide tipped blade with a 5/8 inch arbor hole (chrome finish). You can also see the special mount that requires a 1 1/4 inch arbor hole. The blade fits onto the shoulder on the left piece. The nut on the right screws onto the fitting at the left to lock the blade between the two pieces.
I used a marking pen to outline the size of the new hole on the carbide tipped blade.
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Step 1: Mount the Blade for Enlarging the Hole
I do not have machine tools and decided I could do the job with a faceplate on a wood lathe and a Dremel tool. I have a plywood disc mounted on my faceplate.
I glued a scrap piece of fiberboard at the center of the plywood disc and marked the center while the lathe was running. I scribed a 5/8 inch circle on the scrap of fiberboard.
Step 2: Turn the Scrap to Make a Center for Mounting the Saw Blade
I turned the scrap of fiberboard to make a round center 5/8 inch in diameter. The hole in the saw blade will fit snugly over this round center and will center the saw blade on the plywood disc with precision. It is important to stop regularly and check so the fit of the blade on the fiberboard is as exact as possible.
Step 3: Mount the Saw Blade
Here you see the saw blade centered on the fiberboard disc. You can see the outline of the 1 1/4 inch hole marked on the saw blade. I also used three screws to secure the blade to the plywood disc at its outer perimeter. After the center has been cut out with a Dremel tool and a cutting wheel these screws will keep the blade centered and attached to the plywood disc. I used #10 machine screws 1/2 inch long and drilled holes for them in the sawtooth gullets. The holes are just a little undersize so the screwthreads grab in the wood enough to hold the blade well.
Step 4: Begin Cutting Out the Center to Enlarge It
Use a cutting wheel on a Dremel tool while the lathe is spinning at its slowest speed. While doing the actual work I held the Dremel tool with two hands. There is a little slope to the edges of the cut, so cut a slightly smaller circle than necessary to avoid making the hole too large. It can be dressed with a grinding stone on the Dremel tool at the end. See the next step.
When I thought I had cut about half of the way through the blade blank, I turned the blade over and began cutting from the other side. You can do this while the fiberboard center is in place, but after it no longer supports the blade you will not want to disturb the blade's position in any way.
If the blade did somehow move off center while you are working on enlarging the hole, you could always glue a larger piece of fiberboard to the center of the plywood disc and turn a centering piece the exact size of the hole at that point. That process would center the blade exactly again. Then fasten the blade firmly to the plywood disc and remove the fiberboard centering disc so you can continue to grind the size of the hole to the size needed.
I tried to keep the blade from getting hot. It did not seem to be a problem, anyway.
Step 5: Grind to Size and Finish the Arbor Hole
When you have removed the metal ring formed in the previous step and removed the fiberboard centering button, put a grinding stone in your Dremel and gently enlarge the new arbor hole while the lathe is spinning. (I did not take a photo while I was actually enlarging the hole in the blade, but made this illustration in Google Sketch Up later.)
I used a draftsman's divider to compare the size of the shoulder on the Sawsmith blade mount with the size of the hole. When I was sure the size of the new hole was very close to fitting, I removed the blade from the lathe's faceplate. The shoulder of the blade mount almost fit into the hole. I very lightly went around the inside edge of the new hole twice with the grinding stone while holding the Dremel by hand. That was just enough so that the Sawsmith blade mount fit into the hole easily, but without any looseness.
Step 6: The Final Product
Here you see the final product with the Sawsmith fitting on the new blade with the newly enlarged hole.
The blade runs true and on center without any vibration. This blade will make my friend's Sawsmith radial arm saw more useful for many, many more years.
Update--May 16, 2009: My friend was laid up with a badly broken leg at the time I fitted this blade for his saw. He has also been traveling since his leg is out of its cast. He just got his first opportunity to use the saw with the new blade. He cut some birch veneer plywood for a project. He said the blade works perfectly.
Update--January 26, 2010: I recently considered buying a corded 5 1/2 inch Skil circular saw (sidewinder with left-hand blade). That saw uses a 1/2 inch arbor. Blades are not widely available. People are usually told to buy 5 1/2 inch blades with 5/8 inch arbor holes and add to that a special bushing to make up the difference. But, 5 1/2 inch blades for battery powered circular saws are widely available. The only problem is that blades for these battery saws use a 10 mm arbor (2.7 mm smaller than 1/2 inch). The process described in this Instructable could be used to enlarge a 10 mm hole to 1/2 inch, but not step 4. Make a wooden center 10 mm in diameter. Mount the blade to a faceplate as in step 3. Remove the wooden center and grind the hole size to 1/2 inch.
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This is a bit off topic, but new 1 1/4 arbor blades are available from Shopsmith www.shopsmith.com and from Forrest www.forestblades.com but I didn't confirm the latter. I just wanted to mention this in case there are folks out there who need a new blade but don't want to modify one.
Your comment is not really off-topic, at all. After I adapted the blade for my friend I found the Shopsmith blades with 1 1/4 inch arbor holes. My friend has always used a 9 inch blade and wanted that size. The Shopsmith blades are 10 inches in size.
I checked the Forrest Blades site, but could not find blades for a 1 1/4 inch arbor.
Thank you for looking and for commenting.
Did you try using a hole saw in the tail stock? It seems like it would be a little easier than the dremel.
The primary concern with the task of enlarging the arbor hole is to maintain a hole that is absolutely on center. My lathe is not capable of mounting a hole saw in the tailstock, but if it were, there is too much possibility some chattering would cause the expanded hole to be a tiny bit off center. I read stories of people who tried to expand the arbor hole in a saw blade with some type of drilling operation, but the final result was not entirely centered. They had to deal with the fact they had ruined a good blade, or manage with a blade that ran with a lot of vibration. Using the Dremel was easy enough and worked very well.
Check with the SawSmith users group on Yahoo. They have a file copy of the drawing needed to reproduce the 5/8 inch acme thread LH and RH nuts which came with the saw originally and allowed the use of 5/8 inch bore blades. I quit using the original 1-1/4 bore blade when the saw was new and never looked back. I believe one of the group members had found a machinist who would make the nuts for $25 a copy.
That is another option. Thank you for the information. After I published this Instructable I poked around the Internet and found several posts on various forums by people new to a Sawsmith who were wondering what to do about blades. There will come a time when original owners of the Sawsmiths will pass them to new users. It will be good for those new users to have several options for the blade problem. So far, Google turns up my solution pretty readily and it is easy for a home user to make work.
You are very smart, Phil. You make me remember an uncle that I had, who was very intelligent and able to fix almost everything that fell into their hands.
Thank you, Rimar. You are very kind. I am thankful to be able to do things like these. They seem simple and easy to me. But, other people have talents for other things I have never been able to do. Those things seem simple and easy to them.
Great explanation. I love seeing adaptations which enhance or extend the life of tools.
Thanks. I am glad all of the steps were clear for you. Later I always think I should have added or changed this or that. I did another Instructable a few weeks ago on restoring accurate settings to a Sears radial arm saw after the indexing holes have worn into egg-shaped patterns due to wear. It is another one of those that extends the original useful life of a good tool.


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Looking for a complete set built by our experts at Totally Thomas Town? We custom build used sets using authentic Thomas pieces by Learning Curve and Fisher Price and we use items in good to excellent condition. Pictures are an example as each set is specially made for you! All sets include: 46 pieces of track, minimum of 12 trains, minimum of 4 stations, 1 bridge, 6 trees, 4 signs, and 2 people!
The deluxe Thomas set includes:
24 x large curved track pieces
8 x small curved track pieces
2 x 8" straight track pieces
4 x 6" straight track pieces
4 x 4" straight track pieces
2 x switch tracks
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x4 - Trees
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Apartamentos Sunway Atlanta, Sitges
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The stove did not work. I could not make coffee. This was one of the perks to having a…
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- Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen
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What's around Apartamentos Sunway Atlanta, Sitges
- Platja de l'Estanyol - 4 min walk
- Platja de la Riera Xica - 5 min walk
- Platja De Terramar - 5 min walk
- Sanctuary of Vinyet - 6 min walk
- Platja de la Bassa Rodona - 8 min walk
- Sausalito Beach - 9 min walk
- La Ribera Beach - 11 min walk
- Platja de la Barra - 13 min walk
Getting around
- Barcelona (BCN-Barcelona Intl.) - 29 min drive
- Sitges Station - 15 min walk
- Vilanova i la Geltrú Station - 13 min drive
- Cubelles Station - 15 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
- 24 apartments
- Arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 4 PM-2:00 AM
- Check-out time is 10 AM
- Express check-in/out
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Guests arriving late won't be able to check in until the next morning. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation.
24-hour airport shuttle service is available on request. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements. Guests should pick up the keys from the reception of Sunway Playa Golf, Paseo Marítimo de Sitges, 92-94.
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- No parking
Payment types at the property
- Cash
The manager
Speaks: Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.
At the property
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Children's pool
- Playground on site
- Free bicycles nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Pool sun loungers
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 1980
- Designated smoking areas
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Terrace
- Catalan
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Ukrainian
In the apartment
- Furnished balcony
- Private bathroom (not in room)
- Deep soaking bathtub
- 14-inch flat-screen TV
- Digital TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- In-room safe
- Access via exterior corridors
Also popular with travellers from Canada
Apartamentos Sunway Atlanta, Sitges's small print
Also known as
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the health club.
This property does not have elevators.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.This property is licensed under an applicable law. Property Registration Number ATB-000016
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.
Deposit: EUR 100.00 per stay
Optional extras
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 70.00 per vehicle (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Good 7.4 From 61 reviews
Stayed with these a few times at different apartments in the area, they're all to a good standard and very clean!
Nice Apartment. 15min walking to the center. No Air Conditioner or Fan. But the apartment have a lot of Windows. Clean!!!
So so.
lovely quite part of Sitges,with a great swimming pool !Basic but with all you may need !
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North Carolina Golf Courses
North Carolina is one of the most popular destinations for golf lovers to book a discount tee time due to its fantastic golf courses and other famous North Carolina sights. The state features diverse geography like the Great Smoky Mountains near Asheville, the Wilmington coastal plains along the Atlantic Ocean and flowing streams near Charlotte. These unique features allow for beautiful golf courses that can be played nearly year round after booking a discount tee time thanks to North Carolina's mild winters. The nickname "Tar Heel State" also serves as inspiration for the University of North Carolina's mascot, The Tar Heel, and golfers should pack their white and light blue attire to support the university golf team when playing a round near Chapel Hill.


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The Romperall Moss Green
Product Details
Great On: all body shapes
Why we picked it: The Romperalls are reminiscent of a Romper, but with the layering capability of an overall. It has a traditional patch pocket on the front chest, square neckline, sewn straps, with in-seam pockets. The length is a little bit longer than the traditional Rompers, so we encourage a little cuff… and best of all, the side cuts were designed to offer more coverage than the average overall, sure we want you to look cute, but even better, we want you to feel comfortable at the same time. Unlike the other Smash + Tess rompers, these ones are true to size.
Colour: Moss Green
Material: 66% Rayon from Bamboo, 28% Cotton, 6% Spandex. Machine wash with similar fabrics. Hang to dry.
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I have a travertine dining room table. What should I do to seal it and how should I clean it?
Q: I have a travertine dining room table. What should I do to seal it and how should I clean it?
A: Regarding sealing travertine, check first to see if you require sealing of your travertine by spilling some clean fresh water on it for 5 minutes. If it darkens the stone (indicating that it is absorbing), then let it dry and then DO seal it. After 24 hours, try the test again. If it darkens, let it dry, then seal again.
On the other hand, if after 5-10 minutes the stone does not get darker, and the water just beads up, there is no need to seal it (it is not absorbing anything anyway).
If you get white marks on your table, they are not stains and no sealer (regardless of how good it claims to be) can prevent them or cover them. They are chemical reactions between acids and calcium (which is what your travertine is made of. Essentially Travertine is hard water build-up in large enough quantities to quarry) and need to be refinished. They are lighter in color and indicate that some of the stone has been eaten away by the acid.
No sealer on the market will prevent the chemical reaction between acid (vinegar, wine, citric juices) and calcium (which makes up travertine). Your only prevention is to put on a wax, but then it is not food safe and is toxic. You are best leaving it natural and caring for it using a stone safe cleaner and a stone polish. Stone Care Central has excellent products.


text: Digital Mobile Game Roundup: Midnight Star, Soul Seeker and More We take a look at some of the new games released on mobile devices this weekBy Brandy Shaul|February 6, 2015 Share By Brandy Shaul|February 6, 2015 Share Looking for a new mobile game to try this weekend? Here's a look at some of the new games released on smartphones and tablets this week. Midnight Star (Free on iOS) – Industrial Toys' first mobile game, Midnight Star, is a sci-fi shooter set 120 years into the future. The game takes players aboard a research vessel as they investigate a mysterious signal coming from within our Solar System. When disaster strikes, players are challenged to fight off aliens in a war which will determine the fate of humanity. As an on-rails experience, the player's character moves through the environment automatically, leaving players to tap or tap-and-hold on the screen to fire their weapon, or tap the side of the screen to change their viewing angle (among other options). Soul Seeker (Free on iOS, Android) – This action-RPG from Com2uS is now available to a worldwide audience, and challenges players to build a team of heroes and take them through battles against various boss characters. Players can collect up to 200 characters for their team, and can level them up while completing missions. Gameplay sees players navigating environments with a virtual joystick, while activating attacks and special skills with buttons in the lower right corner of the screen. The Hardest Flight (Free on iOS) – This newest game from Passion Project Studios and Chillingo challenges players to steer their ship through an endless supply of barriers, with the location of taps on the screen changing the ship's color to match nearby barriers. Players hold on the right side of the screen to turn the ship pink, hold on the left side to turn it blue, or release both fingers for a purple ship. The ship moves upward automatically, but players must also tilt their device to guide the ship through the holes in each barricade. Pocket Shrek (Free on iOS) – This "companion simulation" game from No Yetis Allowed (in partnership with DreamWorks) gives players their own companion Shrek and Donkey, from the popular DreamWorks Animation film franchise, Shrek. Users can feed Shrek and Donkey when they're hungry, make them sleep when they're tired, tickle them to make them laugh and more. In addition, players can access the Magic Mirror mini-game to unscramble images of the franchise's movie moments. As players complete activities, they'll earn coins and can unlock new toys and additional mini-games for play. Dino Tales ($3.99 on iOS) – Aimed at players aged 4-11, Kuato Studios' Dino Tales allows players to explore a prehistoric island while meeting six dinosaurs. The game's educational feature set allows users to learn more about dinosaurs by crafting their own questions for their in-game helper, Darwin, to answer. Players can customize the look of their dinosaur friends with new skin patterns and paint colors, and while exploring, will discover new facts about the prehistoric world around them. Gamers can create a storybook documenting their adventures, and also play mini-games. Parents can customize the game's features, limiting the length of time their child can play in a single session, and customizing the reading age to match their child's reading level. Doraemon Gadget Rush (Free on iOS, Android) – This newest title from Animoca Brands is a line-drawing puzzle game, asking players to tap and drag their finger across matching-colored symbols to remove them from the screen. Players are given a limited amount of time to earn points in each game, with matches helping Doraemon attack robotic enemies. In between games, players can spend multiple types of currency on free helper gadgets, free characters from the Doraemon universe and more. These characters affect the gameplay in some way, and may provide bonus time on the clock, as one example. Continue Reading Pages: 1 2 Share http://adweek.it/1xC9KxK copy Adweek Adweek


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The City of St. Catharines plants trees to help improve air quality and add economic value, beauty and shade to a neighbourhood. Trees are planted on public boulevards, road allowances fronting residences and in circles where trees do not currently exist.
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Request a free tree through our Street Tree Planting Program, or share your suggestions of a street or boulevard that could benefit from some greening.
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Since the 1980s engineering design service Etteplan has been solving engineering challenges through innovative solutions. Today, Tele2 IoT is helping the Finnish company take this to the next level
Etteplan addresses three different areas: engineering, technical documentation, and IoT, which includes everything from electronics and devices to the cloud and mobile Web UI (User Interface).
The company has been designing devices and other electronics for many years, and little by little the systems have been becoming more and more connected. More than a decade ago Etteplan began integrating connectivity and soon Tele2 IoT entered the picture.
"We cooperate with different operators on many different levels – what made Tele2 IoT stand out was the way the offering was packaged," explains Jaakko Ala-Paavola – CTO, Etteplan. "You take on different things, such as 2SECURE* independent of your connectivity. That's very important to us because we've seen that our industrial customers don't always want to have the same supplier for their connectivity and cloud. The separation gives them risk management, something that is very important."
Ala-Paavola says choosing Tele2 IoT was easy. "They were the only ones providing the upper layer of services separate from the SIM cards, which was pretty revolutionary and exactly what we and our clients need. Tele2 IoT has really led in this area when it comes to packaging services."
Because they are a system integrator, Etteplan doesn't buy any SIMs from Tele2 IoT. Instead, the company acts as a middleman, with their customers buying SIMs and Etteplan making 2SECURE available in order to help their clients enjoy a secure industrial IoT solution.
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22 January, 2007
Who Do You Think You Are?
8 comments:
- Sue Seibert said...
Sounds like you had a wonderful, thought-provoking retreat. That's good...life is good. Our priest is on a silent retreat all week. I envy him the silence and time for prayer.
Have a great week as you prepare for your next retreat.
Love ya!
- January 22, 2007 10:13 AM
- Ancestor Collector said...
Most of the time, I'm the usual "me": wife, mother, friend, nurse. But lately have had two occasions of being the peacemaker at church. I have never thought of myself as the wise one with the solution to a crisis, but I've listened with interest as others compliment me about this side of me. To see myself through their eyes has been good for my soul. I think it shows me that I am ever-changing, and that I can become whatever I need to be.
I hope you enjoyed the retreat. If nothing else, you came away with things to ponder which is always meaningful.
- January 22, 2007 12:04 PM
- Carol said...
Thanks for the post on my blog. I'm new to all this, but Shelina's inspired me.
Who do I think I am? Some days I'm a poor excuse for a mother, wife, and teacher. But every day, I'm a child of God so I can be forgiven for the bad days! Here's to more good days!
- January 22, 2007 12:18 PM
- Mrs. Goodneedle said...
Yes.it was wonderful and thought provoking, Sioux; and so much more! AC-- You're right when you say that things to ponder can be meaningful... but, when you say you are changing to become whatever YOU need to be; think further... what does God need for you to be? Isn't that where the challenge is? That's my struggle...
Carol-- welcome; indeed a blessing to be children of God together forgiven and forgiving!
- January 22, 2007 2:32 PM
- Ancestor Collector said...
Ah, Mrs. G., I think that God puts us in situations to make us be what we need to be, to make us grow and change, and to be his instruments here on Earth. When I pray, I remind myself not to pray for what I want, but for what God wants for me. I think God wants me to become whatever I need to be to help others, because it's serving His purpose. Make sense?
- January 22, 2007 5:23 PM
- Shelina said...
A question said that way is generally meant to put someone in their place - in that they think of themselves as more important than they really should. The reality is that each individual is important, and it is the person who asked the question who is feeling low and needs to lower someone so they can stand higher in line.
- January 24, 2007 6:57 AM
- Flake said...
Je pence, donc je suis moi!
- January 24, 2007 6:33 PM
- Mrs. Goodneedle said...
Tres bien, Kyle!
- January 24, 2007 6:51 PM


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Labyrinths have been around for over 4000 years and are found in just about every major religious tradition in the world. They have been an integral part of many cultures such as Native American, Greek, Celtic and Mayan. The Hopi called the labyrinth the symbol for "mother earth" and equated it with the Kiva. Like Stonehenge and the pyramids, they are magical geometric forms that define sacred space.
During the crusades, they were used to symbolically represent the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Today, labyrinths are being used for reflection, meditation, prayer and comfort. They are found in many sizes and shapes, and are created in sand, cornmeal, flour, painted on canvas, fashioned with masking tape or string for a temporary design, or built in a permanent fashion from stones, cut into turf, formed by mounds of earth, made from vegetation, or any other natural material.


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Jamestown, N.C. July 11, 2018 – Family Service of the Piedmont 's popular outdoor fundraiser, the Jamestown Pig Pickin', will be held on Sat., Aug. 4 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the River Twist Homestead in Jamestown.
The 9th Annual event, presented in honor of Jim Bullock, will feature all-you-can-eat BBQ pork and chicken served by BBQ Joe's Country Cooking & Catering, southern sides and desserts, beer and wine, and live music by The Castaways. This year's theme is Hog Wild at the Homestead.
"This year's Pig Pickin' fundraiser for Family Service of the Piedmont at River Twist Homestead will be an event to remember," said Chairperson Elizabeth Swaim. "Our Silent Auction features mobile bidding again this year, so be sure to bring your cell phone. And, as always, the aim of this event is to increase awareness of Family Service in Jamestown as well as raise funds to support agency programs to combat child abuse and domestic violence as well as helping with mental health and financial stability."
Since 2010, the annual Pig Pickin' has grown in popularity and success. The Silent Auction will offer great deals on more than 100 donated items including tickets to see the Panthers, Wake Forest and Appalachian State play as well as a kayak and some beautiful furniture pieces. Last year's event was attended by more than 700 people and raised net proceeds of $100,000 to support programs of Family Service of the Piedmont.
Admission to this fundraising event is $60 per person, which includes all food and beverages but space is limited. Individuals are encouraged to purchase Pig Pickin' tickets prior to the event. For more information or to buy tickets, please call 336-801-1154 or go to www.JamestownPigPickin.com.
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About Family Service of the Piedmont
Family Service of the Piedmont is a private nonprofit agency providing quality support services, advocacy and education for children and adults dealing with domestic violence, child abuse, mental health and financial stability. By providing support services and resources to people experiencing these issues, they are better able to live healthy and productive lives, thereby creating safer and healthier families. Family Service of the Piedmont; Building Safe and Healthy Families. Information about Family Service of the Piedmont can be found at www.SafeAndHealthyFamilies.com.