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In Prudential Plc & Anor v Special Commissioner of Income Tax & Anor [2010] STC 2802 (the Prudential case), the English Court of Appeal decided that the protection afforded by legal advice privilege did not extend to confidential documents passing between an accountant and a client for the purpose of giving or receiving legal advice on tax matters. The Prudential case is being appealed to the UK Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's judgment will be important and should be of interest to accountants and their tax clients in many jurisdictions, including Hong Kong. The Prudential case assumes even greater importance in the current environment where tax authorities and regulators in various countries increase their scrutiny of some overseas nationals and their financial advisers with respect to allegations of tax evasion. In this article we take a look at some of the issues raised in the Prudential case and their potential relevance in Hong Kong.
Legal advice privilege is a fundamental right. Confidential communications between a qualified lawyer and client for the purpose of giving or receiving legal advice do not have to be shown to a third party. A qualified lawyer is generally taken to be a solicitor or barrister. The privilege is that of the client; not the lawyer. The privilege is all but absolute, although it cannot be used in furtherance of a crime. The underlying rationale for legal advice privilege is that clients should be completely free to discuss problems requiring legal advice with their lawyer in order to receive the best advice possible and without fear that anyone else will know unless the client agrees.
In short, the ingredients of legal advice privilege are: a confidential communication, passing between a qualified lawyer and client, for the purpose of seeking or giving legal advice. In practice this is a workable concept and gives rise to few major disputes. However, sometimes an important case concerning legal advice privilege does arise. Three Rivers District Council v Governor & Company of the Bank of England (No.6) [2004] UKHL 48 is one such case that helped clarify the meaning of "legal advice (albeit issues as to which individuals in a corporate entity constitute the "client" needlessly became rather confused).
The Prudential case is another important case. The judgment of the Supreme Court should clarify whether legal advice privilege is restricted to qualified lawyers or whether confidential legal advice given by accountants with respect to tax matters is also covered by the privilege. If the Supreme Court decides that legal advice privilege applies to accountants in such circumstances this could have far reaching consequences.
The facts
The claimant companies (the claimants) were served with information notices (the notices) by the tax authority in the UK which sought documents in the claimants' possession regarding what apparently was a tax avoidance scheme. In resisting the notices the claimants argued they were not required to produce confidential documents that contained legal advice on tax matters from either their lawyers or their accountants. It was not disputed that confidential documents by which the claimants had sought or received legal advice from their lawyers were privileged.
At first instance the claimants' objection to the notices failed. Based on legal authority (Wilden Pump & Engineering Co v Fusfield [1985] FSR 159) the judge held that legal advice privilege did not extend to confidential documents by which legal advice relating to tax issues was sought or obtained from an accountant. The claimants then appealed to the Court of Appeal. The appeal was of sufficient importance for the Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to be allowed to intervene in the appeal.
The claimants' argument – "substance over form"
The claimants' main argument was essentially that, when deciding whether a confidential communication was privileged, the court had to consider the substance of the communication rather than the status of the adviser. Therefore, so the argument went, extending legal advice privilege to legal advice given by accountants with respect to tax matters made sense because such advice concerned the relevant law and accountants (rather than lawyers) were often asked to provide such advice.
The decision
The English Court of Appeal (the Court) unanimously and decisively dismissed the claimants' appeal. In essence, the Court's decision was based on two points.
First, based on the Wilden Pump case, legal advice privilege could not be extended to confidential communications to or from an accountant for the purpose of receiving or giving legal advice with respect to tax matters. Whilst the substance of the communication was important, the status of the adviser was (quoting from the leading judgment) "also central to the test" of legal advice privilege.
Second, even if the claimants could circumvent the first point, it was still not open to the Court to extend legal advice privilege as the claimants argued. If the privilege was to be extended, the Court considered that this was a matter for legislation because privilege should be clear and certain in its application (particularly, given that it allowed a party to withhold relevant evidence from a court and was an all but absolute protection). In the Court's opinion the privilege in confidential communications between clients and their lawyers was sufficiently clear and certain. However, the Court was concerned that this clarity and certainty would be undermined if the privilege was extended to other professions who gave legal advice in a professional capacity.
On 13 April 2011 the claimants were granted permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. We understand that the appeal is likely to be heard in October 2011.
At first blush the claimants' arguments appear quite clever, concentrating on the substance of the advice as opposed to the status of the professional adviser. In matters of legal argument "substance" often trumps "form". The claimants' arguments might even appear rather bold.
However, as the Court noted, if legal advice privilege is extended this would undermine the very parameters of such privilege, leading to less certainty. For example, should legal advice given by accountants on pensions or company law come within the scope of legal advice privilege and where is the line to be drawn?
The Court also noted another major difficulty with the claimants' arguments. In the UK there is no recognised profession of accountant as such; rather, accountants can belong to several professional bodies. However, there is no restriction on a person calling him or herself an "accountant". In Hong Kong the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap.50) governs "certified public accountants", but does not stop someone using the title "accountant"; for example, an accountant qualified in another jurisdiction but based in Hong Kong. The Court was not attracted to the argument put forward on behalf of the claimants that legal advice privilege with respect to tax matters could be restricted to accountant members of a recognised professional body.
Another major problem with the claimants' arguments is that there does not appear to be any example in which the privilege has been extended to a professional adviser other than a qualified lawyer except by statute. For example, pursuant to English legislation, legal advice privilege has been extended in certain circumstances to patent agents, trade mark agents and licensed conveyancers. The Court noted:
"Thus, not only has Parliament not created any statutory extension of legal professional privilege to legal advice sought from and given by accountants on tax matters ... Parliament's failure to change the law in this respect is not an accident."
Referring to the position in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, the Court observed:
"We were not shown any example of legal professional privilege applying in relation to accountants except as a result of legislation ... it is noteworthy that no example of the application of legal professional privilege in relation to any professional adviser other than lawyers has been found except as a result of statutory intervention."
It is difficult to argue with these observations. The Court was clearly uncomfortable with the idea that legal advice privilege should be extended to accountants as a matter of judge made law, not knowing exactly what the parameters of such an extension might be. In our view, this is a compelling argument when viewed against the need for legal advice privilege to be more (not less) certain in its application. Indeed, bearing this fundamental point in mind, it might be considered something of a surprise that the claimants obtained permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Be that as it may, in our opinion the appeal is not without difficulty.
Furthermore, the Court's decision that any extension of legal advice privilege to other professional advisers should be a matter for the legislature (not judges) has much force. In Hong Kong the traditional view has been that legal advice privilege is restricted to confidential communications between qualified lawyers (barristers and solicitors) and their clients for the purpose of giving or receiving legal advice and does not extend to other professional advisers. Interestingly, section 51 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap.112) provides for what information can be required by a tax inspector. That section refers to the protection of "privileged information or communication" but only in the context of a "counsel or solicitor".
Conclusion – to boldly go forth (or not)
We consider that the claimants' appeal is unlikely to succeed. It is true that sometimes it takes the highest appellate court to be bold. For example, in its decision in Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13 the Supreme Court saw fit to abolish an expert witness's limited immunity with respect to claims for negligence (see our e-bulletin of 11 April 2011); an immunity that apparently had survived for many years. However, in a forceful dissent, one of the judges suggested that the removal of an expert witness's immunity from suit was more properly a matter for legislation. In our view, similar reasoning may prove decisive to the outcome of the Prudential case before the Supreme Court.
If we are right the same reasoning and policy considerations should apply if the issue comes before the Hong Kong courts for determination; particularly given that to date the Hong Kong courts have taken a very traditional approach to the application of legal advice privilege in Hong Kong. Should the Supreme Court allow the appeal in the Prudential case (and "boldly go where no court has gone before") the issue will come before the Hong Kong courts sooner or later.
A successful appeal in the Prudential case might be welcomed by tax accountants and their clients; it might also cause an element of head-scratching within the legal fraternity of Hong Kong (not to mention among some regulators).
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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In all my fantasies, I had always envisioned my daughter Abby to have the perfect wedding. She, who lives by her check lists, didn't miss a detail; a small intimate setting, muted colors of grey, mocha and ivory, hundreds of mason jars filled with candles. She and her betrothed painstakingly chose music, lighting, and food for the brunch reception. Everything was precisely planned. No component was overlooked.
And then the bride got sick. The day before the wedding Abby became violently ill. Too ill to attend the rehearsal. Too ill to get out of bed. She lay pale and shivering under her blankets, and I brought her medicine and ginger ale. I tucked her in to keep her warm and several hours later, when she felt well enough to shower but was too weak to dry her hair, I did that for her too.
As Abby sat on her bed, I ruffled her long tresses and held the dryer, just as I had done a hundred times when she was a little girl. Her hair is brown now, but when she was little, it was golden blond and hung to her waist. It feels the same as it did then- soft and fine like a baby's. I closed my eyes and remembered the little girl with huge green eyes whose hair I washed and dried and braided to keep out of her face. It seems as if I had shut my eyes for only a second and the little girl became a woman. How I cherished the child she was and how I cherish the woman she has become. I drank in the moment, glad to have one more opportunity to care for my firstborn.
As the dryer hummed, I remembered the days of Abby's first summer. How on a sweltering July afternoon when she and I both were irritable from the heat, I filled the tub with tepid water to cool us down. She fussed and rooted and as we sat in the tub, I nursed her and marveled that our wet skin still smelled the same, even though her body was no longer connected to mine. I swore that I would protect her forever and never let her go.
I remembered leaving my little girl in the arms of a kindergarten teacher, and how she cried when I left the classroom. She never knew that I cried too- that I felt as if she was being yanked from my very heart by the passing years. I remembered the day she moved into her college dorm, how her eyes filled with tears as I drove away, and the sobs that choked me as I drove back to New Hampshire. And I remembered the mature young woman who left for India a few years ago, unafraid and determined to fight the trafficking of young children in a foreign land. Since the moment she was born, the days were marked by separations, and yet we still were as one.
A couple of hours after her shower, still feverish, my daughter declared herself well enough to go to the hotel where she and her sister would stay the night before the wedding. And the next day, I rose early so I could go back to the hotel and help her get ready for her morning nuptials.
The hair dresser had already come and gone, her makeup was done and her veil in place. She looked exquisite. An hour later she floated down the aisle on her brother's arm to marry her beloved Johnny. The music was perfect. The lighting was perfect. Every detail was in place. And once again, unable to hide the tears, I let her go.


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Now you can "build your own" bio-bot
Now you can "build your own" bio-bot
I'll bet you don't have one of these at home.
For the past several years, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been developing a class of walking "bio-bots" powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir's research group is sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots. Their how-to paper is the cover article in Nature Protocols.
"The protocol teaches every step of building a bio-bot, from 3D printing the skeleton to tissue engineering the skeletal muscle actuator, including manufacturers and part numbers for every single thing we use in the lab," explained Ritu Raman, now a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Bioengineering and first author of the paper, "A modular approach to the design, fabrication, and characterization of muscle-powered biological machines."
"This protocol is essentially intended to be a one-stop reference for any scientist around the world who wants to replicate the results we showed in our PNAS 2016 and PNAS 2014 papers, and give them a framework for building their own bio-bots for a variety of applications," Raman said.
Bashir's group has been a pioneer in designing and building bio-bots, less than a centimeter in size, made of flexible 3D printed hydrogels and living cells. In 2012, the group demonstrated bio-bots that could "walk" on their own, powered by beating heart cells from rats. However, heart cells constantly contract, denying researchers control over the bot's motion.
"The purpose of the paper was to provide the detailed recipes and protocols so that others can easily duplicate the work and help to further permeate the idea of 'building with biology'--so that other researchers and educators can have the tools and the knowledge to build these bio-hybrid systems and attempt to address challenges in health, medicine, and environment that we face as a society," stated Rashid Bashir, a Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering and head of the Department of Bioengineering.
"The 3D printing revolution has given us the tools required to 'build with biology' in this way." Raman said. "We re-designed the 3D-printed injection mold to produce skeletal muscle 'rings' that could be manually transferred to any of a wide variety of bio-bot skeletons. These rings were shown to produce passive and active tension forces similar to those generated by muscle strips.
"Using optogenetics techniques, we worked with collaborators at MIT to genetically engineer a light-responsive skeletal muscle cell line that could be stimulated to contract by pulses of 470-nm blue light," Raman added. "The resultant optogenetic muscle rings were coupled to multi-legged bio-bot skeletons with symmetric geometric designs. Localized stimulation of contraction, rendered possible by the greater spatiotemporal control of light stimuli over electrical stimuli, was used to drive directional locomotion and 2D rotational steering."
In addition to Bashir and Raman, Caroline Cvetkovic, a recent graduate student in bioengineering and now a post-doctoral fellow, was a co-author of the paper. Work on the bio-bots was conducted at the Micro + Nanotechnology Lab at Illinois.


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It's officially summer, which means it's time to get outside, soak up the sun, and enjoy everything the season has to offer! What better way to do that than with a fun summer party with all of your friends and family?
Check out our 7 essential tips to help you host an amazing outdoor party this year!
Spread the Word – While you don't have to send physical invitations if you don't want to (but please feel free if you do because, well, it's fun!), make sure your guests know what's going on. Tell them when you'll be eating (say, between 6 and 7 p.m.), let them know if they should bring their swimsuits, and tell them what to expect if it rains (game night inside, anyone?!).
Provide Enough Seating – Check out your outdoor furniture. Do you have enough seats to accommodate your guests? If not, it's time to get creative! Grab picnic blankets, lawn chairs, stools, and anything else that might serve as seats. Renting can also be a surprisingly feasible (and stress-free) option if you're planning a big-time bash!
Dazzle with Ambient Lighting – Don't let the party stop once the sun sets! Just add a little ambient lighting to keep your guests in the light. Hang strings of lights on the deck, on tree branches, or even on your fence. Add tea lights, globe string lights, and hurricane lanterns to give your party a warm, inviting glow. This will help your guests navigate their way around outside once nighttime arrives!
Keep Mosquitoes at Bay – Mosquitoes can put a damper on any party. Don't let them stop you! Just attack their weaknesses. Get rid of any standing water the week before the party, and offer guests any bug spray or bug wipes when they arrive. Also, mosquitoes aren't very good flyers, so plug in some fans around seating areas and the food to keep the little bugs at bay!
Cover Food Strategically – You may have other insects to contend with than mosquitoes during the summer months. Make sure to cover up any food, including appetizers, salads, and desserts with glass domes and cake stand covers to keep the bugs away (and preserve the food's freshness). Your guests will thank you!
Stay Cool – Don't let the heat keep you indoors! You can beat the heat with handheld fans like classic accordion fans or battery-powered fans. You can also create homemade ice-cold compresses by purchasing inexpensive washcloths, rolling them up with a rubber band, and tossing them in a cooler of ice.
Make a Killer Playlist – Who doesn't love music at a party? Create a fun playlist of party-friendly music that will last for 5 or 6 hours. Choose classics and toss in a few newer tunes here and there to keep your guests dancing. Remember, don't blare the music – you'll want your guests to be able to hear each other easily when they talk!
What tips do you have for a successful summer party? Tell us in the comments below or on our Facebook page!


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Like many others here I have used both very short 6.5 foot rods to the longer rods in most the smokies streams.
My first fly rod I ever owned was a 6 wt 9.5 foot orvis. I agree the 6 wt was a little large for the smokies headwaters streams but the longer rod made for a much easier time as a new learning fly fisherman. Without a doubt the longer the rod the easier i find it to fish.
Personally, for the smokies headwater streams i like the somewhat longer 7.5 foot to 8 foot 4 wt rods. For the last four years I have always used my 7.5 4 wt Gloomis and my brother has always used a 8 foot 4 wt TFO.
unless you are picking a very specilized very very small stream rod I have found the longer rods much easier to control the fly.


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Ahead of the upcoming King of the Mountain trail, happening on September 4th, 2016, in Khao Pra Taew national park and organized by Thanyapura, we thought it would be good to share some key preparation elements from Kiranee Narabal, one of the Thai experienced trail runners, to take into account what will help you to get the most out of the experience on the D-day.
1. Prepare your body
This point cannot be emphasized enough; you need to get yourself some sort of training prior to a trail. Take it step by step and decompose your run for an optimum training; if your goal is to run an 8km. trail, start with 4km. per day, until it feels easy to run the whole distance in one go. Another important training aspect is to consider that a trail is not just like a flat running surface; you will climb hills, and the surface will not be as smooth as the treadmill, as you will run through rocks, mud, dirt and even water. Training to improve your balance as well as muscles building is essential before a trail. In a nutshell, what should be done is:
1.1 Practice Often
Because there's no shortcut to the success. Just as the athletes from other sports, to be good in trail requires muscle building to get used to the run. Start gradually and increase the distance as you can. Running too much at the beginning can make your body lose muscles balance – the muscles that are used get much stronger than the muscles that are not used which will make a long-term injury.
1.2 Arm Yourself
Through a proper body building. Skills and technique in trail running are different from road running such as balancing, stepping, sliding, avoiding obstacles, hiking, climbing. The body parts that often get injured on the trail are the ankle joints and knees. Strengthen muscles in these specific spots is as important as the routine training
A simple tip that you can practice at home that makes the ankle strong enough to support the movements in running, standing and jumping is single-legged stance mixing with the single-legged deadlift. Kiranee's personal recommended tip is also to run on the sandy beach as the soft sand makes a good resistance to training the ankle while helps to practice the breathing rhythm.
Apart from ankle, other muscles such as thighs' muscles and core body are also important for the trail as thighs help supporting knees especially running up or down a steep path while the strong core body can protect risk of back pain and other injuries. The simple exercises recommended are squat and leg lunge (for thighs) and plank (for core body)
1.3 Stretching to Strengthen
Stretching helps improve and strengthen muscles along the body. Trail run requires flexible muscles so, stretching technique is pretty necessary. Other kinds of sports and practice that can be a great contribute to trail run such as yoga, stretching, swimming, muscle relieving as well as releasing lactic acid after training are what will make the run reaches its peak. All muscle movements are connected and all of them need a rehab after a hard training.
1.4 Run in Different Styles
The training technique that professional trail runners do is running uphill or upstairs. At the beginning, warm up for 10-20 minutes then run up the hill or stairs as fast as you can for at lest 60 seconds and walk down, repeat for 4-6 times followed by cool down session for 10 minutes.
Another type is stride which is a ground run with 80% of the highest speed for 30 seconds continuously then slowly walk or run back to the beginning, repeat for 6-8 times before cool down.
There's no fixed technique in running. Runners can always adjust the technique as appropriate to their body. Also, training routinely can also make strong body and mind, make you more focus and increase confident in the real field.
1.5 Practice Mind, Set Your Focus
In trail, mind strength is as important as body strength as running in the unpredictable geographies which don't allow you to get out of the trail when injured or needed can cause stress for many beginners. Practice yourself to run with the most relax mind, enjoy the natural surroundings and make your obstacles be an adventurous game.
Running on the road, your eye sight may be able to see 10 meters ahead but in trail, runners must focus only each of their step especially in case that you are left alone or lost, you need to get a grip, notice the foot prints, ground surface, bushes, and all surroundings while listening to what's happening around to make a decision. People who like listening to music while training should try to get use to do it without earphones to avoid any accident.
2. Check the Detail of the trail
2.1 Information, Maps, and Signs
Before trail run, you should make a clear understanding about the sings, slope, dangerous zones, u-turn point, cut-off time of each trail (if there is) for your own benefit in planning, resting, eating (in long-distance trail),
speed estimating in each distance, time estimating to finish each distance and to finish the trail, etc. Trail run requires a sharp notice on signs and map reading skills. Losing the way can happen to everyone even the leading experienced runners. Being well planned and cautious can really help the run efficiently.
2.2 Weather
Trail run events are arranged in all seasons and weathers, domestically and internationally. Therefore, runners should check the weather forecast on the D-day and get prepared, especially the long distance trail. Also get in touch with the organisers to be updated about the possible natural disasters such as storm, mudflow, and flash flood.
3. Check What Is Provided
Mainly, you should know where are the service stations for water, food, medical team, and trail assistants. This will help you plan well about how to train to suit the trail service as well as what to bring along the way with you. For example, some trail provides service but the stations are very far away, you have to prepare your own drinking water, food, first aid kits, medicines, torch, etc.
4. Equipment Preparation
The information that you check about the route; geography, weather, and service are useful for this process. To prepare the belongings that suit with the trail you are going mainly the must-have items, including:
4.1 Emergency Contact
The most important item is not trail running shoes or water bag but the emergency contact numbers of each trail which all runners should always keep and record to prepare for any unexpected incidents which can happen to yourself or your running fellows.
4.2 Mobile phone with a power bank
These gears are for an emergency communication, especially where the staff cannot be reached easily. In many trails, cellphone with GPS and power bank are the mandatory request. Absolutely, you shouldn't spend too much battery on pictures or video but emergency needs.
4.3 Zip lock plastic bag
It is important and very useful. It's classic to see experienced runners put everything in the zip lock plastic bag no matter where they are, during the trail run or spending daily life, as the bag is water resistant, protective, light and portable
4.4 Medicine
What cannot be missed is the medicine as your body condition or chronic disease needs. Make sure to put it in the safe place that is easy to reach. If you have a buddy, don't forget to inform where your medicine is.
4.3 Drinking water, food and power jell
This depends on the service, distance, geography, and weather at each trail. Some trail takes very long and requires self-service. Food needs to be well prepared in separate meals and some litres of water must be in your backpack. If there are service spots but very far away from each other, you may need a water bag or bottles of water with some food or power gel. Food that is recommended for trail runners is what gives high energy, low fibre, portable, and stays long in any weather condition such as bread, sticky rice, sundried banana, date palm or some candies to add sugar and refresh your body
*King of the Mountain is a short distance (4-15 km.) with water service every 2.5 km. which is a lot while the trail is under shady forest, not hot and dry. There's no need to take anything.
4.4 Trail Running Shoes
It depends on the geography and weather of each trail. Some trails are wild with a lot of rock, mud and steep slopes which require shoes that stick well to the ground surface as trail running shoes. However, normal running shoes can be applied in the trail that is not much wildly dangerous.
*For King of the Mountain trail, there's no need for trail running shoes
4.5 Specific Equipment
such as water bag, trekking pole(s), head lamp which depends on the condition of the trail
Water bag: It will increase a lot more weight on you making you tired and slower. If you need to have it, train with the estimated weight to get used to it before competing. Actually, it is pretty useful as it is also a bag that you can keep other items inside while drinking water from it. Make sure you are well organised in packing it so it will be quick and easy for you to search for items.
Trekking Pole: Normally this gear is important in the trail that is steep or slippery and muddy to help to hold and balancing while climbing up and getting down hill. When training, try using the trekking pole to get used to it as well.
Head lamp: Depends on how long the trail takes. It is necessary before sunrise and after sunset. In the case of running in the dark, a reflective tape should be put on the shirt also. In some trail, the organiser requests that one runner must have two head lamps in case of one is broken.
* King of the Mountain trail has no need for all three
4.6 Cap, Arm Sleeves, and Sunglasses
Some trails are very hot and burn skin. The arm sleeves can help protecting this matter or some trails that are very dry and dusty, sunglasses can provide a better vision.
* King of the Mountain is shady and not hot so, all three are not important to prepare
4.5 Sprays
Including mosquito spray, sun block spray, pain relief spray for injuries. In trail running, it is riskier to get injured than running on the road so, pain relief spray is one of the items that can be often seen in runner's bag as well as the other two spray.
* King of the Mountain provides relief spray in every service stations
4.6 Jacket, raincoat, wiping cloth, socks, emergency blanket
Depends on the weather of each trail. Some trail, you have to cross a river making the feet wet which will later make you lose skin and get injured. The wiping cloth can help making the feet dry before continue running. Prepare spare socks and apply some bee wax. It can help protect the sole.
* King of the Mountain does not need these items


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Domino's Changing Pizza Recipe
Finally realizing its pizza is mediocre, Domino's has decided to take its recipe to the wood chipper and start over with an attempt at a new, better product.
From a press release:
"2010 will be our 50th year in the business, and we are kicking it off with the most aggressive promotion in the history of our company," said Domino's Chairman and CEO David A. Brandon. "This is the biggest product introduction we've done since well, pizza."
The primary changes include:
· Crust – A garlic seasoned crust with parsley baked to a golden brown.
· Sauce – Sweeter, bolder tomato sauce with a medley of herbs and a red pepper kick.
· Cheese – Shredded cheese made with 100% real mozzarella and flavored with just a hint of provolone.
The new recipe is rolling out over the chain's stores and will be everywhere by Dec. 27. To get people to sample its revamped wares, Domino's will be offering 2 medium 2-topping pizzas for $12.
If you try the new Domino's, let us know your reactions at firstname.lastname@example.com. Really, it's almost certain that the changes will be for the better because there's so much room for improvement. Whether or not Domino's will be able to hang with rival Papa John's is the real issue.
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Educational Programs
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Photo by Will Cleland
The talented staff at Four Springs Farm is happy to assist you in developing a custom program that meets the needs of your family or group while camping here on the farm. Below are two sample programs for youngsters to get your planning started and some helpful General Information
Sample Program #1: Custom Farm-tastic Week
Four days and three nights
Vacation with a group of families on a working organic vegetable farm. Crops will be growing in the garden, the greenhouse may have young seedlings growing, and poultry will be out on pasture. Learn about the fields, farm, and woods environment, help around the farm, discover the mysteries of your "special spot" on the farm, and enjoy getting to know other folks. Four Springs' farmers, guest naturalists, and neighboring farmers fill the days with fun educational programs and the evenings with relaxing activities.
Program Notes
- Day One
- Arrival, orientation, finding individual "special spots" around the farm
- Dinner at individual campsites
- Evening Activity ideas
- Things That Fly
- Bugs and Butterflies
- Day Two
- Farm chores, followed by breadkfast at individual sites
- Activity Hour ideas
- Exploration of the Gardens and the Creatures that Live There
- Geology and Rocks
- Break for snack, followed by a short work project
- Visit to "special spots"
- Lunch at individual campsites
- Afternoon Activity choices
- Stream exploration and woods walk
- Bethel Granite Quarry visit
- Bread baking
- Individual projects
- Meal preparation and dinner together at the picnic pavilion, with invited guests from the neighborhood and time to share perspectives
- Early to bed
- Day Three
- Dawn Walk ideas
- Watching the Water Flow
- Who Else is Up at this Hour?
- Farm chores, followed by breakfast at individual sites
- Activity Hour, hands-on in the garden suggestions
- Seed to Seed Discovery
- Soil to Salad Discovery
- Break for snack before helping with CSA distribution
- Visit to "special spots"
- Lunch and free time to explore around Vermont
- Evening Campfire
- Dawn Walk ideas
- Day Four
- Farm chores, followed by breakfast together at the picnic pavilion
- Short activity period and mid-morning visit to "special spots"
- Pack up gear
- Farewell Circle and departure around mid-day
Sample Program #2: Three Seasons Program
Two days and nights, three times during the season
Photo by Geoff Hansen
Program Notes
- Spring
- Orientation and selection of individual "special spots"
- Art on the Farm featuring an early morning nature walk
- Science Activity ideas
- Seed to Seed, an exploration of plant life cycles
- Geology and Rocks, a brief study of soils, land features and rocks
- Afternoon Outing ideas
- Fat Rooster Farm Visit to meet several kinds of baby animals
- Food Focus: Rhubarb or Salads
- Summer
- Fireflies and hosting of an evening guest naturalist
- Campfire Program with music and song
- Science Activity ideas
- The Water Cycle, from springs to the sea and earth to sky and back
- Insects and Animals, an opportunity for conscious awareness of other living creatures on the farm
- Afternoon Outing ideas
- A swimming trip
- Visit to a local organic dairy farm and cheese making operation
- Food Focus: Baking or Milk and Eggs
- Fall
- Star Gazing and observation of the season's changes around us
- Farewell Harvest Banquet and the hosting of a second guest naturalist
- Science Activity ideas
- It's About Eating: the harvest, storing and eating of vegetables
- Birds, from songbirds to raptors
- Afternoon Outing ideas
- Free choice trips around Vermont
- Visit Redrock Christmas Tree Farm
- Food Focus: Salsa or Soup
General Information
Be prepared for cool nights and wet places. Biting bugs are very few, but the sun can be strong, so sunscreen and hats are recommended.
Pack camping gear, tents, work clothes, rain gear, hats, boots and toiletries.
Also bring cameras, binoculars, compasses, field guides, musical instruments, kites, journals, books, and sketch pads.
Supervision of Children • Our programs are designed for adults and children grouped together. Adults need to accompany children of all ages to all activities, including farm chores. Childcare is not provided.
Meals • The farm does not serve meals but they can help you in several ways: You can eat individually at the camp sites or together making use of our picnic pavilion which includes a counter, sink, tables and large fire pit. You can purchase vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, jams and chicken from the farm (even pick you own with one of the farmers). You may also arrange for WildBerry Catering to assist you with meal preparation.
Pets • Since this is a working farm pets are not permitted.
Cost of Programs • Program costs are calculated by family or group based on use of our cabin that sleeps five. Meals can either be planned by the guests or catered by WildBerry Catering at the farm. Since each program is custom designed the costs will vary according to the amount of planned activities and the length of stay.
Program Planning • A minimum of two months prior to your visit is recommended to organize customize programs. Reserve early to ensure campground availability.
Questions • Contact Jinny at (802) 763-7296 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
All of us are happy to work with you to set up a fun-filled program that perfectly suits your group's needs, and will provide you with just the right amount of scheduled activities, free time, work, and play. Those at Four Springs Farm want you to go home at least a little wiser and with plenty of great memories to cherish!
"When children find their first carrot under the ground or collect a warm egg from under a chicken, they move one step closer to understanding where their food comes from."
Jinny Hardy Cleland, host


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Barker takes up search for new team
Yanto Barker,
British Cycling's top-ranked cyclist for 2013,
is still looking for a team for next season following the demise of Team UK Youth.
The team, which was bankrolled by Nigel Mansell for four years, folded after failing to find a new sponsor when
the ex-Formula 1 star withdrew his funding.
"It's pretty frustrating, particularly after such a positive and successful year," he told BBC South West Sport.
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"It's not ideal but I'm by no means demoralised or bitter about it"
Yanto Barker
"Cycling's such a big part of my life. I don't want to stop so abruptly."
The 33-year-old runs his own sportswear brand and has also worked extensively within the media, but his first love is racing bikes.
"It's not like I rely on cycling entirely for my income," he said.
"But genetically deep, deep down I am a competitive cyclist. Some people have said it's a good chance to focus more on the business – but my response is that I already focus enough on it and cycling is a release for me.
"I'm still very fit and healthy in terms of my physical abilities and mentally I'm a competitive cyclist. I need to give myself a bit of time to adapt to not being a professional cyclist."
Team UK Youth enjoyed their most successful season in 2013 with Barker at the forefront. He won two stages of the Tour Series as well as the UCS Grand Prix in Ipswich on his way to topping the rankings.
Like many of those involved, Barker was astonished that one of Britain's top teams in a sport which is enjoying record levels of media interest and participation was unable to attract another headline sponsor after Mansell's withdrawal.
"Normally, when you're looking for a sponsor, you say: 'If we do a good job, it could be a good investment for you'," said Barker.
"We were able to say: 'We tick every box in terms of PR, success, positive messages, not to mention having a prominent public figure in Nigel Mansell. Would you like to be part of the success that we have already proven we can deliver?'
"Looking at it from the outside, it is difficult to come to terms with that."
Barker said the timing of the news had made life difficult for the riders and staff to find new contracts.
"The news was so late that it has made it very hard to get a spot – it's certainly not been as easy as it might have been," he said.
"I understand the dynamics of how teams fill their places. Everybody tries to get the best they can get for the spend they have. Had it been known there wasn't going to be a team earlier, say August or September, it would have been much, much easier to have those conversations.
"I've been through the emotional rainbow. From being angry, disappointed and sad to also being quite philosophical about it. I've resigned myself to the fact that this sort of thing does happen.
"I had a long conversation with Nigel about the prospects of the team continuing and I chose to wait. I don't regret that because we needed enough people to hold on to give us a chance, if we did continue, to do something similar to what we achieved this year.
"I've been quite disciplined about not letting myself be too grumpy. I made my choices and I had a fair understanding of the implications of those choices at the time and so this is a situation that I'm in and it's not ideal but I'm by no means demoralised or bitter about it. It's a challenge that needs to be overcome."
Barker, who praised Mansell as "an amazing man to work for", said the knowledge and skills he had gained during his time at Team UK Youth would be transferable to other teams.
"I'd clocked that there was a way to do things to achieve certain success and Nigel really affirmed that," he said.
"As a team captain I know that there is a way of doing things and I'll hopefully be in a position to at least share what I've learned and bring that to another team and that would be a new challenge which I would relish."
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U.S. intelligence officials said two tractor-trailers found in northern Iraq are laboratories for making biological weapons. But after combing through the mobile trailers for more than a month, U.S. officials still could not say they had found a trace of biological agent on the trailers.
Former inspectors said this is no smoking gun. "I don't think that even evidence that these were biological labs would be sufficient until there is clear proof that weapons were produced in these facilities," said Jonathan Tucker, a former U.N. biological
weapons inspector.
Scientists and politicians said the failure to find real proof raises serious questions, with Sen. Robert Byrd today accusing the Bush administration of duping the American people.
"They have so far turned up only fertilizer, vacuum cleaners, conventional weapons, and the occasional buried swimming pool," said Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat.
Powell: We Got it Right
A U.S. intelligence report on the trailers, portions of which were read to ABCNEWS, said: "Biological weapons agent production is the only consistent, logical purpose for these vehicles."
The report also said the trailers were "strikingly similar" to mobile labs described by Secretary of State Colin Powell in his U.N. speech in February. In that speech, Powell said such labs were capable of producing anthrax.
Powell met with reporters today, refusing to describe the analysis as a vindication, but nevertheless expressing pride.
"We have taken our time on this one, because we wanted to make sure we got it right, and the intelligence community, I think, is convinced now that that's the purpose they served," he said.
"I think we knew what we were saying when we went to the United Nations on the 5th of February, and I was pleased to be the one to present the case."
However, Powell acknowledged there was still some concern about how much the trailers proved.
"Although you can't find actual germs on them, they have been clean and we don't know whether they have been used for that purpose or not, they were certainly designed and constructed for that purpose," he said.
Frustrated and Frantic
The first trailer was seized at a checkpoint near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on April 19, and troops from the Army's 101st Airborne Division found the second trailer on May 9 at al-Kindi, a former missile research facility in Iraq.
The second trailer had been looted, and there were signs such as unfinished welding that the apparatus was incomplete, The Associated Press reported.
A chemical weapons specialist for the U.S. Army also told the news agency that soldiers needed to scrounge for tires to put on the trailer to drag it back for analysis.
The trailers provide the strongest suggestions yet that Iraq had chemical or biological weapons, but U.S. officials have no conclusive that such programs existed in recent years despite visits to more than 100 suspected sites since the war began March 20.
After Powell had made his presentation on such trailers in February, the Iraqis said they had mobile labs, but they were not used for weapons.
Such mobile labs were used for food analysis for disease outbreaks, mobile field hospitals, a military field bakery, food and medicine refrigeration trucks, a mobile military morgue and mobile ice making trucks, Iraqi officials said.
Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, said inspectors visited a number of the labs at several sites but found no evidence of chemical or biological weapons activity.
"The outline and characteristics of these trucks that we inspected were all consistent with the declared purposes," Buchanan told The AP, adding extensive forensic sampling had been performed.
Despite Powell's words of confidence, U.S. forces are increasingly frustrated and frantic over their inability to find a smoking gun.
Al Jazeera television reported today that U.S. officials will start offering rewards to Iraqis who can lead them to weapons of mass destruction.
ABCNEWS' Martha Raddatz in Washington contributed to this report.
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article to Bologna in travellady.com
I was standing in the Piazza Giuseppi Verdi, the site of the Bologna opera house, luxuriating in the mellifluous sounds of a classic soprano broadcast by loudspeakers into the square. A fellow pulled up in his motorcycle, switched off the engine, and announced to his girlfriend seated behind him, "Il rumor del modernità," the sound of modernity!
It was to me a symbolic moment for a city that glories in its past but is socially hospitable to its citizens and visitors. Music is for everyone, not just for those who can afford to buy a ticket. And so is all culture. When I asked a guard at the Palazzo Comunale on Piazza Maggiore, the grand central square, where I could buy a ticket to the exhibits, he answered proudly, "Museums in Bologna are free." It's true for government museums; the notion that culture should be accessible to all was promoted by years of Communist government.


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- Patterson, Erica. Western Gets Bonus with Halcomb Twins
- Williamson, Tiffany. Civil Rights Role Started Early
- Ahsan, Human. Western Professor Wants Role in Setting Policy - Saundra Ardrey
- Spaulding, Allonda. Reporter Decides Early on TV Career - Beverly Kirk
- Shafi, Farah. Students Get Inside View at Broadcasting Business
- Townes, Jimmedda. Cold Floor, Steel Doors Greet Warren Jail Visitors
- Osborne, Na'Taki. Freedom of Speech Getting a Bad Rap
- Brown, Vianca. Ignoring Andrew Dice Clay's Ignorance Protects Everybody's Rights
- Hartsfield, Helena. Blacks Must Cooperate to Make a Difference
- Board, Lavita. Black Prejudice Against Whites No-win Situation
- Spaulding, Allonda. Racism Causes Fear, Hate
- Ahsan, Huma. Ugly Ducklings Face Discrimination, Some Become Swan
- Hartsfield, Helena. Woman Travels Around World to Help Children Get Treatment - Judy Schwank
- Turner, Charlotte. Veteran Officer Proud He's Never PUlled Gun - Hugh Heater
- Jarrett, Lesli. Tennessean Makes Big Impression
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- Taylor, Corey. Jim Highland Guides Young Reporters
- Spaulding, Allonda. Minorities Say Bob Adams There When He's Needed
- Osborne, Na'Taki. Terry Jones Destroys First Impression by Setting Off Spark in Students
- Spaulding, Allonda. New York Sports Writer Urges Students to Invest in Future - Tommy George
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- Wilson, Deirdre. Women Find Support at Pregnancy Support Center
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The Voice At 3AM
I, who am only an incomprehensible Bit of scribble… —Charles Simic
In this show, Vicki Sher pairs a new series of drawings with video.
The Voice at 3AM, titled after a collection of poetry by Charles Simic, aims to evoke a particular mood, rather than a specific narrative. Life at 3AM is both wakeful and dreamy, quiet and anxious, full of both longing and dread. All of the drawings and video in the show arose from a specific method. Sher whispers poetry to herself by recording it on her phone and playing it back in her ear while drawing. This underlying "whisper track" serves as the foundation on which Sher builds her imagery. The act of whispering into her own ear was both intimate and otherworldly, as the poems, and resulting imagery, represent an effort to tap into energy that occupies unfamiliar territory and a separate frequency of experience. Corresponding to this drawing activity, Sher's animated video contains a whispered layer of audio. A diverse assortment of spoken word recordings, including poetry by Charles Simic, Driver's Ed manual segments about speeding, television listings, and more are woven together beneath the music. For Sher, all these samples connect to a voice of uncertainty, limitation, frustration and a thirst for substance. The video follows a central character, hearts on her sleeves, as she navigates a landscape, at times forbidding, of moving drawings and found imagery.


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The Big Island International Film Festival will present an educational component at this year's 11th annual event. The festival is again showcasing outstanding indie cinema, music, culinary events and the world class hospitality presented by the Fairmont Orchid Resort.
The Big Island International Film Festival is hosting two special industry workshops on Friday May 27, 2016. These added value events are free and have appeal to all emerging filmmakers, entertainer's, students and cinema lovers alike. The seminars take place at the Fairmont Orchid Hawai'i, and there will be daytime film screenings, indoors at the Lehua Theatre and evening movies under the stars at Plantation Estate.
First off, at 9:45 a.m., Jen Grisanti will be presenting, "TELLING AND SELLING YOUR STORY".
She will illustrate proven techniques to raise the elements of a screenplay and increase your opportunities for marketability. A longtime television programmer, Grisanti will highlight how to bring emotion into your script.
At 4:30 p.m., Raymond Rolak, veteran sports producer and content provider, will be speaking on, "THE HARMONY OF MUSIC AND CINEMA".
Rolak will also showcase new trends in product placement, trans-media and the important implications of IRS Section-181 for indie investments.
The BIIFF will have 58 films, with seven from the State of Hawai'i and three produced on the Big Island. Speaking at a recent announcement of the festival Executive Director Leo Sears said, "I am so impressed with the quality of films this year." He added, "Picking the Official Selections was very difficult. The features are excellent, and the shorts are so good that we added an extra film block so we could show six more. This is a great selection that any movie-lover will enjoy and we hope everybody will come and support indie films with us."
There are also receptions with featured guests Bellamy Young and Michael Gross. Also there are free children's films at, The Shops at Mauna Lani. A host of events can be accessed thru the BIIFF website. http://www.bigislandfilmfestival.com/wp/
The BIIFF concludes with a "Best of the Fest" concert featuring HAPA on Memorial Day, Monday, 5-7 p.m. at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii Plantation Estate, near the Tennis Park. It will be followed by the Best Short Film and Best Feature, chosen by audience votes. There's also a silent auction to benefit Fisher House at Tripler Army Medical Center.
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WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi moved Friday to broaden her leadership team by naming three junior lawmakers to chair the party's messaging arm.
Pelosi also named two-term California colleague Eric Swalwell to co-chair the panel responsible for making committee assignments.
The announcement comes days before a leadership election in which Pelosi is being challenged by Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan for the party post she has held since 2002.
Pelosi is likely to retain her post, but Friday's moves come amid restiveness in the Democratic caucus, especially among junior members, after the elections.
"This team of new and experienced leaders is dedicated to working with their entire caucus to make the future better for the American people," Pelosi said in a statement.
The core of Pelosi's leadership team will remain in place, including 77-year-old Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, 76. Elderly Democrats also remain atop several important committees.
Pelosi has named Illinois' Cheri Bustos, New York's Hakeem Jeffries and Pennsylvania's Matt Cartwright to the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, noting they would take a role in fighting GOP proposals to cut Medicare. They would replace Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., who is retiring.
Pelosi also is retaining Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., as chairman of the campaign and fundraising arm for House Democrats. Rep. John Yarmouth will replace Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., as the top Democrat on the Budget Committee.
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Jacqui Lewnes is already known by many for her bold, gestural, colorful depictions of dogs and cats. In her newest work she widens her range to include fauna both wild and domesticated. The wild creatures come from far and wide, but the domesticated ones may include an animal you know. If you missed Jacqui's opening, it is not too late to see her work--the show remains up until the end of April. At her opening, Jacqui showed us how she creates her images by laying down layers of color with monotypes. With minor assistance from Masterprinter Ray Maseman and our crack team of apprentice press-crankers, Jacqui accomplished the super-human feat of creating a four color image in under 30 minutes:
The first plate is rolled up with orange ink, and Jacqui removes ink in the space that Glo Crow will occupy.
The initial state of the print is pulled from the orange plate.
Jacqui covers the plate with blue ink, and then removes everything except Glo Crow.
Printmaking is a collaborative endeavor. Here, volunteer apprentices from the audience crank the press.
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Cheticamp Island Cottages on Cape Breton Island offers a tranquil setting with a panoramic view of the Atlantic ocean, Highland mountains and beautiful ocean sunsets from the living room, kitchen and private deck of each of its 5 two-bedroom, deluxe, housekeeping cottages. Cheticamp Island Cottages is the only ocean-front cottage accommodation in the Cheticamp area. Ocean swimming and a sandy beach is only 100 metres in front of the cottages. A local golf course is only a 10-minute drive away. The Cape Breton Highlands National Park is only a 15-minute drive away, with a park entrance at the northern edge of the town of Cheticamp.
Cheticamp Island Cottages provides an excellent base from which to drive the Cabot Trail, play one of Canada's platinum golf courses, whale watch, fish the world-renowned Margaree River, or commune with nature.
Cheticamp is an Acadian fishing village located beneath the Cape Breton Highlands on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It offers a variety of recreational opportunities including an 18-hole golf course, whale tours, fly fishing, deep sea fishing, sailing/boating, horseback riding and hiking trails. Cheticamp's services include: restaurants, stores, financial services, museums, a hospital, a public wharf and an indoor ice rink/arena. An entrance to the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and a visitor centre are located at the northern edge of the village. Cheticamp features warm Acadian hospitality, Acadian cuisine and Celtic music.
Cape Breton Island was recently named the world's second best tourist destination (after the Norwegian fjords) in the National Geographic Traveler magazine. Cape Breton Island is also home to the Cabot Trail, one of the top 5 road trips in Canada as recently noted in Canada's national newspaper, The Globe & Mail. The Cabot Trail is a route that skirts rugged peaks, waterfalls and high headlands, offering spectacular views over the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Directions to Cheticamp Island Cottages From the Canso Causeway, Sydney, North Sydney, etc., travel on the Trans Canada Highway, Route 105 to Exit 7 at Nyanza where the Cabot Trail begins. Travel north on the Cabot Trail (Route 19) for 40 miles - passing on your way Margaree Harbour and Grand Etang. Turn left onto Cheticamp Island Road, the first road on the left after passing Flora's local crafts & gift shop. Cottages are located on the right, with entrance off first road on your right. Should you desire, phone for detailed instructions and places of interest along your way.
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Walton, Jessica Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship, Illustrated by Macpherson, Dougal. PICTURE BOOK. Bloomsbury, 2016. $16.99. Content: G
Thomas the teddy wears a bow tie and does everything with his best friend, the boy Errol. One day Thomas is sad and finally reveals to Errol that he knows he is a girl teddy bear and he wants to be called Tilly, she is terrified that Errol will end their friendship over this. Errol tells him that their friendship is the only thing that matters. Their friend Ava accepts the change and they all have fun together. Features simple illustrations.
This book is incredibly heartwarming. It could be billed as a gender identification book, but at its heart, its truly a book about friendship and acceptance. Even at an elementary school, Gender identification can easily be a part of your demographic, you might not know it yet. I would buy this book even if I never came across a student facing that decision, the story and lesson here are just lovely. The illustrations are tender and adorable.
EL(K-3), EL –ESSENTIAL Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.


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Having worked on this property for the previous owner, we were delighted to be engaged to supply and install a variety of new systems and make alterations to existing systems following extensive renovations. When designing heating and cooling for a home of this size, attention to detail is paramount. With this in mind, we had many meetings with the owners and their builder prior to commencement and kept in constant contact throughout the project.
The light coloured furnishings and fine lines of this home are perfectly suited to Hydronic Heating and Ducted Air Conditioning, where the grills and radiators blend into their surroundings. In this home, we used the Radiant 98.3% efficient condensing boiler with Korado radiators and In Slab Hydronic Heating. A zoned Daikin Ducted Air Conditioning system and Daikin VRV Mini Ducted Bulkhead Air Conditioning system round out a complete heating and cooling package.
Architecturally designed and professionally decorated, this Surrey Hills home has the best of both worlds!
Upstairs is kept cool on hot summer days by Daikin ducted reverse cycle air conditioning using unobtrusive multi-directional vents in the ceiling. Of course, as this system is reverse cycle, a push of a button turns it into a heater on cold winter nights. Downstairs, heating and cooling is provided through a combined gas ducted heating and add on air conditioning system using a carefully designed single duct network under the floor. Controlled by a convenient, wall mounted thermostat, this system is also zoned to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
Large windows in this 2 storey home in Northcote meant careful consideration needed to be given to the heating and cooling load requirements. Requiring a greater kilowatt capacity than a single system can provide we elected to use two separate styles of heating and cooling.
Brivis Gas Ducted Heating with Brivis intergrated Add On Air Conditioning has been used throughout with multi-directional outlets. In the kitchen/family areas bulkheads were constructed to accommodate Daikin mini ducted bulkhead systems. A stand alone gas log fireplace was installed in the comfortable sitting room creating a cosy environment to curl up with a favourite book.
Planning and design were the key when considering heating and cooling solutions for this magnificent, multi faceted home in Balwyn. In consultation with the builder and owners we designed a variety of systems to suit the various area of the home. Upstairs is cooled by Breezair Evaporative Cooling ducted to multi-directional outlets in the ceiling. This system takes advantage of Melbourne's arid climate with the opening of windows allowing air to circulate resulting in a natural feeling form of cooling.
Still our most popular form of heating, Brivis Gas Ducted Heating is used to effectively heat the home through a series of ducts. In a home this size layout and design of duct was crucial in achieving an even distribution of air. A series of bulkheads were created to house Daikin Concealed Ducted Bulkhead Air Conditioning. Fitted off with white aluminium linear bar grills, these systems heat and cool the home as an alternative to evaporative cooling and gas ducted heating.


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Friday, November 4, 2011
Embedded System Code Review Checklist
As a result, we've written a two-page checklist for embedded system code reviews that you are free to use however you like.
The checklists are broken into sections to make it easier to do perspective-based reviews. The idea is to divide up the sections among 3 or 4 reviewers so that each reviewer is thinking about somewhat different aspects of the code, resulting in better review coverage of potential issues.
Everyone has their own favorite thing to look for in a review. If you think we've missed one please let us know with a comment. One thing we have intentionally left out is system-level problems that are better done in a system-level review. These are primarily intended for module reviews that look at a couple hundred lines of code at a time.
Again, you can use these within your company or for any other purpose without having to ask our permission. But we'd be happy to hear from you if you've found them especially useful or if you have suggestions for things we've missed.
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F-7. Can this function be written with a single point of exit? (no returns in middle of function)ReplyDelete
Rule is a BS!
The best explanation every about the history of that anachronism:
Hmm, well, that is only one explanation. The very next reply in that same stackexchange posting explains that funneling everything to the same return-from point makes it easier to clean up loose ends, which is more along the lines of why I make this recommendation. Additionally, in code with returns all over the place it is often the case that the code is unstructured in general (if it were structured, you wouldn't need all the returns). If you are a relative beginner I highly recommend this rule despite what you say. If you are advanced then well you aren't going to follow this advice, but don't forget that beginners are often the folks how are going to have to maintain your code later.Delete
Next time instead of saying something is BS perhaps instead explain why you think it is misguided in more specific terms, and acknowledge others who might have contrary opinions (and, ideally, why you think they are misguided).
F-8. Are all variables initialized before use?ReplyDelete
Not applied everywhere, consider this:
bool res = false;
res = Foo();
Keil will give a warning "Dead Assignment Eliminated"Replies
Most embedded compilers have terribly weak warnings. If you are 100% sure your compiler will warn you about all possible uninitialized variables, and that you will actually pay attention to the warning, then it's OK to tailor the list to remove this point. I have seen WAY too many embedded systems where the compiler didn't have the warning, didn't initialize, and sure enough there was a bug there.Delete
Please send me your comments. I read all of them, and I appreciate them. To control spam I manually approve comments before they show up. It might take a while to respond. I appreciate generic "I like this post" comments, but I don't publish non-substantive comments like that.
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Jul 31, 2012 3:23 PM GMT
So I was chatting with this very sexy guy online and the convo is going well. Hes handsome and very sexy and I was comletely turned on. BUT...The moment he says he wants to hook up and have hot sex, then I start to lose interest. WTF!!!!!


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One of the first questions that I get from new campers is about camping with electricity. Pitching a tent on the open ground and communing with nature is what most people think camping is all about. Much of the time, that mental picture is true. However; lots of people enjoy basic comforts and will only rent sites that offer electricity (also called electrical hook-ups).
Medical necessity is one reason why people choose to rent sites that have electricity. I am not alone in dealing with asthma. The CDC numbers indicate that 1:12 people nationwide have the disease. Camping is one of my favorite activities but it can also be difficult. Changes in temperature or elevation can sent my lungs into a coughing frenzy that requires neutralizer treatments to control. Electricity is required to run the machine.
Many people can only rough it up to a point. Then we begin to miss heaters or refrigerators. Heaven forbid that our netbook or smart phone needs to be charged in the campground!
The different types of electrical hook-ups that are offered at campgrounds gets technical in a hurry. This link on Understanding RV Electricty opens to a comprehensive (albeit technical) tutorial about campsite electricity. I'll give you a very brief rundown below.
First, a look at why you might want to go camping with electricity anyway.
Because you want to
Most of us have a phone and computer that we want to keep charged. Campers may want to listen to the big game on a radio. There are dozens of reasons for camping with electricity. The best reason may be because you want to.
Medical necessity
Not all tent or RV sites are
created the same and not all have electric hook-ups. State and national
parks may offer a limited number of campsites may have a small amount of electricity and are on stand-by for those who have medical needs. This amount of electricity is only enough to power a
medical device or cpap but not for anything else. If you push your luck, the blown circuit breaker in the camp office will give you away every time.
A quick word.
The following is not comprehensive and is for very general information only. If you have questions about camping with electricity, check with your camp host or campground management.
Low amperage
Commercial campgrounds (not state or national parks) usually offer 30 amp electrical outlets. You need this to run a refrigerator or charge a netbook. A 30 amp outlet is usually fine for tent camping or if you are using minimal appliances. It won't work for large RVs or to run many high-drawing appliances at the same time. Bring an adapter in case you can't plug directly into the electrical box by the campsite.
Higher amperage
Commercial campgrounds almost always offer 50 amp power. Absolutely essential for big RVs, some campers who have pop-up trailers or 5th wheels need this much electricity. If you want to run the ice maker, wash clothes and use the hair dryer at the same time, then you need the higher amperage electricity at your campsite. Plan on bringing an adapter.
Want to learn more? Here are some hot tips for cool fall break camping.


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Friday, 31 August 2012
Winter Cottage by Debbie
7 comments:
- Anonymous31 August 2012 at 07:25
Beautiful card Debbie..The cottage looks so inviting...can see myself in there cosying up next to the open fire!!! S xReplyDelete
this is stunning and beautifully coloured x LaviniaReplyDelete
A really lovely card, i love your use of colourReplyDelete
This is beautiful and your colouring is brilliantReplyDelete
Jackie x
So evocative Debbie. It is a stunning card!ReplyDelete
Gill x
I cannot get over how much dimension there is in this - it's almost like looking into & out of it all at the same time. I particularly like your elegant colour scheme & the way that the green of the tree just lifts the whole.ReplyDelete
Paula (PEP)
Beautiful card Debbie with a perfectly coloured little scene. Fab work as always.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for leaving a comment - it brings a little ray of sunshine into our day when we know our work is appreciated!


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When you're trying to lose weight, there are days when you're hungry, cranky, and sore. I'm hungry and sore today…and I'd be cranky too if it weren't so darn beautiful and sunny outside. Our perspective on healthy weight loss has been to not deprive ourselves of things we want but to instead focus on moderation and nutritious choices. But when you're modifying your portion sizes and eating habits, inevitably there are days when you're going to feel frustrated. To get through this mood without letting it sabotage my progress, I'm going to try this today: Continue reading
Updates On The Skipping Dinner Experiment7 May
Not a long time ago I decided to make a little experiment and see whether I'd be able to go without dinner for a whole week. You can read all about how it started here. It seemed a relatively easy experiment, to have a full breakfast and late lunch, which theoretically should have lead to the skipped dinner. Well, I have to confess it wasn't that easy, I broke down after the fourth night. However I have to admit even if I ate after six o'clock, it wasn't anything heavy, a very light dinner. In fact, one of those nights was a raw vegan experience, which I posted about in this post.
Even though I failed this little experiment, I still have hope that I'll be able to go though it again.
All the best,
– Vita :)
PS: If you haven't voted yet on our little poll, we'd highly appreciate just a second of your time to answer one simple question, meat or seafood till the rest of your life? Thank you! :)
My First Experience With Vegan Raw Food3 May
Last Saturday our good friend invited us to try a new restaurant that he got a coupon from. We didn't even know where we are going until practically the last minute; all he told us was, "This is a new place and you guys are gonna love it!" There were four guys and me in our group and it was hard for them to resist making snarky comments when they realized that we had arrived at a vegan restaurant. Even though I was quite skeptical about it, I decided to reserve my judgement until I was done with my food.
We started with drinks, which I thought were pretty good. For example, I ordered a delicious coconut cocktail, which consisted of muddled limes, fresh coconut water, and raw sugar cane. It was sweet and refreshing at the same time! Our food arrived one plate at a time, which I thought was kind of weird. Continue reading
When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip!27 Apr
Happy Friday! It's a sunny day, I'm hungry for a light lunch, and I've got Freak Nasty's "Da Dip" stuck in my head! So, the only thing to do is make a dip for lunch (while grooving to the song, of course). I love making dips at home, especially since you control the amount of oil and salt in them compared with store-bought, preservative-filled dips. It's a great way to have fun with health food when you're trying to lose weight without getting bored.
My favorite kind of dip to make is hummus, but what I really love to do is use hummus as a base for a veggie dip. It's super healthy, fun, and you can eat it with carrot sticks (or any other veggie stick), home-baked tortilla chips, pita, crackers, pretzels…pretty much whatever you want. Sometimes, I even use it as a spread on a sandwich.
Here's my typical dip-making method (takes about 10 minutes):
1. What's in the fridge and cupboard? I like to get creative with what we have around the kitchen, especially since we're on a pretty strict budget. Today, for example, I have a can of garbanzo beans, one Roma tomato left, half a can of black olives, half a bag of baby spinach, feta, carrots, garlic, and balsamic vinaigrette. Other ingredients that can work great, which I don't have right now, are bell pepper, cilantro, cream cheese, Parmesan, onion, various types of beans (bean dip is so yummy!), avocado, artichoke. The recipe changes depending on what you're in the mood for and what you have to use. The point is to look at what's available and concoct a flavor that will suit your personal tastes and cravings.
2. Making the dip.
- In a small frying pan, simmer the sliced tomato, garlic, and spinach (or bell pepper and onion, if you're using those) with just a teaspoon of canola oil (or olive oil) and a dash of salt and pepper. Sometimes I'll add a different type of pepper or some cumin and thyme to further enhance the flavor. You just want to soften these ingredients so that the flavors mix well. You can also do this in the oven, but that can take longer than on the stove. [You also can add sesame seeds at this stage, which adds a subtle, earthy flavor that is so good.]
- In a blender, combine the can of garbanzo beans (drained), black olives, and about a cup of spinach with two tablespoons of the vinaigrette and blend. Then add the heated mixture of tomato and garlic, etc., and blend again. Keep blending until you have a smooth hummus-veggie dip. Adjust the blending consistency and amount of ingredients to suit your taste (you may want to thin it a bit with water or vinaigrette, or add a little salt, or thicken it with some saltine crackers).
3. Serve. Eat it hot or cold, depending on your preference, with whatever you want to dip in it. I'm having mine with carrot sticks today. Enjoy knowing that it's a super healthy snack that tastes great and is totally customized for you!
Have a great weekend!
–Michelle :)
Diet Drop Facebook Page Launch24 Apr
Dear readers,
We are very excited to announce that Diet Drop is now on Facebook. If you enjoy reading our stories and recipes already, then please visit our Facebook page and show your support by "liking" us. This blog was born just a couple months ago, and we are still taking baby steps, which is why every bit of your encouragement is very important to us and very much appreciated!
Thank you!
— Michelle and Vita :)


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Nashville, TN -- Following the premiere of their first national TV series The Dailey & Vincent Show on RFD-TV, the "Rockstars of Bluegrass" will bring their critically acclaimed signature sound to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday, October 15 for Opry Country Classic at the Ryman. The show is set to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Opry Country Classics at the Ryman will be a show to celebrate country classics that made Music City. Hosted by Larry Gatlin, guest performers will perform their own hits along with timeless favorites by Patsy Cline, Jonny Cash and more. Performances are to include Dailey & Vincent, Mo Pitney and The Gatlin Brothers amongst others.
Gracing stages nationwide at historic venues such as Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress (Coolidge Auditorium), and the Ryman Auditorium with their distinct sonic hybrid of bluegrass, country and gospel influences, the duo went on to tape their first ever LIVE CD/DVD and Public Television concert special at The Hylton Performing Arts Center. Since it's premiere on Nashville Public Television (NPT) in December, the "Dailey & Vincent ALIVE! - In Concert" special is now broadcast on PBS stations nationwide and has been aired in over 84 markets with an estimate of over 1 million impressions. The live CD debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts and the DVD debuted at #2 on the Billboard Music Video Sales Chart just behind the Foo Fighters. Both are now available for purchase at all Old Cracker Barrel Country Stores nationwide and CrackerBarrel.com.
Dubbed by CMT as the "Rockstars of Bluegrass," the Dailey & Vincent duo has been hailed throughout the music industry as one of the most exciting, reputable and elite Bluegrass bands in America, having won numerous awards for their uniquely contagious and riveting music, including: three Grammy Award Nominations for the 2014 "Bluegrass Album of the Year;" 14 IBMA Awards (International Bluegrass Music Awards) as three-time "Entertainer of the Year," three-time "Vocal Group of the Year" and "Album of the Year" and four Dove Awards with three "Bluegrass Album of the Year" awards and "Bluegrass Song of the Year."
2015 has been a momentous and successful year for the award-winning duo starting with the success of their national PBS special "Dailey & Vincent ALIVE! – In Concert," which has been aired in over 84 markets with an estimate of over 1 million impressions. The special was later released as the duo's first ever live CD/DVD, with the live CD debuting at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts and the DVD debuting at #2 across all genres on the Billboard Music Video Sales Chart, just behind the Foo Fighters. Dailey & Vincent also premiered their first national television series, The Dailey & Vincent Show, on RFD-TV in early September. The show is a weekly 30-minute music, entertainment, and lifestyle show - full of music, humor and fun – which includes live performances and interview segments by special guests such as Vince Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys, Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers and Emily West (runner up on America's Got Talent) among other famed Country, Bluegrass and inspirational acts.
Dailey & Vincent continue to grace the stages of historic venues nationwide with their return to Carnegie Hall in early 2016 and the Ryman Auditorium, where they sold out three consecutive shows and first debuted their music as a duo in 2007.
Prior to forming the duo in 2007, the Bluegrass seasoned veterans Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, had previously garnered great personal success. A four-time IBMA 'Vocalist of the Year' award winner, Dailey sang and performed with groups such as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Vincent has accumulated five GRAMMY Awards, has been voted Bluegrass Bass Player of the Year four years in a row (2009-20012), and is a former, ten-year band member for the GRAMMY Award-winning Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Both have performed alongside famous acts such as Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and more. The duo performs over 120 shows per year with an 85% sell-out rate in the United States and recently listed at #34 on Pollstar's "Concert Pulse."
For more information about Dailey & Vincent, visit www.DaileyAndVincent.com.
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1 Get out of the office
With new employee scheduling software, you are able to get your scheduling done from practically anywhere. Cloud-based systems allow you to do everything on your phone or tablet, so if there is downtime in the storefront, you can complete this task without ever leaving the counter.
2 Build a more engaging workplace
The best employee scheduling software gives employees more options than just keeping track of their timecard. It allows them to easily request time off, swap shifts and communicate with their managers helping you to build a more engaging, collaborative workplace.
3 Improve delegation
Your software should allow you to easily delegate tasks to different employees on different days. If you have the right software, employees should be notified when they have been given a task, and be able to let you know when it's complete.
4 Streamline communication and feedback
Not all communication needs to be about getting tasks done. You should be able to quickly send a message to your employees, letting them know they have done a great job. Communication and feedback are vital to the success of any business, and you shouldn't need another app to manage these areas.
All of these features, and more, should be found in top-of-the-line employee scheduling software — and you can get them all with Deputy.
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Back pain is the number one disability for those under age 45. And it runs second, after the common cold, as the top reason for visiting a healthcare provider in the United States.
There is nothing really wrong with you. Myth! Chronic pain sufferers report that doctors generally tell this to about 90 percent of them and it is incorrect. In reality, the majority of low back pain cases or some 90 percent generally come from an unknown cause, like an infection or a particular injury. And the duration of the pain runs generally from four to six weeks.
"People dont die from chronic back pain." Wrong! The pain combined with depression and anxiety in long-term cases places sufferers at risk for suicide, which does happen from time to time.
"Most back pain requires surgery." Myth! On the contrary, under two percent of patients with back pain need surgery. However, back pain is the third top reason for surgery.
Only a small percentage of workers suffer back pain on the job. Wrong! The top occupational hazard in the USA is back pain.
Lie down and rest for back pain. Au contraire. Contrary to popular believe, bed rest can hinder recovery. Health care providers recommend remaining active to decrease down time for patients.
"Men suffer back pain more than women. Not! With regards to gender issues and back pain, it is a myth that men suffer back pain more than women. In reality, the only main difference is with secondary pain to disk disorders during middle age. However, with regards to race, low back pain is reported more frequently among Caucasians than other races including African Americans.
"If a patients pain description lacks a regular, consistent pattern, its probably imagined or exaggerated. Myth! No two people, no two cases are totally 100 percent identical.
Activities, events, pain and people themselves vary from day to day and there is no 100 percent correct way to describe pain in words to fit a perfectly accurate diagnosis.
A new series of videos on DVD could be all that you need. They were produced by a former sufferer of chronic back pain and sciatica, Mike Saros. He tells his story and then shows how doing a very simple 12-15 step by step routine once or twice a week eliminated his pain for good. Please take the time to follow this link, read his presentation and then order through the secure order page- you will receive instant acess to the material, and be given a 100% money back guarantee. You have nothing to lose but your back pain.