On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law.
The Stark Law is a key regulatory scheme in the healthcare industry that governs relationships between physicians and the providers to whom they refer certain designated health services. In order to receive Medicare reimbursement for these services, all financial relationships between providers and the referring physician must satisfy a statutory or regulatory exception to the Stark Law. These exceptions are complex and very technical, and providers who fail to fully comply with the Stark Law's many requirements can be subjected to significant penalties and other sanctions.
Many of CMS' proposed revisions appear designed to reduce the burden of some of these technical requirements. In addition, CMS is proposing several new exceptions. If enacted, these will be some of the most significant changes to the Stark Law in years.
Contractual requirements. Many of the Stark Law exceptions require the relationship between the parties to be "set out in writing" or be pursuant to a "written agreement." CMS is proposing to revise all exceptions to contain the same language, using the phrase "arrangement." CMS has further clarified that the "arrangement" does not have to be a formal, written contract, and the exceptions can potentially be satisfied by multiple documents evidencing the course of conduct between the parties.
Recruitment of Nonphysician Practitioners (NPPs). CMS is proposing a new exception that would allow hospitals and other providers to provide recruitment support for nurse practitioners and other NPPs. Previously, this support had only been allowed for physicians.
Timeshare Arrangements. CMS is proposing a new exception that would allow providers to enter into timeshare arrangements with physicians for the use of office space, equipment, personnel, supply and other services.
Holdovers. Under the proposed regulations, parties may continue to provide services under leases and personal service agreements that have technically expired for an indefinite period without violating the Stark Law. Previously, providers could only do so for six months.
Signature Requirements. Under the proposed regulations, contracts could be signed up to 90 days after services started and be considered compliant with the Stark Law. Previously, the period was only 30 days in most circumstances.
Term Requirements. Many of the exceptions to the Stark Law require the parties to have an agreement for at least one year. CMS is clarifying that the contract or agreement between the parties does not have to have an explicit one-year term, so long as the relationship does in fact last one year. CMS is continuing the requirement that if an agreement is terminated prior to the one year term, the parties cannot enter into a similar agreement until that one-year period is up.
Providers who may be impacted by these proposed changes are encouraged to submit comments to CMS. Comments may be submitted electronically here and should be received by September 8, 2015.
Benesch is preparing an in-depth client alert analyzing the potential impact of these regulations. If you have questions regarding the scope and impact of these proposed regulations in the mean time, please contact any member of the Benesch Health Law team.
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Looking at the numbers, and beyond the usual suspects (Google, Facebook, etc.), eMarketer's David Halloran remarks in a company blog post, "Many marketers can often cost-effectively use a blend of ad networks and direct ad buys from smaller sites to improve their campaign's reach." Whoa - ad network love! But he still sees complexity in the solution as a potential hurdle. eMarketer also provides its latest online ad revenue growth projections for the five largest ad-selling (usual suspect) companies claiming that 68% of all of 2011's total online ad spending will flow thru Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL and Facebook. Read more and get some graphs for your PPT.
Oh, look at you, cross-channel, agency trading desk! MediaPost's Joe Mandese reports that MDC Partners' Varick Media has added the out-of-home (OOH) channel "arrow" to its agency trading desk quiver. Mandese writes, "While the first deal implemented by VMM's new out-of-home capability was a digital out-of-home buy for News Corp.'s The Daily, the MDC unit said it is capable of buying conventional outdoor media, including billboards, via the system." Read more.
Ad network CEO George John of Rocket Fuel thinks real-time bidding is so great, kids will love it, too. Here's what he says in an opinion piece on DIGIDAY: "There's no need to be afraid of real-time bidding. It's a tremendous innovation that allows a degree of effectiveness in campaign execution that has historically only been possible through direct channels like mail, email and on-site personalization. When our kids grow up and claw their way into middle management at ad agencies, they'll be amazed we ever bought ad space any other way." FTK - For The Kids!
Still more real-time bidding (RTB) news and views... TRAFFIQ's Chris O'Hara offers in an opinion piece on the eConsultancy blog, "I recently had lunch with a large vertical publisher who told me that he recently discovered that a small amount of his inventory was consistently being won at a $1,700 CPM (it appears as though some DSPs do not offer a pricing cap for automatic bids)!" From here, two questions: How to scale that $1,700 CPM inventory? And, what was in that lunch? Read more on his RTB views.
Following up on yesterday's news that Australia publisher Fairfax is saying "no" to DSPs and agency trading desks, Australia's AdNews says that agency Ikon Communications is demanding more transparency in video ad exchanges. AdNews' David Blight reports, "Ikon currently commits 20% of its digital video budget to video exchanges, but has said that there are potential problems in the video space. These problems relate to the potential for brands' ads to run on unsavoury sites, and to run as 'fake' ads, meaning ads which use autoplay, are below the fold or are not on brand-safe sites." Read more unsavouries.
Visual IQ analytics and solutions dude, Joe Giannantonio, offers up some optimization rules of the road in a post on his company's blog. He writes that marketers should have in place three, key elements of optimization at the outset of their campaign, "Definitions of specific goals, targets and objectives; Mechanisms to accurately measure the key performance indicators associated with those goals; and a process to cost-effectively execute optimization actions." Oh, that's going to require some more explanation, isn't it? Get it here.
Scribed Media's Peter Cervieri has published a recent video interview with Google VP of Product Neal Mohan from last month's Federated Media Conversational Marketing conference. Among other topics, Mohan addresses his company's desire to serve the publisher with real-time bidding tech, dynamic creative and - most importantly in his view - a single cross-channel platform through which publishers can manage yield. -Hey, isn't that same pitch for advertisers? See the interview. The juggernaut moves on.


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Bojan Jovanovski, also known as Boki 13, who was sentenced to a long prison sentence for the corruption case dubbed "Racket", has on several occasions been allowed to file charges against several people in the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje, to file criminal charges, says State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski in an interview with MIA, regarding the letter from Jovanovski which contains a series of serious and serious accusations of concealing evidence by politicians and high-ranking judicial officials.
"After these reports of crime, the Prosecution is acting and as far as I am informed, the procedure is coming to an end and I expect the Prosecution to make a decision in the near future regarding these allegations," said Joveski.
According to him, Jovanovski had several opportunities to point out those violations or those illegalities or the commission of crimes by certain individuals. First of all, as Joveski points out, he could have done that during the investigation against him, and if he did not have confidence in the investigation, he could have pointed it out at the main hearing where the media was present and all those things could have been communicated to the public.
"Truth be told, Jovanovski made such attempts several times during the hearings in the "Racket" case, but was interrupted by the judge or those statements were ignored, after which he decided to forward them through "open letters" through the media. Bojan Jovanovski then asked to give criminal charges in the minutes in the part of such knowledge, allegations and evidence that he claims he has. I also appointed a public prosecutor in the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime, who, based on the consent given by the pre-trial judge, visited him in custody with the intention of taking minutes from him for allegations of criminal charges. Bojan Jovanovski refused that cooperation and after some time on several occasions, I think that on three occasions he was enabled by the minutes in the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje to expose them, to report those crimes," said the state public prosecutor.
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A Saab consortium won the contract to supply the South African Air Force with Gripen fighter aircraft five years ago. In 1999, while the government was negotiating with the Saab consortium, Sanco very publicly endorsed Saab's bid.
The arms companies pampered Sanco because of the civic organisation's tantalising proximity to power and its knowledge of how the ruling African National Congress works, as Sanco is an ANC ally.
Moses Mayekiso, former CEO of SIH, this week confirmed that SIH received the R2,5-million from the arms dealers, but denied that his organisation's support for Saab's bid was influenced by the payment.
Mayekiso said SIH supported Saab's bid "because we understood their approach. We knew they wanted to do business in South Africa.
We understood that they also wanted to support developmental projects and we had programmes we wanted funding for," he said.
He said the R2,5-million was given to SIH as a loan. SIH, had used the money to establish "approximately" 30 small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) projects in Johannesburg and in the Eastern Cape.
However, the projects — allocated amounts ranging between R2Â 000 and R20Â 000 — had all collapsed, Mayekiso said. Sanco had used the balance of the R2,5-million to cover administration costs.
The "loan" has, meanwhile, effectively become a donation. A Saab spokesperson, who asked not to be named, this week said the R2,5-million to Sanco "has been written off internally in connection with Saab's takeover of Celsius".
Celsius, according to the spokesperson, was "offering submarines, and Saab's partner BAE Systems was offering submarines".
This is not the first time Sanco has been embroiled in questionable "donations". In 1995, the organisation was investigated by police following charges that the civics body had accepted bribes from developers in the Free State.
Former Free State minister for safety and security, Papi Kganare, at the time instructed the police commercial crime unit to investigate corruption charges against Sanco and the developers.
It was claimed that the developers had paid, or promised to pay, tens of thousands of rands to Sanco at a time when it could have influenced tender decisions.
Saab's spokesperson said Sanco "had no influence over the [arms] procurement".
Sanco president Mlungisi Hlongwane said his organisation's national executive committee (NEC) was not aware of the relationship between SIH and arms manufacturers.
"I know because I was already president by then. No one in the NEC knew about that relationship," he said.
Sanco has moved to contain the fallout from the report in last week's M&G that raised questions about the disappearance of millions of rands when Sanco's investment arm was liquidated.
The organisation announced that it will convene a meeting of its NEC on Saturday to discuss the affairs of SIH.
The M&G reported last week that more than R50-million worth of assets and investments belonging to SIH have vanished. In the report, Sanco president Mlungisi Hlongwane also raised concerns about the allegedly irregular transfer of some of SIH's investments to former directors of SIH.
There are indications that the returns from SIH's investments did not reach communities.
The organisation said in a statement that it had no evidence that "any of our officials has been involved in acts of fraud and/or corruption".
However, Hlongwane said last week that former SIH CEO Moss Mayekiso had irregularly transferred Sanco's shares in a company called Hlano Investments to himself and two others, named by Hlongwane as national organising secretary Bonisile Malindi and the late Sandi Mgidlana, the organisation's former head of housing, without the company's approval.
SIH once owned a 19% stake in Hlano, listed as one of South Africa's top 300 empowerment companies, with an annual turnover of R100-million. It appears that SIH now holds less than 5% of Hlano.
Mayekiso has admitted acquiring the shares, but said he had done so legally and in line with SIH's policy.
How many members does Sanco have?
Meanwhile, reports Lloyd Gedye, The South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco) is lucky if it still has 6Â 000 paying members across the country, social movement activist and former Sanco member Trevor Ngwane said this week.
Sanco spokesperson Justin Mthembu said the civics organisation has 4Â 300 branches, but could not provide paid-up membership figures.
There is common consensus that the organisation's active and dues-paying membership has declined dramatically in recent years.
Sanco president Mlungisi Hlongwane told an American academic, Elke Zuuren, last year that the organisation's "potential" membership in 2002 had been 6,3-million in 4Â 300 branches.
Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee chairperson Ngwane said he does not believe that figure can be anywhere near accurate now.
Ngwane said Sanco's remaining pockets of support stem from the fact that township residents "still remembered the old Sanco".
Founded in 1992, the organisation grew out of the massive civic upsurge in 1980s, which was the backbone of the United Democratic Front. The organisation had now chosen to "stand with the exploiter", Ngwane said, referring to the relationships it had forged with business.
Director of the Centre for Civil Society Patrick Bond said that at one point Sanco's membership could have been in the millions.
Sanco general secretary Linda Mngonezulu did not return repeated calls.


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Fighting between government troops and M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has disrupted a promising plan for chimpanzee tourism in Virunga national park, also home to mountain gorillas.
In the most serious incident, two park rangers and a soldier were killed in an ambush in October in a park covering 7,800 sq km, famed for its active chain of volcanoes and diverse habitats.
A Unesco world heritage site, the park's most famous inhabitants are 480 of the world's 790 remaining mountain gorillas, but it is also home to a small number of chimps in Tongo, a forest in the southern sector of the park, bordering Uganda and Rwanda.
"The project was going so well – 54 tourists came to see the chimps between January and May last year until the fighting made it too dangerous," says Alison Mollon, the British project leader of the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) initiative.
The project could bring in tourism to sustain a community of 40,000 people in Tongo. Mollon says the scheme was just beginning to attract interest from funders. Disney had approved funds to train guides from the community and the US Fish and Wildlife Service had agreed to set up a community campsite, but all this is on hold.
There are reports that the M23 rebels, who are accused of killings, mass rapes and other atrocities, are taking groups of tourists on gorilla treks to the park and using the proceeds to fund their insurgency.
Mollon's immediate concern is reports from October that some chimps were eaten. Just back from the UK, she is desperately keen to return to Tongo to see how the animals fared after the fighting.
Mollon was last in Tongo, a two-hour drive from Goma – eastern Congo's biggest city – in November, taking in some of Africa's most resplendent scenery with spectacular views of the Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira volcanoes. At the time, she and some park rangers were at Rumangabo, the rangers' HQ in Tongo, when they were caught up in the fighting.
"We were right in the middle of M23 positions and there was firing on all sides," she says. "Some of us thought of making a run for Goma, but I pointed out that the road would take us straight to the fighting. Luckily, we stayed and were eventually evacuated by the UN."
The chimp tourism initiative began in 1987. The first year involved opening 80km of trails and "habituation" of the chimps to the presence of people, followed by a 12-month trial period for tourism. Habituation means getting animals used to being around people, and involves tracking them down and being in their vicinity until they stop running away. It was hard work with the chimps in Tongo as they had been hunted for the past two decades. After two years of intensive effort, the 50 chimps were sufficiently habituated for tourism to begin in December 1989.
By 1992, chimp tourism was bringing in revenue for park management and benefits to Tongo. This eased pressure on the park and halted illegal charcoal production.
But civil unrest, the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and the ensuing deadly wars that sucked in Congo's neighbours, put a stop to tourism. Only in 2010 was FZS able to relaunch the habituation process in preparation for tourism, appointing Mollon project leader in 2011.
"At the beginning of the habituation process, they [chimps] were so scared of us. When they saw us, they would run away as fast as they could without making any noise or without communicating with each other," explains Alexis Mutakirwa, chimp habituation officer for FZS. "All they wanted was to get away from us."
Mollon waxes lyrical about seeing chimps in the wild. "I love going out to see them. When they start to cry, it makes the hairs on the back of your arms stand up, but they do have a tendency to wee on you from the trees," she said. "It's a very different experience from seeing gorillas, as they stay calm. The chimps are always moving, there is more of an edge."


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New poster for Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Grimsby'
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Gabourey Sidibe and Penélope Cruz, Grimsby – directed by action maestro Louis Leterrier - will be released in cinemas across the UK on February 24th; and we have your first look at the UK quad poster for the film!
In the action-comedy Grimsby, when Sebastian Graves (Mark Strong), a deadly MI6 agent, takes on a mission to prevent a massive global terror attack, he must unfortunately reunite with his long-lost brother Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen), a sweet but dimwitted English football hooligan… proving that behind every great spy is an embarrassing sibling. Nobby has everything a man from Grimsby could want, including 11 children and the most gorgeous girlfriend in the northeast of England (Rebel Wilson). There's only one thing missing: his little brother, Sebastian, for whom Nobby has been searching for 28 years, after they were separated as kids. Nobby sets off to reunite with Sebastian, unaware that not only is his brother MI6's deadliest assassin, he's just uncovered plans for an imminent global terrorist attack. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realises that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot.
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Ordered that Wm. Davis be appointed overseer in place of Isaac Spivey of the road from John Spivay's to McNeill's store and have the following hands to work: Isaac Spivey, Peter Shamburger 2 hands, John Spivay 1 hand, Robert Melton, Leonard Hair, Lewis Freeman, Henry Freeman, Robert Davis, Jesse Davis, Isham Hare, Thoms. Comer and Phillip Comer.
Ordered that Isaac Spivay be appointed overseer of the road from John Spivay's to McNeill's store and have the following hands to work: Jesse Davis, John Davis, Matthew Davis, William Davis, Peter Shamburger 2 hands, John Spivay 1 hand, Robert Melton, Leonard Hare, Lewis Freeman, Henry Freeman, Robert Davis, Isham Hare, Thomas Comer and Phillip Comer.
Ordered that William Brewer be appointed overseer of the road from John Shamburgers to Shuffield's Mill and work the following hands: John Shamburgers hands, Daniel McCrimons hands, Anderson S. Moody, Wm. Owen, Wm. Shuffield, Enoch Shuffield, Leonard Hair, Lewis Freeman and Robert Milton.
Estate of Robert Melton Dec'd. by Administrator Neill Melton. Noted held on the following: W.M. Craven, Polly Melton, Alsey Mainess and wife, Malcolm Cole and wife, A.M.D. Williamson, C.D. Williamson, W.J. Williamson, Neill Melton, Sampson Brewer, Martin Sheffield, Aaron Davis, James Melton and John Dunlap.
William M. Craven and wife Eliza, Alsey Maness and wife Nancy, Raleigh Williams and wife Mary, Malcolm Cole and wife Ruth Ann, James Melton and wife Mary and Neill Melton and wife Eliza deeded Polly Melton and Henry Thomas Melton 133 acres located on Wolf Creek adjoining James Melton, Isaac E. Sheffield and Isham Hare.


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2. Pick the date. Before you begin reaching out to potential vendors you've been shamelessly stalking, sit down with your spouse-to-be to set the cadence for your event. "The date is the most important element at this stage because you need to figure out what date works for both families, and it will surely affect what venues/vendors are available to work with you," says Khalil.
3. Dig into the bigger details. The months to come will include a whole 'lotta decision making, but now is *not* the time to delve into the nitty-gritty. Focus on the larger items ahead of you, like the guest list so you know what venue you'll need and be able to provide a potential headcount to vendors, says Spiegel. Then, from there, you can settle on the venue and slowly pencil in the smaller items. "Map out the day and draw in the lines later," suggests Spiegel.
4. Gather your resources. To prepare yourself for a seamless planning season, gather all the inspo you need in one place. Start with your Instagram feed or wedding magazines for visual references, recommends Spiegel. Then, consider bookmarking a more structured guide, like this free 12-month wedding checklist, to keep your long-term vision in mind. Pro tip: As you tackle each to-do, be sure to build a team that's supportive of you. "Surround yourself with pleasant vendors that make you excited about your big day. It's a stressful process but should also be enjoyable, so it is nice to be surrounded by people you trust," says Spiegel.
4. Enjoy your engagement! Committing to a lifetime with the one you love should be anxiety-free! Treat your actions accordingly. "Once the date is settled (hopefully it's far in advance so you have some time to plan), relax and enjoy being engaged. Wedding planning is stressful, so take this time for yourself and your partner before you start the journey of a lifetime," adds Khalil.
Where are you in your planning process. Let us know! Then, share your burning bridal questions with us @BritandCo using hashtag #WeddingWoes for a chance to have them featured in our next post.


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The 2021 Quilt Show has been cancelled.
Are you interested in joining the Quilt Show Committee for Stitches in Our Time 2021? Watch for further information in upcoming issues of our newsletter, Snippets! Listen for announcements at future guild meetings about how you can help to make our Quilt Show amazing!!!
As yet we are not accepting Sponsorship Applications.
Watch for further information in January 2020!
As yet we are not accepting Vendor Applications.
Would YOU like to enter a Quilt?
Why not plan to enter a quilt (or two!) in 2021!
It's a UFO Challenge! The main goal of the challenge will be to finish 4 UFOs while having some fun at the same time. As an added bonus, there will be a draw for sewing/quilting prizes in June 2019. To keep it fun, I will ask you to list up to 8 UFOs … which means you won't know for sure which four projects you'll be asked to finish over the next guild year!
Here's how it works: Challenge forms will be available at the September meeting or online at the Guild website. They will include instructions, a project list sheet and 4 blank draw tickets to complete and hand in as you share each completed UFO.
* Participants will identify and list up to 8 UFOs, then hand it in. It is suggested you keep a copy.
* Every two months a number from 1-8 will be drawn. The number drawn will be the UFO project for you to work on over the following two months.
* Completed UFOs and filled in draw tickets are to be brought to the general meetings by the month they are due. They will be presented at that month's Sew and Share.
* Each UFO will have two months to be completed to be eligible to be in the June prize draw.
2) they require 1 hour or more of your time to complete. New projects or projects that need less of 1 hour of your time to complete are ineligible.
See the file at the bottom of this page for a more detailed description of the initial year of the "Stitches Through Time" Project.
"Stitches Through Time" was a collaboration between elementary students in the Halton Region and the Halton Quilters Guild in 2016 - 2017. The project was a proposal by guild member, Katherine Hunter, as a way to link the celebration of Canada's 150 birthday with the 40th Anniversary of the guild. The quilts made by the students were then featured as the special exhibit at our 2017 Quilt Show, "Stiches in Our Time".
In September 2016 Katherine visited the interested schools to discuss the history of quilting as well as its importance in the community and as an art form. She then organized a small team of volunteers to work with students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 at Halton schools in Acton, Burlington, Georgetown, Milton and Oakville. The students learned to use a sewing machine, as they sewed a practice strip of material, made a coaster to take home and created a block for their class quilt. Many volunteers from the guild helped with this amazing project - contributing fabric, working with the students in the classroom, assembling the quilt tops, long arm quilting them and then attaching the binding. At the conclusion of the quilt show, the quilts were returned to their respective classes and the students voted on where the quilts would go. Some remained in the schools while others were donated to community charities that offer comfort to those in need.
The tremendous success of this project led to a special project in which Katherine worked with three classes at one Burlington and two Oakville schools during 2017 - 2018. One class with Grade 7 students took a break from their quilt making activities to each make a block for several quilts to go to first responders to the Humboldt tragedy.
Thank you for your leadership and willingness to make a difference. I want to thank you for working with our schools and inspiring numbers of our students. I also want to comment on the heartfelt work you have undertaken to support first responders, their families and the victims of that horrific day in Saskatchewan. (Your) group's dedication and empathy in the most difficult circumstances are and will not be lost on those students you have inspired.
May 4, 2019 Join us at St. Stephen United Church from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for a "Day's Retreat", a great day of sewing, laughter and good company! The $10.00 cost is payable to Donna Vetter at our April meeting. Bring a project of your choice, and Happy Sewing!
The Halton Quilters Guild may arrange some workshops led by members of our guild or by guest instructors from outside the guild. These workshops are promoted both in the newsletter and at our guild meetings, with opportunities to see samples of the projects and sign up. Please drop by the Workshop table to learn more about upcoming workshops or to discuss any workshop you would like to see offered.
Workshops are $40.00 for guild members and $55.00 for guests (due before the workshop).
Please plan to bring your lunch to the workshop. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Workshops are held at St. Stephen United Church, 2258 Parkway Drive, Burlington.


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Children's Concerts
Introducing children to classical music
"We had such a great time at the concert we can't wait to come again next year!" Class 2B (aged 6-7)
Tickets for the 2020 concerts are now on sale!
2020 marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of our very first Children's Concert. Each year, the orchestra, Southern Pro Musica, under their conductor Jonathan Willcocks and with the compère magician Neil Henry, has amazed, entertained, enthralled, inspired and educated children across the South of England, providing them with what we hope will be the beginning of a lifetime of discovery and involvement in music.
The wide variety of styles, instruments and characterful pieces in the concerts conclude with a wonderful song, arranged by Jonathan, which the audience sing accompanied by the orchestra – quite an experience for the children and always very exciting. Sometimes there is the opportunity for children to conduct the orchestra, play some extra percussion and even dance the Can-Can on stage! A colourful narrator leads the children through a wonderful hour of music ensuring everyone has a highly memorable time.
Contact us: admin@childrensconcerts.org.uk
"It was great fun singing 'It's An Ark' and we were on your side of G Live and we were definitely the best side at singing! We liked hearing you sing along with us. We practised singing it at school and really enjoyed singing with an orchestra and you. We shouted 'It's An Ark' as loud as we could at the end of the song." Class 3R (aged 7-8)
Jonathan Willcocks gained his earliest musical experience singing as a chorister in King's College Choir, Cambridge. He learned the 'cello and piano, but while he was at school he was really much keener on playing sport than practising musical instruments! Since leaving university where he studied music and became very interested in composing and conducting, he has been Director of Music in two schools and, for twenty years, led the course at the Royal Academy of Music for very talented young musicians. Jonathan has written music of many kinds for choirs, orchestras and smaller groups of instruments, and even background music for television programmes. His conducting work has taken him all around the world to far-off places such as Australia, New Zealand, China, America and Canada, as well as nearer to home.
More than 5,000 school children from infant, primary, junior and special schools typically attend our concerts each year in the South of England. In 2019 some 63 schools attended (including 42 State schools), and also some home-schooled children, totalling more than 5,500 children. The concerts presently take place in January over three days in large public concert venues at Guildford, Southampton and Chichester. In past years we have also produced concerts in Dorking, Worthing, Petersfield, Portsmouth and Winchester. Concerts comprise a series of short classical orchestral pieces, a narrative piece, and a commissioned song for all the children to sing together with the orchestra. The children practise this song at school before the concert. The concerts are compèred by the magician Neil Henry. Each year children are also asked to contribute designs for the concert programme. Three winning designs are printed on each venue's programmes. State schools are offered up to 75% of their coach hire costs.
We are a registered charity, and our operations are managed and run by a committee of nine persons, including the founder and Chairperson Elizabeth Gotto and the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Southern Pro Musica orchestra Jonathan Willcocks. The Committee meets three times each year. Three members of the Committee usually attend each concert to ensure all goes well. Responsibility for the children remains with their attending teachers or parents throughout the concert. Venue staff are also always on hand to assist teachers and children.
We have been happy to collaborate with Councils in the past to target particular schools areas, and would also welcome deeper links with public authority music services, particularly to help spread the word about the concerts each year.
Our funders in the past have included John Lewis, the Bedhampton Charitable Trust, the Sussex Community Foundation, the Foyle Foundation, the Colles Trust, Hampshire District Council, East Hampshire District Council, and Petersfield Town Council.
We would like to offer the experience of a classical music concert to more children in different regions and are currently seeking additional funders in order to do so. If you or your company would be interested in supporting our activities please contact Elizabeth Gotto at admin@childrensconcerts.org.uk. Our annual accounts are available on the Charity Commission website.
We report annually to the Charity Commission. Our latest report will shortly be available here, and reports from past years are available on the Charity Commission website.
If you subscribe to our mailing list then we will hold your data so that each year you can be sent information about our concerts, in accordance with current UK data protection legislation. Whenever your data are processed for these purposes we will ensure that we always keep your personal data rights in high regard and take account of these rights.
If you would like us to stop holding your data you can either send an email from your subscriber email address to admin@childrensconcerts.org.uk, or click unsubscribe in any of our emails to you. Your details will then be removed from our mailing list. Your full personal data rights – newly enhanced under the new General Data Protection Regulation – are detailed on the Information Commissioner's Office website.


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California Catches the New York Cupcake Craze The Magnolia Bakery in Manhattan has long set the standard for world-class cupcakes. But as Brian Unger reports, a Beverly Hills boutique called Sprinkles has become the West Coast destination for the treats. It begs the question: Are we ready for another East Coast-West Coast feud?
The Unger Report
California Catches the New York Cupcake Craze
< California Catches the New York Cupcake Craze
August 15, 200512:00 AM ET
ALEX CHADWICK, host:
Cupcakes are the stylish dessert of the day. Born in New York, the cupcake craze has migrated to the West Coast. Brian Unger asks: Will a cupcake rapper war ensue? Today's Unger Report goes inside the California cupcake scene.
BRIAN UNGER reporting:
The only thing mean about the streets of Beverly Hills: expensive parking meters. This is just where you'd expect to find Sprinkles, a cupcake boutique.
Mr. CHARLES NELSON (Sprinkles): We wanted to have the retro dessert, but we wanted to have a clean, modern design.
UNGER: Sprinkles is more Frank Gehry than mom and pop, more Martha Stewart than Magnolia, the bakery in New York where the neocupcake movement began.
Mr. NELSON: We're trying to elevate, you know, what was once the lowly cupcake from the grocery store. It's already been picked up by Magnolia Bakery, but we're hoping to even take it to another level.
UNGER: At 3.25 a pop, or 36 bucks for a dozen, Sprinkles is dessert as high art meets commerce.
Mr. NELSON: The key to cupcakes--what we learned from the experience in New York--is foot trapping.
UNGER: Charles Nelson is 35. He and his wife, Candace, sunk their life savings into Sprinkles on a hunch. If a cupcake can make it in New York, it can be rich and famous in LA.
Mr. NELSON: The line about three weeks ago on Saturday was--took an hour to get through and it stretched down into the next block.
UNGER: After being open a few months, Sprinkles sells up to 3,000 cupcakes every day out of 600 square feet of prime Beverly Hills real estate. The gamble paid off. Next year, Nelson hopes to open Sprinkles stores in Las Vegas, then Dallas, then Chicago.
Mr. NELSON: Hi. How are you?
Unidentified Woman: Hi.
Mr. NELSON: Hi.
So this is really the sort of inner cupcake sanctum that we're in.
UNGER: This is where it all goes on, basically.
In the back, it's cramped and hot, no bigger than a household kitchen.
Mr. NELSON: Four hundred pounds of sugar and about 300 pounds of flour and a hundred pound of Callebaut cocoa, straight from Belgium.
UNGER: There are bakers, icers and cupcakes cluttering everything.
Mr. NELSON: It gets pretty crazy, and the weekends are nuts. You have to have a high tolerance for insanity to work here.
UNGER: Do you ever catch an employee with their finger in their mouth?
Mr. NELSON: No. That is something we strongly discourage because of the health-department aspects. But...
UNGER: Of course.
Mr. NELSON: ...everyone certainly would love to.
UNGER: This is what Willy Wonka would have wanted, if he could afford the Rodeo Drive rents.
Mr. NELSON: One of our most popular and kind of unique flavors is the chai tea latte. It's gotta chai tea cake with a chai tea latte frosting. It's kind of sweet with a little spicy too.
UNGER: OK, that's a cupcake you'll never see in New York City.
Sprinkles makes 20 flavors, but just one cupcake has emerged as a star.
Mr. NELSON: The Red Velvet is, by far and away, the most popular cupcake there is.
UNGER: What the heck is in Red Velvet?
Mr. NELSON: Light chocolate cake and has cream cheese frosting, and it has a little bit of red food coloring; that's its Southern heritage.
UNGER: It's chocolate cake.
Mr. NELSON: It's chocolate cake. It's a very mild chocolate cake, but it is chocolate cake.
UNGER: Chocolate, vanilla--the Magnolia Bakery staples have definitely gone California.
Do you foresee kind of an East Coast-West Coast cupcake feud brewing?
Mr. NELSON: More to the East Coast-West Coast rap thing?
UNGER: Hey, I didn't want to bring it up 'cause that turned violent, but do you foresee some violence here potentially?
Mr. NELSON: I would say that probably for the people in New York, they don't even know who we are.
UNGER: Eventually they will. Nelson is targeting 30 other cities for Sprinkles cupcakes.
Unidentified Man: Let me have a vanilla and a pumpkin to go. Thank you.
UNGER: And if a cupcake can make it in low-carb conscious Beverly Hills...
Mr. NELSON: Well, I think people--they talk thin and eat fat.
UNGER: ...then a cupcake can make it anywhere.
And for the record, there's nothing illegal in the cupcakes.
Mr. NELSON: (Pauses) No comment.
UNGER: And that is today's Unger Report. I'm Brian Unger.
CHADWICK: DAY TO DAY is a production of NPR News with contributions from Slate magazine online. I'm Alex Chadwick.


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Larsen doubled to left field, RBI; Hickey scored.
Bohn reached first on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second; Larsen advanced to third.
Parks flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Larsen scored.
Bohn advanced to third on a balk.
Brzostowski hit by pitch; Sarkon advanced to second.
Segovia homered to left field, RBI.
Sessa doubled to left center; Janison advanced to third.
Coggins walked, RBI; Piotrowski advanced to second; Sessa advanced to third; Janison scored.
Natividad singled to third base, RBI; Coggins advanced to second; Piotrowski advanced to third; Sessa scored.
Escamilla singled, advanced to second, 2 RBI; Natividad advanced to third; Coggins scored; Piotrowski scored.
Kukla singled to shortstop, RBI; Escamilla advanced to third; Natividad scored, unearned.
Hickey singled to right field; Kelly advanced to second.
Bohn singled to left field, RBI; Hickey advanced to third; Kelly scored.
Parks flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Hickey scored.
Janison singled to left field.
Sessa singled to left field; Janison advanced to second.
Buckley hit by pitch; Sessa advanced to second; Janison advanced to third.
Rogers to p for Villasenor.
Natividad singled to third base.
Kukla singled to center field; Escamilla advanced to second.
Segovia walked; Kukla advanced to second; Escamilla advanced to third.
Janison reached first on an error by lf, RBI; Segovia advanced to second; Kukla scored, unearned; Escamilla scored.
Sessa singled to left field; Janison advanced to second; Segovia advanced to third.
Hickey doubled to right field.
Escamilla walked; Natividad advanced to second.
Sarkon homered to right field, RBI.
Janison homered to left field, RBI.
Sherman to p for Brown.
Kelly reached first on a throwing error by 3b, bunt.
Natividad walked; Coggins advanced to second.
Jancsy singled to second base.
Jancsy advanced to second on a passed ball.
Bakhai to p for Rogers.
Sessa doubled to left center.
Piotrowski advanced to second on a wild pitch; Sessa advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Morochnik to p for Bakhai.
Natividad struck out swinging, reached first on a passed ball.
Natividad advanced to second on a passed ball.


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Gujarat: Resident doctors protest against non-payment of Covid allowance
A written representation was submitted to college authorities. Authorities said the demands have been "brought to the attention of the management."
By: Express News Service | Ahmedabad |
November 18, 2020 7:15:36 pm
The residents have sought the number of maximum patients admitted be capped in accordance with available infrastructure. (Express Photo)
Several resident doctors of Gujarat Cancer Society Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (GCSMCH&RC) held a sit-in on Wednesday protesting against several issues including the non-payment of COVID19 allowance, and disproportionate duties allocated to them in the past six months.
A written representation was submitted to college authorities in this regard. Authorities said the demands have been "brought to the attention of the management."
The resident doctors have demanded that they be paid compensation as per Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation norms for performing Covid duties or pardon "our hefty fees (which amounts to ~Rs 11,000/day) for the duty period."
The residents have sought the number of maximum patients admitted be capped in accordance with available infrastructure. A second year resident doctor told The Indian Express: "On Diwali, another floor was opened up as Covid ward at GCS..so basically we now have 12 wards each with a capacity of 30 patients and against that's, only some 20-odd ICU beds. This disproportionate number of beds make it difficult to save patients in case anyone deteriorates, due to want of ICU beds."
Dr Yogendra Modi, superintendent at GCS confirmed that 350 Covid patients are currently admitted while the hospital has a capacity of 18 ICU beds only. Referring to the protest, Dr Modi said, "We have brought this to the management's attention and action will be taken…"
Meanwhile residents, who boycotted work from around 9 am until 5 pm, said they plan to continue the strike unless the authorities assure them of proactive action in writing.
Till now, 27resident doctors of GCS have tested positive for novel coronavirus, for whom too compensation as per AMC guidelines have been sought.
A resident doctor said, "I received a lump sum of Rs 15,000 some days ago, for the first time since I've been on duty…this is apart from the monthly Rs 60,000 stipend we receive as resident doctors…we understand the demands of our profession and we have no qualms of being on duty but this is being inhumane, the kind of patient load we end up tackling,..three residents are responsible for two wards…this, coupled with the insufficient infrastructure…we as residents also have coursework to complete, none of which is getting done."
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I'm also curious about selling BSFL, if I have excess "production". At what stage of life can/do you sell them for bait? Chicken food? Fish food? If you wait until they crawl out of the bin, how long before they go "dormant" and don't wiggle around for bait?


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It has been a lot of fun to kick off Vocabulary and read your many supportive, encouraging comments... to see how many of you became Facebook fans, how many of you re-tweeted the shop opening announcement, how many of you wrote a whole new blog post to share the news! I've always enjoyed finding a place in the blogging community and making new friends in a new way. Launch weekend could have been way stressful but it ended up being very exciting and fun. Thank you for your friendship.
This is my third time writing this post -- I actually deleted the first two drafts and started fresh each time. Because I am blogging about 3 tops, two of which I really don't care much for, and it made me tired to re-live the experience draping/ drafting/ sewing them up. And I thought if it was deflating for me to show you the pics and describe the challenges, maybe it would be deflating for you to see and read about them. But I've decided to document some of my lessons learned anyway in case they are interesting or helpful to you (and you can just close the window now and wait for the next post if you like, I would understand!).
So I ditched the whole concept. I'd tortured the fabric on this sample enough and still couldn't get the shirt where I wanted it. I've worn the shirt a few times and you know what? It isn't really comfortable! So I moved on to the next style without tinkering with the pattern/ first sample more.
Silhouette is straight from the front but a-line when looking from the side. Decided to make the whole thing a-line and hit at high hip.
Neckline was higher than I wanted it to be.
I thought I'd make those changes, make a perfect second sample, and we'd be ready to production sew! Not the case.
For the average home sewist, pattern grading is about using a commercial sewing pattern and drawing a new line from a smaller size for bust to a larger line for hips, or something to that effect. Maybe it means buying a sweet vintage pattern that's too big and drawing a new set of seamlines to get one size smaller.
Until this experience I had never done the manual pattern grading, garment industry-style, for multiple sizes. This involves taking your sample pattern, which is usually in the middle of your size range, cutting it along various vertical and horizontal lines, and separating by fractions of an inch to grade up, or overlapping by fractions of an inch to grade down.
Running a small business presents so many learning experiences. i can totally relate to that photo!
you are so kind and generous to share your successes and difficulties for all of us to learn from.
i like the picture of you deep in thought. is that a cloth tape measure hanging around your neck?!
Although they all look good to me, it is a difficult task to keep going on a project that you start to dislike. For me anyway, but perhaps I get discouraged too easily.
Antoinette-Did you use a reference book for pattern grading???
@glam.spoon - Tina, your generosity always makes me feel better! I wish I were naturally that detail oriented... normally just when I sew. I think the part that wore me out was never feeling like I was going to reach the finish line with a solid pattern!
@bookwormbethie - Not a cloth tape measure, just the standard fiberglass-filament kind I guess. I have three different tape measures hanging around at any given time.
@Sarah - I really learned that the pattern refining and sample sewing can do me in. Not 100% sure how I will resolve this long-term. It helps that I only worked on 2 styles for this shop opening but I always have many more ideas.
I hear your pain! After all the work I have had to do refashioning one Chanel jacket I now have a fresh appreciation of all the challenges involved in working with a limited amount of fabric! It's amazing what you do.
Oh well done - full respect for persistance and for telling the story. It is always much easier to let it 'seem' that somehow it always just worked out. so great for us learners and slackers to see how you suffer and keep going!
Great news on the shop also!
Very interesting. I am actually on the hung for Threads #101 and #76, which of course I don't have in my Threads stash. I learned somewhere that those issues contain good grading info. Em from Em-in-the-studio.blogspot.com recently posted some grading info that put me on the hunt for resources. Is your Threads one of those issues?
aw! keep your chin up, your work is beautiful and (if the dress in the background is any indication) will fly off the shelves in no time!!
Awwww...that picture that Louis took is great capture of a moment in time!!!
This why, even though I love fashion, I would never want to be a fashion designer - even if I was any good at it.
You learned a lot from your trials so the processes will only get easier.
I think that's one of the hardest things about sewing-related and other crafty blogging--admitting when a project doesn't go well. But the projects that fail are often the ones that I learn the most from. So kudos to you for letting us in on your process! And good luck with the pattern grading-- I wish I could offer suggestions, but I'm clueless!
@Mary Nanna - Thanks, girl -- I hadn't even gotten to the part about all the lessons I learned about refashioning for production sewing! But you know it's coming!
@Umatji -- You got me thinking more about blogging the failures... more to come, prob. in the next post. Thanks for your comment.
@Faye Lewis -- I guess I need to clean the sewing room at this point. I have no idea where that article is, because there are several piles on the floor now, as well as on the cutting table (which is why I am now laying things out on the ironing board! Ack!). I will look this weekend and send you an email when I find it.
@Violet -- I think this experience is mainly an indie designer experience. Designers at the big fashion houses and manufacturers sketch out their ideas and *maybe* do a line drawing and outline some specs, but other people (not like me, but those with a natural inclination toward details) draft patterns and sew up samples. But yes, I hear what you're saying, totally. And I think it will get easier, or at least I'll make different decisions moving forward.
@Becky -- Thank you. I don't think of these as failures, per se, but still painful to relive, haha.
Whoa. Love them! You totally inspire me!


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When you arrested for a DWI or DUI offense in the state of New Jersey, there are two ways that you can be prosecuted for such an offense. This is similar to the DWI and DUI laws in many other states. The traditional DWI/DUI is when the prosecutor will attempt to prove that a driver was under the influence. In this type of case, the prosecutor may introduce evidence of driving patterns, driver appearance, and field sobriety test results to try to prove that the defendant was driving while under the influence. The other way a driver can be prosecuted is under the "per se" law. This law exists in many states and has nothing to do with the level of impairment of a driver. This means that the prosecutor will use the defendant's blood alcohol concentration test to show that they were in violation of the law. This will occur if the results of the test show the driver's blood alcohol concentration level to meet or exceed the legal limit of 0.08%. If you refuse chemical testing, you will face even stiffer criminal penalties as well as the loss of your driving privileges. If you are under 21 and have a blood alcohol level of 0.01% or greater at the time of your arrest, you will also face serious consequences.
Unlike other states, a jury trial is not an option in DWI cases in the state of New Jersey. Instead, a court trial is conducted and a judge determines whether you are guilty or not guilty of a DWI offense. Unlike other states, you have a second opportunity to be found not guilty of the DWI offense. If you lose your court trial, you may request an appeal. Your case will be transferred to the Superior Court's Law Division and a new judge will review the record. Attorneys will discuss the facts of your case and any laws that should apply. New Jersey is also unique because the driver licensing agency does not have a hearing or seek to suspend a driver's license due to a DWI arrest. The offender's driver's license will not be suspended unless he or she is convicted and the court imposes a license suspension or revocation penalty.
There are several penalties that the court can impose for a DWI conviction. They increase with each offense and vary based on the circumstances. The look-back period is in New Jersey, so the way an offender is charged will depend on the number of offenses he or she has committed and the time span in which these offenses were committeed. The penalties for a first offense are fines of $250 to $400, $30 in court costs, $50 to the violent crimes compensation board, $75 to the safe neighborhood fund assessment, $200 DWI surcharge, 12-48 hours of alcohol education, up to 30 days in jail, a restoration fee of $100, an MVC surcharge of $3,000, and separate insurance surcharges. The court may also require an offender to have an ignition interlock device installed on any vehicle that they drive for up to 3 years after the restoration of the offender's driver's license. If the DWI occurs in a school zone, the penalties are a one to two year loss of license, fines of $500 to $800, jail time of up to 60 days, and the other fines and penalties that are normally associated with a first DWI offense. A second DWI offense carries penalties of $500 to $1,000, 30 days of community service, 48 hours to 90 days of jail time, $30 in court costs, $75 to the safe neighborhood fund, $50 to the violent crimes compensation board, a $200 DWI surcharge, 48 hours of alcohol education, a restoration fee of $100, a MVC surcharge of $4,500, separate insurance surcharges, and mandatory installation of an ignition interlock device in any vehicle that the offender owns for the length of the two year suspension period. Committing a second DWI offense in a school zone results in a fine of $1,000 to $2,000, 60 days of community service, mandatory jail time of 96 hours up to 180, and other penalties usually associated with a DWI offense. The penalties for a third DWI offense are harsher. There is a $1,000 fine and a mandatory jail term of 180 days in jail. You will have to pay $30 in court costs, $50 to the violent crimes compensation board, $75 to the safe neighborhood fund, and a $200 DWI surcharge. You will also be required to attend 12 hours of alcohol education classes, pay a restoration fee of $100, pay an MVC surcharge of $4,500, pay separate insurance charges for a three-year period, and have an ignition interlock device installed on any vehicle you own following 3 years of license restoration. If you committed the DWI offense in a school zone, you will have to pay a $2,000 fine and comply with all of the other penalties normally imposed for a third offense. These penalties are serious, so it is important that you take DWI charges seriously. Contact a New Jersey DUI attorney as soon as possible to preserve your rights and have the best chance for being successful.
I get asked that question just about every single day and I'm pretty tired of it after all these years. So I'm going to answer that question right here for the last time.
Where else in the country can you drive less then 3 hours and go from the mountains, to the shore, to the marshlands, to 3 different major metropolitan areas to several major lakes and everywhere in between?
Camping in New Jersey is literally the best of all worlds. There is just about nothing you can not do while you camp in New Jersey. You have your choice of over 120 campgrounds and State Park facilities to choose from not to mention thousands of acres of public land to explore.
Just about every one of the privates campgrounds in the state have craft activities, pools, fishing pools, sports activities and so many other amenities I can not even count. Most of them are clean, modern and well suited to just about any type of camping. They are all within a decent driving distance of dozens of cultural, sports, historical, recreational and children related attractions.
Canoeing, hiking, biking, birding and unlimited recreation activities can also be found at campgrounds around the state and many sites are within a short drive of some of the state's premium attractions and fabulous Atlantic Ocean beaches and boardwalks.
New Jersey is literally a kaleidoscope of natural, picturesque landscapes filled with some of the best and exciting camping experiences anywhere in the Northeast part of the country. Personally I think camping here in New Jersey is as good, if not better, then just about anywhere in the country.
More than 25,000 sites / cabins / yurts / rental trailers await your visit, sites of all shapes and sizes that can accommodate campers with everything from tent sites to pop-ups to fully equipped RVs.
From the Delaware Water Gap to a view of the Statue of Liberty to wooded campgrounds in the Pine Barrens to the sandy beaches of the Jersey Shore, the ideal camping experience is close at hand.
Atlantic – It's no wonder the Atlantic Region is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Atlantic City and its world-famous beach and boardwalk, luxurious casino, non-stop gaming action, the hottest entertainers, the best in dining, and quality sporting events. New Jersey Camping in the Atlantic Region gives you access to this great area!
Delaware – It's where history was made. And where nature rules. It's where the arts come alive and firmly mansions reign. New Jersey's Delaware River Region is all of these and more. It's a unique region that can provide you with many things to do and see on your next vacation. New Jersey Camping and you, perfect together!
Gateway – Live with action, the Gateway Region has everything for your perfect vacation including New Jersey Camping activities, New Jersey State Parks and New Jersey Campgrounds.
Shore – Mention the Shore Region, and certain images immediately come to mind: more than 60 miles of pristine beaches from Sandy Hook down to Holgate; surfcasting off Seaside Park; sometimes some bodysurfing off Bay Head; or maybe a moonlit walk in Surf City. Anything you want can be found in New Jersey Camping.
Skylands – Gentle mountains. Skiing. Rock climbing. Horseback riding.Would you believe you're in New Jersey? New Jersey Camping and you, perfect together!
Southern Shore – Walk along 30 miles of wide sandy beaches. Experience the warmth of a Victorian inn. Take a stroll through history or enjoy the fresh bounty of the sea at a gourmet restaurant. New Jersey Camping offers a wide variety of ways to take advantage of this area.
So, whether it's a cabin by a lakeshore, an RV minutes from the Statue of Liberty or just a sleeping bag amidst rugged mountain wilderness, New Jersey Camping is perfect for you.
Kids can't wait for the start of summer vacation, but they find it long and boring after about the first week. The annual family fishing trip usually isn't enough to keep them entertained for those few months either; they want excitement! That's where Wildwood NJ rides and other attractions in New Jersey come in. By visiting the Wild West, sailing with real pirates, and enjoying the amusement rides in Wildwood NJ, a vacation across the state will give them enough excitement and entertainment to last the entire summer.
Wildwood NJ rides are some of the best in the country. There are all kinds of games to play, restaurants, and fast food booths as well as all kinds of amusement rides. Wildwood NJ also has hotels, motels, and resorts right close by.
If the sun gets too hot, it might be time to head over to the area's waterparks. Located adjacent to the amusement rides, Wildwood NJ's waterparks have features and waterslides for everyone from infants to the elderly. Then, there are live events such as concerts, movies, and fairs. Wildwood NJ rides provide days of entertainment!
The Jersey Shore Pirates, Wild West City, and the Wildwood NJ rides make the state of New Jersey an exciting place to spend summer vacation. There are endless things to do, and with so many different attractions and options, everyone will find something to do that they'll remember forever.
Fair Lawn Ranks As "Best City in New Jersey"
A recent study done by Movoto, a blog dedicated to real estate research, has named Fair Lawn the best city in New Jersey. Movoto used many factors to evaluate each individual city in New Jersey.
All of the statistics are based on the state average. Real estate factors in a few ways, between home and business values, cost of living, and the amount of businesses and amenities (both total and per person). Movoto counted pizzerias, bagel shops, and diners as amenities since those three staples are unique and indicative of New Jersey. Crime and education were also factored in. After all of these statistics were tallied, and Fair Lawn came out on top.
Movotos study showed that the town has 16 pizzerias, six bagel shops, and three diners. There are several historic locations. The town's crime rate is also 60 percent lower than the state's average. So, in Fair Lawn, one can sight-see, get a good meal, and not have to worry about being robbed.
Fair Lawn is a small town with just over 32,000 residents according to recent census reports. It is located between the larger city of Paterson and Paramus, the mall capital of the world. It is a mere 12 miles away from New York City and boasts a diverse population, including a large Ukrainian and Russian section.
Family Friendly. Last month, the San Francisco financial site Nerd Wallet ranked the city the third most family friendly city in New Jersey. This was based off income, cost of living, municipalities, and education.
Employment. Nerd Wallet released another list last week. This one was for the best cities in New Jersey for job seekers. Fair Lawn ranked in seventh due to a 5.3 percent work increase from 2009 to 2011.
Safety. Earlier this year, the research website Neighborhood Scout declared Fair Lawn the 49th safest city in America. This website based its data on comparing the 12.5 crime index to the amount of residents.
These lists all show that Fair Lawn and Bergen County is an area that supports both real estate and employment markets. Activity in both residential and commercial real estate are on the rise.
Both parents consult with each other to make important decisions on behalf of the child, and both have access to the child's personal records.
One parent is authorized to make important decisions on behalf of the child, and the other parent must be consulted, but the parent with sole legal custody has the final word.
Unless there is a real problem with one parent's ability to parent or unless the parties cannot work together for the benefit of their child, courts favor joint legal custody.
Court look at many aspects of a family's relationship when asked to determine custody. They may consider what the child, if of sufficient age, has to say, and may look at the parents' medical records, criminal records (if any), job histories, and similar items. However, according to the family law firm of Meislik & Levavy (www.meislikfamilylaw.com ), your chances of obtaining sole custody of your child are improved if you can show that you were the primary caregiver before and during the separation.
Which of the following statements are true, and cannot be said of the other parent?
Above all, the Court will assess the best interest of your child before any custody determination is made.


For many people today, maps are just a way to find the nearest Starbucks, but for those inclined to wander they are as enchanting as any treasure. For us, the roads and topography are more than just features drawn in ink, but glimpses of adventures to mountain lakes, or the perilous shelf roads of long forgotten tracks. Of course these sorts of things don't just show up on your average gas station map, and often times finding these great routes required changing from map source to map source to find our way. Thankfully, due some big news from Hema Maps, that may all be changing.
As of this morning, Hema has officially released their North American Explorer app. This navigation tool is based on the same tried and tested platform used by thousands of travelers in Australia, but it has now been focused on four-wheel drive tracks in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It features an easy to use interface with plenty of planning and recording options including QuickRouting, folder organization of waypoints and tracks, geotagged photos, real time offline tracking on your device, and of course a range of offline map layers which can be overlaid and switched to give you a full picture of the area.
For us though, the big difference is Hema's Explorer Cloud. This system allows you to upload and store all of your planned trips, recorded routes, and photos to their well established online database. From there you can make them public, send them to friends, or be greedy and keep them to yourself. The best part though, is that once you have become a cloud member (for free), you can search and download any track made public by other users FOR FREE. Hey, did we mention all those tracks are free? We love this community sharing concept and have already seen how it encourages people to get out and enjoy nature without the fear of getting lost.
In addition to all the routes published by other users, you also get access to the trips completed by the Overland International and Hema Maps teams. So far they include several tracks from Texas to the California coast and even a route all the way to the Arctic Ocean, but they'll soon be joined by two huge additions; New Mexico to the Arctic Circle, and Prudhoe bay to Cabo San Lucas. Each will be available in state by state sections where you can see the American, Canadian, and Mexican back country by dirt roads.
With all these resources and the global sharing community, their app store price of $19.99 seems like one heck of a deal to us. It is currently available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple watch, with Android smart phones and tablets to be released very soon. We're hearing rumors of the next few weeks. To learn more about the app or make the purchase, check it out here on the app store, or read more on its features and capabilities here.


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Wiring Harness replaceing a lighting wire.
Is it the motor or???
front control arm, same coupe/sedan?
Replaced both camshaft position sensors But..
Shorted reverse light, Now car won't start!!!
Fan or Gurgling noise in driver side when AC on.
Does the G35x use the same starter as G35?


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Група «Фінанси та кредит» — фінансово-промислова група, лідерами якої на сьогодні є Костянтин Жеваго і Олексій Кучеренко.

До складу групи входять банк «Фінанси та Кредит», холдинг «АвтоКрАЗ», а також «Полтавський ГЗК», шинний завод «Валса», декілька підприємств фармацевтичної і хімічної промисловості Розквіт групи припав на 1999—2001 рр., коли вона вела агресивну політику, спрямовану на розширення бізнесу. Інтерес групи залучали регіональні енергетичні компанії, хімічні і металургійні підприємства. Загалом, класичний набір початкового періоду великої приватизації. Діяльність групи нерідко супроводжувалася гучними скандалами. Найвідомішим є випадок з «Луганськобленерго». Під час чергового візиту представників ФПГ на чолі з Костянтином Жеваго від серцевого нападу помер голова правління «Луганськобленерго» Михайло Поляков. Однак в останні два роки група почала здавати позиції. Вона втратила контроль над «Луганськобленерго» і «Одесаобленерго», і не змогла виграти ні однієї великої сутички за «ласі шматки» української промисловості. Так, у 2001 р. була програна боротьба за Запорізький алюмінієвий комбінат, Харцизький трубний завод, компанію «Рівнеазот», Львівський автозавод. У випадки з ЗАлКом, коли Зовнішньоторговельна фірма «КРАЗ» виграла приватизаційний конкурс, заплативши за виставлений на продаж пакет 68,01 % акцій більше 101,5 млн доларів, але не зуміла «переконати» ФДМ. Всі лобістські зусилля Олексія Кучеренко, який очолював тоді Запорізьку облдержадміністрацію, виявилися марними. Акції перейшли під контроль «АвтоВАЗінвеста», який заплатив на 30 з гаком мільйонів менше. Офіційний мотив усунення ВТФ «КРАЗ» — фірма не змогла надати банківську гарантію оплати названої суми. Через деякий час Олексій Кучеренко залишив пост запорізького губернатора, а в сферу інтересів конкурентів потрапив Полтавський ГЗК. На парламентських виборах 2002 року ФПГ змогла провести до Верховної Ради тільки Костянтина Жеваго. Олексій Кучеренко програв вибори по 220 виборчому окрузі в Києві кандидату від «Нашої України» Валерію Асадчеву.

Зв'язок з підприємствами
За даними інтернет-видання proUA станом на 2010 рік Група «Фінанси та кредит» здійснює контроль над такими комерційними підприємствами, які входять до групи:
 Київсоюзшляхпроект, ПАТ
 Fevamotinico S.а.r.l.
 Укртехуглерод, ТОВ
 Сімферопольський завод авторулів, ВАТ
 Прогрес, ВАТ Бердичівська машинобудівний завод
 ФтаК Лізинг, ТОВ (Київ)
 Міжгалузева машинобудівна корпорація, ТОВ
 Ініціатор +, ТОВ
 Ворскласталь, ТОВ
 Vorskla Steel
 Кам'янець-Подільськавтоагрегат, ВАТ
 Зовнішньоторговельна фірма КрАЗ, ВАТ
 Донбасгеологія, ВАТ
 Луганськгеологія, ВАТ
 Lexgain Limited
 Collaton Limited
 Chalford Limited
 Dem DECOmetal Internat Trading
 Ферротранс, ДП
 Херсонський завод карданних валів, ВАТ
 Козельщинський завод керамзитового гравію, ВАТ
 Forster Group Managment Inc
 Агрібізнес, ТОВ (Київ)
 Univita Inc
 Гармоніка, ТОВ
 Ділові партнери, ЗАТ
 Ferrexpo Petroleum Holdings Limited
 Атол, ТОВ НПП
 Гемопласт, ВАТ
 Чисті метали, ВАТ
 Хімічні технології, ТОВ (Київ)
 Схід-Руда, ТОВ
 Салют, ВАТ Готель
 Mullready Ventures Limited
 Prize Financial Group LLC
 Skopski Legury
 ВАТ ХК АвтоКрАЗ
 Авторадіатор, ВАТ
 Ferrexpo UK Limited
 Феррекспо, ТОВ
 Полтавський автоагрегатний завод, ВАТ
 Ferrexpo AG
 Південний радіозавод, ВАТ
 Кременчуцький завод технічного вуглецю
 Білоцерківська теплоелектроцентраль, ВАТ
 Нафтохімімпекс, ТОВ
 Омега, ЗАТ СК
 F.C.I., ЗАТ
 Київмедпрепарат, ВАТ
 Галичфарм, ВАТ
 Стахановський завод технічного вуглецю, ВАТ
 Укренергозбут, ЗАТ
 Росава, ЗАТ
 Фінанси та кредит Ріелті, ЗАТ
 Фінанси та Кредит, ЗАТ СП
 Фінанси та Кредит, ВАТ Банк
 Полтавський гірничо-збагачувальний комбінат, ВАТ
 Мега-Моторс, ТОВ СП
 Веррона Плюс, ТОВ
 Валса, ВАТ
 FS Trading Limited
 Ukraine Value Opportunities Fund
 Lavoy Alliance Limited
 Стахановський вагонобудівний завод, ВАТ
 Київський суднобудівно-судноремонтний завод, ЗАТ
 Орендне підприємство № 113, ТОВ
 Промінек, ТОВ
 Магістр, ТОВ
 Затока, ВАТ Суднобудівний завод
 Артеріум, Корпорація
 Vostion Group LLC
 Луганськобленерго, ВАТ
 Асканія, ТОВ
 Кременчукм'ясо, ВАТ
 Фінанси та кредит Лекс, ТОВ ЮК
 Ужгородський Турбогаз, ВАТ
 Brown & Robbins LLC
 Міжрегіональна транспортна компанія, ТОВ (Київ)

З групою також були пов'язані такі підприємства:
 EastCoast United Inc.
 Newport Inc.
 Eurimex Corp.
 Statex Corp.

Зв'язок з персонами
 Жеваго Костянтин Валентинович — здійснює контроль;
 Кучеренко Олексій Юрійович — входить до групи;
 Бабаєв Олег Мейданович — входив до групи.

Примітки

Підприємства Донецька
Фінансові групи

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Former secretary of the Indian government's Department of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance.
M.I. Beg: Chairman and ex-officio secretary of the Indian government's Central Electricity Authority.
Mangesh Chavan: A local activist in Ratnagiri.
V. Deshmukh: A circle inspector in Ratnagiri district.
Bobby Farris: General manager of the Enron Power Development Corporation.
Y.P. Gambhir: Chairman of the Indian government's Central Electricity Authority.
Joëlle Chassard: Senior financial analyst of the World Bank Energy Operations Division, India Country Department.
B.G. Kolse-Patil: Former Bombay High Court Justice and leader of protests against the Dabhol Power project.
Manohar Joshi: Current chief minister of the state of Maharashtra under the Shiv Sena-BJP government.
Sanjeev Khandekar: Vice President for Community Relations for the Dabhol Power Corporation.
S.D. Khare: Former secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Residing in the village of Guhagar, Khare is a local leader of opposition to the Dabhol Power project and provides legal aid to villagers arrested for their participation in protests against the project.
Rebecca Mark: Formerly chief executive officer of the Enron Power Development Corporation. Currently the chief executive officer of Azurix, Enron's water development corporation.
Vivek Monteiro: Secretary general of the Center of Indian Trade Unions.
U.K. Mukhopadhyay: Maharashtra government's secretary of energy.
Gopinath Munde: Current deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.
Ajit Nimbalkar: Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
Hazel O'Leary: Former secretary of Energy of the government of the United States.
Medha Patkar: An internationally and nationally recognized environmental activist. Chairperson of the National Alliance for People's Movements (NAPM), a national environmental organization which led demonstrations against the Dabhol Power project.
Sadanand Pawar: A professor of economics in Bombay. Originally from Pawarsakari village near the Dabhol Power project. A recognized leader of local protests against the company.
N. Raghunathan: Chief secretary of the Maharashtra government's Department of Industries, Energy and Labour.
N. Ramji: Joint secretary of the Indian government's Ministry of Power.
M.S. Rane: Bombay High Court Justice who sat on the two-judge division bench which heard Center of Indian Trade Unions and others v. Union of India and others.
V.V.R.K. Rao: Secretary of the Indian government's Central Electricity Authority.
P.G. Satoshe: Assistant sub-inspector at the Guhagar police station.
Howard Schweitzer: Counsel for administration in the office of the general counsel of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Sunip Sen: Bombay High Court lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in the Center of Indian Trade Unions and others v. Union of India and others.
B.P. Seraf: Bombay High Court Justice who sat on the two-judge division bench which heard Center of Indian Trade Unions and others v. Union of India and others.
M.B. Shah: Chief justice of the Bombay High Court.
B.N. Srikrishna: Bombay High Court Justice who initially heard the case Center for Indian Trade Unions and others v. Union of India and others.
Joseph Sutton: Chief operating officer for the Enron Corporation. Formerly the managing director of the Dabhol Power Corporation.
A.N. Varma: Chairman of the Indian government's Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
R. Vasudevan: Secretary of the Indian government's Ministry of Power.
Seth Vedantham: Chief engineer of the Indian government's Central Electricity Authority.
Heinz Vergin: World Bank's India country department director.
Frank Wisner: Former United States Ambassador to India.


What does the Hello Kitty decanter do because i saw it in the store the other day but I wasn't sure hat it was.
The body of the Kitty is a bottle of bubble bath soap. You have to pop her enormous head off to get to the cap...these are the kinds of things that can scar a child...literally! LOL!


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Вамба (исп. Wamba) — многозначный термин.

 Вамба — населённый пункт и муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Вальядолид в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия и Леон.
 Вамба (умер 692 году) — король вестготов, правил в 672 — 680 годах.
 Вамба, Анаклет (род. 1960) — французский боксёр-профессионал конгийского, выступающий в первой тяжёлой (Cruiserweight) весовой категории.
 Вамба диа Вамба, Эрнест (род. 1942) — лидер конголезских тутси, сенатор Демократической Республики Конго.


For the past 3 years we have published a monthly online digital magazine, called "Esoteric Meditation." However, now with new information flooding through the channelling process, we have decided to discontinue the magazine until further notice. There has been plenty of information for everyone, with some theme for each magazine, instead of the different topics previously covered. As an illustration, I have included a copy of the cover of our themed edition for Christmas 2014.
Readers will be able to explore a whole range of different facets of the one subject being promoted at the time. Our main goal is to assist those who are searching for the deeper esoteric wisdom, and while the magazine covers a lot of information on esoteric subjects, the main body of the Ancient Wisdom that is gradually being released once again, will only be available to earnest seekers of wisdom and truth through the membership aspect of the College called the Sirian Mystery School. The Sirian Mystery School is a registered trademark of the College of Esoteric Education. Some of more interesting subjects may be published in an eBook for our Etsy Store. You can access them here.


Since its very beginning The Salvation Army has attempted to meet the needs of those whose situation is less than fortunate through no fault of their own. To perform this function in a local environment the 'Army' relies heavily on the generosity of local benefactors and others willing to give time energy and substance towards the work which we seek to do.
Throughout the year and especially at Christmas time The Salvation Army in Morriston provides food parcels to those in extreme need.
Christmas is a special time in all families. However, it is beyond the means of some families to even think about it being 'special'. It is almost impossible, for some, to cope with everyday needs let alone provide the extras that go with this holiday time. Each year The Salvation Army collects toys and other supplies at its annual carol concerts and from other sources such as front line businesses which sometimes run special schemes to help. These goods are distributed to families in our area for whom Christmas would otherwise be hard to cope with. Names are provided to us by various groups such as Social Services, Doctors, Health Visitors and Probation Officers as well as, sometimes, caring neighbours. We are also able to provide special help with provisions and we know how much this can mean to people. The task of distribution is onerous and volunteer drivers would be appreciated as well as those prepared to give up a few hours to help assemble the packages.
If you would like to know more or be of assistance please contact us.


Inside your body, there is an army of antioxidants protecting you from the forces of nature. These internal and external forces are the direct cause of ageing and disease. It, therefore, stands to reason that we would be huge fans of supplementing your diet and lifestyle with a wealth of antioxidants.
What are these antioxidant things?
Antioxidants are your bodies invisible army, they are constantly fighting off illness, disease, and ageing. They are found in your food and in our modern world definitely, need to be supplemented too. By simply investigating the power of these little molecules you will soon understand why everything you consume should have antioxidants in it.
What are free radicals and how do antioxidants help?
Unless you are living on a desert island far from any kind of civilisation, eating raw food, breathing unpolluted air, and practising mindfulness you will be a victim. We are subjected on a daily basis to UV rays, pollution, processed foods and even your own body produces stress hormones and toxic chemical reactions. It is these toxins which weaken the body at a cellular level causing destruction often resulting in illness.
Free radicals in your damage cell DNA, raising the risk of cancers and accelerating the ageing of the organs and the skin. It can be said that free radicals will damage any cells that get in their way.
As a result, we need to recruit the help of the nutrient police. By simply incorporating healthy food choices into your lifestyle and supplementing as much as possible, you will see great changes. Antioxidants do more than rescue cells in distress, they include specific targets for instance Isothiocyanates, found in broccoli targets pollutants like nicotine and smog and help prevent them from causing cancer. Vitamin C blocks the uncontrolled cell division that leads to tumours. Selenium fires up the genes needed to break down carcinogens. In other words, they protect your body from the inside out.
Unfortunately, no matter how much hard work these little fighters put in, internally produced antioxidants can't battle all the free radicals flying around. It is therefore super important to eat fresh and healthy food. Visit your health care professional, have your blood tested and get the supplements your body needs.
Every day scientists are coming up with new and better ways to stave off the effects of free radicals. You can, however, make a difference by protecting your skin from the outside too. Here are a few of our favourites.
Beat those free radicals from the outside with antioxidant-rich products. Topical antioxidants block free radicals in the environment and keep them from penetrating deeper into the skin. Ingestible products fight from the inside out.


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