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Pupil's Book
The Pupil's Book presents and practises new language through stories, songs and activities, making the learning process a joy. You will also find CLIL, Values and festival lessons; a strong focus on pronunciation and phonics; and review sections.
There is an improved focus on grammar with Grammar boxes and a Grammar reference. Spanish handwriting font serves as a model for writing in levels 1 and 2, and character masks have been included for acting out the stories.
The exams in levels 2, 4 and 6 have been updated to reflect the 2018 revised Young Learners exams. New vocabulary included in the syllabus of the exam has also been added.
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My Home Booklet
Pupil's Books 1 & 2, and Activity Books 3 to 6, come with a free 'My Home Booklet' to review grammar and vocabulary and to provide a review of the Basic Competences the children develop at school. It also includes letters to parents.
Activity Book with online resources and CD-ROM
The Activity Book is designed to give pupils further practice of the new language and to help them consolidate their learning. Mirroring the structure in the Pupil's Book, it also offers CLIL pages, social awareness pages, activities related to the festivals and extra pronunciation practice. Spanish handwriting font serves as a model for writing throughout the levels. It comes packaged with a CD-ROM with all the songs from the Pupil's Book and stimulating games.
For this updated edition, exam practice pages have been revised to match the specifications of the 2018 revised exam, including new vocabulary items and activity types.
The Activity Book now also provides an access code to online practice activities in the Cambridge LMS.
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The interactive CD-ROM, free with the Activity Book, has all the songs from the Pupil's Book and stimulating games.
Teacher's Book
The full-colour Teacher's Book provides teaching notes for each lesson, which include audioscripts for all listening activities as well as full answer keys. Facsimile pages of the Pupil's Book and Activity Book are also included. There is also an overview of the syllabus for each level, extra activities, photocopiable pages and useful classroom language.
The updated Second edition includes shields with letters corresponding to the first letter of Starters, Movers and Flyers to signpost exam content in the Teacher's Book.
Teacher's Resource Book with Audio CD
Choose from a wealth of activities to help with mixed-ability classes. There are reinforcement and extension worksheets as well as worksheets to further exploit the songs and stories. It also has extra exam-type tests with listening content.
The second edition also includes playscripts and Spanish handwriting font in all the worksheets.
All the audio for the Pupil's Book and the Activity Book.
Interactive DVD with Teacher's Booklet
Superb interactive DVDs bring lessons to life and reinforce target language in a fun and memorable way. The accompanying booklet provides further support and lesson plans.
Full colour posters for every unit helps pupils practise unit language. New for the second edition, written words are now included in Spanish handwriting font for levels 1 and 2.
Flashcards are available for levels 1 to 4. These colourful flashcards illustrate the key vocabulary items in each unit and there are numerous ideas of how to use them in the Teacher's Book.
Wordcards
Kid's Box Second Edition now also includes Wordcards for all the vocabulary illustrated in the flashcards.


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Interesting & Fun Facts About Japan #3 The Sleep @ Work Culture of Japan
Japan is famous for the image of the salary man (i.e., business man) falling asleep at work. Usually at his desk. While western people may find this odd, sleeping while on the job is surprisingly common in Japan. It's so common in fact that the Japanese have a word for it. It's called inemuri (居眠り) and translates to "sleeping while present."
Japan has a sleeping @ work culture. But before we conclude that the Japanese are slacking off, it helps to understand a bit about Japanese culture first.
Many Japanese pride themselves on work extremely hard. They do not easily accept anything less than perfect, so this perfectionist mindset often lends to a great deal of personal fatigue Not only this, but on top of frequently pushing themselves to exhaustion they will work extremely long hours. School teachers in Japan work 12 hour days on average. Salary men (business men) in Japan will work around 10 and 12 hour days on average.
In fact, Japanese are so work obsessed that the idea of being a dedicated workhorse dictates how they use their language even.
As Japan-Talk.com points out:
"When people say goodbye to their coworkers in the evening they don't say "have a nice night" or "have a nice weekend". They say "otsukaresama deshita". This can be literally translated as "you are tired sir". It's the nicest thing you can say to someone — that they are tired."
More than this perhaps, is the fact that sleeping while at work is also largely considered a statement. It's a statement about the long hours you put in, the amount of work you are doing, your status in your company, and how indispensable you are (more on this in a moment).
There are other contexts for inemuri as well.
College students who cram for exams will often pull all-nighters just to study for a single test the following day. Having taken the exam, the remainder of the day will be utilized to catch up on their much needed sleep. Usually doing a bit of inemuri in each of their subsequent classes until school is out, at which time they will pull another all-nighter as they cram for tomorrow's next big exam.
High school students can be seen power-napping on the train to and from school. Many high school students in Japan head to school on the train at 6 and 7 am. They go to school all day then head off to club activities till 6 pm. In the evening many will power-nap on the train as they head to their juku (after school-school/evening school).
Vice principals of public schools in Japan have one of the toughest jobs. Often times I will catch my vice principal at my JHS in the act of inemuri. He is power-napping because he has the responsibility of opening the school in the morning at 6 am sharp as well as the responsibility for locking up the school after the last teacher has gone home at around 10 pm--on top of the nonstop work he has to do every day.
In Japan it is normal to see people pass out due to exhaustion. I see co-workers or students suffer from exhaustion on a weekly basis. While it certainly isn't healthy, they proudly wear their bouts of exhaustion like a badge of honor. Passing out from exhaustion isn't a sign that you're weak, it's a sign that you have pushed yourself to the limit and were only defeated by the fact that you're not a tireless robot.
Inemuri is usually seen as a good thing in Japan. It means you've been working hard, and so most of the time people leave the power-napper alone. But not just anyone can get away with sleeping at work.
Sleeping at work isn't just for the overworked, it's also a sign of who carries the highest amount of respect and most important or vital position. Napping during meetings is also common. But it is often hard to tell whether one is engaging in a bit of inemuri or if they simply are trying to concentrate hard. In Japan, making eye-contact is not a form of social etiquette, so closing ones eyes to listen intently isn't viewed as disrespectful like it would in a big corporate meeting in the west. Japanese politicians will often close their eyes and bow their heads in meetings to listen more intently to what is being said (see above picture). Although sometimes they do fall asleep while trying to focus, but because of their high position and important status, it often will be written off as a harmless bout of inadvertent inemuri.
Needless to say, the higher up the chain of command you are, the more likely you are to get away with a bit of inemuri. Your boss, for example, is more apt to be caught napping than anyone else. The head of an entire division at the company or BOE will also likely be able to get away with some inemuri. Getting away with it, so to speak, really depends on whether or not you are indispensable to the company. Many office workers who do not have position or privilege will wait until their lunch break to nap at their desk. Others will wait until they get on the train to let themselves catch a little nap, which is why you can frequently see salary man sleeping next to high school girls (both engaged in inemuri).
In other words, you have to earn the right to power-nap in Japan by not only working hard but making a big show of it. Personally, I find it all too much work, and far too exhausting, which is why I've never felt the urge to power-nap at work.
A common sight in Japan of a high school student and a salary man power-napping on the train.
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Here's my biggest complaint about this book: it ends. I pretty much devoured this book over a few days of breaks and downtime at work, and I really really want more books in this series, right now. The next book is slated to be out in fall 2013, and I pretty much can't wait for it. I want to know what happens to Katie, and her community, and her faith. I am impatient and I do not approve.
I had been excited about this book since I first started hearing buzz about it, and then managed to completely overlook the fact that I'd gotten an ARC of the book through Netgalley. I've finally gotten around to reading it, though, and am super glad that I did.
Our spunky main character is Katie, who is looking forward to experiencing life on the Outside before making the decision to formally join her faith and her community. She's a bit strongheaded and perhaps more contrary than many of the other Plain folk, as they call themselves. There is, of course, a boy who she cares deeply about, who she's looking forward to spending more time with on the Outside, and then maybe devoting herself to whenever they rejoin their community. When the vampires come, though, everything changes.
The Hallowed Ones was a very quick read, and even scenes that lingered over the quiet way of life in the Amish community didn't drag the pacing down for me. This probably won't be true for every reader, but I personally liked how the story was drawn out. All of the quiet, peaceful times made the tense, scary moments work even better than anticipated. And oh, boy, are there some scary moments that really hammer home the idea that no one is safe. There is a much higher amount of gore and violence in this book than I would have expected.
There are some series where I've wanted to stop reading simply because I couldn't stand the main characters, but I never felt like that with this book. I think, however, that some of the other characters could have been a little better developed. I had a hard time getting emotionally invested in many of them, which is probably what keeps this from being a real five-star rated book for me. That emotional connection seems to be key for the makings of a perfect book, for me.
Alex, the Outsider who Katie saves, is a pretty interesting guy, but for some reason felt ... unmemorable to me. After reading, I can barely describe what he looked like, except for a few characteristics which are lingered on. Perhaps I will feel more of an emotional connection to him after the next book. He is brave and sweet to Katie, and I never once got the "ugh you're a gross creep" vibe from him like I do from many other male leads in YA fiction, so that was a plus. I did like the fact that while there was a romance aspect to the storyline, that it wasn't the focus of the book, and no one was declaring eternal lurrrrve on the first meeting.
I feel like most "Amish fiction" is Christian fiction, and is put out by Christian publishers, so it was pretty awesome to see a horror book that just happened to be set in the Amish world. It was still a story about faith and community... it just happened to have vampires. Sweet. I don't know that much about the Amish way of life, but I felt like the writing was very sensitive towards issues of faith and at no time did I feel like their religious beliefs were being made fun of. There are even some interesting philosophical questions raised about faith that give both the characters and the readers a lot to think about. Without giving anything away, I'll be interested to see how continuing issues of religion and community are handled in the next book, but have high hopes that they will be handled with the same amount of respect we saw in The Hallowed Ones.
I would recommend this book for older readers due to a lot of vampire-related violence and gore as well as some sexual content.


People sometimes wonder if miracles still happen in the day in which we live. The way we came to be here at the Governor's Palace is nothing short of a miracle. But in order to fully appreciate the story behind the miracle, we need to go back to the very beginning.
My background is in ministry. As a 1976 graduate of Liberty University, my wife Gale and I were involved in local church work for over 25 years. It was during that time that I became increasingly concerned about the lack of biblical values and just plain morals in our country, especially among our nations teenagers.
I am now over 50 years old and I am sure anyone my age or older would have to agree that the America we grew up in is not the same America that young people are growing up in today. It seems that today's youth are faced with more cultural opportunities for moral failure than ever before. Many of the things that were once shunned and associated with shame are now common place and simply accepted as the "norm".
to take a group of talented college aged young people and provide a cutting edge musical educational program and offer it as a counter balance to the many negative influences teenagers are faced with. Our mission field would be the place where teenagers spend most of their time…the public high school campus.
This talented group of young people toured the country for two years impacting over 600,000 high school students from coast to coast. But then something started to happen that we had not been prepared for. We began receiving phone calls from all over the country from elementary school teachers and principals informing us that if we were going to the high schools, we were going to late.
or primary schools, are our focus.
We started that year with one team until finally in 2003 we had grown to five teams. Each of our teams is now able to impact over 250,000 public school children during their September through June tour year which means combined, all five teams will reach over 1,250,000 children annually.
Though our national headquarters is in San Diego California where we are sponsored by the Sonrise Community Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Tony Foglio, in 2000 we began having our five week summer training camp in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are hosted by the Chilhowee Hills Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Tony Crisp. That same year the church had been given an old motel located right next door and the invitation was extended to us to be housed in this facility at no cost to us.
Next, we were encouraged to consider putting on a summer show in the Sevierville / Pigeon Forge area at one of the numerous theatres. We discovered that the 1,750 seat Governor's Palace Theatres, built in 1998 with an estimated value at over $12,000,000, was for sale. We began considering the possibility of purchasing the theatre.
Unknown to us at the time however, another non-profit group in Sevier County was also interested in acquiring the theatre. They had been in touch with an organization in Oklahoma City called Hobby Lobby. This is a craft store company which is owned and operated by the David and Barbara Green family. From time to time, they have purchased facilities, and then later donated them to non-profit groups. The local non-profit group asked the folks at Hobby Lobby if they would consider purchasing the Governor's Palace on their behalf. Hobby Lobby agreed and in March of 2003 purchased the theatre.
At that point it seemed obvious that our owning the theatre was not meant to be. But then an amazing turn of events would change everything. After being informed that Hobby Lobby had purchased the theatre on their behalf, the other non-profit group decided that they were not supposed to have the theatre after all. Upon reflection, they did not feel that they could use the facility to its fullest potential. They informed the Green's of their change of heart and walked away from the Governor's Palace.
As can be imagined, this came as somewhat of a surprise to the Green's. This wonderful Christian family knew of our interest in the theatre and contacted our office and asked if we would be willing to make a presentation about our organization to their board. In June of 2003, we flew to Oklahoma City and met with the entire Green family. On July 1st we received word that the theatre was to be ours. For legal and tax purposes, Hobby Lobby retained legal ownership of the property until June of 2004 when the theatre was officially deeded to Primary Focus free and clear.
So, do miracles still happen? Absolutely! But in addition to being a story about miracles, this is also a story about people. People caring for other people. Using their gifts and resources to impact a generation desperately in need of positive role models and life changing values. We thank the Lord for allowing us to have a part in such an outreach and for all of those who have helped us along the way. For in reality…this is their story.


If you were asked to define acute stress, would you know what to answer? If not, you are among the many people that are not certain of the term's meaning.
Acute stress is your body's reaction to a threat that it perceives as immediate whether the threat is real or imagined. The perception of the threat, rather than the threat itself, triggers an automatic reaction in your body known as the fight or flight response.
An episode of acute stress comes on very quickly and intensely. It only lasts a short time and then the stress dissipates as your body relaxes from the effects of the changes that took place as a result of the fight or flight response.
The fight or flight response is easier to understand if you put yourself in the situation of a caveman facing a perceived danger of being attacked by a wild animal. Your body automatically readies you to fight the animal or run away from it. Although today's stressful situations do not include encounters with wild animals, the fight or flight response is automatic when a stressful situation occurs.
The main difference between acute stress and chronic stress is the length of time your body is in the state of arousal. In cases of acute stress, your body's reaction to a perceived danger is quickly activated and dissipated. In cases of chronic stress, the stress reaction typically builds slowly over time until it is fully activated and remains on high alert for long periods of time eventually causing mental, physical and emotional damage.
How Do You Define Acute Stress?
If you are ever asked to define acute stress, you now know how to answer. Acute stress is defined as the activation of the fight or flight response that is activated quickly, lasts for a short period of time and dissipates.


"Mommy! Alex is outside. You have to let me play with him," squealed my 7-year-old through the wide open front door, as a million bugs danced a conga line into my living room.
"Surprise me," I texted back.
"Sorry, not interested," I said, closing the door.
…vegetables. He also objects to things he really enjoys, like ice cream or going to the movies. And by objects, I mean he will fling-himself-on-the-floor-at-Target-screaming-bloody-murder-so-the-entire-world-thinks-you're-the-world's-worst-parent type of objection.
He comes running back with an entire box of Band-Aids, leaving a trail of them on the lawn.
It shines the spotlight on me as well, revealing how flawed I am as a person, as a mother, in not appreciating and showing patience toward this 5-year-old child. I just wish it wasn't my son who was always seen as the surly, disagreeable one. You know?


Harnett Accountants Kingston brings you this article from Accountancy Age, reporting that the taxman has won a major victory by shutting down a stamp duty tax loophole.
"The Taxman has claimed a significant victory in a tribunal in its continued fight against tax avoidance schemes.
Durham-based property company Vardy Property took advantage of a regulation initially devised to prevent double taxation. It wanted to avoid paying £290,000 of stamp duty on the £7.25m purchase of a business park in Stockton-on-Tees in 2006.
This is seen as a significant victory by the taxman as it sends a clear message that using legitimate tax schemes to avoid tax will be spotted and clamped down on by HMRC.
If you need advice about taxes, or help to make sure that you are paying exactly the right amount of tax, and running your business in the most tax efficient way possible, contact our accountants in Kingston and we will arrange a free, one hour, no obligation consultation. You can contact us through our website or on 020 8977 3883. Also you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Additionally, you can keep reading our daily blogs.


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Rihanna collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West on the trio's Grammy-winning hit "Run This Town," but which of her rapping friends does she think is the better MC?
"I think it goes hands down to Jay-Z. He's like the king," she told DJ Skee on his KIIS FM radio show. "It doesn't get better than that, but Kanye is also one of my favorite rappers."
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A Sydney taxi driver has been sentenced to at least 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of leaving a 94-year-old woman to die.
Sydney's District Court was told on Wednesday how Mohammad Farhad had hit Suzanne King when turning right on the Pacific Highway at Crows Nest in August last year; Ms King's body was dragged about 20 metres under Farhad's van, until he stopped.
However he sped off after just seconds later, and, shockingly, kept working until his arrest in Alexandria six hours later.
"He continued with his shift as if nothing had happened," Judge Andrew Scotting said during proceedings.
Ms King was treated by paramedics, but sadly died at the scene; her family spoke on Wednesday about how they would miss their "feisty" and "opinionated" aunt.
"He clearly lacked any compassion," Ms King's niece said. "We all appreciate that accidents happen, but for the defendant to have left our aunt dying on the road is beyond comprehension.
"How could another human being do this?"
The 52-year-old taxi was sentenced to a maximum three years imprisonment, but will be eligible for release in June 2018.


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Auto retailers have best July in seven years
The economy has continued on the slow road to recovery for several years, and that has been especially true in the automobile industry as consumers become more confident in their buying ability. This confidence surged once again in July, during which the automotive industry enjoyed its best month for vehicle sales in seven years. There were 1.32 million cars sold in July, which is up about 14 percent from 2012, The Detroit News reported.
Retail sales tend to increase during the summer months, but these findings are particularly encouraging because the percentage of sales made to individuals, rather than to businesses or the government, was higher. In fact, 86 percent of cars sold last month were to individuals. Last year that figure stood at 83 percent.
"Retail demand is not just steady, it's improving," Alec Gutierrez, a senior analyst at auto-pricing site Kelley Blue Book, told the newspaper. "More and more consumers are getting back into the marketplace to replace aging vehicles."
The increase in sales is especially high among pickup trucks. According to the Los Angeles Times, pickup sales generally don't improve until the later months of the year, but they were the fastest-growing variety sold during the first seven months of 2013.


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Guinea bans use of telephones at schools - Education Ministry
Conakry, Nov 27 (UNI/Sputnik) Guinea's Minister of Education and Literacy Guillaume Hawing has banned the use of telephones in schools during lessons and assessments.
"It is officially prohibited to use phones or other related items such as tablets, watches and bluetooth headphones during classes and assessments on the territory of public and private schools in the Republic of Guinea," the statement said, as cited by Guinee 360.
It is noted that verification commissions will come to schools without prior notice.
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UN chief condemns Houthi attacks on UAE airport
United Nations, Jan 17 (UNI/Xinhua) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned attacks by Yemen's Houthi militia on an airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Winter storm hits US East Coast
New York, Jan 17 (UNI/Xinhua) A winter storm hit the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States on Monday, causing widespread travel disruption and knocking out power for more than 200,000 homes and businesses.
Houthi leader warns UAE of more retaliatory strikes
Tehran, Jan 17 (UNI) Senior Houthi leader Zeifollah al-Shami on Monday said the drone attacks targeting the UAE's oil storage tanks in Mussafah were "a legitimate and legal retaliation" and warned that the entire United Arab Emirate is "within the range of the Yemeni military".
Iran says ready to reopen embassy in Saudi Arabia
Tehran, Jan 17 (UNI/Xinhua) Iran is ready to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Turkey condemns drone attack against Abu Dhabi
Ankara, Jan 17 (UNI/Xinhua) Turkey on Monday condemned the drone attack in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which killed at least three people.


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News by Craig Pearson Contributor
Published 30 Sep, 2013
What happens when one half of a development team goes on holiday and leaves the other, slightly agoraphobic half at home? In a roundabout way, it ends up in The Binding Of Isaac. That's the origin of the game, the very moment that sent Edmund McMillen down into the basement to confront elements of his religious upbringing in a Flash game. Isaac's odd story is told in this interview from the makers of Indie Game: The Movie. Want to hear about how Ed's Team Meat partner Tommy Refenes' holiday turned into a game of contradictions? It's posted below, and it's absolutely fascinating.
EDIT: The video was live when I wrote the story, and now it's private. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
None of Isaac makes sense. It's ugly, but inspires fan art. He's not happy with the technical details, the art, or the fact that he made it in Flash, but it's because it's been built in that engine that so many people have been able to play it and turn out Let's Plays, which helped sell the game. McMillen's belief in difficult art means he set out to to make a game that he hoped might damage his career, but it ended up selling over a million copies.
And then there's the theme. The poke into the religious upbringing, both the positives and negatives that came with it. Rather than summarising it, I'll let Ed speak his mind on that, because I'd hate to have a quote come across wrongly on the page.
Craig Pearson
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CYNTHIA KNOTT has always been fascinated by the water, but her passion for the Lowcountry's waterways grew when she moved to Hilton Head.
"The Lowcountry's got me in awe," she muses.
The New York native's large-scale encaustic paintings capture the horizon lines of the region's most beautiful waterways, from Ossabaw Island to Beaufort and everywhere in between. Her newest body of work, "Enchanted by the Sea" hangs at the Grand Bohemian Gallery at the Mansion on Forsyth until April 14.
Flavin, a fellow New York artist, worked in fluorescent lighting, and the brightness of his work inspired Knott to use bright lines for her horizon.
Before the horizon line is added, Knott's paintings appear abstract. The line orients the painting, and her meticulous attention to detail makes the paintings all the more complex.
She points to "Surge," one of the collection's pieces, as her example for the reverse axial shift. The painting's horizon line blends into the green of the grass.
"Vermeer did this a lot, where he didn't paint a line but put two bodies of paint together, and that came together to make the line," Knott explains.
Knott works in cold wax encaustic, done with wax, varnishes and pigment to create a painting rich in texture.
Some of Knott's newest works are paintings framed in convex glass, one in a Civil War-era frame she found at Starlandia.


ADVENTURE. Known for goriAlla trekking, Ruhija has a lot more to offer as Eric Ntalumbwa finds out.
For users of travel online guides, Ruhija is a mere gorilla group with three families: Oruzogo, Bitukura and Kyaguriro. However, when one sets foot on the southwestern edge of Uganda, there is much more than the gentle giants.
When you visit Ruhija, one savours the breeze in the hilly, forested zone of Bwindi Impenetrable forest, with a crushing experience. The stinging cold has a reason to turn Ruhija into a nightmare, despite the lodge architectural designs aimed at stylish, warm and comfortable accommodation.
After being deprived of sleep, the following night seems better with a hot water bottle with fleece cover offered by the lodge. You place it next to your pillow to keep warm and relax muscles. This 'magical' bottle holds heat and maintains temperature until dawn.
With a postcard-like view of the forested ridge, is the latest picturesque addition in the hills of eastern Bwindi. Agandi Eco-lodge which offers a perfect blend of relaxation and inspiration. Visitors de-stress in the true wilderness of Rubanda district. The phone signals are clear and high-end lodges offer unlimited WiFi provided through 3G network.
Unlike other sectors in Bwindi, Ruhija is free from congestion and for experienced trackers, one returns earlier as compared to those who track in other areas of Bwindi. With a gorilla permit which costs Shs250,000 for East Africans and $600 (approximately 1.8m) for international guests, one is guaranteed an experience of a lifetime. Trackers are encouraged to have trekking shoes, trousers, dirt-resistant clothes, camera and rain jacket. The lodges also ensure that they pack your lunch or snack. For the physically unfit trekkers, porters are available to carry you on stretchers at a fee.
Ruhija is an opportunity to meet one of the oldest surviving tribes in Africa, the Batwa. The Batwa who welcomed guests look very dapper in polished animal skin, tyre sandals and shorts.
Cultural tours to the pygmies reveals their life prior to the eviction from Bwindi Forest. The pygmies were hunter-gatherers and fierce warriors who depended on the forest for shelter, food and medicine. When the park was established in 1991, they were evicted, hence abandoning their lifestyle.
They often sing and dance for visitors as they used to in the forest. The special group of persons makes useful interpretation on the medicinal values of different herbs, hunting tactics, making fire by rubbing dry sticks against others. The Batwa are now dependant on non-governmental organisations and donors for survival.
Amidst the various opportunities such as birding, and nature walks, there is an average woman who offers a nature based experience through Change A Life Programme. Tina Katushabe gives visitors an experience in the beekeeping, mushroom growing and handcrafts project.
"Besides creating a delicate balance between the environment, wildlife conservation and sustainable development in Bwindi, I want tourists to appreciate an experiential visit in this popular destination," Katushabe says.
She adds that visitors have an opportunity to harvest honey or learn about beekeeping and also participate in basket and crafts weaving. The economic rewards are distributed amongst the participating members. Katushabe's dream is to empower the rural women. The bee keepers are reformed poachers who are living sustainably.
"The nature-based skills experience comprises 20 women, 40 school going children and 10 men who work collectively to support each other to produce quality products from which they can earn an income and be able to access basic needs. This is the benchmark for community tourism in Ruhija," she says.
Embarking on the search for birds on the large primeval forest situated on the edge of the Albertine Rift is quite rewarding. Ruhija boasts 23 endemics such as white starred robin, yellow streaked Greenbul, and grey bush shrike. No wonder Bwindi is classified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) for its global conservation importance. The outdoor activity in Ruhija majorly occurs along Mubwindi Swamp trail.
Ruhija is located in the eastern part of Bwindi Impenetrable National park and has three gorilla families which include Bitukura gorilla family, Oruzogo Gorilla group and Kyaguriro group which is for research.
All routes require a four wheel drive car as some sections of the road are rough, bumpy, dusty and during rainy seasons, they tend to get muddy. For those interested in flying, there are no direct flights to Ruhija so the only option is to fly via Kihihi (which ideally is on Buhoma's side) and then drive two hours to Ruhija.
The nature-based skills experience comprises 20 women, 40 schoolgoing children and 10 men who work collectively to support each other to produce quality products from which they can earn an income and to access basic needs. This is the benchmark for community tourism in Ruhija.
The park includes a primate walk where one is given a chance to enjoy a primate walk to spot out the white and black colobus monkeys that play all over the tree branches in this sector.


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Q: Install a node package without its tests, readme, etc Is it possible to install a package via npm and exclude its tests and other files not necessary for using it?
Many packages include a lot of unnecessary files, I've seen some of them even include JPEG images for some testing - I don't want to download that, I just want to use their APIs.

A: You can't, because npm downloads all the files whether it's required or not. However it is possible to import part of the npm library in your app.
If you want you can delete unused part manually from node_modules folder. But I'll not recommend it.

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Do you still not have the Zap Nap cushion for safety belt? This cushion should be among your car accessories, since it's perfect for the passengers to rest during long trips. Even you can put it on your seat belt and take a break on your way.


If you are searching for a pair of wedding shoes you have probably come across the incredible Aruna Seth bridal shoes – especially if you have been looking on Pinterest, as everyone's feed is full of them!
From a family with an established history in the world of shoes, Aruna Seth branched out in 2009 and is now one of the top designer names when it comes to stylish wedding shoes. With comfort paramount in all her shoes, she developed her special padding so a bride can dance all night long.
Aruna Seth's idea of creating shoes that make you feel like a princess has gathered many fans, including real life princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, as well as celebrities near and far.
Made from luxurious leather, embellished with Swarovski crystals, and handcrafted in Venice, Italy, her shoes are a shoe lover's dream. Her trademark butterfly, Farfalla, has come to symbolise the brand's identity of femininity and sophistication combined. Aruna focuses on the finer details when it comes to designing a pretty shoe. Instantly recognisable, Aruna Seth bridal shoes will complete the look of a wedding outfit, whatever style of dress the bride has chosen.
I'm really excited to see Aruna Seth's latest bridal shoe that has just launched, the 'Farfalla Candy Cane Pointy Toe'. Just look at them! I adore the coloured embellished heel – imaging walking down the aisle in these beauties. They are my favourite bridal shoes right now!
Another recent addition to Aruna Seth's range is the incredible Pearls and Diamonds collection, including four new designs. Each shoe features a pearl decorated block heel and is available in a selection of colours and styles, including a python snakeskin effect, ivory satin and the signature Farfalla with butterfly. As you'll see in the gallery below, these shoes are for brides who really want to make a bold statement.
Aruna Seth bridal shoes are all so pretty that you will have a tough job deciding which ones to choose. Whether you want high-heeled beauties or luxurious flats, you will find your dream shoes to complete your bridal look. Most shoes from the collection are also available in a selection of colours, from classic ivory to your 'something blue'.
I am very excited to share the latest Aruna Seth bridal shoes… time for complete shoe swoon! View the collection in the gallery below, and find out more at arunaseth.com.
Psst – Keep an eye on the blog on Monday 6th November as we are giving you the chance to win an exquisite pair of Aruna Seth shoes for your wedding.


A full and gorgeous display of pink and purple flowers overflowing a glass chop vase lined with a signature ti leaf make this arrangement a perfect celebration of Spring! It's got an abundant amount of Roses, Stock, Sweet Pea and various greens. Surprise someone you love with this bouquet of flowers for a congratulations, just because or to celebrate a birthday with a friend!


Strum an acoustic guitar by the fire within the eclectic trappings of a country-chic cottage. Dine at an antique table set below a charmingly wreathed chandelier. Gather around a backyard fire pit to cap off the evening under the stars.
Very cute and cozy cottage! The indoor decor and set up is so unique and shabby chic! It was a little tight in room, but it was not a big deal! They left directions for everything and their favorite local places. Very cute!!
Studio with queen bed and a loft with 2 twin beds. The place is bright and clean. Great little fenced in yard. We enjoyed our stay!
The cottage and very cute and comfortable!


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Subcontract machining firm finds easy way to sharper operations
When subcontract machining firm Altex Engineering needed to sharpen its act it found that getting integrated IT to handle quotes and factory management didn't cost an arm and a let. Brian Tinham reports.
There is a perception among smaller manufacturers that production control software is complex and expensive. And some of it certainly is. But Chippenham-based subcontract machining company Altex Engineering's experience of a Microsoft-based system aimed precisely at its level proves that it doesn't have to be. Last year the firm implemented Kewill System's JobBoss software, for jobbing shops and the like, in less than three months – and it says it's now realising significant benefits from computerised production control and scheduling, like improved efficiency, reduced costs and being able to respond better to changes. It's view: these packages are no longer difficult to grasp or expensive, and they can offer payback in just a few months. Altex Engineering has been in business as a subcontract machinist and fabricator for all sorts of materials – metals, plastics and so on – for 13 years. Turnover is £2 million on 28 staff, and the firm has progressively invested in good CNC machine tools – the latest a laser cutting machine – which has provided it with a competitive edge. It's ISO 9002 accredited and has a reputation for quality products, delivered on time to a variety of blue chip clients across industry. In July, 1999, the company decided to sharpen its edge. Managing director Bob Hogton says market expectations had been going well beyond excellent quality: lead times were getting shorter ("from two or three weeks, down to days") and on time delivery was essential. Without a finite capacity planning tool, he says, you just couldn't make the kind of commitment to production that was being asked. It wasn't just about loading the factory efficiently, important though that is: he needed to know what else he could get through when customers were on the 'phone. The firm installed the Windows-based production control package JobBoss because it's designed exactly for this environment – with the emphasis on estimating, not just order taking, and production scheduling, rather than simple stock control. Hardare includes one communications server, one file and print server, eight Pentium PCs and some laptops. Altex systems manager Stephen Jackett says: "The system went in smoothly. If you can install Microsoft Office and you have a basic knowledge of computer networks then you can install JobBoss, simply by using a CD. It took under three months to implement the core of the system. One of the major advantages is that it is built to industry standards. [It is] 100% compatible with Microsoft and integrates very nicely with MS Office, and we can easily customise it to suit our working methods." He adds: "Its searching facilities are also very powerful, which makes looking for a specific product, component or order very easy. For calculating job costs we are in the process of inputting machine speeds, feeds and time standards." Hogton says: "We were attracted by its comprehensiveness: it handles everything from quotations through to costing and delivery. It is ideal for us because in our business a quotation becomes a manufacturing plan and then a job planning sheet." There's no data re-entry: "If we get a job, we can pull it across from the quoting system and load it into the shop: we can look again and get up and running very quickly," he says. "We are basically selling our time and the package enables us to tell a customer, while he is on the 'phone, whether or not we have the capacity. We can quickly check if we need to work overtime to achieve the delivery, and can tell the customer straight away that it will be, say, next week rather than this week so that we don't lose the order because of vague delivery dates. We can also push through an urgent job for a major customer, and JobBoss tells us what effect that would have on other delivery dates." He adds: "Knowing the exact capacity position in real time gives us a strong credibility factor about on-time deliveries – which is so important in our business." And he continues: "The other main benefit is that it helps us to maintain the profitability of the jobs and to know whether we are under-quoting or over-quoting. Once the machine set-up and run-time standards are established we know that the costs will be right." The other side of this is that the system also enables the firm to stay on top of machine, workcentre and machine operator performance – and Hogton expects this visibility to encourage methods and practices review so that standards can be maintained or improved. Beyond this, Hogton says job recording with swipe cards will be next up, providing for more meaningful reports to support this process. And he says all paperwork, labelling and invoicing will also be integrated, again making operations smoother and cutting costs.
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I have a confession to make (no, don't worry, it won't be as scandalous as my recent Skeletons in the Pantry post…!). It's just that I've never really liked Christmas pudding.
I know – it's kind of freaky, but there you go.
While everybody else looked forward to the Christmas pudding as the highlight at the end of the Christmas lunch, I'd be thinking "hmmm, I wonder if I can ask for a double scoop of neat brandy butter if I forego the pudding?". To me, Christmas pudding was just an obstacle to overcome in the search for a 5 cent piece or two that my mom always hid in the pudding.
Over the years, I have learnt that there are Christmas puddings and Christmas puddings. I have developed a grudging liking for ones that are heavy on the fruit (but not citrus peel!!) and low on the actual dough, or ones that feature more exciting ingredients like cranberries. But given a choice, I would never make or serve Christmas pudding myself.
So what to do when you've invited some friends over for a pre-Christmas lunch, the roast is in the oven, the weather is simply freezing, and the whole scenario is just crying out for a hot baked pudding with a festive twist? Christmas pudding would be the path of least resistance, but I decided instead to beat a brand new path through the culinary brambles.
Requirement 1 was that it had to be a baked pudding, preferably self-saucing. Requirement 2 was that it needed to reference the festive season somehow. And bonus requirement 3 was that it use up some of the random leftover baking ingredients cluttering up my kitchen counters as we speak. Which is how the glorious creation pictured above came about.
The recipe is an adaptation of my basic and beloved self-saucing apple caramel pudding, substituting crystallised ginger and dried cranberries for apple, and adding a bit of spice to the batter and sauce with ground ginger. As we were 7 people and the recipe really only feeds 5 comfortably, I decided to double it. Without cheking that I had a dish big enough to hold this. Suffice to say I almost did. Meaning that the syrupy sauce ended up bubbling over a little and landing on the floor of my oven – cue belching, acrid smoke as I opened the oven door 40 minutes later, and a lingering eau de charcoal in the house. Also, if you are going to double the recipe, you will need a longer cooking time, as I discovered. Possibly not double the cooking time, but definitely 1.5 the time. The combination of tart cranberries/ginger, crispy crust and rivers of caramel sauce is a winner – at Christmastime or anytime!
Preheat the oven to 180C and grease a 2 litre oven-proof dish.
Combine the flour, sugar, butter, ground ginger, milk and fruit in a large bowl and mix well. Spread the mixture into the prepared dish.
For the sauce, combine all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and the butter melted.
Pour the caramel sauce slowly over the back of a spoon over batter in dish. Bake in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes or until firm in the centre – test with a skewer.
Serve immediately with custard. Do not let the pudding stand too long before serving as the sauce will be absorbed!
This is my entry into this month's Sugar High Friday event, hosted by the lovely Zorra at 1 x umruehren bitte. The theme is puddings – and who can resist those?!
Are you implying that it's wrong to eat brandy butter direct from the tub… by the spoonful… ?
I really love this idea! Every once in a while you find a recipe that just hits the mark completely. I am not a huge fan of heavy Christmas puddings after an already huge meal. This would be wonderful…bookmarked!
I'm happy I'm not the only one who is sometimes curing the kitchen. 😉 Your Pudding looks delicious.
Thank you for your particpation in SHF and merry Christmas to you and your family.
Oh my… a "Christmas Pudding" I can love… I'm very excited about this! But I also need your original self-saucing apple caramel pudding recipe! Please?
I made this for New Year's Eve and it was absolutely wonderful. Thank you! It's also delicious cold … and there's so much sauce that it doesn't get re-absorbed. Quite a lot of the cranberries and ginger bits floated out of the sponge and into the sauce but it didn't matter at all – just made it more delicious!
This looks divine. I am a huge fan of the 'self-saucing' pudding and regularly make a chocolate one, a lemon one and a sticky toffee version. But this sounds like such a great and festive combination. PLEASE post the recipe for the apple and caramel one too as that sounds heavenly!
hi, thanks for visiting our PE Daily Photo blog. Oh dear, we are trying so hard to be GOOD and eat like bunnies since Max's recent heart attack, but I just HAVE to try this one! Will probably have to substitute olive or peanut oil for the butter though, will let you know if it works! Fully agree about Christmas pudd, even worse when trying to force it into bloated overheated bod in the height of summer!


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Dec 11, 2017 at 5:55 a.m.
The Arkavathy watershed in southern India has exhibited considerable changes in inflow to major reservoirs, but explanations for these changes have been hampered by limited hydrological records in the watershed. In order to understand long-term hydrological change in this heavily managed watershed, we developed a spatially distributed dataset of surface water by generating time series of water extent in nearly 1700 man-made lakes, or tanks, over a 40-year period. Using an automated classification approach with subpixel unmixing, we classified water extent in each of the tanks in 40 Landsat images from 1973 to 2010, including 16 end-of-monsoon-season (December or January) images which characterized tank status after the rainy season. An additional 8 images in 2013 and 2014 were classified to analyze dry-season behavior and for validation. The classification results compared well with a reference dataset of water extent of tanks (R-squared=0.95). We also evaluated hydrological change in the watershed in 42 clusters of tanks by modeling water extent in the cluster on hydrological covariates and time. Based on a water balance argument, we inferred that any statistically significant results for the coefficient on the time covariate were indicative of long-term hydrological change. The results of this remote sensing classification for each of the tanks in the Arkavathy watershed are contained in this resource. The covariates and results from the statistical model are also included.
This dataset contains water extent (surface water area) of tanks in the Arkavathy watershed in Karnataka, India. The dataset was developed as part of a research project to understand hydrological change in the Arkavathy watershed from 1973 to 2010. Long-term trends in water extent in clusters of tanks are also included. The details of the classification algorithm can be found in Penny et al. (2018), along with accuracy assessment of the dataset. The classification was validated using a reference dataset, with coefficient of determination of 0.95 for all of the tanks. Tanks with larger water extent were generally predicted more accurately, while tanks with small water extent were not predicted as accurately. Errors were unbiased, so that aggregating multiple tanks tended to increase the accuracy of the aggregated area.
TankWaterExtent.csv: For each tank in each scene, the tank water extent is given in square meters. Column headers indicate the Landsat ID, which can be matched with the ID in TankMeta.csv. It contains the Landsat mission and date of the image. Negative numbers in the area field indicate error codes. See below for a description of error codes and reason for omission.
TankMeta.csv: Contains metadata for each of the tanks.
TankID # ID number for the tank or reservoir.
name # reservoir name, if any. Tanks are left NA.
ClusterID # ID number of the cluster into which each of the tanks was aggregated for analysis. Reservoirs are grouped into Cluster 0 (Byramangala was excluded due to the unreliability of classification due to algae blooms).
LandsatMeta.csv: Contains metadata for each of the Landsat scenes.
cloud_free # images marked as "cloud free" contained no clouds, and the cloud detection algorithm was not run.
ClusterCovariates.csv: Contains the covariates with which to model hydrological change for each cluster.
ClusterID # ID number of the cluster into which each of the tanks was aggregated for analysis.
date # Date of the Landsat image, in the end-of-monsoon period (December-January).
WaterAreaFraction # Aggregate water area divided by the aggregate maximum water area for the cluster. Set to NA only if the entire cluster was outside of the Landsat scene boundary.
MonsoonYear # The year of the monsoon season preceding the Landsat image.
P_total # Total precipitation from September 1 to the date of the image.
P_extreme # Average precipitation in large storms from September 1 to the date of the image.
DSD # Dry-season days, or the number of days after December 01.
Flag # 0 indicates no flag. 1 indicates that the some tanks in the cluster had errors (indicated by error codes in TankWaterExtent.csv), and the aggregate maximum area of these tanks was at least 30% of the aggregate maximum area of all tanks in the cluster.
StatsModelResults.csv: Contains the results of the statistical model.
Watershed # Name of the cluster watershed, including the Cluster ID.
Area_km2 # Total area of the cluster watershed.
Predictor # The category of covariate in the model.
Coefficient # The coefficient designation for the covariate.
Estimate # The estimated value of the coefficient (based on the centered data).
Conf_Interval # 95% confidence interval around the estimate of the coefficient.
Significant # Statistical significance of the trend. If "Y", the 95% confidence interval excluded 0.
Max_extent_ha # Sum of the maximum water extent of each tank within the cluster.
Trend_ha_per_10km2_decade # Long-term (residual) trend detected from the statistical analysis, in units of ha per 10 sq. km per decade.
ClusterID # ID number of the cluster.
ClusterWatersheds.zip: Compressed folder containing ClusterWatersheds.shp, a shapefile of cluster watersheds, including Cluster IDs and Subcatchment names.


ScrollDirection Enum Up, Down, Left, Right Specifies possible directions for scrolling rotator items.
ScrollDuration Int Int values Specifies the speed in milliseconds for scrolling rotator items. Default value is 500.
WrapFrames Boolean true or false Forces RadRotator to wrap the items (i.e. after the last item is shown, the rotator will start again from the first item). Note: The value of the WrapFrames property does not influence the behavior of the control, in case RotatorType is set to Carousel , CarouselButtons , CoverFlow or CoverFlowButtons . WrapFrames is always true, in case RotatorType is set to Carousel or CarouselButtons , and it is always false, in case RotatorType is set to CoverFlow or CoverFlowButtons .
InitialItemIndex Int Int values Specifies the index of the item, which will be shown first when the rotator loads. When set to 0 (default) - positions initial item to be visible in the rotator.; When set to -1 - positions the initial item just outside of the rotator viewport.Any other positive value - the rotator starts with that particular item in the viewport.
FrameDuration Int Int values Specifies the time in milliseconds each frame will display in automatic scrolling scenarios. Default value is 2000.
PauseOnMouseOver Boolean true or false When this property is set to true (the default value), the RadRotator control stops when the mouse is over the items.
ItemWidth Unit Pixels Specifies the rotator item's width.
ItemHeight Unit Pixels Specifies rotator item's height.
Height Unit Pixels Gets or sets the height of the Web server control. The default height is 200 pixels.
Width Unit Pixels Gets or sets the width of the Web server control. The default width is 200 pixels.
EnableDragScrolling Boolean true or false Gets or sets a flag determining if drag-scrolling (scrolling the rotator by dragging its items) should be enabled. It is set to false by default.
PersistCurrentItemOnPostBack Boolean true or false Gets or sets a flag indicating whether the index of the current item is persisted between postbacks.It is set to false by default.
Type-Accepts an Enum value of type Telerik.Web.UI.Rotator.AnimationType. This property takes effect when one RotatotType is set to SlideShow or SlideShowButtons .
Duration - Specifies the speed in milliseconds for animating the rotator items.
AutoStart Bool True, False Specifies whether the ticker begins ticking automatically. You should leave this set to false if you are using the ticker within a RadTicker If you use the ticker independently and leave this setting to false you should use the client API call ticker_id.startTicker() to start it.
Loop Bool TrueFalse Specifies whether RadTicker will repeat the first tickerline after displaying the last one. If you set this property to true RadTicker will never finish ticking. This may have possible implications when having more than one RadTicker instance in a RadRotator . The way RadRotator works is that when the first ticker on a frame has finished ticking it will start ticking the next ticker on the frame. If a RadTicker instance is ticking (has Loop=true ), it will never finish and the next ticker on the frame will not get started.
TickSpeed Int Int values Specifies the duration in milliseconds between ticking each character of a tickerline. The lower the value the faster a line will finish ticking. Default value is 20ms.
LineDuration Int Int values Specifies in milliseconds the pause RadTicker makes before starting to tick the next line (if AutoAdvance=True ). Default value is 2000ms.
AutoPostBack Bool True, False Gets or sets a value indicating whether a postback to the server automatically occurs when the user interacts with the control. Setting this property to true will make RadTicker postback to the server on item click.
DataTextField String String A string that specifies the field of the data source that provides the value of the ticker lines. The default value is an empty string. Use the DataTextField property to specify the field of the data source (in most cases the name of the database column) which provides the values for the Text property of databound ticker items. The DataTextField property is taken into account only during data binding. If the DataTextField property is not set and your data source is not a list of strings, the RadTicker control will throw an exception.


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Spay/Neuter Info
Facts and Myths
A Compassionate Nonprofit Organization for Animals
We are a limited space (no kill) shelter providing homes to adoptable cats and dogs, educating the public in the care and prevention of unwanted animals.
The determination, dedication, money, and lots of hard work by many people and businesses through the years, have resulted in a better life for more than 6,000 cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies.
We are 100% funded by private donations from the public (we receive no government money).
The organization was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit shelter under the name of Live Oak/Suwannee County Humane Society. For the first ten years volunteers worked out of their homes.
In 1996 we acquired our first shelter building on North Houston Street, Live Oak, FL.
As the shelter expanded and needed more space to house the many homeless animals, we purchased affordable property in Lee, FL and renovated an old greyhound site in April of 2002 and opened our doors at the present shelter on July 16, 2002.
As we are currently servicing five counties: Suwannee, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, and Columbia, we changed our name to Suwannee Valley Humane Society in July of 2002. We are privately funded through donations, on-site thrift stores, and fund-raising events.
All are welcome to visit during regular hours to view the current shelter and see its potential for growth, our healthy adorable animals, their comfortable shelter home, and their general wellbeing.
President of the Board of Directors: Lexie Soles
Vice President and Shelter Manager: Barbara Fink
Treasurer: Catheryn Mellinger
Recording Secretary: Jean Calabrese
Corresponding Secretary: Richard Wit
Join Suwannee Valley's volunteer team and get paid in licks and purrs.
Help with the thrift store, cat/dog kennel cleaning, dog walking, adoption counseling, events, data entry, photography, and more.
Simply tell us what you like doing, and we will find the ideal opportunity for you!
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COVID 19: You Can't Shut Down Compassion
Our area needs help now more than ever, and we haven't taken a break from helping animals in need. All the animals are being cared for daily and their areas are cleaned as always. We are asking that visitors and adopters follow all of the state and federal recommendations to halt the spread of COVID-19.
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City fans can now view once again Alan Connell's superb Accrington equaliser as part of Bantams Player's second half highlights package.
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World Food Day- Food for vulnerable households
Posted on October 16, 2020 under News
Managing for the most basic needs like food for the whole year is still a struggle for many in the rural areas of Nepal. The global COVID-19 pandemic has further added the burden for some households. Recently UMN with its local partners in Bajhang and Rukum helped to distribute food items to the most vulnerable families.
Bajhang: The *Dalit community including single women, people with disabilities (PWDs) and daily wage workers received food support for their families in Bungal Municipality. The beneficiaries were selected in coordination with the local government and UMN's partner Dalit Help Society.
A total of 118 families and PWDs received essentials such as rice, lentils, grains, soaps etc along with nutritious food items, baby clothes and sanitation kits for the pregnant women. One quarantine centre also received food and essentials such as soaps and masks for 12 people living in quarantine which has helped reduce the risk of spreading the COVID-19 in the community by managing the centre better.
Rukum: In Rukum East, 181 of the most vulnerable households of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality were supported with food items such as rice and lentils in coordination with partner MIC Nepal. With no road access and due to its remoteness, it took a week starting from 6 October to distribute the food packages for 721 people including PWDs, single men and women.
Awareness banners about COVID-19, child protection, domestic violence and child marriage were also displayed and oriented at all the distribution locations.
*Dalits: Considered as the low-caste and untouchables
Bajhang


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[12/9, 07:26] Sekarreporter: Justice is not instantaneous, only what is legal is just: CJ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/justice-is-not-instantaneous-only-what-is-legal-is-just-cj/article30240400.ece?utm_campaign=article_share&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=whatsapp.com [12/9, 07:26] Sekarreporter: Justice is not instantaneous, only what is legal is just: CJ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PUDUCHERRY, DECEMBER 09, 2019 01:01 IST UPDATED: DECEMBER 09, 2019 01:03 IST Advocates are important part of the Constitution, says Sahi at Law Day celebrations Madras High Court Chief Justice A.P. Sahi on Sunday said there is now a talk about
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Previous Court raps Manipur government on zero utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund for women's safety While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by RK Joysana, chief justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and justice MV Muralidaran observed that it was "disturbing" to note that there is "zero utilisation" of the Rs 446.53 lakh released for Emergency Response Supports System under Nirbhaya Fund.While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by RK Joysana, chief justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and justice MV Muralidaran observed that it was "disturbing" to note that there is "zero utilisation" of the Rs 446.53 lakh released for Emergency Response Supports System under Nirbhaya Fund.While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by RK Joysana, chief justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and justice MV Muralidaran observed that it was "disturbing" to note that there is "zero utilisation" of the Rs 446.53 lakh released for Emergency Response Supports System under Nirbhaya Fund.
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Uzmobile passes 1m mobile subscriber milestone
State-owned telco Uzbektelecom, has signed up more than a million subscribers to its Uzmobile-branded wireless services, UzDaily quotes the company's director, Vladimir Kravchenko as saying. The cellco, which uses a combination of CDMA-450 and GSM technologies – the latter of which was only launched in April 2015 – has installed a total of 1,200 new 2G, 3G and 4G base stations since 2015, with the official adding that it plans to roll out an additional 1,500 base transceiver stations (BTS) in 2017.
In a related development, Sirojiddin Usmanov, the acting head of the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan has provided an update on the nation's mobile market. According to the official, there are 21.4 million wireless subscribers in the republic, served via a network of 18,100 BTS.
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10 prospective Harvard students recently had their acceptances revoked for posting offensive memes in a splinter group chat to the official Class of 2021 Facebook group. We're not even going to link to their extremely offensive memes (which joke about race, sexual abuse, and more), but we will point to chatter on another only ~somewhat~ offensive page.
"Harvard Memes for Elitist 1% Tweens" is a public group that was created at the beginning of February and boasts approx. 30.6K members. So far as we can tell, many actual Harvard students appear to be a part of the group. Yet, the large membership total can be ascribed to the common habit of joining multiple meme groups. There's a prolific number of these college-centric meme groups, and members of one tend to join a handful in order to maximize the meme coverage. And all press being good press, the recent kerfuffle with the obscene memes doesn't hurt either.
We have reached out to the group admin for comment and will update if we hear back.


Ergo buying Tula carriers, Boba & Beco tie the knot!
Ergo baby carriers is buying rival Baby Tula carriers for $73.8 million, according to a joint statement issued by the companies today.
It will be interesting to see how the merger affects Tula's following, which as one blogger called it, the "The Incredible & Disturbing Mommy Cult of Tula." Yes, there is an apparently black market for resale Tula's that go for as much as $4000. For a baby carrier.
The Ergo/Tula merger comes in the heels of another acquisition in the baby carrier market when Boba bought Beco last month. (Beco is most famous for their Gemini carrier). Both companies are headquartered in Boulder, CO. That merger hit a sour note when Beco announced it was discontinuing the the popular Beco Soleil carrier shortly after merger, to the disappointment of some baby wearing fans.
Ergo is owned by Compass Diversified Holdings, a venture capital firm that owns several consumer brands including Sterno and CamelBak.


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ARSENAL striker's Olivier Giroud rumoured move to Borussia Dortmund looks to be at risk, according to the Daily Mail.
It was thought Giroud would make a good replacement for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but talks about the 28-year-old's switch to the Emirates also appears to be in doubt – with the German club reportedly demanding £56million for the player and reports of frustrations over the slow progress of the deal.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror reports Giroud is also on the radar of Chelsea. It comes as Antonio Conte is on the lookout for a new striker to team up with Alvaro Morata. Edin Dzeko had been thought to be the number one target but Giroud is now being touted as a possibility if the deal for the 31-year-old Bosnian falls through.
Aymeric Laporte could be on his way to the Premier League as soon as this weekend, the Mirror says. Athletic Bilbao's defender looks set to complete a deal with Manchester City for £57million, the paper says. More than a year ago, Laporte backed away from a move to the Etihad, but has now appeared to indicate he is happy to leave Spain. It means City are unlikely to continue any interest in West Brom's Jonny Evans, believing Laporte to be a better long-term investment, the paper says.
West Ham could be set to lose striker Diafra Sakho after the 28-year-old signalled he wants to join French club Rennes, The Sun reports. Sakho appears to have been unhappy with the Hammers after only appearing in the squad four times last season and with not much promise of making the starting XI this year. A sale to Rennes might be more likely, however, after boss David Moyes appeared reluctant to lose the player to another Premier League club, the paper says.
Elsewhere, West Ham could be looking to overcome their injury woes with a bid for Daniel Sturridge, according to The Sun. The Hammers are hoping to bag the Liverpool striker on loan in a late move as David Moyes struggles to be without Marko Arnautovic, Andy Carroll and Diafro Sakho, who are all out due to fitness problems.


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North Carolina crew constructs fast-food restaurants in fewer than 100 days | Bobcat Blog
There is an important clock that starts ticking with a heightened sense of urgency for Tom Westmoreland. It's not his alarm, but a fast-approaching deadline. In fewer than 100 days, an existing fast-food restaurant must be torn down and a new building constructed and open for business.
Tom Westmoreland, president of J. Westmoreland, poses with his father, company founder Jim Westmoreland.
But the president of J. Westmoreland doesn't even break a sweat at this tight schedule. He grew up putting in long hours and getting his hands dirty helping his father, Jim Westmoreland, on his 80-acre farm in Kernersville, North Carolina. In addition to farming, he worked part-time at his father's septic tank installation company, which was started in 1967. While Tom was in college, he took over his father's booming business, hired a handful of employees and bought multiple Bobcat skid-steer loaders to complete residential septic installation and commercial grading projects.
"The company was doing quite well until the Great Recession hit (2008) and the housing market slowed," Tom says. "I was concerned about our future."
Just when he was contemplating his next move, a chance encounter poised the company for success: He met Larry Vickery, senior vice president of Venture Construction Company – a general contracting company specializing in restaurant and retail construction.
"Vickery had asked me to complete work on his house," Tom says. "At the time, he was on the board of the Kernersville Methodist Church, and they had a building project that required demolishing houses. They passed down my contact information to one of the project managers who showed me how to do commercial work."
An operator uses T740 compact track loader to scoop up broken asphalt.
Once Tom and his crew got the hang of commercial building projects, primarily fast-food restaurants, new projects started flooding in.
"Only a few years ago our company worked for one or two contractors, but now we have worked our way to eight," he says. "Our relationship with Venture Construction has led to a profitable partnership over the years, allowing us to grow our business."
One decade later, the companies have completed more than 300 projects together, including constructing more than 100 McDonald's restaurants as well as multiple Bojangles, Burger King, Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell and Wendy's restaurants.
Building a competitive advantage with Bobcat equipment
J. Westmoreland completes approximately 90% of the reconstruction of McDonald's restaurants located in a 100-mile radius of Kernersville. To keep the revenue needle moving, the company's assignment on each job is to tear down the existing structure, re-grade the entire property, dig footings, improve drainage systems and enlarge the property.
The company has such a large volume of work – enough to put eight to 10 crews out on a variety of jobsites each day – that the need for efficient equipment was critical. Tom selected machines he grew up using and knew best: Bobcat equipment.
"We purchased our first Bobcat skid-steer loader in 1974 from Piedmont Bobcat sales specialist Dennis Tuttle and haven't looked back since," he says. "Our first loader pushed through the toughest of jobsites over the years and gave us a competitive advantage over larger equipment, helping us win more bids. Our transition to a commercial-only business was easy because we had invested wisely in Bobcat equipment early on."
An E50 compact excavator is used to dig footings for a new fast food restaurant.
The Westmorelands have continued to add Bobcat machines to their fleet to finish projects in a timely manner. Today, the company has approximately 34 pieces of equipment, including its most recent purchase of two T740 compact track loaders. In addition, the company is also leasing two E50 compact excavators – the first time the company has leased equipment.
"We have always prided ourselves in buying equipment, but leasing the two excavators just made sense for our business," Tom says. "Leasing was new to us but has allowed us to try out the newest machines, while building up our business."
Efficient equipment, fast results
With the help of Bobcat machines, Tom and his 33 employees have been able to exceed project deadlines on a variety of McDonald's restaurant reconstruction projects. After the existing building has been demoed by larger crawler excavators, Tom then deploys compact track loaders equipped with hydraulic breakers to break up smaller pieces of concrete.
A T740 compact track loader is used to move large chunks of concrete.
Afterward, multiple Bobcat skid-steer loaders are paired with buckets and pallet forks to pick up and place demolition debris in haul trucks which then move the material off-site to J. Westmoreland's land clearing and inert debris landfill. At the landfill, the company screens excess dirt as well as crushes concrete, asphalt and untreated wood, before selling it to neighboring towns.
"I've always thought Bobcat equipment was top-of-the-line," Tom says. "This has proven true over the years. Overall, we have produced a higher profit using compact loaders than some of our larger machines. The loaders we own are very versatile and efficient when working in conjunction with other workers and equipment on-site. We can load haul trucks twice as fast using our compact loaders than larger wheel loaders on the jobsite. There is a reason I own so many Bobcat loaders – they produce results on the job and in the pocketbook."
After the debris is removed from the jobsite, two T740 compact track loaders get to work backfilling the basement and grading the property.
"The T740s have helped us work long hours on the jobsite," Tom says. "The loaders can easily lift loads of excess dirt higher into our haul trucks, which comes in handy before we start backfilling the jobsite. Plus, Selectable Joystick Controls were a necessity on both machines to help reduce operator fatigue since our operators are working day, night and weekend shifts at times."
An E50 compact excavator is used to scoop up large chunks of concrete.
Once the company backfills the area, an E50 compact excavator configured with the extendable-arm option starts digging the footings. Venture Construction typically gives J. Westmoreland only two days to dig and install the footings at a specific project.
"My crew would not be able to finish portions of the project in such an efficient manner without the Bobcat machines," Tom says. "The excavators can get up to 30 inches of reach at full extension without the need to reposition, which is a huge time and cost savings. There is no wasted motion, allowing us to move forward to the next phase of construction."
Fast-food construction allows little room for error or project delays, Tom says, so J. Westmoreland counts on reliable equipment to make sure restaurants open for business on time and start generating income as soon as possible.
"It's important to our clients that we have the right fleet on the jobsite to get the work done quickly," he says. "Their consumers want to return to their favorite fast-food restaurant, and we can do that in a quick and efficient manner. We bring a different kind of fast to the jobsite."
Looking to add a T740 to your fleet? Learn how adding a compact track loader can give you more working days.
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Easter is almost here! Hip-hip-hooray – and whew! Here are some ideas to help you be in the moment and enjoy the worship service.
Holy Week – just seven days long and with so many diverse worship images needed! Here is a successful strategy to help you create a stunning and meaningful week of worship.