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Business Coach Bernie Allen Launches Free Webinar Series To Help Business Leaders Find Their Inner Confidence
Successful businesswoman and mentor, Bernie Allen, has launched a new series of free webinars to help businesses move forward following the most challenging period enterprise has ever experienced.
There can be few business people who have not been affected in some way by recent circumstances, but now is the time to push forward with new business plans in a new business world.
But what if your confidence has taken a knock? Or, even more importantly, what if you've never felt confident in your own particular niche?
With over 30 years experience coaching and mentoring business people, Bernie wants to help others to find their inner confidence and to enable them to stand out in their own niche.
The Lurgan businesswoman said: "Many people during the pandemic and, of course, prior to have found their confidence shaken at some point in their life. I spent many a year there myself.
"I want to use my experience both personally and professionally to help business leaders navigate these uncharted waters, especially those who have been adversely affected by the challenges they've faced as a result of Covid-19.
"I have been lucky this last year because my life's experiences have given me the resources to face these challenges head-on. I'm very aware, however, that there are many people whose confidence will have been shaken to the core and who may be struggling to rebuild it."
Bernie's series of four webinars beginning on Tuesday May 4 and running through to May 25 explore everything from How To Create Your Inner Confidence To Help You Overcome The Pain Of Fear, Mastering The Art Of Self Confidence To Find Out What's Holding You Back, How To Overcome The Fears That Are Causing You To Procrastinate and Discover The Secret To Unveiling Your Full Potential To Help You #GrowLikeAPro.
"I have always been aware of – and worked with – business people who have always lacked self-confidence and who have been forced to operate from behind a 'mask'" said Bernie, adding: "Through this webinar series I want to show everyone how to overcome the fears that are stopping them from achieving everything they want to in business – all whilst discovering the secret to unveiling their full potential."
Bernie's webinars come on the back of a resurgence in popularity of her 2019 self help book How To Succeed in Business and Life..What's Holding Your Back, published by Excalibur Press.
The book is Bernie's personal journey from suffering a collapse in her business and personal devastation to achieve success speaking and mentoring business leaders worldwide.
"I wrote How To Succeed to help readers identify where they have been and why they have been there, or where they are now and how they got there and also to help them get to where they want to go" said Bernie.
"In my experience, all those who succeed are the people who are prepared to do what they need to do to get what they want to get, don't make excuses, always prepared to learn more of the how-to and are genuinely interested in helping others achieve and get out of the money versus happiness trap. And that's what the book talks about."
To book Bernie Allen's webinars go to Eventbrite or for more information log onto bernieallen.com
PAC Group Celebrates Winning Coveted Queen's Award for Innovation
Minister for the Economy Diane Dodds and Business Development Director of PAC Group Darren Leslie outside Stormont. PAC are celebrating winning a Queen's Award for Enterprise for Innovation and becoming accredited as a Platinum Level Innovator with InnovateNI. Photo by Francine Montgomery / Excalibur Press For more information contact Tina Calder at Excalibur Press 07305354209 tina@excaliburpress.co.uk
Engineering company, PAC Group, have been named as a winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation – the UK's highest accolade in recognising success in business.
The company, based in Belfast, received the award in recognition of the outstanding innovation and commercial success of their carbon composite Hot Drape Former technology and machines, which are used to manufacture components for the aerospace, automotive, and marine sectors.
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for UK businesses and other organisations that excel in any of three categories; International Trade, Innovation, and Sustainable Development.
A total of just five companies from Northern Ireland have been awarded Queen's Awards in 2021, with PAC Group being the only NI winner of the Innovation category, and the first Northern Ireland Innovation category winner for three years.
Established in 2018, the electrical and mechanical engineering company have had a remarkable growth journey, doubling their turnover and employee numbers since 2019. In 2020, the company invested almost £500,000 in a new premises in Dargan Crescent, Belfast, and now employ 40 people.
Darren Leslie, Business Development Director at PAC Group, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to receive a Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation. It is a fantastic endorsement for our company to be recognised as world-class, and it is welcome recognition of our team's capabilities and hard work. It also recognises how innovative our carbon composite preforming technology is, which brings significant benefits to industries seeking to lightweight their structures to tackle climate change and in response to the Green Agenda."
The award follows PAC Group's recent prestigious Platinum Level Innovator status from Innovate NI, the highest accolade available in the Department for the Economy Innovation Accreditation Programme, which is delivered by Invest Northern Ireland, local councils, and further education colleges.
Holding 42 patents on the hardware and software, the company's preformer machines have been purchased by companies such as Spirit AeroSystems, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Sheffield, and McLaren Automotive.
Congratulating PAC Group on its achievement, Economy Minister, Diane Dodds, said: "Northern Ireland has long been home to excellence in both advanced manufacturing and research & development. As we emerge from the global pandemic, innovation will be vital to our economic recovery and it is businesses like PAC Group who are leading the charge and using innovation to drive growth in their businesses."
"Winning a Queen's Award for Innovation and achieving Platinum Level Innovator status are major achievements and should be celebrated. To achieve the Platinum Level Innovator Status, the highest achievable innovator status from Innovate NI, is an exceptional achievement. I would like to congratulate the team at PAC Group for its hard-work, commitment and drive, which have helped it to achieve commercial success and created real value in the global aerospace and automotive industries."
In 2019, PAC Group was awarded a contract by Spirit AeroSystems to design and manufacture a 20mx6m quartz infrared preformer for its new Aerospace Innovation Centre in Prestwick, Scotland, which is scheduled to open later this year. It is believed to be the largest preformer in the world, and represents a significant investment on behalf of Spirit to secure a step change in composite fabrication, automation, and assembly technologies of current and future aircraft.
PAC Group previously designed and manufactured an 18mx4m vacuum preformer for Spirit's Wing Manufacturing and Assembly facility in Belfast. The preformer is used by Spirit on its advanced composite wing programme, which received the 2019 MacRobert Award for UK engineering innovation.
The company has become an exemplar of innovation in its industry sector and a pioneer of carbon composite technology.
Elwyn Agnew, Engineering Director at PAC Group said: "In addition to the Queen's Award for Innovation, achieving Platinum Level status from Innovate NI, is a true testament to the innovative capabilities of our team and our preforming technology. We seek to collaborate with customers to help them find cost-effective solutions to their problems. Our team specialise in thinking differently. We are constantly innovating and coming up with new ideas, applications, and solutions to help our customers reduce process cycle time, streamline processes, improve output quality, and improve their bottom line."
"In 2020, we became Industry Partners to the UK Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub, and we are currently undertaking R&D to make our preformer technology more cost-effective and accessible for a wider range of applications and sectors. Winning a Queen's Award for Innovation, as well as being recognised as a Platinum Level Innovator for our technology, are just fantastic achievements for the PAC team."
Dr Vicky Kell, Invest NI's Director of Innovation, Research & Development, added: "It is important to recognise the positive impact innovative companies have on the Northern Ireland economy. I am on the panel for the Queen's Awards and it was great to see such high calibre of Northern Ireland applications. I would like to congratulate PAC Group on not only its Queen's Award but also on obtaining Platinum Level Innovator status, the highest achievable innovator status from Innovate NI.
"PAC Group is an ambitious company with a proven track record in following the principles of successful innovation from ideation through to commercialisation. It has used our support for R&D, marketing, and skills to achieve continued success with leaders in the aviation, marine, and automotive sectors, staying ahead of its competitors. I hope that other ambitious Northern Ireland companies will be inspired to follow in the footsteps of PAC Group, and Invest NI looks forward to supporting the company's innovation journey for many years to come."
For more information on PAC Group's specialist division, visit PAC Composites, or contact their team today on 02893 364600 or info@pacgroup.co.uk.
Lisa Ballard – 'Wander Lands' Solo Exhibition, Gallery 545
15 April – 8 May 2021
VIEW THE SHOW
Francesca Biondi, Art Director and Curator at Gallery 545 : I am delighted to host 'Wander Lands' solo exhibition both online and at Gallery 545 in Belfast. The gallery will finally reopen its doors from 30 April. I would very much like to welcome visitors to see Lisa Ballard's wonderful atmospheric paintings inspired by her travels. The works look stunning on the walls, and invite viewers to dream to be on a journey to far away or fantastic places.
Online at gallery545.com – always open
Open at Gallery 545 at Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY – on
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10.30am-5.30pm from 30 April
(30 April, 1, 6, 7, 8 May, no booking required)
Virtual Tour Live on Instagram @gallery545online – Saturday 24 April, 2-2.30pm
Meet the artist at Gallery 545 – Saturday 1 May, 2-4pm
'Wander Lands' features award-winning artist Lisa Ballard. It presents her recent body of work, a series of atmospheric paintings inspired by landscapes she encountered in Ireland and around the world and her emotional response to them.
Ballard depicted enthralling distant or closer views of beautiful natural scenes. Leaning towards abstraction, but holding on to figurative elements, the paintings are a journey taking the viewer to towering mountains, majestic glaciers, rocky deserts, trees on hills and along sea coasts. While recollecting memories of countries she visited, the artist was drawn to the temporal in the landscape, and she captured in her works her experience – visual and emotional, of being in that moment and place. Ballard used the landscape to explore her fascination with colour and light. She intuitively played with brighter and more subdued hues, and applied washes, oil and spray paint to recreate the colours observed under the light of a particular time of the day or season. She also evoked the feelings arisen in her by the landscapes and their atmospheres – a sense of peace and calmness or animated liveliness.
The paintings were created through and reflect this artistic process – a series of diverse evocative semi-figurative natural scenes, all with a unique colour palette and light, suggesting joyful or serene moods, but also expressing the pleasure of the act of painting.
This solo exhibition is curated by Francesca Biondi, Art Director at Gallery 545 in collaboration with Lisa Ballard.
Artworks can be viewed and purchased online, at virtual private viewings or in person at Gallery 545. For enquiries, contact Francesca hello@gallery545.com / +44 7960 130414.
More online – a video tour and an interview with the artists are on the exhibition page.
Visiting the exhibition in person at Gallery 545 from 30th April when restrictions are eased. We would be delighted to welcome you at Gallery 545! There will be measures in place because of Covid-19 to keep visitors safe. The number of people allowed at the same time in the exhibition space is limited to 6. When visiting the exhibition, please wear a face mask /covering, adhere to social distancing guidelines, and leave your contact details for tracing purposes. Any updates about Covid-19 measures will be published on the exhibition page on our website. Unfortunately, there is no disabled access to this venue. https://gallery545.com/blogs/exhibitions/lisa-ballard-solo-exhibition.
About Lisa Ballard
Lisa Ballard lives and works in Belfast. She is an Associate Member of the Royal Ulster Academy, has exhibited extensively in Ireland and further afield and has won awards for her artistic achievements. Her paintings have been purchased for numerous private and public collections including those of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Ireland's State Collection.
About Gallery 545
Gallery 545 is an online and pop-up gallery specialising in contemporary art of Northern Ireland and offering a special selection of affordable art works and fine art prints created by talented artists based here. The gallery celebrates the creativity of emerging and more established artists across the region and supports their practice providing a curated platform where they can showcase and sell their works. Having an online presence, but also pop-up exhibitions, the gallery brings art to a wide range of people with different tastes and budgets who love contemporary art, and makes it easier for them to access, discover and collect art works.
Find more information about Lisa Ballard and Gallery 545 at https://gallery545.com/.
Chris de Burgh, Waterfront Hall Belfast
Tickets on sale this Friday at 9am
In the 45th year since the release of his album "Spanish Train and Other Stories", we are proud to announce that Chris will be embarking on an epic tour with his band to promote his brand new album "The Legend of Robin Hood."
The tour, taking place in early 2022, will compromise of an entire performance of the new album plus many of his greatest hits.
Tickets on sale this Friday at 9am:
www.waterfront.co.uk
www.ticketmaster.ie
www.cdeb.com
www.facebook.com/cdebofficial
Full Irish tour:
Killarney, INEC: 15 February
Cork, Opera House: 16 February
Galway, Leisureland: 18 February
Belfast, Waterfront Hall: Sunday 20 February 2022
Dublin, Olympia Theatre: 22 February
Sign up now for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council's Green Dog Walkers Scheme
Dog owners can now sign up for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council's Green Dog Walkers Scheme as part of its campaign against dog fouling.
The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Alderman Mark Fielding has helped to launch the Green Dog Walker Scheme alongside the Mayoress Mrs Phyllis Fielding, Councillor Margaret Anne McKillop and Ben Callan, Enforcement Officer (with dog Mayze)
The national initiative aims to tackle the ongoing anti-social problem by encouraging and supporting responsible dog ownership.
The scheme is free to sign up to and all participants will receive a Green Dog Walkers pack which includes branded dog leads, collars and poo bags.
It also encouraged dog owners to act as ambassadors by sharing spare poo bags with people who might need one for their pet when out and about.
Welcoming the scheme, the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Alderman Mark Feilding said: "I am pleased to launch this new initiative as part of Council's commitment to addressing the problem of dog fouling which exists across the Borough.
"Through its practical assistance and awareness-raising I hope we can start to see improvements. We are calling on our local dog owners to work in partnership with us to protect both our environment and our communities from this hazardous and anti-social behaviour.
"I would like to thank all our responsible dog owners who already play their part by cleaning up after their dog and I would encourage people to pledge their support to the Green Dog Walker Scheme by signing up now."
If you would like to become a Green Dog Walker please email your name and address to greendogwalker@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk.
All those who sign up will receive a Green Dog Walker collar and lead for each licenced dog they own along with a keyring torch and approximately 50 branded poo bags. You can find out more information on our website at https://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/live/health-and-built-environment/licensing/green-dog-walkers-scheme
Heartburn & Hiccups: Why These Symptoms Could Be Something More Serious Than A Casual Annoyance
In recent years the incidence of diseases like oesophageal or gastric cancer are on the increase. Thanks to the stresses and strains of modern life – in some cases unhealthy diets, an overabundance of processed foods and excessive levels of alcohol can contribute to the development of cancer, however, in many cases no obvious causes are ever determined.
As with most cancers, if they're diagnosed at an early stage, they're more likely to be treatable and – in many cases – curable.
The problem is, however, that these two types of cancer tend to be more gradual than others since their symptoms often resemble those of less serious and often simply annoying medical conditions such as heartburn, indigestion, difficulty swallowing and even plain hiccupping. For some people symptoms don't begin to appear until the cancer is more advanced.
Heartburn/indigestion
We're all familiar with the Gaviscon adverts, aren't we? The firemen putting out the fire with their hoses and everything returning to normal? Anyone watching those adverts thinks, 'Yes, I get heartburn. That will do nicely thanks….' A couple of spoons of an anti-heartburn medication and you're good to go….
Think that way?
Certainly heartburn and indigestion are now common occurrences – and increasingly so – thanks to acidic foods, fatty meals, fizzy drinks and excess alcohol, but, unfortunately, heartburn and other 'annoying' medical issues can be a sign that there's much more wrong than first meets the eye.
First, let's look at the science…
Although it's called 'heartburn', heartburn doesn't actually have anything to do with the heart. In fact, it's not even located over the heart, but behind the breastbone. In most cases it's caused by acid reflux, which involves the acid in the stomach travelling back up the oesophagus (your gullet), causing a burning sensation in the oesophagus.
Put simply, at the point where your oesophagus meets your stomach, there is a muscle valve called the oesophageal sphincter, which ensures that your food passes in one direction from your gullet to your stomach. As soon as you eat something, this sphincter opens up to let food pass into your stomach. For the rest of the time, however, it should remain closed so that the contents of your stomach don't come back up again.
If this sphincter – or valve if you like – isn't working properly, then the contents of your stomach are regurgitated or brought back up into your oesophagus, causing acid reflux and heartburn. Over a period of time the acid can cause inflammation in your gullet, leading to pain.
Unfortunately, this pain can range from the benign to the much more serious. When heartburn becomes almost permanent and is accompanied by other related symptoms, it is then referred to as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).
At this stage it may also be accompanied by symptoms such as:
Regurgitation of food
Pain with swallowing
Frequent heartburn
Unexpected weight loss
Coughing during a meal
While in some people the acid reflux may not even cause burning, but may simply cause a dull pain in the centre of the chest, in others the pain in the chest can become so acute that it can be mistaken for a heart attack.
Difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)
And then there's the difficulty in swallowing….
In many people this feels as if they're swallowing over a lump in their throat. The condition is actually called globus or dysphagia and, while it can be accompanied by pain, in most people it is painless. Again, this symptom is often attributed to the extreme form of acid reflux – gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) – but it can also be caused by oesophageal motor disorders, inflammatory issues such as tonsillitis and chronic sinusitis.
Some people with dysphagia will experience problems swallowing certain foods or liquids, while others will be unable to swallow at all.
Other signs of dysphagia, which may accompany the swallowing difficulties include:
Coughing or choking when eating or drinking
Persistent drooling of saliva
Being unable to chew food properly
Bringing food back up
Experiencing the sensation that food is 'stuck' in the throat or chest
While dysphagia can be caused by another health condition, such as a condition that affects the nervous system, such as a stroke or head injury, and can also be linked to – and caused by GORD – there is also the chance that it is being caused by a mouth cancer or oesophageal cancer.
You may be surprised by this one, but hiccups may occur when an oesophageal tumour invades the phrenic nerve or diaphragm. When these structures are irritated, they cause repeated contractions of the diaphragm, hence the hiccups!
While hiccupping is a normal occurrence, is familiar to most people and usually terminates on its own, it should be investigated if it lasts longer than a month or so, when it is much less common. In the central nervous system, the upper spinal cord, brain stem and hypothalamus can all be involved in the production of hiccups and all signs can be transmitted to the diaphragm. Gastrointestinal causes of hiccups therefore include GORD, oesophageal cancer and hiatus hernia.
If hiccupping lasts longer than two days and is linked to other issues, such as heartburn or trouble swallowing (see below) then, you should consult your GP for further examination.
When the symptoms are more serious
So, how do you tell the difference between everyday, benign conditions such as heartburn, indigestion, hiccups and dysphagia, and more serious illnesses, such as oesophageal or gastric cancer?
Well, the first thing that you can do is take a good look at your symptoms before seeking medical advice.
When it comes to indigestion and heartburn, you'll probably experience the following:
Heartburn, particularly after eating
Feeling full and bloated
Belching and passing wind
Bringing up food or experiencing bitter-tasting fluids in your mouth
If, however, you experience sensations such as stomach ache, or back pain, then you need to have these investigated, since these are not symptoms of indigestion or heartburn. You may simply be constipated, but the symptoms definitely need to be looked into.
If you are suffering the symptoms of dysphagia, or if your hiccupping lasts longer than 48 hours and is accompanied by either of the previous conditions, you should always seek medical opinion. Early investigation can help to rule out more serious conditions, but your GP can assess you and refer you on for further tests, if required.
The OG Cancer NI Catch It Early campaign, funded by the National Lottery and OG Cancer, strives not only to increase the awareness of the signs of oesophageal-gastric cancers in the public but also throughout the medical and caring professions.
For further information follow #OGCancerNI, call 07568 157450 or make an appointment to see your local GP today.
All the ingredients for a perfect staycation!
Discover Northern Ireland serves up great self-catering options
It's a land of stunning coastlines and dramatic countryside and the people are some of the friendliest you will meet. But you won't need an epic trek to enjoy epic fun in 2021, with Northern Ireland on the doorstep.
Northern Ireland has amazing places to stay, from world-class luxurious five-star hotels to welcoming guesthouses, warm and cosy B&Bs and quirky one-off unmissable venues which have the potential to make your staycation a memorable one.
But if self-catering is what you're after, then there are hundreds of places to choose from. In Northern Ireland, you can find adventures of all sorts, and self-catering can be the simplest and best-value way of giving you the freedom to come and go as you please.
Discover Northern Ireland has compiled a list of excellent self-catering options which have all the ingredients for the perfect staycation. Keep an eye out for the "We're Good to Go" mark, Northern Ireland's industry standard for tourism and hospitality businesses that are committed to operating safely so you can enjoy a visit with total confidence.
5* Willoughby Place, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Willoughby Place is a 5* self-catering townhouse in the heart of Enniskillen. Built in the 1800s, the Grade II listed property has been the subject of extensive renovation to provide luxurious modern accommodation, whilst preserving its original Georgian layout and stunning period features. The house boasts three bedrooms comfortably sleeping up to six people in a mix of super king and double rooms. Features include a large reception room with an open fire and a modern well-equipped kitchen, which leads out through French doors into a charming south-facing courtyard complete with BBQ facilities. Furthermore, rather uniquely for a townhouse, the property has facilities to host a boat, and there is a public jetty at the nearby Round 'O', which is less than 200m away. www.willoughbyplace.co.uk
5* Largy Coastal Apartments, Carnlough, County Antrim
This is luxury self-catering accommodation with magnificent sea views located in the second of the nine Glens of Antrim. The three apartments are set in one and a half acres of gardens and woodland with a log cabin, a picnic area and a BBQ for outdoor dining. There is also a hot tub on the patio next to the log cabin for when you would like some relaxation. The large spacious bedrooms are all ensuite, a modern kitchen is fully stocked with essentials while a welcome pack is provided for all guests. Offering garden or sea views, Largy Coastal Apartments has a terrace, along with a private beach area and a short walk into Carnlough town. www.largycoastalapartments.com
4* Ballygally Holiday Apartments, Ballygally, County Antrim
Set in five acres of a designated area of natural beauty opposite Ballygally beach, this is a family-run business which prides itself on high standards and a "home from home" environment. All apartments come with WiFi, a washer/dryer and widescreen TV, just some of the creature comforts on offer here – not to forget the safe play area for children on site. The business has won a host of tourism awards and all the essentials are provided. From here you can stride out on foot for a walk in the Antrim Glens themselves or take to four wheels and embark on the Causeway Coastal Route. www.ballygallyapartments.com
4* The Captains Cottage, Cushendall, Ballymena, County Antrim
The Captains Self Catering Cottage is a quaint but traditional-style cottage situated in a quiet location in Cushendall. This holiday home features a garden, BBQ facilities and free private parking as well as a fully equipped kitchen and large living area. This unique cottage features two bedrooms – one double (ensuite) and one twin that converts to a king size. Only a few minutes' walk to the beach and village, this stay is perfect for a short family trip. https://discovernorthernireland.com/accommodation/the-captains-cottage-p725171
4* Fools Haven, Carrickfergus, County Antrim
This gem of a thatched cottage, with a historic blue plaque is over 250 years old with a strong Titanic connection. Fools Haven is where two local children, orphaned by the Titanic tragedy, were brought up. They had been sent to live there with their Aunt, when their father sailed on board the Titanic as an engineer on that fateful maiden voyage to New York in April 1912. Sleeping five with a fully modern kitchen while the outside space has a wooden BBQ hut, and a children's playhouse, both set in a private garden. Guests receive a complimentary hospitality basket on arrival, celebrating locally sourced, quality award-winning foods. www.fools-haven.com
4* Finn Valley Cottages, Strabane, County Tyrone
The Finn Valley luxury holiday homes in the rural location of Tyrone are surrounded by natural beauty looking out onto the Donegal hills. There are four great options to choose from, all include a wood burning stove, a free pool table and games room. A stone's throw away from River Mourne and River Finn where there is fantastic salmon and trout fishing, Finn Valley is also a great halfway point between Derry~Londonderry & Omagh. www.finnvalleycottages.co.uk
4* & 5* Spice Cottages, Dungannon, County Tyrone
Four beautifully furnished and equipped cottages which have been recently converted from a former 150-year-old stone barn on a 40-acre site. They offer comfortable family sized accommodation in modern surroundings sleeping six to eight people. The kitchen/dining area is exceptionally well appointed and equipped while there is an outdoor BBQ area, new games room with table tennis facilities and various options for families and children including a stair gate, highchair, cot, kids outdoor play area and welcome pack. www.spicecottages.com
5* Scott's Barn, Magherafelt, County Londonderry
Scott's Barn is a luxurious country retreat situated at the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains, in the heart of Mid-Ulster. The 400-year-old Barn was restored in 2009 in keeping with its traditional style whilst incorporating all modern conveniences, including under floor heating, plasma digital TV, power shower and dual powered cooker. Sleeping five, the Barn has a luxurious open plan living, kitchen and dining area as well as its own private entrance, courtyard, and gardens where visitors can relax and enjoy. Nearby facilities include hill walking, fishing, cycling and golfing. All guests will receive a welcome pack on arrival and there is a courtyard with free parking. www.scottsbarn.co.uk
4* Custom House, Newry, County Down
Opened in 2020, the Custom House building in Newry is just one hour from Belfast. With an unrivalled rooftop city centre location, luxury styling and superior amenities, the two bed apartments sleep four and includes kitchen, laundry room, smart TV & broadband, free parking, private balcony and room servicing and CCTV. There is plenty to explore within walking distance, such as shops, restaurants, shopping centres and much more. https://discovernorthernireland.com/accommodation/custom-house-apartments-p748481
5* The Bakers Cottages, Seaforde, County Down
Once a former bakery and fully refurbished in 2019, many of the original site features have been sympathetically restored, including the Bakers Hole well. Three beautifully furnished bedrooms sleeping six, the cottage offers views of the Mourne Mountains and the rolling fields with easy access to Belfast. The cottage is newly refurbished with WiFi throughout, wood burning stove, smart TVs with complimentary Netflix in all rooms, free standing bath in bathroom and fully equipped kitchen.
There is a private hot tub house that seats six people with a fridge, wood burning stove and bath robes/slippers provided. Sliding glass doors open out to a patio with outside seating and large lawn. A fully equipped play park will keep the kids entertained while you enjoy a BBQ looking out over the spectacular views or toast marshmallows over the fire pit. www.thebakerscottages.co.uk
4* Clonlum Cottages, County Armagh
Clonlum Cottages are located at the foot of Slieve Gullion, on the doorstep of Ireland's Mountain of Mystery. In these three newly refurbished cottages, guests can cosy up in front of a wood-burning stove to unwind after a day breath-taking mountain views and hikes. Snug, modern, luxuriously furnished abodes that sleep up to four people per cottage, at Clonlum guests can enjoy the BBQ and firepit area as well as privacy in its secluded setting away from main roads. This family-friendly staycation spot in south Armagh is surrounded by beauty and attractions such as Killeavy Castle, Camlough Lake and Carlingford village. www.clonlumholidaycottages.com
Northern Ireland's Giant Welcome will be here for you to discover when the time is right to travel. For more information visit www.discovernorthernireland.com
For the latest government guidelines on COVID restrictions, visit www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/coronavirus-covid-19
IR35: Have You Considered Whether The New Regulations Apply To Your Business?
If you employ contractors then you will almost certainly have heard of IR35, or as it used to be known, off-payroll working rules.
IR35 is designed to shape the legislation which determines whether or not a contractor who operates through a limited company or personal service company will be designated an employee of your organisation for tax purposes.
Michelle Tyson director of Tyson Wilson Recruitment and Tyson Wilson Temps said it's important for all businesses to consider whether or not the new rules which came into effect on 6th April apply to them.
She added: "From the 6th of April the way the government approaches IR35 changed and so it is essential that contractors and employers both seek to understand how IR35 and the changes may impact upon their relationship."
So what is changing?
Michelle said: "Previously, when it came to private sector companies, the burden has been on the contractor or employee to determine the status of their own employment arrangement for each individual contract.
"This means that before the change in IR35 rules, it was up to an individual contractor to declare their contract as falling within IR35 and therefore pay the appropriate tax and national insurance contributions associated.
"However, the change in the rules means that from 6th April 2021, it is up to the employer to establish whether or not the person is indeed an employee of the company. If it is discovered that the contractor is actually an employee of the organisation, and subsequently is not declaring their true rate of pay, and so as a result aren't paying the correct tax and national insurance, then the employer organisation could be liable for extremely large fines."
Michelle added that if it is found that other than the fact that the contractor is invoicing through a limited company or personal service company, they would be a permanent employee, the employer organisation would then be liable to cover all of the costs associated with employing someone such as tax or pension contributions.
What do you need to do next?
Michelle explained: "If you believe that how you interact with your contractors may or should change as a result of IR35, it's important to engage with a number of next steps.
"Firstly, it is important to determine if you are a small, medium or large organisation by HMRC's standards, this is because the new IR35 rules will not actually apply to small businesses."
Michelle says that once businesses establish that they're a medium or large business, there are a number of things they should consider doing next:
Identify and review your current relationships with contractors and consultants.
Ensure that the terms under which you engage with contractors and consultants are clear and that they fairly and accurately reflect the relationship between you both.
If you believe that any or all of them may be indeed employees rather than contractors for IR35 purposes, you should consider changing their employment status to reflect this. You may want to explore the possibility or zero-hour contracts or casual working agreements.
"Understanding and addressing IR35 compliance within your organisation is both important and necessary if you are someone who regularly engages with contractors or personal service companies" said Michelle.
"This will ensure that you are tax compliant, will avoid any hefty fines as a result of non-compliance with IR35 and you won't need to take on the commitment of adding someone to your payroll permanently and full-time."
If you want more information which can help you better understand the key components of IR35, its impact on how you do business and of course how the changes in particular might impact you can download the Tyson Wilson free guide IR35 New Rules: Here's What You Need To Know here >> https://tysonwilsonrecruitment.co.uk/free-guide-ir35
Alternatively contact Michelle Tyson at Tyson Wilson Recruitment on 07860636486 or info@tysonwilsonrecruitment.co.uk
Father the Father
Digital World Premiere: 8 April Available on-demand until 17 April 8pm to 8.45pm.
"The living have a way of haunting the dead" – Gilly Campbell It is 1973 and Daughter is born to an unwed single mother from Downpatrick but who was her father? 45 years later she begins the journey to find out and discovers that the Derry man is not at all what she expected.
'Father The Father' was born out of Gilly Campbell's need for catharsis in documenting her thoughts, feelings and questions surrounding the search and discovery of her father after 45 years of not knowing who he was, never mind meeting him. At once sad and hopeful, this is just one story from the dark ages of secrecy that surrounded "illegitimate" children in Ireland. Giving a voice to those who are its legacy, this is a deeply personal tale of one woman's relationship to her father and the questions she has always wanted to ask him.
Not an ode, but rather a woman taking ownership of the past, her identity and ultimately, her father. Abigail McGibbon (Sadie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Everything Between Us (Irish Times Best Supporting Actress)) stars in this one-woman play brought to you by the award-winning Prime Cut Productions (Removed, Red, Scorch) and the MAC. Watch the digital world premiere online at 8pm on Thursday 8 April and on-demand until 11:59pm on Saturday 17 April.
Filmed live in the Upstairs Theatre at the MAC. How to book for and watch the Digital World Premiere, 8pm 8th April Click the BOOK NOW button and select Thursday 8 April as your date Select the price you wish to pay for your ticket using our 'pay what you can' model Follow the basket process through login and payment.
Remember to enter your mobile number if you wish to receive a reminder text link for the show Following booking, you will receive a confirmation email You'll receive your link to watch the Digital World Premiere via email within 24hrs of show start time Click the link a few minutes before 8pm on Thursday 8 April, where the show will count down and premiere from 8pm – sit back, relax and enjoy from the comfort of your own home You will receive a separate link on Friday 9 April to watch the show on-demand until Saturday 17 April
Stuck In A Covid Rut? Here Are 7 Things Business Owners Can Do To Shift The Energy
A year from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and we can all be forgiven for allowing ourselves to fall into a little bit of what I call a 'Covid rut'.
According to Northern Ireland business coach Bernie Allen missing friends and family, not seeing our clients in person and not doing many of the things we once loved "can make it difficult to maximise downtime which in return can impact how we feel about our businesses each and every day".
Here are 7 things Bernie says business owners can do to shift the energy:
1. Limit Social Media
"You don't need to cut yourself totally off from Social Media, however if you can be disciplined enough to stay off it for just one hour per day for a week, at the end of the week you will have created seven extra hours to spend doing something much more productive" said Bernie, adding: "If you can incrementally increase this each week for the next three weeks to 1.5 hours, two hours and two hours again, by the end of week four you will have saved a total of 45.5 hours. What will you spend them doing?"
2. Practice Gratitude
Bernie explained: "One sure fire way to inject a little positivity into your day is to start practicing gratitude. Prioritise this as something you can't go without each day by writing down ten things you are thankful for before you leave your bedroom in the morning.
"This will allow you to begin your day feeling great and will make sure that life doesn't get in the way and you don't forget about your gratitude."
3. Control Your News Intake
"We have all become news obsessed during the past year, consuming more news and views than ever before. However, in order to escape the 'Covid rut', I recommend that for four weeks you commit to watching the news just once daily" said Bernie.
"Don't worry, if there is something you really need to know I am sure one of your friends or family will let you know."
4. Listen To Music
Bernie is advising people to listening to happy music for just twenty minutes per day, she says it can have a significant impact on how you feel.
"Don't just take my word for it, according to science, listening to happy music releases positive chemicals into your brain" said Bernie, adding: "Namely Dopamine, which is linked to both rewards and motivation, Oxytocin, which is linked to the pleasure hormone, Serotonin, which boosts your happiness and wellbeing and Endorphins which are a natural painkiller."
5. Move More
Moving more not only helps your body, but it stimulates your brain. It is a key element to problem solving and decision making, and by adding a walk or a run into your day, you can empower yourself to work things out and perform better in your business.
6. Curtail Your Sugar Habit
Bernie said: "There is a reason that sugar is known as 'legal Cocaine'. It is just as addictive as the drug only it is more of a silent killer. Many people associate the main downfall of a high sugar intake to be weight gain.
"However, it is also responsible for causing high cholesterol, diabetes and it even has links to depression. In fact, too much sugar can zap your energy and cause a dip in performance in your business."
7. Boost Your Energy
"Finally, I wanted to talk about boosting your energy. If you want to escape the 'Covid rut' once and for all, the three best things you can do to boost your energy are to eat a balanced diet, focus on nutrition and exercise often" said Bernie.
If you would like to find out more about what you can do as a business leader or owner to keep on top of your game and not let challenges or situations change your direction contact Bernie Allen at bernieallen.com or by emailing Berniespowerhouseacademy@gmail.com
Bernie Allen's book How To Succeed In Business & Life is out now published by Excalibur Press and available from excaliburpress.co.uk or bernieallen.com

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Apple on Monday removed the long-anticipated Group FaceTime feature from the first public version of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave betas, which were released earlier in the day.
Group FaceTime of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave were designed mainly to allow a maximum of 32 people to chat in group sessions at the same time, a feature that had been available in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave since the first betas became available in June.
"Group FaceTime has been removed from the initial release of iOS 12 and will ship in a future software update later this fall," Apple said in its latest developer release posted by Apple developer Guilherme Rambo on Twitter.
Apple announced the new feature of iOS 12 during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held in San Jose, northern California, two months ago, when more than 1,000 engineers and developers attended the high-tech giant's grand gathering.
It's not clear why Apple has decided to push the feature back to a later date.


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WATCH: Lonzo Ball pulls out unreal inside-out pass vs. Raptors
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October 22, 2019 11:51 pm ET
Lonzo Ball struggled to shoot the ball once again in his debut for the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, but he was still able to make an impact offensively in spite of that because of his elite court vision.
Not only did Ball dish out five assists while turning the ball over just once, but he had the NBA's assist of the night on Tuesday. In the second quarter against the Toronto Raptors, Ball made a crafty inside-out pass of the dribble that Jrue Holiday was able to finish with some tough defense at the rim.
"He's one of the most exciting passers in the game today"@ZO2_ ➡ @Jrue_Holiday11! #WontBowDown @NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/UbYZ2IZZRg
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) October 23, 2019
Ball was also a threat from behind the 3-point line, making two of his three attempts from behind the arc. He finish the game with eight points on 2-7 shooting from the field.
While Ball figures out how to be more of a scoring threat, he'll continue to get minutes because of hsis playmaking ability and defense.
Here's the best of rest of from Ball's Pelicans debut, courtesy of FreeDawkins.
Pelicans vs. Raptors Recap: The Good, the Bad and the Ball
WATCH: Lonzo Ball airballs James Harden one-legged step back


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Stenbittjärnen är ett naturreservat i Åsele kommun i Västerbottens län.

Området är naturskyddat sedan 2009 och är 91 hektar stort. Reservatet omfattar Bjönbergets norrsluttning ner till och omfattande Stenbittjärnen med omgivande våtmark. Reservatet består av barrskog med inslag av grova lövträd.

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Naturreservat i Åsele kommun
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La Coupe du monde de cyclisme sur route féminine 2008 est la  de la Coupe du monde de cyclisme sur route féminine. C'est l'Allemande Judith Arndt qui a remporté le classement final.

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December 8, 2008 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined –2.69% in November (-18.44% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined -7.48% (-38.97% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined -5.32% (-33.44% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index declined -10.77% (-42.09% YTD). Bonds advanced, as the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index increased +3.30% (+1.50% YTD).
The Hennessee Long/Short Equity Index declined –3.00% in November (-17.65% YTD). Managers continue to position portfolios very defensively with significantly reduced exposures; however, managers still suffered losses as equity markets declined substantially and as funds faced heavy volatility. Several managers report that equity valuations have reached attractive levels, and they have started to leg into long positions with a long-term time horizon. However, they realize that stocks may continue to get cheaper. Many are selling for tax purposes, but are planning on putting money to work in the future.
The Hennessee Arbitrage/Event Driven Index declined –3.25% in November (-23.23% YTD). The Hennessee Distressed Index declined –1.81% in November (-21.64% YTD), as the spread on the Merrill Lynch High Yield Index widened sharply from 1617 bps to 1988 bps during the month, hitting a new all-time high of 1992 bps mid month. Many managers have started to shift from their defensive view of credit as they are seeing attractive opportunities. The Hennessee Merger Arbitrage Index increased +0.36% in November (-2.47 % YTD), but is one of the best performing strategies this year. Despite the failed Rio Tinto takeover attempt by BHP, managers outperformed on a relative basis, largely due to the completion of the widely-held InBev-Anheuser Busch merger. The Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index declined –4.50% (-24.63% YTD). While the sell-off in converts slowed in November, funds suffered losses due to a widening of credit spreads, despite elevated volatility and declining interest rates.
The Hennessee Global/Macro Index declined –2.11% in November (-20.41% YTD). International equities continued to decline in November with the MSCI EAFE Index declining -5.70% (-48.16% YTD). The Hennessee International Index declined –1.90% (-21.53% YTD) as managers maintained significant cash balances and benefited from a late month rally. Managers state that while it appears that the developed markets, including the U.S., Europe and Japan, appear to be heading into a recession, emerging markets are compelling as they are likely to account for the majority of world economic growth in 2009 and are trading at, or near, historically low levels. The Hennessee Macro Index advanced +1.23% for the month (+1.21% YTD). Managers profited from continued momentum trades in currencies, in 'global recession trade' where they are long duration bonds while short equities and credit, and from betting that short term interest rates would decline.


According to critics, Act Two, Scene Four of The first Part of Henry the Sixth is pure Shakespeare, with no credit afforded to Holinshed or his Chronicles (and more on those in a later post). It's a talky scene, as befits a discourse between young aristocratic lawyers. The scene is set in a "rose briar" (II.iv.1 s.d.), and here members of the two quarreling factions meet. Not the Gloucester/Winchester factions; those factions seem to be more concerned with who shall have control over young King Henry. No, these factions' quarrel is over who should be king in the first place.
In this scene, we meet Richard Plantagenet. Also in the briar are Warwick, Somerset (a Beaufort), Suffolk, Vernon, and a Lawyer. But it is Richard Plantagenet that is of most importance here. Back in (or rather next year in) Henry V, three conspirators are found out and sentenced to death. One of them was Richard, Earl of Cambridge; this Richard's father was Edmund, Duke of York, who was brother to John of Gaunt, the grandfather to Henry V. Richard, Earl of Cambridge, had all of his titles and estates stripped from him. Richard Plantagenet is the son of that Richard, Earl of Cambridge, and Anne Mortimer, the daughter of Roger Mortimer, who had been the presumptive heir to Richard II, whom–remember–Henry V's father Henry IV overthrew.
Richard Plantagenet and the Duke of Somerset are having a debate of some kind, and they want Warwick to judge the merits of the case. Of course, neither begins by giving any support to their claim; it really feels like a high school popularity contest. Plantagenet plucks a white rose, and calls upon his followers to do the same; Somerset plucks a red rose, and calls upon his followers to do the same. Warwick sides with Plantagenet, Suffolk with Somerset, then both Vernon and the Lawyer with Plantagenet. A full 80 lines pass before we begin to see what the argument is really about: the line to the throne of England.
If Scene Four plants a seed, Scene Five adds water for growth. We meet Edmund Mortimer, aged and imprisoned in London Tower. Mortimer… remember that name? We mentioned that Richard Earl of Cambridge married Anne Mortimer, the daughter of the presumptive heir to Richard II. Well, Edmund was Anne's brother, a legitimate claimant to the throne. As I noted, he's imprisoned, and he's old. And he's sick, as he spends much of the beginning of the scene describing his state; he seems to be a man on his last legs, and he expects to see his nephew, Plantagenet. While he waits (both for Plantagenet's arrival and his own death), he states, "I would his troubles likewise were expired (like his own death) // That so he might recover what was lost" (II.v.31-32). He wishes Plantagenet's troubles would end, and for him to have his titles and estates reinstated.
In whom the tide rested, were suppressed.
So, the story in brief: Henry and his line derive from John of Gaunt, the fourth-born son of Edward III. Mortimer's line comes from Lionel, the third-born son of Edward III. For the Mortimers (and Plantagenet), the math is simple, third is better than fourth. But there's a hitch, one that Mortimer mentions, but doesn't/can't discuss in full: he's descended from Lionel through his father's MOTHER. And since this is pre-Elizabethan England, this is an issue: only those males who descend through male royals need apply. The Mortimers are out of luck. And since Mortimer then proclaims, "(Plantagenet) art (Mortimer's) heir" (II.v.96), Plantagenet is out of luck, too.
He's going to get his titles and estates back, or he's going to force the issue (use this political slight as the launching point for his own political advantage).
Consider the seed planted in Scene Four watered in Scene Five.


The FTC today announced that it will host a one-day public forum on June 4, 2012, to address threats to mobile devices. The forum will involve a discussion of malware, viruses, and similar threats facing users of smartphones and other mobile technologies. The purpose of the forum will be to inform the FTC about the current mobile security environment and the challenges it faces. Interested parties can submit proposals for topics and panelists by March 28, 2013. Interested parties also can submit written comments in advance of the forum.


So i'm going to do something different and not blog about politics or crime etc.
I think I am just going to vent and let the words flow from my brain.
n all the sleep I can get. Lately I have been so drowsy. It is like I can't get enough sleep...yet I sleep too much. Does that make sense?
So I suffer from Insomnia and I feel like a zombie. :( it is sort of weird. I am more tired during the day, like I can barely keep my eyes open. But at night.... I am an owl. I can't fall asleep to save my life. I take over the counter prescription sleep medicine. But before i took prescribed AMBIEN.
AMBIEN IS A HELL OF A DRUG..... THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BLOG.
bien that my doctor STRONGLY SUGGESTED I USE. I have never heard of ambien before and I decided to try it. That pill altered my memory mood everything. Sometimes I would not fall asleep right away and the side effects of ambien would take control.
Anywho...the over the counter meds almost have no effect on me anymore. My body has become desensitized to the drug and I can take 4 or 5 unisoms and it will do nothing for me. Sometimes if I'm lucky it will kick in right in the morning when everyone is up and ready to go..and I'm not.
Other than that, Life is dandy. I can't complain. It could be worse.
I can't wait for the new GRAND THEFT AUTO V to come out! I'm so ready to shoot prostitutes and blow down helicopters. Also... Call of Duty Black Ops is my new obsession.


What a great Night Vision event by Praise Him Ministries! Thanks again for having me in Olathe, Colorado joining your team as the official photographer. I had so much fun worshipping the Lord with the awesome line-up such as Mercy Me, Crowder, The Katinas, Hawk Nelson, and many more. Looking forward for the next event!
It's been couple of years since I saw The Katinas for the very first time at Harvest Crusade in 2008. When they start singing "Everlasting God", that minute I knew I finally found what I've been looking for. I fell in love with their music….
Since I saw them 3 years ago at Harvest Crusade 2009, I can't stop listening to their songs every single day. They live in Nashville – TN now so whenever they are in town (Greater Los Angeles area) to lead worship at local churches, I definitely in the front row ready to worship the Lord with them.


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Three Blind Mice: Johnson, Trump and Netanyahu
Three hippie-like and unconventional leaders of the world: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; American President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson are occupying the centre stage of world politics. While Netanyahu, staring electoral defeat, is too dazed to leave Jerusalem for the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, his two allies made it to the UNGA only to receive not too palatable news of possible impeachment. Johnson, particularly, is floating in the air with his coup against the British Parliament reversed by the Supreme Court and running out of tricks and theatricals. Netanyahu, a consummate warmonger and unscrupulous politician, had partly ridden to prominence on the back of his brother, Yonatan who was killed on July 4, 1976, while commanding the Israeli Entebbe Raid to free hostages. He rose higher, espousing extremist views with disregard for the lives of Palestinians and non-Jewish Israelis. Promoting wars, including recent clashes with the Lebanese Hezbollah forces, he had strived hard to work up the Israeli voters and feed them on a diet of fear. When such antics seem to be wearing out, he dramatically moved the Israeli capital to Jerusalem claiming Palestinian lands in the process. He upped the ante by announcing the annexation of Syria's Golan Heights. When even these did not seem to fetch him more supporters, he announced that if re-elected he would seize – the better word is steal – more Palestinian lands and give them to Jews. Despite these desperate and warmongering measures and endorsement by Trump, Netanyahu's Likud Party in official results released Tuesday night managed to win only 32 of 120 Knesset (parliament) seats, including a controversial one retrieved from the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party, which now has seven seats. Despite this, Netanyahu is one seat behind his main rival, Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan. Gantz was Israeli Defence Forces Chief of General Staff for four years from 2011. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday invited Netanyahu to form the next government given the fact that he has recommendations from 55 parliamentarians against Gantz's 54. Currently, he has the backing of nine lawmakers from the Sha, and seven each from the United Torah Judaism and Yamina lawmakers. On the other hand, Gantz has endorsement from 10 Joint List lawmakers, six Labor-Gesher and five Democratic Union lawmakers. Africans say a man with a burning coal in his hand will not tarry for any discussion; Nethanyahu has live coals on his palm, he has no time to entertain the UNGA with his dramatic speeches some of which proved to be false claims. Twice he had mounted the UN stage to make claims of Iran ticking bomb which turned out to be false. At his last UNGA on September 27, 2018, he stood before the world with photographs allegedly revealing: "Iran's secret atomic warehouse" which would have been in breach of the 2015 nuclear deal with the West. Even his ally, the Trump Presidency, had to own up that Netanyahu was telling a lie as the warehouse photograph he showed was merely a place record and archives from Iran's nuclear programme were kept. American intelligence said the warehouse was "full of file cabinets and paper, not aluminium tubes for centrifuges". Subsequent enquiries revealed the area is used for washing carpets! Also read: Just in: Netanyahu wins majority of votes to head new Israeli gov't The choices Israel faces are, going for the third round of elections in one year, a return of Netanyahu's Right-Wing Government, the rise of a Centre-Right government led by Gantz or a mixture of parties. Whatever the case, even Netanyahu must know he has lost his shine. Boris Johnson was at the UNGA when news came that the Supreme Court had reversed his coup suspending the parliament and that the parliamentarians had decided to resume seating this Wednesday. He returned home to face angry parliamentarians whom he challenged to move a vote of no confidence against him. He is audacious in his ways and mannerisms. He is a Prime Minister who boldly declared in parliament that he would disobey the law requiring a negotiated exit from the European Union, EU. It also required him to seek more time for BREXIT beyond the October 31 date he had set. In September he expelled 21 Tory parliamentarians who disagreed with him on BREXIT and two ministers joined the rebels. Johnson lost the attempt to call general elections before his planned October exit from the EU. With his options greatly narrowed, he is like a cornered rat. I composed a song for my favourite politician: "Great Boris Johnson leads the Tories. Expelling party faithful. The Tories are in tatters. Great Boris Johnson proclaims in parliament. I am Prime Minister, in vain you make BREXIT laws. I will not obey your laws! Great Boris Johnson came to Parliament. He prorogued parliament. Turning Britain into a democracy without parliament." In his scheme to suspend parliament, Johnson had dragged in Queen Elizabeth II. This reminds me of an old British rhyme: "Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? I've been up to London to visit the Queen. Pussycat, pussycat, What did you do there? I frightened a little mouse Under her chair." Was Boris Johnson that little mouse that was frightened and must be chased out? I am not sure Margaret Thatcher in all her glory would have been so magisterial dealing with parliament and the British people. President Trump at the UN made his usual declarations and accusations against various countries like Iran. He was not upbeat as usual; he seemed worried. Then came the announcement by American House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, this same Tuesday that the House of Representatives will launch a formal inquiry into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached for soliciting the aid of a foreign country, Ukraine, to smear former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. She said: "The President must be held accountable. No one is above the law." The Trump administration had withheld $400 million military aid from Ukrainian. Then in July, Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy requesting him to help investigate Biden and his son, Hunter who runs a business in that country and Zelenskiy obliged. On September 11, Trump released the withheld funds. Even if the funds were not tied with his request, it would still be an impeachable offence. At UNGA, he clowned with Zelenskiy. Netanyahu, Johnson and Trump remind me of another old British rhyme, a 1609 tale about three mischievous and adventurous mice whom a farmer's wife chased, blinding them. It runs: "Three blind mice. Three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run. They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?" Vanguard
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I was reading my Pearson Cambell's 8th edition Biology book and the chapter was on carbon molecules, specifically Isomers. Isomers are molecules that have the same makeup of atoms, but are arranged differently. The example given was of L-dopa and R-dopa; 2 isomers used in treating Parkinson's disease.
And then I thought of my ex father-in-law who suffered from that horrid disease since the early 2000's.
He was a brilliant mechanical engineer, whose body was slowly and horridly taken from him. It broke my heart to see him trembling and barely able to speak when I last saw him in the summer of 2008. My ex-mother-in-law was as exhausted from the burden as was he, often yelling and snapping at him. It was an uncomfortable 3 days and I was glad to leave and hug him and say "I love you" in person and "goodbye" in my heart. It was just before I filed for divorce a month later.
Each year I would google him for any news. Crickets for 6 years until today.
He had died in April, just months after the death of my beloved stepdad, "Papi".
The obituary named my ex and my ex in-laws daughter and her toddler son, so it was quite easy to Internet-search and get some answers. I mean none of them harm or ill-will, I just had felt forgotten for many years. As if 20 years had meant nothing.
I visited an online memory book and wrote some kind words as "anonymous".
And I remembered the heart-felt talks he and I had about our health challenges. That there were times we felt so low and in despair. And early on, after he was diagnosed, he read all the "kids" (my ex, the sister and me) his will. "I consider you a daughter." Yet division of anything would go mostly to his "real" kids. I didn't care about any money or property. I have stood on my own two feet and created my own life and now have someone fabulous with which to share it. It was the stab in the heart of being told I was a "daughter" yet really not. I began to feel less and less a part of that family since that day.
In seeing the obituary, it opened wounds but as I write this I realised that neither spouse was listed as a son or daughter.


I'm a big fan of optical glass... I really love how it refracts and processes light and how the reflections, both internal and external, of a smoothly-polished piece of optical glass can amplify the visual effect of a work of art. It's no wonder, then, that I have so many works in my collection that incorporate optical glass. I especially like David Huchthausen's optical glass works... he has mastered the skills of cutting, fracturing, and polishing optical glass and then adding colored antique glass to it to produce stunning works of art.
David created about six works in the Polar Sequence series before moving on to other series, and mine is the last of them. If I could fill my house with David's work, I'd do it in a second... so I'm really glad to have been able to add this work to my collection.


We received the most recent update on this organ's state and condition April 16, 2019.
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Metaphor IT has strategic support partnerships with a number of high profile organisations, providing specialist support services to compliment the skills and resources within clients existing support teams. Our team become an extension of our clients support teams, providing additional resources or skills that may not exist within the organisation's own team.
Our Subject Mater Experts excel in assisting and advising our customers to resolve issues throughout their environments. When a software or hardware vendor is required to get involved, whether it's a private fix or for further root cause analysis, our multiple vendor accreditations enable us to escalate incidents quickly and easily, whilst being the single point of contact for our clients.
When we on board a customer we want to ensure that throughout the life cycle of the service, the environment is up to date, running at optimum performance and making use of all of the latest features available. As a result, we provide proactive services such as annual health checks and strategy workshops to ensure we not only support our customers but also maintain and enhance their platforms adding value to their end users.
As a key first step for any of our support or managed service customers we will baseline the environment by carrying out a full health check. This is especially essential if its an environment that we have not built and are required to support. The health check will enable us to gain a solid understanding of the underlying technology and how it is configured. The health check will also enable us to baseline the current state of the environment and make any relevant recommendations for improvement.
Our health check services are also very useful for customers who manage the environment themselves in house. Every 6-12 months our consultants will come on site and carry out a full environment audit and health check. Resulting documentation will give you a set of recommendations in order to ensure your environment continues to remain operational and in a supportable state.
We can provide our customers with regular documented snapshots into their environments. Our bespoke reporting services and accompanying documentation offers great insight and ensure that system performance and stability can be maintained effectively. Error reporting, capacity planning, performance metrics and licensing compliance are just some of the ways in which Metaphor IT focuses on when producing reports for our customer environments.
Our reporting and statistics services are completely tailorable to our customer requirements. Where possible we will endeavour to make use of our customers existing monitoring and reporting services in order to reduce cost and negate the requirement for additional software and support overhead. However if required, Metaphor IT have a portfolio of monitoring and trend analysis tools available.
Do you have a mission critical application? Do you find that it is not until Monday morning you hear about issues that have manifested over the weekend? Here at Metaphor IT we can provide, daily, weekly or monthly checks in order to test your applications and critical services. Should any issues be uncovered, these are immediately escalated with the intention of a resolution being found before users start logging in for the day.
Keeping your environment up to date and patched against threats, bugs and performance related issues is an essential aspect of keeping systems secure and operational.
Our patch management services are bespoke depending on your requirements and the platform you wish to be managed. We can provide a notification only service whereby we keep you up to date with the latest patch and hotfix releases. Right through to a full service with remote testing facilities and quarterly deployment and rollout services.
It is far too common that environments are not upgraded or enhanced until the next IT refresh or transformation project. Along with the obvious performance and stability benefits of continuing to work with current systems, there is also the concern of products becoming end of life and as a result, vendor support is removed leaving customers exposed should an incident occur. Aside from the risks, are the increasing enhancements that are usually a result of feature and service packs. Implementing these continue to improve the end user experience and management of the platform.
Keeping your platforms up to date and compliant can also greatly reduce the effort and cost required in order to jump to major releases or new versions.
Our roadmap and strategy sessions along with supporting documentation are specifically designed to avoid such situations, enabling our customers to enjoy the benefits of working on current systems while avoiding the pitfalls of out of date technology.
Metaphor IT utilise the latest technologies in order to provide remote monitoring capabilities for our customers environments. Our core focus is on service availability and end user experience. Our proactive alerting allows rapid resolution of issues before they escalate impacting your users.
Here at Metaphor IT our definition of monitoring is not just checking whether a server or service is live or the application is launching. For us the key is that the end user had an experience that is acceptable and enables them to be as productive as possible with little or no downtime.
We leverage tools such as Lakeside SysTrack in order to baseline your user experience and ensure that this does not deteriorate over time. The metrics we use to baseline / define the user experience is bespoke per customer and sometimes even as granular as business units.


DNA/RNA sequencing has recently become a primary way researchers generate biological data for further analysis. Assembling algorithms are an integral part of this process. However, some of them require pairwise alignment to be applied to a great deal of reads. Although several efficient alignment tools have been released over the past few years, including those taking advantage of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), none of them directly targets high-throughput sequencing data. As a result, a need arose to create software that could handle such data as effectively as possible. G-DNA (GPU-based DNA aligner) is the first highly parallel solution that has been optimized to process nucleotide reads (DNA/RNA) from modern sequencing machines. Results show that the software reaches up to 89 GCUPS (Giga Cell Updates Per Second) on a single GPU and as a result it is the fastest tool in its class. Moreover, it scales up well on multiple GPUs systems, including MPI-based computational clusters, where its performance is counted in TCUPS (Tera CUPS).
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Q: Finding if the orthonormal basis of P1 with a given inner product
Hi,
So I know for a basis to be orthonormal, the inner product needs to be 0 between components.
So the standard basis <1,t> would not work in this case, as the integral from 1 to zero of t is t^2/2
Can <0,t> be a basis for p1?
Thanks

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Tarsostenus univittatus – gatunek chrząszcza z rodziny przekraskowatych i podrodziny Korynetinae.

Gatunek ten opisany został po raz pierwszy w 1792 roku przez Pietra Rossiego pod nazwą Clerus scutellaris.

Chrząszcz o wąskim, walcowatym w kształcie ciele długości od 4 do 5 mm. Głowa jest duża, szersza od przodu przedplecza, czarna, gęsto owłosiona, rzadko punktowana. Czułki ma długie, smukłe, jasnobrunatne, zwieńczone ciemniejszymi buławkami, zbudowanymi z trzech ostatnich, luźno zestawionych członów. Oczy złożone są nieszczególnie mocno wykrojone na przednich brzegach. Przedplecze jest niemal tak szerokie jak nasada pokryw, połyskujące, grubo i gęsto punktowane, owłosione, tylko u podstawy obrzeżone. Barwa pokryw jest ciemnobrunatna z białą przepaską poprzeczną, położoną niedaleko za środkiem ich długości. Na powierzchni pokryw występuje grube owłosienie oraz rzędy grubych punktów, silnie zaznaczone na przedzie i stopniowo zanikające ku tyłowi. Odnóża są jasnobrązowe do brunatnych. Stopy tylnej pary mają pierwszy człon ukryty pod nasadą drugiego. Ubarwienie odwłoka jest brunatne.

Owad ten jest saproksylicznym drapieżnikiem zasiedlającym drewno różnych drzew liściastych. Wyspecjalizowany jest w polowaniu na chrząszcze z rodzaju miazgowiec (Lyctus), w tym na Lyctus canaliculatus. Swe ofiary ściga w ich żerowiskach i tam też przechodzi rozwój.

Gatunek kosmopolityczny, znany ze wszystkich krain zoogeograficznych, nierzadki na zachodzie i południu Europy. Do Europy Środkowej jest jednak tylko bardzo rzadko zawlekany z drewnem. W Polsce spotkano go zaledwie dwukrotnie – w XIX wieku w Gdańsku i w 1987 roku w Katowicach. W drugim z przypadków był to pojedynczy okaz, najprawdopodobniej przywleczony z Indii.

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Chrząszcze Ameryki Południowej
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Chrząszcze Australii
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Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1792 roku


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Home » Ellerbe: Maidana will have to confront his Floyd Mayweather disrespect
Ellerbe: Maidana will have to confront his Floyd Mayweather disrespect
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Tom Casino
Pound for pound king Mayweather, 37, battles 31-year-old Maidana, having edged out the Argentinian in May via a majority decision. Ellerbe says there is even more needle between the fighters time around.
"Although the first fight was very close between Floyd and Chino, there are no nerves for me, mainly because I don't have to step inside the ring," said Ellerbe.
"Floyd is very prepared for this fight and is extremely motivated in his preparation. He has some added incentive because Chino has been talking a lot of trash, and Floyd finds that disrespectful.
"Chino has said that Floyd isn't the great boxer that everyone thinks he is because he has been in the ring with him already. Come September 13th. Chino has to confront all the things he has been saying about Floyd's head-on.
"I think this fight will start at the 13th round versus going back to the first round. Floyd is very determined to stop Chino. Floyd wants to stop him from making a point that he doesn't want his ability to be second-guessed.
"And Floyd feels in his mind that he absolutely won the first fight, and some of the fans thought that Maidana had won the fight. But Floyd has vowed that he will pick up right where he left off and make the fight as exciting as possible to prove to the fans that the first victory was warranted."
'Chino' Maidana has earned a shot at not only the 147lbs title but the 154lbs belt also for the eagerly-anticipated rematch and will be set to overhaul Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather as the world's best boxer if he can come out on top next week.
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Middleton is a name for several high schools in North America, including:

Middleton High School (Florida) — Tampa, Florida
Middleton High School (Idaho) — Middleton, Idaho
Middleton High School (South Carolina) — Charleston, South Carolina
Middleton High School (Tennessee) — Middleton, Tennessee
Middleton High School (Middleton, Wisconsin) — Middleton, Wisconsin
Middleton Alternative Senior High — Middleton, Wisconsin
Middleton Transition School — Middleton, Idaho

See also
Middletown High School (disambiguation)


Originally due in June 2017 the first shipments arrived this week. Whilst the wait has been long and arduous the end is in-grasp. The box was fairly hefty to open. Inside were 5 glorious boxes of card games as well as some extra pieces and 500 card sleeves. Yes, that's right, five-hundred!
With the massive influx of cards it's arduous to know where to start. Opening up the Heroes of Normandie core box we are presented with a rulebook resplendent with great artwork. The rules are reasonably clear, very concise and well-presented. Delving further into the box reveals the scenarios for the core game are exhibited in an easy-to-follow fashion. Although, they are all on separate sheets of paper, so be careful not to lose any. The various maps for the game are all printed on paper, which is a bit of a shame as with a lot of use the creases are probably going to start to tear. Although, having something like mouse-mat neoprene would be wildly expensive and likely have bumped up the cost. Regardless, I am sure a lot of fans would have brought them anyway.
The only bad part of the unboxing process was that, despite the kickstarter saying there would be enough sleeves for all the cards, I was approximately ten short. This isn't too much of an issue as I have sleeved the majority of it focusing on the ones I intend on using. The selected cards that I will not use much will be left naked in the provided card boxes.
Once you get everything out of the box and have punched all the counters out for a game, it can start to look a bit overwhelming. Honestly, the best place to start is the first scenario from the 'core box'. My first game, as well as trying to learn all the rules and work out the flow of the game, was also introducing a new member to Aftermath Games Club.
The first turn was really a bit of a long process as we were both trying to get to grips with the game. It looked like I was going to absolutely steam roll over my opponent. However, about half way through turn two, everything began to drop into place. The pace of play really picked up when we agreed to restart the game. We both learned that mastering the art of directives was a big key to winning battles. It was this point that we both really started to have some fun with the game. The tactical decisions revved-up from simply picking units to attack to some really well-timed flanking moves followed by boosted attacks and all sort of shenanigans.
If you had asked me at the end of turn one what I thought of the game my response would have summarised as mediocre. Alright, not fantastic, nothing to write home about. However, at the end of the game I perceived the game to be cool, reasonably quick but with a depth I don't think I have really scratched yet. It's for that reason that I can't wait to get the Heroes of Normandie: Tactical Card Game back on the table. Make no mistakes about it, the commonwealth forces will be sallying forth soon.


A top ten investor told The Daily Telegraph that they are now considering voting him in.
The battle between Barclays and Ed Bramson ramped up again on Monday as the corporate raider accused the board of placing "unreasonable demands on management" in his final fight for support.
The two sides are racing to get their arguments heard ahead of the 300-year-old bank's annual shareholder meeting on May 2 when Mr Bramson is hoping to be elected onto the bank's board. Both sides issued scathing letters defending their plans last week.