text:
1_News admin 2022-10-13T16:01:00+00:00
8 September 2022 – Balmoral Castle
'A good news story to end the day with!
We are pleased to share that we have achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
This is the highest level of certification under the Cyber Essentials scheme, and ensures that the security measures we have in place are rigorous enough to protect our IT infrastructure from hacking and phishing attacks.
Thank you to all colleagues involved in helping us achieve this.'
It's Friday, and we wanted to share with you some brilliant news to end the week.
Over the past few weeks, we have been awarded multiple large contracts right across the UK.
These contracts not only demonstrate our wide skill set, but will also mean recruiting for additional roles, expanding our sub-contractor base as well as great news for our key supply chain!
A massive thank you to all involved!
OPENVIEW ACHIEVES IATP MEMBERSHIP
The health and safety of our employees is paramount to us here at OpenView, and one of the biggest risks that our field based employees face in their role is Asbestos Exposure.
We have always adhered to our obligations as an employer and provided our employees with the necessary training under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. Historically, this has been carried out face-to-face by an external training provider, however when surveyed, a large proportion of our employees asked why this course could not be completed online in a similar way to other companies. The downside to this has always been that by purchasing an 'off the shelf' online asbestos awareness course, our field based colleagues wouldn't get the benefit of the course being OpenView specific.
However, we listened to our employees requests and we are delighted to announce that we have developed our own internal OpenView Asbestos Awareness (CAT A) course, which is an online course and has been audited and approved by The IATP (The Independent Asbestos Training Providers). It has the benefit of addressing all of the risks and hazards that come with working near asbestos, but in a way that is specific to how OpenView field-based employees may be affected.
This is a big step forward in our learning and development offering and will allow us to continue to put our employees health and safety first.
NEW FIRE SAFETY BILL
We are delighted to see the introduction of a new Fire Safety Bill which includes proposed changes that reaffirm the government's commitment to rapidly improve the fire safety of buildings…
KEY WORKER STATUS FOR FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
As a BAFE accredited company and a member of the FIA, OpenView understands that there are certain time period requirements when service and maintenance work should be performed for fire safety provisions and systems…
OPENVIEW GROUP EXPANDS COMMERCIAL TEAM WITH NEW SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
OpenView Security Solutions is celebrating the first anniversary of being appointed to a framework which helps public sector organisations ensure that best practice, innovation and tenant and leaseholder engagement are at the heart of fire safety works…
OPENVIEW CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR OF FIRE SAFETY SERVICES FRAMEWORK
OPENVIEW APPOINTED TO FUSION21'S £250M NATIONAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS FRAMEWORK
OpenView Security Solutions has been appointed to Fusion21's national Improvement Works Framework which is worth up to £250m over a four-year period…
TORBAY COUNCIL UPGRADES CCTV NETWORK WITH OPENVIEW
OpenView Security Solutions has completed a major upgrade to Torbay Council's public space surveillance system…
On Friday 15th November, office staff participated in a onesie (or pyjama) day to raise money and show their support for the BBC Children in Need appeal…
SERVICE MANAGER ANNA DENTON CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AT OPENVIEW
Service Manager Anna Denton is celebrating her 10 year anniversary at OpenView…
NICK THOMAS CELEBRATES HIS TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT OPENVIEW
We are delighted to announce that Nick Thomas recently celebrated his 10 year anniversary at OpenView…
OPENVIEW CELEBRATES LONG SERVICE EMPLOYEES
We are delighted to recognise the long and valuable service put in by some of our longstanding employees that joined before transferring across to OpenView in October 2009…
WDH INSTALLS STATE-OF-THE-ART SECURITY SYSTEMS
WDH, one of the UK's largest housing associations which manages more than 31000 homes…
OPENVIEW GROUP EXTENDS COMMITMENT TO TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT WITH NEW APPOINTMENT
The OpenView Group has announced the appointment of Jonathan Pedley as Learning and Development Lead…
OPENVIEW TAKES PART IN THE MACMILLAN WORLD'S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING
OpenView Security Solutions took part in the Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 27th September…
NIGEL WALSH CELEBRATES TEN YEARS AT OPENVIEW
We are delighted to announce that Nigel Walsh recently reached his 10 year anniversary with OpenView…
BRADLEY WEST IS LATEST RECRUIT TO COMPLETE OPENVIEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME
We are pleased to announce that Bradley West is the latest person to complete an apprenticeship with OpenView…
OPENVIEW AWARDED TO SCOTTISH PROCUREMENT ALLIANCE'S NEW FIRE SAFETY FRAMEWORK
OpenView Security Solutions is delighted to have been awarded…
Gary Strong celebrates 10 years at OpenView
We are delighted to announce that Gary Strong recently celebrated his 10 year anniversary with OpenView…
OPENVIEW WINS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS FOR FOUR LONDON BOROUGHS
OpenView has established an enviable reputation for delivering the highest level of support to clients across the public and private sectors…
OPENVIEW INVESTS IN NEW TECHNICAL TRAINING FACILITY
OpenView Security Solutions has opened a new, purpose-built technical Training Academy at its Romford-based head office…
GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP AWARDS KEY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT TO OPENVIEW
The Guinness Partnership, a leading provider of social housing for rent, affordable home ownership, housing for older people and a range of care services, has awarded OpenView a key maintenance and services contract…
OPENVIEW ACHIEVES PLATINUM STATUS IN FLIR RESELLER PARTNER PROGRAMME
OpenView Security Solutions has been awarded Platinum Partner status by FLIR Security Systems UK…
OPENVIEW UPGRADES CCTV SECURITY AT CARDIFF AIRPORT
OpenView Security Solutions has completed a major upgrade to the CCTV security systems used at Cardiff Airport, the national airport for Wales and a key gateway to the UK…
YHN PILOTS REVOLUTIONARY FIRE SAFETY MEASURE FROM OPENVIEW IN NEWCASTLE TOWER BLOCKS
Your Homes Newcastle (YHN), which manages more than 26,000 properties on behalf of Newcastle City Council, is taking an innovative approach to fire safety with a pilot project utilising thermal imaging cameras in tower blocks…
OPENVIEW AND BOLD ANNOUNCE NEW TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
Bold Communications, a leading developer of alarm communications and management systems, has announced a new technology partnership with Openview Security Solutions, the UK'S largest privately owned independent security company…
OPENVIEW DONATES TO LOCAL FOOD BANK
Over the Christmas period employees from OpenView's Hertford branch collected provisions for a local food bank for distribution to local people on low
income. The food was delivered by Molly Sutton, Ryan Kennedy and Georgia Ayres
OPENVIEW ANNOUNCES SENIOR APPOINTMENT
OpenView Security Solutionshas announced the appointment of Richard Stanley as Group Commercial Director …
2018 CHRISTMAS CARD ARTWORK COMPETITION, RESULTS ARE HERE…
OPENVIEW ENHANCES BID MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS
OpenView Security Solutions has expanded its bid management team to meet increasing demand from both the public and private sectors…
GETTING READY FOR CONNECTED CITY SERVICES
OpenView was featured in the latest issue of Government and Public Sector Journal. The editorial discusses how the installation of the latest technology solutions helps drive the move to smart city networks that achieve a longer return on investment and enable the provision of a higher level of services to consumers.
OPENVIEW INSTALLS NEW DIGITAL NOTICEBOARDS FOR STOCKPORT HOMES
Stockport Homes is installing a new breed of digital noticeboards at residential tower block properties managed on behalf of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. These innovative new screens are being installed in communal areas by OpenView Security Solutions and will provide real-time information to improve communications with residents.
OPENVIEW AWARDED CONTRACT TO UPGRADE HOUSING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
OpenView Security Solutions is carrying out a major upgrade to Leicester City Council's housing surveillance system. After winning a competitive tender, OpenView will be relocating the control room to the council's data centre and installing a wide area IP network and new HD IP cameras.
OPENVIEW EXPANDS PASSIVE FIRE SERVICES CAPABILITY
OpenView Security Solutions is expanding its passive fire services capability to meet the increasing demand from both the public and private housing sectors. A key part of this expansion strategy is the appointment of industry veteran Scott Pollock as Regional Fire and Life Safety Development…
SOLIHULL COMMUNITY HOUSING
OpenView has just completed a total upgrade of Solihull Community Housing's CCTV security network comprising over 300 cameras and a resilient ring-based wireless network. We also fitted out their new purpose-built control room which will soon be equipped with the latest Flir video management and recording system, four workstations and a video wall with twenty 50" screens.
CHURCHILL RETIREMENT LIVING
We are pleased to announce that OpenView Security Solutions has been awarded a major maintenance contract by Churchill Retirement Living to support all fire, emergency lighting and warden call systems for the company's retirement developments across the UK.
OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS ACHIEVES GOLD ACCREDITATION IN MILESTONE'S CHANNEL PARTNER PROGRAMME
OpenView Security Solutions has achieved Gold accreditation status in Milestone's Channel Partner Programme. This accreditation recognises OpenView's specific product and application expertise as well demonstrating the company's commitment to delivering the highest level of support to customers across the UK.
OPENVIEW ACHIEVES FIRAS CERTIFICATION FOR FIRE RATED TIMBER DOOR SETS AND PENETRATIONS
OpenView Security Solutions has achieved full FIRAS certification for both Fire Rated Timber Door Sets and Penetrations. The company's in-house manufacturing facility produces a comprehensive range of residential and communal door sets which are used extensively in tower blocks and other shared housing environments. OpenView has also achieved certification for Fire Stopping which further enhances the company's portfolio of fire protection services.
OPENVIEW SHOWCASES SMART LIVING SOLUTIONS AT HOUSING 2018
OpenView Security is showcasing its comprehensive range of smart living solutions on stand D44 at Housing 2018. This will include a preview of a new IP-based concierge system developed with stand partner Appello that will deliver a unique range of capabilities.
OPENVIEW WINS NATIONWIDE CONTRACTS TO MAINTAIN FIRE SAFETY AND WARDEN CALL SYSTEMS FOR FIRSTPORT
OpenView Security Solutions has been awarded two major contracts to provide compliance and maintenance services for FirstPort, the largest residential property management company in the UK. The contracts are to support all fire safety and emergency warden call systems installed at independent living developments nationwide, helping FirstPort to consistently meet the highest safety standards and deliver best value for customers.
LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM INSTALLS VIDEALERT PLATFORM TO ENFORCE BUS LANES AND MOVING TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS
The London Borough of Newham has installed a CCTV-based system from Videalert to provide unattended enforcement of bus lanes and moving traffic contraventions with a special focus on box junctions. The contract was awarded to OpenView Security Solutions, a leading provider of CCTV systems to local authorities, under the ELS framework agreement, which is available to all London boroughs.
OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS GEARS UP MANUFACTURING OF SECURITY AND FIRE DOORS TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND
OpenView Security Solutions (OSS) is expanding its manufacturing facilities as a result of experiencing a significant upturn in orders for its comprehensive range of bespoke fire and security doors. Used extensively in tower blocks and other shared housing environments, the doors are being fitted as part of extensive refurbishment programmes currently being undertaken by housing providers across the UK to deliver a higher level of protection for residents.
OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS GAINS PLACE ON EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS FRAMEWORK
OpenView Security Solutions (OSS), has been awarded a place on the Door Entry and Access Control framework managed by Efficiency East Midlands (EEM) on behalf of the public sector. This prestigious framework will enable councils, ALMOs, housing associations, hospitals and the emergency services to speed up the procurement process and achieve significant savings when undertaking new building works or refurbishments.
MUIR GROUP HOUSING ASSOCIATION PARTNERS WITH OPENVIEW TO PROTECT RESIDENTS
Muir Group Housing Association, which manages more than 5,500 homes across the country, has formed a new partnership with OpenView Security Solutions, a national supplier of electrical and mechanical services, to further enhance the level of services to residents.
OPENVIEW UPGRADES SECURITY SYSTEMS AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Loughborough University has upgraded its CCTV security network to increase the level of protection for the 17,975 students and 3,787 members of staff that study, work, live in or visit the campus. The project has been completed by OpenView Security Solutions (OSS) which was awarded the contract through the ESPO tender portal.
LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE EXTENDS VIDEO ALERT UNATTENDED CCTV ENFORCEMENT PLATFORM
The London Borough of Redbridge, the UK's first local authority to install an unattended CCTV enforcement platform, has extended the system to cover additional locations where compliance was becoming a concern. Originally installed under a contract awarded to OpenView under the ELS framework agreement , the Videalert Digital Video Platform has been extended to enforce parking restrictions and traffic management outside schools where major safety and congestion issues were being caused.
OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS UPGRADES CCTV CONTROL ROOM AND WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STOCKPORT HOMES
Stockport Homes, the organisation responsible for managing housing stock on behalf of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has unveiled a new control room at Cornerstone, its recently opened head office. Designed and built by OpenView Security Solutions (OSS), the new control room will enable the delivery of an efficient concierge and security service to over 2000 properties across Stockport.
OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS INSTALLS CONSOLIDATED CONTROL ROOM FOR LANCASHIRE HUB CCTV CENTRALISATION PROJECT
OpenView Security Solutions (OSS) has successfully completed the design and installation of a new control room in Blackburn, Lancashire. The company was awarded the contract after an open tender process as part of the Lancashire Hub CCTV Centralisation Project to consolidate separate facilities across the county into a single super hub control room which will reduce costs and improve service delivery against collective community safety objectives.


text:
PARIS - CIRCA 2105: The Flame of Liberty in Paris is a full-sized, gold-leaf-covered replica of the new flame at the hand of the Statue of Liberty
By Roddig
hd00:13 PARIS, FRANCE - march 8; Time lapse Memorial for Diana, Princess of Wales after her 1997 death in the tunnel de l'Alma in Paris, France. 8 March 2015
hd00:17Athletic man doing gymnastics elements on bar in city park. Male sportsman performs strength exercises during workout outdoor. Young guy demonstrates static exercise. Training outside. Slow motion
hd00:17Steam train
4k00:15Hull England the old town looking at modern city through boats masts UK England 4K
hd00:11Many pigeons sitting on the monument, which stands in the square on the background of houses
4k00:10Man is Running by Pedestrian Bridge, Backpacker is Running Toward, Skating by Piece of Ice at Park, Steam Comes Off a Man's Mouth, Snowy Weather, Frosty Winter, Man in Red Sporty Jacket and Ushanka,
4k00:05Wood processing plant
hd00:07HAVANA/CUBA– MAY 29 2015: Colorful Architecture of Street
4k00:14A crane shot of the France Reborn statue and the Eiffel Tower at Pont De Bir-Hakeim/Pont De Passy during the early morning hours in Paris, France.
4k00:25Notre Dame De Paris Cathedral with Pigeons Flying France 4K Stock Video Footage
hd00:17Golden fountain in the Place du Concorde
hd00:15Seamless Animation of World Tour Doodle
4k00:13A crane shot of the France Reborn statue and the Eiffel Tower at Pont De Bir-Hakeim/Pont De Passy during the early morning hours in Paris, France. Also available in R3D raw and 1080p
4k00:13PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 25, 2017: Rodin's sculpture THE THINKER, reveal from garden
4k00:05Opera National de Paris in the nighttime. Grand Opera (Garnier Palace) is famous neo-baroque building in Paris, France - UNESCO World Heritage Site. timelapse hyperlapse 4K
4k00:13Notre-Dame de Paris, France (Our Lady of Paris) Cathedral, view from Street Cloitre-Notre-Dame tilt up and left pan.
16th arrondissement
flame of liberty
flamme de la liberté
low angle
pont de l'alma
steady shot

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
King Penguin Facts For Kids | King Penguin Diet & Habitat
Make up your mind for the most wonderful king penguin facts for kids including king penguin havitat, diet, and reproduction. The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species among the family of penguins. These flightless birds stand around 95 cm (3.1 feet) high with the weight averaging 11 – 16 kg (24 – 35 lb).
King penguins primarily feed on squid and lantern fish and are not apt to prey on krill and crustaceans. These species are often observed to dive 100 meters (330 feet) depth with the recorded depth of around 300 meters (980 feet). King penguins are known to breed in subantarctic islands all throughout the Antarctica, temperate islands and South Georgia. The total population of these penguins consists of 2.23 million breeding pairs and is rapidly increasing.
Read More: King Penguin Facts for Kids
King penguin makes neither nest nor piles of stones for laying eggs which other penguins usually do. Instead, they carry egg around their feet which is shielded with a flap of abdominal skin known as brood patch. The eggs are guarded in this way all throughout the incubation period that lasts for 55 days.
Interesting King Penguin Facts For Kids
The king penguins rank as the second largest penguin species after the emperor penguins. These penguins measure around 90 cm (3.0 feet).
The weight of these birds measures at 11 – 16 kg (24 – 35 lb).
They stand tall, upright, and have dignified appearance. King penguins display a streamlined body to minimize drag whilst swimming. They have stiff wings, flat flappers and webbed feet that supports in propelling water forcefully.
There is no significant difference between male and female although latter is fairly smaller.
The king penguin features a silvery-grey back together with the blackish-brown head adorned with ear markings of dark golden. A handful number of species do exhibit an entire black appearance.
The king penguins have a long and slim bill measuring at 12 – 13 cm (4 – 5 inches).
The king penguin's chicks display a dense brown coat that will be borne until around 10 – 12 months. They have black mandibular plates until moult into immature plumage.
The average lifespan of king penguins is around 15 – 20 years.
These penguins are perfectly adapted to the extreme conditions in the subantarctic. They are shielded with four layers of feathering that keep them warm. King penguins display 70 feathers per every square inch. The external feathery layer is oily and waterproof however, the newly-born infants lack this layer which is they cannot fish until maturity. The juveniles won't swim until their brown feathers have fallen off.
Like other penguin species, king penguins are also adept to drink saltwater due to their supraorbital glands which separates out excess salt from their blood stream via capillary above the eyes. The surplus salt is then excreted through the concentrated brine nostrils.
King penguins have few natural predators some of which are Skua, marine birds and other aquatic mammals. Other predators are leopard seal, Snowy Sheathbill, and orcas.
The parent penguins will first regurgitate the food and then feed their chicks.
King penguins for the most part remain at a certain depth before being finally arrives to the surface for hunting. Besides, they are also seen some 30 km (19 miles) apart from the colony.
King penguins, on an average, cover 28 (17 miles) foraging area while swimming at an average speed.
The average swimming speed of these penguins is around 6.5 – 10 km/h (4 – 6 mph). While diving at a depth of 60 meters (200 feet) these species averaging 2 km/h (1.2 mph); however, on deeper dives of more than 150 km/h (490 feet), the average speed is up to 5 km/h (3.1 mph).
Where Do King Penguins Live | King Penguin Facts
King penguins breed in the subantarctic islands (45 and 55o S) along with the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and Northern Antarctica. They are also found in the temperate islands of Antarctica.
The largest concentration of king penguins is seen on the Crozet Island, averaging 455,000 breeding pairs; in Prince Edward Islands 228,000 pairs; in Kerguelen Islands 240,000 – 280,000 pairs, in South Georgia Islands over 100,000 pairs and in Macquarie Islands around 50,000 – 70,000 breeding pairs.
The maximum diving depth king penguin has ever reached is 343 meters in the Falkland Islands. They are also known to remain submerge for about 552 seconds at the Crozet Islands.
The average depth of king penguins is around 100 – 300 meters (350 – 1000 feet) during which they remain submerge for 5 minutes. This is observed during daylight hours while at night they dive no more than 30 meters (98 feet).
What Do King Penguins Eat
King penguins predominantly prey on lantern fish and squid and rarely relies on crustaceans and krill. The bulk of the king penguins diet is composed of fish averaging 80 – 100%. However, during winter, the diet will involve only 30% of fish. Some of the most common prey includes are Krefftichthys anderssoni, Paradiplospinus gracilis, moroteuthis, kondakovia, Sevenstar Flying Squid, Nopehooked Squid, Onychoteuthis, and Gonatus antarcticus.
Read More: King Penguin Facts for Kids Breeding | King Penguin Facts For Kids
Waleed Khalid
http://animalstime.com
A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast, who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife.
New to the Bird Watching Hobby? 5 Bird Spotting Tips for Beginners
What Do Great Horned Owls Eat | Great Horned Owls Diet and Feeding Behavior
Muscovy Duck Facts | Anatomy, Diet, Habitat, Behavior
Scarlet Ibis Facts | Anatomy, Diet, Habitat, Behavior
Roadrunner Bird Facts | Anatomy, Diet, Habitat, Behavior
Elephant Bird Facts | Anatomy and Evolution
What Should Every Student Know about Endangered Animals in 2019?


text:
Joshua Bainbridge – Artistic Director
November 11, 2018 December 10, 2019 by clayton
Joshua Bainbridge is the Artistic Director of The Proscenium Club, an actor, writer, director living in North Bay and a Graduate of Canadore Colleges Theatre Arts Program. He founded the theatre company J2 Productions in 2009, adapting Reservoir Dogs into a stage show and starring as Mr. White. Josh has written and directed…
Morgan Bedard
September 10, 2018 December 9, 2019 by clayton
Morgan Bedard is a professional actor working out of North Bay. Morgan played the Musketeer Porthos in all three chapters of the D'artagnan Romances, Will Donnelly in The Donnellys, Roy in Lone Star, and Justin in You Are Here. He shared the win for Best Ensemble at the Theatre Ontario…
Jennifer Carroll – Producer
September 10, 2018 December 9, 2019 by Joshua Bainbridge
Joshua Bainbridge
Jennifer Carroll is a graduate of the inaugural year of the Canadore College Theatre Arts program in North Bay, Ontario. Upon graduation Jennifer moved to Dublin to live and work abroad as an actor, producer, writer and stage manager. She most enjoyed working with theatre companies focused on developing new,…
Caleb Geden
August 9, 2018 December 9, 2019 by clayton
Caleb Geden is a graduate of the Canadore College Theatre Arts program. His previous roles include Ray in Rep21's production of Lone Star, Jeff in Rep21's production of Rag and Bone, Detective Bradley in The Life and Death of John the Milkman, The Sheriff of Nottingham in J2's production of…
August 31, 2016 December 9, 2019 by clayton
Matt Lishman is a multi faceted artist with his main focus being acting. He has played Malcolm in Macbeth (Theatre North 2017), Cassidy in The Bonds that Hold Us (On The Edge Fringe 2017), Bobby in Tough (On The Edge Fringe 2016), and Philip in Sanctuary (On The Edge Fringe…
Stephanie Kast
Stephanie Kast, originally from Dorchester ON, moved to North Bay to pursue a career in the arts graduating from Canadore College's Theatre arts program. Steph has appeared as Prissy Andrews in Anne of Green Gables, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd: The String of Pearls, and A Bride of Dracula in…
Kelsey Ruhl
Kelsey Ruhl is a Theatre Arts graduate of Canadore College. Ruhl first appeared in the docudrama Harold and Lorna and has since appeared in the feature films The Captive, Christmas with Tucker, Algonquin, Christmas Inheritance, Midnight Masquerade, Valentine Ever After, Crossword Mystery, Christmas at Cartwright's and James Vs. His Future…
Kaitlyn Stewart
Kaitlyn Stewart graduated with a Specialist High Skills Major certificate in drama as well as Canadore College's theatre arts diploma. She has performed in a variety productions including, Breath of the Wolf, People Grieving, The Man in the Iron Mask, starred as Rosalind in As You Like It, Joan in…


KMP Associates is a firm of Chartered Accountants based in Hornchurch, Essex offering accounts, taxation and business advisory and support services to a wide range of businesses and individuals.
Our members of staff have spent a number of years within the profession and we continue to build on our enviable reputation for providing excellent advice and first class service to our business and personal clients alike.
As well as general accountancy and tax skills, we also have individual specialist skills which enable us to provide clients with tailored services that meet their requirements. With our wealth of experience we pride ourselves on delivering an unparalleled service to all clients, in a variety of sectors, both in the local area and nationally.
It is our belief and culture that 'we are here to help' our clients to achieve their goals, aspirations, requirement and needs. Therefore, why not put us to the test and contact us for a free consultation to see if we are able to help you.


Mimosa Hills Farm is a multi-breed and multi-discipline facility located in the foothills of western North Carolina. We offer a wide variety of services including riding and driving lessons, sales and training, summer horse camps, clinics, carriage rides, event hosting, farm tours, birthday parties, and more. Mimosa Hills Farm is home of the Appalachian State University Western Equestrian Team. Our goal is to provide services for any one and every one who has a love for horses. Owner and trainer, Crosby Reed, competes regularly in ADS recognized combined driving, driving derbies, and pleasure driving shows and is a graduate from the University of Kentucky. Trainer, Morgan Baudean, focuses mostly on showing and selling hunters and jumpers and is especially talented with problem horses and young horses. Both trainers have a strong background in western pleasure and performance horses as well. Both head trainers are USEF professionals and strive for the overall betterment of horses and horsemanship. Please contact us if you are interested in training, lessons, driving, buying or selling a horse, birthday parties, summer camps, or any other service.


text:
DoNotUse
Home › Nation
Department Of Corrections Says White Man Who Killed Elijah Al-Amin Was Not Designated Severely Mentally Ill
The Arizona Department of Corrections shuts down the "mentally ill" defense from Michael Paul Adams.
Written By NewsOne Staff
Every Receipt Proving Candace Owens Is A Con Artist Who Is Following The Money
Celebrating The Black History Of Memorial Day
Never Forget: Obama's Tan Suit Media Firestorm Was 7 Years Ago Today
Michael Paul Adams, 27, is the white man who brutally killed Elijah Al-Amin, 17, on July 4. He slit his throat with a pocket knife all because he was "threatened" by his hip hop music. Adams was only out og jai for two days and his attorney is using the excuse that he was mentally ill. The Arizona Department of Corrections has now responded.
See Also: Outrageous! Figurines Of White Cherub Crushing Head Of Black Angel Removed From Dollar Store
According to The Washington Post, Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Andrew Wilder wrote in a statement that Adams was not designated "seriously mentally ill." The alleged killer had several run-ins with police and was released July 2 after being held on charges that including aggravated assault.
Wilder also stated, "Prior to his release, Inmate Adams was provided contact information for services in the community such as continuing care, housing, welfare as well as other community resources. The tragic death is terrible, and Mr. Adams will have to answer for his alleged actions."
On July 7, Adams' attorney Jacie Cotterell told Good Evening Arizona, "This is a disabled person and he's been released into the world and left to fend for himself, two days later — this is where we are."
She claims the department of corrections failed "Elijah with no resources or psychiatric help even though he had a past of severe mental illness."
On Thursday, July 4, Al-Amin got off work from Subway around 11:30 p.m. and visited his girlfriend. While at a a gas station in Peoria, Arizona, he was stabbed by Adams around 1:45 a.m. According to court records, Adams admitted he killed the 17-year-old because he was playing rap music that made him feel "unsafe" and he was being "proactive, not reactive" by killing the chid. He believed rap was a threat to himself and his community. Al-Amin reportedly had no interaction with Adams.
He was about to turn 18 in less than two weeks
Elijah's father told KVOU, "2 o'clock came, 3 o'clock came, 4 o'clock came, I kept calling, calling, calling, texting, texting, texting, and I wasn't getting a response. I just had a feeling that something wasn't right."
He continued, "You took a helluva kid… He was a good kid, very good kid, always willing to help kids, help people in general." Michael Adams was booked on a first-degree murder charge.
Watch his father below:
We hope Elijah Al-Amin gets justice.
Meet Jogger Joe, The Man Who Took Racist Cue From BBQ Becky In Tossing Homeless Man's Clothes
Report: Identity Of White Woman Who Called The Cops On Black People At A BBQ Has Been Revealed
7 Colonizers Who Got Their A**es Handed To Them For Trying To Police Black And Brown Folks
Nelson Mandela's Epic Speeches That Will Give You Hope
Arizona Elijah Al-Amin Oakland


text:
woodblock: Basho
View article for:
Print (Subscriber Feature)
Translate (Subscriber Feature)
Listen (Subscriber Feature)
Related resources for this article
Primary Sources & E-Books
View search results for:
© 1934 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
(1892–1984). Versatile American motion picture and stage actor William Powell played villains in Hollywood silent films and intelligent, well-mannered leading men in the sound era. He was best remembered as Nick Charles in The Thin Man series of films.
William Horatio Powell was born on July 29, 1892, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, New York, in 1912. Powell debuted on Broadway, playing three small roles in The Ne'er-Do-Well (1912), before working in road and stock companies. In 1920 he appeared in the hit Broadway play Spanish Love. That success led to his appearance in the silent film Sherlock Holmes (1922), starring John Barrymore. Powell went on to appear in more than 30 silent films, usually playing a dastardly villain, notably in Romola (1924), Beau Geste (1926), and The Last Command (1928).
Powell had a pleasant speaking voice that allowed for a smooth transition to talkies. His big break came as a detective in The Canary Murder Case (1929), based on a novel by S.S. Van Dine. By 1930 Powell had begun to play suave, sophisticated men in light mysteries and romantic comedies. His leading ladies included Carole Lombard (to whom he was married from 1931 to 1933) and Jean Harlow (to whom he was engaged at the time of her death in 1937). But his most famous pairing was with Myrna Loy, as the witty, wealthy husband-and-wife detective team Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934), based on Dashiell Hammett's novel of the same name. The role earned Powell his first Academy Award nomination. The pair went on to make five more Thin Man movies together. They costarred in a total of 13 films.
© 1947 Warner Brothers, Inc.
By 1936 Powell was among the top 10 male box office attractions, and that year he earned a nomination as best actor for his performance in the title role of My Man Godfrey. He worked less frequently thereafter, however, needing time to recover first from Harlow's unexpected death and then from his own surgery and treatment for cancer. Among the most popular of his later films were Life with Father (1947), for which he was again nominated for an Academy Award, How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and Mister Roberts (1955). Powell retired from acting in 1955 and moved to Palm Springs, California, where he died on March 5, 1984.
It's here: the NEW Britannica Kids website!
We've been busy, working hard to bring you new features and an updated design. We hope you and your family enjoy the NEW Britannica Kids. Take a minute to check out all the enhancements!
The same safe and trusted content for explorers of all ages.
Accessible across all of today's devices: phones, tablets, and desktops.
Improved homework resources designed to support a variety of curriculum subjects and standards.
A new, third level of content, designed specially to meet the advanced needs of the sophisticated scholar.
Want to see it in action?
Already subscribed? Log in here
Choose a language from the menu above to view a computer-translated version of this page. Please note: Text within images is not translated, some features may not work properly after translation, and the translation may not accurately convey the intended meaning. Britannica does not review the converted text.
After translating an article, all tools except font up/font down will be disabled. To re-enable the tools or to convert back to English, click "view original" on the Google Translate toolbar.


text:
[Old and new long stay patients in French psychiatric institutions: results from a national random survey with two-year follow-up]
Chapireau F
Encephale.2005 Jul-Aug ; 31(4 Pt 1):466-76.
Hôpital Erasme, BP 85, 92160 Antony, France. francois.chapireau@eps-erasme.fr
スターを付ける (759view , 0users)
Long stays are often thought to result from outdated methods of treatment, so that modernization should bring them to an end. The purpose of this work is to find out whether old and new long stay patients are to be found in French psychiatric institutions, as they have been in several other countries, and if so, describe some characters of the patients, in order to give a better understanding of the situation. As early as 1972, Wing and Hailey were able to study old and new long stay patients in the Camberwell register. In 1987, Kastrup published the results from the Danish national cohort; among other conclusions, she was able to show that some patients experienced a long stay when admitted for the first time, while others only did so later during the course of their treatment. In 1994, Lelliott and Wing, published the results of a British national audit of new long stay patients; they reiterated that the closing of psychiatric hospitals should go along with the opening of specialised long stay and rehabilitation facilities. Trieman, Leff, and several other researchers members of the Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services (TAPS) published many articles describing the follow-up of patients staying in two large hospitals undergoing closure near London. One of these papers concludes that "difficult to place patients will not disappear with the closure of the psychiatric hospitals..., they continue to arise from the population of patients recently diagnosed". At the end of 1998, a national survey was organised according to the recommendations of the United Nations and of the World Health Organisation by the French National Institute of Statistics and of Economic Studies (INSEE). Its general purpose was to describe disabilities in the French population on a census day. To that end, information was also recorded about schooling, employment, income, lodging, family relations, etc. Persons who were notable to answer by themselves were included; if not, many severe cases would have been excluded. A follow-up survey of the same persons took place 2 years later. Interviews were carried out by trained interviewers of the INSEE. Medical information was recorded from what the patients themselves knew or could say. The survey included a random sample of inpatients in psychiatric institutions. We study here specialised hospitals: this does not include psychiatric wards in general hospitals, nor private hospitals. Compared to what had been planned, the proportion of successful interviews in psychiatric institutions was 75%. The 1180 persons who answered the questionnaire bring information about the estimated 33,600 who were in these psychiatric institutions at the end of 1998. Information about where the persons were by 2000 could be collected about almost all of them. This paper deals with length of stay, sex, age, marital status, age at admission, place of residence before entering hospital and outcome at the end of year 2000 All data relating to age and duration were studied by splitting groups into quartiles. No multivariate analysis was made, since information about diagnosis and disabilities was not included. Among the 33,600 in-patients, six out of ten were men. A quarter were under 32 years of age, half under 43. Two thirds of the patients were bachelors. One patient out of ten had been in hospital for 15 days, and one out of five for 30 days; half had been in hospital for 7 months; the duration of stay was over 1 year for 41%, over 5 years for 23% and over 18 years for 10%. Before being admitted, more than four patients out of ten (44%) lived in an independent home, one out of six (16%) lived with his-her parents more than one out of four (28%) lived in another institution. When they were admitted, one patient out of four was 26 years of age or younger, and one out of two was two was 38 or younger. Men, bachelors, and patients between 43 and 54 years of age had longer lengths of stay than the average. Patients admitted before the age of 26, and in particular those admitted before they were 18, had the longest length of stay. Patients who lived in an independent home were in hospital for a much shorter time than those who lived with parents before being admitted. Patients coming from institutions for the elderly had lengths of stay very much similiar to those patients who lived in an independent home before being admitted. In these cases, hospital was for the most part normal place for treatment. Patients coming from institutions for disabled persons had very long lengths of stay. Among the 33,600 patients, one out of ten was living in an institution for disabled persons before being admitted and had been in hospital more than a year. The follow-up showed that among those who had been in hospital for less 16 days by the end of 1998, 6% were in the same institution two years later. For those who had been there for less 41 days, the proportion was 11%. On the other hand, an those who had been in hospital for more than 4 years by the end of 1998, 7% were in an independent home 2 years later. Before being admitted, 44% of the patients lived in an independent home, but only 34% were in such a setting by the end of year 2000. An important minority (43%) was in the same hospital by the end of 2000. The proportion of patients who were in the same hospital 2 years later was higher at younger ages, among those who lived previously with parents, or who came from institutions for disabled persons, or who were admitted before the age of 26. had been in hospital for over 4 years by the end of 1998 and who were in the same hospital 2 years later were admitted at younger ages (eight out of ten were admitted before the age of 38); a large minority (31%) lived previously in an institution for disabled persons. The global death rate in two years was 7%, with a standardised mortality ratio of 4. Patients who lived in an institution for adult disabled persons before being admitted in hospital had a standardised mortality ratio of 10. These data very much suggest that many patients in French psychiatric institutions suffer from severe problems that prevent them from living in an independent home or even in an institution for disabled persons. A large number of persons seem to have been admitted in hospital at a time when it was not anymore possible for them to go on living in the previous setting: after treatment, they were not able to go back to where they came from. Indeed, a survey organised on a census day will over represent the longer stays and the more severe patients. On the other hand, outpatient treatment is very much organised in French public sectorised services, so that it is mainly those who suffer from severe problems who will go to hospital. The data also show that old long stay patients are slowly being replaced by new ones. The splitting of all groups into quartiles shows that there is no clear cut between short and long stay patients. The usual definition (over a year) is simple and convenient, yet is not a definite boundary between 2 separate groups. The analysis of allthese data can be organisedalong2 lines: one approach describes the patients, a complementary one provides information about services. The first approach will underscore the many social abilities that are necessary in order to live in an independent home. Younger age at outset will often be related with more serious mental illness. Considering that marriage usually happens later in our modern society, social withdrawal associated with mental illness will less often be balanced by the family and by relatives, so that patients may tend to stay longer with their parents. On the other hand, the fact that some patients who have been in hospital for a long or a very long time may nevertheless be found in an independent home two years later shows that long stay patients are not neglected. The second approach, about services, draws on the history of French psychiatric institutions: in the past, specialised wards for children were very poorly staffed and received patients with most severe problems. Some of these patients have now become adults and live in the hospital where they were admitted as children. Another question is about how services should be organised so that patients will be able to stay out of hospital despite their severe problems in daily life. A third question is about institutions for disabled persons, who are supposed to provide shelter for patients with disabilities, yet fail to do so for a number of them, so that these persons are admitted to a psychiatric hospital, then cannot leave it. This first French national random survey in psychiatric institutions, with two-year follow up, shows that old and new long stay patients are found in French psychiatric institutions. The results provide information about the patients; they can also help planners in order to improve appropriate services.
Prophylactic Oophorectomy: Reducing the U.S. Death Rate from Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. A Continuing Debate.
Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of day care for people with severe mental disorders: (1) acute day hospital versus admission; (2) vocational rehabilitation; (3) day hospital versus outpatient care.
Prevention of suicide and attempted suicide in Denmark. Epidemiological studies of suicide and intervention studies in selected risk groups.
[Mortality of psychiatric inpatients in France during World War II: a demographic study]


Abrams Travels to Colombia to Support Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Ven ..
FAO, NHCR join hands on integrated homestead gardening in Balochistan ..
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are working together in district Chagai, Balochistan for introducing homestead gardens to Afghan refugees.
Over 100 Japanese children living in the areas affected by the Fukushima disaster and devastating tsunamis will come to Belarus for recuperation, BelTA learned from the Zubrenok education and recuperation center.
Japan provides 7.7 million USD to support FMD control and the restorat ..
The Government of Japan has announced funding the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to implement 2 projects worth 2.7 million USD and 5.0 million USD respectively to control Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) and restoration of the livelihoods in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Japan provides $7.7 mln to support Foot and Mouth Disease control, res ..
The Government of Japan announced funding for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to implement two projects worth around $2.7 million and $5.0 million respectively for the enhancement of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) control and the second phase of restoration of the livelihoods in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Japan provides 7.7 million USD to support FMD control, restoration of ..


At the Blossom Shops, we are committed to providing our customers with the finest floral products available.
With our 5 locations to serve you better, our certified floral designers enjoy designing the most beautiful bouquets.
Our service is professional, fast and friendly. We guarantee our product with a 100% replacement guarantee. We deliver our bouquets 7 days a week.
Our design team is led by owner & Canadian Master Florist.
Blossom Shop - Sackville, a leading flower shop in Lower Sackville, is proud to offer a wide assortment of Mothers Day flowers, roses, gifts and beauitufl fresh Spring flowers. Our dedicated staff will help make any occasion memorable with an artfully designed arrangement. Blossom Shop - Sackville is a member of the nationwide network of trusted FTD florists and can help you send a thoughtful gift across the country when you can't be there yourself. Send Mom a stunning gift of beautiful Mothers Day flowers. Nothing says "I love you" better than a dozen red roses or a beautiful bouquet of Spring Tulps!
Nothing compares to the joy of receiving fresh flowers for all occasions, from birthday flowers and corsages to get well gifts. We have the perfect flowers to say just what you want to express. Whether it's a dozen long stem red roses, celebrating an anniversary with a majestic bouquet of anniversary flowers, new baby gifts, beautiful Mother's Day or Valentines Day flowers, a touching sympathy funeral flower arrangement, romantic flowers as well as gifts and flowers for any occasion. Blossom Shop - Sackville can help you make a lasting impression. We can help you express just the sentiment with beautiful flowers to make any occasion special.
Visit the Blossom Shop - Sackville website.


No reviews for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Petanko Trading Acrylic Strap (Set of 10 pieces) yet.
the price for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Petanko Trading Acrylic Strap (Set of 10 pieces) drops.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Petanko Trading Acrylic Strap (Set of 10 pieces) is available.
there are new images or links available for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Petanko Trading Acrylic Strap (Set of 10 pieces).


text:
Q: PayPal & Webhooks Through REST API, I create Plans and I can create Agreements for subscriptions (recurring payments).
(As a general observations: PayPal should also allow plans to be created in the developer sandbox/live)
When creating an agreement, I use the Seller oAuth2 token (versus the Member's Token)
Webhooks set to 'All' in the developer account, testing OK, simulation OK.
However, when events (https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/rest-webhooks-overview/#event-type-support) occur I don't receive notifications.
QUESTION:

*

*Am I doing something wrong ?

A: Selecting "All" webhooks does not imply notification for all events related to PayPal. Selecting that will subscribe you to all current and all future events.
Right now none of the current event supports "Subscription Events". We would be rolling out support for them in future, and if you have selected "All events" as Webhook event type, your Webhook would be subscribed to them automatically.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


The entire oak framed pergola kit is made from green oak and jointed using traditional jointing techniques.The oak framed pergola kit includes all pegs and nails to completely erect the frame.
Oak Pergolas We try to design and built our pergolas to be practical but also be bold and architectural. Traditionally built, we strive to out class any softwood equivalent in both style and quality but still be a competitive alternative.
- Western Red Cedar Pergolas - Design: Features the classic pattern. All of our cedar models feature stylish corner corbels for a unique look. The Wood: Western Red Cedar is naturally resistant to insect damage, decay and rot. Western red cedar is a renewable resource.
If our Leisure Pavlion Kit doesn't fit the bill, contact our bespoke design team who will help create a structure exactly to your requirements, whether it is a pavilion, pergola, pergoda, gazebo, arbour or any other oak construction.
Oak Framed Pergolas and Lean to structures add an attractive and natural feature to any size garden and is very practical, adaptable to a range of uses. Oak Framed Pergolas and Lean to structures add an attractive and natural feature to any size garden and is very practical, adaptable to a range of uses. Facebook.
Oak Pergolas and Lean to Oak Pergolas Oak pergolas are available in one bay, two bay and even three bay designs to suit any space requirements and can also be designed to a customise style to suit the needs of your property.
These oak pergolas are provided flat-packed in kit form for you or your builder to easily put together. Some people like to attach their choice of fabric to keep the sun off. Many people like climbing and trailing plants to grow up and over their pergolas, giving natural shade underneath.
Bespoke, Solid Oak Gazebos - Any Shape or Size A solid oak gazebo supplied in kit form for simple assembly by your builder. Buy these standard types online or contact us with your bespoke requirements.


text:
Personal data of 90,000 Univ of Surrey staff & students leaked by erring employee
Personal and financial information of over 90,000 staff and students at the University of Surrey and Surrey Sports Park were potentially compromised after an employee at one of their suppliers published a password that allowed access to such data.
Data compromised by the incident included names, contact details, and dates of birth of staff and students as well as bank account and sort code details of members of Surrey Sports Park who make payments via direct debit. According to the University of Surrey, there is no evidence of such data being accessed or misused by unauthorised third parties.
We have learned that the data security incident also compromised health information of members of Surrey Sports Park which were disclosed by such members at the time of registration.
"We are writing directly to all those who may have been affected by this to make them aware of the potential risk as a precaution. We sincerely apologise to anyone this may have inconvenienced. We immediately protected this data once we were told of this issue and we are reassured that the risks of it having been misused are low," said James Newby, Data Protection Officer at the University.
"We have reported this to the Information Commissioner's Office, and we encourage all those to whom we have written to remain vigilant, use strong passwords and never give out personal details over the phone," he added.
"We are very disappointed to learn of this issue. Fortunately there is no evidence to suggest that any data has been accessed improperly. The protection of the personal information of all of our members is a top priority for us and we are taking a precautionary approach to this situation to ensure that our members are protected," said Karen Rothery, CEO of Surrey Sports Park.
This isn't the first time that a UK-based university has suffered a data security incident due to the carelessness of employees. In June last year, the University of East Anglia had to issue a public apology after an unforgivable error by one of its staff members resulted in the leakage of sensitive details of 42 students with extenuating circumstances to nearly 300 other students.
A spreadsheet shared by the university with 298 students included details of health problems, personal issues and family bereavements of as many as 42 students. These students had sought extensions and other academic concessions based on these circumstances.
The same university suffered yet another embarrassment in November when one of its employees shared confidential health details of one of its staff members with nearly 300 postgraduate research students via an e-mail, a serious error that attracted the wrath of the University's students' union as well as cyber experts.
"Given the earlier revelations about data breaches of this nature last year, this latest incident is breathtaking and we'd be forgiven for not trusting what are starting to look like hollow reassurances. Students are rightly questioning whether their personal data is safe in UEA's hands and we'll be demanding action at the highest levels in coming days,' said Jack Robinson, campaigns officer at the students' union to the BBC.
Matt Lock, Director of Sales Engineers at Varonis, said that since universities hold sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) on tens of thousands of students, they have a duty to ensure the security of such data and also to educate their employees and contractors on good cyber hygiene practices.
"The way that personal data is collected and stored is a huge privacy concern, particularly in light of the upcoming GDPR: universities (and individuals) need to keep an eye out on privacy policies and data gathering in order to consistently meet business policy and security requirements.
"Exposed personal data can be a huge vulnerability - not only an abuse of personal data privacy, but can be leveraged to breach more secure systems and put critical data at risk,' he added.
ALSO READ: Top of the class: How UK universities are beating their US counterparts when it comes to information security
Jay Jay | @jayjay_tech
Jay Jay is a freelance technology writer for teiss. He has previously written news articles, device reviews and features for Mobile Choice UK website and magazine, as well as writing extensively for SC Magazine UK, Tech Radar, Indian Express, and Android Headlines.
MORE ABOUT: Breach, Data protection, Human factor, Information Security, Threats
News UK businesses faced 65,000 cyber-attacks each between April and June
An average UK business faced as many as 65,000 internet-borne cyber attacks between April and June, up from around 42,000 in the first three months of the year. Database applications …
Threats Major rise in DDoS attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges in Q4
DDoS attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, mostly located in the Asia-Pacific region, rose significantly in Q4, even beating the total number of cyber attacks on organisations in the financial and publishing …
News Jackson County forced to pay over £300,000 following massive ransomware attack
In yet another example of why ransomware continues to remain a preferred choice for cyber criminals, Jackson county in Georgia, United States, was forced to pay $400,000 (£305,916) in ransom …
Information SecurityWomen in cyber: how do we …
Information SecurityGreyEnergy: the latest cyber threat to …
Information SecurityNHS, cybersecurity and GDPR: A look …
Information SecurityThe saga of the great data …
Information SecurityWorld's largest DDoS marketplace Webstresser.org taken …


Coming soon to Branston Road, Tatenhill.
A stunning and unique collection of 70 four and five-bedroom homes, Lawnswood will sit within the brand new Branston Locks site, in Tatenhill.
Offering a fantastic range of amenities and facilities on its doorstep as well as being surrounded by beautiful farmland and countryside, this is a collection of homes that will really stand out from the crowd.
At first glance, you will notice that attractions such as Barton Marina, Branston Golf and Country Club, the National Forest Adventure Farm, Bannatyne Health Club and Spa, several shopping centres and a number of bars and restaurants, all within close proximity to Lawnswood.
Travel to large towns and cities such as Birmingham, Lichfield and Derby can all be easily accessed via the A38, keeping you extremely well-connected.
Rykneld Primary School, rated 'Good' by OFSTED is nearby whilst John Taylor High School, boasting it's 'Outstanding' OFSTED rating and the brand new John Taylor Free School can both be found in close proximity.
Lawnswood has easy access to the nearby A38 providing direct links to the historic city of Lichfield, Derby and Birmingham, all of which offer an array of options for eating out, family day trips and leisure activities.
There's lots to do nearby with The National Forest Adventure Farm offering a range of activities indoor and out. Other options include Rosliston Forestry Centre, The National Brewery Centre and Branston Water Park.
Rykneld Primary School, rated 'Good' by OFSTED is nearby, whilst John Taylor High School, rated 'Outstanding' and the newly opened John Taylor Free School can be found close by. Burton College is also just under four miles away.
Lawnswood is a stunning collection of 70 new homes within the Branston Locks development on the edge of Tatenhill.
With a wide choice of things to do just a stone's throw away, as well as an abundance of countryside and farmland, this really is the perfect place to call home. Each home is designed to a quality specification, making Lawnswood a fantastic opportunity to live in an exceptionally well-located area with a wealth of amenities on its doorstep.
These include Barton Marina, Branston Golf and Country Club and the National Forest, as well as Bannatyne Health Club and Spa, several shopping centres and a number of bars and restaurants.
Visit our brand new Showhomes and Sales Centre Thursday-Monday, 11am-5pm!
Alternatively call 01283 880 351 or email lawnswood@cameronhomes.co.uk for further information.
Tradition meets elegance with a front extended wing and large double garage.
Features a private gate to driveway!
Have a house to sell? No problem! Enjoy a hassle-free move with our Keymove package.
The Belle includes an open plan kitchen/breakfast/family area with french doors to the rear garden.
Have a house to sell? No problem! Enquire about our Keymove package today.
A four-bedroom home with an integral single garage.
Enquire about our Keymove package today for a hassle-free move if you need to sell your home!
A four-bedroom homes with an open plan kitchen/family room.
Have a house to sell? Enquire about our Keymove package today for a hassle-free move!
Moving home can be a costly and stressful experience, but with our Keymove package, we're aiming to put that right. Find out more today!
The Belle is a stunning 4-bedroom family home with a superior external appearance.
An impressive family home with four well-proportioned bedrooms and a dedicated living room with fireplace and bay window.
Featuring an open plan kitchen/dining space with utility area, plot 25 - the Lodden is the perfect choice for any family.
Features a south west facing rear garden!
This stunning home features an open plan kitchen/dining area with french doors to the rear garden as well as a practical single internal garage and dedicated utility space, perfect for family life.
The traditional edwardian fenestration and timber framed porch canopy of the honeysuckle combine to create an outstanding four-bedroom family home exuding quality and distinction.
With a prominent corner position, the Blackwell displays a confident symmetry to the front, and a single storey bay to the side aspect.
A four-bedroom home featuring a bright living room with bay window.


Melissa McCarthy disappointed fans earlier this year when she insisted she would not return in the Netflix series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
But in a new trailer released on Tuesday for the four-episode revival the comedienne - who plays the beloved Sookie St. James - was hilarious as ever.
'Wow, that was pornographic!' the 46-year-old star - who portrays the talented, yet clumsy chef - exclaims during a whip cream mishap in the kitchen.
Originally Alex Borstein - who is the voice actress of Lois Griffin on the animated TV series Family Guy - was meant to play the role of Lorelai Gilmore's chef but could not get out of her contract.
So they auditioned hundreds of would-be Sookies and finally cast a then-struggling actor Melissa McCarthy who is now, of course, a mega star.
The new mini-series will see the return of several supporting players from the original show which ran from 2000 until 2006.
Lauren Graham, 49, who starred as Lorelei Gilmore will reunite for the reboot with Alexis Bledel, 35, who played her daughter Rory.
Along with the Connecticut single mother and her daughter, Rory's most devoted boyfriend, Dean Forester, played by hunk Jared Padalecki - was seen flashing across the screen.
Another of the brunette beauty's exes - Milo Ventimiglia who plays Jess Mariano - listened as she griped about her current life status.
Edward Herrmann, who played Lorelei's father Richard Gilmore, died of brain cancer on New Year's Eve 2014 and the trailer shows the loss of his character, as well.
Kelly Bishop who portrays Lorelei's mother Emily Gilmore is seen standing over his casket at his funeral.
'I was married for 50 years, half of me is gone,' she later says.
Also returning for the revival is Keiko Agena who will reprise her role as Rory's best friend Lane Kim.
Rory's boyfriends throughout the series snagged appearances as well. Matt Czuchry will be back as Logan Huntzberger, along with Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano.
The four 90-minute episodes of the Netflix series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life will premiere on November 25.
Originally Melissa said her absence was not her fault as she was not on the list of confirmed returning cast members for the show.
'But the thing I have said is, "Look, if Melissa is available and has an afternoon free, I'll write her a scene,"' Amy continued.
But the Mike & Molly alum was then spotted on Twitter telling a fan that she hadn't been invited in the first place.


text:
About MAM
Made in America Companies
Made in USA Makers by Category
Made in America Newsletter
Patriotic Supporters
Partner with The Made in America Movement
Chairman & Interim COO
Kurt Uhlir serves as Chairman and Interim COO of The Made in America Movement.
Kurt is a fired-up entrepreneur, patented inventor, and operational leader.
He has been blessed to build and run businesses from start-up to over $500M annual revenue, assembled teams across six continents, an IPO ($880M), and multiple acquisitions. He is the lead inventor of disruptive technologies in 5 industries, with 16 granted patents, and has been asked to advise thousands of leaders, from startup founders to the President of the United States.
Kurt has particular expertise in driving product experience and technology vision, increasing subscriber base while lowering acquisition cost, reducing monthly churn, and increasing ARPU and lifetime value. He is the lead inventor of disruptive technologies in 5 industries, including being recognized by leading publications such as TechCrunch for three foundational patents covering Waze, check-in/location services (e.g. Foursquare, Facebook, etc.), and location-based advertising.
Kurt co-founded Sideqik – one of the first influencer marketing platforms. He assembled the initial team, oversaw the first three years of operations, and led their successful launch becoming the platform of record for marketing teams in eSports, gaming, and nutrition industries with top brands such as CBS Interactive, BenQ, Harmonix, HyperX, Hansgrohe, KontrolFreek, Supply.com, MuscleTech, and dozens of others.
As a Keynote Speaker, Kurt has spoken to thousands of people at both private and public events. He speaks all over the world at conferences, corporate retreats, and professional associations on topics such as "Thriving in the Age of Industry Disruption and Technology", "Increasing Your Cadence as an Entrepreneur", "Thriving in the Influence Economy", Influencer Marketing, Autonomous Vehicles and more. Conferences consistently rank him in the top 10% of all speakers.
Toss in a history of dozens of outside and internal startups/skunkworks, years moonlighting as a stuntman and model, some fun outside hobbies, and a strong bent for serving to know more of why he jumps out of bed every morning.
After running hard for the previous three years at Sideqik, he took almost 16 months to focus on intentionally resting, spending more time with his wife Valerie, and catching up with friends around the world.
Those that have worked with him have called him "a unique combination of a force of nature and a guy you'd like to hang out at a cabin with". Kurt attributes much of his success to the relationships in his life and a strong culture of deliberate innovation.
==> Click here to read more about Kurt's journey on his website and to learn more.
Follow @KurtUhlir
Ideas and creativity are great, but execution is what makes your company succeed. – Kurt Uhlir
Ideas cannot grow unless there is 1) capital and 2) a team that knows how to execute them. – Kurt Uhlir
I would have saved several years when I was younger if someone had help shift my thinking to building out the solution and focusing on scaling before starting on the next idea. – Kurt Uhlir
I've built enough teams to see that it is the "operators" are the ones that keep the lights on and the company growing. – Kurt Uhlir
Find authentic demand before you invest too much in a solution. – Kurt Uhlir
People will buy things that they need combined with things that help them be more of who they are. The standard customer discovery process gets you part of the way there, but we think there's a way to dig even deeper to uncover hidden opportunities. – Kurt Uhlir
When you find authentic demand, potential customers will fly across the country or not let you leave the room until you promise to build what you're talking about. – Kurt Uhlir
It takes real effort to build a culture that values and allows for consistent innovation. – Kurt Uhlir
Mature companies grow by executing known business models and iterating on existing products, while early-stage companies are running more experiments to see what works in the market. – Kurt Uhlir
(When early-stage companies find) some traction, most companies fall into the same blindness that typically comes when needing to focus the team on scaling the business. – Kurt Uhlir
Long-term consistent growth, real transformative growth year over year, happens when you create a deliberate innovation culture. – Kurt Uhlir
Leaders have to find ways to make sure their teams are asking questions to connect reality with real needs. That type of company culture leads to unexpected successes that can be built on for the next stage. – Kurt Uhlir
Transformational leaders cultivate the ability to get highly passionate about their choices and what they chose to work on. – Kurt Uhlir
We all want to succeed, but I believe the journey and how you get to the destination is more important than the destination itself. I want to be able to look back at the actions my team and I took and know that we'd be proud of everyone knowing how we got there. – Kurt Uhlir
Hiring people with a pattern of good character and people that are actively growing wins every time. – Kurt Uhlir
The concept behind the company can be incredible, and the product can be perfect, but that doesn't matter if the people are not a good fit. – Kurt Uhlir
I want to be able to look back at the actions my team and I took and know that we'd be proud of everyone knowing how we got there. – Kurt Uhlir
Follow @USA_Movement
USAMadeMovement
Find Companies Made in USA
Media inquiries: PR Department
Partnership Requests: Marketing
Information: Customer Service
Need help with your Marketing or Social Media for your company talk with our friends at Ethereal Innovations
© Copyright 2019 - The Made in America Movement
Support The Movement
Let's put America back to work
Don't let Facebook censor your news feed!!!
Subscribe to the Made in America Newsletter


Our conference producer is currently finalizing the brochure content.
Pre-order the brochure now for the speaker line-up, agenda, pass information and more.
We will send you the conference brochure as soon as available.


The wind complex made up by Ventika and Ventika II wind farms represents the biggest turn-key contract (EPC) carried out by ACCIONA Energy globally. This milestone in the company's track-record reaches 252 MW capacity thanks to eighty-four AW116/3000 wind turbines with Nordex/ACCIONA Windpower's technology. Each turbine, with 3 MW rated capacity, features a 116m-long rotor diameter on a 120m-high concrete tower. The project, which was installed by late 2015 and entered full commercial operation in April 2016, was built for a consortium formed by Fisterra Energy, CEMEX and some private inverstors. It is currently owned by IEnova (Sempra Energy). It was inaugurated by Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto on September 12, 2016.
General Bravo, Nuevo Leon. Mexico.
EPC project for Cemex, Fisterra Energy and others.
Largest EPC project carried out by ACCIONA Energy worldwide.
First wind farm featuring concrete towers in Mexico, manufactured close to the site which means relevant cost-savings.
Deep positive impact in the social and economic activity in the region.
Built in 18 months, before initially planned.
Covering an area of around seven thousand square meters, equivalent to near ten thousand football pitches.
Two CEMEX Prizes awarded for the constructive quality of the project and its innovative aspects.


text:
The Growing Disparity Between Tech and Humanity
HomeThe Growing Disparity Between Tech and Humanity
Takeaways from SXSW, the President, and the Homeless
This past weekend, I had the chance to catch President Obama's keynote at SXSW. Amidst the line of supporters and festival-goers eager to catch a glimpse of the leader of the free world in Austin, I stood in awe and silence at the transformation of my hometown. This was the commander-in-chief of the most powerful army in the world, a man who could force the financial markets to tumble with a stroke of his pen, and who had shut down every road in the downtown sector of a city normally booming with life.
When I finally entered the auditorium, I was pleasantly drawn in by an interview with Casey Gerald, the opener for President Obama.
Casey is a fascinating man with many stories of successes and failures. He's the co-founder and CEO of MBAs Across America, an HBS alum who also received his undergrad at Yale. He's witnessed first-hand the financial collapse while interning at Lehman Brothers and has stared down the barrel of a loaded gun while having his home broken into in the rough outskirts of Dallas, TX. And with that, he has a perspective much wiser than his 29 years of age. There's an inquisitive aura about him, one that questions everything, and I have tremendous admiration for that. If you haven't heard Casey's TedX speech, Gospel of Doubt, it's worth a watch (video below).
What I remember most about that interview was a statement he made right before leaving the stage. He said,
"At conferences like this, we represent a gospel that says markets and technology will save us and we have a willingness to pursue that; sometimes at all costs — including the cost of billions of people who are being left behind in this country…. I mean, how can we put a robot on Mars but we can't get an 8-year old some food? How can we lay fiber optic cables under the ocean but can't lay water pipes in Flint? How can we design technology that allows us to listen to black holes but we can't hear our brothers and our sisters in our own neighborhoods? This is a deeply, deeply, troubling reality in this country."
His statement struck a chord with me.
Here I was, sitting in an auditorium full of talented and smart individuals celebrating a festival full of innovation, creativity, and technological achievement. Everywhere I looked was someone showcasing the newest hardware, pitching the latest startup, or marketing the most recent app. It was a world that moved a mile a minute but failed to take pause for those who couldn't keep up.
Casey was right. We as a tech community had a parochial view of the world that excluded much of the human race. There was so much power and potential within our combined resources. And, yet, we still missed the mark.
In the tech world, there was no second-guessing a $5 app download or a cup of coffee. However, to the rest of the world, $5 would provide basic food and water for a week.
As I left that speech and walked out of the Long Center to the deserted streets made barren by secret service, I could not have felt more heartbroken for my city and for how much I had failed those around me. There was hurt and brokenness, yet my glorification of technology prevented me from seeing the most basic of needs. I silently cursed the throngs of skinny-jeaned techies touting square-rimmed spectacles as I drove my car towards the convention center. I couldn't help but think, I pass my days in a privileged bubble.
I parked my car four blocks north of the convention center, across the street from ARCH — the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. On both sides of me were homeless individuals sprawled on the ground, many lying in the mud from the afternoon showers, all with a glazed look in their eyes devoid of passion and hope. I smiled at them – hoping, praying, they would know they were loved.
My heart crumbled further. We were individuals living in different worlds.
It was a stark contrast to the man with his own private army an hour earlier, who had thousands lining up to hear his every word. It was a distant comparison to the people at the convention center, vibrant with life and proudly displaying SX badges and shiny chrome MacBooks.
For the next 3 hours, I listened to a panel of leaders in the tech industry, many who were millionaires and founders of companies that went public or sold to the likes of Apple, Google, or Facebook. These were people who "made it" and everyone was jockeying for their attention. When a session would open for Q&A, most questions were variations of,
"What do I need to do to make the next big thing",
"What signs should I look for in a billion-dollar idea",
"How do I figure out what the market really needs?"
Internally, I was screaming, there's a need right outside these doors. It's literally four blocks from here!
It reminded me of an interview with venture capitalist, Chris Sacca, who said,
"There's a myopia that concerns me about Silicon Valley and the tech scene; it's populated by people who are considered "winners of the traditional race"; people who floated to the top of their educational institutions, who succeeded in the ranks of their traditional businesses, who have taken entrepreneurial risks and received great successes and yet, their success has come at the exclusion of the voices that are vital in society. They're just not voices you interact with much in the tech community. And this myopia concerns me because I think this will cost us as an industry a lot of success. This lack of empathy is going to lead to more social and political unrest. And in this country, there's a really good shot that it unravels."
True Entrepreneurship
I've always held the belief that people create systems and that systems influence people. It's why I love business and why entrepreneurship and innovation are so close to my heart. I believe there's something exhilarating about creation because it's a reflection of the ultimate Creator. Yet, somewhere along the unbeaten path, the systems we seek to create seem to have forgotten the people we seek to impact. And to that end, I'm not sure how effective our creations have been.
The more I reflect upon entrepreneurship, the more I've come to realize that true innovation, true change, involves the heart. True disruption must first take place within the soul before it impacts the market. And the next "big thing" isn't found in new software, but in the little things, the things we often neglect when we have our blinders on.
The greatest resource we as creatives, entrepreneurs, and innovators have isn't funding, but the ability to empathize and show compassion. We, the most privileged people in mankind, have a historic capability to see brokenness and depravity, stare it in the face, and commit to saying this will not stand. I herald guys like Casey Gerald, for shutting down MBA's Across America so that more people can be a part of the journey; I'm in awe of gals like Liz Powers of ArtLifting, whose mission is to bring art into the world but also identity into the lives of the homeless as valued members of society; and I'm mesmerized by entrepreneurs like Jeff Wilson of Kasita, who's championing the way to make urban housing more affordable for creatives. These folks, and countless others who go unnoticed by the media, understand that we, as human beings, all search for a greater hope and a deeper meaning, a sense of belonging. Regardless of class, race, or gender, that longing is engrained in the fabric of our existence — from the man in the oval office to the man in the muddy street. Until we learn to see eye-to-eye and recognize our problems aren't all that different, we will always miss the mark.
I say all this knowing there's no one "right" way. Every entrepreneur's cause and conviction is unique to her own situation. Yet I know that entrepreneurship is a journey. It's one filled with fear and faith, highs and lows, and is a great teacher of the human condition. My hope and prayer is that we journey it well. If we are to solve problems, let us seek to truly understand them; if we are to innovate, let us innovate with compassion; and if we are to change the world, may it be for the better and not for the worse. Between the techie and the techless, we're not all that different — understanding this is what entrepreneurship is all about.
« Coping with Loneliness and Depression
Ask Your Friends to Hurt You »


For our upcoming show at the Vermeer Gallery on Sept 20 in Buenos Aires I sent Nora Patrich a scan of a transparency of Linda Lorenzo on my vermillion psychiatric sofa. She asked me to leave room in the background where Rosemary and I have a Chickering baby grand so that she could somehow draw a piano player (a very Argentine piano player).Leaving room involved me doing some questionable (in quality) Photoshop work that you see above.
The results were splendid. This is what we call a colaboración which sounds a lot better that shared media.
It would seem that on an idle day Patrich (who never has idle days) was fidgeting and this is what came out of it.


text:
Q: What is the folder location of installed printers? I would like to retrieve icon of the installed printers. From what I could search, one of the approach is to retrieve the icon of the .dll or .exe and have it be the icon of the printer. However, it's easy to find printer installed through GUI at:
Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers
But, is there a physical location on hard drive to this list ? Is this created on the fly ?

A: There is no physical disk folder that contains a list of printers.
If you have the PIDL for the printer in the shell namespace you can easily get its icon using SHGetFileInfo. Getting the PIDL is a little harder but not impossible.
I have done this in the past with a function that enumerates the virtual printer folder (CSIDL_PRINTERS), and compares the name of each item within it against the name of the printer I am looking for. When you find a matching name you have the PIDL, and you can then get the icon.
For example (this code is not complete of course, you will need to flesh it out):
SHGetFolderLocation(hwnd, CSIDL_PRINTERS, 0, 0, &pidlPrinters);
SHBindToObject(0, pidlPrinters, 0, IID_IShellFolder, &psfPrinters);
psfPrinters->EnumObjects(hwnd, SHCONTF_NONFOLDERS, &pEnum);
while (pEnum->Next(1, &pidl, 0) == S_OK)
{
    psf->GetDisplayNameOf(pidl, SHGDN_NORMAL, &strName);
    StrRetToBuf(&strName, pidl, chBuf, _countof(chBuf));
    if (_wcsicmp(chBuf, pszPrinterToLookFor) == 0)
    {
        // printer matches
        // build full pidl (pidlPrinters + pidl)
        // pass to SHGetFileInfo with SHGFI_PIDL flag to get icon
    }
}


The Georgian Ministry of Defense said reports about the downing of two Georgian unmanned reconnaissance drones over Abkhazia on Sunday were �misinformation� aimed at �distracting the international community�s attention� from the April 20 incident when a Russian MIG-29 shot down a Georgian drone.
According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, experts from the Baltic states and the U.S. were part of the group.
The Georgian Ministry of Defense said that another international group of experts would conduct a separate probe into the matter on May 5.
Georgia says the footage from the drone�s on-board camera showing a fighter jet, with twin-tail markings, shooting down the Georgian drone, was �incontrovertible evidence� proving that a Russian MIG-29 was involved in the attack. Russia, however, denies the allegation, saying the footage was fabricated.


text:
Prev Previous post: Readers' wildlife photos (and a video)
Next Next post: Title IX regulations for sexual misconduct and the huge mess they've created in American universities
Jesus 'n' Mo 'n' literacy
Posting will be light today as I'm a bit under the weather and can't brain. In the meantime, enjoy the latest edition of Jesus and Mo, called "fail":
Well, I've often wondered, because Hitchens proclaimed it repeatedly, whether Muhammad really was illiterate. One counterargument is provided by the website Radical Truth (the "T" in "Truth" is a cross), which is a Christian site apparently devoted to convincing Muslims of the Resurrection. Take what's below, then, with a grain of salt (there are other arguments), but this Sura of the Qur'an does indeed claim that Muhamed was "unlettered":
Muslims claim that because Muhammad was illiterate, he could not have written the Qur'an, and thus the Qur'an is a miracle, Muhammad's primary miracle. This idea of illiteracy is supported in the Qur'an:
Sura 7:157: "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures), – in the law and the Gospel…
Sura 7:158 – Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Apostle of God, to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in God and His Apostle, the Unlettered Prophet, who believeth in God and His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided."
Thus, the Qur'an's very existence is testimony to Muhammad's status as a prophet. There are a couple of problems with this position.
First, it is doubtful that Muhammad was illiterate. Recall that when he was being raised by his uncle, he traveled as a merchant, delivering supplies to various communities. He also traveled extensively with his first wife Khadijah, who hired him to help her with her trade business. Surely there must have been some sort of written record kept to document these transactions. The merchant trade cannot exist without written records of what and how much was shipped to whom.
Second, Muhammad's illiteracy is irrelevant to the question of the existence of the Qur'an. Muhammad did not write the Qur'an; he recited it. Others wrote down what Muhammad recited, as the Qur'an was complied over several years. The Qur'an would have been written whether Muhammad could or could not read and write, so the argument is irrelevant.
There are other arguments, too. I can't be arsed to analyze them, as the whole scenario of an angel reciting the Qur'an to Muhammad is ridiculous.
Posted on June 6, 2018 June 6, 2018 by whyevolutionistruePosted in Uncategorized	Posted at 9:15 am
25 thoughts on "Jesus 'n' Mo 'n' literacy"
Draken says:
I kind of like it when a club of people points out the unlikeliness of a topic like Mo's literacy in the Quran, and then almost in the same breath claims that they know of an even older story of a man who walked on water and came to life after being dead for some days. If irony was a fluid, they'd have to keep mopping the floor.
He could have had a slave who wrote, people also used tally sticks in ancient times to record transaction, he could have dictated his godly revelations, or someone else could have…
The idea that you need writing to trade is daft.
The moving finger writes, & having writ move on…
oops! moves on…
Dermot O'Sullivan says:
I think Muhammad probably was pretty literate. There is a difference between a trader being able to sign off contracts, tally amounts and types, and creating rhymed chapters and, in one case, a coherently-framed mid-length narrative.
Muhammad looks to have been better-educated than a desert trader, but this does not mean that the Koran is as well-written as apologists say. I do not read classical Arabic but then again neither does the vast majority of the world's Muslims, and even the Arab ones. When they point to the beauty of the language, and its inimitability, that is obviously just BS: one can infer it from the quality and clarity of the rest of their thought.
Gerd Puin, the Islamicist scholar, points out that one-fifth of the text is unintelligible: Bernard Lewis, the scholar of the Middle East, tells us that it is as easy to rhyme Arabic as it is to rhyme Italian. I think it was he who also said the authors' relentless use of the rhyming scheme was often at the expense of meaning and grammatical accuracy. This sounds a lot like the mind-set of a bad poet.
The Koran itself says it is inimitable: a verse challenges sceptics to write a sura like any in the book. Yet, the Satanic verses incident is well-attested in the "strong" hadiths: Muhammad delivered a sermon in Mecca, which he later withdrew, due to its polytheistic nature. Mo himself could not distinguish between genuine and fake suras, yet he claimed it was inimitable. The hadiths describe Aisha, his favourite young wife, as talking about missing verses: and there are tales from the early men who had memorized the whole Koran that some verses had been left out. If you read the book, it is fairly obvious that separate passages have been pasted together from different sources and times.
The book keeps referring pejoratively to Jews and Christians objecting to Mo's representation of Judaism and Christianity. This is because he often did. As well as being a mediocre writer, Mo often did not actually understand what he was talking about. I can think of two clear examples. Mo thought that the Christian trinity consisted of God the Father, the Son and Mary. He also thought that the Torah told Jews that saving one soul was like saving all mankind: it was not, it was the Torah. This may sound like a minor point, but it becomes ethically significant.
There are cases of mistake after mistake in the Koran: Mo comes across as a theologically-bewildered, galumphing McGonagall. You notice this about western critiques of the Koran from before the modern era, when it became culturally and politically super-sensitive to criticize the book, and we all retreated to rictus-smile euphemism: nearly all of them, from Gibbon to Twain to Shaw to Churchill, stand aghast at the insanity (Twain) of the Koran.
Damn, Mo thought the Torah talked about saving all mankind: it was the Talmud.
The few bits that I've read (in translation) have a hectoring, gabbling tone to them, with frequent irrelevant interjections showing how God-struck the writer is. Not very inspiring.
I have a hard time arguing about details of a fiction.
W.T. Effingham says:
Is it just me,(possibly, since I didn't sleep much last night) or does it seem that a certain Joseph Smith may have found some "inspiration" by what little exposure to Islam folks had in the good ole nineteenth century? Perhaps some companions of his were adept marketeers.
This has got to be the most hilarious piece of apologetics I have ever read…
I thought it was a dumb uninteresting joke at first…
David Evans says:
Obviously, the book's miraculousness is shown by the fact that even the illiterate can read it*
* If Allah wills.
Yes indeed! Divine interpolation!
"Unlettered"? Hell, Abe Lincoln, our second greatest president after Donald Trump (and our second most honest, too), had only about a year's-worth of formal schooling, total, and he gave us Cooper's Union, Gettysburg, and the Second Inaugural. I wouldn't trade those speeches for all the religious texts in all the world.
Zeno The Stoic says:
Perfect cartoon I love it.
Keith Douglas says:
I wonder what the Arabic actually says.
Also, self promotion, anyone?
Also maybe not written in the original text. (Yes, there are variants of the Koran – contrary to what many Muslims believe.)
I don't worry about the consistency of myth, that "prophet" like the other similar was not a historical person. The area was generally illiterate at the time as the absence of surviving books testify to, and the first external description was of religious followers referring to the myth and not the person.
Some of the pre-paper systems used in the area was bark, clay, pottery, papyrus and parchment. It looks like they favored papyrus, as the Arabic alphabet was adapted from Aramaic [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Arabic_alphabet ]. It is interesting to see from that article that the "biblical history" apologists got it backwards – it was the growth of the Quran and the effort to transform it from oral tradition that seem to have led to the Arabic writing.
I should also note that more likely the whole area started to become literate as its importance and governing rose.
J. Quinton says:
It always bugged me that the Quran was given to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel.
Gabriel means "might of god" in Hebrew (GBR EL). Why would he have the same phonetic name in Arabic? If it were an Arabic angel serving an Arabic god with an Arabic theophoric name then its name would be "might of god" in Arabic.
It's almost as if no angel actually dictated anything and the author just stole cool sounding angel names from Judaism.
It's not like there aren't other theophoric names that get translated when porting to other languages. Nathaniel (gift of god in Hebrew) gets translated as Theodoros [Theodore] (gift of god in Greek).
I'm no reader of Arabic, but I had assumed that people are retransliterating or translating the name. Like when people say Jesus is in the Koran, they mean the character Isa, etc.
Dr. I. Needtob Athe says:
Were the use of "if" in place of "of" and the misspelling of "actually", deliberate ironic twists?
Or is the author just under the weather like Dr. Coyne? If it's the latter, get well, both of you!
CAS says:
The religious take inconsistencies in their religions and transform them into "proofs" of their veracity. For Christians an example that should debunk their religion is used in a similar manner. There are four inconsistent versions of the Resurrection in the Bible. It even says in the Bible if the Resurrection is false their faith is in vain. Christians explain the differences by saying witness accounts normally differ. They use this idiocy to "prove" that these are real accounts. One problem with this approach is that one account has zombies wandering thru the town. Come on, what witness would leave out the zombies?
Davey says:
It has always seemed to me that the insistence on Mohammed being illiterate hints at their being texts around that could have been sources for his prophecies. Insisting he couldn't read might have been to head off any accusations he was plagiarizing.
I remember reading that there were Jews and Christians in Syria who used the name Rahman for God meaning gracious. There were records of the Arabs of Mecca objecting to Mohammed preaching about Rahman, saying Allah had always been their god and they'd never worshipped this Rahman. Then once Islam takes off Rahman just becomes one of the many names of Allah.
There are different texts of the Koran, too, which might well also have hints.
(Some of these are physically in Yemen, or so I am told – if they've survived.)
The only mercy Islam has extended to its non-adherents is the relative brevity of the Koran compared to the Bible.
But if you took out all the references to Old and New Testament mythology and figures, and removed all the dire warnings about the divine punishments in store for unbelievers,etc- there'd be precious little left.
It's the sheer mind-numbing repetition of the damn thing that pads it out to its current length.


Desktop Learning Adventures: Secondary Smorgasbord: Traditions!
I love holiday traditions, and while I have many of my own, today, I'm sharing one of my friend's new family traditions. This friend's family is one that walks the talk and I absolutely love what they decided to do.
As their family grew (both kids married, one with two small children of their own and the other with a new one on the way), their kids wanted to teach their children what the spirit of the holidays is all about, and that giving is more important than receiving.
For the last three years, as a family, they've adopted a family in need. They would get together on a Saturday or Sunday, go shopping with the list they got from the at-risk school where their daughter taught and went shopping.
Taking all the gifts back to my friend's house, they'd have a wrapping party and finish with a special brunch or late lunch. Then, on Monday, their daughter would take everything to school to be delivered to the family just before holiday break.
One year, my friend's daughter had the family's child in her classroom. That child was so excited to report, after Christmas, that everyone in his family got several of the gifts they'd asked for, not knowing his teacher was responsible for it (and she never told!) He wore his new clothes to school everyday for a week!
If ever there was a time to be a fly on the wall, seeing the happy faces on Christmas morning in the homes of those lucky families adopted by my friend and her family, this would be it!
As for my friend and her family, they still exchange small gifts among the adults and the children still get a visit from Santa, but I think the best gift of all is their new family tradition!
Wishing you all the joys this holiday season brings! Be sure to check out my other secondary friends, as they share their favorite home and classroom traditions.