BOLTON'S Kelly Tidy set Great Britain & Ireland on the road to a two point victory in the Curtis Cup from the United States on a thrilling final day at Nairn.
Birkdale and Dunscar. was three down after six holes against Austin Ernst to win 2&1 and put the first point on the board and square the match.
Amy Boulden, Holly Clyburn, Charley Hull all won and before Stephanie Meadow clinched the match – the first time they won the biennial event since Killarney in 1996.
Bramhall's Bronte Law went one up with a birdie at the long second against Tiffany Lua before losing by two holes but by then victory had already been achieved.
The US were bidding to win for an eighth successive victory and this was first time since 1956 that they lost after leading into the final set of singles.
The Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Solheim Cup and now the Curtis Cup all now rest on this side of the Atlantic.
BOLTON'S Kelly Tidy and Bramhall hot-shot Bronte Law scored crucial points as GB&I gave themselves an outstanding chance of winning the Curtis Cup for the first time since Killarney in 1996.
Team captain Tegwen Matthews' squad of eight players took this afternoon four-balls programme by two points after losing the morning foursomes by one at Nairn.
That means that the United States' lead has been cut to a single point with only tomorrow's eight singles to come.
The Americans have won the biennial contest for the last seven times and they had looked to be well on their way to yet another victory until the tide started to turn – miserably wet in the morning but perfect conditions in the afternoon.
All the GB&1 I players were stars in the afternoon heroics but a special mention to the two winning partnerships.
Holly Clyburn and Tidy won the lead-off four-ball by one hole with three-under-par figures against Amy Anderson – her first defeat in four matches – and Emily Tubert.
Stephanie Meadow and Pamela Pretswell finished strongly to beat Erica Popson and Tiffany Lua 2&1.
And teenagers Leona Maguire and Law who halved with Brooke Pancake and Austini Ernst, two of America's top college players.
REGIONAL duo Kelly Tidy and Bronte Law played a major part in helping Great Britain and Ireland recover from an opening day drubbing by the United States in the Curtis Cup at Nairn.
Tidy, from Bolton, teamed up with Amy Boulden to beat Lindy Duncan and Lisa McClusky 3&2 in the fourball matches and Tidy, from Bramhall, and Holly Clyburn despatched Brooke Pancake and Erica Popson 2&1 to reduce the US lead to two points going into tomorrow's matches.
Meanwhile, US captain Pat Cornett ended up on crutches after breaking her ankle in a cart mishap.
The 56-year-old professor of medicine was a passenger when the cart crashed into a grandstand near the first tee after lunch. After her team won all three morning foursome matches, she was taken to a hospital and put in a cast.
A high quality field of more than 80 players will contest the English senior women's strokeplay championship at Shropshire club Shifnal Golf Club, on June 19-21.
The 54-hole championship, to be played on the highly regarded parkland course, has attracted entries from across the country with 25 counties represented by the players.
Three past champions – Roz Adams of Surrey, Sue Dye of Cheshire and Janet Melville of Nottinghamshire – are among the senior internationals taking part.
Other high profile competitors include British senior champion Felicity Christine of Surrey and Caroline Berry of Cheshire, a past winner of the English senior amateur title.
The event has also attracted a strong contingent of local players, led by the Shropshire senior champion, Sue Pidgeon of Wrekin, and fellow senior county players Ros Moor (Bridgnorth), Mair Robinson (The Shropshire) and Olive Brown (Shifnal).
Olive is one of four representatives of the host club, alongside Jan Sheargold, Jill Adams and Ann Peters, whose daughter, Alex has played for the England girls' team.
The championship is played over 54 holes, with the whole field playing 18 holes on each of the first two days. After 36 holes the top 36 players plus ties will qualify for the final 18 holes on the third day.
The championship also features an over 65 prize and a county team trophy which promises to be keenly contested. The prize is awarded for the two best scores from each county after 54 holes.
The Pleasington member, whose family own Hart Common Golf Club, finally shrugged off the tenacious Sophie Powell, from the host club, at the second extra hole.
Earlier, Catherine beat Amelia Taylor by one hole in the semis as Sophie gained the prized scalp of England player Nicky Foster, from Pleasington, 2&1.
The Challenge plate was won by the host club's Donna Barnes who dispatched Hollie Muse, from West Lancs, 2&1.
THERE will be a new Lancashire Women's champion at Manchester tomorrow as all four semi-finalists have never won the competition before.
Host club player Sophie Powell will play Nikki Foster, from Pleasington, in the first semi final and in the second match her clubmate Catherine Roberts will take on Amelia Taylor from St Annes Old Linkswho beat 2010 champion Bethany Garton 3&2 in the quarter-finals.
CHORLEY teenager Emily Taylor has scored the biggest win of her fledgling career by sweeping to the Irish Women's Open Amateur Championship by three strokes at The Island in County Dublin.
St Annes who finished fifth in the recent English Women's Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale, started today's third and final round a shot behind leader Gillian O'Leary from Cork.
But Gillian took 80 shots for a total of 14-over-par 236 and 17-year-old Emily, with a 76, was able to make up the leeway and finish three shots ahead of joint runners-up Mary Dowling, from New Ross, a past Irish matchplay champion.
Emily, a former member of Chorley Golf Club, will go for a big strokeplay double at St Andrews thisweekend in the St Rule Trophy – won in the 1990s by Annika Sorenstam – over the New and Old Courses.
HOSTS Cheshire dominated Northern Counties Veteran Ladies' GA Championships at Ringway, writes GEOFF GARNETT.
Bromborough international's Caroline Marron won the strokeplay qualifier with 77 and the top nett score of 72 came from Lancashire's Jennifer Adams, of Pleasington, by a stroke from Yorkshire's Sue Mayman.
Cheshire took the team gross trophy for the scores posted by Caroline Berry, Gill Mellor and Liz Wilson with the Lancashire trio of Helen Braddock, Maggie Ayers and Jennifer Adams winning the team handicap trophy.
The next day saw the opening match-play rounds reduce the field to the last four and the other players were able to enjoy a Team of Three Stableford competition.
In the quarter-finals there were wins for Berry by 6&5 over Adams and Ruth Lindley, of Durham, overcame Lesley Marsh of Northumberland 3&1.
The other half of the draw saw Cheshire in control as Prestbury's Mellor beat Braddock (Bolton Old Links) 3&2 and Sandiway's Barbara Laird cruised through 6&5 against Carolyn Kirk of Yorkshire.
The team Stableford winners were the Yorkshire trio of Christine Hinchliffe, Helen Duckett and Sandra Paul from Cumbria's Sue Cotter, Rosie Waller and Kathryn Bulman.
So on to the finals day with the morning semi-finals seeing Berry emerge with a one hole win over Lindley to set up the final against Laird who beat county colleague Mellor 3&2.
The final was a yo-yo affair as Barbara twice built up a two-hole lead only for Caroline to pull it back to be all square after 13 holes.
Barbara again built up a two-hole cushion with wins at the 14th and 16th holes and an immaculate par on 17 saw her home by 3&1 to end her long sequence of runners-up slots.
NORTH West trio of Emily Taylor, Brogan Townend and Charlotte Wild will represent England Golf in the Nations Cup event at the St Rule Trophy at St Andrews from June 2-3.
Emily, 17, who lives in Chorley and plays at Royal Lytham & St Annes, has already tasted Nations Cup success this year – at the French Lady Junior Championship when she helped England win the Vilmorin Cup.
She was also fifth in last week's English women's amateur championship at Royal Birkdale won by Bolton's Kelly Tidy and is a past winner of the Scottish U16 open stroke play title.
Brogan, an 18-year-old Pleasington member, is the reigning Faldo Series girls' champion and has previously won the U16 title. She is a past winner of the prestigious scratch events, The Leveret and the Pleasington Putter.
She and Emily were both members of England's successful team at last year's girls' Home Internationals.
Charlotte, 22, from Mere is the team captain (pictured image © Leaderboard Photography).
She was the 2009 English stroke play champion and was runner-up in the event last year. She's twice won the Royal Birkdale scratch trophy and tied eighth when the English amateur was held on the Lancashire links last week. She has represented England in the women's Home internationals.
BOLTON'S Kelly Tidy won a sudden death play-off to be crowned English women's amateur champion at her home club, Royal Birkdale.
She defeated Dorset's Georgia Hall with a birdie on the first play-off hole after the two had tied at the end of regulation play on four-over par. "It's very special to win here, it means more than anything," said Kelly, whose supporters included a crowd of home club spectators.
The Curtis Cup player set the stage when she took the championship lead after this morning's third round when she produced a near-flawless score of four-under par 71. It took her to two-under for the event and leapfrogged her over her playing partner, Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak), who had held the lead from the start and who had scored par this morning.
It meant there were three shots separating the pair as they teed off in what was to become a two-horse race. Their closest challengers were another six shots behind them and none could break into the battle being played out in the final pairing. Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) came nearest, finishing three shots back, in third place.
Kelly maintained a healthy advantage over the opening holes and was four ahead after the fourth. But she was steadily pegged back and after a two-shot swing on the 10th, which Georgia birdied, the players were on level terms.
Georgia kept up the momentum, taking advantage of a temporary lapse in Kelly's putting skills, and held a two shot advantage after 14 holes. But the battle was far from over: Georgia's three-putt on 15 narrowed the gap to one and when Kelly birdied 16 they were again on level terms.
Georgia struck back with a birdie on the 17th to hold a one-shot lead as they played the last. Kelly, in turn, birdied the 18th – thanks to a superb putt of over 30 yards which finished within inches of the hole – to set up a play-off.
Kelly's next big date is the Curtis Cup match at Nairn next month: "I really hope we can win there. I love team golf and I'm very patriotic about playing for my country, it means a lot," she said. The team also includes Holly Clyburn, who was third in the championship, while Georgia is a reserve.
The best scores of the final round were three-under 72, returned by England girl international Emily Taylor from Chorley, a member of Royal Lytham & St Annes), and British champion Lauren Taylor (Woburn). Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Mere's Charlotte Wild and Melissa McMahon (Lyme Regis) all shot one-under 74.
304 Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 78 74 71 81, Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) 77 74 75 78. Tidy won sudden death play-off at first extra hole.
SALE was in immaculate condition as it hosted the 53rd Ladies Mersey Shield, writes Geoff Garnett.
It attracted almost 200 competitors from the five Mersey Valley clubs with the hosts claiming the honours after a close finish.
With the last few players on the course Withington held a slight advantage but as usual the sting in the tail came from Sale's last pair Gill Hayes and former junior captain Katy Rawthore who posted 33 points to lift their total to 211, five more than Withington.
Chorlton were third place with 194 points from Didsbury 193, and Northenden 180.
The winning scorers for Sale were Hilary Tarleton and Julie Matthews 38, Gill Ross and Janice Weyer 36, Annette Pilling and Judith Stanistreet 36, Sophia Casey and Sue Barrett 35, Caroline Williams and Jane Ashcroft 33, Katy Rawthore and Gill Hayes 33.
Top scorers for the other clubs were Carol Nelson and Ann Culpan (Northenden) 38, Liz Bradbury and Judith Quine (Withington) 38, Brenda Chadwick and Claire Murray (Didsbury) 38 and Shirley Anders and Monica Parsonage (Chorlton) 36.
It needed a card play-off on 38 points to decide the individual winners with Carol Nelson and Ann Culpan getting the nod over Hilary Tarleton and Julie Matthews, Liz Bradbury and Judith Quine and Brenda Chadwick and Claire Murray.
BOLTON'S Kelly Tidy is one shot behind Dorset's Georgia Hall after a one-under 74 in the second round of the Tourism Ireland-sponsored English women's championship at Royal Birkdale.
They pulled away from the field, with four shots separating Kelly from the group of four players who share third place including Manchester's Gilllian Nutter and Chorley teenager Emily Taylor who plays at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
Her score slipped back with four bogeys in a row from the eighth, but she settled again when she birdied the short 12th. "I made two bad swings today and they cost me two shots, but the other bogeys were fair. It's tough out there, but it's good to play in the wind, it's a true test of links golf," said Kelly, who is in the Curtis Cup team.
BOLTON'S Kelly Tidy was left to rue losing a ball at Royal Birkdale's short ninth hole in the Tourism Ireland-sponsored English women's amateur championship at Royal Birkdale.
It cost the Curtis Cup player, a member of the host club, three shots as she ended the first round one behind Dorset's Georgia Hall who carded two-over 77 in brutal conditions.
links. She played well, apart from her mis-club on the ninth where her ball carried the green and disappeareds.
She was among five players in the chasing pack which included Heswall's Rachael Goodall.
Her game plan was steady play: "I just tried to play fairways, greens and two-putt for pars," she said. She went better with birdies on the sixth and 13th and an eagle on the long 17th, where she holed a 35-footer for a three.
SCOTTISH teenager Carly Booth, who played for Lancashire Girls for two seasons, pulled away from a jammed leader board to win the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open presented by EventScotland on a glorious final day at Archerfield Links in East Lothian.
The 19-year-old from Comrie in Perthshire, whose mother hails from Liverpool, fired rounds of 70, 71 and 71 to end on a total of four under par 212, having played through near-freezing conditions earlier in the week. She ended a stroke clear of Royal Birkdale's Florentyna Parker and Australian Frances Bondad.
Barry Hume, who retired from playing on the men's European Tour recently, was on caddie duties for the second successive year at the event and predicted that the 19-year-old would be a force to be reckoned with in the future. "She's barely scratched the surface of her potential. I think this will be the first of many wins," Hume said.
She was playing with the 2011 event champion Catriona Matthew, who ended in a share of 20th position and felt that she had played well, but with too many loose shots over the first two days to launch a fight back.
NATALIE Lowe held on to her Cheshire Women's Championship crown at Heswall but was taken to the third extra hole by the county junior captain Gemma Clews, writes Geoff Garnett.
The 17-year-old Delamere Forest player showed her intent on the first day of the 36-hole qualifying competition to win the Doris Brown Trophy with her rounds of and 71 seeing her eight shots clear of Royal Liverpool's Emma Goddard who took the Millennium Scratch Trophy as the top Intermediate with her second round 73.
Gemma's scores also saw her drop her handicap to plus one and in the first round of the matchplay round she saw off Astbury's Lauren Oleksik 5&4 to set up an epic match with Poppy Finlay, from Vicars Cross.
Poppy led by three holes with four to play but Gemma showed her battling qualities to force the tie into extra holes with a birdie after driving her tee shot on to the 278-yard 18th hole. The match went to the 24th hole before Gemma again drove the green on the par four 297-yard sixth and holed her putt for an eagle to reach the last four where she enjoyed a 6&5 win over Styal youngster Charlotte Leathem to secure her place in the final.
In the other half of the draw Natalie made smooth progress with wins over Sara Spencer (Heswall) by 3&2, Caroline Berry (Bromborough) 2&1 and Emma Goddard 3&2.
Then came the cliff-hanging final with Natalie, also from Styal, going through to retain her title against Gemma who had played some amazing golf which included eight birdies in the first round and five in the seconds plus a few eagles.
The players knocked out in round one of the match play final competed in the subsidiary competition for the Sir William Bailey Cup which was won by Sale's Cath Rawthore who beat Jeanne Bell of Royal Liverpool by 5&4 in the final.
The squad for the Northern Counties championships at Ganton is: Gemma Clews, Abbie Cowlard (Reddish Vale), Hannah Davies (Bramhall), Poppy Finlay, Rachael Goodall (Heswall), Bronte Law (Bramhall), Charlotte Leathem and Cath Rawthore plus reserves Claire Fry (Royal Liverpool), Gill Mellor (Prestbury) and Jo Fish (Royal Liverpool).
FORMER Lancashire players Carly Booth and Florentyna Parker share the lead with South African Stacy Lee Bregman heading into tday's final round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open presented by EventScotland.
The trio are locked at three-under- par having played 36 holes in near-freezing conditions at Archerfield Links in East Lothian.
Parker's 69 was the best round of the day and included an eagle at the par-five sixth hole, while Bregman and Booth shot rounds of 70 and 71 respectively.
Tara Davies of Wales had a 72 sits alone in fourth place on two under, with Italian Diana Luna and first-round leader Anne-Lise Caudal of France a shot further back on one under par.
A FORMER Lancashire driving instructor-turned-aspiring PGA professional Sarah Walton is revving up for golf's fast lane having hit top gear.
The one-time Lancashire County ladies amateur, based at Accrington & District Golf Club, is celebrating having sped to pole position among her second year peers on the three-year PGA Foundation Degree.
The 35-year-old, who first picked up a club in her late teens, admitted she was 'over the moon' as she was presented with the Lord Derby Trophy and a cheque for £1,000 by England football legend Sir Trevor Brooking, who was the guest of honour at the PGA Graduation Ceremony held at the University of Birmingham.
Walton, who was runner-up in her rookie year, said: "It's always nice to get recognised for the hard work you put in.
"I didn't take up golf until I was 19 and never really thought about being a golf professional and then my friend Karen Heywood, who is at Crompton & Royton, talked me into doing it at the same time as her, so I had a look at the course.
Walton explained her introduction to golf having been a competent badminton player.
"I had a friend who was a head greenkeeper and he was a fantastic golfer playing off three or four," she said.
"I should have been doing my A levels at the time, but I got a tad obsessed with golf after he had taken me to the driving range to give it a go. He was a good guy and made sure that I did stuff the right way and learned about the game, rules, etiquette and so before even getting on a golf course.
"I had the bug and then joined a Green Haworth, a nine-hole course, before moving to Accrington. But being a professional wasn't in mind as I did loads of jobs, working with kids, in a post office and then being a driving instructor from 2004.
The PGA training programme, which was founded more than 50 years ago, concentrates on all aspects of golf including business, equipment technology and repairs, rules and tournament organisation, sports science, sports psychology and playing.
Training and education remains an integral part of the PGA with the foundation degree, while the PGA also runs an honours degree in association with the University of Birmingham.
Once qualified, PGA members also undergo a process of continual professional development to keep them up to speed with all the latest developments in the sport.
PGA chief executive Sandy Jones said: "The PGA Graduation Ceremony at the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham has now earned its place as one of the most enjoyable and inspirational days in the PGA calendar.
"On this day we are able to celebrate men and women completing their PGA training programme and becoming qualified as the next generation of PGA members.
"I always feel enormously proud of these graduates as I know they have all worked extremely diligently during their training years to achieve their PGA qualification.
"Of course the graduation day will not be the end of the story but only the opening to the next chapter of their career as a PGA professional. At this time golf is expanding across new frontiers throughout the world and it will indeed be many of today's graduates who will take the game forward and successfully grow it within these new territories around the globe.
Ken Graham, Titleist director of sales, said: "We are pleased to continue our support of the Titleist PGA Assistant of the Year award, recognising this as a starting point of the PGA's commitment to provide its members with a framework for lifelong learning.
TWO new clubs have joined the drive to encourage more women to take up golf in Cheshire.
Alvaston Hall Golf Club and Poulton Park golf clubs are both staging coaching programmes for would-be lady golfers.
The schemes are part of the county-wide programme to provide more opportunities for people to try the sport.
The free coaching sessions will be held over an eight week period at the two clubs.
Further details are available from PGA professionals Mark Taylor at Alvaston Hall, near Nantwich, (01270 628473) and Freddi Valenti at Poulton Park at Warrington (01925 825220 Option 2).
"Often the thought of approaching a golf club can be a little bit daunting, but these sessions are a great chance to meet new people who are trying the sport for themselves.
AMY Boulden, a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team for June's biennial battle with the United States at Nairn, showcased her talents by winning The Leveret at Formby Ladies by two shots. The Maesdu member followed up brilliant opening round 64 with a 70 as her Welsh international team-mate Chloe Williams, from Wrexham, claimed second place. Rachael Goodall, from Heswall, finished third six strokes off the pace while two further back was her Cheshire clubmate and rising star Poppy Finlay, from Vicars Cross who tied with Tadcaster's Charlotee Austwick.
REGIONAL players Nikki Foster, from Pleasington, and Heswall's Rachael Goodall, are in the three-strong England women's team for the European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande on March 21-24.
Bramhall player Bronte Law will join forces with Pleasington's Brogan Townend and Chorley-based Royal Lytham member Emily Taylor in the squad for the French Lady Junior Championship at St Cloud, from April 5-9.
And Lancashire women's champion Emma Harris, from Isle of Man club Peel, is in the England squad for the Scottish U16 strokeplay Championship at Strathmore on April 12-13.
manager. She is without doubt the most successful captain of the Welsh ladies' international team, having masterminded successive Home Internationals victories in 2008 and 2009. She remained in the position of Team Captain to the present day. Sue's reputation as a highly-respected and very effective player motivator brought her to the attention of the LGU, resulting in an invitation in 2007 to Captain the five-strong GB&I team for the quadrennial Five Nations (former Commonwealth) Trophy Tournament in South Africa.
Unsurprisingly, she led her players to victory against teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand & South Africa. One of Sue's key strengths was in knowing her players better that they knew themselves. As a captain, manager, international selector and general golf enthusiast, she probably spent more time with her players, both on and off the course, than almost anyone else in ladies' amateur golf.
With a passion for developing young players, Sue was delighted to have the opportunity to Captain the GB&I under-16 girls team in the inaugural Junior Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe last June at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in her home country of Wales. At the time of her death, she was still fully committed to team golf, serving as manager of the GB&I team which is due to play in the 37th Curtis Cup match against the United States at Nairn on June 8-10.
Shona Malcolm, the LGU's CEO, said: "Ladies' golf in Great Britain & Ireland is poorer today following the loss of Sue Turner. Her enthusiasm and love of life were infectious and permeated through every team she worked with. She gave us so much, and had so much more to give.
Motivation indeed for the 2012 Curtis Cup team. Sue's pride in her home country and her teams were renowned, but her proudest golfing moment happened last year at Strathmore Golf Club, where she watched her daughter, Lottie, pull on her red Welsh team jumper for the first time.
Sue is survived by her husband, Mike, and Lottie, in Sue's own words her "two favourite people." The thoughts of everyone at the LGU are with Sue's family.
the Scottish U16 strokeplay champion and Kelly Tidy, 19, won the 2010 British Championship and was a semi-finalist last season.
They were also members of England's winning team at the 2011 Ladies' Home Internationals. And Bronte also helped England girls win a European championship silver medal and was in the winning team at the girls' Home Internationals.
The players, watched by team captain Tegwen Matthews and the LGU International Selection Panel, will take part in a three-day team trial over Nairn's championship links on March 23-25. The team and reserves will be announced on March 27.
KARL Morris, the Manchester-based sports psychologist whose clients include Open champions Darren Clarke and Louis Oosthuizen and US Masters winner Charl Schwartzel and former World No 1 Lee Westwood, played a part in helping Jodi Ewart, Charlotte Ellis and Tandi Cunningham gain their Ladies European Tour cards last week.
Jodi, from Yorkshire, was the overall winner and has also gained her US Tour card.Morris said: "I worked with her as a youngster at Catterick and with her swing coach Andy Marshall but then began helping with her again about six months ago when she was at a United States at college.
"We communicated via Skype. It has been tremendous to see her turn things around because a few months ago she had got pretty down about her game and lack of progress.
ENGLAND'S Jodi Ewart continued to lead after the fourth round of the Ladies European Tour's Final Qualifying School at La Manga Club as 52 players made the cut, securing their places in the fifth and final round.
Today's penultimate round represented a chance for the 99 competitors in the field to make a break towards the top 50 and ties and the magic number fell at nine over par.
But there was no joy for Bolton-based Kelly Tidy and Manchester Hopwood's Rachel Connor.
Tomorrow the remaining competitors will be targeting the crucial top 30 places and membership of the LET in category 8a. Those who finish in positions 31 to 52 will be eligible for Membership in Category 9b, but with fewer chances to play.
As always at qualifying school, there was drama at the top and bottom of the leader board as the players jostled for position.
At the top of the leader board, Ewart's overnight lead was cut from seven to four shots, after Swiss amateur Anais Maggetti fired a six under 67 on the South Course to end the day at seven under par.
At the other end of the leader board, Russian Maria Verchenova was one of the players who climbed up into the top 52 places moving from tied 55th into a share of 43rd with a one under par 72 on the South Course, but Scotland's Lynn Kenny went the other way, slipping from tied 49th into joint 76th with a 78 on the North.
YORKSHIRE hot-shot Jodi Ewart blew away the rest of the field with a six-under-par round of 67 in windy conditions in the third round of the Ladies' European Tour Final Qualifying School on the South Course at La Manga today. The 24-year-old fired six birdies to lead by seven strokes on minus 13 with two rounds to play.
Manchester's Rachel Connor returned a 76 at the south course to tie 49th as Royal Birkdale member Kelly Tidy, from Bolton, carded 80 on the north course to share 75 place.
Ewart was one of only nine players in the field to break par on a cold and blustery third day in Cartagena, Murcia. and she explained: "I felt like I had a little bubble around me today, actually. I'm pretty experienced in the wind.
"We seemed to play a lot in the wind on the Futures Tour and in college. New Mexico is really windy in the spring. Obviously being from England too, I have a lot of experience in the wind and it only really started raining on the last hole.
Ewart, who earned her full card for the LPGA in December, has chosen not to look at any leader boards during the qualifiers. "I'm taking each shot and each hole at a time. I'm really enjoying playing golf out there," she said.
The fifth round will be played on the South Course on Thursday and the top 30 players will earn LET Membership.
total of 137. The former Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup player is now poised to achieve a dream double after earning her LPGA Tour card in December. She ended the day a stroke ahead of three other players. French amateur Alexandra Vilatte, the first round co-leader Sharmila Nicollet of India and Heather Bowie-Young of the United States were all on six under par.
Spain's Carlota Ciganda and Marjet Van der Graff from the Netherlands finished a stroke further behind in a share of fifth place, followed by Scotland's Clare Queen and Thailand's Piyathida Ployumsri on four under par.
Meanwhile, Manchester Hopwood's Rachel Connor carded a 76 over the North course to share 21st place. But Bolton's Kelly Tidy returned 79 at the South Course to slip to 79th.
The first four rounds end with a cut to the leading 50 players who will battle for one of the 30 players cards.
INDIA'S Sharmila Nicollet and Chrisje de Vries, of the Netherlands, set a flying pace with rounds of five-under-par on the opening day of the Ladies European Tour's Final Qualifying School at Spanish resort La Manga Club.
Bolton's Kelly Tidy carded 74 on the North.
Meanwhile Nicollet had seven birdies and two bogeys for an opening 68 on the South Course while De Vries had four birdies, one bogey and an eagle two at the ninth hole in a 66 on the North Course.
England's Jodi Ewart, Germany's Stephanie Kirchmayr, Sweden's Elin Emanuelsson and Spain's Laura Cabanillas were the next best placed players on three under par.
The 90-hole Final Qualifying School is being played over the resort's two world-class courses for the first four rounds with a cut to the leading 50 players and ties after 72 holes. The fifth round will be played on the South Course on Thursday and the top 30 players will earn LET Membership in category 8a.
BOLTON teenager Kelly Tidy has cleared the first hurdle in the Ladies European Tour qualifying school marathon and graduated to the final stage.
She was among 72 players who made it through pre-qualifying at the La Manga Club in Spain where they will return on Sunday for a five-round test and aiming to finish in the top 30 and win a place on the 2012 Tour.
England international Tidy, a Royal Birkdale member, tied eighth with scores of 74 72 72 73.
DISTANCE measuring devices are to be allowed in all English national women's championships and competitions.
Until now, competitors have been allowed to use DMDs in English Women's Golf Association (EWGA) events at club level. However, they were not permitted in national championships, nor in the regional and national finals of handicap competitions.
Many players found the situation confusing and EWGA received many questions asking why DMDs were not allowed in all its competitions and, specifically, why men could use them when women could not.
After giving full consideration to the matter, the EWGA Operational Board decided that DMDs could be used in all its events. The decision was made at the board's final meeting before the association merged with the English Golf Union (EGU) to form England Golf. The EGU already allows the use of DMDs in all its events.
Individual county women's associations will continue to make their own decision about whether or not to allow the use of DMDs in their events.
the LET Qualifying School at La Manga Club.
The 19-year-old former British women's open amateur champion from Bolton is hoping to win her card at the first attempt along with fellow England player, Mere's Charlotte Wild, and Lancaster's Holly Calvert.
Four pre-qualifying rounds start on Sunday with the final on January 15-19.
BOLTON hot-shot Kelly Tidy, vowed to use the lessons learned in the Ladies European Tour Access Series in the Azores to get her through next month's LET Qualifying School at Spanish club La Manga Club in Spain in January.
The 19-year-old former British women's open amateur champion finished second a stroke adrift of Marieke Nivard, of the Netherlands, who came from six shots behind in the final round.
"It was a hard day. I knew that I was holing all the putts in the previous rounds and that one day they would not get in so easily and that day was today," said Kelly, a member at Royal Birkdale.
"You have to make the putts in order to win and I did not make any. I never thought I had it lost but I saw Marieke was playing really well and that I needed a level par round or a one over to win. I saw the leaderboard on the 15th and for me it is important to know the scores, but I couldn't make it.
LORA Fairclough has wasted no time carving out a new career after retiring from the Ladies European Tour at the end of the summer.
The former Solheim Cup player is passing on her considerable experience by working as a coach at the Chilli Dip Academy a few well hit drivers from her Adlington home.
She started playing as an 11-year-old at Chorley Golf Club and as an England International represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy.
The four-time Tour winner is also channelling some of her energies into the Lancashire Women's Golf Association, which played an important role in developing her burgeoning talents, by joining forces with training officer Anne Baines.
"I feel the need to put something back into the county," said Lora, who was invited to join the staff at Chilli Dip by owner James Barr.
He and fellow professional Phil Newnes have helped to set up her own teaching bay at the driving range which includes video technology and they have recently recruited former Bolton champion Liam Ball as a trainee.
They've also a captive audience because the academy is part of the 500-member Douglas Valley nine-hole golf course.
Meanwhile, Lora will restrict her playing opportunities to corporate pro-ams in Spain and Portugal.
IT'S ladies first for a new scheme being run by Alvaston Hall Golf Club.
The Cheshire club's PGA qualified professional Mark Taylor is running a series of free group lessons for women.
They will take place at the club, near Nantwich, both before and after Christmas and will help anyone looking to take up the sport or develop their skills.
They form part of a county-wide drive to encourage more people to take up golf, and particularly women.
"It can be intimidating for a women or girl to approach a club on their own to start playing golf," said Craig Thomas, county development officer for the Cheshire County Golf Partnership, "but the Alvaston Hall sessions provide a great place to join in with groups of people who are in a similar position.
Further details are available from Mark Taylor be emailing mark.taylor72@o2.co.uk or ringing the club on 01270 628 473.
ENGLAND beat hosts Ireland 4-3 in dramatic style and successfully defended their Senior Home International crown with three wins from three matches at Tramore.
The two teams were locked in a tight title showdown and appeared to be heading for a halved result. It meant England would retain the trophy, but they dearly wanted to win it outright – and Cheshire's Caroline Marron produced a grandstand finish to secure the victory.
She was one down when she played a nine-iron stone dead into the par five 18th and her birdie putt was conceded. By winning the hole she contributed the crucial half to the England scoreline.
"We are ecstatic, we are in the pink!" said team captain Hilary Smyth, in a reference to England's colours.
"It was such a tight match and what a finish! We knew we would retain the trophy when Janet Melville produced a miracle half – but we wanted to actually win the title, not just retain it.
The victory gives England an impressive hat trick of 2011 Home Intemational titles, after the successes of the girls' and ladies' teams earlier in the season.
The senior celebrations came at the end of a long day's play in torrential rain. This morning, the players from all four teams returned to the course to complete the second session of matches. Play had been suspended yesterday because of thick mist, leaving the singles uncompleted.
England, who were playing Scotland, had the upper hand when play was called off, having won the three foursomes and taken the lead in three singles. They maintained their form when they returned to the course and went on to win the singles 4-1, giving them an overall scoreline for the match of 7-1.
In the other match, Ireland defeated Wales 5-3. This meant both England and Ireland had two wins from two matches and their head-to- head in the final session became the decider. Because of the yesterday's delays, the match was played over seven singles, involving all team members, rather than the usual format of three foursomes and five singles.
Bev New (Lansdown) & Chris Quinn (Hockley) beat Lorna Bennett & Karen Ballantyne 1 up.
SADDLEWORTH provided a magnificent stage both on and off the course asthey hosted the final of the MDLGA Bell Cup.
It is the home club of MDLGA President Sonia Dunn and she and her team from Saddleworth and the MDLGA led by Bell Cup organiser Jackie Foy ensured that the day ran like clockwork with excellent weather enhancing the fantastic views offered by one of the highest altitude clubs in England for the four teams – Mere, Warrington, Turton and Northenden –and their enthusiastic supporters to enjoy to the full.
Northenden with two games going to the 18th hole to meet Turton, who won by a similar margin against Mere to ensure new names on the trophy which has been competed for over 100 years.
Warrington got off to a flier with young star Loren Halliwell and Jean Warburton winning by 3/2 and 4/3 respectively.
Then the 'Turton Tiger' Jessie Baxter, believed to be the oldest player ever at 76 years young, off a fine 12 handicap, to compete on finals day notched up her second win of the day by 4/3 over Liz Faulkner.
Jennifer Hart posted the third win for Warrington by 2/1 over Elaine Hayes only for Christine Gobin to get Turton back in the hunt with a 6/4 success over Sarah Loy.
Denise Power clinched victory for Warrington by 4/3 over Christine Studholme to set up the celebrations with Dorothy Campbell conceding her match to Turton's Lynn Evans to complete a great day of excellent golf played in a great sporting spirit that was a credit to both teams.
Presenting the coveted trophy in a competition that had 89 clubs in the original entry and involving hundreds of top players for the participating clubs MDLGA President Sonia Dunn gave fulsome and deserved praise and thanks to all who had contributed to make this a real day to remember for everyone who took part.
ANOTHER busy season for the East Cheshire Ladies Leagues was concluded in a great day of finals at Ringway Golf Club.
Well over 100 teams in the four different leagues compete each week during the summer months aiming to top their respective divisions and reach the knock out stages.
The winners and top runners-up then go through quarter and semi-finals to reach the finals day with the Business Ladies League final being played on the day before the main event.
Stockport were the winners by 3-0 over Dunham Forest to set the stage for the A and B and Plate finals for the following day.
Astbury were the first team to celebrate as they beat Warrington 4-3 with wins from Gill Riley, Chris Westrup, Cathy Day and Gill Hodges to take the coveted shield back to south Cheshire.
But Warrington, already holders of the MDLGA Bell Cup, gained ample consolation as they took the B team Shield with a 4-3 win over Mere as wins from Ann Taylor, Denise Power, Marie Stacey and Di Scholes saw them home.
Finally there was history made for Marple in the Plate final as they made their first-ever appearance at this level against Prestbury who were also looking for a maiden victory at this level.
But it was Prestbury who had the edge as they won the first four matches with Liz Dunkley, Janet Higson, Kirsten Forbes and Elaine Fawkes taking charge with comfortable victories.
Each team was presented with their trophy by Cheshire Captain Win Heath of Hale GC who along with the various Lady Captains paid tribute to Ringway Golf Club, their teams for a great effort over a long season and to Judith Mutter of Macclesfield GC and her team of helpers for the superb organisation of the leagues and finals.
More glory came for Astbury and Warrington as they took on the West Cheshire League winners at Crewe a week later.
Astbury are the new Cheshire A champions after beating Runcorn and Warrington completed a great season for their club as they beat Vicars Cross in the B team final to win their county title.
A MAJOR new drive to bring more girls and women into golf is being launched across Cumbria. Eight clubs have signed up to deliver a six-week course of free lessons.These are aimed at those who are new to the game, or who want to return to the sport.Says Jane Robinson, county development officer for the Cumbria County Golf Partnership: "This is an ideal chance for any girls or women who have thought about trying golf – and it's all for free.
"Sometimes the thought of going along to a club for the first time can be a bit daunting, but this is an opportunity to try the sport in the company of others. "It would suit an individual who wants to try golf, a family group or friends who are looking to take up a sport that will help contribute to a healthier lifestyle, while providing an active social life as well.
"For some women, work and family commitments may have meant they no longer had the time to play a sport they enjoyed while younger and this scheme offers a great route back into golf for anyone looking to return.
Anyone interested is asked to contact the club below they wish to attend directly. All equipment is provided.
DEFENDING champions England made the best possible start to the Senior Home Internationals at Tramore, Ireland, when they beat Wales 8-0 in challenging conditions.
The course was covered by a localised sea fret throughout the day and play had to be suspended for half an hour in the afternoon. But it seemed nothing could stop the team.
England gave notice of their winning intentions in the morning foursomes. The new pairing of Chris Quinn and Bev New was an immediate success as they won the first five holes and romped to a 7/6 victory. They didn't lose a hole in the match.
The other two matches were much tighter but strong finishes from Sue Dye and Caroline Marron and from British senior champion Felicity Christine and Janet Melville secured both points on the 17th.
The singles, which included Roz Adams, were all well contested with two ending on the 16th, two on the 17th and one on the 18th – and all in England's favour.
"The physical conditions were very trying, especially with the dampness in the ground," said Hilary.
In the day's other match the hosts, Ireland, beat Scotland 5-3. Tomorrow, England will play Scotland.
PLEASINGTON'S Brogan Townend was crowned girls' champion at the Faldo Series Grand Final, played in strong winds at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland.
The England international, whose father Simon is a professional at Wilpshire Golf Club, will be offered a start in a professional Tour event and an invitation to the sixth Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in China next March.
This is Brogan's second major Faldo success – in 2009 she won the girls' U16 title when the Grand Final was held in Brazil.
Brogan, 17, signed off in this championship with a one-under par 71 to overtake Natalia Heckova of Slovakia. The runner-up to Brogan in the U21 girls' section was Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), followed by Steph McEvoy (Old Fold Manor), while Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) was runner-up in the girls' U16 section.
During the Grand Final, competitors attended clinics with six-time major champion Sir Nick Faldo and past winner Rory McIlroy. More than 30 local schoolchildren also visited Lough Erne to meet Faldo and enjoy an introduction to golf.
A field of 77 players competed on the Faldo Course at Lough Erne. Sixteen different countries were represented by some of the world's top young golfers, boys and girls, aged 13 to 21.
LANCASHIRE, winners two years ago, had to settle for second place behind Lincolnshire in the English Women's County Finals at Thorndon Park, Essex.
The Red Rose side beat Northamptonshire 8-1 on the final day, pipping Gloucestershire by half a point, but their s bid for glory had been derailed earlier in the week when they halved with Gloucestershire and then lost to Lincolnshire.
LORA Fairclough has sunk her last putt on the Ladies European Tour. "It is time to go," said the four-time winner and Solheim Cup player who joined the professional ranks 20 years ago following a sparkling amateur career.
"I've been suffering from a knee injury from a skiing accident which kept me out of action last season and despite two operations it's still not right and that accelerated my decision.
Lora, 41, is back in her Adlington home after a brief spell living in West Sussex and is embarking on a second career as a coach, expanding her public speaking engagements and playing pro-ams.
But her main ambition is to try to attract more youngsters, especially girls, into the game.
"It's shameful that clubs have so few junior members," she said.
Her own roots are firmly planted at Chorley Golf Club where, encouraged by her dad Gerald, she picked up her first club when she was 11.
In her rookie LET season she won £9,000 and by 1993 had trebled the sum, thanks to her maiden victory in the IMB Open which earned her a place in the European team for the biennial Solheim Cup match against the United States the following year.
Despite Mickey Walker's side losing 13-7 at West Virginia resort The Greenbrier, Lora won her foursomes and fourball matches with Dale Reid before succumbing to Kelly Robbins in the singles.
She had plenty of experience on that score through her amateur days, as a girl and full England international and representing Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy in 1990.
She was also England Girl and Intermediate champion and won the Northern title twice and the English Schools' crown.
But it was as a Lancashire player that Lora first made her mark, claiming the county championship on two occasions.
"I owe a lot to the people who helped me in those early days," especially my coach Howard Bennett," she reflected.
Back on tour, 1995 was her most successful season, winning the Ford Classic and European Masters and banked more than £81,000 as she achieved her best ranking of four. She also won the German Open in 1998 and three minor tournaments.
Distance measuring devices (DMDS) are to be allowed in all English national women's championships and competitions, with immediate effect.
Email:lyndsey.hewison@ntlworld.comEditors NotesOn January 1st 2012, the English Women's Golf Association merged with the English Golf Union to form England Golf, the governing body for all amateur golf in England.England Golf is one of the largest sports governing bodies in England looking after the interests of over 1,900 golf clubs and 770,000 men and women club members. Responsible for the training of the country's top amateur golfers, England Golf also organises all the major English amateur championships. England Golf works to actively encourage new golfers and increase the continued interest and participation in golf through its golf development initiative 'Get into Golf'.
I had the privalege of caddying for Lora at the tytherington club when she needed a high finish to make the solheim cup team.Im convinced she would have won if her mind was not on the solheim cup.She achieved her goal and a top five finish saw her make the trip to the greenbrier.A fantastic player, person and competitor.
Good luck in whatever your future holds.Im sure any goals you set yourself will be achieved with ease.
Ah, I remember that day well! I was reporting on the event and was one of the first to congratulate my clubmate Lora!


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A retrospective study describing the relationship between the body mass index (BMI—whether a person is overweight or not) and the outcome of advanced breast cancer was published in the March 15, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research. This study showed that a those with higher BMI are more likely to be diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and have a negative outcome than patients with normal weight.
The study was performed at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. At this center, all patients with the diagnosis of locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) receive uniform treatments and follow-up procedures, so it is an ideal place to perform a retrospective study. The study demonstrates the relationship between two factors, body mass index and treatment outcome without the obvious confounding variables such as different treatment regiments. LABC can be subdivided into non-metastatic inflammatory (IBC) and non-inflammatory locally advanced breast cancers (non-IBC LABC). The authors were interested in comparing the two subgroups of LABC, IBC and non-IBC LABC, in addition to examining BMI and LABC. All studied patients had stage III LABC.
The study used data from 606 patients. Of these, 495 (82%) patients had non-IBC LABC and 111 (18%) patients had IBC. When the patients were categorized by BMI, 208 (34%) patients were either normal or underweight, and 398 (66%) patients were either overweight (32%) or obese (34%). Overweight and obese patients also had a greater degree of seriousness of the disease, resulting from tumors of higher T stage, higher nodal involvement, and higher grade compared with patients with normal weight. In addition, obese patients had a higher incidence of IBC, the more aggressive form of the disease, than either the overweight or normal/underweight patients.
The overall survival and recurrence-free survival were significantly worse for obese and overweight patients compared with normal/underweight. When IBC and non-IBC LABC were compared, the rates for five-year overall survival and recurrence-free survival for IBC patients were worse compared to non-IBC patients suggesting that prognosis for IBC is worse for non-IBC patient regardless of BMI. Obese or overweight patients had worse overall survival and recurrence-free survival rates within the two subgroups. Therefore, the obese and overweight patients suffering from IBC had the worst prognosis.
Previous studies have shown that obesity can be linked with an increased risk of developing breast cancer. However, this present retrospective study also suggests that higher BMI is correlated with lower overall survival and that the possibility of using BMI as a prognostic tool exists. As the authors of the paper stated, one of the limitations of the study is the lack of data on dietary habits of these 606 patients, given a recent study that suggests correlation between low dietary fat intake and reduced risk of disease recurrence. Despite the limitations, the value of the current study is that it illustrates the importance of a more multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of breast cancer including dietary intervention.
Dawood, S., et al, Prognostic Value of Body Mass Index in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Clincal Cancer Research 2008:14(6) March 15, 2008.


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Q: Calling an executable within a nested for loop in linux I am trying to call an executable with two arguments within a nested for loop (I'm also writing in bash scripting). I thought I was doing it correctly, but all my values show up in the text file as 0. i.e. tilt 0 angle 0 even though the values are obviously not. My code is as such:
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The solar_sim was provided to us and output a line like this, which I write to a file:

10000 hours, angle: 0.00 degrees, temperature: 0.00 degrees C, total power: 119871.00 Watts

Am I doing something wrong in the calling of solar_sim? I also tried using $i and $j

A: Your mistake is this line :
./solar_sim 'i' 'j' >> solarResults.txt

should be rewritten like this :
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Also, echo is sufficient alone, no need echo " " to print a newline

A: It looks like you forgot the "$" to de-reference the i and j variables
./solar_sim "$i" "$j" >> solarResults.txt

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Q: Magento - show a single product in homepage how to show a single product in homepage of Magento, I want to show exactly the product name, image and price.
Thanks a lot.

A: An easy way is to add that product to a category and display that category on the homepage by going to CMS - Manage Pages, select Home Page from the list of pages and add
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where category_id="8" is the category's id (thisid is displayed on the category page in Magento's admin)

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Adding Products To The Home Page Of Magento

A: The easiest option is to do a redirectmatch in the htaccess to your preferred product and then to give that product something like 'buynow' or 'welcome.html' as the URL code on it's product page settings.


Spring is definitely in the air… and so is the pollen. Luckily for the many IC patients with seasonal allergies, the antihistamines that stop our allergic sneezing, may also help our bladders. There is a down side, though. The drying and constipating effects of antihistamines can result in constipation– which is already a problem for those of us with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But here is the good news: according to most doctors, eating more dietary fiber can help offset the effects of constipating medications. For me, fiber is important and I find that breakfast is an excellent opportunity to include more fruit and fiber in my diet.
When I take antihistamines, I usually forgo some otherwise bladder-safe breakfast foods like bagels and cream cheese or scrambled eggs. Initially I was tempted to try the popular boxed cereals. But the brands commonly found in grocery stores all gave me horrible bladder flare-ups. It turns out that those boxed cereals, though a good source of fiber, cause symptom flares for many IC patients. This may be due to the preservative, BHT or BHA (common food allergens according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology). So what's both IC-safe and fiber-rich for breakfast?
Though it may take some preparation time, fried potatoes or hash browns are a good source of fiber. They're delicious seasoned with salt, pepper, and a pinch of sage or thyme. (Vulvodynia sufferers should omit the pepper). Chopped red bell peppers stirred in are a tasty change of pace. Lightly fried using a vegetable spray, potatoes are part of a protein-packed meal when paired with a small strip steak.
A few drops of almond extract, some chopped almonds, and a chopped fresh pear.
A dash of cinnamon, a spoonful of maple syrup, and a handful of crushed, salted cashews.
A quarter-cup of fresh blueberries, a dash of nutmeg, and a heaping tablespoon of crunchy wheat germ or wheat bran. (Those with oxalate-sensitive vulvodynia best avoid the wheat germ and blueberries).
Oatmeal topper (but beware of sulfites on dried fruit).
If you're a fan of toast and jelly and both you and your bladder like cinnamon, then you might enjoy the delicious new cinnamon-flavored pear jelly that the IC Network store offers. It's called A Perfect Pear and on toast it's a perfect treat for your sweet tooth! What makes this spread so unusual is that it is not formulated with large amounts of lemon juice or citric acid as are so many jams and jellies on the market.


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You may the find organisations listed below useful.
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Please note: OnlyMums & OnlyDads CIC does not necessarily endorse the organisations listed.
Adfam
People with a drug user or drinker in the family often take months and even years to look for help. Adfam provides a place where families can take that first step and find information about where to get the expert support and advice they need.
You can read more about them here.
DrinkAware
If you are concerned that you or someone you care about has a problem with alcohol there is lots of help available. You can find some useful links and phone numbers here
Friendly, confidential drugs advice.
Childline is a free, private confidential service, online, on the phone, anytime. They can help with a range of issues including abuse, home, family, sex and relationships.
The Mix
The Mix is the a support service for young people. They are there to help you take on any challenge you're facing – from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. You can talk online, social or on a free confidential helpline.
Separation and divorce can be a challenging and upsetting time for all involved. But although there may be a lot going on, it's important to make sure the children get the support they need.
Knowing how to tell children about the separation can be a challenge. Take a look at their advice on talking about difficult topics.
If you're worried about how your relationship break-up might affect your child, here is our advice and information on where you can get help.
Voices In The Middle
Age appropriate content for 13-19 year olds on what is going on, ways in which they can share their voice and support for their health and wellbeing.
Friendly discussion boards with peer and expert support from our moderators and Service Partners. Directory of local youth organisations to find someone to talk to nearby.
Guides for parents and family law & mediation organisations on supporting children and young people in the middle of divorce & separation.
Dads Unlimited
Dads Unlimited offers advice, support, and a community of men who have been through similar (and different) experiences.
You can read more about them and the services they offer here.
Mankind supports male victims of domestic abuse. They run a confidential helpline available across the UK for all men suffering from domestic violence or domestic abuse by their current or former wife or partner (including same-sex partner). 01823 334244.
MenSpace (FaceBook)
Menspace offers ongoing, online and one-to one support to men experiencing domestic abuse, or those who have come out of destructive relationships and would value some support. No one should dread going home: everyone should have a space called home which is a safe place to recharge.
Facebook: @MenSpaceGlobal
Twitter @andrewpain1974
Supporting those who have experienced violence and abuse is at the core of everything we do. No matter what your experience – domestic violence, sexual violence, 'honour' based violence, forced marriage, FGM, human trafficking or modern slavery – we are here to support you.
The National Domestic Violence Helpline
The helpline can give support, help and information over the telephone, wherever the caller might be in the country. The Helpline is staffed 24 hours a day by fully trained female helpline support workers and volunteers. All call are completely confidential. Translation for callers whose first language is not English and a service for callers who are dear of hard of hearing are available.
The Rights of Women
Rights of Women work in lots of different ways to help women through the law. They want to make sure that, at some of the most difficult times in their lives, women are able to talk to a lawyer who can give them expert and non-judgemental legal advice or get clear and accessible information about the law and their legal rights.
Sorting Out Separation
Useful sign-posting information on where to go for support and how to recognise and understand the different forms domestic abuse can take.
Victim Support
As an independent charity, they work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and the respect they deserve. They help people feel safer and find the strength to move beyond crime. Their support is free, confidential and tailored to your needs.
Women's Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children.
0808 2000 247 Freephone 24hr National Domestic Violence Helpline.
Regional Organisations
SODA – West Midlands
SODA offer support and friendship. They have self-care groups, one-to-one support and a phone line: 07805 164358. You can read more about this group here.
If you have a disabled child, they offer a range of short breaks including community, residential short breaks, family-based breaks or support in your own home. They also provide a range of services from early support to helping disabled young people prepare for adulthood.
Council For Disabled Children
They are the umbrella body for the disabled children's section bringing together professionals, practitioners and policy-makers. They have an online library of resources that you can access to find out more about disability policy and practice which includes a selection of materials specifically written with parents in mind.
Help if you have a disabled child
This is the Governments page on support you can get if you have a disabled child, including where to find local support groups to accessing financial support.
They provide support, information and advice to more than a quarter of a million disabled people and their families every year.
Bristol Grandparents Support Group
The aim of this group is inform people of the issues surrounding Grandparents and their rights to see their Grandchildren, when contact has been denied.
You can find out more about this support group here.
Family lives is a national family support charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life.
Grandparents Plus
We provide advice and information to grandparents in all kinds of situations, whether they're having to take on care of children full-time (as kinship carers) or are struggling to see them.
Information for grandparents wanting to maintain relationships with grandchildren.
They have lots of useful information online about how to go about renting or buying a home or just finding somewhere to live. You can also find advice on handling problems with your landlord and help to avoid losing your home.
Gingerbread provide information to help single parents support themselves and their family. They provide support on range of housing issues including finding a new home for you and your family, and setting up home for the first time as a single parent.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through their advice, support and legal service.
Asylum Aid
This organisation support migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to settle, integrate, and build new lives in the UK. They have a range of support services including immigration legal advice.
They support people who have had to flee their homes. They offer support for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
Southall Black Sisters
They provide a range of services covering issues including immigration problems and abusive relationships; immigration advice and a counselling service helpline – 0208 571 0800.
Legal & Mediation
Advocate is the Bar's national charity that makes it possible for barristers to balance a dedicated practice with making a significant contribution to the community. We match make members of the public who need help with barristers who are willing to donate their time and expertise in deserving cases for those who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay. You can read more about Advocate here.
You can download all the Children Act forms from this site.
Resolution is an organisation of 6,500 family lawyers and other professionals in England and Wales who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters. You can read more about how Resolution can help you here.
National Family Mediation
NFM provides a voluntary, confidential process helping people reach joint decisions without using court. We offer a safe, neutral place where couples no longer in a relationship can meet with a trained professional mediator to make sustainable plans for the future. You can read more about National Family Mediation here.
Personal Support Unit
The PSU are a charity supporting people who face court alone so that they can represent themselves to the best of their ability. The service is free and based in court buildings.
PSU volunteers will provide reassurance and practicable help, including:
Explain how the court works, help fill in forms, organise papers, and discuss settling issues without going to court
Help plan what you want to say in court, and if needed, go with you to court to provide support, take notes and help afterwards
Provide details of other specialist advice agencies and help you find out whether you can get free legal advice
Lots of very useful information on family law and support to help you make better informed decisions for your family.
Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
CAMHS are specialist multidisciplinary services, funded by the NHS, to assess and treat children with mental illnesses, and emotional and behavioural disorders. You can access CAMHS through your GP.
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. You can find out where your nearest local service is and lots of information and support to help you and your family.
A really useful guide to mental health services in England.
They have lots of support and advice for parents who are concerned about their children, including an fee confidential helpline – 0808 802 5544.
Lots of useful information and advice on managing your finances when you are going through divorce and separation.
Free and impartial money advice set up by Government. Very useful site with lots of support on a range of issues including debt, managing your money and benefit payments.
Guidance on how to manage your finances between you and your ex, as well as information around benefits and debt advice providers.
StepChange
This charity has team of debt experts help, the advice is free, impartial and confidential and they will tailor it to your situation. They provide a range of managed debt solutions and all the support you need to help you if you have debt.
Claire Field Consultancy
This organisation specialises in providing supervision of contact in a safe welcoming environment where children and families can be brought together.
Eleda Consultancy
Eleda offers counselling and psychotherapy to help people with relationship difficulties, family issues, divorce or separation.
Kids Come First
Support for separated parents – a child-focused program offering parents specialist guidance and advice on how to create a collaborative, effective and successful co-parenting partnership beyond their separation. You can read more here.
Lots of information on how to support your children through separation and divorce.
A wide range of information and tools to help you understand the issue that maybe affecting your parenting relationship. All the material have been designed to support parents as they work things out for themselves.
Lots of support and advice for couples going through separation including confidential phone line where you can talk to qualified counsellors.
Gingerbread provide information to help single parents support themselves and their family. They run programmes to equip single parents with the skills and opportunities to gain employment. They campaign and influence policy to reduce stigma against single parents, and make services more accessible to all families.
One Parent Families Scotland
They offer help to all single parent families; mums, dads, young parents and kinship carers.
They offer essential information, expert advice, interactive learning, multi-media content, links to other support organisations and news for anyone who is parenting alone.
Young Parents
They have some useful advice and information for young parents who are not living with their child's other parent.
Lots of useful link and advice on being a young mum.
Young Mothers Trust
They offer assistance to young mothers when applying for benefits to ensure that mothers are receiving all of the money that they are entitled to. They provide specialist information and advice regarding stopping smoking, budgeting, keep fit, breastfeeding, further education, training, employability and lone parenting.
Do you know someone who could benefit from this?

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Q: JButton is not adding I'm not sure why my JButton is not displaying when I add it to the JPanel class: if my class extends JPanel, shouldn't this.add be sufficient? And if I remove this Jpanel class from another Jpanel, the components attached to this panel should disappear as well right? Thank you!
public class Menu extends JPanel{

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

static boolean startGame = false;

public static String user;

public Menu(final JFrame frame) {
    JPanel userName = new JPanel(); // create new JPanel
    final JTextField text = new JTextField();
    text.setText("input your username here");

    //adds userName input box to the panel

    Action action = new AbstractAction(){

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        user = text.getText();
        text.setVisible(false);
        Menu.startGame = true;
    }};

    text.addActionListener(action);

    userName.add(text);
    frame.add(userName, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    frame.revalidate();
    frame.repaint();

    setFocusable(true);

    addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
            sndMenu newMenu = new sndMenu(frame);
            newMenu.setVisible(true);
        }
    });

/**
  * this does not display help!
 */

    //add a button to the menu called "help"
    JButton help = new JButton("get instructions");
    this.add(help,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    help.setVisible(true);

    help.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
            instructions instr = new instructions(frame);
            frame.add(instr);
            frame.revalidate();
            frame.repaint();
        }
    });
}

public void paint (Graphics g) {
    super.paint(g);
    g.setColor(Color.black);
    g.fillRect(0, 0, Game.WIDTH, Game.HEIGHT);

    Font fnt0 = new Font("Manaspace", Font.BOLD, 40);
    Font fnt1 = new Font("Manaspace", Font.BOLD, 30);
    g.setFont(fnt0);
    g.setColor(Color.white);
    g.drawString("Welcome To Jumping Box!", 120, 300);
    g.setFont(fnt1);
    g.drawString("Click to play!", 260, 400);
}

}


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Acyclania tenebrosa är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Paul Dognin 1911. Acyclania tenebrosa ingår i släktet Acyclania och familjen björnspinnare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Externa länkar

Björnspinnare
tenebrosa

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Wait. What? Or How to Get Curious When Someone is Clearly Wrong
Our most difficult conversations are characterized by our near certainty that we are right and they are wrong. This would be OK if the only opinion that mattered was our own. The challenge is that when we need to lead and collaborate, their opinions and perspectives matter, too. However, it is nearly impossible to get curious about what they are thinking if we are stuck in our own certainty. In this workshop, you will learn a simple and time-tested tool to step out of our certainty and into a stance of curiosity where questions flow more easily, shifting the conversation into constructive and collaborative dialogue.
About the Speaker - Amy Rebecca Gay, PhD, CPCC
Amy is a senior consultant and coach with Five Rhythms Consulting who brings over twenty-five years of experience as a mediator, trainer and facilitator for organizations of all sizes including Fortune 250 companies. She is the former assistant director of the Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution at UMass Boston, she was the trainer and product manager at Vantage Partners and currently collaborates with UMass's Center for Collaborative Leadership, The Mediation Group and Mobius Executive Leadership. She has taught at LeMoyne College, Syracuse University, UMass Boston and Babson College. Over her career, Amy has discovered that we communicate most effectively when we've mastered our own energy, emotions and identity. She brings an active awareness of the mind/body connection, a warm and welcoming facilitation style and a deep dedication to using one's mind for powerful transformation. She has a PhD from Syracuse's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and is a Coaches Training Institute certified coach.
6:00-6:10pm: Registration, mingling, and pizza
6:30-6:35pm: Welcome from Our Sponsor
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Map and Parking Info
We appreciate the Broad Institute donating the use of their event space.
Thanks to Scholar Rock for sponsoring this workshop.


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China still wants to control Big Tech. It's just pulling different strings
Tupperware goes high-end with $25 straws and $15 apple savers
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business
Updated 1:00 PM EST, Wed December 4, 2019
How the world's biggest brands plan to end garbage
Retail 16 videos
Why Walmart is cutting prices on certain items
Products on the shelves getting smaller? You can blame 'shrinkflation'
Hasbro 3D-prints your face on its action figure toys
Young shoppers love buy now, pay later. Here's why that might be a problem
Meta launches online store to purchase clothes for your avatar
Lego is building up its manufacturing footprint in the US
- Source: CNNI
'The product sold out in 2 minutes,' the young couple behind Lug bags
Here's how much businesses are raking in from the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Investment strategist: Retailers are talking about 'unwanted inventory levels'
Sales are up and prices too. Crocs CEO says brand was 'too cheap'
Patek Philippe president welcomes hip-hop and NFT fanatics
Luxury watchmakers see good times ahead as shoppers return
Inflation is pushing up high fashion prices. Luxury buyers don't seem to mind
Facebook's parent company has a brick and mortar store. See what's inside
New tech in Walgreens brings mixed reactions, confusion online
Tucked away on a street in New York's trendy SoHo neighborhood, a throng of bubbly influencers giggled and posed for selfies. A DJ played pulsating music amid a sea of neon lights and colorful walls that were expertly curated for Instagram. And, of course, there was alcohol and hors d'oeuvres were passed around.
The scene is typical for any party or new store opening, but the event wasn't to celebrate a buzzy startup. Instead, it was for Tupperware (TUP), the stodgy 73-year-old plastic container maker that has fallen on hard times.
Shares are down more than 70% this year. Tupperware is operating without a leader because its most recent CEO, Tricia Stitzel, left the company last month after less than two years in charge. It has reported a string of dismal earnings this year that missed expectations, partially because of the global trade war, a strong US dollar and customers seeking out cheaper alternatives.
The interior of TuppSoho includes a plant-like wall
Julia Chesky/Tupperware Brands Corporation
The model of relying on direct sales for buying Tupperware has also hampered growth. Although it's not eliminating the cultural staple, the brand hopes the new pop-up store, called TuppSoho, and a relaunched website will help turn it around.
"We've been relevant for 70 years, but we haven't connected to all of our consumers, and this is a great step in the right direction of accessing more people," Tupperware's chief financial officer Sandra Harris told CNN Business at a press event Tuesday.
The brand hopes the vibrant pop-up store, which closes on December 22, will attract people walking by and reconnect them with the brand.
The $25 reusable straw
Tupperware is trying to get recognized beyond just being storage for leftovers. The store features new luxury cookware, a $40 cold brew carafe, a $15 apple keeper and a $25 reusable straw. The latter isn't available in catalogs or online: It's sold exclusively at the store.
TuppSoho joins a growing and crowded neighborhood full of pop-up stores from fledgling brands employing the same strategy: Instagrammable experiences that generate free online publicity to expand their consumer bases. Shoe company Allbirds, mattress maker Casper, makeup brand Glossier and even Amazon (AMZN) have all launched with pop-up stores before opening permanent presences.
Harris called the pop-up store a "great learning opportunity" for Tupperware because the company can study how the consumer interacts with the brand. She also hopes the nostalgia factor of the brand will give it a boost.
"The ability to show that the product is still here and still available for a whole new generation to experience this," she said.
The store has products on display for customers to touch.
Tupperware's brand is based on plastic, a material that's falling out of favor. But Harris said that Tupperware's durability is an alternative to single-use plastic because it's made out of a stronger resin than its competitors.
"People recognize that Tupperware is different and it's here for forever," Harris said. "The ability for consumers to connect that they can buy something that is plastic but helps to reduce footprint and use of single-use plastics gets consumers excited."
Harris acknowledged that it's a "pivotal moment" for the company as it faces an uneasy outlook. She called the pop-up and relaunched website a "step in the right direction" to attracting new consumers.
Brendan McDermid/Reuters


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Skin Toxicity With Targeted Agents
TON - May/June 2014 Vol 7 No 3 - Supportive Care
Reactive management and attention to possible infection is usually sufficient to treat dermatologic toxicities associated with targeted cancer therapies, said Barbara Burtness, MD, professor of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors, treating skin toxicity is preferred over suspending the agent, because the development of rash is associated with better efficacy and outcome, she said at the 2014 annual meeting of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Although rash as a toxicity of EGFR inhibitors may look like acne, it is actually a mixed inflammatory infiltrate with follicular rupture. In general, these infiltrates are sterile, and the Propionibacterium that causes acne is not recovered from skin biopsies. "We also see quite a lot of xerosis," she said. "This again is associated with a mixed perivascular infiltrate; there are alterations in the stratum corneum, you can see parakeratosis, the keratinocytes can be apoptotic, and the eccrine glands can be miniaturized."
Pustular Rash and Other Skin Toxicities
Skin lesions are most common on the face, chest, and back. Rash develops early, whereas paronychia and fissures are later events. Red papulopustules affecting the face and upper body develop in 45% to 100% of patients treated with EGFR inhibitors, usually occurring within 8 to 10 days and peaking at 2 weeks. Before these lesions appear, patients may be aware of sensory disturbance, erythema, and edema, Burtness noted. The telangiectatic phase occurs late (at approximately 6 weeks) and may be hastened by the use of topical steroids and retinoids.
In patients treated with EGFR inhibitors, there is evidence that the intensity of their rash correlates with outcomes. For example, patients with colorectal cancer who were treated with cetuximab and who developed prominent rash had better overall survival than those who developed minimal rash, underscoring the importance of managing rash to enable patients to stay on treatment, said Burtness. Severe rash, however, does adversely affect quality of life.
Skin toxicities related to EGFR inhibitor therapy can lead to bacterial, viral, or fungal infectious complications in about one-third of patients. Bacterial super-infection (ie, impetigo, dissecting cellulitis) can be severe, she said.
Fissures are a late, postinflammatory symptom. They respond to topical steroids. Larger fissures may benefit from cyanoacrylate adhesive dressing, but liquid bandage treatments should be avoided because they may ooze into the fissure, preventing complete closure.
Periungual and nail alterations, which develop in 12% to 16% of patients treated with EGFR inhibitors, usually occur 4 to 8 weeks after therapy and can progress to paronychia. Burtness recommends starting treatment with topical steroids; culture with evidence of superinfection and begin antibiotics as indicated.
Early alopecia presents as mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Late alopecia is usually nonscarring and is associated with hair changes, such as hair curling and brittle hair. Clobetasol shampoo is "worth trying" and is more helpful in the early stage when rash and crusting are more prevalent, she said.
Acitretin 10 mg/day and isotretinoin 30 to 40 mg/day have been used for EGFR inhibitor skin reactions with success. "Even though lesions don't resolve, they become more telangiectatic and less pustular," she said.
"There has been some interest in the possibility of using prophylactic treatment to protect patients from these complications with agents known to have a very high rate of rash," she said. Prophylaxis with systemic minocycline reduced the number of facial lesions compared with placebo in patients treated with cetuximab.
In patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with panitumumab, prophylactic use of oral antibiotics with topical steroids was associated with significantly fewer grade 2 or higher skin toxicities compared with reactive treatment (62% vs 29%, respectively). However, the incidence of any-grade nausea and vomiting was higher with prophylactic treatment, although diarrhea was worse with reactive treatment (any-grade diarrhea, 85% for reactive vs 56% for prophylactic; grade 3 diarrhea, 32% vs 15%).
Ocular Complications
Ocular side effects also occur with EGFR inhibitors. Blepharitis usually responds to warm compresses, lid hygiene with antibacterial eye cleansers, and a short course of a topical eye ointment. Other complications include conjunctivitis, trichomegaly, corneal erosion, dry eye, and ectropion.
Dysfunctional tear syndrome is the most common tear film change, and while the use of artificial tears and topical anti-inflammatory agents can be helpful, topical steroids should not be used without involvement of an ophthalmologist, advised Burtness.
Skin Toxicity With RAF Inhibitors
Emergence of new skin cancers—melanomas in non–sun-exposed areas and squamous cell cancers in sun-exposed areas—is a skin manifestation of vemurafenib and regorafenib. Granulomatous eruptions are also possible and respond to topical steroids; unlike the skin lesions associated with EGFR inhibitors, these eruptions are not pustular.
Profound hand-foot syndrome has been associated with regorafenib. In addition, atypical melanocytic nevi and Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis have been reported in some patients treated with RAF
inhibitors.
Burtness B. Targeted agents: management of dermatologic toxicities. Presented at: 2014 Annual Conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network; March 13-15, 2014; Hollywood, FL.
Updated NCCN Treatment Guideline for CML Establishes Criteria for Stopping TKI Therapy
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in NCCN Updates
Immunotherapy Strategies in the Updated NCCN Guideline for NSCLC Hinge on PD-L1 Testing
Updated NCCN Breast Cancer Guideline Expands Treatment Recommendations for HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Disease
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in Breast Cancer, NCCN Updates
Immunotherapy Combination Extends Survival in Advanced Refractory Colorectal Cancer
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in Colorectal Cancer
Tumor Metabolism-Altering Regimen Achieves Clinical Benefit in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in Pancreatic Cancer
CAR T-Cell Therapy Fills Unmet Needs in Leukemia and Lymphoma
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in Immunotherapy
Genomic Markers of Response Improve Patient Selection for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
CAR T-Cell Therapy Associated with Unique, Acute Adverse Events Requiring Vigilant Monitoring
Immunotherapy Moving into Earlier Lines of Lung Cancer Therapy
TOP - May 2019, Vol 12, No 2 published on May 13, 2019 in Lung Cancer
Personalizing Immunotherapy in NSCLC Using PD-L1 and Tumor Mutation Burden as Biomarkers


Welcome to Fast Sc, the World 99 Non-Combat Stealing Creation Clan!
Fast Sc is a non-combat Stealing Creation clan whose goal is to provide safe and fast games for all our members. By working together, we consistently finish games faster than the regular full-combat Stealing Creation worlds.
The main focus of non-combat Stealing Creation is collecting and depositing clay. Once all the clay has been depleted from the game map, the timer drops to one minute left regardless of how much time is on the clock. In the long run, you're saving a lot of time!
While we do value speed, safety is our biggest concern. We play all our games on the clan side of Stealing Creation so that our ranked leaders can keep out those who wish to disrupt our games. With cooperation and teamwork, we can deal with them quickly and efficiently and continue to play fast, fun, and friendly games!
We strive to make fair decisions at all times. Unfortunately, sometimes we will make mistakes or errors in judgement. We ask that you appreciate that we are volunteering our time to offer this service to the RS community.
During times of chaos in the fc our ranks may have to come down harder on rule breakers. Do not hide behind our '2 warnings before a sit' system as you may find that on rare occasions this system will NOT apply. Our ranks have our full support.
Our main chat channel is Fast Sc. You can join this fc by going to the Friends Chat tab, clicking the 'Join / leave a Friends Chat channel' button, and typing the name 'Fast Sc'.
The official Fast Sc clan chat is open for the community and you can join here.
When we start games in the pens, we use the channels Fast Sc456 and Quick Sc456, also accessible through the Friends Chat tab.
This means that at the end of every game, you will need to hop into whichever chat you belong in. For most players, that will be Fast Sc456, with the exception of an Anti-Pk team which will join Quick Sc456. This small team will preferably be hand-picked by the leaders at the time. Requirements for joining that team will be explained later in this thread.
In the event that no ranks are present to start games, a player will usually volunteer to use their own friends chat (fc) to start games. The best way to find out the starting friends chat is to join 'Fast Sc' when you arrive at Stealing Creation and ask what the starting fc is. This is the fc you need to join to enter the game (unless you are picked for the Anti-Pk team).
Our games are ONLY played clan side, which is the large pen opposite the 2 smaller ones.
Our rules are designed to keep our games safe.
Please respect our ranked leaders. They are here to offer you a safe and enjoyable experience, and to enforce the rules we have set.
This thread is NOT a place for you to run in order to post your rants against our clan, our rules, or our ranks. This thread is here solely for the purpose of further rule/procedure explanation, leader reports, friendly suggestions, and general fun and encouragement.
If you have a problem with something we are doing; something one of our leaders did; if you disagree with one of our rules or procedures; or with anything that has happened in game, you may post a simple message asking an Owner or General to add you, and a member of our Admin team will contact you at their earliest convenience to try and sort the situation out. Please either have your PM turned on or add the members of Admin, which you can find named in post 1.3 of this thread.
If you decide to use this thread for anything other than the functions listed above, especially if you do so in a defamatory manner, we will have your posts hidden, and we may ban you from this clan's activities. Previous threads for this clan have been derailed for pages by incidents like this, and we will NOT tolerate it in this thread.
If you are asked to cease a certain conversation, we expect that our request will be adhered to.
SC (Stealing Creation) is a safe minigame where 2 teams compete to collect clay, make tools, make weapons and armour, and kill each other to earn as many points as possible. To get to SC, run to the Gamers' Grotto north of Falador or use the Gamers' Grotto teleport on a Games Necklace. Once in the Grotto, run north to arrive at the SC pens. It is recommended to start the tutorial on SC before you play.
There are 2 sets of pens on the east and west sides of SC. On the west side, the pen is split in half between Red Team and Blue Team. This is what is known as Free For All (FFA). You can choose a team to join; after 2 minutes the game automatically starts as long as there are 5+ people on each side. The pen on the east side of the SC lobby is what's known as Clan Side. On this side, you will be required to join a friends chat to get into the SC game with that group of people. You will need 2 friends chats in which 2 leaders will challenge one another to start the game. To start, you need at least 5 people in each fc.
Once the game of SC starts, you will be inside one of the bases. At this point, leave the base and start collecting clay! There are 5 classes of clay. There are also different types of clay: fragments (class 1), and rocks, swarms, pools, and trees (all ranging from class 2 to 5). While fragments have no level requirements to collect, rocks, swarms, pools, and trees require levels in mining, hunter, fishing, and woodcutting respectively. Class 2 resources require level 20 to collect, class 3 require level 40 to collect, class 4 require level 60 to collect and class 5 require level 80 to collect. What you want to do is collect the highest class of clay you can and make items to rack up points. To make items, take the clay to Creation Kilns. Here you will see a list of options on what to make, like weapons and tools.
The higher the tier of clay is, the better the resulting product will be or - in the case of runes and scrolls - more items per clay are made.
Once the '1 minute remaining' warning flashes up, run back to your base and click on the table in the middle. This deposits everything from your inventory and turns them into points. When the game ends, you will see a summary of how many points you ended with, and how many SC Points you were rewarded.
SC points are based on your score in-game. Visit the rewards shop north of the clan side pens to spend your points on armour, weapons, or tools. These rewards grant you a limited amount of bonus xp. Once the xp has been claimed, the armour or tool can be recharged with 20 SC points.
Tip: Volatile tools will retain their shape even after you gain the bonus xp, so it is recommended to buy these tools, revert them until you get the tool you need, and recharge and store them for the future (uncharged tools stack in your bank) in order to maximize your points and xp. It is important to note that reverting a volatile tool 10 times will destroy it; each time you revert a volatile tool will cause the tool to lose 10% of its potential bonus. However, once you do receive the tool you need and recharge it, you will receive the full 29,340 bonus xp from the tool as long as you do not revert it.
Sacred Clay armour and weapons can be bought for bonus xp and can be transformed into magic, range, or melee armour. Each piece of armour will grant 24,450 bonus xp. Because of this, it is recommended you buy Morphic head armour which only costs 24 points. Once your Morphic armour/weapon is drained of its bonus xp, you may equip it; its stats are equivalent to level 50 items. Please note that Morphic shields DO NOT grant bonus xp but can be transformed into different combat classes.
SHARING IS CARING! If someone asks for clay to make a tool, PLEASE give it to them. You'd be surprised how much faster a game goes when not everyone has to spend time collecting that first high-level clay. You can also help by depositing tools into your base for players to use. Removing tools from the base is allowed, as this helps you gather clay faster.
Call, call, call, call, call! We cannot stress enough how important it is to call clay locations in the fc! Even if you are personally unable to collect a certain kind, call it out! This way, those who can collect it know where to find it. Please refer to post 1.10 to learn about our clay calling system.
Start out each game by collecting a fragment (level 1 clay). Process it into a tool that will allow you to collect a higher level (2 or 3). It is not advised to use a tool that is more than two levels lower than what you are collecting. Work your way up to the highest level of clay you can collect, and then work your way down as the higher level clays get used up. This will not only gain you the most points, it will also make sure that we don't end up with high-level clays that only a few can harvest, while the rest of the players are just standing around with nothing to do.
The best things to process your clay into are things that are stackable. First choice is summoning scrolls or runes as these will stack no matter what the level of the clay. Keep in mind that scrolls are of no use to a pickpocketing pker, so these are the best option. Second choice, if you don't have high enough levels for those, is arrows. The drawback to this is that you will use up to five inventory slots, as each level of clay stacks into a different kind of arrow. However, if your Fletching level is better than your Runecrafting and Summoning, this might be your best choice!
Calls often use the following system: 'c' which stands for class, followed by the level of the clay, followed by the type of clay. After that, state a cardinal direction or a direction relative to one of the bases. For example, 'C4t w wall' tells us that there is a class 4 tree at the west wall. Kiln location calls are helpful on larger maps, e.g. c3t + kiln se corner. You may also find it useful to call out when an area is clear of clay so players know not to look in that area, e.g. rb cleared.
Below is a list of acronyms or words that Fast Sc uses to communicate quickly but efficiently in our chats.