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India survives day 1 at Adelaide .. .. know .. 'Dianthus plumarius',
Are you the one who would ask – what is there in a colour ? . .. how fast would you select your apparel. For many of us – there are only a handful of colours – Red, Blue, Green, Orange and Black & White, if you can add them too. Rest are only shades ! Can you identify the flower 'Dianthus plumarius', a species of in the family Caryophyllaceae.
The much awaited Border-Gavaskar Test Series was off to a start at Adelaide today. Remember this is a Day-Night match test. Both captains wanted to bat first and it was Kohli who had the choice,. Disaster was to strike sooner as Starc, found the sizeable gap between bat and pad into the stumps via an inside edge. One of pre-Test debates was Prithvi Shaw vs Shubham Gill and the second innings of this match may dictate how much that dominates the build-up to the second Test. Cheteswar Pujara walled for long without scoring much but his presence was intimidating enough. The team recovered well thought kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Virat Kohli was well set, and was forging a good partnership with composed Ajinkya Rahane.
Then came another horrible mix-up. Rahane regrettably offered when he called for a run to Hazlewood's left at mid-off, only to reverse his decision when he saw the fast bowler was neither slow nor clumsy in getting to the ball and sending a return in perfectly to Lyon at the non-striker's end. Rahane's exasperation was clear in his reflexive f-bomb and immediate apology to Kohli, but the damage had been done. TV camera crew, commentators and everyone else expected Kohli to react badly and let out some expletives BUT he walked way simply shaking his heads.
The First Test, first Session or first innings is very important and I somehow had some innate fears that India could fold below 150. In 1977 at Brisbane, India opened with Chetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar. At 15 it was two wickets down with Gavaskar and Mohinder Amarnath out of ducks ! – India recovered to make 153 !; in Dec 2007, in the First test the could muster only 196. In Dec 2018, Pujara made 123 and recovered India from deep trouble as they were 86/5 at one stage but reached 250, It was : 1-3 (KL Rahul, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Murali Vijay, 6.6 ov), 3-19 (Virat Kohli, 10.3 ov), 4-41 (Ajinkya Rahane, 20.2 ov), 5-86 (Rohit Sharma, 37.3 ov), .. .. .. So a score of 233/6 at Stumps looks reasonable enough .. and if India could reach 300, it would be great !
South Africa face a potential selection headache, with 10 members of their 16-man squad to play Sri Lanka involved in domestic first-class matches in which positive cases of Covid-19 have been detected. It is not yet known which, if any, of the 10 are infected or are deemed close contacts of those who are infected. If any of them fall into these two categories they will need to isolate for 10 days from December 16. The first Test against Sri Lanka starts on December 26 and only Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Anrich Nortje, Kyle Verreynne and Glenton Stuurman are confirmed as available. De Kock, du Plessis, Bavuma and Nortje did not play in this round and Verreynne and Stuurman played in the Cobras-Warriors match, which was unaffected by the virus. The latest round of domestic first-class matches saw the first franchise cricket match called off because of Covid-19 in South Africa. The top of the table clash, between the Titans and the Dolphins, was abandoned after the first day when a Dolphins player tested positive. At least three more players from that franchise have also been infected.
On day 1 at Adelaide, it was an engrossing opening day - but at 206/6 it looked worser that what is now as the expected threat of Australia's quicks with a pink ball under lights was staved off. Starc and Josh Hazlewood made the incisions before Wriddhiman Saha, who was preferred over Rishabh Pant, and R Ashwin did well to remain intact, carrying India's hopes of 300-plus with them.
Before concluding : Dianthus plumarius, also known as the common pink, garden pink, or wild pink, is a species of pink-coloured flower in the family Caryophyllaceae. Pink is a pale tint of red that is named after a flower of the same name. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the colour most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity and romance.
Cricket Australia have unveiled an updated pink Kookaburra ball, featuring a completely black seam, and announced it will be used in the day-night round of Sheffield Shield matches next week. Calling the red balls "rubbish", Shane Warne has said that they don't swing or do anything after 25 overs of use. Test cricket's second-highest wicket-taker Warne further stated that Pink-ball Test matches look "fantastic" on the TV. "I've been saying this for the last few years. I believe the pink ball should be used in all Test matches. Day games, not just day-night games," Warne said on 'Fox Cricket'.
"The pink ball, you can actually see the ball easier, crowd can see the ball easier. It generally does more than the red ball and it looks fantastic on TV. So why not use a pink ball the whole time? "Maybe change it at 60 overs because it goes soft, but I'd be using the pink ball for every Test match so more of it I would say. A cricket ball is not a perfect sphere. The seam of the ball is the circular stitching which joins the two halves of the cricket ball. Hence, the seam joining the pieces of leather is circumferential and the stitching is noticeably raised.
Interesting and hope you are in the pink of your health.
Posted by Srinivasan Sampathkumar at Thursday, December 17, 2020
Labels: Cricket, Flowers, GK, Interesting, Thoughts


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Academic journal article Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences
Design Principles of Help Systems for Digital Libraries
By Perez-Carballo, Jose; Xie, Iris; Cool, Colleen
The problem addressed by this project is that help-seeking situations are not well understood and at the same time, the design of help functionalities has proceeded without the benefit of such knowledge. The consequence is that the standard help features present on most digital library systems, are often not very effective (Xie, 2006; Xie & Cool, 2009) and particularly not helpful for novices.
The first steps of the project were to identify the types of problems novice digital library users experience for which they require help and to better understand the nature of these help-seeking situations. We conducted a user study (Xie & Cool, 2009) in order to identify the Help Seeking Situations (HSSs) encountered by novice users of digital libraries (see section "The User Study"). In this paper we examine the HSSs identified in the study (op. cit.) and propose a set of principles and guidelines for the design of help systems for a digital library (DL) that are intended to address those specific HSSs. Some of the design principles that we discuss here have been proposed also by other researchers or used in previous user-interfaces. What this paper does is to validate and connect those principles with specific help-seeking situations encountered by users observed and categorized in our user study.
In order to design a usable help system it is necessary to understand what lead users to use help. The user study that we conducted (op. cit.) identifies the kinds of situation that cause users to consult an online help system. The same study also illustrates the cases in which users failed to find the help information they needed. Understanding of users' Help Seeking Situations allows the designer to put effort and resources in the areas that will result in the highest pay-off for users.
In our user study we identify 15 Help Seeking Situations (HSSs). The HSSs and the corresponding user interface features are listed below (see Table 1). For each situation in the list of HSS, the design features that would be relevant are listed.
Previous research has evaluated a variety of help features in different types of Information Retrieval (IR) systems. Our approach is to study users first, in order to understand the help-seeking situations that give rise to help-seeking interactions and then, based on those situations, propose a set of design principles and guidelines to build online support systems.
Several collections of design guidelines and principles for the design of user interfaces have been proposed. For example, Shneiderman offers a list of principles in his book (Shneiderman, 1997). Other examples are the MITRE design guidelines (Smith & Mosier, 1986) and similar documents from Apple (Apple Inc., 2009), Microsoft (Microsoft n.d.), and Yahoo (Yahoo!, 2010). The latter is an example of a growing trend to publish user interface design patters, in this case for web pages. These documents present recommendations to application developers. Their dual purpose is to make user interfaces more usable as well as the, sometimes conflicting, purpose of specifying the look and feel expected in the corresponding environment. The guidelines proposed by these documents may be the result of the experience, taste, and, in some cases, user studies performed by the corresponding organizations. The document from Apple emphasizes the need to "involve users in the design process", "analyze user tasks", "build prototypes" and "observe users". It encourages developers to "see where people have difficulty using [their] product and then use that information to improve [the] product". This is not unlike this paper, were we describe the specific problems that novice users of a digital library encounter when trying to use the help system, and then propose guidelines to design better help systems.
The principles we propose here are based on observations of how novice users behave when seeking help while using digital libraries. …
Publication: Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences
Perez-Carballo, Jose
Xie, Iris
Cool, Colleen
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Help Desk Services--Research
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Die Studebaker-Packard Corporation entstand 1954 durch den Kauf der Studebaker Corporation in South Bend (Indiana) durch die Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit.

Studebaker war das größere der beiden Unternehmen, aber Packard stand finanziell besser da und hatte das bessere Personal.

Man hoffte, dass Packard vom größeren Studebaker-Händlernetz profitieren würde. Studebaker dagegen erhoffte sich eine wirtschaftliche Sanierung durch Packards größere Finanzkraft. Packards Präsident James Nance und der Präsident der Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, George Mason, planten, die vereinigte Studebaker-Packard Corporation nach der Konsolidierung mit Nash-Kelvinator und der Hudson Motor Car Co. zu einer American Motors Corporation zu vereinigen, die aus allen vier Marken bestand. Wäre diese komplizierte Operation wie geplant gelungen, so hätte die neue Gesellschaft noch vor Chrysler an dritter Stelle der amerikanischen Automobilproduzenten gestanden. Durch den plötzlichen Tod Masons, die Wahl seines desinteressierten Nachfolgers George W. Romney und durch Auseinandersetzungen über ein Gleichteilekonzept aller vier Marken gab es keine Chance mehr, diesen Plan durchzuführen. Dieser Lauf der Dinge besiegelte letztlich das Schicksal aller vier Marken.

Organisation
Präsident der neuen Gesellschaft wurde James J. Nance, der Vorsitzende von Studebaker, Harold Vance, einer der Vizepräsidenten. Festgehalten wurde vorerst an den Standorten South Bend (Indiana), dem Sitz der neuen Studebaker Division und Detroit (Michigan) mit der Packard-Clipper Division und der Konzernzentrale. Nance strebte ursprünglich zwei Profit-Center unter einer gemeinsamen Führung an. Die Umstände führten aber de facto zu einer zentralen Führung aller drei Marken; Nance pendelte zwischen Detroit und South Bend, wo er sich jeweils zwei Tage lang mit den Problemen bei Studebaker beschäftigte.

Bei den Fusionsverhandlungen hatten die Parteien die Bilanzen gegenseitig nicht hinterfragt. So ging Packard von einer Gewinnschwelle bei 168.000 Fahrzeugen bei Studebaker aus. Damit hätte sich der neue Konzern halten können. Die Geschäftsleitung von Packard entdeckte im November 1954, dass Studebaker bei Weitem nicht alle seine betriebswirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse und Verkaufszahlen offengelegt hatte. Die Situation war wesentlich schlimmer, als Nance und sein Team es befürchtet hatten; die Gewinnschwelle von Studebaker lag unerreichbar bei über 286.000 Autos im Jahr, wobei das Unternehmen 1954 nur 82.000 Fahrzeuge hergestellt hatte.

Die Gewinnschwelle bei Packard lag bei 80.000 Einheiten (Packard und Clipper); im Modelljahr 1955 wurden trotz verspäteter Markteinführung 55.247 Fahrzeuge gebaut. Das war immer noch unzureichend, aber ein Quantensprung gegenüber den 30.965 Fahrzeugen des (entsprechend längeren) Modelljahrs 1954.

Der Verlust von 30 % des Studebaker-Händlernetzes 1956 vergrößerte noch die Schwierigkeiten der neuen Gesellschaft.

Übernahme durch Curtiss-Wright
Nach den vernichtenden Verkaufszahlen des Jahres 1956 ging Studebaker-Packard bereits im Juni 1956 eine Geschäftsverbindung mit der von Roy T. Hurley geführten Curtiss-Wright Corporation, einem Rüstungsunternehmen, ein. Dies war die einzige Alternative zur Insolvenz. Die neuen Besitzer, die das Unternehmen hauptsächlich als Abschreibungsobjekt gekauft hatten, pochten auf große Veränderungen:
 Alle militärischen Produktionsstätten von Studebaker-Packard wurden einschließlich der zugehörigen Lieferverträge von Curtiss-Wright übernommen
 die Herstellung der Packard-Fahrzeuge in Detroit wurde eingestellt
 die erst 1956 eingeführte Marke Clipper wurde eingestellt
 alle verbliebenen Automobilaktivitäten wurden nach South Bend (ins Werk von Studebaker) verlegt.

Synergien im Autobau
Der eigentliche Zweck der Fusion, durch größere Losgrößen eine Rationalisierung zu ermöglichen, kam nicht zustande.

Motoren
Seinen relativ kleinen V8-Motor hatte Studebaker zu einem leichten und kraftvollen Triebwerk mit 289 c.i. (4736 cm³) ausgebaut. Packard-Clipper hatte daran kein Interesse; einerseits war er für die obere Mittel- und Oberklasse zu klein, andererseits hatte Packard erst 1955 einen eigenen V8 auf den Markt gebracht. Dieser erschien mit 320 c.i. (5244 cm³) für den Clipper und 352 c.i. (5768 cm³) für die großen Modelle.

Packard konnte den 320er Motor samt Automatik "Twin Ultramatic" an AMC verkaufen, wo zwar ein eigener V8 entwickelt wurde, der aber erst 1957 zur Verfügung stand. Der Packard 320 wurde für die großen Nash und Hudson verwendet, die ihrerseits Konkurrenzmodelle des Packard Clipper und Studebaker President waren. 1956 wurde der Packard V8-Motor auf 352 c.i. vergrößert. Der 352 wurde nun im Clipper und im später nachgeschobenen Executive verwendet; die teureren Modelle erhielten einen noch größeren Motor mit 374 c.i. (6129 cm³). Einige Exemplare des Packard 352 wurden an Studebaker geliefert, wo sie im Golden Hawk des Modelljahrs 1956 verwendet wurden.

Die Übernahme durch Curtiss-Wright verhinderte, dass eine gemeinsame Modellpolitik der Marken Packard, Clipper und Studebaker zum Tragen kam. Dabei wären große Synergien beim Motoren- und Karosseriebau möglich gewesen; Clipper und Studebaker President hätten dabei die meisten Komponenten geteilt.

Produktplanung 1957–1959

Nance hatte konkrete Pläne zur Modellpolitik. Anders als Romney bei American Motors (der gezielt das Segment der Kompaktwagen anvisierte) plante Studebaker-Packard weiterhin, ein vierter Mitbewerber zu den "Großen Drei" (General Motors, Ford und Chrysler) zu werden. Dazu sollte an den Produktionsstandorten Detroit (Packard, Packard Executive und Clipper) und South Bend (Studebaker mit Hawk, Nutzfahrzeuge) festgehalten werden. Die folgenden Tabellen basieren auf einem Vorschlag vom März 1956 und wurden so nie realisiert.

Für 1957 waren demnach durchs Band "aufgewärmte" 56er Modelle vorgesehen.

Studebaker: In allen drei Baureihen sollten die bisherigen Varianten angeboten werden. Weitere Hawk-Versionen scheinen nicht vorgesehen gewesen zu sein. Topmodell wäre der President Classic gewesen, wahrscheinlich ein Bindeglied, um das Loch im Preisgefüge zwischen Studebaker und Executive abzumildern.

Packard: Sedan und Hardtop entsprechen Patrician und Four Hundred. In diesem Jahr war kein Caribbean vorgesehen. Die einzige Neuheit wäre ein preisgünstigeres Cabrio gewesen, das möglicherweise ebenfalls Four Hundred geheißen hätte.

Executive: Hätte die frühere Rolle des Clipper als "Junior-Modell" von Packard übernommen; ein Clipper war in diesem Jahr nicht vorgesehen, obwohl er erst 1956 als Marke etabliert worden war.

Was daraus wurde: In der Tat gab es ein mildes Facelift für Studebaker. Ein President Classic wurde angeboten. Bei Packard gab es nur einen Clipper als Town Sedan (Limousine) und Country Sedan (Station Wagon), beide vollständig mit Studebaker-Technik. Er war etwa auf dem Preisniveau des Clipper Custom des Vorjahres. Das Segment oberhalb von Buick (Cadillac, Lincoln, Imperial), in dem Packard jahrzehntelang ein maßgeblicher Mitbewerber gewesen war, wurde ebenso preisgegeben, wie die wichtigsten Errungenschaften der Marke, die erst 1955 eingeführt worden waren: V8, Twin Ultramatic oder Torsion Level Ride. Einzig die von Dana-Spicer zugekaufte Twin Traction Hinterachse mit Sperrdifferential schaffte es als Option ins Jahr 1957.

Gemäß diesem Plan war für 1958 eine Modelloffensive angedacht: alle Packard und Studebaker sollten neu herausgebracht werden. Lediglich der Hawk und die Nutzfahrzeuge hätten bloß ein (weitgehendes) Facelift erfahren.

Studebaker: In allen drei Baureihen sollte es neu je ein viertüriges Hardtop geben. Vom Champion sollte ein "Express" Pickup in der Art des erfolgreichen Ford Ranchero abgeleitet werden. Für den Hawk und die Nutzfahrzeuge war ein leichtes Facelift vorgesehen. Der President Classic wäre entfallen.

Clipper: Der Clipper (als Marke) sollte wieder auferstehen. In zwei Ausstattungslinien (wahrscheinlich Super und Custom) sollten je ein zwei- und ein viertüriges Hardtop angeboten werden.

Executive: Die Baureihe wäre auf zwei Ausstattungsstufen ausgebaut und um je ein viertüriges Hardtop ergänzt worden. Denkbar wäre die Abspaltung als weitere Konzernmarke gewesen.

Packard: Oberhalb des Packard wurde eine komplette Baureihe eingeplant. Sie hätte möglicherweise Caribbean oder Caribe geheißen und wiederum ein Cabrio umfasst (das im Standard-Packard gestrichen worden wäre).

Was daraus wurde: Die Personenwagen erhielten ein weitreichendes Facelift unter Verwendung von Fiberglas-Anbauteilen zur Gewichtsreduktion. Viertürige Hardtops erschienen sowohl als Studebaker, wie als Packard. Die Bezeichnung Clipper verschwand ersatzlos. Neu war ein Packard Hawk mit geänderter Frontpartie und falschem Ersatzrad auf dem Kofferraumdeckel. Packard kamen nun (außer Hawk) ohne Kompressor auf den Markt.

Gegenüber 1958 waren keine neuen Modelle und nur ein leichtes Facelift vorgesehen.

Was daraus wurde: Packard und natürlich auch Executive und Clipper wurden gestrichen. Stattdessen konnte in den gewonnenen Fertigungskapazitäten der neue Kompaktwagen Studebaker Lark auf einem verkürzten und leicht überarbeiteten Standard-Chassis produziert werden.

Die letzten Packard
Die 1957 und 1958 gefertigten Packards waren im Wesentlichen Studebaker Presidents, die mit großen Mengen von Chromleisten versehen wurden. Diese Wagen wurden von Satirikern als Packardbaker bezeichnet. Die beiden 1957er Modelle sowie der Hawk von 1958 waren serienmäßig mit Paxton-Kompressoren ausgerüstet. Die Heckflossen waren so entworfen, dass sie bis 1958 Clipper-Schlussleuchten des Modells 1956 aufnehmen konnten. Das Armaturenbrett war optisch angelehnt an jenes von 1956 und es gab an den Flanken Metallabdeckungen ähnlich den 56er Packard. Teague verwendete außerdem Schriftzug, Kühlerfigur und Trim auf dem Kofferraumdeckel des Patrician / Four Hundred von 1955. Auch wenn der Clipper gewiss kein Packard im traditionellen Sinn mehr war, so hatte er doch viele Qualitäten und Studebaker hatte ihm das Beste mitgegeben, was dieses Traditionsunternehmen zu bieten hatte. Dazu gehörten vor allem der leistungsfähige Sweepstakes V8 (teilweise mit Kompressor), Trommelbremsen mit Kühlrippen und Studebakers Multiple Ratio Lenkung. Das Fahrwerk kam zwar nicht an die regulierte Drehstabfederung des Vorgängers heran, der neue Clipper hatte aber weniger Gewicht und eine dank dem leichteren Motor bessere Gewichtsverteilung. Die Leistung entsprach mit 275 bhp mit Kompressor exakt jener des Clipper Custom resp. Packard Executive mit dem Packard 352 V8-Motor. Ein anderes Problem wird jedoch leicht übersehen: In einer Zeit, in der "größer" fast automatisch mit "besser" gleichgesetzt wurde, war der 57er Clipper kleiner als der Vorgänger. Preislich lag der Sedan mit US$ 3.212 genau zwischen dem Clipper Custom Touring Sedan mit US$ 3.069 und dem entsprechenden Packard Executive mit US$ 3.465.

Erstmals in der Automobilindustrie wurde Fiberglas in der Serienproduktion eingesetzt; Frontmasken und Heckflossen der Packard des Modelljahrs 1958 waren aus diesem Material gefertigt. Der letzte Packard verließ das Werk im Juli 1958. Die frei gewordenen Produktionskapazitäten nutzte Studebaker zur Herstellung seines Modells Lark, das eine Zeitlang erfolgreich war, obwohl manche Elemente der Karosserie bis 1953 zurückreichten.

Vertretung für Daimler-Benz in den Vereinigten Staaten
Der einzige Lichtblick in den Schwierigkeiten der Gesellschaft war eine von Hurley arrangierte Vereinbarung zur Vertretung von Daimler-Benz-Fahrzeugen. Diese Vereinbarung wurde sowohl für den Ausbau der kleineren Baureihen als wichtig erachtet, als auch für die verärgerte Studebaker-Händlerschaft, die nach Einstellung der Studebaker-eigenen Produktion wenigstens noch ein Produkt zu verkaufen hatte.

Studebaker-Packard unternahm einen letzten Versuch, den Markennamen Packard zu retten. Die amerikanisch-französische Limousine Facel Vega, die mit einem Chrysler-V8-Motor bestückt war, sollte als Packard verkauft werden. Daimler-Benz forderte jedoch die Aufgabe dieser Pläne aus Konkurrenzgründen.

Diversifizierung
Bereits 1958 kaufte Studebaker-Packard Paxton Automotive. Ab 1960 begann die Gesellschaft, sich in anderen Industriebereichen zu engagieren und kaufte:

 Trans International Airlines, eine 1948 gegründete Fluggesellschaft
 D.W. Onan & Sons – Generatoren
 Cincinnati Testing Labs – Kunststoffentwicklung
 Gering Plastics – Kunststofffertigung
 Clarke Floor Machine Company – Bodenreinigungsgeräte und Stoßdämpfer
 Gravely Tractors – Hochleistungsmäher und Einachstraktoren
 Chemical Compounds Company – Hersteller der STP-Öladditive

1961 wurde Sherwood Egbert Präsident der Gesellschaft. Er betrieb die Diversifizierung weiter. Im Frühjahr 1962, vier Jahre nach der Herstellung des letzten Packards und acht Jahre nach der Fusion von Packard und Studebaker, ließ das Unternehmen den Namen Packard fallen und firmierte wieder als Studebaker Corporation.

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Devon Coastal Paths, Part Two
On a recent Saturday walk we decided that we had sufficiently built up our thigh muscles to face a tougher walk. The Hope Cove to Salcombe walk is on the south west side of the peninsula and we were told it had some rugged paths, with some degree of difficulty. The gauntlet was thrown.
There are very few busses in or out of Salcombe, so we had to coordinate our time carefully, taking a bus to the tiny nearby town of Malborough and then transferring to a bus to take us to Hope Cove.
At the heart of Malborough is the parish church, founded around 1200 AD. With its 13thcentury stone vaulted roof and a perfectly preserved pointed spire sitting atop a hill, it can been seen throughout the countryside. We waited outside the post office beside the church for our bus.
Tim waiting outside the Post Office for the bus.
Hope Cove sits nestled between Inner Hope and Outer Hope. (I am not making these names up. We had quite a debate as to where one would rather live – in Inner Hope or in Outer Hope.) Hope Cove was a favourite among smuggles, and the tiny cob cottages with thatched roofs made us feel we were in the midst of a novel.
The cob cottages of Inner Hope
A cottage being re-thatched in Inner Hope
Just off the cove is Burgh Island where there is a complete Art Deco hotel. The site is associated with Agatha Christie's book "And Then There Were None" as well as the Hercule Poirot mystery "Evil Under the Sun" and many celebrities have stayed in the hotel over the years. We could only view it through a telephoto lens, unfortunately.
The Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel, "The Great White Palace"
We made our way out of Inner Hope and headed up toward the cliff, only to discover a group of 25 hikers, most a bit older than us, on the path. We raced ahead, knowing that it would be best to be in front, rather than behind the pack. They were stopping from time to time for guided information, but they were keeping a fair clip. The nation of walkers was showing us some of their best.
We burned our thighs up toward Wolf Rock and Bolt Tail, high above the water, crossing an Iron Age Fort embankment.
Amanda and Jan on Bolt Tail
We passed by lines of pre-historic standing stones, stretching out into the distance.
Standing rocks stretching into the distance
The path took us through Bolberry Down, a beautiful grazed area filled with sheep and new spring lambs. In 1760 a Spanish ship went down off the coast of Bolberry Down, killing 700 men. Another wreck. More lost hopes.
We made a pit stop at the one habitation on our route, Port Light, which is a small collection of buildings formerly a part of RAF Hope Cove. Asking about the road ahead, we were told that it was rough in places, that we had a section coming up with a lot of highs and lows but that after that things got flat. "Should take you about 3 hours," the proprietor of the Port Light restaurant told us, eying our greying hair. "I do it in about 2 ½".
After a few bites of apple and lovely Devon cheese, we set out with will and determination. From the high cliffs, the path led us down to the tiny beach at Soar Mill. Isolated and perfectly proportioned, it is a place to come back and spend a day lazing.
The beach at Soar Mill Cove
The path led us up again. The way was very steep and Jan was glad of her walking poles.
Jan hiking up the cliff
Jan, a bit foot sore
The high path took us through a field of lovely, friendly Shetland ponies with whom we shared the last bit of our apple. (I think they may have been "Sharptor Shetlands")
Tim making a new friend
We huffed and puffed our way up to Bolt Head, the most southerly point of Devon. I clamboured out as far as I could go, well beyond Jan and Tim's comfort level. I managed to take a picture of myself, on the edge.
Amanda on Bolt Head, the edge of Devon
The rocks were right behind my head. There was nothing between me and the ocean far below. I turned around to realize that I was alone and mildly terrified of going back down. I slide down gingerly on my backside.
We rounded the corner, dodging sheep, to look down on the green blue waters of Starehole Bay and the dramatic rocks of Sharp Tor. These are "metamorphic rocks", rocks that have changed their nature through pressure or heat. They are incredibly dramatic formations that look like they have been squeezed out of the earth and are ready to fall on unsuspecting hikers below.
The rocks of Sharp Tor
We continued on toward Salcombe, past the small luxury hotels in South Sands, the enthusiastic dog beach at North Sands, past the million pound homes and cottages along the coast.
It had been a good 9 mile walk, and yes, took us about 3 hours to complete from Port Light. We ended the adventure with a bowl of crab bisque and a pint, in front of the fire at our favourite Salcombe pub, The Victoria Inn. The perfect place to massage weary feet.
A sheep blocks our path to Starehole Bay
Author Amanda West LewisPosted on March 21, 2012 March 21, 2012 Categories England, UncategorizedTags Amanda Lewis, Bolt Head, Bolt Tail, Hope Cove, Malborough, Port Light, Salcombe, Sharp Tor, Tim Wynne-Jones, walks in Devon1 Comment on Devon Coastal Paths, Part Two
Devon Coastal Paths, Part One
This is a nation of walkers. And the coastal paths of the National Trust are wonderful. They are varied, well marked and well used. Apparently between 50 – 100 million people visit the National Trust coast and countryside properties each year. The coastal paths circumnavigate the country, inspiring people of all capacities to get out and marvel at the beauty of "this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty".
We've been going on walks every day. There are a number of good 4 – 5 mile hikes that we can take right from our doorstep. On Saturdays, we try to choose longer paths of 5 – 10 miles.
The Salcombe to Gara Rock hike began with a ferry ride across the harbor to the East Portlemouth side of the estuary. A paved road led us to the sandy beach of Mill Bay, a perfect, fine sand beach with a few bouncing dogs and children out enjoying the spring weather.
Mill Cove Bay
The path then began its ascent, taking us past Biddlehead Point, Sunny Cove and the Hipples until the headland turned and we faced the full force of the Atlantic. Historically, vigorous sea trade moved through these waters. For centuries, the mariner's existence both contrasted and complimented the tranquil rural existence of the farmers. Unlike other rocky shores, the soil here is rich and arable. On the headland opposite, Deckler's Cliff, we could see Bronze age field systems, clearly visible as earthworks under the soil. It is humbling to think that this land has been under cultivation for thousands of years, and it still retains its rural roots.
The Atlantic meets the green hills of Devon. If you look closely, you can see the lines of earthworks under the soil.
We negotiated paths up and down the cliff face past Great Abraham's Hole and Little Abraham's Hole to the lookout at Gara Rock. (Sometimes I think the best thing about these walks are the names.)
Gara Rock lookout
Just beyond Gara Rock is Moor Sand, where, in 1977, a cache of Bronze Age weapons was found. Archeologists believe that a ship want down here about 3,000 years ago. There has only ever been one other pre-historic wreck found in England.
The waters off these shores are treacherous. The Salcombe Canon wreck, also in this area, found coins and jewels from the 16th and 17th centuries, helping archeologists trace trade between England and Morocco. They think there is probably still a lot more to be found.
From Gara Rock we went down to the beach at Seacombe Sand, a perfect place for our packed picnic of delicious Salcombe Crab sandwiches.
Tim and Jan on Seacombe sand, looking for a perfect place to picnic.
But we didn't dawdle, as it looked like a storm might be blowing up. We headed back through deep green leafy woods, a less steep, less dramatic path but one that offered an entirely different flora.
Huge trees on the inland path. Quite a contrast to the coastal path.
The path spilled us back at Mill Bay. The rain held off. I curled up with a rock for a back rest, Tim paddled about in barefeet at the water's edge and Jan searched for perfect shells. The perfect end to a dramatic day.
The Rocks of Mill Bay.
Author Amanda West LewisPosted on March 21, 2012 Categories England, UncategorizedTags Amanda Lewis, Gara Rock, Hiking in Devon, Mill Bay, National Trust, Salcombe, Seacombe Sand, Tim Wynne-JonesLeave a comment on Devon Coastal Paths, Part One
Retreating to Devon
The View of the harbour from my window
As I write this, I am looking out over a quiet estuary, dotted with small fishing boats and sail boats. The lush green hills on the opposite shore slope down to meet the water's edge. Gulls are swooping and calling as the tide comes in.
We've come to Salcombe, in Devon, for a month of writing and walking. We've rented a house, inviting our friend Janet and Tim's sister Jennifer to share in our retreat.
Jennifer's nook
My writing nook, overlooking the water
Our cottage home
We have each staked our claim to a work area, and spend days working on different projects. But we make sure to take time for long rambles in the Devon countryside, challenging our thigh muscles on the hills.
The Salcombe and Kingsbridge Estuary is in the South Devon "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". It is also a "Site of Specific Scientific Interest". The estuary is not, strictly speaking an estuary. It is a "ria", a drowned river valley that is fed by the sea rather than by a large river. It is tidal all of the way up to Kingsbridge, 5 miles inland. As the tides go in and out, they leave long mud flats, shallow along the shoreline at low tide. These flats provide rare and important habitats to a host of marine species. It is a paradise for wading birds and otters, crabs, clams, seahorses and mussels.
Salcombe has been known for shipbuilding, smuggling and crab fishing. The estuary is treacherous with sandbars and jutting rocks that have caused a number of spectacular shipwrecks over the centuries. Recently they discovered a Bronze Age sea wreck off the coast. Henry VIII built a castle here to defend the estuary again the French and Spanish pirates.
Historically the town's claim to fame is as the last stronghold of the Royalist forces during the English civil war. During the civil war, Sir Edward Fortesque held the castle, called Fort Charles, defending the Royalist town of Salcombe until it was clear that the rest of the country had conceded to Oliver Cromwell. Parliament ordered the castle destroyed, siting that it was "too dangerous" to leave it standing.
Remains of Fort Charles.
In the days of sailing vessels, Salcombe was an important shipping port, with the specially designed Salcombe Schooners sailing to Iberia, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Azores and Newfoundland. They returned with exotic fruits, sugar, coconut, rum and wood for ship building. But with the advent of steam ships, shipping moved to deeper waters elsewhere along the coast.
During the Second World War, Salcombe became an "Advance Amphibian Base" for the US Navy. On June 4, 1944, 66 ships sailed from Salcombe to the DD invasion at Normandy. There is a plaque dedicated to the American men who lost their lives in that battle, and one of the docks has been named the Normandy Dock. Even in little Salcombe, the impact of war is a fact of life.
Now, however, the town is primarily known as a place for pleasure boating and holiday-making. The houses and cottages in the old part of town are immaculately kept.
Looking down on the town of Salcombe
The steep hills hold the village in, encouraging it to remain tiny and perfect. The main street is about 5 blocks long. The population is around 2,000, although our landlord says that increases 100 fold in the summer. Interestingly, the real estate prices are the second highest in England outside of London. The "townies" who were born here, or who have family property, would never be able to afford the prices that the people from away are willing to pay for this piece of paradise.
But we are here in the off-season. The village is just beginning to gear up for its busy summer. Some shops will remain closed until Easter, and the few that are open are painting trim and washing windows. We get to mix and mingle with the folks who actually live here.
From my writing window, I can see the tiny village of East Portlemouth across the harbour. We decide to make it our first "major" outing from Salcombe.
East Portlemouth from across the harbour in Salcombe
For £1.50 each, Jan and I took a ferry across, to see things from the other side. The ferry takes less than 5 minutes, and is simply an open boat with seats for about 10. There are other ferries in the high season connecting to other places on the estuary, but at this time of year there is just the one and it runs across every half hour.
East Portlemouth used to be a thriving port in the 14th century, but in the 19th century the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, who owned all of the land, dispossessed the tenant farmers to amalgamate all of their lands. All of the cottages were destroyed. Today, there are probably on 20 people who live in East Portlemouth. That's just a guess. It is known for its extreme beauty and isolation, and for having a few very wealthy second home-owners sparking an interesting political struggle. A local landowner who has lived in East Portlemouth all of her life wants to build some cottage homes for low-income families. She feels that it will keep the village alive if there are ordinary people can still afford to live there. However, the millionaire second home-owners are not in favour. A large excavation is taking place. I am not sure who is winning the battle.
Janet hiking up to East Portlemouth
We walked up to the ancient church on the hill, the church of St. Winwaloe. The church was built in the 12th century on the site of a 10th century church, under the reign of King Athelstan. King Athelstan (the great grandson of King Alfred) had come from Brittany, the birthplace of the Celt St. Winwaloe (462-532 AD). After St. Winwaloe's death, monks travelled throughout Devon and Cornwall founding monasteries and churches.
St. Winwaloe's was locked on the day that we were there, but we were treated to ravens calling from the tower.
The town of the church of St. Winwaloe
The church graveyard includes 17th and 18th century tombstones of sailors and smugglers.
From the church we had a choice of several footpaths and decided that we'd head along the high path, so that we could take in a larger view. Salcombe is nestled into the hills, down by the water's edge, and it has been hard to figure out exactly what the coast looks like. And this way, we can enjoy the million-pound view for free. We walked along the top of the hill toward High House Farm and the ocean opened out in front of us.
Looking out to the ocean
An area of outstanding beauty. Indeed. Thank goodness we have a month to explore. The walks are just beginning.
Author Amanda West LewisPosted on March 11, 2012 Categories England, UncategorizedTags Amanda Lewis, Devon, East Portlemouth, Fort Charles, Salcombe, St. Winwaloe, Tim Wynne-JonesLeave a comment on Retreating to Devon


There are some really amazing places around here to do some thrifty shopping and one of my favorites is a place called Furniture Affair. (It is at 7th st. & Bell rd for those living around here. ) They have a fabulous place with upscale furniture and accessories. I think just about any style can be found here from Farmhouse to modern. I thought you might like to go on a shopping trip with me and see what they have. Every piece of furniture or accessory in the store is pristine. They have a mix of new and consignment.
This was the display as I walked in the door. I LOVE those two hot pink chairs. They are so pretty and for $99 for the armless one and $129 for the one with arms, pretty great prices. That cute little gray tuxedo loveseat is only $299.
If you are into farmhouse, that hutch is huge and gorgeous. I didn't get the price on that.
They have tons of pillows and accessories too.
For the person that loves modern, then you would really like that chest. It is only $149.
They have a lot of art too. I found several fabulous horse prints and somehow don't have a picture of them.
This shows how big this place is. So much to choose from.
I absolutely love that big tufted ottoman. It was only $199.
How about those crazy bar stools. Fun don't you think.
There is so much to choose from and the prices are really good.
Now want to see what I found? My daughter and I were shopping right before Christmas and she found a desk chair she wanted for her new house and I saw this really pretty chair that I liked. She bought it for me as a Christmas gift. It was $99.
You all know that I am working on plans for redoing the family room, so this is my jumping off start of the new design. I plan on painting my console in a driftwood finish, new shutters for the windows and redoing the brown chair next to the console. I also have a new sofa coming and then some new recliners a little later on.
First things first - I am going to do a little painting on the frame of the chair to give it a little bit darker finish. I will show you as I get it done.
This room will have to come together piece by piece, but I think it will be fabulous when done. I just have to be patient and save up.
Hope you had fun shopping, that place is amazing.
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How fun Marty. I enjoy going through places like this too. We have one shop around here that reminds me of this- they do a great job of mixing all the consignment pieces together as though they were brought in that way. Sounds like you've got a nice plan in place for the family room! The new chair is a beauty!
that would be such a fun place to shop, I saw several things that looked great!
It is so fun to shop consignment stores and thrift stores. I love the thrill of the hunt.
Marty, you may have already shared pictures of your family room and if so, direct me where to see it but if not, I'd love for you to share and walk us through it in stages as you do it. I'd like to see a picture of it currently and then see your "thought bubbles" (I'm a retired elementary educator/principal so forgive me ;) of what you envision it to look like when finished. I like to see how decorators vision things kind of like taking a rough diamond and making it into a polished stone. I hope this makes sense.
Next week I will show you how it looks with the new chair and show a picture of the new sofa I am getting.
Thanks so much for following along, this is a piece at a time makeover.
The chair is a great find and it will look terrific in your re-modeled family room. Wish we had one of those stores around my area. I am sure they have plenty in the greater Los Angeles area.
Wow what a great place. I wish we had a shop like this by me. There are some gorgeous pieces there.
Have a great new week Marty.
Looks like a fun place to shop. Your chair is beautiful... great lines.
I'm catching up on blog reading, Marty! I love that chair! There is a consignment shop within a block of me, but it seems terribly over priced to me.
What a great place, and the prices are amazing!


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Stuart Lancaster laughs off any talk of Leinster going the season unbeaten
The eight-try destruction of Connacht last Saturday pushed Leinster onto the 14-game unbeaten mark for the season
Michael Scully
Updated 11:28, 7 JAN 2020
Leinster Rugby Squad Training, Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 6/1/2020 Senior coach Stuart Lancaster Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Stuart Lancaster insists rampant Leinster don't have the arrogance to believe that they will complete this season unbeaten.
The eight-try destruction of Connacht last Saturday pushed Leinster onto the 14-game unbeaten mark for the season.
To go the Arsenal 'Invincibles' route would require 11 more games without defeat - a feat never before achieved in northern hemisphere club rugby, and would mean successfully negotiating PRO14 play-offs and the Champions Cup knock-out stages.
It has happened twice in Super Rugby in the southern hemisphere - achieved by the Blues in 1997 and Crusaders five years later - although that involves 11 games in total, albeit at a consistently serious level.
Yet the province's senior coach Lancaster insists that, despite the dominance exerted by Leinster in recent weeks, the streak isn't being discussed by the players.
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"No," he said. "It's not something that I think any team would ever go and be that arrogant that you say we're going to go through the season unbeaten, when you know the games that you have got to come around the corner.
"Two European games for a start, three PRO14 games - then we go into the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of Europe and the PRO14.
"There's no team that would ever sit there and go 'We want to go unbeaten'.
"What drives us obviously is to win every game, that's for sure. I don't think we should shy away from that, but we don't talk about an unbeaten season.
"I'm not surprised it has never been done. It is such a difficult thing to do. It's not even something we talk about, to be honest."
With every win, the notion that Leinster could finish the campaign without the blemish of a loss becomes more realistic.
Yet Lancaster claims further pressure is not heaped on the players as the weeks go by and the victories continue.
"It's the first time I've been asked the question, It's irrelevant to me and I assume it's the same for every player," he said.
"It's not something we talk about. If you start thinking about going unbeaten a whole season...I mean, what are Lyon going to be thinking?
"The only thing I'm thinking of is we're going to be playing against a team that's second in the Top 14 at the moment, who have got world class players who will want to beat us because we beat them.
"It never even crosses our mind to mention it, really. And I don't think they're conscious of it.
"I think they are very conscious that if they get the opportunity, they need to play well because they might not get another opportunity because someone will play well the next week. That's what drives performance.
"Not only that, I think the quality and intensity with which we train – every training session is competitive and so ferociously competed, that's what drives the standards.
"It's not this big goal at the end. You get to the finals by doing the hard work now.
"It might be talked about by people externally but a lot of things get talked about externally that you have to discipline yourself not to listen to. It is completely irrelevant for us."
With qualification for the knock-out stages already guaranteed, Leo Cullen's rampant Blues' next target is to secure top seeding to secure a semi-final at the Aviva Stadium should they progress to the last four.
They have the home tie with Lyon and a final away fixture at Benetton to come over the next fortnight.
Over 17,000 tickets have already been sold for Saturday's encounter, so it is on course to be a sell-out.
"Coming first or second seed is equally important because then you get a home semi-final if you win your home quarter," Lancaster admitted.
"We found to our cost a couple of years ago when we drew the final pool game against Castres.
"We end up in third place, had a home quarter-final and away semi-final against Clermont and lost that. That sticks with everyone.
"If we come unstuck this weekend then we'll be very disappointed with ourselves because ultimately our goal is to keep driving and winning to get that top seed".
Leinster not ruling James Ryan out of Champions Cup clash with Lyon
MonkstownMonkstown Boxing Club members locked out of facilities again without warningTwo boxers were met with padlocked doors on Monday morning as they went to attend recovery sessions at their club in the Mounttown Community Facility, sparking outrage
GAADublin v Kildare throw-in time, TV channel, tickets, and betting odds for Croke Park league clashThe Allianz Football League kicks off this weekend with Dublin in Division 2 for the first time in 15 years
Monkstown Boxing Club members locked out of facilities again without warning
Two boxers were met with padlocked doors on Monday morning as they went to attend recovery sessions at their club in the Mounttown Community Facility, sparking outrage
Dublin GAA seeks new sponsor as AIG partnership ends
The business company is departing from its second five year partnership with Dublin GAA at the end of the year, worth an estimated value of €1 million
Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland victory in doubt as Glen seek 'clarification'
Images of the final moments of the game appear to show 16 Kilmacud players on the pitch
Roy Keane snaps up one of Dublin most expensive apartments
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A trust or not a trust? That is the question
26 August 2020 | Applicable law: England and Wales
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive ('5MLD') has expanded the registration requirements in relation to trusts who have connections with EU Member States, as a result of the changes made to Article 31.
Under the previous version of Article 31 (as contained in the Fourth Money Laundering Directive ('4MLD')) trustees of an express trust governed by the law of an EU Member State were subject to two separate obligations: firstly an obligation to collect and keep up to date information regarding beneficial ownership of the trust (where beneficial ownership was widely construed in accordance with the meaning attributed to it by the 4MLD) and secondly, an obligation to record this information into a Trust Register maintained by the tax authority of the relevant Member State where the trust produced tax consequences.
The 5MLD amended Article 31 so that the above (and additional) registration requirements will kick in if the Trust is 'administered' in a EU Member State (rather than governed by the law of a EU Member State). The definition of 'administered' has been widely discussed and considered in the UK and, following extensive consultation, the draft Regulations (currently laid with the Parliament) now provide that a trust would be regarded as administered in the UK if the trust has at least one UK resident trustee. [Please refer to previous article of 22 July on this topic here].
Article 31 was further amended to provide that such registration requirements apply to trusts as well as to "other types of legal arrangements […] where such arrangements have a structure or functions similar to trusts".
The Member States were requested by the EU Commission to notify what domestic arrangements (if any) should be regarded as akin to trusts for the purposes of the 5MLD provisions. The EU Commission published a list of such legal arrangements in October 2019 (to view the list, please click here). A number of states confirmed that none of their domestic arrangements should be treated as akin to trusts. Three countries (including the UK) sent no notification. Luxembourg included contracts fiduciers; Malta included foundations; Belgium included fidei-commis de residue; the Netherland included the fonds; France, included the fiducies whilst Italy included mandato fiduciario and vincolo di destinazione. Quite interestingly none of the countries whose domestic laws recognise the usufruct/bare ownership arrangement in their domestic legal systems has regarded it as a trust-like arrangement.
The issue whether the arrangement in question is to be treated as akin to a trust remains an issue of national law as applicable in the relevant EU Member State. Therefore, although usufruct arrangements may be treated as trusts for certain UK tax purposes, they will not be subject to registration requirements even where the bare owners or usufruct interest holders (or one of them) may be resident in the UK.
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Courage & Renewal
The Circle of Trust® ApproachPrinciples & Practices
If we are willing to embrace the challenge of becoming whole, we cannot embrace it alone — at least, not for long: we need trustworthy relationships to sustain us, tenacious communities of support, to sustain the journey toward an undivided life. Taking an inner journey toward re-joining soul and role requires a rare but real form of community that I call a "circle of trust.
Parker J Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness (adapted)
The Circle of Trust® approach, that is at the heart of Courage and Renewal retreats and used extensively by WholeHearted, is distinguished by principles and practices intended to create a process of shared exploration when people can find safe space to nurture personal and professional integrity and the courage to act on it. See below for details of our principles and practices.
WholeHearted director, Greg Sunter, is a retreat facilitator prepared by the Center for Courage and Renewal.
Learn more about the Circle of Trust® approach from Parker Palmer:
The following Principles and Practices are from the Center for Courage and Renewal
Principles of the Circle of Trust Approach
Everyone has an inner teacher: Every person has access to an inner source of truth, named in various wisdom traditions as identity, true self, heart, spirit or soul. The inner teacher is a source of guidance and strength that helps us find our way through life's complexities and challenges. Circles of Trust give people a chance to listen to this source, learn from it and discover its imperatives for their work and their lives.
Inner work requires solitude and community: In Circles of Trust we make space for the solitude that allows us to learn from within, while supporting that solitude with the resources of community. Participants take an inner journey in community where we learn how to evoke and challenge each other without being judgmental, directive or invasive.
Inner work must be invitational: Circles of Trust are never "share or die" events, but times and places where people have the freedom within a purposeful process to learn and grow in their own way, on their own schedule and at their own level of need. From start to finish, this approach invites participation rather than insisting upon it because the inner teacher speaks by choice, not on command.
Our lives move in cycles like the seasons: By using metaphors drawn from the seasons to frame our exploration of the inner life, we create a hospitable space that allows people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to engage in a respectful dialogue. These metaphors represent cycles of life—such as the alternation of darkness and light, death and new life—shared by everyone in a secular, pluralistic society regardless of philosophical, religious or spiritual differences.
An appreciation of paradox enriches our lives and helps us hold greater complexity: The journey we take in a Circle of Trust teaches us to approach the many polarities that come with being human as "both/ands" rather than "either/ors," holding them in ways that open us to new insights and possibilities. We listen to the inner teacher and to the voices in the circle, letting our own insights and the wisdom that can emerge in conversation check and balance each other. We trust both our intellects and the knowledge that comes through our bodies, intuitions and emotions.
We live with greater integrity when we see ourselves whole: Integrity means integrating all that we are into our sense of self, embracing our shadows and limitations as well as our light and our gifts. As we deepen the congruence between our inner and outer lives we show up more fully in the key relationships and events of our lives, increasing our capacity to be authentic and courageous in life and work.
A "hidden wholeness" underlies our lives: Whatever brokenness we experience in ourselves and in the world, a "hidden wholeness" can be found just beneath the surface. The capacity to stand and act with integrity in the gap between what is and what could be or should be—resisting both the corrosive cynicism that comes from seeing only what is broken and the irrelevant idealism that comes from seeing only what is not—has been key to every life-giving movement and is among the fruits of the Circle of Trust approach.
Practices of the Circle of Trust Approach
Creating spaces that are open and hospitable, but resource-rich and charged with expectancy: In a Circle of Trust, we are invited to slow down, listen and reflect in a quiet and focused space. At the same time, we engage in dialogue with others in the circle—a dialogue about things that matter. As this "sorting and sifting" goes on, and we are able to clarify and affirm our truth in the presence of others, that truth is more likely to overflow into our work and lives.
Committing to no fixing, advising, "saving" or correcting one another: Everything we do is guided by this simple rule, one that honours the primacy and integrity of the inner teacher. When we are free from external judgment, we are more likely to have an honest conversation with ourselves and learn to check and correct ourselves from within.
Asking honest, open questions to "hear each other into speech": Instead of advising each other, we learn to listen deeply and ask questions that help others hear their own inner wisdom more clearly. As we learn to ask questions that are not advice in disguise, that have no other purpose than to help someone listen to the inner teacher, all of us learn and grow.
Exploring the intersection of the universal stories of human experience with the personal stories of our lives: Guided conversations focused on a poem, a teaching story, a piece of music or a work of art—drawn from diverse cultures and wisdom traditions—invite us to reflect on the "big questions" of our lives, allowing each person to intersect and explore them in his or her own way.
Using multiple modes of reflection so everyone can find his or her place and pace: In Circles of Trust, we speak and we listen. We explore important questions in large group conversation and dialogues in small groups. We make time for individual reflection and journaling. We respect nonverbal ways of learning, including music, movement and the arts. We honour the educative power of silence and the healing power of laughter. Together we weave a "tapestry of truth" with many and diverse threads, creating a pattern in which everyone can find a place that both affirms and stretches them.
Honouring confidentiality: Participants in Circles of Trust understand that nothing said in these circles will be revealed outside the circle and that things said by participants will not be pursued when a session ends, unless the speaker requests it.
The Principles and Practices at Work in the World
Participants in a Circle of Trust return to their homes, workplaces and communities, taking two important resources with them:
Greater access to the inner teacher and a new depth of self-knowledge, often resulting in a clearer sense of guidance for their personal and professional lives and a resolve to live closer to their core commitments.
Principles and practices from the Circle of Trust approach that can be applied to their daily lives.
As a result of participating in circles of trust people report:
a stronger sense of purpose and integrity
expanded capacity to be fully present to others in ways that affirm and heal
increased skill in asking the honest, open questions that help others uncover their own inner wisdom
greater confidence to seek or create communities of support
increased understanding, appreciation and respect for human differences, based in deeper awareness of the identity and integrity of ourselves and others
greater capacity to build the relational trust that helps institutions pursue their missions
more courage to live and lead authentically
renewed passion for their work or vocation
a deeper commitment to leadership and service to others
What happens in a Circle of Trust — grounded in honouring the identity and integrity of each participant — flows out into the world as an authentic source of personal and societal healing and a power for positive social change.
For more about the principles and practices of the Circle of Trust approach in theory and in practice, please see Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004).
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced its seat-sharing arrangements for 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. BJP president Amit Shah has announced that Janata Dal (United) and BJP will contest on an equal number of seats — 17 each while six seats to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest on 6 seats. Amit Shah also announced that LJP chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan will get a Rajya Sabha berth in the upcoming elections to the Upper House.


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Bad missions will result in instant reputation loss.
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You will not be able to trade with pirate hideouts, instead pirates will offer you looted goods.
Pirates will try to destabilize a certain region.
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Romney: American kids get 'third-world education'
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Romney said he would let low-income and disabled students use federal money to attend public schools, public charter schools, and, in some cases, private schools. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Charging that American students are getting a "third-world education" under President Barack Obama, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on May 23 proposed a voucher-style system that could significantly alter the public school system and revive the debate over school choice.
Romney, who has been reluctant to stray far from the economic issues at the core of the presidential campaign, outlined the proposal during a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"Millions of kids are getting a third-world education. And America's minority children suffer the most," Romney declared. "This is the civil-rights issue of our era. And it's the great challenge of our time."
He continued: "President Obama has made his choice, and I have made mine. As president, I will be a champion of real education reform in America."
Romney said he would let low-income and disabled students use federal money to attend public schools, public charter schools, and, in some cases, private schools. Federal funds could also be used for tutoring or digital courses.
The plan is line with GOP reforms aimed at giving students more educational choices. But it's unclear how schools in areas that depend on the federal funding would fare.
The proposal was not expected to include any new federal money for education.
Romney so far has offered few details for his plans on several key policy areas, including foreign policy, health care, and education. He attacked Obama's education policy and said it's heavily influenced by campaign contributions from teachers' unions.
"The teachers' unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way," Romney said. "The teachers unions don't fight for our children."
Romney's attempts to link Obama with organized labor ignore the fact that representatives from the nation's largest teachers unions have been unhappy with many of the president's aggressive school-reform proposals, including his support for charter schools and using student achievement data to evaluate teachers.
The message is consistent for Romney, who regularly heaps criticism on the Democratic president's policies but until now has only offered a vague road map for what he would do as president.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said May 23 that Romney's shift to education was welcome after a campaign season in which he said the GOP rarely mentioned the issue.
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UPDATED: ABC today revealed its midseason scheduling plans that support the strategy for limited runs of its serialized dramas laid out by topper Paul Lee at the upfronts. New drama Resurrection will debut March 9, taking over the Sunday 10 PM slot from another serialized rookie which will have a limited-run first season, Betrayal. Similarly, new reality series The Quest will premiere Jan. 2, following the the first 8 episodes of the Once Upon A Time spinoff, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, which will air in the fall through mid-December. The remaining four originals will get on the air once The Quest ends its run, and Lee indicated today that additional episodes could be added to the spring cycle. ABC also has set midseason return dates for its older serialized dramas, Grey's Anatomy, Nashville, Once Upon a Time, Revenge and Scandal, whose seasons will be split in two stretches of largely all-original episodes, one in the fall and one in the spring. Here are ABC's midseason premiere dates:
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Managing dairy allergies or lactose intolerance can really get in the way of truly enjoying the fun of holiday baking. If you're a dark chocolate fan, up until now, it may have even seemed as though it was an impossibility. Imagine being able to whip up some of your favorite dark chocolate cookies, cakes and family delights.
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We prattle on about turning bioretention systems into self-sustaining ecosystems. Recently we stumbled across a system as close to what we have in mind as we have ever seen. Unsurprisingly its our new favourite bioretention system.
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Articulate MOOC - Penny for your thoughts?
As there are so many Articulate Storyline and other product users, wouldn't it be an option for Articulate to host a MOOC in addition to f2f conferences and events?
Then everyone regardless of the country they live in. (i.e. New Zealand, UK, South Africa) would be able to participate and develop those skills that can be applied using Articulate products.
Those users could then benefit from working with other members of the community and building up their skills and sharing their experiences of creating courses with Storyline etc.
I think that many getting involved would surely benefit Articulate and all its user base.
We already know that E-Learning Heroes Community members are interested in contributing towards learning.
I just completed a MOOC through Adobe Education Exchange and found it very beneficial. I imagine it is a matter of how much can Articulate as a company ask of their people as it might add another layer to their structure. But, I think you have an excellent idea and would definitely go for it. It would be nice to have certifications or badges, etc. in trainings from Articulate. I think many of us would be glad to assist them with this project!
I feel it would be an addition to the great community Articulate have built up through the E-Learning Heroes forum.
Of course it's up to Articulate to consider the potential for the MOOC.
Great idea. I am not a fan of a big program like many MOOCs that require a lot of organization. I favor an informal approach where the community participates and we help each other.
David posts the weekly challenges. We should take up a challenge and then solicit feedback. Or for those who are more creative and skilled, they could show how they did what they did. This seems more in line with community. And many in the community already share their source files. We just need to take it a step further. We don't need to wait for Articulate to create an "official" MOOC.
Nicholas, I'd love to see what you and your colleague have drafted. Why not just start your own MOOC in a community thread? Set up a schedule and some ground rules. Then each week post the assignments in a new thread with discussions to follow. I'd participate.
It was just a thought experiment.
I have just completed a MOOC from UNi of Edinburgh called Elearning Digital Culture. It was 5 weeks in duration with 4 lecturers and one PhD research student organizing it. However, even though there were 20,000 signed up for the course - only about 10% completed the course. That is pretty standard apparently. The Uni are like many others, just trying MOOC out to see how and for what they could really maximize the platform for. "Bums on seats" tradition learners are reducing in numbers due to lack of funds and decreasing youth populations...so makes sense they explore other global options such as MOOC's.
The organizers held weekly hangout groups so students could view it - which was basically a review and discussion of the weeks topics. Students could comment via twitter or youtube comment box in real time during the hangout.That part worked really well.
I do believe that since this type of learning format can take a lot of time to structure and organise - I agree with Wendy in that I just do not see this happening within Articulate (right now at least!) - as I know Tom and David and others are extremely busy and this is very time consuming to set up and follow thru on. There would have to use a different group of folks to set it all up and oversee it. Anyways I believe the fact that so many folks drop off is due to lack of structure that keeps them in the learning game, it is free, too many options (blogs, twitter to follow, forums and more forums, hangouts, chat rooms..and then there is the content and recommended reading and viewing itself - phew), lack of personal interaction (student to student and facilitator with student).
I see this as an business opportunity for perhaps some highly experienced Storyline users//trainers ..who want to use a MOOC as a distance learning tool - if it is based around Storyline then it would have to be webinar based for screen recordings and discussion. To be honest I think a more structured layout for learning Storyline and discussing elearning already exists on this website and through Storyline official training offerings, lynda.com and private ones also. But sure there is always room for another offering on a different platform to suit different learning styles.
So bottom line I think a MOOC would work but it would have to be very well structured with a set number of students so interaction is high hence interest can be retained. I just can't see Articulate going down that road now..but it is a great idea for other elearning entrepreneurs/trainers to pick up on..
@Nicholas - thanks for getting the topic going..very interesting viewpoints!
I find the way MOOCs have evolved to be not very helpful. Generally, there is a lecturer in a box talking at you and then you answer some questions or post something in a forum along with hundreds if not thousands of other learners. If you have a question or a point of debate with the instructor it gets lost in the crowd. I've tried taking a couple of MOOCs and could not get past the a couple of weeks. Some of the reports I've read that the completion rate on most MOOCs is around 7%. I would much rather read a book or research the topic myself. In that way I'm a self-directed learner.
I would suggest that the forums and tutorials here are already a MOOC in the truest sense of the word. MOOCs grew out of the Connectivist Learning theory of George Siemens and Stephen Downes. If I have a question I can post it here or look in tutorials and usually get an answer. I can discuss the best way to do something or get inspiration. Heck, there are even weekly challenges.
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EDITORIAL: Parade precautions
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Published: Nov 30, 2018 at 6 a.m.
In the wake of a tragedy that claimed the life of a four-year-old girl at Yarmouth's annual Christmas parade of lights, a candlelight vigil was held in Frost Park on Nov. 26. — SaltWire Network file photo
The heart-wrenching tragedy in Yarmouth, N.S. last Saturday left people shaking their heads in disbelief. How could such a happy event like a Christmas parade result in such a horrible accident?
As it turns out, very easily.
The death of a four-year-old girl left her family and friends stricken and the town shaken. The entire Atlantic region and beyond grieves with the family of McCali Cormier. She fell under a float and was fatally injured in full view of scores of horrified onlookers.
The accident leaves municipalities, police departments, parade organizers and volunteers asking if such a similar tragedy could happen in their community. The answer is yes.
The potential for an accident lurks everywhere. Many Christmas parades don't begin until dusk or dark, to add extra sparkle for the lights and decorations on floats. But it makes the events more dangerous. It's harder for drivers to see; children get caught up in the excitement and want to get closer for a better view, and people are distracted. If there is ice or snow on streets or sidewalks, it makes things even more dangerous.
At the same time as tragedy struck in Yarmouth, it was narrowly averted in Charlottetown, where city police delayed the start of that Christmas parade by more than 35 minutes. As children and parents shivered, and as more than 100 floats, bands and other entries waited, police were scrambling to secure the parade route. Impatient drivers ignored barricades and drove down the parade's main avenue, putting people at risk.
A story this week in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald suggests that parades are largely unregulated and, in many cases, are accidents waiting to happen. There are no standard regulations for maintaining parade safety in Nova Scotia, nor across most jurisdictions in North America, says Virginia resident Ron Melanson. He founded paradesafety.org to get regulations in place for parades, hayrides and sleigh rides after he saw a woman killed when a trailer broke free.
RCMP say that, on average, 22 people across North America are killed annually at parades or hayrides. Despite that alarming statistic, there is a reluctance to take action to ensure the safety of spectators and participants in parades. Provincial governments and municipalities have to co-operate and insist on basic, standardized, safety regulations. No one wants to curb the happy trappings of the holiday season, but it's better to err on the side of caution than see another tragedy occur.
On Thursday, the Nova Scotia government announced an immediate review of parade permits and how to improve safety conditions. The province said it's not enough to place responsibility on parade organizers; both government and municipalities need to be more diligent. Other Atlantic provinces should follow Nova Scotia's example.
The death of McCali Cormier demands that we come up with common sense regulations and precautions at parades in Atlantic Canada to ensure that other families are spared tragedy.
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Do you feel like you'd been to the same wedding over and over but with just a different bride and groom this past year? Well, you aren't qute alone in your thinking. Many trends this past season were layered heavily throughout the seasons. For instance, blush and gold were HUGE along with natural florals and mercury glass. Those of us at Linens by the Sea think the styles looked really AMAZING and full of FUN.
Now if you are possibly newly engaged, CONGRATS! What do you wish to do to set your dream day apart and still put a fresh personal touch on it? Some of the trends, in moderation, from the season past are very appropriate, but we are here today to share the top 5 ways to personalize you big day in 2016. Enjoy!
The first and one of the most important parts of your big day is setting the tone with your save the date cards and invitations. With all the new technology these days, it is easy to get caught up in the DIY tips on Pinterest and other social media outlets. We have noticed that the new trend this year in stationary is handwritten cards and foil touches. Now we're not saying, "hand write your invites," but it is cool to find a stationer that creates hand-pressed, watercolor and foil invitations. One company located in St. Petersburg, FL, that takes that to another level is, A&P Design Co. Seen below is an example of their famous attention to detail in hand pressed invitations with lovely envelope treatments and foil for their special couples.
The second trend we are looking forward to this year is bringing décor to another level. What exactly do we mean by that?
We mean: BIG PAPER FLORALS! These adornments, are a really flirty touch to add to the background walls and arches of your "I dos." Be sure to take into consideration that this kind of design can also be a culprit of a DIY fail because they are pretty tricky to make. However, try to resist and leave it to the experts who can ensure they have the correct paper and that the proper fixtures are used to make them easy to install plus durable. Should the wind be an extra guest at your wedding, you'll appreciate their experience in these amazing crafts.
One great place to start looking for these fun florals is on Etsy.com, and checking with your wedding coordinator for extra help in searching for a source is always recommended. This idea is so exciting that it can be carried throughout the day as drink accessories, playful favor decorations and as the backdrop for a photo booth.
Here in Sarasota, you should check out the wall of paper flowers at the new Blush Bridal. Owners Nicole Mei & Fondren Watts are so on trend, including their beautiful selections of so fab wedding dresses. Check them out at: http://blushbridalsarasota.com/ and stop by in person to examine their fancy decorations!
NUMBER THREE: Well....we actually will conclude with numbers one, two and three next week. I'm sure you are as excited to hear about our additional trends for 2016 as we are to share them! Talk to ya soon!