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This Is How I Would Solve The Glazing Industry's Youth Crisis
It's 2017 and we still have a youth crisis in the window and door industry in this country. In fact the youth crisis is still one of the most pressing problems the whole of construction in this country. Nearly three years after David Cameron's promised apprenticeship scheme was announced, we are nowhere near to getting those three million apprenticeship places set up and funded. Now with Brexit, you can be assured that it's going to be kicked into the long grass while the Government tries to negotiate a deal of sorts with the rest of the EU.
Still, the youth crisis facing the window and door industry is an immediate one and is only going to get worse. So last week, in bed with my mind ticking over and going through comments from one of our fitters at work, I hashed up a plan in my head a whole new scheme from start to finish, which in an ideal world would help funnel talented youth towards a career in the window industry, as well as construction as a whole.
Consider this my wishlist. A scheme that in a perfect world and plenty of time and resourced to dedicate it to, would help inject new blood into what is a very ageing industry.
Starts at school
I left school when I was 17, a year early, to go into the family run business we have now. Although my grades were good enough to get me into University, it never interested me. I wanted to go into work and earn money. It was the best decision I made, and I have seen mates my age, who did go to Uni, now struggle to get on the housing ladder, get a job in the profession they studied in. Proof that Uni isn't for everyone.
I distinctly remember a lack of any sort of courses at my Sixth Form which focused on any sort of trade. My school, as many others seemed at the time, became obsessed with funnelling as many kids as possible into University. We were bombarded with messaging from teachers, assemblies, guest speakers and others that it was the only way to go. No other way to success in life was presented to us. We later found out that for every kid that went to Uni from school, that school got extra funding. All about the cash!
At no other juncture were we shown that there were other ways to progress in life other than further education. When I decided to leave early, my teachers gave up on me. They paid no attention to me in class. They didn't try all that hard to make me stay either. As soon as they knew I was going into work, they totally left me alone. No attempts were made to show me a different path other than University either. It only confirmed to me that I was doing the right thing. Something I now know to be true.
My example is where the whole of the education system is letting the kids, the country and the economy down. Lets be frank, not everyone going to school right now is academically gifted enough for University. We all knew other kids on our class that weren't going to cut it. But, there are plenty of kids in school that although not gifted in the mathematical sense, could well be gifted in other areas. More manual areas, such as trades like joinery, electrical work, plastering, building, and yes, window and door installation. It is these school leavers that need to be shown that they don't need to go to Uni to be able to make a success of themselves. They need to be shown in a very positive way that becoming a successful joiner, builder, fenestration installer or any other trade could make them as successful, or even more so, than their peers who decide to go the Uni route.
Part one of my plan would be for local window and door installers, fabricators and syscos to build relationships with schools in their local areas and create positions at their companies for those kids who would be interested in pursuing a manual career. I would get the Government involved, to encourage both schools and window companies to take part in the scheme. I would also introduce funding for both parties. Firstly, to make it more attractive to business, seen as though they're the ones taking the time and money to train that young person. And also for the schools, as they would lose funding otherwise if that kid decided not to go to Uni.
I would say that as part of a five day week, that young person would spend three days at the company, and two days at school. Those three days could be spent on site with an installations team, or on the shop floor at a fabricator, learning about the product, installation methods, where the product comes from, the supply chain etc. The other two days would be spent at school, learning the finer details of their profession, the more academic skills that would be required.
The training and the afters
For me, schools and indeed businesses in this new relationship should be identifying the types of kids likely to go down a trades route from an early age. I would start at perhaps 13 or 14 years old. At 16, kids are already looking at another two years of A-Levels, and even considering which University might be good for them, even though it is still years away and they may not even end up there. It would be far better to encourage those with a more practical mindset to look at all their options with balance, and be shown that a career in a trade can still make them very successful.
I would make the course three years. No fast-tracking, no "quick routes" to where they need to be. Nothing is learned when it is rushed. I appreciate that we have a massive skills gap to plug in our industry, but we need to train our future generations right, else risk huge problems in our sector in the years to come. I would also start this course from the age of 16. I know that currently education is compulsory until aged 18, but you will always have a percentage of kids in education at that age because they have to be, not because they want to be. For me that is wrong and does them no favours during those extra years. 16 in my eyes is a balanced age in which to start introducing them into the real world, whilst honing their skills for a future manual career.
I would also pay them a little more each year. Nothing major in terms of the amounts, but it would gradually increase as each year passes. Not enough so as to spoil them and demotivate them, but enough to teach them that with hard work comes rewards. This in my eyes is a more positive approach.
The second part of my idea is just as important as the first, both for the business and the new member of the fenestration community. There is a risk that as the glazing business dedicated three years of hard work, time, money and skills into training their new young people, they could just up and leave as soon as they pass and leave that business immediately. I don't see that as fair for the business. They spent the time training that person, but would get no benefit should that scenario play out.
It's also perfectly feasible that the glazing company doing the training could see this as an opportunity for low-paid work, abusing the power they have and simply using their trainees to carry out their work for less than full wage. Not cool.
So, as part of my wishlist scheme, both business and trainee would sign to say that the trainee would work for that company for at least one full year, at full living wage or an agreed yearly salary. This would work for both parties, as the business gets to take advantage of the skills their newly trained young person has acquired. And the newly trained person gets the guarantee of a full time position at the end of their training, at good pay, as security, safety and reward for their dedication. I would also build in a clause that if a business was suddenly unable to either create a position for that new young person, or was unable to fill an existing role for that young person, funding would be available from the Government to create that new position.
After a year, the business and the young person would be free to part ways if they so wished. However, I would hope that after what would be four years with the glazing company, they would have built up enough of a good relationship that they would continue to work together. I am a big believer that if you train people and look after them well from the start, they are more likely to stay with you for the longer term.
The big question is how would all this be funded. A scheme like this wouldn't come free. Indeed, money would have to be raised from somewhere. And considering it would be SME's in the glazing industry and construction as a whole that would be most likely to partner with schools and colleges, it would seem unfair to tax them. But I would target the very largest companies with a small levy, the very same tax model David Cameron proposed. The idea was to place a nominal fee, something like a 0.5% tax on the very biggest business, to help fund his plan. I would do the same. As this is a pipe dream I can't pull a figure out of the air, but I would imagine I would need a few billion to help make this work.
The crux of my idea is the creation of a strong, and official, partnership between companies and schools at a local level. For me, this is the only practical way we are going to be able to encourage school leavers that there is more than one way to make a success in life other than at University. This at the moment doesn't exist, thanks to the massive neglect in the education system towards trades of all kinds. Unless this changes, the above and what I have just proposed would be a total waste of time. The Government needs to very quickly and very rapidly reevaluate how we prepare our school kids for the real world, and create a new balance between those that go to Uni and those that we all desperately need to help build the infrastructure for our country. And that very much includes the window and door industry.
By DGB|2017-08-06T20:12:40+01:00August 6th, 2017|Categories: double glazing industry|
Gareth Mobley
Hi Jason, Great article and one topic that we feel is very important. At Solidor we have invested heavily in youth over the last few years. As I write we have 22 team members that are under 21, and 30+ that are under 25, of which most were once apprentices in our business. These colleagues occupy a whole range of positions from hands on factory production roles, to office administration and decorative glass designers. We are firm believers in developing people and promoting from within. We have worked hard to offer genuine opportunities. I will email you a case study… Read more »
Good article, but unless something is done then it's just a waste of time writing it. The government have guided youngsters down the uni route and need to start investing in our youth for the skilled jobs the country needs in the construction industry. However, if our industry waits for the government to act then we'll be waiting a long time before it filters through. Ive said before that there is a massive shortage of skilled fitters in our industry and I don't see anything getting better in the short term. My wife and I went to the fit show… Read more »
@NationwideW congratulations, this is fantastic news!


Nobody's really sure of what ex Wheeler Dealers co-presenter Edd China is up to right now, but one thing we're sure of is he isn't exactly about to disappear from our screens – if his presence on YouTube is anything to go by. Oh, and the fact that he recently appointed a PR agency to help boost his profile.
It has been announced today that Edd has signed with Leeds based PR agency Pure Agency, to help him manage his "Garage Junkie' brand, e-commerce website and video content as well as PR and social media management.


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Walter Alejandro Busse (General Güemes, provincia de Salta, 3 de marzo de 1987) es un futbolista argentino. Juega de mediocampista en Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta).

Trayectoria
A mediados del 2008 llega al Atlético Minero de Matucana.

Jugando en Independiente, el 13 de marzo de 2010, cuando el equipo de Avellaneda se enfrentaba de visita a Chacarita en el Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, sufrió un choque contra Emanuel Centurion que le produjo una rotura de tibia y peroné. Con Independiente ganó la Copa Sudamericana 2010.

En enero del 2016 es fue refuerzo del Sarmiento (J) de la Primera División de Argentina.

En julio de 2019 volvió a Jujuy y al club que lo vio nacer deportivamente, el día 3 de julio fue presentado junto al nuevo plantel de Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) para disputar la próxima temporada del torneo de [Primera B Nacional de Argentina].

Estadísticas
 Actualizado al 24 de octubre de 2022

Palmarés

Curiosidad
Mientras se encontraba de vacaciones en Jujuy grabó el tema Volar Sin Alas con el grupo Bandy2.

Enlaces externos

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Referencias

Futbolistas de la provincia de Salta
Futbolistas del Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy en los años 2000
Futbolistas del Centro Juventud Antoniana
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Minero
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Independiente
Futbolistas del Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Huracán
Futbolistas del Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)
Futbolistas del Manta Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Sarmiento (Junín)
Futbolistas del Club Ferro Carril Oeste
Futbolistas del Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy en los años 2010

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John's experience began by walking in off the street and asking "Give me all you have", something the Dublin would duly oblige. Some €10,500 later he began to see things were clearly wrong. He regularly lent cash to senior members for food and was once accompanied to an ATM to prove he didn't have more. People around him were running up debts, losing their temper and falling ill – the opposite of what he was promised. But he couldn't get anyone to see it that way, and eventually stopped questioning it.
He says "They honestly believe they're on to a good thing and it's more important than their children or mothers and fathers. They think they can clear the planet of 'reactive minds', but they can't even do it in the mission. There are lads there 20 years without a penny to their name who glorify Scientology. And I think, what did it actually do for you?"
The following extract is from the Irish Times article "Scientology: Inside and Out", published in March 2011:
Three years in Scientology
John McGhee says the stigma surrounding Scientology piqued his interest. If it delivered the self-betterment it promised, he reasoned, it seemed like a sound investment. "I walked in off the street and said, 'Give me all you have.'
Hunched over a table in a quiet pub, his eyebrows framing an intense gaze, the 33-year-old embalmer spends 90 minutes detailing every course, price and promise of his time in Scientology. He barely contains his frustration at what he sees as pay-as-you-go revelations that lead nowhere. "They say if it's not working it's something you're doing, and they put you in auditing for that at your expense."
McGhee admits there was an addictive quality to working up the "Bridge to Total Freedom", the movement's series of steps to enlightenment (see panel), so much so that he was prepared to ignore things he didn't agree with. "At events or course completions they'd stand up and applaud Hubbard's picture. I could never do it. Even as I went deeper into Scientology I never thought that was okay."
Part of the processing, McGhee says, included confessing "overts and withholds" – sins and secrets – which are kept on file, while using an electropsychometer. "The e-meter works like a crude lie detector. They can tell if you're holding anything in, and they can get it out of you."
He recalls TRs, or training regimes, where he had to stare into someone's eyes for four hours. "I went out of my head," he says.
Then there was an auditing session at which, he claims, a supervisor chastised McGhee's friend for analysing traumatic childhood events in the presence of children. "Firstly, there shouldn't have been kids there. But the disruption drove him into catatonia. From that night on he changed. We went into a session the next day and the next day, but he wasn't coming out of it. They predicted he'd need four or five grand's worth [of life repair]. That was an eye-opener. They wouldn't fix that man. They left him in such a state because they wanted money first. He couldn't afford it. He's still in that state to this day."
McGhee lost interest at that point. By mid 2009 he had spent €10,500 and was researching Scientology every night in dismay. Recently he visited a friend who allegedly paid €50,000 for his bridge after just a day as a Scientologist, but there was nobody home. The neighbour said he'd packed up. McGhee looked up to the box room and saw the same Hubbard lectures that he had bought for €1,800 sitting on the shelf, and drew his own conclusion.
Although he spent four nights and a day at the mission every week, he couldn't relate to the dedication required to spend money he didn't have. McGhee claims he regularly lent cash to senior members for food and was once accompanied to an ATM to prove he didn't have more. He says the people around him were running up debts, losing their temper and falling ill – the opposite of what he was promised. But he couldn't get anyone to see it that way, he says, and eventually stopped questioning it.
"They honestly believe they're on to a good thing and it's more important than their children or mothers and fathers. They think they can clear the planet of 'reactive minds', but they can't even do it in the mission. There are lads there 20 years without a penny to their name who glorify Scientology. And I think, What did it actually do for you?"
JOHN: IN HIS OWN WORDS
The controversy surrounding the subject of Scientology, attracted me to satisfy my curiosity and therefore explore the path. So I entered my local mission in Dublin and asked them to both stress and personality test me. Following this I bought a copy of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and promptly asked to be signed up on course, without any encouragement from the registrar. Then once I heard the success stories and claims of increased affluence by other members, I was sold on the subject, thus immersing myself in it, despite my gut feelings. I figured that if Scientology could enable me to have a good quality earthly existence, then I was willing to sacrifice my soul, so to speak.
I was an active member for 3 years, however my local mission may have thought of me as a member for approximately 5, because after I became disillusioned with Scientology I continued to keep in touch with them and go to events, merely to spy on them and to see it from a real-world vantage point.
I knew deep down, even during my most active period there, that there was something not quite right, something that just wouldn't sit comfortably with me. It's claim to be a religion was something that I could not accept, fair enough it claiming to be a tool for life or a self help organisation, but definitely NOT a religion, as there is NOTHING warm, spiritual or ecclesiastical about the subject. Every step of the way first had to be paved with a financial transaction. Another outpoint for me was the fact that despite Scientology's claim that they don't follow a deity, it was evident within a short time, that Scientology was synonymous with Hubbard worship. Their deity is a deceased human to whom they attribute any success they have in life, successes which are obtainable with or without Scientology. This was sickening and cringeworthy to witness and the applauding by members, to pictures of Hubbard, was so subservient and was something in which I could never partake. Another disturbing revelation was by the ethics officer at the time, she told me that Scientology was more important than her daughter and that the choice between the two, was a no-brainer. I had since heard many other similar claims by staffers regarding Scientology and their family members.
There were a multitude of points akin to the ones I have mentioned which were accumulating, thus leaving many holes in the "tech" which was considered flawless by the Scientology zealots with whom I fraternised. However, the final blow struck when I was co-auditing my course twin on objectives, during one of our many walks "over to that wall" his mood suddenly changes after I'd asked him "what's happening". I am no mental health professional, but it was as if he was having a breakdown in front of my very eyes, this was an unexpected occurence so I summoned the supervisor who in turn consulted the auditor. They returned with the verdict, which was that my twin had to go to Saint hill in England, to receive repair auditing, before he could go any further. This repair auditing was quoted at roughly €4,000 and its purpose was to bring my twin out of the mental state which came over him. However, he could not receive the auditing until he paid for it upfront, not to mention his airfare to England, all this expected from a man who barely eeks out a living each week. So that was it for me, I was through with Scientology in my own head and disappointed beyond belief in the people I trusted more than anybody at the time, in allowing a man to succumb to that state and make him pay to be released from it. As far as I know, he never received the repair and no longer speaks to me because I spoke out against Scientology publicly.
I voiced the concerns I'd had every step along the way, they were met with dead-agenting and claims that the "tech" is flawless. It was everybody else who were at fault.
It was easy enough to leave because they hadn't realised I had left until they'd opened a newspaper to find an article in which I was speaking out against them. At that stage I didn't think that a call from the mission to get me back on course, was really on the cards.
I protest now to alert those who who have never been involved, as to the dangers of the cult. To prevent their parasitic growth whilst trying to awaken the members still stuck inside.
It is amazing how it appeals to certain celebrities, because those people above all, because of their wealth, should be able to detect a scam designed to separate them from their money. It is worrying insofar as the fact that lay people are heavily influenced by celebrities' movements, be it fashion, diet etc, so, when they see celebs endorsing scientology, it is lending the cult credibility therefore giving it a green light
Scientology's activities in Ireland are virtually non-existent, they are simply a doorbell and a downstat entrance to a stairway which leads up to some rooms above a hair salon. They contribute nothing to Irish society, they merely insult society with labels such as "wog" and "degraded beings". They falsely claim that they are experiencing unprecedented growth, I have been hearing that for years, even when I was the only person sitting in the courseroom. Their numbers are at their lowest in the 7 years I have been associated with them. Upon recent observation, it looks as though their staff also double as their public. At recent events, as little as 9 attendees have been recorded. I wonder if it has come to the stage where the staff/public are contributing towards the premises' rent out of their wages from their day jobs.
JM June 2012

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NEWS: The Woman in Black Announce New West End Cast
AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on November 23, 2016 Categoriesdrama, UncategorizedTagsFortune Theatre, Joseph Chance, Robin Herford, Stephen Mallatratt, Stuart Fox, Susan Hill
Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's best-selling novel directed by Robin Herford will have a new cast from the 29th November.
(C) Tristram Kenton.
Having celebrated its 27th anniversary in the West End earlier this year, Robin Herford's production of Susan Hill's terrifying story is set to scare audiences in the West End for longer as a new cast is confirmed.
From the 29th November, Stuart Fox (Woman in Mind, Vaudeville; The Normal Heart, Royal Court and Albery; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fortune Theatre) and Joseph Chance (Jeeves & Wooster, UK and Far East Tour; Wallander) will star in the production.
A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.
As well as being directed by Robin Herford, the production also features designs by Michael Holt, lighting by Kevin Sleep and sound by Gareth Owen.
The Woman in Black is currently booking at the Fortune Theatre until September 2017. To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk, ATG Tickets, Discount Theatre.com, Last Minute.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.
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Sailing Project just started out.
A.S.P's humanitarian aim begins to come true: to spread, in parallel, independently of in partnership with A.S.P. Antarctica Sailing Project, the principle of solidarity and humanitarian aid to fulfil a common objective.
The first step has already been given: on February the 6th. 2006 at 10:00 a.m we constituted the association "Los Correos de La Mar" (Sea Couriers) at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
The work of the Italian association Naso Blu, with Andrea Marini, and with the same social aims as Antarctica Sailing Project, became of fundamental importance in de creation and development of the Correos de la Mar.
The project Los Correos de La Mar is nowadays a legal association with its headquarters at the Italian Consulate of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The scenery: Puerto de la Luz – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Gindungo, Antarctica Sailing Project, a dream; Naso Blu, a sailing project around the Globe, another dream.
It all starts at this point. We realize of the convenience that this port offers for such a project: Las Palmas is the last port of Western Europe, the last stop in the big Ocean routes.
We talk for hours.. the unfavourable weather conditions force us to stay here.. we imagine new projects.
We meet people from Cabo Verde who expand our knowledge on the reality of the need that exists in some countries.
The idea arrives to us: building a base for the collection of aid which must reach directly to those who need it, using the boats as means of transport.
We meet Cristina, a canarian friend; we talk and come to agreements, and she introduces us to Khali, a man from Senegal from an Afro-Canarian association.
It's done! The aid expedition and the contacts for the distribution are already organized.
We have to rush to arrive to the meeting with the representatives of the Real Club Nautico, in order to obtain a hall where to organize a press conference.
Meanwhile both Khali and his collaborators collect the clothes and the shoes for the children, rice and anything that can be transported in this first expedition.
The sailing ship Gindungo, with his hull painted in black and orange, calls the attention of the bypassers. There is a little party during the evening with the people who come to visit us. We cook Italian pasta which is successful among the visitors.
Many new contacts, young people, universitarian students who collect clothes, rice and toys for the children, and who provide us with contacts at the University of Las Palmas.
We talk to the neighbours at the mooring, the people of the Sea give their approval: soon there will be other expeditions.
6.Tim, a Dane, is also among the volunteer for this first expedition with his small 26 foot boat, Freya. However he will stay in the Marina of Las Palmas during one year, during which he will help to finish shaping the project.
Sails, Internet and Satellite Communications, a combination of technology of means of transport with a high impact and at minimum costs to help the people who are less fortunate than us.
The glue that joins it all: the strength of he who travels with the desire of discovering, of learning and of helping.
I will describe in a few words a few events which will awake your curiousity: the boats Gindungo, Naso Blu, Green Coral, Vela Bianca and Freja will leave soon with cargos of humanitarian aid, and will meet in Cabo Verde and in Senegal with the local contacts of the associations which will receive the packages with humanitarian aid.
The boat Almudena was the first to leave a few days ago with a cargo for Panama.
These contact representatives will compile a list of names and of needed items. The next day the distribution will take place and arrive directly into the hands of the chidren and the families in need for aid.
Here starts a path to realize a dream.
It is enough with a meeting of people with the will to join forces, the will to make things happen and with the eyes wide opened in the routes that are being pursued.
The roman association Antarctica Sailing Project a project which is already fully working is about to reach its first important goal: latter events derived from the realisation of this first goal are already being prepared.
The sailing boat Gindungo is currently moored at the Marina of Puerto de la Luz, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The unfavourable weather conditions are forcing her to stay longer than expected, and this has led to a succesion of events: meetings between members of different human aid organisations have been organized; the meeting between the Italian associations Antarctica and Naso Blu: a parallel project to that of Antarctica Sailing Project is born. We have organized an operation center for the collection and distribution of humanitarian aid at Las Palmas Port.
Other associations of the island have started to collaborate with us.
The local authorities gave their approval to the project.
The Italian Consulate, represented by the Consul Mr. Carlos di Blasio offered his enthusiastic support to our initiatives and has collaborated actively by introducing us to contacts and accompanying us personally to the local offices of Caritas. We have enroled volunteers : universitarian students, sailors of different nationalities, and workers.
We are already six sailing boats, we are already six couriers : Gindungo from Antarctica Sailing Project, Naso Blu from the Naso Blu Association, Vela Bianca of Doreen and Matthias, a German couple who are sailing the world, Almudena of Riccardo, another Italian skipper, and Green Coral of Peter and Rosy, from Switzerland; six ecological transports ready to take humanitarian aid to Senegal, Gambia and Cabo Verde.
The first boxes with clothes, shoes, and rice have been taken aboard the boats ready to be delivered directly into the hand of those who need them most. Tim onboard the danish sailingboat Freja stays behind in Las Palmas and continues the work.
The first expedition is about to leave.. the first act of this beautiful story has just been written.
We are designing the first web page of the SEA COURIERS, and it will be available on the Internet soon.
This new energy flood will take the humanitarian aid at full sail speed, with a minimal cost, in a show of the will to help which is taking form in the simplest possible way.
- to collect adhesions of volunteers who have the possibility to operate in the places where there is a need of specialised labour in the sector of teaching, artisans, medical doctors, etc.
On Tuesday 31st of January 2006 there was a press conference at the premises of the Real Club Nautico of Las Palmas, where the project was presented to the media.
This press release has been sent to all mail nautic organisations of the world and to the nautical media press of the countries with a high representation of sailing boats passing through Las Palmas: Spain, Italy, France, Germany, England, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Czek Republic.


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This map displays a series of overlays of ongoing ship-based and aerial surveys carried out by the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in the California Current, the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, the Central Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic Peninsula. One-off surveys have been conducted in the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Alaska. Surveys are shown for coastal pelagic species, groundfish, large pelagic species, salmon, marine mammals, marine turtles, and invertebrates. This map brings together all ship-based and aerial data sets. The metadata included for each survey describe and document the following attributes: Purpose of Cruise, Research Vessels used, Time Frame/Frequency, Website/Links to data/results, Region surveyed, Center/Institution involved. For the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ship allocation plan go to http://www.omao.noaa.gov/shipallocation.html. For the UNOLS (University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System) ship schedule go to http://www.unols.org/ .


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Maybe, like me, you're staying put right now, but trying to stick to some new years resolutions, like #veganuary and you're now on the lookout for places near work to grab a healthy, meat-free, bite?
Photo shot for Ch&Co, a contract catering company.
So where does everyone go to find these things? Of course we all know the answer; it's the internet, where we find out pretty much all our information, especially places to visit and experience, in the current digital age.
Photograph taken at Docklands Lodge Hotel, which is in Poplar, East London.
And, even if they got word of this new restaurant in town from a colleague, or via Instagram, rather than our favourite search engine (!) we inevitably still want to hop on the website to check out a few things, such as opening times and menus…..
Shot at The Leopard Bar, which is inside The Rubens Hotels, London, Victoria.
…and whilst there, perhaps a mouth watering photo of some delicious offerings might help seal the deal (sorry, those doing #veganuary) and persuade us to book.
Food Photographed at South African Themed Bbar, which is next to The Rubens Hotel, London, Victoria.
Thanks to Gary Hall, Group Event Director of PRYSM Group and The Hotel 360 Expo, for pointing out a study, which was conducted with global data collection agency Viga and polled 1,000 18- to 34-year-olds who had booked hotels in the last two years, which found that 80% of millennials find a hotel using Google! So you see how important it is to make sure your website shows your rooms and facilities in their best light.
Hotel Photography for The Lansbury Heritage Hotel, Poplar, East London.
You know when your surfing through Bookings.com, looking at a Travelzoo offer or simply seeing an ad pop up on Google, the place with the most enticing and clear photos stand out and act as click-bate, grabbing your attention. Let's face it, if you see a stunning pool alongside a price within your budget (or maybe just over it; perhaps the great facilities will encourage you to stretch a little), you're at least going to consider it as an option – certain over the hotel with dark, poorly lit room shots.
Swimming pool photographed at The Landmark London Hotel, for Casna Group.
Great photos build trust, they act as a form of proof of what you offer. They allow people to find what their looking for from the comfort of their home or desk and they can often act as a temptation too. If you're procrastinating, whilst doing your January tax return (of course, I don't mean me……!) and you see this pop up on a Travelzoo offer, you may just make a resolution to put a little away for a summer treat and bookmark that hotel…..
Photography of outdoor guest picnic set up at the stunning Summer Lodge Hotel, Dorset, part of The Red Carnation Hotel Group.
So, if people are looking at your online presence, you'd be best to make sure your websites in tip top shape, just like you would if you were a high street store, selling your wares. You wouldn't want your stock messy in dark unattractive corners of your store and peeling paint on the walls, so why would you do that to your product online?
I guess this now begs the questions are you ready and open for more business and is your website letting everyone know about it?
Photographed at Lure Fish Kitchen, Dartmouth Park, London, for Worldpay UK.
If you want to find out how you can get fabulous photos to enhance your business online, please email me hello@susannahfields.co.uk or call me on 020 7263 2239 and we can discuss options. I can help right from the planning stage through to the delivery of great photos of course! I look forward to hearing from you…….and best of luck for 2019.


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This page is dedicated to our English speaking friends from the Poitou-Charentes region, living in the vicinity of Poitiers or further away. Some of you are already volunteer members of our association and others are discovering this page for the first time.
Some of our volunteers speak English, so don't hesitate to contact us by e-mail if you have lost your animal, if you wish to adopt or become a volunteer. Also if you witness bad treatment to any animal, we are habilited to go on site with legal authorities if needed.
At the SPA, you can ask for Anne, Caroline, David and Amélie who all speak English.
The Poitiers SPA shelter was created over 56 years ago. SPA stands for Secours et Protection des Animaux – Save and Protect the Animals. We are a community-supported nonprofit association dedicated to saving, protecting and caring for cats, dogs and other animals.
We do this through immediate care of animals that are homeless, ill or in need of an advocate, but we also work to educate the community, reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies through spaying/neutering, and improve the quality of life for animals and their companions.
The SPA cares. We care for the abused or abandoned dog, for a terrified and disoriented cat, and for an animal in pain and requiring treatment. Our care is what makes the difference and all of our animals are entitled to a loving home.
As an independent non profit association that receives no state or very little local funding or from national organizations, we rely solely on donations from our supporters to provide our many services.
Our shelter is operated by a dedicated staff, veterinarians and volunteers, never counting their affection and their time. We are an independent association, a member of the French Confederation of the SPA which is based in Lyon and considered to be of public utility even though it does not have a shelter. Our link is only administrative. We are totally independent of the other major SPA (Société Protectrice des Animaux).
In Poitiers, we receive more than a thousand animals each year from various sources : lost animals captured by the pound, those which are abandonned directly by their owners, and other which unfortunately are legally taken away from unqualified owners. Dogs with dangerous behaviour are also sheltered until a legal decision is taken.
Abandonned animal have greatly increased and are due in part to health problems, major personal and professional events. Unfortunately, they are also linked to the unconsciousness of certain owners who abandon an animal as quickly as they adopted it. We do our best to provide the most effective, compassionate care to animals in need in the current economic climate where animals are too often abandoned or neglected.
While we are proud of our no-kill history, our SPA, while saving healthy cats and dogs also believes in rehabilitating sick and injured animals, and going beyond the borders of Poitiers to help animals that may otherwise face euthanasia because of pet overpopulation.
We include HIV positive cats who are up for adoption under certain conditions.
We make a point to match people and animals. We accomplish this through conversation to create an effective, pleasant adoption experience — and most important — to make lasting matches. The adoptant must be aware that there are obligations in owning an animal and he must be ready to accept and handle these obligations. Each situation, adopter and animal requires a different approach. And while we reserve the right to refuse an adoption, we always make every effort to work with you to find the most appropriate companion animal.
Everyday, our staff members make a difference because they are part of an organization where they can put their passion to work. At every level, the people who work at the SPA share the common commitment to saving animals lives.
We know our success can only be achieved through the individual and collective accomplishments of our people. We value and depend on the diverse backgrounds, experience, knowledge and talents of all of our staff members.
While you are away, you can feel confident that our dedicated and skilled staff of animal caretakers will keep your pet fed, watered, exercised and receiving ample love!
A portion of the boarding fees are used to support the homeless animals of our shelter.
Contact us for information and daily/weekly rates.
THEY NEED YOU. WE NEED YOU. VOLUNTEER FOR THE ANIMALS.
The SPA offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, and all make a true difference to the animals in our care. Volunteers must be 18 years old, willing to give some time as often as possible, and a member of the association (25€ for a year).
We could not survive without the dedication, passion, and determination each and each volunteer brings to our organization. We know you'll make a great addition to this incredible group of people.
Our dedicated volunteers make a commitment to help our organization by touching the lives of both pets and people every day. Their decision to put their concern for animal welfare into action by offering to donate time is such an important asset to us, including our foster care program.
Foster care volunteers provide temporary care for kittens, puppies, dogs and cats. Some animals may only need a home for several days if they need to gain weight before surgery, while others may need several weeks of care in the case of a broken bone. By offering your time, energy and home to an animal in need, you prepare the animal for adoption into a permanent home as well as prevent overcrowding in our adoption center. We are always looking for foster families to help save more animals' lives.
We help to ensure your success in being a foster parent. We offer training and supplies. Also, help from our trained staff is just a phone call away. Foster animals are carefully matched with foster homes according to the animals' needs and the foster parents' abilities. Whether you work full-time or you are often at home, there may be a foster placement appropriate for you.
We rely on volunteers to care for shelter dogs and cats, assist the staff, provide foster care, and help with our events.
KITTEN SEASON IS STARTING AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Many of the homeless kittens we receive are underweight and undersocialized. At the SPA volunteers provide safe and loving foster homes and help these kittens reach the stage where they are adoptable. We are currently in need of additional foster care volunteers. Contact us to learn more about our foster care program and how to join this amazing group.
When you sponsor an animal, you create a unique bond. We understand that not everyone can adopt all the animals we have available, that's why sponsoring that special animal whose story touched your life is a popular alternative to adoption. The bond formed through sponsorship is one that keeps you connected to the progress of your special friend and gives you the rare opportunity to witness their changes over time. The cost is 36€ a year.
Do you know that a shelter like ours only functions through the donations we receive ? Even though we do obtain some help from local structures, our main resources come from membership dues, adoptions and board. Your financial support is vital.
The 250 SPA in France are autonomous and financially independant. We have no help from any of the other SPA shelters. Unfortunately, a lot of the people who donate to bigger associations think that part of these donations are distributed in their local shelters and that is a big mistake.That's why it is important to know that your donation is directly for the Poitiers SPA.
The Poitiers SPA's mission is to save and protect animals, provide care and treatment, advocate for their welfare, and enhance the human-animal bond. We are supported by private donations and not affiliated with any national organization. Please check out our website to learn more about our activities, volunteer work and services.
The Poitiers SPA de Poitiers is of public utility, thus, 66 % of your donations are deductible from your taxes within the limit of 20% of your general income.
The amount of your membership dues to our Association is also deductable from your taxes.
A tax receipt will be sent to you if you wish.
When the time comes to draw up your will, don't forget our little friends. The bequests made by generous donators to our shelter help us to cope each year with a budget that steadily increases. Don't forget to specify that your bequest is for the SPA in Poitiers..
A will is the best way to safeguard the future of the people and causes important to you. A bequest is simply a gift, usually to a charity, that is provided for in a will. Bequests are made to the SPA Poitiers because people recognise that the numbers of unwanted, abandoned and stray animals are growing daily.
A bequest can take many forms. People commonly leave cash, real estate, personal property, or the residue of an estate, i.e. whatever remains once provision has been made for loved ones. Every donation helps, no matter how small.


Over the past few years, three major software vendors -- Adobe, IBM, and Oracle -- have substantially expanded their digital marketing technology toolkits, mostly via acquisitions. In doing so, they've put powerful brand names behind the otherwise somewhat nascent areas of marketing automation and social media analytics.
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NMPs seek changes to Bill that spells out contempt of court
(From left) NMPs Kuik Shiao-Yin, Mahdev Mohan and Kok Heng Leun. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Three Nominated MPs (NMPs) have made the unusual move of proposing changes to a Bill on laws of contempt of court, as they believe it will make the legislation clearer.
NMP Mahdev Mohan, an assistant professor of law at Singapore Management University, told The Straits Times yesterday that the amendments would bring the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill more in line with existing common law, which is built on judgments of previous cases.
The proposed changes, listed in a notice of amendments issued by Parliament yesterday, will be tabled at a Parliament sitting on Monday, when NMP Kok Heng Leun will also present a parliamentary petition on behalf of a group seeking to delay the passage of the Bill.
The 249 Singaporeans who signed the petition contend that it may restrict legitimate discussion of issues that are of public interest.
One clause in the Bill says contempt by scandalising the court is committed if a publication "poses a risk that public confidence in the administration of justice would be undermined".
The NMPs want the phrase "real risk" to be used instead of just the word "risk".
The term "real risk" is from a 2010 judgment by High Court judge Quentin Loh, who ruled that for a statement to be in contempt, it had to have a "real risk" of scandalising the judiciary.
"If the Ministry of Law prefers a test which departs from the current legal position, (we would like) for it to formally offer an explanation," Mr Mohan said.
Another change that the NMPs are seeking relates to a clause in the Bill that states that a statement by the Government on an issue in a pending court proceeding is not contempt of court "if the Government believes that such a statement is necessary in the public interest".
The NMPs want the words "the Government believes that" to be removed.
The 14 proposed changes were submitted by Mr Mohan, Mr Kok, who is a theatre group artistic director, as well as NMP Kuik Shiao-Yin, a social entrepreneur.
Mr Mohan said they had worked together on the changes after they found, while discussing the Bill, that their concerns were similar.
The Bill was introduced in Parliament on July 11, and is scheduled for debate next week.
It covers three main areas of the law of contempt: prejudicing court matters, disobeying court orders and scandalising the courts.
Currently, there are no statutes on contempt of court, and existing laws are built on common law.
A spokesman for the Clerk of Parliament's office said the proposed amendments will be considered after the Bill is debated during its second reading.
It takes place when Parliament forms a committee of the whole House to scrutinise the Bill.
If the House agrees to the changes, they will be made before the Bill's third reading, which is the final step when the House decides whether to give it the nod.
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"Sun's whine reminds Yael of their husband, Heber. Heber whines like that when Yael wants to leave his tent. When Yael doesn't invite him into their tent. When Yael doesn't want to watch a movie that Heber has seen a dozen times.
It's exhausting to be shown things, to try to enjoy a movie while also giving a convincing performance of that enjoyment. Heber ruins these screenings — he weeps before the scenes that call for weeping. He mouths each pivotal line.
So far, Yael has spent their life absorbing men's favorites. On the rare occasion that Heber does ask to watch their favorite movie, Yael can't remember having one. This makes Yael feel a creaking, hollow-boned kind of gloom.


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Ab-Soul at the Catalyst 05.24.2017 Interview
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Ab-Soul is an American rapper from Carson, California. Ab-Soul grew up in a record store his parents owned, and credits much of his musical knowledge to this experience. He points to Nas, Jay Z, and Eminem as being his biggest influences– pushing him into a rap career. He also credits his rapping skills to BlackPlanet freestyle chat, a site where people freestyle over text, sometimes known as "key-styling." Ab Soul recorded his first song in 2002, and his most recent album, Do What Thou Wilt, was released in 2016. Do What Thou Wilt includes features from award winning artists such as School Boy Q, Rapsody, SZA, Mac Miller, and more.
On May 24th, on the last legs of his West Coast YMF (young mind f***) tour, Ab-Soul stopped by the Catalyst to spit some bars in the atrium and chat with KZSC DJs Kaviar and Jinx for a bit. Peep the interview below!
Kaviar & Jinx: Thanks for meeting with us! Great show.
Soul: Of course, of course.
Kaviar: So tell us a bit about Do What Thou Wilt. That's a satanic reference, yeah?
Soul: Nah, It's not Satanic. It's a quote by Aleister Crowley. He's saying that the righteous will remain righteous and the filthy will remain filthy. And love is the law, love is always the law.
Kaviar: So do you think people are redeemable then?
Soul: Of course, everybody's redeemable. It's just a word isn't it? I make a lot of money off of words, I believe in them.
Jinx: Alright, alright. Can you tell us a bit about your beginnings doing internet rap battles? Did that shape who you are as a rapper today?
Soul: Sure. That was really the groundwork for what I do now. Like that was actual writing you know? It was my journalism at the time. It was a large part of– at that time, which had to be like 2002 or something– the biggest thing more than anything was vernacular. Everyone was trying to get the best rhymes, you know? That's definitely where I perfected that.
Kaviar: Do you think that the written word is different from the spoken word?
Soul: Certainly– can you say "hate" out of "love" ?
Kaviar: mmmmm
Soul: yeah, that's right I'd like to see you try that. YMF. (ab souls coined term meaning "young mind f***").*laughing* You have just been YMF'd.
Kaviar: Alright, I like that. I'm gonna keep that with me.
Soul: But yeah, going back on it, Aleister Crowley is not a satanist. He's a Crowliest, he was trying to start his own thing. And Jesus is my idol, just sayin'
Kaviar: Alright we'll have to do some more research. On another note, your couch talk with Princess Nokia.
Soul: nice. She's great.
Kaviar: Oh yeah, that's one of my favorite pieces of art I've ever seen, let alone artist on artist interview.
Soul: YESS! I had no idea she was so….soo…
Kaviar: She is awakened.
Soul: Oh yeah, she is awakened. My girl is big with like Allure magazine you know what I'm saying, it's important that we do a lot more female publications. All the marches and stuff you know, it's really important. It's the time, you know, I was rooting for Hillary 'cause it was the time for the divine female. It's the time.
Kaviar: Hell yeah
Jinx: So I'm curious with your strong feelings about the importance of feminine energy in hip hop, what's your take on the word b*****? Do you feel like it's been reclaimed?
Soul: Right, "b****"– it's just like the word "n****." I mean if you was my girl, you'd be my b****. And you'd like it, you know.
Jinx: hmmm okay
Soul: But if I were to say, "b***** get the f*** out my face" then not so much.
Jinx: yeah definitely not.
Soul: exactly, you'd be like "who you callin' b*****?" you know what I'm saying? It's all about the way you say it with words like that. Like I said, you can't say hate out of love. Again, it's about more than just what it spells. But you know, I'm still doing the research, I'm still learning, trying to figure it all out.
Kaviar: we're all learning and unlearning!
Jinx: Well we'll let you go. Thanks for meeting with us! And again incredible show.
Soul: of course! It was great meeting you too, lots of love.
from left to right: DJ Lyzard, Jinx, Ab-Soul, & DJ Kaviar
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Bringing artificial intelligence (AI) or "smarts" to the battlefield is already changing the way battles are fought; this technology will become increasingly critical in the future.
AI makes it possible for machines to learn from experiences, adapt to new data, and perform human-like tasks. Deep learning and natural-language processing techniques are helping to train computers to accomplish specific tasks by processing large amounts of data and recognizing patterns within it. The technology is increasingly seen as helpful to the warfighter.
Figure 1: Exploitation Analyst airmen assigned to the 41st Intelligence Squadron have begun using advanced mobile desktop training that uses an environment to challenge each individual analyst in cyberspace maneuvers to achieve mission objectives at Fort. George G. Meade, Maryland. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes/from Department of Defense news release on Project Maven.
Project Maven uses computer vision, which is a combination of machine and deep learning (neural networks), to autonomously find objects of interest. This field is, as you can imagine, not without controversy: Google is one of the contractors for Project Maven and, although the company says it's doing object recognition "for non-offensive uses only," many of its employees are questioning this and asking the company to commit publicly to not assisting with warfare technology, according to a letter from Google employees to management published by the New York Times.
One of the reasons for concern within this realm is that AI carries with it myriad ethical and moral issues – think autonomous offensive weapons – and so far there are no agreed-upon rules or standards for nonmilitary or military uses of AI.
Algorithms are a specific set of software to perform a specific function – essentially the brains of AI.
BAE Systems doesn't merely go to the web and download a cognitive neural net piece of shareware, but rather builds their own theories and algorithms based on how the brain works and the types of signals they're working with.
While there's "no rule of thumb for an algorithm," Hogan says that server farms make the work easier because "you don't have to worry so much about writing resource-constrained code to try to pack everything into a small space in computer memory.
One of the many ways AI can assist soldiers during battles is to help them learn or process information at a much faster rate. A new AI technology developed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory enables soldiers to learn 13 times faster than conventional methods, researchers say, by helping them decipher clues or hints of information faster so that they can quickly deploy solutions, whether the situation is recognizing threats in the form of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or spotting potential danger zones from aerial war zone images.
Because computation is moving to the system edge where data is being gathered, and knowing that AI is going to drive fundamental advances in future soldier ability, Kannan's focus is to develop algorithms that will map AI techniques onto cheap, low-power hardware and make it work faster, essentially speeding up existing AI methods.


Q. Do you have books and articles on cell phones and driving?
Yes, we do. We have one book on that topic. Go to WorldCat and search the phrase cell phone driving, and you will retrieve it.
For articles, go to our Databases libguide and select the Hot Topics tab, and use the databases featured there. I searched Issues & Controversies for the phrase cell phone driving, and got about 10 results. If you need more articles, try the other databases as well.


I have two different types of tcbtheorems: theorem and lemma, defined as below.
It produces "Theorem 1.1" and "Lemma 1.1," whereas I'd like it to produce "Theorem 1.1" and then "Lemma 1.2."
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Japanese agriculture uses huge amounts of phosphorus (P) for food and feed production. As a result, soil P fertility (soil test P, measured by the Truog method) has increased in the past 40 years. Because P is a limited, exhaustible resource, and agricultural P use should based on soil test P, effective use of P in agriculture is important. In this study, we estimated agricultural P flow and the possibility of chemical fertilizer reduction based on soil test P from one region's reduced input guidelines in 2000. Based on our estimation, chemical fertilizer application levels do not differ significantly over different soil test P levels. If chemical fertilizer application were cut based on soil test P, application could be reduced from 61.6 kg P ha-1 to 25.8 kg P ha-1 on average. Next, we estimated the non-utilized P resources in Japan. We focused on non-utilized livestock waste, food refuse, sewage sludge and iron slag as a promising P resource. The total P in these resources was estimated at 237 Gg P, comparable to conventional chemical fertilizer applications (276 Gg P), and enough self-sufficiency when chemical fertilizer application is reduced based on soil test P (115 Gg P). Reduction of the environmental impact (eutrophication potential) by reduced chemical fertilizer input would be from 973 to 776 in terms of index value and utilization of non-utilized P resource would be more worth for environmental issue. Keywords: agriculture, phosphorus, reduced fertilization, self-sufficiency, impact to water in environment.
Keywords: agriculture, phosphorus, reduced fertilization, self-sufficiency, impact to water in environment.


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Renzo Ortega is the Manager of Evangelization and Catechetical Resources at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council. In his role, Renzo supports the efforts of the Evangelization and Faith Formation division in its commitment to strengthen Catholic family life and men's spirituality. Renzo was the lead developer of the 2023 Vivat Jesus Prayer Planner and is assisting in the development of the Cor Ecclesiae Series – a small group study series coming in 2023. Renzo Ortega has a Masters degree in Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and he has been involved in youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Bridgeport since 2010. Renzo and his wife Monica are raising their 5 children in southwestern CT.
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This week will be the first of a short series of posts about the production of Smash all the Windows. Its cover design has been attracting compliments, with many people wanting to know about my cover design process.
I've always been very involved in the design process, coming up with the initial concept and sourcing photographs, but as I learned to trust Andrew's instincts, my sets of instructions have grown more complex. Andrew has put the head of a stag on a ballerina (An Unchoreographed Life) and has made two women who were separated by two continents and three decades look as if they're one and the same (An Unknown Woman).
Smash all of the Windows deals with the emotional fallout of a large-scale disaster, something that would clearly be difficult to convey in a single image. There had to be tie-in with the title. But what?
The starling is borrowed from one of my city walks. I was taking the stairs up from the Riverside Path to London Bridge when I saw a starling sitting on the steel railing, singing its heart out. Hearing birdsong when surrounded by the traffic roar and the clang of building works is quite special and so I stood and watched. I used this moment for my character Maggie, the mother of the young station supervisor who was in charge when the disaster happened. She feels her daughter is sending her a message. I chose an image of the starling breaking free by Vasyl Helevachuk @ Dreamstime and asked Andrew to create a sense of urgency and momentum, which he did with contrast of the static shards of glass.
But it seemed to demand something more. My experiments are very low tech and tend to involve scissors and glue!
I wanted to introduce the missing people whose absence is at the core of the novel – my ghosts – and I wanted to give a strong sense of its city setting. I deliberately sought out blurred imagery so as not to lose the upward momentum of the bird.
and – I hope – intriguing.
I'm delighted with what Andrew has produced.
Be among the first to get your hands on a copy.
Next week, you'll be hearing about my beta readers.
Great (and useful) post. Love the cover!


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Silk is an American R&B group, formed in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their 1993 hit single, "Freak Me", which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Career
Silk is best known for their hit singles, "Freak Me", and "Happy Days" from their debut album, Lose Control. Another hit from Lose Control, "Girl U For Me", helped the album reach double platinum status.  They later had success with singles such as "I Can Go Deep", "Hooked on You", "Don't Rush", "If You" (released February 23, 1999) "Meeting in My Bedroom", and "We're Calling You".  In 1994, Silk won Album Of The Year for Lose Control at the Soul Train Music Awards.

Silk was discovered by the musician Keith Sweat. The group was originally a quintet made up of Timothy "Timzo" Cameron, James "Jimmy" Gates, Jr., Johnathen "John John" Rasboro, Tyga Graham & Albert Allen.  Gary "Big G" Glenn & Gary "Lil G" Jenkins joined shortly after the departures of Graham & Allen. In 2002, Silk left the label and took a hiatus. That same year, Jenkins went on to pursue other interests and made his stage debut in 2002 as 'AJ' in the Tyler Perry play Madea's Family Reunion. He resurfaced musically in 2007 with his solo debut, The Other Side. Silk and Sweat both appeared in the group, Black Men United on the song "U Will Know" which is featured on soundtrack for the movie Jason's Lyric. silk has also appeared on the soundtracks for Booty Call (Feel Good), Made In America (Does He Do It Good w/Keith Sweat),A Low Down Dirty Shame (I Can Go Deep), and Blankman (Cry On).

In 2003 and down to a quartet, Silk released their fifth studio album Silktime on their own label Silk Music Group. The album featured the songs "Silktime", "My Girl", "Alibi", "More", "You (The Baby Song)", "Check My Story" and a cover version of Blue Magic's "Sideshow". That song reunited them with their mentor Keith Sweat. The album appeared in the Billboard 200.

In 2006, the group returned with their sixth release, a covers album entitled Always And Forever on Shanachie Records. The album featured covers of R&B songs including "Adore" by Prince, "Always and Forever" by Heatwave, and "Secret Garden" by Quincy Jones. "Secret Garden" was the first and only single.

Jenkins has since reunited with Silk and their 7th album, Quiet Storm, was released on March 18, 2016 on Shanachie Records.

In 2018, Silk celebrated 25 years in the music business with two star studded concerts---one at B.B. King's in New York in February and the other in Atlanta in March.  They were also honored with an episode on the popular series Unsung that same year.

Members
 Gary Glenn - second tenor
 Johnathen Rasboro - tenor & lead
 Timothy Cameron - bass
 James "Jimmy" Gates, Jr. - baritone
 Gary Jenkins - lead & tenor

Former members
 Tyga Graham
 Albert Allen

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References

External links
Silk's official website
[ Silk] at AllMusic
Silk at Discogs

American contemporary R&B musical groups
African-American musical groups
American boy bands
Musicians from Atlanta
Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
Musical groups established in 1989
New jack swing music groups
Elektra Records artists
Shanachie Records artists


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Market customers in Barnsley are being promised a department store experience in favour of the cheap and cheerful image shoppers might expect when the town's new Glass Works centre opens next month.
The shopping and leisure complex is opening on a phased basis as work is completed and the market section will open up on Friday November 2, with Barnsley Council promising a new experience for shoppers who have been used to the covered and semi-open markets designed in the early 1970s as part of the old Metropolitan Centre.
It is expected that more than 80 stalls will be occupied when trading starts, with the vacant pitches expected to be filled over the coming months, with 53 stalls operating on the ground floor from the start of trading and another 32 from 40 available upstairs.
Barnsley Council say the environment for the market is bright and modern, "more akin to a department store", which should provide a stark contrast to the dated surroundings of the old market.
The opening is the biggest leap forwards so far in the development of the Glass Works, with the meat and fish market opening last month, though many of the stalls in that section are still awaiting traders.
Although trading will start on November 2, an 'official opening' is planned the following day, with Mayor Coun Steve Green ringing the town's market bell to symbolise the opening at 10am, following a speech from council leader Sir Steve Houghton.
Trading from the old semi-open market, which had been used as a transition local while the new accommodation was built, has now ceased ahead of the demolition of the multi-storey car park above, and the May Day Green market will continue to trade until October 27.
Extended opening hours – including Thursdays – will be a feature of the new market.
A forthcoming phase of the development will be a food court, with details to be announced soon. The council has been looking for an outside company to manage that part of the site.
Coun Roy Miller said: "The opening of Barnsley Market Hall will be a fantastic occasion. We're extremely excited to welcome the traders into The Glass Works and right back into the heart of Barnsley town centre.
"The redevelopment of our town centre is built around our famous market.
A temporary building put up in May Day Green to house the market during the regeneration work is to be sold on by the council.
Demolition work on the multi-storey car park is due to start in January.


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Nowadays, the entire world is going through a high crime rate as seldom a day would have passed without throwing shocking news on social media, and almost every time these pieces of information lead to an untimed departure of someone. Something similar is again coming to the fore from Atlanta's Cop City where 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Paez Teran has been shot dead during the mass shootout. Initially the deceased had been transported to the nearest medical center so that, he could get treatment through specialists to survive ahead, below you can fetch further information along with some unknown facts.
As per the exclusive reports or sources, Manuel Esteban Paez Teran a 26-year-old guy slaughtered in a shooting at Atlanta's police city, and 7 other people were charged with criminal trespass and domestic terrorism. Initially, he had indulged in a massive clash with the police, and thus, he had been warned to come out from the cage as well where he was hidden with his rest off other companions but unluckily he did not accept their command and thus, unfortunately, they had to fire the bullet and this is the reason, he had to leave the in a certain manner.
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On Jul 31, 2009 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a settled enforcement of $600,000 against Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. (NSP) and $25,000 against NSP Chief Executive Officer Douglas Faggioli and former Chief Financial Officer Craig D. Huff. NSP's Brazilian subsidiary allegedly paid the Brazilian custom officials to import unregistered products into Brazil and subsequently falsified its books and records to conceal the payments.
The SEC based its charge on NSP's violations of the anti-bribery provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). But, according to Philip Urofsky, a former federal prosecutor of FCPA claims, the SEC also invoked, for the first time, Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to hold NSP's officers liable.
In an interview with the National Law Journal on Control Person Liability theory, Mr. Urofsky, who now is a partner in the Washington office of New York's Shearman & Sterling, described this theory as an easy way to hold corporate individuals: the executives, directors, and accountants liable for the corporation's books, records and internal controls violations "without pleading any knowledge or culpable involvement in the underlying bribes or accounting issues."


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Alumni revelers last year flash their brightest smiles during the end of the motorcade.
Western Mindanao State University is set to celebrate its 93rd Alumni Homecoming on Friday. The anticipated event is filled with an array of activities to be participated by the alumni, faculty and students alike. The alumni homecoming will conclude on December 16.
This year's homecoming features the Class 1962 as the Golden Jubilarians, Class 1982 as the Pearl Jubilarians and Class 1987 as the Silver Jubilarians. Other alumni are also expected to revisit their alma mater in this momentous occasion as this event has been a tradition of the university during the month of December.
A Thanksgiving Mass at the university's gymnasium is slated on the first day of the homecoming and to be followed by the Alumni Welcome Program. The ribbon cutting and the blessing of the newly-constructed covered court donated by the Hon. Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, Zamboanga City District I Representative will also be initiated in the morning of December 14.
Hon. Parisya Hashim-Taradji, Undersecretary for Operations and Program Group of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is the guest speaker for the Alumni Welcome Program. Taradji is but one of the many proud graduates of the university faring well in their chosen endeavors and careers. She is an alumnus of the College of Social Work and Community Development of the university and is a registered social worker.
On the other hand, the Alumni Grand Fellowship Night is scheduled on the evening of December 14. A motorcade around the city proper will commence the evening's activity. The fellowship night intends to convene the alumni in an entertaining and fun-filled program. Talent contests and a variety of numbers are to be participated by the students, faculty members and the alumni as well. A sky lantern display will culminate the fellowship night.
A Testimonial Dinner is set on the evening of December 15, in which the outstanding and distinguished alumni of the university will be given due recognition for bringing honor and pride to WMSU. A Lifetime Achievement Award will also be awarded and the jubilarians for this year will be given recognition during the affair.
Hon. Jose I. Lorena, Undersecretary of the Presidential Assistant on Peace Process, an accomplished lawyer and a WMSU-College of Law alumnus is expected to grace the dinner as the keynote speaker. The dinner will then be filled by testimonies to be delivered by the award recipients.


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As portions of New York State begin to reopen during the Coronavirus pandemic, community development organizations are supporting legislation that will help small businesses recover.
The NYS Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Coalition represents the institutions that make innovative financing possible, foster financially vibrant and healthy communities, and strengthen all regions of New York State.
"We applaud Senator Kevin Thomas for drafting the NYS Small Business Truth in Lending Act to help business owners make informed choices about their borrowing options," said Linda MacFarlane, the nonprofit association's Chair, based in Albany. "As community lenders, CDFIs too often see the damage that's been done when business owners realize too late that their loans have very high interest rates and fees or severe prepayment penalties. CDFIs are committed to offering loans in a fair, affordable and transparent manner. Our members around the state offer their full support for a measure that will require other lenders to behave in the same way."
The companion bill in the Assembly (A.10118) is sponsored by Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland County). This historic bill builds on the small business truth-in-lending legislation passed in California in 2018 with overwhelming bipartisan support. New York small business owners could save millions of dollars annually when empowered by the basic price transparency information needed to navigate financial products in the marketplace.
According to Hubert Van Tol, the association's Vice Chair, "Here in Rochester, small businesses are doing all they can to stay afloat, changing their product offerings and taking out loans. Unfortunately, small businesses are left in the dark on the true cost of some offers. The federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) requires standardized disclosures for consumer lending, including the annual percentage rate (APR) and repayment terms, but does not apply to financing for business purposes. The NYS Truth in Lending Act will bring common-sense transparency standards to small business financing at a time when they're needed most."
"The lack of disclosure standards makes it nearly impossible for New York's business owners to compare offers and choose the best option for their business, potentially leading them into a debt trap," said Kim Jacobs, who serves as the association's Treasurer. "In Westchester County, businesses are struggling and need financing to reopen. We support Senator Thomas' bill, S. 5470 as amended in March 2020, that would require all small business financing providers to disclose the terms of their loans, and urge the Senate Banks Committee to reject any amendments that would create carveouts for high-cost finance companies and perpetuate confusion for small businesses."
"We have seen first-hand the devastating effects some unscrupulous online enders have had on business owners in New York City," said Yanki Tshering, CDFI Coalition board member. "They realize only too late that even refinancing the loan does not get them off the hook for paying the interest and fees for the full term of the loan. One business that came to BCNA for help paid $40,000 in interest and fees for a $50,000 loan for a two-year term. As our communities reopen from the COVID- 19 Pause, there will be many more desperate business owners and we are very, very concerned that if we do not have stronger regulations in place, they will fall victim to predatory lenders."
"In Chautauqua County, businesses often come to us seeking to refinance high-cost debt that was presented to them without an APR and later proved to be unaffordable," said John Felton, CDFI Coalition board member. "Sometimes we can help the business refinance the debt, but sometimes it's too late and the business goes under. Now more than ever, New York businesses should be able to trust that all financing offers will include an APR or estimated APR so they can compare loans on an 'apples-to-apples' basis. Businesses also need other key metrics such as the monthly payment amount so they can compare how various offers will affect their cash flow."
Gwen O'Shea, President and CEO of Community Development Corporation of Long Island (CDCLI), said "As a community development nonprofit, CDCLI has worked for 50 years to help Nassau and Suffolk Counties grow and thrive. In this time of great uncertainty, we're grateful for Senator Thomas' leadership in sponsoring the NYS Small Business Truth in Lending Act. Business owners deserve the transparency that universal disclosure standards would bring, including APR for all products, and will need this transparency even more as they seek to rebuild from the COVID-19 crisis. We urge the NYS Senate to take up this important legislation before adjourning for the summer."


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Sophomore has big heart for animals
Jaime Yaukey and Emily Parrish
Many people have the misconception that those who hunt do not have a respect for animals, but sophomore Seth Franklin proves that theory wrong.
"I hunt to provide food for my family and control the population," Franklin said. "If the population of an animal gets out of control, it could mess with the ecosystem." Franklin has had a wide knowledge interest in animals since he was in kindergarten, reading books and watching documentaries about them.
"I think that animals are more interesting than people." Franklin said. He went on to say that's it's hard for him to choose a favorite animal, because he likes them all; he thinks they're all interesting in their own way. He likes primates because he feels that they are closely related to us. A primate is a mammal that have hands, hand like feet, and forward facing eyes. With the exception of humans, they are typically tree dwellers. Franklin also likes wolves and big cats. He said, "They are ferocious and get big in size, and they have cool hunting techniques."
A hobby of Franklin's would be tracking animals. His hobby started when he was younger, and his dad took him out hunting and showed him some animal tracks. "I got the tracking skills from my dad." Franklin said. "Also, I watch shows when experts track animals." He likes to find interesting signs, try to guess what happened and what the story behind the track is, and what the animal has been doing. Franklin's favorite part about tracking animals are seeing the signs, and he said "If you get the chance, you can see the animal in it's natural habitat and you might not have ever seen that animal before." He recently used his public speaking class as a platform to teach his fellow classmates how to track animals as well.
There are many steps as to how to track an animal. The first step is gathering materials, such as food, water, binoculars, extra clothes, a magnifying glass, and a casting kit. "You never know what might be useful." Franklin said. A casting kit helps to cast tracks never seen before. "You take plaster powder and mix it into water and pour it into the track, wait 30 minutes for it to dry, then take the casting out and wash it off. You'll have a souvenir." Franklin said. He also commented that casting a track was helpful to see the little details of the track and what animal it is.
Second, always be at the right location. There are a ton of places to look, but animals hang out in specific areas and habitats. Make sure to be there at the right time if you want to see something special, because possibilities like migration, courtship and battles only happen once a year. Third, look for signs. Animals give a lot of signs, but some are hard to find so always keep an eye out. Some signs are scratch marks, footprints, scent posts, and maybe some objects, for example, fur or a predator's lunch. Next, always determine what kind of sign it is and how old the sign is. Animals give tons of signs every day, and if it's a fresh sign the animal is probably nearby. If it's old, the animal stopped using the area and moved on. "Find a trail and keep following it." Franklin said. "It could lead you straight to the animal."
Upon spotting an animal, always keep distance. Animals have a keen sense of smell, and they might charge or run away. It might be smart to bring a book as well, so when an animal is spotted, a book can be checked to see what characteristics it has to determine the species.
Amanda Frankford, Franklin's teacher last year for environmental science, said that every day in her class Franklin would ask the students what animal to research and then he would give a short, two minute presentation on that animal. "He always wanted to research odd or different animals that people didn't really know about so he could inform the class." Frankford said.
Franklin always encouraged the students to ask questions about the animal after the presentation so they could learn more. "Seth is an amazing and hard working student." Frankford said. "You can see his passion for animals shining through."
Franklin would like to add that he has knowledge for animals and has a lot of information and it's not just because of tracking. He said, "My love for animals is deciding my career, I want to stop animals from being extinct or being poached." Franklin wants to be a zoologist when he graduates.
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