EDIBLE DECORATIONS OF YOUR CHOICE AND A STAR ON A WIRE STEM FOR THE TOP.
I tried to make these little cakes taste of Christmas so added currants, cherries grated orange rind and mixed spice to a basic sponge. I also put almond extract in the icing so the flavours of Christmas Cake were basically there!!
1 Large Orange - zest only, grated.
METHOD Set the oven to 180°C Fan.
3. Fold in the flour, spice, orange zest, currants and cherries.
4. Bake for 12 mins mini cakes, 14 - 16 mins bun cakes and 19 - 20 mins muffin cakes.
6. Make the icing by beating all the ingredients together except the colours.
7. Take out a good heaped tablespoonful and colour red, cover and set aside. If you want a third colour for a any design you have in mind, separate off.
8. Colour the rest a strong green cover and set aside.
9. Place your oasis cone on the spike and cover with the tissue paper.
10. Fix your cakes on to the cone using the wooden skewers starting with the 7 muffin sizes, then the bun size, then the minis at the top. Make sure the skewers are place slightly upwards otherwise the cakes will fall off!
11. Place the green icing in a large icing bag with a medium sized rosette nozzle and pipe each cake from top to bottom right across each one as per the photo.
12. Use the red icing in a separate bag with small star or rosette nozzle to place in random places as 'baubles'.
13. Add any other decorations you have and place the star down the middle at the top.


Nintendo has released a seven minute trailer for Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit. The kit will launch for the Nintendo Switch on April 12.
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch system on April 12 with dozens of simple and fun virtual reality experiences for kids and families to enjoy together. Enjoy 64 bite-sized games and experiences in VR Plaza, including platformers and puzzlers.
Combining the innovative physical and digital gameplay of Nintendo Labo with basic VR technology, Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit introduces virtual reality in a unique and approachable way. The Toy-Con Wind Pedal produces a blast of air to create the feeling of flying, while the Toy-Con Blaster slides and clicks before it launches a volley of lasers (or fruit). Players can make different DIY cardboard creations like a Toy-Con Elephant or a Toy-Con Camera; play a variety of VR games and experiences with these creations; and discover how it all works – or even design their own bite-sized VR experiences with the included programming tools.
All the games and experiences in Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit are designed to be shareable, fun and social. By alternating turns, everyone in the room can watch and enjoy players' reactions and join in the fun. Some games even allow players who aren't looking into the Toy-Con VR Goggles to interact with the on-screen experience. For example, if one player is exploring the in-game ocean and taking photos with the Toy-Con Camera, another person in the room can wear the Toy-Con Snorkel and step in front of the Camera to make a bug-eyed fish swim quickly toward the player's face – the reaction is priceless!
Two programing tools are included with the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit software. Toy-Con Garage is the tool that is returning from previous kits and optimized for this kit's Toy-Con creations. Toy-Con Garage VR is a new tool that allows players to create their own VR games and experiences. In fact, Toy-Con Garage VR is the tool that the development team used to create everything in VR Plaza. Players can even import VR Plaza games into Toy-Con Garage VR mode to discover how they work, customize the experiences or use them as inspiration to create a completely new game.
Looks like 75% shovelware but there does seem to be some applications with potential. I like the camera idea, provided there is enough content to take pictures of. The funny thing is, most of this would be a lot better if kids didn't have to hold up the visor AND the attached thingamabob stuck on the end at the same time. That elephant trunk labo seems like it would get annoying after a good 10 minutes.
I am a bit impressed.
My nephew might like this a lot.


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— Pick a theme and stick to it - there are so many great ideas out there and it can be hard to just pick one and run with it but I think table-scapes look best when everything on the table is coordinated.
— Unexpected elements - guests may have event fatigue, have you ever thought to yourself "not another wedding...", give your guests something they've never seen before even if it's really simple, for example Seed Flora sourced us these crazy finger lemons for our Italian themed table which got people talking!
— Personalise the setting - well of course I would say this, the TDE product line lends itself to customisation so for most of our events we use our product as a place card that doubles as a gift for our guests! Creating personalised menus and coasters also isn't a difficult addition to take the table up a notch.
— Ambience - no matter the time of day candles create a vibe and if you splash out for amazing scented ones you can always re use them in your home or office, lush!
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On trend for this season, it was all about lemons and the coast. We created a custom lemon pattern that was applied to our ink navy pouch. We can work with any patterns/designs you'd like to add to our line!
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Not all celebrations occur in spring/summer so we created a wintery look that was clean and modern with a touch of lilac.
Well what woman doesn't love pink, we use pink so much in our brand and really this was our brand in event format with pale pink keepsake boxes with circle logo monogramming on each and a whimsical pink floral table runner.
An elevated display of white and we created an ivory white box clutch with guest names in a cursive font embossed onto each, the perfect accessory for any celebration.


A policeman has been suspended after he allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend and her fiancé "out of jealousy" in central Vietnam on Wednesday.
Corporal Phan Van Hung was suspended and ordered to write a report about the incident on Thursday, said his superior, Colonel Tran Quoc Toan, head of the mobile police department of Ha Tinh Province.
Hung and four other men were accused of battering Phan Thi Binh and Nguyen Minh Hoang, who were celebrating their espousal ceremony, in front of a karaoke parlor in Cam Xuyen Dist., Ha Tinh, at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Binh, who was Hung's ex-girlfriend and is pregnant, was beaten unconscious and Hoang reportedly sustained bleeding injuries in the nose.
The attackers left in their car only after the couple's relatives called the police.
The police of Cam Xuyen on Thursday summoned Hung for questioning over the attack. According to the police, Hung said he wanted to threaten the couple out of jealousy.
Nguyen Thi Thuong, Binh's sister, said Hung had send Binh many threatening messages after their break-up.
Hung is the son of a senior official of Cam Xuyen Dist.


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That number you see within the recycling symbol on recyclable plastic is called the "resin identification code" or RIC. One pet peeve: the recycling symbol and RIC are often too small, not easy to see, or are difficult to find. Also, some plastics and plastic parts that could be recycled are not labeled.
The seven different types of recyclable plastics are listed below, along with a small subset of initial and recycling uses. New applications for recycled plastics are being invented all the time! Perhaps you have some ideas.
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Recycling uses: plastic lumber, bus shelters, traffic lights, signs, etc.


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 Landing helicopter dock, a US Navy hull classification symbol for multipurpose amphibious assault ships of the Wasp class.
 Large Helical Device, a major Japanese nuclear fusion reactor.
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 Liechtenstein Homeland Service, a defunct corporatist party in Liechtenstein.
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New Sci-Fi Series 'Incursion' Will Have Ripley-like Heroine
Posted April 14th, 2013 by Janice Kay
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One of the reasons 'Alien' and 'Aliens' resonate so much with female sci-fi fans is because of its protagonist: a hard hitting pulse rifle slinging won't-take-crap-from-a-chest-bursting-alien, Ripley. While there really hasn't been a heroine in the genre like her since, that may change if Steven DeKnight has a say on the subject as he's currently developing a new sci-fi series called 'Incursion' for Starz.
DeKnight's name may sound familiar as he's currently a writer and executive producer for the Starz series 'Spartacus', but he's also worked on 'Dollhouse', 'Smallville', 'Angel' and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' Now he's in the process of developing a series called 'Incursion' and it will center around a female heroine during a time of interplanetary war.
"I have always loved war movies… and I'm a huge science fiction fan,' said DeKnight when the project was first announced at last year's Comic-Con. "It's about a squad of soldiers, fighting this war. It's basically like World War II in space. Each season is a different planet,"
A sci-fi female soldier protagonist! Not only is this great news, as female sci-fi characters. lately, tend to play second fiddle to their male counterparts, but DeKnight seems to be the right person to actually do this right considering the TV shows he's work on in the past. Also sounding promising is the fact that the writer/creator has stated that a major influence on the project was James Cameron's film 'Aliens'.
"Nobody does future military better than James Cameron," says DeKnight, " His designs are just brilliant, and we definitely wanted to push that even to the next level."
But 'Aliens' isn't the only popular media that has influenced 'Incursion':
"If you love things like 'Halo,' 'Band of Brothers,' 'Black Hawk Down,' that kind of thing, then I think you'll really enjoy this show. It's like 'Black Hawk Down' on an alien planet…We're going for gritty realism. We have military consultants, so we're trying to be as militarily accurate as possible."
While all this talk may seem wonderful to read, there is a draw back. Starz has yet to give the project a green light. "It is a massive, massive undertaking with many moving parts, because we are really trying to build a feature-level epic," DeKnight explains. "[The set work is] just incredibly time-consuming, so getting that green light is taking a little longer than it normally would." He is, however, "hopeful" and "confident" that the show will be getting a series order and anticipates that 'Incursion' could air next year.
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Are Allergies Inherited?
By: Suzanne Elvidge BSc (hons), MSc - Updated: 19 Aug 2010 |
The immune system is designed to protect people against infection by reacting against and destroying harmful outsiders such as viruses and bacteria. Sometimes, though, this all goes wrong and the body starts to react against harmless things like grass pollen or peanuts – these are known as allergens.
In the allergic response, the body produces high levels of a naturally occurring chemical called histamine and this leads to the symptoms of allergies, including itching skin, rashes, wheezing, coughing, a runny nose or itching eyes. People who have become sensitive to one allergen can sometimes become allergic to another as well – this is called 'cross-sensitivity' or 'cross-reactivity'.
Inheriting Allergies
People do not necessarily inherit individual allergies, but will inherit the tendency to develop allergies (known as 'atopy'). Therefore, while a child of parents with grass pollen allergies will not necessarily have a grass pollen allergy, he or she will be more likely to develop some kind of allergy than a child of non-allergic parents will. It seems that children are more likely to inherit allergies from their mother than their father.
Twin Studies and Allergies
A study of 344 families divided the families up into groups with neither parent, one parent or both parents having allergies. Only 6% of children with neither parent with an allergy had allergies, whereas 20% of children with one parent with allergies or 60% of children with both parents with allergies had allergies themselves.
Twin studies are a good way of looking at genetics, especially those that compare identical twins and non-identical twins, as pairs of twins generally have the same upbringing in the same environment, but identical twins share exactly the same genes, whereas non-identical twins will have similar but not identical genes.
In a study of 3808 pairs of twins in Australia, it was much more common for identical twins to have similar symptoms of asthma and hay fever than non-identical twins, suggesting that asthma and hay fever can be inherited. In a study of 11,750 pairs of twins in Denmark, identical twins were also much more likely to both have hay fever than non-identical twins were. This study suggested that environment has an effect as well, such as exposure to different allergens at different times, or exposure to cigarette smoke.
In a twin study of peanut allergies, 65% of twins shared the peanut allergy, whereas only 7% of the no-identical twins both were allergic to peanuts.
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While it would only be absolutely conclusive if 100% of twins shared the allergy, it shows that genes do seem to have an impact. The genetics behind allergies are quite complicated, and it seems that there isn't just one gene per allergy, but that it's the interactions between a number of different genes that has the effect, and this is further complicated by environment.
Because of this, the allergies shared in a family may not be exactly the same – one allergic member of the family may have hay fever, whilst another has allergic asthma or atopic dermatitis. Even if the actual allergy is the same (e.g. peanut allergy) the responses may not be the same – one person may have a rash, and another a runny nose, or asthma. There may also be a link between the genes for allergies and the genes associated with certain behavioural problems.
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Epstein Estate Expects Majority of Suing Victims to Settle
Chris Dolmetsch
Bloomberg January 11, 2020
(Bloomberg) -- The estate of accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August, said it expects the "vast majority" of his victims who have filed lawsuits to participate in a compensation fund.
Executors of the estate told a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday that five plaintiffs have already agreed to put their lawsuits on hold pending their participation in the program. Discussions between lawyers and the fund's administrator have been "positive and productive," they said.
The estate chose last year dispute resolution experts Jordana H. Feldman, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. Biros to design the program, develop criteria and eligibility requirements and craft the claims process. Feldman, who recently served as deputy special master of compensation funds for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, is serving as administrator. The program still requires approval of a judge in the Virgin Islands, where Epstein's will was filed.
The fund will allow victims to be paid confidentially and retain their rights to sue if they are not satisfied with settlement offers. There have been 17 lawsuits filed against the estate in New York.
Read more on the fund creation here.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Freeman in November urged the parties to talk and report back to her on the status of negotiations. Lawyers for some of the women told Freeman they had no input in the selection of the administrator and rejected suggestions by the estate their suits be put on hold as the process moves forward.
Bradley Edwards, a lawyer for some of the victims, told Freeman in a letter on Friday that while he agreed that talks have been productive, "it remains important to every aspect of the process" that cases not be put on hold.
"Our clients have varying views of the process, and while each will maintain an open mind about potential alternative resolution, those who have filed lawsuits do not wish to delay the expeditious litigation of their claims," he said.
Epstein died alone in his Manhattan jail cell, about five weeks after he was arrested on charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. While the city's chief medical examiner ruled that he hanged himself, his death has been the subject of mass speculation as to how such a high-profile prisoner could be able to harm himself in a highly secure prison.
(Updates with other lawyers involved with fund in third paragraph.)
To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Dolmetsch in Federal Court in Manhattan at cdolmetsch@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.net, Joe Schneider
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Goodreads Synopsis: Theo is better now.
I am so happy I was given the chance to review Pointe by Brandy Colbert! I loved the book from beginning to end and it was a fresh filled book. Everything from the characters to the suspense had me hooked on each page. I cannot wait for what else Brandy has in store.
Pointe opens up with Theo, a ballerina who is slowly starting to have a better life. She is focusing hard on her ballet but when news of her best friend who has been missing for 4 years she questions her past. First off, I love how real and honest Pointe could have been in a real life situation. Theo was such a strong character, she really finds herself as you read the book. It had a fresh and clean plot that got straight to the point. The plot is what kept everything moving. Every situation Colbert placed Theo in was real. The emotion she conveyed, all of it was great and I felt myself in Theo's shoes.
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One time I watched a three-year-old at her birthday party. Her friends were there from preschool, and she received lots of presents. The cake came out, she admired the pink frosting rose at its center, and everyone sang. One of the moms cut pieces and without thinking sliced right through the rose - a disaster for this little girl. "I shoulda had the rose!" she yelled. "I shoulda shoulda SHOULDA had the rose!" Nothing could calm her down, not even pushing the two pieces of cake together to look like a whole rose. Nothing else mattered, not the friends, not the presents, not the day as a whole: she was insistent, something MUST happen. She had, just HAD to get the whole rose.
It's natural to move toward what feels good and away from what doesn't, natural as well to have values, principles, and morals. But when these healthy inclinations become internal rules - "shoulds," "musts," and "gottas" - then there is a big problem. We feel driven, righteous, or like a failure. And we create issues for others - even a whole birthday party.
At bottom, "shoulds" are not about events. They're about what you want to experience (especially emotions and sensations) if your demands on reality are met, or what you fear you'll experience if they're not.
Whether your "shoulds" are shaped by neural programs laid down when dinosaurs ruled the earth, or when you were in grade school, they often operate unconsciously or barely semi-consciously - all the more powerfully for lurking in the shadows.
Plus, in a deep sense, your "shoulds" control you. (I'm not talking here about healthy principles and desires, which you're more able to reflect about and influence.)
Imagine what it would be like to drop your "shoulds" in an upsetting situation or relationship.
What's this feel like? Probably relaxing, easing, and freeing.
You can and will continue to pursue wholesome aims in wholesome ways. But this time no longer chained to "shoulds."
The Practice.
As you explore the suggestions below, keep in mind that you can still behave ethically and assert yourself appropriately. Not one word in this JOT is about harming yourself or others, or being a doormat.
Bring to mind some situation or relationship that's bothering you. Find a central "should" in your reactions to it, like "that can't happen," or "this must happen," or "they can't treat me this way," or "I couldn't stand ____ ," or "you must ____ ." Notice that the "should" is a statement about reality, the way it is.
Then, facing this "should," ask yourself a question: "Is it really true?" Let the answer reverberate inside you.
You could find that in fact the "should" is not true. Good things we "must" have - even a pink rose made of sugar and butter - often fail to arrive. And bad things that "must" not happen often do.
I don't mean that we ought to let others off the moral hook or give up on making the world better. I mean that when we face reality in all its messy streaming complexity, we see that it exists independent of our rules, always wiggling free of the abstractions we try to impose upon it. This recognition of truth pulls you out of conceptualizing into direct experiencing, into being with "the thing-in-itself." Which feels clear, peaceful, and free.
Consider again the situation or relationship that bothers you, and this time try to find an even deeper "should" that's related to an experience you "must" have or avoid, such as "I'll be so embarrassed if I have to give a talk," or "I can't stand to be alone," or "I must feel successful." Then, facing this "should," ask yourself a question: "Is it really true?"
You'll probably find that you could indeed bear the worst possible experience that would come if your "should" were violated. I'm not trying to minimize or dismiss how awful it might feel. But the adamancy, the insistence, built into a "should" is usually not true: you would live through the experience and get to the other side - and eventually other, better experiences would come to you. Most of us are so much more resilient, so much more capable, so much more surrounded by good things to draw upon, so much more contributing and loving than we think we are!
Also, consider the situation or relationship through the eyes of the others involved. Ask yourself if the things you think are imperatives, mandates, rules, necessities, etc. are like that for others. Probably not. And flip it around: what "shoulds" are alive in the minds of others . . . that you are violating. Yikes! When I think about this applied to situations I get cranky about, it's very humbling.
A final thought: dropping the "shoulds" exposes you to a sense of vulnerability to life and the difficult feelings that come with it - and that can be hard. We use "shoulds" to try to hold at bay the pain and loss we all do or will inevitably face in full measure (some of course more than others). Yet the pain and loss that do come will come regardless of our "musts" and "can'ts" - which only delude us into thinking that this tissue of rules will somehow hold back life's tide.
Paradoxically, by opening to this tide as it runs in your life - a deeper truer reality than can ever be contained by the nets of thought - you both reduce the uncomfortable friction imposed by "shoulds" upon those currents and increase your sense of opening out into and being lifted and carried by life's beautiful stream.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 26 languages and include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has numerous audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he's been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and other major universities, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. His work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, and NPR, and he offers the free Just One Thing newsletter with over 120,000 subscribers, plus the online Foundations of Well-Being program in positive neuroplasticity that anyone with financial need can do for free.
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Charges filed in World Cup brawl that left 3 Chicago cops injured in the Gold Coast
November 27, 2022 CWBChicago Gold Coast
Chicago — A woman and a man face felony charges, and two other men face misdemeanor charges in connection with a fight between fans of opposing soccer teams in the Gold Coast on Saturday that injured two Chicago police officers. Most of the accused are from the suburbs.
Police responded to calls of a large fight involving about 15 people outside Gold Coast Social, 7 West Division, around 4:45 p.m. Witnesses reported that fans who were at the bar watching Argentina play Mexico in the World Cup began fighting after Argentina won.
Amanda Jimenez and Cristian Munoz | Chicago Police Department
An officer who was helping to break up the fight asked Cristian Munoz, 22, of Cicero, to get out of the street and stay on the sidewalk, prosecutors said Sunday. Instead, Munoz allegedly circled a car and punched the female officer in the face.
The officer deployed her Taser to subdue Munoz, who proceeded to kick a male officer in the face and cause another female officer to suffer bruising and abrasions to her knees, prosecutors allege.
He is charged with two counts of felony aggravated battery of a peace officer and resisting.
During the incident, officers radioed that some people involved in the fight had fled the scene in a vehicle. Cops found a car matching the description about a block away in the first block of East Goethe with Amanda Jimenez, 36, of Orland Park behind the wheel.
After asking Jimenez and her passenger to step out of the vehicle, police found a loaded handgun inside a bag that was in a purse on the passenger floorboard, prosecutors said. Jimenez allegedly told police that she owned the purse and a phone that was inside of it.
Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Jimenez walking and running with the purse before police confronted her. She is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with a previous conviction, driving with a revoked license, and possession of cannabis.
Her criminal background includes felony convictions for aggravated fleeing in 2013 and 2015 and aggravated DUI in 2013, prosecutors said. Judge Mary Marubio ordered her to post $100 toward bail to get out of jail.
Munoz must pay a $300 deposit, Marubio said.
Two other men were charged with misdemeanors related to the incident. Patrick Lopez, 26, of Grayslake is charged with battery, and Alejandro Dominguez, 22, of Gurnee is charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of criminal trespassing.
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Kalfin: Brexit is an opportunity for the future EU budget
By Georgi Gotev | EURACTIV.com
Ivailo Kalfin [European Parliament]
Languages: Deutsch
The EU budget should become more transparent or other countries will follow the UK's example. But Brexit also provides an opportunity to get rid of all rebates, which nobody can actually explain, Ivailo Kalfin, member of the Monti group on the future EU budget, told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
Ivailo Kalfin, is a member of the high-level group on own resources, representing the European Parliament's S&D group. An economist by formation, he has previously served as deputy prime minister, foreign minister, social affairs minister of Bulgaria and as an MEP.
He was speaking to EURACTIV's Senior Editor, Georgi Gotev.
After a year and a half of work, the high level-group on own resources, better known as the "Monti group", presented today (12 January) its report on the possible reform of the next long term EU budget in the European Parliament. What is your impression? How was it received by MEPs?
It was a very good discussion. I will quote one of the members of the Budgets Committee, who said that the report exceeds by far the initial expectations.
It was Ms Isabelle Thomas, vice president of the socialist group. But she had a reason, because for a very long time the Council never allowed the other institutions to discuss the own resources. And now not only did we succeed as a parliament to make this high level group work, but also we managed, under the very able chairmanship of Mr Monti, to agree a compromise text. There are only one or two where one of the members disagrees.
So we agreed a text which is indeed consensual and a very good tool for all the institutions to start working on the reform of the budget. There are some proposals that have been done before, there are some new proposals, there is a very deep expert analysis. What we are suggesting is very feasible, very much needed, this is done without changing the treaty, without shifting powers and by keeping the subsidiarity principle. But also making the EU budget much more transparent and predictable. Of course, it is very important how the proposal will be used further.
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Member states are extremely jealous of the European Parliament interfering in the budget field, which they see as the utmost symbol of their sovereignty. Member states could simply ignore the report, couldn't they?
They could. The report is an instrument. If you want to change the European budget, and I think it would be changed inevitably, it's better to change it based on a concept and on research, rather than by pressure of the circumstances. The report gives a very good tool to change it feasibly, without changing the treaty, without shifting powers, by keeping the budget neutrality, without asking for a higher budget. But this has to be explained.
I understood that in today's Handelsblatt a deputy finance minister of Germany, speaking about the Monti group report, said that this was about asking more money from the member states…
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But this is not true, I have read the report.
This is absolutely not true, but if a deputy finance minister doesn't understand what is in the Monti report, we have a problem of communication. I would like to bring arguments to this gentleman. Of course, he is very much concerned about the German taxpayer's money. But the way the European budget is funded now is not exactly in the interest of the German taxpayer. This has to be changed, and we are suggesting a change which is, I think, in the best interest of all member states, including Germany.
How about own resources from innovative sources, like the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) or the CO2 levy, which one do you see as the biggest novelty?
We have suggested several possibilities, nine all together, for alternative sources for the budget. Everything that goes directly to the European budget is going to diminish the national contribution. Our basic idea is to look for taxing areas where the EU creates added value, be it with the single market, be it with the common legislation. And if we say that the single market adds added value – so far we have the duty revenues that go directly to the EU budget, it makes sense to see what is the added value brought by the digital market, by the financial markets. It makes sense to thing that once the EU policies create more possibilities to businesses to make profit, a very small part of this could fund the EU budget. This is the logic.
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I would also mention the taxes on pollution, possible carbon taxes. We suggest also an indirect taxation. Let's take the example of China or the USA, who do not observe the international agreements for carbon emissions for example. They have a competitive advantage, what's the point of allowing their goods to come to the European market? Those goods should be taxed, so that players would be put on equal footing, and that's a new proposal. The idea is to look for sources that are not additionally burdening the taxpayers.
The report seems to see Brexit as an opportunity to get rid of the UK rebate, and of all rebates. Is that so?
In this case, yes, Brexit is an opportunity. I would say there is a window of opportunity linked to Brexit and to post 2020 financial framework. The case of Brexit is very particular, because the UK rebate, the only one which exists in the treaty, is going to be lifted once the country is out of the EU. Then the rebates on the rebate should also be scrapped. But there is something more important. We shouldn't underestimate the vote in the UK. This was not only the result of voters being misled. If the EU is not changing, if citizens don't have the feeling that what they are paying to the Union is delivered back in the form of services, security, solution of problems etc., we risk seeing other countries following the UK example. With Brexit, we need to rethink the EU in order to bring it closer to the citizens, and budget is probably the most sensitive issue, among others.
But it is complicated.
It is complicated, but it would be even more complicated if you change it under the pressure of the circumstances and the different elections in one or another country. It's much easier to make a plan what you would like to do from the European public resources, and follow this path. And there are plenty of things that could be done, again, without increasing the tax burden on the citizens, and creating much more transparency and efficiency for the budget.
I would even go further. This Monti report is a mild option, a mild scenario for change. I would go for a more ambitious scenario, which my require changes in the treaties and changes of the basic rules in the Union. We need to put all public budgets in a single constellation. National budgets, European budget and the very much needed budget for the eurozone have to work in coordination, because they concern the same taxpayers. I would look at the broader picture and try to identify what could cover different types of expenditure.
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You are an economist but also a politician. Can you give a political answer: what could prevent the same thing happening in other countries, like Nigel Farage telling the British that their country pays too much and receives nearly nothing?
This is the so-called net balance approach, how much we give and how much we receive from the EU. Nigel Farage and the Brexit campaigners misled the public, the UK is not paying that much as this double-decker in the streets of London was saying – £350 million per week. If we don't change anything, we risk having similar developments in other countries. If you want to be transparent with EU citizens, EU budget should be decided by a very transparent procedure. The EU budget is not transparent at the moment. Nobody can explain how is made. Nobody can explain the UK rebate. You have an Oriental bazaar at night in the Council, with the Council President having bilateral meetings with the heard of government and providing gifts to one or another country to cobble a consensus. This has to change.
The EU budget should become more transparent or other countries will follow the UK's example. But Brexit also provides an opportunity to get rid of all rebates, which nobody can actually explain, Ivailo Kalfin, member of the Monti group on the future EU budget, told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
Ivailo Kalfin
Monti group
UK rebate
One response to "Kalfin: Brexit is an opportunity for the future EU budget"
"Everything that goes directly to the European budget is going to diminish the national contribution."
That has to be the biggest joke of this millennium to date.
The day that any socialist construct such as the EU reduces any existing tax to compensate for new / increased taxes will be the day when pigs start to fly.


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Stobrawa (niem. Stoberau) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie opolskim, w powiecie opolskim, w gminie Popielów, nad rzeką Stobrawą, tuż przed jej ujściem do Odry. Biegnie tędy lokalna droga nr 457 (Opole-Brzeg) wzdłuż prawego brzegu Odry; wieś znajduje się ok. 35 km na północny zachód od Opola i 15 km na południowy wschód od Brzegu.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie opolskim.

Pierwsze wzmianki
Pierwsze wzmianki o miejscowości Stobrawa pochodzą z lat 1245, 1337 i 1357, podając nazwę wsi "Stobrow" lub "Stobrau". Nazwa pochodzi od wyrazu stobor lub steber, oznaczającego "słup". Rzeka Stobrawa, przed wybudowaniem kolei Wrocław-Opole w połowie XIX wieku służyła do spławiania drewna. Pomiędzy Stobrawą a sąsiednią wsią Nowe Kolnie nad Odrą w 1708 powstała karczma Schwinz, która podupadła w II połowie XIX wieku. Do dziś pozostała nazwa Odłogi, przysiółka Stobrawy (z niemiecka Ablage, od składu drewna spławianego Odrą przez flisaków, tzw. matackarzy), założonego w 1778. Stobrawa była kiedyś wsią rycerską. Jak podają źródła historyczne, należała ona kolejno do wielu rodzin: Baruth, Bees, Tschammer, Wanning, Bahil, Hollh, Dhorn. Badania archeologiczne wykazały ślady osadnictwa z okresu kultury łużyckiej i wczesnego średniowiecza (między innymi ceramika i wyroby z brązu znalezione w 1979 na terenie Rolniczej Spółdzielni Produkcyjnej Stobrawa, będącym przed wiekami dużym cmentarzyskiem z urnami). Eksponaty były wystawiane w Muzeum Piastów Śląskich w Brzegu.

Mieszkańcy, szkoła
Według niemieckiego spisu ludności z 1890, wieś liczyła 127 domów i 1258 mieszkańców (w tym 59 katolików) oraz 904 ha ziemi. Dobra folwarczne tej wsi (po niemiecku Stoberau, Stobrow) obejmowały 24 domy, 227 mieszkańców i 4970 ha ziemi (w tym 4505 ha lasów). We wsi były dwie leśniczówki (tak jak dziś), tartak, cegielnia, fabryka pudełek do papierosów, kilka sklepów, barów, hotel, wielu rzemieślników (młynarz, fryzjer, kowal, masarz, piekarz). Po II wojnie światowej, w latach 1950-1970, liczba mieszkańców Stobrawy oscylowała między 500 a 600, a w 1989 było tu 526 osób (obecnie 489).

Jeszcze w 1939 mieszkało tutaj 1002 osób, w tym 188 dzieci szkolnych, których uczyło 4 nauczycieli w 5-klasowej szkole, w 3 pomieszczeniach. Według stanu z 30 VI 1946 w roku szkolnym 1945/46 w pełnej szkole siedmioklasowej w Stobrawie 3 nauczycieli uczyło 80 uczniów w 4 oddziałach (do szkoły dochodzili też uczniowie ze Starych Kolni). W roku szkolnym 1958/59 4 nauczycieli uczyło 99 uczniów w pełnej 7-klasowej szkole zbiorczej. 30 IX 1969 7 nauczycieli uczyło w 8-klasowej pełnej szkole zbiorczej 124 uczniów. Dla porównania w roku 1867 w Stobrawie uczyło się 198 uczniów. Budynek tutejszej szkoły podstawowej pochodzi z 1885 r., choć szkoła w Stobrawie istniała już w 1733 i mieściła się w drewnianym budynku, który kilkakrotnie trawiły pożary (największe w 1799 i 1897). Informacje te pochodzą od kronikarza Stobrawy, nauczyciela z XVIII w., Christiana Kleinerta.

Kościół
W Stobrawie był drewniany kościół z początku wieku XV (1408). Kościół znajdował się w środku wsi, wśród drzew. Był często, podobnie jak cała wieś o zabudowie drewnianej, ofiarą pożarów (1683, 1799, 1813, 1878), ostatecznie spłonął w 1945. W Stobrawie zdarzały się też groźne powodzie (1736, 1769, 1826, 1854, 1903). Ostatni powodziowy kataklizm w lipcu 1997 też dotknął bardzo Stobrawę.

Pierwszym pastorem ewangelickim w Stobrawie był Karol Baier z Lipska w latach 1536-1568, a ostatnim od 1931 Kurt Martini. W rok po pożarze w 1683 odbudowano drewniany kościół. Miał on gontowy dach, a w 1692 otrzymał dwa dzwony, trzeci wielki dzwon założono w 1856 W latach 1702-1708 kościół przejęli katolicy. W 1710 otrzymał on drewnianą wieżę, a w 1756 zakupiono organy wykonane w Brzegu. Do 1834 pastor luterański z Kurzni co dwa tygodnie dojeżdżał do Stobrawy, by odprawiać msze po polsku i po niemiecku. Pierwszym samodzielnym pastorem w Stobrawie został Ernst Sigismund Wolf z Wrocławia (1834-1871). Na wieży kościoła zainstalowano zegar; w 1852 powstał nowy cmentarz o powierzchni 1 morgi, ponieważ dotychczasowy, przykościelny, był za mały. Wcześniej w 1845 wybrukowano otoczenie kościoła oraz poszerzono chór i prezbiterium. Mały przedsionek i kościół wyłożone były czerwonym kamieniem, zamykały go dwuskrzydłowe drzwi. Wewnątrz świątyni była ambona z końca XVII wieku i bogato zdobiony, złocony ołtarz wraz z wiszącą chrzcielnicą. W podziemiu kościoła były groby rycerskie i groby duchownych. Przed kościołem stał niegdyś pomnik ofiar wojny 1870-1871, w czasie której zginęło 60 mężczyzn ze Stobrawy. W 1924 kościół wraz z wieżą został odremontowany.

Po wojnie w latach 1966-1968 oraz 1990-1991 trwały remonty i przeróbki obecnego kościoła (budynku dawnej gospody obok nieistniejącego dziś kościoła), przy których dużo ofiarności i zaangażowania wykazała ludność wsi, a także pracujący wtedy proboszczowie, ksiądz Stanisław Łuczko i ksiądz Władysław Lasota. W dawnym przedwojennym budynku plebanii mieści się przedszkole, a do 2000 była jeszcze poczta, przy czym pierwszy urząd pocztowy w Stobrawie, przewożący przesyłki do Brzegu powstał już w 1839, a pierwszy telefon wieś otrzymała w 1887.

Po II wojnie światowej
Po 1945 Stobrawa została zasiedlona przez ludność pochodzącą głównie z kresów wschodnich, po wysiedleniu stąd w 1946 ponad 500 autochtonów, głównie pochodzenia niemieckiego. W latach '50 wieś była siedzibą gromadzkiej rady narodowej, która połączyła się z radą narodową w Karłowicach (istniejącą do 1975, gdy utworzono gminę Popielów). Niemały wpływ na zmniejszenie się populacji Stobrawy w porównaniu z wiekiem XIX i I połową XX wieku miała decyzja podjęta jeszcze przed II wojną o budowie głównej drogi łączącej Wrocław i Opole wzdłuż lewego brzegu Odry (dziś jej odcinek z Brzegu do Opola nosi ona oznaczenie nr 4), w związku z czym prawobrzeżna trasa komunikacyjna nr 457 praktycznie straciła znaczenie.

Od utworzenia w 2000 roku Stobrawskiego Parku Krajobrazowego pojawiła się perspektywa dla wsi inwestowania nie tylko w rolnictwo, ale też w agroturystykę. Społeczność wsi bowiem starzeje się, młodzi jej mieszkańcy wyjeżdżają do miast szukając pracy w kraju i za granicą. Wiele domów w wyniku błędnej polityki powojennej rozebrano, zniszczono, ale obecnie wybudowano kilka nowych domów mieszkalnych. We wsi działają dwa prywatne sklepy (po 1997). W większości domów są telefony oraz wodociągi (zbudowane po powodzi w 1997). Wieś ma Ochotniczą Straż Pożarną, która istniała już z przerwami od 1845 roku.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Edward Żabski, "Dzieje Stobrawy", w: Nowy Kurier Brzeski, 2001, za zgodą redakcji tygodnika

Stobrawa (województwo opolskie)


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Grant Stone put up a superb performance with both bat and ball to lead his EP Rural side to victory over he weekend.
Stone produced a Man of the Match all round performance to steer his side to a much needed win. The left hand opening batsman scored his first century (119 runs) for EP and later took two crucial wickets in the Border innings.
Border won the toss and sent EP in to bat. It was indeed a batsman's paradise throughout the day, which saw EP posted a massive 330/8 (50) and later bowled Border out for 216 (48.3). Openers Stone (119, off 125 balls) and Aviwe Sentwa (15) gave their side a reasonable start. Then it was Stone and Greg Evans (53, off 68 balls) who put up a magnificent 150-run second wicket partnership to put the EP side on the front foot. There were also some entertaining cameos towards the end of the innings by veteran Mtunzi Antoni (60*) and Warren Bowdler (51*), who batted incredibly well in ensuring a defendable target. Anele Elembi (4/92 (10)), Mandla Dutjwa (2/54 (8)) and Luvuyo Hanabe (2/34 (80)) were amongst the wicket takers for Border.
Border started their run chase off very well and placed enormous pressure on the EP bowlers. EP's fielders were very static in the field, dropping seven catches, and were far from their best. Openers Duntjwa (74) and Hanabe (45), batted with aggression and were full of confidence. The home side's slow bowlers came to the party and fought back nicely to swing the game back in to their favour. Stone (2/47 (10)), Bowdler (2/53 (10)), Marquin Loutz (2/42 (7)), Antoni (2/29 (6)) and Evans (2/10 (3)), were all outstanding with the ball.
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Like all products that you purchase, there are certain factors that you are going to want to take into consideration when you buy a projector. To help you find the best projector for your specific needs, we think that the following factors are the most important to take into consideration.
The resolution refers to the clarity and the sharpness of the image that the projector creates. Resolution is based on the number of pixels a projector has; the higher the pixel count, the higher the resolution and the sharper and clearer the image will be. However, you should note that the higher the resolution, the more expensive the projector will likely be. There are several resolution options, including 1280 x 720, 1280 x 800, 1920 x 1080, and the very best resolution of all is 4K or Ultra High Definition.
The aspect ratio refers to the shape of the image the projector will create. All projectors contain chips, and these chips feature different ratio, which affect the rectangular shape of the image. The majority of projectors have a 4 : 3 or a 16 : 10 ratio.
The throw ratio refers to how far away the projector needs to be from the screen to cast, or 'throw' its image. The higher the throw ratio, the further away the projector can be from the screen while still projecting a clear image.
Lumens is the measurement that is used to determine the brightness of the projector. For most projectors, the range varies from 800 to 3,000 lumens. The lower the lumens measurement, the less expensive the projector will be. The amount of lumens that you need to create a clear, bright picture will depend on where the projector is placed when it is in use and how bright the light in the viewing area will be.
Projectors can vary significantly in price. Generally speaking, the higher the resolution and the more features the projector offers, the higher the price tag is going to be. Make sure you know how much you want to spend before you start shopping so that you can avoid overextending your budget.
Projectors can be outfitted with a number of features, and these features are intended to enhance your experience. However, it is important to understand that the more features the projector offers, the more expensive it will likely be. As such, you want to make sure that you understand what these features can do so that you can decide if they are worth your while to have.
Some projectors are outfitted with a motion smoothing feature. This feature adds extra frames to the projector, which prevents the motion of the images that are being projected from being shaky or jump when they are transferred from the device onto your screen.
If you don't know the size of the screen that you are going to be using, or if you don't want to be tied down to using a specific screen size or placing the projector a specific distance away, you might want to look for a projector that offers a zoom feature. This feature allows you to adjust the throw ratio so that you can get the perfect fit for your screen and the clearest picture possible.
If you want to watch a television program or a movie, but you don't want to miss the biggest events and the score of the football game that is on at the same time, picture in picture feature could be a benefit for you. This feature allows you to project a smaller image in one of the corners of the larger image, which enables you to view two programs at once.
When your projector has been on for an extended period of time and it does not sense any activity, a sleep mode feature will pause the presentation that it is projecting without actually turning off the projector. This is a great feature if you are someone who tends to fall asleep while watching TV or movies.
With an instant off feature, you can literally instantly power off your projector with the push of a button. You don't have to wait for it to power down, which can take a few minutes with projectors that don't boast this feature.
To make your projector as easy to use as possible, look for one that comes with its own remote control. Just like a television remote, you will be able to control your projector with this feature, changing the channels, the volume and adjusting the brightness and various other aspects of the device.
As we mentioned at the start of this buyer's guide, there are a lot of projectors on the market, which can make finding the best one for your specific needs a bit of a challenge. In order to help you, we have weeded through all of the different manufacturers, assessed the different features, tested many out ourselves and have read through countless reviews. After all of that, we have determined that the following projectors are the best of the best.
Epson is a leading brand in the technology industry, creating computers, printers and other technological devices since 1942. Today, the company also produces a wide variety of projectors. We really enjoyed how many different options their projectors offered and how clear and crisp the images they cast were. We also enjoyed how easy their projectors were to set up and operate.
Optoma is highly regarded for producing some of the top projectors on the market. In fact, the company has received several awards for their remarkable projectors. All of the Optoma projectors use the most advanced technologies and state of the art designs to create a truly incredible picture.
Digital Galaxy is a fairly new company, but their products seem to be quite amazing. Their projectors boast an array of features and cast crystal clear images. Digital Galaxy projectors are ideal for all types of applications, including home theaters and office settings.


A distinctive feature of September 2016 was faster growth of spot time charter rates, compared to the scheduled charter outs. Nevertheless, the voyage rates on most directions had decent growth as well. For example, the rates for the transportation of iron ore by «Capesizes» from Tubarão (Brazil) to Qingdao (China) in the reporting period grew by almost 40% – and reached 12,50 USD / ton.
During July-September Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) rose from 691 to 751 points. That is, if the «Capesizes» grew more than twice, the «Panamax» – only 8.7%. Accordingly, the volatility of the BPI index was much lower than that of the BCI, amounting 38% (from 638 to 879 points). The average value of BPI in the 3rd quarter reached 717 points compared to 383 points in the 1st – and 614 points in the 2nd quarter 2016. Average «Panamax» earnings to the end of September reached the level of 5800 USD / day. And voyage rates for coal shipments from Murmansk to the Continent reached 5,40 USD / ton, which is only 0,70 USD / ton lower than the maximum reached in July, but a half times higher than the minimum, which took place in February of this year.
The best example of grain shipments influence is showed by «Handysize» bulk carriers. For these size bulk carriers, in contrast to the «Capesizes» on which ore and coal are mainly transported, grain cargoes are one of the most fundamental, both in terms of traffic volume and in its influence on the level of freight rates. During the 3rd quarter of 2016 the average salary of the «Handysizes» increased from 5092 to 5995 USD / day or by 17.7%, slightly exceeding even that of «Panamax», with twice bigger capacity. Essentially, this growth is provided by the rates which grew by 2600-3170 USD / day towards Continent – East USA Coast / Brazil. Against this background, rate cut in the opposite direction by 1400-2100 USD / day looks quite unusual. As a rule, the rates in the direction of Brazil / US Gulf – Continent is always much higher than in the opposite direction.
Apparently, the originality of the situation is connected with the growing of the grain shipments from the Gulf of Mexico, USA and reducing (compared to the previous month) shipments of grain from Brazil, i.e. due to lack of grain shipments. The same thing is with soybean the freight rates for shipping of which transported by «Panamax» from Brazil to China has reduced by 0,40 USD / ton. It is to be expected, given that, according to forecasts, the Brazilian corn exports in 2016 will decrease by 17.6% – up to 70 million tons, compared with 85 million tons in 2015. And Government administration Argentine export tax on soybeans caused manufacturers to reduce sales. However, despite the expected decline in exports of Brazilian corn and problems with Argentine grain exports, some support for the freight market may give a growing in 2016/2017 marketing year (MY) export of grain from the United States, whose growth by «International Grains Council» projects, can be 6%.
Talking about the influence of grain transport and, above all, the grain of the Black Sea origin, the world's leading importer of wheat – Egypt has to be mentioned. In August, there has been a clear underestimation of the freight component in «GASC» tenders on purchase of wheat, accounted for only 3.7-4.4% in C&F price. The Black Sea wheat transportation rates in 55000-60000 tons batches to Egypt at the level of 7,00-8,25 USD/t do not correspond to the current freight market conditions. It's clear that the traders, showing lower, compared to the market, freight rates, simply increase the competitiveness of their offers.
Moderate rates' growth of annual time charter for all sizes of dry bulk carriers in the 2017-2021 is given in the last «Drewry» forecast. Thus, the pessimistic mood in the bulker market in the run-up to the 4th quarter of 2016 is gradually replaced by a moderately optimistic. The near future will show how justified this new optimism emerged. The main thing is that it mustn't lead to new rash orders of the fleet.


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Polyphotonix win North East Innovation Award
Last night CPI start up company PolyPhotonix won the prestigious Made in the North East Innovation Award 2014 for their revolutionary Noctura 400® Sleep Mask. The Noctura 400® is worn during sleep hours and treats Diabetic Retinopathy, one of the most common causes of blindness in the western world.
The mask delivers a precise dose of light therapy during a patient's normal hours of sleep. It comes in two parts – a plastic "Pod" part, which is inserted into a soft cushioned Fabric Mask. The Pod contains the light sources which, when worn, emits light into the eyes through closed eyelids. Nothing is inserted into the eyes – the treatment is non-invasive. The mask is programmed to administer the correct dose of light each night as part of a continuing therapy.
The Noctura 400® treatment will revolutionise the treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy. There are currently two commonly used treatments. One involves frequent intraocular injections directly into the eye, this can be very unpleasant, and currently costs in excess of £10,000 per eye per year. The other is a laser treatment that effectively cauterises the affected and damaged blood vessels in the macula; the treatment is not permanent and only delays the inevitable progress of the disease, normally this treatment is only performed a small number of times on a patient. The Noctura 400® treatment is provided at a fraction of the cost and creates the opportunity to provide affordable treatment to the millions who are affected across the globe.
Richard Kirk, CEO of PolyPhotonix added: "PolyPhotonix are delighted to have won the Made in the North East Innovation Award 2014. The recognition represents the hard work that the team has put into creating a revolutionary therapy that will transform lives. The work undertaken by PolyPhotonix demonstrates world class innovation from the North East of England. It is proof that companies in the North East can provide game changing value for the UK manufacturing sector if they are able to think outside the box and innovate. Moving forward, PolyPhotonix hope to continue to provide the region with the opportunity for highly skilled jobs at the forefront of innovation."


Matt Bomer also stars in the directorial debut of playwright and acting coach Jack Plotnick.
Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Patrick Wilson and Marisa Coughlan have just wrapped production on Space Station 76, a sci-fi dramatic comedy. Jack Plotnick wrote and directed the movie, which shot in Los Angeles under the radar.
Described as being set in a 1970s version of the future, the film centers on the goings-on in a space station. Tyler plays a new assistant captain whose arrival causes tension amongst the crew while Wilson is the bitter and suicidal captain. Bomer is a technician with a robotic hand who is married to a manipulative woman (Coughlan).
Also in the cast are Jerry O'Connell, Kali Rocha and newcomer Kylie Rogers.
Plotnick is an actor who has quietly made a name for himself as a playwright and as an acting coach. The script originated as a play he and some other actors co-wrote. He was trying to use the space station as a metaphor for his life growing up in 1970s suburbia.
To make his debut, Plotnick leaned on his acting relationships. He sent the script to Wilson via a mutual friend; Wilson's subsequent boarding gave the project legitimacy. Tyler came into the picture via Plotnick's acting website; he knew the actress had downloaded his tutorial videos and purchased books and was keen to work with him.
Now with a 20-day shoot behind him, Plotnick is staring at a daunting post-production process to add visual and sound effects.
He laughs at the thought that making a space-set story was perhaps a little crazy and overly ambitious for a directorial debut that is more emotional than plot-driven.
"I asked myself several times, 'Why didn't I make a movie that took place in an apartment?' But then I pinch myself that we got the cast that we got," he says.
Rival Pictures' Ed Parks and Rachel Ward produced the indie along with Dan Burks from Om Films in addition to Joel Michaely and Katherine Ann McGregor.
Executive producers are Niraj Bhatia, Frank Mele and Plotnick.


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Totally portable meter has large easy-to-read digital display. One switch quickly and easily selects each test position. Color coded testing wands included. Tests AC and DC voltage, DC current, resistance, diode and transistor HFE (0-1000). 19 ranges.


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The Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Film Themes
8th August 2000 8th November 2019
Rating: ★★★★
USA. 1971.
Director/Producer – Donald Siegel, Screenplay – Grimes Grice & John B. Sherry, Based on the Novel by Thomas Cullinan, Photography – Bruce Surtees, Music – Lalo Schifrin, Makeup – Bud Westmore, Production Design – Ted Haworth. Production Company – Malpaso/Universal.
Clint Eastwood (Corporal John McBurney), Geraldine Page (Miss Martha Farnsworth), Elizabeth Hartman (Edwina Dabney), Jo Ann Harris (Carol), Mae Mercer (Hallie), Pamelyn Ferdin (Amy), Darleen Carr (Doris), Pattye Mattick (Janie), Melody Thomas (Abigail), Peggy Drier (Lizzie)
Towards the end of the American Civil War, a badly wounded Union soldier, Corporal John McBurney, is found near a Southern girls' school. He is taken into the school and nursed back to health. However, as McBurney recovers, he starts to manipulate the teachers and pupils alike, turning the school into a hotbed of sexual jealousies. And so the headmistress decides that extreme steps must be taken.
It might be said that the North has never truly lost its distrust of the South over the American Civil War. This is something that gets worked out with an alarming degree of regularity in horror cinema – see the likes of Hush … Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), The Supernaturals (1986) and in particular in the works of Tobe Hooper who has delved into the Southern Gothic in both The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Eaten Alive/Death Trap (1977). All of these show backwoods folk and the Southern gentry harbouring a homicidal hatred if not just for Northerners then of all city slickers in general.
However, none of these what might be termed Yankee Guignol films are as remarkable as The Beguiled. Ever since Tennessee Williams created Blanche DuBois, the image of the Southern Belle has been one that has breathed with barely repressed libido. The Beguiled hits that suppressed longing on the head and makes it squirm with something approaching Freudian brilliance. The film is an amazing play of sexual tensions and manipulations – at one point, the women even come to regard their own side as the enemy. Clint Eastwood has never been more animated, playing with a handsome courtly charm beneath which he twists and manipulates the truth like a greased fish.
Wounded Northern soldier Clint Eastwood manipulates the emotions of Southern schoolteacher Elizabeth Hartman
And when it enters the realm of horror, the film becomes something unforgettable – the scene where Geraldine Page, armed with only a medical book as guide and brandy as anaesthetic, removes Clint Eastwood's leg with a hacksaw, is truly grisly – all the more shocking for the calm manneredness with which everybody involved plays.
The cast is extremely strong. One of the best performances comes from Elizabeth Hartman whose weak and watery innocent face is a perfect casting choice on director Donald Siegel's part – her seduction and downfall is spelled from the moment she is introduced. Equally good is Mae Mercer as the Black maid who gives a highly believable performance of considerable hard-bitten distrust.
Director Donald Siegel was known for his crime thrillers during the 1950s and of course the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Siegel previously put Clint Eastwood through his pace in his seminal role as Dirty Harry (1971).
The Beguiled (2017) was a remake from Sofia Coppola with Colin Farrell in the Clint Eastwood role, Nicole Kidman as the headmistress and Kirsten Dunst as Edwina.
Trailer here
Director: Donald Siegel
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, Mae Mercer, Pamelyn Ferdin, Darleen Carr, Pattye Mattick, Melody Thomas, Peggy Drier
Category: Horror
Themes: Imprisonment Thrillers, Films That Were Remade and Remakes, Films of 1971
Dirty Harry (1971)
Oldboy (2003)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Tightrope (1984)
The Dead Pool (1988)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
The Bat (1926)
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
The Black Castle (1952)
Curse of the Undead (1959)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
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Clownado (2019)
The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Buried Alive (1990)
The Keeping Hours (2017)
Psychokinesis (2018)
Maleficent, Mistress of Evil (2019)
The Gravedancers (2006)
Some Girls Do (1969)
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© Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2019


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Many thanks for following up on our trip, we had a great time in South America! Now we're back home and it took us some time to adjust to time difference and adapt back to normal life.
We enjoyed Peru, Brazil and Argentina very much, with Peru particularly splendid, thanks so much for Kuoda's perfect arrangement. We'd like to thank Caesar, Alex and especially Jimmy for their professional service!
2. The 2-day passes to Machu Picchu is very well planned, we enjoyed the hike very much.
Kuoda is a good travel planner, we'd love to recommend them to our friends should they visit Peru!


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Small Enough to Know You
The Cumberland Presbyterian denomination had its beginning when a small group of ministers and congregations on February 4, 1810 left the Presbyterian Church and formed a new presbytery (known as the Cumberland Presbytery) on the frontier lands of Kentucky and Tennessee (founding cabin pictured at right). The separation was due to disagreements on education and ordination of ministers, interpretations of the doctrine of predestination, and the proper response to the revival on the frontier in the early 1800's. Cumberland Presbyterians believed in salvation for "whosoever will" believe, embraced the revival on the frontier and wanted to expedite the education and ordination of new pastors to do the work of sharing the Good News of Christ. Their fervor quickly spread westward to the state of Missouri and beyond.
Marshall (Missouri) Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized August 16, 1871 when a group of 17 people began meeting in a small frame house in west Marshall. In 1884, Rev. James E. Sharp became the pastor of the church and launched a pair of ambitious building projects: the first was the establishment of Missouri Valley College in Marshall (1889) and the second was the building of a new church (1890) on Odell Street (which was known first as the "Cumberland Presbyterian Church" and more recently was known as "Odell Avenue Presbyterian Church").
In the early 1900's--after nearly a century of separation--a movement to re-unite the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. grew in momentum. Many of the differences which had separated the two groups during the frontier days of American expansion seemed to have disappeared with the settling of the West and the end of the frontier. Both denominations voted in their General Assemblies of 1906 to seek union. Many congregations, however, including Marshall Cumberland Presbyterian Church, were fiercely divided on the issue of union. The result of the union debate was a large number of the membership (164 persons) withdrew from the older church to maintain a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in Marshall.
ABOVE: The Cumberland Presbyterian Church (stucco) built in 1916 on the corner of North Street and Odell in Marshall.
Our Local Church History
With no legal claim to their old building—which now became Odell Avenue Presbyterian Church *—the Cumberland members held services in homes and various halls in the downtown Marshall area until a stucco church building could be built (in 1916) at the corner of North Street and Odell (across from the current Marshall Cinema building). Due to the lack of parking space, the many steep steps, and the condition of the building, a decision was made in 1972 to sell the building and build a new church at 1000 S. Miami (our current location). The new building incorporated the stained glass windows and light fixtures of the old church in its design. An inaugural worship service was held there on December 10, 1972. Our current pastor, Randy Shannon, is the twenty sixth pastor since the 1906 union was rejected.
*The Odell Avenue Presbyterian Church was abandoned when the congregation built a new building on East Yerby Street in Marshall and adopted the name Covenant Presbyterian Church. After serving as the license bureau and an automotive parts building the original brick building was destroyed by fire in the 1980's.
ABOVE: The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built in 1890, which would later become known as the Odell Avenue Presbyterian Church
Large Enough to Serve You
This replica log cabin located in Montgomery Bell State Park outside Dickson, TN marks the location of the founding of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
ABOVE: The current building located at 1000 S. Miami built in 1972 (pictured in 2013.
Marshall Cumberland Presbyterian Church


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The Camino Diaries
Author(s): Cilla Cole
In 1995, as part of an extended honeymoon, Cilla set off to walk 1500 kms across France and Spain on the Camino de Santiago with her new husband, his father and his father's architect.
For those who don't know him, her father-in-law Terry is a retired judge and led the Royal Commission into the building industry; the Royal Commission into the Australian Wheat Board's dealings in Iraq; and the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. He is decisive, routine-driven and likes to call the shots. He was the instigator of the trip and was well prepared, physically and mentally. By contrast Cilla was unfit, unprepared and had no idea what she was getting into, seeing it more as a sightseeing holiday than a pilgrimage trek. Tom, the fourth member of our group is a self-employed architect and long-legged avid bush walker who used to be in the Army Commando Regiment and saw walking 50kms a day as not a problem. Tom is indecisive, disorganised and on a limited budget.
In hindsight it is unsurprising that each had a very different experience of the walk and did not always see eye to eye.
The Camino Diaries is the compilation of the journals kept by Cilla, Terry and Tom and illustrated by Richard, aka Dikka, the silent fourth pilgrim (who kept a sketch book instead). The diaries are very funny when put alongside each other as we each respond in our own way to the physical and mental challenges of the Camino (me by crying mostly). Set in a time when the Camino was little heard of, it is also an interesting historical account of what has now become an international phenomenon.
Publisher : Bad Apple Press
Imprint : Bad Apple Press
Author : Cilla Cole
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Incorporated in 1954, Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF) is one of the nation's largest local preservation organizations. Over the last 50 years, the foundation has expanded its mission to encompass community redevelopment, public education, historic preservation advocacy, maritime preservation and stewardship of historic properties. Today, GHF has over 2,000 memberships representing individuals, families, and businesses across Texas, the US and abroad and exerts a profound impact on the culture and economy of the Island.
Hi-res images for each of the releases are available by contacting Will Wright, Director of Communications and Special Events.
If any photos are used, please credit courtesy of Galveston Historical Foundation. To download, please click on image below and save larger version that opens.
From left to right photos are: Sea Shanties Exhibit, 1838 Menard House, 1839 Samuel May Williams House, 1859 Ashton Villa, 1859 St. Joseph's Church, 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA, 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA, 1880 Garten Verein, 1892 Bishop's Palace, 1892 Bishop's Palace, 1892 Bishop's Palace, 1940 Sears Building, Texas Seaport Museum, Seagull II, Seagull II.
If any videos are used, please credit courtesy of Galveston Historical Foundation.


We are always looking for used spare parts and damaged electric guitars. Contact us and let us know what you have for sale.
The guitars we sell are lovingly assembled from the best bits we have in stock so each guitar is a custom built instrument. We have sold Fenders that have been rebuilt using pickups from Manson guitars and have assembled some awesome beasts using brand new, unmarked bodies (damaged guitars that have broken necks) marrying them with vintage necks and hardware.
This contoured basswood body is routed to fit any standard pickup configuration.
The overall condition is good but it has surface surface but looks vintage, with a matt paint finish. The scratchplate has two 'scripted' early white pickup covers from a Squier and an unscripted one of similar patina. Included in this bundle is a complete tremolo unit, including: claw, bridge saddles, adjusters and a neck backplate and plastic mount, chrome jack plug and boat and guitar strap buttons.


The Signature Bag is a stylish handbag, which can also be converted into a diaper bag as and when required. All changing accessories, such as changing mat, insulated bottle holder and stroller attachment are also available in the same design. Its spacious interior ensures this bag model not only looks good, but is also very practical. As well as a well-organized main section, featuring two side mesh pockets and a large side compartment, there are also four further compartments. The ideal storage for everything you need ready to hand at all times, such as handkerchiefs, lipstick or parking tickets. The integrated key ring means that the never-ending search for keys is finally over.


Who is required to complete CPD?
How many CPD points must I earn?
A CPD point is equivalent to one hour of training (excluding any meal/refreshment breaks).
Are there any requirements for the types of CPD points?
50% of the total required number of points (ie. 7.5 of 15 CPD points) must be completed from structured activities.
What is a structured activity?
Structured activities include attendance at seminars, conferences, formal qualifications, preparation of papers/handbooks/manuals and many more. For a full list of structured activities, please refer to Section 6.3 of the CPD Guidelines.
What topics are appropriate for CPD?
Approved CPD topics include all topics that are relevant to the Quantity Surveying profession, technical topics and business/professional topics.
I am completing a formal qualification (Degree/ Diploma / Masters' Degree) this year, do I have to complete additional CPD?
No, those members completing formal qualifications (detailed in Section 6.3e of the Guidelines) will satisfy the full CPD requirement for that year.
I only work part-time, am I exempt from CPD requirements?
No, members working part-time are not exempt from CPD.
Can I apply for a CPD exemption?
In extenuating circumstances, the Institute in consultation with the Chapter Council may grant a full or partial exemption from CPD requirements. Please refer to Section 13.1 of the CPD Guidelines.
Where can I enter/record my CPD activities?
How does the AIQS monitor compliance?
The Institute will conduct a random audit of a minimum of 10% of members to monitor compliance. Members selected in the random audit will have 30 days to update their online CPD record for auditing purposes.
What happens if I do not comply with the CPD requirements for members?
Non-compliance in the first instance, will result in a public reprimand in accordance with the Institute's Complaints Handling & Disciplinary procedures. Further penalties exist for subsequent instances of non-compliance.
There is now no difference between the CPD requirements for Affiliate & Member grade. Can I elevate from Affiliate grade membership to a full Member grade?
Does the new system qualify for ICEC Certification?
Yes, the AIQS' CPD Program meets international ICEC standards.


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